Chapter IX

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*. Festivities .*°

The days went by very fast, soon enough Halloween had arrived. Hogwarts staff had beautifully decorated the castle corridors. The common rooms however, were to be decorated by the prefects and anyone willing to help.

As Diane came down the stairs the morning of Halloween, David and Haru were decorating the walls and mantelpiece with cutouts of bats. Their wings moving up and down at a frequent rate.

Diane glanced at them from around the corner. David had just put a cackling jack-o'-lantern on one of the coffee tables, not expecting it to scare him the moment it was put down. He jumped backwards and bumped into Haru, the two falling over and giggling frantically.

They looked extremely happy together and Diane couldn't help but smile upon seeing the adorable scene.

'Cool costume!' Haru shouted as she saw Diane quickly cross the common room towards the entrance.

Diane quickly smiled and bolted out of there, not wanting to disturb whatever it was going on between the two prefects.

Tradition at Hogwarts was to dress up for Halloween. Diane, Roxanne and Saoirse had decided they wanted to do something together, and so they all went as animals. Roxanne wore an exquisitely stitched costume of a Lion and Diane had done the best she could to resemble a Zebra. Saoirse had gone with the more exotic choice of a Gecko, matching her own pet.

Seated at the breakfast table, the three girls chatted excitedly about other peoples costumes. Having seen some with other animal costumes and some dressed up as famous witches and wizards.

Diane was delighted when she saw a girl dressed up as Stevie Nicks, astonished by the fact the legendary singer was an actual witch. She of course asked the two girls to sum up all the other famous wizards and witches they knew.

Not long after getting there, the three boys joined them. Lloyd was wearing a large sheet with two holes cut out in front of his eyes. But instead of the normal whitely ghost colour, the sheet was dyed black.

'Er- Are you a ghost?' Diane asked slightly confused. 'I'm a dementor of course!' He said, spinning around as to show off his 'costume'. Roxanne and Saoirse couldn't help but giggle at that.

Despite what Diane was expecting, the twins both wore something completely different. Lorcan was wearing something big, round and hairy around his neck, which lit up every time he moved his head. around his waist he was wearing a band that made a long red tail appear behind him.

Lysander on the other hand, simply wore Hufflepuff robes and nothing more.

'Woah Lorcan, what are you?' Roxanne asked. 'Oh, I'm a Zouwu.' He said, excitement shining in his eyes. 'My dad taught me about it and it's been my favourite animal since.' He went on. Meanwhile Saoirse and Diane were just eyeing Lysander, trying to figure out what he was supposed to be.

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