The Playground
 

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Slides, swings, and other things, the playground rests on the free grounds overlooking the lake. The clever design, Mr. Murdoch says so himself, is slightly similar to Hogwarts, and just like the castle, the playground comes with surprises of its own. The ladders disappear, the roundabout moves on its own and the dragon-shaped spring rockers will try to throw you off. Don't worry if it succeeds, though, Waylon has placed protective charms along the grounds so no injuries happen.

He wouldn't want the Healer mad at him, after all.

Selena liked slides. Slides were cool. She was cool. Therefore it made a lot of sense for her to want to be near them. Plus, with the loss of her favorite treehouse, a playground would definitely make up for it. The Slytherin skipped over to the playground and looked for a way to get up and possibly stand at the very top and declare herself ruler of the universe. Or the playground at least, because it sounded like it'd be a lot of fun. The purple pygmy puff rested on her head as Selena found the ladder up. Grinning, the Head Girl, with her badge still pinned on, climbed up it and looked around. Now... where was the next section? Where did she go next?

The Slytherin found her way to what she called the middle and shouted. "I AM RULER OF THE UNIVERSE." Yes, she was totally cool. And with that, Selena looked upon the grounds, chomping on a chocolate bar she pulled out of her bag. Because chocolate tasted good.

Tag managed to slip away from the common room and discover get lost in the castle grounds. It didn't matter much because sooner or later he would find his way around the castle and return back. That, or the school would have to call a swat team to come looking for him once they realize he may be missing for the night.As he trekked around the grounds he saw a playground. Excellent. The perfect place for him.

Walking around the playground to get a feel of what it looked like he heard someone scream rather loudly that they ruled the universe.Weird. This person must be real powerful. Carefully he made his way around the playground and climbed up a latter. Perfect. He spotted the person. Quietly making his way up he popped his head like a groundhog and said BOOO!!! Not very frightening-but hopefully the element of surprise caught her.

Selena continued to eat her chocolate bar, admiring the view and enjoying the fact that she was back at Hogwarts. The seventh year placed her purple pygmy puff, Kent, on the wooden ledge of the playground. It felt nice to be back at Hogwarts. Given, it was her last year and all, but who said it had to be sad?! That very idea was just ridiculous. Selena took another bite of the chocolate bar, enjoying the sweet taste.

Then she heard something. She dropped her chocolate bar, scrambling to catch it before it hit the ground and grabbed Kent before drawing her wand. "Hands where I can see them!!!" Selena exclaimed. Kent was in the crook of her left arm with the chocolate bar caught in her left hand, just barely. Her right hand held the wand in the wrong direction. Oh. It was just a kid. Oops. "Hello," Selena chirped, calming down and placing her wand back in her pocket and placing Kent back on the ledge. She took another bite out of her chocolate bar. "Who are you and why do you want to be a ghost?" she asked, eying the blond boy.

And why was he trying to scare her?!?!? :whaa:

Tag shimmied up the remaining steps of the ladder and stood on the platform of the playground, his hands high above his shoulders. Her wand held tightly in her fingertips and then she lowered it and put it back in her pocket. He breathed out a sigh of relief. "Hi.Oh, I'm Tag." He answered her happily. A ghost? He didn't want to be a ghost-out of all the super powers he could have or the type of things he could be, a ghost seemed very boring in his mind. "I don't want to be a ghost. I just wanted to scare you for a second. Universe Ruler." Tag added with a smirk. Yes, he heard.

Selena leaned against the wooden frame of the playground next to Kent, her epic pygmy puff and looked at the blonde boy while she ate her chocolate bar. Upon finishing, she balled up the wrapper and shoved it into her bag to pull out another one. A day was not complete until you had the proper amount of chocolate. "Haiiiiiiiii Tag!" Selena exclaimed, beaming from ear to ear as she unwrapped the chocolate bar half-way. Now she'd need to think of a nickname for him. "Can I call you Pineapple?" Because he seemed like he'd be a pineapple. Or perhaps a different fruit?

He didn't want to be a ghost? "I wasn't scared..." Selena said, sticking her tongue out him. Just startled. There was a difference. "And it's Miss Universe Ruler for you." Because he tried to scare her. And that wasn't nice. And Selena was a nice person. "But I'll be a good person and let you call me Miss Selena Universe Ruler." That sounded fair to Selena.

How rude. There she was slowly unwrapping a chocolate bar right in front of him. Did she even realize she was slowly killing him with that. Tag began to lean forward a bit with a dreamy look in his eyes. "Can..can I have a piece please? " And if she refused, she'd have him to deal with. Pineapple? He wasn't sure where she had gotten that name but he didn't mind. "Oh, yeah, that's fine. I've been taken a picture of with a pineapple with a mustache on it-actually." Tag said smiling and being, perhaps a little too much, proud that he had drawn on a pineapple before.

"Miss Selena Universe Ruler. Ok. I can remember that." The boy now spoke to himself. Somehow he felt as if he forget her real name he'd have a lot to pay for. She seemed one to not be particularly pleased about having her name forgotten.

They were on a playground. A cool playground. And they weren't making good use of it. "We're not playing on a playground. Kind of ironic-isn't it?" Besides playground playing was productive, very productive.

The tiny Slytherin watched as the kid stared at her chocolate bar. Didn't he know it was Selena's?! It was Selena's chocolate bar!! :whaa: Selena had her eyes on this kid... just in case he snatched it out of her hands and - oh, he just wanted a piece of it. Selena snapped the bar in half and passed it to him. "HEREEEE!" she said cheerfully, smiling at him. See, he was a nice person. And he was cool. Plus, he took a picture with a pineapple. How cool was that? "I took a picture with my pygmy puff! He's the king of all pygmy puffs! His name is Kent," Selena said, grinning. And Kent was cool. Because Selena said so. That and Kent was the king of all pygmy puffs.

Selena nodded. "But you can call me Sel for short," Selena told the kid. The four and a half feet tall Slytherin looked at the kid. Was he a Slytherin? She was pretty sure he wasn't. Hmm... "What house are you in?" Selena asked. Because he was nice. And there were people from some houses who weren't nice.

They weren't playing on a playground. He wasn't very bright then, was heeee? "We are plaaaying!" Somehow, she just had to figure it out so that she'd be playing on the playground. And she just didn't figure any of it out yet. Yup.

WAIT. HOLD UP.

Playground?!
For reals? She wasn't imagining this?
Ronnie rubbed her eyes just in case she was, and grinned widely when she saw the playground was still there, plain as day. She squealed with delight. Oh boy oh boy oh boy! She loooooved playgrounds! She looked at everything. Slides! Swings! Roundabout! Bridges! Little towers!

AND DRAGON SHAPED SPRING ROCKERS!

Ronnie sprinted as fast as she could towards the dragon-shaped-spring rockers and hopped on the first one she got too. "YIPPEEE!" she cried, rocking back and forth. This was so much fun! She was glad to be back. She couldn't wait to explore the grounds and see if there was more new things to find.

Angelina was walking around minding her own business, not thinking put about anything. She then decided to go around places at Hogwarts she never been before. So far she wasn't finding much new stuff, until she ran into something wonderful, surpassing and shocking. Angelina's eyes opened while from it, was it true?! Or just a enchanted dream? A playground! Ahhh! She hasn't been on one of these in sooo long! What since she was like 5?

Happily Angelina walked over to the playground. She wasn't to sure what to go on first, until she saw the swings. She ran over to one before it got taken from her. She hoped she wouldn't act like a five year old when coming here...

Angelina continued swinging on the swing and smiled when she say Taylor. "Hey," she said. Still smiling Angelina said, "why wouldn't I come back? My summer was good, yours?" Looking down at the ground she looked back up at Taylor and saw she changed since last year. Angelina herself changed. She talked more and wasn't afraid to say something. Also her appearance changed. Her hair was a bit shorter, she was getting tired of her long long hair. She only cut it about a day or two before she headed back to Hogwarts. Also she started to wear a little make up, but not so much were it made her look too much older.

Angelina laughed and said, "yeah I've been gone nearly all summer." Smiling and looking down at her hair she said, "Thanks, I like yours too! WHen did you get it done?"

Nodding fast Angelina said, "Yes I did. Did you have fun as well?" Angelina laughed and said, "Oh really?" She didn't want to add that she didn't know who Mins was, but Angelina didn't know alot of Taylor's friends.

Angelina continued to smile at Taylor, but then frowned when she heard she had a rough day yesterday. "what happened," she asked concerned.

Angelina continued to frown and said, "Im sorry." She looked at the ground and continued to swing back and forth sight on her swing.

"what happen?" She hoped Taylor didn't mind her asking.

Addie was walking along the grounds for fun because she loved being outdoors. Then she saw it...a playground! A playground! Addie ran over to the playground and went for a ladder quickly climbing up it. Once she got to he top of the ladder that wasn't enough. She took of from the platform she was on and found footholds in the wood. Climbing up slowly she finally made it to the top of the structure.

Addie yelled, "I'm on the top!". Addie loved being on top of stuff and climbing stuff. It made her feel tall and being 4'4" it felt good.

Taylor started to tell Angelina the story. She swing as she talked.
OOC: What is happening at the hall is the story.

Angelina continued to swing on the swing while she listened to Taylor tell her story.