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Naveen swore under his breath as he gave up looking through every inch of the Hufflepuff common room and made his way out into the corridor. He has already torn his room apart, he'd have to apologize to Thomas later, but he couldn't find his cat anywhere. There was a volatile mixture of shame...

Oskar felt severely under dressed the way he always did when he dared to go to any of the dances. But he had sent a rose to Lucy which still made his stomach feel a little sick when he thought about it for too long. Was he crazy? Probably but he liked talking to her at work even if at school...

Naveen wasn't sure why he was here. He had recently decided he didn't care for Valentine's day. It was a lot of pressure for something that was as serious as romantic entanglements. It made people do ridiculous things all to prove something that didn't really matter. So what if you had a...

Sybil didn't like to pick favorites but if she had to pick which of the school dances was her favorite she'd reluctantly say it was this one. It was hard not to feel a bit soft and romantic with the great hall filled with flower petals and hearts. She stood at the edge of the dance floor and...

Doyle didn't really care for Valentine's day. It usually made things a bit more interesting than normal, with people running around the castle throwing roses all around. He did his best to tip toe around everyone carrying a handful of roses, not wanting to get in anyone's way who had an...

January could hardly believe just how transformed the great hall could look. Most days it was just where she ate her breakfast, lunch, and dinner. While the ceiling always silently captured her awe and attention it had nothing on what was done for the dances. The petals and balloons that floated...

Oskar hadn't signed up for the tournament this year and he was waiting to feel some way about it. Instead he felt alarmingly neutral, at least about the tournament itself. After giving up quidditch he had hoped he might show some affinity for dueling but after several years of disappointment he...

Ulric didn't like the park much. It was always far to busy and noisy for his liking, he preferred to accompany his mother while she did her shopping even if he still hid behind her while she spoke to the shopkeepers. It was still better than this. The park was full of kids his age, which was the...

Charlotte had decided not to try out again for the quidditch team. Beater didn't really suit her, and she would rather spend her time decking out her uniform than getting it sweaty. The Hufflepuff did think it was fun to watch, though, and she took a crochet project with her onto the stands...

The air was still crisp as Elise walked out to the lawn and laid down in the middle of the grass. She had Nyx with her of course but she had let her bird fly freely for now as she felt her body fully relax. She had expected her bad mood about Ezra not being at school to pass overnight. But it...

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...

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...

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...