"What position did you play? I always thought if I played, I'd like to be a chaser." Alex asked as she rested her chin on her hand. A thoughtful look crossed her face, "Maybe a short story about a students everyday life here at Hogwarts?"

Momentarily distracted as a very familiar face finally arrived at the staff table, Angela turned her attention his way for a moment. For whatever reason, he seemed harried, and not at all cheerful.

"Hello Fabian." She greeted with a smile. "I was wondering where you were; thought that Fex had gotten into some sort of predicament and you had to help him out." She remarked in a light hearted tone.

She grinned. "Chaser, actually." Taking a quick sip from her goblet of pumpkin juice, Angela glanced out towards the tables of chattering students, but still kept one ear tuned in for Alex's answer.

At the suggestion, Angela nodded slowly. "That is a good idea; a very good idea actually. Maybe I should do some interviewing of the students; make it a sort of a reality story?"

Caleum's head snapped in the direction of the professor's sudden speech of the acorns out of his drink. To say, I will more than make sure they are out of your direction, he thought to himself with a sigh and went back to sipping on his glass of water again.

His blue eyes caught the sound of a student standing in front of him and tilted his head to the side as the student gave a proper bow before him. Was he royalty now? Oh this could be fun. "Hello, dear pupil," he said wishing he had a sword of some sort to knight the poor fella that was bowing before him. "Is there something I can assist you with?"

But then his eyes cut a glaring look to his dear friend, the Acorn Man. Seriously, was he about to say anything unproper to the hard headed statement? Well, he could have and he most definitely should. "I will not shut up and I am not the only one at this table that has had a hard head about certain things and certain people for the past 15 years." There! It came out and he was proud, not only of himself but Constantine as well. It really did take guts to put up with some people in this world.


OH! This new one was definitely going to be one he had to meet and soon. Maybe go over a few potion tricks of the trade as he loved to keep up with the new and latest of things within the Wizarding World.

And on this one, he definitely wanted to hear about Mr. Masterson's summer as well. His smirky look turned towards his dear friend as he waited patiently for an answer of some sort.

Oh this girl was erking him to no end being at the staff table with her snooty self. But a silent snicker emerged from the gut of Caleum as he heard the professor's scolding attempt to silence the said intern and WHOA! She really told him....NOT! He pressed his lips together as it was his turn to bring the glass of water up to his lips to keep from chuckling out loud at the way she really gave the professor a piece of her mind.


But seriously! Acorns! The topic of discussion. He couldn't believe his ears at all the talk of one simple acorn that Neo flung at his head. What a hoot!

And then he heard something that he had been waiting to hear for so long.

His attention turned to Professor Pierce and he smiled. "So you are the cuprit that caused the female students to attend my class last term as males," he whispered began as his smile grew even wider. "I have been wanting to meet you since the day I inquired the female/male students in my class. It was brilliant."

And just as he was about to end his speech of the moment, Fabian arrived. About time!

"Hello, there.", he smiled warmly back to the School Librarian. "I don't believe we've met." Allow myself to introduce...myself. "David Kapoor, at your service. I'm the schools Divinations Professor." He said extending a hand towards the lady. "You must be the school...?", he began, hoping that either he'd be able to guess or that she'd help him out. "Now don't tell me now...Care of Magical Creatures?"

Kapoor began to reach for the soft, bright pink cubes of coconut ice. His favourite. He'd have to remember to stop by Honeydukes as soon as he got the chance. He noticed a tall, strongly built wizard enter and take a seat between two invisible forces. Was not all the staff present yet? With the witches at last able to teach alongside the wizards, it was a bit hard to tell who was and who wasn't accounted for.

He turned back to the Transfigurations Professor and listened. It seemed the lady opposite Miss Pierce was into Quidditch. He wondered if she played Beater as he himself had once many, many, many, many, ....




...many moons ago.

ooc: I think Max is in here somewhere. He got burried.

Angela reached across Alex to shake David's hand. "Pleased to meet you David. I'm Angela Kohan." Divination, he said? That was certainly quite the subject. He must be very good at what he did if he had been hired on at Hogwarts.

She was on the verge of speaking her position in the school, but said nothing as he tried to guess.

With a chuckle as he answered Care of Magical Creatures, Angela shook her head. "I'm afraid not." She answered. "Librarian."

"Argh, I'm jealous." Alex grinned, "One of these days I'll have to ask Max to show me how to fly properly. I was never good at it."

She nodded, "That sounds good, maybe for another one you could intervew Miss Trelawney, you know, from Hogwarts to real life, sort of thing."
Alex blushed, "It was nothing, I just wish I could have snuck over there with them, it was the rebelious streak in me coming out." Plus, she'd also wanted to show the girls how to stand up for what they thought was right. "I'm Alexandria Pierce, I dont believe we've met."

Cassandra looked over at the man in the glasses (Ray.) "Excuse me, but what will you be teaching professor...?" she asked trailing off to get his name. She was trying to make conversation and meeting more of the staff. She had to make... friends... sort of.

Rey had been sipping his tea and paying careful attention to the conversations going on around him without actually looking like that's what he was doing. In fact, he was also looking up at the ceiling and enjoying the view of the stars, noting the different constellations and putting together some ideas about the various conjunctions. He looked down and over at the professor who was addressing him. "Bontecou, call me Rey," he grinned. They'd met before but she'd been distracted. "And you're...?"

"Trelawney... Cassandra Trelawney." She said pouring more water in her half empty glass. "I'm the new Healer Intern here. I will be assisting Nurse Numel. And yourself?" She asked trying not to sound too curious... Bontecou... she was trying to remember the roster... was it potions or runes?

Drago finished off his coffee and checked the time. When was Cassandra going to make her speech? He glanced to the younger Cassandra and frowned. Would that one notice his early departure? It was one thing when she was among the students. They rarely noticed his recent impatience. But the girl, while usually oblivious, often noticed if he entered or left her presence. Already this was turning out to be a testy term, and it had barely started.

"Oh!" he exclaimed. An intern. Oops. Then, he smiled.

"I love healing, though I don't think I'd be able to stand it as a full time gig," he replied, remembering the six months he'd spent at Mungo's a few years ago. It had been fun and challenging but, not quite exciting enough for his tastes. "But, I won't be doing much of that here... Well, maybe I will if I remember potions class from my time here. There was this one girl who ended up exploding her cauldron and there was nothing the professor could do about it since she was incorporeal.... Good times."

Ah, that's the new potions professor. You really need to look at that roster, Mentor. I will. After the feast. And after I visit this man's office. Planning on giving him my stores? Only the extras. I can't use nearly as much as we did together. And how will you explain the belladonna and hemlock? New fertilizer, unexpected results. He poured himself more coffee and took a sip of it.

Cassandra glanced over at Erikson and smirked. What that his second cup of coffee? Blaylock, rest her soul, would have a fit!

ooc: Does THAT answer his question? LOL

She turned back to Ray and nodded. "I've sort of had an interest in it for quite some time... I've been studying on my own various charms and healing spells since I was a fourth year. Not many I realized till I was older, but still the occasional quidditch injury... I was friends with the captains of the Slytherin team..." Friends was a loose term... she tollerated Abendroth and had a sibling like relationship with Denver... They were at each other's throats but one always protected the other and vice versa.

"Nice," he said, still grinning. "Well, I'll be teaching potions this term."

"Ah! We haven't. Caleum Myers, assistant to the Headmistress for DADA." he began with a smile on his face. "And I wish I could have snuck back with them. Plus it was odd the class they end up in which was on rules, when to break them and when to not." He couldn't help himself but chuckle lightly at that lesson. "I guess the lesson was a good choice at the time. Rules were broken everywhere."

"Hmmm..." she nodded. "I'm sorry... did I hear you say you were... A Ravenclaw?" Really... she never met a smart Ravenclaw... The Sorting hat was often wrong.


"I didn't break that rule, and I got top marks in that assignment..." she said proudly... she always excelled in Transfiguration.

"Guilty!" he laughed as he held his right hand up and replied. He pushed his glasses back up his nose and scratched behind his ear. "I'm a lot smarter than I look." Which was a funny statement considering he looked like a nerd.

"Or sound at the moment?" She said playfully. She shook her head playfully. "Maybe I should be on hand for your classes." She teased smiling at him.

"You don't think I sound intelligent?" he scoffed. "I'm actually a genius. I just have a horrible sense of direction so, maybe you'll do me the honor of escorting me to my quarters after the feast?"

"I would draw you a map..." she said raising her eyebrow, "but I guess I could walk you there... Are you always inclined to ask a Slytherin prefect for the way around the school?" Once a prefect, always a prefect.

"Oh, it doesn't matter who I ask. Were you a Slytherin prefect, then? I was never much for that kind of thing. Can't say I wasn't disappointed not to get one of those fancy badges but, I guess they didn't want someone who needed a map to get around and still had a tendency to get lost every once in a while as prefect," he rambled on in his customary fashion. Reynard Bontecou was a very personable fellow.

Caleum glanced to where the intern spoke about the assignment Professor Pierce had produced last year. And with her little statement and the 'place nicely' from the Headmistress, he smiled as sweetly, yet not innocent in any means, at Cassandra, a name he would never forget as long as he lived and she was around. It was best if he kept his mouth shut at the moment and to take his own advise. If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all. The only thing he did was keep the smirky smile upon his lips as he listened to the conversation at the moment.

She smirked and said. "I didn't get a yes or no for attending your class for freak accidents... do you think you can handle coming to the Hospital ward alone without a map?"

Ok... why did the child assistant have a stupid grin on his face? Did she have something on her face?? She checked in her spoon... Nope...

"I think I can handle the students on my own and I happen to be excellent at potions," he laughed. Actually he was good at everything. A regular Hermione-type know-it-all.

"I had no doubt..." She said. "I'm faily good with them myself..." She leaned in a whispered "You can ask Mr. Masterson..."