BAHAHA! Find!
 

It didn't matter how much Treyen grew over the summer, he will never match Alex's height....oh, no, WAIT! They finally saw eye to eye! AWESOME! He was reminded of the first time they met. And Mia wasn't here to make any comments on how Treyen finally matched Alex's height.

"Yeah." Head Boy. That was starting to sound...absolutely terrifying. Especially hearing it from Alex's voice, since Treyen had once thought that Alex was older than him.

This is the kind of people Hufflepuff needed, because as soon as the 'congrats' were said Treyen felt in a better mood. His smile did widen, "Thanks. Hope you don't get in trouble, Alex." Because he'd hate to be the one having to lecture this particular Greingoth.

Oh, so it wasn't because he hadn't being paying attention the whole time he's been at Hogwarts with the current Quidditch Captain. That made him feel slightly better about this.

"Arya likes Abraxans." That didn't mean he didn't. But she liked animals much more than he did.

Scotland, eh? "And you travel to London to head back to Scotland?" Yes, to Treyen, that had been the most important bit of everything Keefer had said. Go figure.

Oh, no, no. He was NOT trying to discourage the first year. NOT AT ALL. Arya was getting this all wrong.

"Haven't you heard her? I don't think she'd want to discover any of our qualities in her." Honestly, Arya. Tsk. This is what happens when the one in charge of first years isn't at the table at the right time. "I'm fine with it, really. If she doesn't want to belong, then she doesn't belong. No big deal." And, yes, Arya, he was being completely serious about this.

Too late. Had she mentioned the Muggleborn bit at first, then he'd sat and explained a whole bunch of things. He loved Muggleborns. Like Conan. It's too bad Conan wasn't here right now...the boy who didn't believe in magic...and yet Treyen had wanted him to.

Seemed like he should do the same with this girl. But he didn't.

He shrugged. "You should've asked." Seriously. No excuses. Plus, THAT WAS ANOTHER REASON FOR NOT BEING A HUFFLEPUFF! Hufflepuffs are good finders, and she couldn't find any information on the one house that was now hers? Not cool. "Hufflepuffs are good finders too." He said, smirking again. There. He said the other reason as well.

Ah! But she was mistaken. "I'm not. However, as Head Boy, I still have the obligation to welcome you to Hogwarts." True, and very mean of him. He almost sounded as Evelyn. Not that he knew, for he rarely listened to whatever she had to say.

And...oh. She wasn't used to...oh. Okay, well, he was more than embarrassed now..., "Oh, well, that makes sense." Kind of.

His smile changed into a small but sweet one. "I hope it's nice to meet you." He shook her hand...but he planned on keeping an eye out for this one.

Welcome Nate, Jessie, Sophie. *tackles*Keefer and Adeline
 

Alyssa smiled as she saw new students joining their table. "Hi there. Welcome to Hufflepuff. So glad to meet you all. My name's Alyssa. If you're not sure about anything, feel free to ask me, okay.", Alyssa knew how overwhelming being in the Great Hall for the first time AND being sorted felt. She hoped to mak it easier for the newer students this year.

"Hi Justin. Glad to see that you found us. Sure grab a seat" Alyssa smile at Justin.



Alyssa laughed when she saw Treyen performing his headboy duties. 'If he doesn't slow down, he's going to be burned out from shaking hands and saying Hi even before Headmaster makes his speech. But he's good HeadBoy,' Alyssa thought to herself smiling proudly at her Quidditch team mate.

"Keefer!! It definitely is good to be back, " Alyssa said reaching over to hug her Quidditch team mate. Then she noticed his badge. "Whoa! You're our Quidditch Captain? YES!! Reporting for duty El Capitan." Alyssa mocked saluted him.

[spoiker="Adeline"] [/spoiler]

Alyssa looked at the first year who seemed to be shocked that she had been sorted into their House. "Oh dear, just from your facial expression, I can tell that you expected to be sorted into another house. But don't be unhappy. The Sorting Hat is never wrong. You will soon learn to love this house as much as we do."Alyssa comforted the girl. "My name is Alyssa. If you need help in anyway, you can always ask me, okay?"

OH. Sammy still probably would've taken it back BECAUSE IT WAS HER DAMN FOOD but obviously Adeline was like Nessie and didn't have the same love for food as Sammy did. Food was amazing. If she could marry food, she would. It was a true fact. "Did they have their own food?" Sammy asked, not realising that she may be intruding. Because maybe that was their barbaric way of asking Adeline to share her food. Maybe

Harvey was now growing more and more concerned about Minnie "Mins.. honey.. please calm down.. you will get through this.. i know you will... just calm down" he said to her smiling weakly and putting an arm around her to show he was with her all the way.. he was desperately trying to hold the group together.. they were all having a tough period as he was trying to get everyone to stay strong and believe that they will get through this.. he knew at one point he would need to scream where no-one could hear him.. and let it all out.. and if that didnt help well.. then he.. NO!! dont think like that.. you cant do that to your friends especially Mins .. not when she needs you the most...

"Hi! We were actually trying to figure out how much longer the sorting would take." As if on cue, Jessie's stomach growled again. And she turned red again.

"I know, I can't wait either! Mom and dad told me that Hogwarts' food is the best I'll ever eat!!" and when her parents said, it was definitely true! Or at least Sophie thought so.

She was getting used to older students talking to her now. Not that many of them had done it, but since she kept on listening to their conversation she kind of felt she knew some of them already.
"Hi, Alyssa! Thanks!" Sophie was feeling at home.

My stomachs been grumbling since we've gotten on the train. Oakey replied. He missed the interactions with the other Huffies, He hasn't been surrounded by so many people in so long. He would like to claim the largest smile in Hogwarts if he could. He continued his grinning.

*places her here for randoms*
 

"I know! My dad almost swears by it!" Jessie laughed. She was beginning to really like Sophie. This whole 'making new friends' thing wasn't turning out half as badly as she thought it might. But then again, she was only at the welcoming feast...well, a feast minus the food. :(

Harvey put his arm around her and she put both arms around him in a tight hug. "I'm sorry" she whispered. "I shouldn't be doing this to you." she took a few deep breaths. Stop acting like a toddler she thought to herself. You did so good at the beginning of all this hiding emotions get back to that Min you can do it. What changed that brought everything to the front she thought. She took more deep breaths and opened her eyes. She looked at Harvey and smiled "I.. I think I'm ok, promise."

"Well then..." Sophie thought she'd better keep on talking to make waiting more bearable. "What do you reckon this year will be like? What do you think your favorite subject will be??"

Hm. She didn't want to be negative, but Arya couldn't help think that for a Hufflepuff firstie, who should be excited about this, she was being a bit cynical. It was possible she was starting to understand Treyen's reasoning for saying what'd he'd been saying.

But Arya wasn't gonna give up hope just yet. "You don't and you never will. Kinda like you never know if you'll be a good student here or not." Or if you'd not die. "You'll just have to have faith and hope, and work, for the best." Because that's what Puffs did.

"I'm starting to get that." She admitted in a low tone. Was she really that disheartened about being a Puff? The girl must not know about all the awesome that came from their house. "I think... we'll just have to show her." Their qualities of course. Arya grinned and glanced at her best friend. "Like we show all the students every year." The young woman was also starting to get that he was serious as well, but certainly he could do this.

They did it every year!

Harvey felt two arms around him putting him into a tight hug and she says she is sorry "Why are you sorry? you have nothing to be sorry for.. Mins you have nothing to be sorry for.. you didnt do anything.." he said as she took some deep breaths.. and then she opened her eyes and looked at him.. and said she was ok.. "Ok sweetie... but I am still holding you close to me.." he said kissing her cheek again..

"Oh, I suppose you could. Everyone was talking about it last year as well. I never went last year because I was afraid of being told off, everyone did it anyway and they never got told off so I suppose it's fine." Glenn said. She remembered being a first-year and constantly worried about everything in Hogwarts; she was going to be different this year. "I decided I would be the person to inform you about the kitchen" She grinned and winked.

As the little first-year insulted her hair, Glenn raised her eyebrows, "Really? I like your hair. It's nice and dark, my hair is just blonde and curly. It's a pain in the butt to brush."

"I'll make sure to try that out!" Sophie said with her eyes wide open. "Yeah, I find my hair quite boring. I mean, it's totally straight! That's all it does, really. Boooriing! But well, thanks anyway! You're hair's cool too!" She added smiling. Then she blinked fast a couple of times. "So we are allowed to go to the kitchen whenever we want? We can seriously do that??"

Okay. See? Arya was way better than he was when it came to this whole 'welcoming' part.

He listened as she talked to the girl, and...what Arya was saying made the most sense. Honestly, she was brilliant. If Adeline didn't agree with Arya...well, that was a real shame.

But then...he lost Arya. He was utterly confused. And it was VERY visible.

Show her? Show her what? How come he felt that Arya was going to start singing all of the sudden about the joys of being a Hufflepuff? "Er, what?" Blink.

"I think so," Glenn said, "You might have to ask an older student but- I'm pretty sure." Glenn shook her head at the girl's compliment.

Glenn watched the young student take a breath from her talking when suddenly she realised she didn't know the girl's name, "What's your name by the way?" She asked grinning again and staring longingly at the empty plates. She was sure it hadn't taken this long for the food to appear last time.

Had it?

"Oh, right!" Sophie exclaimed, almost laughing. "I'm Sophie Campbell. You?"

Calling out to Asher, Ariel and Oscar. Find me if you can
 

Alyssa smiled when she heard, Jessie's stomach growl,"Sounds like you're as hungry as I am. The sorting shouldn't take much longer, unless the Sorting Hat comes across a person who could possibly belong to any house. Then the hat takes a little longer to decide. But that rarely happens. Once that's done, the Headmaster will make his speech and then the feast begins. But if you would like something to snack on, I've got some chocolate frogs if you want?," Alyssa took some out of her pocket and offered it to Jessie.

"So what do you think about Hogwarts do far? I know that it can be overwhelming at first, but don't worry. Soon you'll make a lot of friends. And remember if you do need help, the Prefects are around to help you, and if they aren't, you're more than welcome to look me up." Alyssa told Sophie.

Alyssa laughed when she saw Oakey grinning the largest smile she had ever seen. She leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Uh! Oakey, I know that you're hungry but uh! why are you grinning like that? Are you trying to charm the House Elves to bring the food faster?" Alyssa giggled.



Alyssa turned when she accidentally heard two younger students discussing whether they could enter the kitchen whenever they wanted. She had heard in the past of some students sneaking into the kitchen, but she didn't want these two to think that they could do it whenever they wanted to because if they got caught, they could lose house points or face detention. So she leaned over and spoke to them. "Uh! I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation but it really isn't true that we can go into the kitchen anytime you want. Actually it is off limits to everyone except the House Elves, and maybe the Prefects and the school staff. If you happen to get hungry you can always ask the Prefects how you can get some food. Or you can always come to me. I always have some snacks stashed away in my trunk,"Alyssa winked at the two.

Wait, what?

But that was disastrous! For those who ate. "Actually, Alyssa. That only happened last term...," because house elves had made gelato for him on previous occasions, and he used to make sandwiches with Conan in there too. Until...well, something happened and the kitchens were closed. Kurumi must've had a very hard time last term. "I hope they're open for students this year, though." Mostly for Kurumi's sake.

But...wherever she'd baked his birthday's cupcakes...was a good a place as the Hogwarts' kitchens.

Oakey looked Alyssa straight in the eye, and put on a super serious face. not even a second later a put on the smile back on. Nope can't do it, see. He pointed at his face. I think I'm grinning because I've missed this place so much, I wish I could go back in time and live my second year here. He liked her jest about him charming House Elves, he laughed. I would charm anybody to bring me the food right now, perhaps even the Head Master.

Hogwarts is awesome! It's everything I imagined and even more! I'm so excited to be here now! I've been waiting for this moment my entire life! My dad wanted me to go to a muggle school when I was a kid so I wouldn't find anything from the muggle world "weird" or whatever. He's a muggleborn, you see, so he knows a lot about their non-magical-and-boring world!" Sophie explained, but she said that joking, of course, she liked her muggle friends and family.

Sophie listened carefully to Alyssa's words, her eyes opened wide again. She didn't want to get detention! What would her father think? Nope, not for her. She was a good girl.
"Ok then! I'll stay away from the kitchens. Don't want Hufflepuff to lose any points!" she said, even though she was even more curious to see the kitchens now. But no! "I'm a good girl. I'm. A good. Girl!" she thought. And she really wanted Huffllepuff to win the House Cup while she was at Hogwarts. But gee, how amazing the kitchen might be...! Maybe someday...

As soon as Sophie thought those things, an older boy appeared behind them, making her look up with her big brown eyes.

"Wait, so there's a chance they're open for students this year?" Sophie asked, getting even more excited. Hogwarts was getting better and better!

His eyes went to the girl Alyssa had made the comment to and he nodded. "It's possible, but I'm not one hundred percent sure about it." He was being completely honest about it. Chances were it would be opened now that whatever had happened last term was settled, but still, one never knew.

"If it is open, every student can go inside." And try not to burn down the castle in the meantime would be a good thing to ask of those who venture into the kitchens. "I'm Treyen, by the way." The Head Boy badge was visible, but he didn't know if the girl knew what it meant. He...didn't mention any of it.

"Glenn, Glenn Reyes." Glenn said, chuckling at the first-years obvious excitement.

Glenn felt her face go beet red, "Oh, uh sorry," She muttered, busying herself with retying her hair into a long plait, "I didn't bring any snacks," Glenn said more to herself than anyone else, "I guess I can deplete your stash then," She quickly got over her embarrassment and replied cheekily, raising one eyebrow.


Wait, now Glenn was getting confused. So they were allowed in the kitchens. "So we're allowed perhaps?" She said sceptically.

Her eyes spotted the badge on the boys chest, "You're head boy!" She said, perhaps a little too loudly, "I'm Glenn, only a second-year" Glenn nodded and shrugged. She started fiddling idly with her hair, her stomach grumbling loudly.

While the boy was speaking, Sophie's looked from his eyes to the Head Boy badge, then back to his eyes. "I'm Sophie Campbell. Nice to meet you, mr. Head Boy!" She was proud because the Head Boy was from her house. Her mom was right, Hufflepuff was indeed the best house. She couldn't remember the last time she was as much excited as this day. "I hope you don't get us into trouble!" she added smiling up at him.


"Well uh... nice to meet you... officially, I guess!" Sophie said laughing again. She was starting to forget about the fact she was hungry. She was enjoying everything and everybody so much that she could go to bed without eating.