Orabelle Person was one of those girls; the sort that walked around in high heels even though they were breaking the school uniform guidelines, wore impossible amounts of make-up that made them appear older than they truly were, and had a high disregard for dirt. Lulu didn't get the dislike. Dirt was dirt. It's what everyone was going to turn into in the end. Dirt.

"I could say the same for some folk," responded Lulu. "Bothersome, disgusting, a nuisance." She snapped her fingers repeatedly to gain Sir Robin's attention. The ferret stood up from where he was and scanned the perimeter of the common room in hopes of finding the source of the noise. Patterson shook her head. At least he responded this time even if he was unable to associate her with the sound of finger snapping yet.

"Nothing wrong with horses, mate," declared Lulu and she snapped her fingers again. Robin finally met her eyes and began sprinting in her direction. The girl stooped low enough to catch the ferret as he leaped towards her. "They just poop an awful lot and are pretty high maintenance. Fitting, I guess." Horses and Orabella suited each other. Lulu hugged the black-footed ferret to her for a moment before letting him crawl over her shoulders. "No, Robin isn't the cleverest of ferrets, ya know but he's awfully loyal. You can't boss someone who is smart around but someone who is a little daft and extremely loyal will do whatever you say if you know how to ask. There's classes tomorrow morning so I'm going to tuck in."




Lulu was contemplating a wave as a goodbye to Orabella, Lover of Horses, Shunner of Rodents when her hands were trapped by--the hands belonging to Green Head the Insane. "Don't touch me," instructed Lulu plainly, waiting for the girl to release her hands before having to rip them away herself. "And No. No. No to everything," said the girl as Sir Robin clung to her head, his beady eyes wide while his nose twitched in excitement. "Bye."

It was a good time to go to bed, figured Lulu Patterson. Lola Jones formerly known as Green Head the Insane was in the common room and she figured Orabelle, Lover of High Maintenance Horses was going to have a conniption soon over her. Lu sprinted to the girl's dormitory with Sir Robin in tow. There was a reason she disliked girls and boys. It was best to give up on her attempts of making friends for now. She could always renew said goals in a few weeks.

Dani nodded as she looked out for that... strange girl from a few minutes back. Weird, much? She held his hand- "Where do you wanna go?" she asked him softly.

Cass strolled into the common room and tugged at the collar of her uniform self consciously. It felt weird to be back in her school robes, she already missed the laid back style of shorts and dresses. Not that she would ever admit that to anyone of course.

she plopped down on her usual chair in front of the freaky green fire and simply stared into space as she twirled her wand absently in front of her. It was official...

She was bored.

Savannah was glad Stallion and Helena got along so well. Unlike some people...

Savannah carefully set Stallion in Helena's arms. Stallion seemed to like Helena, and scratching his ears. "Um...three years old I think." She answered. "Was this small when I first got him." Savannah held up her hands and spread them about twelve inches apart.

Savannah couldn't stand it and crossed her arms. Disgusting. "No." Savannah said firmly. "I do not want your candies and I do not want to roll on the floor with you." Only pigs to do that.

"No thank you, but I already have candies. Better candies that you have. Or you'll ever have." Get jealous, boy. "So why don't you get up and join me with my candies huh?" Hopefully, she'll fool this guy to get up and stop being a pig.

Fee made her way to the common room,trying to hold back her tears.Had she really heard it right?Of course she had there was no other explanation to it.Thsi was horrible,just a few days before she had felt so happy to hear him say it and now he regretted saying it?Wow.This was so messed up.Everything was a mess at the moment,nothing like she had planned her third term to be.

Looking around the common room the blonde noticed her bestie sitting on her usual chair and almost ran to her.The girl didnt care what others thought at the moment."Caaaaass",she sobbed plopping down opn the chair next to her bestie.The girl couldnt help it,the tears just made their way down her face...

Okay, so Stallion didn't seem to mind having his ears scratched. Not at all, actually. And... Helena liked him. But who couldn't like adorable animals? "Aww how sweet! I wish I could've seen him so small!" Because small animals were even more adorable! "My owl was... like my fist, I think. When I bought him." Or even smaller. But Hades grew up now, and got ugly. Because he still has that cute and fluffy thing, and a few feathers. But he'll be handsome... one day.

Savannah smiled. Pets are somewhat miracles.

"Where's your owl now?" Savannah asked. "Off sending letter I expect."

"Oh no," Helena said quickly, giggling. "He's somewhere in the owlery." Probably trying out for a hooting band or something. Maybe an orchestra of hooting owls? Or... maaaybe none of the above? "I'm not giving him letters yet. He's still..." ... young? "My little baby," she finished, grinning. Besides, there were a lot of owls willing to send letters, in case Helena needed one.

Aurora meandered into the common room, humming a tune to herself. If only she had a piano, then she could write it down, play it through and give it some words. Oh well, she didn't, and she really couldn't be bothered looking for one. She found a big comfy chair in front of the fire and curled her legs under her, humming softly and producing some manuscript parchment. She began to scribble the approximate melody.

Whaa, FINE! It was important enough to be put on the notice board. This was the league of awesomsauceness they were talking about here. Jamie nodded continuously. "Okay, you should make a new sign, though. We can't put that up." He motioned towards his sign, which basically looked like green squiggles.

No magic outside of classes? Ehhh, it sounded like she was pretty convinced. The third year pouted like crazy. But he was glad that Macy had told him about it. Because he was planning some magical practising up in the dorms tonight. Guess that wasn't going to happen anymore! GRRRRRRR AT SCHOOL RULES.

A VICTIM FIRSTIE. "Look, Macy. It worked." He whispered, then smiled kindly at the younger girl.

"We want to..." Dress them up as panda bears? He would mention that later, just as soon as they had befriended the girl, "welcome, the first years. Don't we, Macy?" Even though they were both transfers and needed welcoming themselves. But whatever.

He suddenly had a vision of the girl in a panda suit. AHH, their plan was coming together!

"My name is Jamie. And WELCOME to Slytherin." He said, even wanting to embrace the girl into a hug. But he refrained, because he didn't want to freak her out. Besides, he didn't want to over-welcome her and cause suspicions.

Connor shuddered. "I don't care, just get me out of here." he whispered into her ear. "before I transform Dani please."

"Okay, we'll go to The Pathways or somewhere- it's quiet out there" Dani said softly as she smiled reassuringly at him.

Peyton raised an eyebrow at the guy and crossed her arms on her chest. Why was he whispering? Didn't he know that whispering to other people was RUDE.

Ooohhh.

They were just welcoming the firsties. How nice of them. "Thanks!" Peyton smiled. Really nice people, but, "Isn't Jamie a girl's name?" she mumbled, trying not to giggle. She didn't want to be rude, it was just a simple question AND she could be wrong.

So, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so NICE!

"I'm Peyton Baltazar," she introduced herself with a big smile that showed off her dimple. SWEET.

Macy nodded. Whew! Good. At least Jamie agreed his sign was rubbish. Now she didn't have to tell him and hurt his little feelings. Hehe. She pulled out a spare- slightly crumpled- piece of parchment and a pen and began scribbling out their notice. She bit her lip in concentration. This thing had to be PERFECT. Otherwise no one would come :/

Finishing up, she added a few final details before sliding it over to him. "What do you think?" she asked. He'd better like it, considering it was FAR superior to his. The fourth year was careful to keep her hand over the part that said 'or jamie' just in cast he testified.



D: OH MAH GAWSH!! FIRSTIIIIEEE!!! *squeal*

She beamed at Jamie and the new little girl. YESSS! Their master plan was working!! ... Did I say master plan? I meant... uh... nevermind. But they had a firstie!


??? ... Welcoming firsties? Whaa-... OH! Smart one, he was. Macy nodded enthusiastically, "Yes! Of course! We're just so glad to see all you guys getting excited for the new year, so we thought we'd give you a BIIIG welcome!" she explained, nodding as Jamie introduced himself. "And I'm Macy. It's very nice to meet you Peyton." OHHH! Peyton was a pretty name. She was a pretty little girl too. Yes. And this was their first possible victim candidate for the very important role of Panda. THE Panda. Not just A panda, THE Panda. She honestly couldn't tell why people weren't already lined up and begging to be chosen. *shrug* Fun-suckers.

"Oh! So he's still small. That's cute." Savannah said. "Well, small owls can carry mails too, I think, though not as fast. But I guess it's best for your owl." She smiled. "I'm glad I have a pet. Aren't you? They're just so much fun!" Unlike some siblings. "Hey, do you have any brothers or sisters?"

Vincent spied the familiar head of Aurora, humming a tune. He smiled and plumped down onto the arm of the large chair. He then looked over into the notebook, now filled with the notes of a song he'd never heard.
"Watcha singing?"

After spending some time wandering around the school, Matt decided to head back to the common room and just relax since he hadn't been able to do that lately thanks to the drama involving him, his girlfriend and his cousin; why the two girls didn't get along was totally beyond him but hopefully everything would work itself out eventually. Grabbing the sketchbook and pencils that he had kept hidden away in his messenger bag, he flipped through it before stopping on a sketch that hadn't been quite finished yet. Now why did I forget about this? Oh right.. maybe it's cause I got badgered by Raven so to speak for the entire summer so I never had time to finish it, no better time than the present then.

Garrett lowered his quill at first he wasn't sure the girl was talk to him but the fact that there was no one else standing close enough for the comment to be directed to he arched his brow slightly and looked over the top of his journal. " Excuse me?"

"I know," Helena said, smiling. About the small owls thing. Buuut Helena wanted to wait until Hades was completely capable of sending a letter. Not that he couldn't right now. "Oh, yes!" Helena didn't have a lot of pets, but every single one she had was like her little baby, then her best friend. You know, pets will never do something behind your back.

"Nope," she grinned. "I'm the only" spoiled "child." Like daddy's girl. "How about you?"

BIG welcome?

Yay!

Peyton jumped and clapped her hands. Being welcomed was really NICE. "Nice to meet you Macy." she smiled. Oooh, she already felt part of something fun. The girl noticed the parchment in Macy's hand. Where they going to get a welcome drawing too? "What's that you're holding?" she asked, curiously.

She wanted the drawing.

She smiled as she sat down and propped her feet up on the coffee table in front of the couch. "I said hello good looking. What cha got cooking?" she was teasing him and just trying to have a bit of fun but it didn't seem he wanted to play along which only fueled her playful nature.

Katra walked into the Common Room, a new book tucked beneath her arm. She was heading up to her room for some secluded quiet, but paused when she spotted Matthew. They hadn't finished their conversation a few days prior and she hesitated for a moment, before walking quietly over to him. Standing close enough to catch his attention, but far enough to keep his space personal, she smiled faintly.

"Hello stranger." She said quietly.

Breathe, Lola breathe.

Did this girl hate her?! A sly smile came out for a second or so but she returned back to her fake tears to retain the girl's guiltiness and attention. "You, you... don't?!" she sniffed, but her heart was screaming with glory, satisfied at how guuuuullible this girl was.

She didn't blame her. HER TEARS WERE PROFESSIONAL!

Lola tried to bring her attention to this gecko. "Why's she running away? Does your gecko hate you?! OR MAYBE YOU HATE HER??? You need to fix your life, Baylee." There were some serious attitude problems the girl had, obviously! That poor gecko! Mmm mm.

She had the feeling that in the same way her friendship certificate was being neglected, so was Iris! "Now, when we meet again, get your quill ready for that certificate, Baylee."

If she didn't... WELL THEN SHE REALLY DID HATE HER!

Lola was shocked, but suddenly interested at this girl's... disinterest/hatred towards her. She stepped away, not wanting to let her little rat experiment hate her too much. Hmm. A smile appeared from her mouth again, unaffected by the girl's 'No's! "No? Silly! I still didn't get your nam--" The girl said her goodbyes already and started walking away.

"Okay! Bye nameless-girl-friend AND BYE ROBIN!" She said waving goodbye and giggling when the girl left. Sigh. She didn't even look back! Did she? Oh well.

She wasn't going to creep her out. Wait five minutes so that it wouldn't look like she was stalking her to the Dormitory's... those awkward five minutes.

And then she skipped away, waving goodbye to Baylee and saying her good-night's.

Peyton sighed. Did she have to repeat herself, again? "No, Lola...I don't hate you, okay?" she said, trying her very best to smile. See, she was smiling. She didn't hate you.

SIGH.

WHAT?!?! O_O

Her gecko did NOT hate her and she did NOT hate her own pet! "I don't hate her, either," she said. "Iris likes playing hide and seek," she explained, slowly. Iris was like one of her best friends, she could never hate her. This time, Peyton didn't correct Lola when she said Baylee. She just smiled, tightly.

"Yeah," Peyton nodded. "I'll even have my favorite quill to sign it." did she really have to? Apparently, yes. SIGH.

As Matt continued on his sketch, he heard a familiar voice and looked up from the book to see Katra standing there; there was that same feeling of being in the presence of someone that was actually worth talking to that was there when he had decided to speak with her at the start of term feast a few weeks ago. He set his pencil down for the moment since it was quite rude to continue drawing while trying to hold a proper conversation. At least she has the common sense not to interrupt you constantly like Raven does.

"Ah hello there, long time no see. How are you?" He asked curiously, taking genuine interest in what she had to say.