Olivia passed by the Groundskeeper's hut, making her way to the most talked about igloo. It was all ice, you would feel like winter has come. She had her wand tucked in her pocket if ever there would be a need to use it.

Olivia decided to 'dress the place'. Like the Winter/Fall collection. She was wearing a long furry black coat layered with her Hogwarts' robes and a beret on top of her head. With two coffees clutch on both of her hands, one for her and one for her roommate Nettie, she step inside.

She will wait for Nettie inside.

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Olivia passed by the Groundskeeper's hut, making her way to the most talked about igloo. It was all ice, you would feel like winter has come. She had her wand tucked in her pocket if ever there would be a need to use it.

Olivia decided to 'dress the place'. Like the Winter/Fall collection. She was wearing a long furry black coat layered with her Hogwarts' robes and a beret on top of her head. With two coffees clutch on both of her hands, one for her and one for her roommate Nettie, she step inside.

She will wait for Nettie inside.

Nettie was so EXCITED that she had such fun housemates! When Olivia suggested they go check out the igloo, she was DEFINITELY in - even if it meant she had to dress a bit more conservatively than she usually did. Meaning no ballet flats. She had to wear her combat boots, which were comfy even if they weren't as fashionable.

Tucking her hair behind her ears and making sure her jacket was zipped up, she crawled in and grinned when she saw her already sitting there. "Hi! WOW, it's big in here!" she exclaimed. Certainly larger than she had been expecting!

Olivia settled herself at the large sofa right at the center of the igloo, carefully placing the covered coffee mugs at the center table. She was deep in awe with the ice statues surrounding the place. There were polar bears and wolves, even birds hanging from a thread! She counted each of them...when she heard a rather familiar voice coming into range.

“Nettie! Yes, it was quite big. And look at the statues!” Olivia’s green eyes beaming at her housemate. "I brought coffeee in case we get too cold in here." She motioned the mug in front of Nettie. Cofee, yeah. Because adult stuffs.

She originally had thought that her first attempt to get near the Forbidden Forest would get her into detention. She made a note that later, she will study the place and make an invisible line where the Hogwarts ground separates from the forest. That would be between the igloo and the forest.

The igloo would definitely be her favorite Hogwarts' spot.

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Olivia settled herself at the large sofa right at the center of the igloo, carefully placing the covered coffee mugs at the center table. She was deep in awe with the ice statues surrounding the place. There were polar bears and wolves, even birds hanging from a thread! She counted each of them...when she heard a rather familiar voice coming into range.

“Nettie! Yes, it was quite big. And look at the statues!” Olivia’s green eyes beaming at her housemate. "I brought coffeee in case we get too cold in here." She motioned the mug in front of Nettie. Cofee, yeah. Because adult stuffs.

She originally had thought that her first attempt to get near the Forbidden Forest would get her into detention. She made a note that later, she will study the place and make an invisible line where the Hogwarts ground separates from the forest. That would be between the igloo and the forest.

The igloo would definitely be her favorite Hogwarts' spot.

"OOOH coffee, thanks!" Nettie said with a grin as she took it from Oli. She hadn't ever had coffee before coming to Hogwarts, and now she LOVEDDDD it. Especially iced coffee. Although iced coffee while sitting in an igloo? Not a smart idea. Thank goodness this was warm coffee.

"They are super pretty. I wonder what inspired them to put an igloo here," she said with a shrug. "So, how do you like Hogwarts so far?" she asked her. So far, she thought it was AMAZINGGG although part of her still wondered what life would be like if she had gone to Beauxbatons.

Olivia watched Nettie take a hold of the coffee she offered like a real adult. She always looked, quite the mature one. She liked dressing up and stuffs.

Trying to warm herself with her own drink, Olivia encircled her palms to feel the heat coming from the cup. Olivia was never one to embrace the cold. She'd rather be safe and warm at the comforts of her bed but this one here offers a great chilling out place. "I'm not sure if this was already here last term. Maybe we should ask Prof. Baldvisson." On what inspired them to put an igloo here. He was after all, the one who manages this place. "My mother was a Ravenclaw before but she hadn't mentioned anything about an igloo. She mentioned something about a treehouse though. I looked everywhere and I couldn't find one."

"Well, I got to meet some friends. Ewan and the Head Girl...and YOU of course." She could say Hogwarts was giving her a good time. She really loved her classes apart from Herbology. She felt like she needed someone to tutor her. She was not getting any better. "Herbology still gives me headaches!" She looked at Nettie and ask "How about you?"

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Olivia watched Nettie take a hold of the coffee she offered like a real adult. She always looked, quite the mature one. She liked dressing up and stuffs.

Trying to warm herself with her own drink, Olivia encircled her palms to feel the heat coming from the cup. Olivia was never one to embrace the cold. She'd rather be safe and warm at the comforts of her bed but this one here offers a great chilling out place. "I'm not sure if this was already here last term. Maybe we should ask Prof. Baldvisson." On what inspired them to put an igloo here. He was after all, the one who manages this place. "My mother was a Ravenclaw before but she hadn't mentioned anything about an igloo. She mentioned something about a treehouse though. I looked everywhere and I couldn't find one."

"Well, I got to meet some friends. Ewan and the Head Girl...and YOU of course." She could say Hogwarts was giving her a good time. She really loved her classes apart from Herbology. She felt like she needed someone to tutor her. She was not getting any better. "Herbology still gives me headaches!" She looked at Nettie and ask "How about you?"

A treehouse? That sounded awesomeee. Everything about this school was definitely...amazing. She smiled and took a sip of her coffee. "My parents went to Beauxbatons so I'm not sure what used to be here. Maybe it changes around a lot? To keep things interesting?" she suggested. That sounded about right - and certainly something SHE would do if she were the groundskeeper.

"I haven't met the Head Girl yet! I did meet the Quidditch captain for Ravenclaw though - he's AWESOME," she told her with a grin. And SUPPPPER cute and pretty to look at. Like most of the boys here. Hehe. "I really like Transfiguration. More than I thought I would. Charms is fun too - but History of Magic is soooooo...blah," she said with an eyeroll. She hadn't anticipated that being a FUN class by any means but...it was pretty bad.

Maybe Nettie was right. To keep things fun and interesting, Hogwarts' staffs usually change things up here. "Your parents went to Beauxbatons?" She sip a small of her coffee. Hmmm... It tastes good. "...so, why are you here?" No offense of course. "My Dad went to Durmstrang." Most of the witches and wizards in her father's clan attended Durmstrang too.

"I haven't met our Quidditch Captain yet. Maybe you could introduce me, later? At the common room?" Yeah? "I'll introduced you to Vivian too...but she's in Slytherin. So maybe a little later, later?"

Transfiguration and Charms, yes, Olivia enjoyed those classes too. "More History of Magic essays, I guess." She replied with a grin.

AAAAAAAAnd she decided it was a good day to go out. Hana was basically hiding inside the common room, people might start to worry about it. She got up early on a weekend and dragged her feet outside.

She walked.
And walked.
And walked.

Until she found herself infront of a huge chunk of ice which appears to be The Igloo. She looked baffled as her eyes wander around the place.

Is this place new? Because her father didn't mention anything about an ice house located at Hogwarts. Hmmm... She took a few steps inside. The temperature suddenly dropped. IT'S COOOOLDDD. Then again she enjoys the cold.

"Hello?" she spoke loudly. "Anyone here?" there could be someone.

Eria felt a bit off, her desire to be alone washed over her again. Watching her Baby Snake and Tweetless Bird around boys was exhausting and wore on her. She needed somewhere to spend a bit in solitude. Where better to be alone and numb oneself than in the cold? The igloo seemed perfect really...

Upon entry, Eria declined taking the fur coat. She was wearing a thermal henley and that was good enough. She wanted the cold, warming herself by wearing something that someone else's germs were likely all over seemed counter productive.

Pleased that she was alone, the tall brunette walked behind the sofa and laid down on the ice floor. If she was numb, she couldn't feel the pain...and then it didn't exist. Taking a breath she began to meditate, laying with her back on the icy floor.

Nathan needed an excuse to be out of the Slytherin common room so he wouldn't have to face his ex again. He couldn't deal with all the...complicated feelings whenever he sees her hanging out with her friends or in class. His chest tightened and his stomach in knots when she walked past him in the hallway earlier. She acted like she didn't see him which was expected. But it was still hard to look at her and not feel guilty.

What he wanted, was to have some space and distance. And what better way to escape, then to explore this creepy-looking ice structure in the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest. An igloo, they called it? Why in the world did they put an igloo here? Whatever. He was curious. Good thing Nathan brought his own coat or he had to resort himself wearing those unflattering fur coats provided by the school.

As he entered the place, he immediately took notice of a girl laying back on the cold, icy floor. Did she slip and fall on her back or something...and just didn't bother to get up? He stepped closer to inspect. Hmm... she seemed fine, alive and breathing. "What are you doing on the floor? Aren't your back cold?" Nathan asked, his face contorted incredulously.

Eria was slipping into a blissful meditative state. Between the potion and the cold...the ice against her, she'd reached a lovely numb state. Numb equaled no pain and she got to truly rest. Well...until there were thunderous footsteps. Oh what now? She thought with a little exasperation. And here she thought in the bloody cold on the edge of the forbidden forest she could be alone. Apparently she was wrong...man she was wrong alot lately.

The tall brunette rolled her eyes open at the voice. Her green eyes lensed up to the face that was staring at her. "Clearly, I am laying here and obviously I am cold...but that is the point." Her voice was only mildly snarky at the first part of the sentence...but she didn't have snark at the end. He could see what was happening, but she didn't fault him for not knowing why.

Wasn't this kid a snake too...yeah she was pretty sure he was around her age. She wondered why he seemed to want to get lost too...didn't he have a girlfriend or homework or friends or something???

Ah, ice girl has an attitude. Good, which means she was responsive to his questions. Nathan wondered where he had seen her before. She seems familiar. A Slytherinette? "And....why is that a point?" he asked again. If she was feeling cold on the floor, why didn't she choose the sofa instead? It was much warmer laying there than on the floor. She was an odd one...he concluded in his head. Eh, not entirely surprising to Nathan. It wasn't like he wanted to stop her from laying there. By all means, she could lay there all day and he can take the sofa. He was mildly curious.

He was awful inquistive for a snake...and for a male...The tall she snake raised a single brow up at the new comer. She wondered how persistent he was going to be...

"Its a point, because I felt like laying here aimlessly on the floor and being cold...cold numbs...numbness means you can't feel anything...I wanted to be numb so I laid here on the cold floor alone to freeze." Was that clear enough sir? She didn't want the bloody sofa or the bloody smelly pre-used coat...she wanted to freeze.

If she froze and was numb...she couldn't hurt. Not that this kid would or could understand...maybe he didn't know a bloody thing about pain, maybe he died a little every day...but she didn't know his life and he didn't know hers....and she'd try to keep it that way.

Nathan makes a perplexed expression. No, that wasn't clear at all. Why would she want to do that? His brain bubbling with questions as the minute passed. "You're doing this to freeze yourself?" he repeated her words like he was trying to make it sound logical in his head. But no. It was the most ridiculous thing he has ever heard of. Most people would want to keep themselves warm but this girl was doing the exact opposite. So what? All of a sudden, she wanted to become an ice popsicle?

"You shouldn't lay down there for too long, you'll get hypothermia." He told her, out of concern. Oh wow...since when he cared for others well-being besides himself. Merlin, Nathan. What got into you lately?

It was late. Sylvie could tell it was late because she couldn't hear students on the grounds anymore and the moon was relatively high up, a sign that she should prooooobably head back to the common room. Probably. But the fifth year had just finished her evening jog and she still had way too much energy to try and attempt either sleep or homework.

Plus, her dorm sucked. So. No willingness to go there either way.

Sure she had a little bit of time still before she had to start dodging prefects, Sylvie wrapped her jogging coat more tightly around her frame and aimlessly wandered around the grounds, finding herself in front of the igloo not long after. The igloo! Perfect! She could totally hide in here. Grabbing the coat Baldvinsson had left out for them - so thought, that Baldvinsson - Sylvie shuffled ungracefully into the frozen construction and made herself comfortable.

A vague thought occurred to her as she looked around, that erhaps it wasn't such a good idea to hide in here for a long time, since she was a little sleepy and you're not supposed to sleep in frozen buildings ri- OH. OH! OH LOOK!

Staring up at the ceiling, Sylvie gasped in wonder as ACTUAL mini northern lights SHONE above her head, fluctuating the exact same way the real ones do, so close she could touch them. IFunny how they learned about this in Astronomy only a few weeks back. Actually, since she was already here, and this was technically an aurora, she could totally write some notes and call this homework right? RIGHT. YO. She's so smart.

With some difficulty due to slightly chattering teeth, Sylvie summoned her parchment and self inking quill to her, along with her pillo and blanket. Side note to the blanket: if you want to hit Zoryn Spinnet's face on your way out of the dorm, you do you. Pillow, same to you. Just sayin'.

A few minutes later, Sylvie was lying on her stomach on her super comfortable blanket, taking notes about the, ahem, "Aurora Borealis". She wondered if Baldvinsson had used the same spell the librarian had taught them in class, that Fluctus Lux one. There were definitely lots of green in this one, some hints of pink, a tiny bit of purple which looked SO cool, and... a lighter green. Yeah, mostly green. Was green the main colour of these things?

Jotting down literally everything she could think of, it took Sylvie five minutes to entirely exhaust herself from her rigorous academic efforts. She's gonna get an O in Astronomy now for sure, and smiled to herself as she rolled up the parchment and put her head down on the pillow to snooze for a few minutes. It really was very cold in here, and it was very pretty, that humming sound the lights made very veeeeeeeeery soothing.

It wasn't that surprising then, that only a few moments passed before Sylvie Norcot, rather unfortunately, fell into a deep, deep sleep.

Emma LOVED the igloo. She loved everything on the ground BUT ESPECIALLY THE IGLOO. It had ICE sculptures and it had a couch with fur covering AND it had pretty furs that you could wear TOO. But the most important thing it had came at night. THE NORTHERN LIGHTS INSIDE. Emma always always always made a trip to the igloos every night she remembered to (read: She didn't always remember because there was SO MANY THINGS TO DO HERE but she TRIED) and when she did she had SNACKS. This time she had a thermos of hot coco so that she could stay warm while she watched the light. Em ALSO had an extra thermos incase she ran into anyone else here. It happened a LOT and just made the third year that much more ecstatic about it.

Sipping her coco, she tried to also open up her bag of marshmallows while walking and weaving her way through the igloo. It was HARD multitasking so she didn't see the love of her LYFE her not so secret crush SYLVIE laying sleep on the cold floor like it was her dorm, and went tumbling over the older girl with a SCREAM.

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Emma LOVED the igloo. She loved everything on the ground BUT ESPECIALLY THE IGLOO. It had ICE sculptures and it had a couch with fur covering AND it had pretty furs that you could wear TOO. But the most important thing it had came at night. THE NORTHERN LIGHTS INSIDE. Emma always always always made a trip to the igloos every night she remembered to (read: She didn't always remember because there was SO MANY THINGS TO DO HERE but she TRIED) and when she did she had SNACKS. This time she had a thermos of hot coco so that she could stay warm while she watched the light. Em ALSO had an extra thermos incase she ran into anyone else here. It happened a LOT and just made the third year that much more ecstatic about it.

Sipping her coco, she tried to also open up her bag of marshmallows while walking and weaving her way through the igloo. It was HARD multitasking so she didn't see the love of her LYFE her not so secret crush SYLVIE laying sleep on the cold floor like it was her dorm, and went tumbling over the older girl with a SCREAM.

Zzzzzzz...

...zzz..zzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZ......

O.O "OHMYTHRALLWHATHAPPENED???"

OW. "OOOWWWWWW."

Disoriented, CONFUSED, and entirely still asleep, Sylvie blinked several times, not completely understanding why there were feet in her face and screaming in her ears. And why she was SO cold.

Wait, cold. HOGWARTS. Right. Feet. SCREAMING. UHM. "Owwwwwww". Yes. Pain. Massaging her side, Sylvie gingerly sat up and saw that the feet were attached to a person (thankfully) and that person happened to be one baby Gryffindor Emma.. something. Emma Basket? Emma Darkest. Emma D. She's almost sure it's something with a D.

Still super groggy, Sylvie groaned as she shifted to see if the younger girl was hurt. "Hey.... Emma. You okay?" Is she okay? With every second Sylvie felt colder and colder. How long had she been sleeping in here??

Her astronomy assignment wasn’t going to complete itself, so she headed out to the grounds to try a catch an Aurora Borealis. It was cold, much colder than she had hoped, and her layers were struggling to keep the freezing temperatures out. She shook her head, upset with herself that she decided to try to spot the Aurora Borealis outside on one of the coldest nights. The Astronomy tower would have been a much better choice for her first attempt. Nonetheless, she was committed to the evenings adventure and continued on her way.

Upon her arrival at the igloo, Emmalyn unpacked her thick wool blanket from her bag and laid it out on the ground. Using her bag as a sort of pillow, she got down and layed on her back. The sky was beautiful that evening. Stars filled the blackness with bright pops of white. She scanned the sky for what felt like several hours, becoming more and more frigid, but no colors appeared.

It was getting later and later, and she was becoming more and more tired. She sat up, grabbed her book and parchment out of her bag, and began flipping through the pages. With a defeated sigh, she read that the Aurora Borealis could be seen anywhere between four thirty pm and six am, with the peak occurrences happening between nine thirty pm and one am. She wondered if perhaps she missed it that evening, or it wasn’t going to happen until much later than she would be able to stay awake.

On her parchment, she began to jot down notes.

Haraldur usually sought peace and quiet in the Igloo. Not only did it keep his body temperature down but it also reminded him of Iceland. He wasn't the type to get attached to a certain place but the icy mountains, the crisp air and the bubbling hot springs in Iceland would always be his favorite place in the world. For now, the igloo on the grounds would do.

The groundskeeper/flying instructor/quidditch referee took a seat on the cold, hard couch and glanced over at a couple of first years just to make sure they weren't breaking any of the sculptures. They would probably have the time to run away from him before he got up but he always had the power to strip them of some House points first. With this comforting thought he leaned back and enjoyed a well-deserved break form his duties.

Why was she in here? She wasn't even sure, it was cold and the little one wasn't really about the cold, though she didn't mind it either. No she was here on a mission, she had seen one of her favorite adults head in and she got curious. What was he doing? Was he working? Going to explore? Finding something interesting?

Chloe being the nosey one that she has followed him in and looked around. "Wow this is so cool! Morgan would love this." She had to tell her younger brother about this and she wondered if Gunnar had been in here yet. Though she assumed her older brother would have been.


"What are you doing professor? You can't fly in here."

The long term Astronomy Assignment was getting to Felicity. On top of her NEWT prep and the stress it brought, the fact that she hadn't completed it when Astronomy was usually one of her best, and always one of her favourite, subjects was proving pretty aggravating.

Of course, she could spend as many nights awake as possible, but she couldn't control when the lights would be visible, and she had to keep reminding herself of that.

The worrying had done one good thing for the seventh year, though - it had given her this idea. She might not be able to control the lights, but there was somewhere where they appeared every evening. And a magical replica of the lights was better than nothing, she figured, which was why she had bundled her coat on, and armed with warming charms was headed to the Igloo.

She was happy to see that it was fairly empty, too, and took a space in the corner, pulling her parchment out in order to jot some notes.

After she'd spent a good half an hour enthralled by the sight, that was. It was hypnotising, and Felicity was definitely adding travelling to Iceland or somewhere to her list of things to do. She'd heard that you could sleep in cabins with glass roofs beneath the sight, and practically sighed at the thought of how romantic it was.

Pulling her gaze away from the greens and purples, she added to her notes.

Maddie couldn't believe that as much as she had been involved in classes this year and strived to make the best grades possible, that she'd waited this long to start on her term-long assignment. The due date was a few days away, and she was just getting started. Basically, she needed to do an observation a night in order to fulfill what she needed to do.

So there was no time like the present to go ahead and get started. It was late, and Maddie was a little spooked as she walked out onto the grounds and toward the igloo. It was one of the four different places she'd chosen to look for the Northern Lights. Tossed across her shoulder was a bag that she'd charmed to hold all the items she'd need while out and about tonight.

One of those items was a blanket, and although it wasn't cold weather anymore, she'd brought it along to lie on as she watched the skies. She spread it out just outside the igloo and sat down on it. She took out her notes from class, a quill, and a fresh piece of parchment. She stretched out on her back and looked up at the sky above her.

She remembered that the most common colors were pink and green, so she wondered if she see any of those colors outside tonight. So far, she saw nothing. Well, nothing relating to what she was looking for, at least. She also listened for unusual sounds, even though the professor had said they were very soft. After a while, she simply sighed. There had been no sight of anything in the sky relating to the Northern Lights. Frowning, she sat up and picked up her quill and parchment.

Haraldur leaned his head back and closed his eyes. Most of the students were busy with OWLs and NEWTs or otherwise busy in class. He had a few minutes to himself before he had to return to work.

Then a familiar voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Chloe, hello there!" He spotted the young Ravenclaw and smiled at her comment. Contrary to popular belief, he wasn't always on his broom. Only like... 99.98% of the time. "No, I would advice against flying in here." He usually always encouraged flying but it was just too dangerous around the ice sculptures. Even though he went to the Igloo to be alone, he didn't mind the company of the young Seeker. "I went in here to relax." He admitted. "I'll never get used to this warm weather." He crossed his ankles, frowning trying to remember what time it was.

"You don't have class?" See? He could be a responsible adult with focus on students' education. "How's Quidditch practice going?" But he still had to ask the important questions.

He tried.

Skylar wondered if waiting until the last possible week to check out the Aurora Borealis was the best idea. While she had a whole week to see the phenomenon, she knew from her readings that it was best seen in the winter months and given that it was now Springtime, she may have missed the opportune time.

It wasn't really her fault; up until now she had actually forgotten about the assignment because of all the other things she had going on in her life. Personal and academic. She wanted to see the lights, but she was actually hoping to catch them one night with Apollo as a relaxing date night. That never happened. And then... well, yea, she didn't want to talk about it. Hands shoved into her coat pocket as she made her way across the grounds, it was still rather chilly and she just hoped it would be dark enough to see them. The igloo perhaps, because it was made to mimic the Norwegian climates where the Northern Lights were best visible.

Removing a blanket from her backpack, she laid it out one of the benches and lied down on her back. At first she thought maybe nothing, but then after maybe twenty minutes of lying there, the green and blue lights began to dance across the ceiling. The ceiling. Oh. She was an idiot. That wasn't a transparent ceiling was it?? Sitting up suddenly, she quickly went outside to gaze at the starlit skies and as predicted, nothing but twinkly white dots in the darkness. Which meant, what? Professor Baldvinnson had charmed the ceiling, perhaps with the same charm that Professor Kennedy had taught them to recreate a replica of the northern lights?

Heading back inside, the seventh year bit her lip and laid back down to watch the replica display for a bit longer, deciding if anything, it was soothing to her racing mind.