Let's Dance

[Kate Archer]

Kate looked at herself anxiously in the mirror.This was the first item of clothing she had worn that showed her thin arms.She was a bit self-conscience of them but she knew that they were't half as bad compared to what they had been before.She was wearing a floor-length red dress.She absolutely adored the dress and she hoped she would be able to wear it again but she loved it.What was great was that it wasn't tight in anyway so for once she didn't look thin that was if you didn't look at her arms.But she was proud of her body and tonight she didn't care if people looked at her she thought she looked beautiful.Her hair was in a low bun and her make up was light except for some nice red lipstick that went with the dress.She had one golden bracelet on and she had gold earings on also.She had red heels on also but you couldn't see them with the dress on.This out was completely the opposite to last years.It was more elegant but she had wanted a dress that didn't show how thin she was but how much better she looked.She didn't look pale at all,her cheeks had a natural pink and her eyes were sparkling with excitement.She was going to enjoy tonight-she was going to preform with the girls for the Yule Ball.

She walked out of the Hufflepuff common room,she had her violin in one hand and a small purse in the other,just with a few essentials inside.She walked down to the Great Hall with confidence.She had gone down a bit earlier so she could get her violin back stage and ready for the quarter later on.The hall was a buzz of excitement though she knew there would be some people who hated this night and thought it was a joke.She also wondered was RHI lurking around the place waiting for an oppertunity to write about some unfortunate people.She didn't care about him/her tonight,she was going to enjoy tonight and no one was going to ruin it for her.She walked into the Great Hall and grinned at the beautiful decorations.This hall was quite full already and people were dancing and chatting.Everyone looked dashing and Kate put her violin back stage and said hello to some of the girls already there.She was looking forward to playing her violin.She walked over to the food table and chatted to one or two people and then waited for someone else who she could talk to.

 

[Samual Kaster]

Out of Character:

We're allowed to continue, Nadia will pop in later on

Samual Pace Kaster was super excited for the Yule Ball, he could barely contain himself as he did the last final touches to his hair. Sammy's hair usually agreed with him, but sometimes it went bad and would be more likely to look like a giant ball of fluff, instead of actually constructed curls. He finally left the mirror to shine upon the dorm room as he left the Gryffindor Common room altogether, he was going to pick up Nadia from the Ravenclaw Common room, but remembered that they were meeting at the Yule Ball, not walking together. He wasn't sure why, he remembered that he'd told Nadia that climbing all those stairs would surely kill him, but he was sure it was mainly because Nadia wanted a little extra time to get ready, that sounded like her. Samual only hoped that she went with the dress that he picked for her, because the one that she was going to wear was really ugly and bland, the new one was much nicer and a nice blue colour, like the Ravenclaw house! As he wondered down the stairs and fixed his black tie and opened the door to the Great Hall. He wasn't used to wearing ties, even though it was part of the school uniform, he never wore his like an actual tie, usually he didn't wear the uniform at all, because it was a little bit boring for him and he liked his own clothes. But all dress thoughts left his mind when he took notice of the Great Hall. It. Looked. Fantabulous. A bright happy smile quickly made its way to his face as he looked around. The hall looked wonderful, it gave him a feeling of Christmas, this year his family decided to celebrate it, and he thought that was the best decision Lisa ever made. Christmas was the best thing ever and Samual was determined to celebrate it.

Samual moved straight to the food table to wait patciently for Nadia, his sort of niece, it was admittedly still confusing for the Gryffindor to think of her as his nice, he used to see her as a close friend, not actually family, but now she was and he was really happy about it. But of course it also meant that Richard could come and go as he please, something Samual was less then ecstatic about, that man was creepy. He picked up some sort of lolly, he'd never seen it before, but it appeared to be sugar filled, and so he ate it, smiling slightly as the sugary goodness exploded in his mouth. But what made him even happier was who he accidently bumped into when he turned around. Kate Moon! He beamed and immediately pulled her into a friendly hug, and then let her go so they could talk. He hoped that he wasn't interupting anything, but she didn't appear to be in conversation, so he was sure it would be fine. "Kate! How are you?" He asked, taking a small step back to give her breathing space. "You look so fantabulous, I love the dress." He complimented. One of Samual's favourite colours was red, but unfortunately for him, he only had his black and white suit that he wore now, next year he'd have to by one more his colour, maybe a nice periwinkle, or amber suit. "Are you here with anyone?" He asked. Samual totally ignored people around them, as he no longer cared about RHI, last issue was last issue and he'd built a brigde and crossed it many nights ago, so he was back to being happy and care-free again.
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[Kate Archer]

Kate wasn't feeling as happy this year.In the case of recent events she wasn't feeling in the Yule Ball mood but she had bought the dress and everything and maybe going to it would make her feel better.She was playing the violin anyways and she couldn't just abandon the Hogwarts String Experiment.She would hopefully meet with some friends and forget about Stefan.Staying stuck in the Hufflepuff common room all by herself would not help things at all.Anyways no point missing and event she loved over something that would take time to fix itself.Situations like this were things you tread lightly.Kate was still rather unstable in regards to her emotions.She wondered what Stefan was doing tonight.She didn't think he would come.Kate shook her head and frowned she shouldn't be thinking about him.Her aim tonight was to forget about everything and enjoy her last night at school before returning home.She was going to try her best and not pass on the negative energy home.She wasn't sure if her parents would be able to take her being depressed and sad again.She had caused them so much trouble and worry since second year.She didn't want them to worry again,they probably wouldn't be very happy if they ever met Stefan.they hadn't been very happy when they had gone to all the trouble of sending her to New Zealand early for a date and then not showing up.Of course they didn't understand and Kate couldn't tell them.

Kate was going to have a walk around when she was hugged by someone familiar.Her face lit into a smile when she saw Sammy.She really appreciated what he had done for her down in the dungeons.He had been there for her when she needed him and for that she would always be grateful. "I'm grand,trying to enjoy the night"She said the smile still on her face but a tad bit smaller.Samual had become a close friend on hers and she just loved the way he looked at the positives all the time in life.He was just all sunshine and buttercups which was always good.Kate looked at herself and then at him.He had a lovely suit on "Thank you.Tu est tres beau"She said grinning.She had been practicing some french lately attempting anything to keep her mind thinking certain things.She had decided to go back over the French her mother ad taught her when she was younger.She found that she quiet enjoyed it and she was using in her every day life recently. "Nope,Just me"She said smiling.She was trying her best to enjoy the night,she was doing quite a good job and she did feel much better then she had earlier "Are you waiting for anyone?"She asked

 

[Samual Kaster]

Samual moved side to side for a few seconds, and then released Kate from the warm hug he gave her. Lately, everytime they met, Samual hugged her, because every single time he saw her, it felt needed, he wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not, but he tried to not think about it too much and grinned at his friend instead. It was a wonderful night, he couldn't dwell on his worries right now. Kate's smile worried Samual, it didn't seem as happy as it was in the past. It was understandable, she was probably still upset about everything. No-one cried in the dungeons and then was perfectly fine, even on such a great night as this. But Samual was quite determined to make sure that she had the greatest time of her life, even if it killed him. He beamed at her, trying to get his happiness to rub off on her. "That's brilliant, do you want something to eat?" He asked, looking at all the food on the table. There were all sorts of treats, if he ate them all... he'd be bouncing off the walls for days, and would probably be sick to his stomach in the morning. Samual looked suspiciously at Kate, most of his older siblings knew French, German and English, mainly because of their German father, English mother and the fact that Tess went off the France very early in life and so was far more accustomed to speaking French. But Samual was still learning French, he had German down pat because his father mostly spoke German to the family, even though they mostly lived in English speaking countries. English because he picked it up from his mother, and schooling. But French was still a little rusty, and so he was not exactly sure what Kate said to him, something about beauty or pretty or something. "What did you just say?" He asked, still looking suspiciously at her.

Samual chewed his bottom lip, now he kind of wished that he hadn't of asked Kate if she was attending with someone, of course she was alone, Stefan probably wasn't going to take her. Atleast she looked happier and was smiling tonight, instead of crying her eyes out like when she was down at the dungeons, he suddenly had the urge to give her another hug, but with RHI probably lurking, he didn't want to be seen hugging Kate twenty-four seven, otherwise that would not help the rumors at all, in fact, it would fuel them. Heck, standing together right now was probably feeding the claims, but Samual wasn't that worried about RHI to actually leave Kate by herself, so he stayed put and smiled kindly. "Well, consider yourself taken by myself and Nadia." He said chipperly. If Sam could take his niece to the Yule Ball, surely he could take a close friend without being rediculed for it. Samual nodded slightly. He was sort of waiting for someone, he and Nadia were planning to hang out at the Yule ball together, so it counted. "Yeah, I was planning to hang out with Nadia." He explained, looking around for the Ravenclaw sixth year. "But I can't seem to find her, I'm not entirely sure what she's wearing either," he confessed, shaking his head slightly. "I just hope she decided to wear the blue dress I picked for her, because it looks way prettier than the one she was going to wear." He added with a small shrug. Samual had known Nadia since forever, she and Tamalia grew up together, hating each others guts, but then Nadia moved and so did Samual's family, to a magical community in New Zealand, right nextdoor to each other. Samual and Nadia always got along though, and so there was a powerful bond they shared, though he still considered her Tamalia's friend. But now they were legally related, because Nadia was officially adopted by Lisa, which made her Samual's niece, Lucy's big sisters and a Kaster. He smiled at the thought.
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[Kate Archer]

Kate had always loved the Yule Ball.She wans't exactly 'girly' so to speak.She didn't pay too much attention to her clothes choice.What ever she liked she would wear.The Yule Ball was the only thing that she actually paid close attention to the type of dress she wanted.It was the one event of the year where she could buy a beautiful dress and do herself up.Nothing like this happened until sixth year in the muggle schools.Kate had never really looked forward to the Debs.She had never actually started secondary school because in Ireland you started at the age of twelve//thirteen.By then Kate had already spent two years in Hogwarts.Rightly so she would only be in third year back at home but instead she was in fifth year.Ironically enough in fifth year here she was doing major exams and back at home she would be doing a major exam in third year.So either way she would have to work her butt off at the age of fifteen and study hard for important exams.But in Hogwarts you had a Halloween feats,the Yule Ball and being magical was way cooler.Kate loved the fact that she was magical.She got the best of both worlds also,having muggle parents.She wasn't sure if she would have wanted magical parents. "Yes,a brownie would be lovely"She said smiling briefly before taking a brownie from the table.The brownie tasted delicious and she wondered once again who the elves did it.they were fantastic cooks.Kate couldn't help the small laugh that came.She thought it was quite funny that he didn't know what she said "I said you look, well are handsome"She said a real proper smile on her face this time.He really did make her smile with out meaning too but she guessed that was just in his nature.Some one who is always so happy has to rub off people some time.

She was feeling much better now.After the dungeons she had felt better after getting everything off her chest.She wanted to fund Sapphire and talk to her also.If she could find Tara she would tell her also.Another person she hadn't spoken to in ages was Shiloh,Kate hadn't seen her in ages and she made a mental note to look out for her.It seemed that the events of the Rumor Has It magazine had brought Sammy and Kate closer,probably fuel for the magazine but Kate had long ago stopped caring about what they wrote about her.Maybe this once she wouldn't be mentioned though the fact she and Samual were standing together at the Yule Ball and even hugging again RHI might beg to differ. Kate smiled "Thanks"She said,it was always nice to have some people to talk to during the Yule Ball,she would never want to go and spend the night alone.She had been looking forward to thus year's one because she had hoped she and Stefan would be going together,it would also been a year since he gave her the present of his mother's necklace.She still wore it.It hung around her neck and was the perfect length for the dress.Even though she was seriously hurt by what Stefan had done she loved him and you can't just stop loving someone.Kate listened as Samual explained who she was going with and the story with the dress "Well we will just have to look out for a girl in a blue dress"She said smiling,Kate had never met Nadia before but she would look out for people in blue dresses coming their way "So how have things been?"She asked taking another brownie.She hadn't really got a chance to ask him down in the dungeons and she hadn't seen him for a while before that

 

[Samual Kaster]

Samual looked aat all the super yummy food, but he didn't take anything, he didn'tt feel like eating just now, maybe later. Right now he felt like water, nothing fancy like pumpkin juice or the asortment of muggle soft drinks scattered around the table, just plain old wwater, amaybe a little bit of ice in with it. As of late his sweet tooth had all bbut vanished, Tamalia said that itit was because he was getting oolder, and if this was true, Samual wanted nothing to do with getting old, he liked lollies and other treats, and if he had to give them up in order to grow older, he would happily turn into the next Peter Pan from the Muggle childrens books. He smiled when Kate took a delicious lolooking brownie, she was stil thin, wand it wawas made more noticeable by her dress, but he didn'tt meantion anything about her weight, he didn't want her self conscious or anything. Atleast she wasn't like other girls that refused to eeat because their life ssucked, and by ddefinition, Kate's life was not strawberries aand roses by sounds of it. If anyanyone hhad a reason to complain about life, it was her for sure. "The brownies good?" He asked casually, eying off one of the elves that worked aat the school, they were the best ccooks ever, though he wouldwould never say such things wwhen in the presence of his sister LLisa, she was a little totouchy on heher cooking ababilities, and being told that she was often out-cooked by the Hogwarts New Zealand elves, would probabky not make her feel good at all. Samual poured himself some water, and quietly accio himself some ice, careful to take heed in hhis pronunciation and making sure he only called over the ththree esired ice cubes, and not all the ice ccubes that were in the ccaslte. Ever since running into Star and bbeing attacked by pillows, he made sure to be specific with Accio, because knowing his luck, if he wasn't careful, he'd be covered in ice cubes. "I'm just going to have some water for now.'' He explained, leaning on the table carefully.

Samual laughed slightly and his cheeks gregrew a little pink at the compliment, and what made him happier was a genuine smile, it didn't seem to house any sadness, not that he could see anyway. Mission accomplished, he ws making Kate just ththat little bbit hhappier, well, someone had to! "Aww thank you!" He said cheerfully, sipping his iced water, the night already seemed bbrighter to the Fourteen year oold Gryffindor, noe tthat hhe knew tthat his friend was obviously feeling better. Now he just had to wait for Nadia to show up, whenever that was, he woukdn't out it papast her to be dancing around if sshe saw him wwith someone else, she'd probabky nnot wwant tto intrude on the conversation. But Sammy woukdn't mind, and he was quite sure Kate wouldn't mind either."You're very welcome, it would suck being alone at the Yule ball, if I had not ran into yyou, and I couldn't find Nadia, I'd probably either be dancing with some strange person, or I'd leave and... I don't know, juggle something.'' He said with a small shrug and a laugh eescaping his lips. He nodded in agreement. ''Yeah, she's slightly taller ththan you, and she's in Ravenclaw... oh and she has bblue eyes and brown hair.'' He explained, sighing slightly at his description. ''Well, that only describes half the room.'' He said sarcastically, sipping his water. ''I don't know if yiu know her though, she's in the same yyear as my sister, Tama,so you probably wouldn'tt have met her...'' He mused, putting his finger to his chin in thought. ''If I see her, I'll introduce you two, she is my niece after all, I guess she kind of has a right tto meet my friends.'' He explained happily. Their relationship still mmanaged to confuse him, but he tried not to ththink about it, so he wouldn't get a hheadache.

Samual thought of Kate's final question. Things had been... okay, about the same as they hhad been at the start of the year, he missed the days oof hhis First year, everything seemed to perfect back then, but people grew up, friends turned their backs, ppeople pass away and you ultimately grow older with all those experiences. Even if SSamual ddidn't wwant to think like that, he had to start to if he actually wanted to survive his last few years in some level oof happiness, he had been getting a little pressure from Annalie Darkhart, and felt a little crowded with his older sister keeping such a cclose eye oon him, he was sure sshe wwas wawatching him right now, but he tried to ignore her most of the titime. She was trying to protect him, just like Kate had, but hehe had to kearn to stand on his own feet, after TTamalia lleaves, and KKate leaves, he'll have to take care of himself, he didn't really have friends in his own yyear, they were mosmostly yyounger or older, though he was sure Lola and Star were in hhis year, he didn't know them as well as he knew Kate and oof course his own sister, while Katie knew most of hihis problems because she fofound him at a weak moment, and since to his knowledge she had nonot told anyone, he trusted her too."They've been okay. If you're asking about Annalie, she hasn't bothered me... yet.'' Samual sensed that it wwas just a matter of time before she started oon him aagain, a girl like that with ththe amount of material she had on Samual? She was going to come back at him in no time, hopefully he'd be more prepared though, but he doubted iit. Emotionally stable was nnot how you could describe Samual Kaster at all.
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[Kate Archer]

Kate had learned the hard way the value of food.Most people took the fact they got three delicious meals a day.Some people in the world didn't even get one nutritious meal a day.For Kate after three to three and a half months of barely eating any food you start to realize how important it is.Of course Kate was practically scared of the substance after she began eating again.She would hate any event with large amounts of food.She would often go to the elves and they would make her a special meal and she would eat alone up in her dorm.The elves had always been very worried for her because of her weight,they would often give her lots of food or try and convince her to stay and what something there.She had always politely refused trying to get used to the fact of eating again.She didn't know how anorexic people did it,she hated herself and the fact she couldn't eat.She had to watch her body slowly get thinner and thinner,her complexion staying a sickly pale color and her hair and eyes going dead.It had been a horrible experience and one she was never going to repeat.She had decided to maybe set up an organization to help anorexic people.Even though her circumstances and reason were different,she still knew how dangerous it was to become thin and the feelings that came with it.She came out of her day dream and focused on what Sammy was saying. "Water is the best"She said,water was practically the only drink she drank.She hated juice and even though she loved milk she only had it with her cereal and tea.

She grinned at his rosy cheeks "No bothers"She said her Irish 'r' accented.Kate's Irish accent wasn't as clear as it used to be due to living in New Zealand and England for the past five years but the Irish have a special way of saying their 'r's that no actor//actress can imitate unless they are Irish.It was quite funny listening to some attempts but no matter how they tried usually people couldn't get it.That was something that had stayed with Kate and she guessed some people figured she was Irish when she spoke that way.She did use some English words and sayings because of the English staff at the manor.She wasn't exactly sure what the New Zealand accent was because she spent most of her time on the Island in Hogwarts which had a variety of nationalities and accents.It was quite cool seeing all the different cultures and so on.Kate laughed and raised an eyebrow "Juggle something?"She said,she had attempted juggling before and it had ended with oranges flying everywhere.Kate had never met Nadia before,Kate didn't know many sixth years.Sapphire was the only person she knew and Annalie also but they weren't friends.Kate had never really disliked someone or had never even felt real hate towards someone but that girl was just evil in the way she enjoyed torturing people.That wasn't something to be proud of and Kate didn't think someone like that deserved to go to Hogwarts. "Your niece?"Kate asked confused

Kate had no other relations other then her brother,sisters and parents.All her grandparents were dead and she had no cousins,aunts or uncles.Her parents had both been only children,that being the reason even though Dad hadn't been close to his aunt he had still inherited her fortune and manor because he was the only living relative left.The transition from a small country home to a huge manor had been very big.It had taken a long while to get used to the huge house and the staff.That fact that someone made her breakfast and opened the door for her had been very hard to accept as she was so used to doing it herself.Her grand-aunt had needed a lot of help in her old age so she had had a fairly big staff to make sure the whole house stayed clean.She had had to have people make food for her,open doors and often help her walk around the house.In a way she had had her own personal nursing home and when she died instead of firing them all Mam and Dad decided to keep them employed and a lot worked on the estate and people still kept the whole house clean because her parents were usually busy and the Moon children were to the staff off at boarding school. "Well Sammy you just have to ignore her,no matter how much her words hurt just ignore them and pretend she isn't there.What ever she says means nothing and try not to give her the satisfaction of caring about what she says."She said smiling ,that had been her view of bullies ever since she had been the age of eight.It had stopped any attempt of bullying because she didn't give them the satisfaction or rising to the bait.She often stood up to anyone who attempted bullying