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Marigold let out a SHRIEK!GIGGLE when SOMEONE WINKWINK landed on her. Play-shoving Z off her, she sat up eagerly.

"Yo! How was your summer?" Tell her ALL the details. She could handle it. And maybe tell her some of HER juicy secrets too.

Spill, Z, like the lion you are.

Zahra pulled up a bit of grass and got comfy. They had a pretty nice view of the Whomping Willow from here. "Eh..... just glad it's over, really," Zahra answered, for once not being OVERTLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SOMETHING. Shrug.

Shrug again.

"Annnnnnnnnnyway. What are you doing? You look like bait, just laying out here by yourself."

....what? Zahra wasn't shouting happily about summer? All the pranks she played? All the people she laughed at? Marigold frowned, then turned back to her. "If you need to talk about it, we can. Or not." She just wanted to let Z know she was here for her.

She started braiding the grass in front of her. "Just thinking, I guess. What brings you out here?"

Kace nodded and agreed with the new slytherin. "But something tells me they will be back and sit on the tree and not learn their lesson." he shrugged and chuckled. Kace was glad he wasn't offended, he just wasn't looking yet. Understandable. "Well mate, you better get looking unless you want all the good ones gone." he gave him a piece of advice with a wink. Noww he wanted to know who his girlfriend was. He smiled and started shading a little more of his drawing before answering.

He put down his pen and answered, "Well her name is Emmylou Duchannes but she goes by Emmy. She is a newly sorted gryffindor from Beauxbatons." he said. "Do you know her from your old school?" he asked curiously. "Maybe mate you can teach me some french so i can impress my girlfriend?" he offered to her. "And in return i can teach you how to draw some graffiti art." he said pointing to his sketch pad.

Grayson did have a point, no mother would agree to something like that. "Well that is why she gave me a sketch pad so i can doodle and all. She said it was safer than me going on the streets. I did use to graffiti on some town walls with my friends summer before last." he said showing off his rebellious side. "You do have a point mate, i do not have to do magical education ALL my life but then again how would I make the money being an artist?" he asked the true question.

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....what? Zahra wasn't shouting happily about summer? All the pranks she played? All the people she laughed at? Marigold frowned, then turned back to her. "If you need to talk about it, we can. Or not." She just wanted to let Z know she was here for her.

She started braiding the grass in front of her. "Just thinking, I guess. What brings you out here?"

Hufflepuffs. Hehe. "Ehhh Mum and Dad think me and Mikey are gonna snog too much or something. So we weren't allowed to see each other. NOW we have to be good or Mikey's parents are sending him to Durmstrang." Basically. Zahra shrugged it off though. It was over and done THANKFULLY, as she had said.

As for why she was out here? "I'm out here because it's easier to be good out here. More space, less professors. Hehe. You know?"

Grayson didn't usually like admitting these things out loud but Kace was smart. Or had a point. Whatever, it was one of the two. "Guess you're right. Maybe they reaaaaaaaaally love the whomping tree," His eyes were on the tree and they were narrowed a little, almost as if he expected a bird to come out of nowhere and prove him and Kace right. Er, get looking? Grayson blinked and then turned his head slowly to look over at Kace. "They go by that quickly?"

Why did it matter whether he had a girlfriend?

Answer: it didn't.

Still. He didn't like the last statement that Kace had said. Maybe he needed a plan.

Emmylou. Duchannes. There was something about the surname that seemed to ring a bell, especially since she had gone to same school as him. "I think I've heard of her before. Maybe her name..........." He nodded slowly, his voice trailing off. Clearing his throat, the boy continued, "Congrats, mate. How long have you two been dating?" A small smirk spread across the fourteen year old's face at the mention of teaching French. Oh, the urge to teach the boy all the Franch swear words was overwhelming. But the boy was offering to teach him how to draw graffiti art. Huh. WELL. "You've got yourself a deal, Lecium." Smirk. "What kind of things do you want to learn how to say?" And there'd better be food there, mkay?

So Kace's mother was one who actually enforced his drawing but in a safe way? "Man, you're lucky!" And LOL. What?! "You're telling me that you've been vandalising property?" Oh jeez, this was GOOD. And he didn't expect it, especially since it was coming from someone he thought was good and wholesome or whatever. Basically someone his own mother would want him to be more like. "Dunno. You could design things for magazines. Maybe even go into architecture. They're quite arty and probably pay well."

Kace smirked and replied, "I agree with ya mate, i think they have a love affair with the tree. They do fly quickly because some know they might get hit." he chuckled and started sketching. He heard his question and replied, "Oh we have been dating for just 8 months now. Nothing too big yet." he shrugged and started shading some more. He was glad he knew of her since they did come from the same school. Maybe they might run into each other one day?

He saw Grayson smirk when he asked him to teach him french. "Well i wanna learn some of the words for food and some conversation starters and ermm possibly some curse words." he winked at the last part. Then when he got into trouble he could mutter some and his mother won't know it. It will be to his advantage for sure. "Well i am glad we made a deal.." he said holding out his hand for him to shake.

He saw his reaction and he nodded. "Yeah....i have vandalized property before but i haven't gotten caught. I even do it with my buddies sometimes too." he shrugged and grinned mischievously. See? There was another side people didn't really know. "So after I did sports and my mom saw me go to bed, I would sneak out during the night and do some drawings. My mates do the same thing too. It was a relaxing thing to do besides that fact of the edge of getting caught that is." he smirked yet again. He took Grayson's suggestion to heart. Maybe he could do it. "Those are good suggestions mate, i will take them into account." he said still shading in.

A love affair with the tree????? SNORT. "That is the weirdest thing I've ever heard, mate," It was true. Really. "I wouldn't be surprised if it was true." Wait. Did he say just eight months? JUST eight months? Grayson threw the boy an incredulous look before saying, "Sounds like it's big to me." Uh huh. Smirk. "Congrats, though. Dunno how you do it."

Food and conversation starters were really boring topics of conversation. Well, maybe not food. And certain conversation started might not be bad but when it came to other languages there were much cooler things he could be learning about. Like swear words, which was the third thing Kace said he wanted to learn. "You came to the right person. I will teach you how to say them all perfectly," He then lowered his voice and said, "Especially the curse words." THIS was more like it. He even shook the fellow fourth year's hand. "Me too."

OH. MERLIN.

OH SWEET FREAKING MERLIN.

Grayson's blue eyes widened as he stared over at the Hufflepuff. "You know, if you told me this back when we met in Diagon Alley, I would have said you're fibbing." Honest. He might have called the boy out on trying to make himself look cool. But this was TRUE. Holy freaking merlin. "Not getting caught is a useful skill to have. But aren't you afraid of breaking the law?" This guy was a Hufflepuff, not one of the overly brave ones. "Good. Don't want my suggestions going to waste," he said, nodding at the boy. He hardly gave them so good on you, Lecium.

"Yeahh i mean it is crazy. I didn't know eight months could go by so fast." he told his new friend truthfully. He heard Grayson's comment and chuckled. "Yeah I dunno how I made it through either but Emmy is great. She is not too moody or too crazy and clingy." he told him. "She is just perfect for me." Alright enough with the sappiness. He was interested in learning the foods and curse words. Evil smirk. "Well i know how to say pizza in french which is La Pizza but that is all i know." he grinned sheepishly.

He saw Grayson's eyes widen when he told him the story. "Yup mate it is the truth. I mean i knew you would never believe me. I could probably draw a little something on the grounds for you to see..." he winked at him and shrugged innocently. "I am not afraid as long as i am in a group. If i am in a group i am more comfortable." he told him. "Maybe you can tag along one night?" he offered.

"Time sure does fly by when you're having fun." What? It was true! And if he had been dating someone for eight months, it wouldn't exactly be a small deal to him. Just saying. He hardly knew anything about replies either but, instead of admitting that, he just nodded along to what Kace was saying. Uh huh. Not clingy. And then he ended up raising his eyebrows at the kid. "Do you love her?" Because Romeo over here was starting to sound sappy with using the word 'perfect'. ........... SNORT. La Pizza. "That's one of the easiest words to learn. And most useful." You had to know how to order one of those.

He was planning on drawing something on the grounds. Drawing. Something. ON THE GROUNDS. "What, like on a tree?" Pity he wouldn't be able to draw something on the Whomping Willow without getting thwacked into outer space. "And if one of you get into trouble, you all get into trouble. 'Long as no one rats you out, it's a team effort." Uh huh. Oh man. OH MAN OH MAN. Did he want to tag along one night? "Er, YEAH!" Like HELLO. "But I can't draw."

He asked a question Kace had an easy answer to. "Yeah I do love her mate...but Emmy doesn't know what love feels like. She still really likes me though when I told her. So I will give her time." he shrugged and good things come to those who wait. Kace chuckled when he learned the easiest food word. "Do you know any other food words i should learn??" he asked him curiously while still grinning from his reaction.

Now it was Kace's time to snort. "Nooo not on like a tree.." he said. "I was thinking more of like in the courtyard on the brick walls.." he said lowering his voice. He did have a point about someone being a rat. "Well that's true mate. Usually when people rat, it could possibly cost them their life." he shrugged. He smiled at his reaction when he asked him to tag along. "Oh don't worry, i can teach you. Trust me i didn't know how to draw either but then i got the hang of it." It was true. His best friend asked him to tag along one day and he learned the most cool skill of all.

Connor walked near the large tree...it was the weirdest looking thing he'd seen in a few days, Hogwarts was at no shortage of weirdness.. He was sure it was the weirdest place he'd ever been. But he was loving it, how different it was. The people seemed a lot nicer.. And Girls.. he hadn't really ever been into girls but he was starting to be.. but he was a nice guy, he wasn't going around hitting on everyone or anything.

He was still focused on making good grades and just making friends..He wanted to feel at home first, but that didn't stop him from trying to be more confident, Charlie said that's what would help... Hmmm. For now he was content to try and write something..Another idea he'd gotten from Charlie.. He opened his notebook and started writing a little story.. He'd never written a thing before, so it was a little sloppy but he liked getting lost in his own little world.

The story was about a pirate, he was daring and tough, a real swashbuckler. Hmm.

Arista had noticed it was a beautiful day when she had been sitting in the common room, so what did the little Royal do? She sprung out of the castle and headed for the trees. Since school had started she had not explored something she did not like one bit! She had to explore. She had already recieved a warning letter from her mum not to cause trouble... Of course she wouldn't.

Arista of course had no idea where she wanted to go. She was just walking. OOooo loook big tree!!!! The redhead ran over to it a little to fast because once she did she ran smack it another girl... Dang. She rolled off of the girl and smiled gave a small laugh before extending her hand to help the girl up. "Eh sorry about that. I was a little to excited to see the huge tree!"

As she was thinking about approaching the tree to get a better look, she felt a jolt and before she knew it she was on the ground completely taken off guard. Trying to get her head on straight again she spotted the culprit who hand her hand extended and was apologizing. "No biggie. I'm still in one piece." She took her hand and pulled herself back up.

"Looks like you are excited about exploring as I am." It was then that she recognized the girl. "Hey didn't we meet in the sports store?" What was the name of it again? It started with a Q and sounded funny. "Wanna get a closer look?" She would love to climb it and she only hoped that this girl would be as willing as she was.

Marigold leaned her elbow on her leg and her chin on her elbow as she listened to Zahra. Ahhh, parent/boy problems of course. Sheesh. "All the way to Durmstrang? That seems a little... Harsh to me..." Thank Merlin her parents weren't like that. They were more likely to ask Mitch to live with them than for her to go away.

"I tooooootally know."

Angel smiled at Benny. "You saved my life Benny." Angel really had no idea why someone would plant such a crazy tree in a school and she decided that she would go and see Professor Bentley and see if she could tell her more about this what ever it was.

"Whomping Willow?" Angel wasn't sure if she had heard the name right. "I've never heard of a tree that whomps people before." Angel was a bit scared now, surely this school would have a warning sign somewhere for a tree this dangerous, what if someone tried to climb it.

"Oh I'm just learning about this school." Angel smiled as Adi joint them, had he seen the kiss and if so what was his reaction to it, she hoped he wouldn't be cross with her.

Since the weather was still relatively warm, Schuyler was taking advantage of it. She was strolling the grounds with a pair of wayfarers perched on her nose. It wasn't exactly summer weather, but it was sunny enough for sunglasses so she wasn't about to miss this opportunity to wear them before winter set in.

There were some broken tree branches (broken by the Willow, no doubt) a few feet away from her. Her eyes bounced from this to a nearby boy who seemed to be writing something. Hmm. Well, this could be entertaining.

She picked up a small tree limb and nimbly walked over to the boy from behind, careful not to make much noise. He did look very absorbed in his work, so she wagered that she could get a little scare out of him.

And so when she got close enough, she raised the limb above her head and then.....

WHOOOOOSH turned to CRAAAAACK as she slammed the big branch against the ground beside him.

......

just like the Whomping Willow.

He was about finished with the first few paragraphs when he heard something hit the ground and rolled out of the way, afraid he was going to be smashed by the monstrous tree! He ducked his head down for a moment before looking back up...there was a girl standing there holding branches..

He thought for a moment that it wasn't very nice, but she clearly didn't mean to harm him, or she would have hit him, it was obviously just a joke. He laughed a little bit and stood up. "You really got me...I'm Connor." He said holding out his hand to shake with hers. He knew that he needed to learn to laugh at himself a little..

This was not a place she wanted to be.

Coral-Bay hesitantly stepped toward the tree. One of the many terrifying things she'd read about, if not the most terrifying. She liked reading against trees.Not getting smacked around by one.

She took a seat in the grass a reaaaaaally good distance away and watched all the other kids doing... whatever it was they were doing. Teasing the tree? Teasing eachother? Why would anyone get so close? Not wanting to find out what would happen had they gotten too close, CB took out her Hogwarts: A History book and flipped to the section about the tree before her, rereading it again.

"She doesn't know how love feels like?!" Okay, that had slipped out of his mouth before he could stop himself but he didn't care. It was just surprising, mkay? "That's nice of you," he said slowly, even nodding his head as he did so, "How did you know you were in love?" It was just a matter of curiosity, that was all. "Tons but I can't share them here," he said, smirking at the boy, "You'll have to wait for your lesson." Patience was key or whatever. And there might be people overhearing them.

Oh good, Kace didn't have a death wish. Good on you. But the courtyard walls? "I guess. What're you going to do if someone finds you?" Boy needed a plan in case the worst happened. "I guess. Or their reputation. Nobody's gonna trust them with their plans anymore." And there went the social life of the filthy rat. The fact that the Hufflepuff hadn't been good at art before kind of made Grayson feel a bit better. Unless, of course, the boy was simply being modest. "Well, I promise to be your best student, then." Uh oh. Of course. This was him, he was talking about.

He smirked at his reaction. He couldn't help that it slipped out. "No i guess she doesn't. I mean I am her first boyfriend so this is all new to her. She doesn't know what the feeling is like." It was the truth but at least she still had feelings for him so he was good. How did he know if he was in love....Good question from the slytherin. He had the answer. "Well my sister Belle was in love once and she told me it is like...you can't stop thinking about them. You want to be a better person with them and all that.." he said waving off the sappy stuff. "All that sappy stuff was true so I knew." he shrugged.

Aww man he had to wait for his lesson. But waiting was usually a good thing. "Alright mate I can wait. But I better know some words at the end of the term." he smirked. He had a good point. What happens if someone finds him. "You have a good point. Hmm...i didn't think that far ahead. But I will deal with it when the time comes." he shrugged. Not really TOO worried about it. "Alright mate, i can give you a little lesson now.." he said flipping his sketch book. "Here we are gonna sketch the tree.." he said beginning the sketch and showing him how to begin.

"Since when does a kiss on the cheek involves teaching someone about the Willow?'' Adi demanded at both Benny and Angel without bothering to keep his tone in check. His voice had hardened and his question was rude. This was not the regular, always happy, full of energy, over friendly third year Puffer. "Gus wants to learn about the Willow, too. Do I have to kiss him also?'' he added sarcastically.

Adi continued eyeing the best friend and... her. Why did she have to follow his best friend all around? Did Benny realise that he spent all his time with Angel now? Did ya, Benny?

In hindsight, taking Arya out for a walk on the grounds probably hadn't been the best idea Lux had ever come up with. At first, the kitten had stayed close, but then a butterfly happened. Going after her new toy, Arya had ran off to who knows where.

Sighing, she tried her best not to panic. Arya had started off in this direction, so she should BE in this direction. The huge problem, of course, was that the Whomping Willow ALSO happened to be in this direction.

Spotting a girl sitting on the grass a good distance away from the tree, Lux made her way over. "Have you seen a kitten anywhere?" Please say yes.

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Angel smiled at Benny. "You saved my life Benny." Angel really had no idea why someone would plant such a crazy tree in a school and she decided that she would go and see Professor Bentley and see if she could tell her more about this what ever it was.

"Whomping Willow?" Angel wasn't sure if she had heard the name right. "I've never heard of a tree that whomps people before." Angel was a bit scared now, surely this school would have a warning sign somewhere for a tree this dangerous, what if someone tried to climb it.

"Oh I'm just learning about this school." Angel smiled as Adi joint them, had he seen the kiss and if so what was his reaction to it, she hoped he wouldn't be cross with her.

Saved her life?

He didn't think of it THAT drastically. Maybe saved her from needing a trip to the hospital wing was more likely. "Uh huh," Benny agreed, confirming her repeat of the tree's name. "The Whomping Willow...supposedly been here for over a century for some reason." He couldn't remember why but he had read on it somewhere. Back when he had first started exploring the school himself equally curious.

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"Since when does a kiss on the cheek involves teaching someone about the Willow?'' Adi demanded at both Benny and Angel without bothering to keep his tone in check. His voice had hardened and his question was rude. This was not the regular, always happy, full of energy, over friendly third year Puffer. "Gus wants to learn about the Willow, too. Do I have to kiss him also?'' he added sarcastically.

Adi continued eyeing the best friend and... her. Why did she have to follow his best friend all around? Did Benny realise that he spent all his time with Angel now? Did ya, Benny?

"It...it doesn't...normally," Benny replied, confused by his friend's tone of voice. He supposed Angel had done it in thanks for helping her. Did Adi need to kiss Gus to learn about the Whomping Willow? Even more confusion since sarcasm the likes he was hearing now was not something he dealt with, especially from Adi. "No, of course not." What in Merlin's beard was going on?

"Adi...what's wrong?"

Angel smiled at Ben. "I could have been killed by that thing." Angel really was glad she had a friend in Ben for life hopefully. "I think it's so important to have friends that have each others back." And with that Angel gave cutie-pie a hug for luck. "We can be friends for life right?" Angel hoped that Cutie would say yes because it was important to her to have some great friends.

"Oh I might have to read up on it." Angel then thought of something. "Do you think it has other brothers and sisters out there somewhere in the world?" Angel wasn't sure if there was because surely they would have heard about it, though being a muggle she probably wouldn't have yet.


"Oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Angel blushed as she suddenly realised that Adi was mad and she didn't like it. She did the only thing she could think of and ducked behind Cutie, he could find out what was wrong with Adi right before she came back out, she was hoping he could anyway because she was scared at the minute, it seemed Adi was getting ready to feed her to the sharks and she hadn't done anything to him, not that she could remember anyway.

Adi eyeing had turned into a glare. A mean glaaaaaare. "Normally?'' he managed to choke out with a snort. "I didn't even know it involved kissing to begin with.'' He turned his attention to Angel who had now gone red and had found it convenient to hide behind Benny. "So much for being a Gryffindor, Angel'' the annoyed Puffer said rather rudely.

"What's wrong? Nothing's wrong. I'm just peachy.'' No. He wasn't fine. Adi was annoyed, vexed, angry or whatever you want to say. What was the reason though? He was unsure. But one thing he could honestly say though, Angel was the reason.