SUPERSTAR!

[Leilani Bowman]

Well, it was Christmas time ... duh. But Leilani wasn't feeling the Christmas spirit. Everyone was hyped up for the Yule Ball, and she was pretty excited herself, but what about the people that can't participate? LIKE THE WHOMPING WILLOW? Who ever thought about little Whompy? So, she had been Hermione knitting since midnight. Her work came out a little lumpy, but she was sure that her branch warmer would not only be a cozy treat for the lonely tree, but for her heart. Alright, it was really a sock, but still, she thought it would be a good substitue. AND YOU KNOW WHAT SUBSTITUTE RHYMES WITH?! Prostitute, not like that had to do with anything. So she pulled on some fishnets under her shorts and ventured outside with the knitted socks.

Hrm, darn, it was snowing. She could never get any fun around here. The shorts she had so cleverly gotten on, although they barely had any material, were now the cause of her ultimate demise. NOOOOO, she could feel the frostbite already. Cleverly, she had a scarf, so she wrapped her legs in it. That, unfortunatley made it really difficult to move, so she waddled like a penguin, towards the Willow Treee. Willow was such a pretty name. Why in the world did it have a whomping in front of it? It's not like it was a killer tree or anything ... right? Her feet were beginning to feel the pain from the cold, but she pressed on.

"HEY TREEE! I GOT YOU A CHRISTMAS PRESENT!" The girl yelled to the wind, her hair starting to get wet from the snow. She dropped to her knees, in an epic manner, and put her gift down. "MY HAIR IS NOW FRIZZY BECAUSE OF YOU TREE, BUT MY INSIDES ARE FUZZY." Oh, look, the tree was shaking with joy. Wait, no. "Crap," she said, and began to sprint away. But she wasn't really that fast, so she got caught in the branches. But that was okay, because to be honest, after the pain, it was kind of like a Carnival ride she once rode called the Teexas Hold 'Em. Funnnnn. "This is what I get for giving you a present? A FREE RIDE! YAY!"

[David Landen]

David was on hes way back to the castle while it what look like it was bout tos now all over again. At times, David wasnt much of a big fan to the snow....Wet socks and cold feet. It was just a feeling he didnt like much. As he was making hes way up thee castle he had to pass the Whopping williow. He remember the last time he was here, he was with Sophia and a other girl he never actually caught her name. But David knew some how he'll see her again some day. As for she was in the same year as him.

But as he was making hes way, he heard a voice yelling around the tree. David first reaction to it was running towards to see what was going on. He hope no one was dumb enough to get themselfs hurt from the tree or worse....killed from it! Once David was able to see the tree in sitee, hes fear was becoming reality.

"HEY!" He yelled out, running towards the tree. From what he heard from whatw as coming from the tree, he heard it was a girl that was in the tree, "HEY!" he yelled out again, still running towards it, "Whoa!" he said out loud as one of the tree branches almost hit him. He fell back, but he rushed up and ran bacck away from the tree before he got hurt himself, "HEY!!!!" He yelled out hoping the girl will hear him.

[Sirius James Elvendork Novus]

The Whomping Willow had a horrible reputation.

Not only had it almost destroyed his Daddy, but apparently, it was where a lot of adult interaction took place. That's all Daddy would say on the matter, but not before saying cryptically, "It's not calling the Whomping Willow for anything, kiddo!" Sirius figured that adults gathered there to place terrible, terrible card games that involved GAMBLING! And Daddy probably said that it was a very bad tree because, well, Daddy wasn't very good at card games (he always lost to Sirius and Lily when playing Uno, and even Uncle Cammy could own him at Crazy Eights), so he probably lost a lot of money from under that tree. Waking up that morning, the Hufflepuff decided that he was gonna avenge his father once and for all ... TIME TO TAKE DOWN THAT WHOMPING WILLOW HUZZZZZZZZZZZAH!

Now, his plan was simple. Challenge the tree to a game of Uno, of which he was a complete and utter MASTER. When he beat it, he would force the now-named Withering Willow to cough up the Galleons that it had stolen from his Daddy. OHHHHH YEAAAAAAAAAH HE WAS TOUGH STUFF YO!!! Sirius was carrying a pack of awesome Uno cards (they were Harry Potter-themed, of course, with the different historical legends on different numbers, woooosha) in one hand, his wand in the other. That thing seemed to be do more harm than good in his hands, and after all, it was made of wood and so was the tree, so maybe they'd bond together and perform some badass cheating voodoo against him ... Hmmmm. He hadn't thought about that. He fixed his wand with a squinty-eyed glare then put it back down to his side. It had been waaaarned. Around his shoulders was Old Yeller, and Mark was tucked safely in his pocket, his head poking out to observe his surroundings.

However, upon arrival at the willow, Sirius saw that, well, someone had beat him to the punch. The tree was waving around this girl who was around his age, as though it was trying to shake money from her pockets. WHAT A FIEND!!! The girl, that is. HOW DARE SHE GET TO THE TREE BEFORE HIM?!?!?! He had a bone to pick with her, yes sir. Setting his pack of Uno cards in the snow, he said to the other kid, "HEEEY WATCH THOSE, WILL YA? I gotz to make some confrontations and I really don't think it'd be wise to take those up there because I mean I might lose them and stuff and it would suck to lose them because they're my only copy and they're Harry Potter-themed so they cost more than regular Uno and I'm sure many people would like to steal them hey speaking of which YOU BETTER NOT FREAKIN' STEAL THEM OKAY?!?!?!" With this, he turned his back on the Gryffindor and marched right through the raging branches to the trunk of the tree.

He poked the tree in an orderly manner, fixing its tree back with a super duper intimidating glare. "LOOOOOOK HERE!" he screeched, his voice as high-pitched as ever. "I WANT YOU TO PUT DOWN THAT GIRL RIGHT NIZZOW, OKAY? I need to avenge my father and I will not be able to if you are busy waving her around and really it's quite rude to just wave someone around even if you did win Crazy Eights or Uno or Poker or whatever it is you trees play these days. You're nothing but a big ol' bully and that girl up there is a lousy little beater because she got here before me I'M SLOW OKAY? And I think that things could be handled much better if we could all sit down and discuss this over a marvelous game of Uno, the pack's over there, my new bffz is making sure that no one steals them because they're like special edition and stuffz ... SO WHADDA YA SAY?" Sirius cast the tree trunk a deranged grin ( ). Unfortunately, the tree seemed not to have ears, because it didn't stop. His grin quickly slipped into a frown ( ) and he gave the tree a sharp kick in a particular knot.

"DOESN'T AAAAAAAAAAAANYBODY HAVE MANNERS ANYMORE? GEEEEEZ I JUST WANT TO TALK THINGS OVER BUT ALL YOU DO IS JUST SHOW OFF HOW BIG YOUR MUSCLES ARE YOU'RE JUST LIKE REMUS!!!" At this point, Sirius began to cry silently. He wasn't even aware that the tree had ceased its violent actions and (possibly?) dropped the girl to the ground. Bother.

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[Leilani Bowman]

OH MY JESUS! There were two boys around the tree with her. TIME TO SPREAD THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT. One looked kind of mad to be up in the tree, so she was all, "Dude, enjoy the tree. Don't you want it to have a good Christmas." But then it dawned on her why the tree had not excepted her gift, the gift which had been drowned in the snow. It was freaking NON DENOMINATIONAL. "TREE? Do you celebrate Haunakaaa, or however you spell that?" Suddenly, the tree stopped the ride. Obviously her quarters had run out. Damn.

She hopped down, and looked at the red head guy that she had seen but not seen. He was holding out these Harry Potter Uno cards, and a wide smile popped up on her face. "Why would I steal yours when I have my own sillly?" She reached in her shorts butt pocket and pulled out a spanking deck of the very same cards. This was creepy. "Don't cry. I know, this is weird, but I really think we're gunna pull through." But then the awe of it all caused her to cry. "WHY DOES CHRISTMAS HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS. Emotional. -snifflee-" She sat on the ground and layed out her cards. "I know you were planning on beating the tree, but he's just being a meany today. I don't know what got into him. I mean, I got a fun little ride on him, but seriously, it only lasted for like, 30 seconds. What a rip off."

After that little tangent, Leilani was a tad lost for words. She looked at the boys uno cards, and then at her own. AND THEN A BRILLIANT IDEA POPPED IN HER HEAD. "I challenge you to a UNO DUEL." And then that 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' music popped on. But then her butt was cold, stupid snow. Ha, she said butt twice in a sentance. "By theee way, my name is Leilani, lover of Fruit Loops." She stated, her arm out streched. She was planning on giving this guy an Indian burn ... but we'll see about that.

And that other guy was still in the violent tree. What in the world did he do to make that tree so sad? She inced farther away from the tree, but still wanted to watch the show. "HEYYY, IF YOU WANT TO GET DOWN, YOU SHOULD HAVE APOLOGIZED!" She squeaked. Ahh, puberty, the great blessing. Her voice was still like a five year olds, but sometimes, she purposly made it man sounding, just for fun. Where were those socks?

[David Landen]

David was waiting on the girl when he heard an otehr boy come join them. He knew who the boy was because they met when they where playing Truth or Dare, but he neever caught hes name. Mainly because he was throwing up all over the place. He watched as he knew excatly how to get the tree to stop acting out, 'Smart!" David said to the boy. David didnt think of that, yet again he isnt in Ravenclaw!

David then saw that the girl had gotten down from the tree. David had heard her say her name. David gave a light smile, "Nice to meet you, Leilani, Im David!" He said to her, "Are you alright?" He asked her making sure she was alright and not harm from the tree.