"Hell yea!!!" Katlyn said and grinned at the idea of throwing dungbombs at Slytherins. "To the dungeons!" She said as she skipped off with Lucy.


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Iris looked up as Aaron bumped into her. She watched him disbelievingly as he just ignored her and walked on as if she were a stranger ... Why did he look like he had tear streaks on his face? ... She shouldn't have left ... they could have gone to the owlery together ... She frowned sadly at his back ... "Aa ... Aaron? ...."

She waited before she couldn't see him anymore before rushing into the Room Of Requirement, to find out off her two friends why he was like this.

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Iris walked back out of the RoR again, turning imediately to the way that Aaron walked before .... She had to find him and find out what was wrong with him.

Traaaaa la laaa la laaa!! Oh, what a happy day this was! Actually, it wasn't really a "happy" day. It was rather...boring. And unexciting. And uneventful. And tiring. AND BORING!! Lucy had the options of stalking someone (although, she had no idea for whom she'd find it amusing to stalk and watch freak out), or go into the common rooms and just write in the diary which she knew was for sure wrapped up tightly in her bag, and secure from any thieving little kiddos. Like that...that...TERRIBLE CHILD. Buwah! Pay him no heed, Lucy, paaaaay hiiiim noooo heeeeed...

As she skipped towards the Ravenclaw Common Room entrance, she turned around, deciding to go look for someone to hang out with. After all, it was indeed a boring...boring...BOOOOORING day and she was alone...all alone...with no one around. And then she began to sing.

"Oooonnne is the loneliest number that you'll eeeeeveeeer beeeeee..." Lucy sighed. "Cause thaaaaaaat's what I am. I'm LOOOONELY." Oh, sniffleys.

He is pretty isn't he?

Kris loved Feuer's flowing red and yellow feathers. He would often just sit and watch Feuer preen them, untill Feuer got irritated and chased him away that is.

Ok so it was a little odd but THEY WERE PRETTY!
LEAVE ME ALONE OK?

Eh, he'll come around. Feuer just doesn't trust people easily. Once he gets to know you he'll be fine.

What kind of trouble?
Ooohhh where to begin?!?

Kris's face slipped into a devious grin and he laughed.

Oohh, but that would be telling!
A true prankster NEVER takes credit for his pranks.
You'll just have to wait and see. he teased.

Just then he heard someone singing. And it wasn't Fanta Girl. So that meant that it had to be Lucy!

Turning, he sure enough saw the Ravnclaw walking towards him looking sad. Aww, she was lonely. Not for long though!

Without saying another word to Nate and the boy he had just met, he headed over towards her.

"Luuuuucy. Why are you lonely?"

That was when he realized that she looked like Tammy. WHOA.

Hippity hop hop hooooop..."AHHHHHHHHH!!" Lucy jumped and turned around to see a familiar face. But of course, seeing familiar faces didn't mean she could stare at the person and look as though she were frightened. Because, technically she was, but only for a millisecond, especially since she saw that it was Torin. But she kept the frightened look for reasons even she didn't know.

"Yooooooooooou...I know yoooooooou." she said, raising a hand and point her index finger at her. "And yooooooou know meeeeee...for I am the GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST!! That's why I'm so lonely!" Lucy turned her horrified face into a eerily jolly one and began waving foolishly in Torin's face. Aha...ha...haaaaa. TORIN. Hey, where was his girlfriend?

"Toooorin, how come you're not wish your girlfriend? I thought if you had a girlfriend or a boyfriend, you're supposed to be with them ALL THE TIME!! Except for when you go bed."

...

"Yes, I know that you know me. I also know that I know you." Err... He was going to ask her how she was doing, but he was a bit weirded out now. She was way too hyper. He had forgotten that Lucy always acted like she had eaten 50 pixie sticks and drank 4 cups of coffee. "So you're the ghost of Christmas Past? Why are you here in November? He wasn't sure why he was playing along. But he would humor her for a bit.

"And I'm not with my girlfriend 'cause she's somewhere else?" He didn't have to be with her all the time. She had a life of her own too, and he didn't need her with him always. He wasn't possessive over her. "You don't have to be with your girlfriend or boyfriend all the time."

Ahhpsssh. Pssssh. PSSH. Why was she, the Ghost of Christmas Past, here in November...what kind of a question was that?! PFFFFFT!! "You don't know? Like like liiiiiiike...DUUUUUDE!! The Ghost of Christmas Past always goes around in November to figure out who to visit this year. DUH!" she said, standing in a...well, in a "Like, duh!" pose from those girly high school movies and pointing a finger to her head. Hey, like Karen!

"I'm a mouse...I mean, I'm not a mouse, Torin. I was just reflecting back on a movie. I was a moose, though!! I GOT TURNED INTO A MOOSE!!" Lucy grew much more excited at the fact that she had a moose head for a little while. The incident no longer bothered her, but rather amused her, and always reminded of her of the friend she made through those moments. Plus, it came with a cool nickname. Moooosie Lucy!

"Reeeeally?!" Those girly high school movies were full of LIES, then. They always made it seem as though the girl and boy were together like all of the time! "How weird...That's the last time I ever watch a girly high school film. Haaarumph!!" she said in comically upset voice.

Okay, he was officially confused now. What she was telling him made no sense. But then that was Lucy. In a way the weird things that she came up with made sense 'cause in her world they were real. Or something. He wasn't sure anymore. "But shouldn't you be out in December? That would make more sense 'cause of Christmas and all. And that's also when the ghosts visited Scrooge in A Christmas Carol," he added. It was a valid point he thought. But what was validity with a person like her?

But that was all pushed aside with her latest revelation. "... You were turned into a moose?" Say what?

"And you really do watch too much teen movies, yes. We're not jocks and cheerleaders here." The thought of him as a jock made him laugh. It would be a dreadful thing that he wouldn't ever want to suffer through. Though he could picture Brody as a cheerleader. But moving on... "How have you been?"

"No, no, noooooo, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future come out at this time to plan early. That way, when December comes, we won't be stressed!" GAWSH. Didn't anything she said make sense? Hello! Why be pressured to make such a difficult and stressful decision at the last minute when you can plan ahead? That's what she always did, anyway. It was an old habit of hers that still continues to be...a habit. But now that she thought about it, such a habit was probably one that many didn't have. Such an unfortunate thing, too. It's quite handy when working on assignments, and whatnot!

"Oooooh, yes. A MOOSE!! You know that kid? 3rd year Ravenclaw, William...Cully...Cull...something? YEAH!! He turned me into a moose with this hat that makes your head invisible and had a charm on it that makes the wearer have antlers and it was an experiment and when I took the hat off, the antlers were still there and then we went to Svensson's office and he fixed me and I was ALL BETTER!!" Lucy said without even taking a breath. She had practically rushed every word into one another that by the time her psychotic ramble was over, she took in and let out several breaths of air. She felt as if she were a dog panting to keep cool. Never before in her life had Lucy talked so fast and so much to someone from school. ACCOMPLISHMENT!! Yes, she was quite proud of herself now.

"Jock? Oh...yeah, no. I didn't think you were..." she said, gazing off into the wall, suddenly snapping back into the conversation when she came up with a response. "But you kind of look like one!! Well...not really, no. Maybe. You look more like the smart-nice-athletic kid. Yeaaaah...that kid." Actually, it would be really creepy to see Torin as a jock. Seriously...TORIN THE JOCK? Buwahahahahaha. That'd be weird.

"I'M DOING FANTASTIC!! I mean, minus my mental breakdowns in Astronomy, and my seriously decline in effort in my classwork and homework...I'm doing FANTASTIC!!" Technically, she was doing great. All of those bad things weren't enough to get her to be sad forever! They were enough to make her realize things, though. That's for sure.

Huh? How did that make sense on any level? "But it's over a month until Christmas. It's just after Halloween. Why would you be out now of all times? You're the ghost of Christmas Past. You're not busy all year round." And why was he even having this argument with her in the first place? It was not as if he seriously believed her in the first place. And he wasn't even sure what she was talking about. Or even what he himself was talking about for that matter. He had a feeling that it was about time for this topic to be dropped. Hopefully she would give up after his good argument. hehe.

".. I see. And why was he doing that in the first place?" Keeping in mind that he didn't even know who this person was. He assumed that he was in Ravenclaw though; made sense that this would be something that occurred in her Common Room. "And why was he doing that as an experiment? What purpose does that possibly serve?" He was ignoring the fact that she was acting like she had just run a marathon. He wanted answers 'cause he was confused. Was this some sort of joke? Someone seriously gave her antlers?

"I look like a smart athletic kid? Thanks I guess." At least she wasn't calling him a jock. He would laugh if he was ever compared to one. That would be a sad day for him. Even though he did like sports; never was one of those crazy fanatics though. "Just as long as no one ever tells me that I look like a jock I'm happy."

Okay, he got the Astronomy bit. Lord Borr was insane and pompus and annoying. He gave Torin only 5 for his ode and told him to chose someone more worthy next time? Yeah right! Professor Bunbury was leagues above that old git. But moving on... "Why are you not trying as hard with your work now? You know we have OWLs coming up." Great, now he was starting to nag her.

"But...Christmas Ghosts are like Santa's elves. Of course, they work all year round and...aw, nevermind..." BAH. The foolish Torin could never ever understand meaning of the travels of the ghosts during November. And somehow that that thought didn't really make sense in her mind, and after a few seconds of realizing this, she shrugged it off, and shook her head. The point was, he OBVIOUSLY didn't understand the similarities between Christmas ghosts and Christmas elves. Simple!!

"Well, you see, Torin...William is like a scientist. Like Einstein! The muggle scientist!! He likes to experiment and do weird things, and I was in my superhero mode, too!!" Lucy suddenly hopped into her superhero pose, standing up straight with her hands to attached to her side. "Missy Lulu!! That's my superhero name! Cool, huh? Well, I was in superhero mode and of course, it was my job to help the experimenter out. So, I did, and I took a risk and...poof! Antlers and a MOOSE-HEAD!! I'd show the pictures I drew of me with a moose head but it's my diary which is in my bag and I don't want to get it out..." Really, though, she was lazy to go find it. So totally lazy. She'll get to it some other time. Or maybe like...never.

Three words: "JOCKS SCARE ME." Lucy covered her face with her hands, separating two fingers to make a peep-hole so she could make sure that Torin was most definitely not a jock. Sure, sure, he kept saying he didn't want to be or look like a jock but one never knows!! He could be lying...and so Lucy felt the need to be careful. The jocks in movies didn't scare her, but the thought of meeting one in real life did. Jock...nyaaaaha. SCARY.

Torin then asked why she hadn't been studying much and doing her work as much as she should be doing. It was then when she grew silent, kind of looking for an answer, kind of wishing to avoid answering. It seemed to her that there were a few classes in which she did extremely well in and those were the classes that propelled her to do well in other classes. Pssh, no wonder she was such a well-rounded student. Key word: WAS. Lucy then blurted out the first answer that came to mind. "I'm getting distracted, I guess. Just in general." Well, technically it was true. Friendship, she found, was quite distracting. This never happened in the years before! Bah.

Huh? That didn't make sense on any level no matter how hard he tried to get it to. Then he realized that by doing that he was in a way giving into her crazy delusions. So he stopped. "That makes no sense. Ghosts are not like Elves at all. For one thing, ghosts are dead people. For another, ghosts don't make Christmas presents in the North Pole." This was keeping in mind the fact that as a 15 year old boy he had stopped believing in Santa a long time ago. He wasn't silly enough to believe that an old man was making toys all year round to give them to children. But he wasn't going to mention that to Lucy; she might label him as a Scrooge. That is if she had even read A Christmas Carol.

"I sincerely doubt that he's like Einstein." It was a crime comparing a boy that makes you grow antlers to someone like Einstein. It just was wrong. But he was her hero and all that so it was best that he kept those comments to himself. He didn't even roll his eyes at her as tempted as he was to. "... I didn't know that you were a Superhero." Wow, a Superhero and the Ghost of Christmas Past. How did she manage to do all that and keep up with her schooling to some extent?

He watched her as she was looking at him through... a peep hole. "Er, do I pass the test?" He had a feeling that he would. For one thing he didn't look or act like a Jock, and for another if she had thought that he was one she would have run off screaming by now. It was just common sense. "Making the Quidditch Team doesn't count, right?" Even though he was only Beater. An awesome position as he got to use a bat.

"Friends distract you?" Okay, he sorta got that; he was distracted by people a lot of the time. And as far as he knew Lucy had been a loner until this Term. He had a feeling he knew why that was the case but really she was a nice girl. A little on the weird and hyper side was all. It sorta would put people off until they got to know her a bit better. Lucy was a good friend though.

Kevin wandered up to the seventh floor and smiled he had made the qudditch team against all his judgements it would be good for him to have something to focus on during the year before he needed to get his mind in gear for his mission that he was going on with his father not knowing what sort of dangers he would be facing

Sigh.
Step.
Sigh.
Step.

Seventh floor corridor.. Was never this empty. Not that Tammy made frequent stops up here. Not at all. Hair in curls, clad in a skirt and heels that made her seem taller, Tammy sighed.

This was not the life. Alone. Bored.
whatthehell!?!?!

"KEVINNNNN." Tammy grinned and pounced on the younger boy. "You've grown." It was only noticed because Tammy had realised she had jumped on him, not just hugged him. SHE HAD TO LOOK UP AT HIM! even more.

Kevin smiled and said "Hey Tammy yeah well just a bit" Kevin couldnt help but laugh at the way that Tammy had jumped on him

Tammy giggled and let go of him. "You need to stop growing. I seem to be a dwarf compared to you now." She grinned, "I'm sorry yano. About Vicky and that.."

Bonnie sighed.
Where are you Mikaela? she thought.
Bonnie's steps eoched through the stones.
"Why aren't you here?" Bonnie asked the air.
Someone talk to me please, I'm begging you! Bonnie's head called.

Kevin smiled and said "Yeah well my father's side of the family were all quite tall so i am going to keep growing and yeah well i am completly over Vicky now but i am not returning to Hogwarts next term"

Tammy nodded quickly. "Yeah, well it was bound to end with her wasn't it. Never liked her meself. Never." She chuckled softly, wandering when she had became so bitter. But it was just Vicky. No-one else. Just Vicky.

He wasnt returning?
"Me either.." She whispered, but spoke more loudly again, "Why? Why not Kevinnnnn."

Kevin smiled and said "Yeah it was and well it is cause i am off to asia with my father on an important mission that is going to take the whole of next term"

"ASIA?" No need for the vocal training Tam. Just calm down. EH. "asia? Imma miss you Kevinnn.. You'll come back and visit me and everything yeah? How long you gonna be gone though?"

Kevin shurugged at said "At least 6 months but it could be longer and of course i will come back and visit you Tammy" Kevin felt a bit sad but he had to stay focused

Coming out of the Ravenclaw Common Room, Laura turned into the corridor and caught sight of two people she thought she recognised. Speeding up, she saw that the were indeed Tammy and kevin, two friends she hadn't seen in FOREVVER! Her smile widening, Laura skipped towards them, on her toes, and paused beside them.

"Herrrloo!" she began, before seeing that something was wrong. They bothe seemed so sad, and Laura was trying to be happy. Well, not trying, but the effects of the cookies where still on her. "What's up?" Laura asked curiously, not meaning to pry. It just came out.

"EEEE. So are you going straight after school, or wil you be able to come camping in the summer?" Tammy asked quickly.

Another person. Someone cheery. Laura.

"Oh Laura. Everythings falling apart, I'm leaving. Kevins leaving... Its all WRONG."