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Stefan Jace gave Ariadne a very sheepish grin. He felt embarrassed for whatever reason. It seemed that things were done differently here compared to Mahou. Although, he really wouldn't know since he changed schools even before he got to the boarding level of the prestigious Japanese Wizarding School. "I'm not sure if my papa ever ventured here when he was still a student. I never got to ask." Shrug. "Thank you for letting me sit here with you though. It sure is a change of scenery." Definitely more green than blue, even though the whole Great Hall was adorned in deep navy because of Ravenclaw winning the house cup. "Were your parents from Slytherin too? My papa was a Ravenclaw like me." the very idea of his dad as a student made Jace beam. He's thrilled by the fact that they share the same house and traditions.
And now, more and more Slytherin have arrived. For some reason, Jace stiffened at the sight of older Snakes. He did mellow down a bit when they gave him and Ariadne grins, and waves. In return, Jace inclined his head to their general direction to say hi. Hady got the widest grin and a wave though. She's a persistent Gobstones player, and a tough opponent as well! "Have you seen Hady play Gobstones? She's really good." he said in a low tone towards Ariadne. Maybe she should join the club too next term?
And back to the opening feast. Jace clasped both hands in front of him and nodded. "I did hide under our table too. It was frustrating right? I didn't like the feeling of, not being able to do anything." they clearly had empty heads. Although Jace did come in Hogwarts equipped academically due to his day schooling at Mahou, it wasn't enough for him to use his basic magic knowledge practically. Hogwarts however, became his playground. "I know it's a Ravenclaw thing to say, but I can't wait to learn more magic! The knowledge seems to be endless..." Jace trailed off, blushing like crazy again. He really should learn how to shut up sometimes.
Just like a few days ago, Jace seemed to shrink down to the size of a peanut in embarrassment. "Sentimental. I will remember that one." How on earth did he not realize how sensitive and sentimental Azura was? She was very affectionate, and he totally missed her point for being one. Jace face-planted on the table, and murmured some things in Japanese.
There were others arriving now, and soon the table was packed. Ariadne had already given waves to several of them, but she added in a little wave to
Esme,
Grace,
Elsa,
Colt,
Bastien, and an older girl she didn't know that well (
Kelly). Professor Myers was here, too, but he'd come and gone before she had time to say anything to him. Ariadne turned back to Jace.
"You seem embarrassed about something, but...what?" she asked, deciding to call him out on it and make sure everything was okay. He kept smiling this sheepish grin, and his face was turning all sorts of shades or red. She had no idea what boys were thinking when they did things like this.
She nodded when he asked about her parents.
"Both of them," she answered,
"and my mom was even the Slytherin Head of House not too long ago. She taught Potions. She left a few years after I was born, just after my dad retired as Minister of Magic." To be twelve-years-old, she sure had parents who were somewhat up in age and already out of the work force. She guessed that was what happened when you were born kind of late in your parents lives.
"Who's Papa? Is he your dad?" People had lots of different names for their parents. Ariadne, for example, called her parents Mama and Daddy.
Ariadne nodded.
"I played Gobstones earlier in the year. I actually got Player of the Match once, too. I wasn't feeling well during the match with Raveclaw, so I sat that one out," she told him. That would have been her first and only time to play Jace this year, too.
"I heard you played a really good game, too. Congrats!" What she really wished was that the school had Quidditch. She had been really disappointed when she'd gotten here just to have her dreams crushed. Maybe they'd reinstate it one day, though!
Her eyes widened at his next response.
"You hid under the table, too?" she asked.
"That makes me feel a lot better." She hadn't been the one and only person to do that after all! She hoped it wouldn't happen again, but it had kind of ruined things, but at least if it did, she knew she wouldn't be quite so scared. She might still hide under the table, but it'd only be to get away from the flying food. She smiled when he mentioned being excited about learning new magic.
"No, it's not just a Ravenclaw thing to say. I'm excited, too! I need to brush up on my dueling skills. I only won one out of three duels," she explained.
Back to Azura. Was Jace interested in her? As a...possible girlfriend? Ariadne didn't know, but if he was, that made him a lot less cute, unfortunately. She wasn't into chasing guys, but if he wasn't too interested in Azura, she could see herself totally going for Jace next year. He had face-planted, which was actually probably a good thing, because the next thing she knew, there was glue and feathers EVERYWHERE. She glanced up to see the two poltergeists at it again.
"Didn't we learn a spell for this?" she asked.
"In one of the classes..."
She kind of thought it was time to get back under the house table. Maybe she should just start going under their by default at these feasts.