Look, it was the older dude who was almost eaten by the chorts last year. He seemed to look all patched up now. AJ was sure that he had a super awesome story to tell. She was still a little peeved that she wasn't allowed to go on the chort hunting adventure. AJ was a big bad second year now, so things would be changing round these parts.
"Hey Bay." He had a shiny.
"Congrats on prefect, man." AJ would have to feel him out to see if he was the sort of prefect that would snitch or not. Her own bestie said that he would turn her in. The nerve.
New lions. They had new lions. AJ wasn't the new kid on the block now. It was only polite to go up to the kid and introduce herself. She knew she had so many questions when she was a first year, and now she could be the one answering them. My, my, my, how the tables have turned.
"Hey there. Welcome to Gryffindor. You just got sorted into the coolest house ever. How are you liking Hogwarts so far?" Let him breathe. That was the one thing that she kept forgetting about.
"I'm AJ, by the way." That was the other thing that she forgot. Introductions were a must.
Was it just her or was Lex happy to see her? Aww.. her little second year heart skipped a beat. She had missed going on adventures with Lex. The lion was glad that Lex had a good summer.
"Sounds like a good time." Her summer... where to begin?
"Mine was fun. I spent A LOT of time in the sun." Who could blame her after a term like that?
Trouble was pretty much AJ's middle name. It wasn't as if she went looking for it, it just sort of happened.
"I whacked one kid with a bat during a game of baseball because he got cheeky. My mum was furious, but it wasn't my fault." She shrugged. It was just a love tap... in the head. She didn't even hit him that hard. AJ decided to keep the hexing and toe stomping that happened on the carriage ride over her to herself. Lex was totally cool, but she knew that she was the head girl, and she didn't want to make any trouble for herself.
"Congrats on getting to rule the school."
It wasn't long before her favorite person at Hogwarts plopped down beside her.
"Hey there, prefect." She gave him a one armed hug and good squeeze.
"Got your puffs are sorted out over there?" AJ was glad that he was able to still come visit her at the lion table.
Whatever weirdness was there on the train ride was completely gone. They were back to their old selves once more. Thank goodness. What could you expect though when things completely hit the fan on the carriage ride over? This was going to be a very interesting year.
Once Benny joined them, the gang was almost complete. AJ wasn't sure how she ended up losing her sister once more. Or why she seemed to be lagging in everything that she did lately. Hopefully she would have answers to that tonight.
"Hey Benny." Apparently AJ was calling him by that nickname now too. She would call him whatever he preferred after he saved her.
"Cool flowers." Or was that a plant? AJ was all that hip on the flower/plant front.