"Yeah maybe they will." Ronnie said yawning. "Blimey I'm tired. I'm gonna head to bed, night!" she said, scooping up Twirl and Scabbers and going up stairs.

Carter's face broke out in a large grin. "Of course." he said happily. That was a good idea. Maybe he would do that same.

Carter laughed. "Well, it's been 6 years since we meet." which was practically half their lives. Kinda. It was a little weird to think that he hadn't always known about magic.

"It's a muggle thing. Nevermind." he said with a shrug. "My point was, I don't think quidditch is something that you forget how to do."

Did he just growl? That was... weird.

He smiled and slapped his friend's shoulder. "I'm sure she'll come around. You know how she is." And once again... was he just giving him Marilyn advice?

This was just weird. He needed to turn their conversation to something else.

"So everything turned out well then?" he asked when Rafe mentioned her father. He hadn't had any updates and really wanted to know that everything was safe for her again.

Lucy stared at the new face entering the class. Well she didn't see the boy earlier so she thought of saying a friendly hello to the person. He looked as if he was i the first or second year. She looked at him and said "Hey, i'm Lucy" and smiled.

"Whether I make the team or not, I will make ,y colors show" Willaim told Carter. " How about if everyone on the team and the people in the stands put on their war paint?" Willaim asked Carter. " We just might intimitade the other teams and their fans" Willaim expalined to Carer.

Kurumi nodded. "I-I saw, but I think the only list up right now is for writers...and I'm a photographer," she half mumbled.

But, Kurumi could take a hint when it was being forced in her face. Not knowing why the girl who had been a mentor for her the past three years was suddenly pushing her away, Kurumi stood up. "I guess I'd better get going..." Doing whatever it was she was going to do.

Seemed like a lot of people she always turned to in need were the very people she couldn't go near anymore. Not the best timing for all this to happen.
"I bet she is very loyal to you, seeing how you have always been there by her side," Kurumi smiled, nodding her head. Her and Walnut didn't really share any experiences like that. The closest she had come to saving him was pulling him by the tail the other day when he had tried to squat on Josh's robes.

It was impossible for Kurumi to keep a neutral face when Adam mentioned Dragon Lady. "She is intimidating," Kurumi said bluntly. "She is the one professor that I almost always find myself stuttering in front of. No matter what I do, the first sentence is always a stutter...I thought she was going to turn me into a newt...still do really." Kurumi shivered for a moment remembering the one time she had been called to the front to test a potion and had had one of the bones in her arm removed.

And now it was awkward. Really awkward. Kurumi simply sat their playing with the hem of her skirt.
"Be sure you do," Kurumi nodded. "His story is a fascinating one. Really makes you rethink house elves and what you know about them. She nodded a bit more as their conversation about house elves came to a proper close. Perhaps they would be seeing each other in the Headmaster's office."

Kurumi frowned. Caramel apples were really delicious. "Tell you what, maybe I can throw a small Halloween party or something here in the common room with some caramel apples." Then the little lion couldn't say she had never had one. "It isn't all that terrible to be honest, but New York pizza is just ten times more delicious."

Kurumi smiled. "Training room it is."

"Oh, no, it's nice! I'm not fussy, but I like green tea in any form," Lauren explained with a smile "Nice cup too," she added with a wink.

"So, how are you enjoying classes? You seem like a total whizz kid!"

Matthew walked over to a girl standing by herself. "Hi, I'm Matthew Fowell. First year."

"Yeah she is, I don't know what I would do without her." Ivan then thought about sending Moon with a letter to his uncle with news of what school was like.

Emma turned around and saw someone walking towards her. She smiled "Hi, I'm Emma Austin." And then in an afterthought "I'm a first year too."

O.O.C. I donno if you were talking to someone specific, but I just thougt I'd react. XD Sorry if it wasn't meant for me...

Fiona made her way through the portrait hole and into the Gryffindor common room. It had been a looooong day and she was ready for a break. She looked through the room and spotted an empty armchair. "It's mine!!' she thought as she swiftly made her way over to the chair. She droped her backpack onto the ground beside the chair and flopped down into it. "Aww, finally some comfort!"

Josephine nodded and took some chocolate frogs from her bag, handing one to Maxwell she said "I can help you if you want, of course, researching and all, and then with the practice... I would like to be an animagus, but I'm sure it would be too hard for me to try, my uncle is an animagus, he transforms into a raven and knows a lot about it... maybe I can ask him" she started rambling absentmindedly.

Josephine looked at the girl who had yelled and smiled "Hello! I'm Josephine Parker, what's your name?" she asked politely

Jordan walked into the common room, cottoning onto the conversation. He sunk down in a chair next to Josephine, "I would like to be an animagus! I wouldn't know what I'd turn into! You okay you two?" he remembered his manners.

Make amends with that cat?

After that Josh had to lift himself again to have a better look of Kurumi's pretty face. For sure, he was not enjoying it when he found his stuff damp and smelling like urine and he was always too lazy to get them washed so making amends was not a bad idea yet the cat was...not the kind to do. At least Josh thought that way. ''It is him who started that for no reason, though. So i demand him to suggest it.''

Yes, he was talking about the cat. Or maybe it was not a cat and something in disguise in a form of a feline. Well...because now Josh himself had a cat too and it had not peed on anything despite the fact that he was a baby cat yet. Now he was feeling the need of mentioning this to Kurumi however what the girl said next made him completely forget about it.

Merlin.......Slytherin?

The boy could not help laughing out rather loudly. ''Such lies!!'' he said between breaths ''Those snakes are very creative when it comes to lying. No doubt they are.''

Of course, as it always happened when Slytherins were mentioned, Josh's mind wandered off to the thoughts about a certain she-snake...which did not last much because of Kurumi's reaction to her new title. Well? Was not she happy with it?

Giving the girl a charming smile, Josh sat up and nodded ''Yes. Exactly.'' He was sure that this girl would make an awesome personal secretary and manager....with her means of doing everything perfectly. If Hogwarts chose her as prefect then Josh was giving her the honour of being his manager....which was no doubt a biggest thing than the former. ''Don't worry i am not going to ask you to do stuff like dressing me up.''

Bwahahahaha...

Ah! Look at there!

While Josh had nothing against firsties, he knew sometimes they could give one a headache yet apparently this one was a good girl for she had apologised for her previous behaviour. Good girl. Good Girl!! But what was with bowing? Whatever...he could ignore that yet...sunimasen? Huh? What was that? It was not an insult, right?

Eh, apparently not since an insult would not fit in that sentence. ''That's great. Good girl.'' maybe he was going to ask what that sunimasen meant later on ''And for being such a good girl, you have just officially won a dinner with me.''



Ha!

Was the girl getting angry with him? Umm...though he tried to have a closer look of her, Josh's attempt of figuring it out did not really work. Well...things were always difficult with girls anyway. They were complicated beings and hard to understand.

So, the lion boy just waited in silence for her response, staring at her. Once he had heard that Gryffindor girls generally had short temper yet he had not believed it since he knew Kurumi was nothing like that...but this girl...eh...he could not see that either. He did not know. Whatever...

And finally she spoke...uttering words that made the boy smirk. Really? ''Why not?'' so he asked and his smirk grew wider. ''Are you going to start from how to arrange my underwear?''



Boy boy boy boy....

Upon hearing the younger lion's words...or more like insult...Josh raised his eyebrows and sat up. There was no angry expression on his face though. Not at all. He was never going to get angry at someone who did not know who he was and insulted him with some prejudicial idea. Not to mention he was young and apparently needed to learn...things. ''Now, dude. I don't see any reason to insult anyone.'' If he wanted to insult then he had better save those words to more suitable moments. Not so simple ones like that.

''And good thing you don't want a fight. I did not think you did at first place but you kind of looked like you did, y'know?'' Grinning some, Josh glanced back at Kurumi for a moment before turning back to the boy. Apology huh? Apology? Well...he did not see a reason to apologise to anyone either. ''Apology for what exactly?''

Then he started to search his pockets for another chocolate frog or other sweets.

''What is your name boy?''

"Yeah, your right," said Plumeria agreeing. "I'm glad I'll always have my siblings to protect me." She looked around the common room, and then snuggled into the couch even more. Despite the warm fire, Plumeria was quite cold.
"So," she began, ignoring the goosebumps peping out of her skin. "Have you got any plans for later?" she asked, wondering whether Anna had somewhere to go later on.

Maxwell accepted the chocolate frog. "Thanks, Josie that would be great! I'll take whatever help I can get." He said with a smile before eating the chocolate frog.

Josephine snapped out of her daydream and looked at Maxwell "Huh? Oh yeah! Help!" she opened her package and looked at the card "I got Harry Potter! I didn't had this card, and you?"

Septimus looked up as a cheery girl greeted him. "Hello," he said, giving her a warm grin. "I'm Septimus. But most people call me Sep."

"You look tired" William told the girl. What have you been doing to get so tired?" William asked the girl. " My name is William Starr" he introduced himself to the girl.

Adam gave a little nod understanding...poor Kurumi. If Adam stuttered he was sure he would stutter in front of the woman too. "Some people just can't be nice...it's not in their DNA or something," Adam said with a little shake of the head. In fact, Adam wondered why he wasn't more like that himself. After all most people who'd had his home situation would probably be angry at the world and everything in it. Well...Adam was just glad that he was able to move past all of it. No point in dreading over what you can't change. "Well...if she turns you into a newt I'll turn her into a worm and you can step on her," Adam said with a little smirk. He was kidding of course, but he thought he'd make the offer anyway. She was a fellow Gryffindor so of course he had her back!

Adam felt bad for making the situation so awkward, but thankfully JB saved the moment. Adam thought that JB was sound asleep on his bed, but apparently not, because the dog came bounding and had tackled himself into Adam's lap before he even had time to react. The chair wobbled on the impact of JB ramming into him, and the next thing he knew the chair was down, Adam's legs up in the air.

Oh. Dear.

Sage nodded in agreement once more. Nobody liked a strick teacher.
"I hope there fun, and understanding, I don't want detention for getting lost..."

Sage knew what a teacher was, but she was completly clueless on this 'archaeologist'.

"What on earth is a Ar-kee-golist?" Sage asked confused, "Well both my parents work in the Ministry of Magic. My mum is in the Department of Law Enforcement, Wizengamot. My Dad works with the Dempartment of Magical Games and Sports! If I remember right my uncle, works as a Dragonologist and my Aunt is an Owl Breader."

Ronnie made her way through the portrait hole and headed for a chair. She sat down and began drawing a picture of a cat. Just a cat, nothing special. She had nothing else to do.

Twirl trotted up to Ronnie and jumped up onto her lap. "Looking for Scabbers?" Ronnie asked, looking at her. She meowed. "He's in my pocket I believe-." she said, getting him out. "There you go. Now go run along and play." she said, getting back to her drawing.

Josephine smiled and handed Jordan a chocolate frog "Yup! We were just talking about that! I could help you two with the research!" she said kindly, her eyes flickering to greenish-teal.

Josephine's eyes widened in fear "That would be scary, I'd be so ashamed of getting yelled infront of the whole class because of something stupid"

COMMON ROOM.

AKA, a place to sink into armchairs and rest your feet up for a bit.

And, this was precisely what Paulie Foster did. These armchairs were almost too comfy, and the fifth year was convinced that, one of these days, he was going to fall asleep in one and then end up being late for class the next day.

With a content sigh, Paulie stretched out his legs a little further and enjoyed these moments were he didn't have to think about Charms or DADA.

"Well, I'll give it a whirl." Rafe was going to try out, but he wouldn't be surprised if some firstie tried to show him up. "You're going to be a great leader, Sinatra." Rafe flashed a genuine smile his way. "And Puddlemore United will be lucky to have you!"

Rafe's smile left. He didn't know if it was the best idea to mention that he knew that information, but it was already out there. "Anyways...Yeah, the Benjamin situation is completely taken care of. Marilyn can finally live a life where she's free to choose and in complete safety." Hopefully that bit of news would make Carter happy. "You're a lucky guy mate, and I know you can make her happy."

Ronnie had just finished up her portrait, she had changed it up a bit to Rose's cat and her kittens. She was going to give it to Rose, once she found her. Ronnie hadn't seen her in the Common Room yet. She looked around longingly for someone to talk to. She felt very lonesome, she normally was about the common room chatting with her mates. She then spotted someone alone, stretched out in a chair, they looked around in their fifth year probably. She walked up to him, hoping that she wasn't disturbing a good relaxation time. "Hi, I'm Ronnie Weasley." she said, stretching out her hand.