Ariella pumped her fist in the air as Carter posted the notice about question. "You know I am!" She grinned, remembering how much fun she had last term when she was on the team. She had been practicing insanely over the summer and was super excited for tryouts to begin.

"Yeah that has been what I am trying to do!" Elsie smiled, all the first years seemed to have similar intentions so far!
Excited for classes?

Ryan said the password into the common room and headed to the seat near the fire

" WEll, I am sure you eill learn how to fly well this term" Willaim told Anna. " Then I bet you make the Quidditch teeam next term' Willaim said to Anna. " Yes, I am trying out this year for Quidditch juat like I did last year" Willaim explained to Anna. " The flying professor is the tops" William smiled.

" Getting ready for potions class?" Willaim asked the girl. " My name is Willaim Montcenaggio aka Willliam Starr" introduced himself to the older girl. " Id Potions your favorite class?" Willaim asked her.

" I signed up, thank you" Willaim told Carter. " I am looking forward to tryouts" William said to Carter. ' Gryfiindor is going to win the Quidditch Cup this term" William smiled.

"Thankyou! Yes it has been great so far! Everyone has been lovely, especially the Gryffindors." Elsie smiled at Willow, she seemed really nice. hopefully they would become friends.
"No not yet, I am sure I will get homesick eventually, but not untill all this excitement wears off!" Elsie looked around the room and noticed how happy everyone seemed. She felt content finally, after years of waiting she could finally begin her life at Hogwarts.
"So do you know much about this place? I only know what my parents have told me but I did go to the library today to borrow a copy of Hogwarts a History."

[COLOR="Red"]Escaping from a crowd could be a good way to be at peace with one's mind.Sometimes the rowdy people could get into your head an it's impossible to think clearly with all the noise,especially in a time when their life was hanging on threads.

"There's nothing wrong with standing out.I mean-it just means you're not normal.An no one is normal..We all stand out in our own way..If we're normal,than life is boring.There's nothing to laugh at,nothing to enjoy"Adam addressed his thought on the matter.By this time he felt like a preacher,talking to his followers during a church meeting.

"Yeah guess we want to know the people we will be basically living with for most of the year." Glad someone else was doing the same thing. "I am excited for class we have Charms class tomorrow."

Jordan laughed, it probably was five or six minutes ago since he saw Ronnie. "Yeah...., we just can't get enough of each other." Jordan said laughing and smiling. Jordan yawned. "Boy, am I tired. I'll be getting a extremely good sleep tonight, could use one, ya know?" By now, Ronnie should of known that he was a sleeper, and could sleep all day. Multiple times last year, he had slept in as much as possible before his classes. Good to be back, at home. As Jordan randomly thought.

Carter chuckled when he heard Rafe. "Thanks mate." he said happily. "I'm still getting used to it... although, I guess it helps that Destiny has my badge. It still feels a bit weird."

Almost like he was the one that stole it.

Plus, it still had a bit of a bad luck omen in his mind...

"I think you should." he said with a sideways grin. "I'm sure it would be a welcome break for you."

He frowned for a second. They'd have to have this conversation eventually. "Listen... I want you to know nothing happened this summer." He then lowered his voice. "She did show me a few of your little notes.... She wasn't too happy about that."

That was an understatement.

Carter smirked when he heard Ariella. "Good to hear. I'll be happy to see a familiar face at tryouts." he said.

Carter smiled as the little guy he made friends with last term spoke. "Can't wait to see you there William." He remembered that the past term the little guy gave him a run for his money. He was eager to see what he brought to the pitch this term.

"Nope. We just can't. It's like we're stuck like glue!" Ronnie said laughing. "Yeah, I'm a bit tired myself too." Ronnie said half laughing. It seemed that Jordan seemed to like to sleep a lot. He always talked about naps in his breaktimes and he got sleepy near the end of the day. But the work at this school can make you tired, no doubt about that.

Ronnie thought nervously about the Ice Cream parlor. It seemed as if Rose made it a bit obvious Ronnie liked Jordan, by the way she was all winking and stuff, but she didn't want him to know. She didn't want him to find out. She didn't want to cause any drama or anything that she didn't want to deal with. Hopefully, everything would go well. "Got to cross my fingers and hope!" she thought to herself.

"Yeah..... Now that classes are starting, we should focus on winning the House Cup." Jordan was surprised when his House didn't win. Gryffindor was in first place allll year long, until the Quidditch Cup. Jordan was pretty sure that Slytherin won the House and Quidditch Cup last year. So he was determined to beat them, seeing as Slytherin is their rivals!

"Totally, I hope we win this year! It feels like it was mainly my fault we lost to Slytherin." Ronnie said remembering the Quidditch class. She had made a total fool of herself

" I can't wait to give it the old college try again" William told Carter. " Our team is going to win this term, hands down" William said to Carter. " I am going to root very hard for eveeryone this term" Willaim explained to Carter.

Sage took a few of the sweets and layed them out on her lap to examine them.

"Weird!" Sage muttered to herself before hesitently popping one in her mouth. At first she expected it to do something, anything in fact, but it didin't so she chewed the snack before swallowing, "That was really good! Do you have any more?"

Sage nodded vigorously.

"I'm really excited! I can't wait to start, but to be honest, Herbology wasn't my ideal class to start off the year with..." Sage told Josephine.

"Oh Haley! There you are! Did you enjoy the feast?" Sage asked Hayley, finally noticing her. With so much going on in the common room it was hard to notice someone!

Ariella happily noticed two familiar faces - Jordan and Ronnie - chatting to each other across the room. She rushed over to them excitedly. "Ronnie! Jordan! Hey!!" It felt like forever since she had seen Ronnie - she had almost forgotten how much fun they had last term with Rose.

Most of the year? We will be living with these people for maybe seven years! Elsie paused as she could not imagine being in one school for so long. She had always loved change but there would be no more of that for quite some time. She guessed she would just have to get used to it.
Charms should be fun! I just can't wait to learn about everything. So did you know much about the school before you got here? I only really knew about the houses, I have always wanted to be in Gryffindor!

"We will only be with the first years for the next seven but I know a second year and a fourth year thats why I said most." Ivan sat down in a chair and looked at Elsie," I did not know about any of this until I got my letter so it is all new to me."

"Wow so you are a muggleborn? I cannot imagine not growing up with magic! Were you surprised when you got your letter?" Elsie growing up in a very much wizarding world always had little to do with any muggles and was always intrigued by how they live.

"Yes I am a muggleborn and I was surprised by the letter but it explained alot." Ivan thought again about his uncle who had raised him for 9 years.

Maxwell took a moment to think on His own question. "I'm not sure what i'd like mine to be, maybe a wolf or a dog. Did your Dad just show you, or was there a Dementor?"

'Alright!' Rose smiled as Ronnie got up to get Scabbers. 'AW! That's so sweet!' Rose squealed. She noticed the kittens were starting to get restless. Only Mars and Galalxy to go!

Ivan didn't seem particular talkative. Elsie hoped it was because he was just nervous or a little overwhelmed and not about her in any way.
"Are you okay?!" She smiled at him hoping he would relax a little bit.
"I can't wait for quidditch to start! Lets hope Gryffindor wins the Quidditch Cup this year!"

That was, indeed, the beauty of living in the wizarding world. Almost everything was possible. Ari was lucky to have been raised in the wizarding world, because at least she knew what to expect of Hogwarts (though no matter how well documented she had been, there were still many things that impressed her), unlike Muggleborns, who probably got the shock of their lives. A pleasant one, however.'Historical evidence? What do you mean?' the second year asked. She wasn't familiar with elf history, but Kurumi was bound to know more.

Ariadne was a bit disappointed by how quickly her plan of organizing a break-in had been thwarted. Nevertheless, she had to agree that going to see the Headmaster was a wiser thing to do. 'I haven't really considered the possibility that they might hurt themselves if someone got in. Do you know if someone has spoken to Tate yet? If not, can I come with you to see him on that?' Ari suggested. 'I understand if you want to go alone. It was your idea, after all.' she added after a while.

Why Kurumi was blushing when talking about the people in New York, Ari had no idea. She was not the most perceptive of people when it came to subtleties, nor a mind-reader, so she just let it slip. 'I am also used to the quiet life. My hometown is so small, more like a village. Even Hogwarts is busier that that. Can you believe that the first pizza I've tried was just a month ago, at the carnival?' Unbelievable as it may sound, it was true.

In Ari's opinion, Kurumi's father had a very complicated life, apparating between Japan and London. 'Isn't it too much for him? I don't think I could do something like that.' she said in admiration. It occured to her that mental strength was oftenly underrated in comparison with physical strength, though probably more important. Maybe Kurumi had inherited that from her father and that was one of the reasons why she became a Gryffindor.

'Covadium. Swish to the left. Tap the piece of trash.' Ariadne repeated the instructions in order to be able to memorize them. 'Got it.' she smiled. 'Really? You'd do that for me? Thank you! I'd like that very much.' the young Gryffindor replied giddily.

Charles saw the girl he had sat beside look up from her book and greet him, well that was nice of her. Cherry never stopped reading to listen to him, reading was like her life. The common room was crowded and Charles didn't think he was going to go up to the dormitories soon, so he might as well talk to someone.

"Helloooo there, " He smiled at her, then glanced at the book she was holding. "Interrupted your reading?" He asked her winking. She seemed to be younger than him, and he could see a shiny prefect badge on the front of her robes.

Charles looked around when he heard someone say something about quidditch. He knew that he wasn't that good, but he might as well try his luck. He didn't really want to be on the team, he just wanted to have fun at the auditions. Maybe he'd bully Cherry into accompanying him, and that wasn't likely going to happen. xD

Adam's smile was refreshing at the moment, and she couldn't really put her finger on why exactly other than smile always had their own type of magic attached to them.

"I wouldn't say that it is one of my best subjects, but Professor Bentley is a brilliant teacher so class is rather easy to follow." Eino was the real Herbologist out of her group of friends. Except when it came to taking care of his pet cactus. "Well, the way she looked at me during the opening feast, arched eyebrow and everything," she said with a slight shrug. She seemed like a very judgmental woman. Strong, but judgmental.

Blink blink.

Oooooookay, Kurumi had no idea what the boy was saying, although she could take a good guess. His accent wasn't nearly as terrible as Mr. Viking's, but still demanded her attention when he was speaking.

Sh squeaked a bit when he glanced her way, startled still by the title Josh had given her. And then...her breath caught in her throat when he demanded an apology fro Josh of all people. Holding her breath, she waited for the explosion a la Josh to happen.
"An owl?" Kurumi repeated with a smile on her face. She didn't have an owl of her nor, nor did her family for that matter - mother rejecting magic and all that - but she did like the creatures. "What breed is Moon?"

"I suppose I should clarify things a bit," Kurumi giggled. Applying wizarding magical principles to house elves wasn't exactly the correct thing to do. "House elves don't need to apparate, they have their own form of magic that allows them to pop in and out of school. Have you ever heard of Dobby? He is an example of one of the elves that popped in and out of Hogwarts during when Harry Potter was a student here." So, perhaps house elves were more powerful than witches and wizards on some fronts, but they also possessed powers that the elves didn't. Still...something was off. "It's not a matter of whose's idea it was," Kurumi said shaking her head. "If you are concerned you should go and speak with him too." Kurumi actually had him penciled into her schedule for later that day.

"I had my first caramel apple at the carnival!" Kurumi chirped. It was funny how many things were still out there waiting to be discovered and tasted. "I feel like I had pizza for the first time when I had it in New York. Nothing like I have ever had before. It was brilliant." She looked at Ari for a moment. "You probably wouldn't really fancy Japanese pizza. Many of them include mayonnaise or corn on them. Mother refuses to buy it, so my brothers would order it whenever she wasn't home." Which had resulted in more than a few mix up including each of her three brothers ordering a large pizza each think that the other hadn't ordered yet.

"Father seems to enjoy it," she replied with a shrug. As long as her father was happy she was happy.

"Of course! I was actually thinking about heading down there soon...but I need someone to help me carry my trunk," she replied looking at the younger girl with an innocent puppy dog face. She even batted her eyelashes for extra emphasis.


Well, that was certainly one of the more interesting forms of hello she had received recently. Blinking a few times, unsure of what to make of the elongated 'o' sound, Kurumi simply bowed her head in return. Why were boys always so complicated and weird? "Not really," she said, turning the cover over on her lap. "Just doing some light reading on dragons."

She leaned over a bit to put the text on the table, out of the way so that she wasn't tempted to pick it up and start reading again. "I-I'm Kurumi, by the way." And then she panicked a bit, but only momentarily in the eyes. Was she supposed to stand up and offer him a handshake, or was it alright to sit down and do so? She never could wrap her mind entirely around British etiquette.