The Yule Ball

Maik laughed "It's a snowball, Descartes. Of course it's cold!"

"Stop what?" Elrohir asked innocently. He threw another fistfull of snow at her at laughed.

Sonia ducked and sitting up grabbed some snow and threw it at him laughing.

Descartes stuck his tongue out. "I meant you." he joked.

Maik pouted in mock sadness "You're so mean!" she shoved another snowball in his face for it and sprang back to prevent his retaliation from reaching her.

Elrohir sputtered as the snow hit his face. "You cheater!" He swung his leg out and cut her legs from under her, causing her to fall into the snowdrift all over again.

"Ack" sonia yelped as she was sent back into the snow. "Er." she stackled Elrohir tickling his sides.

Descartes fell backwards in his chair frantically wiping snow from his eyes and laughing.

Maik smiled smugly at Descartes and dusted the snow from her hands. "You want to choose the next game?"

Did she honestly think that he was tickllish? Elrohir smiled slowly, then his hands shot out and tickled Sonia. He was the tickler. not the ticklee.

Sonia fell back laughing. "Not fair." she screeched. Tears formed in her eyes from laughing so hard.

Descartes laughed as he finally got the snow out of his face. "Checkers? Rummi? Phase 10? Uno? War?"

"Of course it's fair!" Elrohir proclaimed gleefully, and tickled even harder. Maik might have some advantages over him, but he could allways tickle her if need be. It was one of the few advantages he had.

Maik thought it over for a moment. Which game could she beat him at? She finally decided on checkers, once again letting Descartes be black first.

Descartes nodded. "You know you can win board games. That's why you won't play cards against me." he said as he tapped the chess board with his wand changing it into checkers.

"Don't fall for it, miss." Courtney II said coming down the stairs. "He played me and Sonia in Phase 10 he won and we were still on phase two."

Sonia laughed even hard thrashing. "I'll get you back. . .somehow."

"Is that so?" Maik raised an eyebrow suspiciously at Descartes as she set up her pieces. "No card games for you then."

"Let's see you try." Elrohir laughed. He dropped another handfull of snow on Sonia's head and rubbed it in a little. "Don't you give up yet?"

Sonia eeped before frantically trying to get the snow out of her hair.
"NO! NEVER!" she declared jumping up all dramatic like.

Descartes pouted. "You're no fun."

Maik stuck her tongue out at him. "What have you been up to?" she asked Courtney. Under the table, she kicked Descartes to distract him, then moved some pieces around quickly.

Elrohir tried to jump up dramaticly to, but slipped in the process and it just came off as funny instead. "Resistance is futile!" He cried, trying not to laugh.

Descartes yelped and quickly rubbed his shin. "That hurt." he said acting like he hadn't seen her move her pieces.

Courtney II shrugged. "Nothing." she said sitting down and watching them.

Sonia laughed. "Vengeance is mine." she said before offering her hand to help him up.

"Sorry." Maik apologised. "Spasm, I guess." She looked over at Courtney and thought for a moment. "Do you like rabbits?" she asked out of the blue.

Elrohir took her hand and pulled himself up to stand in front of her. He reached up and grabbed her nose "Got your nose!" He held his fist above his head in triumph and stuck his tongue out at her.

Sonia blinked before doubling over in laughter. She continued to laugh even harder.

Descartes narrowed his eyes. "Sure it was." he said moving his checker one space forward.

Courtney II nodded. "I like all animals."

"You don't believe me?" Maik asked, moving one of her pieces. Not that she expected him to belive her anyway. But that didn't mean she'd admit she'd been cheating. She laid her hand on the table, concentrating hard on something. When she lifted it, there was a perfect ice sculpture of a rabbit there. She picked it up and handed it to Courtney.

"You want it back?" Elrohir asked Sonia. he waved his hand in front of her, holding her "nose" hostage.

"That's the letter?" asked Morgan. It was amazing, that something so small and harmless could have caused so much trouble. "Cause if that's it, then all we have 2 do now is wait."

Sonia tackled him grabbing for his hand. "Give it back, thief." she teased.

Courtney nodded. She gawked as she read the letter. "Bloody hell." she said stuffing it in her pocket. "What do we wait for now?"

Courtney II smiled. "Wow, it's beautiful."

Descartes laughed softly. "Okay. Maybe just a little. I see how you can't keep your hand let alone your feet off me." he joked winking at her before moving a piece forward.

Elrohir held his hand as far away as he could as he struggled to escape. "Can't have it!"

"Veeerrry funny, Descartes." Maik said, but she was smiling anyway, trying to stifle a laugh. She jupmed oned of his pieces and tossed it away smugly. "Glad you like it Courtney." She said over her shoulder "Next I'll make a fox to eat it."

Courtney II laughed. "Like my da, violence lover."

Descartes could see the laughter wanting to come forth just by looking in her eyes. He moved a piece forward.

Sonia pulled back pouting. "No fair. You're taller."

"Well, for the time to go back to the present, or when, u no, like when, w/ Maik, and......and Sonia, and Descartes, and Elrohir, and the timeturner....That time." Morgan slumped to the ground thinking. "There might be a faster way, tho.... I havent tryed it yet, and most magical products are used to go back in time, not return to a time...but it's worth a try." Morgan took out her wand and stood up, then made a large circle shape in the air, trailing glittery aqua sparks. suddenly, they swirled together, and more colors joined them, creating a portal as tall as Morgan. turning to Courtney, she said, "Do u want to take a jump into time?"