From Night to Morning

[Camila Woods]

Camila wasn't sure how many of her classmates would get the reference she was making with her costume but she was happy as well... a pig. It might have something to do with the transfigured pig in her arms as she was dressed as characters from Charlotte's Web. The Ravenclaw hoped that after everything that had happened in the courtyard that there would be no aggression to a muggle reference because she loved the book a lot when she was younger. So while Mila walked into the Great Hall and took in all the weird and wonderful costumes she wondered whether hers was good enough for such a magical, talented group but couldn't go back now that she had gotten help with the pig aka Wilbur aka not actually a pig at all. While she wondered this self-consciously the girl searched for her friends amongst the crowd but couldn't see any yet but she still had time because she was going to enjoy the party.​

 

[Stella Finch]

Truth be told Stella wasn't feeling up to much celebrating when Halloween came around. Something about what her brother had told her about him being sick really put her in a sour mood, not to mention Slytherin's loss in Quidditch, so this year she didn't put too much effort into her Halloween costume. She simply decided to don a pink dress for her costume. She already had blonde hair and a killer smile to complete the look of a Barbie. As the Slytherin walked around the room, subtly looking out for her Assassin target, she spotted her friend and instantly her mood lifted. "Mila!" she said happily walking over and tapping her on the shoulder, laughing as soon as she noticed the girl was holding a pig. "Hi!"
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[Elliot Murphy]

If he hadn't forgotten about the Halloween feast he might have had a different and better costume, but since he couldn't show up dressed as nothing decided to wear his grandfather's old Manchester City shirt and training shorts in the hope that no one would find out that he didn't have anything and that this was very last minute. He entered the Great Hall and looked around thinking that whoever had done the decorations should deserve a prize for making the room look so nice. A smile appeared on his face at the sight of his friends and hurriedly walked over to them, confusingly staring at the animal in Mila's arms for a brief moment and wondering how the hell she had managed to bring a pig inside the castle before looking up at them. ''Hi you two,'' Elliot said.

 

[Camila Woods]

Camila was almost startled when she heard her name and scanned the room to find where her name had come from but her shoulder was tapped. The girl smiled brightly at her friend and was surprised for a second at her laugh then remembered the fake pig that was weirdly realistic. Magic really amazed her sometimes. “Stella! How’re you?” she asked with a smile at her blonde friend and looked at her costumes. She arched a brow, admittedly unsure as to who she was meant to be so she asked, “Your dress is so pretty. Who are you meant to be though?” Mila gave Stella a smile, honestly feeling a little bad for not guessing but she really did look like a doll if she had to guess.

The Latina was even happier to find that Elliot had joined them too. The two people surrounding her made her smile as she greeted the Gryffindor too. “Hi Elliot!” The trio standing there made the Ravenclaw want to do something fun instead of just stand and talk but she didn’t like to make suggestions so she kept a cursory glance around the room while still listening to them both.​

 

[Vex]

Vex had not had so much fun in his entire life. Every time they did the dressing up, Vex was sure it would be better than the one before, and it was! Covered in a white sheet with eyeholes cut out of it, and his little kettle on his arm like a handbag, the poltergeist weaved in and out of the students. They all looked ridiculous and his costume was by far the best. He looked around the room for what Chaos and Mischief could befall the party when he spotted a small group of small humans.

Oh, what fun! The non-being thought as he flew around and circled the three. They're having an ever so lovely chat, but it wasn't going to last long, because Vexxie was prepared this night!

In his kettle were water balloons filled to the brim with goo and it was hard to wash out too! The pink one was standing the closest to Vex, so she was given the honours of first slime of the night, a very great honour indeed! "You're dress is pretty, but Vexxie can help!" He quickly dropped a number of the balloons on the group before laughing manically at them. He'd always loved to cause such mischief.
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[Stella Finch]

Stella knew people would be asking what her costume was this year which didn't bother her but she suddenly thought perhaps she should've brought a Barbie with her to hold up as an example, just in case people didn't know what it was. Except she knew Mila would because she was also raised by Muggles like she had been. "I could say the same for you," Stella replied good-naturedly, about to answer afterward but then Elliot showed up. "Hey you!" was all Stella had time to say to him before she suddenly felt an extremely cold, gooey sensation dripping down her hair. Stella screamed as she reached up to feel the substance, hearing the tail end of the Poltergeist's statement. "What the hell!" she yelled, trying to wipe herself clean to no avail. Stella huffed in annoyance and said, "Well I was a Barbie, but now I'm more like Swamp Barbie," finally answering Camila's question.
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[Elliot Murphy]

He was about to compliment both girls on how nice the looked when he noticed the poltergeist flying in circles above them. Elliot laughed when Vex had dropped a balloon filled with goo onto his friend until he dropped them on him and Camila too. He looked down at his outfit and then back at his friends and then started laughing again, thinking that it was quite funny the way they looked now. (hopefully, his friends could laugh about it also) ''I like Swamp Barbie better,'' he joked

 

[Aurora Night]

Although it had happened two years ago now, Rory still remembered her run in with Vex down in the kitchen better than she remembered what she'd eaten for breakfast most recent mornings. As soon as she'd seen the lying little tell-tale spirit floating through the air with that stupid teapot, Rory had tried to steer far clear of any goo-pouring he might start doing. Watching the poltergeist out of the corner of her eye, she planned to try and stay out of Vex's line of vision and avoid his attention - but that all changed once she saw him throw some kind of slime-filled water balloon at a younger girl in a pink dress, and then let her friends join in on the fun. Well, Rory was hardly going to ignore that, was she?

Marching over to the small huddle, Rory pulled out both her wand to deal with the... 'Slime Barbie', that was actually a pretty good name to call yourself - and, perhaps not so intelligently, brandished the fake sword she'd brought to go with her pirate costume at the poltergeist, waving it threateningly at where she assumed his face was under that stupid sheet. "Hey, Vex! Do you think it's funny now? Why don't you pick on someone your own short and shrivelled size, huh?" There was a good chance the spirit was going to slime her now too, but hopefully not before - "Lumos!" Rory yelled, changing tack and suddenly jabbing her lit wand towards the swamp barbie.

 

[Stella Finch]

Stella kept trying to clean herself off as best as she could, laughing when she heard Elliot's comment. She was glad she wouldn't be the only one covered in slime and began to laugh at how silly Camila and Elliot looked too, now that she had gotten over the slime on herself. She continued to try and clean up, mostly to get slime out of her eyes which was as good as it was going to get for now, so as long as she could see. She didn't want her night to be over so soon so she'd have to deal with the rest of the looks they'd probably get. She looked around to see if the Poltergeist was still around or if he had chosen to target anyone else (which she secretly hoped for since she didn't want to be the only ones), and noticed someone approaching to tell Vex off. Stella didn't know why this girl would come to their defense if she didn't know them, so she jumped to the next possible conclusion. She was on high alert after being attacked by goo, so she noticed the girl's wand out and immediately pushed Elliot in front of her so the wand jabbed him and not her, just in time. Stella huffed out a laugh in relief and put her hands on Elliot's shoulders, peeking over him to look at the red head. "Not today!" she said triumphantly. Being attacked once tonight was enough for her.
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[Camila Woods]

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Vex was one being that Camila had not interacted with yet and now she knew how lucky she had once been. At first what had registered as shock and righteous anger at the poltergeist became anger that her own outfit had been ruined with slime-filled balloons. Her plaits were sticky and the fake pig was squealing in displeasure as some had gotten onto it too. What had been a fun night to start was getting messy. Looking up from herself to see her two best friends covered in slime suddenly was funny and instead of being angry she was laughing.

Before Mila could calm her laughter, however, there was a red haired girl shouting at Vex for them and jabbed not Stella but Elliot. It was at this time that Camila decided to play some mischief of her own curtesy of the slime and took a pile from atop her head and wiped it on both Stella and Elliot’s cheeks at once giggling as she flee’d away further hoping they wouldn’t catch her to retaliate as they surely would. ​

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[Elliot Murphy]

Elliot was not quite sure what was happening exactly once the red-headed girl that had been telling Vex off started jabbing him with her lit wand instead of Stella, who had pushed him in front of her. ''Stop that, crazy,'' the Gryffindor told the older girl, the light from her wand blinding him. He was about to turn around and ask Stella if she knew what all of this was about since she seemed to have been the original target of this jabbing and not him when Mila wiped more goo onto his cheeks. ''Mila!'' he cried out, wiping the goo off of his cheeks and then chased his friend around to get some payback