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Oh, was that Helena Ravenclaw? Josie looked at the beautiful ghost of Ravenclaw & couldn't help but smile to her graciously after she had greeted the Eagles. "H-Hello Miss Helena..I-I hope you're well.."
Helena was shooting fleetingly looks over at Sir Nicholas for something to do when a voice drew her attention back to her eagles. Beaming at the fourth year she responded.
"I'm quite splendid dear. How about yourself? Good train ride?" Quote:
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Ashwinder Theeeeere was a ghost at the table. Somehow her grandparents hadn't told her about that. But she was evidently a friendly ghost, and after giving Kate's arm a grab and shake to get her attention (as if the ghost hadn't made any kind of entrance) she piped up with an unintentionally squeaky, "Hello!"
A squeaky 'hello' alerted Helena to the arrival of a newly sorted girl. Gliding towards the 11 year old she smiled warmly.
"Welcome to the eagle’s dear, I’m Helena Ravenclaw. And what might your name be?" "My mother Rowena founded Ravenclaw many, many years ago. I hope you're as intelligent and witty as she was." Not that the girl should feel any pressure.
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Daydreamer11 As Janelle continued her conversations, she felt a presence nearby and then c-c-cold.......water? Seriously? Apparantly she wasn't wet enough already and did the ghost just pass through her? Jasmine had told her all about the Grey Lady and Janelle thought it best not to tick off the ghost on her first day at Hogwarts.
After she delivered her welcoming words, Janelle addressed the ghost. "Hello Miss Ravenclaw. My name is Janelle. It's nice to finally meet you."
Turning slightly to a girl that was dripping water on the floor Helena looked around for one of the new prefects to provide the girl with a towel. None were sadly in sight. And she couldn’t help even if she wanted to.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Janelle. Did you have fun boat ride to the castle?" It was a tradition for first years and this girl certainly looked young enough.
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isSeeker She looked up and down the table and saw her fellow Ravenclaws, finding some of her friends too. Nicole took a mental note to talk to them later on and pulled her book out of her bag. She was hungry, despite having a sandwich and sandwiches for lunch earlier in the train. Hoping the food would arrive soon, she opened her book and started reading.
Spotting a girl with her nose already deep into a book Helena wrinkled her nose in disapproval and commented high enough to be heard by the girl.
"Reading is a pastime I do approve of but not at a feast. A lady should be socializing with her peers and building new relationships. Not hiding behind a book." Quote:
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AmbiguouslyMe Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted the Grey Lady, and remembered the awkward way he had greeted her last term. "Good evening, Lady," he offered with a nod. "Thank you for your welcome back." No awkward attempt at a handshake this time.
Hearing a familiar voice Helena turned her head towards the boy who had tried to shake her hand last term. Nodding at him she said
"Good evening Thornton. I trust you had great summer?" He was hopefully not going to try to shake her hand again. That had been awkward for the both of them.
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Anna Banana Kate noticed a transparent figure floating nearby and looked over to see their house ghost. "It's the Grey Lady!" she said to those she'd been talking to. Kate had heard about her and was all sorts of excited that the ghost had come out to greet them. "Hello," she said to her.
The hat was being generous this year Helena mused as she floated closer to another first year.
"Good evening dear, welcome to Ravenclaw! I’m Helena your house ghost. And who might you be?" Had the new prefect’s gotten held up somewhere? They should be there with her greeting the first years and making them feel at home.
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carpediem "Good Evening. How are you tonight?" Was that a weird thing to ask a ghost? Nope, she didn't care. There was no wrong answers when talking to the Hogwarts ghosts, right? Well hopefully not, because that cold water only looked fun when someone else was getting doused with it.
Interesting Helena mused silently as she turned to glance over at the second year blond who had decided to address her.
"I'm quite splendid dear thank you for asking. And how are you feeling on this most magical night, Miss Ophelia right?" Just because they hadn’t spoken before didn’t mean that Helena didn’t know who the girl was.