Candy Picnic Closed

Amber was just walking along the corridors with nothing to really do, she was just walking for the sake of walking when she stumbled upon marian with her candy picnic. She had a few peices of candy in her poket that she was aving for later but she decided that now was a better use for them. She sat down by her friend and set out her candy, a few chocolate frogs and a box of every flavor beans. She took one of the chocolate frogs and ate it, still staying silent all this time. She continued to sit there before she turned toward marian and broke the silence.

"Hey Marian how are you doing?" She leaned back on the wall and relaxed "Fancy meating you here in the hallway. I mean in the dorm would make sence but it's funny that we met here insted" Continuing to lean on the wall Amber took another chocolate frog and poped in in her mouth after glancing at the card and putting it in her pocket. "You know, besides the study session we didn't realy get to talk that much, I mean at that time I probably didn't want to talk that much anyways though." Amber slipped slightly down the wall with a small sigh as she relaxed a little more.

"Honestly I still have a few open wounds from my past that I still don't want to talk about, but i's not that bad. It's funny, I've been here for just a few weeks and I'm already worrying about next summer." Her eyes misted a bit as she said this and she let out another sigh before bringing back a chearful expression to her face "But you don't want to hear about that, how have that past two weeks been going for you!"

Chloe always kept a few cauldron cakes with her. They were her favorite. She was walking through the corridors, when she saw a couple girls sitting beside a suit of armor on a blanket, sharing some candy. "A candy picnic? That sounds fun." She said to herself. Chloe smiled and picked up her pace. As she reached the girls, she smiled politely. She recognized them as other Hufflepuff girls, but she hadn't met them yet. 

She sat down with them. "Mind if I join too?" She pulled out her cauldron cakes and sat them down in front of her. "I'm Chloe. I brought some cauldron cakes. They're my favorite candy." She chuckled slightly and looked down at one of the cauldron cakes, and took a bite. She was content. It was delicious. She looked back at the girls and swallowed her cake. "What are your names?" She asked them. Maybe they could become friends. She needed friends. 

Chloe finished her cauldron cake before wiping the crumbs off of her face. "Do I have any chocolate on my face?" She laughed. Cauldron cakes were messy.  She looked from one girl to the other. They looked happy, like they were already friends. 

Emma always looked chocolate frogs. From her first trip to Hogwarts to her last, she had always kept some inside of her book bag. The pentagon-shaped container always reminded her that in her tough days, she always had something to cheer herself up. 

She always snuck glances at this corridor every single morning on her way to the Great Hall, but she had never really gone down it a lot. She had been in the abandoned, filthy restroom and had once had even found a secret passage leading to the Mirror of Erised. What made her come down the corridor this time, she didn't know, but it definitely wasn't the outlandish pieces of armor that looked like they could jump to life any instant.

Perhaps it was the unusual scent of sweet treats, much like the ones in her backpack, but then again, it could have just been her bag's natural scent. Maybe it was the three girls sitting down in the hallway, that was abnormal even in Hogwarts. 

Walking down the hallway, she removed her black bag and fidgetted to find the five-sided shape candy container. She knew she had packed them, but her bag was so messy there was no chance of finding them. Still, she sat down and introduced herself to the... three Hufflepuffs. Great, she was already the odd one out. 

"Hey, I'm Emma mind if I join? I brought Chocolate Frogs and Exploding Bonbons." She removed the small plastic bag from within her pocket, still sealed up as if it had never been touched once in her life. Nine remained in the bag out of ten, but it wasn't like she was going to have a small piece of candy explode in her abdomen. She sat down on the blanket, almost like a tarp, and began to unzip her bag, looking for the frogs she had promised.

Chocolate frogs were so much fun. They came in a cute, quirky box and they tasted delicious. Plus, there was a collectible card included with every frog. Amanda thought that they were the best thing ever. She already had quite a prolific collection of chocolate frog cards. Amanda always had candy in her school bag, and today she just so happened to have several chocolate frogs and acid pops on her.

I don’t think that I’ve ever been over here before, Amanda mused as she stepped into the corridor. She wasn’t even sure if this corridor had any purpose, or if it was just simply there. I’ll have to check this out some time soon. Who knows what could this could lead to?

Amanda turned her head as she caught sight of four girls sitting together in the corridor. That’s not something you see everyday, Amanda thought as she walked over. They appeared to be sharing candy with one another. Amanda sat down on the blanket and smiled at the other girls. “Hey there. I hope it’s okay if I join you.” She pulled the candy out of her bag. “I have some chocolate frogs and acid pops with me. Feel free to take some if you’d like.” Amanda unwrapped an acid pop and stuck it in her mouth. She rather liked this unconventional treat, which earned lots of disgusted looks from her peers. But why on earth should she care if others thought that it was strange?

As soon as she saw Amber come and sit down, Marian started eating some more candy. Amber had brought chocolate frogs and a package of Bertie Bott's every flavour beans. Marian had not expected to see Amber in the corridors. Like Amber pointed out, Marian expected to see her in the common room or the dormitories.

"Hello Amber!"

Amber started talking some more, but only after popping another chocolate frog into her mouth.

Yet another Hufflepuff girl came up, and Marian started to worry. What if it turned out to be only Hufflepuffs, and I wouldn't get a chance to meet other students? Marian tried to clear her mind as she said, with a stiffness she did not intend,
"Hello."
The girl took out some cauldron cakes to share, thankfully not noticing Marian's tone of voice.
She introduced herself as Chloe, then she started to eat one, making a mess all over her face. Evidently, The girl liked cauldron cakes.
"My name's Marian, and this is Amber, my Transfiguration tutor, and friend." Marian said, nudging Amber.

Marian Squinted down the hallway. She could make out some dark robes, not the bright Hufflepuff yellow ones, and she started to panic. Please don't be a Slytherin, please don't be a Slytherin.

Thankfully, she was a Ravenclaw, not a Slytherin.
She introduced herself as Emma. She had brought Exploding bonbons and chocolate frogs

Another Ravenclaw came to them as Emma searched for her chocolate frogs in her bag.
She brought out some Chocolate frogs and acid pops. Marian was just about to say,
"Be careful with those acid pops!" when she unwrapped one and stuck it in her mouth.

"does anyone here know any healing spells?" Marian asked nervously, scared for the sake of the Ravenclaw's tounge.

Several girls had come and sat down at the table all looking fairly nice. There was one hufflepuff (not including her and marian) and two ravenclaws. "Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw party!" As she shouted this she tossed a few chocolate frogs in in the air before settling down. "For no reason what is your favorite beast? Mine is a dragon because they are just so cool." She decided that a conversation starter would be good to get them all talking and becomeing friends.

As she waited for thier answers she started to dose off in a land of her own thoughts, she did have a lot to think about after all. She wondered what she would do during the summer, she knew her parents would be mad if she retured returned and she honestly didn't want to. She thought about how she missed her younger siblings and hopec that none of them were like her so that they could live a good life. She thought about books and what she would read next, finaly deciding on The Stolen Kingdom for the fiftinth time this month. She thought about how she was excepted here and how she had some good friends that she knew would help her. and she just thought about things in general.

Chloe smiled as two Ravenclaw girls sat down with them. She watched as the last girl to sit down bravely unwrapped an acid pop. Her eyes opened wide, she shook her had as Marian asked about healing spells. "I don't know any, I'm sorry." She chuckled a bit before turning to Amber. 

Amber was obviously excited to be there. She had thrown a couple chocolate frogs in the air and yelled about the party. Chloe laughed at her excitement before thinking. What WAS her favorite creature? She went through the list of creatures she had read about before speaking up. "I really like Hippogriffs. I think they're beautiful." She smiled before speaking again. "So you're good at Transfiguration? I wish I was. I'm good at Herbology, though. And flying is fun." She had a large smile on her face as she thought about it. 

She looked down at her pile of candy, taking another cauldron cake. She ate it a bit less messy this time. She figured she had probably com off weird a moment ago, when the chocolate had gotten all over her face. She took smaller bites, making sure to clean any crumbs off her face as she did. 

Emma looked around from her fellow Ravenclaw, Amanda, to the Hufflepuffs. She hadn't interacted with many, so she was glad to sit down, especially in the corridors, and just chat. Good interactions had come from most of the houses in general, but you just couldn't have too many friends, it was basically a law to live by. 

"Does anyone here know any healing spells?"

Shaking her head, she spoke, "No, but I can make an adequate Wiggenweld Potion, but well... That would take approximately forty minutes. I think we get our first lesson starting in our third year anyway." Once again, she recommenced the ransacking through her bed, looking for the violet box. Finally, lifting open a pouch to the side she extracted out eight chocolate frog containers and unboxed one for herself.

Thrusting her hands into the air at the mentioning of a party, she smiled and laughed, her bracelet jingling whimsically. She wasn't into huge parties with those that consisted of more than generally six people, but this was marvelous.

Beasts. It was a topic she could go on and on about, but what mystical animal over-exceeded the rest. It was definitely something she could debate about continuously. Care for Magical Creatures was a topic she was looking forward to. She loved the idea of a dragon. Their aggressive behavior, the ability to breathe fire, and the endless possibilities the dragon gave to wizarding kind. It was all too remarkable for her expanding mind to process. "I'd say Phoenix. They fly and have magical tears they can use at any time. I think they can even bring a person back from the dead."

Amanda grinned and laughed when the first girl began worrying about Amanda’s consumption of the acid pop. “I appreciate the concern, but I’m fine. It’s a long story, but basically I conditioned myself to like them. Just another way to avoid getting pranked.” she shrugged, sucking on the lollipop. “I’m Amanda, by the way. This is a pretty neat setup you’ve got here,” she said, gesturing to the little picnic.

Amanda smiled when one of the Hufflepuffs mentioned flying. “I love flying! I really hope I make it onto the Quidditch team someday.” She licked her lollipop again before continuing. “I like History of Magic and Charms, I guess. Not quite sure what I could do with those in the future career-wise, but we’ll see. Maybe I’ll teach here someday.” She shrugged. “I think that it would be fun to be an auror, though.”

Amanda paused and thought for a bit. “I’d say that my favorite beast is either a dragon or a phoenix. They’re both really majestic and cool.” She finished her acid pop and opened a chocolate frog box. She pulled out the card and read it to herself. Bertie Botts, nice. Amanda already had that card so she offered it up to the others. “Anybody not have the Bertie Botts card yet?”