'Um... about 8 weeks, are they OK to be separated?' Rose asked. She'd give one to Lilly, one to Violet, one to Ronnie and one to... Ariella! Rose was happy with her choices, very happy.

"8 weeks is plenty old, anything before then could be traumatizing to them," Kurumi smiled gently. "They can stay here tonight, asking you to go and try to find them new homes now would be a little too uncalled for. But, in the morning, please do." Kurumi looked as the kittens tumbled around the bed. "And, if you wouldn't mind giving me the names of the people you are giving them too, please."

And hopefully they didn't already have pets, because they we would be right back where they started.

Wow! Some people were so organised. How could this girl have already unpacked? Emily put down her rememberall and diary and propped herself back onto the bed.

"Anna. That's a nice name," she said. Her cat moved onto her lap and curled back up, purring. "I'm Emily. Is this your first year at Hogwarts?"

Josephine smiled and bowed "Arigatou, his name is Winged" she said as she fed the oil some treats "What kind of pet do you have?"

Selina excused herself from the Common Room full of people and made her way up the stairs into the Girl's Dormitory. Once she had reached the inside she started to look around the room for her bed. All of her stuff was not away, because it was the first night back to school, so she knew that she would be on the look out for her trunk and all of her belongings to find her bed. Finally her blue eyes found her trunk and she made her way over to the bed that would be hers for the remainder of the year.

She took several minutes putting all of her stuff away and putting on her pajamas. Then she reached into her trunk and pulled out a picture. As soon as it was in her grasp she sat on her bed and waited for Kurumi to appear. It was time she told her everything, they had a lot to talk about.

Kurumi waited a few minutes down in the common room so as not to draw too much attention to Selina's leaving, before she had excused herself. She had taken her time going through the other dorms, making sure that everything was at it should before heading to her own dormitory where she knew Seilina was waiting.

She slowly opened the door and peeked in. "Sorry to keep you waiting," she said, closing the door behind her and removing her wand from her pocket. "Colloportus. Muffliato." Kurumi wasn't sure how strong her charms were was, or how long it would last, but this should give them at least a good hour of private conversation.

Putting her wand back in her pocket, Kurumi walked over to the bed and leaned on one of its posts, waiting for Selina to begin the conversation.

Selina watched as Kurumi walked into the room. There was silence between the pair for a moment until Kurumi finally spoke. The redhead's hands were a little damp and she placed the picture she was holding down on the sheets on her bed as Kurumi started to perform a few enchantments on the door. She herself stayed quiet until Kurumi walked over and leaned on the bed post. That was a signal, at least to Selina, for her to start to talk. Her breath hitched. Now that the moment was here she was not sure she was going to be able to do this. There were so many times that she played over in her head what she would do when she told Kurumi about Danielle. She had the perfect paragraphs and lines to say. But now that it was here she could not recall one thing she had pre-planned.

So she simply handed Kurumi a picture and began to speak, "That is my sister Danielle briefly before she died. She was a year old and would be eleven this year."

She took a deep breath and pressed on, "Before I was born my Aunt Jennette was born into my father's family. She was the third child and was right under my father in age. My Dad was two years old than her, but when my Aunt was born she showed signs of being less-than-normal. Because it had never happened in their family before my Dad's family thought it was magic. My Aunt, though, had horrible head aches, would blank out for hours and would forget where she was sometimes. My father hated the fact that my aunt, his baby sister, had to go through all of these hard ships. When she was older they finally figured out that she had the gift of sight. She learned to live with it and she now has a successful life, but you know, by being friends with me, seeing the future is not always the easiest gift to have.

"When I was born I, like my aunt, showed signs of having the sight. By a year and a half I was having full blown episodes. It hurt my mother so badly and my father hated to see her upset. So they developed a way for me to suppress that part of my magic. From that moment on I never had an episode again and all of my signs disappeared. My family thought that it was gone. So a few months later life moved on.

"When I was two years old my sister Danielle was born. She was the cutest thing I had ever seen. I don't remember much of when she was first born except her eyes. They were the most beautiful things I had ever seen. Danny showed no signs of the sight so my family thought that they finally had the perfect family.

"A year later Danielle was a year and a half old. I was three and a half old. My Aunt Jennette was over the house and she was playing with the two of us. Danielle was just started to walk and run around the house with confidence. I remember how much fun we had chasing each other around, although she was a bow-legged baby. Anyway, my Aunt Jennette was over and playing with us. Somehow by having her around I must have connected to her sight, but it wasn't until the next day something terrible happened.

"The next morning I woke up and I remember having a really bad head ache. I cried for my Mom and she gave me a Potion that helped my pain a little. Then I went to go and play with Danielle as soon as I felt better. We were in the midst of playing when suddenly my head ache came back with a burning. All I remember is one minute I was fine and the next I exploded... or my magic did. The sheer force of all that I had pent up knocked me into a coma and I was out for three weeks.

Selina started to tear up at the next part, "When I woke up Danielle was dead. I had killed her. My Seer ability had killed her, the curse had done my sister in! But it was my magic, my fault. I murdered my baby sister and there is nothing I can do to change it."

At this point the tears were running free, "That's why my Mom worked in Australia all of those years, she could not stand to be home. To be reminded of what I had done. That is why my Dad is such a famous Quidditch playr now, he threw himself into his work. I destroyed my family and I can't ever change what I did."

Tiffany walked into her bedroom. She took her suitcase in along with her lovely owl. She looked around. It was much bigger than her bedroom which she had at her home. She put her belongings besides her bed.Immediately,she lied on it. "Woww! Everything is wonderful!"she screamed out loud. She didn't notice that there is someone else in this room. Her face turned red as her another roommate turned around. She noticed that it was Emily and she ran to her excitedly and said,"Oh yes! You are my roommate!"She was so happy that she wanted to scream. It was great to have her twins as her roommate.

It became clear almost immediately after Selina had handed Kurumi the pictures of an adorable little girl who shared Selina's eyes that she ought not be standing for this. Of course, Kurumi knew that the weight of the situation would probably be too much and she would want to sit down, but there was also the subliminal message delivered through her body language that could cause Selina more discomfort. Standing OVER her meant that Kurumi was better, more powerful, but that wasn't true. Kurumi could never compare the two of them. They were unique and, in her violet eyes, completed each other.

Kurumi held onto the picture and listened in silence as Selina retold what Kurumi knew was something that the third year had been wanting to keep pent up inside forever. Perhaps a secret she wanted to take with her to the grave. Kurumi didn't move and she caught herself not breathing on more than one occasion.

Kurumi swallowed and looked at her best friend. She really wasn't sure WHAT she was supposed to say to all that. Definitely on a completely different level than the goldfish she had killed.

"Selina I..." She stopped. Did she really have anything to say to that? Anything that could make the girl crying in front of her feel better? Probably not. Not with all the emotions she was going through. "I could tell you that accidents happen...but I know that's not what you want to hear...but, my father told me this, when I killed my goldfish...A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident." She paused for a moment to let Selina take that quote in for a moment. She knew that her words really wouldn't mean much to Selina, but it was the best she had to offer. "You are not weak Selina. You are one of the strongest people I know. What happened...I cannot even begin to imagine how you or your family felt...what they still feel...but...wouldn't it be better that you live life to the fullest, live on in her memory?"

Valerie let out a small gasp as soon as she entered her dorm. The room was huge, and the four poster beds were much bigger than hers at home. They were complete with plush sheets and pillows.

All of her things were already sitting neatly on what must have been her bed considering Mirabilis had already curled up on it and was purring softly. Valerie beamed and dived onto the bed. She rolled over and scooped the ginger kitten up in her arms.

"Miri, this is brilliant! Look at all this. I'm at Hogwarts! I am laying down in a bed at Hogwarts!" It was all so surreal.
Mirabilis let out a quiet meow and nudged Valerie softly. Valerie giggled, she couldn't think of a moment where she'd been any happier.

"All right, " Anna smiled widely turning toward girls. "My name is Anna. And you?"

"Oh, no." Anna smiled again, "This is my fourth year here. This is a wonderful place." She lowered her eyes, lost in thought for a moment. "I still remember how exciting the distribution of the faculties. It was wonderful and scary!" Her light blue eyes lit up, with a curl of his straw-colored hair behind right ear she said "You already know a lot about Hogwarts?"

Lauren pushed the door of the dormitory open, slowly and quietly, hoping that she wasn't disturbing any new roomies.
She smiled at the girls, already on or around their beds and said "Evening girls!" and then made her way to the other side of the room, where her stuff was: her battered travelling trunk and her pet ferret, Bruiser. Immediately the little creature scampered up Lauren's arm when she sat on the plush, comfortable bed.

"Aw, I've got a tawney owl. She's tiny though. I'm not even kidding." She'd seen smalled, but her little owl looked like a slight breeze could push it over. "Yeah my sister's a witch. She's left Hogwarts now though. And a Gryffindor like me!" Ah, now was the complicated question. "Um, no I'm half blood. Mam was a witch and dad was a muggle. But I went to a muggle school before this though. Me dad didn't know we were magical, see?" That's all she'd say at the moment to not complicate matters. The whole adoption story was starting to tire her out.
"Me and my sister love the Holyhead Harpies. Though Puddlemere United is probably my second favourite." she smiled. "My sister was on the quidditch team when she was here too. Only for a year though. Then she was kicked off the team." Hahaha, that was a good story.

Elsie walked into the dormitories hoping she would see someone she recognised. She didn't. Looking around for her bed she nervously walked towards it smiling at the people she passed.

I have a Black Owl," Sage announced, motioning towards her bed where he sat, observing all the new people and their pets with a watchful eye,"His name is Grimm."

Ella walked in thinking that she had better start unpacking her stuff now. She walked over to her bed where her trunk and beautiful brown barn owl were. As soon as she got to her bed her owl hooted, obviously happy to see her.

Valerie looked up as another girl entered the dormitory. She looked sort of nervous.

Still cuddling Mirabilis, Valerie sat up and smiled at the girl.
"Uh, hi, I'm Valerie." She wasn't completely sure, but Valerie thought she remembered the girl getting sorted.

Elsie heard someone saying hello looking up realise they were talking to her she walked over to them.
"Hi, I'm Elsie."
Elsie noticed another girl close by patting an owl, she remembered both of them getting sorted.
"You're both first years aswell right?

First years aswell. Valerie grinned, she had remembered correctly.

"Nice to meet you Elsie. Yeah, I'm a first year."

Elsie wasn't sure if everyone had quite the same enthusiasm she had. She was just so happy to be at howarts, overjoyed to be in Gryffindor. Everything seemed exciting, soon she would have classes and Hogwarts life would begin. She started unpacking trying to keep conversation going.

"Great! You excited?"

"Yeah. I'm Ella, Ella Wood. And you are..?" Ella asked whist pulling a picture of her muggle family out of her trunk and placing it on the table next to her bed. Meanwhile her owl Kyra continued to hoot in joy on her shoulder.

Valerie flopped back down on her bed and watched Elsie unpack. She grinned ear to ear as she answered.

"Yes! I can't even believe I'm here. It's all quite surreal. I mean, I'm nervous, you know, what if I fail my classes or something like that?" Valerie chewed on her lip and furrowed her eyebrows but then brightened once more. "But at the same time I can't wait for everything to start. We're learning magic. Magic. Can you believe that? And here I am in Gryffindor, and just you know-" Valerie sighed. "I'm rambling. Sorry." She smiled apologetically at Elsie then looked down and began picking at the bed sheets. "I'm just, yeah. Kind of excited," Valerie finished with a chuckle.

She looked back to Elsie. "What about you? Are you excited?"

"I'm Elsie." She said walking over to greet her
"I love your owl, She is beautiful. What is her name?"

Elsie noticed her taking out her photos. She started to realise she was so far away from home for the first time. She knew she would miss her family but was still so exicted and everyone so far did seem nice.

"Thanks, she's called Kyra, she is a just a bit too excited." Then Ella looks around at Kyra. "Shhh, noisy owl." Kyra just nibbles on Ella's finger affectionately then continues to hoot. "She is just so noisy" Ella said to Elsie.

"That is exactly how I have been feeling!" Relieved someone was feeling the same way as her she started to relax.
"You wont fail any classes I am sure!" this thought had not occurred to her, she worried for a second but then realised as long as she tried there was no way she could fail.
"I was so stoked when I was sorted into Gryffindor! It was always my favourite house growing up! I'm actually really excited for classes to start so I can start to learn magic! What classes are you looking forward to?