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[Seniade Hawthorne]

Seniade nearly choked on her juice when a dark haired Slytherin boy attacked a fellow Ravenclaw verbally. She had waved to Jasper and Aidan when they came in and saw Aidan move as quickly as possible to Aida's side when she entered. That must be the girl he married. When he came into class so hungover from his bachelor party, I wondered how he would fare getting to the wedding ceremony.

She gave the Slythering boy, Derek she thought she heard Harley call him once, a glare of loathing; Harley may have forgiven him for whatever he said to her earlier, but Sen did not like people that were nasty to others. However when Drake jumped on the band wagon with Derek, she set her glass down and stood up quickly, removing herself from the table. "I think I'm finished with breakfast today, Drake. Thank you. It was lovely."

[Drake Bass]

Drake slipped to his feet quickly, with the lithe grace of a cat, and smiled to Seniade.

'Yes, perhaps that would be best - this is a table full of snakes Seniade, never forget that.' He took her hand and looked at her seriously. 'If we find that person who steals our hearts we will fight for them until our last moment on this earth.... yet we will cut out the throat of he who stands in our way without hesitation.'

He bowed to her, 'I would ask that you go and get Flyte and remove yourselves from the vicinity. Vance and I do not need distractions.'

[Oryn Vance]

"Now, now, Drake," Oryn said, amused. "Are you saying that the ladies need to leave over the struttings of the jealous and the weak-minded?" he said. "Please tell me that you wouldn't need all of your concentration just for that."

[Drake Bass]

'Ah, Vance..' Drake turned to his friend with a grin, 'I think you have underestimated Richter here, he intends to get himself removed. With or without taking out a few annoyances on the way. No matter how much of our attention we give to such as those, it would pay to have some space - we may be able to control our tempers to concentrate soley on those who are its focus - but not all involved have our level of restraint. '

Drake chuckled again and indicated the Kinney clan.

[Harley Johanson]

Harley looked over at Oryn and Drake, and noticed Sen was leaving. Tucking some blonde hair off to the side, she spoke softly to Oryn. "I take it you are enjoying this?" she asked nodding her head towards the Kinneys and Derek.

[Oryn Vance]

Oryn chuckled at Drake's answer. "Well, I don't think that anyone here is foolish enough to start a brawl in the middle of the great hall." He eyed Aiden's little crew, then chuckled. "Or maybe not, I suppose."

He glanced back as Harley spoke to him. "I'll admit that it's both entertaining and convenient," he answered in the same quiet tone.

[Harley Johanson]

"What do you mean convenient?" Harley asked curious, as she kept glancing back and forth from Oryn to Derek. She glanced out the window. 'Come on Derek, teachers will be coming soon,' she thought as she bit her lip and chanced a look towards the doors.

[Oryn Vance]

"Well, I thought that we would be the only ones having words with jealous Mr. Kinney, there, but it seems we have assitance," he answered, still keeping his voice low.

[Aidan Kinney]

Aidan sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose as he got up ignoring Alice's question. He'd get back to this later when they're alone. "Vance" He started walking slowly to Oryn. "I don't remember having problems with you. Or maybe I'm wrong? Unless you're the one who's jealous but know you're too weak alone and need to tag with the others?" He asked with a smirk as he moved to the others.

"Bass, Ritcher...and what is your problem?" He stopped crossing his arms on his chest and looking at both men. His eyes darkened instantly turning from golden to coal black. "Hurt pride? This time you didn't get what you wanted Mr. Bass, even though you always do. Pity. The cat had to give up on the canary. Ah and he'd almost tasted it. I'm so sorry" He bowed.

"Ritcher...your problem is still unclear to me. Is it jealousy? Or hurt pride too? Or maybe you don't have a problem with me but my brother? Yet, it's easier to attack those who are weaker, more vulnerable. That's cowardice, Derek." He smirked. "Only...bad news man. We're a family and we stick together." Within a blink Jasper was sanding behind him, proud and lenonine, looking down at them with threat painted on his face. "Adia is the part of this family now and so is Christian. Therefore, i'd be grateful if you could leave them alone. If you have a problem with me or Jasper we can settle it down without engaging the others"

[Oryn Vance]

Oryn laughed heartily. "I'm sorry... could you please try to say all of that without contradicting yourself between people, Kinney?" He shook his head, trying to stop laughing. "I suppose you know all about being weak alone, since you have to threaten in packs. Bravo, clever boy, bravo."

[Alice Brandon]

Adia was able to endure a lot but when they all began to gang up on her at once it was just crossing the line. There was too much sh!t going on in her life right now to deal with this calmly and rationally and these men weren't worth a few bloody knuckles. She was up and out of the Great Hall the minute Aidan stood up to defend her. What had she done to deserve a verbal gang banging like that?

Alice let her go this time with a promise that she would catch up with her later, right now she had to defend her best friend. Within another blink she was at her boyfriends side, her once golden eyes now dark and menacing as she glared at the tough little human boys with hatred. "Think its fun to attack a harmless little girl because she would have neither one of you, do you? Get over yourselves, she didn't want a boy she wanted a man and that's what she got.."

[Jasper Swift Kinney]

Aidan's fingers were wrapped around Oryn's throat in a flash, applying just enough pressure to cause pain but not really hurt him. "I could talke you all down with one hand. One by one or all at the same time" He growled and his eyes shone. "I'm not afraid nor need my brother. But you need to know that I am not the only one beside them so if you ever, and I mean ever make her sad again, if I see a single tear in her eyes caused by any of you I will hunt you down. I don't care how long it'll take, whether you'll be all old by then or even dead. I'll resurrect you just to kill you again" The growl that erupted in his chest could be audible only for those who stood close to them.

He outstretched one arm to Jasper who stepped back shrugging. Aidan could take care of it himself. But Jasper wanted to have his fun too. He spread an aura of guilt around them aiming at those who attacked Adia

[Harley Johanson]

Harley sighed as she watched this unfold. She wanted to be up there, by Derek's side, but he wanted her out of danger, not in it. But why was he picking a fight with the Kinneys? Then something clicked in her mind, something he said earlier.

I'm going to be leaving soon, pet.

He wanted out of here? That's what it was. Flipping her hair behind her shoulder, she stood up and walked calmly over to him. Facing the others, she latched herself to his arm. "Forgive me, but I need to borrow him for just a sec, then you all can have at it," she said.

Facing Derek, she sighed. "I won't ask why you are doing this, but my guess is that you want out of here and is looking to get kicked out," she said. "All I have to say is have fun and please don't get hurt."

Giving him a swift kiss on the cheek, she turned around and made her way out of the Great Hall. She gave Jasper a look that asked him not to hold this against her as she past him. Exiting the Great Hall, she made her way outside and towards her favorite thinking spot of all times, the forbidden forest.

[Oryn Vance]

And as Aiden squeezed Oryn's throat, a strange sound escaped it. It would probably take a moment to place it, but they would discover that Oryn, despite the squeeze on this throat, was laughing derisively at Aiden. He wasn't afraid of the other boy's idle threats, and guilt was something that had never had an effect on him.

Oryn didn't even try to cast a spell, even though his wand was gripped in his hand. The smile never even faded from his face, if anything, that wicked smile was broader on his face.

Sneering at the other boy, Oryn spat in his face.

[Drake Bass]

Drake chuckled at the words of the Kinney boy. He watched as the fellow grabbed Oryn by the throat and it was only through strength of will and respect for his friend that he didn't step in.

'If your little wife had met a real man, she wouldn't have been purring at me the way she was,'' Drake sneered. 'As it stands it seems as though you lot like to lure people in then attack them... '

He placed himself square beside Oryn and caught his friends eye, mutual understanding flashing between them.

'If your princess can't stand the heat Mr Kinney, then she best learn that she needs to stay away from temptation, because make no mistake - until you showed up she was Mine if I wanted her..'