The Halloween Ball

Chapter Two

(Hello again. Welcome to chapter two.. i believe a lot of it is still introuctions so bare with us until everyone's in. ^^ haha, and yes Remus and James are coming... geeesh.*NEW CHARACTERS* Felix is a Slytherin, going out with Lethe.. we all know Bellatrix *grumble grumble* Zach is a Gryffindor for some unknown reason... -_-... Serena is a main character. She hangs out with the marauders, hates James to death and gets along with Sirius amazingly, she likes to burst egos. Sophitia is a Ravenclaw, she's french and er... makes one apperance. Artemis is a Gryffindor girl, Maci is a Ravenclaw girl and we know remus.. he comes in this chapter. haha Ok.. the little astiriks is when a different person is writing, just an fyi. Hope you enjoy, this entire thing will be around 20 chapters I believe. -David)

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Felix walked in with samurai armour. He took out 2 obviously fake yet real looking kitana blades.

"Wooooooo! Slice and smash! SLICE AND SMASH! Where my Lethe!"

Looks around for her.

Bellatrix came after 2 minutes later as Wednesday Adams.

With an entrance came along Athena with her morbid looking outfit of the Queen of the Damned.

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Lethe rushed straight into Felix' arms, narrowly avoiding the blades as she did so. Her green-slippered feet surprisingly did not slide on the floor.

"You took long enough," she muttered into his ear, kissing him on the cheek, then on the lips. "I missed you."

She pouted her lip.

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Sirius laughed before giving her a small nudge. He needed his talking time as usual. He only had to go pick a random group and it'd be fine. he was sure James was off trying to find Lily and was sure she'd be screaming at him to stop stalking her. Remus probably was...hm... he didn't really know. He made to kiss her goodbye but blinked.. stupid veil. Giving her one last wink he walked over to the group of girls who were goggling at him before. He only knew one of them, but hey, best to increase acquantences.

He only chatted with them froawhile before slipping over to the punch table, seeing Tilden chatting with some Professor he didn't know. With a small smirk he reached into his coat and took out the labeless bottle which was really straight vodka. He quickly dumped the entire contents into the bowl of punch before quickly pocketing the bottle.

"Ahoy Professor..."

Sirius said, filling a goblet full of the new and improoved punch.

Tilden turned and raised his eyebrows before giving a rather curt nod. Mr. Black.. a pirate, how quaint.

"Enjoying yourself?"

Sirius raised his goblet and grinned.

"Naturally."

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Felix smiled. Then he put the blades back in the sheath.

"Hey I'm going to get some punch. Want some too? Oh and by the way you look hot."

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Lydia, back to her normal self, stalked off, a stung look on her face. She found a group of Ravenclaw boys who were talking smoothly until she walked over, smiling, and started talking to them. They suddenly started stammering, all blushing. They were only third years, of course, but oh well. She enjoyed their company before seating herself at the Marauder's table. A boy with dark red hair, dusky blue eyes and an affable grin sat beside her.

"Hello," he said, holding out his hand for her to shake. "I'm Aidan McFarley... you might know of my little sister Molly Mc- I mean, Molly Theodoric." His expression darkened slightly. "I think she's a sixth year."

Lydia shook his hand.

"Hello Aidan. My name's Lydia Mostafa. Nice to meet you. And yeah i think I do know your sister... what year are you in?"

"Seventh," answered Aidan.

And so they chatted.

(lethe) "Damn, so do you..."

She ran her hand over his shoulder and down his chest, admiring the armor.

"Yeah, let's go get some punch..."

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Zach walked in. He wasn't Schmee at all. He was wearing muggle clothing, a Led Zeppelin T-shirt and horribly patched up jeans and for once, spiked hair into the shape of a mohawk.

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Sirius poured another goblet for Lydia, balancing the two in one of his arms as his other, being a hook an everything, didn't serve too well. On the way back he passed Felix and Lethe, giving them a rather queer stare before concentrating on the table where Lydia was talking with some guy he faintly recognized. Noticing Bellatrix he stumbled a bit before finally arriving at the table, setting the two goblets down.

"Here ya are..."

Sitting down he grinned, yay.... punch and vodka.. his favorite. Looking up he pushed back his hat a bit, smiling.

"Well hello there Aidan me boy!"

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"Hello, Sirius!"

Aidan smiled up at Sirius. Lydia did as well, and with only them around, she removed her veil and tossed it carelessly onto the table. This was a subtle hint to Sirius.

"Thank you very much..." Lydia took her drink graciously, did not notice anything tasting unpunchlike.

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Sirius grinned, giving a smart wave to Aidan, whom he usually sat with at Quidditch games, alongside Moony. Yeah, they were the lovely cheerleaders for James they were... well maybe not Aidan... Taking a swig of punch he threw an arm around Lydia's shoulder, giving another grin to Aidan.

"So what're you up to? Haven't seen you lately."

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Serena sauntered in, dressed as an indian. Her costume was slanted at the top, leaving one shoulder bare. Fringe was at the top, and bottom of her dress. Her dress was short, only the fringe really making it remotley acceptable. Glancing around she noted amusedly that most others were dressed like her, scantily clad. Her hair was parted into two braids, her famous streaks still in her hair, colored a turqiouse. The same color needle work adorned her dress, in a very intricate pattern, and along her fringed moccasins. She wore natrual makeup, hardly anything pasy eyeliner and clear lip gloss.Fiddling with the end of her braid, she spotted one of her ravenclaw friends and began chatting excitedly about costumes.



Sophitia strolled in, looking very sophistcated. She, of course, had chosed Belle's beautiful yellow ball gown. It was almost an exact replica, to the full skirt, and off the shoulder sleeves. She had past the elbow gloves, and little golden slippers. She hadn't bothered to do much with her hair, just fastening some jeweled bobby pins into it. Sphitia had used quite a bit of blush, she being very pale, just to give herself some color. She had her eye's outlined in a light eyeliner, and gold glitter served as eyeshadow. Taking a seat in a corner, she decided to watch, rather than talk, being some what shy.

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"Oh yeah. You know that this is a real samurai armour? Got off the internet."

As they got to the the punch bowl he grabbed 2 goblets and poured the punch to the top. He took a sip. He made a sinister smirk.

"Hey Lethe this punch is spiked."

He gluped the drink some more. He tasted a faint taste vodka. Yummy Felix's favorite beverage.

" Oooo... it's vodka."

He gulped it some more.

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"Just the usual. Homework, keeping Molly out of trouble, it never ends with that girl. Unfortunately she's more like our brother Caithirial than me... rather introverted now. I miss the old Molly."

Aidan sighed wistfully as he glanced over at his sister, who was currently sitting on the lap of a seventh year Slytherin boy, making sure he could see every single curve. Aidan shook his head.

"She gets worse every day."

"Sorry, Aidan," said Lydia sympathetically. "Never had that problem with my sister. Heh. But my brother was quite the little stud muffin in his day." She grinned, resting against Sirius. She nuzzled his neck affectionately.

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Artemis entered just after them, having the misfortune to walk through Kierran. Both shuddered, but Artemis continued walking. She was wearing a shoulder less ivory peasant top, under a scarlet bodice, laced with gold ribbon. Her scarlet skirt billowed about her ankles; her hair was pulled over one shoulder in a braid, revealing the orange paw print tattoo between her shoulder blades. She seemed to have acquired four ear piercings overnight, not counting the first, which she had gotten over the summer. Her ears were adorned with proceedingly smaller hoops. She gazed about the room for any sign of Dennis.

Maci walked bare foot into the Hall giggling like mad. With every step her anklets would jingle merrily, her skirt was made of multiple strips of different patterned fabric, and with that she wore a green peasant top.

The reason Maci was giggling came suddenly apparent as Remus Lupin entered. His costume consisted of a furry grey body suit with built in paws for hands and feet, and a tail. A grey hood adorned with large grey wolf ears covered his honey brown hair. His arms, one of which was still bandaged, were crossed over his chest.

"I'm going to kill Sirius."

Remus looked around for Sirius.

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Zach went where Lydia, Sirius, and Aidan was.

"Hiya peoples. What's going on? I know I was supposed to be Schmee, but this is just as good."

Points to his shirt.

" Led Zeppelin."

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Sirius raised an eyebrow as he looked over seeing Molly. yeah, the girl was a typical Slytherin... he didn't feel like thinking anymore on that as he was sure he'd blurt something out that Aidan didn't want to hear. Giving him a sideways grin he shrgged on shoulder as Lydia was rather busy with the other.

"Siblings... they're crazy..."

His eyes traced over the crowd as he narrowed in on his younger brother Regulus, dressed up as some dark knight or something, his fluffy black hair falling to his chin. As usual he was making fun of someother person, laughing along with his little 12 year old Slytherin buddies. He looked back to Aidan before bursting out laughing. He had just seen Remus. Patting Lydia's head he stood up and waved his hook around.

"HO! MOONY BOY!"

Cracking up he beckoned him over. Oh my gosh, he had actually done it.

"Ly, you've gotta get a load of this..."