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Charles had been waiting for this moment for a long time. Although the train ride had only been a few hours, he had been anxious to go to Hogwarts the entire summer. All the books he had read about the place had done nothing to prepare him for the majesty and glory of the castle. Going inside the castle had been nothing short of breathtaking. He was sure he forgot to breath for a couple of seconds. After sorting had come and gone, Charles had been placed in Gryffindor. As he went to take a seat at the table he looked around and saw tonnes of students sitting in their chairs. They all ranged from his age to almost 18 year olds. He kept silent just as he had on the train ride and settled into his chair. He would sit there and wait for the food, to nervous to speak to a soul.
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Rupert-Grint-Fan Ronnie was SO EXCITED for the new year, that she literally skipped to the Gryffindor table! Literally! She felt like she was flying....on a broom....She then sat down excitedly, waiting for her friends and hopefully younger sister.
Kurumi smiled as another pair of first year was sorted into her house. She could feel her excitement growing and growing with each new lion - hopefully she wouldn't explode from it all.
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Welcome," she smiled, charming yet another cookie towards them.
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Grrr..Meow oh, a girl is talking to me and a pretty one at that!. "why hello there" he said while smiling at her "The name is Ali, but most of the time people call me AV" and you are?" he asked.
Were his eyebrows wiggling? Perhaps Kurumi was making that up. She was more than a little frazzled at the moment after all. "
Nice to meet you Ali," she said with a bow. No stutter this time. Good girl. "
My name is Kurumi." She cocked her head to the side like a baby owl. "
AV? As in...Audio Visual?"
She needed to turn her filtering system back on...clearly...
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Cedric
Whoaoaoa! Gryffindor. Paulie had gotten into Gryffindor house.
Really, the fifth year wouldn't have minded any of the houses, but now that he belonged to Gryffindor, the house instantly became his favorite. Go figure. With a lightness to his step, he marched up to his table. And what was this..? Cart-wheeling cookies? Paulie snatched one from mid-air and chomped a bite off, then swiveled his head around to see who had charmed them.
Aaaand... it was that girl with the badge. "Ohh, are you the Gryffindor prefect? Thanks for the biscuit," he said to her, lifting his cookie in cheers. They were so well decorated that it was almost a pity to eat them. ALMOST.
When Paulie turned to take a seat among his fellow housemates, he saw none other than Adam - Adam from the petting zoo where he did not work. "Hey there, mate," he greeted, taking a seat by the other fifth year. "You got Gryffindor too, yeah?"
Cookie. Not biscuit. Cookie. Unless that was British for cookie. Kurumi still hadn't picked up on all the British words used at Hogwarts. For whatever reason, despite her father being British, she hadn't learned much of it and had instead been schooled in more American English. Go figure.
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Y-You're welcome," she chirped with a bow. She took a deep breath. "
Y-Yes, one of them. My name is Kurumi."
SPOILER!!: SELINA!
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fanficfanatict Selina walked into the Great Hall fidgeting with the cuff of her
robe awkwardly. It had been a whole two months since she had put her robe on and the long sleeves of the robe always took some getting used to when Selina headed back to school; however, it was the kind of getting used to that Selina did not mind. She was thrilled to be back at school and back amongst the sea of red Gryffindors. How she had missed the Great Hall and all of its crazy, yet lovable inhabitants.
Her bottom had barely hit the wooden bench when the familiar yell of Term Cookies rung out in the hall. The barer of the cookies was not exactly someone who she was so keen on seeing at the present moment. Even though Kurumi was her best friend the young Gryffindor had done a remarkable job at avoiding her on the train. In fact Selina would not think of one time where the two had not rode together on the train. So that was a feat in itself, keeping the two sisterly lions apart. But how could she face her after Selina had told her something she swore she would never tell a soul. Kurumi would look at her like a monster now, blimey Selina looked at herself like a monster. What she did was, well, unforgivable.
She cast her blue eyes down and reached out for one of the famously delicious red cookies, she was hungry after all. No amount of depression could hold back the hunger ripping at the ginger's sides. After all, all she had eaten on the train were two packs of bertie botts, four cauldron cakes, a bottle of pumpkin juice, three cauldron cakes, a pumpkin pasties and two licorice wands. It was like she was starving herself.
Kurumi spotted just the lion she had been hoping to see. The manner in which Selina had run off after their conversation on the train and made Kurumi think that the third year wanted some time to herself. Kurumi HAD kind of forced the confession out of her and she felt terrible about it.
Kurumi hurried over to Selina and stood right next to her. "
S-Selina.." she said softly. Wait, before she said anything else....
Kurumi plucked a cookie out of the air and handed it to her friend. Consider it a sort of safety blanket. Food always made Selina a little more agreeable.
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I'm not going anywhere. You are still my best friend no matter what happened. Nor does my opinion of you change."
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"Thank you for the cookie!" Valerie said with a grin to the girl in front of her. She was wearing a prefect badge and seemed very nice. Hopefully everyone else in Gryffindor would be that kind.
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You are welcome," Kurumi replied. She liked the smile on this one and quickly noticed that she was eyeing the badge. Right, first years didn't entirely understand what that meant. At least, she hadn't. "
My name is Kurumi, your female prefect. May I ask your name?"
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CreativeAllie18 Adam gave Kurumi's hand a little shake, taken aback by the bow she had given him, but it was a nice gesture. "It's nice to meet you too. Congrats on being Prefect." Adam didn't know how the whole selection process worked, but he figured it was an honor to be chosen/elected/however you got the position.
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Um...thank you," she said shyly as her cheeks flushed just a bit. Still not one to take compliments without a slight moment of self doubt. Hopefully that would change this term. "
If you ever have questions, please feel free to ask me."