An Epic Battle

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Holly stood on the deserted fourth floor, her wand raised. If she was correct, they would be arriving soon. And so would Hayley- hopefully. She heard movement beside her, but stood rooted to the ground. "Hayley..." she muttered to herself.

Holly raised an eyebrow.
"How serious are you?" she asked, "And is he as swotty as you?"
Holly snorted. Swotty as Natalie. Hard to picture, hard to believe.

"Yeah," said Natalie, though it wasn't hard to picture for her....not hard at all.
She smiled sheepishly at Holly.

"Serious serious?" Holly asked suddenly, "How far have you got?"
Where this might be an embarassing subject for some people, it was her aptatude when you think about it.
"Like.....seriously how far?" she urged.

"Do you want to answer that question?" Shadow asked, playing around with a small orb of magic, making it shoot around the little cave like place with her mind while looking very bored.

"Not very....snogging...french kissing....nothing nude," said Natalie.
She wasn't embarrased at all at the question.
She grinned at Holly.
"You?" she asked.

Holly burst into laughter but stopped herself and coughed.
"Um....right yeah, I....I dont want to say. Im embarassed now."
She snorted.

Natalie grinned.
"Oh come on...I told you mine," she said, grinning.
She shoved Holly slightly.
"You can lie if you want," she offered.

"Okay," Holly said, "Im good at that!"
She coughed and said, "I have only ever kissed people."
She paused waiting to see if she would burst out laughing at the outrageous lie. When no laughter came she said. "Ha, that worked."

"That was a really bad lie....but ok," said Natalie, grinning.
She was sure Holly had been lying.
After seeing inside Holly's dirty little mind...it confirmed it.

Hayley shook her head, "You lier Holly Bristol." she said, laughing.
It was quite funny.
Holly had a dirty mind. It was funny.

"Im sorry." Holly said, "I apologise for any inconvienience it could have caused you nerds."
Holly grinned. "So, what have you guys got planned? Like this evening?"

"Al and I...are going out," Hayley replied, smiling starngely.
Alistair was hot.
And Hayley was going out with him. Yay Hayley!

"Ew." Holly said, mind filled with images of Alistair and Hayley. Was that weird? Oh well, Holly thought thinking about it. "Awesome. What are you doing? .... Or do I want to know?"
She thought about Matt.
I like Matt.... she thought.

"I'm studying tonight..." said Natalie.
This was the truth.
The whole truth.
And nothing...
But the...
Truth...

Matthew leand up against the tree in the forest, he was getting more and more bored by the minute. Something wasn't right in Hogwarts anymore. Maybe because Voldemort had just broken in and tried to kill them, but there was something else, that he could bare to think of.

Holly opened the door of the little house.
"Im gonna go walk," she called to Natalie, "Dont wait up."
Her eyes fell on Matt and she sat beside him.
"Hallo."

"Hey..." he said not looking up at her "hy are you here?" he asked her "Isn't it like too late for you to be warndering about?"

Holly shrugged.
"Not really." she said, "ANd I dunno why Im here...."
She looked at him.
"What are you thinking about?"

Natalie sat in silence.
She rubbed the ruby red lipstick off her lips with the back of her hand.
"Will life at Hogwarts ever be simple?" she muttered.

"Nope," Matthew muttered in reply to Natalies question
"Me? Well, I guess that I'm thinking of what to do next, Hogwarts isn't safe for anyone..."

Natalie was thinking about Gareth.
Sweet sweet Gareth.

Matthew looked at Natalie,
"trust you to ruin the atmosphere.."

"I just thought it...and I'm not even out there...I'm in the bloody hut," said Natalie grumpily.

" I CAN STILL HEAR YOU THOUGH!!!!" Matthew yelled

Hayley laughed, "Don't yell now young Matthew," she said, even thpugh she was pretty sure Matthew was older than her.

"STOP YELLING AT MY HUSBAND!" Holly yelled, then took a step back, "Hold on, daydream, stop yelling at Matt!"

Natalie scowled at these words, but kept silent, for Holly's sake.

Holly mentally erased her last few words, hoping no one else had heard.
"Well done on the battle Nat," Holly said absently, "And thank you, you were awesome."

"Anytime....seriously....call me and I'll come," said Natalie.
She smiled at Holly.

"We so rock at battling," Hayley said, grinning.
It was true.
They were excellent fighters.

"Yes we do...high five!" she yelled.
She put her hand up for Hayley to slap.

"Yeah you both rock," Holly said rolling her eyes, "But what about me? I didnt get a chance to fight."
She pouted like a child, making her lip tremble.

"Well..." said Natalie, shrugging.
"Your a funny person," said Natalie, giggling hysterically.

"Thank you," Holly said smiling at her, "I think so too...."

"You are funnier than Conner," said Natalie suddenly...and she meant it.
Because it was true.

"Aw," Holly said swotting her, "Sweetie thats nice!"
She coughed to hide her grin.

Hayley laughed, "we are all pretty funny, when you think about it," she said, grinning.
Because, it was true.

"You think?" Holly said, "DOY!"
She thought.
"You dont really hear enough "doy" these days."

"No....you don't," agreed Natalie, frowning.

She loved that word.

"I love that word," she voiced, "I miss people using it."
Holly sighed lightly.
"Please use it more often Lynsey," she told Natalie.

"My name is Natalie," said Natalie, frowning.
She wondered how Holly could have gotten that wrong.

"Oh yeah," Holly said absently, "Thats right, I totally forgot."
She didnt know how she had made the mistake.
"Garlic bread?" she asked offering Natalie some.

"NOOOOOOOOOO! ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?!" NAtalie screamed, backing away.
She put a blood pop in her mouth.

Hayley grinned, and shook her head at Holly, "You ass," she said lovingly.

"Oh yeah," Holly said thinking slowly, "Ma bad, Hayley, garlic bread?"

Natalie scowled at Holly.
A shiver went down her spine.

"Normally, yes," Hayley said, "In the presence of Natalie- no," she added, punching Holly jokingly on the shoulder.

Natalie smiled slightly.
She shivered again.

"Ow," Holly said holding her abused shoulder, "Im so hurt now."
She ran away and returned with some holy water.
"Wanna have a water fight?" she asked innocently.

Hayley sighed, "You can't just have a water fight with Holy Water!" she said, taking it from the irrisponsible Holly."It's Holy,"