Sky suddenly felt the entire clock move. She slipped and fell out of the clock. Flat on the floor. She sat up and looked around. The clock was floating! Then Sky realized that Erin was using the locomotor spell on it. Why, Sky didn't know. She'd only asked for help pushing open the back of the clock…… "Um, that wasn't exactly what I meant," she spoke up.

She laughed, honestly she didn't think she was that pretty. But a lot of people tell her how beautiful she is...must be the veela she thought to herself.
"Ok, I'll meet you in the common room in awhile" she called out after her friend.

It had been a little while since she'd practiced the Patronus Charm with Louisa and Adam and Vashti was itching to try it out again. She really wanted to master it as soon as she possibly could - mostly because she wanted to be able to protect herself from the dementors if she was ever unfortunate enough to meet them, but also partly because she was pretty curious to see what form it would take. Who wasn't curious about it, really?

So here she was, ready to practice it some more. The Room of Requirement seemed the best place to do so since she could make it appear exactly as she wanted, unlike Classroom Eleven. She didn't need anything fancy though. Just a nice, big room where she could practice the Patronus Charm. So she began her pacing in front of the tapestry on the wall, thinking of the room she needed. Pacing back and forth...

Back and forth...

Back and forth...

Zhenya needed a break from studying. She decided to wander around on the Seventh floor, much higher up than her common room, that was for sure.

When she walked around the corner she saw a door appear. Just... appear! And there was a girl there... who was she? Zhenya had seen her around in the classes before, but had never spoken to her.

"Hi," said Zhenya with a quiet but strong voice. "I haven't really introduced myself to you before... I'm Zhenya," she said holding a hand out.

Once she'd completed her third round of pacing, Vashti looked at the wall and - yes! It'd worked! She'd been a little nervous that she might not be able to make it work since, even though she came here last term, Anakin was the one who'd done most of the work at the time. But it worked for her too! Excellent!

Just as she was getting over her satisfaction at having succeeded, she heard a voice next to her. Turning, she found it was a younger student whom she recognized from some of the lessons she'd attended, so Vashti smiled. "Nice to meet you, Zhenya." She accepted the girl's hand and shook it as she introduced herself as well. "I'm Vashti."

"Oh!" said Erin going red from head to foot. She did the wrong thing. "Sorry," then smiled. Erin's got it wrong. Now, Sky should be the one on the lead. Erin couldn't help herself but to suppressed a laugh seeing Sky flat on the floor. For a split second, Erin moved her wand back to the clock's previous location--just like what Sky retorted.

Wha… was Erin trying not to [I]laugh[/]? "It's not funny, any higher and I would've broken my back!" Sky replied, picking herself up off the floor. She wasn't trying to be mean, but Merlin! Anyway, with the clock back where it was, Sky walked back over to it. Hmm… she supposed that if there was a door in the back of the clock, it might still work. "Now, please come help me open the back of this thing," Sky said, already pushing as hard as possible on the back of the clock.

It appeared that this conversation had just become random as usual and that had been his fault in the end anyway but that was fine since it seemed like Matt couldn't exactly focus on much else other than the fact that they were still dancing somehow. Huh, shockingly he hadn't tripped or made any mistakes since that thought always seemed to be around whenever he was dancing with someone. "I know that, oddly I felt the need to mention that.. not quite sure why. Ah well, it was purely an observation anyway." Oh bravo, just keep talking cause it doesn't make any sense. Well it didn't matter if it made much sense anyway since he couldn't help but think about everything that had happened so far this term, everything from the start of term feast to now was definitely unexpected which was perfectly fine with him but it seemed to all start with the fact that Stella had come to Hogwarts. That must have set everything in motion here because every other term hadn't been this interesting. "Ah okay, I just like to know these things cause I don't like to find out I missed a friend's birthday. By the way.. if you'd like to know, mine's next month, well to be specific February 9th." Well that information definitely wasn't about to be forgotten since he could now put ideas into action.

Even the fact dancing was happening had slipped his mind since he just sorta stopped all of the sudden and looked at her for a second, had everything that had happened between them so far really meant nothing? Of course not. And what she just said had been true, even if it was partially a question that didn't need to be answered. If a hate potion hadn't driven them apart forever then maybe things really had been meant to be. Even if the idea of fate seemed rather ludicrous. Are you just going to stand there and stare at her? He knew that only one thing remained here which would sort of make sense. With that he closed the slight distance between them and kissed her.

The entirely random bent to the conversation now wasn't exactly surprising to Stella. Seeing as at least it was a distraction to her worry about stepping on Matt or who knew exactly what was going to happen. She was still completely convinced he was better at dancing than she was, which was a bit disconcerting. She'd always thought she was pretty skilled in dance, considering her theatre background. That wasn't exactly ballroom, though, and definitely hadn't been with someone who made her feel like she didn't quite know which way was up. She was blaming that on the dance hold. "It was kind of an unexpected observation," she pointed out. Boys, in her experience, rarely discussed possible relationships, especially when they weren't likely. Matt had apparently picked up on the question behind her giving him her birthday, however, and she smiled as he'd responded. "That's never a nice feeling, missing people's birthdays," she replied, before raising an eyebrow at the other information. "That's less than a month away." It seemed like she was just being sparklingly obvious right now. Definitely not at her best. Stupid distraction.

The continued topics didn't exactly help, either, especially as they'd made her think of, of all people, Ethan and how he'd messed with her for so long. She didn't even have the waltz to concentrate on, as it seemed Matt had decided to stop suddenly. That certainly didn't help her mental state, as it meant just standing there, still really close to him since they'd not exactly gotten out of hold. Waiting to find out if he'd even heard her comments, and for him to respond if he had. For all she knew he'd walk away, since there had been the question if he'd actually thought there was something going on anyway. Maybe she was just destined for heartbreak yet again, although in a much different way. The fact he was just staring at her definitely didn't help. Until he'd moved again, and she'd blinked a second time in surprise as he'd kissed her.

Maybe he hadn't thought she was completely crazy.

Ow! Erin made her mad. "I'm really sorry Sky. I didn't mean to," said Erin looking down. She had made her only companion in this place, mad.

Sky was snapping at her now and she was still bossing Erin around to help her with the clock? This was bloody unfair! Weakling as she was, Erin hide her annoyance with the Slytherin and still tried to help her push the clock. Why don't they just use magic? She would never understand. She was a mere Muggle-born. Pushing the clock together on one side, they were side by side, Erin pretended to exert effort but deep inside, there was no force in that push. Heh. "You still mad?" asked Erin smiling at the girl. She didn't want to fight with her. Their little adventure was after all fun.

"Neh, I'm not mad," Sky replied, giving up on trying to open the back of the clock and leaning on it instead. "Just please be more careful about when you use spells," she continued with a smile. Just then she heard a click coming from the back of the clock. She spun around pushed on it. It opened. There was nothing but a dark tunnel there. " Hmm… I wonder where this goes?" Sky said.

"I will, Ma'am!" answered Erin instantly then giggling at the Slytherin. At least, she wasn't mad now. Erin hated when people becomes upset beacause of her actions, either friends of enemies.

A tunnel! Whoa! If it was dangerous, what would happen to them? Would the professors going to take rescue of them? What if they die in here? What if she'll never see Hogwarts again? Or Aurora, or Beezus, Harvey, Minerva, Cass, Presley, Des, Jayden, Scott, or even Sky? Will she ever see Professor Bentley again, or Professor Schirmer, or Professor Hadley? Or even the Headmaster? What about her Daddy, or Nanny Lisa, or Cristina? How come they needed enter this place?

Sky spoke in a calm voice in contrast of the worried things that was clouding Erin's mind. She responded in a very worried tone, "Hell?" And she was clearly over-reacting now.

"Vashti... that's a lovely name," she said looking at the door that had just opened. "I've never been in here... if you don't mind me asking," she turned to face Vashti, "What do you do in here?" It looked extremely... cluttered, a perfect place to do things against the rules. Or just in quiet. Although it wouldn't have surprised Zhenya to see wild animals, or a marching band walk around from a corner.

Ryan walkedinto the Room Of Requirement and sat down.He some parchment in his bag to write a letter so he pulled that out and began to write.

He looked at the letter and put it in his bag.He looked around and waited for Chelsea to come.

Chelsea walked into the room of requirement. Finally she got to writing her aunt back after the three letters from home she received. Walking deeper into the room Chelsea spotted Ryan and smiled. "Hi, writing a letter?" she asked glancing down at the parchment, taking a seat next to him. Glancing down at her wrist she looked at the bracelet Ryan had got for her.

What?! Surely she didn't just suggest what I think she just suggested? "Why would a tunnel in a magic school lead there?" Sky asked, truly curious. She lit her wand and tried to get a good look down the tunnel while she waited for Erin's answer. Really, what could have lead her to that conclusion? The tunnel didn't even look like it went downwards.

''Yeah,it's to my Uncle.''He pulled out of his pocket a Choclate Frog.He had A spare so he said to her''Would you like one?''He started to sketch a picture of Hogwarts.

"Sure" she said taking a chocolate frog. She watched as Ryan began to sketch a picture. You like to draw? she asked.

''Yeah,I started when I was bored with my parents.''It was a past time for Ryan when he was bored.''You draw?''

"No, I couldn't draw to save my life" she laughed. It was true though, drawing was something she had always been horrible at.

''I'm sure your not bad,I'm drawing Hogwarts see.devianhart.comHe had always loved to draw Hogwarts.

"Drawing really isn't something I seem to have a talent for" she admitted. It always seemed like a person could draw either really good or bad. She looked at Ryan's drawing of the castle "Wow that looks really good" she smiled.

''Thanks''He put his Sketch Book back in his bag and said''Tell me more about your Aunt And Uncle.'

occ:The picture may not have came up sorry

"Well for starters their very protective, especially my uncle. Their also kind of strict on my grades" she paused. That was really the only thing they were strict about. And the whole protective thing, she understood why. "My aunt is very nice and funny. And my uncle he may seem really strict when you first meet him but he's really not, he just works a lot" she explained. He seemed very curious about her aunt and uncle. "So whats your uncle like?" she asked.

''My uncles very funny and loves Quidditch,he plays for Puddlemere United so I'll be going to afew games when I see them.And Aunt is well just like any Aunt........ nice and fuuny.''Your Aunt and Uncle like Quidditch?''