She nodded and said, "yes, you are right. It's a lot more fun to wonder about what's going on with the ghosts." She took a bite of potato and then added, "I can't wait to go out to the lake again." She missed sitting under her tree.

"Nice to meet you too... erm..." D'OH!!!!! Go for it and guess... "Kaika?" That sounded about right...

"I've read so much about Quidditch, and haven't had much first hand experience," Jake admitted. "I'm a bigger reader, to be brutally honest... I'm into knowledge..." Jake was surprised he wasn't a Ravenclaw to tell the choice, but maybe it was because he always aimed too high or simply his Hufflepuff traits were alot stronger. He'd not told anyone that he planned to take every class he possibly could, but it was only a matter of time. May as well ask.

"What classes are you taking?" Jake queried. "If- if you don't mind me asking, of course..."

Curt didn’t understand the whole… his mum needing a break from the Wizarding World and all. But he was just going to go with it. “Ah, that’s understandable.” He said slightly hesitantly, yet reassuring and all with a warm nod.

Curt shook his head as the boy said he hadn’t given his name, and nodded as he gave it out. “No worries Jake.” He said with a small smile, “I’m Curtis Diggory, or Curt… as everyone calls me.” He said with a small wink, they both seemed to have shorted their names a bit.



Smiling to Kaika, Curt shrugged slightly at the mentioning of NEWT’s. “I do.” But he was going after a professional Quidditch career, and had long ago declared to himself that he would never work at the Minsitry. “I’m going to try hard in Transfiguration and Arithmancy. If Quidditch doesn’t work for me, I wan’t to still be eligible for a Curse Breaker at Gringotts.” He said with a firm nod, that would be a interesting job as well.

Nodding to Kaika’s response to Dominic, he absentmindedly looked around the great hall in pursuit of the now fifth year Hufflepuff. “Where is that boy, anyway?” Curt asked, “I never saw him on the train either.”


Grey eyes turned back to face blue ones, and Curt grinned as he listened to Vannah talk about her monster of a cat, that he had a certain fondness for. “I believe he did see a ghost.” Curt said with a laugh, looking at the fat friar. “Naya is going to be scared of them, I think. She’s still very skittish.” He smiled as he thought of his little black cat, she was probably curled up under the common room sofa at this point. “Glad you could finally get ahold of him though. You’re going to have your hands full this term.” He said with a laugh, looking under the table once more to catch a glimpse of the orange feline.

Curt’s curiosity began to raise substantially as Vannah said she had something to tell him. Then she said a name that sounded very familiar. He only knew one Zachery, and the name Raddox sounded very familiar. He tilted his head to the side slightly, and gave Vannah an inquiring look before it clicked. “Wait a moment, [i]Zachary Raddox?[/s].” His eyes widened considerably, “You can’t be serious! That unstable Slytherin that tried to pick a fight with us in our first year?!” Curt shook his head in disbelief and laughed. “Did you talk to him?” Wow. This was some news, hopefully he wasn’t back at Hogwarts.

Twilight finally looked up from the table just in time to see the Fat Friar rise from the pudding. From her dad and mom she immediately knew who it was and had to smile. Her father said that it was a good sign when the ghosts were around, but looking at the faces of some students you wouldn't think that at all. 'Strange', she thought.

Twilight watched the Fat Friar's face and just knew what he was thinking, she was sure of it. So she concentrated real hard on making a plate of ghost food show up on her hand. She knew he would feel the thought, as she said, "I am so pleased to make your acquaintance. I wish i could offer you to join us in this fast as it would be more merry with your presence."

She could feel the other students look at hr very strangely as she said this, but she didn't care. One must be respectful and nice to everyone no matter who or what they were.

Twilight felt Tigerlily move in her lap. He had been comfortable sitting in her lap all this time. He wasn't a cat to beg human food, in fact he turned his nose up at it. Now he stretched and tried to get off her lap. He kept peering over her lap at something under the table. Finally Twilight took a peek and saw another cat.

Twilight smiled at both the girl and the boy, as Tigerlily took off to find himself a new friend. He was going nose to nose with her cat.

"Oh. Well I swear I've heard something about a Stephanie." Emalyn smiled. "My mistake. Maura is a bit like you...I don't know why I thought it was your cousin!"

OOC: ha. ha. ha.

"Congratulations!" Emalyn exclaimed, beaming. "Ooh pretty badge." Emalyn took a sip of her pumpkin juice and placed her hands in her lap. "Oh, great...that's just dandy, Kaika. HARDER?" Emalyn smirked. "Don't worry, I'm up for it."

Emalyn looked up from her plate yet again to another all too familiar voice. "Vannah!!" she screeched the 'van' part, but was startled by her high pitched voice and ended 'nah' with a quiet squeeky whisper. She grinned. It sounded quite like a chipmunk. "How have you been?"

"Your very perceptive for someone who's bored. I'm a fifth year transfer from the United States. Do you have a name, or do I call you hey you?" Everyone is so friendly here. I think I'm going to like it here at Hogwarts.

Oh. Poor Vannah, she was feeling sick before. Yikes! She remembered that medicine her grandma used to make her...those things do not taste any good, no matter what others say.

"You weren't the only one falling asleep on the train" she said, with a small smile, she had gotten a good share of sleep, but not too much, just an hour and some more. She still didn't know why Vannah was suddenly ashamed of falling asleep on the train, but it really wasn't a big deal for Kaika.

And...she did notice. Her smile widened slightly, "Thanks, Vannah!" she said, if Vannah was not trying out this time, she knew that she'll be their most beloved fan from the stands.

"Yes, Kaika" she said, with a nod, he seemed to be trying to remember everyone's name. Not that it was necessary, for they still had time to further introductions. Or maybe the reason behind it was that Kaika, too, forgot names very often, so she couldn't possibly be upset about someone not remembering her name. Unless it was someone she'd met for quite a while.

Oh, this kid was sweet, "Well, it is true that Quidditch is more than books...but you may have flying in your veins, who knows? You may even be a natural at it" a small wink to the little first year followed her words. She was so happy to see someone that likes Quidditch even if he'd never played it before...it was...refreshing. Knowledge? "As I said before, Quidditch is more than books, but it is also more than a plain sport" only Merlin knew how many books she'd read about Quidditch, and the plays explained in those were simply brilliant. Even if it's execution may turn out to be hard to follow.

His next question surprised her, "I don't mind" she smiled, "The mandatory classes, of course" she said, nodding, "And Arithmancy, which I love, plus Divination..." and she planned on getting better at it, maybe it could help her with Quidditch too.

Ha. It was good to see someone so set on his future. Kaika was still unsure of what path she'll like to follow. Though, working with dragons was certainly fascinating...she still wasn't sure. And her father might not like that either. "Oh, that's really good" and very hard, Professor Shackleton might know something about that. Of course she does, she worked at Gringotts before, right?

Kaika shrugged, "I don't know...he left the table" she said, that was a fact she found out when Miranda pointed Dominic out.

"Thank you" she said again, hoping to count for the Huffie's assistance to the tryouts, and laughed at the face the second year made when she mentioned that the practices were going to be harder.

"Yes..." she said, grinning, "...Harder, indeed" she added, and was pleased to know that this little Huffie had no problems with it. Oh, it was so great to be surrounded by people who loved Quidditch. She was still in need to read the last book she'd bought this summer, and then off to planning new plays. If she planned the plays before the tryouts, then it may be easier to know whom to choose.

Kaika took a sip from the cup in her hand. Pumpkin juice, what else?

Penny took a drink of pumpkin juice. "Yes it is. I wonder what kind of scenes we could come up with." she said after swallowing. Penny thought was the Lake "You know, I have always like the Pathways."she told her friend. She was not sure why, but it was like serene or something.

Abby looks around and sees two ghost at the head table, and then a third appears flying out of the treacle tart. "Fantastic, I didn't know the ghost had come back to Hogwarts." Before Abby decided to tranfer to Hogwarts, she had read every book on the school she could get her hands on. "Let's see the lady at the head table must be the Grey Lady and the gentleman is her former lover and murderer, the Bloody Baron. That means you must be the Fat Friar, Hufflepuff's ghost. Now where's Gryffindor's ghost? I can't remember his name."

Christine was always in a little shock when she saw one of the ghost from Hogwarts flying around. Growing up with muggles, she was told that ghost are suppose to be scary. She knew the ghost here were not like the ones she has seen in scary movies, but everytime she saw one her heart raced a little. Christine decided to introduce herself, thinking if she knew the ghost maybe she wouldn't be afraid. Hi Fat Friar she said trying to put as much enthusiasm in her voice as she could manage. I'm Christine, thrid year.

Despite Dominic's initial ploy when leaving the Hufflepuff table to go strangle a kid at the Slytherin table for unreasoned yelling, the fifth year found himself back at his own house table before he even made it to Slytherin's. Distractions from the staff action, Headmaster's speech, and falling onto clumsy girl at the Gryffindor table were all enough to make him forget of his initial reasons for leaving his table anyway.

Shame. The strangling would have been amusing.

But it seemed more people had arrived from Hufflepuff since he departed, including one male in particular who he had been looking forward to greeting. Overhearing his talk with Kaika about some boy, the fourteen year old slipped over towards them and patted Curt gleefully on the back.

"Saw who on the train?" he asked, raising a brown eyebrow as he slipped into the seat next to the older puff. "How are you, Curt? It's been awhile." Understatement.

Curt, of course, had to be right. The real question was which ghost had he seen. She had no idea, but luckily the little tabby didn't find him or her. Hopefully it would stay that way, but really that was just wishful thinking. "Aww," She cooed, giggling softly. "Poor Naya! One more thing to hide from. Maybe she and Tiger will hit it off this term," That would be something to see. Considering the arrogant orange furrball didn't usually befriend others, and the skiddish tiny black kitten would likely run from her own shadow.

Smiling at the image in her head, Savannah went straight back into the conversation with ease, "If it weren't the first night back, I wouldn't have worried about him wandering. But it's not everyday you see the ghosts return to Hogwarts," Let alone a cat, that should be in it's owner's dorm or even the proper house common room, chasing them.

"Yes." Savannah nodded as he repeated the name of a certain french Slytherin boy that before a few weeks ago, she hadn't seen or heard from in years. No need for her to refresh his memory, his description said it all. She nearly laughed, biting down on her lip to keep a straight face. Mmmhhmm. "Was I involved in that fight?" She asked, almost puzzled. "That was the one with his sister, right?" If it were, then she probably had been. Zachery use to be a friend of hers, whenever they weren't arguing.

Her face fell a little bit at this, bobbing her head a tiny bit at his question. "I did, he came up to me." She said, going into explanation on the little story: "He asked if we could talk. I was with Alexis, Sammy, Frederic and Dustin though - we were going to the Leaky and I told them I'd meet them there; So I told him he should come with me. I didn't want to leave the group and.. it's been so long, I didn't know what to expect." Savannah admitted, shrugging her shoulders. She wasn't afraid of him. But it had been what, six years? And things hadn't ended on the best note, mind you. How she had said it was perfect; Exact. If anything, she was afraid of what he might tell her. But at the same time, she wanted to talk to him. "Anyways, he didn't talk much infront of them, and I wouldn't ask much either; The group doesn't know him. Lex knows of him, but she had never met him. Zachery did tell me he's back, to finish school here at Hogwarts. I haven't seen him so far though," Savannah shook her head, glancing away from their table again to check the other tables. Hmm.. where was Ema? And whatever happened to Sheeta? Shifting forward, sitting straight again like one should at a dining table rather than twisting around like she was, Savannah caught the hazel gaze of what appeared to be a much younger girl. The seventeen year old smiled warmly, waving a hand hello. "Hey! I'm Savannah Mae, Seventh year. And you are?" She asked, introducing herself while the small orange feline backed up into her leg.
Reaching under to pat Tiger's head, Savannah straightened up and saw the girl she had just been thinking about. "Emaalyn!" She exclaimed more quietly in response. Ah, how she'd missed everyone so much. "I'm great! Summer was nice - insane as usual, it's nice to be back." Vannah smiled fondly at the second year; about to cross her arms on the edge of the table, she caught herself in the act and settled for folding her hands in her lap. Fifth year and Ministry Professors teaching them how to be proper young ladies was not something she wanted to go through again. "How are you? Did you enjoy summer vacation?"
Savannah laughed, oddly pleased to hear this. "That's good. I suppose it's better to get abit of rest on the trip here," The less tired you were, the more time you had to get comfy in the common room for abit and catch up with friends before bed. But they would have classes bright and early, too.. "Did you enjoy summer?"

"My name is Twilight Mcdonahue. That is Tigerlily, he seems to like your cat," she answered gesturing toward hr cat and Savannah' cat, who obviously wasnt use to the attention. "Tigerlily really likes other cats. Thinks he needs to protect them."

She turned to watch the commotion at the staff table. Oh dear that one girl student really was causing problems. If everyone had not been interested in eating they would have noticed. Then the one professor got up and literally roared for everyone to sit down at their tables. 'O dear,this can be funny but not when people get hurt.' she thought.

She then watched as the other house ghosts went up to the staff table to what seemed like to converse with the staff. Some staff didnt really seem pleased about it and then some staff seemed to know the ghosts. Well that must be the Grey Lady and that other one must be the Bloody Baron. Geesh where was Nearly Headless Nick? She found this all very amusing. Her grandpa and grandma had talked about the ghosts alot so she flt like they belonged there at all times. Does this mean that that poltergeist would show himself again? She hoped not.

Maddox chuckled and held on to his beautiful best friend as she flung herself at him, which was customary at this point in their relationship. He squeezed her tightly in his arms and replied, "I've missed you too, Kayla." He kissed her cheek and let her go a little bit so he could look at her face. "Lets see, i have been checking in on things in France of course," he winked, "But after that trip I pretty much stayed home with mum." He shrugged and let her go all the way this time. "Where have you been? I seriously need to talk to you." He sighed and gave her a sad smile.








'What the bloody...' was all Maddox could think. He had never seen these ghost's before. He looked up at the rather large, what appeared to be a friar, and nodded his head saying, "Good day, sir." He was utterly astonished.

Ooh can't breathe, can't breathe...but that didn't matter to her because Maddox was here and she felt so much happier now. "Oh how did that go?" Kayla was supposed to have gone with him but what with Nico not coming back and all, she had wanted to spend as much time with him.

Kayla looked at Maddox's face and she could tell he was upset. "I have been around" she said giving him a faint smile. "You're upset about Nico, not coming back aren't you?"

She looked to where Maddox was looking and she chuckled softly. "Oh yeah and the Hogwarts ghosts are back."

Maddox smiled and shrugged, "Pretty well, even though when I got there my ex-girlfriend was there with her ex-boyfriend and some of her other little friends. You see my cousin is friends with Lima. They ran into each other at the Eiffle Tower, and my wonderful cousin decided to let them stay with her at my house, and she told Lima about all of my inheritance." He took a deep breath and tried to push the anger away quickly. Once he could speak again, he continued, "Other then that, everything is running smoothly." He glanced quickly down the table to send a glare at Lima, and looking quickly back at Kayla.



Maddox looked down at his boots and said, "I wish he would have told me. I had to overhear it in a fight he was having with Anna. He never saw me. He just left. Why?" He looked directly into Kayla's eyes and said, "Why couldnt he tell me? He claim's that I'm his best friend, but he cant tell me something like this." He looked back down, placing his hands in his pants pockets.



"I dont think i have even heard about them before." He looked around at the amazingly see-through people floating around.

Oh dear that couldn't have been good, Kayla looked down the table at Lima and then back to Maddox. Was he not over her? Ugh...she was not getting in the middle of it unless Maddox wanted her advice and she wasn't entirely sure that she was the best person on that. "Um...well is that such a bad thing that she knows, I mean she doesn't seem the type of person who would spread it around and if she does...well can sort her out if you like" she added jokingly. She cleared her throat and turned serious. "I know you're still hurting Mads but you need to let it go."

Kayla sighed deeply and she gestured for Maddox to sit down. "His uncle wanted him to stay home and help with the business. He's going to try and come down on Hogsmeade weekends" she sighed again. "As to why he didn't tell you, that I can't answer. He's had a lot of stuff going on and well that whole scene in Diagon Alley was rather intense, there were a few things I found out as well...but we won't go into that now" she looked away for a moment before plastering a smile back on her face and turning back to Maddox. "He'll probably send you a letter real soon" well she hoped he did.

"Oh yeah there's one for every house apparently" Kayla looked at the fat friar and then back to Mads and shrugged.

Maddox grinned at ther proposition. He liked the odds on the scene of the two girls playing in his head. He shook it off and replied, "Well, I guess its not a bad thing. BUT...i will hold you up on that offer if she does open her mouth. Which she blabbers everything all the time so it might be possible." He grinned then suddenly grimmaced at her next comment. He wasnt expecting that so early in the term, but it was to be expected. He sighed and said, "I'm trying."


Maddox sat next to her when she gestured for him to. He listened to her for a few moments taking it all in. He figured if it was that important, and really Maddox hadn't made himself known, then he shouldnt be upset with Nico. He thought for a moment and looked at the smile on Kayla's face. She was definaly more happy then he had ever seen her. He smiled back and replied, "Well I certainly hope that he does. Otherwise he will have me to deal with." He waggled his eyebrows and smirked. "You will have to inform me another time though. I would love to know what you found out." Nico could be elusive and he hid things to much.


"Oh." He looked around for a moment and shrugged as well. He didnt really care. Ghost didnt bother him much.

Kayla chuckled at the look on Maddox's face. "You're picturing a girl fight in your mind right now aren't you?" she gave him a playful punch on the arm. Well it was playful to her and she knew Maddox would be able to handle it but anyone else and they would probably be on the floor now. "Oh no problems it will be my pleasure" she gave him a wink, Kayla would always have Maddox Darcy's back. She reached out grabbed his hand and squeezed it gently. "I know you are, just so long as you know that I'm always here if you need to talk."

"I'm sure he will" she replied with a smile. "One thing about Nicholai, is he doesn't forget who his friends are." Kayla nodded her head at him. "yeah another time, now is definitely not the place for it."

Vanessa smiled a little as she looked at him. It felt good to know that he didn't mind if they talked about it later, and she knew that telling me what was wrong would make her feel better. Even if it would upset her a little upset, it would all work out right?
"Thanks," She spoke quietly, trying to look as happy as she could.

"Oh Miles," She smirked at him, as she put some potato and carrots onto her plate. "It's 'cause your hungry," She added with a smile. She knew that he liked eating. "Just eat dear," She nodded as she ate some potatoes.

Sakura walked over to the Hufflepuff table looking for Jack who had deserted her. However she didn't spot him, tired of looking she sat down at the Hufflepuff table next to a boy that looked mighty familiar. Turning her head slightly she said, "Hi John, how is it coming with Ruby?"

John was just getting over the shook of seeing the Fat Friar, when he heard someone talking to him. He look up and saw Sakura, he tried to talk to her but at first the words failed him. He just looked at her and smiled what was he going to say "Have you seen the ghost?" John nearly shouted the last few words of his sentance.

John then finaly realised that she had asked him how it was coming along with Ruby. "What do you mean?" Did she know that he fancied Ruby and if so how did she know, Well he didn't know how it was coming on "I'd don't know sometimes I think she likes me the other time I'm not so sure. What do you think I should do and what's her favorate things?"

Shana Had no luck meeting new people at the slytherin table so she decided to come and sit at the huffle puff table.She slowly walked in humming to herself "Dum Dee Dum Dee Dum Dee Dum Dee Dum Dum" she sang to herself.

She went and sat next to this a boy and a girl that looked about the same age as her.

"No I haven't seen the ghost." Sakura laughed as she leaned back slightly. "I mean have you had any luck getting her to go out with you, or at least spend time with you? Oh and yes I know that you fancy my cousin, I noticed when at the Leaky you just kept staring at her, and when on the street you did not even recognise me. Plus your tone of voice when you say her name, or talk to her, it well it gets softer." She then gave John an encouraging smile, before helping herself to some Pumpkin juice. When he said that he didn't think Ruby liked him Sakura let out a little giggle. "She likes you, if you asked her out she would be thrilled, more than thrilled actually. It is just with our upbringing it is hard for her to get past the boundaries, like it is hard for me to do so, although with your brother I kind of had too. Trust me, ask her out and she will say yes. As for what she likes, chocolate is a start, as well as ice-cream, she loves ice-cream. She tends to wear a lot of green and silver, they are I think her favourite colours so something with them on it should go down well. As for her other favourite things, well it wouldn't be fair to tell you, everything, you should have to find some things out from her no?" Sakura gave him an encouraging smile before sipping at her Pumpkin juice. "However if you ask me a specific question I may answer, however I want info as well." She gave him a sly grin as she said this, she was after all a Slytherin.

She became thoughtful at that first comment then said, "I dunno." Then she had an idea; she didn't know if Penny would agree to it, but it was worth a shot. "Hey, do you want to help me teach my best friend, Miles how to prank?"

She nodded and said, "Ive always loved the pathways. And not just 'cause that was where Kyler asked me out." She snorted. That felt as if it had happened years ago instead of only three Terms.