A trip to the Tree house? Why not?

Adi happily climbed the rope ladder up to the structure. "Scouting for dragons and Hippogriffs,'' he muttered with a hint of laughter in his voice as he remembered his, Benny's and Chance's conversation sometime ago right here. Reaching the top, the Hufflepuff peeked into the house, taking in the carpet, chairs and cushions. But who would want to hang out in there when it was such a fine day?

Nope, this Puffer was going to watch all the happenings on the Grounds from out hereee!

Henric arrived at the place where Adi told him to meet him.He hadn't venture these part of the grounds before, thankfully an older student kindly pointed him the way. Woahh...look at the size of it! He never expected the treehouse to be so massive! He stepped closer to the base of the tree house, if he had known sooner about the treehouse, he would have use it long ago!
"Hey! Adi! Are you up there?!" Henric called up and waited for a response. He hoped he was, he was holding onto his precious folder filled with his dragon cards collection. He didn't want anything happen to it, how was he climbing up?

Abby stopped at the foot of the treehouse she was going to climb up but she decided to wait and see if somebody would join her at the base and then they could climb up together

It had been a long time since Leah had visited the treehouse, which was unacceptable because she was going to live in one in the near future.

So here she was, walking down to the grounds. When she arrived at the foot of the treehouse, she looked up and breathed in fresh air. Mmm. She circled the tree, trying to find out how big the inside of the house was, and eventually returned to where she began. But this time, a familiar face was there with her - Abby!

"Hi Abby," said Leah, smiling. They had not seen each other for ages. She liked the Valentines, so they had a lot of catching up to do. "Are you going up?" She pointed at the treehouse above. Chatting could come when they were seated comfortably.

Abby smiled as a familiar face appeared and said "Hey Leah, yeah course i am going up was just waiting for somebody to join me, didn't want to go up alone"

Adi could see no Dragons nor hippogriffs. Well, of course there would be no dragons but hippogriffs? He hoped he could have caught a glimpse of a few. But thoughts of the creatures were banished from his head when a voiced pierced the quiet around him.

Henric had arrived!

The sixth year tilted his head and moved back from the platform outside of the tree house where he had been standing. He didn't want Henric to see him. Not yet anyway. The playful side in Adi was coming forth again. Hehe. Instead of answering Henric, he cautiously peered down. Yep, there was his friend, holding something in his hands.

"Locomotor Henric!'' Adi whispered as he lifted his wand. There would be no need for the other boy to climb the rope ladder. LOL.

Oooh, it was almost like Abby was waiting for HER. Leah's smile widened at the thought.

"I know. Being alone SUCKS." she said, shrugging. She could totally relate to that, you know? It was always better to have a friend by her side. "Let's go then!" She gestured, then climbed up the rope ladder, expecting the younger girl to follow suit. This was exciting!

Abby smiled and said "Yeah cool let's go then Leah" Abby started to follow Leah up the rope ladder this was completly fun

"Adi,yoooo ..heelloooo!"Henric called again but still there was no answer. Hmm..seemed like he hadn't arrived yet. Oh well...he would go up first then. He just needed to grab the rope and...."....WHAT THE!"he shouted when he was suddenly lifted up in the air. His arms and feet flailing around frantically to grab hold onto something.

"Hey! Let me down!" he wailed,trying to keep his dragon cards collection folder close to his chest. He lifted his head up to see who had cast the levitating charm on him, he was totally going to hex the person who did it! And, when he caught the familiar sixth year prefect peering down with his wand pointing at him, Henric felt like his temper going to burst at any moment.

"ADI!! Are you mental?!! Put me down this instant!" Henric shouted at the top of his lungs.

Leah stared wide-eyed at the scene in front of her as she reached the top. The inside of the treehouse was as beautiful as the outside, if that was even possible. Wind was blowing in through windows on all sides. She made her way towards a cushion at the closest window and sat down. Then, she pulled another one next to her and patted it so that Abby could sit down.

"Have you been up here before?" the girl asked when her friend was all comfy in her seat.

Abby sat down and got comfy and said "Just hung about the base of here before but this is the first time i have actually climbed inside it is amazing up here" Abby was glad that she had climbed up here now

Leah decided to be risk taker. She leaned out of the window behind her and peeked a look at the bottom of the giant tree they were in. After waving rather frantically at the people at the base, she forced her head back in and leaned on the cool wall. Hopefully she was not going to make the treehouse fall over.

"I know right? This is really cool. I have been here in my First Year... but things looked different back then." Her dark brown eyes scanned the area some more before they returned to Abby. "So how have you been?" Real important question.

Izaac was still getting used to the castle and its grounds. It felt like a field trip that would last the next seven years, which was mostly daunting because he missed his mum and dad already. But not thinking about that right now, he was straight out of the common room with his new best friend, Marsha, by his side!! It really was great having Gryffindor friends, though he wondered about the other houses. They looked very... interesting.

"Have you got lost yet?" He asked, just before discovering the treehouse. "I thought I did yesterday but then I found the staircase and it was okay." And THEN he saw it and he stopped talking.

How did he NOT know about this?

"Woooah... do you think we could CLIMB that?" Or maybe it was the groundskeeper's house. Who knows??!

Abby smiled and said "Yeah cool is right Leah and i have been pretty good thank you Leah, cannot remember the last time we spoke properly"

Oh Merlin! HAHAHAHAHAHA!

THIS WAS HILARIOUS, YO!

But it was also serious. Adi knew that if he slipped up, he could injure his friend. It had been for that reason he had not tried anything non verbally. Anywayyyy, Adi waved cheerily at Henric. Yeah, the boy had spotted him now.

"Quit freaking out, will you? Suppose I loose concentration and drop you?'' Adi said, moving his wand slightly to the right so that Henric also moved in that direction. Wheeee! This was SUPER fun! Maybe not so much for Henric though. Adi was quite sure he wasn't imagining the anger on the other guy's face.

"Maybe I am,'' the sixth year replied cheerfully and now moving the wand so that his fellow Puff could be set down on the platform right where he was standing. "See? I saved you a trip up the ladder.'' Hehe. "You're welcome.'' NOW, DON'T BE TOO ANGRY WITH HIM, HENNY!

Abby was clearly as awesome as Leah was. They had the same definition of COOL. See why she liked the Valentines so much?

She smiled back at the girl. "That is great to hear! And YEAH we seriously need to chat more," she commented. They were almost honorary sisters because Angel was Leah's best friend. "What does it feel like, being a Fourth Year?" She could not believe that Abby was fourteen already. Where did the time go?

"Oh, he is sooo deaddddd~"Henric thought angrily, glaring at Adi while still floating in the air. Mentally, picturing every hexes known to wizards kind onto Adi's gleeful face. He thought it was funny being lifted up unsuspectingly 10ft in the air?! He glanced down onto the ground, suddenly afraid that Adi would drop him at any moment if he lost concentration on him.Henric stopped trashing about so Adi and his wand did what it needed to do to him. As soon as Henric was safely set onto the platform, Henric immediate reaction was to come at Adi and tackled him down and he did.

TACKLE! CRASH!

He put his whole weight onto Adi and started messing with his face and hair, pinching his cheeks hard and pulled them sideways, hoping it caused a little pain on this sixth year prefect. He didn't care he would lose points for this, he already did and it felt exhilarating satisfying. Henric laughed evilly,"How you like it nowwwww~"

Abby nodded and said "Yeah we do need to chat loads more and being a fourth year feels weird, it seems like only yesterday i was starting at Hogwarts"

”I have!” Marsha said, pouting slightly. Her sense of direction had always served her well, but in a magical castle with staircases that moved… well it was proving hard to keep up. Which was sad, but unfortunately true in this case. ”I got lost on the third floor! One of the staircases moved and it took me into a new area I had never been in before!”

Sighing, she conitnued her tail with a much happier tone. ”But, I met the Hufflepuff prefect, Adi and he helped me.” She smiled. ”He’s lovely - almost as happy and cheery as we are… Which is nice. Hehe.” She giggled and frowned slightly when Zac stopped in his tracks.

Slowly turning around to see what had made her fellow TWELVE year old, speechless and instead of telling him off for being silly, she gasped herself. OH MY GRIFFIN!!! LOOK AT THAAAAT!!!!

”WWWOOOAAAAHHHHHHH!!! That is so coooool!” She said, taking a few excited jumpy-leapy-skips in its direction. As she looked around she couldn’t see anything that said they couldn’t climb it so she nodded. ”I think we can!” She said with a grin.

Then, grinning she shouted- ”RACE YOU!” and took off, laughing with every step. She was only little though, so even with her head-start she didn’t actually think she would win.

Oh, damn! Henric really was angry. Didn't he know how Adi was by now? But then again, he had just dangled the boy a whole lot of feet off of the ground possibly giving him a mini heart attack. "Hey, you flew like a drag-''

O_O

Who knew Henric could tackle like THAT? Adi was sent reeling backwards and he landed on his back, his wand flying out of his hand in the process. "Henny! Can't you take a joke?" the sixth year managed to choke out during all the hair pulling and cheek pinching. And that laugh... sooooo un- Henric like. "I am not a baby whose cheeks you can pinch!'' He fought to grab Henric's hands and make them stop their attack but Henric was stronger and tougher than he looked.

"Coochie coochie cooo....oooh...what cuuutteee baby cheeks you have,Adi!"Henric cooed while continued pulling his cheeks. He easily swatted his hands away, locking his legs around Adi's middle, determine to stop him from moving too much that could injure both of them or worst...fell off the platform. Mind him, he didn't get a blue belt in Judo for nothing, it was a hush-hush kind of thing which he dare not tell. Physical self-defence was important for every young wizards too, he should teach Adi some moves if he asked nicely. Adi also should have known he would get his payback soon for all the teasing he caused him. When he saw Adi's cheeks were starting to turn slightly shade of red, he stopped himself from going at him further and pulled back. Henric was panting from all the exertion he put trying to restrain Adi. He stood up fully and brushed the dust off his clothes.

"Oh..look at what you did...my dragon cards collection...."he groaned, reaching for his precious folder and caressed it lightly against his chest. He was acting as if he wasn't concern for his friend's well-being or even try to help him up.

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Henric thought he was talking to a baby? "I'll... coochie... coo ... you!'' Adi sputtered against the endless pinching of his cheeks. And then there was Henric crushing him with his feet. "Get your... big feet off... of me, Henny!'' Giving up on trying to stop Henric's hands from further torturing him, the sixth year dug his fingers in his friend's sides. They were not painful pokes but just enough to distract the boy.

It worked... or at least that was the reason why Adi thought Henric pulled away. He, however, remained lying on his back, trying to get his breath back. He was huffing and puffing, man! And his cheeks HURT! "Alright, I deserved that,'' he admitted. "But you have to admit, that was fun after you got over the shock.''

Ohh! Dragon cards? INTERESTING! The prefect sat up quickly. "How many have you got there, Henny?" He was bouncing to see them! Anything with creatures brought about his enthusiasm.

Henric narrowed his eyes at Adi's comment about him dangling 10 feet in the air was considered fun...it was not at all fun, thank you very much.He was praying for his life up there, it was a fortunate thing Adi had somewhat mastered the levitation spell or he wouldn't be standing here breathing. Henric thought as he furrowed his eyebrows and massaging his temples, Adi would be the death of him one day.

Aahh yes! His dragoncards collection were in his hands right now, "Yup yup..this here...is my precious..." his voice sounding strangely gollum-like at the end (LOTR ).

"I have plenty,"jiggling his eyebrows a bit at Adi,"... and a few exclusively rare pieces,mind you...which are hard to get but I managed to bargain a good price for it,"he said. He really did because there were extreme dragoncard collectors out there and by "extreme", he meant wild-eyed, hardcore, crazed-like, could-have-once-been-an-escapee-prisoner-from-Azkaban, maniac-wizard...yes those kind of extreme...

"I'll show you but you..."he paused, looking at Adi dead straight in the eye,".. have to solemnly swear not to speak of them to anyone outside this treehouse, we never know who might hear us and want to steal them away,"he whispered, of course...nobody would...he had put all kinds of protective charms on it so he was the only true owner unless he permitted it to be given away.

"Kays..lets go in!"he smiled brightly. He found a comfy spot at the corner and quickly settled down.
"Who built this treehouse again? This is a very amazing place, I must say.."he commented, admiring every bits of furniture and ornaments there for a moment.Oh right...the dragoncards...He looked down and tapped his wand on his folder, revealing different types of fine looking dragoncards inside.
"This one right here is a Scandanavian Short-Snout , its rare to find these anymore..."he explained.He looked up,""Do you have a favourite dragon,Adi?"he asked.

Maggie still thought treehouses were dumb.

But somehow they were also oddly intriguing.

Which was why she was now standing under the tree, close to the ladder, looking up at said treehouse. Why would you go up there? Why was it so appealing to go up there? Why did people feel the need to even BUILD treehouses? This was so strange. But also..........well, she was HERE wasn't she? So maybe she should check it out.

It couldn't be worse than how she imagined it. Still, she was rooted to the spot for now, simply staring up at the wooden house in the tree.

Weird.