Karma stopped for a moment when the voice arose in the air, without a body to accompany it. She had always heard of The Grey Lady, but had never exactly gotten to see her. Her jaw dropped in amazement.

For a ghost, that woman was beautiful.

"The Grey Lady," she said quietly. "I hope you are not referring to the other girl and myself. We were only trying to stop the madness."

Willie's head snapped up as a large boy (he was of course only 4'3) came towards him and told him that he would have to carry him to the nurse. Quickly getting into an attacking position, Willie growled at the boy. "I ain't gunna go! I'll bite ye, if ye pick me up! I thwea' I'll bite ye neck off! Ye 'ear me?! I'll bite it offf!"

This was not what he expected when he first came to this table.

Jake stared at Amy watching her think, not really saying anything. He sighed and grabbed some more food, just when Bella Amy's cat he got her over break came running and jumped on Amy lap. "wow whats up with her" he ask at the same time Amy did.

So much for a quiet evening of sulking and hating her uniform! Completely ignoring the fact that she had thrown the first plate (after all, the other, tawdry little specimen had provoked her), Kana was just - MAD. Mad at aforementioned tawdry specimen, mad at further tawdry specimens crawling out of the woodwork, and mad at the transparent dead person wearing rather nice clothes -

Transparent dead person wearing rather nice clothes?!

Left by herself, it was easy to freely admit that she had acted in an - unladylike and inelegant way hardly suited to the model Lolita maiden. And when she heard the same muffled, shocked snicker well its way out of Matilda, well -

Kana laughed again, out of shock, even while her cheeks were beginning to color up with shame.

But would she let that stop her? Of course not. Kana Takemoto-Zhou let nothing stop her - not ineffectual parents, not the legacy of her long-dead, slightly psychotic grandmother, not nothing. She drew herself to her full height (not much of it), and leveled quite a decent looking glare. "My apologies," she said, the long words sounding funny in her small, pink mouth, "to have - have - discombobbled you. Carry on."

She retrieved her parasol and started to pick potato off herself.

Robert raised an eyebrow as he looked down at the first year as he spoke and tried not to laugh. "Right...I'll think I'll take my chances with that." Standing calmly he looked at the girls around and then up at the staff table. How have they not noticed yet? He shook his head in a bit of disgust and then looked back down at the boy, "Come on tough guy. That can't be comfortable and I'd be worried about it getting infected myself. After all...it's a fork."

Glancing at Rian, she is mortified to see many of the first years in a food fight. This is ridiculous! We should definitely not have to teach these youngsters how to behave, they're in Ravenclaw.

"Good evening, Grey Lady." Liz greets their house ghost.

Hannah Leigh laughed. This boy DEFINITLEY had a good imagination. "I'm going to stick with Hannah today. I want to be myself, meet new people, et cetera."
She smiled at him.

Damian looked up to the ghost.

"so you are the houseghost of Ravenclaw. It is a honor to you, my Lady," said Damian honestly.

Willie took a step back, his hands tightly holding onto his pants. "Shhuuuuut it!" He snapped at the older boy, taking another step back. He was going to run. Oh yes, that was his plan. He didn't have any other choice but to do so. "Acthually, it'th gettin' com--comfor--comfarta--comfwhatchamakallit." Willie told him, sticking his tongue out.

And then...

SWOOOOSH.

He ran.

In fact, he took four steps before his feet tangled in his long pants, causing them to fall again and show off his pink pgymy puff panties and causing him to fall.

Right on his face.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYEAEEAEYEAAAA "

Was the screech that pierced the ears of the dead.

Amy laughed as she looked up at Jake, “Jinxes.”

Then looking back at Bella she subdued her laughing, “I have no clue, but what ever it was, I think it made her angry.” Or course Amy could not read cat’s minds or feel their feelings, yet just looking into the blue sapphire eyes that usually shine much litter she could tell.

Robert watched as the boy backed away and he held out his hand steadily, "Careful...don't..." Just as he said it he the boy started to run managing only a few steps before tripping over his pants and falling on his...face. Groaning he ran a hand through his hair and dropped down to the ground by the boy turning him over carefully. Looking up at the people around them he looked at them as if they had grown another head or something, "WELL DON'T JUST BLOODY STAND THERE! GO UP TO THE STAFF TABLE AND GET SOME HELP!" He yelled as he steadied the boy on the ground with his jaw clenched, "Don't move. It'll be alright. Why did you do that? We're trying to help you not make fun of you..." He held the boys arms lightly but tense enough that if he tried to get away he'd pin him down.

Rachel smiled warmly, already warned from seeing Cela's face before that it wouldn't do to laugh with this kid. "It's nice to meet you, Willie. H-" she began, but then stopped abruptly as he popped his fork back into his mouth. Well... that's the end of that conversation, then. She cocked her head sideways and looked at him, trying to figure him out. He seemed like a normal enough first year kid, but he looked fiercer, somehow. Fierce? Pfft! Rachel, look at him, he's a saint!

"Well, you could give him the usual Blacky, or something along those lines. But they are really dull... How about Night?" she asked, the idea suddenly popping into her head. She smiled proudly at her slight cleverness and sat up straight, her eyes flicking to the scorpion as she liked the name more and more. But Cela has to like it too! She grinned as she watched the exchange between Cela and her friend, cooing on the inside. It's so sweet... Her thoughts immediately tuned to Toshi and she let her eyes wonder in search for him. Well... I guess he's taking his time, she thought with a small sigh.

Rachel's brows furrowed together in confusion as Cela's friend thought she was new. "Er... No, I've been here ever since my first year," she said in a tentative voice, still not quite getting his point until he explained further. "Ahh! You mean our Cale? Erm, I don't really know him, to tell you the truth. I wasn't on the train because I live in Hogsmeade so I haven't officially met him yet. And it's nice to meet you Barry," she said with a beaming smile, "I'm Rachel Rider."
She gasped in shock as she watched Willie howl in pain. Oh no! For the love of Merlin, this is just my luck! She panicked, unsure of what to do. C'mon Rach, it's your resposibility now... You're a bloody prefect, do something!! She got up and walked around Cela to get to him but wasn't quick enough since another girl had arrived. Rachel watched in horror as Willie acted tough guy and refused help, claiming he was fine.
She shrieked as he removed his hands from his nose and she saw all the blood gushing from the wound the fork created. It's still stuck there! The fork is still there!!! She made to go forward again, but was stopped once more when Willie's pants fell (poor guy!) and he banged the fork on the table causing it to push itself further into his nose. "GAH!!!" she screamed still trying to get to poor Willie who was still stubbornly acting like he was fine.

She pulled herself together and made for him a third time and was overtaken again by another boy, this time a sixth year. Relief spread through her as she heard the boy's words. Good! He's sensible! "Willie," she said with a neutral expression, her voice sounding more like that of a teacher than a concerned student. Maybe he'll respond to that; since he seems to hate being pitied, "I imagine that really hurts. We can run to the nurse so quickly no one will ever notice, and then she'll get it out and you can come straight back here if you want, ok?" Come on, Willie Crocker... Respond! She was really worried now; he was losing so much blood and if he didn't get to the nurse soon then he'll faint.
An idea just struck here. The nurse is right here! Go get her; the boy clearly won't budge anyway... "Stay with him," she said to the sixth year and ran off towards the staff table, worried sick and hoping that she would be fast enough.

After getting sorted Leah had sat down for a moment. Not long after, however, she'd run off to go find a bathroom. It hadn't been terribly easy considering the size of the castle, and because everyone seemed to be in the great hall. Still, she'd managed finally. When Leah returned it was in just enough time to see Willie go running from the table, and trip before he reached the door. Leah winced, and headed towards her friend. Sure, he was laying on the ground in pink underwear...and was likely a bit embarrassed...but making him stand there alone couldn't make it much easier right?

"Willie are you--" Her question never got finished. Before she'd asked if Willie was ok, another boy walked over, and rolled Willie over. She eyed the boy as he insisted that they'd not been trying to make fun of Willie. From what she'd gathered on the train she didn't fully believe that. If Willie was on edge or screaming then they'd probably been teasing him playfully or something...in a way that someone would a friend. But what did she really know?

Elizabeth stood there as the Slytherin girl who had knocked Robert over left without another word, to her or to Robert, who had to comment after he was sitting in his chair again. Rolling her eyes, she spoke to him dryly. "Not exactly your best moment. But I'll let you slide for now."

She turned to see both Ludo and Mari staring at her from where they were seated, and felt herself starting to blush. "Anyway, I'm gonna go back over there," she muttered in Robert's general direction, before walking back over to the other two. "Um, sorry," she apologized, sitting down by them. "So, what's up with you guys?," she asked, a little awkwardly, before she heard someone speaking from the staff table.

Her green eyes went over to the table to see the Potions professor standing, and giving the speech. "Oh. So apparently they made Professor Bontecou headmaster," she said idly, before one of the names he said caught her ear and she looked back to see the familiar man nodding at all of them. Truebridge? Wait. Replacing Lainey?, she thought, a bit confused. Now that she had a name, she faintly realized where she recognized him from. But why would an actor be teaching History of Magic?

Shaking her head, she turned back to her friends as a food fight broke out further down the table. And of course, Robert had to go get himself involved, along with several girls, who were all trying to break it up. And the Grey Lady made an appearance even, to express her distaste at their antics. Hearing Mari's random question, and thinking over everything else that had happened this term so far, she broke into giggles herself. "I . . . don't . . .think . . . anyone wants to get close enough to give them anything," she managed to get out between giggles. This was all surreal. Almost like two terms ago, except she couldn't figure out why it seemed everyone was so determined to lose points before the term even actually started this time.

Damian watched the whole scene and tried to be serious but he can't. He began with a grin and ends by lying under the table laughing.

"Merlin. That is the best .... Sorry ...... it is to funny" Damian couldn't speak anymore.

He can't stop laughing.

Right in the thick of the crowd moving towards the Ravenclaw table, Bonnie and her best friend Lydia shuffled their feet until they reached Charlotte (Bonnie's older sister) and their fellow 5th years. As Lydia shuffled along the long bench to sit next to Ryan, Sherelle Snedders charged between them with a sarcastic smile and Ryan was apparently oblivious that Lydia had even arrived. Bonnie settled down next to Lydia and reassured her, "Don't let her get to you- you know what she's like".
"Perhaps if she wasn't purposley trying to nick my date for the Ball I'd be a bit more forgiving", Lydia replied in a whisper and they both giggled.

Jake laughed "umm yeah i think she's mad too" he wonder if Will had anything to do with this and just as he was about to say that his cat bounce right on his lap and licked his fingers "Will" Jake said "i thought I left you in the room". Jake's cat looked up at him with big shiny gray eyes that usually meant he's been up to no good.

Her eyes fell to the female who had seen the mark of her poor aim. Because that was what it was, wasn’t it? Poor aim. Any sensible first year would have been shamefaced. She knew, and she felt guilty for not feeling guilty about it. Her eyes fell lower and lower.

“I’m sorry,” she mumbled, staring at the bits of potato staining the floor. Poor, poor potatoes. Men laboured for you and you end up as rubbish. “I shouldn’t have done it. It was my fault. Though you’d have to be crazy to throw a golden plate for being called a gnome.” she said, wondering if she should continue her quest unto the Hufflepuff table or choose the other route to the Gryffindor’s.

Thankfully, whatever drama there was seemed to blow over like the scent of mashed potatoes (very mashed potatoes) dissipating in the air. And everyone else was preoccupied with the little boy who had a fork up his nose and underwear patterned with pink things around his ankles. This school was really, really strange. Maybe if she told her mother what it was like, she would be allowed to go home, even if they'd already bought the rather hideous robes.

Kana decided that now would be a good time to make an exit. She grabbed Matilda by the scruff of her neck and tugged, while the tail end of the other girl's own shameful semi-apology wafted into her shell-like ears. "Crazy! Look who's talking," Kana snapped. "Now, c'mon, before they notice us."

The kid bleeding to death was a good diversion.

This was the most humiliating thing that ha ever happened in his short life. "GET OFF YE BLOODY IDIOT!" Willie yelled feeling the boy pin him down rather roughly. "GET OFFF!!!!"

“Here switch me,” Amy said handing Bella out to Jake while Will jumped on her lap. Stroking the cat she looked down at him, “Will did you do something to Bella?” She glanced up at Jake and smiled before looking at the cat once more and continuing. “Will this is Bella my new kitty, you can not be mean to her.” After hearing a little purr she allowed her grin to widen.

Looking up at Jake she added, “I think he was flirting with her.”

Still with tears in his eyes and giggling Damian looked to the staff table and saw that a teacher went to Willie.

Camira arrived at the table. Oh my God. What was going on? She quickly ran to the poor afflicted boy, shoving the boy who was pinning him down roughly away. "For the love of..." She quickly ripped out the fork before he could protest or anymore drama could occur. "Episkey", she muttered quickly, before too much bleeding could occur. "There, all better. Now go and get some pain medicine or continue eating", she said with slight exasperation.

Qaz looked up from her plate in time to see Professors falling, a Ghost floating, food flying and a poor little first year bleeding. It was so good to get back to Hogwarts. She was never bored here. Peeking under the table to make sure that her tabby, HiJinx, was alright, she tossed him some more chicken. Now what to have for dessert.....

Dinner and a floor show...you couldn't ask for more.....

Jake took Bella and sat her on his lap, rubbing her behind her ear. Jake smiled as Amy introduce the cats to each other. Will gave a purr and he smiled "Well what can I say, Will and I just like Ravenclaw girls" he said giving her a wink. "Bella what do you think of Will, he might be a little rough around the edges but I bet you can fix that, cant you girl" he said to her and rubbed her her fur again. Bella purred and eyed Will "What do you think Amy, think she likes him?"