'In the Meantime...Something for Fun' Cont..

[Nicci]

ooc: It's been nearly a week now, Tom do you want us to cover your characters when you have things coming up over the next few weeks?

[Lauren]

(So I'll pop in with Vixie... Leilani's still in grieving for a bit, so she hasn't much to do with the OotP plot just yet ))

Vixie looked away from Lance and around at the other tables, just a customary sweep of the Hall. Then she noticed something strange. A member of the Ravenclaw table, not one she'd seen before, had oddly clouded eyes. Racking her brain, Vixie tried to think of a reason why someone would be like that... Then it came to her. She spun back around on her bench and started pointedly at Lance. When she had his attention, she subtly gestures with her head to the student behind her.

[Nicci]

Shaking his head, Lance had no idea who Vixie was gesturing about. Furrowing his brow he leaned slightly to angle himself better but still didn’t get what the sudden interested fuss was about. The return of the Gryffindor guy back to the Hufflepuff table had caught his eye more but to stay in Vixie’s good graces he refrained from mentioning them.

“I have no idea who you are pointing at” he grumbled “The Ravenclaws all look the same these days..apart from the girl who’s in my Care of Magical Creatures class and the Goth girl (who he swore lately there even was a double off) I don’t really know anyone else”.
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Kalina laughed at Lia’s unexpected finger waggle. There was so much she didn’t know about her new friend and even small burst out of her usual character were a welcomed insight into the real unaffected personality that Lia kept hidden.

“Ohkay..I’m persuaded” she giggled reaching the stone wall at the end of the tunnel “and I’m sure your hat is marvellous but I don’t think they will miss me. If they lose well then they’ll know they are totally stuffed but it won’t necessarily be because I’m not there”.
Thinking once again about the team, Kalina got an uneasy feel in the pit of her stomach and was once again reminded of William calling her back at the table. Some people just wont let sleeping dogs lie.

[Lauren]

GUTTED this poster was made 2 and a half hours before Deathly Hallows part 2 came to cinemas nationwide, but even though it's nearly a month later, it still made me tear up Farewell, HP films! I'll miss you!

And now back to the RP...

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Vixie rolled her dark eyes and leaned over the table to Lance. "The girl at the Ravenclaw table with the blonde hair, around the middle of the table? The one that's not eating, drinking, talking or doing anything else? She's just sitting there and staring at us. And her eyes are clouded, Lance, clouded. I think she's bewitched." she murmured almost silently.

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[Nicci]

Lance chuckled in disbelief; bewitched was quite an outrageous accusation. “And next you’ll tell me she’s a vampire I suppose...I would say prepare the garlic but Juliet would likely kill me for being highly inaccurate” he whispered back, nodding slightly.
“Actually I think she’s in my potions......”. Lance’s final comment was quickly cut short by the piercing unimpressed glare Vixie’s was giving him across the table to which he found himself sinking back into his seat. Maybe he actually had to take her seriously.

[Lauren]

She glared at him fiercely, not impressed by his words at all. "Lance, please take this seriously!" she hissed at him, highly serious herself. "Trust me when I say something's wrong here! I know you want me totally focused on finding this book, but-" She stopped dead in the middle of her sentence, biting her lip. She went from appearing icy and ferocious to apprehensive. She waited a moment before speaking again. This time, her voice was low and serious and had a hint of worry in it. "I'm worried about Leilani. She's seriously depressed. And I know what you're thinking, that she's always kind of quiet, but something is wrong. The Order of the Phoenix just murdered half her family." She sighed and ran a hand through her sleek black hair, wondering if she was telling the right person about this. But then again, he had trusted her enough to let her help them find the book. "I mean, it wasn't a totally uncalled-for attack - they did used to be Death Eaters back in the second war against You-Know-Who - but they hadn't done anything like that for years, and then all of a sudden the Order just jump into her home and attack them all. She's devestated, obviously, but there's something more going on there. The Order don't come back from obscurity just to kill off some ex DEs! Loads of people don't even believe that the Order existed! But now there's someone that's most likely bewitched staring at me and it's creeping me out and I'm worried for 'Lani!"

[Nicci]

Lance stood from his position on the Slytherin table and looked back down heard at Vixie. What she had just told him had come a quite a shock and now he found himself incapable of forming a sentence in reply that didn’t make himself sound ignorant or stupid.
The Order of the Phoenix couldn’t possibly still exist; after all there was no real reason for them to be active even if they were still around. But if Leilani’s family were ex-death eaters then maybe their past was full of heinous crimes against the wizarding community that they possibly deserved all what they got.
Furious that his assumptions were clouding his better judgement, Lance clenched his fist tightly unsure who he should really be worried about.

“Why are you telling me?” Lance hissed agitatedly knowing full well he was on the periphery of everything that happened between his three other friends. For the first time he’d really been included and he felt absolutely powerless. Weakly he closed his eyes momentarily, thinking about the remnants of his own family and the facade family that Vixie believed he had. Losing his grandmother had been a devastating blow but Leilani faced something a million times worse and still had the strength to stand. They needed to support her now regardless; she was the victim and was innocent to anything her family may have done in the past and where was Shawn? Was he left in a similar limbo for finding out?

[Lauren]

Vixie watched him, concerned. It looked like he was in some kind of shock, standing there looking down at her. Then she listened to his hissed question. She felt affronted and her eyes narrowed. She, too, stood up. "I thought that we were friends. I thought I could trust you with the truth and the fact that I need your help with something very important. I know it seems far-fetched, but it's the truth, I promise you! I promise you, Lance!" She paused a second, and took a deep breath in an attempt to control her anger. "If it bothers you that much that I told you something, then forget about it, and I'll work it out on my own!"

[Nicci]

<Friends... what a word> Lance thought pressing his palm against his face. When had he ever been more than a speck of existence in Vixie’s ice cold world? And now she supposedly needed him..
“I believe you...” he announced softly with a sigh “I don’t want you to have to take it alone...but...”.
His voice trailed off into a barely audible whisper. She had him exactly back where he’d always lived, under her foot of manipulation.
“Where’s Shawn?” he asked sternly.

[Lauren]

(AAW! I feel so sorry for Lance. Vixie isn't trying to manipulate him, but she's so nasty that people don't realise when she's actually trying to be nice because she's so bad at it XD I apologise for my character's behaviour))

Taken aback by yet another abrupt change in mood from Lance, Vixie looked around and saw that Shawn wasn't with Leilani, who was sitting alone. The Ravenclaw had switched her frightening, almost reptilian gaze from Vixie to Leilani, and was now standing up, pulling something out of her pocket that seemed suspiciously like a wand. "I don't know where he's gone. Look, that Ravenclaw's going towards 'Lani!" She gestured to the Ravenclaw. Without waiting for anything to happen, Vixie walked quickly towards Leilani. She didn't want to seem like she was hurrying, because Vixie Brown didn't hurry, and it would be suspicious; luckily, she reached Leilani before the Ravenclaw did and grabbed her friend's arm, pulling her up roughly.

"Vixie, what do you you think you're doing?!" she exclaimed in amazement.

"No time to explain," she said. "We have to move. Come on." She hauled the blonde down the Slytherin table and paused briefly at the spot where Lance still stood. "Got anywhere we can hide?" she muttered quickly. The ravenclaw looked at the empty space where Leilani had been, and then turned slowly towards the three of them.

[Nicci]

Lance raised an eyebrow in a bewildered expression. After Vixie’s sprint down the table and back to grab Leilani all she can ask is for a place to hide..In the middle of the Great Hall.
“Sure..” he announced casually “Under the tab....Ow!!” . Finding himself on the receiving end of a punch on the arm for attempting to be witty, he briskly followed the two young women out of the hall and into the large entrance hall.

[Lauren]

(yay for punching ))

Vixie and Leilani hurried into the Entrance Hall. "Where to?" Leilani asked, rolling her eyes and wondering what in the name of Salazar Slytherin her best friend was doing, but knowing that you can't stop Vixie when she's focused.

"Common Room? No, too obvious... Library? Too open... Bathroom?" A quick peek at Lance still standing there, looking at the two like they were mad told her how good an idea that was. "Definately not. Wait!" It was as if a lightbulb had gone on over her head, and she snapped her fingers. "Room of Requirement."

[Thomas]

"Where do you think you're going" Heather spat, her face so close to Lyn's that Lyn could feel every syllable spray across her nose. How could she do this to her? After everything that'd she'd done, she was throwing it all back in her face "I saw you outside earlier" she scowled "With those.. gryffindors" she glared at Lyn, anger flaring.
"But they are not like that Heather" She pleaded, "Just come and meet th-" She stopped as she felt Heather grab her arm and yanking her down the corridor.
"You said you were going to meet me, why didn't you meet me???" She said, the threatening tone rising in her voice.
"Stop it Heather you're hurting me. I'm sorry Heather, I meant to find you at lunch to explain" She said trying to wrest her arm out of Heather's grasp.
Heather stopped beside a door, opening it she thrust Lyn towards the back wall of the cupboard, pinning her against it with one arm "I waited, and I waited, and then I find you talking to..." her lips curled into a sneer "filthy mudbloods and bloodtraitors, from gry-gryffindor."
"Heather please" Lyn cried out, her arm aching were Heather's nails had dug into her "I didn't mean"
"Lies" She yelled, thrusting the hard tip of her wand against Lyn's cheek "You knew exactly what you were doing... you knew how much it would hurt me, but you have no idea how much this will hurt you" her lips curled into a sneer as Lyn's eyes widened.

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((Happy Birthday Nicci I really hope you like it
It was meant to be longer but you know how much I fail at long posts... I wanted to wait until you went to sleep, and I was so distracted that this too far too long to write, but I hope to write up a post for erin next ))

[Nicci]

( It's great Tom...Poor Lyn. Heather's personality is becoming quite defined from only a few posts and she makes a fantastic Slythie. Lance is so soft in comparison but that's because he chose to be there rather than where the Sorting Hat wanted to put him)

[Lauren]

(YAY FOR TOM POSTS! XD And yay, Slythie! I feel sorry for Lyn :/ LOL I said that aloud and my mom was like "why?" and then I had to explain that I wasn't talking about her (her name's Lyn too), but Tom's chara on ITM XD ))