what's the time Mr Wolf

[Briar Rowan-Cullen]

Briar had been working hard on her halloween costume for a while, she had spent a few afternoons in the cavern with a mirror practicing the transfiguration, with a potion that would undo any transfiguration that she had messed up. thankfully she had only needed it once or twice. now she was heading up to the great hall from the cavern, she had got "changed" in there to keep her costume as a surprise, and to make sure that there were no mistakes in the transfiguration. she wasn't sure that now she wanted to go as a wolf, but she had worked so hard on getting it right, she didn't want it to go to waste, and she didn't have anything else to go as. she entered the hall wondering how long it would take the first years to realise that it was just a spell and not a real transformation as it wasn't the full moon.
The first thing she did was make a be line for the refreshment table, her appetite had started to pick up again over the last couple of days, and although not at its usual level it she was currently hungry. she looked around to see if there was anything gory she could eat. there was the usual assortment of pumpkin dishes, pasties, and soup, and a lot of lollies, a little down the table she saw some cakes that had been designed to look like fingers. she picked a few of them up with her almost paw like hands, which were fury and had claws as opposed to nails, and chewed on the end of one of them. as she looked around the hall brushing some of her hair out of her face. she had decided to keep her hair so that people could tell who she was and so that it was clear that it wasn't a real transformation. the head girl was trying to see if she could find anyone she knew. she hadn't been the most social recently working hard, doing anything to keep her busy. Tonight she hoped this evening she would be able to socialise properly without thinking of HIM and having those thoughts ruin her evening.

 

[Madlyn Ateara]

Last minutes Halloween preparation was apparently her theme this year. Madlyn sorted through her stuff trying to come up with something clever, but all she had was her regular clothes and a few dress some items she would wear when she needed to dress up. Towards the last minute, she had borrowed a bowler hat from a boy in Gyrffindor and re-sized it so that it could fit her head. She wore a collar shirt, a black vest and pants. Called it an evening, what she had one when she stared back at her reflection reminder of those cartoon villains she read once in a muggel magazine. She brushed her long flock of hair down her shoulder, it was tame and less shabby then she had in a couple of months. She went and drew a pencil line mustache on her upper lip. Now she looked silly! She laughed, it was comical to the part-giant. She turn around once and was done, leaving her dorm alone and headed to the great hall.

Madlyn looked around, there were so many with different type of costume. She had a good view of what everyone else was wearing, the things people come up with she found hilarious. Her costume was nothing compare to there's, at the same time she yet to see someone sporting a bowler hat like hers. She moved the black hat a few times around her head, she let it sit side away and stop messing around finding a good point to in the end. Also something else took her attention away from the hat, she saw a wolf like human eating besides the table of goods. Briar, it's like she screams for attention. Madlyn shook her head, she walked over to Briar peering down at her costume. "Are you trying to give the first year a heart attack? Guh. Briar you're killing me with this werewolf stuff" she laughed a little, though seriously, a werewolf?! What next, was she going to eat on her prey out in the open? Let's hope not!

 

[Briar Rowan-Cullen]

Briar had just finished the first finger then she saw someone heading towards her. she knew right away it was her sister as she towered above everyone else. she headed in her direction and smiled as best as she could with her wolf like features, but it kind of came across as a bit of a snarl. "Hey Madlyn, isn't the point of halloween costumes being scary. and whats scarier than my own hell" she said her voice still working though the new head shape meant that she talked like she had something in her mouth. the last bit she said came out rather flippantly, which was the way she intended it though she was starting to think that it was true. she wasn't looking forward to her next transformation which would be in about a week. "well it was either werewolf or centaur, but I couldn't get the body right for that, I almost ended up heading to the hospital wing with one human leg, one horse leg and a centaur body with no hind legs." she said glad that she had been able to fix herself before she had needed to resort to that. Apparently it was harder to make a whole body than just change bits. "nice costume, Have you been here long? I only just arrived" she said looking around the hall at some of the students costumes, there were some pretty good ones this year. Professor kingsleys made her laugh, she remembered that she had gone as a quaffle years ago, not her best costume. there were some other good ones too, she was sure that the person dressed on not much white with large pink wings and dancing wildly was Lola, and there were some other ones interesting ones too, a rather good zombie, a load of insects and fairies, and a bright pink cup cake that if she was not mistaken was Sui Chin.

 

[Kate Archer]

Kate made her way down to the Great Hall.She made her way slowly down the staircases,careful not to trip over her dress.It had been awkward at first,trying to walk but she had gotten practice with some of her Yule Ball dresses.She had made the red part of the dress herself while her mother had made the rest.It felt nice against her skin.It was one of her more extravagant outfits.She didn't really mind about the costume,she just liked Halloween.Halloween had been a very big thing in Ireland.She had loved going trick or treating,she had stuffed herself with sweets that night.As did most children in the world.She wasn't sure if much other countries celebrated it.Her favorite costume had been her tinker bell outfit.She had felt adorable in it,that was when she had been in first year.She had been incrediblely naive then.A lot of things had changed since first year,she wasn't sure if she missed that old sort of life.Things had been a lot easier but she had met amazing people and se had had amazing experiences.

She entered the hall and smiled at the now familiar decorations.They really did out do themselves every year.It looked fantastic and she wondered did it take long to put everything up.She looked around the hall,at everyone's costumes.Some people had outrageous costumes and some scary but also some simple,cute and funny.She didn't think she looked too out of place.She walked over to the food and took a handful of sweets.She looked down the table and she did a double take when she saw a wolf with red hair.She recognized the hair as Briar's .She walked over and saw she was talking to Madlyn.Kate didn't know her personally but she did no her to see.Kate walked over "Hey"She said smiling."I love ye're costumes"She said complementing them both.

 

[Madlyn Ateara]

Madlyn rolled her eyes laughing. "True but I bet that was a lot of work to conjure up" he sister could always push the limit. "I bet your doing this cause it's your last year, fair enough. Well I hope it last till the evening is over" there would so be another article on Briar in school, that's for sure. She could already see it now, the dog something whatever in headlines. They should be tired of her by now, let's hope this will be the case. "Thanks, I saw in in a muggel magazine! They are called bowler hat these things, and I read somewhere an article about old comedy and bandits, it just something I mashed up together" she shrug. "How are you doing otherwise?" this transformation cause Briar to talk funny, her wolf voice was a little horsed it's odd Madlyn could make out anything that was coming out of her muzzle. Madlyn went over and grab a few treats in the meantime, she enjoyed a few cakes and some poured herself a large drink. She was content eating and chatting with her werewolf sister, while the rest of the school was afraid to eyed the girl. Madlyn knew this would happen, she ignored them either way and continued the conversation with her sister.

They were approached by someone else, Madlyn seen the girl and knew that she was Sara Moon sister, she gave her a smile. Some were still afraid to talk to her, Madlyn saw that she wasn't, good for her. Madlyn smile and thank the girl. "Same to you, who are you suppose to be by the way, I don't quite recognize the outfit anywhere in the muggel magazine I own" she asked Kate, she wonder if her sister was feeling alright and if things have mange on their own since she last saw her.

 

[Briar Rowan-Cullen]

Briar was glad that her sister wasn't too mad at her for her costume. "yeah, I was lucky that I had a potion that was able to undo it. or I would probably be more of a laughing stock than I already am" she said, she knew people did think of her as a bad excuse for a head girl. but she knew she had been chosen for a reason and she didn't want to let professor Kingsley or anyone else down. she just felt a little bad for bringing her personal problems into her life and letting them effect her work. "It should last until either I undo the spells, or take the potion that the nurse lent me" she said. shaking her head, the nurse was very good to her, always giving her the potions she needed when she asked for them. she was almost certainly her most regular visiter. "I Dot know much about muggle magazines, but it seems to work well." she said smiling, at her sisters next question she shrugged, "I've been doing okay, been keeping myself busy but I am not looking forward to the full moon in a few days" she said, realising that her lack of energy that had been following her around for the last three weeks and holding her down had released her tonight. which she was thankful for, just one evening of normality was nice.
before she could say anything else she saw someone in bright red head over to them. it was one of her friends Kate Moon. "Hey Kate, you're costume is great too, though I am sorry I don't know what it is" she said greeting the fifth year, and glad that madlyn had also asked what it was she that she knew she wasn't the only one who didn't know what it was, she had a vague idea that it was to do with a muggle folk tale but didn't know much more than that.

 

[Kate Archer]

Kate had to look up at Madlyn.She certainly was tall.There was probably advantages and disadvantages to that.Kate was perfectly happy with her size,she didn't think she would be growing much taller any soon.She had a feeling five ft six would be her height forever.Her costume was cute,she liked the bowler hat.She had one at home that she never wore,she had gotten it as a present by a cousin some years ago,she wasn't even sure if it would fit her head.Briar's costume was really good to.She wondered how she was like that,some first years looked terrified as did some other students.Briar certainly was brave to had chosen it.Kate was surprised that neither knew what her outfit was,ironically Briar was the wolf and she was red riding hood,she should be running away from the wolf,but that was the story.She had forgotten that people who grew up in the magical world didn't have the same fairy-tales us the muggle-borns "I'm red riding hood from the muggle fairy-tale"She said popping one of the sweets into her mouth. "It was made into a movie a couple of times,very old fairy-tale"She said.She wondered what type of fairy-tale's magical children grew up listening to.She had adored her stories when she was younger,but now she had moved up when it came to reading.Crime,fantasy and fiction were her kind of books. "It's a pretty popular fairy-tale,about the big bad wolf,red riding hood,a granny and a wood cutter"She said grinning.

 

[Madlyn Ateara]

Madlyn looked down at herself and then at Kate, she saw the girl was looking at her. Madlyn smile, it was funny when people gave you funny looks. She didn't care to ask what she was staring, it's like a question she wouldn't waste her time asking. "Cool, so you and Briar sort of match each other" she said in between taking a bite of brownies and some liquid potion drinks. There was small bottles lined up, brewed of the fest tonight and they all tasted different. Madlyn picked two vials, one tasted like grape squeezed from the vine. Madlyn shuttered, she almost spat it out if the after taste didn't taste heavenly good."Oh gosh, you should try this, but watch out they all taste different" she coughed laughing. Besides the vial they had all of honey dukes stack against the table. Madlyn decided to sit down, she never danced and as much fun as it looked, she wasn't about to start today. She relaxed with her bowler hat on tip to the side, still near briar but not so much.

 

[Briar Rowan-Cullen]

Briar laughed as sort of howl of a laugh as Kate said what her costume was. ”well you have found the big bad wolf, now all we need to find is someone dressed as a woodcutter, and someone dressed as a granny, and a woodcutter.” she said still a hint of growly laughter in her voice. She watched her sister take a drink from a vial. And start coughing, wondering what was in it her face formed a sort of curious expression, one of her heavy canine eyebrows raised, one lowered. ”I will have a try, but I am not sure how neat I will be able to drink it” she said, she did drink whilst she was a wolf, but she usually lapped water up from a dog bowl, not drinking from a bottle. She picked up one that was a blood red colour and followed her sister to the table. Raising the vial to her mouth she drank it down as best as she could, it wasn’t too bad, however as soon as the drink touched her tongue she felt her mouth catch fire. Quickly she took a jug of water and willed a bowl with it, before guzzling it down. When her mouth had sufficiently cooled she looked at the girls when she was sure would be staring at her antics. ”I don’t know what flavour yours was but that was either chilly or fire flavoured” she said using her hand to try and wipe some of the water off her snout.

 

[Sapphire Bookchild]

Sapphire saw Kate talking to the Head Girl and someone that she had seen around a few times in class. It was rather hard to forget a seven foot tall class mate. Her torn up pants seeming to sweep up the floor behinf her but she didn't mind. In the sown together corset made her feel very feminan. She pointed her toy gun at Kate and said in a lispy voice "Hands up and wands where I can see them." She tried to keep a stright face but ended up breaking into a smile. "Hey everyone. Great costumes. She said in her normal voice. She put the toy gun into the holster at her hip. She knew that she was going to have to explain herself a lot but she didn't mind. Sapphire had fallen in love with one of her own charecters and wanted to know what it was like to be her for just one night.

 

[Kate Archer]

"Exactly"She said smiling.It was kind of funny they had both chosen outfits that matched each other with out even realizing it.Kate grinned "I'm sure we looked we might find someone"She said taking a brief look around.She doubted anyone was dressed as a granny but a woodcutter was more probably.She looked at the various assortments of food and drink on the table.How she loved Halloween,she had an excuse to eat sweets galore.She hadn't been able to enjoy for the past two years and now she could.It was great to feel the buzz from everyone in the hall.Kate watched as Madlyn take a drink,Kate had learned not to trust magical sweets and drinks,they could be literally any type of flavor. "Okay so"She said walking over and taking a vial,just as she was about to drink it ,Briar started gulping down a jug of water."I'm scared now"She said looking at the vial in front of her.She was afraid of what flavor she would get "Oh well"She said drinking the whole vial.She instantly cringed and her whole body shuddered "Wow that was sour"She said in between closing her eyes and shaking.It was like drinking lemon juice.She stopped when someone spoke behind her.She turned around and saw Sapphire pointing a play gun at her. "Thanks,you're is great too,but what are you dressed as?"She asked curiously

 

[Madlyn Ateara]

Madlyn grin, she saw her sister tried a vial. She got one that was either hot or rancid, either way her face expression as a wolf was priceless. Briar confirm the flavor, Madlyn laughed. "That must've went down really bad, careful you don't mess up your digestive system. There's no telling if you can handle it sis" Madlyn laughed some more, Kate took one herself, she had sour. yeah sour would be Madlyn least choice out of the bottles. "You must've gotten lemon exact" she didn't even drink it, it made her shudder as the thought of Lemonade and its sweet nectar send jitters all over her arms. Madlyn took another one, this one unfortunately tasted like dirt. "You know maybe this is the Halloween version of every flavor bean" she took red drink from the table, it reside the nasty taste of dirt out of her mouth. What else could they tried? There was just so many of everything else they hadn't tried just yet.

They were interrupted by someone else, Madlyn saw who it was standing behind Kate Moon's arm. Sapphire, well she's heard the name and everything else they said about her in the magazine. Poor girl, no one deserve the heaps of junk they say in the magazine. "You look nice! Almost like a model is that what they call muggels?" she ask the girl, and she was talking too. The magazine said the girl never talk, and here she was talking. Maybe they were misleading and none of it actually was true at all.