He still had his brow raised in a skeptical way as Mr. Weasley was 'acting' out in pain. Well this was boring, he had thought rolling his eyes. "Of course, of course, silly me," he murmured, waving his hand at Mr. Weasley. Why did he even speak to this boy?

Honestly.

The blond was about to turn back and speak to the female blond (quite funny that they were both blond, frankly) when he noticed a young little girl, looking up at him her mouth opened, her cheeks flushed in an ugly fashion. Dear, oh dear. Smiling at the girl, he nodded his head towards her and murmured, "Good evening." Kingston then turned his attention to Miss Hopton.

"My dear, Miss Hopton! How lovely seeing you again. If I am correct, which I am, last time we had seen each other was back in Diagon Alley. A little odd you're came back, frankly. I assumed your father came to his senses and pulled you out of this dreadful place," he whispered the last bit, looking over his shoulder.

"These commoners are... How should I say this? Uh... Odd. Yes, yes, quite odd are they not, Miss Hopton?" Kingston mused, pressing his lips together in thought as he looked at a few Gryffindors.

Thump, thump, thump.

Yep, one would not be lying if they said that Melina's heart couldn't pop out of her chest and start running around at top speed around the hall. After all, her heart was beating so fast that, was she aware of it, she'd be wondering whether everyone around her could hear it or not. But then again, how could she not? She was standing right next to a fairytale prince. And - OH MERLIN! Had he just -? Oh he had. HE HAD!

If her heart had been beating too fast before, then that was nothing compared to its speed in that specific moment. Actually, one could easily say that it was similar to the one that formula one cars reached. Oh yes, her chances for fainting were pretty high at the moment.

"G-g-good evening," She whispered, looking down embarrassedly, while her cheeks burned even hotter.

She had been right, his voice did belong to his hair and... and Merlin, that face! Yes, she had most definitely been right. He HAD popped out of a fairytale. Now the question was which one? Hmm... She couldn't know by his looks for there were too many fairytales that didn't include physical descriptions apart from the 'unmistakeable beauty' part and she didn't exactly know anything about him... Well, guess that meant it was time for Melly to start investigating. Now, if only she could gather her courage and talk to him... No, no, no, she was not going to start her "if's" again. She was going to talk to him and she was going to do it at that very moment. Oh, yes, she was! And if she didn't then her name was not Melina Roscoe.

Still, that didn't mean she couldn't act shyly. "I-I'm sorry, sir," She started, her blue eyes drifting from the floor to his face and back again. Okay, what to say now? "Erm..." She glanced around, head still down. "B-but could you point me out to the Ravenclaw table?," She asked nervously.

He was about to open his mouth yet again to suggest to Miss Hopton that they would both speak to the school staff about changing these tables, when the small girl that had her mouth opened spoke. He rose up and looked down at her, his eyes fixed on hers. Did she just ask him for the Ravenclaw table? It was over there, wasn't it? Why would the girl need for instructions?

Never mind. He was a gentleman and a gentleman must do what he must.

A small smile crept on his lips as he gave her a slight bow. "Ahh, my dear girl I will not allow you to walk alone to the Ravenclaw table. It would be extremly inappropriate for a fair maiden such as yourself to walk alone. Allow me to escort you there." Kingston told her, taking her hand and placing it on his arm. "Excuse me Miss Hopton while I escort Miss... Oh dear! I am awfully rude, aren't I?" he chuckled, realizing he didn't know the girl's name. "I am Kingston Wendleworth. And you are...?"

Blushing as hard as it was possible for her skin, Melina's body instinctively responded to his bow with one of her own. Picking the sides of her skirt, she bended her torso, imitating quite too perfectly the bows from the old films. Embarrassed or not, she had done those quite too many times to trip on her own feet or lose her balance. Besides, there was no other proper bow to give to a prince, right? No matter if she wasn't a princess herself.

Oh no, oh no, oh no, she had to be dreaming. That was far too good to be true. It had to be. But then again, it was normal for the boy to be so awfully polite, was it not? If he wasn't then he wouldn't be a fairytale prince. Well, unless if he was from one of those where the princes are evil and have to go through horrible trials but he didn't look like one of those. Oh no, he was most definitely one of those princes that get on their white horse and fight against the most horrible dragons for their love. Ah yes, she was the luckiest girl in the world for finding a prince like those. Sigh. Too bad she was no princess, though.

"It's quite alright, sir," She said shyly. "I can go there on my own. I-I'm sure that you're busy right now and I don't want to disturb you," She added, glancing at the girls a couple of times. One of them could be his princess and she definitely didn't want to ruin their happily ever after. "Just give me the direc-." Oh. My. God. Oh my God. Had he just-? He had. He had, he had, he HAD! A PRINCE HAD TOUCHED HER! A PRINCE HAD TOTALLY TOUCHED HER! Oh, how she wanted to squeal and... and... and... Wait, was she getting close to hyperventilation? Oh no, that could not be! That was not a lady-like behaviour and she had to be a lady. Yes, she did. She was next to a prince after all! A prince who had just - noooo, better not think about that. She didn't want to faint and make a fool out of herself after all.

"I-It's fine," She whispered. Aah, why couldn't she just talk in an even voice at least? Oh, nevermind that, she had more important matters at hand. So, his name was Kingston, eh? Well, that didn't match any name of any prince from any fairytale she had heard of but then again, there were many where the princes were called... well, prince. Besides, his name proved her right. King-ston. King. King, prince. Yep, she had been right all along. But how could she not? Melly had always spotted those things from far.

"It's Melina, sir, Melina Roscoe," She told him at last with a small smile that lit up her eyes.

Getting lost from Vannah and Curt Alexis made her way over to the Gryffindor table with TK in her arms. This would have been much easier if the dog didn't like to move around so much. And either she was imagining it or TK was growing? Nah, it was probably just her imagination. Sitting down on the bench Lex put TK on the floor and tied his leash to her wrist just in case. "No running away." She said seriously.

Not paying attention to what she was doing the blonde accidentally knocked over a glass of pumpkin juice.

Bree winced as Jason began screeching his pain into the already loud surroundings. By now everyone at the table already knew he was in pain why was he proclaiming it again. Did the whole school need to know.

Bree looked 'round at this Slytherin first-year who had joined them on Daphne's other side. "I don't know, but he's friends with the prefects so I don't think you want to get on his bad side." she whispered back to his question. Then she paused considering whether she should voice her thoughts. "But I don't think I like him very much either." she agreed finally. "I was a little rude to him and then he started complaining. I think he hates me. I even said I was sorry. I don't think he heard though, he just keeps glaring at me." she finished disgruntled.

"I've never flown before so I don't know whether I'd be good enough. Besides I'm a first-year so I can't try out can I?" she asked warily, hoping she wasn't mistaken and disappointing Cale. Quidditch seemed to be something he wanted all the first-years to get involved in.

It wasn't for lack of desire though. She wouldn't mind a chance to try out the sport. The PE classes at her old school had been rather repetative even though she did like the physical activity. Quidditch, however it was played, would be a welcome change.

Then he exploded again. "Who's Cassandra?" she asked the air, not really expecting a reply. He had sprayed the table with liquid again, only it was much less staining and more scattered than the pumpkin juice had been. Bree was considering wearing a raincoat whenever she sat near Cale during the term.

Now that food had appeared she was helping herself slowly, picking through the food for what looked most appetizing. There seemed to be no limit now. Surely even the entire school couldn't eat this much. But she could see that all the other tables were laden with just as much food as theirs was. What would they do with the leftovers?

" Hello, Allie and Astrid" Jason told them. "We are freinds Hayden" Jason told her. " Cale. we need to talk and I need to talk to Anna, too" Jason told him. Jason is very upset at the new students being rude and nasty to him. Jason is older then them and they have no right to be rude to older students. This is not the Gryffindor house of old.

"Yeah I know that." Hayden rolled her eyes as if it was obvious."I just wish I had more. I mean Heather had tons of friends. Why can't I?" Well, Hayden thought, Heather was also the most dramatic person in the entire world. But Hayden being who she was absolutely refused to be over dramatic.

Anna glanced up and down the table, her face lit up with an enormous smile, as she noticed more and more Gryffindors sit down at the table. Not only that, but there were several friendly students from other houses who'd walked over to join in on all the fun. Ahhh, good times. It felt good to be home.

There were several faces Anna knew by heart, and several others she just knew from seeing them around school. "So, how's everyone been this past summer?" Anna asked, addressing everyone sitting in her area of the table. Before she could give anyone a chance to answer, Anna glanced around, trying to pick out all the familiar faces: Jason, Usa, Bree (whom she'd just met), Sabrina, Gwen, Astrid, Allie, Zoey, and Alexis...hmm those were pretty much the only familiar faces Anna could pick out in the crowd.

Then there were those Anna didn't even know the name of (Daphne, Raiden, Kingston, MJ, Kairi, Jared and Alyss, Hayden, Via, Jillian, Maggie, Nathaniel, Rosa, Melina, Alaina, Lizzie, Freya, and Shaylee). Some were Gryffindors, some appeared to be from another house. Ahhh, there more the merrier, right? Right. Anna figured she should at least go introduce herself. After all, she is a prefect. "Hello," she said, addressing the group she had yet to meet. "I'm Anna Greingoth, the Gryffindor house prefect. Well, the female Gryffindor house prefect, that is. I hope everyone had a nice summer, and for those of you who are new to Hogwarts, if you need anything, I'm always around...somewhere."

Just as Anna finished her introduction, she heard loud yelling coming from end of the table. What on Earth.....? Ahhh, Allie. That explains a lot. Anna giggled at leaned down a bit to where Allie and Astrid were discussing something they seemed quite excited about. "Just what are you girls up to?" she asked them. "You seem mightly excited about something."

"So, Cale," Anna said, finally having a moment to talk to her boyfriend. "Where would you like to visit first? Of course the Common Room, but where would you like it go next? I say the lake. It's a really pretty spot, and it's a popular hangout."

Hayden looked up and smiled at the girl named Anna. Heather had said a lot of good things about her so Hayden smiled and said,"It is so nice to finally meet you Anna. My cousin has told me a lot about you. I'm Hayden Hicks. Counsin of Heather Mal- Lockley." Hayden hit her head. Duh! Her cousin got married.

" Hayden, just be yourself and you will get a lot of friends" Jason told her. "So Anna, when you and Cale have time, I really need to talk to you both" Jason told her.

"Sure you can," Cale said with an encouraging smile. "Allie made the team last year and she was a first year. Just cause you're first year doesn't mean you can't take mighty aim or hit a bludger hard!"

Cale rolled his eyes at the mention of her name again. "Former Slytherin prefect from last year. I didn't know her personally but heard many stories of how...intimidating she was. The only time I spoke to her, it resulted in her screaming at me, and I think I only said one sentence too," he chuckled, shaking his head at the ridiculous situation. "And apparently, she's back, as a nurse this time, good lord..."

Cale nodded, he could tell Jason wanted to talk to him about something important, and he didn't blame him. "Of course, let's go talk now," he said with a soft smile, pointing to a small empty section of the table, "We'll sit here so we can't be bothered."

"Oh, Heather and I were good friends!" Anna excitedly exclaimed. "I'm so glad we still have a piece of her here -- you. Lockley, you say? Well, tell her congratulations from Anna Greingoth!" Anna smiled at the young girl and the continued with, "How do you like Hogwarts so far? Have you met many people?"

"Oh, sure thing, Jason," Anna replied. She noticed that Cale had moved to an empty section of the table, so she followed Cale and Jason to that area and sat down. "What's up, Jason?"

Bree didn't have time to say anything to Cale but she did make a mental note to look into these tryouts. It did sound like fun. And this Cassandra person didn't sound very nice. She never liked school nurses anyway. They were usually useless and mean and sometimes the bad ones were unnecessarily cruel. She also reminded herself to remember not to get sick or injured while here.

Then Jason pulled Cale and Anna aside. Oh dear. He might be trying to get her in trouble. And she'd just started getting along with them too. She sincerely hoped he was just talking about his back. They had moved too so she couldn't tell what they were saying. She looked helplessly around hoping that if Jason wasn't being nice about her then she would melt into the bench beneath her.

" Ok, Cale, Anna can come here and talk with us, too" Jason told Cale and Anna. "Cale, I am feeling very down and hurt with all these new students getting on my case just because I hurt myself" Jason told them. "Girls are included in this a complaint, too" Jason told Cale and Anna.. "Gryffindor had been cool until this term" Jason said. "Also ,why did none of the Gryffies help me to get the professor or nurse to help me, why was it two girls- A Slytherin and HufflePuff. too" Jason said to both Cale and Anna.

Hayden smiled at Jason."It's not a simple as that."

Hayden smiled at Anna,"Thanks. At least I know Heather had some great friends while she was here." Hayden smiled and answered her questions easily."So I like it. I know what Heather meant by,'every time you walk through the doors it feels like home.' I haven't met many people. Unlike my cus I'm overly shy." As Hayden looked up from her cup of pumpkin juice Anna had moved down to a private place to talk to Jason with the male prefect that she hadn't met.

ooc-I gtg. Bed time. I'll reply later.

Jason says" I will help you make friends Hayden"

Cale nodded his head and frowned. "Yeah, I see what you mean, I noticed that too. My advice is to just give them time. Maybe they're using rudeness to cover their fears about starting school and being in a new environment. Lots of younger students to that," he assured him. "Just give them time to get comfortable and get to know you a bit better. I'd also be nice to them even if they aren't nice to you--show them that you're better than them and you don't have to stoop to their level and be rude back to them."

"As for the nurse, she's busy up at the staff table now, and the infirmary isn't even open," he informed his friend, "So that's probably why there was no response. Dumont fixed your back for now, though, right? Besides, why would you want to go see Miss Former Slytherin Prefect Trelawney?" he joked. "Once the feast is over, I can walk you to the infirmary if you'd like, to make sure you get there safely. Unless you think your back feels better, that is."

"I'm sorry you're having such a rough time, Jason," Anna replied. "Hopefully everyone can work out these differences, so Gryffindor can stand together as a united house. I'd hate to see housemates not getting along. I'd say that you need to show them a good example of how to be nice. Just keep being your normal, nice and caring self, and maybe after they see how you're behaving, they'll make an effort to do the same."

" Well, when HogWarts was here before we got here, all The Houses stayed together for each other" Jason told Cale. " Now making friends in other houses is good but Gryffies should stay together" Jason told Cale. "Do you think if you were having trouble in your first year or Emma or Anna was having trouble, would I ignore them?" Jason asked him. " All I tried to be was nice but my back hurt and these young brats except Jillianna were complaining about my niceness and me being hurt, not to mention Kiongston being rude to me" Jason said to Cale. "Kingston does not know me and should have not said anything to me about my back while I kind of screamed out because it was hurting" Jason said.
"Sorry, I have no faith in the Gryffindor house No passion anymore." Jason told Anna and Cale. Jason is known as Passionate Lion. " I will try out for Gryffindor Quidditch but I probably will not make it" Jason told them.

Cale nodded. "They should. Maybe we should have house bonding activities or something in the common room, like miniature gobstone tournaments or study groups to help people get to know each other better. And if they have a problem with you being nice, don't worry about it. They're not worth your time or any more attention. Stick with the people you know you can count on...which I hope includes us," he chuckled, throwing an arm around Anna.

"I saw," Cale added, wrinkling his eyebrows in annoyance. He had liked the boy when they first met and did like him up until...oh, the last train ride, he believed. "Don't even worry about Kingston Wendleworth. He's being a jerk to try and give himself an ego boost...don't even bother responding to him. If he has a problem with you, he can take it up with ME, your prefect," he told him with a smile. "You've done nothing wrong, Jason, remember that. You're being perfectly polite and if they're not going to give you the same curtesy then that's THEIR problem, not yours."

"There's the spirit!" he said with a chuckle, patting his friend on the back. "Trying out never hurt anyone, and you never know what might happen!"

"Well, I will come to you and/ or Anna when I have a problem- I appreciate it" Jason told them both." This still hurts because I am one of the nicest studetns here along with both of you" Jason told them " I am still hut by this and I know you told me how to deal with it, but Jason is stubborn plus that is hard for me to deal with it" Jason told them both. Jason liked them both but was kind of jealous that he had no one. " Yes, I like your ideas of studying, gobstones or pillow fights" Jason told the prefects." I still do not think I can make the Quidditch team this year because all of the players are good and I must have lost a step or something: Jason told Anna and Cale.

Anna listened as Jason told about the Gryffindor house of long ago. "We do need to encourage more house unity," Anna added in. "We're supposed to be a team, and no one should feel left out. If we want Gryffindor to succeed and come out on tops, we've got to encourage everyone to work together."

"I really like the house-bonding activities," Anna replied, looking over at Cale and nodding. "The study groups would be really helpful with the younger students, and I'm sure the older students would really enjoy Gobstones." Anna nodded once again as Cale encouraged Jason to be nice no matter what.

"That's exactly what I said before, show them how nice you can be," Anna suggested again. "And, I'm sorry, but I'm not sure I know who Kingston is. Is he a Gryffindor? I don't think I've ever met him."

"Of course you can come talk to us Jason! That's what we're here for, and not cause we're prefects, but cause we're your friends. Just give it time, I know you're stubborn and it's gonna be hard but I think you can do it," Cale encouraged him. "And yes! Pillow fights! I forgot that one!"

Having spotted Bree from across the hall, Mariel decided to saunter over to the Gryffindor table to say... well, exactly what, she wasn't sure yet. She did know that she found Bree somewhat interesting and had decided she would find out what was so intriguing about the girl, one way or another.

She stopped behind the person sitting next to Bree. "Budge up?" Then she squeezed herself into the space between the two to sit down. Mariel tilted her head and gave Bree a considering look before speaking. "So, got sorted into Gryffindor, did you? I wondered what happened to you."