"I don't think it matters THAT much" he shrugged. "Every house is great and the people in them are all nice" okay that was a lie. This was school, there were a few who you'd rather not cross path with but he wasn't going to tell that now. Not wanting to scare the girl on her first day eh? "I'm actually a hufflepuff" he grinned, remembering his own sorting. "But i kind of begged the hat to put me in Slytherin" which was really cool that it worked. "My name is Daichi by the way, Daichi Katharos" he smiled and bowed his head but then remembered that others found that weird and quickly held out his hand for her to shake.

What happens after you graduate?

A question that the Slytherin has been worrying about since Diagon Alley opened up. Personally, he did not know what he wanted to do. His father keeps pushing him to go and work at the Ministry but he isn't sure if he wants that... "Well, you can work at the Ministry of Magic. Or find a job in a store or something..i honestly don't know what i want to do after school" he sighed.


Looking up, or rather down, as he heard another voice from the side and his eyes saw another little kid. She seemed to be around the same age as the other girl and he suddenly got the whole baby-sitter feel wash over him. "I am..." he answered slowly, a little surprised at her question. The beaming look on the girl's face was kind of freaking him out. Like he was some sort of prize or something. And then he got why she was so beaming. Of course, she wanted to go to the same house like him! cause he was awesome and people followed him naturally of course, of course.

"Well then i hope i see you in Slytherin as well" Amara? strange name.. "And i'm Daichi Katharos"

Elise's fingers fidgeted nervously, not quite being able to stay still. The train was taking far too long to get to the station and the silence was quickly getting awkward. Her gaze snapped back towards Oakey as he asked her if she thought so. "Of course I do," she smiled, shrugging. "Why would I lie about something like that?" She didn't even like lying in the first place, and it made no sense for her to lie about something so important.

"You won't push any first years in front of dragons, will you?" she asked, eyeing him a bit skeptically. Just checking. Who knew what Hufflepuffs could do. The niceness was just a facade, it was. They were dangerous

Nodding "Yeah, like HUGE spider type thing. It's not so awesome when they appear out of no where in the darkness, clicking their pincers and looking at you like you're a light snack." Shuddering at the memory she shook her head "Really scary!" Grinning she nodded "I would like to be the tour guide, show you all the places at Hogwarts. You have a brother? Is he older or younger?"

Oh? He'd gotten in trouble? Oops, well at least he didn't have an evil auntie at Hogwarts who was there to spy on her and tattle to her mum! "What did you do that was so bad?" she asked snickering.

He didn't mind being stuck? Grin. He'd probably regret that later or something but for right now, Ella was really happy to hear it. Wait- BOYFRIENDSAYWHATTTTTT? Nodnod.BEAM! "Blanket forts and trips to the kitchen are a must, okay?" Like A MUST. "Even if we're slaving away studying for the OWLs we'll still make time for that stuff. Promise." And she was just going to assume he was promising too.

For some reason Ella didn't even mind when Alec was laughing at her. His laugh was nice, Alec's was, and she liked seeing him happy. ...Even if it meant him giggling over something silly she'd done. "I'm thinking there will be lots of those moments what with this Captaining thing." So she hoped he liked Ellasaurus just as much as plain old Ella. "Really! I...think so? I never took it down and I don't think he did." So yup, Aegis was probably using it to sneak into her room and O__o Merlin! "Wait...no. I just-" Grin. "I did agree to that, didn't I?" What was THIS?

Summer had been okay and Ella smiled up at the boy, head tilted to the side. "Well there were lots of elephants and tea and family so that was nice." Nod. "There wasn't nearly enough you, though." Just saying. "What about yours?" And excuse her while she brought her hands up to play with his shirt. He didn't mind, right?

The Crayest
 

Well take what complements he could get he supposed. He hadn't received any 'Oh Your Head Boy! HOW COOL's!!' yet so Elise's would do for now. "Thanks then." He gave her a genuine smile, and nod. Continuing to listen to her question...
"What?" There was clearly something more to this than him pushing First Years into Dragons. This was a grudge, he remembered. "That was an accident. It's not a hobby of mine." Seriously this Ravenclaw was no different than the other CrayClaws, and Elise had just proven to be a special kind of crazy.

West Odessa. That was a cool name. Sounded like it was fun to say too... Odessaaaa. Should she have said her surname too? Cause Ferrier wasn't that interesting. But the moment had passed so... She wanted to write his name down just in case, but people seemed to get creeped out when she did that, so she just tried to commit it to memory instead.

It wasn't obvious? Well... that was good. Right? Was it..? Maybe. Derry's head was still in Wonderland. She wondered if it was really uncool to have tea parties at Hogwarts... maybe she should wait until she had friends before she suggested it. Was she too old for tea parties? She didn't care. She wanted one... ooooh she could make that lavender lemonade that her mum made for her when she'd been riding all day.

Derry, West Odesssssssssa is talking to you, pay attention. Where did she come from? "Um, Edinburgh actually..." Wasn't it obvious..? Or maybe she hadn't spoke enough for him to get her accent... Her dad had brought her to London to buy her school stuff and to get the train, because he said she had to even though they were from Scotland. Something about meeting people... "My dad used to teach me magic at home..." She didn't mention the fact she also had to go to muggle school sometimes... she got the feeling it would seem weird to magical people...

"Cool," Wade lightly nodded while smiling, visiting friends was always good. Especially in France. "do anything exciting there?".

Hmm, his summer "Not bad, spent time back in Norway with the family." Though he and has dad didn't live their anymore, they still had ties to visit there.

Anyone?
 

She made her way through the crowds, never once letting go off her trolley which held her trunk, her owl Eric, and her kneazle Gwen. Ali was excited! She may not be showing it but it was amazing to finally be going to a school that didn't have people speaking French all the time, whether she was raised in France for most of her life or not, she was never good at speaking French. She always stuttered and embarrassed herself which of course led to her being laughed at and she hated being laughed at. But it was okay, she was good with hexes.

Looking down, she realized her shoe was untied and she pulled herself and her trolley a bit away from the crowd as she bent down to tie it up. Standing back up she looked herself over to make sure that she was all in order and acceptably presentable - what can she say, her mum is a fashion freak, it's been ingrained into her head since she was a kid - and she smirked a little knowing that it would annoy her mum that she wasn't wearing a dress, like a true "lady" would. She just rolled her eyes and scoffed a bit at the idea of herself ever being a lady.

“I am Natasha Black.” She exchanged. While the older fashioned head bow appealed to her so much more, she extended her and exchanged a hand shake with out hesitation. Her mentor was old fashioned, so she was much more accustomed to gestures that would, in the current day, be considered odd.

“The only job I really know of is the Auror's.” Natasha added thinking back. No other jobs had ever been mentioned, that she could remember.


“Hello, nice to meet you.” Natasha said. “Yes, I am a first year.” She said with a smile. It was a relief to not be the only one.

“Why Slytherin?” Natasha wondered. “I am not sure what house I want to be in.” She explained. She hoped she did not come off rude. She had no opinions, good or bad about the houses, but clearly others did. What set the houses apart from each other?

ooc: very sorry if i did this wrong, I have never replied to more than person at the same time before :)

Raven had just said goodbye to her mother and was now suddenly feeling a little shy as she looked at ALL of the other students. They all seemed to know each other so well, and they all seemed to be friends. She was relieved whenever she spotted a boy of girl just standing to the side. She knew that was mean, but she didn't want to be the only one.

Isidora took her sweet precious time saying goodbye to her uncle before arriving on the plateform alone, pushing her luggage cart. It probably wasn't the best idea to say goodbye to him so soon, but she didn't wanna have him around in case she ran into... well anyone, but mostly Theo, and so she suffered pushing the cart. Right until some nice man helped her load it up into the train.

Now with that done, she wandered around to hopefully find her friends since she had the time, and ended up finding one that she hadn't expecting to see again so soon. "Taryn!" She shouted the girl's name and bound across the plateform to her, greeting with a hug that was reserved just for her. "Why are you hear of all places?" Weren't graduates supposed to avoid places like this for a few months at least?

The way she got excited about the idea of blanket forts and trips to the kitchens. It was pretty nice, actually, and it always made Alec grin just seeing how excited she was about those. "Absolutely!" GRIN. "I don't think we can go a whole year without doing either one of those," It was like going a whole year without ice cream. That was just WEIRD. ... OWLs. Frown. "Oh yeah! Promise!" he said, nodding enthusiastically at her, "We'd... probably go mad if we studied too much." Plus he'd be really unhappy if he didn't get to see her.

Captaining. Did he mention how PROUD he was that his girlfriend was the new Quidditch Captain? Because he was! VERY proud! Nodnod. "Yeah? Well... that's not a bad thing," he said, grinning, "And the badge looks good on you, you know." Just saying. ... "Really? I hope... no one trips over the ladder!" Or go up on it. It would probably be a really awkward encounter if someone went up on it and it turned out that her Gran was cleaning the room. "Yeah, you did!" HE HAD WON! ... Nearly. "I'm... glad we sorted that out." GRIN GRIN GRIN.

Elephants and tea and family... nodnod. "But it's awesome because you got an elephant wave!" The girl had probably made a mistake telling Alec this because he was not going to let it go. Never. "There wasn't nearly enough of you in mine, either," As for his... "Mine was great! Erm... I think Dad was really happy to meet you." Also, that shirt playing thing she was doing? It was kind of making his heart beat uncontrollably fast...

Once he had certain.. things in order, Ethan headed towards the South End of the Platform before getting on the train. He was certain he had seen Minerva head that way after being separated from her and he hoped he'd be able to spot her in the crowd. He walked briskly through the station dragging his trunk behind him and Elise padding the ground in front of him. The 17 year old walked a few paces in front of his mother, slightly annoyed that she had come to see him off. He was an adult.. he could do that himself. Goodbyes from home were plenty in his opinion.

"Ethan," Meloria McCarthy, hissed at the boy from a few paces behind. She kept her voice low, not wanting to embarrass him too badly.. along with herself.. but honestly, was it too much to ask that her only son be polite enough to acknowledge her presence? She walked briskly as well, slightly faster so that she was now beside him, glancing about the crowded platform. She nodded at what seemed like a familiar face.. had she gone to school with her years before? The other woman appeared to be sending off a first year. Meloria could hardly believe that her own child was now a seventh year. And she wasn't that old.. well, she certainly didn't look it, she thought with the hint of a smirk. As the boy in front of her stopped and seemed to be looking around, she took the opportunity to speak. "It's your last year.. I just want to see you off, allow me that much?"

Ethan stopped, his green eyes searching the faces for a specific one. Not finding her yet, he turned back to his mother at his side, his expression softening as she spoke. "I know, Mum.. I appreciate it.. It's just.. do you see any other seventh years with their mothers here?" While he did appreciate the gesture, it was slightly embarrassing.

Taryn was almost starting to wonder if she'd missed Dora. She really didn't want to have to sneak onto the train and hunt her down, but she had been considering it for a moment. These presents were important and so was having a proper goodbye. They'd never had to do this before.

"Dora!" YAAAAAAAY! She squeezed the girl tightly and kissed her hair too, hehee. "I'm here to see, you, DUH!" She grinned, "This is the first time I'm not going to Hogwarts with you, so I thought we needed a proper farewell." Yep, totally adult and everything. "Plus, I brought presents!" She lifted both of the bags and wiggled them. Presents were the BEST.

Minerva shoved her sunglasses in her bag and was tossing things around in it as she walked. Where the heck did that go.. She was so frustrated over it. Stopping she looked around.. where had she wondered to? Was she loosing it today completely. Once she looked up she saw Ethan and his mother and walked over to them. "Sorry about that.. I was wait.." she looked around. Now where did fluffy go.. Yes, Minerva decided she was loosing it or she lost it, one or the other she was about to stomp her foot like a three year old if she lost one more thing.

"Has anyone seen.. Just as she was about to ask she saw the pink ball of fluff, "Oh never mind there she is." picking up Fluffy she pushed the puff onto her shoulder. "Now if only my Ipod was as easy to find and Laura.. I have seem to miss place her as well." She looked around for her friend seeing if she could find her anywhere. She had been watching her like a hawk for the last week or so since she found her in a cafe in Germany. Looking back Ethan's mom Minerva smiled, "Thank you again Mrs. McCarthy for letting me stay this summer, I had a great time, plus thank you for helping me get that job at the hospital it was such a great experience." She was very grateful for Ethan's parents the last two summers, it was really nice of them to put up with her so much.

Meloria frowned slightly at her son's words. "Ethan, you can get over it.. I just want to say goodbye, then I will be on my way," she said, her voice faltering a bit. She thought back to the first time she sent him off to Beauxbatons six years ago. Where had the time go? Seemed like just yesterday that he was that nervous 11 year old. And now he was an adult.

The blonde put a hand on the side of each of his arms and looked at him for a moment, giving him an approving smile. He was taller than her already.. well, he had been for some time.. but it was as if she was looking at him for the first time as his own person. Soon, he'd be off on his own with his own life. Meloria's hands left his arms and her green eyes left his face as she saw a movement coming towards them. "Oh.. there's Minerva.." she told her son, knowing he had been looking for her again.

Ethan knew his mother was right, but that didn't mean he liked it. But he would be polite and humor her and he gave a very slight nod to her words. Now what was she doing? The boy raised an eyebrow as his mother stood in front of him, just looking at him. He gave her a kind of half-smile as he stood there awkwardly then turned as she mentioned Minerva's name.

"Oh, there you are.." he started, grin on his face which soon faltered as he continued watching her. Why did she seem so flustered? Seen..? Ethan raised an eyebrow before his eyes landed on Fluffy and he chuckled. "Might want to use that tracking charm I put on Elise." He glanced down at the Siamese sitting patiently at his feet. He wondered how long that would last. Oh.. now wondered she seemed so flustered with everything seeming misplaced. "Well, I haven't seen Laura.. but you did leave this on the kitchen counter," he said, suddenly remembering he had picked up her ipod before leaving, and he pulled it from his pocket to hand to her. "Figured you'd want that," he added with a grin.

Meloria smiled warmly at Minerva as she spoke. "It was our pleasure to have you," she said to the girl. Really, other than an incident that needed to be addressed, she had been a delightful guest.. well-mannered, helpful, and even rivaled the house elf in cooking. "I'm glad you enjoyed yourself and Healer Schmidt tells me what a fine addition you were this summer." Her green eyes looked to Ethan than back to Minerva, smiling a bit at both. "Do know that you're welcome to visit any time you like.."

Isabella walked on to the platform and heard the two kids in front of her talking about spiders. She shedder and hoped that she had heard wrong. Spiders were ok but not where she couldnt see them. They were hair an creepy. Looking around at all the others, Isabella was alot of people saying their good byes. 'glad my parents said goodbye at the home.' She thought.

Waves at Ella and Alec...
 

Putting her hand on Fluffy she thought for a moment, "A tracking charm might not be a bad idea, especially now that Damon isn't going to be around with Grim or Pixel.She isn't going to have her little friends in the dorm, she might wonder out to look for Elise." She was a little worried about her little puff this term. She had her two friends to play with while Minerva wasn't around last term, but this term they were gone and she had become good friends with Elise this summer, but they would be in two different area of the castle. She would have to get her some play dates so she wouldn't be to lonely.

Still looking around she spotted Alec and Ella and smiled, giving them a quick wave she made sure to make a note that she would go speak with them soon. Now back to looking for Laura, "She better not have taken off again, I can't send that Owl to her mom if I lost her after promising to bring her to the train." No that really wouldn't be good. She looked at him and couldn't help but hug him and kiss his cheek, "Oh my I thought I lost it.. I know I can't use it at Hogwarts, but I like to have it and my phone in my bag with me." All of the sudden realizing she was hugging and kissing Ethan in front of his mom she quickly back up a bit and blushed, "Sorry" She looked to the ground a bit embarrassed, she wanted no more awkward moments with his mother. The ones she did were enough.

Minerva was happy that Ethan's mom didn't mind her around all summer. She really liked being there and didn't want to do anything for them to not want her there. Eyes lighting up a bit with her words, "She really thought I did alright there?" That excited Min, finally feeling like she could really say she knew what she wanted for the future, she had these two in front of her to thank for that. Giving a smile towards Ethan she knew this summer made her realize exactly what she wanted. "Well I really enjoyed working with everyone and if I can and it works out I would love to do it again next summer." Glancing again at Ethan she knew it would probably be determined if he was around or off on some plant thing next summer. Giving another small smile to Ethan's mom, Minerva felt a little sad to be not going back to their house, it had really become a kind of home feeling to her this year. "Well thank you for the offer, I do really enjoy being there. Plus, I'll probably be around during breaks with Ethan, if that's alright with him and you of course."

Jory wasn't ready to board the Train as yet so he stood in a corner watching all the students going about their business. It always made him laugh tp see two of them coliding into each other in their mad rush. The scrreches of cats, croak of frogs and hoots of owls sometimes drove him crazy. It all sounded so noisy together. But he was going to miss all of this come next year. He saw lots of familiar faces.

That's when the seventh year noticed a girl standing not far from where he was. She looked only a few years younger. But he didn't know her. Not that he knew everyone that went to Hogwarts. "Er, hi there,'' Jory called to the girl and hoping she won't think he was creepy or anything. "New to Hogwarts?''

Lucas huffed as he walked towards the South End of the station. They had broken a vase, a vase and his Mother had given him a full dressing down. Of course, James had conveniently disappeared after the fact and Lucas had felt the full brunt of his Mum's anger. He hated being yelled at and it was worse when it was only him alone to take it - nevermind the fact that it'd been his idea to try playing football inside. He squirmed uncomfortably as he walked down the platform, trying to spot his brother. He didn't want to be left all alone on the train. Where was the sod anyway?
When he spotted the tall, blonde lump, he pushed past a couple of crying twins and punched him in the arm.

"Morning, Loser. Nice of you to stick around for the aftermath." As he stopped, he spotted the female by his side. Oh, of course, Lucas thought to himself, with a small smirk.

"Hello," he said, politely, with a nod at the girl. "M'name's Lucas."

Ethan nodded. That tracking charm was quite useful, especially after he had first gotten Elise and she wanted to explore before actually getting to know where she belonged. And she had a fair point about the two wanting to see each other. "We'll have to schedule some play dates, "I think," he said with a grin as he watched Elise wander off, chasing a butterfly.

Green eyes wandered to the faces in the crowd, looking for the one Minerva mentioned. "I'm sure she's around here somewhere.. where's the last you saw her?" Laura was certainly an odd character, but she was Min's friend so he was concerned.. he'd look out for her too. He grinned at her kiss on the cheek, hugging her back at chuckling at her words. "That's what I figured.. I picked it up as soon as I saw it. Good thing I went back for that second cup of espresso before we left," he said with a wink. "It's just too bad it won't work where we're going.." He did get attached to that thing over the summer. He looked at her curiously as she suddenly backed away, then realizing and giving his mum a sheepish grin before averting his eyes. He knew it probably wasn't a big deal, but was slightly uncomfortable for some reason all the same.

Meloria watched the two teenagers interact, hanging back just a bit. They really were adorable.. she thought Minerva suited Ethan quite well. She chuckled a bit as they seemed a little awkward to show even the slightest affection in front of her, though she was sure she knew what it was about. "No need to apologize dear," she said with a smile. She nodded a little and smiled a bit broader. "Oh, yes.. she was quite impressed with your eagerness to learn as well as your kindness with the patients." The blonde woman nodded again. "I'll be sure to let her know.. and let you know if the position would be available again. And yes, I would hope to see you both during Christmas break again." Her absolute favorite time of the year.. what would it be without her only child? Pulling out her camera, she gave Ethan a grin. "Alright, you two.. stand closer together.. I want to get a picture before I go."

Ethan and Minerva
 

Bay had made it past the wall of doom. She was still a bit shaken up but the worst part was over...right? Her little body shivered again as he mind replayed having to run at a seemingly solid wall. That had probably been one of the most scary moments in her short life. And to think...she would have to do that again...six more times!

Shaking her head Bay went back to pushing her trolley. The train was here but she wasn't quite sure how to get her things on board. People were everywhere and pushing every which way. The 11 year old got turned around and then shoved. Stomping her foot she shoved the person who had shoved her and then stopped her trolley.

How rude!

Feeling dejected and totally alone Bay sat down hard on the end of her trolley and put her head in her hands. So far her day sucked....

Hmm, prefect guy. "So then you're a model student of the school, I suppose?" she asked, with a grin. Prefects and Heads always had a reputation of being very good students. She had a good idea that she wasn't going to be in the good books, no way. "Mhmm, is the head boy Slytherin too?" she asked. That would be a model house then.

"Daichi?" she asked, giving him a stare. "Well, what does that supposed to mean anyway?" It wasn't like she had a common name, still Daichi looked alien, didn't it?

"And to you too, Natasha" she said, smiling. "I'm Amara" She looked at her as she put her question. Slytherin. Why Slytherin? "Well.. My father was in Slytherin and he's told me how cool the house is" she said, grinning. "And Amara sound synonymous to cool, doesn't it?" Well, ofcourse it was. "But seriously, I think that house would fit me best"

"Any house is good" she said, "Ravenclaw is for the brainy ones, Gryffindor is for the courageous ones, though they can be foolishly brave sometimes" she said, smirking. "Slytherin is for the ambitious ones and the rest go to Hufflepuff" she said, that's what her mother had explained to her. "So where do you think you'll fit?" she asked, casually.

Zyanya stared at her twin sister. Amara was busy talking to two students she had just met. Zyanya was getting bored. She wanted to go talk but she was a bit shy when it came to new people. But still she plucked up some courage and walked up to where they were standing. She smiled and said,"Hello! I'm Zyanya Kaul. Amara's sister.

The first one was a tall guy who was probably in his sixth or seventh year and he wore a prefect badge. Wow."Hi...You are a prefect? That is so awesome! Do you know how I can become one? I was hoping I could be one.

"And hello, you must be in first year too. I heard you guys talking about houses. Don't listen to my sister's opinions. Mum says all houses are good. It doesn't matter which one you're in." She said, smiling at the girl.

She saw Zyanya come up and talk to Daichi. When she asked him how to become a prefect, she stiffed a giggle. Always to be at the top. "Oh come on Zyan, one does not just ask others how to become a prefect!" she said, winking. "And to think of it, hasn't dad said that you can't be one until fifth year?" she mused. What was with the asking then? "Oh, I bet you'll be one anyway" she said, giving her an odd look. With all the studying and responsible thingy.

She stared at her twin in disbelief. "You actually talked?" she mouthed to her sister and grinned. But when she heard the accusation to Natasha, she glared. "Whaaa?" she protested. "I didn't even say anything bad about the houses! I just said you could be at any" she justified. "Only that Slytherin is super cool" Yeah and not to mention I'll be in it.