Damon thought the food he was eating was perfectly fine in his view. So he was surprised that Bonnie seemed to think it wasnt right. "My food is fine Bonnie" said Damon "You could always get some new food if you like." He wanted to just see the food stay on the table for hours.

"I didn't say anything about the food!" Bonnie snapped and pulled out her diary. She scribbled the day and about her food.

"Well i thought i heard something about that" said Damon "Sorry about asking. Did you see the new staff members. Looks like we have a new headmaster now. I rather liked the one from last term." Damon looked at the staff table and saw many new faces. He was pleased that these staff were willing to teach. That was the ultimate thing.

Bonnie smiled but did not answer. She didn't care much.
She only cared about the charms teacher. Though she trie and catch the nurses eyes as she wanted to be a healer.

Spotting what he now knew must be his house table, Adam made his way over and grinned at the fact that he was now oficially in this school. For a moment, he'd been scared that the Hat was just going to tell him to get lost, and although Ravenclaw wasn't the house he'd have put himself in, he guessed that whatever had made the Hat put him here would show itself. And hopefully, soon. Or he'd be the odd-one-out Ravenclaw.

The only thing that cheered him up was the sight of all that food. Seeing it, Adam quickened his step towards it and sat down with bright eyes. It was only when he'd bitten into a Cauldron Cake that Adam realised he wasn't hungary, even though he had been moments ago. Shaking the feeling off, he told himself he had to eat, otherise he'd get ill. So he did, all the while wondering what this term at Hogwarts, his first term, would have in store for him. And praying he'd make some more friends.

Allison managed to hold her laugh by a slight thin thread. Merlin, the boy was not only insane he was so childish. Wondering in her head if CMP iColby was really the age he claimed to be Allison licked the spoon to show she had enjoyed stealing his food.

And then she heard something very interesting. Cocking her head, Allison perked her ears and listened as CMP iColby described his brother. To her amazement he tripped on his brother's name. Allison's eyes widened as she looked into the possibility that CMP iColby's brother was either named similarly to CMP iColby or was simply just as odd as his brother and had the ill fate of carrying a name with the beginning letters.

What Allison also discovered was that CMP iColby...was anything but modest. Rolling her eyes Allison ignored CMP iColby for a moment to turn her attention to Cela.



Before admiring more of Cela Allison noticed the girl who spoke. She was taller than Allison--most people were, had beautiful dark hair and stunning blue eyes. Allison inwardly sighed, Ravenclaw had all the cool people.

Listening she gripped the edge of her seat and got a rush of adrenaline. If she tried out for Quidditch, which was a possibility seeing as she had already stupidly blabbed to Cela--her hero, about it, this was the person to look at. Looking at the girl Allison perked up and gave the cutest smile in store, she really didn't know she was giving it, "Hallo. You are really our Quidditch captain?" With a small gleam in her eyes, of excitement, Allison sat up and offered her hand, "I'm Allison Scott."

Before her daydreaming of awesome people continued Cela said something that had interested Allison beyond belief.

"Colby McKensie?" Allison's stare bore into CMP iColby. She knew it. The boy had lied about his name. How could he remind Cela, the nice girl who had offered Allison advice on ice cream AND was totally her hero AND favorite Ravenclaw so far in Hogwarts, of a Colby McKensie when he was Colby? There was a caged cat in there, and she was going to release it.

"I thought your name was Colby. But of course it's not, you liiiiiiiiiiied." Allison let the last word roll off her tongue. Smirking Allison shook her finger, "That's an awful thing to do. What sort of example are you setting up for me?"



Still shamefully shaking her head in mock humor Allison opened the paper crane and read the note. Arya had just told her about the professor sitting next to her, and had caught the interest of Allison with the mention of Charlie the spider. Turning over to the Hufflepuff table Allison shouted above the voices to be heard, "Arya!" Once she caught her attention Allison nodded quickly about meeting in the Hall after the feast.

Isabella nodded
oh alright, Texas she said
well Hogwarts is an awesome place.honestly but yeah you do have some problems or the other,but doesnt every school have its own she said with a smile
well we had flooding of our ground floor till the 2nd floor because of the water from the lake nearby she said
but everything was taken under control and the prefects and the students helped the teachers side by side so the problem was solved she said.she didnt want to talk about the werewolf attack because she wasnt sure what had happened because she hadnt attended the seminar and it was then that the attack had happened and all she got to know was tiny bits of information which she wasnt sure of.

Kellen rolled his eyes; this was never, ever going to leave, was it? This was apparently what happened when you joked about fire with a Ravenclaw; you got a snowball.



As if it wasn't obvious that Icoguy had lied about his name, more proof was right here. But it didn't particularly bother him. Merlin, Dumbledore and all the rest knew Chaucer had changed his name every day of the week a few years ago, relabeling all his things and refusing to respond to any name except the one he now believed to be his own. Which could be tricky when he hadn't told Kellen what it was beforehand, but it had always been fun to puzzle it out.

As far as broken bones went he wasn't particularly squeamish, but broomsticks... there was nothing to hold on to! And what was with Allison stealing off of Icoguy's plate?

Kellen raised an eyebrow at her, a smirk playing around his mouth as he commented, "Wow Allison, for thinking he's a weirdo you sure don't mind flirting with him. Eating off his plate like that? You might as well declare yourselves a couple now."


An out! He'd take it!

"No, no one died. No one was even there, actually; it was after OWLs and NEWTs were graded. Our Head Boy failed all his NEWTs and burned the school down in a blaze. I was just commenting to Allison that stone walls," he tipped his head to the walls of Hogwarts, "are clearly better than wooden ones for that reason."

"So, a magical flood? What happened there?"

He tried not to think of how completely ashamed Chaucer would be with him right now. He'd almost spat the story from his mouth to be rid of it, instead of weaving it into a graceful show of tragedy and lost love. Then again, he was so used to Chaucer being here that he'd almost expected the boy to materialize simply to deliver a monologue and then poof away back to the Slytherin table.


That was their Quidditch captain? Well, he'd look forward to cheering their team on from the safety of the stands. Even though he didn't like Quidditch. But that was like announcing you detest sugar while standing in a candy store surrounded by children going through a post-Halloween candy withdrawal. Do you say it? No.

And it looked like Allison was too busy in her continued torment of Icoguy to try insisting again that Kellen was a pyromaniac. Good.

Instead he watched the faces at the staff table, and eventually turned back to Celandine; who would know better than a prefect, right? "Is it just me, or do some of our teachers really not like each other?"

Nia nodded, realising from Anya's reply that she'd bomdarded her with questions. Biting her lip, Nia scrunched her nose almost apologetically. She didn't want to scare the new Ravenclaw...just was in a mood for conversation. "I've heard of it," Nia said with a smile as the girl tried to explain the book to her. "Which one? I've got a collection of those myself. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was very clever with all those red herrings and clues. So imaginative, and yet so realistic in many ways." She winked, curling a strand of hair round her finger. "You read many of them?"

As Anya asked her a question, Nia tilted her head thoughtfully. "I guess part of how you'll find it depends on your background." She shook back the curl she'd been fiddling with. "It's a bit like embarking on an adventure, with learning new things, meeting new people, even getting used to not being at home. At times its hard work, with some of the homework the Professors give, it can test your nerves and make you face your fears..." At that she thought of the dementor she had to face as part of one of her DADA exams. Scary stuff, she still hadn't totally got over it. "But overall, I love it here - had great fun, and met some awesome people." She looked enthusiasic. "Does that help?" She raised a questioning eyebrow. "Feel free to fire away with any more questions..."

Owain had been listening with interest to the talk of pyromania and confusing wand movements.
In his excitement at finally being somewhere where he probably wouldn't get bullied, he had forgotten his manners when the [I]suspected[\I]pyromaniac had introduced himself; at least he thought he had...
Owain laughed when the guy pointed out Allison's flirting and worked up the courage to speak after hearing the explanation for the fire.
"How could a head boy fail his exams?"
OOC:apologies not having any quotes to reference my characters ramblings - my computer isn't working properly at the moment.

Aidan quietly finished his apple and took another drink of pumpkin juice as he silently wondered if he should try out for the Quidditch team this year or if he should concentrate on his love for goofing off and relaxing on the grounds. He liked school, but he prefered being outside and building or breaking things, fighting, flirting, playing around, swimming, and working with animals. Just being outside was better than in a stuffy classroom anyway. Bored, Aidan ran a hand through his thick brown hair and waited.

Sylvia moved away the tiniest bit when Xander said he was sick. Ugh, she couldn't be doing with an illness, she was always in perfect health and she wasn't going to spoil that now. BUT, that didn't mean she wasn't going to stay in the company of Xander anymore, she still loved him muchly. "You're sure you're fine now?" Sylvia knew he'd already said this, but she really wanted him to just to confirm it again so she knew he wasn't carrying any germs.

EWWWW.

Whee! He'd said it too. Oh Sylv, you're turning into a mushy little girl. She rolled her eyes at herself, wishing she wasn't such a fangirl when it came to Xander. However, when he decided to correct himself and say that he'd missed everyone, she frowned slightly. ONLY SLIGHTLY. "Oh, well .. you're back now. OH!" Sylvia suddenly remembered something and turned to start digging in her bag. She brought out a container which had 4 cupcakes in it. "My friend Blake got me these, you want one?" They were a bit girly, with purple swirls and a yellow icing flower on top, but they were still cake. "I won't be able to eat them all myself, so you can help me." Sylvia giggled.

Keeley felt extremely bored with her brown hair. So, she changed it to fluffy purple. Yup, purple and changed her eyes to match. She then pulled out her wand and muttered the summoning charm to get Emily's present from the luggage. It was technically allowed. So when sparkly knee socks and high tops came flying through the air toward the Ravenclaw table, she merely caught them and handed 'em over to Emily. "There ya go! And here's Choluna's," I said, pulling a signed playbill out of my pocket, as it was small enough to fit there.

[QUOTE=whscameragal;9008043] "I know! I was so excited when I heard about it, too! It's so amazing!" Choluna loved the phantom of the opera too! She was so excited to get to know this girl more!

"Thanks! I collect playbills! I love this one!" said Choluna, surprised that she had gotten a present! "And what did you do to your hair and eyes? They are purple!" Choluna wondered what made her do this!

"Oh my god thank you!" Emily said, she felt so loved! "I love thee high tops and knee socks! sparkles are like the best thing in the world. And they can go with the nail polish!" Emily said smiling. Emily felt so happy here at hogwarts with her friends. She then wondered about her friends back in Canada, were they having this much fun at the public school? What were they learning? Did they miss her? Emily was doing all this wondering when choluna spoke again.
[QUOTE=PrincessBroadway;9008963] "Yeah i love so many musicals, I think Hair and RENT are so amazing! Even though in hair there is nudity." Emily said "but i think that it is a good musical portrayal of what the hippies went through." Emily looked at choluna, she was very interesting.

Keeley smiled after swallowing some corn."I'm glad you like it! When Bella and I went, I had to take one back," And wait, didn't Choluna know about her hair? Whatever. "I'm a metamorphagus, so I can change my appearence at will." she grinned, changing her hair a handful of different colors, then backto lavender.

Oh duh! Choluna felt like an idiot forgetting about her friend's special talent! "I'm super sorry! I'm just a little tired today!"

Maybe she twitched, but Xander certainly felt some kind of movement from Sylvia. Aww, sad face! No moving away. So, to make sure she wouldn't, he pulled his arm tighter around her and took a swig of pumpkin juice with his other hand. Yep, he was good alright.

"Of course I'm fineee," he said. "I never get sick, so it wasn't that bad. Just a precautionary type deal. I'm perfect now." Teehee, perfect. Oh funny stuff. Hopefully he was for her anyway.

It was kind of random, the way she was rambling about cupcakes. And some other guy. For a moment, Xander felt a ping inside him. Ugh, other males around Sylvia always made him slightly upset. And it was weird, normally he didn't feel that way when Brody talked about someone. Weeeeird.

Bahaha, purple and yellow frosted cupcakes. "Of courseee I'd like one," he said, in his best girly voice. "I loooves me some yellow flowers and purple icing. Teehee!"

Ahh, he was so weird.

"You know, I really have no idea," Kellen commented wryly. "If I had to guess, I'd say that being Head Boy went to his head and he forgot what got him there in the first place. He certainly spent a lot of time walking around and reminding everyone of his position. That school was more concerned with etiquette and deportment anyway."

Had he introduced himself? He'd given the boy a wave and a 'hi', that he remembered, but just to be safe he added, "I'm Kellen. Kellen Stern. You are?"
If there wasn't food on the table he would have held his hand out for a shake; as it was he kept it holding his fork. The last thing he wanted was to drag a sleeve through gravy.

El arrived at the Ravvie table, looking for Mina's head above all others. MIIIINA! She hadn't seen her since the train, and she was hoping to spend a lot more time with her this year. And the food looked much better on this side, COUGHCOUGH.

Lori nodded. "We're already acquainted. " She commented, about herself and Torin and looked infront of her at the food on the table. "Is it illegal for me to eat some of this houses food? Or do I have to go back to Badger central and eat there? Because NOBODY is in my house..."

Frown.

"But it looks too complicated Annie. How on earth can I do this without killing my brain cells off in the process?" Totally a rhetorical question, but Anniw could answer it if she wanted, either way. The answer wouldn't impress Lori at all.

"I HAVE TO TEACH YOU!" Lori squealed at the top of her lungs.

Oh.. HAI TORIN. Lori smiled at him, and acknowledged his little wave with a nod of her head, before turning her attention back to Annie. And this DREADED SPANISH.

Spanish was totally simple....

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Snap snap. Georgie didn't want to be kept waiting. Weren't Head Girls, she assumed, supposed to be quick and all for serving the student body and whatnot? Meh. And that look she got from the girl. What was wrong? Was it so strange that she was asking Hugo Woods's whereabouts?

DIDN'T HUGO EVER TELL ANYONE ABOUT HIS GIRLFRIEND?

Good grief. She would definitely have a talk with Mister Man as soon as she found him.

"Alright then, Livvy," she emphasized. She paused to fluff her hair, the continued. "I'm looking for Hugo Woods, of Slytherin, yes." Were they going to run the facts, or did she know him already? Ugh. "My boyfriend, you see. Maybe you've seen him around?"

Ordinarily, Georgie would NEVER ask a girl on Hugo's whereabouts, because, again, that would mean they were fraternizing with him, and girls trying to take her Hugo away from her was the very thing that peeved Georgie the MOST. But desperate times called for desperate measures.

HMPH. Livvy wasn't too sure she liked this gal. Such impatience. The look on her face seemed to be a thought of superiority. The girl had that air about her that Livvy absolutely despised and had found on that girl at Flourean Fortescue's. Would this girl be the same? Livvy couldn't exactly judge someone by their appearance, but so far... this girl wasn't exactly on her good book, just by their encounter for a good five seconds.

Blink.

Hugo Woods had a girlfriend?

....

Huh. Though, Livvy couldn't really say she was surprised. She hardly even knew the boy. She hardly knew of his existence. His name was thrown about into the air every now and then, and Livvy couldn't honestly be bothered by someone who may or may not even exist. Who knew? Maybe it was an imaginary friend.

And then Livvy glanced over at the girl. Maybe it was an imaginary boyfriend.

"I didn't know Hugo Woods had a girlfriend." Or that he was a real person. Or is he? "But considering he's a Slytherin, he just may be at the Slytherin table. You know? Just a possibility." Really. The logic. So easy.

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So it seemed Adrienne'd managed to avoid Miles and Fia asking her to elaborate on her summer, what with the two of them having gone up to greet the professors, and Phoebus still hadn't appeared at the table so she still didn't know if he was avoiding her. And, as she looked around, she happened to see Livvy wave at, she presumed, her and Miles. Which was funny since she knew he wasn't paying attention, and she hadn't thought Livvy would be so apt to greet her after the weirdness of last term. But she wasn't going to be rude. "Hey Livvy," she said, waving back with a smile, before turning to the staff table as the man who was apparently the new headmaster stood up to make his speech. Hmmm, short and to the point, she thought, as food appeared on the table.

Leaning over to serve herself some chicken, she tucked her booted feet underneath the bench. Then, after pouring herself some pumpkin juice, she sat back and started idly listening to conversations around her. Just for amusement, since no one was directly talking to her at the moment. But then she heard Cela say something about not knowing who the new captain was, and realized it had to be connected to someone asking. Probably the odd boy she was talking to,since everyone else seemed newer. Looking over at the blonde with a smile, she leaned over momentarily. "Actually, I'm the new captain," she said, before blinking a little. "Willow had to approve of who replaced her?," she asked then, slightly shocked if it was true. Maybe Willow hadn't thought she was as useless as she thought she had. She'd figured Professor Vindictus had had to have seen something in her, but it had never occurred to her that anyone else had been involved in the decision.

Adrienne. Hmm. There hadn't been much of an interaction there. Maybe it should change..........?

Livvy leaned over across the table, considering the group of people weren't exactly far away from her. Close enough to be within talking distance, that's for sure. And. And. QUIDDITCH CAPTAIN?! Oh gooddddyyy!!!! She hadn't know that! Then again... the two girls weren't exactly close. So... oh well. She got the position! Even though Livvy, herself, had been totally pegging for that position... she was quite satisfied with the Head Girl position. Large shiny badge.

"Adrienne! You're the Quidditch Captain?! Congratulations!" she exclaimed gently and grinned happily. With Adrienne, who was a mighty fine player, they would be SURE to win this term.

And then she noticed Cela and some neeewwww students. "Hey Cela. Who's your friends?" Livvy asked, grinning around. Head Girl should know people right? RIGHT.

Sylvia couldn't help but giggle at his attempt to reel her back in. She smiled up at him, and watched as he gulped down his pumpking juice, rather pleased with himself.

Yes, yes you are perfect. Sylvia shocked herself with that thought, and scolded herself in her mind. Silly Sylvia. "I'm glad. Because I would have pulled away already if you were contagious." She smiled.

Sylvia opened the lid and lifted the container up slightly so he could pick one for himself. "He made a batch for all of his friends, I never thought of doing something like that. But I do love cake so I'm very happy." Sylvia took one for herself and tapped it with Xander's. "Cheers."

Oh yes, he was good. Especially because he was making her giggle. Epic win on his part. It was good watching her watch him, even if it was out of his peripheral vision.

He couldn't help but laugh a bit at her statement about pulling away. "So what you're saying is that if I was sick, you wouldn't take care of meee?" he asked, pouting slightly. "If you were sick I'd take care of you." Yeah, he would. Even risk the chance of getting sick himself, but still. He'd do it.

Aha, the cupcakes. Yaaaay! He picked one up and tapped Sylvia's as well. "Cheers," he said with her. As he went to take a bite, he had an idea. Xander's hand may have slipped a bit, while he watched where Sylvia's cupcake was. He nudged it a little bit, so that the frosting would get on the tip of her nose.

"OH I am SO sorry!" he said. "Here, let me fix that." So he put some frosting on his nose as well.

"I'm glad" Said Nina "I hope we win the cup this year. I'm a bit of a procrastinater myself, but magic is so new and exciting to me, I don't think I'll have to worry about getting all my work done. I can't wait until classes start! I'm particularly interested in charms and transfiguration, making a simple object do whatever i want it to."