BlossomFest Blossom Ball 2018

"Right, do you need help Aravis?  I'd be glad to help you to the hospital wing, I don't know much healing spells for burns. I know a potion that could help, but I can't brew potions outside of the classroom, at least I think." Verla extended her arm out toward Aravis, in a gesture to help her limp the the hospital room if she wanted to. She knew Aravis was hurt and frightened, and right now, all the girl needed was some help.

Otherwise she could be a stubborn mule and limp there herself. But if she was going to, then she had had no reason to yell at Verla when she could've been there already. She hoped Aravis would be alright, surprisingly, she was worried about her. Since no once else seemed to want to be worried about her, she seemed like the only idiot girl left on the planet to do so. 

She remembered her fight she had with Aravis in the library after she'd been caught with her in the restricted section, she didn't seem angry, but she didn't seem to happy about it either. Verla couldn't blame her, she wasn't to happy about it with herself either.

Charles looked at the chaos around him, But it was short lived he would feel his wand be removed from his hand by a spell he had not learned yet. A loud voice would speak to him directly a professor no less telling him that leave the ball and head to the headmaster's office. But he could not help but look around him so more, To see the students around him reacting to the fire and the aftermath. The smoke thick in the air which seemly would cause more distress to some students than the fire itself. Did he have regrets about the fire he started not at all, He was clearly in the right when he was insulted, He was going to do something anyway at this forsaken ball started by a muggle born professor he suspected. Now it was time to go and get his wand while the smoke was in the air. He had a general idea where the wand fell and went over to it all the coughing from the smoke. He fell to the ground on top of his wand but making sure he did not break it and coughed a few more times playing the role that the smoke was bothering him. But it was bothering him so that much was true, But he needed to get his wand before someone else found it.

He found the wand and quickly with ease put the wand in the sleeve of his cloak sneakily and then stood up coughing some more. To some it would seem almost strange that he got up so fast. But he was ordered to leave the ballroom and he could not disobey a professors order now could he. He just hope the professor would not check to see if the wand was still on the ground. That would look bad but if he was lucky nobody would suspect that he picked it up and instead maybe another student did. Why he did not know. He also could of sworn he heard a girls voice next to him taunting him about striking a nerve about making him angry, Yes indeed she did and, He would deal with her another time, in another place perhaps a duel.. Perhaps on the grounds but he will deal with her. He could not let her get away with insulting him.

“ Why did you only aim for tables charles “ the dark voice in his head said in a taunting voice, “You should of aimed for those mud bloods and half bloods “The voice taunted some more now, It was not pleased about the outcome of the stunt he pulled. “ Maybe you should of aimed that first spell at that girl. Insulting you like that, That would of taught her a lesson “ The voice said laughing, Charles closed his eyes and opened then slowly and turned towards the professor or at least in the direction of the professor.

“ Of course professor as you command I will head to the headmasters office, Surely the man would know what happened here and well i expect nothing less than him to be angry with me. I will remember next time to aim at the other students instead of tables, Who knows maybe some will burn up. “ He said with a dark laugh “ Oh my I hope not many people got burned by the flames. But then again it is not my fault.. They should blame the mud bloods and half bloods for that “ He said in a taunting manner as he made his way to the exit. The wand in the sleeve of his cloak hidden from view. He heard some students ask if everyone was alright. He was tempted to answer, Tempted to respond but stopped himself, He would not say anything as he made his way out of the ball room.

"Oh.. Oh my God!" Dorothy whispered.  Fire.  Fire ate away at the food, faster than any of the Hufflepuffs had.  "R-Rosie.. If-if I hadn't-if we hadn't.." she turned, shocked, to the blonde besides her. "We could have been killed!"  They had been standing right by one of the smoldering snack tables.  Luckily, a professor had already put out the flame.  There were, however, some injured students.  "I'm gonna go.." she made her way over to the closest victim, a slytherin. Aravis.  Dorothy almost tripped on her dress, and in a angry and foolish response, she tore the skirt away with her hands.  It ripped in a slanted line, leaving material across her knees.  D moved forward quickly.  Verla (silly thing) was standing over the fallen slytherin with her arm extended, as if expecting the girl to be able to sit up enough to grasp it.  Dorothy rolled her eyes and smacked Verla's arm away as she crouched down beside the wounded girl.   "Hey, I'm gonna help you up, ok?" without waiting for a response, she stuck her arm under the girl's, and heaved her up.  "Use the good leg, pirate."  she said quietly, "I'll help get you to the hospital wing, but we're gonna have to go down a flight of stairs.  Think you can manage?" Dorothy didn't look at the girls leg.  She couldn't.  If she did, she'd either throw up, or pass out.  Definitely not what the situation called for.  So instead, she looked strait ahead. 

"I'm ready when you are." 

Aravis coughed a few times from the smoke as another girl made her way over towards her shoving Verla put of the way. Aravis had never seen her before. She was nice and kind to her. The black haired girl almost laughed at being called pirate. "Thank you. I can manage. Thank you for the help." Aravis said with a slight smile as the girl helped her up.

"Wait- Actually. I don't see my cousin. I shoved her away from the fire." She said frantically looking around standing on her left leg while Dorothy was still holding her upright.

Her blue eyes scanned the ground looking for Odette. She had shoved her as hard as she could to keep her away from the fire. What if she had shoved her in the fire? What if Ara had only made the problem worse. "She had blonde hair, and...and blue eyes. I think she had a red dress. And shes in Ravenclaw, her name is Odette." It wasn't helpful information but it could narrow down a lot of people. "That's not very helpful is it?" She asked to no one in particular. She looked for a slight hint of red and blonde on the ground.

  Asteria had reached Wini just as Professor Yornikovych put out the flames, she had never seen a professor look so rage-filled, it was terrifying to say the least. Her dress was hit by the water, but luckily she wasn't drenched. "I don't know! He just went insane," Wini replied to Asteria's question, her voice a little shaky. Asteria looked over at where the fire once was, the tables were charred and damaged greatly,  the food now burned and charred as well. 'What a mess.' Asteria thought to herself, 'But I think I should keep those two spells in mind, Expelliarmus, and what was that other one,'aguamenti'? "He has to be mental to pull this sort of thing, the fact that he didn't even care if the professors were around proves it further." Asteria turned her attention back to the two girls she stood next to, "But what matters most, is whether anyone was hurt or not."

"You both okay?" Wini asked. Asteria looked at her gown, it was only a little wet, she wasn't standing too much in the way to get drenched, thankfully she nor her dress got burned, but she did inhale some of the smoke. "I'm f-fine." She said as she coughed a little, "Just a little smoke inhalation and water, I'll live." Asteria looked toward the other girl, that Wini spoke to "Yes I'm alright,"  she heard her say. Asteria watched as the Wini's roommate flinched when Wini touched her elbow, "I think my arm is a little burnt, but is not that bad, it really just feels like a bad sunburn," Aurelia explained. Asteria remembered Wini introducing her during the dancing lessons before the ball, they didn't interact with each other though.

 Asteria turned her head and looked over to where the boy who caused the fire, he was lying on the ground coughing, it looked like the smoke got to him. Asteria eyes narrowed in suspicion as she silently observed him getting up, he moved quickly, probably because of the professor orders, but she didn't trust as single thing about the boy, he seemed the cunning type. She listened to what the boy was saying as he got up, "Of course professor as you command I will head to the headmasters office, Surely the man would know what happened here and well i expect nothing less than him to be angry with me. I will remember next time to aim at the other students instead of tables, Who knows maybe some will burn up." His words sent a chill down Asteria's spine, there was something far from right about that boy. This was bad, really bad, Asteria did not like the feeling she had in the pit of her stomach. She watched as the boy walked out of the ballroom, 'Get yourself to the Headmaster's Office and do not come back. Leave the wand, you will not need it.' the Professors words rang through Asteria's mind in an instant, her instincts told her to look on the floor. There was pieces of charred wood and food from the tables and scuff marks from the chaos, but no wand in sight.

Nervously, Asteria stepped toward the Professor, "Pro-Professor sir," Asteria began. "Didn't you tell him to leave his wand?" she asked worriedly. "Where is it?" Who was that boy, and what was his problem? He reminded her of some of her family members, which made matters even worse, that difference being they would have done worse then he has. 'Never a dull day at Hogwarts.' Asteria thought to herself.

Mentions: Charles York, Aravis Escanora, Dorothy Do, and Verla Harness

After alternately reading and watching the commotion for about an hour, Evianna felt hungry again. Deciding that her mum wouldn't approve if Evianna ate nothing but cookies for the entire evening, she moved over to the refreshment table to pick up a sandwich and a glass of water. From behind her came the sounds of angry shouts, the last few of which sounded vaguely like incantations.

Sighing and rolling her eyes, Evianna reached for a plate and grabbed a sandwich, then moved toward the drinks table.

She realized that she'd made a mistake as soon as the table burst into flames with a blast of heat and a loud whoosh. The ballroom immediately erupted into chaos. With a scream of terror, Evianna bolted backward, thanking her lucky stars that she'd chosen to wear ballet flats instead of heels. Unfortunately, she hadn't fled quickly enough and was doused by Professor Yorkinovytch's water spell.

When Ev had planned to shower after the ball, this was not what she had hoped for. Shaking water off of her arms, she stepped out of the puddle forming around her skirts and wrung out her hair.

A boy stood in the middle of the ballroom, shouting insults at the halfbloods and Mudbloods. Evianna opened her mouth to yell back at him, but he was already leaving. Fuming, she turned her attention to her dress. Yup, completely ruined along with everyone's nice evening.

"Hey Blaze!" Ava smiled towards the boy, replying. She met him before in the common room. It was good to finally see someone she knew show up. Well, talk to them - there was also Kathleen, there was Ami... there were a lot more people probably. She smiled.

"Incendio!" someone yelled. Everyone's attention turned towards them. A Slytherin boy was casting the spell around, aiming it at the food table. The girl immediately jumped away from the tab;e, while her mind was going into a frenzy. 

What...? Why? What happened? Why would he do that? WHAT A IDIOT! He will lose house points... he will lose house points... WHAT A! Her mind was filled with both sadness, anger, and confusion. It felt like time stood still for a while before she realized she hit the ground with a loud thud. Now I'm glad I didn't wear heels... she thought, trying to be optimistic. Her sister had given her high heels with some floral elements on them, but walking to the 4th floor with them on seemed too hard so just stuck with barefoot sandals.

She didn't get up for a while. It was probably better for her - she didn't want to get hit by any more fire spells, even if she didn't really get hit. After the girl got up - which with the millions of fabric attached to her dress was really hard - it didn't help her to see what was happening around her. She started coughing, as the smoke was really thick.
It seemed like the professor of transfiguration took care of the accident, making the student go to the principal's office. Thank god, the girl thought. 

"Is everybody okay?" she called out, not really being able to run in the dress. Stupid Kate... she was madder at her sister than ever. "Ugh, I'll need to change into something I can run in." she shook her head, before going to the dorm to quickly change.

When she came back wearing a navy dress and much less jewelry, along with some other shoes. The smoke wasn't that thick. Ava could see everything clearer. She ran up to some students helping others [Dorothy & Aravis]. "Do you guys need help?" she asked, before looking around again.

The girl was late. The Hufflepuff - or at least Ava thought it was a Hufflepuff - was already helping Aravis up.  "Thank you. I can manage. Thank you for the help." Ava sighed with relief, smiling at the other Slytherin. "Wait- Actually. I don't see my cousin. I shoved her away from the fire." 

"ODETTE?!" she started panicking. Even though it was quite a while ago, she remembered Odette from the Summerset Academy. "She had blonde hair, and...and blue eyes. I think she had a red dress. And she's in Ravenclaw..." Aravis explained. "Leave it to me." the young Silver replied, nodding her head before wandering off into the ballroom, searching for Odette.

Odette had been laughing until she heard someone yell a spell. Hadn't they learned that in herbology to stop the Devil's Snare? Why would someone have use of it in a ball room? Almost as soon as she turned her head to look at her cousin the other girl responded in a way she didn't expect.

She felt Aravis shove her with all the force she could muster. As she fell back time almost began to freeze, or so it felt. She could feel herself falling down, her hair in front of her face seemed to be climbing towards the sky due to the way she fell. Odette watched as the tables caught fire quickly. She watched as Aravis stepped into the fire and could see the flames climbing up her cousin's leg and her shiny green dress cutting through the silk fabric like scissors through paper.

Odette went to yell for Aravis but no sound came out. It felt like she had been falling forever even though she was extremely close to the ground. Before she knew it her head smacked against the floor with a rather sickening sound, knocking her unconscious. Odette was sprawled out on the floor yet safe away from the fire.

Versa was now angry. she didn't know what to say or do. Then she exploded "you know what Aravis, fine! You can disrespect me however you want, but know that now I will never help you again" she said. She looked at Dorothy, little brat. She scoffed and rolled her eyes, Dorothy wasn't worth anything right now. She turned her back from them and went to Rosin and Howe "Are you guys alright?" She asked them.

Versa was still steamed, but she tried not to show that she was. But she didn't know if it was convincing. All she wanted to do was help, and they just humiliated her. She had had it. Being humiliated when she was trying to help. She had every reason to be angry. She scowled at the ground after her friends gave her their answers. She again, apologized for leaving them so suddenly in the owlery.

Versa hugged herself as she looked at her arms and legs which were filled with burns. She was still shaking, she knew coming back was a mistake. She just wanted to growl and scream. She hated Aravis and especially Dorothy. She wanted to just go home and cuddle her cat.

Ava was walking around, tears started to well up in her eyes. She liked Odette, even if they didn't talk much. She was always really nice to her, both here in Hogwarts and in Summerset. The girl wanted to find he, not only for Aravis but also for herself. 

The girl looked around for the blonde Ravenclaw, hoping she was okay. "ODETTE?! ODETTE!" she was calling out a couple seconds, hoping she wasn't too loud to interrupt everyone, but after the boy cast the fire making spell, everything that wasn't probably supposed to happen happened. Chaos. Pandemonium. Madness. Some people probably got hurt... Ava was trying to look around, seeing if anyone needed help, but finding Odette was a priority now. She soon saw people, but they were getting help from others. She nodded to herself, trying to focus.

Why would he do that? her mind was going into a frenzy again, and her heart was pounding like a steady drum. She tried to calm herself down, looking at the ground. "ODETTE!" she called out again, crying.

After calling that one last time, she saw someone laying down on the floor. That someone had blonde hair. Remembering how Aravis described Odette, she ran up to them, seeing that it was in fact, Odette."ODETTE!" she smiled, calling her name loudly. She looked at her and the smiled disappeared. Odette was unconscious. The girl tried to shake her awake, hoping the Ravenclaw was okay.