Melbourne was excited to say the least about Charms class. Really, she had always liked Professor Marchand’s classes…waaaaaaaait what was up with Professor M’s look? His costume was either E-X-T-R-E-M-E-L-Y detailed and over the top…or something was up. Waaaaaaaaaaaaait a second more things were wrong.

WHERE WERE THE SNACKS?

The brunette wondered as she walked over to her usual desk. ”Good day Professor Marchand,” Melbourne smiled up at her head of house…really, she didn’t get why so many of her housemates were utterly rude when Professor Newton had left – maybe he wanted a break from well…crazy things always happening? Or…or maybe Madame Curie was sick…that, that was a heart breaking thought.

”are you ready for Halloween Professor?” she asked a giant smile in place. Setting her things at her desk Melbourne made her way back to the snack drink table and got herself a mug of hot cider. ”Would you like one sir? I find it rude not to offer one as you were so kind as to leave us these festive drinks.” Mel asked a GIANT smile on her face.

Costume? Derf had that completely covered with his go-to costume since he was about three.

Bounding into the classroom, the second year politely ignored refreshments provided - no offense, professor - and quickly found his way over to his usual seat. The professor's appearance was really only fueling to the theory formulating in the Hufflepuff's head as his bright blue eyes focused on the man while reaching into his pocket for the usual offering in form of chocolate frog.

"It helps-s-s," he nodded in lieu of a proper greeting, extending the package towards the man. Just let him keep the card if it was a good one, yeah?

He ACTUALLY did want to speak with the man at some point, charmswork aside, he felt he could provide super good insight into his new title. The Hufflepuff's mum, after all, had been Gryffindor Head of House at one point and he had heard loads of stories from her. But for now...he would settle on the man taking his chocolate frog.

And he had some charts to examine later. Mmmhmmm.

The little detail on the lesson notice hadn’t been missed by Stasya. Costumes were always fun, even if honestly she usually struggled to come up with something since she had tried to involve her squirrel in them the last couple of years. She’d gone sort of easy this time, although she was disappointed that she couldn’t have Dobby with her. A squirrel could go with a fairy after all, but she’d left him out in the barn after she’d visited him and all the other creatures. If anyone asked, she was a fairy dedicated to creatures.

“Good morning Professor Marchand,” she said brightly, nearly skipping into the classroom practically right behind Derf. Of course, she wasn’t surprised at all by his costume, although the professor’s was making her awfully curious. It was the hook, probably. She knew it wasn’t real, but it looked real.

She had glanced at the table holding the cider, but bypassed it for now as she’d stopped next to Derf. “G’morning Mr. Scamander,” she said, somewhat quieter than her greeting had been to the professor but not quite at a whisper. Plus, she gave Mel a wave too. Fairy!Stasya was excited.

Shay arrived for Charms class a little apprehensive. Halloween was almost upon them and that was arguably her favorite holiday ever. The apprehension was due to the fact that she was costumed. Well not that really. She was more concerned about whether her classmates would be so attired as well. Shay's costume was no surprise, well not to anyone who knew her anyway. She was dressed as a ballerina, all pinked out with lots of tulle and her hair beaten into submission and properly bunned.

Walking into the classroom, Shay spotted a few costumes already present. Cool. "Hello Professor Marchand", she said as she made her way to her seat. "Nice costume.". Was it her imagination or was the professor's looking a little........not himself today? Shay sat down and got her supplies out of her bag. Then she sat back to watch the Halloween costume parade.

Kimi entered the classroom in his costume and said "Good day Professor Marchard love the costume" Kimi was dressed up as a knight and it was difficult to sit down properly at the desk with his armour on but still he was fine with it

Aaaand CHARMS class! Yaaas!

He managed to steal a glance at the Professor in between classes so he figured what the man was coming in as. So he figured, why not follow the nautical theme eh? Tenacius now saunters into the classroom, adjusting the cap above his head. Hmm seems like this thing couldnt accommodate all his glorious curls innit? Oh wells...

"Cap'n Marchand, First mate Salander reporting for duty Sir!" the leonine lad salutes comically at the Pirate before him. The man looked a little off, and of course the Gryffindor Ace tries his best to add a bit of levity, whatever it was that was bothering the man, it couldnt hurt to try to make him smile.

And yes some hot cider please. He made his way to the drinks table just as Mel was there "Eya Mel!" he chirped at his bestie as he helped himself to a mug.

Weren't they a little too old to be in...Halloween costumes? He felt like he was. Okay fine, whatever. He decided to join them in case the professors pointed him out again for not being a sport. He put on a cowboy hat and wear boots to match his everyday look. American cowboy.....yeepeh yah yeeepiiee yey. "Howdie do, professor." He tipped his hat in greeting.

Daisy entered the classroom with a spring in her step. What a fun lesson to be attending. She decided to wear a flapper costume since she liked the period of the jazz age. "Hello, Professor. I think your costume is fantastic," she greeted with a smile on her face. Daisy headed to the drinks table and fetched herself a nice mug of hot apple cider.

Any excuse to play dress up was one Junia Botros was going to take and she spent the time before the lesson preparing a costume that was her. She was a lady, and she was a Junebug, so naturally she'd be a lady bug for this lesson. A very mature, very stylish, teenage lady bug.

"Hello Professor," The fourth year smiled and performed her usual curtsy before moving to take her seat. Once settled, she looked around to appreciate the costumes of those around her. Derf's was adorable, did he know? He received a half wave from the brunette. Hello. Would Rula and Abey dress up, too? With that in mind, she returned her gaze to the doorway and waited and watched.

Heading into the Charms classroom, Noelle was a little apprehensive. She was dressed up to the nines in her pirate costume. That included elaborate make-up. She liked it. She felt strong and different, how you usually feel when you dress up as someone different. The only thing was, were other people dressed up??

Noelle peeked into the classroom and took a look around before deciding it was safe to come in seeing as others were dressed up too. She grinned at Shay's ballerina costume before her eyes rested on Professor Marchand and Ace. WHAT???

THEY WERE PIRATES TOO???
This looked totally planned but Noelle had no idea what anyone else was dressing up as. The HoH and both prefects as pirates. Lovely.

She shook her head in amusement. "Ar, Cap'n Marchand, seems we think alike!" And don't worry Professor, that sword she has is plastic.

Noelle took a seat beside Shay and wiggled her fingers at Mel who was sitting beside Ace. She glanced around the costume. "Great costume Daisy!" She said smiling at the clever idea of a flapper girl. Noelle waved over to James who was cowboy James today. Junia was adorable in her ladybug costume, she got a smile as well. Stasya and Derf's costumes were adorable too. Newt and a... fairy? Woodland creatures fairy? Anyways, they were cute.

Costumes were fun.

Best part about this lesson? Other than that it was CHARMS CLASS which was one of Abey's best subjects, and the fact it was taught by his Head of House? It was that they could dress up for Hallowe'en even though it wasn't actually TECHNICALLY Hallowe'en yet!

Abey's costume wasn't exactly one that was very easy to guess just by looking at him. It was sort of abstract (his favourite type of painting, by the way) and confusing and probably didn't look much like a costume at all, if it weren't for his hair and his arms. He wore one of his favourite t-shirts which was probably the one most likely to give away what he was, and trousers that were all kinds of different colours, mostly pastels, pinks and purples and blues and yellows and oranges and greens and whites, and on his feet were white sneakers that had little fake wings on them. He had painted his own arms to match the theme, and then had found an older Gryffindor to teach him to charm his hair dark blue, before dumping a ton of glitter on his head. It was, he had decided, his favourite costume he had ever had, mostly because he'd thought it up all on his own and made it happen almost all on his own too actually.

"Hi, hello, hey," Abey said to those he knew as he entered the classroom, including the professor. Abey DID notice he looked different, but knew better than to mention it. Instead, he focused on trying to decide who to sit with; Derf or Junia? Both, actually, he wanted both, but today he was drawn to Junia, though Derf got a big two-handed wave, and also Abey blew a kiss at him too, because villain.

Looking to Junia, Abey gave her a big grin. "Junebug!" Literally. "Guess what I am."

Skylar spent WAY too long getting ready for Charms class that morning. It was of course, Professor Marchand's fault, because he said costumes were optional. Which naturally, to Skylar, meant mandatory. That and her dormmates were getting dressed up, so how could she NOT dress up? It was just only that she wanted to wear something practical, yet fun, which made things challenging. Finally settling on a pretty blue dress, some flats and a sparkly mask, Skylar made her way up from the dungeons. Nothing like a classic Cinderella costume, spruced up.

Entering the classroom, she found Professor Marchand there, along with many of her peers, and blinked at him. Yes, she knew when she saw him at the pathways that he wasn't feeling too shabby, but now he just looked even worse. The fourth year knew better than to address that in front of others, figuring it would probably make him way self-conscious, but she did tuck that away in the back of her mind to either stay late, or visit with him later.

"Hello, Professor Marchand," she greeted, as she took a seat near the front. Because she actually liked Charms class.

Halloween was Olly's favorite day of the year. He liked dressing up. He especially liked helping other people dress up. On Halloween, people liked face paint, and Olly loved painting faces. He had painted his own for this occasion. It looked like a red octopus arm with the little suction cup things was moving over his face. He had dressed in all red and attached six face arms to his body. Overall he was pretty satisfied with the outcome.

Snacks! Olly made a beeline right for that table, taking care not to knock anything over with his extra arms. Except then he saw it was only apple cider and there wasn't anything to snack on. He was a bit disappointed but apple cider was better than nothing. He poured himself some of that and sipped it as he went to find a seat. Olly of course chose on next to Noelle, nudging her with one of his fake octopus arms as he did so.

Costume? This was her OWL year. Thinking up and putting together a Halloween costume was so at the bottom of Lucy's list. Let alone, having the time to do all that. She barely had time to sleep.

So, the fifth year arrived in her regular uniform, and took a seat in her regular seat. She took out her parchment and quill for note-taking. In the meantime, she massaged at her note-taking hand, which was working way overtime lately.

"Derf! Derf! Derf!" Jessa had spotted her bestfriend heading into the Charms classroom as she'd turned onto the corridor and wasted no time bursting into a run. It was a little difficult to do with her lab coat flapping behind her causing some amount of drag but in short order the Ravenclaw had skidded to a stop inside the Charms classroom. "Derf! I've gotten you a brilliant present!"

She took a moment to readjust her goggles and readjust her gloves (could you tell she was a SCIENTIST today???) before hurrying right by everyone and over to her seat by Derfael Mitchell Ashburry-Hawthorne.

It wasn't to say that she was ignoring everyone else in the room, hardly, but rather that she was very pleased with herself in the moment and knew her friend would be very pleased with what she had to offer as well, leaving her oblivious to everything else. Jessa threw herself into her seat, briefly waving at Stasya who was stood by the boy before digging deep into her pocket and bringing out a certain picture of a certain Ilvermorny Champion.

Oh! "Nice costume Professor!" She said by way of greeting for the man before her full attention turned to him again. "Eno took this, said I could have it and now I'm giving it to you. You're absolutely welcome and I look forward to whatever results this may bring about." Yes, best bestfriend sitting right here. He was soooo lucky she remembered.

And what was that in the back? A treat for them? She'd get that in a minute. Right now she was focused on whatever reaction her friend would offer. WELL?

Ooh. Charms! yay! And they got to dress up! That was great! Harriet loved to dress up. She'd kind of had a little talk to Sky, to see what she was dressing up. She didn't want to dress up as the same thing as her. So she was ready to go now, because she was really excited for the lesson. She couldn't wait to see if all of the costumes that her fellow class mates were going to dress up as.

Hattie had dressed up as belle, or a version of Belle anyway, and she was super excited. She beamed as she stepped into the classroom. "Hi Professor" She beamed, before she took a seat next to her bestie. "hi Sky!" She beamed at her. "We're both disney princesses" and they looked totally cool.

Glancing up from her charms notes, Skylar beamed when Hattie chose the seat next to her. "For awhile I didn't know what to wear, but I'm glad I wore this. Also, technically Belle and Cinderella were never princesses, but commoners who married into royalty." Which was kind of cool that picked those two out of any of the Disney female leads to dress up as.

So they're allowed to wear Halloween costume for this lesson. Well, interesting.

Honestly Ava didn't really have an idea for costume this year. But one thing that she knew, she wanted to do some couple-matching costume with Phillip. The Gryffindor then tried to make something up with the outfit that she owned. Striped tops, boots, black skinny jeans, leather jacket... Aha! She decided to be a burglar then.

"Helloooo professor!" She greeted the man as she entered the classroom. Hold on, did Professor Marchand and Noelle coincidentally dress up as pirates? Sitting at the middle row, Ava took a look at the others' costumes. Perhaps their lesson today was related with Halloween or costumes in general?

The whole costume thing was absurd and if she had the energy she would remind Marchand just how ridiculous he was being. Althea opted to keep her uniform - because who had time to get a costume??? during fifth year?? - but spruced it up by donning a cat ears styled headband. Festive! To make it even more cute, she'd added some fake flowers and called it a day.

Helga, give her strength!

The fifth year made her way into the classroom and blinked at the array of costumes before her. Wow. Amazing. She was truly shocked. Glancing at the apple cider - no snacks?? this was already going to be so enjoyable - she made her way past the table, looked Professor Marchand square in his eyes, took note of his appearance, wanted to ask him why he didn't just cancel class if he was only half-alive (but thought better of it,) and greeted him as politely as she could. With a small smile, she said, "Hello Professor, you look...well." She had cat ears, therefore she was catty. And with that, she swiveled on her heels and chose a seat far off to the side and sat down. She wondered briefly if she would make it through the class or not.

At first, Mason had not wanted to change his school uniform but in the end he had no choice as his mother had send his hanbok just for halloween. Of course she did not KNOW what the definition of Halloween was....

Grumbling under his breath,knowing that news traveled and that his mother would find out somehow he had been wearing the costume or not, because mothers had a kind of sixth sense about that. He entered the classroom feeling rather ridiculous. Out of all the colors she could have send him it didn't even match the halloween vibe. It was embarrassing really.

"Hello Professor" he greeted, his dark expression not matching the brightful colors he was wearing 'Seriously mom , why couldn't you send something dark and epic?' "Nice costume, sir" he said after a quick look and then turned to find a seat.

Mel grinned over to her bestie as she took her mug in hand and simply held it against her cold palm. Ugh, this was so nice except now her hands felt even more cold and almost painful against the warmth of her mug – it was just when she was about to set her mug down when she spotted Tenacius and his sailor costume. ”Nice…so are ya gonna tell people to swab the deck?” she asked a little grin on her face after exchanging a wave with him.

If he – or anyone got her costume she would be happy. More than happy really, she’d probably hug them right then and there because HELLO who didn’t like the vintage Marvels movies? Ooooooooooh Noelle was there! ”Heeeeeeey you loooook amazing Noelle!” Mel grinned at her and smiled softly at her friend before looking around at her classmates costumes…wow. She loved the looks.

Looking at Ava’s costume Mel just grinned. ”I hope you pull off a good caper in that Ava” Mel grinned…maybe she had already – she did abscond with Phillip Romalotti’s heart now didn’t she? Althea looked SO cute. ”Theaaaaaaaaa you look amazing I need to find out where you got the ears from” Mel felt her smile flicker into more of a look of awe as she looked between Derf and Stasya’s costumes. So cute.

Fairies…and Scamanders…she did have to wonder if Derf would go IN character and try and collect all the creature based costumed wearing people for his trunk…c’mon, it was only fitting. Turning back to Ace she asked ”So can you tell who I am…other than being Mel that is?” she asked as she inclined her eyebrow at her friend.

Charms class really WAS one of Kane's favorites - and when he heard they got the pass to wear Halloween costumes today he was TOTALLY done. Halloween was fun no matter what age you were! He knew some of his fellow classmates didn't feel that way but whatever. Kane wasn't going to let that bring him down!

Roman Soldier Kane was in the houseeee! Before grabbing a seat, he got himself a cup of cider and then plopped down next to Derf, grinning at him. "Hey Newt," he chuckled. He wasn't surprised in the least that his fellow Puff had that as his costume.

Hmm. He wondered if this lesson would be Halloween themed as well. For a second he wondered if maybe they'd learn how to make their faces in to scary masks, but that would be more transfiguration, wouldn't it?

Olivia walked through the door and noticed everyone dressed up in costumes. There was pirates, romans, sailors, a burglar, and Newt Scamander. It had taken her nearly half an hour to come up with a costume before resorting to being Selina Kyle, Catwoman, from the Batman series. Instead of going in the traditional get up which was not her style and also not appropriate, she resorted for a more subtle look. She wore a simple black dress with a mask. She walked into the room and approached their Professor. "Captain Marchand, echanté." With a courtesy, she headed towards a familiar faces. Her eyes landed upon first mate Salander and Noelle also in nautical theme. "I love the costumes, pirates!" she said with a grin. Everyone looked so awesome! And then there was Derf! She approached him. "Mr Scammander, it's an honour. I'm a huge fan."

Oh, a Charms lesson were Halloween costumes were allowed? Well, it was clearly time to go full GREEN FACE. Wickedly green face...and hands...

Sashaying into the classroom atop a pair O-Star Oxford booties, Elphaba Thropp greeted her public with a red-lipped smile. Yes, yes... the Wicked Witch of the West was here, alive and well for all the world to see. Also, apologies for the clicking! of her heels, Professor, but they were crucial to this costume. See, Olivia was bringing a sense of fashion to the Elphaba character. Further demonstrated with the couturesque hat, frock, and artfully styled ebony wig. Her theatre spirit was strong for this lesson.

Also, Olphaba was properly excited about performing magic whilst in full costume. WOULD SOMEONE BE HER FIYERO? .....HER GLINDA?! Imagine the epic showdown duel they could enact! Perhaps she'd save that for another time, however...when Hogwarts' student life wasn't trying to end her life. Considering that OWL prep was eating her every available nerve...

Sigh, no stressing about the inevitable OWL examinations for now, though... For the time of the Wicked Witch had arrived! Hopefully Professor Marchand would appreciate her effort (ahem, not like she didn't always make an effort when costuming was involved, but some recognition would be wonderful under the circumstances). AHEM.... Bless, her classmates had went all out, as well. Was that a smaller version of Newt Scamander (Derf), Olphaba spied? Oh, and little Stasya was in full fairy!mode! Adorable. Also, Skylar and Hattie had taken up the Disney mantle for her this year with their own versions of Belle and Cinderella (because Olivia would've recognized those characters anywhere, let's be honest)... Aww, and Junia in her lady bug outfit. Junebug, indeed!....

OH, there were snacks! And she was a Gryffindor...and Gryffindors really loved snacks... HOWEVER, it took A LOT of effort and time to get into full green face, and Olphaba found her desire to smudge her lipstick VERY LOW...

"Everyone, good morning." The Wicked Witch probably wouldn't wish anyone a good morning, but Olphaba would, so. Here's to carving out one's own niche! "You all look so cute!" All of them. Halloween was the best time of the year. BETTER than Christmas, hands down.