[Forest] Bonfire Night

[Jerred Boneman]

Jerred stared at the Hufflepuff's, with a smirk on his face he moved away from them, not really caring what they thought of him. Even if he wanted to play nice, they'd still find a way to tell him for being what he was, a Slytherin and after all, Slytherins do bring some excitement to the air.

When hearing a voice he knew so well, Jerred turned his head to see Zachary glance over to him. Jerred shrugged slightly before losing Zachary's attention to the Hufflepuff which seemed to be eager to have something with Zachary. Jerred quickly grew bored of the surroundings and wanted to stir some people up, and with a smirk he walked over to Thom and Zachary, before opening his mouth.

'Y'know, this sort of stress isn't good on any form of relationship. Maybe both of you need to breathe in deeply, count to ten then exhale, repeat several times to calm yourselves and your testosterone down.' Jerred said, then realising something about the rivalry. Jerred laughed, before pointing his finger at Thom. 'You're jealous of a guy younger than you!'

[Russell Parkhurst]

Russell watched the slytherins and hufflepuffs interaction with much fascination. He fond it quite amusing watching the taunts and threats fly. He crossed his arms and stared in awe, a smug smile on his face. He walked over to the hufflepuff girl and reached for two marshmallow. "May I?" he asked, before taking them.

He crouched by the fire and stuck his marshmallows on a stick he had picked up. He stuck the marshmallows into the fire and watched them cock. As soon as they were a light brown colour, he stepped back and watched the others as he ate them.

[Jac Shaw]

Jac was sitting by the window next to her bed, staring out. Boredom was numbing her mind! Ah! What can I do! she thought frustrated. Then she was smoke. And where there is smoke there is fire! a wicked smile crept onto her face. She quickly pulled on her moccasins and ran as fast as she could out the dorm room, down the stairs, out the common room and out of the castle. She stopped there and looked for the smoke she had seen.

She fixed her clothes and ran her fingers through her hair. It was a neon blue this evening and she quite liked the colour. She casually waked towards the fire and saw some figures standing and sitting around it. She recognized some, regretfully for a few, and also saw some new faces.

As she approached, she said, "hello all! What are we burning? Cooking a firsties for the squid?" She asked this hopefully. She had always held the squid in high regard and had always wanted to see it. Feeding a first year to it seemed a logical plan of action to getting to see it. However from the looks that she got she doubted whether that was the plan for tonight.

[Zachary Daniels]

Zachary glared at Boneman, his hat slipping down his forehead once more. With a frustrated sigh, he pulled it off his head and threw it aside, deciding the fire was heat enough to keep his ears warm. "I'll have you know I'm quite calm--" he grit his teeth, as Jerred continued, staring at Thom menacingly.

Then, with the other Slytherin's next comment, he found his ego absolutely swell in size. Smirking, he straightened himself and nodded forlornly. "Ah yes, jealous, of course." Walking closer, he patted the Hufflepuff on the back with an understanding expression on his face. "It's easy to see why, nothing to be embarrassed about." He was smirking amusedly, talking loud enough for everyone around them to hear.

He noticed a few more people join them, and wondered distractedly why so many people enjoyed such a barbaric holiday. [/color]

[Jerred Boneman]

Jerred laughed as hard as he could at Zachary's transition from finding him annoying and regretful to speaking the truth. 'Jealousy is a bad thing to overcom, y'know Thom? I mean, I'm jealous of no one at the moment for I have everything I want, or need so why are you jealous of Zachary? Because he's a Slytherin? Because he has girls chasing after him? That's it, isn't! It's the girls!' With a triumphant laugh, Jerred spun on his heel in a celebratory fashion before settling down with a calm sigh.

'If it's girls you want, go be a man and speak to them!'

[Girty Hubbles]

Girty was happily toasting marshmallows when the Ravenclaw boy joined in. She shot him another smile before being distracted by the Slytherin’s teasing Thom. Girty sat giggling at what they said and found it so hard not to burst into hysterical laughter when they motioned about Thom jealous of Zachary due to girls.
She popped another marshmallow in her mouth and looked around at everyone else. That is when she noticed Jac standing there. With a half eaten marshmallow still in her mouth Girty shouted to get Jac’s attention.

“Jac over here. I have marshmallows!” She waved her stick with marshmallows on in the air and started to laugh again. Girty was into much of a good mood to let anything get her down tonight.

[Thom Moen]

Thom ground his teeth louder and louder as Jerred continued to insult him. He had been aching to come up with a witty retort when the Slytherin struck upon the subject of girls. His expression was a look of complete disbelief. 'For your information I have a girlfriend, Boneman! Thats more than you and the muppet here have!' he scoffed matter-a-factly. 'And - and loads of girls fancy me!' His eyes flashed toward Girty, silently begging her to support him.

He looked sharply at Zachary, who was grinning inanely at his house's support. 'Here, have something to impress the ladies, you little dwarf!' he hissed snidely, shoving his handful of gooey marshmallows right in the Slytherin's face.

[Girty Hubbles]

Girty laughed to herself even more when Thom tried to come back about not having no luck with the ladies. But when he looked at her she stopped laughing. She stared at him for a while and then looked into the fire.
She took a deep breath and eat another marshmallows but soon started to giggle again with the whole sprit of the occasion.

[Bailey Griffiths]

Bailey had been stuck doing homework in the library, she had known about a bonfire night gathering and had hoped to of finished her homework in time. Realising that it had started quite a long time ago, she put away her quills and parchment. Then she ran as quickly as she could to the commonroom placed her bag on the floor and ran back down the stairs.

She reached the edge of the lawns, and saw in the distance an orange glow with silouhettes of other students surrounding the flames.
Bailey paused and caught her breath before continuing, she smiled and started off across the soft grass. The first sound to reach her ears was people bickering.

[freya]

Freya had just about to answer Thom, as she learnt his name to be, when more people began arriving. It looked as if the night was going to have a good turn out, and as the older Hufflepuff moved away in distraction, Freya sat herself down on the grass and continued to warm her hands by the fire.

It seemed the arrival of Slytherins had created a slight commotion and after only what seemed to be two seconds a small argument broke out. Freya couldn't help but give out a laugh as they quarreled over what sounded like - who had the most girls after them. Lads... She rolled her eyes with a smirk still playing on her lips.

'Girty?' She called over to the Hufflepuff who had orginally introduced herself. 'Don't suppose there's a marshmallow in that bag for me as well?'

[Girty Hubbles]

Girty heard her voice be called in the distance. She looked around and saw the Ravenclaw girl talk to her. She gave a small smile and nodded her head.
“Of course there is. Find yourself a sharp pointy stick throw it at those trouble makers over there and then you can get a nice clean one and join me.” Girty laughed and shuffled over toward Freya. She put the Marshmallows in-between them and laughed again.

“The entertainment value you can get by watching boys have a go at each other.” As Girty looked over toward the fighting boys who were now putting Marshmallows into each others faces she saw Bailey in the distance. Girty waved her hand high in the air wondering if Bailey would notice before turning her attention back to her now burning marshmallows.

[Bailey Griffiths]

Bailey was beginning to define some of the silouhettes, Thom and a slytherin had been the cause of bickering, in the corner of her eyes she caught a glance of a figure waving at her.
Soon realising it was Girty, she waved and started heading towards her.
"Sorry i'm late..AGAIN!" Bailey giggled, then noticing a unfamiliar ravenclaw "Hello there, i'm Bailey, pleasure to meet you!...Oooo Marshmellows!" She looked at Girty pleadingly for a mallow of marsh.

[Jerred Boneman]

Jerred laughed at Thom's reaction, but when it came to the end with the marshmellow's in Zachary's face, Jerreds mood only improved. With a laugh, Jerred poked Thom's face with his wand, where marshmellow's themselves exploded out from his face.

'Nice role reversal, eh?' Jerred chimed in before Thom could react.

[Thom Moen]

Thom had just been about to turn and greet Bailey when his vision was suddenly invaded by an explosion of light pink marshmallows erupted from the tip of Jerred's wand as the laughing Slytherin jabbed it sharply in his face. They were, to Thom's disgust, slightly gooey, and he growled furiously as he desperate wiped his face with his palms, the sticky sweets tangling strands of his hair that had fallen around his face.

'Bloody Slytherins!' he shouted uncontrollably, immediately whipping out his own wand. 'Get lost!' he shouted, spit flying from his mouth as he gave an erratic wave of his wand.

There was a loud pop, and Jerred was suddenly flying backward through the air. Thom grinned darkly as the boy cleared the trees and landed with a huge splash in the shallow of the lake. 'Ha!' the Hufflepuff barked triumphantly.

[Jerred Boneman]

Landing hard in the shallows of the water, Jerred looked up at Thom with a sneer, a smile slowly creeping onto his lips.

'Now THAT was fun!' Jerred said enthusiastically, standing despite the cold suddenly sending chills throughout his body. 'Let's continue playing, shall we? I remember a spell that your dear Head Of House taught us once... you may know it, but you may not!'

Jerred, still somehow grasping his wand, aimed it at a spot in front of Thom, then with a savage smile, Jerred spoke the incantation. 'Serpenticus Exdamentia!' Jerred cried, red sparks shooting forth from his wand, circling into the sky before exploding like fireworks. The exploded dust settled to the ground, soon converging in on itself, becoming the form of a giant snake, resembling a cobra.

The red dust exploded, revealing the form of the snake, hissing quietly at those around it. It wouldn't attack or do a thing unless ordered to, by the one whom created it, the creator being Jerred.

'Funny how easy the spell is to master, plus there were fireworks to boot!' Jerred said, his boots sloshing loudly as he stepped forward and stood next to the snake, which was level with his chest when erected. 'So, can we continue playing?'

((For those who don't know, I am also Addis, Hufflepuff HoH so don't worry! ;D))