Damn those bloomin' suits of armor! Hugo was sprawled across the floor, cursing the stoopid hunks of metal to the darkest pit in hell. Scrambling to his feet, he kicked the suit of armor, scowling darkly. "Stupid lump of junk." He muttered, eying the metal foot that had been jutting in front of his path, causing him to trip. They were totally out to get him. "Yes, I know you can hear me and will probably tell all your shiny friends to ambush me in the halls but DON'T!" He muttered, eying the figure in dislike. Having paintings and statues that moved did have their disadvantages. Especially if they didn't like you.

For example, there was a portrait on the fifth floor, which yelled and spat at Hugo whenever he walked past. Which was a tad rude, considering he hadn't MEANT to puncture a hole in the canvas. He's simply stumbled, and accidentally jabbed his wand through the picture. Merlin, they were so freaking grumpy!

Trey turned the corner only to see what looked like a housemate sprawled on the floor. He watched partly in amusement as the boy scrambled up and kicked a suit of armor before shouting at it. "Oi," he yelled down the corridor. "You alright down there? Did the armor do anything to you?" He asked as he continued down the corridor towards the boy.

Sneeze was walking through the castle and soon saw Trey. He was going to someone on the floor. "What'd you do to him, Trey?" Sneeze still hated Trey, but the past two years he hasn't bothered him.

Just as Nancy had emerged from the Girl's Bathroom a deafening noise made her jump almost a mile up in the air and the third-year jerked around in the direction the noise had come from. Her blue eyes immediately fell on a boy who was glaring at one of the suits of armor and was apparently having a heated discussion with it. Uhm...okay. Taking a closer look Nancy realized that the boy was a fellow Slytherin. What was his name again? Something with H...Ha-, no, Ho-, no, ah, yes, that was it, Hugo.

Smirking Nancy was just about to open her mouth to ask Hugo whether he'd hurt himself, and if he actually expected an answer from the suit of armor as two other students rounded the corner, one of which she recognized. "Hey, there, Trey." She said with a grin as she noticed the amused look on Trey's face at the sight of Hugo.

Oh for crying out loud. Of all the people to be in the same corridor it was Sneeze, Trey thought to himself. And Sneeze was accusing Trey of some act. "Corridor's cramped here Sneeze, go ahead and move along," he said to him still looking towards the 'armor fighter' to see if he was ok.


"Nancy, hey, what's up?" I'm still trying to figure out what happened between this guy and the suit of armor," he said nodding towards Hugo. He then leaned in closer and whispered under his breath, "And between you and me, he was arguing with it," Trey said eyes widening slightly.

Hugo glanced over his shoulder, wrinkling his nose at the three people who'd joined him. "Yes the armor did blimin' do something to me." He snapped at the first boy, eying him suspiciously. "What's it to you?" He was rather irritable it seemed, yet who could blame him! He'd been tripped by a hunk of junk! Pshh. Turning to the tiny little Gryffindor, he peered down at him. "Listen to the guy, he's a smart one. Move along!" He warned, running a hand through his golden hair, a scowl clouding his handsome features. Dude, it wasn't like he needed a freaking audience. So he'd had another argument with a suit of armor - so what!

And great, a girl. Was he an animal at a zoo or something? Merlin! Hugo pressed his lips together in a hard line, ogling at the Slytherin girl. He couldn't remember his name, and didn't really care either. "Oh, it's you. Nanny, isn't it?" Whatever. "Oi, stop whispering about me," he grumbled, frowning at the Slytherin boy. Who even was he? "Dude, look; I've had a rough day. I'm usually fun loving etc etc, but these stoopid suits of armor have totally got it in for me. Serious."

Slowly nodding at Trey's words Nancy glanced back at Hugo who was apparently not exactly too happy about their company. Rolling her eyes at the boy's words Nancy gave him a small smirk before replying, "Gee! Calm down, Hugo. I was just-" Desperately trying to find something interesting to look at? Glad I'd found someone who obviously was even more clumsy than I am? Nancy ended up saying, "-concerned about your well-being", though, even though, it was totally true but whatever.

Her eyebrows raised as he finally addressed her and a small frown flashed across her face before she opened her mouth to answer, "Well, it's Nancy actually. But since you're apparently not hurt or anything I've got other things to do than arguing with you." Giving him a pointed look Nancy turned around and started walking towards the staircases. She had absolutely no idea what to do with herself now but there was no need for Hugo to know that.

Hugo shrugged. "Nanny, Nancy, same difference," he murmured to himself, making a mental note to remember her name. It was bad enough calling Reece, 'Rice'. Merlin. How embarassing! He really needed to stop being so clumsy and...forgetful. And vain. And stroppy. And generally stop being an idiot. Hmm. Folding his arms tightly across his chest, he frowned. "No I'm not hurt, but you wouldn't believe how many times those freaking suits of armor have--" And she was gone. He stared after her, and then turned to look at Trey and Sneeze. "Erm. Excuse me a sec, I may be a grumpy idiot but I'm also a gentleman," he winked, and ran after her.

"NANCY! OI! NANCY!" Hugo called, skidding to a stop beside her. "Sorry I was er--" He paused, pondering what he actually had been. "Sorry I was...rude." There. He'd apologised; something he wasn't too good at. But he'd done it!

Nancy stopped right at the stairs still contemplating over what to do now. Biting her lip Nancy started to twirl a strand of her dark-blonde hair around her finger while going through all the possibilities of where to go next in her head. Back to Common Room? No. Walking past the try-outs' announcement was definitely going to freak her out right and there, so no. Maybe she should go find Mariel, she hadn't talked to the girl since Diag-

That was the moment Nancy heard someone shouting after her causing her to whirl around to find herself face to face with Hugo. Looking up at him the 13-year-old cocked her head slightly to the side while listening to his apologies. A smirk was tugging at the corner of her lips as she nodded in agreement and said mischievous twinkle in her eyes, "Yes, you were." Then after a moment of just watching Hugo with her eyebrows raised she added with a small smile, "It's okay, though." She wasn't about to make a grand fuzz about the whole thing.

It was too hard to be mad at Hugo for what he had just spatted out to them. He was just frustrated with these suits of armor. Trey's perception of him grew in a good way as he chased after Nancy to apologize. He followed Hugo up to where Nancy was and waited patiently for them to finish their conversation. "So, first of all, my name is Trey," he said to him extending his hand out. Hopefully the frustration wouldn't be too much to not make a new friend here. "Tell me about these suits of armor. I'm rather intrigued to know why they are doing, whatever they are doing to you," he said.

"Ahh, Nancy before you go, myself and Paris have been talking about your, umm, Misfit request. You should meet us up in the common room," he told her smiling and giving her a wink.

ooc: we have been talking about it in the common room, feel free to jump in when you get the chance.

Hugo, being a fifteen year old with the tendancy to flirt, was trying desperately to avert his eyes from the pretty third year, whose sparkly eyes were making him feel uneasy. He was not to fratinize with the younger years, especially those who were looking at him with such an intimate gaze that a tingle shot up his spine. Oh no. Flirty girl alert, flirty girl alert! They freaked him out so much. HE was allowed to flirt, but when a girl flirted with HIM, it began to make him feel...weird. He smiled at her awkwardly, nodding as she accepted his apology.

"Good. I know I seemed like a jerk but really...I'm not. You could say I haven't had the greatest start to the term," Hugo chuckled lightly, winking at her in a friendly manner.

When he heard footsteps approaching, he turned to see the boy who'd first inquired why he'd been lying on the floor. The corners of his mouth lifted as the Slytherin stuck out his hand, and Hugo swung his own hand up to shake it. "Nice to meet you Trey. I'm Hugo Jermaine Woods, and I'm terribly sorry for my rudeness back there," he apologised, a sheepish smile flickering across his lips. Ah. He was asking about the suits of armor. "Weeeell. It's kind of a long story..." He admitted with a shrug.

"Basically...the suits of armor hate me. And you know they're enchanted, just like the portaits? Well. They've got it in for me, and that one," he jerked his thumb towards the culprit who'd sent him flying, "tripped me over!"

Helena walked by everybody without giving any sign that she even noticed they were there. It wasn't long before she found herself by the oh-too-familiar suits of amour that she was well acquainted with last year. Two in particular were nudged closed to one another, so she fit her small frame between them and sank to her knees on the floor. Oh, what was she ever going to do without Jose this year? Helena's light purple eyes closed and she sighed far too audibly for her liking.

Trey looked back to see the suit of armor Hugo had pointed towards. Did it just move a little? No, no it couldn't have. "So why do you think they have it out for you?" He asked, now staring hard at the suit of armor under scrutiny. Come on, move again. His mind raced hard, suits of armor were dancing around, and then Trey and Hugo were fighting the suits. He shook his head to clear his thoughts as he awaited Hugo's response.

The way Hugo was looking, or actually not looking, at her made Nancy feel slightly self-conscious. Biting her lip Nancy tried her best to figure out why he was apparently trying to avoid looking into her eyes, but was slightly distracted by his beautiful blonde hair which was just well...beautiful. Nancy finally managed to pull her gaze away from them, mentally cursing this small scary thingys called hormones, and swallowed once before opening her mouth to reply. "I...uhm..." What was this conversation about again? Gee! There was something seriously wrong with her. Maybe she should go see the School Nurse?

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"Ahh, Nancy before you go, myself and Paris have been talking about your, umm, Misfit request. You should meet us up in the common room," he told her smiling and giving her a wink.

Nancy winced slightly as another boy behind her suddenly addressed her taking about France and something called the Misfits. Huh? Misfits? Paris? Oh, Misfits! That was the moment her brain started working properly again. Yes, the revenge. Tilting her head to the right so Hugo wasn't blocking her view of Trey anymore Nancy hesitantly returned his smile before answering, "Oh, awesome. Great. Thanks." Okay, and now was the time to leave before she started babbling incoherent nonsense like she always did when feeling nervous or confused. Looking at the two boys Nancy gave them both a smile and said, "Well, I...uhm...gotta go now. It was nice talking to you. So, uhm...see you around." And with that said Nancy took a few steps backwards before with a small wave she almost ran down the stairs, away from the awkward situation.

Sneeze was found himself now with more Slytherins than he could handle. "Just moody drama queens, that's what Slytherins are." Sneeze walked a bit forward but hid by the next wall to see what would happen.

Helena stood up finally and stepped out from between the suits of armor. She ran her pale fingers through her brown, curly hair and looked up and down the corridor. Finally, she turned back towards the main staircases and walked off.

Mari stepped into the corridor, a little bit unsure as to what had just happened on the first floor. Had she just agreed to some sort of double date..study session? She ran her fingers through her hair and turned towards Cayden. " So...I'm sorry about that. It seems that wherever I go, weird and awkward moments follow." She said, smiling at him apologetically.

he smiled at her as he shrugged at her." its alright. I think he's my greatest fan. Hopefully he isnt one of those stalker fans." he teased as he moved nudge her a little, hoping to lighten her mood. Cayden was walking as he moved to hit her arm lightly to get her attention." look at this." he told her as he made his way next to one. he positioned himself like the suited men as he looked up at one. he adjusted himself as he then looked towards her." I feel like that tin man from that book." he snickered a little as he moved to clear his throat. Looking seriously as he then asked her."we look alike? Pretty sure he's my second cousin or third. My mom married an uncle of an uncle who was married to a cousin who was the daughter of a man who married this other lady who was the daughter of a woman. That woman was married to this guy's brother's dad." he gave her a smile as he asked another question." Do I look like one of them. Dont think im much of a knight n shinning armor. I'd cling around too much. You'd always know where i was." he smiled at her as he moved to bounce off the higher level of the floor and land next to her.

Mari laughed at Cayden's answer. " I don't quite know about that," she teased and then she watched with amusement as he stood next to a suit of armor, posing exactly the same way. " The tin man?" She asked confused again. Then Cayden launched into a long and very strange monologue about family ties, which she assumed meant that he was the descendant of this knight. " I don't know, you rescue me from boredom, that's for sure." She said, smiling at him as he stood next to her again. " I usually know where you are anyway. Somewhere close to me," She spoke teasingly, letting him know she was being silly along with him.

"thats good to hear." he said seriously as he had enough promblems with him showing up randomly. when he arrived next to her he started to explain the whole tin man comment." Yep. My little sister is a bookaholic. We had this huge library and she would always be in there reading something. its a muggle book, but it was one of her favorites. She'd make me read it to her sometimes. Its a book about this girl who goes to this place called oz. she just wants to go home, but first she has to travel across the land to talk to this great wizard. She meats this guy who is made out of tin. She meets a scarecrow and a lion along the way and they all ask the wizard for something. The tin man asks for a heart. Its actually a clock heart...which i dont quite get, but she loved it none the less." that was pretty much the end of the story.

he smiled as she told him he was usually somewhere near her."It does happen occasionally." he moved to put his hands into his pockets as he walked a little in silence.He walked along as he kept to himself as he looked like he was thinking about something.

Mari watched Cayden as they both walked the corridor. As he spoke of the story, she found herself actually wanting to read it too. " A lion..a scarecrow and a man made of tin? So he got a clock heart, but what did the lion and the scarecrow ask for?" She said, quite interested in the fanciful story now. " I know, I'm asking a lot of questions." She laughed and smiled at him. " But I want to know what else happened in the story." she admitted with a little shrug.

He turned his attention to her again as she asked about the story." I have a feeling you like the fairy tale sort of stories." he smiled as he then took a deep breath as he was going to explain it further." well when they got to the wizard he wanted them to fetch something for him. They had to go across the land to where the wicked witch of the west lived. Which may i add was pretty horrible. She had flying monkeys. Which if you ask me is pretty talented in itself. Who comes up with flying monkeys?" he shrugged a little as he continued." They poured water on her by accident which made her melt. They grabbed her broom and headed back to the wizard. They found out that he was just a man behind a curtain. BUT he was a man with many gifts apprently. He gave the tin man his heart and the scarecrow wanted a brain. he was made out of straw and everything. So he got a degree, you know those muggle papers that show you've got brains. Then the lion asked for courage because he was a cowardly lion. Dorthy who was the girl who had come from kansas, well she just wanted to go home. Her and her dog named toto. Their was a fairy godmother thing popped out and basically gave her a ride home in a hot air balloon." or something like that. he couldn't quite remember."anyway it was all dream. Its amazing what someone can come up with when they have imagination."

he chuckled a little bit as he felt like he was giving his sister a summary of a story she had already loved to hear over and over." Any other questions? Oh and she had red shoes i think...maybe they were green. she had shoes of some sort. they were the witches. Not the one who got melted, but the one who died by the house." he nodded a little as he think he covered it all.

Mariska listened as Cayden gave her quite an answer to her questions, laughing as he mentioned flying monkeys. " Yes, flying monkeys are quite amazing and I'd be a bit frightened if I saw one. " She admitted. She watched him as he kept explaining, laughing here and there every so often as he said something amusing to her. " That is the most...intriguing story I've ever heard. And it's so amusing to see what Muggles think of us witches. We're wicked and need squishing, preferably done with houses. And I do wonder who told them that water would melt us!" She giggled, amused thoroughly by the idea.

he chuckled as he didnt blame her for being afraid of flying monkeys. they wouldnt be his choice of things to be flying. Though flying cats might be even worse. he smiled as he gave her a shrug," It is interesting." he laughed at her house comment as he wanted to make one of his own."Im glad im a wizard then. I dont want to die via falling houses from tornados. And for the water theory you've already proven its false. " not to mention the chocolate theory as well. he smiled at her as he looked ahead to where he was walking. he waited a few minutes before asking her a question." I dont know if this is a good time to ask or if im out of place, erh but i was wondering maybe sometime you would like to go out sometime?" he moved his hand to his head as he messed with his hair. he always did this when he was a little nervious or uncomfortable.

"I mean i understand if its a bit of a bad timing and all. its just i've wanted to ask you out ever since i saw you covered in chocolate." he stopped for a second as he then added," i didnt mean it that way, i was just saying your pretty cool since the moment i saw you and i've just wanted to get to know you better." He let out a nervious laugh as he snickered at himself. If teage was here he'd eat him alive. he moved his hand to his pocket as he then looked over at her." You dont have to if you dont like to because of whats going on."