Try Keeping Up With Me ((Plot People))

[Padme Rendel S2]

Padme looked over the village of Hogsmeade with disdain clearly imprinted on her face. The whole place was full of people; bustling here and there and everywhere. Padme got dizzy just looking at them, so she stopped. With a sigh she sat back down at the small tea shop she was in and looked over the order. Her eyes continued to wonder anyway so she put it back down on the glittering table. The sun's rays made it sparkle this way, for indeed it was a beautiful day, and Padme wasn't one to say compliments, or even think them. The sky was a blue that was unbeatable, clearly. The sun hurt the naked eye to look at and the heat was incredible. It was probably going to be one of the last days of warmth, so she might as well enjoy it.

Deciding to do what she had just thought, Padme stood up and walked off, despite the waitresses protests. The store probably needed more customers then usual anyway; it looked like a dump. Padme wasn't even sure why she had decided to go in there in the first place! Gosh, she was weird sometimes. Padme looked around Hogsmeade and noticed the owl store where you could send letters. She had been thinking about sending one sometime, but she should probably send it at Hogwarts where it didn't cost anything. She walked around, consent to just watch random people walk here and there. A bug flew into her eyes and Padme vigorously rubbed her eye, making her eyeliner smudge horribly on her cheek.

With a glare that could kill and her left eye looking black as well as watery, Padme stalked to the nearest shop and went to the back to the bathroom. She ripped off a paper towel and dabbed at her eye-make up. Making it look at least presentable. With a frustrated moan, she put it under water and continued to work on it until it looked better then before, at least. She compared her right eye with her left. The left looked more like a black eye then the right, but not terribly so. Padme sighed and threw the paper towel in the garbage, which was rather full. Dirty place.... With a glare, Padme exited the girls' washroom and was about to exit the small shop when she ran into someone. "Ouch!" Padme exclaimed even though it had been the slightest of bumps. The person must have been looking for something on the shelves. "Watch where you're going! Most people don't like to be bumped into, you know."

[kaddy]

Looking around her Danielle stared in amazement. She had never been to Hogsmeade before. All the other times she had gotten caught. But not today she had snuck in with her older brother James. It was really hard too and the more she thought about it the less she remembered it. So she stopped she had brought money but not a lot just enough to buy something for her brother. As a thank you to him.

She walked quickly over to a nice little shop and walked in. It was nice and had lots of little things that you could buy. Standing on her tip-toes Danielle looked at a cool looking thing that she was sure James would like. She didn't know what it was but, it was cheap. Just as she had reached her hands up to grab it someone bumped into her. Normally she wouldn't of fell but due to the fact that she was on her tip-toes she did.

She kind of teetered for a moment trying to regain her balance by waving her arms around but ended up falling down with a dull thud. Blinking she looked up a girl her age stood there and she didn't look happy. Getting up and brushing her pants off she replied to her remark. " Sorry my bad I didn't see you. Did-Did you get hit or something? It looks like you got a black eye." she waited for an answer, still staring at the girl.

[Professor Minerva McGonagall]

Minerva walked briskly down the streets of Hogsmeade her long cloak flying a little in the wind at every step she took. It was already the end of November and Minerva had decided to use the day to do her Christmas shopping. Or the small bit of Christmas shopping she still had to handle. Minerva always tried to be prepared for Christmas early because you never knew what might get into the way to stop you from completeing the shopping. It was dreadful to think how many students ahd gotten hurt and not being able to finish their shopping for school when the Diagon Alley was attacked.

Minerva nodded and smiled at the young girl accepting the now packed parcel from her and walking out of the store. This would be a darling present for her niece. Tucking the parcel securly under her arm Minerva wondered down the street looking at shop displays until she gasped. At seeing 2 familiar faces. It was not Hogsmeade weekend and first year should most certainly NOT be in Hogsmeade! Leaving all her plans for some shopping and a nice cup of tea at Rosmerta’s Minerva entered the store with a stern frown on her face as her lips were drawn into a tight line. And one of the girls was a Gryffindor too! Minerva hater taking points from her own house.

„Miss Rendel and miss Pewter! I hope you do know you are both violating the school’s rules by being here? Come now, off to the castle with both of you. It shall be 10 points from both of your houses and a week of detention for both of you. I do NOT want to hear any excuses and I hope this will be the LAST time you sneak off to Hogsmeade. Hurry now, chop chop, back to the school.“ Minerva herded the two first years back to Hogwarts while silently thinking how right she had been about not being able to finish her Christmas shopping today either.

((First years are not allowed to Hogsmeade during school-time. So this post is now officially over.))