"Yep!"

"Almost all Gryffindor, some Ravenclaw the odd couple in Slytherin.... None in Hufflepuff....." Rosemary smiled, "My family's proud that I followed my Great Grandmother...." She smiled as she straightened, extremely proud of her lineage but not too proud that she became Slytherin.

Ella nodded, still munching on her apple. 'Yup. Sir Nicholas something or other..' She laughed. 'Sorry.. memory like a sieve.. and I've read Hogwarts: A History..'

Putting her apple core on the plate, she noticed a carrot stick stuck to the back of Jordan's robes. Carefully she picked it off and held it infront of him. Narrowing her eyes she looked over to the Ravenclaw table and sure enough, there was Rose and Ember giggling with their heads together.
'Great start, eh..' And without thinking she ate the carrot stick in one bite. Chewing away, she resumed fiddling with her hair.

"Sir Nicholas de Mimsey-Porpington..." Rosemary stated as-a-matter-of-factly.

AHHHHH. Matt's dark brown eyes widened in horror.

Girls. Were. Scary. Hence the "AHHHHH."

The Gryffindor swallowed anxiously, trying to keep his nerves in check. "No." he said croakily, his gaze flickering backwards and forwards frantically between her face and the table. "It's yummy." Yummy? Really? He blinked.

Biting back a whimper, her braced himself. "Mashed potatoes?" He forced a quick smile. "I'm Matt." He nodded, up and down like that dog off the adverts; it took him a while to realise he was doing it. "Sorry." he said hastily, realizing he was acting like an idiot. He pulled at his robes.

Ah, ghosts. "His head's half cut off..So it's nearly headless." He grinned a little. "Poor Nick." There was an air of snobbiness to her voice that grated against his gut, but he ignored it. He was having a hard enough job with his nerves as it was.

Ella looked up at the girl, and looked her up and down.
Jeez, with this attitude she should be a Slytherin.. she thought to herself, raising her eyebrows in exasperation..
'Yeah, that's the one.' She grinned at the girl.

Rosemary smiled shyly as she blushed, "Sorry.... Family stories..." She apologised.

She smiled. 'It's fine. I've probably also had countless storied including him but I can't remember his name..' She laughed and reached for a second apple

Across the hall, Mordred could see Ari talking to her fellow Gryffindors. He made his way towards their table to congratulate her, but he lost her because of the crowd. He was tall for a first year, but with the rest of the student body switching tables, it was almost impossible to spot her again. Mordred thought it was best to just return to his house's table...

Rosemary chuckled, "Rosemary McGonagall.... How do you do.." She introduced herself with her hand out politely.

Well...well...well...

That was right. Josh Carter was a little bit late to show himself at the lion's table but it was NOT definitely he was ashamed of showing his scarred face. It was because he did not want to answer the questions about it and of course he did not want to lie to his friends for that matter. Lying was a bad bad thing and it did not go well with him. Yet on the other hand he wanted neither to remember the incident in the Knockturn Alley nor to mention anything about it. So, what to do? He didn't know.

However, he just couldn't stand at a corner during the whole fest, could he? Not only that would be extremely boring but also he was extremely hungry and all the food was on the table, not at the corner! Plus, he hated being alone. He needed to go there and rock that table with all the people there! Yeah, that was it. And meh, people were going to see his face sooner or later.

Finally deciding, the seventeen year old Gryffindor with his famous confident and cheerful attitude walked to the red table and eyed everybody there. Old friends, new friends...friends, friends and friends. Coolness!

''HELLO EVERYONE! YOUR MOST AWESOME FRIEND JOSH HAS ARRIVED TO PARTY!! WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!'' he yelled practically adressing to everyone at the table ''WHY SITTING WHILE WE CAN GET UP AND KICK A FEW BIRDIES NOW?''

MAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

'Really? Who is your great-grandmother, if you don't mind? You didn't tell me your last name, after all.' Ariadne inquired. 'If I were to follow my great grandmother, I'd be in Ravenclaw.' she chuckled. 'Her name was Griselda Marchbanks, she was a member of the Wizengamot and an examiner.' the girl said, not realising it probably wouldn't interest anyone to know about her great-grandmother. Oh, well.

'Do you think we're going to share a dormitory? I suppose so, since we're both first year Gryffindor girls.' Ari appreciated. 'That'd be cool, we could play some games before going to bed. Or just talk.' the girl added, getting overly enthusiastic.

Ariadne noticed the boy was looking at her rather oddly, but didn't know why, so she continued speaking.

'Yes, it is, better than my mum's food, anyway. I love her, but she's a terrible cook.' the girl chuckled. 'How was the train ride? Enjoyable? I couldn't wait to get here!' she added, enthusiastically.

'Mashed potatoes are my favourite. I don't know if you'd like them or not, but you should risk trying, the elves in the kitchen must have outdone themselves.' Ariadne continued. 'Nice to meet you, Matt.' she nodded, and smiled.

'Half-cut off? Urgh.' she said, more in disgust than of fear or anything else.

While chatting away merrily, Ari could distinguish someone familiar through the crowd. Height is an advantage, she thought, smirking.

'MORDRED!' the tiny girl shouted above the general noise in the Great Hall. 'Come over here!' she tried to catch his attention. 'Congratulations on being a Slytherin, I knew you would.' Ariadne said as the boy was coming closer. 'I'm a bit sorry we're not in the same House, though.' she added. 'I wanted to come by your table, but it was so crowded, like this one, in fact.' she chuckled. 'Have you owled your parents to tell them? They will be so proud!'

Rosemary jumped and almost whipped out her wand automatically before relaxing, at least she hadn't taken her wand out of her pocket.

Ember ran over to the gryffindor table ." HEY GUYS, GUESSS WHO, MISS ME." Ember ran over to her friends pulling Rose along by the arm. " thought i would come over and say hello."

Braeden chuckled to himself as Emma assured him she didn't breathe fire, amusement in his brown eyes as he began to serve himself dinner once more. This time, with a lot less food, of course. He'd learned his lesson the hard way. The boy turned his attention away from the plate, though, as Emma spoke once more, this time asking him about the guys he'd just mentioned. "Well, Riley's in Gryffindor with me, but he's kind of giving me the silent treatment right now 'cause I was giving him a hard time at the train…" he confessed with a slightly mischievous smirk which just looked childlike on Brae's goofy features. "As for Rod and Theo, they're in Ravenclaw."

As he began to eat, Braeden listened to Emma share with him that she'd met with her 'fake Slytherin sister' at the train (something which got one of the boy's dark eyebrows to raise slightly). And… Alexbear? Brae tried not to snort but failed miserably, ending up accidentally choking himself and coughing himself back to life. "Sorry," he muttered with a smile. And then the girl mentioned one Ellie Johansen. "Oh, I think I know her," said the boy, remembering the Ravenclaw brunette he'd met at the beginning of his fifth year. She was nice.

And then Emma was asking if she would be getting paid for being his babysitter. Braeden laughed, completely amused that she even remembered that earlier comment he'd made about her babysitting him. "I suppose that's fair… I haven't got much money on me, though, but I could pay you with… my wonderful company and an endless supply of entertainment!" he offered with a large, toothy grin. TA-DAH! The company of Hogwarts's biggest doof and entertainment?! Who could ever deny THAT?!

Jordan turned around as if there was a loud boom that just went off. He thought to himself, "Talk about being Obnoxious."

Rosemary looked at her excited, "My great grandmother was Minerva McGonagall! And I hope so!" She smiled as her green eyes sparkled with delight.

"Disappearing??" Nika gasped. What? Disappearing? Why is it that such weird things tend to happen at wizard schools. "It is! Well a lot of stuff! Last term I went down to the lake a lot and the football field." FOOTBALL! "But I think in America you call it erm- soccer right?" Yeah, soccer. That sounds right. "The lake is a lot of fun! Everyone hangs out there and I'm friends with the giant squid. Me and my friend call him Mr. Squides." But Rex has graduated now... Oh so sad. "I know a lot of people like to play Quidditch too. I just watch though, I can't fly for my life." She said with a giggle.

"Well you're gonna love it here!" Nika bounced up and down cheerfully. Hogwarts is the place to be. "I'm a second year! So if you have any questions you can come to me!" She probably won't be too much of a help though. She's just a clueless little muggleborn.

"Welcome to Gryffindor! The best house of all time!" Nika practically shouted. What a way to make a first impression.... She looked at the girl and noticed how unusually red she was turning. "Oh, sorry... I'm Nika."
"Willie, Willie!" Nika called right back. "Hey look your a GRYIFFIE! I knew you would be! I had no doubt." He did seem to have a bit of a Hufflepuff feel about him, but definitely a gryffie. "Now we can definitly be the best Gryffie buddies ever. Oh and yeah I think you can. Well before the feast actually starts for real anyways." By the time the headmaster says his speech and the food appears.....
"EMILYYYYY!" Nika motioned her friend to have a seat by her. "I've missed you!" Even though they had seen each other shopping for supplies...
"So Addie, anything new? We haven't talked in such a long time I'm sure there is something we could catch up on." Nika couldn't really remember much about Addie. But her memory is so bad it was bound to happen anyway. She just wanted to start a conversation.
Nika saw yet another firstie. Jeez they're multiplying like rabbits! It's a good thing that Nika likes rabbits. She smiled at the boy hoping to start up a conversation with him. Aw poor thing he looks nervous! "Hey! I'm Nika Adler!" She smiled cheerfully. Maybe this guy just needed to make a friend, that's all.

"YOU'RE COOL!" Christina yelled sarcastically at the boy. Man, sixth years were full of themselves this year. She couldn't help but laugh a little though. This guy was nuts.

Matt's grin widened. "Tell me about it." His mum was a terrible cook too. "One time, she made a frog and cactus soup with flapjack crackers..." He shuddered at the memory, shoving some crisps into his mouth to stop the horrific taste of such a meal from returning to his gullet. Talking. Yes. He was doing well. Once he got the ball rolling he would be fine. He just had to stop himself from panicing about her...girl-ness.

He grimaced.

"The train was fun." he said, nodding. He'd sort of zoned out on the train; it wasn't the most pinnacle point of Hogwarts so why bother?

He smiled a little. "What's your name?"

"Yup." He smirked. Gore. He loved it.

AHHHHHH. ANOTHER GIRL. They were everywhere. And..talking to him. He bit back a whimper. "Hi.." he muttered nervously, his voice barely audible, turning to the great platters of food. He delved into them, finding solace in the extravagant meals.

Septimus looked down at a boy that had just introduced himself. "Hi, Jordan. I'm Septimus, second year Gryffindor."

"Nice to meet you. Hope to see you alot this year I suppose?"

Ella looked up and burst out laughing at the sight of this large sixth year booming at everyone at the table. Oh wow.. that's new.. She actually couldn't stop laughing at him..

" Hey Jordan, you enjoying dinner, i hope you like carrot sticks" Ember grinned and sat down next to him. "ahhh i have missed you guys, hows life without me."

"Ha! Happy's a nice name! Suits him!" Like sunny matched her owl. Well, small, hyper and obsessed with owl pellets would also suit her but sunny sounded better.

"You put dungbombs and fireworks in your brothers case? AND goblins? You'll get in so much trouble!" Wow. She'd never met someone who liked pranks so much. "Guess you like pranks then?" Gulp. "And I would hate to get a howler. They sound so scary!" And then burst into flames.

"Nikaaaaa!" She cried again as she sat next to her. "I missed you on the train! I was wearing the football shirt you'd given me, I love it! It's so comfy!" But she'd had to change into her robes now. "And I wanted to introduce you to my owl, but she's up in the owlery now." But she'd introduce her later, right now FOOD! She grabbed some chicken and gravey. "Remember you can use her whenever you want! Just don't give her big packages..." She was too small to carry them, bless her.