Sweet Sixteen!

[Isabella Chaos]

Isabella was going back and forth in her house, yelling out orders and fussing over things she shouldn't be fussing about, but was only doing so out of nervousness for not having anything to do. Today was her Sweet Sixteen and she was having a grand party. It was being held at her house, but it seemed that while she was away at school her father had managed to build (or rather conjure up) an entire ball room at their house, just for the party. The ballroom was decorated lavishly with place cards in each seat, though the only table she bothered looking at was those where her friends were to be seated and a few choice family members; the rest of the guests didn't matter to her as much.

After the umpteenth time Isabella's father ordered her to go back to her room and finish getting ready, just to keep her out of the way for the things that were being transferred from the kitchen to the ballroom. Isabella and her father both knew that she was already ready, but he needed her out of the way and Isabella had nothing else to do so she begrudgingly marched up the stairs and sat down on her bed; she couldn't even lay down for fear of messing up her hair or her dress.

After a few moments of sitting in completely stillness, Isabella got up and looked at herself in the mirror. She twirled around to get a good look at her entire outfit from all angles and when she was facing herself again she sighed and scrunched her face up as thoughts of throwing on another dress came to mind again. It wasn't that she didn't like her dress, she loved it, but it wasn't the typical 'Sweet Sixteen' ballgown. Should she have gone with the traditional big, white, almost-like-a-wedding-gown dress?

 

[Wendy Chaos]

After being booted out of the kitchen as well, Wendy made her way up the stairs and instead of going to her own room, went into Bella's for some company. "Oh relax, you look gorgeous," Wendy stated as she walked in and noticed Bella looking at herself in the mirror and contemplating whether to change dresses again. The girl had already been through about three other dresses that morning alone. Wendy was glad she hadn't been here before today, because word from Victoria, their caretaker, was that Isabella went through quite a few more dresses than just three.

Wendy went over and plopped herself onto Isabella's bed, laying on her stomach. As Isabella turned around to look at her with a face that asked 'Really?' Wendy rolled her blue eyes playfully and said, "Yes, that dress is fine. More than fine!" she added quickly before Isabella could freak out over her having used 'fine' to describe her. "You're Isabella freaking Chaos, you'd make a trash bag look good," Wendy added with another eye roll. "You chose that dress because it wasn't a traditional 'Sweet Sixteen' dress, you like being unique," Wendy reminded her calmly.

 

[Isabella Chaos]

Isabella saw Wendy coming into her room from the mirror. She smiled when Wendy assured her the dress was a good choice and turned around about to ask her if she was sure. It seemed she didn't have to ask because Wendy then assured her again that she looked 'fine.' Fine?! she immediately thought, just as Wendy rephrased herself. Isabella laughed and smiled saying, "Okay, thank you."

Bella looked at Wendy laying casually on her bed and sighed wistfully, jealous that Wendy could lay down and do whatever because it didn't matter what she or her dressed looked like. Isabella nearly laughed at the thought of actually being jealous of Wendy, something she never thought possible. As Wendy then reminded her of why Isabella had chosen the dress she had on, Bella smiled once more, with more confidence. "You're right," she nodded her head matter-of-factly. She liked that this dress was not the typical 'Sweet Sixteen' dress, it was more simple in terms of being 'big' but definitely more classy, in her opinion.

"Well I'm glad you decided to change out of that frock you called a dress and put on something better," Isabella commented as she took a seat beside Wendy. "But you look so bony! Put a cardigan on or something," she suggested, getting up again to look through her closet and tossing her a white cardigan.

 

[Charles Chaos]

Charles didn't know how his wife had done it before, all this party planning. It was exhausting! Ever since Daphne had passed away two years ago the Chaos' hadn't had a party at their house at all, not even Christmas, which was so different for them because they had always had parties, it was Daphne's favorite thing to do, party planning and hosting and going, etc. For the past few Christmases they had just began going over to his sister-in-law's place (was she even still considered that?), even though he really didn't like her husband. He didn't have any siblings and his parents were both divorced so he didn't think that'd be a fun holiday environment; so Asteria and David it was then. Besides, Isabella really seemed to like her cousins and Valeria, who was currently living with them, deserved to see her family once in a while, whether she liked it or not.

After he was sure everything was in its place and the band was playing the opening music, Charlie sighed in exhaustion and adjusted his tie. Before Wendy and the twins had come into the picture he had only thought he'd have to deal with one of these 'Sweet Sixteens' but now he had two other daughters, one not so far off from sixteen either, and with Daphne gone all the workload would be on him. It hurt his head just thinking about planning another one of these so he went to the kitchen and took a glass of champagne and drank it as he went up the stairs to Isabella's room.

"Girls, the ball room is ready and people are already Apparating here," he told them as he opened the room to see Wendy putting a cardigan on. "Make sure you greet everyone at the party Isabella," he reminded her sternly, before closing the door again and heading back downstairs to the ballroom where a few family members were already there.

 

[Charles Fera]

It had been after his own 16th Birthday that Charles had received an unexpected owl with an even more unexpected letter. Reading the invitation his eyebrows raised in mild surprise. It had been a while since he had spoken to Isabella and even though they had practically grown up together, he found it hard to believe that she had invited him without some sort of persuasion from his God-Father, her father. Charles and Isabella had never got along as children and with this in mind he had quickly discarded the invitation without a second thought.

It wasn't until a few weeks later that the invitation had been brought to his father attention after one of the house-elfs found it while cleaning. Charles had refused to attend the party of the stuck up, snotty nosed brat that was Isabella Chaos. Of course, Charles was fighting a lost battle when he went up against his father and with a sigh of defeat the RSVP was sent back to the Chaos manner.

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Now January 2nd Charles finished getting ready for a party which he was not looking forward too. Charles had grown up attending Black-tie events such as this so getting ready was never really any trouble for him but there was something about the party tonight that threw him off slightly, he just couldn't put his finger on it. Getting his father to fix the bow tie Charles grabbed the present which his father had made him get for Isabella and with that, the two Apparated off to the Chaos Manner. It had been indeed a while since Charles was here but the place was still very much familiar to him, having practically grown up there; the house held a lot of memories for him.

 

[Patricia Styx]

So much had happened to Patricia since the holidays had started and she was looking forward to the distraction that took place in the form of Bella's Sweet Sixteenth birthday party. Patricia was glad that the two had been able to put the past behind them and become good friends, Bella was someone that Patricia knew she could trust. Patricia found it strange as she got ready for the party in her new home, with servants and house elves at her disposal. Although Patricia didn't have the heart to ask them for help, instead she asked Niccy to help her. When Patricia lived with her other family, getting ready was always a time that she spent with her mum. Patricia pushed the thoughts out of her head as she didn't live there any more, this was what she wanted.

Putting the finishing touches to her outfit she looked at herself in a full length mirror. It was a black tie event so of course she had to be dressed somewhat extravagantly but she wasn't used to getting ready for a party looking like this; unless the Yule Ball could count. Finally happy with how she looked she took a deep breath and made her way downstairs. Saying goodbye to everyone she got one of the house elves to apparate her to the Chaos Manor. Arriving with a loud crack she said goodbye to the little house elf and looked around the Entrance Hall. "Wow." Patricia said under her breath.

 

[Olivia Trevi]

Olivia had Apparated to the party a bit earlier with the rest of her family. Her parents had immediately gone off in search of the champagne and Zaire had wondered off to find their sister Valeria who lived with her Uncle Charlie now. Livvy sighed and noticed that a few others had arrived already as well and noticed someone she hadn't seen in a while. It was her uncles godson, Charles, whom they had always been around with while growing up. Livvy and Zaire didn't see him as much Isabella had when she was little, but it was enough to warrant a friendly hello between the two.

Livvy walked over to Charles and said, "Hello Charles, long time no see." It had been nearly two years since she'd last seen him at Daphne's funeral. She brushed the dark hair out of her blue eyes and added, "You're looking good." It might've seemed like a flirty sort of comment but Livvy had known Charles since he was a baby, and definitely did not see him that way. She looked around in search of someone and said aloud, "Now where is that bratty little cousin of mine? I bet you're just dying to see her, eh?" Livvy said with a small laugh in jest, knowing how the two pretty much hated each other.

 

[Efeyenia Samartzi]

It had been another long Christmas with constant parties and events and with New Year's out of the way Nia had time to focus on the only party she was looking forward too, Bella's Sweet Sixteen. Knowing her best friend like she did the party was going to be one for the books. Fixing her dress Nia stood in front of the full length mirror making sure everything was perfect. Smiling once she was finally happy with her outfit she made her way downstairs to see that James had already arrived. Giving her boyfriend a quick kiss she said goodbye to her parents and Iason and was apparated to the party by her new nanny. Once they arrived at the Chaos Manor Nia said goodbye to her nanny and grabbed James' hand. Bella's place was stunning and with a quick glance of the Ballroom she knew tonight was going to be good.

 

[Isabella Chaos]

Isabella had eagerly descended from the stairs and entered the ballroom, grinning from ear to ear and gushing at everything. Her dad had gone to great lengths to make sure things were exactly as she had wanted and knew it wasn't an easy task for him since it had always been her mother to organize the parties so she was used to it, whereas her dad wasn't.

She saw many of her family members already there and merely waved to them, telling herself she'd go say hello to them properly later. Right now she was focused on her friend Patricia, who was already there and ran walked over to her as fast as she could in her heels. "Omg Pat you made it!" she said happily, extending her arms out for a hug. She and Patricia had gone through a lot, from hating each other and finally to always being there for each other. "No fair, you're not supposed to look better than me," Isabella pouted playfully; it was her form of a compliment.

Out of the corner of her eye she saw her cousin Livvy talking to someone who looked vaguely familiar but didn't pay them much attention at the moment. She was going to make the rounds soon enough. After hugging Patricia, Bella turned around to see her best friend Nia appear. Isabella squealed her name out loudly, over excited because of the occasion and went over to give her a hug. "Yay!" was all she said to Nia as she hugged her, then said hello to James. "Glad you could make it," she said to them both with a beaming smile.

 

[Thomas Smith]

So far Thomas had enjoyed his holidays a lot. He had spent sometime with his brother, who after about two years he could now tolerate, and with his old ex-best friend; Joce. He was more than glad that the two were now friends again, it had been three lonely years that they had fallen out. With tonight being the night of his girlfriends Sweet Sixteen Thomas had been pre-occupied. He knew how important this was going to be for Isabella and he didn't want anything to go wrong for her. In his best suit he fixed his tie and once he was happy enough with it he made his way back downstairs.

There was some commotion going on and after talking to his mother for a while he was forced to take his brother with him to the party. Thomas and Ivan both weren't fond of the idea but his mother thought it would be a good way for Ivan to get out and meet a few people. After giving Ivan one of his suits and when Joce was ready his mother apparated the three off to the Chaos Manor. After warning his brother to be on his best behaviour he went in search of his girlfriend. Her present in his pocket for later.

 

[Victoria Chambers]

Victoria wasn't so fussed with what she was wearing as long as it was good enough for Isabella not to get mad at her and as long as it was comfortable enough for her to chase after the Chaos twins, who were just a month shy of turning three. Their last names described exactly how they behaved and it was tough for Tori to keep up but she managed it. Right now with the party going on she knew she had to keep them out of their father's way and especially out of the kitchen where many things could go wrong with the two of them in there.

At the moment Tori was in the ballroom, dancing with the twins to the music the band was playing to keep them happy and entertained, and hopefully tired out to fall asleep early that evening. Tori stopped dancing as more people showed up and took that moment as she was catching her breath to look around for her family, that should be coming. Isabella and her younger brother were good friends so he was coming, but she didn't know if her entire family would be coming or not. The last she'd heard, Isabella and Summer didn't exactly hit it off, that wasn't a surprise to Tori. Still, her entire family had come to Isabella's mother's funeral so she didn't doubt they would come to her party; she knew how her family was and they were never ones to skip out on a formal event they had been invited to.<i></i>

 

[Ivan Petrov]

Ivan was a bit disappointed that Joce and Thomas were both going to a party tonight, the same party at that; but he didn't let it show. Instead he just mopped around the house like he normally did knowing it was a good way to annoy his mother. When Thomas and Joce were both getting ready Ivan had succeed in annoying his mother until the two were in a shouting match. He really dispissed the woman, she had taken away from his home and he hated her for it. Sure he could just about stand Thomas now but he had never grown to like the woman and probably never would.

When his twin came down stairs he was horrified when their mother made Thomas use his plus one to his girlfriends birthday. The last thing Ivan wanted to spend his night doing was going to some stuck up girls fancy birthday party where there would probably be some 'old' music played. Bore fest! Finally giving in Ivan went upstairs and changed into one of Thomas' suits, why a 14 year old had a suit let alone more than one was beyond him. Going down stairs again he rolled his eyes at how his mother cooed over how the three of them looked. Although when he saw Joce in her dress he thought the night might not turn out so bad, even if she was going as a guest of someone else.

Once they were apparated to the Chaos Manor Ivan glared slightly at his brother as he warned him to be on his best behaviour. Frowning as Joce went off to find her friend he stuffed his hands in his pocket, not before taking off his tie Screw it being black tie! he thought, and followed his brother.

 

[Alyssa Chevalier]

Alyssa messed with the hem of her dress once more as she stared at herself in the mirror, making sure she looked absolutely perfect for Isabella's Sixteenth Birthday Party that was being held at her house tonight. The least she could do for one of her best friends and the Glam Squad was made sure she looked close to flawless tonight, thanks to her Veela blood it never took that much for her to gorgeous to begin with. "I think that just about does it." She brought up pail smooth fingers to run them through her silk soft hair before she shot herself a pretty smile into the mirror and turned to the bed so she could grab her invitation that she had received not to long after the Holiday's. This season had been one of the most memorable for her ever, she had quite an interesting birthday herself, classes were going awesome, and not to mention she also now had the man of her dreams to call as her boyfriend. After Vincent and her confessed their feelings and had gone home to his house sick she had spent a lot of time with him just hanging out in Brightstone and at his house even if they were sick for quite some time as well. Alyssa was tempted to ask him if he wanted to go to the Birthday Party with her tonight but she wasn't sure if he was feeling well or if his father would let him, so she decided she would just visit him for a little while once the Party was over.

When Alyssa arrived at Isabella's house she was immediately impressed with how much work her friend seemed to put into this party, it almost made her envious that she hadn't tried to hold a Sweet Sixteen bash like she had always dreamed of when she was a little girl. "Ohh Bella, happy Sweet Sixteen!" Alyssa squealed, her French accent standing out perfectly as she spoke loudly to her friend, her long legs made it quick for her to arrive next to the Birthday girl with a gorgeous smile on her face. In her hand was a large sparkling blue Gift bag with Isabella's Presents inside. One of the gifts was a gorgeous Bracelet that Alyssa had bought her friend from Paris, France during her last modeling photoshoot there. Inside the bag there was also an Enchanted Journal & Quill because from what Alyssa remembered, her friend had always been into writing of some sort and she thought it would be nice if her friend continued it, after all she thought the Gossip Magazine had been a hit even if it did make people mad. Glancing around the room with her Crystal blue eyes she caught sight of Nia and Patricia and waved to them both with a soft and pretty smile on her face, so far only two more members of the Glam Squad needed to show up and the whole group would be there.

 

[Patricia Styx]

Patricia was brought out of her amazement of Bella's house at the sound of heels against the floor coming towards her. She looked up to see the birthday girl making her way towards her. Returning her hug she said, "Of course I did. I wouldn't miss it!" she replied, truthfully. "I wouldn't miss what's sure to be the party of the century." she said with a laugh. From what she could see so far the party was turning out to be pretty big. Patricia didn't want to think about her 16th after finding out what happens. Rolling her eyes at Bella's words. "Hardly! You look stunning." she said.

Giving Bella another hug she said goodbye to her friend as she watched her rush off to greet the rest of her guests. Sighing she made her way into the Ballroom. She wished she had invited someone but the only person she would have wanted to invite probably would have come. Then again Patricia was relieved she didn't invite Ruki, after the Holiday Feast she didn't know how she would be able to react around him. Liking your friends sucks! she thought, mentally slapping herself for having these feelings towards him, even though she was pretty sure it was something she couldn't help. She could have invited Riley but she didn't know where she stood with him.

 

[Efeyenia Samartzi]

Nia was talking to James as the two walked towards the Ballroom, that was until she heard the sound of her name. Dropping James' hand Nia met Bella and gave her a big hug, being sure not to hit her with the bag which contained her birthday presents. "Happy Birthday B!" she exclaimed happily for her friend as she broke away from the hug. "He wouldn't miss it." she said with a laugh, nudging her boyfriend playfully. When Alyssa appeared Nia waved over at one of her other best friends, tonight was going to be good, she could tell.

 

[Charles Fera]

Charles walked in to the Ballroom and soon enough parted with his father as he went in such of his friend; Bella's own father. Charles glanced around the vast room and saw no sign of the Birthday girl yet, she's late for her own party Charles shook his head. The girl was always one to make sure she looked perfect, even if perfection took damned near forever. Sighing at how she hadn't changed, even though he hadn't seen her yet, he decided to go look for her himself so maybe he could slip out of the party early.

As he walked around the familiar house he turned at the sound of his voice. A small smile graced his lips as he saw who it was that had addressed him. Another blast from the past. "Livvy! It's so good to see you." he said, giving his old friend a light embrace. Livvy was one of Isabella's cousins that Charles had been had good terms with, much better than Isabella herself. Chuckling at her comment he smirked slightly, "And you look ravishing." Not really caring how that sounded. As Livvy commented on Isabella's lateness he rolled his eyes. "My thoughts exactly." Charles knew every well that Olivia was joking about how he dying to see her cousin but it didn't stop him from glaring lightly. "I'm ecstatic." he said, his voice lacking any sort of emotion.

 

[Isabella Chaos]

Isabella smiled at Patricia and said, "Thanks, when she complimented her in return. After they had exchanged hugs and greetings, Isabella told her, "Well make yourself comfortable and take a seat, the food should be served soon," she smiled. Isabella's family didn't have House elves like most Pureblood families did, and it was mostly Isabella's doing for the reason why not. Isabella had always been an avid animal lover, and her many pets were proof of that, not to mention her decision to become a vegetarian at the age of 10 (which her parents had thought would just be a phase), so since House elves were a form or 'creatures' she demanded they not have any since it was cruel. Instead they had butlers and servants for events such as her Sweet Sixteen.

After she had left Pat, Isabella had gone over to Nia and James. "Thank you!" the newly-sixteen year old girl beamed at the birthday wishes. Isabella noticed the bag Nia had in her hands and the Slytherin questioned, "Is that my present?" with an attempt at modesty yet she couldn't contain her excitement.

The next thing she knew, Isabella could hear Alyssa's familiar French accent calling out to her. Isabella turned to the direction form which her voice was coming from and squealed in return. "Hey!" she greeted her simply yet her tone full of excitement. She motioned her over to where she and Nia were standing and Alyssa was there in no time. "Thank you!" Isabella said to Alyssa after she had said happy birthday to her. "You two look gorgeous as always," Isabella complimented them with a smile. "How were your holidays so far?" she asked.

 

[Isaac Chambers IV]

Isaac had only been here once before, and that was for Isabella's mother's funeral, so coming now for a festivity seemed a bit weird for Isaac today. Much to his dismay, his entire family was tagging along again, thanks to his older sister's request that they all go. The Slytherin boy got dressed fairly quickly and waited impatiently for the rest of his family to get ready.

Finally, after they were all ready, the Chambers family took a Portkey to the Chaos Manor. After the uncomfortable feeling of wizard transportation, Isaac felt his feet hit the ground and opened his eyes, finding himself standing in their entrance hall. His parents were greeted by some butlers who took their Portkey right away and discarded it into a small box filled with other probable Portkeys and Isaac walked into the ballroom which was already bustling with many people and activity.

Isaac looked around for Isabella to say happy birthday to her. He recognized a few of her family members and groaned slightly, knowing that her cousin Zaire would be there, and he hoped he wouldn't run into him. The only other time Isaac had been here was for Daphne's funeral and after the funeral Isaac had gone with Isabella up to her room to keep her company. At the time Isaac had had a bit of a crush on Isabella, and apparently it was pretty obvious because later that day, her cousin Zaire had pulled him aside and 'warned' him about taking advantage of Isabella in her vulnerable state, as if Isaac would actually do that. Since then Isaac had been wary about returning to Isabella's house, but it was her birthday party, he wouldn't miss it, even if that did mean another confrontation with her cousin.

 

[Abigail Lurken-Mckay]

Abigail walked into the extravagant house, nearly disturbed at how over the top this all was when growing up she could not even dream to be so wealthy. It was times like these that she was jealous of her friends but her Uncle, an old friend of Charles Chaos, reassured her that it was only charms that did this as they were parted. The girl's aunt would have attended but she had a young baby to look after and Peter, who did not want to leave the side of his mother to meet all these people. She felt like a fish out of water in a house this large, it was not natural and she felt rather uncomfortable in the setting but she knew her friends would be here and at the very least she had to arrive at her best friend's birthday party.

Following the noise, Abigail walked further into the home with a gift in her arms. She was not sure if she was supposed to look as stuck up as she assumed the other people would be and as she entered she quickly came up with a back story should it be asked because she did not want people to judge her for being some strange Pure-blooded girl that grew up around muggles. Sure that was true, but it was nice to pretend to be someone different once in a while.

Just in time, Abbey had approached the group and smiled brightly at her friends. "Happy Birthday B!" she grinned excitedly, her dark purple eyes sparkling gently. She wished her crush had been able to attend with her but had a feeling he would not enjoy this kind of gathering, the pair seemed to be themselves with one another and he knew that she would be faking much of this night and that was not something she wanted him to see, not yet anyway.

 

[Summer Chambers]

It had taken a lot of planning for Summer to get ready for this party. Summer had automatically disliked Isabella Chaos because she had ruined her family Christmas two years ago. Though Summer would never admit it, her family was important to her and she hated when anyone got in the way of it, or ruined their only time together. Isaac had been at Hogwarts that year and her sister Tori had gone to go work for the stupid Chaos' so Summer had been looking forward to having them back for Christmas since she had actually missed them, though she'd never vocally admit it. But those plans had been ruined thanks to Isaac and Tori's insistence that they attend Daphne's funeral. Summer wasn't hide her dislike towards any person so it wasn't long before Isabella found out she didn't like her.

So all this had brought up a dilemma when Summer was trying to choose what to wear to her stupid birthday party. One the one hand, it was just Isabella's birthday party, there was no need to dress up for that girl's party; Summer considered wearing her Yuletide Dance dress. But on the other hand, any event was an excuse to dress up and wear a new dress, no matter how lame the event was, and she was not going to be an outfit repeater, so that reason had decided Summer's choice for her. Finally the Slytherin girl dressed up in a bright yellow dress. Summer always loved bright colors because it made her stand out; she didn't care if she was going to someone's birthday party and they were going to be the center of attention, Summer wanted all the attention on her.

Finally her family departed for the party and she quickly followed Isaac into the ballroom with her sister trailing beside her. Summer knew Isaac would be looking for Isabella so she soon left him and began wandering along the ballroom, taking in everything. "My Sweet Sixteen will be so much better than this," Summer commented aloud snidely, mostly to herself, even though she had an audience with her sister there. As she was walking around she noticed a cute boy who seemed to be alone (Ivan) and didn't look like he wanted to be there anymore than she did. "Ooh cute boy over there," Summer said to her sister with a nudge. Summer looked over at her sister and shrugged as a form of goodbye and walked over to him. "Hey there," she greeted him, flashing him her biggest smile. "You look like you don't want to be here anymore than I do," she commented as a conversation starter.

 

[Joceline Richarde]

Joceline was not pleased about attending Isabella Chaos' birthday party but Wendy would be there and so would Thomas and Ivan. After the three arrived, she kissed Ivan's cheek softly and popped off to find her Gryffindor friend. "WENDY CHAOS! GET YOUR DERRIERE, OUT HERE!" she called obnoxiously because she did not care one iota if Isabella's birthday was disturbed by her calling for her best friend.

OOC: that was just posted because miss joce was apparently there.

 

[Hannah Chambers]

Though Hannah had no qualms about the Chaos family, she wasn't really looking forward to going to a party that evening. She had been at her house tending to her garden when her mother had reminded her that they needed to get going. Hannah very quickly washed up, though there was still dirt under her fingernails and got dressed in her Yuletide dance dress; unlike Summer she didn't care about wearing the same dress again. She let her hair down in loose curls and slipped into some flats just in time to hear her father calling them down saying the Portkey would be ready any minute now.

Once they got to the party, Hannah stuck with her twin Summer for a while, out of habit, before she then left her to go talk to some complete stranger. Hannah didn't mind this, Summer leaving her was normal, but now it gave her an excuse to leave Summer alone without looking mean. Hannah eagerly made her way through the crowd to look for her older sister Tori and soon found her with the little Chaos'. Hannah greeted her older sister happily, she was always Hannah's role model, and soon stuck with her, helping her look after the hyper-active bunch.

 

[Wendy Chaos]

Wendy had hung around in the entrance hall, not really wanting to go into the ballroom because she knew it was going to be boring with Isabella hanging out with all her friends and whatnot. She had invited Joceline hoping to have someone interesting to talk to but seriously doubted she would want to come, and who could blame her? Wendy had just taken a seat on the couch in the living room, which was beside the ballroom, when she heard a familiar voice calling out her name at the top of their lungs.

A laugh escaped Wendy's lips when she realized who it was immediately and stood up from the couch, making her way into the ballroom. It didn't take long for the Gryffindor girl to find her friend and walked over to her. "Finally someone who won't bore me to death!" Wendy said as a form of greeting towards her Slytherin friend, smiling at her brightly. She knew quite a few were now staring at the two because of Joceline's outcry but Wendy took no notice.

 

[Olivia Trevi]

Livvy stuck with Charles as the party went on and more people continued showing up. Livvy finally spotted her cousin talking with all her friends who were arriving and nudged Charles as she nodded her head in Isabella's direction. "There's the princess," Livvy said with dry humor, just to tease Charles. Charles and Isabella had always teased each other when they were little because Charles always seemed like a bit of the underdog, but looking at Charles now, it seemed to Livvy that he was no longer that at all. Livvy thought it was gonna be hard for Isabella to find something to tease him about now. "I guess it's a good idea she hasn't noticed us," Livvy chuckled gratefully. It's not like she didn't like Isabella, they had a constant budding relationship, but Livvy decided to just let Isabella be with her friends for now.

 

[Alyssa Chevalier]

Alyssa missed going to parties like this, she had gone all the time as a child but had stopped going to them as often once it was revealed that she was Part-Veela. Whoever planned this got serious props from her end because the whole place looked fabulous and on top of that so many of the guests that were at the party looked so nice, it surprised her that a lot of people had come that she knew from school as well. "Abbey, I love your dress." She complimented the purple eyed girl with a soft smile when she walked over to them wearing a very pretty green looking dress. Her eyes shifted back to Isabella just in time for her to hear something about her and Nia looking gorgeous as always, that left a soft grin on her face because she loved being complimented by her friends like that because they were all so pretty that she felt almost inferior to them when they were around. "Thanks! Your one to talk though, you look stunning!" Alyssa beamed looking at Isabella, who looked absolutely stunning which was expected of her on her big night. Alyssa knew that if she didn't have that Part-Veela Blood in her she probably would never stand a chance around there girls, especially since she had become a big softy over the past year. People could now probably walk all over her and she wouldn't have a thing to say about it, she was still a fashion loving barbie as everyone liked to put it but she had just become but she was now starting to feel less of a Slytherin than she ever had.

"You guys remember Vincent right, well over the Holidays he told me he loved me and now ere dating! He's so amazing!" He reached up and clasped her hand around the elephant necklace that Vincent had given her on Christmas, she still couldn't believe that he was hers now because she had been waiting so long for this to happen. Her father wasn't very pleased but luckily she had a lot of awesome family members that she could count on to save her butt from him and his grouchiness. "Did you guys have good Holidays too?" She asked staring at her friends curiously with her big crystal blue eyes, she hoped she wasn't the only one who had a good Holiday this year because that would just totally kill the good mood.