Water balloons? Caleb perked up in his seat. Now THIS was something fun! That was saying something too, since muggle studies was NEVER fun. As the class began to run around, hunting those balloons, he jumped up and joined the fight as well.

One bounced past him, and he leaped at it like it was an escaped bludger on the Quidditch pitch. He missed, but it didn't bounce TOO far away from him so he was able to jump on it again with a successful second lunge. BOOOM! Take that balloon!

Zhenya had recovered from the shock. She had stood there for about a minute, somehow not getting struck by a balloon, and probably appeared to be frozen. She started moving slowly away from all the action, but saw that everyone was having a lot of fun. Torn between her fear of being frozen again - what if it brought back all her memories and fears and she had a panic attach in front of all the other students? But… what if she didn't? She would have enjoyed this before… before the incident. So why wouldn't she enjoy it this time?

She slowly decided to walk the other way; towards the action.

Another balloon came pelting towards her and she managed to duck and avoid it. Well, there would be a chance to catch it soon… She neared herself up towards the goals a bit more… bit more… and there was another balloon coming towards her. She held her hands out and caught it! Then she turned towards the goals and threw it towards it.

SPLAT!

It hit the wall, and she wasn't even frozen!!!

You could never be too over the castle for compliments, like ever so of course Lex was grinning when she'd heard she'd gotten it right. It was all in the technique--and the unwillingness to be frozen. Kicking just seemed like the fastest way to get to that part.

The beaming was pushed aside however when she saw another water balloon headed right for her. Given the speed it was going at, she could already tell the impact with her hands would send her an instant immobulus and the Gryffindor quickly jumped out of the way, watching it splatter to the ground next to her. Lex wasn't sure if it was the water inside that made you freeze or just the popping but she avoided the splash altogether.

Face forward again she spotted another and ran to meet it, essentially swiping it from the air. Now she knew all the work the broom went through during Quidditch matches. Merlin!

Once again she took aim but this time she waited as someone ran infront of her to make the same shot. Gosh, people these days. Luckily she had some semblance of patience which paid off in another minute when she thwacked another water balloon against the wall by the rectangle.

He may have missed on his first attempt to catch a water ballon but it certainly wasn't going to be Benny's only chance as there were still plenty around who seemed all to willing to sacrifice themselves to either freeze him and his fellow students or be smashed against something in an attempt to get one or more into the target zone on the board. He was already doing his best to avoid what he could.

Taking another chance he bit the inside of his cheek and grabbed at a water balloon coming nearby. However he might have been too enthusiastic, or at least stronger then he should have been as he squeezed too hard, the action resulting in the balloon bursting and him both wet and stuck in place. "Great..." he said with a sigh as he set about awaiting the magicked spell to let him go.

There were a couple balloons that the Gryffindor ended up dodging for the fact she didn't want to get frozen and have to sit out the whole thing until she thawed. Legit. It was like they were targeting her and she was fully in the zone until she noticed a sudden freezing next to her.

Oh. Benjamin.

Quite curious to know more about this freezing effect, Lex got closer and poked him a few times lightly with her wand. Could he feel that? Was it sorta like Petrificus Totalus where you could still feel it? Or something else?

Interesting....

But he wasn't moving and she had more warm up to do so Lex drifted further from her house mate and found her own little zone again, ready for the next catch!

Caleb had his balloon...so now he had to try and make a goal with it. Making a goal with his FEET, instead of his hands like he was used to, was going to be a challenge but he was confident he could do it. After all, he was Caleb Newell. He had connections to famous athletes in his blood! He could totally do this.

He took aim, dropped the water balloon and kicked it...and watched as it soared over the goal outline and hit above the goal, missing by about three feet.

Oh. Well then.

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Well Fina had to admit she was impressed with how well some of them were handling it .......Quite well, if she did say so herself and really the frozen thing wasn't BAD so why were they looking petrified like that? But then she heard panic which dodging a few waterballoons herself, she made her way over to the young claw;

"Catch and throw... you can do it!" the professor encouraged at the young girl. So please, stop panicking?

When she could move again, Penelope did not stop panicking. The second year Ravenclaw was no longer screaming, but she was trembling and sniffling. Water balloons were still flying around everywhere. She was not going to calm down until she was completely safe from the water balloons.

Was Professor Hadley actually telling her to try to catch a water balloon? Did Professor Hadley know how scary it was just to be here with water balloons flying around the room? Water balloons, or any other things that were flying around and hitting people, terrified her. Penelope had been hit by a water balloon. She was not okay with this activity, and she was certainly not going to try to catch a water balloon. "I don't want to catch and throw," she sniffled. All she wanted to do right now was get away from the water balloons. Penelope was starting to cry. "I don't want to be anywhere near the water balloons." She wanted to get out of here. The activity wasn't fun for her, it was scaring her to death, metaphorically of course.

Roughly a minute must have past, because Toby could suddenly move again. He took a few steps and stared around, even more confused than before, because that balloon had taken him by surprise. He blinked, still looking for Soph, and this time had the sense to also keep an eye of for any attacking water balloons.

As he turned back to the general fray, Toby realised he was just in time to stop one from freezing him again. He raised one hand and snatched it out of the air, before drawing his arm back and chucking it right at the 'goal' type area again, all in one movement. As the balloon his its target and burst, Tobias smiled to himself, knowing that he couldn't have planned anything quite so smooth if he'd tried, and that it was likely that not a soul would have seen it.

The Hufflepuff darted off, roaming the classroom-turned-gymnasium, still partly looking for Soph and partly watching his own back.

While dodging balloons Lex thought of the freezing that would happen if she was to get one popped. The fact Benjamin was completely non-responsive made it clear to her that she wouldn't be taking any chances. Nope. Her darted quickly to the little Ravenclaw that had had a panic attack that one time in Astronomy when Airey made them all run around in bubbles. Was she afraid og circular objects...or magic....? And yes, there was a BIG difference between the two.

Facing forward again, she only narrowly missed a balloon that was coming right at her face. "Whoa!" That was a close one. Nearly had her there for a moment.

Lex straightened in time to see another hurtling toward her, this one she didn't duck to avoid but held out her hands to catch. Kinda made her think of Charms class and how they'd have been able to use Aresto Momentum to slow these suckers down first. Bet that could have done a lot of people some good.

Wasting no time, she squared to the rectangle again and thrust the water balloon through the air with a squishy 'whoosh' sound before the big SPLAT.

Angel saw that Benny was frozen and she sighed but then Alexa was poking. "Leave my Benny-Bo....." Angel suddenly stopped herself in time. "I mean Alexa can you please leave Benny alone... I don't think he likes being poked." Angel didn't like anyone poking her boyfriend anyway.

Angel suddenly saw a balloon coming towards her and she kicked it straight into the centre of the goal... she was back in business and she was going to have fun if they were going to play a proper football match... it would be awesome.

......Benny boo....?

The Gryffindor's face contorted in visible disgust at the term of endearment. Of all the things he let himself be called he chose something as pansy ended as Benny boo? Lex shot the boy a look, even if he wasn't unfrozen and probably couldn't see before looking to Angel again. "Right then." Wasn't she like 12 anyway? Merlin, 2nd years these days.

"I did leave him alone, if you'll note the distance between us--" She paused to catch another balloon, careful not to grab at it too hard in case it popped before turning to the younger lion again. "And if he needs his girlfriend defending him over a little harmless poking then I'm starting to worry about him--and the fact you chose him for a boyfriend, but it's none of my business, I suppose."

Seriously, she'd walked away from the boy, why were they discussing this? Not quite sure, she simply shoved the water balloon at the wall, getting rid of a new annoyance she didn't know she had. That actually felt good.

Weird people and their 'love'.

Alexa was coming closer to him?

Why?!

Ben found out a moment or two later as he felt the first poke, soon followed by a second and a third. "Stop..." was all he said before Angel stepped up in his defense against the head girl or rather spoke up against her poking. He did his best to not respond to the use of nickname but he couldn't exactly tell anyway. Thankfully the elder lion gave up soon enough and he was left to his waiting.Waiting and hoping nothing else came along.

And watch Angel as she held her own with some nice moves and kicks. Good shot!

He couldn't see Alexa anymore but he could hear her. "I don't need her defending me," he stated in his own defense. But she was being more considerate of a housemate then older Gryffindor was. Poking when he couldn't move. And it was in fact none of her business.

Only 10 more minutes? Awwwwww, that sucked. Oh well. Lux was excited to see what the next activity would be.

Trying to find a next balloon to hit into the goal area, she did some air kicks. While doing so she couldn't help but overhear Lex talking to Angel's boyfriend. Why did she always have to be rude? There was no need to be mean to Benny, though Angel was standing up for him. Awww, that was sweet; she did the same thing for her Lion.

Shaking her head, Lux turned her attention back to the activity. Her foot connected with a balloon and sent it flying to the wall.

No sign of her anywhere. Uh. Right.

Despite the fact that he was slightly concerned about the curious case of Sophie Brown, Toby didn't think to worry just yet, as he was a positive guy and she'd probably just gone to take a break, OR she was just out of his eyeline or the time.

OR she was following him.

At that thought, Toby suddenly spun around on the spot, positive he'd catch her out if that WAS the case. But no... no Sophie there either.

What there WAS was TWO BALLOONS headed straight for him. Toby's eyes widened comically in surprise and he gave a strange motion of attempting to jump out of the way and catch a balloon at the same time. The result was that one of the balloons sailed right past and hit the floor a few feet behind him, whereas the second one ended up being knocked off course by his grabby hands and up into the air. Tobias flailed for it again, knocking it higher still, before finally snatching it out of the air on his third try.

Merlin. Errant balloon over here.

And his hands were out and he was so ready for the catch and he was just standing there waiting and---

CAAAAAAAAAATTTCHHHHH!!! GOAL! Well, not goal yet, but he had caught the balloon without it bursting in his hands, so that was some goal in a sense. Sorta. But uh, now that he had the water balloon he kind of forgot what he was supposed to do with it... So instead of doing anything with it, he started dodging all of the other water balloons come at him.

Must keep this one safe.

Also must not freeze.

And must also figure out what the point of this game was again.

The class was ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMING, this Professor always went through things too quick for his liking, so lalalalalalla... he'd just sit and be off in his own little world... lalalalalalala.....

Football, that was Ashley's thing, not his, though he HAD tried a bit to keep up with her when they went to the park. He was a much better spectator though.

He didn't care for the rules, or logistics... none of that, so again he didn't mind tuning out and ignoring what all was being said. At least... he did, until there was talk of water balloons and freezing and catching and kicking. Okay, he'd participate in this bit.

Zeke was up and at 'em when things got started. But he wasn't so crash hot at catching. Not at all. The first went over his head. The second to the person next to him... the third, he got his fingertips to it, but it dropped and broke - missing him by inches.

But then, at long last, SUCCESS! His hands closed around one of the balls/balloons without it popping.

Dodging. Dodging was what Adi was doing at TWO balloons came in his direction simultaneously. "Missed me!'' he muttered after them. Phew! It was a good thing he avoided that otherwise he would have been all frozen again.

Moving his attention away from the rogue balloons, the Puffer quickly caught another one. Without wasting a second, he heaved it towards the appropriate wall. Bye- bye, balloon!

Now, was there time for a few more to go bye- bye too?

So as Jasmine continued to dodge, dip, dive, duck and dodge, she kept her eye on her target ballon. When the balloon got close enough, she grabbed it.......but not too hard. This time though, she decided to throw it. Her last errant throw had to be a fluke. Jasmine knew that her aim was way better than that.

As Jasmine moved around to set up her throw when another balloon came hurtling toward her. It was too close for comfort so she had a decision to make. Right or wrong she had to commit to it. In a split second, Jasmine decided to go for it. Holding one balloon in her left hand, she attempted to catch the second one with her right hand. Somehow, she managed to trap the balloon with her arm and body and not break it. She didn't quite know how she did it.

Winding up, she threw the second balloon toward the goal and nailed it. Then she drop kicked the other balloon. Unfortunately the kick went a little high and missed the goal. Undaunted, Jasmine went after her next balloon.

AJ 1, and water balloons 0. It was safe to say that she was in the zone, and so far she had not gotten herself frozen so she was taking that as a good sign. Balloons were everywhere and one came zooming right at her. Not today balloon. AJ caught it in mid air and flung it at the wall. She was proud when it made a direct hit with the wall... not that she really expected anything less. This was her sort of activity after all.

People were ducking, dodging, and getting smacked. AJ was just trying to get as many water balloons to bust as possible. More came whizzing around her head, but none of them were in a good position for her to catch. She was going to have to use a different method.

And thus ended that little venture of fun. Sigh.

Lex missed the old lions, the ones that could take a joke and give one too. These were watered down, domesticated cats at most. Just wasn't the same when they got all defensive which didn't help the pansy status. Alexa simply shrugged at Benjamin when he ran to his own defense. She's not the one he was meant to be telling that. He should tell his girlfriend that felt he couldn't take a harmless poke--then again he probably couldn't given the reactions. Another shrug, this one internal.

One month to go, one month then freedom.

The Gryffindor could see another water balloon heading in her general direction to but this she simply side stepped it and let it splatter to the ground like a lot of them were doing.

Eh.

Could they move to the next activity now?

So far had gotten no action, and that simply wasn't okay. She had to find one that would give her the opportunity to show everybody that AJ was athletic. Not that it really mattered what everybody thought, but it was still fun to be the best, and have everybody know it as well.

Finally a balloon was hurtling for her, and it was in the proper position. AJ was ready to show the balloon just who was boss. Her foot hiked back... it was coming. In the perfect moment her foot swung forward and made contact. The balloon went flying through the air and smacked into the wall.

Victory was hers. This only made her more pumped. The lion was back looking for more opportunities to kick balloons.

Eden was still feeling SOOO triumphant over hitting the walll with a balloon that she was prettying much still doing a victory dance. Don't mind us. OVER HERE. DANCING. IN VICTORY.

Okay no seriously if she didn't watch out--she would be attacked by an EVIIIIIIL balloon and frozen. ANd not in the fun, Disney related way. She saw Aj make a SPLAT on the wall nearby and she gave her a thumbs up. "YAY AJ!" she clapped for her--and then--SUDDENLY--A balloon was coming RIGHT FOR AJ!

The Ravenclaw hopped over SOOOO FAST and grabbed the balloon before it hit the Gryffindor--but unfortunately, Eden had gripped it too hard--and suddenly, it BURST. All. Over. Her. Hands. Eden FROZE. Like literally. She couldn't move. MERLIN this was uncomfortable. Thank MERLIN it only lasted for a minute because that was awful. Once she could move her arms again she siiiiiighed. "I saved your life. You OWE me--" she was teasing, but she did wink at the girl.

Here she was kicking the water balloon's butts, and she heard someone cheering her on. See... she was really good at this. AJ turned in the direction of the voice and beamed at Eden. The thumbs up and clapping didn't go unnoticed. The recognition made AJ's heart swell. Annnd Eden was older and cool, and SHE was clapping for AJ. "Thanks." Beams, beams, BEAMS for you.

Then a few things happened really quickly... so quickly that she didn't even get a chance to react. A balloon was coming straight for her, but she was sidetracked and it was going to be a direct hit. Acceptance and disappointment washed over her. It was her own personal goal to manage to not get frozen during the activity.

Eden... She... She... jumped in front of the balloon. Eden sacrificed herself for AJ. Did they just become best friends? That was so nice and cool of the older girl. AJ walked over to the now frozen Eden and hugged her tightly. "That was super awesome of you."

Once she was unfrozen Eden kidded about AJ owing her one. Even though she knew it was a joke, AJ was seriously going to be keeping an eye out for Eden because she really did save her little competitive self. "I got you."

Errant balloon or not, Toby had caught the thing, and now headed back for the goal area, dodging around the other students and flying balloons until he got a clear shot, aimed for the top left-hand corner aaaaaaaaaaaand-

SPLASH!

Back of the net! Except not really, because there wasn't a net, but STILL. The phrase totally still applied.

Toby set off again, eager to keep moving and warm up, and STIIIIILL keeping an eye out for Sophies and balloons alike, and looking towards Professor Hufflepuff from time to time as well. Warm-ups never usually lasted too long, so maybe it was just a matter of time before they got onto the main activity, which he was hoping was a proper game of football, or at least a chance to kick a ball around.

Angel was totally enjoying herself. "This is awesome!" Angel watched as one of the balloons came towards here. She decided it was time to practice her volleying skills. She waited until the last moment before she volleyed it towards the goal...

*Splat*

Angel was totally happy with the result... top corner get in there... now all she needed to do was have a go at bending in free-kicks like some of the pro's could do... it would be great if she could do that.