Mischief Managed (Mimosa, Dominique)

Mercy nodded as Mimosa leaned in and whispered their plan of action in her ear. She didn't catch what Mimosa's friend Jacques said in response to her question, but when Mimosa didn't press him, she figured it must not be too urgent at the moment, so she let it be.

As Mimosa created their exit, Mercy followed her lead, hooking arms with the other girl, and holding her sword high. "For candy!" she shouted in agreement like a battlecry.

She skipped alongside her friend into the throngs of people. "What does Dia look like? Where do you think she'll be? Should we check the food tables first?"

She looked from side to side, hoping to spot a girl around their age in the crowd. She was having a hard time seeing over people, even when she craned her neck and stood on her tip toes. It was hard finding a kid in the middle of so many grown-ups.

She stuck her sword in her belt to sheath it, and dug her hand into her pocket. "Do you want a toffee?" she offered, holding one out to Mimosa after unwrapping one for herself and popping it in her mouth. Halloween was one of her favourite holidays--she could have as many sweets as she wanted! And this year, her parents weren't there to stop her.

She glanced sidelong at Mimosa, smiling in anticipation of the wild shenanigans she knew they would get up to. Tonight was going to be a night to remember.

As expected, Mercy was completely in sync with Mimosa as they left the little ward's chaperones, hopefully blissfully dancing together. Mercy's battle cry was so genuine, it made a few people look over and then grin at the little couple walking arm in arm, charging towards candy. Mercy pulled off her costume really, really, well.

When Mercy asked what Dia looked like, Mimosa gave the obvious reply. "She looks like Dia of course," the little witch stated, trying to crane her neck right alongside Mercy but to no avail. "Hang on, let me see if Aunt Tessa posted pictures of her before the ball on her socials," the little brunette suggested, taking out her phone with her free hand, not letting go of Mercy. To her dismay, the signals here were abysmal.

"Oh no, looks like we'll have to find her the normal way. DIA!!!!"

The girl let out a giggle, her shout having caused more than a few heads to turn. Thankfully she was far enough away from the dance floor that neither Jacques, nor Michelle would have heard her.

"Yay toffee, you're the best," she grinned, taking the candy and popping it into her mouth. After the sweet, she would shout again if Dia hadn't shown up by that time. Luckily, it never came to that, even as Mimosa was dealing with the sticky candy, a tiny blue silhouette glided towards the two friends, a Princess Jasmine costume worn by non other than Dominique Grey.

"'DHEEAA!" Mimosa managed around her toffee before swallowing it whole in impatience. "Hiiii, Meet Mercy, She's my very own knight today," the girl introduced her two friends to each other. "Mercy, Dia has a wicked teddy collection! Dia, Mercy's going to take us all the way to Gryffindor tower, wanna come?""

Dominique knew that she had to find Mim. Because she knew that this party wouldn't be fun without her. And she was going to meet Mercy for the first time. She was also excited since she would be attending Hogwarts next year. She thought that she had heard someone screaming Dia. And that was only one person who would do that. That would be Mim, meaning they were looking for her. Since her mom forgot to post what she was wearing. They had to do it the old fashion way. Which got the job done so it didn't matter how they did it.

She then went towards where she was hearing her name being called. Now she was standing in front of her best friend. Even though her mom is her godmother. “ Mim!” She was just so excited that she was trying to hold everything in. Now she was finally meeting Mercy. “ Hi Mercy!”Now she knew that the fun could begin as she was now with Mim and Mercy. They would be like the trio of girls. As they would all be together in school next year.

She then listened as Mim told Mercy about her teddy bear collection. Which was true, but then again being the only child she could get whatever she wanted. “ Yeah mom gets me whatever I want. Well there are times when she says she is putting her foot down.” She then listened as Mim said that Mercy was going to take them to the Gryffindor tower. “ Let's go!” As she was excited as she was going to see the house that her mother was in

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"Hi, Dia!" Mercy waved enthusiastically as the slightly younger girl made her appearance. She let out an excited giggle--the fun was finally starting!

"Follow me," she said, puffing up her chest, as befitting the importance of her task. She hooked her other arm through Dia's, and tugged them along through the crowd.

They emerged near the exit, and Mercy slipped her hand out from Mimosa's for a split second to grab another handful of candy from the bowl by the door, stuffing it into her other pocket before returning her arm to its previous position.

"There are a bunch of stairs we have to walk up to get there, and the staircases keep changing, so sometimes I get lost, but I always find it eventually, don't worry," she babbled as she led them out of the ballroom and into the castle proper.

The Gryffindor Tower was on the seventh floor, which was a loooong way up from where they were right now. There were, however, plenty of interesting things to see along the way, so Mercy didn't mind--she just hoped her friends didn't mind all the walking.

She also hoped she remembered the password. She was 90% certain it was "Acromantula," but it might have changed...well, she'd deal it when they got there. In the meantime, she was focused on catching up with Mimosa, and learning more about Dia. She turned to her new friend as they mounted the first set of stairs.

"So, Dia, how old are you? Are you going to come to Hogwarts? Ooh, how many teddies do you have?"

It was a sign of how excited and hyped up Mimosa was that she excused her old friend's moniker and continued grinning anyway as Dia and Mercy spoke to each other. As always, Dia was on board with all the adventuring which boded well for the young model. Maybe if Dia liked Hogwarts enough, she would attend the school too! And that way Mimosa could bring a little bit of home with her to Hogwarts.

When Mercy let go of her hand for a bit, the witch panicked, but then she noticed the Knight stock up on candy and she grinned once more, doing the same before linking arms with Mercy again. "We have snacks for the road!" she announced before they were off again and into the castle, heading towards the many staircases that the Gryffindor had mentioned. Mimosa hoped some would change tonight, that would be really cool to see.

As they began climbing, Mimosa wished her head could spin all around so she would see everything they passed. From the moving pictures to the oddly disappearing corners and furniture, the child couldn't take everything in fast enough. It was like the castle was a living thing that moved, nothing was ever the same at a second glance. But it was as they were clearing the fourth floor that the pink clad witch let out a squeal.

"What's that?" the child almost screamed, jumping as something silvery and cold hurtled towards ehr before passing straight through her. The child had barely made out the shape of a portly old man before he'd disappeared. "Is he okay? How did he do that???'