Logan chuckled. "Yup!" he said grinning and hugging her.

Cardigan felt a smile flicker across her lips as Logan huggged her.She felt safe.No Ducks,Squirrels,or Chimpanzees could harm her here!She could go all z formation on them and they could nothing about it!And Car would do it like a boss!

Logan kept holding Cardigan in his arms, feeling a whole weird mix of feelings. Guilty. Happy. Love. Confused. Puzzled. He sighed and rested his head on her shoulder.

"You okay?"Cardigan quietly asked.She was in no mood to be in her usual loudness.Ruins precious moments,she thought while she stared straight ahead,what she found herself doing sometimes.The question is:Why?

"Yeah, I'm totally fine." Logan said.

Gideon let out a hearty laugh as Selina called their would-be inter-house competition as a battle worthy of the forces of good versus evil. "Merlin forbid that had occured," he agreed, the concept a scary one. "...and aye we are probably both quite thankful for that," he replied even if he was also glad they had their own refuges from each other since they shared a common room. That and any friendships her own age which she was well on her way to developing.

He smiled at her smile, not fully aware of the cause of her own but he still enjoyed seeing it grace her face. It made her even more pretty then she was anyway. The older boy nodded as she confirmed what he had thought of being the case, that she hadn't tired herself out already so their likely plans would be able to go ahead as planned a moment ago. Time alone even doing schoolwork was a nice thought after they had admittedly missed such time together with the busyness of the school term.

"Nae...Professor Gert is my mum or da," he said with a shake of his head, both adults having been teaching at one point or another though Celeste for much longer. She still did lessons when requested by various schools even muggle ones seeing as Astronomy wasn't a purely wizarding world subject. "Then its a study date under the stars," he added with a nod now that they both agreed to the plan. Near the castle at this point in their journey, they headed towards the courtyard so they could head inside.

"You sure?"Cardigan asked Logan.She could sense that something was wrong.She didn't like it.Not one bit.A look of worry crept onto her face as she bit her lower lip.What troubled her at the moment,that brought her to the state of frantic worrying?The world may never know.Eh.Maybe it was just that sixth sense warning her about homework due tomorrow.No big deal.

"Shhhh," Ellie said, wrapping her other arm around the boy as well. It was okay, okay? Ravenclaw was losing a valuable player, sure, but that was nothing Spike should worry about. And Merlin forbid they lose a match, the last thing the Captain wanted was for Spike to blame himself.

A few years ago, she would kneel here to talk to him. But, Merlin, the boy had grown so much. Instead, Ellie placed her hands on those round cheeks of his and gently forced his face up. "You can still fly, Spike. You know Vindictus opens the Pitch to others. And I'll tell you what," because he was truly breaking her heart, "I'll practice with you on our own time. I have more free time now that I'm not taking so many classes, and was planning to fill it with Quidditch anyway. Okay?" It was true. She might as well help keep Spike in tip-top Quidditch form.

As for Vindictus...What? Did Spike want to be the water-boy of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team or something? That was a bit silly. "I think you'll be much more valuable in the stands. We're going to need someone to keep up the Ravenclaw spirit." Especially now that Bentley betrayed them all. She had been the biggest fan. Or seemed to be, at least. How deceiving, she was.

Her hands left his face and wrapped around his shoulders again. He could take his time in her shoulder. Really. It was perfectly fine.

Heh. This was a bit better. Ellie gave him a kind smile, shaking her head. "I'll help you free of charge. No swaps necessary." Besides, she wasn't taking Herbology and was pretty good with Care of Magical Creatures on her own.

And Charms? "Yup, it's my-" No, no, she couldn't say that anymore, could she? Stupid OWL. "It's one of my best subjects." Even THAT wasn't really true anymore, it seemed. If it truly was her best subject, she'd have an Outstanding in it, wouldn't she? Even so, Ellie almost always got a Charm right on the first or second try. So, yeah, she was good.

"The usual? Pam, the usual for you is miserable. How can I change that?" Nate invited, his arms still around Pam. It was definitely good that Jez wasn't there, maybe Pam would be happier with Jez gone for at least a little bit.

In Nate's mind, Pam seriously needed to cheer up. At least she still had her parents, though her dad wasn't neccesarily in the best condition, and her mom was MIA. At least Nate knew they were alive still, still there for Pam to go to if she needed any support from her real family, her blood family. Nate and Jez didn't have that. Maybe that was why they were together?

"Bring back my mother!" Pam yelled, out of nowhere. It wasn't Nate's fault, she knew that. But yelling helped her. She pulled out a different letter from her pocket. As she held it out for Nate to take it, tears began to fall. She couldn't help it. She didnt' want to be upset. She wanted to bet the happy first year, only just finding out about her powers. How she can turn drawn pictures into an actual frame. How her hair cam turn from brown to blue in an instant. Like it did now.

Jonathan nodded. He could include that in, not that he has a lot of things to say. He usually gives them half a parchment sort of explanation and in return his mother can seem to fill up almost 2 and half pages of parchment. Where does those words come from anyway. But still, it's fun to read it once in awhile. Jonathan still feels envious that they could go somewhere and not bring him there. Jealous.

Jonathan forgot about that scarf. He barely brought scarves. That was one of the things he forgot to bring. Last term, he nearly forgot about them to and the year before that. Jonathan took the scarf from Kurumi and smiled "thanks" he said while folding the scarf and held it on his arm.

Smiling, Kurumi handed Jonathan back his scarf and then took his hand again. Even if Jonathan hadn't played in the leaves, she had still had a very good afternoon with him. "Come to think of it...I should write my family as well," she laughed. "After dinner though." She was hungry and promised Selina that she would meet her at the Great Hall and, well, keeping Selina waiting when there was food involved was a very VERY bad thing.

With her one hand in his and the other playing with the heart pendant, Kurumi continued to walk with Jonathan towards the castle as her heart beat a billion miles a minute.

Nate read the note, feeling positively empty inside. The only word he could come up with to describe it? Unnecessary. They didn't need to demean Pam like that. They hadn't only killed Sam Barstow, but they were slowly taking down Pamphylia from the inside out. "Pam, you are so much more important than they say. Please, don't listen to them. Your mom is in a better place, we know that," Nate said, wrapping his arms tightly around Pam's shoulders. "You're a huge part of me. I hope you know that."

"Who needs boys when you have plants?" She doubted boys could ever replace her love for plants. "And I don't really know that many boys to begin with and those that I do know are like, thirteen." She wasn't sure how dating worked out so maybe it'd be best if they were the same age.

Jezzabelle smiled as they finally reached the pathways. She smiled up at the older lion, "So what's your favorite season?" She hadn't really gotten to know much about Kurumi other than she was a lion prefect who liked to bake.

Emma, who had recently gotten some great news about making the Quidditch team, skipped along the Pathways, searching for Ellie. Ellie wanted to meet up with her because the two hadn't seen each other in an awfully long time and Ellie had some news for her. Were Ellie and Dallin finally tying the knot? Or were they separating? Emma didn't know but Ellie said that she needed to see her urgently. So, the blonde came as quickly as she could.

Apart from not having Braeden at her side (yes, the two had been inseparable last time this year), she was happy. Her parents had actually agreed to her going to Braeden's which was surprising. She was beaming. She would be heading to Braeden's this Holiday break and she would be playing Quidditch this year. Her warm woolen gloves covered her hands perfectly. Winter was on its way. Now where was that Ravenclaw?

Ah! There she was!

A smile spread across Emma's lips as quickly as a wildfire spreads on a hot day. "Ellie!" she cried, beaming. Emma ran over to catch up to the Ravenclaw and hugged her tightly. "It's been way too long! How have you been, dear?"

Pam nodded. "Sometimes I do. But others.." She paused. Could she really tell him? She knew he'd deny everything. But it wouldn't make the letters stop coming. Maybe Jared would send them to him too, if he found out. Suddenly, she didn't care. Tears filled her eyes as she pulled out the letters from her pocket. There were only about four or five. But she handed them over.

"I try not to believe them, but it gets harder." She said, trying to keep her voice from quivering. Which wasn't very successful.

As Nate read the notes, he went from shock at how cruel Jared was being, to anger, to realization. Every single one had something to say about how worthless Pam supposedly was, or how Jez and Nate himself didn't care about her, or only feigned friendship. How could that even logically be true? Nate and Pam had been friends since they were about four years old. That kind of friendship never went away, even with death. "Pam, don't you see what they're trying to do?" he asked, gesturing out toward her with the notes in hand. It was disheartening to Nate that not only would Team Wolf go off and kill their families, but they would go so far as to continue abusing Pam, playing off of her biggest weakness: Nate and Jez.

Pam shrugged. Did she know? Well, not really. But she had an idea. They were wearing her down. Making her feel useless, so she'd walk to them open handed, and they could kill her off. "Probably making me feel bad so I could go to them and they can have me. Make me think that the only way out of the distress is through them. It almost worked a couple of times. And if I weren't here.." She paused. There were a few times when she had wanted to go to Jared. Tell him he was right, and to take her captive. Use her as bait to lure Nate, and then Jez. He'd have what he wanted, and would stop killing innocent people.

Evelyn walked along the pathways, her hands tucked into the pockets of her coat. She'd wanted some fresh air after a really busy past few days so she decided to just take a stroll along the grounds.

Evelyn could feel her cheeks turning red from the cold. Brr. She tucked her hands deeper into her pockets and walked slowly, thinking about the amount of reading she had to do. Sigh. She definitely should pay a visit to the library soon.

Just as Ellie was beginning to wonder where that blonde Snake friend of hers was, Ellie heard her name being called out. She immediately whipped around and got excited as she saw the girl running toward her.

"Emmaaaa!" Ellie exclaimed back, wrapping her arms around her in a hug. Sigh. She missed her crazy Malfoy. "It's been way too long indeed!" Ellie pulled away from her with a smile. Her smile sort of faded though when she asked how she had been. "Oh, you know... Fine." Ellie laughed a little. Things were a lot better, actually. But another something had come up recently that was confusing Ellie. Guh. Boys.

"And what about you? Have you and Brae been owling?" Ellie winked and nudged Emma in the side. She was still so happy they had ended up together. They were adorable and Ellie loved them both.

The bald cat still hadn't got used to the fact she now lived in a castle and that she had acres of grounds to explore. But she also liked the people and there were plenty of them to go get fusses from. So that was what Bastet did, stalk people and let a fourteen year old chase after her.

Bradley, however, was unimpressed by the fact he had to waste a lot of his time finding out where his cat had got to. He walked out of the castle, heading along the pathways until he found the cat sat by some strangers feet, an older girl by the looks of it. "Sorry" he apologized, scooping the Spyhnx cat up with an apologetic smile. "She ain't really a normal cat" More like a dog, always wanted a fuss.

He glanced shyly down at the floor, slipping back into his social awkwardness. He had friends, plenty of them in Clapham, he used to be an estate boy and they got up to all sorts of trouble but here everyone was different. And since moving away from the estate, the fourth year had become less and less sociable.

Evelyn was still annoyed about the fact that there was so much studying to do and that she hadn't even completed even half of it, when suddenly she felt something soft brush against her leg.

The sixteen year old was about to scream the place down when she noticed that it was just a cat. A cute little cat, at that. Gosh, for a moment she was..really scared. She was about to bend down and pick the cat up when a boy lifted the creature up.

When the boy apologized, Evelyn smiled. "That's alright." Erm. Not a normal cat? She looked at the creature again. Well, it looked normal enough to her. "Not normal?" Evelyn asked, with a slight raise of her eyebrows.

Alyssa decided that althought it was still winter, it was beginning to warm up enough to go star gazing outdoors tonight. She still dressed up warm and made her way down the pathways of the grounds. She walked along the pathways, looking up into the sky, until she found a spot where she had a clear view of the sky above her.

She had already done her research and after reviewing her Star Guide Reference book she found the constellation that she was going to look for tonight. Today was February 20th, it would be a good night to look for The Constellation Gemini. She unslung the bag from her shoulder and lay it on the ground. Unzipping her bag, she took out a large blanker and unfolding it, lay it open on the ground. Then she took out the case carrying her telescope, and opening it, took out her telescope. She unfolded the telescope, stood it on the blanket and began adjusting the focus on the lenses before lying down on the ground and looking through the viewfinder.

She noticed that her view was still a little blurry, so she took out her wand and tapping it on the telescope said, "Lens Focalis". She then lay down and looked through the viewfinder and was glad that her focus had improved 100%. Alyssa scanned the skies slowly moving the telescope back and forth stopping now and then when she thought that she had found the formation she was looking for. It seemed like at least half an hour before she found what she was looking for. The Constellation Gemini

Alyssa quickly noted down in the location of the Constellation in her journal.



After she was done noting down the coordinates, she looked up into the sky one more time, before folding up the telescope and keeping it back into its case, she folded the blanket and placed both that and the case into her bag, before zipping it up and slung it over her shoulder. She then turned around and walked up the pathways back to the castle.

Daichi blinked at Aurora as she said she too struggled with Charms. And here he thought he was always the only one?! "soulmate~" he said, out of the blue and probably making her think he is a weirdo. Well, he IS a weirdo... atleast according to his brother and Thea. "I mean, i struggle with charms too and i always thought i was the only one..."

He watched as the older Slytherin used the spell and quickly turned his gaze to the piles of leaves... it hadn't worked right? otherwise he would have seen it flying through the sky. Sky..maybe it was there? Daichi now turned his gaze towards the sky in search of the red ball but when he looked back he saw Aurora digging her arms in a pile.... "Ehm..i already checked there, it's not...MY BALL~!" Jumping with excitedment before quickly trying to act normal, Daichi reached out for the ball in a *gimme gimme gimme* motion.
"Thank you!" he said as he gave Aurora a really tight hug. That ball was his favorite.

... Soulmate. Aurora raised her eyebrows slightly as she chuckled. "Haha, sorry. I'm taken." she said, grinning. Not that Daichi would care; he idolised Kennedy and she knew he didn't really mean it anyway. "It's alright, a lot of people struggle with charms. They just don't mention it." she added. She knew it was horrid to think everyone else was better than you at something.

Aurora put the ball into Daichi's hand and jumped as he hugged her, then she hugged him back, ruffling his hair slightly. "No problem, Daichi. Glad I could help out. Just... be more careful in future, okay?" she told him, smiling. It was nice to help out someone like that... hang on... was this... satisfaction in helping others? Because this felt good. Oh... this was new.