Flying on Ice open to all Closed

"Honestly, any one of them could be a hag," he said, although he knew at least it was thought that hags were always in the form of a female. "Except me, and except you, and except Winter." Winter couldn't be a hag because the two were practically twins. If she were, he'd know...although she sort of was luring other students over to her in what seemed like innocent skate lessons... showing off her flashy moves. Hmm...

No. Not Winter.

"I think, my dear, you and I are just free to skate right now and have the hag-free moments we've always had." Simon smiled thinking back to that day. It was horrible, it really was! He remembered feeling terrible after throwing that shovel. Luckily, Kit was okay and he did meet a great friend from the experience. "I do think though, that skates would be the closest alternative to a shovel. Both sharp and both made out of metal."

He listened as Clair thought about that night and asked him his thoughts on it. "I think we would have still met. You're in the Library a lot. I'm in the Library a lot. I don't know if we'd have connected as closely though."

They began to distance themselves from the other so Simon sort of made a turn, guiding Clair with them so they'd just be going a big circle around everyone else, not getting too far away. "Want to try a lift?" No, the boy didn't have figure skating experience but he did have dhampir strength.

"why not Winter? I mean she is acting all cool, being nice, once their all near she might eat them or do whatever hags do." She smiled "nah, I'm just joking, I doubt she is a hag"
"our hag free moments will be very much enjoyed Sir" she smirked, Simon was so Elegant, and Hot.
"god only knows, but yes I think we would not be in the relationship we are in now." She paused "Uuuuum wow that sounded really odd, i meant it like friends" she said with a sheepish grin.
She laughed, Did she? Why not? Would it work? She hoped so but guessed it would fail.
"I'd Love to" she said, sort of surprised that she had said that, she meant it but still she was surprised, "But not with a rabbit on my back, don't want her to die with me" she grinned, "Yes I completely trust you.... Maybe."
Only fate knows what would happen should Simon agree to this, if he did agree to that, then Clair and him would look like fools, but did it matter? well not to Clair!
She trusted him not to 100% kill her, if he did kill her oh well! No grudges held!
(wc 205)
@Simon Kincaid

"Okay, let's go put the badger down. You won't die, but it'll be much easier if it's just you," he said. "Race you back to the lake's edge," he said and took off, very quickly, back to where his bag was propped up against that fallen tree that he had used to sit on while he put his skates on. He pushed hard, making fast strides along the ice, as if he was trying to beat the puck to the back board without it being called for icing.

When he got to the edge, he suddenly came to an abrupt stop, spraying ice as he did so. Hey, that was one of a hockey player's greatest pleasures. Plus, no one was around to get a shower of ice so he was good. He then stepped off and went over to his bag where he placed Rascal from his pocket to the bag with the scarf and he began to instantly settle in - happy for his new warm nap place. He figured that Clair could place her badger backpack down on the tree to keep her off the snow.

"Come on, Baby, go with me on this one," he smiled a wide grin. She would totally understand in a moment while he just called her Baby. Clair was from a muggle family, surely, most certainly, she had HAD to have seen the movie Dirty Dancing, right? He sure hoped so.

Simon stepped back onto the slick iced surface of the Great Lake and raised up his right hand, motioning for Clair to to come closer to him. When she came, he put his arms around her and pulled her closer and the two moved further away from the edge. Simon was then probably going to give the scenario away with the song he began to sing. "Now I've - had - the time of my life. No I never felt like this before. Yes I swear - it's the truth," and he'd dip her down a little and pull her back close. ...Was he the only one that knew the complete choreography to the Dirty Dancing end dancing scene? He hoped not. Everyone had to know that classic lift and he was ready to do it...on ice! "And I owe it all to you."

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"Hey, good job!” Simon said, skating back over toward Grace and Faye. “You seem to be really getting the hang of it."

The compliment from Simon was much appreciated, although Grace still hadn’t mastered the art of stopping.

She gasped as Faye went down but couldn’t help but giggle when she started going off about how ice skates were “lawsuits waiting to happen” and how she wouldn’t be any good at comedy. Simon was right, Faye was a one-woman show. Grace skated over to the two, Simon supporting Faye and her flailing arms.

"You got it!" Grace cheered. “Look at you go! See, the knife shoes aren’t so bad.”

Then, she heard singing from a different part of the ice. Turning her head to find who it was, she saw the boy who’d been talking to Winter earlier – also Simon, if she’d heard right – and Clair, a fellow Eagle, dancing together. Was he… Was he singing Time of My Life and doing the choreo from… oh, what’s that movie Dad always watches? Something Dancing… Baby Dancing? No, that’s the lead girl’s name. Crazy Dancing? Oh, Dirty Dancing, that’s right!

Grace’s eyes widened as she realized what was happening. She was both very excited to see that iconic lift in person and also incredibly nervous for both of them, because she knew how hard it was. She cheered their way, “You can do it!”

Interacting with @Simon Corbin, @Faye Simmons, @Simon Kincaid, @Clair Fernandez

Clair laughed, "Really? can i trust you not to kill me?" she paused, for a good five seconds "Of course I can!"
when Simon said Baby, Clair made a face, "what??" she said with a hint of surprise, well not a hint, a lot of surprise.
a d then she connected to dots, "Is that from Dirty Dancing?" she smiled, "You had me very worried for a minute"

well then it got worse, awkwardly worse, but oddly Clair found it funny.
Simon started to sing, he started to sing the words from a Song Clair knew very well, she would have sung along if she had more confidence, but alas she did not, so she stayed quiet.
Clair followed his movements, she knew the whole thing, now that she was thinking about it.
well Clair knew what was going to happen, she knew about the lift at the end, she also k dw how hard Lifts were, more hard for the person on the bottom, then the one on top, but either way still hard, when she had figure skated in a club, she had gotten close to doing lifts, but had never actually done one, due to the lack of males on her team, but still she knew how hard they were, even on dry ground they were hard, Ice was harder.
(wc 225)
@Simon Kincaid

Mentioned: @Victoria Asminy Honest, @Winter Wolfhartz, @Faye Simmons, @Simon Corbin, @Grace Montare

After waving a quick hi at Simon Kincaid, Pax decided to just follow Winter. There were more and more people arriving, and they wanted to meet them.

As Winter skated over to the edge to greet the other students arriving, Pax made an attempt to follow, managing to just about halt before crashing into Victoria. When Winter started to teach the other students, Pax made a pointed effort to follow her instructions, and give or take managed to follow.

"You're brilliant!" Pax told her, skating carefully away to prove a point.

Seeing a girl in the distance fall, they skated over, recognising her as one of the girls they'd seen earlier. Helping the girl up was Simon and another of the girls from before, Grace, they thought.

"You alright?" They asked, offering a smile. "Also, I wouldn't be so sure about the comedy thing, I could hear you from the other side of the ice and I was laughing the whole way over here. Oh, and Winter's the one who invited a bunch of us and got the whole thing set up. She's just over there." Pax pointed at the figure. "Also, I'm sorry, I don't think I caught your name earlier. I'm Pax, pronouns are she/they."

Simon continued to laugh as Faye asked a whole lot of questions that Simon found even funnier than her complaints about the knife shoes. "Oh- I was just saying-that you...That you weren't utilizing your skates... Oh my god, I'm..literally...gonna barf..." She wiped away tears of laughter of her face and said, "You're wrong. You could become one, you certainly have the mouth for it."
Simon smiled. "Yep, knife shoes!" Then she burst into giggles all over again.
Simon nodded at Pax's introduction. "She's such an angel and super friendly."
Simon glanced over at Clair and Simon, who were dancing to some song that Simon vaguely remembered. She had watched 'Dancing Dirty' with his mom but fell asleep before it was over. Simon clapped alongside Grace and cheered for them. "You two look amazing! Ooh, they're gonna do a lift! I gotta see this." Simon let go of Faye and skated over in their direction. She sat down near a rat sleeping in a bundle of blankets, and so not to disturb the small creature, Simon resorted to air applause. "Kincaaaaid! Claiiir!" she whisper yelled, waving her arms like they were on fire or something. She mostly watched Kincaid because if Clair fell and broke her head open, she wouldn't have to look directly at it (blood is gross, Simon didn't care about the fact that it was in her. It made her want to puke which was almost as gross)

She referenced the movie so at least she understood what was going on then and where this would end up going. Simon smiled and kept up with the dance. She didn't jump in and start singing when the female singer Jennifer Warnes took the next stanza, so Simon would do that as well. No worries. After all, he had previously won a talent show at Hogwarts for singing. He could take on both parts and still lead the choreography.

He lifted one arm up, around the back of his neck as he sang the next part and then twirled her in and out. It wasn't exactly like the movie but it was close, a good sort of pass. There were a lot of turns, mostly from Clair, but he had to do a couple too and luckily it worked out since he had such good balance on his skates from all those years in hockey.

One of the best parts, to him anyway, had to be the break it down, snapping and sort of marching with swag part. Was he a good imitation of Patrick Swayze? Well, that he didn't know, but he tried to channel it best he could. There was a part he had to drop to his knees and get back up, another thing he was quickly and easily able to do from hockey.

Now it was a little difficult to keep his singing going but he did.

'Cause I've had the time of my life
And I owe it all to you

I've been waiting for so long
Now I've finally found someone to stand by me
We saw the writing on the wall
As we felt this magical fantasy

Now with passion in our eyes
There's no way we could disguise it secretly
So we take each other's hand
'Cause we seem to understand the urgency

Just remember
You're the one thing
I can't get enough of
So I'll tell you something
This could be love, because

I've had the time of my life
No I've never felt this way before
Yes I swear, it's the truth
And I owe it all to you

Hey, baby

With my body and soul
I want you more than you'll ever know
So we'll just let it go
Don't be afraid to lose control, no
Yes, I know what's on your mind
When you say 'stay with me tonight'

Just remember
You're the one thing
I can't get enough of

Simon motioned for Clair to get ready, to do the leap. The leap! It was nearly time.

So I'll tell you something
This could be love, because

I've had the time of my life
No I never felt this way before
Yes, I swear, its the truth
And I owe it all to you

And there was Clair. He placed his hands on both sides of her hips and pushed up quickly, while still supporting her with his large hands. If he was a regular Second Year students at Hogwarts, there'd be no way in hell he could achieve this most likely but lucky for him (and more luckily for Clair) he was a dhampir and had good reflexes and dhampir strength. He lifted her up high, both hands, right over his head and held her there for a good few seconds before slowly bringing her back down with a wide smile. Now maybe no one was watching but damn that would have had to be impressive.

'Cause I've had the time of my life
And I've searched through every open door
'Til I found the truth
And I owe it all to you...

And now he was out of breath and laughing. The song repeated itself another three times but his wouldn't because he needed to catch his breath but he smiled at Clair because that was a lot of fun.

As they 'danced' around the ice Clair felt the eyes of at least one person watching her, but really, they were dancing around the ice and they were about to do a lift, AND Simon was singing, which Clair thought sounded really nice, surely the other must agree too right?
Then Clair seen Corbin wave his arms out of the side of her eyes, and whisper yell something, but Clair was not sure what he said.
After a few dips, turns, and other moves (that included Simon dropping to his knees and getting up again) Clair was ready for the next move, the Big move, this would be where they would die if they were to die during this dance.
When he motioned Clair got ready, she collected her legs in a way that would not show to anyone, only Simon And Clair knew she was about to jump, not like anyone really cared anyways.
And then when he put his hands on her hips she was ready, she sprung up, now being fully held up by Simon, anyone who found a trust fall hard, well this was the next level!
Luckily for both people, Simon was stronger then normal, so she trusted that he would not drop her, and that he would catch her somewhat If he was to drop her.
She smiled widely, now she seemed to be flying, like a bird, like a Eagle.
Slowly Simon lowered her down, Clair was laughing really hard, she hugged him, "That was so much fun!"
If no one seen it did not matter, Clair had only done it to have fun, but still that was damn impressive! If only the muggle figure skaters had seen that.
(wc 288)
Interacting with @Simon Kincaid
Mentioning @Simon Corbin

Youssuf had phased out for a bit, staring at everyone else. He didn't mind that he wasn't ice skating (he'd never been too enthusiastic about the idea of sticking blades to shoes and skating on em). But really, Kincaid and Clair were dancing rather well. Very romantic, he thought with an inward grin. Then he drew his breath in with a huff as Simon did the lift with Clair. VERY gracefully performed; Clair actually looked like she was flying. The irony did not escape him; an Eagle flying. He chuckled.
As Simon lowered her to the ice once more, Youssuf applauded them loudly. "Bravo! Bravo! The singing really set the atmosphere, Simon. Most impressive!"
He approached Kincaid and whispered to him, winking surreptitiously, "So you and Clair are together, eh? She's your girlfriend? Her relationship with you certainly seems closer than ordinary friendship."

Youssuf decided that the beautiful evening required some celebration! He pointed his wand straight up into the air, and roared - "PERICULUM!" Red sparks shot up into the air from his wandtip and hung there, shaping the words P A R T Y.
He boomed, "Y'all keep skating, just make your way to the Small Hall in about 20 minutes. This lovely evening could do with a good party. I'll see you all there!"
Youssuf came near Winter and said in an undertone, "Do get them all to come to the Small Hall later, eh? You can come a bit early, I have a few ideas about the party we're gonna have. I'll set up the food and drinks. Thanks for the skates! See ya very soon!"
He left the Lake, ripping the skates off his feet with a muttered oath. He set them down near a bench, slipped on his own shoes again, and set off at a sprint for the Small Hall. He already had a few ideas about the food supply. He could definitely get a few house-elves to divert a couple dishes from the dinner table to their party, and it had to be dinner/snacks/fun too...he loved party planning!

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Interacting with: @Simon Kincaid @Winter Wolfhartz
Mentioning: @Clair Fernandez