Colt liked how this girl was thinking. "I mean I would like to be famous for my work on attractiveness." He was joking of course. "I mean I don't know too much of the girls at Hogwarts either to be frank. I only knew a couple.." He was going off the list in his head. "I mean my cousin Kace was far more popular with the girls than I am." That was the truth right there. Even his cousin Braedon was famous in Durmstrang. He was arrogant sometimes but some girls fell for it. "Well if you joined then I will be seeing you very soon. Maybe we will be dueling each other very soon." Possibly sooner than you think.

Well it looked like his nickname was established. He grinned and he heard her mentioning nicknames. He nodded and didn't like any of them. Melon sounded to weird for his tastes. "Well I will come up with something." He will promise her that. Now onto the sticking charm aspect. He mouthed a big O shape and thought she was older. "Seriously your are first year? I thought you were in my year.." Bloody merlin wasn't he wrong. "Well I think I remember how to do it anyways.." he said mentally recounting.

He got his wand out his robes and said the incantation for the sticking spell and it worked. Well he thought. "Do you wanna try it out first or shall I? I mean ladies first.." he added his cocky grin.

Being ambitious sometimes was better than being ambitious all the time, Esme supposed. "Well, that's good. And at least neither of us are evil," she added as a joke before laughing. Slytherins had a bit of a bad reputation - especially after Voldemort - but they were a lovely bunch. "You wanted to be Superman?" That was....adorable. She could picture a little Oliver wearing a cape and pretending to fly. Awwww. She smiled at the thought. "Well, you seem like all of those things to me, so maybe we can make you an Honorary Hufflepuff!" It would almost be the same thing as being a proper one. Almost, but not quite.

Ooh, they had been thinking the same thing. That was really cool! Usually Esme only shared thoughts with her sister because they were twins despite having different personalities.

"That would be epic! And duels! You know...kind of like how the muggles have boxing." Man, it would be so cool if someone at the Ministry made this happen, though it probably wouldn't. Rather sad. She laughed as he said no to her suggestion. "Well, if you ever change your mind..." She winked to show him that she wasn't being serious. "Oh, that's neat! Well, we can do things like somersaults and back flips!"

Candice was doing her ritual morning run when she passed the playground. She's tempted to play with the swing. No one was around. Its still early morning so the playground was pretty empty, it means she didn't have to wait in line or kick someone from the swing. Well, she already running for awhile and she need to rest her feet and stuffs. The swing its!

The Gryffindor claimed one of the swings in the playground.

MINEEEEEEE!!!!!

Mel just raised a little eyebrow at him and smirked a bit. “Please it would be like making money the way Fleamont Potter did” she nodded, “I mean he made and sold the Sleekeazy’s hair potion company” she laughed, “I mean…if we sell a product in muggle and magical markets you could make so much money and never have to worry about anything again in your life” she grinned. See. She was going to be a businesswoman.

“Kace?” She asked tipping her head at him…”was he a quidditch player?” She asked a she remembered seeing a comment about him in her sister’s diary about how he was Kaiden’s Prodigee. “I heard of a Kaiden once…my sister’s boyfriend had a team member by that name when he was Quidditch Captain”s he nodded.

Heck, he wasn’t just a quidditch captain. “He was the last hufflepuff Quidditch Captain back in 2083,” Mel explained with a grin. The shocked look on his face just made her grin. “Really? What year are you?” Because this was important if she could get away with things because she looked older that would be great. Mel nodded and cast the charm on her shoes before trying to climb up the slide.

She could feel it. Gravity pulling at her knees but she wasn’t sliding down. “I think its working” she grinned as she pointed her wand at one foot and cast “finite” before moving it forward and casting the sticking charm again.

Colt heard her example and he nodded in agreement. He had no idea who that person was but he saw her point. "Alright we shall start making plans in the library then." He was joking but kind of not. He was into this. Maybe he can be the accomplice. He racked his brains for Kace's information and he nodded. "Yeah he was a quidditch player back in his first year. So I am guessing your referring to that. I heard he was pretty good." He heard from Kace he was pretty good for a little dude back then. "Too bad we don't have quidditch here anymore. That's the one thing I miss.." Le sigh. Hopefully they will get it back soon. "I think I would be a great quidditch player." Look at him getting his cocky grin back. "Oh I am a fourth year." Why did she wanna know that. I guess just random knowledge or maybe she was planning something with him being older. That could be it.

As they were climbing up the slide, he beamed when his charm was working. "I guess I am not that rusty as I used to be with the sticking charm. My fellow DADA professor at Durm would be so proud." He was joking of course but his teacher nearly yelled at him if he got the spell wrong. He casted finite on his shoes and he was unstuck when he got up to the slide. "It is a nice view from here." he commented.

Oliver grinned at her comment about not being evil, making note of it for a later time. You know, just in case some evil person showed up and they wondered if Esme was the evil one, he could tell them it wasn't her. Unless, of course, by that time she was evil, then Oliver would be lying and he'd seem like an accomplice...but what were the chances of that ever happening? "Yeeaah, Superman was my favorite hero. Grew out of him though." And the things/people that came along with it. "I dunno if I have a favorite now." Though he was going to be James Bond for Halloween and he was a cool nonsuperhero so maybe him.

Honorary Hufflepuff??? That sounded so cool! "Is that a real thing? If I get to be that then I'm sure we can make you an honorary Slytherin!" He had no idea who these we people were, but surely the snakes wouldn't mind too much if he made Esme one, right?

The boy tilted his head to the side and grinned. "So you basically mean like the dueling we have here? But...Olympic level?" Like with the really crazy hard spells and hexes and stuff...not the killing ones though because that was evil and no.

"You'll be the first person I call if I change my mind, promise." Well...not call, obviously, but he'd go looking for her or something. Yeah. "Are those really hard???" They sounded really hard...

Oh right. Esme nodded. "I don't know much about super heroes," she admitted. Though apparently River had gone through a Superman phase when he was very little. Seemed like Oliver had done the same thing! "I know that there is one that's a bat and another that's a spider?" Other than those three she was utterly lost because that kind of thing didn't really interest her.

"We can make them things!" It would be awesome. "Juno won't get to be a part of it, and that's mean. She's my twin sister," Esme added in explanation because Oliver probably would have no idea what she was talking about otherwise. Sometimes it was easy to forget that the whole world wasn't aware that she had an identical twin.

Nod. That was exactly what she meant. "I'm not really one for dueling, but I think there would be some pretty epic ones. It's a shame that wizards like Dumbledore aren't around anymore." Now THAT would be something worth seeing it - even she had to admit it. "Okay! I'm sure you can find me and I don't think they are particularly difficult! I'm sure you can handle them." She was looking forward to teaching him.

Mel just grinned when she heard that he had been a player…”I think my…ugh…sister’s fiancé person was his old Quidditch captain?” She shrugged. “I really wish we had it I think knocking bludgers into people could be a great stress reliever” she nodded and even thrust out her arm in a little swing motion.

“I’ve played it in the summers before during those quidditch camps…mmm’a pretty good beater.” She nodded over to him. “what would you play?” She asked excited…”really? A fourth year – that’s cool.” She grinned over to him before beaming and smirking a bit…”so I look three years older than I actually am? That is a trait im going to use to my advantage…by sneaking to Hogsmeade and if that doesn’t work using any number of the secret passageways to get there” she beamed and really she didn’t think the fourth year slytherin didn’t know any of Hogwarts secrets.

Climbing up to the top was fun and sitting there with Colt she just grinned. “I think its fun…you know defying gravity…and well, you could know defeat the stairs that turn into slides” she grinned and looked out at the grounds near them. “Not as great as it would be from the roof of the school” she meant it. One day she was going to climb up there and watch people like they were ants.

Oliver smiled at Esme and nodded his head to let her know that he understood. "Honestly, I don't know a whole lot about them either. I just know Superman things because he's superman." He did know more names than she did though, apparently. Which would make sense too since he did watch the superhero shows and movies a good amount. "Oh, those are Spider-man and Batman. They're don't turn into spiders or bats though...I think the people that made them just couldn't think of better names." After all, it wasn't like Superman was Flyingman because he flew. He was SUPERman because he's SUPER. Duh.

The boy was going to say that he was so up for making it a thing but theeen Esme was telling him that she had a twin sister and THAT WAS SO COOL. Beeaaming, he said, 'I have a twin sister too! Her name is Timmy." Granted, Esme probably liked her sister more than he liked his right now but those were just details. "Are you two identical?" Obviously, no one would ever ask him that, but it was important for him to know if he ever saw someone that looked like Esme around the castle. He'd have to use names instead of just approaching to be safe.

"Oh yeah, I'd definitely be more interested in watching the duels." Oliver had been trying to get fit this term, but he wasn't interested in fighting anyone, with fists or his wand. He just wanted to look good....and he could do so without hexing people. "Dumbledore would have been so cool to see! When he was healthy and all..." Because he had heard that Dumbledore wasn't at his best in the last couple of years or so. "Yeah? We could set up like a time and day and stuff! Make it routine or something?" Really, Ollie just figured it would be cool to have a specific time and day to hang out with his new friend more than anything.

"I think he might be.." He didn't know for sure but it was a possibility. "Oh yeah I would love to knock bludgers into something. I don't know about people but other quidditch players yes.." he grinned. He was picturing it now and he could see himself as a beater. "Oh I would def play chaser, like hands down." He loved the idea of soaring through the air and scoring the goals. He loved the rush of it. He played offense in soccer while he was in elementary school and loved it. "Oh yeah which quidditch camp did you go to?"

"Yeah you do but don't get too cocky. You will get caught with this security we have in this school." He was being sarcastic of course. The security wasn't too uptight here. "Dude you need one of those maps that knows the in and outs of Hogwarts. Oh what was it called??" He couldn't remember for the life of him. Mel that sounds great! Changing stairs into slides. Man that would be so much fun. "Oh man I could see it now, like creating Hogwarts a giant slide park." He beamed with pride.

It was a beautiful morning and Ilia felt pretty good today. Possibly.... Even optimistic. Her long hair was woven into a long braid down her back, loose black exercise clothes were donned. She decided on a nice brisk walk, her pace was quick enough to nearly be a run but actual running made more impact on her knees and ankles. She was a lightly built, taller girl to start with and more joint abuse was not ideal thank you. She had walked around most of the grounds before a certain familiar someone came into view. Was that Candice?

The tall blonde approached the swings with a smile and took the empty swing beside the Prefected Lioness."Good morning, lovely lady. How are you? " Girl talk time?

Its been forever since the last time she enjoyed a good old swing. So she's not going to waste it. As soon as she sat down on one of the swings, Candice kicked the ground and the swing started to move. Back and forth. back and forth. And so on.

She was enjoying her swing when a familiar figure approached the Playground. "Ilia, Hey!" The Gryffindor gave her a small wave and tried to slow down her swing. "Wassup?" That mean tell her something juicy Miss Ilia!

An increasing smile crossed her lips as her best gal pal started to slow down. "Don't stop on my account. " There was nothing wrong with swinging while chatting right?

Wassup??? Hmm....." I thought a walk sounded nice to do some thinking. I was just deciding where I should spend Christmas this year. I don't really want to go back and see mother, but Henric wants to go see his parents. " She wouldn't mind, but yet again she didn't want to deal with her mom. " Do you have plans?"

Her swing started to slow down. It didn't stop completely just not as high as before.

Candice couldn't help to roll her eyes at the mention of the Hufflepuff Prefect name. She still didn't understand why Ilia like that no good Badger in the first place. "So you going to see his parents then?" She didn't know that they're that serious. Visiting your boyfriend parents during holiday was BIG. HUGE step. "I'm staying here." So no visiting someone parents for this girl.

Ilia caught the eyeroll and smiled softly. "Why do you two seem to hate each other so?" If was honestly pretty apparent. "His parents are nice....but mother wouldn't allow me to be in England without seeing her. I don't want to be paraded around like a princess while she attempts to marry me off." Yup, she'd already stayed at his parents place. She knew her mother's thinking well enough though.

She was staying? "I stayed last year and was thinking about doing so again this year. " Maybe Henric would stay too....

Oh, good. He understood her. Esme knew that some people were crazy about superheroes and could get really upset over the fact that she didn't really understand them. "What does Superman DO though?" What made him so special? she was genuinely curious... So no bats and spiders then. "You'd think that they would have come up with something better than bats and spiders." She laughed. "Like dogs or giraffes." There were tons of other animals that were way better.

"You're a twin too?" Wow, that was awesome. She already knew Teddy and his twin sister, and now she knew that Oliver had one too! "Is Timmy in the same House as you?" It was rather interesting, because she was in the same House as her sister but Teddy and Ava were in different Houses. "I am identical, yes." And clearly he and Timmy weren't because... yeah.

Another person who wasn't overly interested in fighting from the sounds of it. "We need to have another Dumbledore around because I would pay good money for this." It was DUMBLEDORE. Even she knew how epic it would be to see him in a face-off against another wizard. Not as if anyone would get hurt. But whatever, because she and Oliver were working out a routine. "Yeah, sure! That sounds good to me. Just as long as it's not mornings," she added. Sometimes it took her quite a while to wake up. Early classes should be banned.

What did Superman DO????? The inner fan in him was freaking out because HOW DID SOMEONE NOT KNOW WHAT SUPERMAN DID. But the new Oliver who didn't care much about Superman was keeping it cool. No big deal, right? "Weeeellll he's from this other planet and he has super strength and x-ray vision and he can fly and nothing can hurt him except kryptonite but that's generally not around and hardly anyone knows it's his weakness anyway." Superman was the coolest, okay. And then Ollie laughed because he couldn't imagine dogman or giraffeman. "I don't get Batman really, but Spider man can shoot out super strong webs, and....do other stuff, I think. So spider works for him but Batman could definitely be changed." Giraffe man could help people off of high places or something. Sure.

"Yeah!" Finding anoooother twin was the coolest thing ever. "Nope, Timmy is in Gryffindor. No one in my family was in Slytherin so I don't know how I got the traits but I like it." He would have hated being in the same house as his sister, actually. So things were better this way. "Are you and your sister in the same house??" They probably were, being identical and all.

Oliver started to wonder if any of the professors at Hogwarts right now were as cool as Dumbledore but he really knew nothing about them. "Do you think any of our professors now have potential to be like him???" His first thought was Airey but he'd be too afraid of dirtying his suit so probably not. And then he grinned because they really were gonna work out a schedule! "That's okay, I work out in the morning most days anyway. We could do nights? After dinner or something?" Not too soon after because then they'd get sick but before curfew would be good, right?

Huh.

No wonder Oliver and her brother had both been into Superman. He sounded pretty awesome in Esme's opinion. "So he's basically invincible?" If the only thing that could hurt him was far away and unknown, that seemed to be the case... Would suck though if he was accidentally brought down by it. Would be his Achilles heel, she supposed. She giggled at the thought of talking about superheroes with a boy. Oliver was really something. "So Batman can't fly?" She felt that it was a valid question if Spiderman could shoot webs; bats could fly after all. "I think Giraffe Man would be really good at things like getting cats out of trees." What? Cats could have heroes too!

She couldn't believe how awesome this was even if his sister was in a different House than him. Obviously people could have different personalities - like her and Juno - but it would have been pretty cool if they had both been in Slytherin. "Well, I think it's cool to be in a different House than the rest of your family. You're one of a kind and special!" Nothing wrong with being placed in the same House as Voldemort had been. "She's a Hufflepuff too, yes but she actually isn't very similar to me besides in appearance." So it shouldn't be hard for him to be able to tell them apart.

"Maybe Professor Hirsch since he teaches Defence Against the Dark Arts!" It was a pretty good guess in her book since he clearly knew how to duel AND fight physically. Both were important assets to have. "I'm just not sure who is as wise as Dumbledore." That was more of a problem since the Professors all seemed smart. "Maybe Professor Flamsteed because he seems to know a lot of stuff about space that makes my head hurt sometimes." Enjoyable classes, but they could be headache inducing. "After dinner sounds good to me! So are you a morning person then? Getting up early to get some running in?" Esme had to admire his determination because sometimes it took a lot to get her out of bed in the mornings.

Melbourne just grinned at Colt when he was talking about the bludgers. “Well…yeah…that’s what I meant obviously” lies…but really how would he ever know that really? “Because Qudditch players are people too,” she nodded and grinned over to him. “Well, my brother was a chaser for the Aussie nationals team…my other one is now a coach? I think?” She shrugged.

“They said I was too reckless to be a chaser…I mean just because I liked playing wiffleball with my cousins doesn’t mean a thing” she laughed shaking her head as she did so. “oh the camp? I went to a small one in Wales and when I was in Australia winter for holidays I did a camp there in Adelaide” she grinned over to him.

What was this about being too cocky? Mel just snorted and raised an eyebrow at him. “Oh c’mon I am going to use this to my advantage…escape the school come exam time? Maybe?” She grinned over to him and snorted. “I wont get caught…m’all ready setting up extendable ears around the school and I’ve hidden a few decoy detonators in places” she smirked. “mm’getting my ducks in a row…and please there’s a pass out to hogsmeade from the middle of the ground under the whomping willow…no one would sit there waiting for me to use it” she grinned. “Besides…people escaped the school for that rave last week….but yeah a map would be great. I might make one.” She nodded.

“yeah that could be fun.” She grinned.

Oliver beamed at Esme as she really seemed to grasp that Superman was the coolest superhero ever. "Yeah! He really is. And sometimes villains come from not Earth and they find out about Kryptonite and they manage to use it against him but generally Superman makes it out okay." Because he was Superman and that's what Superman did, obviously. And Batman...well Batman was lame. "Nope, he can't fly. He was afraid of bats and then he overcame his fear and then decided to dress in all black and look like a bat....and he's rich and uses his money to help make cool things so he can beat people." Which was cool, yeah, but he wasn't SUPERMAN. Superman was cool.

"Yeah, I think it's better we're in different houses because we get some space from each other." Obviously, they could get space in the same house, but this was easier. "Not that I don't love her, but it's complicated." And really that's all he could tell anyone about it because he didn't even understand what was going on between him and his sister. "Yeah? Isn't it weird how twins are supposed to be similar or something and then end up being so different?" Sure, they were in the belly at the same time, but that didn't mean a whole lot when it came down to it. They were just like siblings that were years apart and whatnot.

Esme had a good point when suggesting Hirsch. The man could probably use his really good looks as a tactic too because he sure was good looking. Oliver wanted to be that good looking one day.....but that had nothing to do with this conversation. "I think if Airey and Hirsch could be one person, they'd be just as good as Dumbledore....maybe with a little Myers in it too." Myers was pretty different from the other two, but he was open minded about the world, and Dumbledore sounded like he had been that way too, so it would only make sense. "They'd be like a super-wizard!" That would be way cooler than Superman.

"I didn't used to be a morning person, I used to just sleep.....all the time really? But then I got really into working out, and now I run with my friend Brian, he's in Hufflepuff too. So I guess running with someone makes getting up easier." And once you've got a routine down, breaking it to sleep in wasn't really worth it.

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Melbourne just grinned at Colt when he was talking about the bludgers. “Well…yeah…that’s what I meant obviously” lies…but really how would he ever know that really? “Because Qudditch players are people too,” she nodded and grinned over to him. “Well, my brother was a chaser for the Aussie nationals team…my other one is now a coach? I think?” She shrugged.

“They said I was too reckless to be a chaser…I mean just because I liked playing wiffleball with my cousins doesn’t mean a thing” she laughed shaking her head as she did so. “oh the camp? I went to a small one in Wales and when I was in Australia winter for holidays I did a camp there in Adelaide” she grinned over to him.

What was this about being too cocky? Mel just snorted and raised an eyebrow at him. “Oh c’mon I am going to use this to my advantage…escape the school come exam time? Maybe?” She grinned over to him and snorted. “I wont get caught…m’all ready setting up extendable ears around the school and I’ve hidden a few decoy detonators in places” she smirked. “mm’getting my ducks in a row…and please there’s a pass out to hogsmeade from the middle of the ground under the whomping willow…no one would sit there waiting for me to use it” she grinned. “Besides…people escaped the school for that rave last week….but yeah a map would be great. I might make one.” She nodded.

“yeah that could be fun.” She grinned.

Colt was impressed to now her brothers were on the Quidditch team. A pretty legit one too. "That's pretty cool, but I think beaters think the quidditch players are part of the game too, like do you see the injuries they come off the field with? They have like broken noses and black and blue eyes. I wouldn't want to get hit with one though." He could imagine the pain and that was pleasant.

"Well I mean wiffle ball is better actually. Less chance of injury and plus everything is plastic. I love wiffle ball actually, it is an easy game to understand and explain to people especially wizards and witches around here." I mean sometimes explaining muggle activities was infuriating to say the least. He heard her mentioning where in australia and she went which was Wales and Adelaide. He nodded and said, "Well my aunt and cousin lives in Cairns. It is a beautiful place and I snorkel there all the time. She lives right on the beach." Hence why his mother always visits. "Dude I wanna escape when it comes up to my OWLS. I mean I heard those tests are not fun. We need to plan our escape without our parents knowing....any ideas?" Come on Mel your the master of coming up with interesting ideas.

Wait wait there was a rave? "Hold on how come I wasn't invited to this rave!?" Man he needed to be social more. "Man I missed it?" Gah he hoped to catch the next one. "Woah I forgot to get some joke stuff from the joke shop. Do you have extra stuff?" He might need for other purposes later on.

It was rather adorable how happy Oliver seemed to be when talking about Superman. It was always nice when people talked about something that they liked. Even if he said that he had outgrown him, Esme could see just how fond of him he had been. "That's awesome, but what exactly IS Kryptonite?" Obviously some sort of substance... but was it solid? Liquid? Gas? She had no idea. Batman didn't seem as awesome by any means. Now she could understand why it was SUPERman. "Sooo he isn't even like Robin Hood? Might as well use the money to help people." She was just saying.

Wanting space from siblings was understandable. She never felt that with her sister, but there were times where she definitely wanted it from her brother. Even though she loved River, he could be a lot to deal with. "I get it because it's the same way with my brother," she assured him. It probably was a normal sibling thing - at least when younger. People tended to mellow out once they got older. "It really is crazy, because we are so different in everything besides appearance but Juno has totally different fashion sense than I do." Definitely more edgy while Esme preferred things like tie-dye, flowers, and peasant skirts; the more girly fashions.

Talking about which Professors would compose the next Dumbledore was really interesting. Esme was enjoying this conversation a lot. "I never thought about Professor Myers, but I agree that he would definitely work because he is so open-minded and easy to talk to." She had the best Head of House ever though Botros and Moxley had also been amazing. She still missed Professor Botros. "It really would be cool to have a super wizard. I don't know what science would be behind it, but I'm sure it could be achieved with magic." Somehow they could harness the different aspects of each person and use it to create another wizard.

"I love my sleep, but it's good that you are dedicated to being in good shape. I guess I should try the running thing out some time." It would be good for her to be in proper form if she intended to learn more for defense and dueling. Even if she wasn't a fighter it would be good to have those skills - even if she wanted her father to protect her if anything happened.

Candice had a hunch that Illia might asked her that. Why she hate that Hufflepuff Prefect so much? "Because he's Hufflepuff." That already explain everything right? "Marry you off? Wow. Your parents are SO old school." She didn't know that they still do that now days. "Does she has a candidate yet?" Or perhaps candidates?

"You should stay and accompany me here. Your mother wouldn't say no to that right?" Illia could always visited her boyfriend's parents during the summer. Sisters before misters, Miss Valke.

Feeling absolutely stir crazy, AJ decided that getting herself out of the castle was a must. Restless and AJ Valentine didn't work well together. Deciding that she wanted some company she asked her sister to come with. Elated that her sister agreed, (not that AJ would have taken no for an answer) the pair made their way to the ground from there dorms.

AJ practically skipped the whole way there which proved to be a bit challenging on the stairs, but the sixth year prevailed as always. Where did she want to go? AJ didn't always plan ahead... in fact she rarely ever planned ahead. Instead she just let her feet guide her.

Before long, she arrived at the playground. YES. This was what she wanted or rather... needed. "You down for a game of tetherball?" she said as she looked over at the sister that she shared a face with.

Angel looked at her sister as she spoke, how was her sister so calm after everything that had gone on after the summer, seriously she was still trying to come to terms with everything and that was why she hadn't been seen around much. "Sis, how can you be so strong?" Angel sighed as she looked around the playground, was this here last year? she wasn't sure.

"I think a game of tetherball would be okay." Angel was starting to regret coming outside now and thought about going in, she only came out because her sister said that it would help her, but at the minute well it didn't seem to be.