Yule Ball

[Colleen Marie Hadley]

Wearing the beautiful pink dress that she had finally decided on during her Hogsmeade shopping trip with Chris, Colleen walked hurriedly into the beautifully decorated Dance Hall. She had spent the extra time doing her makeup and getting her hair just right that she hadn't realized that she was running late for the ball! Searching for Chris, she found him waiting patiently for her. Oh, I hope Chris isn't mad at me! I can't believe I lost track of the time!

Greeting Chris with a kiss and a huge smile, she took his hand and followed the other champions and their dates to the front of the room where the Headmistress was waiting for them. Smiling at the crowd of students, Colleen truly felt like a princess. This is so amazing! And the night has only just begun!

As the other champions arrived, the Headmistress announced that it was time for the First Dance. This was probably her favorite part about being a champion - it was worth going through all the tasks just for this! The music began and Colleen was instantly swept away into a wave of perfect bliss. She never wanted the moment to end. If only tonight could go on forever and ever...

(OOC: I'm so sorry for not posting until now! Click the link in my siggy to see my dress!)

[Raven Sorrow]

Raven took another sip of her drink she looked at Arila "What's wrong with your sister" she asked

[arila]

ooc; this is a terrible post! shh..dont tell no one!, lol
[glow=green,5,300]
"She Knows, She has issues." She said looking at Raven. "Aireona has been weird ebout her magic since we met." She grumbled. Then sooked at Sim for his response.[/glow]

[Sim Shiphter]

Sim looked at Airla and saw that she was looking at him for a respone. "all i know is that she doesnt like magic, and i really dont know why that is, but i juist deal with it" Sim looked back over to were Aireona was standing at the refreshments table and started to get back up to go over there.

(got to go for now, be back later on, maybe...)

[Dovesary Aemeson]

((ooc: ok drake has at least acknowledged we're here, so i'm just going to assume he's up here with us))

Dove looked skeptically at Kevin. "But that defeats the point! I think we should stick with the songs we've got. Last-minutes changes never work out, believe me, I've tried often enough." Dove went and picked up the list of song lineup she had prepared. She had an idea. "Kevin and Drake, can either of you sing AND play at the same time?"

[Spyke O'Connery]

Spyke sighed. 'i Can do back up, and i can split in two. since i can play bass and acoustic/electric i'll just have to tell my other side to just keep in with the songs and keep in possure. having magic play isn't cool, it's like showing the crowd we can't play for anything and need magic to help. if we don't have that other person here, then i can have my other half come out, and play bass.' she flailed her arms up in motion to the guitars. 'so? can we do this? please?'

[Dovesary Aemeson]

((we've got Drake, remember I said we're assuming he's up there. he plays guitar. all we're missing is a second vocalist))

Dove was getting impatient with Spyke's impatience. "I'm working on it, alright? Just give me a few minutes. I want to make sure we can do this well, instead of fumbling all over it trying to do it fast. Okay, since Angel obviously is NEVER going to show up, I need either Drake or Kevin to sing and play. Or I could drag another guy up here. But I doubt that. No offense Spyke, but it kinda has to be a guy. You know, some of the songs are like that. So Drake and Kevin, like I said, can either of you sing and play at the same time? Or, you know, I could sing them all myself. It would kinda take the edge off of that one song, the one where the singers alternate, but the rest would be okay."

[Lizabeth Riddle]

Lizabeth looked towards her brother "some vampires like dried meat for one me I'm just gonna wait till after when I can go hunting and get fresh stuff thats all and just so know my dear brother not all vampires are the same" she said calm and quick

[Amora Preston]

Amora Preston entered the Yule Ball and immediantly realized that not all of the champions had arrived. She glanced around the place for familiar faces and sighed, not even seeing Leonard yet. Her hair was done the best yet, up in an elegant half-bun and little curls flying here and there to the side, glitter was here and there, but just enough to sparkle... long strands of hair fluttered down against her cheeks.

She hadn’t much make-up on.. she had light pink lip-gloss on.. it looked more like clear than pink, though. Her eyes were made up of a slight turquoise blue, with black eyeliner and glittery black mascara, bringing the midnight color out of her eyes more. Her cheek bones held just a little bit of blush, it made her cheeks seem more vivid.

Her dress would bring gasps to the people, or so she hoped. It was long and black, spaghetti strapped sleeves, and at the back the strings tied up her back in little x’s from just above her buttocks to the top. The black dress cut off on the right side up to her thigh, so her milky pale and shiny leg would show.

The middle section of the dress, however, was much more simple.

It was tight with tiny ruffles into it, to make the texture. All in All, Amora looked the best she had ever looked, in her opinion at least. In her arm, was a small black-velvet hand bag. Since when did she wear hand-bags? She didn’t even know. But tonight, she rode in style.

She led herself down the stairs, and swayed into the crowd, until she could find someone she could speak with.. She was blushing, terribly.. being to think she looked horrible.. she sighed. She spotted the Headmistress, and blushed, realizing she had not met her yet.

She approached her as if she were an innocent puppy.. a puppy she was not... but innocent, well, she wasn't that either. "Hello, My Headmistress... I would like to introduce myself, my name is Amora Ebony Preston, I am a 6th Year Slytherin, and you do look very beautiful tonight." she said, smiling slightly, blushing even more.

[Kevin Lupin Phoenis]

Kevin had magically silenced his set, having put the sound in a bottle, and was beating to his heart's desire to warm up.

"Yeah, of course I can, Dove, no worrying there. Just tell me when you want me to sing. Remember I've got nothing to do but hang behind my set." he said with a grin, having no stoped or slow down his rythmn while talking.

[Severus Snape]

Cannon walked into the ball and looked around for any one he knew. He saw Narcissa and walked over to her. "We meet again proffessor. I am Chris Cannon" Cannon held out his hand to her.

[Jack P. Riddle]

Jack laughed at his sisters remark. "True." He said and then he saw Chris Cannon enter the ball and he nearly fell back out of shock his eye's wide. He quickly looked to his sister and then back at Cannon not believing his eye's.

[Aquarius Skye Potter]

Tom had complimented Aquarius on her looks, she blushed oc course trying to hide it. "O com'on, I'm not that pretty." Her voice was softer, trying to control her blushing. Once the Champions finished their dance, the rest were free to dance. "Let's go Tom, the Champion's have finished their dance!" The Hufflepuff was excited and couldn't wait. "It seemed like forever."

[Tom Allen Poe]

"You look so amazing as it is and then you go and blush and look just like a beautiful red rose". He reached into his pocket and pulled out a perfect rose and handed it to her. "This rose is and its beauty and the magic that it took to get it here is nothing to be campared to you". "It is merly just a small token of how happy I am to be here with you right now". He smiled at her. "For you to try to denay that your that pretty is just a lie, in fact I should take away your house points for lieing to a prefect but I'll let it go just this once". He smiled sweetly at her. "Ok then lets go dance".

[Dovesary Aemeson]

Dove closed her eyes, then opened them again. "Oh god thanks Kevin, I was really freaking out. Okay, I'll pretty much only need your help on one song." Dove handed Kevin a slip of paper with the lyrics on it to the song "Someone Else Before".

"Basically, I sing one part and you sing the other. I know the other songs enough to sing them myself."

((Kevin, if you head back to the original thread for the band, i posted the lyrics on the last page, in blue and yellow. check'em out))

[Aquarius Skye Potter]

Aquarius was sort was shocked at what Tom said. "Aw, thank you! No ones ever said that to me before." She smiled and made a cute little laugh. This night was so special and beautiful that nothing could ever ruin it for her. Lacing her fingers with his, Aqua pulled Tom and herself tward the dance floor. "Shall we?"

[Tom Allen Poe]

"Your very welcome". "Thats too bad that noone ever told you that before, I just don't know what is taking them so long". He smiled at her. "Yes we shall".

[Spyke O'Connery]

spyke growled turning around. 'well if this band wasn't so suck up about love, maybe we wouldn't need guys to sing a stupid duet, but i'm here for the love of music./' she puleld the strap above her. letting her half spiked hair up top and moehawk in the back stroke against the strap as it came down on her shoulder. she strummed it making sure it was in tune. and looked back around, not lifting her head but letting her eyes gaze around. she saw Richard and smiled slightly then looked back down, knowing it'll never be a sing shot deal to make him notice her. He understood her. not like others, but he probably had a crush on multiple girls. She looked down at the floor waiting at her place.

[Dovesary Aemeson]

"That's out of order, Spyke. I'm not hooked up on love songs. I don't care. The band picked the songs together. Besides, it was your choice to join. You can't let us down now. I only need Kevin's help on one song, the rest of them I'll do myself. It's not a huge deal. You signed up for bass, not vocals. Get over it." Dove's tone was sharp, yet her eyes were gentle. She wasn't trying to reproach Spyke, just snap her back into reality.

[Spyke O'Connery]

Spyke rolled her eyes. 'dude i's jus sayin! calm down. Jeez i'm not all up in a mood, yur the one getting all pissy fit, all i am is jus excited, have make me have a low self confidence now' she mumbled looking away again

[Dovesary Aemeson]

Dove's shoulders drooped, and her hands went to her face. "I'm sorry, I really didn't mean that. I'm just stressed that's all." Dove looked up, and forced a smile onto her face. "I say we get this party started!" She signaled for Spyke, Kevin and Drake to get to their instruments, and prepare to play. They were finally going to start. Dove went to the mic, then remembered something. She leaned back, and whispered, "We're going to start with "Lips of an Angel", alright? Let's rock on, guys!" She straghtened back up, and spoke into the microphone. "Good evening ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention as I present...........The Razorblade Kiss!"

[Morana Neus]

Morana glided toward the Dance Hall, head held high as she entered... dateless.

She was planning on not going at all, but that all changed when a mysterious person (who's handwriting she recognized as her brother's) sent her a beautiful dress with a note attached:

To the Future and Most Beautiful QWT Champion.
Don't Give Up Just Yet...

While her brother could be a bastard, he had his moments, and this was one of them; he even did a great job with choosing the gown.
[Said] dress was cerulean/midnight blue with black accents, the bottom portion of the dress poofing out elegantly. The top had a low-cut, deep V-neck that push past her shoulders. She decided to use it since Doyle had gone through all of the trouble, finishing off the attire with 6 in. Tango shoes, a choker necklace, long, black gloves that reached under her elbows, and a small, strapless purse with little accessories (including her wand), topping all of that off with a professionally done 'up-do' to her hair and make-up, including a body-glitter enchantment to make her pale skin shimmer.

All in all, it was an experience she never wanted to go through again, unless the occasion was extremely important; like her wedding. That however, probably won't happen, with the way things are going...

Avoiding most of the stares and whispers (which were most likely circulating about the lack of a partner), Morana began to contemplate her excuse.

While it was traditional that the Champions always begin the ball with a dance, she obviously did not have one, and she was not about to sink so low as to as the first person she meets (as she had seen many of more desperate do throughout these last weeks), just for one dance. Maybe she's unintentionally scaring the potential suitors away...

Oh well. The tradition was going to have to break someday or another: why not today?

Approaching the headmistress, Morana gave her a polite curtsy and said "Headmistress, I am sorry, but I was unable to get a dance partner for the Champion Dance. Would it not be too troublesome as to do it without me, so that the Ball may progress?"

[Richard "Wolf" Canis]

When Richard heard Dove perenst the band he turned and claped. Finally he thought. Richard knew he would have to wait to let Spyke have her dance, but he would wait.

[Spyke O'Connery]

spyke nodded to Dove and looked to Richard blushing slightly with a smile seeing him clapp made her happier. she looked back down to her bass and waited for kevin's intro.

[Dovesary Aemeson]

As the mnusic started, Dove began to sing. She could feel Kevin on the drums behind her, and Spyke playing bass. Drake was next to her on guitar; everything seemed to be falling into place. Dove closed her eyes, and sang her heart out.

Honey why are you calling me so late
It's kinda hard to talk right now
Honey why are you crying is everything okay
I gotta whisper cause I can't be too loud
Well, my girls in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak
And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

It's funny that you're calling me tonight
And yes I've dreamt of you too
And does he know you're talking to me
Will it start a fight
No I don't think she has a clue
Well my girls in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those wordsa it makes me weak
And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak
And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel
(And I never wanna say goodbye)

Dove looked down at the crowd of students, and spotted Jack among them. She winked at him, and kept singing. The hard rock/ballad theme of the song pumped in her blood. She was ready for this, and she could do it.

[Kevin Lupin Phoenis]

Kevin picked up on a very soft yet hard rock beat, one to really fit the song. While doing this, he quickly read throught and took in the song, preping for when they started singing it.

[Claire DeLour]

*Claire perked up as the music began to play. She looked up at the band performing and smiled brightly at Kevin behind the drums and Dove doing lead.*

Wooooo!

*She cheered in a very un-Claire like way, but what did she care, she was having fun!*

[Tom Allen Poe]

Tom and Aqua were on the way to the dance floor when they passed by a rather excited Claire. "Hi, Claire right?" "I'm Tom nice to meet you". "I've seen you around a few times but I never said anything to you as I'm always on my way to class or whatever". "Anyways it is a great time to meet you now so hi". He stuck out his hand to shake hers.

[Amora Preston]

Amora turned away from the Headmistress, it was obvious she was busy and decided it was very rude of her to intrude. She saw Richard, and walked up to him, gracefully. "You look great." she said, smiling and looked around for her boyfriend. She also wondered where Magyn was.. she missed the girl.

She hadn't been seeing much of her for a long time... and if Magyn was there, maybe they could liven things up a bit.. The Band was pretty wicked, though. She sighed, and tip toed in her stupid high heels, but regained her balance as soon as she about lost it. She licked her lips, and the lip gloss automatically reappeared on her lips. It would last like this for about six hours.

[Jean Kash]

[glow=blue,2,300]Jean smiled and looked aroun she realy wanted to dance, she noticed Kevin on stage, Thats nice they are all in a band together she really was waiting for them to play. She smiled because there was only a few people she had meet.
She felt out of place a bit in the group, and Marie seemed to lose her 'spunk' so she suggested getting a drink.
"Marie would you like to get a drink? Profesor, Mr. Stone whould you like something?" She asked polietly.[/glow]