Gavin hummed under his breath and he maneuvered his way through the semi-crowded hallways. Which is a surprise because it seemed like he was in la-la-land, which that far-off look on his face. He didn't have a clue to where he was going and really didn't care. He still didn't really know his way around and he was just trying to get used to the place. Which is, in his opinion, hard to do.. with all the moving staircases and moving portraits. Geez.

He stopped when he saw the library and frowned. Great. He worked his way through people to get to a quiet old place? Ah, whatever. As long as it was a place to rest.

He went inside, looking around to see what was in there. Obviously books. He was about to leave when he spied Kia sitting alone at a table, opening up a book. He raised an eyebrow and smirked, sauntering over to Kia and sliding into a chair at her table. He didn't say anything, only stared at the book she was reading. "Having fun?" He asked, a bit sarcastically, flicking his gaze up to meet her eyes.

As she started to read the words in the book, she put her elbows on the table and her hands on her hair. Yep, Kiara was going to fail her Potions OWL. There was no way she could understand half of what was written there, so how would she be able to actually cook a potion the moment she was asked to do so? If only she could just not do the exam...

Suddenly, a low voice echoed on her ears making Kia jump on her seat, which caused quite a lot of noise. But then again, even a mouse walking would be considered noisy in an atmosphere of pure silence. 'Gavin!' She said, a hand on her chest as her eyes layed on her friend. 'Do you want to kill me?' She asked him, wondering if he did remember how she easily got scared or how clumsy she could be. But then again, this was Gavin.

Gavin snicked into his fist when Kia jumped. When she asked if he wanted to kill her, Gavin put his face into an innocent pout. "Who, me?" He asked, reaching over to ruffle Kia's hair. "C'mon Kia, when are you going to quit being such a scaredy-cat?" Gavin teased Kia, leaning back in his seat.

He eyed her book again, placing an elbow on the table and leaning forward, putting his chin on his fist. "Why are you reading a potions book?"

Kiara rolled her eyes at Gavin, unable to hide a smile of amusement. He definetely had not changed much during those five years they had spent without each other. 'Yes, you' She replied, poking him gently on the shoulder. As he ruffled her hair, she wiggled her nose for very few people did that to her, perhaps since they thought her hair was messy enough. 'You're lucky I don't kill people who touch my hair' She told him, matter-of-factly. 'Hmm.. I'd say never?' She answered with a beam, something she had believed impossible to have on her lips that day.

Kia sighed once the topic of their conversation changed. 'OWLs' She said simply, already feeling the anxiety overcoming the happiness she had felt at his sight. 'And I suck at Potions, so yeah' She shrugged. 'Aren't you going to study?' She added with a raised eyebrow.

Gavin gently whacked Kia's hand away when she poked him in the shoulder, then grinned when she made that comment about her hair. "You would never kill me, Kia, and you know it," Gavin stuck his tongue out at her.

"Hmm," Gavin looked thoughtful about the scaredy-cat answer. "The only way to cure fear is to face it," Gavin told Kia, smirking. "But you wouldn't do that 'cause you're not brave, right?"

"OWLS?" Gavin repeated then frowned. "Study? Me? No," he put it simply. "I just got here, how would I know about these OWLS?"

Once her hand was away from Gavin's shoulder, Kiara pouted and held her hands together. 'You should never do that to a lady' She fooled around, batting her eyelashes, which she stopped doing as she heard his following words. 'What makes you think that?' She asked him slyly as she folded her arms and looked at him with slightly raised eyebrows. Goodness, it had been too long since they had last spoken to each other and yet it seemed like time hadn't passed by them.

'Oy!' She jumped on her seat again, this time not of surprise but of indignation. 'So getting in the middle of a mob doesn't mean that I'm at least a bit brave, then, eh?'

She couldn't stop herself from blinking and letting her arms fall softly on her lap as Gavin told her he didn't know what the 5th year examinations were. 'How can you come to Hogwarts and not know about OWLs?' She inquired him, unable to believe in him. 'Well, OWLs are the 5th year students' examinations and they're probably the second most important ones. If you fail them then you probably won't have much chances of getting a decent job' She told him, feeling a light shiver running through her body.

"You're not a lady," Gavin shot back. "More like.. a friend." When she asked what he meant by the statement he made about her not killing him, he shrugged. "You're too nice for your own good," Gavin said, after a moment. "You couldn't - wouldn't - kill a fly."

When she talked about the mob, Gavin rolled his eyes. "No, you weren't brave - you were unbelieveably dumb," he told her bluntly. "The professors would've controlled it. You were only making it worse by trying to act like a hero and taking out a few."

He looked down at the Potions book when she was describing the OWLS, looking up after a moment. "Oh, those," he put it. "My mother helped me study before I even came here," Gavin said, as an afterthought. "Plus, I don't care about passing it. I'm not going to be an auror or whatever they are - I hate the ministry. I'll.. follow my father," he said confidently. He didn't know if Kia knew it, but the ministry arrested his father, believing that he was having more than an obsession with the dark arts.

Since she was quite aware of the answer he'd give her, Kiara merely smiled as she heard him, not feeling offended in any way at all. Nevertheless, his next words surprised her quite a bit for she wasn't used to his compliments, or was he making fun of her as usual? 'Thanks, I guess' She beamed.

'Oh come on, Gav! They were attacking first years! I just couldn't stay there and watched. You know me' She told him with a sigh as she remembered those moments in the Great Hall. She unconsciously took a hand to her ribs which were still aching after being hit by a bunch of muggles. If only she had went to the Hospital Wing after what had happened, she wouldn't have to hide a moan each time someone touched almost any part of her body.

Unfortunately, her happiness didn't last much longer. Not due to the OWLs talk, no. Due to the mention of his father. 'Follow his steps, huh?' She asked him, rather bitterly as she looked at her book with unfocused eyes. 'You'll even forbid your children of having friends who aren't purebloods?'

"If this school taught anything useful then those first years could take care of themselves," Gavin replied. "Or if they had any common sense to run away when it first started." He frowned for a moment. "I was sitting there perfectly fine, not hurting anyone, and you don't see them attacking me, did you?"

When she said something about his father, his face hardened. "Of course not," Gavin said defensively. "You know what I meant, Kia. It's not like I said I wanted to be him.." Gavin trailed off, frowning hard. "...What do you know, anyway?" He quickly mumbled. "He had a point - he wants me to marry a pureblood.. theres barely purebloods left. But still.." He looked up at her. "I still talked to you, didn't I?"

Kiara shrugged. 'I doubt some of them even think, actually. Besides, they're kids, so they wanted to imitate those who actually know how to flick a wand correctly even if they were terrified' She answered him, sure that this was true for she too had been like that and it seemed that her youngest cousins were exactly the same. She raised an eyebrow as Gavin spoke of his own experience in the Hall. 'Yes but... well, let's just say I can't be quiet and I was in the mood to fight' She admitted, her mind already picturing the moment she had punched Ambrose on Hogsmeade.

The moment Kia saw how his facial expression changed she regretted her own words. 'I'm sorry' She sighed. 'I guess I never got over it. But how could I have? You were my best friend' She shot him a sweet smile, hoping he would forgive her. After all, she didn't want to waste time discussing useless things.

'Anyway, how did you convince your parents to come to Hogwarts? I thought they didn't like the school that much' She crossed her fingers behind her back after being sure Gavin wouldn't be able to see it, as if that would make him forgive her for her previous reaction.

"Yeah, kids," Gavin snorted, rolling his eyes. "They weren't ready to face something like that, which is why they need to study and train harder." Gavin glanced over at Kia when she mentioned that she couldn't keep quiet. "You're right about that," Gavin agreed, then cocked his head. "You wanted to fight? Yeah, right. What's the occasion?"

He flicked his gaze away when she apologized to him. "Sorry never cuts it," he muttered, a scowl on his face. He stayed that way until he looked back at her, the scowl gone and a small smile replacing it. "I guess it'll work for you, though... Just this once," he warned.

"Convince them?" Gavin repeated, then shook his head. "My mother sent me here.. after they took my father. She didn't want me to bother her, being around her all day... which, I might add, I certainly wasn't a mama boy, so I was not hanging around her all day," Gavin interrupted himself, just to add that little bit. "But," he shrugged. "She did it willingly."

Kiara raised an eyebrow and looked up at him again as she heard him snort. 'Er... yeah' Though that wasn't exactly what she meant she didn't feel like contradicting him at the moment. As he agreed with her, she let out a silent and tiny chuckle, for Gavin's next words made her face become rather stone-like. 'I met this guy in Hogsmeade who... well, he wasn't exactly nice to me and... let's just say that I punched me and he threatened me' She sighed and shrugged. 'As if he'd scare me anyway'

Kia blinked at his sentence. He wasn't going to forgive her? 'Bu-' She started, worry filling her green eyes. She didn't want to lose him again, especially due to such a stupid and old topic. Thankfully, though, a beam appeared on her lips again as he finally forgave her. 'Good then. I'll be sure to be cautious next time' She replied.

As he started to answer her question, Kiara fell silent letting him say everything he had to. At the end of his little speech, a question lingered on the air. 'They took your father?' She repeated. 'Who took him?'

"Some punk upset you?" Gavin growled suddenly, when he heard what Kia said. "Who was it? Tell me, Kia." Oh boy. Gavin was always too protective. "He needs more than a punching.."

He paused for a moment, his anger melting away for a couple of minutes. He leaned forward, as if discussing with Kia a top secret secret. "I'm not supposed to tell," Gavin hissed, looking to his right. "But.." He trailed off, his hazel eyes staring at her. "The Ministry. They took him. He got framed, that's what I think," Gavin nodded confidently. "He never did any of the things they accused him of.." He trailed off, narrowing his eyes as he looked thoughtful.

Kiara's smile vanished immediatly at the tone Gavin used. She shouldn't have spoken about that kid to him. She should have remembered of how protective he could be towards her, even if she had never clearly understood the precise reason why. 'Gav, don't worry. I've got it covered. He looked like some second or third year so there's no need to worry' She told him apprehensively.

As her friend grew closer to her, she raised her eyebrows, wondering why he was acting like that. Something really horrible must have happened to his father. And so, she leaned a bit closer to him so that she could actually understand what he wanted to say. The second he finished talking, she raised an eyebrow for she wasn't so sure that the Ministry was wrong even if she had no idea what the accusations were. 'What did they accuse him of?' She asked him, trying her best not to let her imagination run wild.

Rapunzel wandered over to the study tables, lugging her heavy messenger bag behind her, and collapsed into one of the squishy chairs. She struggled to pull out her copy of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, then opened it to the section on hinkypunks. She then dug around for a piece of parchment and her favorite eagle-owl quill and was ready to work, finally.

Cameron walked down to the library He needed to do some studying. He walked over to the study tables. He noticed the girl he had helped in the great hal he sat down beside her. "Hey you feeling alright?" he asked and smiled at her.

Rapunzel grinned as the cute older boy sat down next to her. "I'm great, actually. You caught me earlier.....er....at a bad time," she laughed at the memory. "My friend accidentally hit me with a full-body-bind," she added. "Great kid, terrible aim."

Rapunzel continued to grin as she shook his hand. "I'm Rapunzel Ariel Black, Hufflepuff first year. It's nice to meet you.....Cameron."

Smiling he grabbed his books and opened it. "Im a fourth year Slytherin. Sorry about leaving you the other day but you wouldnt understand." he admitted looking down at his books and turning the pages.