Courtney walked cautiously around the grounds of the castle. She had never been on her own before and she was used to having someone to guide her through. She found herself situated in the courtyard. She smiled slightly. So this was the place Bradin loved so much. It was nice here but rather quiet. She hadn't met anybody yet though which was probably the main source for her boredom. She sat down on a bench in the hope that someone came to talk to her. Bored bored bored. She hated boredom. She was anxious to meet the three girls Bradin had told her about. They sounded nice, and one of them was her age. She was also Bradin's girlfriend. But at least they'd be able to kind of connect. They had, afterall, been through the same things. They'd both lost Bradin. This term was going to be hard. But she hoped she'd make some new friends. Maybe. She'd probably also meet her number one enemy. Hopefully not but it was always possible with Courtney Parker around. Pretty has a new sheriff.

Katie found herself wondering though the courtyard, she remembered Bradin, she may have not been close to him but she still missed him, Katie sat down and she looked left, Wah! A girl, she hadnt even seen her coming "Hello, Im Katie Star" Katie said as she interdouced herself, Yay! she looked her age!

Courtney looked to the floor and a tear hit the floor. She missed Bradin an insane amount. Why couldn't he have introduced her to some people first. She looked up as someone approached her and smiled. Time to spread some pretty dust. "Hi, I'm Courtney Parker. Nice to meet you, I think" she said. Well that didn't go very well. She recognised the name though. "You're a friend of Bradin Westerly's, right?" she asked.

"Yes I am, Why do you ask?" Katie said, she had no idea who this was, she just knew her name "Im a First year, you?" Katie asked with a smile, she wanted to look nice, she wanted another friend!

Emmy wandered into the Courtyard, a book under her arm - she'd finished Brisingr, and was now reading an Oscar Wilde play called the Importance of Being Earnest.
As she spied around for a good place to sit and read, she saw her best friend, Sammy Star, with a boy she didn't know. Could this be the mysterious 'Jay'?
Emmy went over to them, smiling as she greeted her friend, "Hi Sammy!"

Sammy turned, and smiled. EMMY! it's a good thing Jay had changed the subject... it would have upset Emmy. "hey Emmy" she said cheerily, her hands still in Jay's. "are you feeling better?" she asked ... nice thing to do, right? someone? anyone? HELP

Emmy grinned, saying, "I'm fine thanks Sammy - who's your friend?" she wondered, gesturing towards the boy who seemed to be absentmindedly crushing conkers in his bare hands... Strange... thought Emmy, turning her attention back to her bezzie.

"this is Jay" she said happily... she wanted pasta, anyway. She would explain that this was Emmy to Jay later, unless he asks. "do you have any of those cuppycakes left?" she asked hopefully, they were good.

Emmy beamed even brighter than before, and said, "Now, it's funny you should ask that..." pulling a large tin out of her bag - which was surely too small to hold such a thing - "I've just baked a fresh batch - the house-elves very kindly let me use a small section of the kitchens!" she offered the still-warm cupcakes to Sammy.

Sammy's smile widened at the batch of cuppycakes. "thanks" she said taking one and biting into it "dat's goob cuppycake" she said taking another bite .... omnomnomnom

Emmy laughed, biting into one herself. "Mmmmmmmm.... They're not bad, are they?" she said, after putting one in whole, and swallowing it.
"Aha! So this is the elusive Jay - why in Merlin's name is he crushing conkers?!" she asked, bemused.

"because he got a bit angry" Sammy said simply as if it was a completely normal thing to say...anyway. She didn't want to bring up, why he had been crushing conkers in his hands, but he wasn't any more, it would upset Emmy. And the last thing Sammy wanted was to see Emmy upset again. "but I healed his hand, it was bleeding" she said screwing up her face a little and looking at the hand that had been bleeding, before smiling and turning back to Emmy

Jay looked at a conker tree nearby, "If i cant crush... i have another thing..." he said to himself running halfway up the tree and grabbing a branch before quickly pulling himself up taking 5 conkers and putting them in his robe before jumping down and walking to Sammy and the new girl.
"I will throw these conkers" he said devilishly before turning to the new girl, "Helloooo" he said smiling at the new girl talking to them, "Im jay, whats yours?" he asked, unsure if she told him, he kinda zoned out before she came.

"this is Emmy" Sammy said happily, but in her mind she was screaming THIS IS THE ONE THAT LING MADE CRY even though it was no use, Jay couldn't read minds ... or could he? *DUN DUN DUN* hopefully not

"Emmy... nice to meet you, do you know a Ling?" he asked turning to Emelia, "Stupid idiot upset a 3rd grader so i am going to pelt him with conkers..." he said then showing them an evil smiled before taking a conker that he didnt crush.

Sammy's face fell ... idiot. Did he not understand why she wasn't bringing Ling up? wait, HE DIDN'T READ HER MIND SO HE DOESN'T KNOW! So her face brightened a little, and she whispered, only loud enough for Jay to hear "Emmy is the one Ling upset" she whispered, so only Jay could hear, hopefully he would understand why she hadn't brought up Ling.

"Why, she seems like a nice girl?" he said crushing another conker... "Okay, I should REALLY stop doing that," he said, this time it didnt penetrate the skin, just left a mark, he made sure he didnt touch the other conkers in his pocket, "Sorry Emmy, I didn't know..." he said quickly about mentioning him.

Sammy shrugged, she couldn't remember the full details of what Emmy had told her in Diagon Alley. But she knew another guy was involved, but he wasn't hurting Emmy. "you really should" she said looking at his hand and pulling out her wand "episky" she muttered pointing her wand at his hand and then putting the wand back in her pocket.

Jay shrugged then looked at Emelia, then feeling that annoying feeling in his hand, "Thanks" he said shaking his wrist and backing away looking at the two girls, confused, he didnt know the details... not like he cared but he loved 2 things, Sammy and payback. Hehe.

"Bradin's my cousin. We were extremely close cousins, but that's going to be taken off me" explained Courtney. She was deep in Christainity but she hated God for what he was doing to the family. "I'm a first year too" she said.

Usually, when Jack met someone, he did the talking, and introductions were obviously the hardest part of the conversation, what with not knowing each other and all. But with Viky, it seemed particularly easier, due to the sudden factfile sentence which Jack had to smile at. A Gryffindor? He had only met one other Gryffie and that was Cameron, the prefect. It seemed he had unintensionally steered clear of Gryffindors; he had only come across Hufflepuffs and Slytherins, and one Ravenclaw, you couldn't forget the Ravenclaw. "I am a Sixth year Slytherin. Obviously the best house." - as he was in it, duh.

Jack raised his eyebrow as she began twirling her hair yet again. He liked girls' hair, and he was the one who tended to play with it, but because he had just met her, that would be really weird. Heheh. "You sure do love you hair don't you love?" He chuckled lightly, watching as it tangled around her finger. Jack's hair was quite long, but not that long that he played with it continually; that's what girls' hair was for.

Viky raised an eyebrow 'So you're a snake she said with a grin 'My half-sister's a Slytherin as well... the old fashioned type who thinks Muggleborns shouldn't be allowed at Hogwarts' she said, frowning slighty as she thought of Eliza. Ugh, the girl creeped her out. She didn't even know how they could be related... though she did come in handy when trying to get revenge on silly boys like Jimbo. Hehh. 'You know, you're the first Slytherin I've met properly' she said with a smile. Apart from her sister, of course. She'd met a few Gryffindors and a Hufflepuff. Perhaps Slytherins were in the minority, then?

She smiled at Jack, letting go of her hair. 'Maybe a little' she said, giggling. 'But it's just an old habit. I don't know why I do it, really. But hey, whatever.' it WAS nice hair. So there... maybe she was admiring it. But only sometimes. Hehe.

Esme gave a harsh, derisive laugh. "If you start following me around, you'll have more to worry about than getting lost." Her warning came in a rather ominous tone. She knew that she couldn't afford to get kicked out of Hogwarts but she wouldn't stand for his constant presence. "I'm not having you letch over me like you did this summer." She gave him a look that should have told him he wouldn't get away with it twice.

"Why do you insist on thinking that I would actually want to stand there staring at you for more than a couple seconds?" Eben replied in a dark tone. Even standing with her in that moment made him want to burn his clothes and shower until he felt like he was rid of any thought of Esme Lennox.

"Besides, who's to say I can't make it around by myself. I made it to the courtyard fine." the boy added with a sense of pride in his tone.

Fee sat on a bench in the courtyard, reading the book she had borrowed at the library.
Suddenly she heard music. She knew that song.
Christopher Wilde?! She loved that song.
Fee decided to get up and go to the person the music came from.
She tipped the guy on the shoulder.