Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Anna smiled warmly and returned the hug of the young Gryffindor. "Well, you'll need to stick by me then. I'll be heading to the Common Room shortly, and I'll show you the way and tell you the password to get in." Anna smiled once again, hoping she could calm the girl. It seemed rather sad to her for someone to be this upset on their very first night at the school. "It's perfectly fine to be nervous and upset," she added. "You'll get used to the school soon, I promise."

Anna turned away from Rose and looked back up at the ghost, who was declaring to everyone around that he was, in fact, not a ghost. Okay, fine. He was a Poltergeist then. Anna didn't say that out loud, though. She didn't want to add any more fuel to the ever-growing fire this ghost had created. "I can very well tell, thank you, that you're not going to listen to me. Nor do I believe you'll listen to anyone standing around in this corridor right now. I do have a job to do, though, and that job is to help all students, Gryffindors or not, to stay out of trouble. From what I can see, you've created a great deal of trouble for them, which is why I'm still here. Like I said, I may not be able to get you to listen, but mark my words, someone around here can, and I'm going to find out just who that is!" she exclaimed.

"...and stop floating around me like that!" Anna added, irritated that she was being mocked. Ewww. She'd have to be careful about eating Jelly Slugs for quite some time, though. Something told her that this ghost was perfectly capable of following through with his threat.

Anna grew still and quiet and listened to Professor Shackleton. She nodded as she was asked to gather information from the students and then report what she learned. "Yes, ma'am. I'll get right on that," she said. Anna paid careful attention to what the professor said about this ghost being included in Hogwarts, a History. She made a mental note to dig her copy of that book out of her trunk later tonight. She wanted to read as much information as she could about this menace of a ghost. When Professor Shackleton was gone, Anna turned towards the other students. "Alright, you heard the professor. I'll need you to tell me your story, and then you'll be expected to return to your Common Rooms," she said.

Originally Posted by Blackneon

Karma was taken aback slightly at his sudden question about missing students. Of course - Melinda wasn't here. She really missed that girl ... and it reminded her that she would write to Mel to invite her over during Christmas break. That would be great.

"Ahh, yeah," she said, leaning against a wall. "One of my best friends actually, Melinda. She had to go to France with her grandmother. That horrid woman took her from where she loved. So needless to say, some of us are bitter."

Originally Posted by Yaya

"Oh...I see" Emiliano shook his head when he listened to Karma talk about one of her friends leaving the school because of family matters. That had been the situation with him a lot of times, but it also had included the family business and education. He let out a long sigh and smiled at Karma. "You always can invite her, I'm sure she can also control her life...but she felt a little vulnerable because of some authority she needs to obey since she was young..." He felt like he knew that girl Melinda as if her life was almost his.

He started to feel better about his nose problems. He could breathe better but held to it while the dungbomb smell flew away from the halls. Emiliano could also listen to the conversation at the next hallway.

Originally Posted by lemondrop13

Professor Shackleton's head was turning every which way trying to keep up with the conversation. Upon hearing the students unintentionally giving Peeves more ammunition to taunt, Professor Shackleton made her decision, "OK, everyone, that's enough. Let's cut the chitchat for a moment." Macadrian turned to Anna and began, "Miss Greingoth, I trust that as a prefect you're willing to help me right now? I'd like for you to get the full detailed stories from all parties who explicitly saw or experienced what happened and then I'd like you to send all these students to their dormitories for the evening. I'd like you to then report to me, either in my office or with the headmaster."

Professor Shackleton addressed the students, "I'm sure your experience with Peeves was not a pleasant one and you'd like to get away from this area as soon as possible. Please be cooperative and give your stories to Prefect Greingoth, then you may go to your dormitories. If you feel that you may need a Calming Draught after this event, the healer in the Hospital Ward will be able to assist you. Good evening."

Lastly, Professor Shackleton turned her attention to Peeves, "As for you, I am well aware of who you are. Not only is your perfect description featured in the updated editions of Hogwarts, A History, but as a child, my grandmother would told me stories about you from when she attended Hogwarts. And this 'dropping dungbombs on students' trick you just pulled is apparently a classic, as you've been doing it for years. Well, not the years that you were gone, of course." Macadrian smirked and pressed on, "So why is it that you've been absent all this time? Certainly the desire to cause havoc didn't subside, as was made apparent by tonight's escapade.

"Oh wait, before you answer that, why don't you join me in the Headmaster's Office. Surely you'll want to meet the new Headmaster and I'm certain he'd love to meet you. Follow me Peeves," she spoke as she marched down the hall toward the Headmaster's Office. Macadrian was fairly sure that after this long of an absence, Peeves' return to the castle wasn't explained by simple reasoning, nor was it necessarily even allowed! Oh no, this poltergeist would need the permission of the Headmaster to stay here within these walls.

Originally Posted by Blackneon

Karma nodded as he spoke, and smirked as she thought about her next comment.

"Yeah, but, authority is overrated," she said, smiling. "Just kidding. It makes me sad though that she had to be taken away so fast, without choice as well. I, at least had an input on whether we moved here or not."

She shifted the bag on her shoulder as she began to turn to walk towards the common room. All she wanted was to sit down on that couch for a little bit. She motioned for Emiliano to follow her before she started to talk again.

"What was your old school like, before Hogwarts?"

Originally Posted by ♦ Peeves ♦

Peeves was beginning to grow impatient with all of this chitchat nonsense. He had things to do, and sit around while these little people whined was not on his list.

"I'll whisper it to you." He waggled his finger, summoning her to come closer to him, and just when she was close enough, he leaned in toward her ear, cupped his hands together, and blew an especially wet raspberry. "THHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHPBBBBBBBBBBBBBT!" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!"

He winked, stuck his tongue out at her, and disappeared (cackling), leaving behind a raunchy smell and a resounding "race ya!"

He was most certainly looking forward to meeting the new "boss."

To the Headmaster's office!

Originally Posted by Dances_With_Potter

Cadence bit back to her retort to peeves. The professor (who also happend to be the head of her house) had told her to stop talking. She simply stood there listening to the professor and prefect talk. She, of course, knew Peeves's name because she had read Hogwarts, a History religiously before coming to school. She really wanted to get out of this corridor and find Set.

Nodding at everything the professor and prefect said, she finally replied to the prefect, I don't have a story to tell. I came here after everything happened. John's just my friend so I didn't want to leave him after I found him...

Cadence, deciding it would probably best for her to leave now since she didn't have a story to tell, she gave John another hug and looked at him regretfully. I will wait in the Common Room for you. And with that she left sadly to go back to the common room and wait to comfort him.

Originally Posted by Sneakeh Cat

Reese just stayed where she was and listned to Professor Shackleton talk.She nodded silently to her and the looked at Anna."Well,I was walking down the corridor when someone came up towards me.It was Rose.Before we could start talking,Peeves came up toards us and through dungbombs at Rose and myself.I didn't do anything to Peeves.I didn't deserve to have dungbombs thrown at me."

Originally Posted by ♦ Peeves ♦

Peeves was beginning to grow impatient with all of this chitchat nonsense. He had things to do, and sit around while these little people whined was not on his list.

"I'll whisper it to you." He waggled his finger, summoning her to come closer to him, and just when she was close enough, he leaned in toward her ear, cupped his hands together, and blew an especially wet raspberry. "THHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHPBBBBBBBBBBBBBT!" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!"

He winked, stuck his tongue out at her, and disappeared (cackling), leaving behind a raunchy smell and a resounding "race ya!"

He was most certainly looking forward to meeting the new "boss."

To the Headmaster's office!

Originally Posted by Yaya

Emiliano listened to her and nodded his head in response. "While you are under the age of responsibility...your decisions are sometimes not taken...and nor are your feelings towards the place you are moving from." He suddenly commented. "Sometimes a little fear comes in the reason list..." Emiliano added after a long sigh.

When Karma started moving, Emiliano followed her. His hands were hiding in his pockets. "Well..." He really needed to think about that answer, he had enjoyed Durmstrang a lot, but the fact that she was an outsider made him feel weird in a lot of places. "I...was always studying, but never made excellent grades...it was really strict there, at Durmstrang, but if you follow rules, you never get in trouble..." He said in a chuckle. "And before Durmstrang, I was in a muggle school, until the powers started to show up like with my sister when she was nine years old, and I lifted a boy up in the air...that's when my parents decided about what magic school I should be attending...and the rest of the story is just infinite after then..." He told her.

Originally Posted by Blackneon

An unknown object flew past Karma's head and she flinched slightly. That stupid poltergeist flew right by her, leaving a nasty smell behind. She rolled her eyes, and limited her breathing from her nose and used her mouth instead.

"Honestly. Can he be any worse?"

Karma laughed at his last few words. Durmstrang? That was impressive. She knew that in the back of her mind, but everything got lost back there anyway.

It came with being a blonde. Maybe there should be an instruction manual. She had a book about her heritage, and the way Veelas were. Who knew.

"Well, at least they got you out of there fast enough. I never went to Muggle school, obviously since my whole family is pureblood. Well, except my little brother. He happens to be a Squib. But he likes it, for some reason. No way to get in trouble for something he didn't mean to do. That's how he looks at it."

Originally Posted by Yaya

The smell also got to Emiliano's nose at last, this time so intense. He made a face as if he had not liked whatever her sister cooked at home and shook his head. "Not really..." He answered and chuckled while he pinched his nose so the smell couldn't get him to cry again after a long time of nose problems.

"Muggle schools are really interesting, they teach you really useful stuff to survive in their world...and it works forever..." He commented and showed a wide smile remembering his soccer days' memories. "Your brother is wise...I got into a lot of trouble for lifting that poor kid in the air...." He told her, laughing outloud.

Originally Posted by Blackneon

Karma grinned as she watched him smile, remembering what it was like to live in a Muggle school. That was always so interesting to her, the Muggles and all. Even though she and her family practically lived like them, it didn't make them one.

"That's really good," she said, crossing her arms and balancing her bag on her shoulder. "It sounds like you had fun there. Do you miss it at all?"

Germany. Oh goodness, how much did she miss that place? A lot. Spending a month there was enough, because she liked England just as much. She would live here the rest of her life though, or so she planned.

Originally Posted by Yaya

"Living as a muggle...is fun..." Emiliano said in a chuckle. "My sister and I enjoy really much doing activities, such as cooking and playing music, respectively...just as Muggles do. It makes us keep in mind that we are still humans and we somehow have to get our things any way possible..." He told her.

Emiliano did miss his Muggle School and Mexico, his homeland. "I do...but the most I miss is soccer...football as British call it..." He told her. "It can still be my passion if music didn't show up when I moved to Austria for a while..." He commented.

"And...do you miss your homeland?" He suddenly asked. Karma seemed quite nostalgic about her life before Hogwarts.

Originally Posted by Yaya

Emiliano quietly listened to Karma as she sighed about her homeland, Germany. He smiled wide.

"It is hard when it gets for the time to say goodbye to those people you got attached to during your time there...but you get used to it, after some time..." He told her in a long sigh. "I can't really count the many times we've moved around, my parents just exaggerated at that point with our lives...both my sister's and mine..." He told her and grinned.

Originally Posted by Blackneon

Karma shook her head and smiled as she moved along further towards the Common Room. Emiliano was very entertaining, and she liked him a lot. That meant that he would be a good friend of hers - it was like she could already see the future. After all, they got along so well in Diagon Alley. No reason why they shouldn't now.

"I can imagine parents doing that, just to make it sound that much cooler," she said, running a hand through her hair. "I'm pretty tired. What do you say to going to the Common Room and sitting on a couch?"