So there was no way into the common rooms. Cassia headed to the Great hall with a frown on her face. How was she going to live without her stuff? Her pillow? Her clothes? Was she going to stay in this jeans and this jumper forever! And she had many other important things too. Of course she wasn't worried about her books. Eh..it was fortunate they were inside anyway.

The second-year choose a sleeping bag and sat cross-legged on the floor. No one had arrived yet. They will eventually. She looked at the sleeping bag and scowled. It didn't appear to be comfortable. And how was she going to sleep with so many people, she thought glancing around her and seeing the other houses sleeping areas. She sighed and hugged her knees to her chest. Hopefully this won't last long. Though looking at the bright side it was kinda fun. It's like a huge sleepover....with all the students! She will try to enjoy it.

Cassia tried to smile in an attempt to raise her own spirit. She sat there waiting for someone to come. Friends or not, it was creepy sitting alone like that.

It was a chilly evening right now. Kat crossed her arms on her chest to support herself. She felt like she wanted to freeze to death. Exhaling was a weird part of it, as she'd sense her cold breath. Oh great. She didn't have her comfy comforters. They were locked in the Common Room as well. Meeeeeeh... what did Headmistress Truebridge leave them with for the night?

Sleeping bags. Kat entered the Great Hall and saw a bajillion sleeping bags scattered at the places where the House Tables used to stand. Walking to the Snakes part of the room, she saw only one student there. A girl, lonely and quiet. Kat never met this one. Kat took a sleeping bag and cuddled herself inside it. It was still cold. She'd want to sleep already, but she didn't want the girl near her to be lonely. She didn't want ANYONE to be lonely, in fact. "Hello," Kat said to the girl. Firstie or second year, probably. Well... best to keep some friends close, right?

As Cassia sat down staring down at her sleeping bag she only had one question in her mind. Nope it wasn't about the common rooms nor was it about anything else that happened lately. She was wondering why the sleeping bag were purple.......Well she is twelve ,what did you expect. Why didn't the sleeping bags' colors like the houses' colors. Or the school couldn't afford that. Had Cassia known they would be sleeping in sleeping bags she would've brought her own. But surely no one would've known and that wasn't supposed to happen anyway.

While lost in thought, Cassia didn't notice the new comer until she sat near her. She tipped her face up and smiled at her. Her smile grew larger when she recognized the face of the girl. "Haai!" She replied. "I know you!" She said excitedly to the older girl pointing her finger at her. "You're in the quidditch team." the second-year said knowingly as if the girl wouldn't already know that about her own self. "I'm Cassia." She offered her cold hand to the girl to shake. See,here mood brightens when having someone to chat with. Though it might need a bit of effort to silence the talkative second-year. But she'll get sleepy eventually.

When Kat had gotten the attention of the quiet girl, it surprised her that this girl, whom she didn't really know, knew her. Kat wasn't that famous, or was she? Then the girl mentioned Quidditch and it sort of made sense to Kat now. Quidditch players were kind of popular in the school. But Kat was just knew to this Quidditch thing and she's got her name burnt on every Slytherin's mind now. Kat smirked. "You do?" Kat replied to the girl. "That's cool." So this girl was named Cassia. Never heard of that name before, no. "Hi Cassia," Kat accepted the girl's hand "I'm Katrina, Kat for short." Kat then shook the girl's hand. So formal. Whatever.

The twelve-years old smiled again at the girl. "Pleasure to meet you, Kat." She liked meeting new people so maybe sleeping here would allow her to meet all of her house-mates, not all maybe but more than she already knows. "And sure I know. You even scored a goal at the last match." Yup Cassia could remember this despite her not-so-good memory. For the second-year was at the stands cheering and watching closely. Though memories of that day remind her of the Snakes' loss and Theo's injury and other things that are not so cheerful. She pushed those memories to the back of her head and reached for the sleeping bag slipping into it.

Once settled she turned back to Kat. Yup she was now all set to start babbling chatting. "You know at first I didn't like the idea of sleeping here but maybe it's not that bad right?" she told the other Snake. "Though I still don't like the color of the sleeping bags..I mean purple! Who chose it!" She wrinkled her nose eyeing the bags."And I don't know if I can sleep without my fluffy pillow." She sighed. Then she realized that she just spoke that out loud and she was planing on not telling this because it would make her look childish. Her shortness was enough. So she cleared her throat and added quickly, "I-I.. mean it's not comfortable sleeping in clothes. Pajamas are way more comfy." That sounded more older-like. Or so she hoped.

Whoa. Now this girl even remembers Kat scoring for the game. Exquisite memory you've got, child. Though Kat won't ever forget that because that was her first goal in her whole Quidditch life. "It's a pleasure to meet you too, Cassia," Kat smiled. She likes this girl. She's not anything like some of the students in the younger years, spoiled and loud. An great example for that would be Cambridge and Wheeler. They're probably the loudest duo Kat ever knew. But well, they both won't be able to talk so long in here because it's open to all students. Kat's very confidential when it comes to conversations.

Oh, this kid also had ideas. Ideas out of this world, for Merlin's sake. But Kat can't say she wasn't like this girl when she was a Firstie or Second Year. "No, I don't think sleeping here would be so bad," Kat shook her head. It won't be that cozy as sleeping in their Dorms but it sure would be fun to prank people while they sleep or maybe giggle when one of these students start snoring. Yeah stop getting out of the topic, Kat. Purple, a bad color? Not really. "Well we don't seem to have a choice now, do we?" It's better to sleep in an ugly-colored sleeping bag than to sleep in nothing at all. Well that's cute, this girl had a fluffy pillow. Kat knows the feeling. Her comforter was stairs away from her. She loved those comforters... Kat just giggled. "Yes, pajamas are comfortable," she nodded. "Though I'd still prefer having my pillows and blanket with me." Hey, everyone's a kid in the inside right?

Cassia was listening to Kat and shifting in her sleeping bag trying to find a position that would make her comfortable. She wasn't used to sleeping in bags. Was anyone? After trying a couple of positions she settled on one. It wasn't that comfy but it was a bit awkward how she was shifting while the other girl talked. And the second-year lost hope of feeling comfortable like in a her bed. She nodded at Kat who too thought this wasn't that bad. So Cassia decided to focus on the bright sides of this situation. And as for the colors," True we don't have a choice." She agreed.

The twelve-years old beamed at Kat when she mentioned that she too missed her pillows and blankets. Cassia immediately listed Kat on the cool people list she had in her mind. Not so many older students made it to that list. Because most of the older ones would just mock the youngsters. But Kat didn't so she is cool. "By the way in which year are you?" Cassia asked curiously. She wasn't going to guess because she wasn't good at it at all. "I'm a second-year." She said because she didn't want to be mistaken for a firstie. She kept consoling herself that she would get taller soon.

Kat smiled at her fellow Slytherin. She knew someone as young as her complains as lot, but Kat was just the same as she was. Cassie somehow reminded Kat about her younger self. Carefree, a little reckless, talkative and seems to never shut up. Though talkativeness was one of Kat's pet peeves, she saw more than just that in Cassia. Kat first found a comfortable position in her sleeping bag and once she settled with lying flat on her belly. Good enough for such a small space.

The older Slytherin seemed to sense Cassia liking her. Why does she always sense that? Or maybe it's just that Kat does have a soft side to younger students. The second option seemed more appropriate, though. Kat likes young people as long as they're not making your head burst or annoying. Oh, her year? "I'm in Fourth Year," Kat nodded. Lots of people say she either looks young for a Fourth Year or kind of tall for one. Could they just make up their mind? Aww, Cassia was a Second Year. Good, Kat didn't have a fond for firsties that much. Especially one from Gryffindor. *Alexa* Then Kat rolled over and laid on her back. "I still miss my pillow though." Yes, she does, and she regrets nothing about missing her pillow. Nothing to hug is so sad.

O______o

This was an outrage. Not to mention that sleeping in a bag was for peasants, Theo was not happy with spending the night in a room with GIRLS and other houses. Everyone knows that a Ravenclaw can't be trusted. CONSTANT VIGILANCE would be needed...

He parked his bag next to Cassia and Kat, and crossed his arms as he sat on it. He wouldn't be sleeping tonight. Pout.

Theodore Kinsley did not sleep in bags.

As Kat was sharing thoughts with Cassia, another Slytherin seemed to have joined them. Looking over her shoulder, she saw Theo. Aww, he didn't look so good. He was grumpy and all. Poor boy. "It's alright, Theoman," Kat said, trying to avoid herself from patting him on the shoulder. Didn't he hate physical contact with girls? "I don't think anyone is comfortable with these sleeping bags anyway." Not Kat, no. She feels like she won't even be able to sleep tonight.

Though Kat can't convince him that it's fun. It wasn't really fun until you add the fun. *DRAWING ON PEOPLE'S FACE, FOR THE WIN!*

Fourth year. Yeah, Cassia guessed something like that. She watched Kat lying on her belly and wondered whether this position would make her feel comfier than tangling her legs awkwardly in the sleeping back. "Do you think we can fall asleep when everyone gathers around? There'd be so many sounds of breathing and snoring maybe." She said. And the pillow..yeah. "Me too! How could we sleep without a pillow! I wonder if we could use something as a pillow." She said looking around as if she might find some pillow lying somewhere near.

Just when she was going to shift her position again she spotted Theo heading their way. She smiled at her friend. Once he was settled, Cassia peered at him. Well, someone wasn't happy. Cassia probably had the same look on her face when she first came into here. "Hey Theo. Looks like we're having a forced sleep over." She said. "And will you look at the color!" She said shking her head. She was still not accepting the idea of having to sleep in this hideous color. And without pillows or pajamas! "Though we could take advantage of this situation ." She said lowering her voice. She meant of course collecting evidences and notes .She won't whisper because it'd be rude when Kat was here. And anyway she'd not understand what they were talking about right?

She then nodded in agreement when Kat said that no one is comfortable with those bags. "True." She said. "The floor is so not comfy!" She sighed.

GROANNNNNNNNNN

It was one thing for them to be locked out of their common room, but now they had to sleep in the great hall.. with the boys & every. Other. House. Gross. Ariana was Not okay with this. not okay one little bit. Walking into the great hall from her entrance where she was so rudely thrown out into. she spotted only three other kids made it there before she had. she grabbed a UGLY sleeping bag and joined them grumping the whole way "Hey Hudson. Kinsley, loud pep rally girl." the fourth year said giving a nod to each of them. yup that girl from the pep rally shall be forever known as that.. weird little girl.

Talking with Cassia and Theo, who didn't seem to actually talk, had Kat preoccupied at that moment. She didn't even notice Logan had joined then moments later. Oops. Looking at her fellow fourth year, Kat smiled at her. "Hi Logan," she said as a short greeting and looked at the two Second Years beside her. "I know you know Theo already," DUH. "And, apparently the loud Pep Rally girl has a name... Cassia, meet Ariana Logan, our reserve Beater." She didn't mean to put Logan down with the word reserve, it's more like stating a fact. But anyway... back to the conversation, my two Second Years.

Theoman. He really enjoyed the amount of people who called him this. He really was getting somewhere in life, huh?

"I'd expect this for any other house, but we live in the DUNGEONS - so we deserve some luxury." As much as he loved being a Slytherin, Theo did not enjoy the damp and dreary surroundings of their common room. He tucked himself under the bag, because he was chilly, before resuming to his crossed-arms-pouty position. This sucked royally.

He cringed at the word 'sleepover'. How GIRLY. "I'm not having it. Let's sneak off." He said, not even caring that he was speaking at a normal volume. YO' PROFESSORS WERE FREE TO TRY AND STOP THEM. Though, when Cassia lowered her voice, too, Theo lowered his head to listen.. Hummmm..... "Catty.. do you think ghosts will be sleeping here, too?" He looked around curiously.

Where did ghosts sleep? DID ghosts sleep?

SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.

"Logan..." He said with a nod at his fellow Quidditch teammate.

O______o

What was he doing? Sitting here with three girls?!?! Theo glanced over at the Ravenclaw area of the Great Hall, with narrowed eyes. He had a sudden brain wave to wander over and cause some havoc. Havoc involving shoes and fake poop. Even though Blue was there, he'd just have to avoid her....

Cassia doubted being able to sleep when so many people were around her. She actually tends to turn and toss in her sleep . so sleeping in a bag near people wasn't good. She paused considering Theo;s idea of sneaking off. "I would if I found a better place to sleep." She shrugged. "But better be somewhere warm." Because she gets cold very much! Then she craned her neck to bring her ear closer to Theo's mouth. "I don't think they sleep. But they might be watching..us." She said widening her eyes to indicate the possibility. "we better keep our eyes open." She nodded at him.

Good more students were coming. Maybe the more students come the more this thing gets bearable. The second-year nodded at the girl whom she met at the pep rally and the older girl was bothered by Cassia's cheering at that time though they were there at the Rally to CHEER and stuff. Ehh…older students and their brains. Then kat introduced her as Ariana. The beater..were they all here Quidditch players except for her? "Hey Ariana. I hope your head isn't hurting you anymore." She said. Because she claimed to have a headache at the Rally. Though it was long ago. And she smiled at Kat appreciating the introduction.

Cassia sighed shifting in her sleeping bag for like the thousandth time. She still couldn't find a position to make her comfy. How long were they going to stay locked out! She wanted her bed back.

"How long do you think we'd be sleeping here?" She whined addressing the whole group. She hoped they'd assure her that it wouldn't be long. But she doubted anyone thought that.

Hoho.

That was one thing Kat likes about Theo. His awesomeness. It's true, Slytherin NEEDED some special luxury only they can have. It's already bad enough to sleep in a damp common room UNDER the Hogwarts Lake and now they're forced to sleep with sleeping bags for one night or more! What could be worst, Merlin?! Tell me!

Sneak off? "Sneak off where, Kinsley?" Now Kat's getting the habit of surname-calling. Special thanks goes to Ariana Logan. But, really, sneak off for what? Sneak off the prank people, aye, Kat thought. The thought made Kat smirk. But ok... Ooohh, they're having hush hush time but Kat didn't want to butt in. She cares for privacy. Not like some of you, studentsies. *eyes*



Oh these second years were funny. Kat giggled at them. How odd, Katrina Marie Hudson giggling? Can you imagine such MIRACLE? Well, yes, it's happening in front of you people right now. So, in Kat's opinion these batch of second years they have now are tremendously awesome and Kat felt a swelling pride in her chest that two of them were here tonight. Kat needed to laugh once or twice. Praise thee Theodore Kinsley and Cassia Somerlad Kat thought. ... and also Blue Gracae. Don't forget Kat's Valentines' date.

Then... O_____________O Cassia, did you just call Logan ARIANA? Oh no... "Cassia, she'd prefer it if you called her Logan," Kat said immediately. Merlin knows what Logan might do to such a cool second year like her. And yes, Logan is very particular with the name-calling. VERY. She doesn't call anyone by their first name unless in... special occasions...

The only thing on the Slytherin Captain's mind at the moment was how immensely HAPPY he was...Happy to have West Odessa back in the school. As they made their way back from Professor Scabior's office, Dylan couldn't keep the smug look off his face...

With another match looming near, he desperately needed West. His other Chasers were good, of course...but his Terror Twins needed to be together. They were amazing separate...but phenomenal as a pair...

Life of a Quidditch player...It was all he thought about...(and Bee, of course). The fact that he was Common roomless had momentarily slipped his mind due to the excitement over Odessa's return...but as they neared the Great Hall and seen all the...things changed around, the realization came back full force. SIGH. Togetherness.

Ick.

"So, we are without our common room." The admission came without preamble. It was better to just get these things out in the open. "We've all been locked out and have no idea why." More detail, just in case. Dylan knew nothing further. Not seeing his fellow Slytherin leaders, Dylan made his way over to those already assembled...

WHY were these sleeping bags purple? Minor details, Montmorency..."Is everyone okay?" Because he did care about Snakes...(only).

COUGH.

Locked out and no idea why.

West sorta mulled over that as he skulked into the great hall, hands shoved in the deep pockets of his school robes, which were.... looking a bit short. A couple inches even. At the hem and at the sleeves.

"What about all our stuff?" He had a bag with him, since he'd not been here and all, but mostly West was lacking his STUFF. You know, comic books and things like that. And his frog stash. And other such fundamental things.

Naturally he had a few chocolate frogs on hand, but not enough for everyone. He also had some special candy he'd brought back from Egypt, solely to share with the Slytherin Quidditch team.... and maybe Cassia. She was cool. But Slytherins only! So really it was a good thing that it was a cluster of Snakes that they'd approached.

Also, were they sleeping in the same part as where the girls were? That was weird for some reason. He looked at them suspiciously. What if they snored? Or stayed awake and giggled a lot and made him wake up and not get enough sleep? Or waited until he was asleep and then took his stuff? Stuff was obviously at a premium if people were shoved out of the common room with their own things still in there. West adjusted his glasses and skulked a bit more.

He was thirteen now. So now he skulked.

First Theo, then Logan... and now Dylan accompanied by West. Oh look the Terror Twins are united. Meh, there were so many people in the Great Hall now. Kat was considering of sneaking off, Theo's brilliant idea of having fun and leaving. Oh how she wish she could. And no, don't mistaken this for claustrophobia.

Looking up, Kat smiled at the two boys standing in front of the little group. "Hi Captain," Kat said then turned to the other second year. "Hi West. Congrats you're 13 now." Wait, how did you know that Kat?

PFFT - anywhere was better than sharing a room with the whole school. Out of ALL these students, he was sure that at least one of them would be sick. So their sick germs were in the air for his precious lungs to be victimized. Theo thought about these stuffs, obviously.

O__O

"Don't say THAT." Sheeeeeeeesh, as if he wasn't already paranoid?!

Sneak off wheeeeeeere? Hmm...

"I dunno, we could go spying on professors." Really, they could do that on any night, but tonight felt more mischievous. Theo knew which professor HE would like to spy on first. COUGH-Professor Ballaire-COUGH. "Unless YOU had a better idea?" He was all ears.



Now here was his people. Theo was glad, or else he would go mad from too much girl attention. He couldn't exactly blame them for that, though, being clearly irresistible and stuff.

"I'm okay." He would soldier on. "Never thought my life would stoop to sleeping in a bag, but okay." Sure, sleeping in bags was normal for any other kid, when they had sleepovers and stuff. Theo tried a sleepover once at his next door neighbours, but he got homesick and walked out the door by 11pm.

Anyway - Westttttttt.

"You're back!" He beamed at his bestie. He'd seen him briefly on the quidditch pitch during practice, but he hadn't SEEN seen him. "How was Egypt?" And where was his gift?

Kat's gonna admit that she hates sharing rooms with people she's not familiar with. She's not even comfortable sharing one with her sister and brother. How much more with the other House members? She's fine with the Snakeys but squirmy with the boys and she's totally cool with that... but not agreeable to the sleeping bags. She never slept on one, but she's gonna have to call it her bed for tonight no matter how gross it was.

Spying on Professors. Kat does not like the thought of it. Can you imagine Professor Lafay with a cucumber facial mask on her face? No, that's just bloody disgusting. But she liked the though of leaving this hell hole of a 'sleeping area'. "Now that's one brilliant idea you have, Theoman." Kat smiled at him. Brilliant kid, very brilliant. "And no, I don't have any other suggestions of what we're going to do tonight." She didn't. It's either sleep or sneak off. But as long as you keep those house points, yes.

"Sup." West said, all cool-like and then nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah its okay. The only bad thing is like what my dad said, about not getting away with stuff anymore. I liked blaming stuff on being little." He was still a BIT little, right? Right? It wasn't like he'd grown a MILLION inches from one day to the next, even if his legs hurt like aaaall the time, like they were stretching across a Quidditch Pitch. All his bestest friends though, they were NOT thirteen yet. Like, did that make him the boss? Probably. He looked at Theo. Yeah. It did. He was the boss. Oldest and tallest.

It made him feel better.

But wait a second, who told Kat about his birthday? He peered at her from behind his glasses. "Did you get me a present?" He asked, instead.



"Its good to be back properly." He agreed and flopped down on the nearest empty sleeping bag. Why was it such a girly colour though? Maybe Dylan would fix them, make them green and awesome.

"Egypt was real cool, but would have been even cooler if you came too. Maybe I should ask my dad for next time. He made me do homework and stuff though." West said, and took his backpack off, from which he extracted some interesting things.

Interesting such as, Chocolate SCARABS which were pretty much the same as chocolate frogs, only they were scarab beetles, and instead of a famous witches and wizards card, each one had a mini prize inside, things like what you might find inside a Christmas cracker. He tossed one to Theo. There were also little mummy figures, wrapped in miniature bandages that were made of marshmallow, and if you unwrapped them all the way, then on the inside were skeletons made of licorice. The other interesting one were miniature pyramids, the outside were chocolate coated in crispy edible 'sand' (which was really crumbled up biscuit pieces, and the inside was a gooey red raspberry filling, which was somehow warm in the mouth, like a sip of a hot chocolate.

"I brought some Egyptian Wizarding candy back. You guys want some too?" As in, other than Theo, who West had already made sure there was some for his friend. That was a given. He also had a few things for Theo in his bag. And a thing for Blue. And a thing for a few other people who he'd thought of when thing shopping.

Yes, the perks of being young. Kat doesn't have those perks anymore, not since Alex was born. Now he's got the perks and has everything he wants. *snort* "I know the feeling," Kat agreed with the second year boy. "Can't sneak off and all..." Eyes on Theo, the boy with the idea. Well, everyone is a child at heart, Kat was no exception. She still liked to have a bit of fun in serious situations... like this. Yeah, she and Theo should totally consider sneaking off.

O_____o. A present? "Not yet, dude," Ok, can Kat even call West dude? They're not particularly close but, the Snake Team was part of Kat's life and was her extended family now. "I'll buy you one at Hogsmeade or something if you want." Fair offer. She better get West something. Celebrating the kid's thirteenth year of being awesome living.

heh, so she did have a name.. oh well "loud pep rally girl" would suffice for forever. She didn't do first names. did no one get that yet? she'd been going to this school for 4 years adn the only people she calls by first name daily were Max and Min. But whatever. Giving another nod to the girl"hey."
and yes yes she WAS ariana logan the one and only to be exact. and yes yes i AM a Beater.. Lose that word reserve Hudson. Ariana is a reserve NOTHING. she just plays when she wants.



Nod nod. Ariana was boreddd already. these guys were no fun in front of everyone else. let's go back to the commo... right there locked out... BOO. Stupid unseen forces. stupid lockout. stupid stupid sstttuupiid



Yes yes hello Hey Hi. whatever. Her head.........? RIGHT she told the girl it hurt that day so she'd shut the heck up! heh "it's better thank you." she said to the girl not even noticing she had called her by her first name. maybe she just talked too fast and the fourth year didn't catch it. maybe it was just getting loud in here. Sooo many people.



WAIT!

Did the girl NOT call her Logan glareGlareglare. Ariana looked to the younger girl. really she didn't know NOT to call her ariana. she hadn't told her not too really, so the girl really couldn't be mad at her. she simply leaned back on her hands and gave a respectful nod to her fellow teammate. Good job hudson. good job



Are they Okay.. for the most part minus her hip hurting from Greingoth's elbow going into it upon impact! But she was fine totally. and her WAND!!!!! she totally missed her wand. what was going on in the common rooms? if the dungeon flooded and if she lost her wand SOMEONE was going to be paying for it! she would NOT be one happy freakin camper.. Not at all.
"Montmorency. and a wave for the captain. even if he was strange. she still needed to come up with a nickname for him hmmm
"Odessa, welcome back." though honestly she didn't know he even went anywhere she was just going off what the other's were saying.