Harvey smiled as she leaned against him before telling him that he had another Ravenclaw friend to hang out with.. he looked around and saw Laura and Minnie called her over. .. yep she was right he was most definitely a Ravenpuff and it was all because of Minnie.. he smiled as Laura came over.. "Oh its all true.. I spent most of last year on this table. " he said chuckling and it was true.. if the puffs were not on the Ravenclaw table then they would always find him on this table..



Harvey smiled as Laura commented on her having more puff friends than claws... oh yeah he knew how that felt "Laura.. that is the same with me.. see all these friends of mine and now yours they are all puffs... so we are together on that note." he said smiling as Minnie said that Laura could keep Harvey company in the common room.."Yes she could except I am hardly ever in the common room.. I am always out of the common room.. now arent I?" he said to Minnie... he had hardly spent time in the common room last year.. he spent it all with all these puffs and some Gryffindors.. then Ame came over and chuckled at her little humour "Oh good one Ame.. promise I wont steal that one " he said smiling as he chuckled.. oh it was all over... the pain and tension was all over now.. and he felt like a light person.. well.. almost over as he looked at Minnie.. but he knew even that would be over.. she was strong.. she would get through this .. he knew it in his heart.

Turns to Laura and smiles.
"Hi, I'm Gwen, a First Year." Pauses for a moment, then continues. "Which Quidditch team are you a fan of? I'm Wimbourne Wasps fan all the way!"

He gave the boy a smile. "Nice to meet you, Messer. I'm Keefer, sixth year." Well, he certainly wasn't the only Quidditch Captain, so saying THE Captain wasn't entirely true. "I'm Hufflepuff's Captain, yes. Each House has one student that's Captain of its team. D'you know anything about Quidditch?" As in, will you be trying out for Quidditch?

A new recruits? Frowning slightly in confusion, Lewis just looked at the boy for a moment. Oh, so he could be nice too? When he wasn't snapping at him for ACCIDENTALLY bumping into a girl. "I...yes. I transfered here this term." He even managed a small smile for Messer. Go him for going all social! Well a little anyway. "Nice to meet you. I'm Lewis." The guy didn't seem too intimidating after all. Plus, he was like 4 years younger than him.

Looking back up from his plate when Messer answered, Lewis just eyed him for a second with his brows slightly furrowed but then accepted his answer. He didn't LOOK fine but whatever. With a nod and a small shrug he returned his attention to the food on his plate. Which was pretty good. REALLY good actually.

Lewis was so engrossed in his food that he jumped slightly when all of a sudden the girl next to him started talking again. Coughing to get rid of the piece of potato which felt like it had got stuck in his throat at the sudden movement he quickly reached out to take a sip of water. Still unable to actually speak, he simply gave her a thumbs-up in reply to her question.

Not exactly a very good first encounter with the Hogwarts-made food.

"Nice to meet you, Keefer." he returned the older boy smile. Yes he know about each house has their own quidditch captain but he's their captain so it make him THE captain to him :P

"Yes. I know about quidditch." Who doesn't? "But I don't have any experience playing quidditch." Growing as an only boy, Messer didn't have someone to play quidditch with and his sister obviously too little to play. "Am I still allow to sign up for try out?" he asked.

Transferred student? That's explain why he look a bit lost. "Where did you transfer from?" he asked. Then Messer was a bit taken back when the older gave him a small smile. The boy err Lewis apparently can smile too. "Nice to meet you, Lewis." he gave him a cheeky grin.

Messer eyes went to the girl and then Lewis. They both seem engrossed with their food. The food seem delicious but he already lost his appetite and he blame the house elf. He just playing with food, poking it more likely. "Is the food taste good?" he asked Lewis because he seem enjoying it.

Sophie stared at her. "Bleh! Wimbourne Wasps!" she said looking like she had just put rotten food in her mouth. "Well, I guess we can still be friends if we don't mention quidditch anymore! Haha!" Sophie was joking, of course. She loved talking about quidditch. She just didn't liked the Wasps, like any true Appleby Arrows fan.

She turned to face Nate again. But even if you don't make it, it'll be a good experience, I guess! she said smiling. "I mean, you'll know how it's like whenever you tryout again!"

Sophie then noticed some students were already leaving the Great Hall. So she swallowed some potatoes, just to make sure she wouldn't get hungry any time soon, and sipped from her cup twice. She wanted to see the rest of the castle as soon as possible! Getting up, she waved goodbye to the ones that were still eating and ran to the door.

"Good, Quidditch is excellent. I feel bad for the Muggleborns, not getting to know about such a great sport until they're 11! It's a travesty!" he said, pounding his fist on the table for emphasis. "But lack of experience doesn't matter. Definitely try out! The more the merrier!"

And the more likely we'll find a decent team, he thought.

Gwen noticed Sophie's expression and dislike of the Wasps. She immediately understood. She had to be an Arrows fan. Oh well, she didn't really mind, as long as they're wasn't a game going on between the two teams.
Gwen watched Sophie leave the Great Hall after some other students and took a last gulp of pumpkin juice. But before leaving, she wanted to introduce herself to the Quidditch Captain.
She'd seen another student talking to him and had spotted the older boy's badge. She went up to him and smiled. "Hello, my name's Gwen. I'm sort of a hopeful first year... you are Hufflepuff's Quidditch Captain, right?"

"Yes. It was definitely an excellent sport." Messer nodded his head. "Yeah me too. Its pity really they know how awesome Quidditch can be when they entered Hogwarts." He feels bad for them. Thank Merlin his parents are magical. "Oh okay." That's comforting. "I'll definitely go for try out." The first thing was in his mind when he got his first Hogwarts letter was try out for his house team.

Oh he was in for more talking then? Interesting. This small talk thing wasn't that hard, was it? He would just answer questions and stuff. Yes. Didn't seem too hard. Plus Messer was only a first year so. "Salem. I'm from Nebraska." He just assumed Messer would know where that was. Of course he would know.

Lewis hadn't noticed that Messer hadn't actually touched his food until he started talking to him again. Swallowing his last bite of chicken, he narrowed his eyes slightly and eyed the food on the table suspiciously. "Yes...it's delicious." He replied slowly and put down his fork. Okay, what was wrong with the food?! "Why aren't you eating anything?" This was starting to make him anxious.

Maybe his almost choking on a potato hadn't been an accident after all. Maybe...should he go get the healer?!

louise smiled at him "sorry about that are you ok" she looking down at her plate "you going to try out for your house team, I am i am going to put my name down"

Gulping down some more water to make his throat stop burning like it was on fire, Lewis forced a smile. She was apologizing after all. Their conversation somehow wasn't conisting of a lot more than apologies. "'tis okay." He managed between some last few coughs, reaching up to dab his mouth with his napkin.

House team? Was she talking about Quidditch? "Quidditch you mean?" Okay, the part about her trying out probably meant that she WAS talking about Quidditch. "Erm...good luck, I guess?" He offered with a small smile before adding after a short pause, "I've never been much of a Quidditch player myself to be honest." Unlike other people he knew.

While talking with Messer, Keefer heard what sounded like the voice of a small girl behind him. He turned to face her, taking in what she said. He smiled warmly. "Hullo, Gwen. It's nice to meet you. And welcome to Hufflepuff. Yes, I'm our Captain," he said, pointing to his badge and winking quickly. "So you're interested in trying out for the team? "

OOC: If you haven't already signed up, there's a sign up down at the Quidditch Pitch. Make sure you get your name down by Friday at midnight EST (05:00 GMT).

Messer was right. Quidditch truly is an excellent sport. Keefer had grown up going to games whenever he could, even if it was just a pickup game between neighbors. "Good man! I look forward to seeing you at tryouts, then!" he said enthusiastically.

Gwen nodded very fast, smiling.
"Oh, yes! I love Quidditch and I'd to love to join the team!" She bites her bottom lip, furrowing her brow, thinking about something. "I have some experience, from flying around with my older step-brother back home."
Gwen glances at several students leaving the feast. She smiles again. "Well, thank you! I guess I'll see you the tryouts! Bye!" She gives him a quick wave and makes her way out of the Great Hall, eager to see the rest of this legendary castle.

Arina hated her last name. She couldn't believe that she had to be one of the very last students sorted, but was glad now to have a place to go.

She wondered over to the Hufflepuff table and took an empty seat. She hated herself for starting off so shy when she just wanted more than anything to make some friends in this world. She wished she had been introduced into it earlier, but with her father's death and her mother knowing so little about his magical history, Arina was left out of the Wizarding world. And now she felt more out of the loop than ever. She was scared to speak for fear of sounding stupid and unknowledgeable.

So she sat at her table, staring at her plate and wishing she could either simply disappear or magically gain the courage to say something to those around her-- or at least give the friendly smile she so longed to see.

Amethyst noticed a girl who looked, to her, saddened. We can't have that, now can we? She thought to herself. She walked over to the girl and smiled, sitting across from her. She held out her hand for the girl to shake. Amethyst used to be shy, but after all that had gone on over the summer, how could she be? "Hello, my name's Amethyst Geleto!"

Laura smiled..'Ha! I was only joking..I love being with you guys..!!,' she said. She really meant it..





Laura smiled at Amy.She said 'Hiya Amy...sup sweetie?,'



Laura smiled..'I've not met any ravvies other than you and a girl called Beezus..my only friends here are you people..'

Everett entered the hall in one of his mellow moods, when he wasn't angry at anyone, but not extremely happy. He was still feeling a bit awkward about what Maybelle had said, but at the same time he felt even cooler than he already was because someone had a crush on him. Walking down the tables, he noticed Maybelle at the Huffelpuff table, so he strolled over to her. "Hey," He said simply.

He had heard about Salem from his father but Nebraska?Where's that? The name sounds really funny. "Nebraska? Is it near Alaska or something?" he asked. Because both name seem almost the same to him.

His eyes still glued to the food. Yeah, the foods look delicious. "Not hungry." he shrugged. He wondered was he allowed to bring some of the food back to the dorm in case he was hungry later.

Messer's eyes went from Lewis to the girl and back to Lewis again. It seem they both talking about quiddicth and what did he hear that Lewis wasn't much a quidditch player? But-but he look so big and tall. He could be one. Maybe they didn't teach quidditch back in Salem.

"Yes. I'm looking forward to the try out myself." he nodded his head. Keefer didn't have to worry about that he'll show up at the try out. " So, what position do you play, Captain Keefer?" Messer asked rather curious.

Amethyst smiled as she waved at Laura. She got up and hugged her, giggling softly. "Hey!, just helping some first years out. How are you?"

Arina looked around to see who Amethyst could be talking to. Nobody was behind her. "She's talking to me!" Arina realized. She looked back at the girl and smiled. "Arina Williams," she said and shook the girl's hand. She seemed nice. This girl didn't seem too much older than her, but she could not remember her being sorted. "What year are you?"

Amethyst giggled when the girl turned around to see who she was talking to. Amethyst shook her head slightly as she smiled wide. Arina Williams. Nice name! She perked up slightly when asked what year she was. She had never been asked that question before. "Second," she said nodding.

Arina smiled again, happy to see Amethyst seemed to get excited by her question. A second year. Now was her chance to find ask about the classes and teachers, and dormitories, and everything she wanted to know. "What's it like? is all she managed to get out. She wanted to smack herself for being so unspecific, yet all she could do was sit there, waiting for some sort of response.

She smiled, somehow hoping she was talking about the teachers. "Well, the classes are really fun! And the teachers are really nice." Except for Lafay on her bad days. She giggled, nodding. "The common room is just like our own little Haven! You'll enjoy it." Especially the fireplace; so warm and comfortable.

Teehee(: this will be amuusing.
 

Maybelle was still playing with her "Kiss Me" necklace when Everett showed up. She almost jumped out of her skin, because she was so distracted by her heart. "Hey, Everett." She greeted, with a smile. Maybelle got nervous, because Everett knew that she had a crush on him, but she had no clue how he had felt. Then, Maybelle came up with a brilliant plan, she was going to get it out of him...one way or another. Smiling an even bigger smile, she let the necklace drop back to her neck.