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Robert nodded, "I used to like my dad more..." he said quietly. He smirked slightly at her idea of paradise, "Now, that would be paradise. We could...fly all day." He watched as she pushed her hair back and it finally dawned on him. Red. His smirk grew and he looked down at his plate pushing his food around as he tried to stop himself from turning red himself. "A twin brother. That must be interesting. I'm an only child myself. Why is he in America studying?"

"Exactly," Sabrina said happily. That would be paradise, flying all day, or playing with Calico on the beach, or swimming! Those would definitely be fun things to do! She watched his smirk grew and wondered what he had just thought of. Hopefully it wasn't her hair,or she'd turn redder if that was even possible. "It is interesting, although it can be annoying at times. Well it's a long story but the gist of it is that he went to go live with my mum over there and so i'm now staying with my aunt and uncle."

"Hi," Natka smiled at Katelyn. "Thanks, I like your name, too."


"You're welcome," Natka smiled at her, and took another bite of chocolate herself.

Robert smiled and then looked curious, "Who's Calico?" He laughed, "Well that's what I've heard about any siblings. Hmm...why didn't you go with him? If you don't mind me asking."

Gem's eyes were slightly unfocused as her eyes darted left, right, up, down, inspecting him for any potential serious injury or boo boo. She saw none, and pale petal lips pursed in a smile, glad that though she had blundered, no one was hurt. She hated causing harm to others, absolutely detested it, and yet, everyone ended up with a mark of some sort for her clumsiness. Like last year, Henry the shoe had flown across the carriage and smacked Vannie in her forehead, dead center. Or even the other day, in The Street, with Keith. However, without her absent mindedness, the Ravnclaw wouldn't truly get to experience herself, the realistic daydreams of singing tea kettles and off beat thoughts of dancing spoons. She disliked her clutziness, but loved thinking. Somehow, Gemma couldn't be both reflective and graceful simultaneously. She beamed up at him, little head craned to look at Jean Raoul, and had the sudden impression of standing under a great, tall beech. He seemed to move in the wind, she could even imagine little birds and squirrels roaming in his arms, triggering a happy giggle. As he sat down she scooched over to make room, holding the pouch that cradled her duck egg carefully as not to jostle it. "Comfy, Eggie?" She cooed before returning her attention to her neighbor. "Jean Raoul Devereux," she repeated, high pitched, breathy and British voice altering the name slightly. "I'm Gem! Gem Jewels! Like Gemma or like a gem... Amethyst, emerald, opal... Opal! What a charming name. I'd love to name someone Opal. I have a pen named Crystal but Opal..." the Sixth Year babbled.

"Calico's my kitten, she's adorable!" Sabrina said happily. "My best friend Magesta gave it to me, before she moved to Beauxbatons." That was still a sore point, but she had been able to visit when she was in Europe during the summer. She shrugged her shoulders and smiled. "I don't mind you asking. My mum and I never got on really well. I was more of my dad's daughter than my mum's."

Claira was bored. It wasn't something very uncommon for her but it usually didn't last too long. Here, she was finding it rather difficult to find entertainment in Hogwarts so she decided to head on down to the table next to her's to chat with the Ravenclaws. She would be popping around each table if she could, just to check out what the majority was like. Though, her mother had warned her to stay away from Ravenclaws because they would just make her look very dim, she ignored her mother since Mrs. Anima never did make such sense when she spoke.

Stopping before the Ravenclaw Table, she gazed across at a certain girl with very long blonde and black hair and very odd coloured eyes (Gem Jewels). Though, she couldn't say much about the colours of people's eyes since her's weren't too normal either... that's why she wore contacts to cover them! The girl was discussing a name of a pen called Crystal and a name... Opal. Odd girl. Wriggling her nose in curiosity, she decided to go talk to this girl just to see what the girl was like. First impressions were usually wrong but maybe this one wasn't. If it wasn't, then the conversation could be VERY entertaining.

Strolling over to where the girl was, Claira decided to take Freya's advice and butt into the conversation. "Opal would be a rather nice name for someone, wouldn't it?" she said, her holding a slight ring of sarcasm but also of friendliness.

Jenn laughed sleeply. "I think we where talking about quidditch, or at least which quidditch team is our favorite." Jenn said smiling. She yawned again. Boy she was tired.

Jenn smiled. "That's a pretty name. So what house are you in....wait your in Ravenclaw! BOY! I must be tired." Jenn said laughing and blushing.

Jenn smiled at the Katelyn. "Thanks! Yours is pretty too."Jenn said. Jenn giggled. "Ya. That's usally what happens to me too."Jenn said smiling.


Jenn noticed how Mariel perked up a bit. "Hmm. Maybe I'll try some."Jenn said as she grabed one. Almost at once she started to feel a bit more awake. "Wow. That stuff really works." Jenn said as she grabs another one. Jenn noticed that Mariel looked a bit shy around the other girl. "Hey. It's O.k. She seems nice."Jenn said kindly.

Little Melly was too caught up in him to actually notice that she was walking to the Ravenclaw table. But who could blame her? It wasn't as if one of her dreams wasn't coming true, because it was. She had just met a prince and now she was actually walking next to him, talking to him and... Ah, if only she was fifteen or sixteen... But she wasn't. And that meant that there was no possibility for her to have found her own prince charming, for a girl only found love after the age of fifteen. Or at least that was how it worked in fairytales and that was how it was going to work for her. Oh yes it was.

Blushing slightly harder at prince Kingston's smile, Melina retributed a small smile. "Still, it feels strange not to be called Melina or Melly," She admitted shyly. True, it would be weird to hear a prince calling her by her first name for she didn't even know him that well but still...

As the walked down towards the Ravenclaw table, he couldn't help but notice that the little girl's red hair was a possibly two shades darker than Lindsey's. She did have freckles like her as well, but Miss Roscoe's freckles seemed like someone had used a paint brush. Kingston smiled at that thought, tearing his eyes off of her and keeping his eyes on the Ravenclaw table.

Once they made it there, Kingston chuckled as she admitted that it was odd being called a Miss. He had that comment once before, but as always, Kingston ignored it. "Well, my dear, I shall keep calling you Miss Roscoe as it is much more proper than Melina. If I would call you Miss Melina, you'd sound like a governess. I wouldn't want you to sound like a governess, my dear," he explained, grinning at the young girl.

It didn't take long for Mel to start chuckling, her colour slowly returning to its normal pale shade. Why, prince Kingston had a fairly nice humour too! That was always good, very good indeed. Yes, there was no doubt at all that he already had found his princess or if he hadn't then he was about to. Melly would see to that. He was far too wonderful to stay single for much longer and, being the prince he was, it was better for him to find his princess rather than having his parents forcing one on him, right? No need for another story of unhappiness.

"But I'd still prefer if you'd call me by my first name, sir," She told him. "Miss Roscoe sounds... I don't know... Strange and too formal," She nodded before realizing what she had just said. Oh dear, too formal? He had to be formal! He was royalty for goodness sake! "Oh, I mean, if it must be like that, then I understand, of course, but I'd really rather if you didn't call me that," She blurted out quickly, the red colour coming back to her face yet again.

Great. She had just insulted a prince. That was just great.

Ebony was thoughtful for a moment "I suppose, but at least with both the cruciatus and killing curses, you would know what was going on. With the imperius curse, you're clueless. For me, that would be much worse."

Half finished incantations filled the air as a sharp piece of ancient ore came tumbling between the tables. The cool and calculating prince of a hidden nation was filled with panic as if he lost his sanity along with his bauble.

Arm outstretched, mended wand in hand, when a spell was finally released, his panic landed a chicken bone in his free palm.

Kingston stared at Melina for a few moments as if she had three heads, but then he soon burst into laughter. Why this child was exquisite! She thought that by calling her by her last name seemed too formal! Why it was how things were done properly in his community. He would understand why the girl wasn't used to hear herself being called by her last name. It was after all normal to him and Miss Hopton.

"Do stop, my dear." Kingston wheezed, wipping a tear away with his finger. "Oh my, that was quite a funny thing Mis--I mean Melina. I do understand that by calling you by your last name bothers you so. After all, I do hate being called King or Kingsy as my girlfriend seems to insist," he grumbled the last few words. "Although, I will make sure that in the future I shall call you by your given name. "

Elizabeth's eyes went back and forth as both Asteira and Ludo offered to help her learn how to play chess. "Um, thanks. I guess." Then she felt like explaining. "No one in my immediate family ever was interested in things like chess, Wizarding or otherwise. And it's not like I could figure it out by myself." She smiled. Then went back momentarily to teasing Asteira about the competition. "What does astronomy have to do with dreams? If you go around saying things like that, I'm not gonna be worried about us winning. And yes, I think I will stick to my charms."

Looking back at Ludo, she laughed as he expressed surprise at her saying she liked History of Magic. "It's a lot of reading. And I like that. And I retain weird facts. It's just one of those strange things I can do." She looked down at her glass as he joked about his sister and potions. "You better not try to slip me anything," she said, with another smile. She figured he hadn't had any time to slip anything in just now, so wasn't going to worry too much.

She broke into giggles as Asteira said she'd protect Ludo during transfiguration. "Oh yeah. She has your back alright. Then she'll probably transfigure you herself, while you think you're safe." She grinned at her cousin. "You are a Slytherin, you know. So maybe we shouldn't think about trusting you. But then, I knew you before you were one, so I guess I'll risk it."

She turned as Mari spoke about classes. "As a matter of fact, everyone usually has class together. So yeah. We should end up in Charms class together." She smiled back at her. "And I wouldn't worry too much about History of Magic. Professor Lainey, if she's back this term, is cool. She teaches us fun stuff. Not so much focus on dates and everything."

Then she turned along with the rest of them to look at the staff table to await the speech.

Since nothing was happening at the Gryffindor table, Hannah decided she may as well introduce herself and maybe make some new friends. Ravenclaws have always been really friendly to me, she thought. I'll go to their table and say hi. She walked over to the Ravenclaw table. "Hi, everyone. I'm Hannah, Hannah Weasley. I figured since I don't know any of you really, I'd come over and introduce myself. I'm a second-year Gryffindor." She smiled at the group of Ravenclaws.

Mariska watched the three students as they talked with one another and she made a small plan. " I'll look forward to it then." She smiled. " So," She looked at all three students, her plan fully forming as she spoke. " I was thinking that we're all strong in different areas of our education...perhaps we'd do well to study together every so often. It's just a suggestion." She said, smiling a bit more now. It made perfect sense, and besides it was always good to have someone to fall back on if one slipped up every so often, and it wasn't like she wouldn't return the favor to them either. She was setting up her network now, building a base from which to branch out to the other students. " I mean, I prefer working with a team anyhow." She said after a slight pause.

"Mmm, Quidditch, right..." Mariel said dreamily. "Right now, I'm into the Holyhead Harpies, but I'm fickle. My favorite changes every season... What about you? Who do you like?" she asked Jenn who was still yawning. "Try some of that chocolate." Mariel gestured to the sweets slightly down the table from where they were sitting. She grinned and nodded at Jenn as she noticed her looking somewhat more awakened after eating her chocolate.

Mariel looked up as she noticed a girl not much older than her dressed in red trimmed robes come over to their table. Must be a Gryffindor. Mariel's thoughts were confirmed when the girl announced herself as such and introduced herself to the whole table. Mariel gave her a sleepy smile. Uh oh, getting drowsy again. Need another caffeine-laced piece of chocolate...

Ludo tried to drop the Chess subject again from the group. "You can't blame anyone or anything, Liz. If you didn't know, you just didn't know. No prob."

Liz looked at her drink at the mention of Potions. "Of course not. Just as long as this transfiguration business doesn't go out of hand..." he said, flashing a smile.

He turned his attention to Mari as she suggested a study group. "I don't see why not. We could meet in the Library..." He thought back to Cooper's School last term, "Maybe Mr. Ingles will be our Librarian here. You girls would love him."

It was then that a young Gryffindor girl walked up to their group and introduced herself. "Oh..er..hello. I'm Ludo...and this is...Liz, Asteira and Mari," he said, gesturing to each girl in turn. "Nice to meet you."

Mariska was going to make a coy comment about this librarian she was supposed to like when a young girl came up to the group. She regarded the younger girl politely nodding and giving a small smile as she introduced herself. " It's nice to meet you, Hannah." She said, casually propping her chin up on her hand.
Mari looked back at Ludo and gave him a curious look, her eyebrow arched a bit as she spoke. " Why do you think we girls would like this Mr. Ingles?" She asked, merely interested in why he had made the comment. " Was he a fun sort?" She asked, now sitting back and twisting a bit of her dark hair around her finger.

"That's true," Edie said, nodding slightly

"Nice to meet you all, too." Hannah smiled. "Well, I'd better get back, but I hope to see you all around sometime!" She felt like she was interrupting a bit, so she decided to make a graceful exit, but she did sincerely hope to see all of them in class or something.

Ludo wondered why Mari was questioning his comment. His smile faltering a bit he said, "No. He was diligent, assertive, and helpful with problems inside and out of the library. Qualities not very common in most cranky, old librarians."
The library was Ludo's favorite place to get away to.

He finished a rather large helping of mashed potatoes and sat back from the table. "Ok...too much good food...I should stop."

Mariska didn't get quite the desired effect she had wanted, but she thought it was a little funny to see him stumble a bit. " This is true," She said with a tilt of her head." I've actually met quite a few young librarians, back home that is." She said honestly. " But, you're right. Most of them seem to be old and rather cantankerous." She admitted. She smiled and then took another drink of her pumpkin juice.
Mari thought it odd that Hannah was leaving so soon, but so be it. " See you around then," She said, watching the girl with a bemused expression.

she nudging her cousin again." You make it sound like i would transfigure anything that walked and had two legs. Give me a break. " she leaned over the table again to see ludo." Dont worry your safe. " she then looked over at mari." Your safe as well. I save my transfiguration of ferrets for those who deserve it." she raised an eye brow at elizabeth as she talked about not trust her now that she was a slytherin." Not being house racial now are well. Just because im wearing green. Very loving cousin i have."

"You'll join our competition right? More the better." she asked mari as they had talked about having a competition on who would get the most points. "Whats three against one?" she asked as it would be three ravenclaws against herself. She was going to have to find another person to help her balance out all the blue."Study group sounds good. I have to admit though, dont ask me about divination or potions. I'll find a way to make you worse at it than you already are." she warned Mari. ".i just hope during class i dont answer in french. that wouldnt be too good."


"he has a point but dont worry about it. Just because your behind doesnt mean anything. Your smart, you'll catch on fast." she was now determined to teach her cousin how to play. Hopefully not better than herself. Student beating the more experienced student wasnt the best."dont worry. Just her side. She's the dangerous one." she teased.

she was thinking again about speaking in another language as she would have to watch that. she had already done it in the book shop."mr. Ingles...why is that? I mean why would we love him? Is he funny? Or does he tend to run into people as well?" she teased lightly as she moved to grab a red apple. she heard her name as she looked to see a gryffindor girl." Hi. Asteira blood. Nice to meet you hannah." she said smiling at the girl.

Elizabeth nodded as Mari suggested they start a study group, and was pleased when both Ludo and Asteira seemed to agree. "Sounds like a plan. And if we work as a team, we can motivate each other to do the work. Especially in the subjects we don't necessarily like."

Then Ludo told her not to worry about how she hadn't been up on her chess knowledge. "Oh, I know. I'm not laying blame. I just felt out of the loop a bit. That's all. And if you guys help me out, I won't have to worry, will I?" She smiled at him, and then he started joining in with the teasing. Flashing her own grin, she said, "Deal. I won't transfigure you, and you won't sneak any potions into my food or drink."

Before addressing her thoughts on the librarian situation to the group, she turned as Ludo introduced them all to a young Gryffindor who had come up to the table. "Hi, Hannah. I'm Elizabeth Andrews. It is nice to meet you," she said with a smile. Then Hannah went off on her way, and she turned back to the group. Tilting her head, she spoke again. "I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if you look back at the staff table, you'd notice that this Mr. Ingles isn't there, but I do see Madam Kohan, who was the other librarian. The librarian at Belle's, that is." She paused, then continued. "As far as I can tell, though, she's pretty cool too. So I think we're okay."

Then she grinned at Asteira. "I'm not that cruel. And I'm certainly not showing any bias against any of the houses. Every Slytherin I've met so far has been perfectly nice. Although I have to say it would have been slightly entertaining if you had ended up transfiguring the shopkeeper at Ollivander's into something." She took another drink of her pumpkin juice to keep herself from giggling.