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Rain or shine, the Great Hall continues to be the hub of the school. Four long tables, one for each House as defined by the banners floating above them, are stationed in the enormous room facing the raised table reserved for the school staff. Already placed on the tables are silver plates with accompanying cutlery and goblets. Mountains of food and pitchers containing your favourite beverages are at your fingertips.
Whether you arrived for breakfast, lunch, or dinner on time or late, feel free to dig in as the headmistress has no speech to give. Keep yourself preoccupied by catching up with your fellow housemates or those who are visiting from the other tables while sink your teeth into the hearty and delicious meal prepared by the house-elves. Just remember to display proper eating etiquette and don't get any funny ideas. Food is to be eaten, not thrown across the dining room. Wasting food will come at a price that you will not like to pay.
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If a book was good, Rylee read it. If a movie was good, Rylee watched it. That's how things worked with her. What others thought didn't matter much. Just so she liked it. Her opinion is what mattered most. If it made sense and kept her attention then it stood a chance. That was key. Keeping her attention. If something could do that for more than a couple of seconds at a time things were looking good for whatever it was.
"If you're enjoying the book that's all that matters." Rylee noticed the way Ewan suddenly looked away from her now when before he had been joking with and laughing. Had she said something wrong? What had happened? Blowing out a slow breath she fidgeted ever so slightly where she sat twirling a small lock of her ginger hair around her finger.
Ry glanced at Reese once again wondering why he was suddenly being so quiet. Was he really that upset with her for not waking him up? Or was this because she was sitting with Ewan? Sigh. Huh? Favorite book or movie? Uhhh... she had LOTS. Really. LOTS. "That's sort of tough to say. I enjoy a lot of books and movies. I really like reading about creatures though." Or more recently anything that focused on any type of magic. Unlocking the power within. Learning to focus. Her focus was seriously lacking sometimes. Potions. Quidditch. Herbology. Dancing. Things of that nature.
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"Was that a challenge or what?" he said grinning mischievously as he piled up his own plate. He was a growing boy with a growing appetite. "I've heard so much about the food here from my uncle. I was sceptical at first, but after having too much cranberry-filled everything back in Ilvermorny, I was ready to sink my teeth into anything that was Hogwarts made." Of course, he was oblivious to poison-laden food...or that some of his classmates thought that their professors were hags. No seriously, where's the fun in being dry and ordinary and boring, yeah? "Any favorite food then?" he asked, stuffing his face with mashed potato.
YUM.
And hold up, Kye never had soda before? Like...NEVER? "This is madness, no soda since you were old enough to drink from a sippy cup?!" he asked dropping his mashed potato from his fork to his plate. "Are you willing to try though? When we go to the kitchens that is." He really should watch his sugar intake, but one can't just take that bad eating habit from this Americano.
When asked about Quidditch, he looked at his shirt and beamed proudly at Kye. "Just a bit, but I was more into Quodpot. This is my old jersey," he said lifting the print just a bit for Kye to see the Thunderbird emblem. "I wore it during our tryouts a few days ago...sort of a good luck charm." he continued as he sliced a huge chunk of steak on his plate, and into his mouth.
A challenge?? Hmmm she definitely hadn't meant it that way, but if he was about to challenge her, she would NOT be backing down! Kye imagined being in one of the tower Houses, in which case she would be burning so many calories that she would basically HAVE to eat this much. She paused at Charlie's question, but only because her mouth was still full. "Biscuits and gravy!" she said, eyes widening. Mmmmm... maybe she just had a thing for gravy actually. Yea that would make sense. Mmm and chocolate chip waffles, but she would leave her answer as it was.
At Charlie's apparent shock at her never having had soda, she shrugged and gave a small laugh. "My parents never bought it, and so I never really had any craving or whatever. I've heard the stuff in it burns your throat though, is that true??" She began imagining it literally scorching the back of her mouth or something. Was it like Firewhisky maybe?
Ooh so he was trying out for Quidditch too?? "Well hey, hopefully we'll see each other out there huh?!" She was actually feeling VERY anxious waiting to find out if she was back on the team or not, because let's face it, she would basically have to withdraw from Hogwarts out of shame. "What position did you go for?" she asked, before taking a healthy bite of the chicken leg. That would be cool if they were both Chasers or something, and they could get a little friendly competition going! She also made a mental note about Quodbot, which she honestly knew close to nothing about.
Ewan really was interested in what Rylee had to say, but, once he zoned out. He would often stare into space for a while. Snapping out of it now, he focused again on Rylee. Focusing on her now, he couldn’t help but notice her fidgeting, her finger twisting a small lock of hair around it.
“Why do you do that?”, he blurted out before he could stop himself.
“Oops, Sorry. I didn’t mean to sound so rude. I just... noticed you do it a lot when somethings on your mind. What’s up?”.
Despite his ability to zone out, he could be observational. You know, when he wanted to.
Stepping away from the bench now, he stretched. Wood could be very unforgiving on the body sometimes. A small grin appearing on his face now, he held his hand out, “Hey, could you do me a favour? I’ve never actually been to the barn yet. You like magical creatures, yes?”.
His mind recalled her previous statement about books that looked at creatures, “Mind giving me a tour? I mean, think of all the trouble a firstie could get up to in there. I mean, as a second year, it’s almost your duty to give me a tour. You know, to save me from myself”.
His grin finally spreading as wide as possible, he have a little chuckle.
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"Huh? Why do I do what?" She asked blinking at him surprise. It hadn't occurred to her just then that he was talking about her twirling her hair around her finger. Not until she realized that's what she was doing anyhow. Most of the time it was habit. Like how she swung her feet back and forth naturally because she couldn't always reach the floor when she sat on a chair. Lets her gaze drop slightly to where her hair is all twisted up around her finger, lifts her shoulder in a partial shrug. "Habit. Sometimes because I'm bored, sometimes it helps me focus on what I'm doing, sometimes it helps me relax." Many reasons really.
Rylee watched Ewan get up and stretch, a common thing nearly everyone did when the got up in the great hall. When he held his hand out she smiled slightly taking it and getting up herself, more carefully though seeing as to how she had a rat on her shoulder. A favor? She looked at him curiously glancing at her brother quickly before looking back at Ewan. "Yeah. It's no secret that I like them... not just magical creatures but all creatures." Where was he going with this?
Ah. There it was. She had no problem at all with this. None. Creatures were her thing. She loved them. Only Reese would. The way Ewan said it was up to her though to show him around made her laugh however. "Technically it's not seeing as to how I'm neither Head Girl nor a Prefect but I can give you a tour... just not right this very minute, sorry. If you don't mind waiting a little bit until after Reese and I feed the Hippogriff's I can?" That was fair, right? She thought so.
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“Bored? Uh sorry” , his voice growing increasingly quiet.
Blushing now slightly, he looked down. He didn’t realise he was that bad company. The again, he must be if she didn’t even want to go to the barn with him.
“Mhm...yeah. I understand”.
Dropping her hand now, he rocked up and down on his toes.
“Don’t worry, its okay. I’m sure you can just show me another time”.
Not wanting to embarrass himself anymore in front of them, he turned ever so slightly, ready to make his escape to anywhere but here.
Looking up now, staring an inch or so to the left of her fiery red hair, he couldn’t help but mumble, “So uh, I’ll just see you around I guess?”.
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Hmm?
What was he sorry for? She didn't understand. At all. Seriously. Not even a little bit. She wasn't bored. Not right now. She had only been answering his question. Obviously he had missed the part where she had said sometimes. Nowhere in there had she said that right this very moment in time was she bored.
Sometimes things made her incredibly confused. She hadn't meant to hurt his feelings. Honest. That wasn't how she rolled. If what she said came out wrong... more harsh or like she was trying to brush him off that wasn't what she was doing. The whole not a Prefect thing had been a joke...but it was true that her and Reese were going to the barn. They had said that earlier.
Why wasn't she saying anything? Speak already. Speak. She scolded herself mentally. "No, I'm pretty sure you don't but you're welcome to ask me things to make sure we're on the same page." Whatever just happened here was making her head hurt.
"You want to see the creatures and I'm going there now so come with me. I'll tell you whatever I know." Unless now he just didn't even want to be near her cause she hurt his feelings. In which case she would understand. Apparently she was really good at upsetting people today without even meaning to. Way to go, Rylee.
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What was he sorry for? She didn't understand. At all. Seriously. Not even a little bit. She wasn't bored. Not right now. She had only been answering his question. Obviously he had missed the part where she had said sometimes. Nowhere in there had she said that right this very moment in time was she bored.
Sometimes things made her incredibly confused. She hadn't meant to hurt his feelings. Honest. That wasn't how she rolled. If what she said came out wrong... more harsh or like she was trying to brush him off that wasn't what she was doing. The whole not a Prefect thing had been a joke...but it was true that her and Reese were going to the barn. They had said that earlier.
Why wasn't she saying anything? Speak already. Speak. She scolded herself mentally. "No, I'm pretty sure you don't but you're welcome to ask me things to make sure we're on the same page." Whatever just happened here was making her head hurt.
"You want to see the creatures and I'm going there now so come with me. I'll tell you whatever I know." Unless now he just didn't even want to be near her cause she hurt his feelings. In which case she would understand. Apparently she was really good at upsetting people today without even meaning to. Way to go, Rylee.
Looking up now, had he put his foot in his mouth again? "Oops, Sorry! I thought that may....or may not have been a hint that I was boring you". Looking up now, his cheeks on fire, jumping to conclusions was something that he needed to work on.
Turning to face her now, he smiled, a hint of mischief in his eyes. Changing his face to an overly dramatically sad expression, he looked at her, "Really? I can come now?". For all of 10 seconds, he looked at her, sad puppy dog eyes and all...
Then...
Without a word, he dropped back to the bench, his laughter filling the hall echoing off the walls. He really didn't mean to but, he sometimes, he just couldn't help it. Still chortling, he looked up at her from the bench....
*BANG*
Face full of shock now, he looked up at her again. This time, from the floor. He'd only gone and fallen off of the bench. This time... he'd really done it now. She was about to see something not a lot of people had seen. EVER!
The shock and surprise quickly turned to... Laughter. Fully fledged and honest. She must have thought he was strange... for laughing at his own folly but... he didn't mind. It was more the surprise than anything.
"I'd love to but i'm sure you and your brother will be too busy to have me asking 20 questions. Maybe when your a little more free? And uh...I'm not sitting on my backside?". It was strange, being on the cold, hard floor, although, he had to give it to the house elves...he could not see a speck of dust. Not even under the table.
October 18th. In an odd way, today was almost like a second birthday to Quinn. Yet this birthday was bit backwards, as instead of the cake and gifts being for her, they were for Beth. Well, the cake was. And if there were gifts at the moment, they'd be for Beth too. Alas, Quinnlin did not have a gift for Beth, just yet.
But she did have cake, which she had made herself with a lot of help from the house elves in the kitchen, especially Tinka.
Quinn spotted her best friend and literal blood sister over at the snake table. She carefully and delicately carried the round cake over and set in front of Beth from behind then sat down next to her. Green frosting adorned the cake, with silver lettering that gleamed and sparkled, yet were still quite edible. They read: Thank you! A single candle was lit, marking the anniversary. It was a trick candle, that would never go out, no matter how much you blew, or any other method you tried in extinguishing it. It was charmed only to go out when removed from the cake. She'd had help with that. Quinn felt it was fitting for the occasion.
"One year today." That was all she said. Beth knew what today's anniversary was about, and no one else needed to know.
Beth didn’t need a reminder to know what today was. The date on her calendar was sign enough. Too bad we’re not housemates she thought as she sat there in the Great Hall on to what everyone else thought was just another day. To her, to Quinn it was a momentous occasion.
When she heard it – Quinn’s voice she couldn’t help but grin. ”Look at you, one year already” the blonde beamed at her friend ”I…have something for you” she smiled as she took a box out of her bag the small package was of course from Imogen. ”it just arrived mum had it sent for you” Beth smiled not knowing of course what it was herself.
”I love you, y’know that right?”
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Rylee stood there for a second and looked at him. "No. Honestly, if I was truly bored you would know. Everyone would know." She grinned cheekily. A bored Rylee could be fun. It typically meant something random was about to happen. Sitting around doing nothing really wasn't her thing, nor was silence unless she was totally engrossed in whatever it was she was doing at the moment.
Oh geez. She knew that look. There was just a hint of it. Not much. It was there though. Reese had that some look at times. So did she. "Yes?" She had just said that he could. Why make her repeat herself. What was with the puppy eyes. Yeah, no. Those don't work on her. Anyone could tell him that. And then...
He was laughing. Not just laughing... really truly laughing so hard he was on the floor. It all happened so fast that Rylee had no time to even ask if he was okay or even realize what just happened before she was laughing herself. Her own laughter matched his expect for the fact that she remained on HER feet which was very much good for her and Neptune, though her cheeks were bright red.
Waving her hand at him she gasped out, "You can... a-ask question wh-while we're there.." This was said through bursts of laughter as she stepped backwards and sunk down to sit on the bench, thankfully not missing it!
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No fun, no fun! Algamus always want Toddles doing work and no fun.
The house elf appeared in the Great Hall with a [size=4"]*Pop*[/size] mumbling about how much he did NOT want to clean the kitchen. Kitchen always a mess, castle always a mess. Toddles just wanted to have fun and he couldn't if he was busy cleaning instead of being around the studentsies.
He looked around the Hall spotting several younger students already there. Miss Beth and Miss Quinn over there and Miss Rylee too.
Just like that, his dusting feather was dropped and elf did a little jump of delight. "Toddles make fun things for studentsies!! Watch watch!" The little elf lifted his hand and with a snap of his fingers, confetti began falling from the enchanted roof. "Party! Party! Great Hall Party!" Muuuuuccchhhhh better than cleaning.
Gasping for air now, still laughing rather loud, he gripped the wooden bench tightly and pulled himself into a sitting position. Still sitting on the floor, he beamed at Rylee. It was funny how he often found sitting on the floor more comforting than on a chair or bench sometimes. Not wanting to look strange, he eventually got up and sat back on the bench next to her, his cheeks still bright red. Not from embarrassment, but from the sheer amount of laughing he’d just done.
“SoooooooOOoOoOo...”, He sang happily, reaching for a drink now to fight off his parched throat, “When do you fancy going to the grounds?”. Looking around now, he was beginning to become more aware that the hall was starting to fill up and, well, his strangeness would stand out quiet a lot. Not that he minded too much but people would also stare at Rylee too.
Looking up, he just caught the last of the stars disappearing, blue skies now filling the hall despite the time of year. Strange. He almost missed the stars. Being out in the night with the stars looking down on him was most definitely his favourite time of day. His head now looking up, he briefly lost track of time.
Giving his head a little shake, he looked back at Rylee. Oops. Smiling now, he looked at her, ready to hear her plan.
Quinn frowned slightly at the package. "No, today you're the one that's supposed to be receiving a gift." Only when Beth pointed out it was from Imogen did Quinn accept the package and open it. It was a bit of a care package: Some cookies and brownies. A few chocolate frogs. Sugar Quills. And an old paperback book that it looked like Imogen got out of a used bookstore. Still it looked like her sort of book and she hadn't seen this one before.
Smiling Quinn slipped the package into her bag and made a note to mirror Imogen later to thank her. "Right, but I still need to get you something amazing when we go into Hogsmeade next." Because Beth already gave Quinn the best gift she ever could last year, and today and every anniversary in the future, it was Quinn's turn to give Beth something. No arguing.
There was a slight hesitation at first, then Quinn nodded. "I do. And you know I do too, right?" Because Quinn truly did love Beth, even if she wasn't able to say those words directly.
*POP*
Quinn turned to see Toddles stand there, and gave the elf a warm smile. There wasn't any luggage around, so she was pretty sure she was safe from a repeat of the opening feast. "Hi, Toddles." What was the elf up to? She watched with interest, until the confetti started to rain down on them. Quinn laughed, light and warm. A rare sight for anyone to see. "Toddles, you have the most serendipitous timing. Today is the absolute perfect day for a Great Hall party!" Quinn scooped up a handful of confetti and threw it back into the air.
Oh yes. It was a great day for an impromptu party.
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Every single time she thought she was finished laughing, Rylee would look at Ewan and start laughing all over again. It was a never ending cycle. One that was making her stomach hurt and her side as well which wasn't going to do her any good. How was she meant to talk if all she could do was laugh. Lowering her head, long ginger locks falling around her face to shield everything from view she tried taking a few deep breaths while Ewan drank his juice. They both needed a moment to recover.
"When? Well, now of course. Did you think I was going to wait?" she grinned at him getting to her feet. "Come on let's go." Surely if they left now now one else would really be there and he could ask her all the questions he wanted about the creatures in the barns.
Rylee didn't get very far though. A rather loud *POP* stopping her in her tracks. A smile formed on her face seeing the young elfsie. "Hello, Toddles!" Hmm? A party? Whatever for? An unplanned party... just because? Well those were the best kind really! Laughing happily as she watched the confetti falling from the ceiling, no doubt getting in her ginger hair she knelt down to pick up a bit of the brightly colored shiny stuff. She was going to save this for another time. "Thanks, Toddles! I can definitely use some of this for my Halloween costume this year!"
On her way out she did take notice to Beth and Quinn giving them a small smile. "Come on, Ewan!"
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Sometimes, he knew he was being silly and sometimes, he knew he shouldn’t laugh but you tell him that you’re not supposed to laugh...you were setting him up for a fail. Still grinning, ear to ear, he got up, pulling his rucksack from under the table and opening it. Whistling now, he grabbed some food for the day, not knowing how long they’d be down at the barn for... and well, he was always hungry. Surprising considering there wasn’t a lot of fat on the tall first year boy. Turning to face Rylee now, he was surprised to see her ready to leave.
“Heeeey, waiiit UPPP Girl on fire!!!!”. Grabbing whatever his hands could reach, he shoved it in his bag and pulled it onto his back. Giving a smile and wave at Toodles, he turned to leave with his red-haired friend. “Did I think you were going to wait for me? Well Duh, I mean, who else is going to fall over for your amusement?”, grinning now, he winked at her as he followed her towards the doors.
Whilst leaving, he couldn’t help but notice Beth and Quinn. Giving a small nod towards Beth, he turned, his smile not quiet as big as it had been. That was until he noticed Rylee picking up some of the shinning confetti up. Rolling his eyes, his smile returned back to his previous wide monkey smile. “What, you never seen a party popper?”.
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Had she any clue he was going to do what he was doing, she would've waited. She hadn't known though. Typically she carried her bag with her that she had tons of stuff in... like snacks, can anyone say, Sugar Quills? Those were her favorite if anyone hadn't figured that out by now.
Hold up. No way. He did not just say that. Rylee froze right there on the spot and spun around on her heel with the biggest grin on her face and tossed both arms up in the air singing, "Looks like a girl, but she's a flame. So bright, she can burn your eyes.." Pleasssse please say he knew this song! She flashed him a quick smile before laughing. "Hmm... I don't know. I could always fall over for my own amusement? I do so rather often." Teasing.
"Hmm? I just like confetti. Shiny colors... bright things. It catches my eye." She shrugged heading out of the Great Hall so they could make their way to the barn.
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Looking her in the eyes now, he held up an imaginary microphone, “Better look the other way, you can try but you’ll never forget her name!”. Shaking his head to the imaginary beat in his head, he closed his eyes, picturing the rest of the song. He loved singing. It was something he could actually do. On his own usually. I mean, he’d prefer to be the guy playing the instrument in the background, but he didn’t mind sometimes. Like now for example.
Stopping now, he opened his eyes. Raising one of his eyes, “You fall a lot? Some pair we are then”, his mind wandering back to his previous fall. Running to catch up to her now, they headed to the barn.
Pips entered into the Great Hall searching for work to do. Always cleaning in the... Pips stopped seeing Toddles shooting confetti into the air. Oh nos, Pips knew Toddles should not be making a party for the students.
Grasping his ears he hid behind the bench of the table hoping that Toddles would soon end the party. Peeking out around the table Pips smiled seeing the s tudentsies getting excited about the confetti. ”Pips should clean Toddles messies up.” Pips mumbled under his breath with a hiccup.
She caught sight of Rylee and Ewan getting up and Rylee's small smile at them. Ordinarily the girl bugged her, but today...Quinn returned Rylee's smile with a bright one of her own. Then there was Ewan. Quinn's smile faded as she watched him with a cold, almost murderous depth in her eyes, as if running through all the things she'd like to do to him, none of which would remotely be pleasant.
And suddenly he was screeching at the top of his god awful lungs. Her hand rushed to her pocket, seizing her wand and whipping it just as he disappeared out of the entrance.
Slipping her wand back into her pocket, Quinn noticeably brightened and turned back to Beth and Toddles.
*POP*
Another elf! Quinn grinned and turned to greet whoever it was, but there was no one.
She scanned the hall a few times before finally spotting Pips hiding behind a table and bench, peeking out. "Pips!! Come join the party!"
*POP* Beezley was at the opposite end and running towards the naughty Toddles making messes... He was always making messies!
" Shoo!.. Shoo!.. Go, go!.. Get!. Naughty ickle Toddles.. ", poor Beezley scolded.. So much work to do as it is.. And here's Toddles making such grand and fun messies!
Oh and here was another Elf. Beezley if she remembered correctly. Quinn let out a small sigh as Beezley scolded Toddles. "No, come on. Beezley, Pips. It's a party, yeah? Join in have some fun with us. Please? We're celebrating!" Quinn scooped up a handful off confetti off the bench and threw it back in the air. "It's the anniversary of the day I found out I was going to live, so come on! Celebrate with us!" She could think of few better she'd want to celebrate this day with than the house elves. Besides, all the hard work they did for the students here, they deserved some fun, right?
No fun, no fun! Algamus always want Toddles doing work and no fun.
The house elf appeared in the Great Hall with a [size=4"]*Pop*[/size] mumbling about how much he did NOT want to clean the kitchen. Kitchen always a mess, castle always a mess. Toddles just wanted to have fun and he couldn't if he was busy cleaning instead of being around the studentsies.
He looked around the Hall spotting several younger students already there. Miss Beth and Miss Quinn over there and Miss Rylee too.
Just like that, his dusting feather was dropped and elf did a little jump of delight. "Toddles make fun things for studentsies!! Watch watch!" The little elf lifted his hand and with a snap of his fingers, confetti began falling from the enchanted roof. "Party! Party! Great Hall Party!" Muuuuuccchhhhh better than cleaning.
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Quinn frowned slightly at the package. "No, today you're the one that's supposed to be receiving a gift." Only when Beth pointed out it was from Imogen did Quinn accept the package and open it. It was a bit of a care package: Some cookies and brownies. A few chocolate frogs. Sugar Quills. And an old paperback book that it looked like Imogen got out of a used bookstore. Still it looked like her sort of book and she hadn't seen this one before.
Smiling Quinn slipped the package into her bag and made a note to mirror Imogen later to thank her. "Right, but I still need to get you something amazing when we go into Hogsmeade next." Because Beth already gave Quinn the best gift she ever could last year, and today and every anniversary in the future, it was Quinn's turn to give Beth something. No arguing.
There was a slight hesitation at first, then Quinn nodded. "I do. And you know I do too, right?" Because Quinn truly did love Beth, even if she wasn't able to say those words directly.
*POP*
Quinn turned to see Toddles stand there, and gave the elf a warm smile. There wasn't any luggage around, so she was pretty sure she was safe from a repeat of the opening feast. "Hi, Toddles." What was the elf up to? She watched with interest, until the confetti started to rain down on them. Quinn laughed, light and warm. A rare sight for anyone to see. "Toddles, you have the most serendipitous timing. Today is the absolute perfect day for a Great Hall party!" Quinn scooped up a handful of confetti and threw it back into the air.
Oh yes. It was a great day for an impromptu party.
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*POP*
Pips entered into the Great Hall searching for work to do. Always cleaning in the... Pips stopped seeing Toddles shooting confetti into the air. Oh nos, Pips knew Toddles should not be making a party for the students.
Grasping his ears he hid behind the bench of the table hoping that Toddles would soon end the party. Peeking out around the table Pips smiled seeing the s tudentsies getting excited about the confetti. ”Pips should clean Toddles messies up.” Pips mumbled under his breath with a hiccup.
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*POP* Beezley was at the opposite end and running towards the naughty Toddles making messes... He was always making messies!
" Shoo!.. Shoo!.. Go, go!.. Get!. Naughty ickle Toddles.. ", poor Beezley scolded.. So much work to do as it is.. And here's Toddles making such grand and fun messies!
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Oh and here was another Elf. Beezley if she remembered correctly. Quinn let out a small sigh as Beezley scolded Toddles. "No, come on. Beezley, Pips. It's a party, yeah? Join in have some fun with us. Please? We're celebrating!" Quinn scooped up a handful off confetti off the bench and threw it back in the air. "It's the anniversary of the day I found out I was going to live, so come on! Celebrate with us!" She could think of few better she'd want to celebrate this day with than the house elves. Besides, all the hard work they did for the students here, they deserved some fun, right?
Oh….boy, Toddles was happening - Beth’s eyes widened as confetti began falling everywhere. ”You know my mum can’t help it” Beth laughed, ”and…of course we’ll do something in Hogsmeade…you can take me for tea or something more fun – we’ll figure it out!” Beth shrugged and beamed over to her friend as the impromptu party seemed to be getting underway.
”Hey Toddles, do you want a cookie?” because Beth had those in her bag, and Toddles was fun…even if he’d locked Quinn in that tower of trunks earlier in the school year. AND POP! Another house elf and another…oh boy, ”do you guys want to join us for a bit? We ‘d love it if you did – and…after wards I’ll offer to help with the cleanup?” she offered with a smile knowing they probably wouldn’t go for it, they never really did.
Quinn's words did, of course, make Beth tearup. This, this was a momentous day indeed.
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Miss Quinn wanted to have the party too!!! "Yippeeee!!!" Toddles hopped onto the table dancing about in the falling confetti, all the while making more so they would never run out. More and more of the streamers fell to the ground, creating some rather colorful flooring but that was half the fun!!
"Toddles happy to help!" He called to Miss Rylee as she left the Great Hall. He was very helpful. Halloween costume not would be complete without him.
"Cookiiiieeeesssss?' The elf moved across the table to Miss Beth at her offer but he soon scampered off the table with a loud YELP when Beezley came yelling at him. "Toddles only want to have fun! Miss Quinn and Miss Beth wants party! Toddles throws party like a good elfsie!!" He whined, running right into and stumbling over Pips who'd been hiding while trying to get away from her.
"No, no cleaning. Paaarty!" He corrected Miss Beth, straightening and dusting himself off. "More confetti!!!" And with that a new shower of confetti rolled down. "Party needs music and food!"
Hearing the commotion from the doors, Tinka made her way into the Great Hall, whisk in hand. "Toddles stop makies mess!" Her whisk waved in the air and towards the mess all around the house elf. "Toddles be bad. No, Toddles." Her eyes widened as she walked closer. Streamers and confetti were all over the place.
Her anger over Toddles messes was getting the better of her. She started banging on the tables with her whisk, her little hands shaking. She had spent the better part of the morning cleaning up what Toddles should have already taken care of, now Toddles was making an even bigger mess. Tinka was not a happy house elf.
The Great Hall was always an active responsibility for the elves. Whether it was for regular cleaning, or for making sure the students were well-fed either for meals and feasts or in-between gatherings in the large room. So, there was often a reason to be checking up Except Argyle wasn’t expecting the scene before her. Studentses all around and Toddles in the middle of it all clearly NOT doing any cleaning or other help.
“Stop…Toddles mussa stop,” the older elf exclaimed as she quickened to the confetti covered portion of the room and the other elves. “No time for messes.” Tinka was clearly upset and Pips was half-hiding and Beezley seemed in mid scold. Argyle snapped her long fingers trying to clean up but only succeeded in cleaning a small spot. Brush…brush….brush. Paper everywhere and not where it should be.
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