Dora was normally not one to be found indoors during the winter, even in a faux tropical room. She preferred to enjoy the grounds when they weren't polluted with students. But she wanted some alone time in place with books, and this room just so happened to be devoid of any students and was sort of comforting since she was missing her friends back in the states.

Slipping off her shoes, she wandered around a bit before grabbing a coconut water, and then went over to one of the bookshelves to find something interesting to read.

Today is the day guys! Bellaire is rewarding you all by granting access to a warm sanctuary because you've been excellent in transfiguration. Don't ruin it and have fun.

Just as you get to the room there is a large bolded sign on the door.

ooc: Please adhere to all SS rules. Also 15 points will be awarded to the best dressed male and female charries.

Jasmine had been surprised when she received an invitation to a party in the Irie Room annnnnd they were supposed to wear bathing suits. It was only by a stroke of luck that she even had a bathing suit at school. Right now, the thought of doing anything remotely related to warm weather seemed like an impossibility. Nontheless, Jasmine had her required one piece bathing suit on beneath her multiple layers of clothes.

The thought of being on a beach again, even one such as this, was very appealing to Jasmine. When she reached the door to the Irie room, Jasmine stopped to read all the rules and regulations. This being Professor Bellaire, Jasmine wasn't sure whether she should enter the room or not. She decided to wait a few minutes and see if anyone else showed up.

Zander waddled his way over to the room--, yes, waddled. His flippers only allowed him to walk with turtle pace. Granted, a fast turtle that was freezing it's butt off in the chilly Hogwarts halls, but a turtle nonetheless. See the, noticeboard had said swimwear. So Zander Adair showed up decked out in swimwear. His flowery swim trunks were only the beginning because this lion was prepared to sail afloat! He would've done what Jasmine had, with the layers on top of the swimwear and whatnot, but he was wearing floaties so he couldn't. Layers just did not work. So instead, he wrapped himself in a burrito with his Hogwarts towel.

............

But he was still FREEZING cold. And he had the goosebumps all up his arms to prove it. As he approached the door, he eyed Jasmine. ".... Ar-aren't we supposed to g-g-g-go in?" Ignore the stuttering and shivering please. He was in his swimsuit okay. No! He couldn't wait any longer! He HAD to go in!

The impatient Gryffindor didn't even wait for a response from the Ravenclaw. He just knocked on the door a couple times and then NOPE, opened it up and poked his head inside. Ahhhhhh warmth. He then stuck one foot in.... and then the other... and soon his goosebumps were melting into the nice sunny warmth of the beautiful BEACH! .... Where was everyone?

At this point, Ethan Mordaunt was getting rather irritated with the freak weather, and he almost dashed into this so called Irie Room without having any second thoughts. Why? Right in the picture of his own invite, was a coconut tree, the sun, and…basically it spells out SUMMER. Summer is his favorite season, so yes he was definitely going!

Ethan need not worry about his attire, because right at that moment, he was literally wearing the contents of his trunk. He’s got layers of clothing on including a hideous Hawaiian shirt, and khaki shorts. He did bring his sunglasses and fedora hat, because Merlin knows WHEN he’ll be able to wear it. After asking the many portraits for directions, the blond boy finally found the room.

Wowzers.

It’s real. It’s…the beach! Ethan immediately closed the door behind him and quickly took off the layers of clothing he had. It was high time that he puts his snowboarding gear for a quick rest, because right now…it’s just going to be him…and the beach. A few layers later, Ethan emerged wearing his beach outfit. It may not be the classy type that Mordred might wear, but at least it was better than what he wore during their History of Magic class. Tucking his other clothing away safely in a corner, the boy went for the sand, and rested there, allowing himself to thaw out.

Leah did not find it surprising when she found an invitation for the party lying on top of her trunk the previous week. She did work hard last transfiguration class after all and had heard about the party from her friends. What was shocking though was that it was Professor Bellaire having the party. Bellaire.

The Hufflepuff had learned from her first year of Hogwarts that it was not wise to only bring what was written on her supply list to school. So yep Leah did bring a bathing suit with her to school. Along with a beach towel AND ball. Not to mention her hat, slippers and skin lotion. When she had packed those in a beach bag and wore her one piece suit underneath her usual half dozen layers of clothes, she headed to the Irie room.

She had never been to this room before, but had no trouble finding the place. The second year greeted Jasmine enthusiastically outside the door and read the rules. Professor Bellaire and her always present rules. She sighed and pushed the door open. Merlin. Leah's eyes were huge as she observed her surroundings. Before she knew it she was taking off her robes. Yeah she was sweating. The badger turned around to see a boy just standing there near the doorway. Zander? Was that his name? "Hey.. Zander." she said, smiling. "Nice flippers." she commented.

Kevin had emptied his bag from his school supplies back at the Gryffindor Dormitory because a party meant food and he mostly wanted to crash it to steal some. Yes, he knows that there is plenty of food in the Great Hall and kitchen but what was the fun in that?!

He wasn't alone though. At least he wouldn't be alone soon. The boy checked his watch and groaned. That stupid kid was too late already! He looked at the students entering the Irie room and saw Zander standing there as well. Oh? So he had an invite? Well, good for him.

As for Kevin, he hadn't gotten an invitation for the party, that was why he was leaning against the wall a little away from the entrance door, observing the people who entered. Ugh, where was that same aged kid? he shivered as he waited for his partner in crime.

This would certainly be a first. Noel Wallace was grinning too wide, all dressed up to crash the party he wasn't invited to. So WHAT if he sucked in transfiguration, did that mean he had no right to enjoy some beach time? He felt cold tooo, you know!

Noticing Kevin pretty quickly, the thirteen year old came up to stand behind him - poking him on the waist with his finger. "Lets do this"

As soon as his eyes landed on the door though, he made a disappointed sound: "No food? And no swimming?"

"What kinda party is this?" he commented, eying the ones entering and closing the door behind them.

He was wearing his shorts inside! He had been so ready to cannon ball!

Lucy had no brought with her the bathing suit.
She was sad about this fact but she didn't want to give up going to the party..
So after searching a long time between her clothes she tried to improvise a swimming set!
She took a tight undershirt, but no too much tight, striped blue and white, saylor style..
Lucy then took the dark blue shorts,like french knickers, that she used sometimes to jogging..
She wore her red bathrobe and her red slippers whit a woolly wad at the tip.
She tought she was not so bad,dressed like this..
Lucy used a red silck scarf and she put it as a hairband above her head!
"Done"she said as she walked to the party..

"Stop doing that!" Kevin groaned as he rubbed his side. "It's because you are KINDA ..not really...cool that i haven't hexed you yet, next time you poke me again i'll really do it!" he turned his head away from the other boy and looked at the door, reading the sign for the first time.

"WHAT? no food? So i've dragged this bag here to steal some for nothing?" ugh. He tossed it to the side planning to get it back later. "I don't know what kind of party it is but when they went inside i saw a glimps of really nice weather and a beach!" Now that he thought about it...he didn't have any swimming clothes under his layers of clothing... Oh well, he could just jump in the water with his clothes on right?

Looking at Noel, he lightly punched him on his shoulder. "Last one in the water is a Flobberworm!" he yelled and ran inside the room.

Since others had started to arrive, Jasmine assumed that it was okay to enter the Irie Room. Zander came to the door and asked her a question, but before she could answer, he had disappeared inside. Seeing Leah approach next, Jasmine responded to her greeting. "Hi Leah. I guess we should go inside and get the party started." With that, Jasmine opened the door and went inside. She made sure to quickly close it behind her.

Once inside, the warmth hit Jasmine immediately. It had been so long since she had been warm, she had almost forgotten what it felt like. She quickly took off fifty of her fifty two layers of clothing and stuffed them in ber bag. Looking all around, Jasmine took in the scenery. It really was beautiful and Jasmine tried not to dwell on the fact that it wasn't real. Spotting an empty hammock, she walked over to it. Then she climbed in and laid back to relax. Aaaaaah, this was nice.

Adi happily made his way to the Irie Room. He was ever so surprised when he found the invitation neatly placed on the center of his pillow but couldn't be more pleased.

So, here he was now, entering the room after a brief pause to read the rules. Ah good. Some of his friends had already turned up. "Jasmine! Hi. Hello, Zander, Ethan. Heya, Leah & Lucy.'' And there was Kevin and Noel whom he'd only spoken to for a bit before. "What's up, you two?'' He grinned at them all, enjoying warmth their surroundings provided.

Angel made her way into the Irie room, she had been shocked to get an invitation to whatever it was. She opened her the door and then stepped inside making sure that she closed the door behind her.

She then looked around and smiled, Adi and Leah was already here. "Hi." Angel beamed, she didn't really know anyone else so she just stood quietly after reading the rules that was on the door. She had no idea what to do after that so she just stood there.

There was a reason as to why Grayson was oh-so-excited about this and it was down to two words: Beach Party. He didn't care that they were still indoors, wouldn't even MIND if Bellaire went ahead and decided that they should do some Transfiguration in here. Did not care or mind whatsoever. He would actually be WILLING to participate in it and show as much enthusiasm for this subject as he did for Potions.

Funny how the weather can effect people.

So, after receiving his invite that was sticking out from under his bowl of cereal, the fifteen year old made his way towards this funny little room that he had never been in before. Hadn't even known that such a place even EXISTED. It was all good, though. He was here now and he could pretend that he was in a sandy beach in the middle of the--

..................... Rules. GROAN. Of course there were RULES.

Yeah yeah, he scanned through the list on the door before shrugging at it. The no bikinis rule was a bit of a bummer but otherwise, he didn't care. So, the Slytherin opened the door and entered the--

SWEET.

MERLIN.

It was an actual BEACH! "YES!" he whispered loudly, letting the door close behind him and wasting NO TIME in throwing off all the layers of clothing he had on -- minus the swimming trunks, obviously -- and stuffing them into his bag. This was BLISS. And there were PEOPLE here, of course. "Yo! 'Sup, people!" Hello people heeeeeeeeey. Especially to Ethan, because he knew him, and MAYBE Zander too. "Is Bellaire coming or is it just all of us?" And were those HAMMOCKS? Could they sit on them?

At first Lex had been appalled to learn the doors to the Irie Room would be closed--where else was she to get warmth? Hmmmmm? But then it all got explained and it didn't seem so bad anymore. A party! One the Professor just needed to set up for. It made enough sense and even if it didn't, there was NO WAY the Gryffindor was giving up on the warm weather. What made it cooler was her being asked to be a bouncer. There was a first! Where was her partner?

Anyyyway. Lex had arrived long before everyone else and opted to stay on the inside of the room as opposed to the outside where there was no sun, sand and drinks. If people got in that weren't meant to, she'd stop them. For now, just chilling in her beach chair by the entrance, sunglasses on, drink in hand and the heat melting through to her bone. Sweet Merlin she missed this.

The first signs of life others came when Zander let himself in. A brief look at her checklist proved he was invited yup. "Hey Zander. Don't you just LOVE the sun?" She asked, sitting back and taking in the rays. The Professor was too kind. Bless her soul. Oh and look, Ethan made it too. Quick list check aaand he was allowed to stay too. "Sup Ethan?" Did he feel the brilliance that was the sun too? Aaahhhh.

Couple minutes later she spotted Jasmine, that Lucy girl from her house and Leah. Was she gonna have to keep checking the list? This was getting tedious. But they were there and she gave them all waves and a 'HEYYYY'. Party vibe. D'you feel it? It must be the warmth. Something wasn't right though. After seeing Adi, then Angel walk in and greeted with a 'come on in guys', she spotted Kevin and she didn't need a list to tell her he wasn't invited. "Hold it right there." She said, casting a silent leg locker jinx to keep him there. "You too." Meaning his little friend (Noel), or did she have to jinx him too. With a heavy sigh she heaved herself into a sitting position on her beach chair again. "Alright, start explaining." Make it convincing and you can stay. Ahem. Just don't tell Bellaire.

She was momentarily distracted by Grayson--but not enough to let them go. "Grayson! Do you FEEL this? Dude! Frostbite free for an afternoon!"

Maddie thought the whole institution of bathingsuits was unfair. Why did girls swimsuits have to be so uncomfortable? And why did the ones available have to be so ridiculous? Merlin knew the frills and bows and polka dots weren't just for fashion and really, Maddie wasn't one to dress to please others. Thankfully the brunette had found the type of suit fitting for her ferocious inner self and one that would earn her respect even though she was dressed in much less than she was comfortable with. Mess with the tiger at your own risk. GRRRRR!

ANYWAY...

The first year made her way to the Irie Room, sunglasses blocking her brown eyes and hat concealing her plaited hair. The promise of warmth was enough to elicit a smile and the twelve year old paused at the door to adjust her shirt and read the party rules. LULZ. A BIKINI? Yeah, no worries about THAT. NOT that she thought it was fair boys could wear what THEY wanted but girls had to be RESTRICTED. It wasn't THEIR fault that boys were GROSS humans. Well, MOST. Dima and Kyroh didn't count, obviously. She'd decided MO wasn't one of the gross TOO. As for the OTHERS, she was still making up her mind. STILL, she wasn't a FAN of the rule even if she THOUGHT bikinis were ridiculous inventions.

Entering the PARTY, the Ravenclaw pulled her shades down JUST enough to scan the place, kicking the door shut behind her as she did a sweep of the room. Maddie was SURE this wouldn't be her LAST invite only. People on their way to ruling the world were BOUND to attend TONS of these things. She didn't see any of HER people yet, though. That was a PITY.

"Dibs on a hammock!"

Hey people, heyyyy.

The young Gryffindor scanned the room. Wow! It looked like he was the first one in here! There was so much to choose from, so much to do, so much to see, so much to— Oh. Lex? So he wasn’t the first one? Awh. The third year just smiled at her because yes, he liked her. It was decided. Why’d she have a list though….? Zander just eyed it curiously, before hearing the question. “Yeah! It’s… it’s… It’s beautiful!” So what if beautiful was normally a word that all those girls used, you know what- he hadn’t seen or FELT this kind of WARMTH since forever. So this, this deserved the word beautiful. “What’s with the list?” Eh. Gryffindors can be curious too.

The next person to come in, was Ethan! Oh frrieeeend. Zander smiled at his fellow third year, but before he could say anything more, someone else! He turned curiously, and saw that Leah girl walking through the door. The boy returned her smile-because it was warm and everything deserved a smile- “Hey, Leah.” He didn’t have to even think about how weird girls made him because he was thinking about THE WARMTH. He blushed slightly at the mention of his flippers. When he heard about swimwear, he put on EVERYTHING he could find. He hadn’t had to opportunity to wear this stuff in FOREVER so he had to take advantage of it now, of course! “Thanks, I like your suit,” he said as he eyed the funny fingers on it.

Then, he looked over and noticed Kevin coming in. Uh… Last time he checked Kevin hadn’t shown up to the last lesson. Was he crashing? Zander just gave him a skeptical look, but then broke out to a smile anyways. IT WAS WARM SO MANY REASONS TO SMILE, OKAY? Kevin also received a wave because he liked Kevin. Yep. He wasn’t exactly sure if Kevin had seen the wave though because then he was yelling at someone. Typical Kevin. Hey! It was that Noel kid. He got a smile too because WARMTH AND SMILES ALL THE TIME.

AH. Jasmine had finally decided to come in. He felt a bit guilty for not waiting for the girl, but he was desperate. He was just freeeeezing outside. He watched as the girl ran to the hammock and smiled. SO MUCH SMILING. He even thought about going over and joining her on one, but then someone else walked through the door to say hello! Hufflepuff Adiiii! “Hi Adi,” so much smiling. Then, he spotted Group Leader Grayson Yo-ing and stuff! See he wasn’t the only one excited about the WARMTH Grayson was too! And this is why Group Leader Grayson also got a wave and a smile.

Turning back to Leah, Zander smiled some more. HEH. Smiling. “You wanna go make a sandcastle?" BECAUSE WARM SAND!!

A good way to temporarily forget that Hogwarts was a giant ice cube was to throw a beach party. Of course it would have been much better if Bay was here with her. She went to check on him every day in the Hospital Ward.

Entering the room, Lux was so happy that she had brought beach stuff with her to school. Not too many people had came before her, but Cinna, Kace, and Emmy hadn't arrived. Hopefully they would be here soon, but it was nice to see some of her friends! Smiling, she waved at everyone and said, "Hello!"

It had been a while since she had talked to Angel, so she wandered over to speak to her friend. "BOO!" she said grabbing the younger girl's shoulders.

Lucy said:"Hello everyone!
It's my first party here at Hogwarts!But I didn't have a bathing suit..and I'm feeling so ridiculous dressed like this...You are really nice with yours bathing suits!..
I would like a bit of fun..stop with the study! !!!!!!"

Running on the beach sand, Kevin looked to see if Noelwas catching up with him. Or was he so fast that he couldn't keep up? His eyes found Zander waving in his direction but before he could wave back, the scenery in front of him suddenly changed and his face was met with the sand. "Owww! WHO DID THAT?!" He shouted as he moved his body to get up from the ground but found out that his legs were glued together. Trying to pull them apart, it was no use and the Gryffindor groaned. He pushed himself off the ground and hopped towardsLex

Explain? Kevin laughed humorless. "I don't need to explain anything! " he said as he tried to balance his body , trying his best not to fall over. "We just want some warmth, its so cold!"] now for the attack. For the first time ever, Kevin pouted though it was just an act. "Right Noel? You told me you were sooo cold out there" he looked at Lex trying not to grin but keep his sad look. " Why cant we have a bit of warmth huh? Just because you guys are a little bit better at transfiguration doesn't mean that WE have to freeze!"

He lost his balance and fell on the ground in front of her. "And unjinx me will ya?"

It was back to the scene of the crime. He'd always liked the Irie Room. Not least of all this year for it's promise of warmth, but for the happy memories of manipulation and throwing an older student under the bus here. Right here. In this very spot. Cutty was smiling just thinking about it and feeling that warmth penetrate his many layers of clothing.

Not unlike a banana, he began to peel layer after layer after layer of charmed clothing off. He had created his very own textile incubator for himself.



"Nice shirt, Mordaunt!" He teased, but not maliciously. Having gotten a clearer read on Ethan through their encounters, the boy's flair was something Cutty could find useful. A distraction through bedazzlement. Yes. Everyone, look at Ethan Mordaunt.




"Adair,...Whitty." He greeted the other two boys present before his attention was momentarily taken by Cambridge and Hirase. He calmly, almost downright serenely smiled. Slytherin had this. He gave a subtly elbow nudge toward Whitty as if to say 'do you see that?'


Eventually, Cutty's own very skinny and VERY pale body was stripped down to nothing but swimming trunks. He pulled out a pair of sunglasses and laid back to possibly regain some of the colour he'd lost since coming back to England post-summer. In the reflection of his shades he could see the little Ravenclaw girl helping herself to a hammock. Oooh, bad choice, kidda. "Zander, where does yer name coom from? What are yew?" Adair sounded a bit like an altered through time desert name to Cutty.

Angel had been busy just thinking about things, so she wasn't sure who was near her until.

"ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!"

Angel was really scared for a few seconds before she saw it was Lux that had just poked her.

"LUX!!" Angel gave her friend a quick hug, she was going to ask how she had been until she remembered what she had heard. "So what do you think will happen here today?" Angel had no idea what else to say.

She heard there was a party! Then what was she doing here in the dorm with that book? Who put that book in her hands anyway?! She wasn't going to investigate now, she had clothes to pick. Beach party. How she never thought she'd hear those words again. She was trying not to think about the fact that they were stuck in here. And anyway, she had no time to think because getting ready didn't leave time.

Once ready, the snake took off and was on her way to the party.

And she got there fast since the corridors were cold but as soon as she stepped inside and closed the door behind her. She sighed in relief. The warmth felt just so great. Oh, was she invited by the way? Oops. Should probably have made sure of that before showing up. But look, here snake boys, Grayson and Ethan and Cutty were here. That Ravenclaw firstie, Maddie, too. And she looked super cute. They all got smiles.

But more importantly Lex! Who was also the party bouncer, how convenient. The seventh-year beamed at Lex, "Hey, you, you look fabulous," It was the truth. "Am I on the list?" she whispered. Just to make sure. Though she was the head girl, someone needed to keep an eye on those people, no? And it seemed the Gryffindor had business on her hands. Might as well watch.

Wincing, Lux hadn't expected Angel to be so loud. It actually made her feel a little bad at first, but her friend seemed to get over it almost right away. That was a relief, and made her feel better as she returned the hug.

What will happen here today? What kind of question was that? "The beach will happen! The beach at Hogwarts!" It was nice and warm here, and she was loving it. Ooooh, there were hammocks! It would be nice to lie down on one and have a nap.