Ella smiled, nodding her head. "Yeah, I think it'll be fun no matter what." Because her dad always made things fun, he was a funny guy. Especially when he sang in public, which he'd be doing at the concert. Ella pretened to hate it but she didn't, not really. "You know, I guess it is sort of a surprise. Guess I'll have to try and be patient...even if it is killing me!" Could one die in anticipation of something? It sure felt like it.

The first year's eyes grew wide as Logan talked a secret tunnel. "What? That sounds like something out of a book. We can really look for it?" She asked, excited. Camping also sounded quite nice. "I'll camp as long as there aren't any bears...or skrewts." She said sheepishly. "Oh and we both don't want to be near spiders." Yeah, those little eight-legged thing-a-majigs could spend the summer somewhere else. She frowned just thinking about the little devilish creatures but the corners of her mouth turned upward at the mention of swimming. Was he a mind reader? "Swimming! I'm most looking forward to that. I love to swim. Mom used to say..." Ella frowned as she mentioned her mom, forgetting momentarily that she was quite mad at the woman. "...t-that I should have been a mermaid." She smiled shyly, shrugging.

But what was that blush about. Ella looked at Logan, head cocked to the side. "What?" She asked, curious.

Logan laughed. "It's hard being patient!" he said grinning. "What are your guesses on who its gonna be?" he asked.

Logan laughed. "You know, come to think of it, it does sound like something out of a book!" he replied. He nodded. "Yeah of course! There's no one to stop us, is there?" he asked, an excited expression on his face.

Logan laughed. "I've been playing in those woods since I was about five. I've never come across any bears. And never knew what a skrewt was until now." he said laughing. "But...spiders seem to be living everywhere." he said, shuddering a little. Logan grinned. "I love swimming too! It's great." he said. Then he frowned a little as she seemed sort of sad when she mentioned her mum. He gave her a reassuring smile.

Logan smiled. "I don't know, honestly.." he said, looking at the ground and then back up at her.

Harvey saw that Callidora/Ameliah looked at Minnie weird and explained how she had figured out the name for their little group.. well that was a good enough explanation .. right?.. There she also went with his idea that she had heard it from others.. people would talk about them.. and their little group.. well that was close.. he wondered how long Ameliah would do this.. cause it was obvious that she would not do this for another 4 years until they left Hogwarts.. at some point the truth would have to come out that she is not Callidora but Ameliah in a disguise.. probably after they have become really good friends.. until that point she had to be careful not to mess anything up.. right?.. she could do that right?.. well he hoped so.. "Yeah I guess people do talk about us Mins." he said to her as he looked at her. He was glad that she said that.. whether he had put the idea into her head or not.. it was believable.

Ameliah/Callidora began to eat, thinking about the feast. She noticed some treacle tart at the end. Levrell would like that.... CRAP!! She slapped her forehead. "Oh no! I've forgotten my owl!!" she scrambled to go before the speech started. She left to go tend to her owl to get him ready for travel.

Ameliah arrived back, as herself, ten minutes later. She was pale and a bit shaky, clutching an piece of parchment in her hand. She sat down and stared at the food, her appetite suddenly gone. "Logan." her mind said. "Trust Logan. Show it to him. He'll understand." Her mouth felt like cotton as she spoke. "L-Logan? Can I... show you something?"

Ella nodded. It sure was hard being patient. Especially when you were looking forward to something so much. As for her guesses, she didn't have the slightest clue. "My dad tends to listen to older music, like the Beatles for instance. He loves the beatles. Since they're obviously not on tour...I guess it could be a cover band or something." Which would still be fun because then they'd both know all the words to the songs being sung.

Ella smiled, feeling quite excited herself. Nope, there was no one to stop them now. "A real adventure. This is going to be wicked. I hope there isn't anything too scary down there." Like vampires! O_O That would be extremely frightening.

No bears or skrewts. Phew! That was a relief. But the spiders bit..."They are everywhere aren't they." Frown. Maybe there was some kind of spell that kept spiders away. Ella would definitely be reading up on that. "I guess if you've still been able to go into the woods then I'll be able to do it too...even with the spiders." The first year also appreciated the smile. She was fine for the moment though. She would deal with the mom drama at home.

Ella smiled at Logan as he looked down at the ground. He didn't know why he had blushed. Hmmm. Not that Ella was a stranger to blushing herself, though she usually knew exactly why. AND it usually had to do with the very boy sitting next to her. "No worries." She said, nudging him playfully in the shoulder.

lol sorry about the late reply i was at work :P
 

Maxwell seemed a little peeved about Damon leaving right after Taylor. He looked to Minerva. "Yeah, i'd love to hang out. I'm just a little annoyed about Damon." He told her.

Logan watched as Ameliah walked up to him. "Hi, Ameliah!" he said smiling, but he frowned as soon as he saw how pale and shaky she was. He glanced at the parchment she was clutching and then slowly back up at her. "Yeah, of course." he said slowly.

Logan smiled as soon as Ella said the Beatles. He loved the Beatles! He nodded. "Yeah, that could be it! Well when you find out, owl me!" he said.

"A real adventure indeed! I wonder where it leads." he said thoughtfully. Logan laughed. "But the frightening and scary things make it exciting!" he said, even though he was quite worried about that himself.

Logan laughed. "If there's a spider out there, I shall protect you from it! After all I am Candyman." he said beaming.

Logan smiled shyly as she nudged him and said 'no worries'. "Alright.." he said, feeling relieved.

Btw, loving the whole Lewis/Kurumi bit!
 

"I will definitely let you know if I decide to do the Quidditch thing. Or go to Diagon Alley. My parents go quite often, but they don't usually like me tagging along because it takes so much longer. I always have to stop and talk to friends, you know." And if this past year was any indication, more people now considered themselves his friend than ever before. He suspected that had something to do with his shiny badge.

"Yeah, we do! We have over 300, last I checked. That's probably why I love Care of Magical Creatures so much, come to think of it." Hm... Career possibility, perhaps?



And then his favorite first year showed up. "Hey, pal! Of course I was coming! You're here, aren't you?" He reached up and ruffled his Seeker's hair. But that wasn't all he had for the boy...

"And... just like I promised!" He rummaged in his robes for a small, crinkly package. His fingers found what he sought and he pulled it out quickly, hiding it behind his back. "Last Hogsmeade weekend I bought you a little something at Honeyduke's..." With a flourish, the Captain produced a full pound of gummy bears, placing it in Alec's hands. "Just don't eat them all in one day, alright? Your family would have my head for that!"



Wow, he thought. Oakey sure is brimming with confidence. Not that it was necessarily a bad thing, but the Captain rarely encountered that attitude from perspectives. Usually they were nervous and feeling inadequate. Although, I suppose a little game experience would boost your confidence, wouldn't it? Just like it did for his regular players.

But wait.. die trying? "Woah there, sport. The last thing we need is someone dying from training too hard. Stick to a normal amount, alright?" he quipped, still glad for the boy's excitement. He wished all of the hopefuls would practice as much as it sounded like Oakey would.

Ameliah took a deep breath, handing the parchment to Logan "It's a letter from my aunt - the one that hates me." She buried her head into her hands.

"Yep." Glenn pulled out a photo from her bag that she had slung over her shoulder. The baby boy in the photo slept, turning slightly in the moving wizard photo. "My mum sent it to me in the post."

Logan and a bit of Ameliah too
 

"Okay, I will." Ella said, smiling. Logan definitely could expect some letters over the summer. She shrugged when he mentioned wondering where the tunnel might lead. Surely to somewhere cool and probably a little scary too. "You're right, they do make it more exciting. I'm still a little scared though..." She said honestly. Not that her nervousness would stop her. Nope. She was an adventurer at heart. She giggled as Logan said he'd protect her from spiders. She couldn't picture that in her head, not when he was also afraid of them. She'd humor him though."Good to know you have my back." She said, smiling widely.

Ella smiled as another girl came to the table towards Logan, one she didn't recognize. The girl looked upset about something though and seemed to want his help. Frown. Not another sad person at the feast...Deciding it was best to give this girl and Logan some privacy, Ella turned her body to look down the other end of the hufflepuff table. There were still so many people she wanted to see before she left and here was her chance.

Logan gently took the letter and read it. His eyes grew wider as he read it. "Ameliah...I..." he didn't know what to say. He put the letter down on the table and turned to her. "I swear, I will not let her touch you." he said, before pulling her into a large hug.

"Good!" Logan said smiling back at her. Ella had the prettiest smile. Logan nodded. "I'll be there to protect you if anything goes wrong." he said smiling at her. "And Peeta too!" he said laughing.

Sorry guys. Was trying to get a 3 year old into bed when excited for the E. Bunny..
 

"Who is Puck?" Minerva didn't know that name. "Well we are all still young and you are cute." did she just say that. "umm, well what I mean to say is you are nice, and a great person, and you will find someone." ok she needed to stop rambling. shoot me know min thought as she felt her face turn a shade of red.

Minerva shrugged it off "Oh Ok, just was surprise to hear someone out side the four of us to actually use that term. It's not like it was a secret, just caught me off guard."

Minerva smiled "Well I could tell, but what I don't understand is what the heck is going on with you three. Are you dating Tay?"

Minerva smiled she really did like Keefer and hoped to hangout with him, but maybe he thought of her as an annoying second year, oh she hoped not. "Ok that sounds great. Please owl me through the summer." oh she hoped that wasn't being to needy. "Well only if you want to that is." Minerva felt her face get a bit red. Then she tried to think of something else to talk about. "Your horses sound amazing. I would love to raise horses. Normal or winged." she smiled.

Damon sighed, "Puck is my father." He laughed, "I've never called him dad." He blushed, he wasn't use to being called cute; more scary or freak normally.

Minerva smiled feeling a bit uncomfortable why did she say that. "Well at least we cleared up who Puck is, but the most important thing I guess is if you really like Tay then you need to try your best and make her notice you. I can't see why she hasn't noticed with the poems though they are good." well at least the one she read was.

Maxwell nodded. "Yeah, we're dating." And he's jealous because he's in love with her. He thought.

and Ella(:
 

Ameliah looked up just in time to see Logan hugging her. Her cheeks went a bit pink, and she looked at who must have been Ella apolegetically. She felt a warmth from the hug, comforting her. "I know.... I'm just.. worried. Not just because she's after me, but also because I have no idea how to break it to her that I hate her, found a new family, am not coming home, and I am in fact perfectly capable of living off the streets, considering I've done it for three years." she attempted what was supposed to be a laugh. She pulled away from the hug. "Thanks. It's nice to have someone who understands...." she smiled sadly. She whispered: "But I guess that hug won't help with the Minnie problem, will it?"

Wiping her tears off, she turned to the other girl who she assumed was Ella. "Sorry about that..." she said sheepishly. "My Aunt is sort of after me. I told Logan 'cos... well his Aunt hates him too." She began to pick at her food.

Harvey relaxed .. phew! she didnt suspect anything.. so that was good.. "Its ok.. understandable.. thats true no-one has used that except us.. well no-one that has used it around us.. maybe they may have used it elsewhere" he said as he tried to remember if any of the puffs had mentioned it to him.. they may have he could remember something like that.. so this was not a complete lie.. he smiled as he looked at Mins.
Just then Callidora an off saying something about an owl.. and not long after Ameliah walked back as herself and she went over to Logan.. uh oh.. they are just talking he thought to himself as he listened to Mins talking about winged horses.. so cool! he wished he could have one.. at that point he looked at her.. and saw she looked a bit red.. was she blushing?.. he hadnt seen her blush in a very long time.. well.. he wont listen in on that one any longer winged horses or not.. Harvey then looked over at the staff table.. just to keep himself occupied and away from what was happening right there..

Logan, Ella, and "Enemy girl" in here :)
 

Minerva looked at him "well that's good. Now are you and Damon friends? You two seem to be on edge with each other. If I'm crossing any lines please let me know."



Minerva looked at Harvs a little strangely and put her hand on his arm "You okay? Your acting a bit weird." Then she rolled her eyes. "See this is what I mean. Look at her over there bugging Logan when he is with Ella." She saw Ella turn away and she waved at her. "You Okay Ella, need anything?" like help pushing the girl away from your boyfriend she finished her thought.

Damon smiled at her, "Thanks, and I honestly don't know why she hasn't." He sighed, "I was going to tell her tonight. And if she laughed it off, for once tell her I was serious. But then Max showed up and... Well, here we are now."

Minerva didn't know what is was about Damon, but she liked him and really wanted to help him. She looked at the table, "I'm glad we finally got to meet each other. At least now you have someone from your own house to talk to." she looked up and smiled. "Ok this is what we are going to do. If you want of course. You have one of two plans that I can think of on the top of my head. Plan 1 on the train I will talk with Max and maybe distract him while you get a chance to speak with Tay. Plan 2 you could always see if she does have feelings for you by..." she played with her hands, she hoped he wouldn't take this plan the wrong way, but she was just good at thinking on her feet. "you could make her jealous if she does have feelings for you. You know how you feel seeing her and Max together. You could flirt with other girls in front of her see if it gets to her."

Taking a break from all the rapping.
 

Oakey sat back down to his seat I guess there is a difference between singing and rapJust a little Don't ever ask me to sing for real, my singing voice could cause Armageddon. He joked.


Huh, Oh no, I was just speaking sarcastically. Oakey shook his hands in front of his face frantically. If I died playing Quidditch, Harvey'll never let me ride a broom again... Oakey stopped what he was saying and began laughing at what he had just said.

Damon smiled, "I actually already have a plan." He smirked, "Unfortunately, it'll have to wait until the day we get back here for the start of next year."

Minerva blushed again of course he has a plan he is older then you min. "Well I'm glad you have a plan. If you need any help just find me." she giggled a bit in nervousness. "So what is your plans for the summer? Where are you from?" maybe she should change the subject and stop being in peoples business.

Maxwell laughed a little bit. "He and I friends? No, we can barely be in the same room."