Originally Posted by NicoT

"Oh yes, I'll have to show you our arena." Nicholai made a slight face, knowing it was fairly disturbing to have such a thing at home, particularly since it had once been used for fairly unsavoury purposes by pureblood supremacists.



Nicholai shook his head slightly and glared at the pasties for Raiden's benefit. He was fairly sure neither of them liked the idea of a repeat of the incident with the bucket. Actually they hadn't had much luck with moving staircases at all this term. He had something to give Raiden and as he thought about the letter he frowned slightly.



"Raiden, this is Whitney, and... do you know Amanda?" Nicholai gestured to the girls, "Whitney is a first year like you and Amanda is a second year like Celandine."

He smiled at Whitney's reaction and nodded, "Besides; got to have something to improve on right? First place next term!"

He listened idly to Amanda and Whitney talk about Kayla and shook his head slightly; Amanda was lucky. Kayla could have done so much more and had only taken her wand when Amanda hadn't conceded defeat. Strangely Nicholai was almost proud that Amanda hadn't; she was a true Slytherin and could only get better. Thinking of Kayla again made him smile and he took a sip of his drink and avoided looking toward the Hufflepuff table.