With a slight headache later, she met the Parvati Patil look alike. Her sister, Padma. She was more reserved than her counterpart in Gryffindor, which was a nice change because her sister could be unbearable when she was around Lavender Brown, which was almost ninety nine percent of the time. Padma's apologizes of her lack of awareness caused Akane to feel slightly embarrassed. She had to reassure the British girl that it wasn't something someone else would've done.

Padma Patil, being Padma Patil offered her help in the one way she knew how. With schoolwork, she offered her extensive knowledge although not on a Hermione Granger or Theodore Nott level, she wasn't fourth in their year for nothing. After ensuring that her savior was safe, she left her in the capable hands of Pomfrey.

To which Akane slightly scowled.

"Akane?" Daphne's voice rang out.

"Daphne!" She looked at her friend, one who was always busy as of late. "I was wondering if anyone would visit."

The blonde approached Akane's bed. "Are you feeling alright?"

"A slight bump on the head, but other than that Pomfrey said I should be out within the next hour. She just wants to keep me here because she wants to make sure that nothing's wrong with my head," but then Akane whispered. "To be honest I think she really wants to see who's gonna visit."

Daphne laughed. "Perhaps. The woman is a nosy one."

"You're telling me," it was then Akane noticed a few bunches of flowers by her side. Not wanting to ask who or where they came from, she asked instead. "What have I missed?"

"Just an incredibly boring lunch, and a hour of spare time," Daphne replied. "So, not much."

"Sounds dull. Don't we have a match this Saturday?"

Daphne nodded affirmative. "Yes, against Hufflepuff. Be prepared though, after the game is the long awaited Halloween celebration."

"Long awaited Halloween celebrations?"

"Yes. They throw the party every year. It always happens after a Quidditch game, and takes place for the rest of the evening. Dumbledore likes to host a costume contest, too," Daphne replied.

"Costumes… Will you be doing one?" Akane was wondering if was worth her time to actually try this Halloween out.

Daphne sighed, slightly resigned. "Apparently. Pansy roped me into a group with a few other Slytherins. We're dressing up as the characters from Minotaur: The Last Hornbreaker. I'm Hatara."

"Hatara?" Akane then jokingly made a face. "She's a little more hot headed than you are though, are you sure you're a Hatara?"

"Believe me, Akane, I hardly relate to the girl," Daphne drawled. "But Pansy seems dead-set on her character assignment."

Akane scoffed slightly, "What is she then the Flame Lord?"

"Not quite," Daphne said. "She's Pazula."

"I can see that. Who won last year?"

Here, Daphne laughed. "Lovegood and a few of her friends. They all dressed up as giant fruit, and ended up bumping into other people's costume during the meal. It was quite funny, really."

"How did Pansy react? I can't imagine her taking the losses so well."

"She didn't. Belby bumped into Pansy and Draco's costumes, and he unintentionally messed them up. Honestly, though, Pansy's enemy is Brown. The two go all out for this contest."

"Brown? What'd she dress up as? I can't imagine anything… Decent."

Daphne shook her head. "Her so-called 'sexy version' of Sailor Wolf."

"I bet she flashed the judges or something. Nothing about that girl would be considered 'sexy.'"

The blonde chuckled. "Ah, well, I wouldn't be surprised if she did."

"Hm, I wonder if I should join in…" Akane thought about Ginny, Hermione, Harry, and Ron. Knowing the four of them, Ginny would probably be the only one willing to do a duo costume with her.

"Go for it," Daphne suggested. "It can be quite fun."

"What are good duo costumes then… That's if Ginny is actually willing though."

"Well," Daphne paused, thinking. "Anything, really. The stranger, the better. You could go dressed up as a matching pair of socks and Dumbledore would go for it; he's one of the judges. You could always ask around though, and see if other groups have spots available."

"Right… Do you guys here know about Catman and Superwoman?"

Daphne hummed. "I'd think most of us do, if we've ever walked around Diagon Alley before. Stuck-up purebloods- like Draco- may not, or he'd at least pretend he doesn't."

"Right," she thought about making a spinoff costume on the duo.

As Daphne left, Akane then continued to brainstorm plausable ideas that Ginny wouldn't hate but something unique enough to not have duplicates running around. The week passed and she had successfully convinced Ginny to play as the pixie boy, which she now fully embraced. Planning the actual costume was rough. Neither of them had the galleons at their disposal to custom order something and if they just bought their outfits then they'd look like everyone else.

So with Hermione's genius combination of spells, they were able to make a needle and thread sew the whole thing together. The girls even had Dean Thomas the local Gryffindor artist to sketch a design. Ginny opted for something more sexy, as she didn't want to be seen as the Weasley's youngest sister anymore, but as herself. Which Akane could see, as Ron did have an older brother protective streak thing running through him.

As the match came closer and closer, Akane and Diggory really didn't speak to each other. Not as they used to, but she did catch him staring every now and then which made her feel guiltier than anything else.

Perhaps it was because they didn't have a proper closure after the ordeal of Cho Chang and Cormac Mclaggen. Yet, she wasn't sure if she should even try to dig up old roots, scared to see how messy and tangled everything really is.

Soon came Saturday, the day everyone waited with baited breath. Ready to watch the match and then dress up in outfits they'd typically never wear again.

The stand were louder than usual and if that wasn't enough to heighten the intensity of the game, then she didn't know what else did. Hufflepuff had been having one hell of a season as her teammates like to put it. They've only lost one game so far, and that'd been to the Gryffindors because Harry found the snitch shy before Hannah could score the last quaffle. Overall, they'd been in the lead for the cup and this game could be the one that propels them forward.

She looked at her housemates then to her teammates, ready. Daphne's eyes were hard and concentrated, ready and unwilling to lose yet another match. Blaise's muscles were visibly tense although his face put up a facade, while Adrian. Adrian was already barking orders to every player, especially Harper, she assumed that he was the seeker of the team. One whistle later by the ever present Madam Hooch the games began.

Akane went for the quaffle just as Daphne hit the beater towards Hannah. Blaise was next to her catching up inch by inch which she tried to shake him off. She was nearing Adrian and he was preparing to guard those hoops as if they were his lifeline. Faking a center she then went left but was almost intercepted by Blaise. Cussing softly, she looped around to fake right and then go left, successfully making a score.

"-What's this? Harper seems to see the snitch, Diggory is closer! Ladies and Gents this might end faster than it normally would! Wait! No, the bludger almost hit Harper's hand and they've lost sight of it." The intercoms continued.

"Bloody hell," she heard Daphne say as she yet again hit the bludger away from one of her teammates. Akane could only nod, as she flew to defend Hannah seeing as she held the quaffle this time around. But Blaise knew better. He was able to intercept her throw, effectively taking it for himself as he raced towards Zach Smith.

The bludger was about to hit Blaise and she could only watch as he flew upside down for a moment to avoid the hit. Zach was able to block Blaise's throw but he quickly picked up the quaffle only to score into the other loop.

The game continued like this for another thirty minutes, everyone fairly tired. Yet before Akane could see where the quaffle went, she heard over the intercom.

"Harper has caught the snitch! I say! Harper has caught the snitch, Slytherin wins!" Cheers and boos roared through the stadium, but Akane couldn't help but feel more than infuriated at Cedric for not getting that blasted ball sooner.

"We did it!" Adrian flew a victory lap around the stadium with his arms wide open as if he was ready to hug the air. "We bloody did it!"

Akane even noticed that Blaise and Daphne shared a tired high-five and Harper held the ball as if it were the most precious thing he's ever owned. Although bitter about their second loss, she couldn't help but see the extreme joy on much of her housemate's faces. It was something unusual for her to see.

"Well we did what we could," Hannah sighed fixing her hair. "There's always next time."

"Yes, A next time," Akane could only think of how difficult the next practice might be. Then again, when did Cedric ever catch the snitch? During the game, the only reason they've won was because of Hannah, herself, and occasionally Zach. This made her wonder if Cedric was still cared for the game, or if he was preoccupied with something else and it was just a momentary lapse.

"Good game," Cedric smiled although his eyes brooded for him. "I'll see you guys next practice."

Why was it always Cedric that made her feel guilty? He always seemed to be in perfect order but really, she knew that he probably wasn't. Hoping that it wasn't her fault that he was preoccupied with other things, she walked back into the locker room only to be tackled by Ginny.

"We need to get dressed!" The ginger dragged Akane through the halls without letting her even take off her gear.

"We have time," Akane struggled to keep up with Ginny's fast pace.

"We still have somethings to catch up on," Ginny then added. "About our costumes, you know? I want to beat Parkinson and Brown so much!"

"What'd they do this time?" Akane rolled her eyes.

"I just want to dethrone those bints," then Ginny muttered. "I am not a little girl."