Arrivals

[katherinedupree]

Katherine didn't want to be here, not tonight. Tonight she wanted to remain hidden away in her dorm room, this constant gnawing sickly feeling in her stomach refused to lessen, if anything each time another day, another hour went by it just increased. Ever since John had gone missing, been presumed dead it was as though all of the color had been sucked from the world, Katherine wasn't feeling much of anything anymore, other than an overwhelming, crippling sadness.

Her duties as Professor required her to be here though so for the time being she'd force her way through this, force a fake smile onto her face. To avoid the same mess that had been caused by some unknown students at the last ball, Katherine had been asked to keep an eye on the punch bowls, which she was all too happy to do. After all as far as she was concerned, if the punch hadn't been spiked, then her and John wouldn't have left the Great Hall and gone outside, and maybe he'd still be here...with her.

Her dress was beautiful there was no denying it, but she felt nothing wearing it. Fixing her mask into place she stepped into the Great Hall, unable to help but admire the decorations which hadn't looked this good this morning. Walking to the punch table she resumed her stance behind it, smiling softly at a dark haired student who stopped by for a drink. Closing her eyes Katherine released a breath, "Just get through an hour..." she whispered to herself.

[stefancartwright]

Stefan fixed his black mask into place, making sure it didn't knock his carefully groomed hair out of place. Tonight was going to be one less joke of a night here in Hogwarts he had to suffer through, this year he was leaving and in reality he couldn't wait. The sooner he was out of this god forsaken school and away from his family the better, he was literally counting the days to freedom.

Slipping his long jacket over his strong, broad shoulders he carefully fastened the buttons up, but not before he slipped his trusted flask of whiskey into his pocket. Finally ready to show himself he released a bored sigh and without saying anything to anyone strode from the dorm room confidently. Power and overall confidence in every step he took. A dark smirk settled on his lips, he was well aware of the stares he encouraged from the opposite sex, his presence was a powerful one, Stefan was the type of guy who could get anyone and anything he wanted.

He strolled into the Great Hall, not batting an eyelid or stopping to admire the decorations, already he was feeling bored. Slipping the flask from his pocket he leaned against the large doors and took a long sip, his eyes expertly scanning the crowd wondering if he'd be able to see someone he recognized. Part of him hoped he could even go as far as to finding a little fun tonight...

[Sirius Black]

Sirius felt ridiculous. Now he was all for a party, he loved them, having a good time, living it up with his friends it was stuff he lived for, but something about wearing this damned mask was making him feel stupid. James hadn't helped, in fact his friend had pretty much ran out of here as soon as he was ready, probably off stalking Lily....again. He really wished the old James would return and prefer to hang out with his friends for the night instead of chasing a hopeless dream, hadn't she insisted on more than one occasion she wasn't interested. It confused Sirius to hell as to why his friend kept putting himself through that.

"Looks like I'm flying solo tonight..." he muttered in distain, since all his friends were absent. Being alone was not something he liked so quickly, Sirius left the room and hurried down to the Great Hall. If he couldn't spend the night with his friends, then being surrounded by masked slightly intoxicated strangers could be fun and help him to forget how much thinks sucked as of right now. Part of him wondered and kind of hoped Ferret would come tonight, he hadn't left the school to see her when she'd been admitted to hospital and for that he was sorry but he'd been on constant detention since that day for the amount of fights he'd been involved in.

"Party time padfoot...lets do this..." he whispered to himself, a wolfish smile appearing on his face as he slipped his way into the crowd, finding his way to a blonde haired girl with a pretty incredible figure. Whispering softly into her ear, Sirius smiled brightly when she leaned into him and the pair began swaying in time to the music.

[serena]

Serena floated down to the Great Hall on a bit of a high, excited and more than ready for whatever the night brought her. There was nothing she liked more than a party, and the fact it was a Masquerade ball only served to increase her excitement. Tonight everyone was strangers, tonight every one was going to be surrounded by an air of mystery and mystique and she couldn't wait to get into the Hall and become part of it.

"What are you guys doing...get your butts to the hall, you don't want to miss tonight." she said to a group of guys who were currently loitering in the corridor. Using her finger in a come hither motion she encouraged them to follow, smiling when she saw they did indeed. Even with the mask on she still seemed to have a bit of control over the guys around her, getting them to follow her...and she loved it.

"Enjoy the ball boys..." she sang, slinking back into the crowd. Letting her gaze sweep upwards she gasped, entranced by how beautiful the hall looked. Letting out a sound of excitement she spun around on her heel and began dancing with the nearest group of people she could find.

[talls]

Ferret took a long deep breath as she walked towards the Great Hall. She was alone. For now. Remus had told her to go to the party and told her to meet him on the fourth floor later that evening. To say she was nervous was an understatement.

This was the first time she had shown her face since yesterday evening when she returned to the school. And to not have Remus beside her was extremely frightening. But she took a deep breath. He had not even seen her that evening yet. She was excited for that bit at least.

Taking a deep breath, she strode into the Great Hall. She felt nice for the first time in her memory and she wasn't going to fast if for now.

[quinn]

Alone. Scar Blackwood would have never thought that she would be showing up to the Valentine’s Ball sans a date. She looked down at her gloved fingers and slowly adjusted the black bracelet that was caught on the silky arm coverings. Honestly, she wouldn’t have expected this...She thought she could at least convince Charity to go with her. But her best friend seemed to be missing in action lately. She bit down on her lip and then reached up to touch her mask.


Fine, if she was going to be alone for the night, then she would make the most of it. She would become a lady of mystery, shrouded in the shadows and dangerous nature of the night. She grinned to herself, thinking that she sounded rather like she was describing a super-hero.

With another deep breath, she pushed forward and made her way into the light that surrounded the Great Hall. It appeared that the festivities were already in full-swing and she found it rather hard to navigate amongst all the people that were around her. Especially with a dress that had such a long train. She silently cursed herself for not having them bustle it when they offered. That would have made her life so much easier.

She finally made it inside and stood slightly off center of the room. Her eyes darted from mask to mask, dress to dress, her brain desperately trying to figure out if she knew any of the people that surrounded her. But she couldn’t make out any faces. That was her problem, “Just because you’re lost doesn’t mean you’re alone, Scar, darling,”

[/b] She said and touched her finger to the braclet around her wrist again. She was going to have an enjoyable night. She owed it to herself.[/blockquote][/blockquote][/justify]