The Rose Bushes

Viper sighed. "If all houses united, Hogwarts would be...very different. I for one cannot imagine ever getting along fully with all the other Houses and be friends with everyone in my student days. Or in the Ministry."

"I suppose, but not everone will get along everyone houses or no houses. Didn't you ever not like or not get along with someone in Slytherin?" kiara asked.

Viper thought for a moment before shaking her head. "No. A few female Slytherins annoyed me but it never made much of a difference. I ignored them, they never approached me and that was that." she smiled as she thought of her happy memories as the queen bee of Slytherin.

"hmm there was only one gryffindor I never really got along with and it is a person we have in common. Hermione Granger" said Kiara with a smirk.

Viper rolled her eyes at the name mentioned. "God, that woman..." she summoned her goblet and drank from it.

"Remember when I mentioned I beat her in a court case? It was the House elf freedom case. She wanted all the house elfs to be set free by they're masters at a court order. I was on the other side of the debate.."

Esis could barely contain her laughter at the whole snogging episode. Ironically Edwin had ignored the entire event, choosing to play with viper (the plush snake) instead of pay attention to what was going on around him.

"Kiwa?" Edwin asked, tugging on Kiara's robes. "Pway wit me?" He asked hoping she would either chase him or play hide and go seek.

"That was bloody brilliant, Viper!" Esis finally stated. "What a performance!"

Kiara smiled down at Edwin, "Alright Edwin what do you want to play?"

"Hie and sweek!" He laughed. "You pway to Viper!" Edwin commanded. "I gwo fiwst." And without confirmation the child zipped around the corner to hide amid the bushes.

Viper smiled at Esis. "Indeed. I'm sure you're cousin will have a laugh with these letters. Ms...?" Viper trailed off, not knowing how to address the other witch.

She raised an eyebrow at Edwin's command. "Hide and what?" she asked, never hearing of such a thing before.

"Esis will be fine. May I call you Viper?" Esis asked, still amused from the way Viper handled the snogging students.

"Of course, Esis." Viper nodded. "What the hell is hide and seek?" she mouthed in confusion.

"A muggle game. Someone hides and someone seeks them out. Rather simple." She sighed in mock horror. "Can you believe that he did not know how to play it before I taught him? What is Eglantine trying to raise? He's a child not a damn cat."

Viper shrugged. "A bit difficult to chase a child around with a limp, I suppose. Tlthough I do agree, she isn't exactly the kind of mother who plays with ehr child much. She's hardcore academics. To be fair though, I personally haven't heard of it either though until now."

((Have to go soon. Sharing computers...I'll be on in a few hours though...))

Kiara laughed as she eyed Edwin in the bushes and pretended not to see him, before puling back the branches and saying "found you"

Esis giggled softly. "Well then, shall we go find our hiding charge?"

((Okay))

Edwin laughed softly as he was discovered. "No fwair. Mama say you haw to cowt."

Kiara laughed, "Then hide as I am counting silly, not before"

((ooh, nevermind, sharing is over!))

Viper nodded slowly, not really understanding the point of the game.

"Cwunt to zwanzig. And dwen you twun into a kwtty." Edwin nodded his head.

((I have to go...be back in a few hours...sorry))

((ok. What's zwanzig?))

((That is what I am trying to figure out.... 100 I think))

Kiara smiled and shook her head, "I can't turn in to kitty like your Mama can, so I have to say like this"

((lol. merci, help please?))

Viper watched the exchange smiling, still a bit confused about the game.

((it is twenty in German...sorry))

"Fwin." Edwin yelled, running to hide again. This time he was going to hide in the pond, he thought. No one would look there.

((ah, ok. got it. lol, sorry, i take french.))

Viper stared around. She was still a bit confused. was she supposed to hide or fidn Edwin? She decided to step back and let the the others take this round.

((Way Different time line then above))

Kiara lead the way to the rose guardens she hadn't been in them in a while and she thought perhaps Horatio would like them.

"I haven't been here in few weeks I thought it would nice to explore them a bit more" she said with a smiled.