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After Halloween Doyle was a little wary to see what awaited him to the great hall even if there was no way a Christmas themed dance would be as crazy. But as he stepped inside he realized he was wrong, it as just as crazy but not spooky this time. The enchanted snow would have been enough to...

Sybil liked school dances even if she wasn't sure what to do when she got there. At least with the Yule Ball there were lots of things to do. She had considered trying to ice skate but she wasn't very good at it and she didn't need the whole school to know that. So instead she found her way to...

Elise had been thinking a lot about what Lucy had said about getting a boyfriend or girlfriend this year. And while she didn't hate the idea she didn't really know where to start. The only people she really hung out with were her roommates and her friends, which were mostly the same people. But...

Leah couldn't believe this was her last Yule Ball of her last year of school. She had been fighting off the dread of the holidays so well but of course the moment she finally crumbled it was in the middle of the great hall with snow falling down around her head. On one hand the freedom...

Leah knew the dueling tournament was still ages away but she couldn't shake the feeling like she was falling behind. She had never even gotten past the first round until last year when she beat Savannah, and somehow it didn't feel earned. Savannah was the leader of the club yet somehow she had...

Doyle was still waiting for someone to come tell him that all this about a magic school was just a joke and that he had to go home. Part of him would probably be sad but the bigger part of him would probably be relieved. He was having an ok time but it was exhausting to be so confused all the...

Doyle sat alone on a bench waiting for his dad to stop chatting with some shopkeeper about how business was doing. It wasn't like his dad knew anymore about what was going on than he did, but he did always seem to know how to act in any situation. Maybe it was just a dad thing. All he knew was...

Santiago loved Halloween back home when he was younger since it was basically an excuse for him to run around his neighborhood unsupervised with his friends. At school it was pretty lame even if they turned the great hall into a big haunted house. He still thought trick-or-treating was better...

Margo didn't love Halloween. She liked the costumes, the pretty ones at least, and the food. But everything else she could live without. She didn't handle scares easily but she wasn't about to miss any event this year. It was her last one and she wanted to enjoy it the best she could, which was...

Dahlia had spent a lot of her holidays watching musicals. She had tried to jump back into netball, but it just wasn't the same, and as much as she loved sport she had to realize she didn't love Quidditch, and she couldn't dedicate herself to muggle sports anymore. It had hurt, but she just had...

To nobody's surprise except perhaps her own, Audrey was a little overwhelmed by the sudden increase in her workload. She had gotten a bit complacent last year, possibly even bored and wishing for more. But perhaps the moral of the story was 'be careful what you wish for', as between her heavy...

Toby sighed as he sat himself down at the Slytherin table that morning. Once more he was at at Hogwarts and was having to put up with other people. Back at home it was fine. His parents largely ignored him and he could order the house elves to leave him alone and just bring him food whenever he...

Toby had been preening ever since he had seen his name on the Slytherin Quidditch team list. He had been sure someone else would have been picked simply because the team already had a seeker and an alternate. But no, there was his name on the list and he honestly couldn't be happier about it...

The wit-sharpening solution. This was exactly what Aine needed. Sure, she knew she couldn't use it for exams - maybe she could in fourth year, but they'd find some way of substance testing for OWLs - and that wasn't a path she necessarily wanted to go down. She'd seen enough sports stories on...

Lena wasn't sure why she always offered to chaperone these things instead of being home with the girls; maybe she wanted to relive her slowly fading youth. Or at least, that's how she felt. Obviously, 31 was still very young, but being a mum, and a single one at that was exhausting. As Lottie...

Natalia knew her costume was a little basic, but she at least felt pretty in it. She tried to enjoy her final Halloween at Hogwarts, even if she kept thinking about her sister. Did they even celebrate Halloween at Durmstrang? Somehow, she doubted it. Natalia grabbed a drink and took a sip...

Caleb wasn't talking to Louis and he was trying to keep it that way. He had stuck to Slytherin only spaces for the first few days back at the castle. But in his attempt to keep his distance he realized he hadn't spoken to Rene either. He was starting to realize that his social circle was a bit...

Leah had wanted to cut her hair for years now. But every time she brought it up or asked her mother about it she was always talked out of it or convinced that it wasn't a good idea. She did like her hair sometimes. It was long and wavy and a golden blonde that always got lighter in the summer...

Caleb hadn't felt this restless in a long time. It felt like he had to constantly be in motion or he would collapse in on himself or spontaneously combust, he wasn't sure which. Ever since Valentine's Day he hadn't be able to stop thinking about what happened between him and Louis. A lot of ways...

Delilah found herself staring at the rose petals falling from the sky. It was oddly hypnotic and she was also trying to commit it all to memory. It was her last school dance after all. She had briefly considered not attending at all but had obviously changed her mind. It had felt like a lot of...