SPOILER!!: Cole
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Originally Posted by
Nordic Witch 
Cole was ready to go home.
It had been a very long year and how he had survived the OWL exams he really had no idea but somehow he had and was walking tall and proud into the Great Hall. His sea blue eyes scanned off the great hall noting without wanting to that Claudine was already seated with her snake buddies. If possible he was going to avoid her on the train too.
Steering his eyes and steps over to the red and gold table his spirits lifted at the sight of Naya and Lucas already occupying two seats. Plastering on a bright smile Cole greeted them each with a wave "Hi guys! Are you two as ready as me to go home? The owl exams lived up to the stories didn't they?"
Finally, more Gryffindors were starting to arrive. Things were looking up. First to appear was
Cole. Naya returned his greeting with an equally big smile.
“Cole, how’s it going?” Then in response to his question, she added,
“I am sooo ready to go home”. Yes, the term had gone by quickly. Nevertheless, Naya was ready for a break. She really wanted to see her family and friends again. The second question took her back to the dreaded OWL’s. That was one thing she really wanted to put behind her.
“Don’t remind me. I will not miss that stress one bit. I am so glad that they are over and done with.” Thank goodness they didn’t have any special exams next year.
SPOILER!!: Bernie
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Originally Posted by
BanaBatGirl Bernie was determined to be in the thick of the action, today. She'd missed mealtimes with her friends more than she cared to admit. As much as this second-year loved house elves, they were kind of shy and difficult to befriend and not very chatty.
So, when the headmaster paroled her from her dorm-room arrest, she practically ran to the Great Hall and plunked herself down in the middle of the table, directly across from dear Prefect Lucas. Look at her, such an angel child, sitting near a prefect who would surely keep her away from trouble!
"Hi Lucas, hi Cole, hi Naya," Bernie greeted EVERYONE breathlessly. Her blue eyes were darting all around at everything, which all looked so NORMAL and NICE. She was NEVER taking this place for granted EVER again. Bernie's starry gaze eventually returned to Lucas the Prefect's face, though, and she noticed that he seemed more down than normal. Huh. And Cole was chatting about the OWL tests the older kids had just taken...all these fifth years sitting beside her were probably exhausted from them. Bernie wondered, did they get their OWL results already? Had the prefect's not been GOOD? Is that what was upsetting him?!
Bernie reached over and gave the prefect a pat-pat on his hand. "Don't worry, there there, you don't HAVE to pass the OWLs. They're not THAT big a deal." Or whatever, what did she know? She was YEARS away from worrying about those.
Just then, another Gryffindor made her presence known at the table.
”Hey Bernie”, Naya said, to her younger housemate. Before she had a chance to say more, the second year had moved on. Oh well, they’d have plenty of time to talk later.