Ossia smiled again, finding it easier to talk to her. Fleetingly she wished this girl had been in her year, or perhaps the other way around.
"You looking forward to any classes in particular?"

Ossia's attention was jerked by the mention of fairy tales. She glanced curiously at the girl who was currently proudly displaying a willow wand.

Certainly, everyone could see what she meant. But the events with the boy named Jack made her think that maybe Dominic was well-suited for Prefect after all, considering how he went over to where the boy was and actually tried to help, even if he didn't know what to do.

So, yeah...that made her change her mind a little bit.

She chuckled at the whole 'learning' experience. And shrugged, "I guess, you're right, this could be good for him" she said, and Miranda was also right on something, Professor Shackleton was good at what she did, so, there was no mistake there, right?

Miranda's sudden outburst made her jump. Oh, dear Merlin, had Miranda not realized that? Kaika started to play with her hands, not sure of what to say, but decided to speak all she knew, which wasn't much, "Umm, well, she's not here right now...and I heard she wasn't coming this term..." she made a mental note to send an owl to Rapunzel and find out what was that about, "...so, she won't be around" she muttered, a sad look on her face, but her eyes weren't looking at Miranda.

Ha. That's an amusing thought, having all the insects run after Dominic. No, no, being nice to the boy was essential to get along with him. But, come to think of it, he'd never been rude to her...except one time...she was the one who seemed to be rude to him for no apparent reason. Huh. Interesting.

"It's better if they run after the opposite team, y'know" she winked, but that was so unlikely to happen. For some reason no insects appeared during matches.

She laughed at what she said next. "Oh, my brother broke mine last year" she said, with a nod, "I don't know what he did, but it didn't work, which is why on my fourth year I started out with a new one...or was it my third year?" she said, still wondering which year was it, "Well, it doesn't matter, what matters is that you have to keep it away from them" brothers, that is, "I'm so glad they're alright, and that you may not have homesickness issues this time around" she winked, Kaika's homesickness time was summer, when she away from Hogwarts.

Haha. He was about to say the tuna sandwich thing again. Good thing he didn't. Kaika smiled and pretended not to hear any of that. It was, after all, true. She'd never heard anything about any sandwich. Nope, she didn't.

And she laughed again, "Well, that's the most important thing..." she started to say, "...doing your homework" she nodded, but the most important thing was..of course..Quidditch. "Come on, you're barely a first year, we'll forgive you if you make us lose points" she said, then again, that Willie kid was also a first year, "Unless you're being reckless just for the fun of it" she added, narrowing her eyes.

Then shook her head, "Nah, I'm only joking, just enjoy school, Jake" that was probably the best advice he could get coming from her, without being related to Quidditch.

Hey, at least he wanted to work hard. A true Huffie, indeed. Because Huffies were hard working people.

Kait had sorta zoned out for awhile there but she shook herself out of it and looked back at Reed. "Not at all really, most of the people I know aren't in my house."

Spencer thought, Yeah. DADA, Charms and Transfiguration. Spence smiled. How about you?

Sakura looked down a little, the full impact of what she had done hitting her. She was so dead.

Jack looked at Sak "Hmm?" he was trying to fight it, but his eyelids felt heavy

Chelsea walked into the Great Hall, Admiring the great atmosphere of the Hall.
She see's a nice seat at the front, Just behind the popular students in Gryffindor House, Flicks her hair, Rub's her eye, And sit's down.

Set was disappointed. The boy he had just talked hadn't been remotely friendly, he supposed it was just becasue he was nervous, but... At that moment he saw Cadence and went over. "Hey, What's up?" he said, glad to be with his friend again.

"Care of Magical Creatures and Muggle Studies this year. Arithmancy is fairly interesting too actually. But I love the core classes, D.A.D.A. especially."

She tilted her head at 'Saku' and Spence. "How long have you two known each other?"

Sakura desperate that he would stay awake grabbed a pitcher of something and threw it on him, really hoping that no teacher noticed that and took more points off her.

Melanie looked up to see an older girl looking at her. She smiled hoping she didn't have food on her shirt or something. Melanie looked down self conciously. Nope nothing there. "Hi!" she said, waving. "Enjoying the feast?" she asked, particularly because she couldn't think of anything else to say.

"Oh yeah, OJ is still awesome." Emalyn agreed. "No, you probably don't need to take muggle studies. I just like to because I can pass with flying colors!" she winked at Melanie, giggling herself. "Yup, they have owls here, though I don't think I've ever used them. Oh, I don't have my own owl either, don't worry. My mother didn't like the idea of me owning a bird. So that was that." Emalyn laughed. "To be honest, I'm a bit scared of them. I'm sure the ones here are trained, but I'm really cautious I guess." Emalyn bit her lip. "Oh yes, the wands are pretty costly. I'm still paying my parents back for it in little bits. That's a beautiful wand!" Emalyn said, commenting on Melanie's brilliantly made willow wood wand.

"Oh I know what you mean," Emalyn nodded. "I used to believe in some pretty odd stuff. There was one phase in my life where I believe whole-heartedly in the story of Peter Pan. I always left my window open, even in the winter. And when I went away, I would leave a ribbon on the window sill and hope that it would disappear just so I would know he had taken it. Of course that never happened." Emalyn laughed in her foolishness. "It is very amazing, though, that it's happening to us, yes. And we have brooms so it's almost like I can fly like Peter Pan." Emalyn smiled. "What particular fairy tales did you most enjoy? Or still do? I like them all, really."

Just since the end of this summer. Spence thought about it. We met kinda weirdly. I think.

Oh no! Now Emalyn felt bad, she hadn't meant for that. "No, don't feel bad Ema." Savannah assured, shaking her head from side to side. "It happens to all of us. And it's not so bad, I'm actually kind of looking forward to what the future has instore for me. For everyone else, too." She smiled warmly, knowing fully well she would keep contact with all of her friends just like she did with the ones to graduate before her. Change was just.. well, different. It was new, and a little frightening. But it was also exciting, all in one.

At this, a laugh escaped the seventh year. "She's very determined to be a Hufflepuff." Savannah informed her fellow brunette, emphasizing the 'very' part. Her expression was a rather amused one. Katie and Alexis' little brother argued over that ALOT. "Though, I wouldn't mind what house she gets into. We have had relatives in all four houses, I think atleast." She added, matter-of-factly. The last part going quietly unsure.

Stifling a yawn, Jake nodded again. "Mhmm..." he was beginning to get drowsy, but refused to let himself sleep.

"So... Dominic Denton is on the team?" Jake asked, getting back to Quidditch. "How good is the Hufflepuff team, exactly?" With that patience-challenged maniac on the team.

Reed gave Kait a smile as she came back into reality, she had spaced out there for a while. "Seriously, are you saying that I'm the only other Hufflepuff that you know?" He asked. Surely that wasn't the case, there were tons of kids at this school, a whole fourth of them being Hufflepuff, surely she knew someone else.

Ella smiled at Jack. "That's good," she said. Had that boy just said Doofie?!? Ella stifled a giggle. "Nice to hear you're feeling better."

"Ugh, I'm full too," said Ella. She giggled when Ema knocked over the pumpkin juice.

"Uhmmmmm." she mumbled. "Stephanie..... have I mentioned her before?" (she hadn't been listening to Ema's response because she had been too busy giggling.)

This was a boy who will be arriving directly to his dormitory instead of staying a bit in the Common Room. He did seem tired, and he probably was. This was a very busy day for him, with a lot of things to take in.

That question caught her off guard. Dominic was everywhere today! Kaika shook her head, "Well, I hope to have him try out...he was on the team last year, and he plays amazingly well, if I may say so" if only she could've hit a bludger at the Huffie's head when they practiced, "But, his spot is not certain, he has to go through try-outs" she nodded, a serious look on her face, this was the hard part, having to chose, hopefully he'll do a marvelous job and get on the team.

She grinned widely now, "Oh, we came sooooo close on winning the Cup last year" she sighed, "But the team was certainly awesome!" she exclaimed. Truth be told, she still felt like they were meant to win last year's Cup.

Kaika wasn't sure what kind of answer Jake was expecting, "But, this year's team will be equally awesome...we'll just have to wait for the tryouts to begin" and she couldn't wait for that day to come.

John looked around the room, the last ten minutes seemed blank, he was sure that the last time he could remember anything was when he was talking to Sakura. He looked around but could not see her anywhere and futher more he hadn't seen his brother Jack since the train, it seemed like they were gradual falling apart and John didn't like the thought of being on his own. He and his brother had done everything together and they had planned to do everything together here, but it seemed like two girl had stopped that happened. He had fallen for Ruby, though he didn't dare ask her out yet he was a bit shy though he always tried to hide that fact, meanwhile it seemed like Jack had already got a girlfriend.

He looked around the room everyone seemed to be having fun but he was just sat on his own, all the friends that he had made seemed to be something else and John didn't dare go and talk to any of the staff incase it wasn't allowed, though a lot of students seemed to be going upto the staff table. He looked at the food on the table and help himself to some off it. He also helped himself to some pumkin juice.

He looked up at the ceiling next, this was his favorate place to look as it help him realise that he and Jack were both growing up and the fun days that had once been and the fun night they had once had seemed over and when they got back home he was sure that Jack would be spending more time with Sakura.

John looked around the room for a second time to see if there was anyone on there own that he could talk to, unfortunaly for him there wasn't a single person who was, he couldn't even see a single one of his friends so he couldn't go and interupt one of them. He stayed where he was sitting in complete silence.

"Yeah...surprisingly." Ossia bit her lip nervously. "How about you?"

"Kinda weirdly? You think? That sounds like an interesting story..."

Bad memory. I think we met with her falling or us bumping. Then we got ice cream and became friends. Spence smiled at the memory. Then she laughed. So did you have a good summer.

Melanie nodded at a surprisingly fast speed. "I love my Orange juice." she said happily. "This Pumpkiny stuff is pretty good though." Melanie took another sip, licking her lips. "I would love an owl. I'd like to keep in contact with my dad. I don't know about my brother though.." she said, giggling a bit. "Oh it's okay, I'm terrifyed of chickens." Melanie shivered. "With their small black eyes and those sharp beaks. It gives my the creeps. Not a big fan of roosters either. I guess I'm not really a farm person... I've lived in New York city my whole life. It's a big city in the United States." she informed her just in case she didn't know. "Thanks!" Melanie said grinning. She pocketed her wand. "We're kinda low on money but dad's paying for mine. I don't really get an allowance." she said her thoughts wandering.

Melanie giggled at Ema's Peter Pan story. "Oh, thats not so bad." she commented. "When I was smaller I loved the Disney stories. I think some of my favorites were Beauty and the Beast, The Lion king and Alice and Wonderland. Gotta love them talking animals. I liked Peter Pan too." she said smiling. "I like almost all of them!" she exclaimed. "I read a lot and I like drawing too."

Melanie grinned. "Brooms?" she asked brightening. "I thought I saw something in Diagon alley.... but I wasn't sure. There's so many things to look at. So wizards and witches really do use brooms? I don't know if I could do it. I'm so clumsy on the ground...."

Melanie looked at the other girl (Ossia). "Oh, It's been really good so far!" she exclaimed. "Whats your name? Mines Melanie Lockhart. I'm a first year." she told her, extending a slender, pale hand.

Feeling emboldened from her earlier successes at conversation, Ossia turned towards the quiet boy. He appeared to feel slightly out of place, and had given up on conversation. Probably his friends were elsewhere.

Unable to come up with a topic, she settled for asking if he'd pass the rolls.
If he didn't answer, at least it wouldn't kill her current buzz.

"Niiice. Sounds fun."
She shrugged at the summer question. "I got some reading done, and I finally got to go to Diagon Alley on my own...but other than that, nothing spectacular I suppose." Ossia paused. "Was the ice cream good?"

"You could borrow my owl if you'd like." Ossia offered tentatively, knowing the other girl might prefer to use the school's barn owls. "That is...I don't really use her too much, and I'm sure she'd like the flight.."

"And yes, there are broomsticks. You'll be taking Flying this year, so I guess you'll find out how you do soon."

"Oh, and I'm Ossia. Ossia Nova. Third year. Nice to meet you." She shook the other girl's hand firmly.

John who was miles away thinking about all the fun times that had happed over the years, like the time they had got there babysitter in trouble for puting ice-cream all over the wall, which resulted in her quitting the job. He half smiled at the memory, at least he would have the memories for ever and if he and Jack were ever parted, which would happen sooner rather than later then he could just remember all the good times.

John was so busy in his thought that it most have been at least five minutes until his brain kicked in and he realised that someone was talking to him. He passed her the rools that she had asked for. he wondered if he should speak to her of if he should just let her get on with eating the rools in piece. In the end he decied to speak to her.

"Hello." He started then thought maybe she would know he was saying hello and the most important thing she needed to know was his name. "My name is John Mosier and my dad is head of Gobstone division at the ministry. Though we have different last name you see it should be spelt Moiser like the rest of the family but the doctor spelt it wrong, he spelt it Mosier so me and my twin Jack who is also at hogwarts where the odd ones out in the family." He then stopped how did he get on to the subject of his family. He had no idea but he was had a feeling it was because he missed Jack so much. "So anyway how are you?"

"Thanks." Taking the rolls, she was slightly surprised when he began talking to her. Listening intently, she still managed to almost miss her cue to reply.
"I'm alright. Nice to meet you John. I'm Ossia." she replied, considering what he'd said. "It's a shame about your family, but I guess I can see where you're coming from."
Glancing around, she asked, "Your twin get sorted into a different house, then?"