Adrien shook his head, smiling at Cardamom's mischievous look, "I'll be here, just find me and you'll see. I'll have to find you and see how your's turns out, I've heard of that fairy tale a little before, and it's pretty interesting."

He leaned against the table, sipping from his cup looking around the room, then turned his head to Cardamom as he heard her question. "I have the important components, I only have to fine tune the little details, maybe add in an accessory or two, and I should have it perfected" he said before taking another swig from his cup.

"I'd like that, always interested in other places. 'Ey Paddy, Cardamom. Waiting ta see what Sam chooses outfit-wise. But I think Gaia 'as claimed me for dress up." But his ability to speak was interrupted by the prettiest girl he'd seen at Hogwarts. He stared at her dumbly, his head slow to realise who was talking. He dribbled some of his butterbeer down his shirt as his brain caught up and recognised the voice. "Woah, Sam" he said, "you look incredible."

[img align=left]http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac299/blissfuldaisies/Random/Ballprep1_zpswjhhavng.png">/img Gaia heard her friend and turned around to give her a bear hug "How ya' be? Need help? You have come to the right place!"

( ) "One hot and one cold coming up!" Then stopped when () Sam called out for attention to her outfit "I think is beautiful! I also think Magnus wants to wait till the ball to see your outfit! He is such a gentleman!" Gaia giggled then bumped into Magnus "Didn't I tell you to go to the other side so you wouldn't see your date?" Gaia rolled her eyes and winked at her friend. ()

"Gaia watched the exchange between () Adrien and Cardamom, rolling her eyes, she laughed like she knew something others didn't and went to get more butterbeers and food. The group seems to be growing rapidly and Gaia needed a break to stretch her legs.

"I did," he mumbled. He pointed to the drinks near him. "She came ta me." He was busy dabbing the butterbeer off his shirt with a blush so deep it was tomato red.

() "Use magic to clean your shirt!" Gaia laughed "you know it is okay! There are always nice surprises the night of the ball!" Gaia winked at her friend "Wanna help me with the butterbeers?"

He tried the magic cleaning spell but instead singed his shirt and made a burn on his skin. "OW," he said with a hiss. Gaia said something about butterbeers. His eyes were still on Sam and he shook his head and said, "What? Uh, sure..." not entirely sure what he'd agreed too.

()"I think you need a new shirt. Here put this on the small burn it will help." Gaia laughed and handed Magnus a cooling rag from the table holding the ice and got a shirt from a nearby rack. "I think your attention is divided."

He pulled off his shirt without thinking about the girls around him. For a thin looking boy, he did have a nice set of abs. He dabbed the rag on his chest for a moment and then put the new shirt on that Gaia had handed him. "Hmm..." he said absent-mindedly. What was wrong with him? he wondered. He remembered a phrase his old headmistress liked to say "left the kettle on" he felt that kinda suited him. He had to get it together. Shaking his head he forced himself to focus. "Oh Gaia, hi... when you get over here?"

() Gaia laughed "You really have it bad, don't ya?" Shaking her head she waked away with her hands full of butterbeers.

[img align=left]http://i.imgur.com/BFbSLu2.png[/img] "Woah." Poppy was disoriented as she wandered into the Great Hall. She had gone on a ski holiday with her family for the weekend. Her father's Muggleborn friend had been gracious enough to host them and she was tired, but couldn't help being drawn in by the gorgeous gowns.

Poppy saw Beth () chatting with some Dueling Club members and waved to them.

An icy blue gown shimmered temptingly from a rack of lovely satin dresses. She had spent a night being amused by Disney movies in front of the fireplace at the chalet and thought she knew exactly how she wanted to look for the ball.

"Elsa from Frozen is the prettiest Snow Queen I've ever seen," Poppy reflected to herself. She was about to take it off the rack when she spotted some dainty capes and hoods hanging from pegs on the wall. "Red Riding Hood would be such a fun fancy dress costume though," contemplated Poppy as she reached up for one.

[img align=left]https://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b174/theatticbox/harper7.png[/img]Harper blushed a bit at Magnus without his shirt, but looked down quickly to hide it. Looking down, she realized that she was finally out of crisps and butterbeer. Back to it then!

Harper set her bottle down and hopped up off her chair, practically flinging herself to the clothing rack to start looking for an outfit. She hoped no one noticed.

Lapis emerges from behind a dress rack and taps Millie eagerly on the shoulder. "What do you think?"

"Bye then, Gaia," he said. He saw Harper dash back off to the dresses before he had a chance to say hi let alone bye. Maybe it was all the excitement that made everyone act so strangely? "Maybe you could go as the Wolf in red riding hood's clothing. Ain't there a version that he ate Red as well?" See? he was with it...ish...

Beth turned to face Sam (). "Wow! If I didn't know any better, I would have thought you were an actual princess. You look beautiful in that dress," Beth told the girl.

"Hi, !" Beth greeted the Hufflepuff. "Do you need help with your costume? I'm finished with mine."

"Hey Poppy ()! How was your holiday?" Beth asked eagerly. "Do you need help finding something to wear for the ball?"

"I had an amazing time, but now I'm excited for our ball!" Poppy answered Beth () with a hug. "Hmm, which outfit do you like?" She imagined herself clad in red or in blue. Poppy had grabbed both pieces and was literally weighing her options in each hand.

Beth looked at the outfits Poppy () held in her hand. "Both are great choices! I think you'd make a wonderful Red Riding Hood and a beautiful Snow Queen. I vote for the Snow Queen. You definitely have what it takes to be a queen."

Beth turned to face the others, and asked, "What do you all think?" ( )

[img align=left]https://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b174/theatticbox/harper7.png[/img]Harper turned to look at the choices. She grinned and hopped up and down on her toes.

"The Snow Queen option, for sure, Poppy! Though either would be lovely!"

( )

Poppy blushed, "You're a sweetheart Beth, thanks. Who are you dressing up as?"

"I've made up my mind then, thank you too Harper! Your darker hair really brings out your eyes now."

[img align=left]http://i.imgur.com/MVOR7SZ.png[/img]Cardamom held up her butterbeer in a toast to Adrien (). "Sounds like a man with a plan, go you. I think I am going to have to get my hands on a camera for the ball so I can capture all the memories. Heh - wish I had one now." She tilted her head at Magnus who was spluttering all over himself after getting a glance at Sam in addition to the others who were blushing and or oogling over one another. Ah, young hearts.

"Hi gorgeous," she responded to Beth (). "Did you really? What are you going as?" The Headgirl was bound to make a statment at the ball, lovely as she was in more than just looks. "I could use some help from all involved - I got this beautiful piece from my mum, but not sure how to dress it up. Thinking I want a floor length gown, but I have no clue - I usually stick to pants..."

She stuck out her leg as proof. Never even wore the skirts to class like she was supposed to. The professors had given up years ago.

"DEFINITELY Snow Queen, woooooooow," she breathed to Poppy ().

[img align=left]https://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b174/theatticbox/harper7.png[/img]"Oh, thank you very much, Poppy ()! That's very kind of you to say."

Harper scrunched up her face, a little frustrated. Everyone seemed to be finding their ideas easily, but Harper kept wavering.

"Is everyone going as specific characters? Or do you think some people will be going as more general things?"