SPOILER!!: Benzi & Cutty
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Originally Posted by
fire_faerie 
IT WAS TIME IT WAS TIME IT WAS TIME.
Having brightened up considerably since his sleep on the train, Benzi ran down the path where all the other first years - at least, he assumed they were first years, since the big guy kept saying that - were headed. The path was sort of dark and Benzi did his best not to trip up on any branches in the darkness. His eyes were angled downwards so he didn't see the boats at first.
But then he raised his eyes, and he saw them all right.
Grinning like a chesire cat on Christmas Day, Benzi bounded down towards the row of bobbing boats and clambered onto the first one that he saw. He was already seated and staring ahead when he noticed there was someone already in the boat.
ERRRR.
"HOGWARRTTTSSS!!!" Benzi yelled RIGHT in the kid's face, bouncing in the little boat and causing it to rock to and fro, but he really couldn't have cared less if they overturned or not. Who cares about getting wet??!?! HE. WAS. FINALLY. HERE.
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Originally Posted by
SlytherinSistah
It can topple over.
The words echoed in Cutty's mind and filled him with inspiration. Who was this adult wizard who'd told him this? Cutty presumed he might have been one of the teachers, rather than a Ministry designated ferryman. He wondered what subject he taught? Would he say things like this all of the time? Cutty certainly hoped so.
Did he just ask if someone was alright? How could Cutty have missed a perfectly good opportunity to point and laugh at someone? He supposed there would be time for that later.
In the meantime, he thought it best to curry favour. Cutty gave a nod to the adult wizard and tried to but failed to make his smile one of complacency more than mischief. Cutty sat down, perfectly still, placing his wand on his lap to wipe his nose with his finger.
G'AAaaaaghhh!! Cutty let out a small gasp in alarm as his wand went somersaulting upwards and landed overboard. Cutty reached in and drew it out without thinking on it and sending a small ripplet across the glassy blackness. Before he knew it, hand and sleeve soaked, he was scowling and looking towards the offender.
"What's wrong with you?!" Then instead of saying anything about his wand toppling over he went on all like, "Aint you heard of a breath-freshener before?!".
That's getting down to the heart of the matter, Cuttz.
No one had informed Fern that she was going to have to separate from Tallulah. It didn't make sense; her cousin might have just turned fifteen, but this was still Tallulah's first year at Hogwarts, so didn't that mean she should be a first year too? And so now, here was Fern, about to get in some dingy old boat while Tallulah was probably all nice and cozy in the carriages. And not even normal carriages at that; no, these ones appeared horseless, but Fern had seen the scuff marks on the ground. Thestrals. What she would have given to just pet one Thestral!
The 11-year-old stomped over to the boats, grumbling to herself, and chose one at random. Then she climbed in.
Or at least, that had been the plan.
But
someone had caused the boat to start rocking, and when Fern's foot made contact with the unsteady wood, she lost her balance and ended up smacking her head against the side.
"OW!" Rubbing her forehead - there was going to be a bruise for sure, and Fern could just tell it was going to be so black and blue that not even her bangs could conceal it - she looked for who to blame.
It was obvious. The one with the wet sleeve; he had splashed himself when he'd jumped in and disturbed the boat. And now he was giving some innocent boy a hard time.
"Hey, you big eared bully! Haven't you ever been in a boat before?!"