* - - we weren't meant to get along (check tag)

[ALBUS SEVERUS POTTER]

Why did it seem like this year was going to be much different from the rest? Sure there was the Hogwarts Tournament going on, but that also happened in his third year since it was something that happened every three years. Yet something about the air felt different as if something was going on, but he wasn’t sure what. Nonetheless, he planned on focusing on Quidditch more this year since he hadn’t gotten chosen as the Slytherin Champion; instead it was his two best friends, Theresa and Scorpius.

In fact, Theresa and Scorpius were walking along with him at that moment. It was the next day after the ceremony and everyone had already been informed of what happened to his cousin, Hugo Weasley. Perhaps what happened to Hugo is what made Albus start to realize that things were different. After all, it wasn’t normal for one of the students to get attacked out of nowhere, and of course Albus wanted to know who had hurt his cousin. That was where the trio was headed at the moment, was to go see Hugo Weasley up in the hospital wing, after all, they wanted to make sure he was okay

Though at times it didn’t seem like it, especially when it came to his brother James, Albus cares very deeply for his family and Hugo was the brother of his favorite cousin, Rose. Some would say that the reason why Albus seemed distant with his family, was the fact that he was the only one to be placed in Slytherin. However, Albus was proud to be a Slytherin, no matter how much James made fun of him for it.

“I really wish Hugo knew who attacked him, then we could go with Rose to get that person back,” he said to his two best friends. He was sure that they were all thinking the same thing about Hugo. He was too young to get hurt like that, nor did the young Gryffindor boy deserve it. Perhaps with this visit the three of them could put the pieces of the puzzle together and figure out who had done it.

TAG;; Scorpius, Theresa, James, Alaya
NOTES;; Okay so this is the thread where James pretty much blames it on the Slytherins about Hugo's attack and of course takes it out on Al and his two best friends. Everyone should post once that they are walking/talking with their little group before the two groups actually run into each other. Also there will be no order, but everyone should post at least once before we all post whenever.

[JAMES SIRIUS POTTER]

James still couldn't believe that nothing had been done about this incident, however, he would go straight to the source of where this information could be leaked out of. Surely, he thought his brother was in on this, and no doubt wanted to just overtake him due to the upcoming quidditch match. Even this was a low blow for his own brother, but he didn't care by this point as rage had guided his actions up until now. Deciding to have called on Alaya first since she was one of the few best friends he got along with rather well, however, that wasn't going to stop him from finding out the truth of this matter even if he had to rip it from his brother's hand. Obviously, this anger that compelled him surely would cause their rivalry to get out of hand, but even so he was going up against his brother.

So it was obvious he wouldn't be alone right now, even as he continued wandering down the hall, he made sure Alaya was nearby as she was usually around him whenever he had needed something to be done. Luckily, she would stand by his side whenever he was going to take on a bunch of Slytherins as was the case right now. Hugo Weasley definitely didn't deserve to be attacked even as he was watching the many efforts go down the drain. The two Slytherins that had entered the great hall previously had caused him to glance over towards Albus's group as he noticed the strange whispering going on. It had to be him, and there was no other explanation he could come up with for his brother's actions.

Finally just gritting his teeth, he started walking down towards the hall, even as he was about to round the corner, after all he was on his way to visit Hugo Weasley as well. Yet the hall was occupied by the few people he least wanted to see right now, but he knew the voices from far away while then starting to talk to Alaya. "Hey Alaya, what would you do if you thought your brother was the cause of these attacks?" he asked her, wanting her opinion on this matter as he continued walking, realizing he still had a bit to go before he even would clash with his brother and his gang. Just talking with Alaya to pass the time as he let the rage just subside for a bit for now.

Still, he wouldn't forgive Albus if it had been him, James doubted he'd ever trust his little brother ever again either unless someone stopped this senseless feud. Even Alaya couldn't change James's mind about what he was intending to do.

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[THERESA JAY KELSEY]

theia walked quietly along the corridor, albus to her immediate left with scorpius on albus' other side, almost flanking him it seemed. her gaze flickered about her without her meaning to. she was on edge, though she hid it mostly well - she knew her best friends would pick up on it, if they hadn't already. not that she expected herself to be next, after little hugo weasley, but it didn't kill to be cautious, and she'd rather be ready for someone or something trying to take her down rather than get caught unawears. after all, she had enough to think about with the tournament anyway, so this whole 'looking out for herself and friends backs' would be good preparation for the tasks right?

“I really wish Hugo knew who attacked him, then we could go with Rose to get that person back,” theia glanced at albus and nodded. "we all do alb ... it would already be over. . . " she murmered and sighed, shaking her head slightly. "i've a feeling it's only just begun." she hated saying it, but she had always trusted her gut, and right now her insticts were kicking up something fussy. something was going on and she didn't like it. on prinicple she didn't tend to like gryffindors, with regards to a couple of exceptions. you counted yourself bloody lucky if you were an exception, and theia had to admit that hugo was one of them. not necessarily because he was so young and innocent, nobody was truly innocent in theia's thoughts, but because he was albus' family and in theia's thoughts, albus was an extended part of hers. what and who was important to her best friends, was important to theia too.

so yes. she was going to visit the little gryffindor in hosptial. yes she was going to play nice, perhaps even plump up his pillows. yes, she was going to help get those people that had got him. oh theia knew she was with a fierce detirmination. sneak attacks were cowardly and pathetic - for people who thought they were being clever when honestly they couldn't have been more idiotic. she hoped she'd have a chance to get those idiots from behind first - see how they liked it. how she'd love to show them a lesson in magic .. perhaps even allow them to see her animagus form just for a snap or two at them.

"don't worry albus, we'll get them." she glanced at him, that fierce detirmination clear in her chocolate irisis and she glanced at scorp too, silently showing her commitement to uncovering these attackers and giving hugo his justice.

[ALAYA SILANE TIAUN]

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The attack on Hugo was like a huge blunt dagger thrust into the backs of many people. She watched the reactions and devastation in the eyes of his family that were in Gryffindor. Considering much of his family was in Gryffindor and many people liked Hugo it was an extremely emotional and worried time in the common room and around the school. It wasn't like Alaya wasn't upset at the whole thing. She did not know Hugo well but she knew James and thus felt really bad for what happened to her friend's family. For Alaya, the huge matter was who was behind the attack. If they could find that out then maybe they could prevent something like what happened to Hugo from happening to another student.

She had heard rumors leading up to this point, and there was something off this year. Alaya couldn't shake the twisted feeling in her gut saying that there was going to be more. She knew that others felt it. Why only attack Hugo? He was a sweet kid and many people liked him from what she saw. Right now she was walking with James. She wasn't shocked when he called on her to talk walk with him to see Hugo. She knew that James was on the edge at the moment, and she was usually there when he needed someone to talk with. But, she was alright with being that friend.

His question did not surprise her since she knew the conflict between him and Albus. However, she knew she needed to be careful with how she worded her answer. "Confront him, but not in a bad way. In this situation it would be best not to get overly upset about it. You don't know for sure if it was Albus or his friends" She stated simply. He needed understand his brother. She knew that there was a strife between them but right now, for Hugo, they needed to put aside their differences.

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F O R . I . W I L L . F I G H T . U N T I L
The Bitter End

[SCORPIUS HYPERION MALFOY]

Scorpius was deep in thought, about the tournament and about the attack on Hugo Weasley. They thought nothing could put a damper on the excitement of the goblet of fire ceremony, they never took into consideration that an attack could happen and why would they. Voldemort was long gone, his followers just about all round up and in Azkaban or dead. The world was a peace, both muggle and wizarding worlds. So how could one attack spark such terror in people? Perhaps it was because they didn’t know who done it, perhaps they didn’t know whether or not it was a prank gone wrong. For Hugo's sake he hoped it was.

“I really wish Hugo knew who attacked him, then we could go with Rose to get that person back." Albus's voice tore him away from his thoughts and back into reality. He looked at his best friend before looking over to Theia. He opened his mouth to speak, but Theia beat him to it.
"don't worry Albus, we'll get them." Damn right they'd get whoever done it. Hugo was one of the nicer Weasleys, one that didn’t really give a damn who his father was not like James and his father.
"Whoever done it is going to wish they had never been born when we're through with them," he added, glancing again at Theia, this time catching her eyes. He nodded at her, a silent agreement that they were both determined and committed to finding out who done it. He had his own suspicions, but they painted the house of Slytherin in a bad name. He honestly hoped it wasn’t a Slytherin, but that was the only logical answer he could come up with at the time.
"We will find them," he added, although the words were directed more to himself.

[JAMES SIRIUS POTTER]

James was nodding to Alaya as she told him not to over-react, but if he did come in contact with his brother, he was going to at least start something with him. Many questions were sending his mind in a spiral towards chaos, but he was being reminded that Albus was his brother. There was only one way to make sure in the end, even as he could see the outcome with him coming out as the victor. Yet, there were two other friends with him there, and it was impossible to get away with it since he was always with his friends. James sighed softly as he rounded the corner on his way to visit Hugo, and that's when he saw Albus.

James's eyes narrowed as he took a good luck at the group of Slytherins conversing with each other, probably about another attack on the poor Weasley, sure he had his moments as anger flickered behind his brown locks. Wand was drawn already as he made sure to carefully approach all three of them, with Alaya alongside him. Sure, she was here to prevent him from doing something stupid, but she really didn't know James all that well and his brother. They always fought even at school, and no one would even listen to them. Even if this rivalry would bring out a darker side to James than he'd like to admit.

The attacks on Hugo, and they were now here for more. What was wrong with them, did they have a strange sick obsession for torturing someone who was already hospitalized as he yelled across the hall towards them, "What!? Breaking his arm wasn't enough!" he continued onwards, stopping just a few feet away from the trio. Wondering if Alaya had followed right behind him or not to let him cause his own down-fall, either way he was going to go through with his plan. Deep inside, James was hoping it wasn't Albus, but he couldn't place the blame on anyone else at the moment. Plus, it was the perfect opportunity to shut him up about who was better once and for all.

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[THERESA JAY KELSEY]

"Whoever done it is going to wish they had never been born when we're through with them," theia nodded in agreement to scorp's words, glancing at him and albus. they would find the culprit and make them pay. theia would be only too glad to tie 'em up and hex them all the way to last century. she knew it wouldn't make things right but it would damn sure make her feel better.

then she saw them round the corner, and immediatly theia's eyes narrowed. precious potter and his right hand girl. her top lip curled slightly at the sight of him - she'd heard rumours that he was blaming slytherin for this. sure, their house was much more liable to be the cause of the trouble but still, there was no need to point fingers at them..particulary - she's heard - albus. now that was out of order. theia did not apprechiate blame being put on her and her best friends. especially by his own brother.

"What!? Breaking his arm wasn't enough!" theia's chocolate eyes hardened, narrowing as she looked at the boy. "oh wind your neck in, potter and get your damn facts straight." she snapped, angry that he was blaming them and he was going to do so here. she shook her head, brown locks tumbling over her shoulders. "you go pointing fingers as us again, and you'll find yourself with one less finger each time." she warned, looking at him angrily and standing up for her friends. he'd better not start something because right now she was pissed enough to throw anything at him. anigmas form or hexes.

[SCORPIUS HYPERION MALFOY]

He caught the nod from Theia, obviously she approved of what he had said; not that he was actually after her approval or anything, still it was always nice to know that friends would stick behind you...well besides you anyways with whatever you said. It went quiet again, all probably thinking about Hugo and who his attacker could be?

He saw them as they rounded the corner and he couldn’t help put glare at James. He hated James from the first moment he met him and often wondered how Albus could be related to such a jerk. There had been rumours going around, James and many others were pointing the finger at the Slytherins...at Albus. Why would Albus want to hurt his own family? There was absolutely no reason to. Scorpius took a step in front of Albus, some might have seen it like he was Albus’s bodyguard, but he merely just wanted to protect his friend from James. He opened his mouth and quickly shut it as Theia spoke up. He personally knew she had a loose mouth on her and was smirking as she started at James. Ooh the threat of breaking James' fingers was very tempting.
"Why go for the fingers when you can go straight for the manhood, oh that’s right, Potter isn’t a man," he shot a filthy glare at James, ignoring Alaya. The Gryffindor girl had done nothing wrong and he figured she ought to get out of here whilst she could.
"Come on, leave Potter to go off and play with his dolls," he spoke more to Theia and Albus, hoping that they'd decide that James really wasn’t worth it and move on to their original destination.

[ALBUS SEVERUS POTTER]

Albus was glad that his two best friends stood beside him, always having his back. It was how the trio was, they were there for each other, sticking up for each other and fighting until the end. Some were probably jealous of the three, and he knew that all they really wanted was in on their little group. They were walking in peace and quiet now and Albus was thinking about his poor cousin Hugo. He had always liked Hugo and often wished that Hugo was his brother instead of James. And speak of the devil…

Out from the corner James had showed up with his friend Alaya. Of course the two Gryffindor Champions were walking together. But then again Al had always known that James and Alaya were close, he was actually surprised that Frank wasn’t with them as well. Albus glared at James as he made his comment, his hand swiftly went inside of his robes and he wrapped his fingers around his oak wand, the wand he’s always loved since day one, yet at times scared of the power the chimera scale brought out in it, mixed with the runespoor fang. He didn’t pull out his wand, not just yet. Instead he held onto his, ready for anything his brother might throw at him.

He was actually about to tell James off, when Theia had stepped up first, snapping at him quickly like she always did. And then Scorpius had stepped in front of him telling his bit in as well and Al couldn’t help but smirk at his comment. “Besides if I were to attack a family member, it would be you, not Hugo,” Albus commented before he nodded in agreement with Scorpius. James wasn’t worth his time right now and Hugo was. “Now if you’ll just move, we have someone to visit and actually care for,” Albus spat at James pretty much saying that he didn’t care for James, but he cared for Hugo.

[JAMES SIRIUS POTTER]

James really cared less about Albus's lackeys as he looked them in the eyes, "Hey Albus, calm your hounds before they lose their teeth, the last I need is to deal more with feral dogs right now. Yet, I can understand that anyone would try to hide the attack, but I would surely fought back. Hugo didn't seem like he had a chance, I'm sure it was all three of you, there is no way it gives you the right to just team up against him. Malfoy, I heard that your acting just like your father right now anyways, so don't turn your back, coward," he stood his ground, wand out and ready now. Even as he was tempted to throw spells back and forth already. The tension in the air was already getting rather high, and he knew he wasn't helping.

Even if his words would hurt their egos a little, poor little Slytherin's, and was curious as to why this was already going down in front of the hall way where Hugo was. James was dead set on finding out the truth, and figured his brother would have more sense to return to the crime of scene trying to cover it up. It was really an effort to figuring his brother out, it was bad enough he got accepted into Slytherin, and now he thought he could get away with it. "Unless their leashes don't even reach past your shoes," he taunted one more, snarling slightly as his face was set in a dead-set glare at the trio.

Surely, Alaya would hopefully have his back if this got out of hand, and he wasn't about to let Albus get away with anything again.

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[ALAYA SILANE TIAUN]

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Alaya was not the type to intervene in family conflicts since she was apart on one herself. From her experiences families did not get along or were meant to eventually fight. Against her better judgement she followed after James. Maybe it was just to make sure he didn't do anything rash. Or maybe she was there for another reason not yet determined.

She sighed slightly as James accused the slyterins and when Theresa threatened to breaking James' fingers. It was kind of funny watching the arguing back and forth but it did need to stop. Even she knew that it was wrong for the brothers to fight now. This was only strengthening the attacker. There was more strength when working together not when fighting amongst each other.

Alaya sighed "James, really, this is not right. This is rash and you are not thinking. This is not something Hugo would want to see now is it. Let's just go and let them see Hugo and we can go back later. That is unless you can stand being in thee same room" Alaya did not want any trouble, not now at least. She knew her efforts were futile. James was not going to budge. She did not know enough about the brothers feud to try and stop it at any point.

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[SCORPIUS HYPERION MALFOY]

He narrowed his eyes even more at James just wishing that the damn Gryffindor would keel over and die. Oh so was that how he wanted to play it, bringing his father into it and saying he was acting like him. Well certain traits were a given, after all he was a Malfoy. Stupid Gryffindor boy.
"Bringing the parents into it cause you can’t fight your own battle Potter. never thought you'd try and stoop so low, pathetic." He couldn’t really say anything about Harry, after all he was still Albus's father.
"Me coward, that’s rich coming from you," he took a step towards James, "And for the record Albus doesn’t control either me or Theia so why don't you go back to the hole you crawled out of and die you filthy mutt, it would make the world a more happier place."

He took the step back, finding himself just in front of Albus again. Al didn’t need this especially from his own brother. They were meant to stick up for one another not act like this. He glanced at Al before hearing Alaya speak. Turning his attention to her, he gave her a slight nod, finally paying attention to her, at least she had common sense, James was outnumbered and well if he wanted a duel, Scorp wasn’t going to back away from one.

[ALBUS SEVERUS POTTER]

“Hey Albus, calm your hounds before they lose their teeth, the last I need is to deal more with feral dogs right now. Yet, I can understand that anyone would try to hide the attack, but I would surely fought back. Hugo didn't seem like he had a chance, I'm sure it was all three of you, there is no way it gives you the right to just team up against him. Malfoy, I heard that your acting just like your father right now anyways, so don't turn your back, coward,” Albus turned back around and glared at his brother. Did he really have the nerve to say such things to him? “Unless their leashes don't even reach past your shoes,” He narrowed his eyes even more, his brother, ah forget it there was no way that Albus could even consider him a brother anymore not with all the crap that he’s been pulling lately. Oh James couldn’t wait to crème him on the Quidditch Pitch and really put him into his place, he found that this was perhaps the only way that he would be able to put James in his place.

“James, really, this is not right. This is rash and you are not thinking. This is not something Hugo would want to see now is it. Let's just go and let them see Hugo and we can go back later. That is unless you can stand being in the same room” Well at least Alaya had the decency to tell James that he was stepping out of line, but he highly doubt that with James’s “higher than thou” attitude he would even listen to his friend. Albus’s fingers twitched on his wand as James already had his out, but Albus wouldn’t stoop that low yet. Pulling out his wand when he was a better man then James, knowing that duels wasn’t the way to settle arguments. Perhaps a professor could happen to walk by and give James detention, oh how he would enjoy watching his brother have to elbow grease the trophy room or some other awful task.

“Bringing the parents into it cause you can’t fight your own battle Potter. Never thought you'd try and stoop so low, pathetic.” Albus nodded in agreement with Scorpios, it truly was pathetic to bring in Scorp’s parents. Didn’t James realize that Scorpios’s dad was the Minister of Magic? Didn’t he realize how much trouble Scorp could get James in just by going to his father? “ Me coward, that’s rich coming from you. And for the record Albus doesn’t control either me or Theia so why don't you go back to the hole you crawled out of and die you filthy mutt, it would make the world a more happier place.” He was glad that Scorpius mentioned that he didn’t control either of them, why would he do that to his best friends anyways? He wouldn’t use his friends like that any day. So what if they all had each other’s backs?

“I don’t want to duel brother, no you don’t deserve to be called my brother. Matters like these were never meant to be dealt with by wands, but of course you’re much more childish then us,” Albus smirked as he let go of his wand, letting it fall freely in his pocket as he pulled his hand back out of his pocket. “And at least your little friend there has the common sense to not make this such a big deal, especially since you don’t have your facts straight or any proof as to who harmed Hugo. At least they don’t need to be held back with leashes like your friend seems to need to do with you. They aren’t the ones that are dogs, now if you’ll just get your annoying face out of my way, I plan on going and making sure a real family member is better,” Albus spat at him before turning from his brother once more. There was just no way that he would let James get to him, not today. It was already bad enough that James got picked as a champion and Albus didn’t, he didn’t need any more taunting from that lame of an excuse Gryffindor.

[JAMES SIRIUS POTTER]

James was merely considering his options as of right now as he kept on thinking that he could easily best him, and even Alaya wasn't a voice of reason. Wand was poised as he pointed at his so-called brother, in fact he was in his mind right now, disowning him as his brother. Seeing him as an enemy made it all that much easier to give into his anger as his veins pulsed and his heart beat raced faster. Sweat trickled down his forehead in anticipation, but with his luck he was sure those two hounds of his would likely pull off a spell before he got one up.

With his luck they would just use protego or something, but he decided to go for it since he was still acting rashly. Not caring who attempted to stop him at this point, and if they got in his way he would gladly duel them out of his way. With Alaya's consistant warnings, he was going to blatantly ignore her once more, even if this was his brother. Family feuds would tear them further apart, however, it was two against three. James wasn't even considering the odds anymore, as he heard his brother. Snarling in return, he cared less for his pathetic excuse of a brother. Suddenly shouting out a random spell into the air, "Furnunculus" was all he muttered.

Pointed right at Albus's back obviously not thinking that Scorpius or Theia could easily defend it from him, but he knew fully well how to recover to dispel the spell if it reached towards him or Alaya. Of course his intended target was Albus right now, even with his back turned, no one said he could walk away. "I'm sorry I don't reckon ever calling you my brother since you got placed in Slytherin, the only house that seems to go into conversation whenever someone gets attacked, makes you all look suspicious, and what did you do with Hugo's toad?" he accused them once more...yet that should have clicked in his mind right then.

What on earth would they indeed be doing with a toad? He remembered reading about that somewhere in the care of magical creatures section, and would have to go look at the book again, surely there wasn't anything devious going on. Right now, his main focus was Albus, as his anger still swelled within him. Someone needed to knock him down a peg to cool off his jets.

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[THERESA JAY KELSEY]

“Hey Albus, calm your hounds before they lose their teeth, the last I need is to deal more with feral dogs right now. Yet, I can understand that anyone would try to hide the attack, but I would surely fought back. Hugo didn't seem like he had a chance, I'm sure it was all three of you, there is no way it gives you the right to just team up against him. Malfoy, I heard that your acting just like your father right now anyways, so don't turn your back, coward,” Theia's eyes narrowed in hatred as she glared at the potter boy. How he was related was .. no that was the thing - he could not be related to Albus. She heard Potters attack at Scorpius and she curled her top lip. She made to retort back but she was beaten to it.

"Me coward, that’s rich coming from you... And for the record Albus doesn’t control either me or Theia so why don't you go back to the hole you crawled out of and die you filthy mutt, it would make the world a more happier place." Theia glanced at Scorp, having taking a step toward James as he had. So tempted... so tempted to just transform and maybe maul him a little? It sounded savage, but right now James would definetly deserve it. Normally, she never used her form in a fight - but wouldn't the teeth be rather handy?

“I don’t want to duel brother, no you don’t deserve to be called my brother. Matters like these were never meant to be dealt with by wands, but of course you’re much more childish then us, And at least your little friend there has the common sense to not make this such a big deal, especially since you don’t have your facts straight or any proof as to who harmed Hugo. At least they don’t need to be held back with leashes like your friend seems to need to do with you. They aren’t the ones that are dogs, now if you’ll just get your annoying face out of my way, I plan on going and making sure a real family member is better,” Theia glanced at Albus, seeing him turn away..

.. and then Potter caught her attention and she saw him flick his wand at Albus' back. Theia's gaze narrowed and she grabbed her wand from her pocket lightning-fast. "protego." she muttered, voice taunt with anger. She stared at James and shook her head. "and you called scorpius a coward! How dare you attack when he had his back turned. That's lower than coward! " She shook her head angrily. "You're trying so hard to point the finger at Albus, what is that? Jelousy that he's a better person than you? Defensive, for all we know you could have done it." she stepped toward him, shaking her head. "yeah i bet you don't like that do you - getting blamed. So walk away, whilst you can still walk." she said, gripping her wand and trying very very hard not to throw a spell back at him or transform. If he did one more thing that would be it. Theia didn't have patience, and if he tried to start a fight she'd give him one.

[SCORPIUS HYPERION MALFOY]

Merlin why could Potter just shut his mouth for once, do the whole word a favour and become a mute. Now that would be good. His voice was like nails down a chalkboard. Albus was always the better of the two brothers and he proved it yet again just how much better he was. It seemed as if James wanted a duel and yet Albus had turned.

He begun to turn, looking over at Theia wondering if she was thinking the same as him, wishing...hoping Potter would just give up and disappear from the world. A small movement caught his eye as Potter threw a spell at Albus, more precisely Albus's back. He whipped around, drawing his wand just as Theia drew hers.
"Expelliarmus," he spoke just as Theia conjured a protective charm. Even without speaking, they worked well as a team; the tournament was theirs for sure.

Theia spoke up before Scorp had a chance, calling James lower than a coward for attacking when Albus' back was turned. He was scum; no he was worse than scum. He's eyes were more like slits, reminding him of a snake’s eyes. And he was one, he, Theia and Albus were all snakes and damn proud of it. No one messed with a snake and got away with it, especially in front of friends...best friends.

The grip on his wand tightened, there was no way he was going to let Potter try and pull another sneak attack on them, even if he had to walk backwards just to keep an eye on James, he would.
"Family don’t accuse each other without hard evidence. You and Al are blood, you should be working together to find out who attacked Hugo, instead you're too prideful and point the finger at us, i hope to hell you do get attacked, it'll get you off our backs while we figure out the real culprit. Listen to Alaya before you end up in the hospital wing yourself," he spoke trying to reason with James. Although if James attacked again, he'd throw all reasoning out the window.

[ALAYA SILANE TIAUN]

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She felt like an extra wheel in this situation. She was just another one of James followers to these people and she hated that feeling. The arguments were heating up and Alaya knew that it was only going to get worse from here on out. They were outnumbered. Normaly that would not bother Alaya, but two were the Slytherin Champions and all three were on the Slytherin Quidditch Team. She knew their skills were a good match if not better in some form to their own.

Alaya did her best to sort out where and how she knew each of the Slytherins. She reconized Scropius from both dueling and flying club. She knew Albus As the Slytherin Quidditch Captain and seeker. Theresa was also apart of the Slytherin Quidditch Team but that was all she knew about her. As far as she could determin, Alaya did not know those infront of her very well. That bothered her greatly. She hated fighting especialy when she did not know her opponents all to well. James shot the spell and Alaya instinctivly pulled out her own wand.

This needed to end. "Both of you, James and Scoripus are apart of the deuling club. You can fight there if you wish. This is not the time nor place for a fight. James you need to calm down and think. If more than ever, now is the time when you must be a family" She did hope she had hit some nerve. Maybe things would calm down soon before a teacher decided to head in their direction.

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[JAMES SIRIUS POTTER]

James was considering re-evaluating his position on where he stood but it was too late to take back what he had said. All of his anger had flown into his wand, and the hatred welled up within him. Finally growing a pair of balls and some common sense, he continued to snarl at them. Alaya's words struck a chord within him, but even if he disowned his own brother it wasn't like he was going to completely forget about their rivalry ever existing. Plus, this was still all Albus's fault, even if he was mad at him still. It would be hard to confront him since Scorpius and Theresa were always with him.

Sad times usually ended up bringing out the worst in people, and right now he was just glancing at the two Slytherin's that would put any other person to shame. Even as his wand was knocked out of his hand as they had shot up defensive spells, he should have known better that his dogs would defend him. Loyal to the end, but then they were just friends. Plus, Alaya really didn't need to be classified as a pawn, "I see that you two are still defending him, but my anger won out. I'm done talking, Alaya let's go, we don't need to deal with this putrid lot," he muttered as he was knocked by the expelliarmus too. Standing up, his anger rose at the trio.

It was on now, and he wasn't thinking straight as it was obvious that his mind was now set on one thing. Attacking, even if he didn't have his wand, and didn't feel like using it this time. A fist fight would ensue, although his aim was now at Scorpius, Alaya's warnings fell on deaf ears, "Don't even go to touch him, you slime!" he yelled at them, and aimed to throw a punch aimed at Scorpius, of course he was still in the process of running towards him giving him a long enough response time to dodge or for even Albus to but in to stop his own brother.

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[THERESA JAY KELSEY]

as she saw scorp cast the 'expelliarmus' charm and disable potter, she smirked. they were already working like a team. good - it would be useful when it came to the tournament that they were already in sync enough to watch each others backs and get ahead in the game. but now was not the time for tournament thoughts. this was about precious potter and his stupid accusations. ridiculous, petty, foul-minded, idiot jerk of a boy.

"Family don’t accuse each other without hard evidence. You and Al are blood, you should be working together to find out who attacked Hugo, instead you're too prideful and point the finger at us, i hope to hell you do get attacked, it'll get you off our backs while we figure out the real culprit. Listen to Alaya before you end up in the hospital wing yourself," she heard scorpius but her eyes were firmly trained on potter, wand never leaving her aim at his face - oh if he tried something ... he'd be getting a great bat bogey hex coming his way. theia agreed with scorpius - this was pathetic. pathetic potter - it had a ring to it.

when he'd stumbled to the floor she'd smirked. good. she hoped it damn hurt. she hoped he'd go crawling away, tail between his legs. but no.."Don't even go to touch him, you slime!" she sighed, toying with her wand and frowning as suddenly the idiot was leaping at scorpius. this was beyond pathetic now. the boy needed lessons in damn well control!! shaking her head angrily, not even thinking about the whole 'he's a guy and physically stronger' thing, nor that albus, also stronger than her, would have been able to do what she did - or indeed that scorpius could easily defend herself..theia deflty and without thought shifting infront of scorpius and stepped forward to give james a hard push, attempting to get under that outstretched punch and shove him back off balanced. if he hit her so be it. worse had been done. "no you back off right now, potter. or i'm going to stop threating..and start teaching." she snarled, sick of this now. sick and tired. how dare he!

[ALBUS SEVERUS POTTER]

“Furnunculus.” he heard the spell as his back turned and should’ve figured that James would try something like that. Albus had turned around just as he heard his two friends cast spealls. “Protego!” “Expelliarmus

[/s]” He saw shots of light fire from his friends wands as a shield was put up around them and James’s wand was knocked out of his hand. Albus now had his wand out as well, held out before him as he glanced down the hallway, he had a small feeling that one of the Professors would should up at this time, causing all of them to get into trouble. “I'm sorry I don't reckon ever calling you my brother since you got placed in Slytherin, the only house that seems to go into conversation whenever someone gets attacked, makes you all look suspicious, and what did you do with Hugo's toad?” Albus’s eye twitched as he glared at James. Was he really still going to sit there and continue blame Albus? Who in the world the hell did James think he was?

Albus’s knuckles were turning white from how hard he was clenching his wand. He was actually close to wanting to start casting a hex at James, but knew it was better than to try anything. There was no way he’d stoop to James’s level. So instead Albus opened his mouth to say something, but closed it as soon as Theia started talking. “ and you called scorpius a coward! How dare you attack when he had his back turned. That's lower than coward! You're trying so hard to point the finger at Albus, what is that? Jelousy that he's a better person than you? Defensive, for all we know you could have done it. "yeah i bet you don't like that do you - getting blamed. So walk away, whilst you can still walk.” Al was definitely glad to have a friend like Theresa, though Al was sure James hadn’t done it, but Theresa had a good point in showing James what it was like to get blamed. Perhaps than James would decide to back off. Al sure hoped so, it was getting tiring with the way James would attack him. “ Family don’t accuse each other without hard evidence. You and Al are blood, you should be working together to find out who attacked Hugo, instead you're too prideful and point the finger at us, i hope to hell you do get attacked, it'll get you off our backs while we figure out the real culprit. Listen to Alaya before you end up in the hospital wing yourself,” yep Al was definitely glad to have a friend in Scorp as well. Though he Al knew he could defend himself when it came to his brother, he still enjoyed the support of his two best friends. He didn’t care what James said about the two of them. It wasn’t like James knew how they really were.

“Both of you, James and Scoripus are apart of the deuling club. You can fight there if you wish. This is not the time nor place for a fight. James you need to calm down and think. If more than ever, now is the time when you must be a family” Al looked over at Alaya, but held back to show that he wasn’t curious. Curious about how the James and Alaya could even be friends. James was so quick to jumping to conclusions and wanting to hex Al, whereas Alaya wanted to stay out as many fights as possible. What was it that kept the two of them together? Perhaps opposites really do attract each other. “I see that you two are still defending him, but my anger won out. I'm done talking, Alaya let's go, we don't need to deal with this putrid lot,” Al wanted to roll his eyes. Why wouldn’t friends defend each other? It was what friends did after all. They always had their backs for each other and would stick together until the bitter end. He would never separate from Theia and Scorp, the Slytherin Trio were just too close to each other, after all. “Don't even go to touch him, you slime!” Albus narrowed his eyes at James once more. Seriously what was with James? Scorp had never done anything to James or anyone in the family for that matter. Why couldn’t James just get it through his thick skull that Scorp wasn’t like his father.

“no you back off right now, potter. or i'm going to stop threating..and start teaching.” Albus lowered his wand now. It was his turn to finally have his say. Sure, he liked it that his friends helped him a lot, but he needed his say as well. “Quite frankly I don’t give a damn what you think James. And it isn’t your decision on what we do. Get your head out of your ass and look at the clues that you probably don’t have. There’s nothing there that says it was any of us, they don’t have any clues as to who did it at all. Making false accusations will only get you in trouble, so just do as our parents would tell us, and that’s to not go sticking our nose into trouble. Unless of course you rather disobey our parents,” and with that Al turned as he placed his wand in his pocket. He seriously had enough of James and it was only causing Al to stress even more. The shrieking shack was calling him so that he could just go there up in the room that was heavily decorated in Slytherin décor and charmed to keep his brother out, just so Al could relax and be away from James, letting all of the stress go. If it wasn’t for his dad telling him about the passageway to the Shrieking Shack, and him learning about charms to conceal an area from certain people, Albus didn’t know what he would do.[/blockquote][/blockquote][/justify][/color][/size]