The idea of using more than one flower in their hands was a good one. "I think it's worth a shot! Maybe we will each get more than one butterfly that way." It would be so cool if she managed to get six in her hand or something.

Adi managed to find a flower on the ground and it was perfect!! "Awesome, surely there are more of them lying around here..." Searching a little more, Lux came up with a purple one that was in great condition minus having a stem. Oooh, and now they were having a friendly competition!! "Bring it on!" She liked being competitive, and that would make this even more fun.

BUTTERFLIEESSSSSSSSSS

Iselin had no idea how she had wandered here but the moment her eyes landed on a butterfly she was totally taken by the garden. "They're so pretty." Sure she was loved sports and was always "one of the guys" but there was a girly side to her, it showed in the way she dressed and how she was totally grinning at the butterflies. She muttered to them in Norwegian as one almost landed on her hand she had held out. "oh." Sad. The butterflies didn't wasnt to be her friend today it seemed but they were oh so pretty she didn't even care. She found a spot not overgrown by flowers and fixed her jacket before she sat down on the ground. She didn't see many butterflies back home so this was a treat to the new Hogwarts student "Butterflies."

He hadn't yet found everything in this school that he had wanted to, and when taking an explorative walk on the staircases, Rooney had heard someone mention something about butterflies in a garden. And so he had gone to his classes and then hurried outside in hunt of these marvellous sights. He'd been directly all over and ended up at the black lake, which was not where he wanted to go because he had only came up with another fifteen qestions about it's existence and if there was a terrible smell if you lurked near it long enough. Well, something like that anyway. Too many questions, most definitely.

Once there, the Ravenclaw whispered a hello in French to the first that approached him and smiled wide. Wow.. The colours.

He reached into his back pocket for his notebook and some form of ink to write down all of the questions he had at this present moment about their life cycle and colours and if there was any research into the environments. Oh, the colours. He had noticed that a butterfly had almost set itself on a girls hand, but ultimately chosen to fly away again and he really felt for his fellow blonde. Quietly, so as not to let her know he was directly here, Rooney assisted one of the butterflies onto his finger before crouching beside her. "I think this one might like to rest on your hand, Miss."

Abby smiled and said "I am actually keeping with classes so far but i am fearing next year cause i am going to be preparing for my OWLs so i am already preparing by studying as much as i can this year"

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"Oh so do I. One can never really have to many in a place like this." It was true really friends were great. However Hady did believe in having lots of friends but one or two she would always hold closer to her heart then others. Sorry peoples but that's just how it was. "So how have you been doing with keeping up with classes so far?" She asked glancing towards her friend and gesturing towards the Headmistress whom seemed to be enjoying the fresh air while reading her book.

"Hello Headmistress." Hady called out politely (not to loudly for fear of scaring off butterflies) with a wave towards her as well. "Are you out here enjoying the fresh air as well?"

Anastasia was still doing her casual checking when a wave of fresh air brought something interesting blowing her way. Oooh hoo hoo, what's this? The Headmistress took her eyes off her book and hidden wand for a moment to see who was talking to her, and also, what was blowing around her ankles.

She picked up the paper first, tucking it into her book and surreptitiously closing them up together. "Good day," she greeted the young Slytherin as she tucked the book to her chest. "Indeed, indeed I am enjoying this wonderful weather. Isn't this such a peaceful autumn garden our groundskeeper has set up?"

So Cinna had seen this place on one of her morning runs before she had her dance practice.Then the next day when she went back out for a run it was closer to the lake. Today it was back almost in the same place it was the fisrt day she seen it. She thought this would be the perfect place to do some of her artwork. Today instead of running she decided to bring her art supplies with her. Her art bag, swung over her shoulder. A fresh blank canvas under her arm. She looked around for a place to go set up.


Here, she found a beautiful patch of Tiger lilies, Which just happened to be her favotite flower. That's what she was going to do. Paint a picture with these tiger lilies. She set up her canvas across from the patch of the orange flowers. Spreading out her supplies on a bench that was near by, and started getting her colors the shade orange that she wanted.

What was this?

Eden...didn't remember there being a butterfly garden last term...was this new? This had to be NEW. The Ravenclaw thought it was a WONDERFUL idea, really. Butterflies were fantastic, just...really fantastic. The flowers were quite pretty, too.

She wondered if it was ILLEGAL for her to pick some...

Hmmm.

She decided to chance her luck...when...she noticed CINNAMON. Eden smiled and waved as Cinna as she wandered closer.."Cinna...are you...gonna' PAINT?" she asked with her wide, bright blue eyes. She always forgot Cinna was artistic. But yeah, she totally was...that was cool. Eden admired the skill since she herself couldn't paint for the LIFE of her...

SPOILER!!: Abby

Abby smiled and said "I am actually keeping with classes so far but i am fearing next year cause i am going to be preparing for my OWLs so i am already preparing by studying as much as i can this year"

Oh that's right Abby would be taking her OWLs next term. Hady could easily understand how she might be getting nervous about that. "Yeah but it's still more then a year away, I'm sure you'll do great with it." Abby was a smart girl she wouldn't have a problem with the tests Hady was confident her friend would pass them all.

SPOILER!!: Head Mistress

Anastasia was still doing her casual checking when a wave of fresh air brought something interesting blowing her way. Oooh hoo hoo, what's this? The Headmistress took her eyes off her book and hidden wand for a moment to see who was talking to her, and also, what was blowing around her ankles.

She picked up the paper first, tucking it into her book and surreptitiously closing them up together. "Good day," she greeted the young Slytherin as she tucked the book to her chest. "Indeed, indeed I am enjoying this wonderful weather. Isn't this such a peaceful autumn garden our groundskeeper has set up?"

Hady caught sight of the paper fluttering past and that the Head Mistress had picked it up putting it into her book. She wouldn't ask about it though for it was none of her business at all. Odds were it was a stray parchment being blown about by the light breeze.

"Yes it really is. It's quite calming with all the butterflies fluttering about," she agreed grinning softly. One couldn't help but relax and be happy in an atmosphere like this one. Was there a way she could get a garden like this at her home?

Oh? Oh! Izzy turned her head to look at the boy and a smile graced her face at the sight of the butterfly on his finger. "Oh, are you not the sweetest." she put her hand out for the butterfly as she looked at the kid. "Thank you very much." she lovvved this more than the kid knew. "I am.. Iselin." her Norwegian accent was thick in her words but she was trying her hardest to be understood. "You like the butterflies?" She sure did. they were probably her favorite ever. "The colors are so pretty, yea?" She tucked her hair behind her ear as she waited him to transfer the delicate creature.

Whyttyr watched the butterfly flit off to another direction and after she lost sight of it, she turned her gaze back on to Nemo. "Moves? That's rather odd." Though, she was pretty certain that a lot of things here at Hogwarts were just that, odd.

It was just going to take some getting used to, she supposed.

Taking his hand, Whyttyr tugged him over to the bench and sat down. "It's a shame we have to go back inside at some point, I like it here very much."

Woot! Hufflepuffs combining ideas! Now THAT'S teamwork! "Alrightey! Let's do this!'' Adi proceeded to scour around looking for more bright looking flowers. The brighter the flowers the more butterflies he and Lux would attract more butterflies... right? That was his reasoning, anyway.

So Lux had a purple flower now. Awesomeee! Adi continued his own search and came up with a peach coloured one. "I've got two now.'' Hmmm, should he get one to put on his head? LOL!

Yesh! A mini competition! "Let's get going then!'' As soon as Lux had all her flowers of course. "Let me know when you're ready.''

Nemo could have cared less to watch the butterfly. Instead he watched her watch the butterfly. Cause while normally Nemo was cranky and cynical Whyttyr changed that. She made him happy. "That seems like a theme here, huh? Things that shouldn't move that do."

Maybe Hogwarts was weird but he liked it. His friends were here and now so was she. "We do have a curfew but we can stay out here as close to that as you like. The Castle can be a bit stuffy sometimes." Because wasn't that true? At least it wasn't snowed in.. but Nemo wasn't there for that.

Letting the butterfly move onto her hand, Rooney lowered himself just to kneel beside her and smiled. "You're welcome, Miss." He didn't mind, anyway and she had a very nice smile. It reminded him of the stage hand in London that he was a little bit obsessed with for a while. "Obsessed"... He thought he was just being nice and had given her a flower every once in a while if there were any in his dressing room. "Iselin?" He repeated, attempting to say it right, especially as she had an accent. It didn't make her at all hard to be understood though, but he wanted to master her name because they were one of the most ijmportant things about an identity.

SO he thought.

That, and the birthmark that Teddy had on his toe. That was definitely something to identify him by.

"They're complimentary, yes." Rooney nodded with a smile and held out a hand in anticipation for another to land. Pls.

Adi came up with another flower, and Lux gave him a thumbs up as she continued to search the flower bed for another loose flower. It needed to be bright enough to attract the butterflies because they seemed to really like colour... "AHA!" Triumphantly she held up a yellow one. "It's a Hufflepuff flower!" Representing their House and everything.

Straightening up, the redhead gave a good stretch and then she was ready. "I'm good to go!" Fingers crossed this would work, because she wanted to catch some butterflies!

Abby smiled at Hady and said "Yeah i know that it is more than a year away but i want to make sure i am prepared cause there are some subjects that are not my strong points so i want to make sure i do well in them all"

Zeke paused in his tracks.

What?

Where was he?

He spun on his heal to see where he had come from, and he could have sworn THIS place wasn't here just yesterday, he would know, he came this way often.

...

He didn't like it. There were too many flowers, and not of the cool kind, and more to the point there were butterflies. Admittedly, he DID think they were pretty, but he wasn't about to go advertising that to the school, no he had more manly things to do with his day, like... break stuff and stuff. Yeah.

Zeke took a few measured paces forward wondering what would happen if he accidentally stepped on one? Or ate one? It would hardly be his fault, they were EVERYWHERE.

Well... Rusty had a lot to prepare, and not very much time to do it in. So she had taken her wooden box of feathers and things outside to find a place to get started. And the butterfly garden had somehow appeared in her path, as though it wanted her to do it there. It was the perfect place really, even if it was getting a little late in the year for butterflies.

She took a seat on the ground and crossed her legs, wiggling her bare toes until she got comfortable, then opened the box and took out the half finished mask. All she had to do now was stick on the remaining feathers and leaves. She held the mask in place on her face for a second, and squeezed the bit that rested on her nose so that the wire inside it would take the right shape, then got to work.

She sang to herself as she layered the leaves and the feathers on the mask, glueing them in place from the outside in so that they were arranged almost like real feathers would be. It was a little song about nature and cycles, one that reminded her of home and made her feel cosy, only two verses, but with a nice enough tune and feel that she didn't mind singing it a few times in a row.

SPOILER!!: Abby

Abby smiled at Hady and said "Yeah i know that it is more than a year away but i want to make sure i am prepared cause there are some subjects that are not my strong points so i want to make sure i do well in them all"

Hady listened to her friend for a moment before nodding in understanding. "Yeah but there's time to get caught up or even ahead in those lessons. You could always ask a friend or a Professor for help." She might be even able to help her depending on the which lesson it was Abby had trouble with of course.

Moving towards the edge of the pathway Hady knelt down to sit on her knees to get a better look at the butterflies that were lingering about near the flowers.

Abby sighed and said "Yeah well i never seem to find any spare time to catch up especially with Arithmancy i am going to have to go and visit Professor Tanner and see if she has got any tips to help me out"

As the months passed and lessons got more complicated and the homework began piling up she knew what Abby meant. "I'm sure she'll agree to help you with it. I'd offer to help but it's not my best really." She admitted lightly. The offer was there though if her friend ever needed to take her up on it.

Abby smiled and said "Yeah i think that is true i won't know until i ask her and yeah i know Arithmancy is not everybody's favourite subject" Abby did like Hady

Two flowers each of them seemed fair enough so Adi ditched the idea of getting another of his big head. A flower in his head would make him look silly, anyway. But then again, he like being silly sometimes.

"It is a Hufflepuff flower! May the spirit of Helga be with you in attracting more butterflies, Lux!'' Hehe. "Let's get started then!'' Where they were standing was a good spot to do this, right? "So we just hold out our hands?'' Adi did so, one flower resting atop each of his palms. Annnnd now, they waited!

COME ON, BUTTERFLIES!

Cinna was busy mixing red and yellow paint together to make the perfect shade of orange. The lioness was meticulous, when it comes to her art. So YES, it had to be just the right shade of orange. She set the rest of her things on the bench near by.

She went back to her canvas after she had gotten the paint just right. She was about to put the brush to the canvas when she heard a familiar voice say her name. She grinned and dropped everything out of her hands. "EDEN!" She ran or well walked fast her and gave her a hug. Yes the Ravenclaw got a Cinna hug Which was the best ones. "Yep, you see these tiger lilies. They are my favorite flowers." So yes she was going to paint a picture of them. "Whatcha doing here?" beamy looks, yep Eden was getting them.

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Well... Rusty had a lot to prepare, and not very much time to do it in. So she had taken her wooden box of feathers and things outside to find a place to get started. And the butterfly garden had somehow appeared in her path, as though it wanted her to do it there. It was the perfect place really, even if it was getting a little late in the year for butterflies.

She took a seat on the ground and crossed her legs, wiggling her bare toes until she got comfortable, then opened the box and took out the half finished mask. All she had to do now was stick on the remaining feathers and leaves. She held the mask in place on her face for a second, and squeezed the bit that rested on her nose so that the wire inside it would take the right shape, then got to work.

She sang to herself as she layered the leaves and the feathers on the mask, glueing them in place from the outside in so that they were arranged almost like real feathers would be. It was a little song about nature and cycles, one that reminded her of home and made her feel cosy, only two verses, but with a nice enough tune and feel that she didn't mind singing it a few times in a row.

One of the school owls, given explicit instructions by a certain Head of House, swoops down and drops a small package and note in your hands. Pleased with itself, it ruffled its feathers and flew off - dropping a few feathers in its wake.

"I am water, I am fire,
Celebrate and light the pyre,
I am earth and I am air,
I will respect the earth we share..."

Rowan was still singing to herself as she concentrated very hard on glueing a tawny feather and an orange oak leaf in the right positions above one of the eye holes on her mask. But then she was interrupted by an owl, who dropped a package right into her hands... and then flew right off... "Thank you, owl friend!!" she called after it, then placed her mask and the package aside to pick up the feathers it had dropped.

These would be PERFECT for the lighter patches of her mask. She wished she could give the owl a treat or something to say thank you, but it obviously had better things to do, so she would just thank nature later and let the owl get on with its day.

It was then that she finally sat down to open the package, since nobody was really around. She tore back the paper to reveal a mirror, and looked at the note again... What was a two-way mirror? Rowan... really had no idea. She inspected the front of the mirror, only seeing her confused expression reflected in the glass, then looked at the back.

... And what did it mean that one had been sent home? Was it like...

OOOOOOOOOH

WAS IT A COMMUNICATION THINGYYY???? Rusty's eyes widened, and she quickly packed away all her feathers and leaves and the mask into the box, and then, clutching the mirror and the note tightly to her chest, raaaan into the castle.