This snowball fight would be so much better with ACTUAL snowballs, Charlotte felt. Wayyy more fun that way, but still, she was happy enough to join in, and good thing too since the Head Girl was flinging one her way.

Don't think so!

"Depulso!" Charlotte deftly snagged the puffball and slung it right back towards the Slytherins.

Okay, wasn't this meant to be a battle between Houses? To Daisy's eyes, it was starting to look more like a Slytherin vs Gryffindor battle. It was bound to happen, let's be honest here. Still, the Slytherin didn't mind all that much. Apologies to the other houses and all that, but Slytherins were being targeted.

Good thing most of them were all bundled together, eh?

It did mean that a lot of balls were coming their way, however, and Daisy saw from the corner of her eye a cotton ball flying towards her just as she was about to summon one from the trunk. EEEK, no use in switching spells, then. "Accio!" Wait, that ball was coming towards her stupidly fast. The fifteen year old ducked out of the way and then looked back to watch the snowball hit the wall above the bench in a flurry of silver glitter.

Ooooooh, pretty!!!

As soon as she turned around, she summoned another ball. "Depulso!" And with a sweep of her wand, off it went towards the group of Gryffindors.

Oh wow them snowballs be flyin' now! Tenacius beamed at all those glitter bombs headed his way from the Snakes, he could catch them all yarrr!

He held his wand aloft and started to really whip out the Depulsos left and right-- until his spell zoomed past a snowball. Oh no he missed!

BOOM! Blue glitter allll over the schnoz.

She couldn't believe that the game was almost over and so far she hadn't had the opportunity to throw even one ball. Okay, that was probably her fault for being too afraid to summon a bar without a direct line of sight (not wanting to go out and get hit by someone.) But when the professor said they only had fifteen minutes left, she gathered her courage and sprungnear the front of the crowd, pointing her wand at the trunk and shouting, "Accio fuzzball!"

A ball of white fuzz flew out of the trunk and landed in her hand. "Yes!" she crowed triumphantly, before aiming at a group of Hufflepuffs and shouting, "Depulso!"

There were snowballs and glitter everywhere, and Brent suddenly had no idea what was going on. All he knew was that it was his job to hit somebody with a snowball and then keep himself from getting him. So that was what he was focused on. The Gryffindor prefect, Noelle he thought it was, suddenly sent a snowball toward him, and because he was currently on top of his game and paying utmost attention, he shielded himself against it with ease.

...but then Carlton also decided he was the enemy, which Brent definitely wasn't expecting. "Carlton! Duuuuude! Send it toward a Gryffindor or something, man," he said, sparing a second to laugh. Thank Merlin he dodged it in time. "Accio snowball!" he called out, trying to join in on the fight again. There were way too many snowballs heading toward him. "DEPULSO!" he quickly called out, sending the summoned snowball toward Kitty.

Char giggled watching the progress of her 'snowball' that was awesome. Even if Ace had got out. And this glitter thing wasn't so bad, was it? Char actually wouldn't even mind essentially being glitter bombed, but did the professor know it was going to be a nightmare cleaning it up later? Even with magic you'd still have glitter showing up for weeks afterwards.

... not that anyone should be mad about THAT!

"Accio, snowball!" And Accio did not care that it wasn't a real snowball as long as her intent was right, so of course the fuzzy puff zoomed from trunk towards her, and she caught it neatly, silver glitter going everywhere.

She tossed it in the air like a muggle tennis player and picked her target.

"Depulso!" Charlotte cast, wand arcing to send the snowball flying at the Slytherins.

REVENGE FOR TAKING OUT ACE!

... y'know, maybe?

"Duuuuuude," he said, watching as Charlotte cast toward a group of Slytherins across the room. What was the deal with everybody trying to take out the snakes? Must have something to do with those house point hourglasses. Nobody wanted to take out the fourth place title holder. Everybody was going for the house on top.

Which made him a likely target.

Brent kept on the move, not wanting to stay in one place for too long. A moving target was a harder target to hit. He stopped long enough to summon a snowball toward him. "Accio snowball!" he cried out, and just at the moment, he nearly slipped on a pile of glitter. Well, that would have been a nice, swift kick to the ego. The snowball had arrived, so he whipped his wand around and sent it flying toward the Gryffindors. "Depulso!"

A snow ball fight! Oh this was going to be so awesome! He loved Snowball fights and she smiled over at Juno as she sent a snowball flying towards a Ravenclaw..

"Hey it's okay. Gotta take one for the team, yeah? " The seventh year was looking down at the pretty blonde and was not exactly paying attention to what was going on around him.

"Accio." " He said as he turned to look at the Snowball coming to him, and assuming it was the one he summoned, he turned back to Juno with a warm smile, he still had a few..

......

Leon looked down as blue glitter exploded all over his pants and he blinked.. What has happened to his Snowball!

"Looks like I'm out!" He said with a smile as he laughed a little.

Games played in class to reinforce spells learned were seriously the best, especially if they were athletic ones, and Henry couldn't be more pleased to play this wizardy version of dodge ball. Or snowball fight, as the professor saw it.

He was already fairly adept at summoning and banishing, so this game was proving to be an easy way to have a little fun. Even if there was glitter pretty much everywhere. His chaser reflexes were pretty strong and he caught the ball that Kitty threw in his direction with his non-wand hand. Was he supposed to summon it before catching it? Oops, that had been more instinctive...

Tossing it up in the air, he cast, "Depulso!" And he sent it back towards those Ravenclaws with a grin. Seemed only fair since a Ravenclaw tried to take out Hufflepuff, right?

Oh nice save Char. Natalia grinned as she had deflected the snowball and sent it back. She pulled her wand up and was ready to hit it when Daisy took it instead. Oh was the girl ducking and the ball hit the wall. Well that was interesting to watch. "Let's work together." She winked at Daisy, but before she could even accio another one Daisy had it sending towards Char and Char was sending it back.

"Nice try, but maybe Henry would like to have it instead." She grinned towards her friend and aimed towards the snowball fluff. "Depulso" The ball went towards the Hufflepuff as she kept her eyes on the Gryffindors since they seemed to want to hit the snakes the most.

Come on snakes we got this!

Brent was just on borrowed time. No matter what kind of confidence he had in himself, he knew there was no way he could avoid the glitter much longer. Even Leon had gotten out, and he was three years older than Brent! Where was Kane at anyway? Brent would love the victory of taking his brother out of the game. That kid was never anywhere near him in any of the classes, though.

Brent had, so far, aimed directly at people. Now each house seemed to have a team of people lumped together in random places. He should just launch a few snowballs right into the crowds and hope for good luck.

He turned his wand toward the trunk and summoned a snowball. "Accio snowball!" he called out. The snowball darted across the room and hovered, waiting to see what he wanted to do with it. "Depulso!" he said, and he sent it right toward a group of Hufflepuffs.

After swallowing down some of her tea, Olivia twisted the thermos back up tightly, stowing it away in her bag once more.... She was alarmed that they were moving forward with the main activity and that she hadn't gotten this banishing charm to 100% yet. Oh, Merlin help her. This was going to be a mess. The one bright spot, perhaps, was the fact that it wouldn't count if she hit herself... Because that was a very real possibility. She had during practice, that was all she was saying. Know your own faults and shortcomings, kids.

The classroom had quickly broken out into a cotton ball war, and she did her very best to shake off the previous feelings of discomfort and fatigue. Just a little bit longer, and then, she could rest....

Holy cow...

There seemed to be a line... and Gryffindors and Slytherins were on either side of it.... And to Char's credit, she was holding her own the best she could, seeing as Ace had just been put out and the other Lions weren't really helping? Or maybe they had been and it just wasn't where the blonde could properly see. There was a lot going on, in her defense. So many places for the eyes to be drawn to. Ah, well. Best to just... jump in headfirst, right? Too much thinking about it would probably do way more harm than good at this point.

"Accio!" As it had during practice, summoning the softball sized cotton ball towards her was of little issue. In fact, it was always second nature at this point.... But now came the most difficult bit. Please work, please work, please work... "Depulso!!"

Snakes against lions.

Yeeeeaaaah, they could do this. Look, they had the Head Girl on her side and even if she was kinda scary, she was also AWESOME. "YEEEESSS SNAKES!!!" Oh yes, the adrenaline was definitely kicking in. The Slytherin bounced on the spot, occasionally shifting side to side and doing a little dance. A moving target was definitely harder to hit, right?

Also, she needed ammo.

"Accio snowballs!" A couple of snowballs floated her way and she quickly sent one of them towards the Gryffindors. "Depulso!" Take that lions!! Look, one of her balls had to eventually hit someone, okay?

INCOMING!!!

One ball still on her left hand, the Slytherin arched her wand in the direction of a ball sent by a Gryffindor. Nope, she was paying attention, even in the middle of this confusion. Snowball fights with glitter were pretty messy."Depulso!" Back to the Gryffindors, little ball.

Olivia hadn't paid much attention to whether or not her "snowball" had made it across enemy lines... because this was WAR... and fluffy balls were flying every which way. Despite their momentary pauses and cease fires, she couldn't stop with her attack yet!

Obviously, the Slytherins weren't stopping. The white balls with their colorful glitter kept coming...and she could barely dodge the relentless attacks... The Gryffindors were quickly losing this battle, but it was dumb to give up. Lions didn't give up, you realize.

"Accio!" A few more of the cotton balls flew to her, and she paced herself with attempting to banish each one in turn. If she could time it just right, surely one would make contact. At any rate, it had to count for something... Gryffindor needed the advantage here! "Depulso!"...."Depulso!"

RIGHT BACK AT YOU LOT OVER THERE!

Yeaaaah Liv! would the younger girl accept a high five? Char honestly wasn't sure, but the thought was there. It was not a good time to get distracted though, and Charlotte snagged one of the flying balls with a silver puff of glitter to go with her Accio.

Not that she had forgotten about the other houses but Slytherin were totally picking on them so time to pick back!

"Depulso!" Her snowball went right after Liv's. HEADS UP, SNAKES.

Yes, Char was pretty much a one woman army in this lesson, but it was hard to be mad at that; as she was stepping up for their House. See?! Gryffindors really didn't give up! These Snakes were going to have a hard time stamping them down, was all she was saying. But also, Liv was pretty amazed at the level of skill on the Slytherin side. They'd managed to not get hit or anything. It was super impressive.

Thankfully, the blonde Gryffindor had taken so many years of ballet and was agile. She could outrun balls for at least two more hours, but the good think about that time frame was that the lesson wouldn't be lasting for that much longer. So... Her energy wouldn't run out quick enough for their sake.

"Accio!" Noting that Char was giving her an excited look, Liv did her best to return it, a small smile in place. She was just trying very hard to concentrate and it was taking her full focus to manage it. As well as dodging all the incoming balls. THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON, OKAY?! And the Slytherins were ganging up on them in this friendly game.

Calling forth a few more balls, Olivia again had to pace herself with sending them out. Her banishing spell was getting a bit more accurate with the over-practice... So, there was a silver lining to all this. "Depulso!".........

Oi! BALLS YOUR WAY!

This was almost as fun as dueling. Not quite but almost! Char spun out of the way and hopped from foot to foot, eager wand at the ready. Should she summon a new ball or stay on the defensive, ready to lob back one being sent at her housemates?

.... A new one! She was fast enough for a one-two if needed. All that duelling paid off in other areas after all!

"Accio snowball!" She summoned one that had gone to ground at sone point and then snatched it one handed, not minding the silver glitter. Then she tossed it up and...

"Depulso!" And yes, another one towards the Slytherins! Gryffindor girls being relentless over here!

Gaston was intently watching his students. The "snowball" battle had picked up speed in the last few minutes, but it was probably almost time for the class to end. He glanced down at his watch. Yep, he was right. "He clapped his hand to get the class's attention. "Alright, everyone! TIME IS UP!"

He did a quick head count of the students covered in blue glitter. One, two , three, four... one from each house. Hmm, the professor hadn't seen that coming! "It seems we have a four-way tie," he said. Now what should he do? Giving the ten points to all four houses seemed like the nice thing to do, but he had another idea in mind. "So in order to determine a winner, the points will be given to the house that went the longest without an out." Let's see... who was the last to go out? Oh yes, Mr. Kennedy. "Congratulations, Ravenclaw!"

Professor Marchand gave his class a friendly smile as he went on, "But you can't go to your next lessons looking like that!" He waved his wand, and the glitter covering the room, the students, and himself disappeared. "Thank you all for a fun lesson! Enjoy the rest of your day!"

OOC: Thank you all for coming! I'll leave the thread open a few hours longer for those who wnt to post their charries leaving.

Juno was laughing so hard at Leon, she was amazed that she hadn't been hit by any snowballs. He was absolutely covered in blue glitter and it actually looked pretty good on him. She grinned up at him, "Too bad. I would have loved to see more of your snowball banishing skills." She giggled and turned back to the fight.

A few minutes later the professor called it. Ravenclaw had one. How was that even possible? Had any of the Puffs gotten out? Oh, well. It was a great class either way. Juno packed up her things, and after she tossed her bag over her shoulder turned to Leon, "Wanna walk with me?" A hint of a blush on her cheeks, she never asked a boy to walk with her to classes before.

Before heading out she turned to the professor, "Thank you for an awesome Lesson, Professor Marchand!" She gave him a big smile and headed towards the door looking back to Leon.

Leon ruffled his hair as he looked at Juno and grinned a bit as she laughed at him. "Do I just look totally amazing covered in glitter?" he asked her with a half grin as he looked over at her. "Ahh yes, my amazing banishing skills.."

He grinned as the game ended and hey!! He had won! Probably cause he was the only one who was participating from Ravenclaw! "Thanks Professor! " He said with a grin as he looked down at Juno and his smile got even wider..

"I would love too. " He said as he followed after her with a smile.

SPOILER!!: professor!

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Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy

Text Cut: Derf & Sinead

Gaston would have to be blind not to notice the pout Mr. Ashbury-Hawthorne was throwing at him. It broke his heart, but he couldn't back down. That would send the message that he was a pushover. He shook his head, but that look on the boy's face stayed in the back of his mind as he went on with the lesson. He hoped one day the child would forgive him for it... or if nothing else understand why he had to do it.

The lesson was progressing according to plan for the most part until Gaston just happened to look up from this desk just long enough to see a fireball in Mr. Ashbury-Hawthorne's hand! The color drained form his face and his bright blue eyes grew wide and panic-stricken. But the panic didn't last long. He was at the boy's side in an instant, wand in hand, but he'd already stomped the fire out. He noticed the burn mark on the floor, but that was the least of his worries right now! "Oh my - are you alright, Mr. Ashbury-Hawthorne?" he asked, trying to hide the frantic look in his eyes. "You didn't burn yourself, did you?" He didn't even want to think about that... he was sure he'd never forgive himself if a student got hurt on his watch!

It wasn't long after that an odd orange light caught the professor's eye. How had that happened? That wasn't the right color light for either spell... But there wasn't time to think about it now! A wall of fire was headed straight for Miss Dance! His hand trembled sightly as it gripped his wand tighter, and memories came rushing back of a wall of fire just like that one... but he pushed the thought to the back of his mind. He was jarred into action, but he wasn't fast enough. Luckily, the girl was able to deflect the spell on her own. He shuddered to think what could've happened if...

Gaston turned around and saw a snowball hit Mr. Ashbury-Hawthorne right in face and explode into a cloud of blue glitter, and once again he sidled over to the Hufflepuff. The poor thing! That had to be the worst way to get hit... and it looked like he got glitter in his eyes too! "Here, look at me," he said gently, drawing his wand. "I promise it won't hurt you; it'll just get rid of some of that glitter." He waved his wand and made the glitter vanish; he gave the boy a small smile. "I'm afraid this means you're out, Mr. Ashbury-Hawthorne."
Oh, Merlin! What else could go wrong? He didn't think he wanted to find out! He glanced at his watch and, to his relief, time was almost up. "You have FIFTEEN MINUTES left!" he informed the class.

OOC: There's still a bit of time for this activity. You have ABOUT 20 HOURS.

Glitter. Fire. Glitter. Glitter. Did we mention glitter?

"No, profes-s-ssor," the first year replied with a small yelp of surprise. No burns here...save for the floor...but that hadn't been intentional! Well, it sort of was since he had purposefully dropped the flaming cotton ball on the ground. "I dropped it before it could," he added honestly.

Derf was still spitting out glitter and trying to blink some of it out - his eyes watering a little because of said GLITTER - when the professor swung back around to magic it away. Appreciative as he was, the first year was still quite crestfallen by it all. He hadn't even had the chance to perform EITHER spell. Once. Attempt count: ZERO!

Hence he simply bowed his head at the professor's words - yeah...he knew he was out. Sigh.

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

Katy grinned at Skylar, all ferocious wolf-girl teeth and wild hair. So what if she was aiming at her housemates? Maybe they all needed a little anarchy. A little every man for himself. A little wild and crazy. Plus Skylar would look pretty with blue glitter in her hair, right? "OOPS." No oops. No regrets.

She wanted to jump right back into the game, in spite of being scolded by Skylar, so Katy flicked her wand in the direction of the nearest discarded snowball glitter!puff. Whoooo should she go after this time? How about precious tiny Derf? He was a cutie pie baby. "DEPULSO." The ball swung through the air in a perfect arc toward the ickle. Quidditch would be more fun with wands. She should tell Henry.

No sooner had the Hufflepuff turned away from the fray...yet ANOTHER cotton ball came hurtling his way. Although this one didn't hit him smack in the face at least - although it did get him square in the chest and, well, glitter explosions all ended the same way. GETTING IT EVERYWHERE!

And then class was called...and Derf couldn't help but feel discouraged. Smacked with two glitter bombs and had really only just barely been able to perform Accio ONCE while his classmates had made everything look so effortless.

Frowning, Derf made his way back over to his things and picked up his enchanted suitcase. It was then with a heavy sigh that he picked it up and offered the professor a feeble wave as be began exiting the classroom...leaving a trail of blue glitter in his wake.