Fish Are Friends, Not Food

[Ares Jeffreys]

It was a slightly awkward costume, it had taken some aid to get the costume's head on, but Ares felt like he could do pretty much anything, he wanted to dance around the room, in his shark costume, feeling the strong sense of pride at how good it looked. He had originally planned to go as something less, well, big but in the end he'd really loved the idea of going as what he was currently and so he was arriving at the great hall with his arms out of as his side in the small fins able to see out of the costume from the mouth, he wasn't a particularly tall first year giving the shark a distinctly short feel. He walked into the room with all the confidence that he had, knowing that eating and drinking in this costume would be a little tricky and so just wandered out to the dance floor and began dancing, the slightly erratic movements in the costume but he was enjoying a lot. It was difficult to keep with the rhythm and he was pretty pleased when he a break in the songs and he moved off to the side, just to regain his breath, underneath the costume he was smiling brightly, just so happy at this, he didn't care if he spent the entire alone and without eating one bite, he was just going to love it.
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[Miya Bell]

Miya hadn't learnt how to sew with magic yet and her skills with a needle and threat were somewhat limited, so costume didn't have the tidiest stitching, but she was proud of her efforts on her wolf costume. The ears on her hat had been charmed to move when activated by sound, and were wiggling around on top of her head, drawn to every corner of the festivities. She entered the Great Hall, shaking with nerves as she navigated through the crowd. The pompoms hanging from her hat kept batting her face as she walked closer to the dance floor and reminded her what she was dressed as. Wolves didn't have to be scared of anything. Except dancing. Where there were people. She stayed to the edges of the dance floor and watched the festivities until she saw the big shark in front of her. "Please don't eat me!" Miya squeaked, only half-joking. She knew it wasn't a real shark, obviously, but it could have been a smaller shark inside a shark costume for all she could tell.​

 

[Bryony Woods]

Bryony had never been to such a magnificent event, the decorations and the refreshments were incredible. Far better than any muggle event she had been to before. As she walked through the Great Hall her eyes didn't leave the enchanted ceiling. She always wondered how they made the ceiling look so magical. This setting complete with bring dressed in a ball gown as her Halloween costume made Bryony feel incredibly regal. She giggled as she twirled, watching her gown spin beneath her but was suddenly stopped as she bumped into someone behind her. "Oh! I'm so sorry!" she said, trying to apologise while turning a great shade of pink. She looked at the person who she bumped into and they were dressed in a comical shark costume. "Erm, nice costume" she smiled. Bryony hadn't realised that she had interrupted a conversation. "I'm sorry if I interrupted you guys" she said quickly to the girl who was dressed in a wolf costume.

 

[Ares Jeffreys]

Ares was a little startled by a voice asking him to not eat her and he turned better to face her, the smile appearing on his lips from within the costume. He shook the head of the shark as well as he could but chuckled heartily, "I won't eat you" he assured her in an overly dramatic voice that was a little muffled by the costume that he was wearing. He was pretty excited by the costume, "You are a......wolf?" he asked pausing to really look at the costume because it was difficult to see in what he was currently wearing and at that he turned to a new voice and was faced with a girl he found a little more familiar, "Thanks! You both look amazing" he replied once again in the fake voice he'd come up with for this purpose and then as she seemed to move away he shook the entire costume as a no, "Don't go, let's go dance," he said excitedly motioning in an exaggerated manner with both his arms, waiting to see what they'd say, he'd probably head out himself anyway.
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[Miya Bell]

Miya giggled nervously as the shark spoke to her. "That's good! Being eaten is bad. Yes, a wolf!" she confirmed. Being eaten by a shark would have been terrible, but she was now certain that the shark was just a person in a costume and not a magical walking shark from the lake trying to blend in with the students. Miya smiled at the girl who had approached, her sharpened fake teeth flashing in a somewhat threatening manner. She was sure she recognised the girl as another Hufflepuff, but couldn't place a name. "Oh gosh, you're a princess?" Miya bounced on her toes excitedly.

She was quite possibly the least threatening wolf in existence, covered in fluff and ears wiggling madly. She looked out to the dance floor as the shark mentioned dancing, nerves jumping as she thought of dancing around all these people. At least she wouldn't be dancing on her own though, Miya hoped. "Good idea." she said hesitantly, and looked towards the princess to see if she wanted to dance too.​

 

[Bryony Woods]

Bryony finally recognised the voice inside the shark costume and realised that it was her friend from Hufflepuff , Ares. She giggled to herself and thought that the shark costume was perfect for him, she was grateful that she was included in the conversation and even happier that Ares asked the two girls to dance. She smiled at him and nodded and walked over to the dancefloor. The other girl guessed correctly that Bryony was a princess and she nodded at the girl who looked familiar "yeah, i'm a Princess from an old fairytale" she explained. She had no idea if the girl would know what on earth she was talking about so she decided to keep her explanation general.