Ella was on a hunt of sorts. The third year had felt quite bad after hearing that the Headmistress had lost her brooch and decided to search for it. Besides, she hadn't explored the castle in quite a while and it was really long overdue. With a small smile on her face, the blonde began her search, scouring each floor in search of the missing accessory.

When the badger made it up to the fifth floor, she was feeling seriously tired. Plus she hadn't had any luck finding the brooch. Frown. Maybe it was time for a break? Yeah...a break sounded good.

The third year hadn't even noticed that someone else was leaning against a wall very close by and she jumped a bit when she spotted him. EEP! "You scared me!" She said, before laughing softly. "What I mean to say is...I didn't notice you there." Quiet as a mouse, he was. "You didn't happen to see a green brooch up here, did you?" She might as well ask, at least then she'd be doing something productive on her little break.

Would anyone notice if Terry just slid down against the wall and fell asleep on the spot? He was so sleepy, as per usual. He was certain it was because of the lessons, they went on for a while and the theory stuff made him want to snore. The practical stuff on the other hand was exciting and it was probably the excitement that completely tired him out the next day. That morning, the twelve year old had got up especially early because he heard something in the Lake which he could see from the common room and so he had gone to investigate.

Suddenly, to his surprise, a girl turned the corner and seemed to have received the same surprise that he had. The boy chuckled at her reaction. "Don't worry. I can be quite scary" he growled and then erupted in a fit of giggles. The Blonde boy was probably one of the least intimidating people, he always wore a bright smile on his face and encouraged others to be happier.

He shook his head at the question though, his eyes hadn't exactly been glued on the floor searching for a brooch. "Nope, but I haven't really been looking. Why? Have you lost it?" he enquired, although he had been sure that he'd overheard a house elf talking about it. Maybe one of the Professors had lost it? "I can help you look for it if you want?" He asked with a nod.

"I'm Terry!"

Ella raised her eyebrows at the boy as he growled at her. She didn't expect that one. When he burst into laughter, she did the same. Heh. This boy was funny! "EEP! You sure are scary." Grin. "I can be scary too, y'know." Just in case he was wondering. "RAWR!" See? SO scary. Giggle.

"Oh no, not me. I had heard that the Headmistress misplaced it." And Ella being the badger detective she was, couldn't pass up the chance to try and find it. "Yeah, that'd be quite nice." And Ells could use all the help she could get, truthfully. "I'm pretty sure all the house elves are searching for it but I just figured I'd try and help too."

Terry, eh? That was a nice name. "Hi Terry, I'm Ella." And the third year extended her hand to the boy, a small smile on her face. "It's nice to meet you."

Terry raised his brow and then chuckled as she laughed with him. He liked this, the good atmosphere that you could build up on your first meeting with someone. People said that you could make a connection straight away and Terry certainly agreed. He cackled as she roared at him. "I think you're too nice to be scary" he nodded, he was sure that others probably thought the same about him.

"Oh dear, was it really important to her?" he asked. If she had initiated a school wise search for it using all the House Elves, he was sure that it must be. "Do you know what it looks like?" Because that piece of information would be helpful if he was to help her find it. He scanned the floor for a couple of seconds and then came to the conclusion that it wasn't here in that corridor. "It could be IN the statues" he glanced over at the unique and unusually statues in the corridor.

"Hi Ella" he grinned. She then held her hand out to him and he wrinkled his nose. Not one of these handshakes again! He accepted her hand though and shook it quickly before pulling it away. "It's nice to meet you too" he nodded.

Ella pouted for all of two seconds before cracking a smile. "Thanks and I...I know, I'm rubbish at being scary." Shrug. "It could come in handy though, y'know. For Quidditch and such. I guess I'll have to keep working on it, yeah?" Cause Beaters were meant to be intimidating and Ella was about as intimidating as a baby pig in a tea cup. Yup, that.

The third year frowned, shaking her head. "I dunno, I mean I'm sure it must have been. Well, since she has the house elves searching for it and everything." And the house elves were usually busy keeping the school awesome and tidy and filled with delicious food. To take them away from that, one had to be really upset about something. EEP. Ella actually didn't know exactly what the brooch looked like. "I heard some elves saying it was green...but I don't know." Not much to go on, she knew. Oh! And that was good thinking, Ella grinned at the boy before taking a step towards the statue nearest her. "Yeah!...Yeah, it could be. But um...who do you think would have hidden it here?" Peeves, maybe...

Ella wasn't sure why Terry had wrinkled his nose and she raised an eyebrow at him, wondering what was up. She gave him a small smile when he said it was nice to meet her too, a little confused now. Hm. Very curious.

Coulson was making his way down to the grounds when he paused near the statues. He was exhausted despite the fact that he had just woken up from a nap. Naps had that effect on him. He wasn't sure why, but that never really stopped him from taking more naps. He was stubborn like that.

But something caught his eye. His perfect shoes were- not perfect. He tilted his head looking down at them.

They were untied AND had scuff marks or was that... nibbles in them? Stupid animals must have gotten to them. He groaned and leaned against the statues, pulling his foot up toward him to get a better look at it.

Taryn had been wandering. Ever since the common rooms had been mysteriously locked, she'd taken to wandering the castle. She had thought to head over to the Ravenclaws (not that they were in their common room EITHER.) and look for Aspen, so that was where she had been headed when she spotted Coulson.

Stepping aside, Taryn walked up behind the boy and leaned on the wall. She tilted her head, "What are you doing?" Just curious.

He had heard the footsteps, but he really didn't care to see who it was. He was busy. Tying shoes was a busying task. Especially when they had to be perfect. He couldn't have his laces dragging on the floor. That would be a NIGHTMARE. Coul made sure to tie them extra!tight because if they even loosened the tiniest bit, he'd be bent over tying them again. That's just how he was with his shoes.

But the footsteps had stopped and now there was a voice attached to it, prompting him to be a bit more attentive. He finished his shoe tying before turning around and smiling up at the person he knew to be attached to that voice. "Tying my shoes. What does it look like?"

Snort. She would have stuck her tongue out at him if he'd been looking. "Cheeky." Taryn giggled anyway and nodded, "It looks like you're tying your shoe, indeed." She smiled at him when he finished, "Seen any dementors lately?"

Because she hadn't seen him around since that day of the 'dementor attack'.

Love. That word was still bouncing around in his mind and had been since it had slipped out of Nell's mouth. Wandering aimlessly, Edmund wondered if he'd be able to say it back before he left Hogwarts. Maybe? Pausing by the statues, he looked up at Boris the Bewildered. "Know how you feel."

Laura was so excited, MICK was an awesome guy and Laura didn't know why but she couldn't wait to spend more time with him, she was busy thinking about him until.

*BANG*

Laura felt she had been hit by a truck or a tree, she looked down at her feet. "I'm really sorry." Laura blushed then she looked up and saw it was ED. "ED!!!!!!!!!!!!" Laura smiled, giving her friend a hug. "I'm really, really, really sorry." Laura really was sorry. "I was too busy thinking about someone." And with that Laura was blushing even more.

For a moment, Ed entertained the thought that he could be a statue one day. 'Edmund the Even More Bewildered' Ha. He turned to look at the other statues, but was knocked sideways a step or two by someone colliding into him. His eyes turned to the other person, ready to ask if they were okay, but before he could speak, Laura had hugged him. "Um... hi?" He couldn't help but laugh.

"It's okay, don't worry about it. You okay?" He extracted an arm and hugged her back. "Tell me more." He tilted his head, raising an eyebrow at her curiously.

Laura looked at Ed and blushed some more when he told her to tell him more but first she had forgot to say hi in her excitement of seeing him. "Hi Ed." Laura giggled before telling him why she was excited. "I've met this awesome guy right, he's called Mick and did I mention he was awesome." Laura wanted to make sure she had told Ed that. "Well we got chatting, I kissed him on the cheek, he kissed me back on the cheek, we chatted some more, he got talking to me about thing and then were going to spend time together in the summer, oh and did I mention he's AWESOME!!" Laura stopped then to get her breath back because she had been dying to tell someone and her bestie weren't around unfortunalty.

Grinning, he wondered why she was so excited. And then it seemed like she burst and words came spilling out. Nodding with wide eyes, he listened, trying to keep track of what she was telling him. What he got was that she'd met a guy called Mick who was apparently awesome, they'd chatted, kissed each other on the cheek and were going to spend time together in the summer. Wait, what? o___O

"You did mention he's awesome, three times, I think." He shook his head, still greatly amused. "So this guy, Mick, was it? Which house and year is he in?" 'Cause he could totally see a relationship happening there.

Laura smiled at Ed. "Well he is just so AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Laura smiled. "He's more Awesome than you and that is saying something." Laura gave Ed a playful nudge. "Yeah his name is Mick the Awesome." Laura blushed okay so she was making the last name up. "He's a Ravenclaw and unfortunatly he's a couple of year older than me, he's in his fifth year." Laura pouted it just wasn't fair.

"Thanks, Laura." He shook his head, extremely amused now. "Look, if you like him that much, why don't you just... ask him out or make it clear you want him to do so?" He shrugged. "Two years isn't a lot, I'm a year older than Nell." He tilted his head at her pout. It seemed she was pretty set on him.

Laura looked at Ed and shook her head. "Because the boy is suppost to ask the guy out and the last time I dated a guy two years older than me, he broke my arm." Laura sighed, so why would she want to date a fifth year if that was all they did, though she was sure Mick was different and wouldn't do anything to hurt him. "Who is Nell?" Laura asked when she heard the girls name.

"It's a tradition, not a rule." He raised his eyebrows at her, but frowned instantly at her words. "Who broke your arm?" It sounded like he'd need a visit from Ed to teach him how to treat females. His expression softened slightly as she asked who Nell was. "She's my girlfriend. We've been together since the first day of school. I met her in Diagon Alley at the start of the summer when I was getting my equipment."

Laura smiled. "So I can ask him out then and he won't think I'm a nutter?" Laura bounced up and down for a bit then frowned. "His name is Oakey Gunter." Laura sighed, she hated him after what he had done to her. "I hate him now." Laura snapped then lighten up after Ed told her about Nell. "That is awesome." She wanted to meet her like now. "When do I get to meet her?"

"He shouldn't do. I think he might be relieved. You have no idea how daunting it is to ask a girl out and think you're gonna be rejected, especially when you're fifteen or sixteen." He raised an amused eyebrow. Oakey Gunter. "Puff, right?" He thought he knew him. Hm. "I'm not surprised. Do you want me to have a little 'conversation' with him?" Yes, big brother-ness coming through here. A smile appeared once more when she asked about Nell. "I'm not sure, I suppose whenever she's around and you run into her." How had they not already run into each other?

Laura smiled. "Maybe I will ask him out, but it's scary what if he says no I'd feel a right fool." Laura blushed it was weird, maybe she should just wait and see, well she didn't know, she would figure something out though. "Yeah he is." Laura sighed. "Yeah please, will you tell him from me I'm still waiting for an appology." Laura wasn't happy she hadn't got one yet. "I'll hope to see her soon then." She really couldn't wait to meet her.

"At least you'd know where you stand and he'd know you're interested." Or was that not how it worked anymore? Oh, good. If he was a Puff, it'd be easy for Ed to corner him. "Will do." Maybe while he had his arm half way up his back. "I'm sure you'll see her around. She's a sixth year Ravvie and she's really nice." Okay, maybe a little more than nice, but he wasn't going to go there.

Laura looked at Ed and smiled. "That is true, I'll think about it." Laura smiled. "Thank Ed." Laura smiled and gave her friend a massive hug. "I hope I see her around I want to meet her." Laura smiled. "And I'll let you meet this awesome guy called Mick." Laura would let Ed meet him one day.

"Sure thing." He smiled at her hug, returned it and shrugged. "She's a busy bee and usually is at the Ravenclaw table around 5:30-ish. Best time and place to catch her." He shrugged again, but grinned. "Good, I'd love to meet him." And warn him to treat Laura right. Yup.

Laura looked at Ed and smiled. "Thanks." Laura was hoping to see Ed telling Oakey off it would be awesome and Oakey did deserve it. "I'll remember that and try and catch her then." Laura really hoped that she could, she knew it would be awesome if she could finally meet Ed girlfriend.