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EastonionNW 
The mad dash for the dismembered chocolate frog was over rather quickly, and Nate was easily bored, being as he was. He turned around, looking for any sign of life. Besides ducks, of course. "Nobody? Really? That's odd..." he said, shaking his head. The grounds usually held more students than the castle did, unless everyone was in the hospital wing, which Nate doubted because he hadn't done anything. Yet.
Back to watching the ducks try to eat flowers. It was rather serene out in this new part of the grounds, farther from the castle than most other parts like the lake and the swimming pond. No wonder nobody else had found it. But then there was a voice. And it called his name. Certain of his own moderate sanity, Nate spun at the sound, expecting to see somebody else finally there. The voice had sounded young, and unsure almost. Must be a first year, he thought, squinting his eyes to try to recognize the silhouette. "Yup, that's me! And you are? Sorry, it's just that I can't see you from here, sun and all," he greeted bluntly. How nice and polite it was to make it seem like you have no idea who somebody is...
As the shadow approached, however, Nate could make out the face. "Ah, Damon, nice to see you again!" His eyes darted to the boy's hand, which seemed to be gripping at a wand, and then back to his face. Did I really look that small last year? he wondered, pulling out his own wand casually. "If you want to duel, I'm capable..." Nate hinted, nodding towards Damon's poised hand.
Had he been forgotten already? Darwin felt his heart sink into his stomach a little as he continued to tumble down the slight hill. He'd thought that he'd been making friends, but obviously not, not if Nate had forgotten who he was.
There again, he thought, his spirits lifting slightly, there were SOO many people in the Castle, and TONS of new firsties, and he'd not spoken to Nate LOTS, so maybe it was a bit unfair to think that he'd been forgotten. After all, he couldn't expect himself to remember everyone, and Nate must have known so many more people than him, so how could he expect the older boy to? No, that was mean.
Stumbling into his view, however, Darwin grinned as he realised he had indeed been remembered.
"Yeah, you too!" he replied happily.
"What, uh duel?"
Did he know what a duel was? Not at all. Was he capable of duelling? Definitely not. Was it his fault he was keeping tight hold of his wand incase he lost it? Yes, most probably. Oops.