Yule Ball

[Ian Blackthorne]

Ian smiled back as Lydia accepted his invitation to dance, and so he quietly asked her, "Do you want to slow dance, or ballroom dance? I'll leave it up to you, because I don't really know what you are supposed to do......" Trailing off, Ian knew that she probabley had much more experiance then he at this sort of thing, and so left it up to her to decide whether they would dance the traditional way or not. Either way, Ian really didn't care: he just loved having a good time.

Ooc: Oh well....mine was crap too Anybody know when this thread closes? We might wanna hurry up

[Rachel Duly]

OOC-Its supposed to be the 31st I think. We waited too long for the champions to show up!

[Lydia Natalie Turner]

Lydia listened as Ian began to speak again, but this time it was a lot softer. Do you want to slow dance, or ballroom dance? I'll leave it up to you, because I don't really know what you are supposed to do... Lydia thought for a moment. What are we supposed to do? she wondered. "Well.." she started out, "I don't exactly know how to ballroom dance..." she trailed off and gave him a light smile. "So I guess slow dance." she replied and felt her cheeks tint a very light shade of pink.

Lydia heard the song in the back of her mind, but she kept her attention focused on Ian. Thank god he asked me to dance... I probably would have leaned against that wall all night.. she thought and brushed it away. She moved her blueish grey eyes back up to Ian's eyes and smiled.

[monoki]

Monoki looked at hsi outfit and smiled as he wispered in her ear. Her eyes sparkled as the lights shimmered around. "Thats ok." She giggled. She was confused on what to do next.

[Lizabeth Riddle]

Lizabeth noded "no we have not but I just thought 'o well never mind" she said 'okay thank you any way' she thought back and walked over to a table wondering if Jack was gonna follow or not noticing Jack's Girl friend had gotten off the stage she knew right away were he would be headed and she saw Blade he looked very nice but she didn't really want to interupt him and Monoki right at that moment, she sat down at the table placing her cup and a muggle penny down on the table and staired at the cup and it did little circles around the penny slowly getting a little faster every pass around.

[Spyke O'Connery]

Spyke smiled taking his hand and trotting over to every one else. she nodded her head swaying her hips and smiling taking smooth steps. it was a cool smooth dance

(idk! ^ ^ hehe))

[Samantha ♥ Black]

sam walked into the dance hall and looked around oh this is just geat im the last one to show up why am i late for every thinng! she just stood there in here in her long black dress hoping to see brandon what if he thinks i stood him up? no he cant he knows im late to every thing sam had a breef flashbacko f when she was late to her aunts wedding and she was going to be in it where could he be?

ooc:bad post

[Blade Tival Maester]

"OK cool...SO you like the Suit?" Blade said, looking down at her, he gave her a twirl. 'I feel like such a dork for doing that.' He thought looking at Monoki, she looked really pretty tonight. " Soo what do you wanna do now? We can dance, OR go get some punch... IF you want would could just stand here and talk and listen to the music. Which I believe to be quite good by the way." Smiling at her he thought about all the good and bad times they had. "It's up to you... It's your night." Standing there he waited for her answer. Whatever she chose would be good to him.

"Oh! Before I forget here, take this." Reaching in his inside shirt pocket he withdrew a little rose. Is was red and fully bloomed. "Its enchanted, so it will stay in bloom at all times, I don't know were you want to put it so here." Holding out his hand he held the flower out in his palm for her.

[aaralyn]

((ooc: whoa.. 21 pages! oops...))

Aaralyn had spent almost her entire afternoon getting ready for the Yule Ball. At around four thirty she had ventured down into the dungeons to her common room and then into her dormitory. She had her dark medium blue dress laid out on her bed. Her dress reminded her of Damon's eyes, which was why she chose it. Carefully, Aaralyn straightened her black hair so the layers were very visible and her bangs were pushed off to the sides so you could see her crimson eyes. She applied makeup around her red eyes and added a few strokes of blush to her pale cheeks. Once she finished applying a clear lipgloss, she was ready to change into her dress.

Aaralyn's body tingled once she had the beautiful dress on. She felt so happy that Damon asked her to the Yule Ball. I won't let my night be ruined... she thought happily. She slid her silver shoes on and exited the common room. She checked the clock in the hallways on her way to the Great Hall. 8 o'clock already?! she thought. I'm late! She sped up her walking to a brisk pace and finally after about five more minutes she had reached the Great Hall double doors.

Quickly, Aaralyn pulled the doors open and saw that the bands had already been playing and the people were already dancing. Oh crap. I'm really late... she thought sadly. I hope Damon didn't think I stood him up!! she thought and looked around for the familiar mass of raven hair. Where is he? she thought anxiously. She bit her lip and leaned against the wall as she continued to search the crowd for him.

[Magyn Bellus Wandwip]

Magyn saw her father walking towards her with another man, magyn was smiking. "hey daddy", she said as she walked up to him and gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. Then lizabeth exscused herself, 'wonder what thats all about' she thought, magn then turned her attention back to her dad and the man with him and asked, "daddy who is this?" magyn stood there looking at the man, and wondering if her daddy liked her dress, after all he did pay for it.

[Ian Blackthorne]

Ooc: Darn! 3 days and I still have stuff to do! Oh well....

Ic: Ian laughed sofly as she confessed that she didn't know how to ballroom dance, and so he replied, "Well, I guess it's slow dancing then. But don't worry: It's better to not know how to ballroom dance then suck at it." Smiling, he added, "The person that sucks at it would be me, of course. But I don't think I'm bad at the way we are going to do it.

Smiling, he put his hands on her waist as they began to dance to the song. Sadly, Ian reflected that the night was probabley almost over and he had yet to dance with Josi, or anybody else. Oh well, at least I got to dance with Lydia he thought as he banished these thoughts and concentrated on dancing.

[Rachel Duly]

*After the song was over, Rachel took a long drink of water. She strongly considered throwing it out into the crowd, but decided against it because she didn't want any of the girl's dresses to be ruined. Rachel picked up her guitar.*

"This next song goes out to a very special person out in the audience. You know who you are!"

*Rachel nodded at Milo to start the drums. She counted the beats, and then started singing.*

I wanna be locked in a cage
I wanna be strapped in a chair
I wanna be where you are
If my insanity comes
Wrapped up inside you

I wanna break my legs
In case of thought to escape
Keep the hammer out of my reach
If my pounding impulse comes
Wrapped up inside Your arms....
Locked up inside You

Hold me down 'cause I want to know You
You bring calm to my rage
You are life and I'm thristing for You

Hold me, hold me, locked in a cage
I love to be caught in you
I wanna be trapped in Your arms
Your cage is rest to my bones
Your cage is peace to my soul
Wrapped up inside Your arms
Wrapped up inside You

Hold me down 'cause I want to know You
You bring calm to my rage
You are life and I'm thristing for You
Hold me, hold me, locked in a cage
Wrapped up inside Your arms
Wrapped up inside Your arms
I'm inside Your arms

I'm inside Your arms
Hold me down 'cause I want to know You
You bring calm to my rage
You are life and I'm thristing for You
Hold me, hold me, locked in a cage
Song by Skillet

OOC-FYI, this is a fast rock/metal song.

[Claire DeLour]

*Rachel announced that this was going out to a very special somebody.*

Awwww, that's so sweet!

*Claire looked around as the music started, but froze as she heard the first chord. Her eyes grew wide, a smile spreading on her face.*

[glow=pink,2,300]O...my...GOSH...!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!![/glow]

*Claire almost screamed, but she managed to control herself.*

[glow=pink,2,300]Woooooooooo, go Rachel!!!!![/glow]

*She cheered and clapped a few times.*

OoC: I think we should extend the end date a few days because we all spent about 2 days waiting for the Champs to show up, plus it opened late. Just my opinion though!

[Dovesary Aemeson]

(seriously........i agree with claire)

Dove made her way through the crowd, over to where Claire was standing, cheering Rachel on. "Hey," she shouted, just barely over the music. "Having a good time?" Dove's eyes were twinkling, and a smile graced her lips. This was fun, now that the nervousness of performing was over and done with. Dove looked up at Rachel and her band, and cheered along with Claire.
"Yeah, go Rachel!!!"

[Claire DeLour]

OoC: OMG, so totally agree! I'm gonna PM you with my story about it, lol!

BiC:

*Claire felt a presence beside her, and it was confirmed when Dove said "hey". She turned her smiling face towards her friend.*

[glow=pink,2,300]Hey! I'm having fun! How's your evening been?[/glow]

*She jumped up and down a few times, so excited about the song.*

[Dovesary Aemeson]

"Not bad. I was nervous when we were up there, but now everything's great!" Dove cheered for Rachel one more time, than turned back to Claire. "You haven't seen Jack around, have you?"

[Claire DeLour]

*Claire looked around quickly and frowned.*

[glow=pink,2,300]No, I haven't seen him for a while, but I wasn't really paying attention either. Sorry Dove![/glow]

[Jack P. Riddle]

Jack popped up behind her and whispered in dove's ear. "I'm right here my love." He then kissed her cheek.

[Claire DeLour]

[glow=pink,2,300]Looks like you found him.[/glow]

*She said, trying to sound friendly, but she still had a bad feeling about Jack.*

[Sheena Ayala]

Sheena was tired so she decieded to leave and not bother with the ball no more. She got up and went out the doors to go to the Hufflepuff Common room.

[Dovesary Aemeson]

Dove turned when she heard Jack's whisper. She turned left at first, but he had ducked around to her right. She turned right to find him, and there he was. He kissed her cheek, and Dove blushed. "Hey," she said finally. "Having fun?"

[Rachel Duly]

*Rachel smiled ear to ear throughout the entire song. She knew that the song was being enjoyed, if only by one person. She strained to hear what people were yelling. She could hear people yelling her name. She was beaming, both on the inside and out. As she finished the song, she was a bit sad. That was one of her personal favorites of the night. She almost wished that she could rewind to right as the song started. But, then she remembered that she had another favorite coming up. Rachel sang the final note of the song. She gulped down some water, and looked over to Korey. This was one of Koreys favorite songs, as well as her best one on the keyboards. Rachel mouthed out good luck to Korey. Korey gave Rachel a smile.*

"Hey, I hope you enjoyed that one! Its called Locked in a Cage. This next one is called Savior."

*Rachel patted her right hand on her guitar to the beat of the drums during the intro to the song. Then she started to sing and play.*

I'm everything you've wanted
I am the one whose haunting you
I am the eyes inside of you, stare back at you
There's nothing left to lose
There's nothing left to prove
Surrender your love, it's all you can do

Chorus:
What you got, what you want, what you need
Gonna be your savior
Everything's gonna crash and break
But i know, yeah i know
What you got what you want, what you need
Gonna be your savior
Everything's gonna crash and break
Your savior

It's time to redefine your deophobic mind
Don't hesitate, there's no escape
From secrets on the inside
There's nothing left to lose
There's nothing left to prove
Surrender your love, it's all you can do

(chorus)

I am the eyes inside staring back at you
You need me
Song by Skillet

(This is another hard rock song.)

[damondarkweather]

allieireland said:

Amora nodded.. "Of course I will help, nifty little setup." she said, looking around at his equiptment. She studied them and watched as he explained them to her.

"What would you like me to do?" she asked, taking another short glance around. She pushed her equiptment against the stage, she had two of her guitars with her and her amp now, remembering she'd need an acoustic. She awaited Damons answer

Damon handed her the small, square, metallic remote control box. [shadow=red,left,300]The red button there...[/shadow] He pointed to the small red button next to a black one of the same size.. [shadow=red,left,300]"should be pressed first, then the black one." [/shadow]He motioned his hand over at the stage. [shadow=red,left,300]"The small switch controls the lasers, and the bigger one controls the spotlight."[/shadow] He smiled and laughed thinking about the display. [shadow=red,left,300]"Oh, and the trigger button attached to the bottom releases the platform." [/shadow]He winked at her playfully and smiled. [shadow=red,left,300]"It's quite simple really." [/shadow]

[Josi Emrald]

Josi saw the two other champions show up, Morana date-less, it wasn't a surprise, not because Morana was a bad person or anything, but the lack of guys going to Hogwarts - Josi had just gotten herself a date, and only due to a friendship. Soon Ian her danced, and she was glad when the first dance was over with, and she could return to her group of friends that she had been talking to earlier.

She saw Lydia alone, without a date, but then she spotted Azlen. Lydia still looked upset, and just as Josi was going to excuse herself from the group to go to Lydia and Azlen, Ian told her that he would be right back. She smiled as she saw Ian go and ask Lydia to dance, she seemed to bright up immediately, that was very nice of him.

However Azlen had gone and taken a seat alone, and then it clicked, Azlen was Ians girlfriend, wasn't she not supposed to be coming?! Josi felt so bad, she had come with Ian to the dance thinking that Azlen wouldn't be coming, and there she was datelss, but her boyfriend had a date and was dancing.

"Hey guys, I'm gonna be back in a minute, okay?" she said to Branna, and the other guys she had just met that night before walking toward Azlen.

Josi took a seat beside the girl who she didn't know too well, but that was okay. "Hey!" Josi said with a smile and a wave, "Do you wanna dance with Ian? I mean, I'm sorry, I didn't think you would be here tonight, and I needed a date - I feel so bad! But feel free to dance with him, he can be your date now," Josi said with a nod, she didn't mind being date-less now because the first dance was over with, and she didn't want Azlen to be sad if she was.

[Azlen Black]

Azlen looked up when she heard an almost familar voice in her ear. She saw Josi sitting next to her smiling and smiled back. "Hey Josi. Having fun?" She then felt bad that Josi was feeling guilty for having Ian be her date to the ball. She then turned to face Josi. "Oh. Don't feel bad at all. I told him he could go with you, I'm cool with it. I wasn't even going to come to the dance until about, oh, five mins before I came." She then sat there and questioned whether she should bother Ian to dance. "Maybe I'll ask him for the next dance. It's no biggie." She then shrugged as if to emphasize her point, but decided to ask Ian to dance when the song ended.

[Claire DeLour]

OoC: OMG AGAIN!!!!!!! I LOVE THAT SONG!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Rache, you like totally just made my day! You're totally awesome, lol, had to say it

BiC:

*Claire looked over at Dove.*

Do you know this one? I love this one too! You know, I really like Rachel, she's got talent...and great song choice!

*Claire laughed and cheered for Rachel.*

[Jack P. Riddle]

Jack kissed dove again. "Yes tons" He held her around her waist and pulled her close.

[Amora Preston]

Amora laughed. "How many girls do you get with that smile, Mr. Darkweather?" she asked, smiling back at him, gorgeously. She nodded as he explained everything to her, and she got it right away.

"Nifty." she commented in a good way, mind you, going over it and saying it in her head once more. She got the routine in her mind and nodded again. "I do believe I get it." she said, smiling a bit. She stood up, for she was bending on her knees.. and unruffled her dress a bit, she spun around making sure it was all shaken out and straight again.

[Dovesary Aemeson]

Doveleaned into Jack's embrace. She was worried, because Claire had never really been good at disguising her feelings. She looked uneasy. "Claire, is everything okay? You look a bit...." Dove trailed off, not knowing how to end the sentence.

[Rachel Duly]

*As Newthaetch played Savior, Rachel could hear more screams. They sounded like they were coming from the same person. Somebody must like Skillet! Rachel thought. The song ended. Now its time for our slower songs. thought Rachel. I hope they are slow enough for dancing! Rachel ran accross the stage and took an acoustic guitar from Korey.*

"You think its going well?" Rachel quickly whispered to Korey.

"Well, we have one fan out there!" whispered Korey.

*Rachel gave her a big smile. Then, she walked back over to her spot. She pulled the guitar strap over her shoulders, and plugged the guitar in. Then, she looked back at Q-Tip and waited for a nod. When she got one, she started playing. A few seconds later, she started singing.*

Love is all around you now so take a hold
Hidden in our words it sometimes ain't enough
Don't suffocate day after day, it's building up
'cause when you're feeling weak you know I'm strong enough

Just one more day, one more day

Chorus:
Oh, let the world crash love can take it
Oh, let the world come crashing down
Oh, let the world crash love can take it
Love can take a little, love can give a little more

Love is indestructible so take a hold
Sometimes hard to find a reason good enough
I'll stand beside you never leave, through it all
And faith will bring a way to the impossible

Just one more day, one more day

(chorus)

You can find me
You can find me
You can find me anywhere
Take a look over your shoulder
I'll be standing there
song by Skillet

(This is a quieter song.)