Angel as totally a bad friend, she had meant to meet up with loads of people this summer but she had been really ill lately and so she hadn't met up with a single one of them, she felt really lousy about that but that was the past and now she was actually going to meet up with Hady to talk about the plans they had been talking about last year.

"Hi Hady." Angel smiled as she walked over to her friend. "I'm not late am I." Angel hoped that she wasn't, she hoped she hadn't made her friend wait to long. "Not been waiting long have you." Angel had been trying to figure a few things out before she had come here.

Fifth year was HARD - with OWLs on your head and what not. With homework piling up constantly, Noel could barely keep up but he was trying.

Feeling in need of fresh air after being stuck in the library all morning trying to complete homework that was due Monday morning, Noel had stepped out. Munching on pumpkin pasties he had gotten for his birthday from his little sister, the sixteen year old found himself a bench and sat down. Ah now to pass time and just be.

....just be with Maggie, yeah?

Because Noel didn't really have a choice. She'd noticed him while in search for some flowers and had immediately walked over to his bench. From behind. Which was she was also currently hugging him from behind. Ish. "Noooeeeell." Yes that was his name. And it was Maggie's way of saying hello.

After that she quickly took a few steps back. Just in case he was going to turn around. "NO hair ruffling!" She pointed at him while walking around the bench to join him. Once he had assured her her hair was safe that is of course.

Noel WELCOMED that hug. It was warm and he liked it. He also laughed when she backed away from him. "Okay fine, I won't ruffle your hair" he rose his hands in surrender. "But I want you to know, I do want to" he said honestly with a grin and assured her that yes it was safe to sit with him.

"So ... can't we negotiate about this? A certain time in the day when I am allowed to ruffle your hair" he was teasing of course but he was kind of also serious because he LIKED doing it.

Durmstrang may have had bigger grounds than Hogwarts but they weren't as nice and since the days were never as long you never really got to enjoy being outside that much.

Besides Zahra, that's what Michael had missed the most about Hogwarts, being able to enjoy the outdoors. He had just spent a couple of hours down by the lake and was making his way back into the castle to do a little study when he spotted a recognisable face in the courtyard.

With a small grin on his face, Michael made his way over to her and stopped right in front of her casting a shadow over the parchment she was trying to write on. "Did you run out of ink?"

Oh the brilliant courtyard. It can be so peaceful but yet so loud sometimes. Chance twirled his wand in his fingers as he read his book. The weather was brilliant today. A tad chilly but nothing he couldn't handle. He knew winter and the snow was just around the corner.

His made notes on his page and stood up. Placing the book on the stone fountain, Chance studied it some more before straightening up. He held his wand in the correct stance... Wait no. He adjusted his stance just a tad. There. NOW he was in the correct stance. He studied the book once more before saying the encantation.

YES!

His book shrank. He had done the shrinking charm. Boom.

Someone decided to talk to her just as she pressed the tip of her quill to the parchment. Tilting her head up just a bit to be able to see who it was, but not enough to make them think they could stick around, Beverly frowned, opening her mouth to respond but instead of words she just blinked up at the figure.

. . . . . . .

"Train Boy," she replied, a slow smile brightening her face. No. Way. Of course she'd recognize him....

It was him and not a twin, right?

"You remembered." There was delight in his tone and a smile on his face as he looked down upon her. He didn't think anyone besides Zahra remembered him.

"How have you been Little Bunny?" Only she wasn't so little anymore. Nope, now she was all grown up. He was still smiling as he took a step to the right and sat down beside her.

"I think I would remember that face," she nodded, tilting her head slightly to the side as if she were examining him. Which she was. He'd grown...a lot. M'hm. Time did him well.

Beverly scoot a little to make room for him, smiling more at that nickname. She felt more of a ferocious bunny now, but y'know, Little Bunny worked too. "Hanging in there, hoping for a peaceful term." As if. It was Hogwarts. "What about you? Where'd you leave to?" Because he left without a goodbye. He remembered that, yeah?

Michael laughed and rubbed at his face. "Even with the beard?" He was pleased though that she still recognised him and was happy to see him. Time had done her well also. She had always been pretty but she was even moreso now.

"I think that might be a bit of wishful thinking. Hogwarts is never peaceful." He chuckled softly as he leaned back onto his hands and crossed his legs at the ankles. "My parents sent me off to Durmstrang. Apparently there were too many distractions at Hogwarts." Well one big distraction by the name of Zahra Kettleburn.

He grinned over at her and noticed a little sparkle on the front of her robes. "And what do we have here?" He asked as he straightened up and getting a closer look. "Prefect huh? Congratulations."

"M'hm, even with that." She tapped a finger on her temple. "I have great memory." A beard, Merlin. All of a sudden she found herself wondering if Jeremiah could grow one too and if it'd be soft or scratchy. Maybe she could include that in the letter.

"You think?" she asked in vain, wrinkling her nose. Of course it was wishful thinking, but she wasn't losing hope...ish. "It's probably a good thing they did. How'd Durmstrang treat you?" She's heard lots of stuff, especially from her dad whom wanted her to go there in the first place.

Following his line of gaze, the Slytherin's cheeks tinted a rosy color. Right. The badge. She'd forgotten about that. "I...yeah. Thanks. Who would've thought, huh?"

"Or maybe I'm just that memorable." He tossed her a wink before letting out a snort of laughter. "I'm joking." Sort of. His ego was still just as big as it had always been. Although two years at Durmstrang had made him a little more careful at expressing it.

"Okay I guess." He said with a shrug of his shoulders. "It was tough at first." He rubbed his left arm that housed the scar from his first fight there which he had covered with a tattoo. "But I learned how to look after myself pretty quickly." If he hadn't, he'd probably be dead and that was no exaggeration. "It's not a place for the faint hearted."

Michael noticed the blush which made him chuckle again and he bumped her with his shoulder. "I think they made the right choice. So I guess you're no that quiet little girl anymore then, huh?"

Oh, good! So he could DIVE into the lake! Heh! "Margo is another student, right?" he asked, tilting his head. "Why was she afraid of him?" The firstie couldn't understand people who were scared of things that hadn't given them a reason to be scared. James wasn't scared of ANYTHING.

Pointing and not jabbing? Hm. He stepped back a little and tried once more. "Glacius!" Nothing happened, so James just siiiiiighed. "Maybe I'll get it when I'm older." Like... much older. Adi age.

Other sweets? But he needed his cards! He was about to argue that suggestion when Adi pulled cards out of his pocket. Jay's eyes went SUPER wide and he actually POUNCED on the cards when Adi said he could have them. "OhmyMerlinthisissofreakingcoolyou'rethebestTHANKY OU!" he bounced and started going through them. THIS WAS GOING TO NEARLY FINISH HIS COLLECTION! "How did you GET so many!?"

Hehehhehe.

She liked him in that sort of surrendering position. "Well you can't." Maggie grinned at him while taking a seat next to him. "It takes a loooot of work so it looks like this." Actually if it had been someone else sitting there with her she would have probably said the opposite - that it just NATURALLY looked like this - but you know, it was just Noel.

The 'just' being a compliment in this case.

Really? He was still going on about it? It was amusing though in a way. "It's not YOURS to ruffle, Noel!" Gosh. She giggled though and shook her head, glancing up at HIS hair now. It did look very touchable too, to be honest.

SPOILER!!: Angel

Angel as totally a bad friend, she had meant to meet up with loads of people this summer but she had been really ill lately and so she hadn't met up with a single one of them, she felt really lousy about that but that was the past and now she was actually going to meet up with Hady to talk about the plans they had been talking about last year.

"Hi Hady." Angel smiled as she walked over to her friend. "I'm not late am I." Angel hoped that she wasn't, she hoped she hadn't made her friend wait to long. "Not been waiting long have you." Angel had been trying to figure a few things out before she had come here.

Oh! Her friend from back home was actually a few minutes early with their meeting to talk today. However it was a rather short lived conversation between the two as the boy needed to go out somewhere with his family. It was okay though as it had put a smile on Hady's face.

She was just placing her two-way mirror back into her bag when she noticed a pair of feet near her and then heard the voice. "Hey Angel, nope not at all," She greeted her friend. The older girl was right on time for when they had agreed to meet up today. Really she couldn't wait actually, she had been thinking about their idea all summer long and was hoping they could plan it for sometime soon. A group of friends hanging out and having a good time all night long sounded just like what she needed right now. "How have you been, I heard you were sick most of the summer, are you doing better now?"

Yep, there was still a trace of Train Boy she met her first year at Hogwarts. Beverly shot him a playful roll of her eyes and nodded. "Oh yes, terribly memorable you are." She could joke now, too. Not like when they first met, that wink would have scandalized her. Heh.

Her eyes flickered momentarily at his arm as he told her about Durmstrang. She was trying to read him a bit. It's been so long and now that one of her first friends was back well...she wanted to know about his adventures, and right now it seemed like he was remembering something significant. "It's what I've heard. Good thing you're tough and all." He looked like it more-so now. "Did you join their combat team?" The school might have not interested her but THAT did.

Beverly smiled down at her parchment and laughed softly at the nudge. Oh-oh. She let the quill sit too long on the parchment and now there was a Knut sized stain on it. The letter was going to have to wait.

Glancing back up at Michael, Beverly shrugged. "I dunno. Guess you'll have to find out, won't you?"

Hahaha. Oh yes, she was not the quiet little bunny that he had first met. He liked this new attitude of hers. Michael grinned at her. "You've grown up Little Bunny."

He noticed her gaze go to his arm and he paused for a moment before rolling up his sleeve and showing her the tattoo that ran the length of left arm. "It's a pretty cool tat and I love it, but the reason I got it is to hide a scar." He clenched his jaw and a small scowl appeared on his face. "I didn't need to join any team, I was in my own personal combat." He pulled his sleeve back down and replaced the scowl with his usual cocky grin. "I did learn a lot though." He learned to keep his big mouth shut. Not to trust anyone. And cheating in a duel was quite acceptable.

He shook those thoughts off and chuckled at her statement. "Is that a challenge Miss Wayne?" He was quite happy to accept if so.

Beverly nodded. "M'hm, I'm 5'5'' now." She just had to. It wasn't every day someone told her she's grown up.

Her mouth dropped open, eyebrows almost shooting up into her hair. Train Boy has a tattoo! Blinking and getting over the initial surprise, Beverly quickly composed herself, but didn't hide the impressed look on her face. "That is...really cool." She wasn't gushing on the outside. She was tempted to touch but kept her hands to herself. Now her tiny tattoo seemed like a David to his Goliath. "Sounds like it was rough over there. How'd you get your scar?" Must of have been something big to have such a tattoo cover his arm, not only that, but she's never seen him scowl.

Which was gone. "Seeing as I do love challenges and doing the challenging, yes. You've been challenged, Mister Toussaint."

Benzi was fed up with being inside the castle. Wasn't sixth year supposed to be the easiest year ever? Like, between OWLs and NEWTs and time to really sit back and relax. Get the brain to deal with OWL trauma, and prep it for NEWTs. So why in the name of Merlin's FLYING BEARD did he have so much bloody homework?!

But not today. Today Benzi was not feeling homework. Not feeling particularly Ravenclaw either, so out of the common room it was, and now out of the castle. The sixth year took a DEEEEEEEEP breath as he stepped out into the courtyard, and started making his way towards the grounds when a boy practicing his Charms work caught his eye. And not just any boy.

Hayley's boy. Well, NOT Hayley's boy. Whatever his name was.

Eying the shrunken book, Benzi stepped up so that he was next to it. Then he crossed his arms and eyed the boy. Chace, was it? "Hey."

Noel wasn't surprised that it took a lot of work. The third year was WAY too defensive about it so of course. He did really appreciate when she decided to trust him and sat down next to him though. The grin stayed intact, yep.

Not YOURS to ruffle.

Now that was really something, wasn't it?

Because now he wanted to know. Leaning a little toward her as if it were a secret they were discussing, he asked with a grin: "So except for you, who else is it for to ruffle?" Was there a Mr. Maggie?

Angel looked at Hady. "That's good, I had a feeling I might be running late." Angel was glad that she wasn't, "I'm been such a terrible friend lately." Angel sighed. "First I said I'll meet up with people in the summer but I was..." Angel suddenly stopped how did Hady know she had been ill, had her sisters told her why she hadn't been out.

"I'm much better, thank you for asking." Angel beamed at Hady. "I have never had such a bad case of cold in my life, it teaches me for sneaking out in the rain to get something though." Angel remembered the telling off she had got for it. "I'll never do that again in a hurry." Angel said truthfully.

SPOILER!!: Angel

Angel looked at Hady. "That's good, I had a feeling I might be running late." Angel was glad that she wasn't, "I'm been such a terrible friend lately." Angel sighed. "First I said I'll meet up with people in the summer but I was..." Angel suddenly stopped how did Hady know she had been ill, had her sisters told her why she hadn't been out.

"I'm much better, thank you for asking." Angel beamed at Hady. "I have never had such a bad case of cold in my life, it teaches me for sneaking out in the rain to get something though." Angel remembered the telling off she had got for it. "I'll never do that again in a hurry." Angel said truthfully.

"Nope." She assured her friend with a light grin. Why did she think she was a terrible friend? Hady thought she was really cool. "No you're not it's not your fault that you couldn't meet up with anyone." If she had been sick there was nothing she could do about that. At least she was trying to meet up with people. Reaching back into her bag once more she pulled out a few jolly rancher candies opening one and popping it into her mouth before offering them to Angel. Muggle candie was still her favorite.

Oh?! So that was how she had gotten so sick. That was something Hady hadn't expected to hear her say. "I would like to think that whatever it was you had to get was something good?" At least half worth getting sick...and into trouble for.

Angel giggled as she looked at her friend. "I left this teddy outside, that was special to me so when I saw it was raining and the teddy could get ruined and where not allowed to use magic outside of school, I decided that I must get it and so I went out and got it." Angel sighed. "I then felt ill the next day and from then until the week before term started, I was ill."

Angel smiled. "No thanks Hady." Angel took out her own sweets. "want one!" Angel had mars bars, smarties, lollies and loads of other sweets in her bag. "Just grab what you want." Angel was known to have a sweet shop in her bag, maybe one day she should open up a sweet shop next her mothers shop.

Angel then decided to talk about why they had decided to meet up. "I was thinking we should speak to the Librarian, I'm sure he'll know what we have to do." Angel hadn't spoken to him since the trip and wanted to go and see him now.

SPOILER!!: Angel

Angel giggled as she looked at her friend. "I left this teddy outside, that was special to me so when I saw it was raining and the teddy could get ruined and where not allowed to use magic outside of school, I decided that I must get it and so I went out and got it." Angel sighed. "I then felt ill the next day and from then until the week before term started, I was ill."

Angel smiled. "No thanks Hady." Angel took out her own sweets. "want one!" Angel had mars bars, smarties, lollies and loads of other sweets in her bag. "Just grab what you want." Angel was known to have a sweet shop in her bag, maybe one day she should open up a sweet shop next her mothers shop.

Angel then decided to talk about why they had decided to meet up. "I was thinking we should speak to the Librarian, I'm sure he'll know what we have to do." Angel hadn't spoken to him since the trip and wanted to go and see him now.

Aaww so much trouble of a teddy bear. Hady honestly could understand though how her friend hadn't wanted to let it get ruined out in the rain. She might not admit it to anyone herself but she to had that special something she'd risk herself for to keep safe.

Dropping her candies back into her bag when Angel declined the offer she glanced at what was then offered to her! Geez the girl liked her candy! So did Hady but she kept must of it up in the dorm hidden away. "No thanks I'm good."

The librarian? Wouldn't it be easier to just speak with one of their Heads of House? Either was fine though since she had been meaning to ask the librarian about that coffee charm thing anyhow. "Sure. It couldn't really hurt asking him." The worst that would happen is he wouldn't know.

Angel looked at Hady and smiled. "Okay!" Angel fastened her bag back up, she didn't want anything to get lost or fall out of her bag, she had lost a few things because she left her bag unfastened last term. "Yeah, I was thinking the Librarian might be able to help us more, though we can go ask someone else if you want." Angel hoped that her friend wanted to go with the Librarian suggestion because it would be awesome.