WHAT was with the finger in the face and since WHEN was Mia so assertive? If Mia wasn't a friend of hers she would break that finger for her. "For your information I do have fun." She just hadn't done it in a LONG time. "And what would you know about relationship woes anyway? You have the perfect boyfriend." Sure, her boyfriend may not be around but at least she knew he cared about her which was a hell of a lot more than what Marie could say about her boyfriend.

"And what's wrong with my choice of outfit?" She asked glaring at Evelyn. "Why are you all so worried about what I'm wearing? Have you forgotten that my boyfriend happens to be in this house? HMMM?" Geez, the way they were acting you would think she had gone off and killed Merlin or something.

Ha! Destiny had to be the one to go first in this little game of Mia's. "Sucks to be you Destiny. Choose wisely. Who knows what evil this little Puff has up her sleeve." She said looking back over at her all of a sudden fearless friend.

Maybe she should yell BOO at her and see how fearless she really is.

Eeeep!

Mia was doing that finger pointing and Destiny did not like it at all. Sure, it was okay when she was the one pointing the finger, but having a finger pointed at her? Not cool. She watched with wide eyes as she first pointed at Evelyn and she might have nodded at what was said. That girl did study too much and it wouldn't be as bad if she didn't try to get everyone to study with her. Destiny would know.

Her eyes widened even more when Mia pointed to Marie. That was just.. She shouldn't have done that. Did the girl not know what she was capable of!? Apparently not because, not only did she point, she mentioned relationships and Destiny had the sudden urge to lunge at Mia and shut her up. And she probably would have if Mia didn't turn to her and..

HA! Destiny didn't get a finger pointed at her.

Grinning and choosing to ignore Marie and her sudden CRAZED OUTBURST, she watched as Evelyn walked away as she thought about which to pick. Truth or dare? It was a hard decision. One, they could ask her anything and two, she did hear Marie mention the evil puff having something up her sleeve.

"Ugh..

...

...

truth?"

She would rather play hide and seek.

Eh...that actually worked? Mia was quite shocked that Evelyn agreed with her so fast. Of course she knew Marie would argue with her. "Marie." She said with a sigh, "I just wanted you to have some fun." Was that so bad? Although she had to suppress a smile, yeah she did have the perfect boyfriend.

Turning to Destiny, Mia raised her eyebrows and waited for the girl to choose what she wanted to do. When she picked 'truth', Mia grinned. "Chicken." She said with a laugh before stepping awway from her and taking Marie and Evelyn with her.

The three girls conferred for a moment before turning back to Destiny and Mia was still grinning. "Okay so here's your question." She paused for dramatic effect.

"You have to tell us where all your chocolate hiding places are."

Meeep!

Scowling as she was dragged into a huddle, the Slytherin stuck her hands in her pea coat jacket to get them a bit warmer and not so blue looking as she spoke with the other two about what to ask Destin- wait. She picked truth? What a chicken!

However, that frown turned upside down when Mia asked the Slytherin girl the very, very important question.

BWAHAHAHAHA!

Oh yes, Destiny had to tell the truth. THE TRUTH!

Marie went into the huddle with Mia and Evelyn to discuss the question that Destiny would have to answer. She knew Destiny would be too chicken to pick a dare. Oh well, now they would be able to find out her inner most secrets. Once they had agreed on the question she looked over at Destiny as Mia told her what it was.

"Yes Destiny, WHERE do you hide your chocolate?"

Hehe, should have chosen the dare Destiny.

Well, DUH!

Everyone that attended that one Transfiguration class knew that Destiny was a chicken. Quite literally. That had been fun and if Mia hadn't dragged Evelyn and Marie over to the corner, Destiny would have told her all about it.

As she waited for them to come back with the question, she started to wish she picked dare instead of truth. What if they asked all these crazy questions? What if they asked about.. something that she didn't want anyone to know!? Sweet Merlin! She was so stupid!

Perhaps she could just run away while they were over there discussing things? She HIGHLY doubted they would all chase her. Over not answering a question? Destiny wouldn't do it. But, before her feet could move, they had returned.

AND OH GAH! THEY HAD ASKED THE WORST QUESTION IN THE HISTORY OF WORST QUESTIONS!!

It was all Evelyn's idea, Destiny KNEW it. They should have played hide and seek instead.

Kicking an imaginary rock out of frustration, Destiny heaved a very deep sigh. "Fine, fine, FINE! But just so you know, I will find more hiding spots. You might want to sit down, too." Yeah, sit on the snow, they were going to be here for a while. "Well, there is some under my mattress, in my trunk, in some socks..wrapped, of course. Some under Evelyn's mattress, and some under Marie's mattress." SIGH. "Hidden in a few suits of armor, buried out on the grounds. Don't tell the groundskeeper!" PLEASE!? "Oh, there is a box in the lake! I thought about putting some in the owlery, but I changed my mind. Under some sofa cushions in the common room. Do I have to tell you about the places at home, too?"

Because she would like to leave the alleyway before it got too dark out.

Hehe...

Destiny was not happy at all about giving away her secrets. Oh well that was the name of the game and she had agreed to play. Not that Mia had given her much choice in the matter.

As the girl started to list all her hiding places, Mia's eyes grew wider and wider. Maybe she should have sat down. It seemed as though they were going to be there for a while.

How many chocolates could one girl eat? And where did she put it all?

When she had finished there was a moment of silence while they all digested this piece of information. Mia looked at Destiny and then turned to look at Marie and Evelyn. She raised her eyebrows and a mischevious smiled tugged at her lips.

Without saying a word to any of them, Mia hightailed it out of the alley way.

There was FREE CHOCOLATE in the suits of armor!!!

Hands shoved deep in pockets, Evan walked behind the shops in the Back Alley to get away from people. For some reason, he liked to hang out in creepy dark streets to be alone when he wanted to think, and with his prefect badge neatly pinned on his robes weren't exactly giving him the peace in crowded streets. He usually felt some eyes on him to be the example and blah blah. He couldn't think straight, obviously, when he felt eyes on him.

Kicking a pebble artistically, he sighed and sat down on the edge of the sidewalk. Drawing his hands out of his pockets, he folded them in front of him, and looked around.

Yes, perfect peace.

Since he had been rather bored, Josh was looking for his friends in this wizarding village which they called Hogsmeade. However as he could not see any of them in the school, he failed to catch them even in the crowded street. So hoping to find something to entertain himself, he made his way to the back alley. How he was going to find anything to entertain himself in this stupid, deserted alley was a mystery though.

Anyway...

At least there seemed to be no one to shoot him weird looks because of the deep scratches on his handsome face. Actually he did not mind people staring at him but as Josh thought they were mostly staring at the wounds on his face, it made him feel a little bit annoyed. Had not they seen any wounds or scars before?

While the Gryffindor was thinking of what they would do if they had seen him yesterday when he was covered in blood and feather as Patroclus and Carter found him, his dark brown eyes spotted someone sitting alone. Aha! Cheerfully smiling, he approached the boy with quick steps and when he recognised who he was the smile turned into a grin.

Then loudly whistling to take his attention, Josh stopped right before him. ''Ah! You definitely look like you need help, poor Cartwright.''

BAHAHAHA!

Hearing some footsteps, Evan looked up, though he couldn't see the face properly until he was close to him. And before he could register the face, the figure whistled and talked; making him much easier to make out who he was: Joshie Dork-Chick, the Failure of Anything.

Half-jumping to his feet--because he didn't like looking up at the boy and thus being quite vulnerable, Evan didn't even realise his hands had formed into fists. He did notice his body getting tense though. However, after a moment, he relaxed, even if it was only for his body. His mind was still alarmed with adrenaline level going up every minute. Matching the boy's grin in front of him, he said "And you definitely look like having found your lesson." He didn't know how he got those stratches and stuff, and he hardly minded. He didn't even care if they hurt or not. All he could conclude was that Josh had infuriated someone again, and that someone had been harsher than he was last year.

"Though, Chicky, it also seems you haven't quite learnt how to respect your... superiors, yet."

Grin.

Seriously...

Did not this petite snakey have enough brains to figure out that he is getting himself into a quite serious trouble?

Apparently not

Watching the Slytherin's hostile reaction to him, which Josh did not really mind since he kinda shared his thoughts, the lion boy did nothing but smirk at him until he spoke. Obviously he was talking about the wounds on his face and Josh could not say that he enjoyed any comments about them. Good or bad. It did not matter. So, for a moment, he thought that maybe he should have paid attention to those people who wanted to help him with the scratches.

''Not really'' then the Gryffindor replied with the same smirk. There was nothing on earth to deter him from doing anything he wanted to do. Yes, that was the truth. Plus, physical pain was not among the things that he cared about. But he did not think that Evan needed to know these.

When he heard his next words, Josh immediately wore a fake confused expression and looked around as if he was hoping to see something. ''My superiors?'' he asked looking back at the snake prefect. ''I cannot see any.'' Then he laughed some and coolly put a hand on the other boy's shoulder ''I warn you, mate. Be careful and do not make me feel the need to take you to the hospital wing.''

Raising an eyebrow, Evan opened his mouth to ask about his face, but then decided against it. He didn't care. He'd learn it later from Sophie or maybe Marie. And then he'd thank the person that had done it. Anonymously, of course. Hehe.

Keeping silent, he just observed his face with barely refraining from breaking into a smirk. Nope, he wouldn't show his delight at seeing Josh beaten. But he could talk about it, no? Yes, obviously Josh wasn't keen on talking about them... sad or him.

Rolling his eyes at the stupid acting of Josh, he said "Probably because you're too silly." His hands clenched into fists again as the other boy took him by the shoulders, but he didn't flinch. He only shot a glance at the hand on his shoulder, and then flickered the blue eyes back at the boy as he started talking again.

"Well, I warn you mate. It wouldn't be wise to take a prefect to hospital wing." Shifting his weight to his other leg, he let the badge on his chest sparkle in Josh's eyes as if challenging him. He was almost sure Josh had noticed his badge, and if not caring was what he wanted to choose... well, his wish. Evan'd be more than happy to make this wish true. And it wouldn't end well for him.

Oooooo.....

He actually dared to call Joshua Carter silly. He should have been a Gryffindor. Hehehehehehe. But of course this idea was a bad joke as well as a fantasy for obvious reasons. It was already annoying enough to be in the same building with him so Josh could not imagine how it would be like if they were living in the same common room and dormitory.

Luckily, he was living down in the dungeons away from him so the lion boy was not forced to kick him everyday. But there was one thing that bothered him some about that: also Evelyn was living down there in the dungeons. And this meant to Josh that, since it could not be said that the two boys liked each other, there was a possibilty he might try to mess with her. That is, of course, if he knew that she was his girlfriend. Pfft! The whole school knew that.

Hmm...

''Or maybe there's no such person alive'' he replied confidently trying to push the image of Evan trying to approach Evelyn with any intention out his mind. Then coughing at his face some, intently of course, he listened to his warning with a light smile on his face. ''Really? Why? Do they become cowards right after taking the badge? Hmm?''

The next moment, Josh eyed the Slytherin's prefect badge which he tried to make sure that it was spotted. If he wanted it to be realised that much then it gave Josh a funny idea. ''Well...if that's the case. Lemme save you from that problem''

And acting pretty quick, the Gryffindor boy caught the shiny badge, forced it off his clothes harshly. Once he managed to steal it, the boy ran away as fast as he could while laughing hard.

Apparently, the wounds on his face wasn't enough for him. Because he was still making fun of Evan. The blond didn't like that arrogant air of him. Sure, it was Josh, no one to even bother with but... Someone should really teach him some manners.

"Too confident, are we?" he observed with an eyebrow up. Something was very wrong with these Gryffindorks. They all thought so high of themselves. Someone must teach them some manners. First it was Sebby, then Josh. If it wasn't for his precious badge, both of them was getting their faces re-shaped.

Taking a big step back when the dork coughed on him, Evan intently wiped his face, exaggerating it. Nothing had landed on his face, luckily, still, if they were exaggerating their moves. So be it.

"Oooh, don't you worry. No courage is lost on my behalf," he said with a sweet smile. He was quite bluffing now. With that badge, all he could do was to speak or call a professor. And right now, none of these would save him. Running away wasn't even an option. He had to figure something out quickly, or, of course, settle down and be mild headed.

Cocking his head to a side, he frowned at Josh's words. Save him from what? Then it hit him, but it was too late. They say traumatic things happen in slow motion. That is a huge lie. That only happens in Hollywood, because they have the technology to slow actions with their fancy cameras. In reality, Evan couldn't even react to the snapping hand of Josh which stole his beloved badge. He was fast enough to reach out for his arm though, but all he could do was to wipe his cloth. Letting his wand out of its holster, he started running at full gallop after the boy. He had been the fastest and the one with the best stamina in Academy, he should catch him in the end.

"Get back here you--" he yelled after him. Raising his wand, he was about to hex, but then thought against it. He was a prefect, he should be sensible.

Keep running at full gallop, he'll slow down at some time.

There was one phrase, and only one phrase, running through the forefront of Theodore's mind as he wandered into the darkest, dankest area of Hogsmeade that he had ever encountered: Constant vigilance.

This area of the small village rather reminded the Ravenclaw of Knockturn Alley, which he had merely glimpsed during his trip to Diagon Alley in August. This place looked just as foreboding, although it was much less populated than Knockturn Alley. Well, if there was one thing that the sixth year had learned from his recent experiences, it was that there was no reason to be terrified of everything. For Merlin's sake, he had just made the quidditch team and had nearly completely conquered his fear of heights! If that wasn't a victory over his frightened nature, then Theo didn't know what was. Sweeping his hand into the pocket of his faded jeans, he produced his wand and held in tightly in his grip, just in case something or someone ran across the path of he and his tour guide, Braeden.

"Hogsmeade has been excellent so far. This place is just a bit... shady." He spoke, craning his neck at the sound of moment that turned out to be a rat scuttling behind a garbage bin. "I like it, though. It's quiet. Much quieter than your beloved Three Broomsticks." He snorted, one corner of his lips turning up with satisfaction. After journeying to the famed pub for a butterbeer, Theodore wasn't sure when he would return and wasn't all that bothered about it. A lot of the bar-goers were rowdy, egged on by their mates and their glasses of various liquors, and rather than being intimidated, the blue-eyed teen had been rather disgusted. Added to that the hollers and screeching of most of the banshee-esque students that attended Hogwarts and Theodore was bent on never stepping foot inside again.

"Aw c'mon, The Three Broomsticks isn't that bad," said Braeden as he held his lit wand ahead of him and Theodore, so they could see their way through the deep darkness of the back alley. "The people are a bit crazy, yeah, but you've got to admit… they've got the best butterbeer in all of Great Britain," said the boy with a grin, wiggling his eyebrows at his shorter companion. "You should be grateful I didn't take you to the Hog's Head instead," he added with a shudder. Brr. He hated that place.

"Anyway, on the other end of this alley we should find Dervish & Banges… trust me, this is the shortest way there from The Three Broomsticks," said Mr. Tour Guide. So far Braeden had done a surprisingly good job at showing Theo around; with his goofy nature and excitement, he was able to show off everything the little village had to offer with a very positive light. However, it was when he decided to try new things - like this supposed 'shortcut' - that things usually went wrong.

So nothing good could come out of Braeden leading himself and Theo through the creepiest part of Hogsmeade. And, being the cowardly lion that he was, Braeden jumped and hugged his companion every time a rat passed by or the tiniest, most insignificant sound was made.

"That's the only butterbeer I've ever had," Theodore teased, smirking in the dimness of the back alley. "Well, unless my parents gave me one before we went off to the States, but..." He trailed off, still able to taste the butterscotch-like flavor on his tongue and in the back of his throat. He could almost feel the overflow of foam on his upper lip once more. A warm, frothy butterbeer, even at the rowdy pub, seemed more fun than the shortcut that they were currently taking. "Hog's Head? That sounds like a slaughterhouse." Shuddering, both from the November chill and his own disgust at the name of the grisly-sounding pub, he muttered 'lumos' and lit the tip of his wand as they went along.

"Are you sure this path is the best way to go? I want to make it back alive, mind you." Narrowing his eyes, he gazed into the distance as he saw a few figures up ahead. Raising his wand to eye level, he peered away. What if they were murderers, or robbers, or gangsters?! His fears that the filth of New York had instilled in the Ravenclaw came back to haunt him. Over there, it was every man for himself while on the crazy streets.

"Keep your wand at the ready." He muttered out of the corner of his mouth. Hopefully, in case of an attack, the Gryffindork would be able to help in the fight, if he ever managed to release the 'claw from his grip. For once, it seemed like he would have to be the brave one while Brae cowered slightly behind him. Oh, how the tables had turned.

Eh…and I am where, exactly?, Gwen asked herself after having noticed that this street didn’t look at all similar to the main one. This place is creepy, she thought, determined to find her way back-soon.

Because her sense of direction was ‘phenomenal’ (that’s why she got here in the first place), she couldn’t find her way back. Great, that’s just great…

With face slightly flushed because of walking fast, João didn't really pay attention to where he was going. He had come to Hogsmeade with big hopes to find somewhere enjoyable, and yet all he had found was people. LOTS of people. EVERYWHERE, with UNBEARABLE chatter and laughter. His feet got stepped on THRICE in ten minutes and at the last time he was going to kill the little boy, had his mother not been with him. To avoid any more accidents, he had walked fast, maybe he, himself, had knocked a few people down with a hope of finding somewhere peaceful...

...and there his wish came true. Finally, this street seemed deserted enough to be at peace. With a relieved look on his face, he walked the street slowly until he found a nice, relatively clean spot to sit by the main road. Sitting down, he closed his eyes for a moment to enjoy the silence.

Adam was exhausted in just about every sense of the word, his emotions running high after his conversation with Louisa, the stress of the never ending pile of homework and studying finally starting to take its toll. Adam looked sickly and worst off he felt sickly...in some ways Adam even felt numb. The crowd of people that were storming past him and ramming in to his before hadn't bothered him, Adam being kind of oblivious to all of it, but the sight of an empty alley way appealed to him greatly.

He turned down it, hoping maybe there was a chair or something he could sit on and just not think, but the pleasantness of the place was incredibly short lived when he spotted none other than Joao in it. Well...didn't his day just keep getting better and better. Adam would have turned around and exited stealthily but there was really no point...Joao definitely had seen him since they were facing each other, and Adam had promised that he was going to try put "their differences aside". Although in all honesty with the mood Adam was in, he didn't see that happening any time soon...

João was just sitting there on the cold stone, wrapped in his coat tightly. He had even managed to mute out the street's noise echoing in the empty alley, when his mind processed who he was staring at. Far from being annoyed, this only made him smirk looking into the eyes of the boy. Yes, he was amused by his devastated look. Surely Louisa had told him... but he hoped that she hadn't; it would be even better if he learnt the big news from him.

"Hi there, amigo," he greeted with a wave, a tone of condescending in his voice and smirk. "How are you? Such a beautiful day, sim?"

Adam wasn't sure if Joao thought that he was stupid, but he wasn't, and of course Adam could pick up on the condescending note in Joao's tone when Joao addressed him. Adam gave a little nod of recognition in return...he didn't particularly care for the fact that Joao was referring to him as amigo because that was something they were definitely not.

Deep breath Adam. Be. Civil.

"I'm doing alright...and yourself?" Adam asked, impressed that the words were able to come out quite cheerfully despite his prickly demeanor. Adam was bundled in his own black jacket, and had his hands shoved into his pockets. "I'm surprised you aren't here with Louisa," Adam said, giving the boy a rather neutral look. "It seems like a good place for a date...is she meeting you here or something?"

Perhaps the boy thought that he could have the satisfaction of telling Adam of Louisa and his situation himself, but it was unfortunately for him he was not going to get that satisfaction. Adam was stuck in a kind of linger position where he couldn't figure out if he should be clocking the boy in the face or attempting to get to know him better for the sake that him and Louisa were a relatively new couple and he figured that they were going to be together for a while.

Ryan was lost.He had wandered around Hogsmeade and followed a path leading to where he was....... lost.He looked around,it was dark danky and very scary.He thought someone would come so just wait

Well, at least this boy was clever enough to acknowledge him. At least he didn't try to not see him at all or that kind of idiocy. Because João sure knew how to make a person's life a hell. It was good to see people saved him from such measures.

He was doing alright, was he? Without departing his eyes from his face with that mocking smirk on, he wondered for a moment whether he was hiding his fists in the pockets of even his wand. This alley was dark and far enough... getting up in a swift half-jumping motion, he let out a nasty, almost spoilt chuckle.

"Oh I'm great, thanks." So Louisa had told him. Hardly made any difference. "We'll be meeting soon enough, don't you worry your loser self with such details." His nasty smirk got bigger. "And I'm surprised you are even here... but I guess that's what losers do, spying on the others they can never be."

It wasn't an insult even near his standarts, but English limited his ability. If only he knew any Portuguese.

Adam was merely staring at the boy when all of the sudden, without much warning at all Joao was out of his chair, doing so in an awkward half-jump motion that he probably thought looked graceful but it really didn't. At the motion Adam nearly raised his eyebrows up. What in God's name was he doing? Did he want to battle with him or something? Perhaps what made the whole thing even more amusing was the rather peculiar noise that emitted from his mouth as he got up...it almost sounded like the kind of grunt that boys made when hitting a tennis ball during tennis.

Adam merely stood there, looking at the boy as he called him a loser, this rather snide sense of victory playing across his features. Well...alright then. "Um...spying?" Adam said with a little chuckle. "Hardly...you're not interesting enough to spy on, and if I wanted to see Louisa I could just ask her to hang out and she would seeing as were friends." The whole time Adam spoke his voice was calm and even, honestly too tired to even bother with all of it. Here Joao was, still trying to pick a fight...didn't it matter to him at all that Louisa cared about him? Apparently the boy didn't care at all, because if he did, he certainly wouldn't be calling him a loser and such. "Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go and check out the shops. Have a nice time on your date."