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Originally Posted by MUSTANG SALLY

Danny smiled lightly when Rafe Rafe said Orlando should join him. If only he knew where that boy was. Orlando was almost as small as he was, so he was kind of hard to spot out in the sea of heads. A small chuckle escaped his lips when Rafe Rafe called him D.L. Nobody had called him that before. He kind of liked it. "You are Romanian?" he asked shyly. It was a stupid question he realized, and his cheeks began to turn crimson. Of course he was Romanian if he could speak it!

When the boy asked him if he would try out for the team, he quickly shook his head. "I'm not much of a sports person." he said a little embarrassed. Here he was sitting with the jocks and he could barely tell the difference between the Quaffle and the Bludger. "My sister used to play when she went here. She was a Chaser." That much he knew. He was proud that his sister was on the team, even if he would never be able to make it. Just something about being in the air, on a broom, with bigger people surrounding him scared him.

Jumping at the sound of his name being squealed, the tiny Gryffindor turned in his seat to find Orlando sitting next to him. A grin spread over his cheeks and he felt giddy. "We were just talking about you, Orlando." he chuckled lightly. He then turned his head to look at what he was pointing at. For the first time he noticed the cieling and how it looked like there was nothing there. But he had remembered seeing the roof before walking in. That was odd. It must be magic? "That is cool. Do you think it's real?" he asked curiously.

He then remembered something. "Orlando. This is Rafe Rafe. He is a first year too. Rafe Rafe, this is Orlando." Danny said, tapping Rafe Rafe lightly on the arm to get his attention. He seemed engrossed in a conversation with what he had caught as the Quidditch Captain.

"Yep, I would be Romanian!" Rafe laughed. "Dude, you should try out just for the heck of it! You never know what skill you might posess once you're on that broom," he made a soaring motion with his hand in the air, "Once you're up in the sky, getting the feel for speed on a broom the wind blowing through your hair," he swept his black hair through his fingers, "And the crowd cheering your name... Deeee-Ellllll, Deeee-Elllll, Deeee-Elllll... There's nothing better!" Of course, that was Rafe's own dream.

He was wondering how late it was getting. He had a feeling as the night went on he was going to perhaps get grumpier...like he usually did. But, right now he was on a high. He was so happy to be at Hogwarts. But, he would rather be safe than sorry.

Rafe pulled out his wand, but then he was being introduced to another small firstie when he was tapped on the shoulder. Rafe laughed as his name was being introduced twice. He guessed that's what it sounded like when he introduced himself. "Put 'er there Orlie," Rafe said as he stuck out his hand. "You can just call me Rafe." He laughed under his breath.

Rafe assumed that now he was in the walls of Hogwarts he could do a bit of magic. His mum taught him a few simple spells to help him out if he was in a tough spot, like the summoning charm. She said it would be useful, if he forgot something and couldn't get away to get it personally. "Wanna see something nifty?" he called out to his fellow firsties. With his wand already out he called out, "Accio Sunglasses!" And came soaring through the air was his favorite pair of shades. He grabbed them and put them on. "Pretty awesome, huh?" He didn't need them to look cool, he needed them to cover up his eyes. They seemed to change on night's like tonight. A lot like the headmaster's would look like tonight. But, he thought he was covering up the change rather discretely.

“Vivianne!” Daisy squeaked out, from behind her best friend. She gave her a squeeze around the shoulders then nearly sat on her as she climbed into a very small, nearly non-existent spot next to Vivianne. “Missed you on the train. Where were you? Did you see the flyers? Oh oh, we need to talk!” she rattled off faster then a snidget.
Daisy was a bit abashed at having totally interrupted Vivianne and the firstie’s conversation, but surely the little girl would understand how exciting it was to see one’s friends after a long summer? “Hi, Ellie was it?” she waved happily from the other side of Vivianne.

"Yes," Ellie said. She did not mind in the slightest that Daisy had interrupted her and Vivianne's conversation, she was just far too excited to really worry about anything. But the flyers that Daisy mentioned, now that sounded interesting. She wondered what they might have been about. Ellie turned and glanced up at the staff table. "Who teaches what?" she thought aloud.

"Who teaches what?" she asked in turn. She wasn't sure what subject she was talking about. Daisy glanced back up at the stff table to find that the little girl was looking at Professor Lupa (or at least that's what it looked like to Daisy). "Professor Lupa teaches accient Runes," she responded misunderstanding the question the girl was asking.

"Oh!" Ellie said. Was she talking to herself again? She'd have to snap out of that habbit. Her mother had often moaned at her for doing it."Oh, no, I meant what are the professors called? And what do they teach?"

Lucy was placed in Gryfinndor and she was very excited to meet her new friends, as this was her first year. Therefore, she sat on one of the seat hoping for some one to say “Hello”.

WOWZA. Terry was hungry. For once his life. Out of their four, Miles had always held a tender love for food since the start. Hugo had a sweet tooth that stretched as far as PLUTO. And Evolette ate like a bird. No wonder she was still the tiniest out of them all.

Dropping down at the table, he threw out a ginormous wave to the table in general, 'Hey everyone! Y'all have a good summer?' ;a little uneasy that he didn't recognise most of the students in his own HOUSE. Whoa, weird.

"Well," Daisy said leaning forward to see around Vivianne (and to grab a couple of biscuits). "They're called professors and they all teach classes..." She proceeded to go down the line of teachers at the staff table, identifying the teachers that were there:

Headmaster Bontecou who didn’t teach anymore; the groundskeeper Mr. Masterson; the extremely dreamy Professor Dumont who taught Muggle Studies; Professor Lars, Transfiguration; Professor Vindictus – who not only taught flying but also reffed the Quidditch matches; Professor Lawson, DADA; and while she spoke the female professors all came in at nearly the same time: Professor Morgan pulling Professor Lupa along (CoMC and Runes) and then the pretty evil and crazy Professor Bunbury who for some unknown and illogical reason taught herbology the dirtiest subject in the school.

“Word of advice,” she said in a hushed tone. “Don’t get the herbology greenhouses dirty…or she’ll have you scraping up poo in the owlry.”

It looked, however, like quite a few of the professors were missing, most importantly Professor Forester. And Daisy knew why Professor Forester wasn’t there. She couldn’t help but glance over to the Hufflepuff table to see how Sarah was faring. Curses! Daisy mentally muttered. When am I going to get Vivianne alone to tell her? She wondered if the Headmaster would tell the school, or if he'd glaze over the incident.
"Mmm?" someone pulled her out of her thoughts. "Oh hi! Welcome." She said happily. "Have a crumpet," she said passing the plate along.

Ellie listened to Daisy tell her who the professors were. But Ellie, ticking off subjects in her head, noticed that Daisy missed some - clearly some professors were not there for one reason or another. Potions? Charms? She hadn't mentioned those. She giggled when Daisy warned her about Professor Bunbury. "OK," she said. "But are they all nice enough? What is your favourite class?"

“Oh!! Thanks a lot, I’d love to have them. I’m a bit nervous as this is my first year” said Lucy wondering what would she say.

OMG. There he was.

Sylvia felt like she hadn't seen him in yonks, and he'd gotten hotter. Wait, was she allowed to say that? Well, no one had control over her mind, so she'd say it in there. A LOT.

Sylvia was a tad unsure whether to go over to the Gryffie table. Only because she'd never been here before, and wasn't sure if she was actually allowed to go to other tables. OH WELL, trouble was her middle name. She inhaled deeply, and walked up behind Terry. She tapped him on the shoulder. "I thought you'd graduated." She said giggling behind him.

Alex looked around at the Gryffindor table and she sighed a bit. She didn't know anyone!!! Gah! Merlin.. This was.. embarrassing.. Just sitting down randomly at a table filled with your housemates, and you didn't know anyone??

Sigh!!

Alex flipped her blonde hair over her shoulder as her grey eyes searched for a place to sit. She wished she had been in Ravenclaw so she could go over and sit with Kel.. But no.. She had to sit here.. Hmmmm....

Well might as well make the best of it.. Was there any cute guys??

Her grey eyes narrowed a little as she searched.. Yes!! Score! Now to sit by them... She settled herself down at the table and looked around smiling..

“They’re all nice in their own ways,” Daisy started. “I personally like Professor Ashby,” she paused to take a large bite out of her crumpet. “He teaches Charms,” she said quickly (and impolitely) around her mouthful of crumpet. She finished chewing and swallowing before continuing with her answer. “But if you’re from a family that’s not inclined to Muggle ways, Muggle Studdies is a lot of Fun.”
"Don't be nervous? What's making you neverous?" Daisy inquired leaning forward to rest her head in her hand and her elbow on the table. Daisy, of course, knew exactly what there was to be nervous about, from the werewolves walking the halls (which honestly didn't bother her - um, too much) to the killer running amuck in Diagon. But she wasn't going to tell a firstie that!

Bahh, he was losing his appetite already. He wanted to be with his man-love, and Hugie and Evolette! WHERE WAS EVERYONE? sobsob.

He growled at his pumpkin juice, the pushed his goblet away. Maybe he should stop being lazy and actually go LOOK for some people.

Tossing dark locks out of his eyes, Terry nearly jumped right out his seat when he felt a tap at his shoulder. Quickly spinning around, his blue eyes widened in recognition, and then he was squeezing the life out of the blonde girl.

'SYLVIA, is that really you?' He crowed in dramatic shock, quirking an eyebrow. Wow, she'd err certainly grown. ...erm, height-wise of course. O, Miles would kill him if he were in his head right now. 'Hrmm, are you going to kill me then if I insist on calling you Princess Sylvia still?' That had been his speshul nick-name for her! She couldn't ever be too old for that! EVER.

Tugging on her hand to a seat next to him, Terry chuckled low. 'Me and Evolette are graduating THIS year. Miles was the oldie who decided to abandon us a year early!' He smiled to let Sylvia know he was only teasing, 'How is the dood by the way? Gone on to bigger and better things now, eh?'

"I'd love to take Muggle Studies!" Ellie said, whilst she looked at Professor Ashby. Coming from a family of wizards, she knew little about Muggle life. Well, her grandparents on her mother's side were Muggles, but her mother Nicola did not keep in contact with them, since they had always been ashamed of their daughter being a witch. "Do you study that?"

A girl who looked like Ellie's year said she was nervous. "I'm Ellie," Ellie said. "Are you a first year like me? We'll share a dorm! Right?"

“Hey!! Thanks, I’m Lucy and what’s your name”. said Lucy and thought she is being so nice to me I like her, hope we could be friends.

Could this day get any better?

She'd made loads of friends, got into Slytherin, and TERRY 'RAWR' SAUNDERS WAS HUGGING HER. Okay, so he did it all the time, when she was younger and saw him frequentely. ZOMG how much she loved it, Sylvia had felt neglected ever since he began Hogwarts and left her. Siiiigh.

Sylvia shook her head. If Terry was anyone else, and called her Princess Sylvia, they'd probably have broken legs by now. But not Terry, she surprisingly loved the nick name. She was a princess, and she wanted everyone to treat her like one. "It's fine Terry, I love it." She had to admit.

And then he moved his hair. Dribbled. Sylvia had loved him even when she was too young to understand what love was! Gripping his hand and smiling AND blushing, Sylvia slided onto the bench next to him. "I see. I always thought you were the same age as Miles." She smiled. Miles was the oldest? BWAHAHA. "He's good. I think he's looking for an apartment with ... umm, Vanessa." Sylvia HATED the nick name 'Vannie', so always insisted on calling her Vanessa.

“I do,” Daisy replied looking around the table for some kidney pie. “I figure it wouldn’t hurt considering my family’s not very muggle-orientated. I know more about dragons then I do about muggles.” Plus it doesn’t hurt that the professor is rather hunky, she added solely to herself. No need to embarrass yourself in front of some firsties right? Right!
“Oh right, sorry,” Daisy replied smiling a bit sheepishly to the girl on her left. “I’m Daisy, this is – ”It took her a moment to remember. “Ellie,” she motioned to the girl on the other side of Vivianne. “And this,” she prodded Vivianne’s arm with her finger. “Is Vivianne. Watch out,” she leaned over to Lucy. “She bites.”

"Heey." Victoria greeted a girl she thought she knew from their lessons as she sat down beside her. She filled her goblet with juice and started drinking it.

Looking around at the faces of her fellow Gryffindors, she realised that there were many new faces among the old. That's good I hope they help us win the championship, she thought.

She took a crumpet from the nearest plate and started nibbling on it, still watching all the people in sight.

Tori smiled back just as impish as Alexandra and said,"I believe it will." as they both got up and appeased the extended invitation. Tori was excited and nevous all at the same time as they approached.

Ellie had been so excited having been sorted into Gryffindor that she had forgotten she was hungry. Roast potatoes...and what else? Ellie was a vegetarian, she didn't want to eat lamb or pork chops or chicken or anything like that. Yucky! Roast potatoes and vegetables and, well, crumpets. Weird combination, but still that matters not to an eleven-year-old. "I know more about dragons than muggles!" Ellie said. "But I think learning about Muggles could be so interesting. I feel sorry for them, but I guess they get by without magic, right?"

Ellie smiled at Lucy. "We shall be in classes together! Oh it's so exciting. I hope they start tomorrow," she said. "They dostart tomorrow, right?" she added, to Daisy.

“Yes, I am in the first year too, aren’t you nervous about this. Hey I’m Lucy nice to meet you. I’ll love to share dorm with you it would be great”, said Lucy to the girl who was a first year too. Now she was feeling a bit relaxed after talking to her few friends. Now she thought this would be a good start for her in her new year as she was going in the ‘Muggle School’ in her previous years which was a bit different than this.

"Nice to meet you, Lucy!" Ellie said. "Well, I think all first year girls share together, so that'll be fun! I'm not nervous, I was before I got sorted though. I've been so excited to come to Hogwarts for years. Were you excited?"

“‘Hello’ to all” said Lucy with a big smile on her face. She was very happy to meet them. She thought it would be a great year with such good friends. Lucy got a bit scared and took her hands off the table as she knew that Vivianne bits. Just to have some talk Lucy asked Daisy whether she knew anything about what is going around in Hogwarts.

“I was and I’m still excited to attend the classes especially of ‘potions and Qudditch’. I’m good at potions. My mom told me some, she was in Gryffindor too. I started packing my bags as soon as I got the letter from Hogwarts.