"Kingsley must really love them then." The man wore them everyday. She briefly wondered if the man had any clothing without ruffles. Arya nodded her head solemnly in agreement, bright eyes betraying her. Treyen did have reason to wear the outfit. It was a costume ball, and Kingsley always did seem like he was in costume. Maybe that's why he liked the ruffles.

Arya nodded her head eagerly, bouncing over to Treyen with grabby hands. The pudding and pies could wait for latter. Now she wanted the chocolate! "Really? Mine too." Awesome he was, awesome enough to be one of her favorites. Her eyes scanned the costume, one hand reaching out to poke at the ruffles. "I think it looks like a costume. From a really old movie." The ones her parents always tried to get her to watch.

Bright brown eyes betrayed the solemn look on her face. "It's a kingdom that sits beside the sea in Middle Earth." She elaborated when he seemed not to know the place. "I'm defending them from Orcs." Her nose scrunched up, vile creatures they were. Glancing down she parted her cape so they both could better look at the white tree. "Its the symbol of Gondor." And it was soooo pretty.

Joey took put some food on her plate beef&noodles,chicken wings,shirmp,mini pizza,white rice,green beans.she waited for someone to talk to her while johnny went back to the boys droms.

Natalie wantered around the tables, looking for something sweet and fruity to eat. She wasn't really in the mood for anything that was on the tables. She wandered past a boy who was piling a lot of food onto his plate.

"Hello I'am Joey Anne Starr eatiing her mini pizza".Where are my manners she stop eating.what house are you un and what year she smiled.Colud'nt you tell i was girl with the dress.

"Im Natalie. I'm in Ravenclaw. First year." Natalie said with a smile.

ooc: sorry i figured she'd be a boy since she ha a boyish name.

"Nice to meet you nat if a can call you that".I'am A Ravenclaw Third year.there some people you should meet around here she smiled.there daisy,rex,fee,Edmond,Emma,Dianna.rex is my cousin hes really cool,and my cousins that a malfoys are really nice.

"You can call me Nat. I dont mind. Id like to meet them," she smiled.

Totally true. He must. And trust Treyen to ask the man. Haha. The boy nodded at Arya and then confusion swept over his face, his hand no longer held the chocolate because he'd eaten it. Mean, he was. "Not my chocolate, but there's plenty over here at the table" he only pointed the way where this one had been, because it was a very delicious piece of chocolate, even more than chocolate frogs.

What? She thought she could have the piece in his hand?

"He is an incredible Professor" one who was patient enough to wait for Treyen to get the spell right, because for some reason he had trouble with most of those he taught in class. Weird. And then...grin. It looked like a costume. Perfect. "I know, right? Like the clothes gentlemen used to wear over two centuries ago" because this was 2073.

He suppressed a laugh when her hand poked the ruffles, really, and he thought that maybe she was doing so because she poking Kingsley was out of the question.

Whaaat was she talking about? Middle Earth? That was like million years ago. Well, not that far away, but it was something Treyen wasn't familiar with. Except hobbits, and orcs, he knew about those. Oooooh, right! Middle Earth! Now he knew! And he remembered something related to that in these books....what were they called? What were they called? Oh! Lord of the Rings, of course, he remembered Kaika reading those, and well, him taking the books away for reading as well.

"I read something like that in Lord of the Rings" he nodded, but gave no further information, "The books and the movies..." he'd seen those, "...that tree caught on fire" and his face turned to the saddest expression ever, "They won, in the end" cue bright smile.

Walking over to the food tables in his Peter Pan costume, JD looks around at the food, trying to decide what he wanted first. He really wished he knew where Ellie had gone to, but well he was hungry so food came first.

His eyes had been on Arya for quite some time, and now he was looking back to those chocolates. He should really try and make those tortillas Saylen spoke of, and put some chocolate in them, of course.

As soon as he turned a bit to his side, in order to look at the table properly and...lookit! The tortillas! He was on his way to reach for one...when...who was the one in green?! And why was he covered in leaves?! Who covers themselves in leaves and comes to Fletcher's party like that? "JD!" he exclaimed, as he noticed who it was, "Do you know you're missing half your costume?" because he was positive that the boy had been planning to come as a tree. That's what the leaves were for, no?

Reaching for a chocolate he goes to put it in his mouth when he drops it as he'd just been told he was missing half his costume. Looking down as his chocolate rolled away he sighed.

"Half my costume?" he asked confused, looking down at his costume, he shook his head. It looked fine to him, was he missing something? Ooooo his sword! To fight Captain Hook, he knew he'd forgotten something! "Uhhh, I thought I'd do better with a wand then a sword."

Looking at Arya, he thought of introducing them, but they already met, right? When they were playing baseball, or trying to? Bah. Anyway, Treyen frowned. Was he not looking at himself correctly? Did he need glasses?

"Yes, half your costume!" he exclaimed, totally not getting why JD hadn't figured it out yet, "Aren't you supposed to be a tree?" he asked, smoothing down some of his ruffles. If Fletcher's party hadn't been a costume one, they'd all look ridiculous right now. "What do you need a sword for if you're a tree?" he asked, tilting his head to one side.

His eyes moving over Arya he smiles at her, maybe she would understand what the heck Treyen was talking about. He still didn't get...

Oooooo Bursting out laughing, he shakes his head "Nooo....I'm not a tree. I'm Peter Pan." Looking down at his outfit, he shakes his head again, Maybe Peter Pan was a bad idea... "And I should have a sword to fight Captain Hook."Reaching for that chocolate again, he pops it into his mouth before someone made him drop it again.

Nia laughed. It was true, her hair was pretty short nowadays. Well, more than just nowadays, it'd been almost three quarters of a year. She ran her fingers through it, glad she'd made the rather bold decison to have her long locks cut off. And if she needed long flowing curls once more - well she now know Raiden could do a good lengthening charm!

She tilted her head curious as he laughed. About her liking his hair like that? It was trueeeee. Admittedly, Nia hadn't really ever seen him have a bad hair day. He always seemed pretty groomed. Unlike her straight off the pitch 'wet and windy Quidditch' look. "Do it," she said with a node. "And if it gets in the way...I could always braid it for you?" She winked. Nia was pretty good at braiding - it was her 'thing' for matches - but whether he'd want it done...

She watched him feel round his mask. Again. She gently pulled his hand alway. "It's fineeeee. I'd say if I thought it was coming loose." It was still odd, not being able to read his expressions. "Looks like some nice spellwork to hold it in place." Not that she could see the spell, obviously. But she could see the fit, and how it held even as his face moved underneath. A better job than she'd done trying to get her wings straight, no doubt.

"I'm glad," Nia said, lifting her head slightly. "Though do tell me if I could do more." Always room for improvement, afterall. At the whisper, she shook her head. "I've not mentioned it. So I'd say it was only you and me," she whispered back. And given his mood, she wasn't planning on making any grand announcements or anything. More likely the opposite. "You want an alias for the evening? You know, in case anyone asks. Because, obviously I'm me." Yes she was. And she couldn't exactly not talk to people if they came up to them. And they might ask about her 'date'. And yeah...then it could get awkwarddddddd.

And then...was a smile spreading across his lips? "Trying is good enough for me," she answered, her own smile widening. Which had a slight smugness to it as he did add something. More Slytherin? Hehe. He was obviously passing on tricks of the trade.

"And what makes you say that?" she questioned, with an arching eyebrow. She was Little Miss Innocent. Totally.

So, yeah, he could tell by the look on JD's face that he had no idea what he was talking about. And it just occurred to the Hufflepuff that perhaps JD never intended to become a tree, which would've been a very uncomfortable costume, by the way.

The laughter was something that confirmed his theory. Treyen had been wrong all along, JD was no tree, then what the hell was he? Adam? As in Adam and Eve?

The boy laughed a bit, because he couldn't have been more wrong. But, what on earth was a Peter Pan? Some sort of pixie? Treyen didn't like pixies after the incident of Diggy!pixie. "Aha! And what is a Peter Pan?" isn't there some sort of tree in the story, because what were the leaves for again? "Captain Hook, he sounds interesting" he said, with a nod. Maybe Treyen could've come as Captain Hook.

"Peter Pan? Well he's a character in a movie. He's like the leader of a group of kids who never grow up." JD explains with a grin on his face. "He can fly because of the fairy dust from Tinkerbell."

A tree....haha, he giggles again as he remembers being asked if he was a tree. Definitely not "Peter Pan wears lots of leaves and stuff te cover him, because he's got no mum, none of the kids do there."

Captain Hook? "Yeah, he's the bad guy."

Ellie walked into the party...ball... and took a good few minutes staring at everyone in their costumes...yeah... Ellie wasn't wearing one. Nope. Just her school robes.

She went straight for the food table. Unsurprisingly.. And looked over it. And then she spotted some boy.... in... leaves? JD, actually. In leaves... Standing next to... someone who could only be Treyen, really.

"Hey Treyen!" The girl greeted the ruffled boy. And she might have given a few glances to JD.

Hearing Ellie's voice he turns around quickly "Ellie!" he exclaims with a huge grin. Looking at her curiously, he's surprised to see her in her school robes. Why hadn't she dressed up? he wonders. Not to mention she wasn't barely even looking at him.

"Ellie?"

Oooooooh, this was making more and more sense as JD kept on explaining. "I see" and does the fellow move around in leaves? At least Tarzan had a piece of fabric. Treyen laughed again, "The leader of a group of kids that never grow up?" well, that sounded..."Interesting" except Treyen couldn't see himself not growing up, perhaps he was more eager to grow up (literally, like in height) than anything else.

"Fairies? They have fairies in the movie?" haha, "That's something muggle, is it not?" because only muggles could think of flying only by some sort of magical powder. It was true, but no wizard will be writing about something like that.

The boy didn't comment on the 'no mum' part. And his expression went from amused to a serious one. They'd lost their mom when he was very little, so, he could be part of that group of kids without moms. Not really funny.

Aha! Captain Hook, "So, he's like Voldemort" yes, Treyen wouldn't want to be dressed up as the evil ones. He always tried to be on the good side.

Then he noticed the red hair. "Ellie!" he greeted her, and then frowned, she was pulling a Mr. Masterson by not dressing up! This was Fletcher's costume party and she wasn't wearing one! Maybe it was some sort of protest for Raiden not winning, huh?

"Why didn't you wear a costume?" he asked, slightly disappointed, truth be told, "Unless you're coming as Ginny Weasley" or Potter-Weasley, whatever. But she needed some Gryffindor robes, not Ravenclaw ones.

Face. Ellie kept her eyes on JD's face. For as long as she could.

"JD?"

"I am!" She beamed. And she was quite glad to be looking at Treyen again. "See look.." She pulled out her hat from her robes pocket and placed it on her head. Then she whipped out her wand. "I'm a witch. That's what all the muggles usually go as, isn't it?"

"Yep, kind of like that. They don't grow up, but have the land all to themselves. Well...the leaves were the best I could find." Well that and the apron thingy, he had secured the leaves to.

"Yep one fairy though." Yeah, it had to be muggle written, no witch or wizard would be that silly as to have fairy dust. Maybe he should have brought his broomstick too....the wizard version of Peter Pan.

Biting back a giggle as Ellie replied to Treyen "That makes sense." he replied with a grin. She was at least talking to him, he thought with relief. He'd thought she was mad about something, and hey, she was looking at him!

Totally oblivious to why she was having a hard time looking at him "Would you like to dance?" he whispers softly to her.

Er, what?

Treyen was missing something here, because the way they were greeting each other was just plain odd. It also spoke of awkwardness. And he was feeling slightly awkward at the moment.

The boy eyed Ellie and raised an eyebrow, that was a poor excuse for a costume, but he did approve of the enthusiasm. All forgiven, because she'd come with a costume to Fletcher's party. "Yes, I guess so" he shrugged.

Treyen chuckled, only one fairy. Hopefully not a Doxy one. Those were evil creatures. Evil! But, they had all the land to themselves? "It doesn't sound so bad" he'll be searching for that movie, really. Because he wanted to see how the costume could be related to the real Peter Pan (well, as real as a movie one is).

He'll be searching specifically for Captain Hook, just the name sounded pretty awesome, even for an evil one. Voldehook would've been a neat name, seriously.

And then the awkward moment was almost gone. Awesome.

The conversation was suddenly more about his hair than he'd ever expected it to be. Rai resisted the urge to touch it, the subject of their conversation, out of self-consciousness. He was super aware of it now, and of how different it felt from his regular length. It was one thing to go to shorter hair, but for it to sudden get this much longer was a completely different sensation.

"Braid it?" His scepticism was evident in his voice; she needed to see no expression to know how he felt about that. "Do you know just how ridiculous I'd look, if you did that?"

He allowed his hand to be pulled away from his face, and was glad that the mask might hide some of the pink that flooded his face. He couldn't help touching it. As much as he was sure it wouldn't fall off... he could feel it moving when his expression changed. It was a soft mask, yeah, but it was still sturdy and didn't bend that easily, so he could feel it separating from his skin and then moving back into place and all of that.

"Took a bit more doing than the hair did, I can tell you that much. But... if I'm not incompetent, it should stay put, unless I take it off." He wrinkled his nose in demonstration; the mask moved, the edges not quite meeting his skin anymore, but it didn't fall off or otherwise displace itself, and when he let the expression go, the mask was still perfectly in place. "It just feels weird?"

An alias? For some reason, he actually considered this. But... he shook his head. No, no alias. Because it probably wouldn't work, seeing as other parts of him were recognisable. His voice, and his eyes. Not to mention, they were at Hogwarts. People would know.

And people would expect all of the Hogwarts Champions to show up. If they told people he was someone else, then he couldn't still say he was here.

"If anyone asks who your date is... just shrug and say 'He's my date'. If they can't figure it out, that's their own fault."

She could always pretend that Raiden was the one in the cow suit. And she could get by without calling his name at him, or addressing him by it. It wasn't like he would be near her and not paying attention to her.

"You're terribly terribly manipulative," he teased, biting his lip to try and stave off the grin. "Batting your eyes and looking at me like that. You know I can't fight with that, right?"

Nia struggled to keep a straight face. She could hear that tone in his voice. "Yes...you know like plait it. Or dreadlock it." She rubbed her lips together, holding in a giggle. Ridiculous? Did he believe she that she'd make him look baddd? Gah! "I think it could be rather...fetching. And practical. Guys can have them too, you know." Not that she honestly thought it would persuade him, but it was true.

"It's holding out good so far," Nia said, leaning across to take a closer look. It was then she realised the really clever part as he wrinkled his nose. The mask lifted off where it held its shape, but then reaffixed itself when it made contact again. "A really nifty spell," she noted, in reference to how it worked, and his success at it. And he thought she was the brainy one! "Just try to forget about it being there," Nia answered. "Ignore it and relax." Though admittedly, she'd probably find have something stuck to her face a bit weird. Especially on her cheeks, because the eye bit would probably just feel like Quidditch goggles.

Okay. So her date...was just her date. How enlightening. She'd have to be careful not to name him directly. An alias would be far more fun. To see how people were gullible enough. But oh well. Though truthfully, the people that cared enough about him being here probably should be able to pick up the slightest hints of it being Raiden. She had, afterall. "Well, my date, it's truely an honour to grace your arm tonight."

Her jaw dropped, and she looked at him in mock surprise, shock...and quite possibly distain. Nia really needed to work on her acting skills. "Manipulative? Batting my eyes? Looking at you?" She raised a dramatic hand to her forehead, whilst doing both of the aforementioned actions, and let out a sigh.

As for fighting it. No comment. But a slight blush did appear in her cheeks. The evening was looking better already.

Ellie had no idea what he was talking about. Fairy and what-not.

But when he whispered to her, she quite audibly replied, "No." No. She was not going to be seen dancing with some bush. No.

She smiled. "Sorry. I could have done better. I just couldn't get a costume in time." She shrugged. "Maybe next term, I'll wear a costume on an ordinary day and make up for it." People would think she's craze, but at least the three of them would know what was going on. And she wasn't ashamed to do so.