Fun! (Nokomis, Katie, Ivy)

[Ashley Hill]

Ashley was beginning to get restless as she looked up at the bell yarning for it to ring. "Ring! Ring! Ring!" she chanted to herself and smiled sweetly as Professor Flichwick looked at her with a serious look, but turned back towards the rest of the class. Letting out a sigh of relief, Ashley just decide to pay attention. Opening up her book she looked through the pictures. Ashley always seemed to be like a child all the time, but hey she never really wanted to change. After turning from one page to another she heard the bell ring and she was out of there like a lighting bolt. "Yes! Class is over and its time to go to the common room!" she said with an overjoyed voice dancing in the halls. Her long light brown was in pig-tail braids, and her uniform actually clean and no winkles. Elina had seemed pressed them because Ashley would always get them wrinkly in the drawers.

After reaching the portrait, Ashley said the password and entered the brightly lit common room. It was so pretty! With its yellow and orange every where. Ashley just loved the colors and how comfortable it made students feel. Plopping down on the couch she took out her ice skaters weekly magazine and began to read. Its glossy pages were a change from the dusty old worn out books they had to buy. Ashley didn’t hate books entirely but just preferred to skate and live life than to read it. But of course there were always people stopping her. One person was Meredith Hill, Ashley and Elina's mother. She was uptight women, and wanted everything clean and in order. That’s were Elina picked up her personality, from there mother. Ashley loved her mother but she needed to get a life. Really not everything was clean, and she couldn’t just tell her to calm down and read a book.

Sighing Ashley tired to keep her family out of mind. The thought always mad her feel sick inside and wanting to have a different mother. Turning the page of her magazine, Ashley took out a couple of pieces of double bubble gum and put two in her mouth and began to chew. Her jaws pressured against the hard candy making it softer with each bite. After chewing for a while, Ashley began to blow bubbles. Her first one was swrany and didn’t even stick to her face. Blowing again this time the bubble was almost the size of her face. Just than some one said something and it popped and stacked on her face. Laughing, Ashley cleaned her face up and turned towards the person who had taken a seat. "Hey I am Ashley. Who are you? I was blowing bubble gum as you can tell. He I always love to blow bubbles. Want a piece?" Ashley asked holding out the bubble gum for the person who approached her.

[Nokomis Astarra H5]

The day was going just like any other at Hogwarts. She woke up when she normally did, with barely enough time to rush down to the great hall for a piece of toast before she had to run off to her first class. Today it had been History of Magic. Then she managed to escape again for lunch where she tried to catch up on her rather late potions essay before she had double herbology. She was rather font of the class, Professor Sprout always seemed so happy and really liked what she did.

She was walking back towards the castle on a path through the melting snow when a fellow Hufflepuff said something, causing her to turn around, and while not tooking where she was going she stepped right into a puddle of freshly melted snow that was almsot up to her ankles. She had given up on wearing propper black shoes last fall, instead she wore a pair of faded blue sneakers, whick soaked up the cold water and made her shos make a sloshing noise all the way back to the common room.

Just being inside Hufflepuff domain made her feel better, even if her shoes did slosh, and she made her way towards one of the couches where an older girl was sitting. The girl started to blow a bubble just before she started to ask if anyone was sitting besire her. Then the bubble burst, causing her to freeze wondering if she would be blamed for it. But the girl, who introduced herself as Ashley seemed very nice.

"Hi...I'm Nokomis. Um...yeah...I would love a piece."
She couldn't remember the last time she had a piece of muggle gum. She took the candle before looking down at her sneakers pausing for a short moment before she started to unlace them.

she glanced back over at Ashley, thinking that hte girl would probably be very confused.
"I stepped in a puddle earlier today."

[Ivy Tunstall]

Ivy flopped down in a chair in the Common Room, tired after her long day. She could really do with a bit of rest and relaxation before she started her homework - which she had a fair amount of. The Common Room was quickly filling up with students coming in from their lessons, and she looked around in the growing crowd for anyone who she knew. She couldn't see anyone at the time, and fiddled fretfully with the roll of parchment she had on her lap, curling it round and round. It was a silly thing to do of course, it would never be possible to get it straight again, but she did it absent-mindedly.

Finally Ivy spotted someone who she knew amidst the chaos, and was glad to see that it was Nokomis. She got up swiftly and made her way over to her, which was difficult, considering the fact that there were a rather large number of other Hufflepuffs chatting and not paying particular attention to where they were going. Once she had managed to follow behind her, Nokomis was busy talking to an older Hufflepuff girl, who was giving Nokomis a piece of bubble gum. Ivy wondered if she should back away, but thought that might seem rude as she wasn't entirely sure she hadn't been spotted by the older girl, although Nokomis seemed pretty oblivious to her presence, as she had her back turned and there were a lot of other people in the room.

Ivy sat down on the arm of the couch next to Nokomis, smiling at the older girl. "You musn't stick that anywhere, Nokomis," she told her friend with a grin. "Where I live the Muggles drop it all over the pavement and it sticks to your shoes. It's not very pleasant. But I do like chewing gum." Ivy paused for her friend to show some sign of recognition, before deciding that she had better introduce herself to the other girl to avoid offense.
"I'm Ivy," she said, with as good a smile as she could manage. Ivy was rather shy, but she oculd manage a group of three, especially as she had got her self into the situation and she knew Nokomis quite well.

[kaitlynrobbins]

Katie walked down the stairs from her dormroom into the Hufflepuff common room. She had just been upstairs changing into some of her more comfortable clothes after a long day of classes. Among the many Hufflepuffs that occupied the area the three that stuck out to her the most were Ashley, Nokomis, and a third year whom she did not know very well. Katie saw them chewing sticks of bubblegum and instantly felt a craving for one. She walked up to the them and smiled, "Is that muggle bubblegum you're chewing? I haven't had any in ages! I honestly didn't know that there was any around Hogwarts."

Katie looked from Ashley to Nokomis to the girl whom she didn't know. "Hi," she said to the girl, "I'm afraid we haven't met. I'm Kaitlyn Robbins, but you can call me Katie. I'm a fifth year. It's quite sad that there are people in my own house that I'm not acquainted with. You would think that with almost five full school years here at Hogwarts that I would at least know those from my own house." A slight blush crept onto her cheeks, showing the minor embarrasment that she felt.

[Ashley Hill]

Ashley smiled as the girl introduced herself as Nokomis. "Hey Nokomis. That’s a nice name, is it French? No it most is German? Or maybe it could be Asian!" Ashley said with a smile and blew another bubble. This time the bubble was slightly larger and popped with another loud noise. Giggling she smiled and handing out another piece for her new friend. "Lets have a bubble gum blowing contest! It would be so much fun! The person who gets the biggest bubble wins and the prize is a sticky face." Ashley said smiling and stuffing another piece in her mouth, and started to soften it.

Her jaw started to get tired as Ashley watched Nokomis take off her shoes and say that she stepped in a puddle. "I hate it when that happens. But hey at least its not snow! I love spring. Life just comes back to b loom and is all ready and I just love it." Ashley commented with another one of her smiled and leaned back in her chair more. At the moment she seemed bored and started to play around with her fingers. Ashley normaly did this a lot when she was really bored. But Nokomis wasn't a boring person, it was the fact of being captive in a class room all day that made her restless.

Crossing and re-crossing her legs, Ashley felt even more restless. She didn’t mind that fact that Nokomis was a shy Hufflepuff, no not at all. It was just that she had been in a classroom all day and with nothing to do. Looking off into space she kept blowing bubble gums and noticed another girl approached them and seemed to know the younger Huffle. Smiling at the new comer she turned around and handed two to the girl named Ivy. "I am Ashley Hill. Here take these pieces of bubble gum. Was having a blowing bubble gum contest. The prize is a sticky face! Want to join Ivy?" Ashley asked feeling excitement rush through her. Taking a deep breath, she grinned and waited for the girl's replies.

Shortly after handing Ivy gum another Hufflepuff joined the group. Taking a deep breath Ashley tried to calm down and not get so hyper. She grinned at Katie as she sat down. Reaching for two more pieces in her potects, Ashley handed them to the girl and smiled, "We are having a bubble gum blowing contest! The prize is a stick face. Come on Katie join!" Ashley proclaimed and chewed her gun more enjoying the sweet sugary taste. "On the count of three..... One...........Two.......Three!" Ashley called out and started to blow her gum and it popped shortly and waited to see what her friends had come up with.

[Nokomis Astarra H5]

She had just finished pulling her feet out of her shoes when Ivy came over to join them. Hearing her friend's voice she looked over and smile brightly. It always seemed like she never got to spend much time with her thirld year friend, but she always really liked her. Ivy seemed to be a bit more quiet liek she was, and whenever she had a problem, Ivy always seemed to help her find an answer.

She giggled when Ashley said they should have a bubble blowing contest. Her own gum was starting to soften in her mouth, making it a lot easier to chew. She started with a pratice bubble with didn't grow very big. It burst right before Katie, a girl she had bet in the library not long before, came into the room.

It seemed that she bairly had time to give Katie a smile before Ashley was counting down for theit bubble blowing contest. She started to blow out trying not to blow too hard so it wouldn't pop. It grew and grew, until it pressed against the tip of her knows and finally popped casuing her tos tart laughing as the sticky pink stuck to her nose and cheeks.

[Ivy Tunstall]

Ivy smiled as the girl Nokomis had been talking to introduced herself as Ashley and handed her some pieces of chewing gum. "I've never tried this before you know," she said, eyeing them suspiciously and grinning at Ashley. She popped a piece of it in her mouth, finding it rather sweet, and almost as soon as she had done so, the group was joined by another Hufflepuff, who looked older than any of the others there. Both Nokomis and Ashley seemed to know her, so Ivy just smiled shyly again at her. Being shy saved her the trouble of having to talk too much. She didn't consider herself to be particularly interesting a lot of the time, so the less she talked, the better. It meant that the other girl introduced herself first as Katie.

"I'm Ivy," Ivy said, chewing on her gum as Ashley counted down for a 'bubble blowing contest'. The older girl seemed to have a lot of energy. A lot more than Ivy had after a hard day's work. She blew out, achieving only a small and rather feeble bubble, which stayed there for a while before popping. She looked to Nokomis, who looked to be having a much better go at it, but who now as a result had a rather sticky pink face. Ivy smiled at her slightly, looking to the other two girls she didn't really know.

[kaitlynrobbins]

"Nice to meet you Ivy," Katie said, before popping the stick of gum into her mouth and chewing until it became the perfect bubble blowing texture. As soon as Ashley signaled to start the contest, Katie placed the gum around her tongue to form the circle and blew lightly but firmly. It slowly, but steadily blew out and almost reached the size of Nokomis' bubble before popping all over her face. Katie giggle as she pulled the sticky gum from her face. "Well, it looks as if we have a winner," Katie said, smiling as Nokomis.

((Short I know. I just want to get all of Katie's posts caught up tonight.))

[Ashley Hill]

Ashley looked at Nokomis as her friend began to blow. Clapping her hands she looked at Ivy and than Katie as their bubbles didn't seem to match the second years. Jumping up from her spot she started to dance, "Nokomis is the winner! Yah! You get to have another piece of gum for winning." Ashley said with a huge grin on her face as she sat back down.

Taking another stick from her pocket she handed it to Nokomis and looked at the other two and wondered if to give them any. "How about we all get another stick and Nokomis gets two!" Ashley said taking out four other sticks and handing them to the girls. Her grin was still in place on her face as she popped the other piece in her mouth and began to chew. Moving around in her chair slightly she looked at the three people and wondered what to talk about. This wasn't like Ashley to never talk. Nope. Nope. Nope. Never like Ashley.

Blowing another bubble the four-teen year old began to speak, "What do you think about the Quidditch cup. You three on the team. No wait Ivy and Nokomis are on the team. I am thinking about trying out for beater. I have too much energy to be a keeper or seeker. He.... Sorry I just love saying your name. Nokomis! Nokomis! Nokomis!" Ashley said jumping up and down as she was talking. The sugar was making her quite hyper at the moment.

[Nokomis Astarra H5]

She giggled, watching everyone else blow their bubbles as she tried to pluck the remains of her bubble off her face. She was still working when Ashley declared her the winner, causing her cheeks to blush, but she still laughed as she accepted her two pieces of gum. Then the topic moved to Quidditch, which was always one of her favorite things to talk about, and her name, causing her to giggle again.

"I know....my name isn't exactly normal. Its supose to mean daughter of the moon, I guess my mum names, and I think my fathers too, actually meant Moon. Not sure where it comes from though."

She glanced over at Ivy for a moemnt before gathering up her answer to the comment on Quidditch.

"You should try out for Beater, A lot of our players found they can't keep up with the game and their sudies so they left the team. I think we lost both our beaters."

[Ivy Tunstall]

Ivy took her stick from Ashley, grinning at Nokomis as she did so. Ashley started talking about Nokomis' name soon after, and as Ivy chewed on her stick, she thought about it. Nokomis Astarra. Yes, it was an unusual name. Nothing like Ivy's mundane ones. Especially her mundane Muggle surname. She blew a small pink bubble, and blew it again, listening to Nokomis saying something about her name being to do with the moon. Well, it had more interesting origins than Ivy's name.
"Nokomis' a star," Ivy said, smiling at her friend. Nokomis was a star, actually. She was a brilliant friend, and a brilliant Chaser for that matter too.

The conversation seemed to have moved onto Quidditch, something which Ivy could definitely talk about. She tended to be shy in groups of this size, but she knew Nokomis, and if the conversation was about Quidditch, she would happily manage it. Nokomis was even keener on Quidditch than she herself was, and Ivy smiled as Nokomis told Ashley that if she wanted to try out for Beater, she should. It was true. the team was always in need of more players. She smiled brightly at Ashley, wondering slightly whether having her as a Beater would actually be a good thing. Well, it had to be, but Ivy would be perhaps a little worried until Ashley had become more accustomed to what she was doing.
"Yeah, try out for Beater!" Ivy said nevertheless, grinning. "I think we are definitely in need of Beaters, especially if Nokomis says we are. She's the one who's most likely to know." Ivy smiled warmly at her friend as she said this. She wasn't sure how stressful Nokomis was finding the job she was taking on, but it ought to at least have given her far more confidence in her ability as a Chaser.