After maybe taking ten minutes to get herself some courage and up the ladder, Paloma had landed on safe wood and a verrrrrrrrrrry extended room. "Indeed, I love this place." She said, her eyes following every single piece of space around her.

Once she had explored the place, she sat on the floor, tapping the floor as if she was playing the piano, humming all notes possible to her song, Tiny Dancer, as Lou called her. She grinned, but right then Jun appeared.

"None at all, I was just getting acquainted with the place...quite nice, huh?" She said, smiling. "So...thanks for the offer, to...help me with the singing..." She had to really mention it.

Melek finally got Elouan off of the boy. "Bad, Elouan.You dont jump on the head of a stranger." Mel swatted the nose of her kneazle and kept a hold of her so that she wouldnt get into more trouble. "She doesnt like being in a bag or cage and I had to put her in my bag to bring her up here..." She shrugged and smiled at the boy, "Pleasure meeting you, Conner. I am Melek and I much appreciated you holding still so that I can get this bad kneazle off your head. OH and the kneazle is Elouan..." Melek glared at Elouan but then held out her hand to the boy.

Hm. "Honestly, I've never been up here until now. I usually don't go near the water," Because of that stupid fear he had. Still needed to work on that later. Either way, Jun made himself comfortable and relaxed. This was a singing lesson and tension should not be present. It made ones vocal cords tight and singing clearly harder. He nodded, giving Pal a grin. "No problem, since you're helping me with the acting later," Because his trainee program just had to have acting on their needed skills list. At least Jun entered with a level two since he did plays and shows while little at muggle school.

"First things first, sit up straight and breathe in and out," Helped one feel calm and relaxed. And to loosen up them cords too. "Once you're done with that, start with 'ah', low, work into a highish note, not too high, then into a low one," And with that Jun sang the warm-up with out a problem.

All this time while Cris was chatting with Demelza, he had totally forgotten that they weren't alone in the treehouse...and he would have continued to have forgotten if not for Lux calling over to him and asking him how Jasmine was doing.

Even as he chuckled at the obvious 'hey don't forget about Jasmine query', he winked over at Demelza conspiratorially before replying. "Jasmine is doing fine...well at least that was how she was the last time I talked with her. I'm meeting her at the playpens later today. I'll tell her you asked about her," Cris turned to reply to Lux before smiling apologetically back at Demelza.

"I'm sorry about that. Those are my brother's friends. Well, technically they're mine too. I guess they must be wondering what we're doing over here.....which is none of their business," Cris wanted to call out to both his friends, but decided not to. He knew they meant well.

As soon as she got her chance to explore the Grounds, Candice didn't waste much time to go outside and explore. Willy said the Tree House was pretty awesome. She wanted to go to the famous Lake first but the Tree House sounds more fun so the elen year old went towards where the Tree House was. She wanted to bring Latte with her but her stupid lazy Kneazle was being lazy and prefer to stay inside the Common Room.

She climbed to rope ladder slowly no need to rush. She didn't want to end up in Hospital Wing. Nope.

One more aaaaaaaaannnd......

She's arrived. She was safely reached the top. The Gryffindor went inside the Tree House and she didn't expect it would be that BIG inside. She took a seat in one of the wooden benches.

Peace. Finally.

Delilah made her way to the Tree House, rather looking forward to the punching lesson that Cat had very kindly agreed to give. It wasn't like she wanted to punch someone in particular.. it was just learning to defend herself, see? Yeah, there was magic but maybe, throwing a good punch might come in handy someday. Who knows? She liked learning new things anyway.

Spotting her friend leaning against the trunk of tree, Delilah grinned and quickly walked over to the other girl and gave her a hug. She'd missed seeing Cat's face, actually. "Hey! How are you?"

LOL. A treehouse?

Er, YEAH, he was going inside. Finding someone to head to the forest with could wait because he had a treehouse to explore. Grabbing the end of the ladder, the boy climbed up, making sure to mind his head when he neared the latched door. Once his eyes were above the level of the ground, he looked around to see if anyone else was coming. They'd better not step on his head otherwise they'd end up paying for it.

.......................... Someone was going to climb up and pinch his bottom if he wasn't careful. People were weird, mkay?

Using this a motivation, Grayson pulled himself up until he was standing right next to the latched door. THIS was more like it. The treehouse looked tiny on the outside but that wasn't the case when he was inside. Nuh uh. You could hold a PARTY in here. ............ A party. Smirk. He could see himself hanging around here a lot more often. It probably gave a perfect view of everything.

Speaking of view, that was what he should be after. So, after another quick glance around the first landing, the fourth year moved on up onto the balcony. Perfect. Even more perfect? The couch. Helloooooooooo lounging around. Sprawled out everywhere. This was the life, man.

Vinnie had decided it was time to explore the grounds a little. Last year she had spent most of her time in the library, reading about long gone people and events. This term would be different, she had made some quite adventurous friends to keep her on her feet, to start with. Everyone seemed to be busy though so the Slytherin went exploring on her own.

Making her way to the woods the brunette came across a treehouse. Wait... a TREEHOUSE?! Oh my god, when she was little Vinnie wished she had a treehouse. But thanks to her parents that dream never came true. Now she was standing right in front of one, a serious treehouse. There was no doubt she had to go inside.

With a massive grin on her face the girl started climbing up the ladder. This was great. She could read here and it could be her save base. Oh yes. She hadnt been inside yet but the Slytherin was certain she would love it. Taking the last step on the ladder, Vinnie opened the door and gasped. This place was huge.

As the fifth year stepped inside she twirled around. Her treehouse. She finally had a treehouse. Well not really...but details. At first Vinnie didnt even notice the boy sprawled out on the sofa. Just as she stopped spinning to look at the room more carefully she saw him laying there. Oh...someone had found it before her. Oh well, they could share....if he was nice.

„Hey there“, she nodded at him, approaching the sofa he was lying on.

It was SUCH a beautiful day, and Aubrey fully intended to spend as much time as possible soaking up some sun. She was still really bummed about the canceling the Quidditch especially since she had just found out what it was all about. Maybe she could find a way to sneak some brooms out and give it a go. Where there was a will there was always a way right?

As she continued to walk the grounds she automatically spotted a huge tree house. "Awesome." There was no hesitation from her before she scaled the tree and made it into the house portion of it. "Wow." she exclaimed. This was the best tree house that she had ever been in. It was a moment before she realized that she wasn't alone. "Hello there." She gave the girl a big smile.

So glad that she wanted him around more he laughed at her comment about always being tired. "just can't help it, I'm a growing boy. Maybe I'm going through another growth spurt?" he had already grown a few inches over the summer and had to buy a lot of new clothes, he even had to start shaving his face but thank goodness his father gave him that enchanted razor.

Hearing Lux ask about Jasmine made him chuckle and laugh some more at Cris's response. "lets leave them be Cucumber" to Bay even though he liked Jasmine and he didn't even know this new girl but to him he thought that Cris was a free man to do what he wanted.

Turning to Lux "so what did you want to do today?" hopefully something lazy.

Connor knew this was a weird place..but he was surprised by how much actually happened here. It seemed like something odd happened to him every day. But this girl seemed nice enough. "I see, she just wants to roam around then..understandable." He put his bookmark in his book and stood up. "Yeah, no problem. She seems like a difficult one to catch..It's nice to meet you both, Melek and Elouan. What year are you?" He asked her, it seemed like something he was asking a lot but everyone was around his age it seemed so far anyway.

Laughing, Lux thought that it was certainly true that Bay was a growing boy. "I've been growing a little too. I'm two inches taller than I was last term." Did he notice that? She was sure that no one besides her had, and she was totally cool with it. "Don't you grow too much though, you might get to be too tall to give me piggy back rides and stuff!" Lux would not like that at all.

Cris' response to her question made her laugh more, and she nodded when Bay said they should leave Cris be. She didn't really mind that he was flirting with Demelza, but she still thought that he should remember Jasmine. It was a good thing that he had done that!

What did she want to do? "I'm up to anything as long as I get to spend time with you." Yep, she was good spending time with her boyfriend, she thought as she gave him another hug.

Oh Bay hasn't noticed that she grew taller because he was growing too.. "awesome Cucumber" he said while ruffling her hair. He always liked to mess with her hair. "how about I make you a promise" he stuck out his pinky finger "If I grow any taller I'll build you a latter so I can give you piggy backs!" that sounded like a fair compromise right?

"that sounds good to me" he said as the sun came in through the window. "hey its a nice day, why don't we go for a walk around the lake?" what he really wanted to dow as nap but he wanted to spend more time with Lux more than anything.

More smiles as Bay ruffled her hair, Lux had a feeling that it was harder for him to notice since he was growing more than she was. Liking what his offer, she made a pinky promise with him. That sounds good to me as long as I don't have to go high up on the ladder. So no becoming a giant!" This heights thing was just not good for her, and neither were tall ladders.

Getting to her feet, she stretched so that her arms and legs wouldn't feel so stiff, "That sounds like a good idea and might help you wake up, sleepy head. Maybe she could do cartwheels, and she wondered if he could do them as well.

Lounging like a superstar, he was. Lounging and watching. Because the view was one to be admired from up here. You could see nearly EVERYTHING. And it didn't look like a bad place to hide out if he wanted to be somewhere that wasn't indoors. Then his gaze shifted to a newcomer. It was just a quick glance over at her but then.........

................ staring took place.

Why? Because of the appearance of one girl. It wasn't the creepy HUBBA HUBBA stare, either. No. This was more of the 'what in the name of merlin????' kind of stare. One where his eyebrows were furrowed and his head was slightly tilted off to one side. Jeez, what was this girl even DOING?! Why was she spinning like that? Didn't she know that she in a treehouse and could easily bump into something or maybe someone? Did she WANT to make a fool of herself?

Oh good, she stopped. And came.............. up to him. Merlin, this meant that he had to TALK to her and be NICE or whatever. She wasn't bad on the eyes. Maybe she could stay then. MAYBE. "Helloooooo," he said slowly, sitting up a little. "Wanna sit?" Because if she was going to collapse, he would rather her collapse on the sofa.

Or on him.

Whatever worked.

Paloma raised her eyebrow at Jun when he mentioned he didn't go near the water? "Ummm...." She wasn't sure if she was allowed to ask, since it was a personal matter, but "...why is that? That you can't...go near the water?"

As she agreed that they were to train in each other in some scenic art for them to improve, "It'd be my pleasure to help you as well." She was just excited...nervous...and now back to relaxed.

She obeyed and did as Jun told her, sitting almost at the edge of a chair as one of her teachers used to make her do, then slowly she let out some air, then following him as he sang. She blinked then when she tried to hit her high notes, "ahhhajkjkahhhhh..." Total fail. She put her hand over her mouth then shook her head. "This is what I was talkin' about the other day..." Her eye movements were clear, she was sad about this, because it had ruined part of what she was part of last summer. Sigh.

Jun took off his cap and ruffled his hair. Might as well explain. "Uh, got pushed into a pool when I was little and didn't know how to swim. Now I have a fear of large bodies of water. Or pools. I just rather stay away from them," And it didn't help that Jun attended a school that was mostly surrounded by water.

"Like it's my pleasure to help you out in singing," Jun playfully pinched her cheek and listened attentively to Pal's singing. Whoa. What was that? Okay, he can help with this. "Try inhaling from your stomach, never from your chest. You become short breathed when doing that," He showed her again, pressing his hands against his stomach and singing the note. That's one thing a lot of people did; sing from their chests instead of using their entire diaphragms. Notes usually sounded clearer that way.

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Was she blushing? Cris forced himself not to stare. She was even more pretty when she did that. Then Cris wondered whether he ever looked that good when he blushed. He made a mental note to ask Jasmine when he next saw her.

"So far I like being here. It's a lot different from Durmstrang that's for sure. My brother, Sander, attended Hogwarts last term and he had lots of good things to say about this place, so naturally I was intrigued enough that I told my parents I wanted to transfer here too," Cris explained to Demelza.

Wait she was from the Wizarding Academy of Dramatic Arts? Now that was something Cris could believe. Demelza had that artistic flair about her. She had that certain je ne sais quoiness about her. His interest piqued he cocked his head as he asked her, "So which did you like the best? The acting, singing or dancing?" He wanted to reveal to her that he liked to sing and dance too, but since he had only just met her, Cris decided that was too much information to share with a stranger.

...and it wasn't like he danced ballet or anything like that. He was more of a hip hop dancer and more often than not he incorporated his martial arts moves in the dance as well.

Then she mentioned something that was very familiar to him, immediately recalling the day Sander returned home for Christmas, greying, wrinkled and often tired. "So you were also affected by that aging illness? So was Sander. He's my brother. He and his girlfriend, Tessa were both infected. Was it really that bad?" Cris inquired.

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Everything was just better now that he was with Lux "yeah I don't think I'd be able to deal if I had to do tests three years in a row, i'd probably die of stress" he said jokingly but deep down he knew it was true. No one would be able to handle that at all. nope no one.

Putting his arm around her he started to relax more as he saw Cris look back at them and say hello "hey what are you doing" as he gave a big yawn. Oh wait Cris had some girl with him, one he hasn't met before… wait a minute Bay totally thought that Cris would end up with Jasmine.

Looking down at Lux he gave her a look that said "what about jasmine" because Cris and this girls seemed to have chemistry. hopefully Lux would know what his look meant.

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Lux was really happy to be with Bay, but she did not like the mention of death. No more talking of him dying even if it was jokingly. Not after last term. "I would not let that happen." Nope, never if she had her say in it. Last term had been stressful enough wiith the whole ageing thing and Professor Hadley placing a coffin in her classroom.

Smiling as she leaned into him, she noticed Cris interacting with Demelza. This was very interesting seeing as he appeared to like Jasmine. What was going on? Why was he being flirty with another girl? Hearing Bay yawn, Lux shook her head. "You are ALWAYS tired." It wasn't even just when he was an old man; even when he was back to normal, he still yawned a lot.

Oh well, at least she and Bay seemed to be on the same wavelength when it came to Cris and Jasmine. After returning his look, she decided to do something about it. "Hey, Cris. So how is JASMINE doing?"

Hint hint. Don't forget about the other girl, Cris.

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All this time while Cris was chatting with Demelza, he had totally forgotten that they weren't alone in the treehouse...and he would have continued to have forgotten if not for Lux calling over to him and asking him how Jasmine was doing.

Even as he chuckled at the obvious 'hey don't forget about Jasmine query', he winked over at Demelza conspiratorially before replying. "Jasmine is doing fine...well at least that was how she was the last time I talked with her. I'm meeting her at the playpens later today. I'll tell her you asked about her," Cris turned to reply to Lux before smiling apologetically back at Demelza.

"I'm sorry about that. Those are my brother's friends. Well, technically they're mine too. I guess they must be wondering what we're doing over here.....which is none of their business," Cris wanted to call out to both his friends, but decided not to. He knew they meant well.

Certain that Cris noticed that she was blushing, Demelza casually ran a hand through her hair and smiled back at him. She would have started awkwardly fidgeting with her hands too had it not been for the topic that had sprung up. Besides, she was going to be an actress. All she had to do was summon one of the characters inside her brain. That, mind you, is easier said than done, especially when standing next to a total hunk.

"I know how you feel. Hogwarts is by no means anywhere close to the Academy," she shared, taking note that Cris had at least one brother. Faces ran through her mind, trying to match similarities between Cris' features and the mysterious older brother that had been at Hogwarts. She didn't know any Sanders, unfortunately. Anyway, back to the conversation... "I miss the acting and singing and dancing, though. I have to do all of that on my own when I'm not in classes or doing homework." She then grinned and added, "What about you? Are you into any of that stuff? Or does your world revolve around Quidditch?"

She nodded in response to his question about the aging illness and was just about to go into great detail about the back pain, the memory loss, and – worst of all – the wrinkles and white hair. But then they had been interrupted. Demelza awkwardly waved at the boy who she was certain was from her own house and the red-haired girl. Hello? Did the need help with something?

And who was Jasmine? Hmm?

When Cris apologized for the random interruption, Demelza rolled her eyes and smiled. "Don't worry about it. No harm done." She then raised an eyebrow. What they were doing over here was none of his friends' business? How very interesting. "This is true. And it's not like we are up to anything suspicious. Just two people having a conversation," she said, winking.

Seeing that he was obviously embarrassing Demelza, as evidenced from her blushing, Cris tried not to make eye contact too much. He nodded in understanding when she mentioned that she missed doing all the artistic stuff that she used to do back in the Academy. He knew how that felt. There was no way in heck he was going to be able to sing and dance in the shower like he used to do back home, here in Hogwarts. If caught, he suspected he would be the not so friendly talk among the students. However, he was used to hiding his secret having done that for many years while he was attending Durmstrang.

And that's why he was taken aback when she posed the same question back at him. "Uh...um...I don't mind a little singing. Dancing?....um....I much prefer doing mixed martial arts," he informed Demelza. Well it was the truth. He hadn't been lying when he said he loved martial arts. He even incorporated it into his hip hop moves.

Then he chuckled when she asked about Quidditch. "Uh uh. I play the game leisurely, but I'm not a Quidditch jock. I'd much prefer rock climbing, swimming, running and speed skating and of course mixed martial arts...and I'm repeating myself again, aren't I?," Cris sheepishly laughed in embarassment.

He noticed her looking over at Bay and Lux when they both had called over and then grinned at her conspiratorially wink. Shaking his head, he laughed back,"Nope we're not doing anything suspicious at all. Just we're just two people hanging out and chatting like every other person here does,"

Cris wondered whether Demelza had a boyfriend. Surely someone as pretty as her would have to have one. He wanted to broach the subject with her, but at the same time felt uncomfortable doing it. What if she misunderstood and thought that he was trying to find out whether she was available to date or not. Not that he wanted to date her or anything. Heck, he had only just met her. Besides, he liked Jasmine...a lot.

Being inside the stuffy castle all morning had gotten to a certain new girl. Lambrini wanted -- no, NEEDED -- to be surrounded by nature. She wanted to inhale the fresh, cool air and feel it brush her skin as it blew softly. So she decided to take a little trip outside, wandering up to the treehouse and climbing into it.

The moment she was inside, she let out a gasp at how big it was. Magic was a neat thing. But as cool as the interior of the treehouse looked, Lamb was still desperate for fresh air. She walked out to the deck and sat down, dangling her feet over the edge. This. This was nice. The wind blew softly, causing her long, dark hair to flutter behind her back. She inhaled, letting the cool air fill her lungs before she pushed it out. A sudden calm washed over her. School-related stress couldn't reach her here.

The ants go marching one by one. Hoorah! Hoorah! Uhhh... Cat didn't remember the rest of the song... so she just continued watching the ants crawl over the tree trunk and then she started counting them. She'd gotten to 45 when she heard a voice. And got a HUG! Cat loved hugs! She squeezed Delilah with all of her strength and released the girl to grin at her. "Wonderful. I was counting ants. I might've started naming them if you hadn't come along." Which was a good thing cause then she would have gotten sort of attached to them and that was not a good thing.

Tilting her head, she gave Delilah a very serious look. "I was promised sandwiches." Not that she needed to be bribed to spend time with a friend, but... sandwiches..

Penelope...was gonna try to study. No, not just try, ACTUALLY study. Hopefully. Probably. If she didn't get distracted. NEWTs were already a pain, but she knew she needed to prepare for them, and not just during the last few months of the term. Her future - or, at least, the part of her future about getting a job that she wanted - depended on her getting good enough grades for it.

So here she was, carrying a textbook and climbing up to the treehouse, hoping it was empty so she could study. And...it was not.

The treehouse WAS big enough that she could probably just sit over there somewhere to study on her own and it'd be fine but...

...yeah, she didn't really want to study. And ignoring people would be rude and stuff, right? So it was totally a good excuse to forget about studying right now. Yup.

"Nice view, yeah?" she commented, tucking the textbook under her arm.

Candice knew she wasn't alone anymore, she heard someone was climbing the rope ladder but she kinda hoped that this person would go the other way and just leave her alone but no such luck. Had she mentioned that she had a very bad luck? Yeah.

The Gryffindor turned around to see the person who decided to bother her when she was about to take a nap.

NO WAY???!!!! WHY...??!!! Why it had to be Angel of all people? "Why you're so cruel to me universe? What did I ever do to you?" she mumbled.

"Hey. Can I help you with something, Angel?"

As Vinnie stopped spinning, she noticed the look on the boy’s face. Was he alright? Did he feel sick or something? Oh well… good thing he was lying down then. She’d have to ask Louis or Jun to spin around with her instead. That wasn’t too bad.

“Sure, thank you”, she smiled and plopped down next to him. How nice that he made space for her. So far the brunette didn’t mind sharing the treehouse with him. “I am Vinnie”, the girl grinned leaning back on the sofa and pulling her legs up. Ahhhh comfy. How had she never heard of this treehouse_ Was it new? Or had it been there all the time while she had been moping around?!

Once again the brunette sighed at herself, in her head. How did she spend a full year without exploring and talking to anyone? No wonder she had felt like she didn’t belong, cause she had made herself the outsider.
Luckily the new term started off amazing and with this treehouse here it could only get better.


And then she saw it…. The view you had from up here and gasped. It was beautiful. Wow

At the sound of someone's voice, Lambrini looked around, peering upward with big brown eyes to see where the voice had come from. It belonged to a girl who was seemingly speaking to her. Lamb was pleasantly surprised, given that not many people had talked to her so far. And it was understandable. She kept to herself and to her best friend Jakoby, but he wasn't here right now, so she was all alone... which she assumed made her more approachable. Cool.

She smiled at the girl. "It's very nice, yes. A lot different from the view I'm used to back home." When she looked outside her bedroom windows, all she saw was an endless collection of buildings. One of the perks of living in the city. But being a girl that loved nature, she had to say she preferred this view.