The Yule Ball

"Raven wait!" said Holly puffing. "You can't leave me behind!"

Maik followed Aslan aimlessly across the grounds wondering if she had any cookies left. " I should have brought my broom."

Holly looked behind herself and saw Aslan with a figure behind him following their tracks. Hurriedly she grabbed Raven's hand and led her into the dimly lit town, Hogsmeade.

Sonia was again by herself. She sighed and walked over to the hufflepuff boy. She smirked and picked up the snake which deactivated the levitation spell making the first year land hard on his butt. Sonia walked to the garden holding her new pet.

Maik glared at Aslan and damanded to know how long he planned to go on like this. Aslan refused to answer, so Maik contented herself with eating another cookie and following him off the grounds....

Holly saw them coming closer and she hid behind a wall with Raven right behind her.

" Aslan! Look! the Three Broomsticks!" ignoring Aslan's protests, Maik dragged him into the Three Broomsticks for a butterbeer. " You'll thank me later. Besides, she can't have gone far, right?"

Across the street Holly saw them enter the shop so she hurried with Raven up a mountain overlooking the town.

Maik gulped down her third butterbeer and staggered out of the shop after Aslan, narrowly missing a lampost. " Has that always been there?" she looked up and down the streets, bu there was no sign of Raven. Aslan kept walking, forcing her to run to catch up. " I don't suppose you'd like to slow down a little?"

Sonia sat in the garden and let her snake friend down. "I think I'll call you Marvolo. Do you like that?" she asked. "You know we're two of a kind. We're both completely alone and only have each other for company."

Maik glanced at her pocketwatch as she followed Aslan. " 10:30. Shouldn't we head back Aslan?" Aslan, as usual, ignored her and kept going. the mountains beyond town loomed beyond them, and Maik once again wished she had brought her broom with her.

Holly looked down from the mountain and saw them skirt it as raven took off once again with Holly following her.

raven looked at holly and said "this way". raven lead holly into the hogshead. once inside raven hurried to the back and said "lets sit here"

Maik scowled at Aslan as the heavens opened and began dropping buckets of rain on them. " That's it! Back to Hogsmeade!" She picked up the dripping cat and took refuge in the Three Broomsticks. " Last time I follow YOU."

raven sat in the very back of the hogshead drinking a butter beer, she looked at holly and gave a sly smile. then raven said "I think I'm gonna get revenge on sauron!"......"what do you think about that?"

Sonia walked through the door. The hood of her cloak shielded her eyes. She ordered in her usual low voice. It sent chills down the bartender spine. He gave her her glass and she sat down.

raven thought she saw sonia so she ducked underneath the table to hide.

A few minutes later Courtney walked in. She sat with Sonia. They spoke in hushed voices. Others were suspicious of the young ones. They seemed so evil. TO the usuals it was as if dark magic radiated from them.

raven noticed holly was still siting at the table, raven pulled holly down under the table and said "Shhhh" "we must stay silent so sonia and courntey dont hear us". raven then pointed at sonia and courtny.

Maik pulled her cloak around her and curled up in the corner of her booth, waiting for the rain to stop. " We'll look for Raven later, Aslan."