Belle decided to explore hogwarts while doing her transfiguration homework. She found a spot and concentrated hardly. She wanted a different design. "Comletia..Comeltia..comeltia." she repeated in her head three times to make sure she said it right. she imagined the beach and how her grandmother had a compass that she had on her frontporch and thought of it rlly hard. She did the wand movements
"Top to Bottom..Left to right...a little circle and a tap and she concentrated rlly hard and she didn't do it the first time. "Damn.." she told herself. She did twice and concentrated on what it looked it and she got it!

This is exactly what it looked like. "I knew coming to a place like this would make me concentrate more." she told herself.

K-Lee wanted to get all of her homework out of the way, so had trekked down into the grounds to finish it off. Going near the front gate where she saw another girl doing her Transfiguration homework.

Taking out her watch, K-Lee thought up a design she wanted. Happy with the idea in her head, she started the spell. "Comletia." She did the wand movement carefully and watched her watch, looking for any change. Nothing.

"OK, I can do this." She mumbled to herself. Several more tries later and she was feeling even more determined to do this perfectly. "Comletia." This time after the wand movement the watch changed into a compass.

It was a lime green colour with a design of a leaf on the back. The leaf wasn't as detailed as she had hoped but it still was very pretty. Smiling at her good work she pocketed it, in the mood for a rest before trying again.

Fee stood there watching Hugo participate and smiled. Why was it that he never got it when he was doing good?! Freaky boy.To be honest his compass really did look good and detailed."You know maybe you expect too much",the blonde gave her boyfriend a smile,"to me it looks good."Of course the image in his had had looked different or more detailed but could really make that real?!

Waiting a few seconds the girl took a step and laid her compass down on one of the stones nearby."Reverto",she said aiming her wand at it. Within seconds it turned to old,ugly watch for the third time. Closing her eyes Fee tried to concentrate on what her new compass should look like. Mhh... As she took a deep breath a image was forming in her head.Oh yes this was a good one.Hopefully it would workout."Comeltia",the Slytherin pointed her wand at the watch. When she opened her eyes again there on the stone laid her newly transformed compass.Mhhh well at least it was green and it kinda looked like the image in her head. Not exactly but for the third try it was okay."Good",Fee sighed a little,"what does yours say?"

Ellie traipsed around the grounds with her wand up its holster and the watch from Transfiguration in her cloak pocket.

Time for homework. And she'd come outside just for that very reason. She had a theory to test, really.

It was slightly cold, but with her heavier cloke and hair down (as always), it was nothing, really.

So, she pulled the watch out of her pocket, "Ugh." She really wished she had traded it in for one that would be easier to work with. Bummer.

She flicked her wrist a couple times, causing the wand to shimmy out of it's strappings. Then she pointed it at the watch. If she did it before, she could do it now, yes? Yes. "Comletia," up/down, left/right, circle, jab.

And just as in class, the watch became a compass with leather around it.

Meh.

Ellie turned it around in her hand...it appeared to be working. Then she turned her self so that she was facing North and glanced behind her. The North tower was North.

POUT.

She'd hoped otherwise. That woulda been epic. And maybe, she'd get to rename it, since it was incorrect. And then it would be the Ellie tower. And centuries from now, kiddies would be learning Divination there. And they'd learn about her in History of Magic.

But...looks like that's not gonna happen. Oh well.

The disappointed girl reverted the compass back, reholstered her wand, and trudged back up to the castle. She'll practice more in the warmth. Maybe with food. Food sounded good.

She was right. Hugo did expect too much of himself. He smilled a little when Fee closed her eyes. She was sooo cute. Hugo was really lucky to have her. He looked at Fee's compass. It looked a bit like his compass. He studied his and looked at the place it was pointing. Far back, there was the Lake and the Whomping Willow. "I think it's pointing at the pathways," Hugo said to Fee.

Upon reaching the gates, his fingers were warmer and his nose a little less frosty, though his toes were giving a good deal of protest against the wet fabric of his sneakers. Poor attire for the task at hand. Perhaps he should transform his shoes into boots, though doing so may just as well have him ending up with his feet in a tissue box. No, he'd stick with the watch transformation.

Looking up at the gates he pursed his lips and let out a slow stream of breath between them, watching as the strands curled up and towards the metal peeks. He had tried a modern compass, so now, he figured perhaps one bordering on ancient may be a challenge to try out. Well, perhaps not ancient, but older. The design would be similar, with a detailed basis for the needle to sit on, degrees between each of the main directions, and a needle that wasn't simply red. All of that inside what would normally be the flip-container of a pocket watch. A complex basis in the simple design of something older.

Once again, he drew out watch and wand, focusing first on the magnetism and then on each of the details. The basic design was getting easier, a template that he could work off of and build around. It was the design of the container that stumped him, the sleekness and curvature, how the hinges connected and latched together. It took a few tries, a few instances of the lid being on the side of the compass, on the bottom so one could see the magnets and inner workings, upside down and sideways before he finally got it to close purposefully over the top.

Once that was done and the magnetism checked again, he spent several minutes simply opening and closing the pocket-compass. He had always found the style intriguing and very proper and couldn't help but wonder why it had gone out of style. Perhaps because the latches got sticky, as his seemed to be with each consecutive open and close? Or maybe that was just the cold.

A glance to the sky told him time was running out and evening was fast approaching. Four down, one to go and then he could warm his hands by the fire. Flicking the compass closed one last time, he headed back towards Hogwarts, intent on creating his last in the courtyard so he could bolt inside to warmth once it was over.

Dallin was just about to freeze. He was pretty sure that his toes were frozen and he wasn't sure that he would ever feel them again. But, he really wasn't paying attention to those things, because his mind was on something much better; the girl he was walking with.

He shuffled his feet through the snow as they walked onto Hogwarts' grounds. "So, I think I could handle going back there sometime. Ya know, when it's warmer and everything." He nodded toward the snow.

Nerida walked over to the front gate she wasnt concentrating..And she needed to...She took out her wand and the watch out from her purseAfter setting the watch down on the stone she did the movements up/down, left/right, circle, jab and then said ComeltiaaWhy didnt it work?! And then accedantly said outloud It worked the other two times..She then realized she must have said the incantation wrong...She did the movements once more and said ComeltiaShe saw as it worked and a smiled of happieness went on the First Years face..But it wasnt snazzy enough for her..She thought of the design she wanted it to be, she wanted it to have lots of directions where it could point to like North, Northwest, NorthNorthwest, and so on...She concentrated and said ComeltiaAnd tried not to jump for joy as it worked!She then said Reverto and smiled as it became a normal watch once more..

Jade was walking around the school. She stopped for a moment as was standing right at the front gate of Hogwarts. The wrought iron gate was enormous. Just then she saw someone walking towards her.

Slipping through the gate slightly behind Dallin, Aimée tilted her head to look up at the boy stood before her. She shivered slightly, although she wasn't as cold as she had been going down there - walking 'round with the boys arm around her shoulders had warmed her up, plus there was something about stepping inside the Hogwarts boundary that made her feel a little warmer. She wriggled her toes in her boots to try and regain the feeling in them, although she was more interested in what Dallin was saying than her possible-frostbite.

"I guess I could face going back, too," she smiled, her nose wrinkling a little as he gestured to the sheet of white. "But when eet es sunnier. And as long as I 'ave as good company." Because today with Dallin - well, it had been very fun.

Dallin looked down at her, smiling at her comment. "I wonder how often they let us go there," he mused, mostly talking to himself. He could probably find out really easily, but it wasn't really that important. But hopefully the next time would be sunny and happy and stuff. Although, the cold had given him a good excuse to flirt... heh.

"So," he said, looking back at Aimée. "Feel like leaving this gross white stuff and going into the castle?" He could almost feel the greatness of the warm building, but if Aimée wanted to stay outside, he supposed he could live with it.

Dan was walking up to the front gate and saw a girl standing there. She looked lonely, so he walked up to her.

"Hi, I'm Dan" He said awkwardly, he wasn't the best at these things.

Jade kept looking at the boy. He was getting nearer. Just then he spoke to her. "Hi Dan," Jade replied slowly. "Nice to meet you, I'm Jade," she continued while handing out her hand for him to shake.

Aimée mused at Dallins wonderings, nodding her agreement. She did wonder, too; maybe she'd buy something next time, and maybe it'd be sunny. And maybe she'd have such great company again. Although the cold had meant Dallin putting his arm around her, which was really lovely. Yes. "Et might be prettier next time we can go. Eef it es sunny - we would be able to see et properly," she said with a laugh.

Nodding enthusiastically at the boys suggestion, Aimée stamped her feet and rubbed her hands together, to try and get more feeling into them. "Yes, I would love to go back," she laughed. It would be warm there, heheh.

Dallin couldn't help but notice the 'we' in what she was saying. And, being him, he automatically figured that by 'we,' Aimée meant her and him. Of course, what else could she mean? He nodded. "I wanna check out some more shops next time, too." Like the candy store. He'd forgotten money this time, so he planned on buying something next time.

He grinned in relief when she said she wanted to go into the castle. "Awesome," he replied with a short nod. He was already thinking of hot chocolate in the great hall, or the fireplace in the common room. Both sounded equally as appealing. He offered his arm in a gentlemanly way, smirking slightly as he looked at Aimée. "Shall we?"

Jake had no idea he was anywhere NEAR the front gate. He'd been inspecting the pocketwatch once more, noting how awesome it looked even when not a compass with his name on the back.

In face, Jake had no idea he was at the front gate until he walked straight into it.

"Owwww," the young man whined loudly, rubbing his face even though it didn't hurt as he looked up at the gate.

Well... now that he'd stopped, it was time to make the BEST compass he'd ever conjured... which wouldn't be hard. He hadn't exactly cast many of these in his time.

Drawing his wand again, Jake leaned hs head up against the gate bars and looked down at his watch. This position helped him focus... he couldn't be distracted by ANYTHING.

Thinking REALLY hard about the design he wanted, Jake squeezed his eyes shut and focused SUPER hard, finally thinking 'Comletia' loudly, after making the wand movement.

Trying not to get distracted by wondering how loud someone could think, Jake inspacted the compass. The engravings from last time were there and everything, but now he looked closer, it actually looked... COOLER. Around the edge it was black and silver, and the inside 'face' was black with all the letters and dashes representing degrees were a pretty silver. His name on the back seemed to stand out even more against the now silver background, but he wasn't sure he knew why.

"Cool," the young man grinned, starting with the four point spell to test it was he face different directions.

It was PERFECT!

His homework done, Jake turned back and started the long trek back to the castle, leaving the compass as it was as he tucked it into his shirt pocket. He wanted to sherish it like this for a little longer... maybe draw it.

Besides, what could he do right now with a backwards watch?

Well now...THIS...this was a good place. Fresh air, not smelly animals, and no scary whomping willow trees in site! Just her, this big fence, and those animal thingies by the fence...and then out into the open freedom beyond the fence!

This was a rather large fence. Kinda intimidating.

...

Pfft, nooooo. She wasn't scared of a fence. Twirling the watch on her finger, she tugged her jacket closer to herself with her free hand as she glanced around. Kinda lonely out here too. It was true that she wanted some quiet to concentrate on the task at hand, but this...this was like, extreme quiet. Quite unsettling.

Leaning against a large boulder that was quite familiar to her, Evelyn took a few moments to just, relax. She hadn't relaxed in quite sometime so it was nice. However, those few moments were up as she glanced down to the watch, remember whyyyy she was here in the first place. Yet, this place did not help her remember what a- OMG she remembered. It had those things! Those letter things, pointing in each direction right? North, South, East, and West...and those arrow things pointed...somewhere...

It didn't matter! What mattered was that she remembered what a compass looked like! Hopefully. "Comletia!" Cross, circle, jab-EXCITING!

Watching the watch transfigure into the already familiar shape and color of the compass, this time however, the actual part that made it look like a compass showed up, regardless of some parts missing. She, made, and almost looking COMPASS!

Flipping the silver thing from front to back and repeating that slowly, she stood up from the boulder and continued on her way, having no idea where she was going. She was just happy that she had gotten this at least halfway right. Hehe, oh yea!

Transfiguration...totally easy.

She seemed nice. "Nice to meet you too Jade," He said with a smile. He shook her hand and then it got slightly awkward, so he decided to make small talk... "So, what house are you in?"

Jade smiled back at Dan. There was some awkward silence. but then Dan asked Jade something. "I'm in Hufflepuff," she told Dan. "What about you?" she asked him. She was sure he wasn't in HUfflepuff because she had never saw him in the Common Room.

"Cool, I'm in Ravenclaw." He said. ...Another awkward silence... He was so terrible at these things. "So, what year are you in?" another very bad attempt at small talk.

"Ravenclaw is cool!" she told Dan. Dan was really trying hard to continue his conversation with Jade. "Oh eh I'm a third year," she said looking at him. Dan looked older than her, even than Cody. Maybe he was he was a year older than them? "What about you?" Jade asked him with a smile.

Zander wondered down to the front gate, an area he had never ventured too , well not since he first arrived at the school. He glanced through the bars ad the path that lead down to hogsmead station, the scenery was beautiful.

Keeley skipped down the path to the front gates. After all, skipping is the absolute best way to travel, no? Anywho, she was off to the rather large rock that was nestled into the side of the gate, one of her favorite places to doodle, think, and generally avoid O.W.L. work. Yep, working's for losers.

Plopping down on the rock, Keeley's brushed back her untidy red bangs and pulled out her old sketchbook. Gosh, this ol' thing had been through years of wear and tear. The leather cover was ripped, torn, and even burned in one spot. Ah, the time when William had attempted to charm her name on it. Good times. Lord, she missed that boy.. wherever he was.

Hm. Whatever, now was the time for doodling the little bird which had just landed in a nearby tree.

"Oh yeah, I like you already" He said with a laugh. He was now finding it easier to talk to girls, because going to an all boys school in NZ didn't help the situation at all. "Cool, I'm in my fifth year" He said feeling proud to be older... wait, that's not really a good thing. "So, who do you know round here?"

Jade blushed at his last comment. She was quite shy around new people. "I like you too," she told him with a friendly smile. Dan seemed like he was getting more comfortable taking to Jade. "I suspected that you might have been older than me," she told Dan proudly. "Well, I know a couple of Slytherins and Gryffindors but I think you are the first Ravenclaw that I've ever talked to," Jade said.