Ellie listened to Patroclus' story of his namesake. And at first, she got it... And then he kept talking and something about Hercules and Romans and something or other. Anyway, somewhere along the stretched-out line, Ellie got lost. And what the heck was a WizArcheaologist? "Er.. Right, Hercules. I got it." She said with a nod. He probably got the idea that Ellie had no idea what he said.

This guy was extremely enthusiastic. About everything. Even stretching. Ellie didn't even know if she could stretch that far, honestly. And he was offering to draw her a map of his running route. "Oh. Wow. I mean, yeah, if it's no hassle, I'd love to have a copy!" She said with a smile. And she had to agree with the running alone part. It definitely cleared the mind more efficiently.

"Ellie, The Psychic Wonder-Gal.... Hmm, I like it! I mean... I like it, O Lord of the Tree Climbing and Pasta Boiling." Ellie said and stood up, taking a polite curtsy in front of Lord Patroclus. She laughed in their "Fortress of Power", which apparently was a giant Treehouse. Not bad for a first fortress.

" I am glad I am your fav first year" William told Fee. " I know good fashion when I see it" William said to Fee." I think I see Peyton now" William smiled." Well maybe I have a little crush on her but there is this boy, I think his name is John, who also in Gryffindor she talka about a lit" William sighed.s
" A" Musketeer" was from a book about three men who protected the throne of France, the good kings onlly" William started to explain to Peyton. " They all became very close freinds" William told Peyton. " Their motto had been " All for one, One for all" William said to Peyton. " This is why I call you, Fee and I " Musketeers, but the othrs men I talked abiut where called the " Three Muskeeters" "William smiled.

As soon as Zara knew the two "lovebirds" couldn't see her anymore, she made a run for it. She couldn't take the risk of any of them following her there. She ran, and ran until she reached the Giant Treehouse.

Staring from below, Zara wondered if she should be there at all. 'After all, I told them I'd be here. And one of them might come looking for me.' She didn't want that. One awkward moment was enough for the day, she didn't want to speak to neither of them. Maybe she shouldn't be there, she could always go to someplace else where she could be alone. Zara sighed, it was being a coward. And she definitely didn't want to be considered one, especially because she's in Gryffindor. So she climbed her way up the treehouse and sat on the wooden floor. 'No use turning back now.' She thought as she closed her eyes in deep thought. This was all giving her a headache.

Fee smiled at the girl next to her,she seemed to be pretty excited about the choice of the blonde's music."Katy Perry is amazing",she nodded,"i like muggle singers and bands a lot,even though i like wizard music too."It was a fact that both worlds had good musicians,so why not enjoy both ways?!"Ohhh i looove ET",the Slytherin smiled,"but teenage dream is pretty good too."It always made her think of her boyfriend.Hehe.

"Aww thank you",the third year grinned widely as the brunette complimented her name.How sweet."Nice to meet you Amy",she said,"what year are you in?"

Fee smiled widely at the red haired girl as she approached.It was so awesome that Peyton and her could spend a lot of time together.Was going to be a great year,the blonde was sure."Hiiiiiiii sweety",she waved back happily.Ohhhh P didnt know what a musketeer was?Ahhh yeah right,it was out of a muggle story,the first year had probably never heard of it.But before Fee could explain William did,hehe.

Leaning on the tree behind her the girl sighed a little,this was the perfect start.The weather was nice and she was here with her friends.The treehouse was such an relaxing place.Maybe the third year shoul go to the students garden and get some flowers later,they surely would look pretty next to her bed."How is your day going?",she asked getting comfortable.

Fee smiled at the girl as she held out her hand,shaking it the blonde got comfortable under the tree.It was an extra sunny day today and some shade would do good."Nice to meet you Nika",the Slytherin grinned,"i am Feenella."Cool name for a cool girl,she thought."What year are you in?",the girl asked searching something in her bag.Where was iiit?!Gaaaah.After a minute or something like that the third year had finally found it.Taking out the raspberry drops she put one in her mouth."Want one too?".Ohh this sweet addiction.

Fee smiled at William and ruffled his hair a little.Cute,little firstie he was."Oh you know good fashion when you see it?",the blonde wiggled her eyebrows.Typicall Willy,always charming.Ohhh heeee had a crush on Peyton,lalalala.Finally he had confessed it."Hah i knew it",the Slytherin giggled,"dont worry about John he is Peytons step brother."

Nessie managed to stop crying and then she wiped her face. She needed to speak to Zara she was starting to feel really bad. Why did she have to cry this was all MY fault!! She thought . She managed to catch up with Zara and saw here up at the top of the tree house. She wasn't sure if Zara wanted to talk but Nessie had to say something. "Zara? I need to speak to you! I'm really sorry!" said Ness.

'AHHH. No. No Zara, you're not hearing Nessie's voice. You're just imagining it.' She thought as she put her hands to cover her ears. She was sure it was a product of her imagination. Zara risked a peep down to see if Nessie was there. Removing her hands from her ears, she put her hands on the floor and leaned over to look down.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH, Nessie. Noo, not now. Please, no. Whyy?

Sighing, Zara thought it'd be rude not to respond. So she shouted loud enough for Nessie to hear, "Okay, climb up and we'll talk." Then she wondered why Nessie was saying sorry. The Hufflepuff hadn't done anything wrong to Zara, what were the apologies for? 'Oh crud.' Zara thought, 'She must be apologizing because she thought I like Matt. Ew. Never, not in a hundred centuries.' Disgusted, Zara made a face. Luckily, Nessie was still somewhere climbing so she couldn't see how Zara loathed the fact that she thought she liked Matt.

What in the name of Merlin is a Ghetto? She was smart, yes. But she isn't familiar with muggle stuff. Not voicing out her thoughts of course, Cass merely smiled and nodded. She really had nothing to say.

"Not really." Cass said with a shrug "You don't even think about it that way actually," She started "Most of us are actually driven by the desire to win the house cup, so that's why. The more points we earn, the more chances of winning."

"Well, I bought him when I was in first year...so he's been with me for 3 years now." Cass explained with a smile as she gently stroked his feathers.

Cynus almost closed his eyes as his mistress began to stroke his feather, no. He musn't sleep. Maybe he had a letter to send or something like that? But then why was the boy here? Maybe he had a letter to send to? He was confused now.


"Well, the Headmaster did say it would be open for students during the later part of the term." The blonde explained "So maybe you should just wait for that time."

Then she asked "Which Connor? The new student? The one in Slytherin?"

"Ok" said Nessie climbing up. When she got up she saw Zara then walked up to her. "I'm so sorry you had to see that I just want you to know that me and Matt are NOT!! together!" said Ness emphasising the not."He was well just kinda there not that he was much help. " Nessie hoped Zara wasn't angry with her she felt really bad. "And I'm sorry I've been acting so depresed lately" said Nessie trying not to cry again and luckily managing.

"Easy, Ness. I know you aren't. We're only first years, for Godric's sake." She smiled, though a little forcefully. "But, lemme ask you something." She said as she began to walk back to her spot and sat on the floor. She beckoned Nessie to come sit beside her if she wanted. Once they were both seated, she said, "Why are saying sorry to me?"

"Well I've been kinda really irritating over the past few days. You have to admit it" said Nessie wanting to just be happy and like evryone else. "I'ts just that I cant get over it". Nessie didn't exactly think it was that nesecary to tell her what. Zara knew something was wrong and Nessie could tell but so far Zara hadn't asked what was wrong. So Nessie managed to keep it which alot of the time she preffered as it was so hard for her to speak about it. "Im really sorry".

"Oh, it's okay Nessie," she smiled, giving her friend a pat on the back. "No one blames you. We're all here for you, with the very wonderful exception of Matt."

Should Zara ask what was wrong? Probably best if not.

Nessie giggled it was the first time she had giggled today.Nessie felt bad Zara still didn't know what was wrong and she must have really wanted to know. Nessie also felt like she maybe needed to tell Zara after all Zara was one of her bestest friends. "Well i think I should tell you whats going on, but I'm warning you its not the easiest thing for me to say. So I might burst into tears" said Nessie hoping she didn't scare Zara off but at the same time just wanting to warn her.

Zara inhaled as much air as possible. 'Oh no, please no. I'm not in the mood right now.'

"I don't know Nessie. It's okay for me not to know. I don't want you to cry again right now." She said. Zara was concerned, she didn't want Nessie to break down crying in front of her right now. Maybe some other time, but not now. It was still an awkward moment to be in the same place with either Nessie or Matt. Now really wasn't the right time.

"Ok well if you wanna know just tell me and in anycase i sometimes do need to speak about these things, but not exactly now!". said Nessie though she thought once a day was more then enough to speak about it. Nessie smiled . "Thanks Zara you really are the best.

"Sure, Nessie. Not really a problem," Zara smiled. It really wasn't a problem, she wasn't actually all hippie hyper to hear it. She, herself, needed some comforting for unknown reasons.

Zara pulled up her legs together and hugged it with her arms. She began rocking back and forth while her head rested on her knees.

Ella wandered up into the Treehouse. She hadn't been up here before and she had spotted Zara coming up.

As she looked around she spotted her Gryffie friend sitting.. and hse was with some other girl... frowning slightly Ella saw it was Nessie.

She walked up anyways, Zara didn't look happy.
'Zaraaa!' Ella calledas she stood in front of her. 'Are you okay?..' Ella looked down at her, biting her lower lip.

When Zara heard Ella's voice, she looked up immediately. 'Ah yes, saved by the bell Ella.' Once she met Ella's gave, Zara gave a very happy smile. She sure was glad to see Ella.

Finally, someone who wasn't awkward to be with. But why'd she frown when she saw Nessie? Hmm.

"Hey Ella!" She greeted cheerfully, her mood was back again..hopefully. "I'm...slightly overwhelmed."

Ella frowned again, rubbing her bracelets. 'How come?.. Ah Jesus what's happened?' Ella expected somethng bad... or atleast a teensy bit dramatic!

She nodded at Nessie, but didn't bother speaking. she got the impression she wasn't to keen on Ella anyways; she wouldn't care.

Nessie nodded back and smiled. She thought Ella was frowning at her for some reason, What did she do wrong she thought? "Well Hi Ella" said Ness not wanting to be ignored.

Moving closer to Ella, she whispered, "It's just awkward. Plain awkward. VERY awkward. Well, I saw Nessie and Matt hugging, and it was just very awkward. Then they called me over and Matt seemed very freaked out that he was even scared that I might possibly hug him so he took a step back away from me. And I'm hurt, and so I'm here." Wow, that was long. Zara said in all in a hurry, hoping no one else would be eavesdropping to catch what she was saying.

Ella raised her hand at Ness and smiled, her bracelets clacking together. 'Hey..'

Turning back to Zara, Ella raised her eyebrows and stepped closer to her lowering her voice slightly. 'Really? Well I heard she's been crying a lot, so he could just be.. lstening to problems?' Ella bit her lip. She didn't know.. and Zara did look wounded. She put an arm aorund her neck.
'It's okay Zara.' She glanced at Nessie. 'Don't let them upset you!' Ella felt mad now.. her mood instantly worsened by people upsetting one of her best friends.

Zara watched as the two exchanged greetings. An aura of strangeness came from each of them, like they weren't happy at all to see each other. 'Wonder what happened between the two of them..'

Then Ella comforted her. Zara smiled, happy to have a friend like Ella. Zara wasn't really the type to be sad and emotional, but right now the life out of her was drained. Slowly, she recovered, thanks to Ella. "Thanks, Ella." she smiled gratefully. Now what would Zara do without Ella? Guess that's what friends are for.

Usually it was Zara comforting others, but now it was her being comforted. It seemed odd, but it felt good. Someone cared for her this time around.

Tyler wondered over to the treehouse casually, hands in his pockets he wasn't going to try and scare Nessie with a usual 'boo'. He hadn't seen her in a while... No not a while a LONG LONG LONG time. It was his own fault, he was always too busy trying to explore the whole castle or doing something a little but crazy.

"Hey guys" Tyler said as he reached the treehouse there was Nessie and Zara and somebody he didn't know. "Hey Nessie... Hey Zara... Hey you" he grinned but it looked like something was wrong, maybe this was a bad time for him to say hi.

Zara looked up once again to see another person had joined them. Now, what was his name again? Taylor?

"Hi. You're the guy from the ice cream parlour and at the train." She smiled. Then she turned to Ella and whispered, "I wanna introduce you to him, but I don't really know his name. Somewhere near Taylor, I think."

"Hey Ty" said Ness a bit more excited than before. Ness was didn't blame Zara for being upset, but did they have to speak about it right infront of her, and why was Ella so angry with her. She couldn't take it anymore, she was already upset and didn't need to be anymore. She decided she was gonna climb down. She hoped Tyler would follow. She was too scared to speak again incase she would scream instead.