One Last Snowball Fight!(Cassie))

[Pyro Blackfire S5]

It was finally June, just a few short weeks and than this school would forever be in his past. Pyro wouldn’t be the least bit sad to see this place go, the bad experiences here outnumbered the good ones quite easily. Even with his family fortune and business backing him, as long as he was a student at Hogwarts, he would continuously be looked down upon by the entire faculty. No more! Pyro’s monthly salary was far greater than any teacher at this place, and once he left and concentrated fully on his plans he would grow larger than anyone in this place. A small grin found its way onto his face as his memories faded to the good times that he would miss. Although he would never admit it, he had met quite a few people he would miss.

This was the place where he had first met Cassie, and who could have guessed at the blood relationship the two shared and how many troubling situations the two had managed to land themselves into. Battling it out year after year on the Quidditch field, good times. Than there had been Mary Evans, Pyro grinned as he remembered promising himself to force feed her a poison topped cookie one day. Pyro would miss her greatly, they hadn’t been able to see a lot of each other lately aside from Quidditch practice. She was well on her way to being a professional player, Pyro would have to visit her someday. He chuckled slightly as he remembered some of the other people he had lost contact with but met right here at Hogwarts. Dana Coran, that fiery older Ravenclaw and her cousin Kriss Graas of Slytherin.

Pyro sighed and stood from his lounging on the lawns of Hogwarts. He began to move back toward the castle but than a thought struck him. This was the exact spot where he had first met Cassandra during a snowball fight. Another mischievous grin found its way onto his lips as he stared over at the bank where he assaulted the girls from all those years ago. Pyro quickly moved over to the bank, Cass should be on her way outside now if he remembered her schedule correctly. He quickly pulled out his wand, the day was hot, the June sun was shining down and removing all traces of coolness from the day. Still, he was a wizard, and even if the weather wasn’t agreeable he could make himself some projectiles.

A few quick waves of his wand and Pyro had conjured four snowballs that floated in the air around his head. He had to bite back his snicker as he sat and waited, fortunately his wait wasn’t too long as that familiar head of hair soon entered the grounds. Pyro waited for the opportune moment and than flicked his wand, sending one of the snowballs flying. “Incoming!” He shouted at the last second as warning and chuckled as the snowball crashed into Cassie’s head. Pyro stood up on the bank, revealing himself and the three snowballs. “Your getting a little slow in your old age hun.” Pyro called to Cass with a large grin on his face. “What do you say? One last snowball fight before we leave this school? Or are you too scared now that you don’t have Dana next to you to gang up on me with?”

[Cassandra Blackfire G7]

Cassandra rolled out of her animagus form into a standing position. It was getting easier everyday to make this transition. It was natural now when she found herself in the crouched position on the ground. It was the smooth black fur that covered her body that always caught her off guard though. The funny sounds it made as she slinked across the grass unnerved her. It gave away her location, but most wizards were completely oblivious to those things. They might notice a growl, but not something that subtle. Cass dusted off her robes absent mindedly as she walked across the grounds. It was a beautiful summer day, and she had decided to take a run in her cat form between classes. It was sort of against her animagus code of conduct, but what where they going to do to her? Kick her out of school? It was too late for that seeing that they would be giving her the official boot in a few short days with a diploma. The thought saddened her from the exhilaration she had felt earlier. She was free from worry as a panther. Her only identifying feature was a small white circle on the underneath of her tail. Other than that, she could be any other fearsome creature in the forbidden forest. Okay, so maybe she was breaking two rules today, but so what? Who was going to stop her?

She trotted across the grounds on her way to the greenhouses to check on her final Herbology project. Cass hated those Mandrakes, but Professor Longbottom were making the seventh years tend to them this year. She honestly wondered if Neville would fail her if she accidental on purpose killed the nasty little thing. Well, if she wanted to pass potions, she couldn't do that. The potion they made from the plants was part of her practical NEWT.

Thwack! Something hard and soft hit her squarely in the back of her head, literally taking Cass off of her feet. She knew who the culprit was as soon as she regained her senses. "Pyro?! What in the hell are you doing? That has got to be the most immature thing...," she spluttered as she got to her feet. From not far off, Pyro Blackfire was chortling and laughing as he prepared to throw one of the remaining three snowballs. "And I am not getting too old, I could outrun you on a broom any day." She pulled out her wand to make her own ammunition. "I don't need to hide behind anyone." A little puff of white started to materialize in her hand. It grew larger and larger until it got to a good size. "Eat this!" Cass threw the ball hard, and it plopped flat on the ground between the two. It barely got half way to her cousin. "How embarrassing," Cass muttered under her breath and blushed, embarrassed.