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Originally Posted by Akari-Sakura

Nulu giggled as Isobel skipped over to her. When Isobel got like this Nulu knew that something fun was going to occur. Sometimes the fun lasted enough that it would distract her from problems. She looked at her curiously with her arms behind her back waiting for then news.
“We are declaring a National Hug A Slytherin Day.”

With those words Nulu blinked. Josh popped into her mind, then matt. Right now she was in an inner struggle to figure out people who she might end up with. Both had told her something that had left her thinking. She wanted to participate, but if she hugged them what if they got the wrong idea. She looked at Isobel and her eyes wide blinked. “Oh dear, this should be fun, but a bit complicated…” she mumbled then took in a deep breath allowed her hands to let go of each other and clapped her hands together. “Brilliant, I am in.” she said and jumped. “OH this shall be exciting.”



“Get hexed?” she stopped at those words. Slytherins usually acted nicely around her, and they spoke to her once in a while, but she knew that many did not like their personal space being occupied by a stranger, especially a stranger that hugs them. “We should wear some protective stuff in case of hexes but oh okay.”


“A hug a run sound like a pleasant thing to do. Not slaps, no kicks, no bad words from the other person, and no hexes. “ Nulu thought loud enough and when she saw Isobel run off she remained in her place. “Oh dear, so we hug a lot of people and will repeats be alright??” she wondered to herself.

His hands in his pockets he saw Mustang going towards the trophy's part of the school and he followed behind quietly. Last meeting he encountered some guy trying to punch his face in for grabbing Nunually. Of course he probably had deserved it. Nunually was not like the othr girls who he could just grab and they would not mind. That is what the attraction was for her. Mustang was innocent that it was fun to torture and mess with her. Besides josh was after Mustang, and he had vowed that he was going to make Josh pay. He withdrew his left hand and ran it through his hair. Suddenly, he saw many other around Mustang and he looked at them with curiosity. He couldn't really hear anything taking his wand out and flicked it to listen.

""“We are declaring a National Hug A Slytherin Day.”"

He heard those words and the ideas flew into his head. He wanted to make Josh pay, and Nunually was the one who josh treasured the most. He had noticed that when mentioning Nunually Mustang, his step brother always made sure to make it clear tht she was not to be mess with and he was the one who was going to protect her. When he saw her alone he walked over to her. "Hey," with those words he pulled out a pair of glasses from his pocket. "Stole your glasses back from Josh." he told her handing them to her.

Vashti had to laugh a little too. "I suppose some can come across that way," she said. "But they're not always sweet, trust me. Like in Quidditch. They can be pretty fierce in those games." Those sweet badgers had some claws, man. She listened as Ari went on about her family, but then it seemed like the girl said more than she'd intended, and suddenly she was wanting to know about Vashti's family. Ah, Merlin. Not good. She wanted to turn the topic back around to Ari's family, as she would much rather hear her friend talk about this uncle of hers; it seemed like a much happier subject than Vashti's family. But she couldn't think of a good way to turn the conversation back around without being completely obvious and awkward about it, so she bit her lip for a moment before replying, "I... Er, what exactly do you want to know?"

Hmm. Developing social skills was probably a good reason, buuut... "We can do that in other things though, like participating in classes or other activities like Quidditch and Gobstones." Still, she supposed that wasn't quite the same skills that developed from sharing a dorm. Sharing a dorm didn't teach you to beat people up with bats, after all. It shouldn't, anyway.

Vashti returned the smile. "I suppose we might." They certainly had to have the house traits in common, otherwise why would they be Sorted into the same house, right? But Merlin, the chainshaw. She was never going to be able to say that word properly ever again. "I'm sure he does. I just wish he could fire the guy and get us a proper professor."

Surprised, Ari raised an eyebrow. 'Really? Hmm...then I'd better be more careful around Huffies and not take them for granted.' she mused. Who knew badgers could have claws? Hehe. The Gryffindor thought she had sensed that Vashti was somewhat uncomfortable with talking about her family, but she couldn't just take back the question now. 'What do I want to know? Well...the basic things. If you have siblings, what your parents are like, who's your favourite relative, things like that. As much or as little you want to tell me.' the little one added.

'Yes, but in classes we can't really socialize.' Just imagine chatting during Lafay's class. NOT good. 'And not everyone plays Quidditch.' She sure didn't. Although, Gobstones sounded fun. Ari was considering giving that a try.

Ariadne didn't understand why the headmaster couldn't do anything about Shaw if he was aware of the man's teaching style. 'At least maybe he'll only be here for a year.' Still, it was a loooong way till summer.

Vashti grinned. "Probably best not to take any of the houses for granted." She doubted anyone - be they badgers, eagles, snakes, or lions - liked being taken for granted. But *sigh* it was back to family now. Those questions weren't too hard to answer. It was just the matter of not getting too emotional while speaking. Hopefully by now she could avoid that. "I'm an only child, so no, no siblings," she began, answering them in order. "My parents are-" She refused to say "parent" or "were" "-really great. They're both complete history geeks, which kinda rubbed off on me, I think. As for favorite relative..." Vashti wasn't sure she actually had one, but there was one that she saw the most often now, so she supposed that would count. "I guess that would be my Aunt Grace even though she's kinda...weird."

"We can whenever the professors tell us to partner or group up on something," she suggested. Well, they could sort of socialize then, in a way. Working together even on just schoolwork built friendships sometimes. "But most people watch Quidditch and cheer for their house team, right? People can socialize in the stands while watching the game." Though there was also the possibility of a rivalry forming. But it was still socializing, right?

"I'm hoping for less, but that's probably the best we can hope for," Vashti replied. "Maybe he'll do something really stupid or illegal or something that gets him kicked out before then." She wasn't sure what that would be besides...well, hurting or killing someone, and she REALLY didn't want THAT to happen, so her best hope was that this would be Shaw's first and last year "teaching."

Ari nodded. Yes, she would learn that lesson and not take anyone for granted anymore. 'Oh, you're an only child too...It's lonely at times, isn't it? But sometimes it's great!' the firstie pondered, thinking how sometimes she wished a sibling while other times she was delighted to be an only child. She smiled when Vashti said her parents were great. 'History is a passion in my family too.' she said, nodding again. 'What do you mean, weird?' the little one chuckled. 'You know, I think we are all weird in our own way.' she added.

'Hmm, yes, you have a point. Another proof that you're a Ravenclaw.' Ariadne laughed, referring to Vashti's argumentation about socializing during classes and Quidditch. About Shaw...'I went to talk to the Headmaster about him, maybe something will change soon.' Hopefully.Then Ari remembered she had to send a letter to her mum. 'I should get going, I have a letter to send.' she apologized, and waited for Vashti to reply before heading off.

ooc: I'm going on vacation so I had to end this, sorry <3

Droping his bag on the ground next to one of the display cases of the Gobstone team's of the 1800's Mikey waits for the rest of the crew to return

Vashti nodded in agreement. It WAS quite lonely being an only child sometimes, but other times it wasn't too bad. Most of the time, in fact, it really wasn't that bad. She grinned when Ariadne mentioned that her family also loved history. Great! Good to know she and her family weren't the only history geeks around, right? But now back to Aunt Grace. Just how was she weird? "She's...had to describe," Vashti admitted with a shrug. "But you're right. I suppose we are." She grinned. "It's just that some are more weird than others." And there were plenty of people like that that she could name.

She laughed too at Ari's next comment then quieted when she spoke again. "Good," she said. At least now they knew for certain that the Headmaster knew about Shaw. "Let's hope something does change."But if it didn't? Then her only hope was that it would change after the year was over with.

A letter? "Oh, okay," she said with a smile. "That's fine. I probably need to get back to studying anyway." The shininess of all the trophies was starting to give her a bit of a headache anyway.

Nika skipped into the trophy room with a huge smile on her face. She was super proud of all of the hugs she had throughout the day. Sure the Slytherins were not at all happy about them but Nika found it funny. Maybe one day they'll have hug a Gryffindor day. She looked around the room for the rest of her group as she spotted Mikey. "Hey!" She beamed at him excitedly. She only knew how many hugs Ariana had given out and based on that she had a lot but she wasn't quite sure how many the rest got. So she wasn't to ask anyone until it was necessary because she wanted to stay proud for as long as she could.

Salander was milling about the third floor as his legs somehow made their way towards the trophy room. He always like this room, lots of shiny stuff that bore the Slytherin branding. Then his eyes fell on that one trophy that looked different and was also the newest-- the TriWizard Tournament Champion's Cup. And engraved on it was the name of his buddeh, Duncan Fletcher.

The Slytherin lad had to smirk. The things Fletcher went through to win that. Back then it was nail bitingly suspenseful, now some of it has been downright hilarious. To him anyway. Although he was pretty sure Fletcher still didnt find being turned into a hobbit for a few hours to be anything to laugh about.

Ariana hummed as she walked into the Trophy Room for the second time that day. Noticing a Slytherin, she thought, 'Wellll...' Technically, it wasn't the end of the day, and technically, she could hug him. So, she ran up and hugged him, and said, very quietly, "Eleven," before running over to Nika and waving. "Hii!"

Staring at that shiny TWT trophy, the Slytherin lad wasnt aware of any other persons in the room until he could feel a set of arms wrap around him for a moment.

Deja vu?

He glanced down, eyes trailing up the arms until he saw who it belonged to. A Ravenclaw girl. Huh.

"Eleven?" he whispered back dumbfounded then watched the girl take off in a sprint. His brows crease for a moment then remembered the incident at the Lake. He doubled back to look at the young girl. Was there some kind of tally sheet at the Ravvie common room, who had the most hugs and all that? "Eleven!" he murmured again then turned back to the glass shelves, eyes lost at the pretty shiny things....

Ivan walked into the trophy room not really knowing why but knowing he had to go there. As he looked around he spotted Sal and frowned. Odd. He had been meaning to talk to him but...hmmm. And he saw he was getting hugged again.

Shaking his head he laughed and walked over, "Ahoy there!" Ahoy? Really? Did he just say that? "I mean...hello..." he said clearing his throat and giving his head a shake. "Just the person I've been meaning to talk to actually," he said eying the trophies and finding several with his cousin Miles' name on it. Ugh. Stupid goody two shoes.

Nika stared as Ariana walked in and hugged the slytherin. Wait? So was it over or wasn't it? Does that mean that Nika can go and hug him too? Yeah okay well she was going to reply to Ariana and then go and hug the guy. Besides if it didn't count then she had enough anyways. "Hey!" She glanced back at the slytherin. Better get him before he leaves. "Give me one minute." She held up a finger and then walked towards the slytherin.

She walked towards him and smiled sweetly. "Hi! I'm Nika." She said slowly as she tried to make things a little less awkward before she tried to hug him. "It's hug a slytherin day and I couldn't help, but notice the green on your robes..." She said eyeing the slytherin badge. "And well I really want to win the competition and I know that most slytherins don't really like hugs, well the ones I've hugged already don't like them." She said trying to explain a bit. "But erm I hope you don't mind another hug?" She said looking back at Ariana who had just hugged him. She gave him a quick hug before retreating and taking a few steps backwards. "Again really sorry about that, but I really want to win so I can have bragging rights." she heard Ariana shout a mere eleven and Nika smiled knowing that she had just gotten her twenty sixth hug. Well there was no reason to shout it out. She wanted to make sure the others had less than her before she did that. No reason to spoil her proundness by finding out others had more than her.

Wandering around as usual, the grey eyed Slytherin, made her way to the trophy room until she saw her good pal, getting tackled or something.. Walking up near her good friend she looked at the same trophies he was with Fletcher's name plastered all over. She sure did miss him, then again she saw him more than Sal did. Sal probably didn't know what Rae was even here. All the while looking in the cases and silently twisting that diamond ring around her finger.

Instead Rae stood silently and watched another kid walked up to Sal and started talking too. Rae kept twisting the ring.

" popping the ear buds to his magical radio out of his ears" hey Nik sorry I didnt see you come in ...watching her chalk up anouther one " man it is so much easier for girls" thinking of the 9 he had gotten

Oh. Now that Nika did think about it, it was probably much easier for girls. Especially for Nika because she didn't fear any angry slytherins. She was just normally a very obnoxious person so it was really easy for her. "I guess you're right. It must be easier for us." She said nodding her head thinking it through. Probably way easier. So now Mikey, Ariana, and Nika but where are the others!? "I wonder when everyone else is going to get here! I wanna find out who won! I went all out on this!" She said proudly yet she didn't say her number still. Nika wanted to be proud for the longest amount of time possible and if she found out someone had gotten more than her then she could no longer be proud. So Nika would just stay quiet about it until asked.

Watching the lil lion he starts to grin You know you kicked my but dont you ... I bet you got over 15.... pointing to a verry spotty slytherin boy in one of the gobstone winners paintings of 1828 I bet he didnt get a lot of hugs

Nika chuckled. Over fifteen. She didn't just get over fifteen, she was in the twenties. Maybe she did have a chance at bragging rights after all! "Maybeeee." She said rocking back and fourth. "But I bet I got yelled at more than you did." She said nodding her head. Twenty six hugs meant twenty six very unhappy snakes. All of whom didn't forget to give her angry speeches and cold glares. She looked over to the thing that Mikey was pointing at and laughed. "Yeah... probably not." What was gobstones anyways? Nika needs to learn these things. Maybe one day she will end up in this sacred trophy room.

grinning at her So you hugged Sierra Greingoth too rubbing his chest where she hadf poked him with her wand ,and there would have been more yelling if he had tried to hug one of the guys .....see girls got it soooo easy they can hug any one I almost got Lefay that would have been some good yelling taking the lil lions hand he walkes her over to the steps so she could not get more hugs in if any random snakes that walked in

Nika nodded proudly. Yeah she had hugged Sierra alright and probably gotten on her hate list all at the same time. "And that Orabelle chick too." She said even prouder. Now that was a fun one. She was messed up, that Orabelle. "She told me not to breathe her air?" Did air even belong to her? How...? Nika laughed as she brought up the time in honeydukes. Hehe. Didn't that girl hate candy? "OH! I looked for Lafay but I couldn't find her!" She said with a shrug. "I think I would get a months worth of detention for hugging her though." she admitted with a chuckle. "What do you mean almost? Did she walk away too fast?"

And just as Salander was about to move down towards the House Cups he saw a young Gryff come near him out of the corner of his eye. "Oh... well pleased to meet you Nika." he smiled politely on the girl's introduction. Listening to her he started to nod slowly. Competition? Bragging rights? So like he's just a notch on the tallysheet huh?.....

Oh well, he was getting random hugs from girls and really he couldnt complain. Lets just not ask a certain Gryffindor blonde ahem.



As he gave a small awkward wave goodbye at the young Lion he turns at Ivan's greeting, which he found strangely familiar and comforting. "Aye matey, whats up?" Huh matey? That ship must've really rubbed off on them in more ways than one. Well at least he hoped it would keep Ivan from pushing him off the gangplank when they hold their next class there.

His eyes drifted momentarily at the statuesque brunette looking at the same trophy he did earlier. His trademark smirk crossed his features "Hey there Rae! Howzit going?" he greeted his fellow Slythie and his eyes touches momentarily on the trinket on her finger, having absolutely no.clue what it meant. Girls gots trinkets right? Nothing unusual about that.....

Now taking her eyes off the trophy, Rae smiled at her best guy friend. "Hey. I gotta talk to you about something... Pretty important." For some reason Rae was still nervous about this whole subject in general. "I imagine that Fletcher will write you about this too, but I thought I would ask first and I guess give you a heads up." Uhh...... *looks down* Maybe..... She should just let Fletcher write him and ask?

Salander's smirk dropped slowly from his face, watching Rae get all fidgety and mentioning something pretty important. For a moment he thought something awful happened to Fletcher until she mentioned him as well. Give him a heads up? "W-What is it then? Whats wrong?"he asked worriedly "Fletch aint in trouble is he-- or you?" Yeah he knew these two werent exactly the poster children for living life in the straight and narrow.

Huh? "Oh... Oh no no. It's not bad news.. Sorry I guess I'm just nervous." Did she really seem THAT bad? Sweet Merlin this subject over firewhiskey would be nice...... Then again. Anything over firewhiskey would be nice. "Fletcher and I are getting married." She had her faint smile for her nerves still got to her and she held out her left hand showing the gleaming ring on her finger. "And uh, well I guess this is more his question than mine but we both would like you to be apart of the wedding. More specifically, as Fletcher's best man.." Please... Please please please know what a best man was.. Rae couldn't go through a fiasco like she did with Ev and Destiny again.

Ivan watched as the young Gryffindor walked off and raised an eyebrow at Sal. Matey? Hmm seemed they both were being weird today. "Nothing much I just came to have a talk with you and...apologize."

He looked toward the girl that Sal had turned his attention to and nodded in greeting. "Congratulations." Though he found it kind of disturbing how some people got engaged so early even Miles had. Not him, no sir.