Daphne leaned over to hear what the boy was saying. The Great Hall was humming with excited chatter, it was tough to hear anybody not right beside you. She smiled as she caught what he said. "Ugh, you have no idea!" she said quite loudly, shaking her head. Her eyes wandered towards her right hand, bandaged and a little sore. The summer had felt like forever, mostly due to her horrible hospital stay. "Did you have a nice, endless summer?" she asked, chuckling. She bet his was far better than hers.

She put her hands on her hips as she stared down at him. She rather liked that vantage point. "Yeah well I didn't like you little attitude in in the Quidditch shop." She explained to him coolly. "Look I told you I would replace your little books and I did, so just roll with it." She had enough from him and she was keen on showing him that.

Finally, she was back at Hogwarts. Stepping through the doors of the Great Hall, Mariel's earnest eyes scanned the room, her happy smile faltering slightly. Far too many people in here already meant that she would not have her choice of seat. Had she missed the sorting?

As she walked towards the table filled with a sea of blue and bronze, the presence of the smallest sitting there confirmed her question. Green eyes lingered on the staff table. Several new faces there, which was no surprise to the young Ravenclaw, but no one sitting in the middle yet. Just who was the Headmaster going to be? The wait had been near infuriating to her and still no answer. She supposed the wait would be over tonight as she let out a resigned sigh.

Finally stopping at her House table, Mariel's eyes scanned the length, looking for a suitable seat and landed on a shiny captain's badge. Slowly looking up into the girl's face, Mariel vaguely recognized the older Ravenclaw as one who had played Beater last term. What was her name? Mariel racked her brain, failing to recall it. She'd find it out soon enough. Giving the girl a polite smile and respectable nod, Mariel walked further down the table in search of an empty seat.

Spotting a seat, Mariel also spotted a familiar face, pleased that she had been sorted into her House. Dropping herself gracefully into the seat next to Lasca, she gave her friend a grin before saying, "Well done. Didn't I tell you Ravenclaw?" Not only was she glad her friend was in the same House, but also felt a satisfaction in being right.

Robert laughed as she spoke loudly and followed her eyes down toward her bandaged hand. With a grimace he asked, "What'd you do there?" Hearing her question he chuckled and shook his head, "It was...something." Compared to his others this summer was a lot better. Perhaps his father was giving up.... He looked thoughtful for a second and smiled. "I much prefer the school year anyway."

Robert watched as Paris put her hands on her hips and stared at him. "Yeah well..." he clenched his jaw on his words. Don't really want another reaming from Elizabeth or house points taken... He sighed and just let Paris continue on, "Whatever, I don't care. Just run along you impossible child and go plan more pranks, or tricks, or whatever it is you lot are doing." He sat back in his seat intent on ignoring Paris and praying Elizabeth or Mariska or...somebody...would show up soon and drag Paris away or even distract him before he let her get to him.

Karma moved down the table towards Copernicus and smiled, shaking her head.

"No, I do understand," she said, folding her hands on the table. "Meeting people in such a crowded place gets confusing. I just have a very excellent memory, I'm assuming."

She looked around the rest of the hall to see if there had been anyone she knew recently, but decided better on being rude towards Copernicus.

"How do you like the place so far, live up to your expectations?"

Taking her hand in his Sage shook it gently before taking the seat he'd pointed at earlier. "Thanks." He said with a grin. Taking a look around before returning his gaze to her he looked around at all the other Ravenclaw students hoping to see someone he knew, however unlikely that was to be.
"I'm Sage," He added finally, "A first year. What year are you in?"

“Hurry up, Issy,” Juniper muttered good-naturedly as she tugged her friend eagerly toward the Ravenclaw table. Oh, there it was! Just as she had remembered. The curly-haired girl barely noticed the foolish grin plastered on her face. There was the enchanted ceiling with the floating candles, and the four house tables. And at the Ravenclaw table sat Kovac and a plethora of students she did not know and probably would never know. But that was perfectly all right for the shy fourth year. Even more perfectly all right, however, was the wide space at the table she made a beeline for, best friend in tow.

Plopping herself onto the bench, Juniper beamed at Issy. “Isn’t it good to be back?” she asked her friend quietly. Indeed, it was. Stepping across the threshold into the Great Hall had never seemed so sweet as it had just a few moments ago.

Now that the Ravenclaw table had been adequately explored and Juniper was seated happily, she turned her gaze to the staff table. There was the librarian, and Professor Shackleton. And Professor Vindictus and the groundskeeper. And… a remarkably large number of adults that Juniper did not know. Including… the lady from Diagon Alley. Here, at Hogwarts. That surprise held Juniper’s attention for little more than a few seconds, though. More importantly was the lack of several of her favorite professors.

Well, that certainly put a damper on her happiness to be back.

Her brown eyes narrowed to slits as she listened to him. Inside her whole body was exploding and raging. She hated being called child or brat. Her temper was about to boil over. She took a deep breath to keep herself under wraps. There were better ways to get back at him. She smiled at him sweetly. She walked past his chair and since he was leaning back on two legs, she gave the legs a little nudge with her shoe as she went. I am going to get him good, she thought to herself.

Daphne blushed as he fixated on her hand. She wanted to keep it as inconspicous as possible, but it seemed inevitable that it would come up in conversation. "I hurt it," she said lamely. It was such a long story, and she didn't feel like going into the details during the feast. And she didn't think it was really this boy's business. "I'm sorry, I didn't catch you name. I'm Daphne," she said, realising they had skipped proper introductions.

Copernicus gestured at the ceiling above them. "It is beyond my expectations so far, to be fair, even after attending school elsewhere. You're a..." He tapped the little crest on his school robes, trying to remember the words. "You're a Ravenclaw too? What year?"

Karma smiled as he gestures towards the ceiling. It was so realistic, no wonder it went above and beyond the expectations. The stupid thing still amazed her to this day, even though she had seen it all before.

"Ahh yes," she said, looking down at her own robes. "I'm a fellow Ravenclaw. I'm sure you'll enjoy the house, and the school. They're both very fun. And as for being a Ravenclaw, only the wittiest of the bunch are here."

"That's what I hear," Copernicus agreed, although he didn't feel witty. He was clever, but he seemed to say the wrong thing all the time. "So... when do we get to eat?"

Kayden entered the Great Hall, taking in a deep breath. Once again she rest her vividly violet eyes on the gorgeous, and yet familiar scene. She smiled to herself as a result of the feeling that was only ever obtained from welcoming feast. This was her fifth welcoming feast. Only two more left.

She took a seat near the end of the table, scanning over all the food. Everything looked so good. She filled her plate daintily with vegetarian friendly foods. Before eating anything, she poured herself a glass of pumpkin juice and took a slow drink. It was good to be back.

"It is nice meeting you, Sage. I am first year as well." She smiled at him. "Where are you from?" She shook his hand and then placed hers back in her lap. Her stomach gave an unladylike growl and she giggled slightly to cover the sound.


She turned as a friendly face deposited herself next to Lasca. Laughing she replied, "Yes you were indeed right. And I am being glad that you were." She gave an inward sigh of relief. It seemed that something was finally going right.

She looked over at her new friend and gave an apologetic smile. "Please be forgiving me. Mariel this is Sage, he is a new first year Claw as well. Sage this is my very good friend Mariel. She is a second year." She returned her attention to her best friend.

Giving her a slightly worried look she asked, "Where did they take our things? I put Tundra in one of the pockets of my bags and Apollo was sitting in his cage all alone. They are alright, yes?" She was worried. She hadn't wanted to leave her precious pets unsupervised but she had been ushered into the hall without preamble. She would have felt bad asking such prompt questions of anyone else but this young Ravenclaw was her best friend and was used to her questions.

Issy hurried after Juni, toddling the best she could in her new shoes. Heels made it hard for her to keep up with the over-excited girl, even if the heels were as short as hers were. Heels just complicated everything, but she loved the new, shiny Mary-Jane's too much to not wear them. So, off she toddled, heavy heels and all, with a Juni who was very excited to be back at school.

"Juni! I'd keep up if you weren't rushing so much!" Issy moaned, clutching her friend's hand tightly.

She was wearing a silly grin that made Issy want to smile back, but she was too busy puffing.

When they finally reached the table, Issy hadn't even had a chance to look around. Where was everyone else, anyway? When they got off the train, they were all separated. And she still hadn't yet found Samson. Or Sabrina! Melly was still missing and Becca hadn't yet been accounted for. But, on the bright side, at least Issy knew where Juni was and, for the next few days, she didn't intend to let her out of her sight. Sitting down at the table beside Juni, Issy glanced around.

Oh! There was someone she recognized! Not far away, she saw Copernicius.


"Copernicius!" she greeted him. "I see you found your way to the Ravenclaw table!" Flashing him a freindly grin, she reached over and tugged on Juni's arm.

"Juni, Juni," she said. "That's Copernicius. He has a step-brother, too, but... I'm kind of blanking on his name. It's a bit... different." She grinned. "But they're nice!"

As far as she knew...

Karma laughed at his statement, and gestured towards the table. At any moment now, it should be filled with food so luxurious it was almost as good as her mother's home cooking. Her stomach growled, and she covered it with her hand, blushing slightly.

"Whenever the food appears, as it soon will, then you dig in," she said, smiling. "I forgot to answer the second part of the question. I'll be a sixth year. What about yourself?"

She noticed the girl waving frantically at Copernicus, and smild.

"Looks to me like you've got a fan club going," Karma stated, nodding towards the girl.

Still grinning at Lasca, Mariel turned and directed her attention to the young boy she was gesturing to. Giving the boy a warm smile, she said, "Hi Sage, good to meet you."

Turning back to Lasca, she shook her head dismissively and tried to smile reassuringly. "Oh, they'll be fine. They take our things up to the dorms for us - elves, I think. And the owls will be in the owlery. I'll take you up there tomorrow, so I can visit Pandora too."

Taking a sip of pumpkin juice from the rather ornate goblet set in front of her, Mariel begun piling her plate with roast beef and potatoes. "Don't be shy," she said to Lasca and Sage, gesturing to the food and imploring them both to mirror her actions.

It appeared as though none of Valentine's friends had made their way to the Ravenclaw table yet. The newly gone blond now cloaked in her black and blue robes sat down at the table, looking about. She always hated being the first one of her small ground to be at the table, it was all so busy around her and it just made her feel lonely.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Lasca gave a slightly laugh at her silliness. Of course they would be taken care of, this was Hogwarts for goodness sakes. Looking over at her companion and then at everyone else seated at the table she found most were already digging into the food.

Her companion gave a comment on the food and her stomach voice it's opinion in favor of her statement. Giggling lightly she loaded up her plate and began to eat. She was more hungry then she had realized. Glancing over at Sage she asked, "You are hungry too, yes?" He hadn't said much since Mariel had sat down, she didn't want to be rude and make him think she was ignoring him. The more house friends she had the better.

She was scanning the table and spotted a girl with a badge with the letter "C" on it. The inquisitive Ravenclaw swollowed her food, took a long draught of her pumpkin juice, and then turned to Mariel. "There is a girl down the table with a badge on, she is the Quidditch captain, no?" She didn't know if her friend would know her but she wanted to ask just in case.

"From the outskirts of London, actually. Where are you from?" He had heard an accent and to find out where it came from would be nice to know.
He heard a small growl come up from under the table. Unsure if it was her, him (although he would've felt it if it were him, wouldn't he?) or someones else around them. Closing the subject in his mind he waited while a girl on the other side of his new friend sat down and began to talk to Lasca.
"Hi," He added to her introduction, waving toward Mariel. He would've stretched out a hand for her to shake but decided against it. Since she was a second year maybe she could help him figure things out.

Tobi had lost Aggie somewhere along the way, but he found one face he recognized.

"Hey Val! -Excuse me pardon me, tall gangling guy, coming through-" Tobi called out, he wouldn't have recognized Val with her new hair but she'd been present for his moment of utter humiliation at the Joke Shop, or atleast she was there when he had come to.

He unceremoniously squished down next to the younger Ravenclaw he didn't know as well as he perhaps should have, "Copying my golden locks, I see?" He tugged gently on her hair.

Copernicus waved back at Issy with a very solemn nod. A fan club? No, she must be thinking of Plymouth.

"No fan club for me. I'm... not a loner, because that implies I hate people and lurk in the corner and plot things. I'm private. And a fifth year. You might be thinking of my step-brother. He's also a fifth year."

Mariska walked back into the Great Hall, feeling an odd sense of belonging like she hadn't had before. She pushed back some of the more intense memories as she walked along the Ravenclaw table, and it was then that she spotted Ludo. She walked a bit faster, her dark hair swaying slightly as she did. " Hello," She said, smiling as she moved to sit next to him. " It looks like you're the first one here, and you're the hungriest too," she said with a light laugh as she caught his forlorn stare into the plate before him. " Have you seen Elizabeth?" She asked, neatly propping her elbows up on the table.

Mari looked down the table a ways and she spotted Robert, a hopeful little smile moving across her lips as she did. She then saw him talking ot another girl, one that looked slightly familiar...and then another whom was definitely familiar. She decided to just wait a moment and see what he would do before she sought him out, no matter how much she wanted to talk to him.

Karma nodded as she racked her brain for some memory of his brother. She came up with the fact that he seemed to be the personality of about three people combined, and she nodded her head.

"You don't strike me as being very private," she said. "Seeing as how fast you took me in after I so gratefully embarassed myself by possibly mixing you and your bother up."

They couldn't have been REAL brothers. No way. Oh yes, they were step brothers. Both of whom weren't so excited to come to Hogwarts in the first place, if she did remember correctly.

"I'd hope you're not plotting things," she said, taking a swig of her pumpkin juice once it had appeared. "Then I would be wondering why you weren't in Slytherin, instead of being in Ravenclaw."

Lasca raised up from her meal at the sound of Sages question. Taking a drink she cleared her throut to answer. "I am from Transylvania. Although my Papa and I live in the Carpathian Mountain Range." She gave him a smile. It was probably her accent that had given her away, it seemed for most it was easy to spot. She felt sort of out of place with it but also she was glad that she had one. It set her apart from her peers.

She smiled at the thought and continued to eat. Glancing over to Mariel she gave her friend a smile.