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Ameliah was just almost run overrrrr! She spun around to give he/she a good telling off when--

"PUCK!! Heeeey!!!" Am GRINNED. It was forever since she'd seen this guy!! She grinned again. "Yeah, it is!! How'd ya do it?? Was that a potion or charm to make Tay keep getting mad at D.? Or something ELSE?" Yup. Cause Am figured everything out a long time ago. Another thing great about it was that now the Vow was voided!! YESSSS!!! In your face, Callidora!! Ameliah joined the dance.

Puck hugged Ameliah and laughed. When she asked some questions, his face wrinkled in confusion. "What are you talking about, Ameliah?" Robin didnt know that Taylor was influenced by anything, he thought she just snapped... and well became officially crazy. Robin didnt know about the treats that Brodie had given Taylor that helped with the break-up.

Ameliah frowned. "Well for a while Tay kept getting random surges of hate to Damon. I thought you mighta did something." Cause... well what were the odds that Tay would dump him in conciense decision?? No likely. "Who d'you think did it then?? I want to send them flowers." She laughed.

Puck raised his eyebrows, "She did?" He shook her head, "Nah, it wasnt me... I have no idea who... Ariana? I mean they are dating now and pretty fast too..." Robin shrugged, "I have no clue but I wanna send them some money and if it isnt Ariana then ask if he or she could split them as well since Ariana is another cousin of his..." Puck sighed.

His eyebrow lifted sky high once again, and he shook his head "Nice." Yep, that's all he could say. What else could he say? He hadn't really been there just at the end! "Some people jus' haf no decency." he said making a face. "Hope ye never see him again, I bet." he added with a laugh.

Ameliah thought a moment. "Nah, can't be Ariana. Her concern was real. She only started dating D. cause Tay told her he had a crush on her." She nodded in agreement. Yeah, what was with this family and dating cousins?? They can't be that obsessed with being Pureblood, can they? "I'll try to break up Ari and D. As long as Ashes doesn't make me do that Unbreakable Vow thing again," she added in a mutter. Stupid Callidora.

Max was NERVOUS.

He didn't quite know why. It wasn't like he hadn't been owling his best friend all term. It wasn't like he hadn't just seen her a couple months ago. It wasn't like it was a big deal.

But it WAS.

Max moseyed down the main street of Hogsmeade, his cheeks flushed with excitement and nerves and general nausea. His BEST FRIEND. She was going to VISIT HIM. What could make him happier than that?

...Well, seeing his best friend AND getting some sweets from Honeydukes all in one afternoon would be extra good. So. Today was set to be a very, very wonderful day. AND he had Quidditch gossip to share. That was new - SHE was usually the one to know everything about Quidditch at Hogwarts before him - but he hoped she would find it interesting rather than disheartening.

He stood off toward the side of the street near The Hog's Head, his hands dug deep in his pockets, turning around every now and then to check for his friend in either direction. So where was she?

Puck nodded, "Okay." He sighed, "I dont understand his thing for his cousins but i hope you succeed in breaking them up." Robin smiled, "It would be for the best of things."

Ameliah grinned. "I'll try. Maybe this time I can make sure he goes for, like, my friend Callidora or something." Maybe Eimes could help too! *EVIL GRIN.* Am was already developing a plan...

"Sooo, what's the big bad leprechaun prankster been up to?" Ameliah asked. Again, it's been FOREVER since she saw her favorite McIntyre.

She....miscalculated a bit. Ended up apparating on some unfamiliar street a bit deeper into the actual residential village than Ellie'd ever been before. But it was her first time apparating to Hogsmeade, so she couldn't expect to be perfect the first shot, right? Not to mention her mixed feelings played on it some. The mixture of being excited and nervous and...scared.

Why scared? Because there was a good chance she'd catch a glance of the castle she still despised. The thought was enough to send a shudder down her spine. She'd just spent too many unhappy years there for even the knowledge of being free to be enough.

However, her excitement of seeing her bestfriend again, after what seemed like forever, was enough for her to push forward, toward the view of Hogwarts, so she could find him.

Which she did quite easily once out on the main street. A large grin broke across her face and, despite how foolish she would look, she sprinted toward him, throwing her arms around his neck. "I missed you!" And he was SUCH a sight for sore eyes.

Puck nodded, "Yeah, hopefully. I would be fine by that." He laughed and smiled. Robin ruffled his hair, "Well the Ms. is mad at me... but other than that and Little Eliza Maria being annoyed at me, I embarassed Damon and Ariana." He smirked, "I, of course, missed my favorite helper of pranks." At that, Puck ruffled Ameliah's hair. "What about you, squirt?"

Ameliah raised an eyebrow inquisitively. "What'd you do to make 'er mad?" Did she also think Puck was the one who broke up Tay and Damon? Than again, most of Puck's time was spent annoying people. OOO! "And you embarresed D. and Ari? Busy, busy, huh?" Am grinned. "Squirt"? That was, like, the NAME for awesome people. And Ameliah would know, since she calls Hazel Squirt. She beamed. "Nothing really, just did my best to mess with Tay and Damon while within the boundaries of the Unbreakable Vow Calli put on me. Good thing I'm a proffesional loophole-finder." She grinned.

Wisteria was following the sidewalk. She was pretty sure she bumped into someone, but she didn't care. It was the beginning of a good term. She finally felt happy about school and things were going well and now it's just another year full of horrible memories. At one point she started walking in a circle. She didn't know where to go. She didn't know what to do. And Van? Oh no, Van? What do I do with her. Where do we go? All these thoughts ran through her mind and her fists were clenched, her knuckles were white. She felt lost.

Scarlett got up slowly and walk out the door.Wisty i know it's hard to take in.We have to stick together as family.I'm going to read the will as soon we get a place to live.I Know your hurting but I'm here if you need some on to hug.

"Exactly. All I said to him was that it wasn't me who needed to learn manners." Ed shrugged and nodded. "I hope so. I don't think we'd get along very well." He definitely wouldn't get along with the guy if they met again. Ed was sure they'd be the best of enemies.

It was SUCH a stereotypical reunion, Max thought, as Ellie came into view and ran at him. Her face lit up, his face lit up, and he lifted her from the ground in the greatest hug he could manage. He squeezed her tight, holding her like she would disappear if he let go. "I missed you more, I bet," he guessed, finally releasing her to give her a teasing smile, letting his hand drift on her waist for a moment because she was THERE. RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM.

He probably DID miss her more, though. Even though he was dealing with her departure better than anticipated - thanks to people like Emmaleigh and Louisa - it still didn't FEEL right to be at Hogwarts without Ellie.

"You get here okay?"

Snorting he shook his head "Ye needed manners?" Ok, well he definitely still couldn't say anything, he'd not seen nothing happen except the arguement and the words tossed back and forth. "Yeah I think ye need te stay away from him. Good thing yer at school huh?"

"I didnt like her new dyed and cut hair." Puck grimaced. "I did embarassed them." Robin smirked. "Yep, I have been busy." He did another Irish jig. "That is amazing! What did ya do?" Puck smirked even more and rubbed his hands in excitement.

Ellie wouldn't say it out loud, but truthfully, Max probably did miss her more than she missed him. Just like she was positive she missed Treyen more last year than he missed her. Because she was now in the outside world. She had everything she wanted in life, besides her bestfriend, and anything she could possibly want, at her disposal. While he was trapped in a horrid old castle with horrid teachers and horrid classmates and horrid assignments and tests.

But she wouldn't say it out loud. So Max just got hugged tighter and a kiss on the cheek.

To answer his question, Ellie ran her tongue around her mouth, feeling her teeth, reached back at her hair, and wiggled her fingers, and still attached nails, at his face. Those were the things that gave her trouble in her apparition lessons. "Didn't splinch!" So, yes, she got here perfectly fine.

Hard to take in? Stick together? Will? Somewhere to live? Hurting? Hug? She put her hands to her hears. She wasn't trying to necessarily not listen to Scarlett, but that that she wanted all these negative thoughts to stop. She started walking faster and faster. Maybe if she walked fast enough she could disappear in thin air, but that's a rare gift and right now she was pretty sure that wasn't going to happen.

"Van and I need to go," was all she could manage. She wasn't quite sure what that meant or to go where, but that she needed to do something. Her parents, her home, everything she knew was gone. She didn't want new family, she wanted her family. Her parents. She wanted to go home on holidays and sit at dinner with her parents talking about who-knows-what. She started hyperventilating. Circles were racing passed her and she started breathing heavier. Was this what dying feels like? She didn't care.

Wisty wait I'm doing this to take care of you and Van.I need to get to know both of you.I felt hurt when you left like that.Were just going to let you two take time in getting use to this.She started to cry tears fell down her face.Wisty Mom and Dad didn't tell you that i was your sibling because they thought i was happy with my adoptive parents.Thats what they told me the day we met.I didn't want you to over reacted if i told you this in front of jared and Van.

GRIN. Normally he would teasingly scrunch up his nose at her kiss to his cheek, but he was just elated by her presence and couldn't help but smile. As she wiggled her fingers at him, Max chuckled softly, grabbing her hands in his and directing them back down to her sides. "Good. I knew you could do it."

He paused for just a moment, observing the passers-by, then inquired, "D'you wanna go somewhere? Three Broomsticks? Hog's Head? Puddifoot's?" He didn't care where they went. He just wanted to be with her and have an actual CONVERSATION, not communicate via owl. That would be nice.

"Apparently so." He shrugged, not understanding the guy's point either. "I was nothing but courteous to him. I wasn't rude until he was first." Humpf. "I would have been quite happy to, fact is, he knocked me over." He scowled, but then nodded and sighed. "Yeah, just hope he doesn't find a way to start on me there."

Ellie laughed when Max grabbed her hands. Did he even want to count her fingers? Just to make sure? "Hogsmeade's a farther shot than Portree, you know." So, she was quite proud of herself for keeping all her extremities. But she used the opportunity to lace her fingers with his. That hand was hers. And she was keeping it for the rest of the day, okay? She missed him.

Did she want to go somewhere? Yeah, she did. "Let's just go to the Hog's Head." Since they were nearest to it. And it was usually least populated. Which meant they wouldn't have to shout to hear each other, and could have a nice, normal, nice, fantastic conversation.

Witsy just kept shaking her head, "To take care of us? My parents took care of us and now they're dead. You can't just walk into mine and Van's life and think we can start a family. I had one and now they're gone." Wisteria didn't want to feel bad for Scarlett, there was no real reason too. Her parents were the ones that died not Scarlett's. She still had hers. She narrowed her eyes at Scarlett, she couldn't feel empathetic. She was numb and that's all there was. She shook her head at the rest Scarlet was saying. She wanted to be alone ans so she stormed off.