Sho pushed the huge platter of chicken toward Cale and smiled, proud of himself. Now he had it in with at least 2... maybe 3 groups. Though that tended to be a problem. Oh well. He was probably going to get into more swampy trouble this term anyway.

"Chicken ahoy!" he said to Cale.

"I finally met Jason! He really was kind of fun to talk to." Liz replies with a grin.

"ooo those look really good," Liz says reaching for the fresh dinner rolls.


ooc: no idea, where the name went, I remember typing it in :o)

"I love it!" Jenn says with her mouth full of potatoes. "Oops, sorry" Jenn says blushing as she swollows her food. "How 'bout you?" Jenn asks smiling.

Mariel turned to First Year Girl and asked, "Can you pass the mashed potatoes?" As she reached for them, Mariel's arm knocked over her goblet full of water dumping the contents into First Year Girl's lap. Mariel clapped her hands over her stunned mouth and with eyes wide tried to stammer an apology. "Ohhh, I'm sooo sorry!" then tried to stifle a laugh, seeing as it was a bit amusing.

Amidst the commotion, Mariel is grateful to see a familiar face walking over. Her eyes lit up. "Jenn! You got Ravenclaw too? Best house in Hogwarts," she added with a grin. Mariel looked down at her plate stacked high with food. "Yeah, I was starving. So... tuck in, the food's amazing."

James turned back to Patricia.
"There's nothing wrong with yelling!" he nearly yelled back. "It gets your point across better." he smiled to Patricia. "I'm James," he reached across the table to shake her hand.

No matter how terrible Belle's had been, Willow had to admit that the food over there had not been entirely bad. More like the opposite, to be honest. But really, it was nothing compared to the food at Hogwarts, for the aliments here were just simply delicious.

The chicken, especially. The girl reached for her fork, and took another bite.

So immersed by eating and thinking nothing in particular Willow had been, that she had not noticed that some other girl had taken seat rather close to where she was. And not only that girl, for moments later, another female arrived, that judging by the clothes the girl was wearing, she was in Slytherin. Not only she had arrived, but she was talking to her, too.

Had she not noticed that she was in the wrong table? Huh. Weird.

"No, I don't think it is taken," replied Willow politely, as her forest green eyes eyed her, a hint of curiosity in them. It was rather odd for Willow when people asked her if a certain seat was taken. It was not like she owned the place, or anything. Though to be perfectly honest, sometimes the girl hoped she did. "Nice to meet you, Asteira." Blood. What a weird surname. "The name's Willow."

Rian laughed and nodded, taking a roll for herself. "He's pretty cool," she laughed, "He's my first cousin I met," she winked at Liz and started to pour gravy on her mashed potatoes.

Rian turned back to Jenn and laughed, "No problem," she giggled as Jenn ate her food, "Oh, I love it here. It's my home away from home, and it's great to be back!"

Jenn giggled as the water spilt everywhere. "I would clean it up with magic, but, I don't know how yet." Jenn said smiling at the girl as she dabed at it with her napkin.

"I'm so glad your in it too!" Jenn said happily. "I know. My turkey is so good. Of coarse after just eating pumpkin pasties and chocolate frogs, everything tastes better." Jenn said as she grabbed a dinner roll.

Valentine shook her head as she finally stuffed a spoon full of potatoe in her mouth. "I wish I did." She said after swallowing the food. "I never really got time to learn any languages. No place really either." she explained to the boy.

Livvy yelped out loud when her lap suddenly became really, really, REALLY damp. She glanced down and then at the girl that had knocked over her goblet. She just offered a small smile. "It's okay," Livvy said, chuckling softly as she grabbed a napkin and tried to make her pants somewhat dry.

James nodded.
"I know what you mean." he began attacking the roast beef. "I can only say greetings and what-not" he said casually.

Jenn smiled. "This IS my home."Jenn said. "My family isn't anything like my friends here." Jenn said smiling at all of the people around her.

ooc: got to go. bedtime! See ya later peeps!

Ludo entered the Great Hall, a great smile on his face. Adjusting his blue tie, he made his way to Ravenclaw Table. Many students had already arrived. He looked up the row of students and saw Liz and close to her Asteira. Beaming, he made his way to the table and sat down.
"Hey, you two. Have a pleasant ride down here? I fell asleep before even one game of Wizard Chess." he laughed.

He poured himself a goblet of Pumpkin Juice to start off his meal.
A small impulse led his eyes to gaze at the ceiling. Of all the many wonders of Hogwarts, this was one of his favorites. The candles' light danced as if celebrating the start of term themselves. Stars shining brightly against the black sky.

Patricia jumped as she felt something cold run down her leg, realizing a split second later that someone had knocked over some water on the table. She turned to the girl seated nearby and shook her head. "I'ts ok, no harm done..."she said as she wiped the water off with her napkin.

It suddenly dawned on her that she knew this girl from somewhere, her face was familiar. "Do we know each other? I think we met smomewhere, maybe the train?" she asked as she passed the mashed potatoes. She then served herself some roast beef, potatoes, peas and carrots.

Cale wasn't too surprised to find out Valey was a lily/rose girl nor that she was much more into animals. Most people were. They just didn't understand how great plants were. So less demanding and much more independent. "I have flying lily seeds. I'm going to plant them this weekend and cultivate them over the winter along with my gillyweed."
"Excellent! Chicken. Wonderful." He grabbed a bunch, tossing one on Tobi's plate for him. "Sho you need one too." He tossed another one on his mate's plate. "Those plant's aren't all that scary mate, you just need to know what to do to handle them. They're not that much different then a bowtruckle. Just got to know what to feed them so they don't scratch out your eyes."
Cale was about to say something to James when he heard Valey. "Wait - what?! You suck blood?!" No wonder she liked animals more then plants!

"Oh really? That sounds exciting. You need any help I can try." Valentine said with a smile. She didn't know much about Cale either- but she was sure on one thing, and that was that he really did love plants.

Valentine was just about to answer James when Cale seemed to get her interest. "What! No! Oh come on now you don't think I am a vampire either?" She rolled her eyes slightly. "All the children back where I lived thought I was a vampire. I don't need everyone here thinking that too."

Sho looked at the chicken wing that had landed on his plate. It was still steaming and did look rather tasty. Crispy, slightly saucey skin... tender and moist meat... gah it was too much to hold back from!

He picked it up and nibbled away, savoring the taste, "This is good stuff..."

"Great." she said aloud after she said it wasn't taken. At least to her knowledge. Asteira stared at her as she was giving her a weird look. or at least she thought she did. "What?" she asked as she wondered what the look was. she moved to sit down as she heard the girls name." Nice to meet you." she said as she decided to introduce herself a little further." I'm new this year. I transferred from France." she wasnt too good at this." So where are you from?"

"Oh that's comforting - Oh chicken!" Tobi was momentarily distracted. "I don't find bowtruckles any more cute and cuddly. They attack people. ATTACK PEOPLE. You know that's a bad thing right?" Tobi turned to Sho, Valentine, Eddy (who up to this point had remained silent,) even the new guy, pleading. "It's bad to be attacked by angry little wooden creatures that jump out of trees -you guys try to avoid that fate don't you?"

Mariel watched curiously as First Year Girl tried to clean herself up. She didn't look too thrilled - honestly who would? - but at least she wasn't visibly upset. Mariel started to offer to help, but Jenn beat her to the punch with some napkins of her own.

Mariel started to turn back to her food when some movement met her eye. She inwardly groaned. The water she spilled not only drenched First Year Girl, but what appeared to be another First Year Girl, who was also trying to dry herself off. Mariel snorted to herself. What a way to start off the year, she thought, rolling her eyes. Mariel looked over to First Year Girl #2 as she asked if they had met. Mariel looked at the girl appraisingly before shrugging. She didn't look familiar, but maybe she did run into her on the train or on one of her trips to Diagon Alley. "I don't think so..." Mariel started, "Maybe in Florean Fortescue's? I practically lived there this summer. Maybe you saw me there..."

Mariska was slightly stopped in her small talk attempt when another girl showed up, this one obviously knowing the other. She kept quiet until she heard someone say they had transferred from France. Her gaze had been focused on the chicken and potatoes in front of her until she heard this, and then it snapped upwards. " I'm sorry, but did you say you were from France?" She said, feeling an odd leaping sensation in her stomach, almost like excitement at knowing someone else from Beauxbaton's was there as well.

"Um... yes, yes it is pretty bad to be attacked by angry wooden creatures," Sho said to Tobi after setting the bone of his chicken wing down and wiping his mouth.

"Though I'm sure if you wear protective clothing you'll be just fine."

What did Sho know? He knew Muggle plants far more than he knew Magical ones. Maybe the bowtruckles ate through protective clothing.

Patricia thought for a moment, "Maybe so, i did go to Fortescue's a few times this summer with my mum and dad. I just love their chocolate sundaes." she rattled off and then remembered her manners. "Oh, by the way, my name is Patricia. Patricia Malkin... 1st year here."

She offered her hand as her mum had taught her, being civilized wasn't reserved for adults only. Or so her mum kept telling her. Over and over again... She smiled back, having already forgotten the spilled water.

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Mariska was slightly stopped in her small talk attempt when another girl showed up, this one obviously knowing the other. She kept quiet until she heard someone say they had transferred from France. Her gaze had been focused on the chicken and potatoes in front of her until she heard this, and then it snapped upwards. " I'm sorry, but did you say you were from France?" She said, feeling an odd leaping sensation in her stomach, almost like excitement at knowing someone else from Beauxbaton's was there as well.

Asteira looked over at the girl who was sitting near them, but didnt know her." Yes, Paris acutally." she gave her a small smile as she then introduced herself." Asteira Blood." she moved to sit down as she asked her," So you've lived there? Or have you just visited. Its a great place to live." she added as she thought it was a great place. She liked it better than here. Though she had been here only a few weeks, but Elizabeth seemed to like it. she had to give it a chance since her cousin seemed to like it."im aloud to sit here aren't i?" he asked Elizabeth in a low voice.

Mariel nodded. "Yeah, I'm addicted to their Lemondrop ice cream. Chocolate sounds good too though." Mariel loved chocolate only second best to lemondrop, but never thought to try that kind there. Lemondrop was just too good, but if it was anything like those fabulous chocolate frogs, it might be worth giving a try.

Mariel gazed at First Year Girl #2 curiously as she offered her hand. That was a first. Mariel had shaken a few adults hands when being introduced, but never had she seen an eleven year old girl offer to shake hands. Mariel shrugged and took the girl's hand. Either the girl's parents were awfully strict about manners or she was enrolled in some sort of etiquette class. Mariel smiled and said, "Hi Patricia, I'm Mariel." Then she tilted her head as she gave a considering look at Patricia. "Or do you like Patty?"