Originally Posted by Riverlynn

Laughing out loud she couldn't help but catch on to the young girls excitement. Dani was a true Ravenclaw at heart and she loved it! Lasca's expression turned wry at the mention of math.

"Not math per se but we do have Arithmancy which based on numbers." She was slightly crestfallen at the turn of subject. Her Papa had tried to help her better understand the working of the subject but she still only had a rudimentry grasp on it.



Turning her head she scanned down the table. She was agitated at the change in subject as it reminded her of her failings. Her eyes drifted over an older Claw who looked rather lonely. She tried catching his eye, and gave him a small wave. She hated being alone herself and couldn't stand seeing someone else suffer so.



A person sitting down caught her eye and she smiled as she recognized the individual. "Pyralis! It's about time you made you grand entrance." She gave her newest friend a small wave.

Yeah. She had definitely made a few more friends. Okay, more then a few. But one could never have too many, right?

Originally Posted by MeredithRodneyMcKay

Sarah laughed as her friend nearly fell over with shock. "I'm sorry Lasca," she said glancing at her friend's now silver hair. "By the way that is a nice colour on you,brings out your eyes."
Smiling she swung her legs over the bench and sat down in the space made for her by Lasca. "I'm glad to hear it!" she responded to the Huffie comment.
Sarah loved spendng time with her friends from Ravenclaw,but she was always wary when they were talking to people she didn't know herself in case said people thought she was a rude,interrupting nuisence.

Now she was sat down she made light work of a goblet of pumpkin juice that she'd poured for herself.As she was drinking,Sarah caught Lasca,out the corner of her eye,watching the Slytherin table. "Something happening over there?" she asked turning to look herself. "Or are you ahem...looking for someone?"
She asked that last question with a playful tone in her voice.The look on Lasca's face was as if she was searching for someone amongst the crowd.

Sarah smiled when Lasca turned back to her. "Oh I've just been mingling at the Huffie table.Not much happening before I left to come over here," she said,replacing the empty goblet back on the table and reaching up to scratch the back of her neck. "Mind you I expect it all started afterwards...I mean...Dominic Denton was being nice to a first year.Something has to be up there!" Sarah laughed as she remembered the sight of him greeting the poor firstie back to the table.Weird.So unlike him.
"So what's been happening here? Have I missed anything good?"

Originally Posted by fire_faerie

"Me too - why don't you take it slow with all this? I know from experience that being ill on the first week of school kind of tends to throw you off to the sidelines and then it can get really hard to catch up," Rachel explained, reliving that frustrating feeling when she could not concentrate on her work because the stupid potion for the pain made her constantly sleepy. Smiling knowingly at Keltan, she made a little finishing sound then dug into her potato viciously, savouring the hot taste on her tongue as she gobbled up almost half of it within thirty seconds only.

"Kel? Ooh I like it! Kel, Kel, Kel," she repeated it a few times in as she took another sip from her drink. As she set her goblet down, the strands she had tucked behind her ears earlier fell back onto her face and she groaned. Stupid, stupid, stupid hair! "Sorry... Girl trouble," she mumbled as she forcefully pulled her hair behind her ears and willed it to stay there with all her might. "Kel... I like it!" she finally said after forcing herself to forget about her hair.

Originally Posted by Mariel ^_^

Mariel's unusually bright mood fell somewhat as she noticed Keltan's sarcasm. She knew it wasn't directed towards her per se, more like towards what she said. And for that she couldn't blame him. The partnering thing was always dreaded by the third year but she had pretty much accepted it as part of the routine by now. "Seriously?" Mariel told him, trying to give him a reassuring smile. "I honestly don't think you'll have a problem." Not after people met him and saw how friendly and well-mannered he was. "But how about when the inevitable announcement about partnering up is made, I'll look for you and if you don't already have a partner I'll be yours?"

Hopefully that would make him feel somewhat better about the situation if he knew he would have a back-up person when he couldn't find a partner. Mariel paused for a moment. What was with her being so abnormally friendly today? Not that she was typically anti-social or rude, but it was unlike her to go out of her way to be so nice. Sheesh. Something in the pumpkin juice, maybe. The third year eyed her goblet suspiciously.

Originally Posted by Crazy Nate

lasca proceeded to scoot over so he could sit inbetwwen her and Dani. Giving a grin, he sat down and smirked. "Man... this place is kinda crowded. I feel a tad bit out of place." he said jokingly looking up and down the table at all the Ravvies scattered throughout the table. THey were all joking and laughing and had a great time.. it was weird for nate to see something like this. This school was nothing lke Americas.. sure they laughed and had fun but there were power rides and people got into fights.. this place seemed.. too cheery? Was that even possible?

Shrugging Nate escaped form his thoughts and looked back at lasca and Dani and Lady P. "So i lost yall back there and got sorted into Slytherin. What you think? Think i got the heart of a Slytherin?' he asked witha smile. If they really knew him they wouldhave said yes but they only knew the just new Nate..

Originally Posted by MsMorgan

Still peering at the inside of her goblet, Mariel jumped slightly and let out a tiny shriek at the sudden 'Boo' behind her. Gathering her bearings, she spun in her seat and burst out in laughter at the sight of Sarah. "You startled me!" she exclaimed, then glanced over at the silver-haired Lasca as she expressed nearly the same sentiment.

"Of course you're welcome to sit," she said as the Ravenclaw on her right slid over to allow the Hufflepuff girl to sit between them. "So how goes it at the Huffie table?" she asked, looking in her direction and catching sight of Lasca as well. Smirking to herself, she caught her fellow Claw sneaking glances at a certain table. Yes, they would have to talk later.

Mariel grinned back at Natka's enthusiasm and nodded her agreement. It had been a really long time. The third year couldn't remember the last time they talked. "Oh my summer was really good, thanks," she replied. "The first part, spending it with the family was kinda boring, but then I went to America with Lasca and some of our friends which was really amazing."

She offered Natka a grateful smile when she spoke to her of Quidditch. "I really hope so. I enjoyed that position." Which was something she would have never guessed, always playing the position of Chaser when she practiced at home. "And thanks," Mariel said, quickly glancing down at her hands in slight embarassment at the compliment. "I hope to see you in the stands." Or on the pitch, but she was pretty sure that Natka wasn't all that interested in playing.

Stifling a laugh at the first year's excitement, Mariel gave the girl a grin and nodded. "What did I tell you? It's the best." Mariel helped herself to some more chicken and started to answer Dani about classes but Lasca beat her to it. Nodding her agreement, she said, "Yep, the common room always has the current information... And we have some really great study tables too. Everyone's always willing to help out with homework and studying."

Chewing slowly, she nodded several times as she listened to the conversation between Dani and Lasca. When the topic turned to classes, she felt obliged to enter back into the conversation. "Professor Shackleton has a Basic Arithmancy class now which has made an immense difference to me. It's much easier than the one she was teaching before." Noticing that Lasca seemed leery of the subject, she added, "If you ever want to study together, let me know." She had no idea that Lasca had any trouble with that class. "Oh and flying class is so much fun!" she added to Dani. That was one of her favorites.
Seeing Lasca wave, Mariel's eyes followed the girl's vision to see who she was waving at. Oh, it was Copernicus, the nice boy she had met on the train. And he seemed kinda lonely... how was that possible? Surely given his demeanor he must have loads of friends. "Hi Copernicus," the third year called to him brightly before turning yet again to her pumpkin juice.

Originally Posted by Riverlynn

Lasca smiled and almost slapped herself for being so rude. "I'm sorry this is Dani." She gestured to the first year. "Dani this is my other best friend Sarah."

She had totally dropped the ball on that one. She couldn't stop smiling though at Sarah's compliment. Her hair had gone back to its usual color, not a trace of silver visible. Her eyes strayed to the Slythering table again, just as Sarah made the comment.

Sputtering, she fished for an explanation. "Umm...Just looking."

Lame.

"Nothing really. We are all just getting to know one another and catching up with old friends. The usual." She shrugged.

A familiar face loomed up and Lasca couldn't help but smile. His grin was catching on. "Hey Nate! Come on, join us." She scooted over some more and let him sit on her right between herself and Dani. The whole crew was here and the night couldn't get any better.

Originally Posted by Riverlynn

Turning her head she scanned down the table. She was agitated at the change in subject as it reminded her of her failings. Her eyes drifted over an older Claw who looked rather lonely. She tried catching his eye, and gave him a small wave. She hated being alone herself and couldn't stand seeing someone else suffer so.

Originally Posted by MsMorgan

Seeing Lasca wave, Mariel's eyes followed the girl's vision to see who she was waving at. Oh, it was Copernicus, the nice boy she had met on the train. And he seemed kinda lonely... how was that possible? Surely given his demeanor he must have loads of friends. "Hi Copernicus," the third year called to him brightly before turning yet again to her pumpkin juice.

Originally Posted by HPHalfBlood

Jule feels strange now. She looks up to see a boy walking towards the table. He looks really nervous to her. "oi! Come sit with us. What's your name?" she asks. Once she gets a close look at him, she sees he's not that bad looking. Maybe Vicky had rubbed off on her.

Originally Posted by HPHalfBlood

"Hey. i'm Juliette or Jule like everyone else calls me. Oh and if you see my eyes change color, its because i'm part meta-something." she said. She tried to keep her eyes from changing to pink again.

Originally Posted by HPHalfBlood

Jule blushes more. "Thanks. My muggle friends used to say it in a french accent to tease me. really!? same here. except for the healing. What house was your dad in?"

Originally Posted by Mrs. Weasley

Originally Posted by HPHalfBlood

"Cool. Everyone i know has family in the house they're in. Just my dad. He was a slytherin. Surprising i know. But he was different. He was the only kind one in his family and they see me as a mistake because i'm half and half. My mom is a professional photographer." she said. "She would get upset if i accidentally break a camera or tripod with magic. Even though i didn't kow i was."

Originally Posted by HPHalfBlood

"Oh. I'm sorry to hear that." said Jule. "But i guess people have their own judgement about us wizards. But it's good you're visiting her. My dad told my mom when they were younger. She freaked a bit but would eventually deal because they have me now." she joked. "So they both decided to grow me up in the wizarding world." Jule was glad that Divad's dad sent him to Hogwarts.