((ooc: sorry for the delay. Was out snowboarding.))

[img align=left]https://i.imgur.com/FP6EtRo.png[/img] "Good evening, guests. Once again, and for the last time tonight, we are selecting our raffle winners. Before I announce the names, I would like to take a minute to quickly thanks each and every one of you for attending our event tonight. The funds we raised tonight will go directly towards helping the children's home and providing for all the necessities, as well as a gift for each of the children in the orphanage. On their behalf, thank you. Now, for our last batch of winners. Will the following guests please come up and speak to the members of Spellbound. Our final winners are some familiar names. The staff who is going around to take names seems to be biased towards a selected few. Mister Kyros, Miss Elizabeth, Miss Fable, Mister Eirick, and Miss Poppy. Once again, gifts are first come, first served...that is, whatever is left of it. Once the winners have claimed their prizes, Spellbound will be taking the stage to end our night. I hope you all enjoy! Once again, thank you and good night!"

[img align=left]https://i.imgur.com/SkGzeq1.png[/img] Poppy smiled at hearing her name announced again for another raffle prize. "Mystic Hunting Falcon Plushie please," she said to Lizzy. "Thank you for everything."

Kyros chuckled, amused. He was quite enjoying this dance with Elizabeth. They both swirled to the rhythm, focused both on the conversation and flow of the music. "Aren't we a bunch of talented fellows, hm? I wonder if this will help with the House Cup the next term." He teased playfully, a smirk spreading on his pretty face once he heard her comment about her own skill. "My my, such a mysterious lady. Is your talent that dangerous? Are you a vampire too? Should have guessed that. It's always the quiet ones."

The music was suddenly interrupted for the announcement of the last raffle winners, and Kyros was surprised to here that he, Elizabeth and Fable were once again selected... As was Eirik, and another Slytherin lady he wasn't acquainted yet. "Would you look at that? We both won the raffle again! And I have to warn Fable..." He mused, humming slightly over what he ought to do. "Let's go get our prizes first, and I'll warn the band Fable is outside. Then I'll go out and call her, and afterwards we can dance again if you'd like. Ok?" He asked Elizabeth. It would be very unpolite to just drop a dance partner like that, and he was such a polite little angel. As if.

Once he braved through the crowd and got on stage, Kyros smiled briefly at Raul Cruz, trying to look polite while eyeing the prizes next to the bassist. "Hello again. I'd like the and the please? And oh, the winners Fable and Eirik may take a while to get here. They're outside. I'll call them, ok?" And no one can say anymore that I don't care about my house mates.

After a brief stop to grab his jacket and scarf, he was once again in the snow-covered road, a quiet night under the stars. Closing his eyes, he tried to sense any nearby minds, looking for the now familiar wildness of Fable's thoughts. Where did she go?

(OOC: Happy New Year everybody :D )

((OOC happy new year to everyone as well !! Glad to be able to get back on the forums))

Eirik looked down, busying himself pulling up "Moondance" on his phone as he spoke. "I was talking to my maker..he has become my everything now, including my guardian. Ah, here we go, are you ready..?" he said. The vampire raised his head, showing Fable his full face for the first time. He reached out slowly, and offered her his hand. Then he smiled, taking in her messy hair and torn clothing.

"I think I like you better like this too, " he breathed quietly, his eyes intense and full of desire..he checked himself, and pulled that strong emotion back, he didn't want to now scare her away, not when she was so close to accepting him, the real him.

(( you can hear music (Van Morrison's 'Moondance) playing faintly in the distance, it would at least give you a direction to head :) ))

Somewhere in the distance there was the faint sound of music, a different melody than the one played by Spellbound. Kyros frowned slightly, but what were the odds, really? They were too far from the castle or anywhere else with music. He carefully followed the music, slightly enjoying the late night stroll. Closer to the source, he could sense a wild mess of feelings in the distance, and the telepathic equivalent of a black hole. Just like I thought. She's with Eirik.

Kyros sighed. He wasn't in the mood to argue with Eirik again, and he could bet they were busy. Instead of interrupting outright, he stopped close enough to hear the song and the thoughts, but far enough to be seem. Quietly, contently, he looked up at the stars and enjoyed the silent night. Once he had enough, he resumed walking.

"You really are good dancers. I'm impressed." Laying against a tree bark, a playful smirk on his lips, the boy made his best to look daring but not confrontational. "Sorry to interrupt, but you both won Raffle prizes. You asked me to warn you, right? You didn't, but I'm doing it anyway." He refered first to Fable and then to Eirik.

"And... You do look better like this, Eirik. Maybe it's the long hair." He chuckled.

(OOC: Welcome back, Nik! Hope you had fun on your holidays :D )

Fable was happily dancing with Eirick outside, her shoes and bag were off to the side, her hair and dress were messy/dirty from running but she was happy. She felt for the first time tonight that she wasnt hundreds of years old.

"Your maker? is he nice?" she asked curiously. She knew it was a personal question and she didnt mean any offense.

She heard and smelled Kyros come up. She made sure he could see she was smiling so he didnt think Eirick attacked her or something. She caught the look on his face and playfully said. "Ahhh my brother is here to give me disapproving looks, I was in the woods for quite some time..." thinking he was waiting for an explanation. "I was on my way in when I smelled Eirick and had the desire to hunt him, and well...I was apprehensive if I could pull on all the manners again." she sighs "I like it in there...its just, I feel so old and...confined. Ya know?"

She looked at him like she hoped he would understand. She then listened and blushed when he said she had won something. She had thought she had worried him again...

"I am just lucky as a rabbit tonight...huh...how bought that Eirick. Now you have to come back...get your prize." She smiled.

(( ooc thank you for doing this and I would like:

please. :D I will be roleplaying when we get in to collect them...but laying my CLLLLAIM!!! LOL :D))

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Eirik was enjoying himself dancing close with Fable. "Yes, my maker is...nice," he said with a slight chuckle. " I don't think I have ever thought about him that way."

The vampire went on alert at the same time Fable did, but seeing in seeing her reaction he forced himself to relax. Why must Kyros always ruin his intimate moments with her..

"Thank you, Kyros, for letting us know that we have won something. We shall be along shortly."

(( thank you !! I will be along to rp when we get back inside as well, but if I could please have please, that would be great ))

She had been happy that Kyros has been more...relaxed instead of cheeky. "I agree with him...I do like this look better." she looked up at his hair and face. "More nature...not that you have to scream at the top of your lungs...even if it gives you a way a bit..."

She collected her stuff, concerned Elizabeth was ok...

She looked at Kyros "Is Elizabeth ok, I know shes not the best with crowds either... and..thank you for coming to tell us. I think Im going to grab that Dumbledore Merlin looking plushie and the Cerberus...if they are still available."

She started to walk with them. "You know I heard rumor that there was a Cerberus in the castle once..." letting herself trail off.

She looked down at her dress. She knew she looked a fright. She took out her wand and mended and cleaned it. Then resigningly she put her shoes back on. Her feet were sore so she walked a bit slower. She then felt her hair..and cast the spell to put it back into the waves. She hoped that had help.

"You know what...men are lucky. Your guys clothes look so much comfortable then mine..." she sighed.

"What kind of brother would I be if I didn't disapprove of your choice in boyfriends?" Kyros replied in a light-hearted tone, the small smirk still dancing on his lips. He eyed them both suspiciously, though his demeanure remained calm and cheerful. "Sorry to interrupt the little private party..." Again. ❤ "You told me to warn you if anything happened..."

"You don't need to explain yourself to me. You have your right to do as you like..." He tried to argue to Fable, though she seemed eager to explain how she came to dance again with Eirik, probably to avoid another conflict. I do feel like a meddlesome brother who dislikes his sister's boyfriend like this. He was glad he had never met one of his actual sister's significant others. "Sure, I understand. It must be so uncomfortable to deal with all those social expectations... Especially wearing heels." He gigled. "And we're teens, right? It's a shame nobody charmed some snowballs to hit each other's hair by now." The boy nodded when she asked about their friend. "Elizabeth is fine! We were dancing and having a nice conversation. She's probably getting her prize and waiting for us inside. If you can endure the torture of social interaction, that is..." He sounded half-joking and half-serious, a brief worried expression crossing his face.

His smile remained, though his eyes grew colder once he looked at Eirik. "I'm only doing my obligation as your house mate. No need to apologize." Though his voice sounded cheerful, Kyros was more than aware of the distant meaning of his wording.

Turning his back at them, he added: "And well, you two better hurry, or you'll lose all the good prizes!" before making his way back to the road. Once they couldn't see him directly, he pulled his wand from his pocket, ready to start charming some snowballs.

(OOC: Hadn't seen Fable's post before, oops. Made some tweaks :0 )

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Eirik watched Fable use her magic to make herself presentable, and smiled. She was quite skilled, and looked her beautiful self again...even if he did prefer her more natural look. "Thank you, I prefer yours as well, not that you aren't beautiful with any look."

Eiriks eyes turned cold looking at Kyros. " I wasn't apologizing, I was thanking you," he said curtly. By the Gods ! how much this boy irritated him. Still, he was going to have to get used to it...and he knew that the little brat was purposely trying to provoke him.

He mentally sighed, and began walking with Fable back toward the club, gently reaching out to take her hand as he did so.

"Sure we are. And I wouldn't be too happy to lose the House Cup next term.", she replied amused. "Concerning that I have met two vampires in our house, I must admit that my talent isn't that special.", Elizabeth added. She chuckled lightly when the winners were announced. "I'm quite surprised actually.", she said, "I guess that's fine with me." Shortly after Kyros disappeared to get to the members of Spellbound, Elizabeth followed him, but he had already chosen his prizes and obviously headed outside to get Fable. She walked over to the singer, Lizzie, adjusting her hair a bit. "I'd like to have if possible.", Elizabeth said and looked friendly at her. She hadn't forgotten the little scene that had occured at the first raffle.

After that, she took a look around, then decided to go outside as well. She was curious and still a little bit worried about Fable and she neither knew Eirik nor Kyros that well. She sighed. People were not so easy to understand. Getting her warm coat from the garderobe, she headed outside and looked around. The air was chilly and she shivered a bit. It made her a bit suspicous that she didn't see Fable, Kyros or Eirik and she was actually too afraid to wander around in the night. She made a few steps back to wait at the warm entrance of the building that hosted the concert and started to read her new prize. This scroll had looked really interesting although it felt a bit chilly but the coldness was bearable inside the building.

Nice. This should be enough. Kyros had about twenty magical snowballs floating around him now. With a flick of his wand, they began flying in circles around where he stood, a mischievous smirk growing on his face. They followed him back to the road and to the entrance, where he saw a lonely Elizabeth waiting at the doorstep.

"Hey Elizabeth." He called aloud, trying to attract her attention. "Your prize looks nice. I love books as well." He acted like nothing was out of the ordinary, waiting for his targets to approach. Once they did, appearing together at the pathway while holding hands, a small grimace of displeasure crossed his face, before being taken over by mischief. With a wave, he sent five of his projectiles forward, towards Fable and Eirik.

"I told you - someone should start charming snowballs~"

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Eirik saw the snowballs coming their way, and shook his head before blurring into action. Little brat...and easily caught them all on a run toward the boy. In a whirlwind that looked like a blizzard, he caught up the snow around Kyros and packed it onto him, making a snowman with a Kyros center before the boy could even react.

He nodded to Miss Covington, and waited for Fable to make her way up to them both. He was quite pleased with himself to have dealt with the annoyance in a non-violent manner.

Of course Eirik wouldn't play along. One minute and he was commanding snowballs, another and he was covered in snow. The cold couldn't get behind his magical jacket, but it was either way a quite boring result.

"Don't you know how to play a game?" He asked Eirik, annoyed, charming the snow to melt into a puddle on his feet. "Or are you just serious at any given time? Seems like you never have fun." With another simple spell, his damp hair and clothes were dry once again.

(OOC: I'm tempted at making a snow-covered Kyros for this LMAO)

She waved to Elizabeth, holding Eiricks hand. She was grateful for it because it helped steady her on her sore feet. She watched with surprise and then laugher at the boys playing in snow.

She hobbled her way up to Elizabeth. "Oooh what did you get? and our your feet hurting? Mine are killing me!"

She stood with her in the doorway watching. "You know...you never have to be scared to go out at night. I could always all you a canine escort." She smiles friendly. "Or just come with. I think we could cause some serious damage...the too of us!"

She was happy to see the cheeky boys were kinda getting along...in there own weird way.

"Oh! Im going to go get my prizes!" She slipped in and approached the cheeky Enzo.() She hoped what she wanted was still there and he would behave himself, though she kept an eye out to see if Lizzy was watching him as well.

"She pointed out the prizes she would like (I know I listed them earlier and received them already! THANK YOU!!) "Thank you" she said with a smile. She felt super lucky tonight. She wobbled her way back outside to Elizabeth in the doorway to watch the boys having fun and to show her what she picked.

(( OOC LOL that would be very funny !)

Eirik gave Kyros an innocent look. " Whatever do you mean...? I WAS playing a game, that's how we vamps play in snow, and I have a lot of fun..I usually have fun with whatever I do, even though it may not seem like it to the casual observer. " His eyes looked wickedy.

Fable watched as they exchange cheeky comments. She had already flicked her wand and was floating snow balls shaped like , high enough up that neither would notice till it was too late. She let them drop on the two of them and laughed out loud.

((OOC Shadow that would be so awesome!))

Elizabeth sighed deeply as she noticed the snowballs and put the scroll away. "You really like to tease each other", she noted when Kyros came closer and grinned sassy at his snow-covered self. "I got a Winter scroll. I'm not sure if it's really magical or it's just the cold, but it feels chilly when I touch it.", she replied amused when Fable asked her about the prize. "I'm fine. Are you both okay?", she asked. "The canine escort sounds like something I surely keep in mind.", Elizabeth chuckled, "I'm just really careful and probably easily frightened." She waited for Fable to return and laughed when she conjured the dinosaur-like snowballs and dropped them at the boys. "The plushies are really cute. What's that mysterious liquid in the bottle?", she asked curious.

"Unless I seriously overestimated you, you can certainly see I'm not a vampire." Kyros seemed like the pure image of composure, but the fact was that he hated losing, and he just found out he hated losing to Eirik especially. It didn't seem fair to play a game with someone with high speed and immunity to mind reading. "Are you sure you know what the word fun means? Seems like your concept of 'having fun' is quite outdated... But what to expect of an old man, right?" He mused playfully, all cheeky smiles.

He was so distracted in his usual verbal battle with Eirik that he only when something wet and cold suddenly hit his head and a female voice laughed aloud he noticed a game of two was, in fact, a game of three. "Very funny, Fable." With another quick flick, he sent a few of his other snowballs flying, this time in the direction of the girls. "Catch some, will ya?"

EDIT: Eirik's pleasure did not wane, not even when he was called 'old man.' "Outdated...? no...fun is wherever you choose to find it...to experience it...but surely YOU know that, what with your twisted sense of humor."

Eiriks wickedy smile disappeared beneath a pile of snow as the unsensed snowball dropped on him. He quickly wiped the snow out of his eyes and saw that Kyros had been assaulted as well. 'Well, he didn't do it,' he thought. He heard feminine laughing, and turned to look back at the girls. They were, indeed, looking at the two of them and laughing. Somehow, it didn't make him angry.

He blushed in embarrassment, and shook the snow out of his hair, smoothing it back down once he had done so. "Enjoying yourselves, ladies...?" he said with a smile.