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Nicole was glad the Grey lady had dropped the seriousness in her tone. "Thank you, I hope so too," she said, slightly anxious. What if she really did not feel comfortable in her new House? From what she had heard from her father, Ravenclaw was just for her, but the reality might be different.
"Yes, it was quite good. I made some new friends during the train ride too," she replied with a small smile tugging at the corners of her lips. One of her new friends was a new Ravenclaw too! "How was your summer?" Nicole asked. She was curious to know what ghosts did when they were free.
Eyes trailed over to linger by Sir Nicholas for a moment before Helena turned to answer Nicole’s question.
"My summer was quiet but lovely. The other ghosts of the castle kept me company. I like watching the stars and constellations on clear nights in the observatory." With Sir Nicholas but she kept that bit to herself.
Hearing about Nicole's train ride the Grey Lady said cheerfully.
"That's just wonderful news Nicole! Are your new friends sorted into Ravenclaw too?" Quote:
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FearlessLeader19 And looky! It was the Grey Lady. "Good evening,'' Adi said politely to her.
Gaze shifting to the boy in black and yellow robes with a prefect badge pinned to his chest Helena politely acknowledged him.
"Good evening Prefect Rehman, yes? The Friar has told me good things about you.! It was wonderful that student's of other houses came and visited the Ravenclaw table.
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Anna Banana Kate returned the smile. "It's nice to meet you, too," she said. Helena reminded Kate of her mom, since both always had a smile to share and words to say that would make you feel better no matter what. Kate could feel her first day nerves settling down as the feast went on. "No," she said, shaking her head. She hoped that didn't disappoint the ghost. "I was homeschooled, so I didn't have to learn the language for school. My family spoke English at home, and since we didn't plan to stay there forever, mom and dad didn't teach me the language." Kate perked up when Helena mentioned loving Ravenclaw as much as she did. "I already do!"
Gaze shifting to look over at Kate once more Helena took the news that the young girl hadn't been taught Norwegian with some indifference. It didn't matter even if she thought it was a pity. Putting a cheery tone to her voice she said
"Hogwarts doesn’t teach languages but it offers lots of other exciting subjects. My favourite subject when I went here was Transfiguration." Quote:
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Ashwinder Corrigan thought about it, and then replied, "No ma'am. Or, well, I guess it might, but I don't know it."And now she felt the need to find out. She beamed up at Helena and promised, "I will!"
"That's okay dear. If you ever want to know I'm sure Mr Kitridge can be of assistance if you seek him out in the library." Helena said with a gesture to the man sitting on the staff dais with dark mop hair and navy robes to the right.
"Mr Kitridge is the school's librarian and Ravenclaw's Head of House." It was important that all new first years to know who was who.
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Samia Noticing Maddie's friend Kyroh sitting, Noel walked up to him and placed his hand on his shoulder: "dude, have you seen Hayley around here somewhere?" he asked.
Dude? Appalled Helena floated closer to eye the boy up and down with a disproving wrinkle to her nose and tone of voice.
“Young man, I really hope you have better manners than that. At this table we address people by their first names, not by dude." If he insisted to call her dude too then she'd seek out the Friar and complain very strongly. She was a very elegant lady.
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kayquilz Eden glanced up at the ghost. Right. The Grey Lady knew her name. She was a bit shocked. But she supposed she shouldn't have been--Eden just stared up at her for a minute before nodding.
"Yes! Yes I'm fine-" she smiled and nodded more. "How are you tonight, my lady?" she asked, trying to sound and BE extra polite while she was around. Grey Lady was like......super poshy. And Eden didn't much offending ghosts.
Poor Eden, it was clear that the young woman was lying to her face. Helena couldn’t understand why the senior girl felt the need to put on a facade. If the student’s milling around her were the problem then Helena could ask them to go back to their own tables or she’d get Gabriel or Coral-Bay to do it. They had prefect authority now that they should learn to use with care.
Smiling a little cheerily she said.
"I'm feeling splendid dear. I always do at that start of a new year. Aren't you looking forward to starting classes tomorrow?" Quote:
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Kaos.Doodles
SHE WAS COMING CLOSER TO HIM! THE GREY LADY! Was she about to yell??! Or WORSE talk, sternly?? His eyes widened as he shot a look at Thornton. S.O.S?
Whatever he expected didn't happen. Instead a pleasent tone left the ghost's mouth.
"Really good ma'am. I ate really good food and grew really big." That's what good food did after all.
Amused Helena asked Kyroh
"Did the good food include vegetables like spinach?" Eyeing him up and down in his seat she said thoughtfully.
"You might actually have grown a few inches over summer." Quote:
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PhoenixRising Now the difficult part came ... finding where to sit after the sorting. She only knew a handful of people so far. What if she found herself near people who smelled funky or picked their nose while they ate? Or what if someone was accident-prone and spilled pumpkin juice on her.
Smiling casually as she walked down the aisle in search of seat, Tia's chocolate eyes roamed for a familiar face.
Spotting a new girl, she had never met before join the table after being sorted, Helena floated over to greet her.
"Welcome to the house of the eagles, miss?" Knowing the girl's name would make future encounters easier.
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HazelStone101 Mcclay was so ready for this year! The O.W.L.S were over, and he ha survived them, his only downfall being Muggle Studies, but that was okay, this year was a clean slate and he was going to try even harder. Seeing many new faces this year, his mouth formed a huge grin. People were his THING. Sure, he was a bit weird, but whatevsies. He could mingle with the best of them.
"Hey all! Welcome back!"
BEAM.
"And to the newbies... WELCOME!"
Blinking at the loud mouthed boy who was beaming at everyone who looked in his direction Helena gave him an elegant wave with her hand.
"Welcome back Mr?" He hadn’t been sorted by the hat but that didn’t mean anything. He was clearly an eagle from the colour of his robes and the house emblem on his chest.
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..........Oh, for heaven's sake. The ghost...not only existed, but could SPEAK. Mum. Didn't. Cover. This. Ariel didn't know there were such things as ghosts. She'd thought they were made up for stories. Ghost stories. Stories. Now there was one talking to her and it was really more than the new student could handle. Ariel cupped her hands around her face to block out the ghost and narrow her surroundings.
Instead of answering her question the girl hid her face in her hands and didn't say anything at all. This was not okay. You answered your elders. It was common courtesy and something Helena expected of all eagles. They weren’t allowed to ignore her. She was a lady and their house ghost. Eyeing the girl, she folded her expertly manicured hands in front of her and waited to be acknowledged.