<strong>Bartemius Crouch Jr. - Discussing the Dueling Club with Bellatrix</strong><br/><hr/><br/>Barty grinned when Bellatrix agreed not only to be part of the club, but to help him out with introducing it and, most likely, more or less literally whipping the other students into shape. This year would be their last at the school, and if they went into the war without being thoroughly prepared for everything the Aurors were now legally permitted to throw at them, they would easily end up on the wrong end of a Cruciatus or Kiling Curse.<br/><br/>"Knew I could trust you, BB. We'd have to keep a bit of a lid on it, of course, and only invite the Slytherins we know are serious about fighting for the Dark Lord. Shouldn't be too hard to convince Slughorn to sign off on it, though, as long as I let him think it's just to defend ourselves against dark wizards. I'm sure he won't even request to supervise it; the man's clearly not a duelist."<br/><br/><strong>Lieu Thi Huynh - Looking for friends to sit with</strong><br/><hr/><br/>Brushing past the two Lestrange siblings in the cramped hallway was the tall and dark Vietnamese Slytherin, Lieu Thi Huynh, who gave a slight wave to all four fellow Slytherins and the one Gryffindor, wondering why Rabastan was talking to his sister before moving on down toward the next coach. As she had arrived somewhat late and had just barely made on the train, her three pieces of luggage followed behind her on three separate clouds that drifted out of the way of passing students in a rather attractive little charm. No one could say Lieu was a powerful wizard, but she certainly knew how to use unique and usually rather beautiful magic in her everyday life.<br/><br/>Lieu was happy to be back at school once again, mostly so she could see her friends. Her father wasn't among the rich purebloods that generally dominated Slytherin, so she, him, and her stepmother were rarely ever invited to the big rich person parties that were held over the summer. On top of that, her father had left two and a half weeks earlier for the tropics to hunt down a few Lethifolds in an area where they were becoming too densely populated, meaning the house was empty except for her and her stepmother, who often worked very late at the Department of Mysteries (though neither she nor her father knew what she was working on). All in all, it was nice to be back with young company again.