Lexi rolled her eyes and shook her head. Salander was all boy and it was totally GROSS sometimes. "Do you want to get something you can't get off? Just summon your gloves then you lazy thing... I swear you act like walking around the corner is so terrible. I had to walk down 8 flights of stairs in HEELS," she teased him. Although she WAS serious about those bloody gloves.

Lexi SAW him inching closer and she turned her head and eyed him. Had he forgotten how long it had taken her to forgive him throwing up NEAR her? If he touched something THAT gross she was not sure she would EVER forget it.

Presley stared at the heads, fighting bile. That was the grossest thing she'd ever seen in her life. Spotting Luna, she made her way over to her. "Hey, Lu." Presley said, as she avoided looking at the bowling area. "I haven't seen you around much. How have you been?"

Luna went pale looking at the heads Ughh disscusting

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''Hey Pres!'' she smiled ''Great thanks I don't really have time anymore i'm focusing on school work mostly this year!'' but she was glad to see Presley they hadn't spoken since the night of the feast ''Anything up with you did you meet the new first years?'' she honestly couldn't stand any of them loosing for stupid things like dressing in muggle clothes to class...

India turned to Lexi and gave her a quick smile "Yeah I never thought of it that way" she gave her an apraising look - Lexi seemed to be a smart girl. Smart people were good people. Thats atleast what lil'miss claw thought.

When the headboy told her his name she nodded - ah so he had a name. SHE knew he had a name - but not knowing it before had gotten infront of her issue of being polite. "Right...messy" she explained. But as he went on about using wand movements she couldn't help but smile - yes a spell like that could work...but the strongest gloves could as well.

A BOWLING CENTER ! THEY HAD A BOWLING CENTER!

Daichi literally FREAKED OUT when he saw this section of the room. He had always wanted to try bowling. Yes he knew what it was for his muggle friend asked him to come with him together with his parents to bowl. But since it was on the same day he had to take the Hogwarts Express his father refused it. BLEH.

But now he could finally bowl~ Running towards the bowling part of the room, Daichi's eyes seemed to twinkle with excitment as he saw an older boy grabbed a ball and rolled it. "That's so cool! Can i try, can i try... pleeeaase?" he asked as he walked towards, where he thought were the balls and let out a yelp of shock when the so called bowling balls were in fact...shrunken heads. Eeww!

"I didn't even know that counted as a talent," Tori scoffed. "Hufflepuffs are particularly good finders. YEAH RIGHT."

"If you're gonna try the bowling," Tori spoke up toward *eyelash flutter* Salander now, "then can you summon me some gloves too? I'm not very good at that spell."

She'd found that out when she ran into the swamp last week... sigh.

Rose picked up a head, feeling disgusted. 'Why do ye look at us like that!?' One asked. Rose jumped. 'I didn't know you could speak!'
'Of course I can!' it sighed.
'What do I do?' Rose asked.
'ROLL ME AT THE PINS, IDIOT GIRL!' The head yelled.
'OK OK!' Rose said shakily. She brought the head into the correct position. She bowled it, making sure to be in the correct stance and it bowled towards the pins.

'WAHAY! THIS IS FUN-OW!' The head shouted.
'STRIKE!' Rose whooped.

Lexi returned the girl's smile and gave a little nod. Mhm. Don't mistreat the heads. She had several things that she stood by, but the conscious effort to NOT mistreat those that could not defend themselves was the ONE that stood for the most to her.

Lexi nodded her agreement and then... she saw an EYELASH FLUTTER at HER BOYFRIEND. HMPH. She thought the girl wasn't half bad, but if she kept THAT up Lexi would have to make sure the girl had no more eyelashes left to flutter.

Lexi flexed her wrist and prepared to summon some gloves for the girl because SAL was NOT going to do things for a lovestruck little girl. He gave them all the WRONG idea. HMPH.

Sometimes Lexi wondered if the boy even told anyone they were together.

Wow, was this weird.

Kennedy's green eyes wandered around the place. It seemed more like a Halloween Party...but, then again it was Halloween. Who was this guy named Nick, by the way? And, wasn't it supposed to be birthday and not deathday? Hmm, wizarding people had strange holidays.

He made his was toward what resembled a bowling alley, except there were no bowling balls.

O__O

What were they supposed to bowl with...with those disgusting looking heads? Kennedy was about to turn around when he noticed a head talking to a girl.

Did...it.... Nah, he was just imagining things. They were probably like those Halloween decorations his neighbor back home used to put around his house. The fourteen year old stepped up, thinking this may be fun, but before touching one of the heads he tapped his pant pocket. Ah, he was ready.

So, completely oblivious that the heads were actually real he allowed his hand to hover over them while he decided which one would be the best bowling head.

Nika skipped around with a huge smile etched on her face. A party! Parties are always fun! Even if they are a deathday party. Who celebrates their death anyway...? Well it's for Headless Nick and he is the best Gryffindor ghost ever so eh, whatever. After all parties are great and this party will now be the greatest because Nika has arrived and she is in the most partying mood ever.

She continued skipping as she looked around at the odd decorations with a raised eyebrow. Well it wasn't really her choice of decor, but then again this is a deathday party. So she'll just continue skipping happily now. Where is nearly headless anyway? Nika must go and congratulate him later. What is she supposed to say exactly? 'Happy deathday. Congratulations on being dead?' HMPH. Maybe she'll just stick with a 'Congratulations' instead. That way she won't go off rambling about some nonsense.

OOOOH!

BOWLING!

Now that's something that is very familiar to the little redhead. "I haven't gone bowling in ages!" She exclaimed rather loudly, and to no one in particular. The only problem is... there aren't any bowling balls around? What's she supposed to bowl with? Her shoes...?

Heads?

Really? Heads? *Shrug* Well it could be worse. So Nika took a few steps towards them and reached her hand close to grab one when, "Pick me! Pick ME!" Nika jumped back out of shock and let out a loud, high-pitched squeal. "EEEEEP!" Then next thing she knew she had jumped back into another person. Great. Stupid talking heads. Nika turned around with a sheepish smile on her face and waved a hand. "Hi...?" Well at least this boy looks somewhat around her age. She wouldn't want any trouble with angry seventh years so early in the term now would she?

"I'm really sorry about bumping into you... It's just that these stupid heads. They talk. But I didn't know that! Well now I do, but before I didn't and it sort of just surprised me. And I thought that these weren't real because who the heck bowls with real heads!? And they aren't just real, did you know they can talk!? Well they can! Why can't we just go bowling with bowling balls because it would just make so much more sense and where are we supposed to put our fingers!? In it's eyeballs!? And--" Heh. She was nervous. Not only did she bump into someone, but she bumped into a boy. She didn't even know this kid and he didn't look too much older. Oh the embarrassment. The pink glow was evident on her cheeks now. "Erm I mean... Sorry."

Kennedy's hand missed the head he was about to grab due to someone bumping into him. He turned around, ready to apologize - even if it wasn't his fault- but the person had beat him to it.

O_____________O

His eyes widened and the color of his face drained when she said the heads were REAL.

WHAT?

Ugh, suddenly his stomach didn't feel so good. He forgot about the whole bumping incident and instead he stared at the heads in disgust. "Ah! I almost touched one!"

Ahhhh......AHHHHHH!

How?...Heads?...Real?....Gah! Murderers! Were was the police when you needed them.

Nika stood there staring at him with embarrassment. She was just waiting to be yelled at. But wait!? What is this? He's not angry? Wait, what did he almost touch?

Oh yeah! The heads.

"Maybe they're just bowling balls that look like heads..." She suggested doubtfully. "But then again I've never really seen a talking bowling ball before..." Her eyes widened as she looked back at the heads.

"Then they really are real aren't they!?!" She looked at the boy and then back to the heads. "I'm not so sure if I want to go bowling anymore..." But bowling is just too much fun to pass up. Sigh. "I think I'm going to get one." She took a few steps forward and reached for a head with her own eyes still looking behind her. She poked an eyeball.

Giggle. Well this is fun. Poke Poke Poke. Giggle. "It's squishy."

"HA HA HA!" boomed Sir Patrick as he made his presence at the Deathday Party known to all. "Leave it to Sir Nicholas to have Shrunken Head Bowling! It's much more fun when you use your own head!"


To make his point, he walked over to an empty lane. He reached up with his right hand and took off his head. Sir Patrick swung his arm backwards and then forwards, tossing his head down the narrow alley.

CLANK! CLUNK! CLANK!

Seven of the pins fell over.

"WOO HOO!" he chortled out as his body flew over to where his head lay in the gutter. "Now that's what I call bowling!"

IT WAS AN INNOCENT EYELASH FLUTTER. Of course, Tori had no way of communicating that to Lexi, much less knowing that the older Gryffindor was even upset with her. Wups.

"Oh, are you getting me some gloves?" she turned her best innocent smile on Lexi. "How kind of you!"

Speaking of gloves....

"Not all of us can just detach our heads like that," Tori pointed out sullenly to the ghost that had just popped up. "Nice try though."

He'd only gotten 7 out of 10 pins. Pssssssh. She was gonna get a strike... whenever she got around to bowling, that was.

Desiree was on her way to the common room when she saw something going on in the dungeons. Remembering the sign about Nearly Headless Nck she decided to go check it out. It might be fun. Plus she had never been to a deathday party before. Well there's a first time for everything..

Like this, this was a first. They were bowling with HEADS.

But of course they weren't real heads.. no, definitely not. She turned to her side, that head had just. talked. Ok she knew Hogwarts was interesting, but this was just a little too weird for her. You did come to a deathday party for a ghost, what were you expecting? She shook her head a bit. Maybe they were fake talking heads, yep that was definitely it. Either way she decided to just watch for now.


As she was watching a ghost floated in and proceeded to take off his own head and then he bowled with it.

O___o

She just stood there mouth slightly open. He was a ghost... but still that was just gross.

Seriously. Some of the ghosts around here were so LOUD! HMPH.

Lexi did, however, give the ghost a small round of applause for such a fabulous turn at bowling. If only she could decapitate some people and used their severed heads for recreational purposes. OH SAD DAYS.

Lexi smiled at the girl and released her wand into her hand. "I could help you learn how to properly cast a summoning charm so you could do it yourself," she offered. They mightn't have that much time though... if the girl had already attempted it in the past and failed; well she might not be that great with magic at all. Sad case, she was.

"But if you would rather I could summon yours for you. Haven't you got some for Herbology?"

"If you ever lose your head, then you'll be able to!" replied Sir Patrick as he put his head back on. "Stick with the shrunken heads and ignore their suggestions on where to toss 'em"

Then he noticed that the young girl had a Slytherin crest emblazoned on her robes and he flew over to her side. "Just resist the urge to toss the First Years down the alley - it might make that old stick-in-the-mud headmaster a bit mad," he whispered to her and he floated away.

It was time to find the Deathday Boy....

Oh, wow, that was nice of her to offer! "Sure!" Tori responded quickly. "I'd love to learn. I tried summoning a broomstick to get over that swamp, you know, but it um.... never came."

Kind of embarrassing.

Tori just STARED at the ghost as he basically suggested Tori go get herself decapitated. Then he flew closer and she shivered a little. "Hehehee," the redhead giggled. "But tossing first years would be FUN!"

And they were almost guaranteed to knock all the pins down with their limbs.

Kennedy wore a mixed expression of disgust and worry. What if those things had germs and they...they made people lose their OWN heads? Hm. "Wait-" He was about to stop the girl, but he had reacted too late. She was poking its eye.

Yuck.

She looked like she was having fun poking it. "So...is it real?" he asked, still wanting to make sure before he touched one.

He then heard a distinguished voice he hasn't heard at Hogwarts yet. Turning to the source his eyes went wider than before....


He poked the girl on her shoulder while at the same time he pointed at the ghost. "T-That's a re-real g-g-ghost r-right?" Of course it was, Escalante. He blinked several times. Yep, definitely see-through.

His mind was a mess. First talking, decapitated heads and now...a ghost. He's seen it all.

GAH!

Em had some down to the dungeons curious about this Deathday party thing. She had been expecting a somber affair, but it was anything but. Wandering around, she found a little bowling alley set up. But it was bowling with shrunken heads? That was a new one for her. She stood there trying to decide if she wanted to play, considering she was really bad at regular bowling.

Rose walked up to a boy looking slightly disgruntled. 'These are real you know...' Rose grinned, putting her own shrunken head next to his.
'HALLO BOY!' The head yelled.
'Yeah, real ghosts... They're pretty cool actually! Are you a transfer, or just haven't seen a ghost...' Rose chuckled. She held her head up and bowled it down. 6 pins. She grabbed another and bowled it. 'SPARE!' Rose whooped. 'See? They don't mind!'

"Oh yeah..." he can summon his stuff cant he? "But I gotta concentrate more to get them to come to me. Thats a lot more work than just picking up one of them heads and letting them roll." Yes he was whining. But only in front of Lexi, who was already giving him that look that he better not try to pull something since she was watching him like a hawk.

With a lazy huff he raised his wand and summoned his gloves, concentrating and visualizing in his minds eye which was now second nature when using this spell. A few seconds later a pair of his dragon hide gloves for COMC class floated lazily into view. He could hear Lexi and Tori saying something about needing work on the summoning charm for her gloves "You girls can use mine. Or we can duplicate it or something."

He was about to ask India if she was comfortable with Wingardium Leviosa when a ghost he didnt know suddenly popped up. He neared the ghost just as everyone else did and watched him pull his own head off and rolled it down the alley. He pulled Lexi closer and whispered to her ear "See look at that. Its way more enjoyable if you use your hands." he smirked.

And he did a double take at a familiar Puff he hasnt seen in a while "Em...Emmaleigh? Hey!" he greeted the young girl then jerked his head at the direction of the shrunken heads "Go try it out, if you dont mind grabbing a handful of hair and watching out for the teeth" he chuckled

Raven just drop to the shrunken head bowling area in Nick's birthdeathday party. She saw a girl who played it.

"Hey, nice game. So, how to play it?" asked her to the girl.

"Hey Desiree!" greeted her. "Sounds unique, right? The deathday party of Nearly-Headless Nick."

'Hallo! Thank you, I love bowling, always have!' Rose smiled. 'You just-'
'CHUCK THE HEAD GIRL!' The head Rose was holding yelled. Rose rolled her eyes and chucked it forward. 'STRIIIIIIIIIIKE!' The head yelled before colliding with the pins. 'Yes!' Rose grinned. 'Like that! Mine name's Rose! I'm a Second Year!' Rose smiled. She didn't bother to say Gryffindor, it was obvious as her tie was red and gold...

Lexi looked at her and smiled. "It might be a bit difficult to learn how to do it in one night. I can summon your gloves and we can meet sometime and I can teach you if you would like. I have found in the past that a peer teaching me something is sometimes easier than a professor teaching a room full of people." Mhm. Like Neptune helping her do nonverbals.

Raising her wand she flicked her wrist toward the Slytherin common rooms and called, "Accio Tori's Dragonhide gloves."

Lexi rolled her eyes dramatically and huffed right back at him. "You are acting like a child," she teased as she poked at his ribs. She smiled as she saw his gloves zoom in.

"Ummm no thanks. Shrunken head bowling is not very lady like, Salander. I think I will have to pass," she said haughtily as she eyed one of those filthy things. As Sal moved closer and whispered she giggled a bit and swatted at him playfully. "Oh go throw a head or something," she encouraged him. Hehe.

And REALLY he was calling over another girl?! Didn't he know SHE was supposed to be the center of attention? HMPH. And this one was a filthy Hufflepuff no less.