Fee just stood there trying to breathe.Why did she feel not too well?Why was she even at the front gate?The girl NEVER got to the front gate.Today was really weird,really,really weird.Just as she wanted to look up to see what she had grabbed someone spoke to her.

Holding her head up to look in the face of the stranger the Slytherin gasped."OH.MY.GlITTER.",the girl squealed and not even a second later she threw her arms around the guy's neck."Finny",the third year whispered and snuggled into him a little,"are you real?"If not the blonde didnt want to ruin her day dream,the two friends had grown together so much,it would be the happiest moment to see him here again.

Fin looked down to her. She didn't seem like herself so in the end he would regret saying this as soon as his mouth spoke the words. Well say it. "Feeness!!!!" Fin said happily. "No, Fee I'm not real. I'm just a pigment of your imagination. I'm just a apparition, a ghost, whatever you want to call me." He just blurted those words out.

Fin looked up at the sky. Then he looked back at Fee. "So why are you so out of yourself today?" Finbar asked her. He really did want too.

Fee giggled a little at his nickname for her and hugged him only tighter.Finny,Finny,Finny.But then the blonde looked up into his eyes and raised and eyebrow.Tsssssssskk,dont mess with Feeness.Hehe.Smiling evily the Slytherin poked the guy in the stomach hard."Heeyyy dont joke with me",she laughed,"i didnt expect to see you here,man."Just then realisation hit her.Oh my glitter."You are baaaaaaaccckkkkkk,baaaaack,baaaaaaaaack",she smiled happily and danced around a little.Yees,Finbar was back,the term wasnt going so bad now.Phewww.

Mhh..why was she so out of herself today?That was a really good question actually."To be honest i have no idea",the girl shook her head chuckling a little,"i felt sick. But somehow i am feeling all dandy now."It was really weird but oh well it had something good that she had walked to the front gate today.Hehe.Happy Face.

Was the hardness of the poke really needed. "Was that poke really needed?" Finbar asked in a funny tone. "Yes I'm back. I had to come back. I couldn't miss all of the fun that will be going on here. Well I mean now that I am here at Hogwarts. I mean back at Hogwarts." How couldn't she know the reason why she wasn't acting like herself. "How is it possible that you don't know?" Finbar questioned.

Fee giggled a little and patted the space where she had poked him."Yeeees that was needed",the girl grinned,"its your own fault for making fun of me."What if she had believed him that he was the imagination of her brain or something?!That would have been terrible."Ohhh come one admit it you missed me too",the Slytherin wiggled her eyebrows,"just a little bit?"But there surely was going to be a lot fun going on with him being back.They would totally freak out.Hehe."I dont knooww Finny",the Slytherin shook her head,"i just had a weird feeling in my stomach."Maybe she was getting sick?Nooooes.

Lexi smirked back at Ivan and giggled slightly. "I never told anyone your dirty little secret... you know... that you are related to Miles and Fia." She smiled at him and then...

"Well you go right ahead then, Mister... Lord Vorpatril," she said with an itty bitty curtsy. Giggling she continued, "Just set him down he doesn't wander too far. I will see you later though, yeah?"

"And you are totally a wuss. And you know I will call you on your crap when no one else will."

Oh that was VERY rich. Walnut was a little pee pee bandit. She officially loved that cat. Eyeing Merlin she thought if he started to pee on things she would send him back to Sabel in a box. Definitely.

Rufus wiggled a little bit and just stayed clinging to her head. He liked to be paid LOTS of attention. It was something he had liked about belonging to James... the ladies loved him. Heh.

Then... Wow...

Lexi's body went a bit rigid in Sal's arms and she struggled to part from him because she knew he was going to go all... WEIRD... because Kurumi had mentioned the M word. And even the B word. Great.

Sighing slightly she just stepped back and hung her head for a moment. "Thanks for the warm welcome back, everyone. I reckon I should get to the castle though. I need to meet with Madame Donovan and take care of some things... " she said quietly. Looking over a Kurumi from the corner of her eye she sighed again and then looked at Sal through her eyelashes and smiled softly.

"Sal you are still welcome to escort me to the castle if you would like," she said as she snapped her fingers for Merlin and Rufus. Rufus chattered a few times and hopped off of Kurumi's shoulder and ran for Lexi, bounding up her leg, all the way up to her shoulder, Merlin sashaying along hot on her heels as she turned and started to make her way toward the castle.

His brows went up "Prefect Miles. As in the Ravenclaw Triwizard Champion. Your cousin." Well, that was another interesting thing to know about Ivan, other than the fact that he looked to be a neat freak.

He turned to Lexi, smiling sympathetically. He knows all too well that H A S S L E Muggle transport can be. He nodded firmly at her last statement "Yes definitely, You, me, Apparition testing center. I'm getting tired of begging for a portkey just to get somewhere quickly"

Ohh she needing help? He looked at her curiously. "Sure Luv I've love to help." Whatever it was.

His listened to Lexi and Kurumi explain what the packet is about, sliding it between his fingers. He smiled happily and glanced down at the packet, uttering quietly in a moment of reflection "Very valuable this must really be."

And then there was the word. The M word.

*blink*

Happy smile stays frozen on his face as he stared down on the packet, vaguely hearing Lexi speak as suddenly she sounded like she was on the other side of the castle. The M word. He knew he had to face that eventually. He rubbed the little blue packet in his fingers. Will this simple piece of paper keep him from ending up just like his parents?

Can he have a whole box of this just to make sure?

He snapped out of his meanderings when Lexi called his name. What was that? "Right, Castle." He turned his head at Kurumi "Thanks for this kiddo. Sure means a lot to me. More than you can understand right now." he said as he hugged her shoulder, then gave Ivan a quick wave and trudged up the castle with Lexi and her little critters.

Merlin looked up at Salander hopefully and butted his head against Sal's leg. He mewed in that CUTE PICK ME UP sort of way. You know the one... Mhm that one.

Yeah she was nodding her head as she walked off... apparition, help, valuable, him freaking out on the M word. Sheesh. It was a WORD.

Sighing slightly she took hold of his hand when he came up beside her and simply squeezed it gently. There was nothing she could say. Or wanted to say. Nothing was going to make him see... not yet. And she supposed everyone was right. She had all the time in the world. She hoped.

Evan grinned at her words. "I'm not sorry that I'm finally graduating." He thought what he said over and went on: "I mean, sure, I'll miss the place and stuff, but I'm ready to move on." He shrugged. In fact, he was more excited for the outside world now. It was just that... it wouldn't be easy like here. Nothing he got used to. That was the part that got him thinking.

"Anyways, how are you? How do you like here so far?"

Eirian blinked as her conversation with Jayce was interrupted. Oh, nuh uh. No one interrupted Eirian. "What?" The Slytherin snapped as she turned, and then she realized that this nuisance was both a small thing - probably a first year - and a girl. She didn't like either of those components. Grr. It was apparently stupid, too. Stupid female first year.

"If you are a firstie, you came here by boat over the lake." She pointed in the direction of the giant, dark mass of water. It wasn't visible from where they were, but she still knew the general direction. She remembered walking through the gates mid-year and spotting the lake on the way to the castle. A tentacle had broken the smooth surface just for a moment, and ever since then Eiri was curious about that particular body of water. "But anyone older enters through these gates... Which are closed." Duh. "Both the lake and this path beyond the gate head to the train station where we entered... And that is not part of the grounds we can go on. If you forgot something there, you should talk to your Head of House." Hopefully it understood her through her thick accent... Eirian wasn't going to repeat any of that again. No way.

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Eirian blushed as she turned back to Jay and realized that she had interrupted his attempt to speak. Since when were they this awkward together? She could only assume it was all her fault... After all, she had caused too much trouble between them. He insisted everything could be fixed, but she sincerely doubted it. Not much could be fixed once she was done with it. "Eww," she murmured, wrinkling her nose in disgust. Vomit was rather gross. "He can have my shoes..." It was nearly a sincere offer; Eiri rather hated all of the ones she had, and with her money she could buy just as hideous ones anywhere she wanted to. "Has he not gotten sick from all of that?" Probably, right? Woody was a dog, not a goat. "What were you going to say...?"

She listened to Evan's words looking towards the grounds. When asked how she was she turned to the snake boy and said: "Me? Errrm, I'm OK. If it weren't for you, it would be harder for me to feel fine in this place. You're my first and last friend here." The school and the grounds surrounding it were nice but they wouldn't have a meaning if one didn't have friends to enjoy the lake scene and going for a walk in the pathways together. The blonde girl looked into his eyes and said smiling: "So, I'll miss you Cartwright!"

Fin looked at her and gave her a don't get me sick look and stepped away from her. "Well if you're sick don't you think that you should go to the Hospital Wing?" Finbar asked her. Then he thought about Twitter and the people that said his name was weird. "Do you think my name is weird?" Fin asked her. Oh no not this kind of mood. He kind of hated this mood that he would get into every once in a while. "Do you agree that bunk beds are cool?" Fin asked. "I mean it's a bed with a ladder." Fin said happily.

Evan frowned at her words. She didn't have any other friends? But why--she was pretty, she was polite and friendly enough. Maybe sometimes too cold and distanced from living with Russians in cold weather, but she was very nice.

"Why do you say so?" he asked, clearly surprised. Why wouldn't snakes accept her in--she was Slytherin enough. He gave a sad smile at her revelation. "I'll miss you too, I guess..." he muttered, at a loss for words. He still couldn't see why he was her only friend. "But I'd leave happy if I knew you were happy here too." She would sure to make more effort now, no? Maybe he needed to talk to Iris about it... yeah, he had to.

It was all Presley could do not to burst into tears. After the week she'd been having, she didn't need this crap. "The queation, was where was the train station," Presley snapped back. "It's not on the grounds. I wanted to know if it was in Hogsmeade! Do NOT treat me like I'm unintelligent!" Presley, shy as she was, didn't take crap from anybody. Not even older students. "If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go find someone who can actually answer a straightforward question, in a polite and mature manner!" Presley turned on her heel, and started to stalk away.

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Eirian raised a well-groomed eyebrow and watched the firstie. She had answered the question she was asked. It wasn't her fault that the girl wasn't too bright or well-spoken. "You did not ask that," she voiced. "The train station is its own place. Hogsmeade is close, but not... actually there." It walked away... Oh well. Less for her to deal with. Wrinkling her nose, Eiri figured that she'd make a terrible mum.

Bissy was thinking how life in Hogwarts would be without her being Evelyn's enemy. It would be great actually; they were in the same level of slyness and nursing a grudge against their enemies. She looked at Evan to answer his question and said: "Well, I don't know. Maybe I am not trying enough." Giving a shy smile to the prefect she said: "Thanks for your consideration, Evan. I need some more time to know more people I think. I must spend more time sitting in the common room rather than studying in the library. Having entioned the library, did you do your HoM homework by the way?"

The girl was still talking as Presley walked away. Presley paused, and looked over her shoulder, then decided this argument was not worth her time. Obviously the question 'Where did we get off the train?' was not asking where the train-station was. Whatever, she couldn't deal with this right now. She continued walking until the girl was out of sight. Pres shook it off. It didn't matter. What did she care what this girl thought of her? Because she could make your life hell if she wanted to? A thought suggested.

Fee pouted a little as Fin stepped away from her."I am not sick",she chuckled,"i just had the weird feeling that something was going to happend.And tah-dah here you are back at Hogwarts."Somtimes Finbar could be weird,but the blonde didnt mind.He was awesome."Dont worry about me i am perfectly fine",she smiled,"how come you are back?"It probably was the happiest day ever,the girl so hadnt expected this.Did the Slytherin think his name was weird?What?!"Noo why should i think your name was weird,Finny?",she asked raising an eyebrow.The third year didnt know what was going on with Finny but it made her laugh a little."Yees i totally agree",she smiled,"i used to share one with one of my sisters.Its sooo cool.Of course i always slept on the top bed."

Evan cocked his head to one side as he gave her a "c'mon now" look. Why wasn't she trying hard enough? Didn't she like here? "You don't miss Durmstrang or anything, do you?" he asked, just to be sure. At the mention of library, he was even more determined to talk to Iris about her. Maybe Iris could befriend her and bring her into her circle of friends... yeah. Girls understood girls better, and Bissy must have some problems that she couldn't tell to a boy... otherwise, Evan truly couldn't see why she didn't have many friends here.

"Yeah, I did it," he said, pausing to remember what he had written. Yeah, he did expect a nice note from that one. "And you?" he asked, with a little bit authority there. Their new people should be working too on the way to the house cup.

Evan didn't know of course how she felt being stuck in the common room and the dormitory with Evelyn and her ecurie -Marie. She couldn't say this to Evan of course; she didn't want to be seen as a cold fish and she wasn't one after all. She frowned at Evan's question and answered: "Durmstrang? Oh, actually not much but I had met and befriended great people there."

Talking about homework, she felt a bit embarassed. Sensing the peremptory tone in his voice the blonde girl lowered her head and muttered something. There were a few audible words like: "nice", "haven't", "time", "will do" She didn't dare to look into Evan's eyes. He could be a nice friend but he was a prefect, too in the meanwhile. *sigh*

Evan thought about how he'd introduce her to Iris for a moment, then shrugged to himself. Iris would know what to do... If Bissy had no trouble in Durmstrang, she wouldn't have any here as well. Maybe it was just the change of place... or maybe... but no, Marie, Evelyn and Destiny weren't the people to be hostile. Sure, especially Marie and Evelyn could be hostile, but they had no reason to... all the ways led to Iris. And he had to hurry.

Aww, she was embarrassed, wasn't she? N'aaaww. It wasn't like he would eat her. It would be better, that's all. "Don't feel guilty," he said, trying to make her feel comfortable. "Well, it's just... better, y'know, if you too could do some homework. But no pressure there."

Oh, yeah! Bissy was feeling guilty no matter what Evan had told her. She passed the last two days in the library but didn't feel like doing her homework. She was absorbed in reading books about potions and charms; she wanted to catch up with the Hogwarts students. Maybe there were some incantations that she had to know but she didn't learn in Durmstrang. But she shouldn't let this situation make her fall behind with her homework.

Placing a smile on her lips she said: "If you say so, I won't feel like that, Cartwright. I'll try my best to gain housepoints and be one of the best students in the school."

"I know.... I just wish there was something I could do about it. Give Elyon a better life." He most certainly didn't think she deserved to live like this. Barely any money to pay for food or the bills, a sick father and an abusive mother, all of these things forced the two on their own. He wished he could give his little sister better.

Christopher relaxed at Cass's touch. She was like some sort of therapist, she was really easy to talk to. "Thanks. That really means a lot." Cass was such a good friend. Which was why he didn't want to have to tell her the answer to her next question. "Oh you know, just some dumb drama. Nothing important. Like you said, it probably isn't true." He hoped it wasn't. Then they could stay friends. He didn't want that to be ruined either.

"You could. Once you get out of Hogwarts..." She said a bit glumly, she knew that wasn't of much help, but that was the truth, he couldn't do much..he was kid, who would listen to him? he was underage, what magic could he do?

Then she smiled as she felt him relax under her hand "Its no skin off my back..I would try to help more if I could, but for now all I could offer you is our house." She wondered...how come she had never offered the same towards Levi? They were facing the same thing as well...but it never occurred to her to let him stay at her place.

Maybe because Christopher didn't shout at her at the top of his lungs and made her run out of the compartment crying...yeah. That was probably it.

Then she raised an eyebrow as he simply refused to tell her what it was. Her curiosity was killing her. She simply must know! But she didn't want to push him...

"Drama..Why doesn't that surprise me?" She answered wryly but with a touch of humor as she smiled "Alright, could you give me a clue then? Because not knowing is killing me!"

Mina causally strolled down toward her rock and smiled. She had a lot of lesson work to do and she couldn't really bear to be coped up inside with it all. So in a stroke of genius, she tossed it all into her bag and ventured outside. Being at her rock, she knew she would have the odd peace of mind that the place brought to calm her and she would be able to get her work done.

Seeing the rock as she stepped into the clearing, she smiled and walked over to it. It was her own little sanctuary and she was happy that it was the one constant that never changed for her. Sitting atop the rock, she pulled out one of her journals and started to work. There was a lot for her to go through and she did need to get on it before it was too late.