'Ariana. Pleasure."

For the first time, he didn't pay attention to Lafay. Whatever she had to say, was not meant for him.

But then Sierra brought it up, and he simply shrugged. "It's fine. Really." They've never been scolded before. And they've lost plenty of times in the past but neither Head of House ever spoke the way Lafay had done. Not that he'd minded her much. But still.

And the 'welcome' part got a simple nod as a reply. Yes, he knew, Sierra.

Hey, wait a minute. What was going on in her head? "With my name." So, 'Treyen Lockhart' ought to make an appearance somehow, okay? Let others know that at least he tried to achieve the opposite of what Gilderoy had done in the past. Because he knew Sierra will get it done. She wasn't one to give up on things. Not that Treyen had...but...keep working on that potion will be almost impossible when the career he'd chosen didn't involve those.

Next? Perhaps she'll be surprised, perhaps she won't. "WADA, actually." No Ministry for him. And probably not a Quidditch career either. He'd chosen to act instead. Surely a Witch like Sierra knows what WADA stands for, right?

"Well its nice to meet you too." Jen said. She wasnt sure what elae to say so she just stayed quiet.

"Giacomo is my new pygmy puff!" Aurora said. "Didn't I tell you about him? Marie's pygmy puff had babies and she was giving them away." she explained. And Jackie was the BESTEST. "He seems to really love Sebastian and they just play all night." And it was so annoying... most of the time.

Aurora blinked. She didn't know what to say... "Um... that's... weird. How do you... erm... feel about it?" Eurgh, stupid question. He was probably feeling awful... or something... right? "You mean... you wont even be able to see your mother?" That would be terrible... but surely even his father wouldn't be like that? Right?

"Mhmm..." Aurora nodded, adding in her head but my mum's a witch... "I still wouldn't want my mum to go all pureblood on her..." Because chances are, that wouldn't be nice - Aurora's mother already disapproved of Kennedy's half-blood status, especially because he didn't know his father, and thus probably wouldn't be too keen on Kennedy's poor muggle mother.

A wave of relief washed over Kennedy when Aurora said Giacomo was a pygmy puff. He wondered how Aurora did it with the whole jealousy thing, but then again, he wasn't being chased down by girls like she was with guys. Or, maybe Aurora didn't ever get jealous? "That's good that they get along. Oliver has picked up sleeping on my stomach," he said with a soft chuckle. Oliver wasn't the tiny kitten he had brought to Hogwarts after the holidays. He had grown, but his brain was still at kitten level.

Kennedy shrugged as if it didn't matter. Truth was that he kept thinking of what his new home would be like, but what bothered him the most was that he was actually curious as to know how his dad was. If they had the same interests? Did they share some physical attributes? Did his dad like Quidditch as much as he did? Well, he was going to figure that out this summer, wasn't he?

"I'm okay," he said. He was fine now. At first he had been angry at his mother for letting him go just like that. He was still upset with her, but her meeting him at King's Cross where Wayne would be at meant she was still fighting for him, right? "Yeah, I will. I'll be going home for for two weeks and then Wayne will go pick me up and take me to his home." He didn't even know where he was going. It felt as if Wayne was keeping it a secret from him, especially from his mother.

"Eh, don't worry about it. My mother always says that as long as we're not physically hurt, we'll be fine." Meaning, that his mother didn't mind getting in a quarrel with anyone, blood status and all. BUT...Aurora's mother was lucky there weren't going to be any brooms near. His mom had a knack of hitting things with the broom she sweeps with. "But, just in case lets not get them too close," he said with a crooked smile.

Adrianna was so tired. And bored. She flopped down in an empty seat at her House table, sighing and trying to keep her eyes open. She was sooooo tireddd.

She hoped someone would walk up to her and help.

Jen walked up to this girl. She seemed tired.
"Hey. Um sorry if this sounds weird thow but here." Jen handed ths girl a coffee packet.
"Not sure if witches and wizards drink it but muggles drink this stuff to help them stay awake. Its a but bitter so cream and sugar helps."

Noting the Jen Girl left her Ariana Sighed and put her head back down in her hands 'finally some quiet'

"Yeah," Aurora agreed. "I just wish they'd get along more quietly..." she added, letting out another yawn and rubbing her itching eyes. "I might have to put a silencing charm on them tonight..." She'd never actually do that - the poor things would probably hate her forever - but it had crossed her mind more than a few times over the past couple of weeks. "I wonder if Oliver and Sebastian will get along any better now he's grown a bit..." Aurora thought out loud - not that the cats didn't get along... just that Sebastian tried to be the boss and Oliver didn't seem to want to follow the older cat's rules.

Okay? Well that was the last thing Aurora expected to hear... she wasn't sure she'd be okay in his situation. Then again, she would never have to - there was no way anything like that would happen between her parents. However incompatible they seemed sometimes, however rude, however selfish, they loved each other beyond belief - it showed a lot in their day to day life. Kind of weird actually - a lot of the people who came to her mother's parties didn't seem at all happy with their partners, and they weren't that different from her parents... So at least he got to see his mother, "Well that's good, right?" Then she added, "Maybe it wont be as bad as you think?" Probably not the best thing to say... think before you say things in these situations! she thought at herself.

Aurora nodded, "Mhmm, but my mum doesn't have any qualms about causing physical injury in some cases. Not that she'd hurt yours, she's not evil... just a bit... well... pretty sure she's dabbled in dark magic in the past." she added with a smile. A joke, obviously... kind of. She was pretty sure her parents weren't into dark magic... Then again, her mother spent a lot of time in the potions room with the door locked and she didn't exactly question the intent of her customers. "Good idea. Mother's can talk a lot... and not always in a good way."

Lily had had a great term. But now it was just about over and the next term was going to be coming up fairly soon. There never seemed to be enough time. "I really hope that next term is just as much fun or even more fun than this term was." After all, wasn't that what they all wanted.

The ravenclaw grinned as Angelina laughed. "I'm probably going to spend a couple days in Diagon Alley and then I'll probably head back home. Hopefully you can come over to my house or we can meet up somewhere.... That would be fun!" Lily said excitedly. She really hoped that she would be able to hang out with Angelina and Taylor over the summer.

"It's not a bad idea," he said with a smirk on his face. Silencing them wouldn't cause any physical harm or anything alike. Though, they might turn on her for doing that. "Or maybe not," he said now that he thought of the implications. Oliver would probably scratch the daylights out of him. "Hmm, we should let them meet on the train," he suggested. "Though...Oliver still likes to play with things that move." As in shoelaces and tails.

He shrugged again. "I guess it is. I get to pack my stuff and take them with me." That was somewhat comforting, knowing that he'll have a part of home at Wayne's house. He turned to her and raised an eyebrow. Wayne not being as bad as he thinks? Right. But then, he didn't know the man so assuming things about him was kind of wrong, but he didn't care. Kennedy then grinned. "Maybe I'm just paranoid that he'll have skulls and freaky stuff at his home, or even turn out to be a dark wizard or something," he chuckled. Wayne was probably an overgrown spoiled brat.

He didn't get the joke of her mother and dark magic in the past. Was her family involved in those things? He's heard awful stories about dark wizards torturing others and stuff like that. Aurora's family couldn't be like that. He's been at their home and seem really nice, although her mother made him nervous. "Yeah, and once my mom gets talking she won't shut up," he laughed.

He remembered one specific occasion when his mom got into an argument with his muggle teacher because she graded his test wrong. That went on for hours.

Aurora chuckled. "What about pygmy puffs? Giacomo is as white and fluffy as Sebastian - and cuddly - but he can't move as fast." she grinned, "D'you think Oliver would like him?" Who couldn't? The little pygmy puff was so trusting and loving that anything would instantly fall in love with it right? Right. Aurora had - and she didn't usually go all soft when it came to animals... Jackie was different though - the little white ball of fur had chosen her and she just couldn't say no...

"At least you'll have your stuff..." Aurora encouraged. "You never know, he might buy more stuff..." Sure, it was no compensation but it was definitely a plus! "Like... a broom or something." she added, knowing how much Kennedy loved Quidditch. "Dark wizards are... not as rare as you think. I'm sure he isn't one though." Aurora said, smiling. "I mean, my Mother knows a few, I don't think she's a dark witch but she definitely brews for some." Yep, because Aurora knew enough about potions to know that some of the stuff locked in her mother's ingredients cabinet was nasty... "And they don't all have skulls in their houses." she added with a little giggle. That would be silly... it would be obvious they dabbled in dark magic if they had skulls and stuff around... that probably wasn't very comforting for Kennedy though. "But like I said; he probably isn't."

"Mine neither." Aurora agreed, "You should hear her when she gets going though - if you thought she was demeaning normally you wouldn't believe some of the things she comes out with." Or the tone she used... It sometimes made Aurora a little ashamed - the way her mother spoke to people. Usually just after she was home for the holidays - she soon got used to it though and by September the family had usually erased any positive action Hogwarts had taken in altering her personality for the better. "It's kind of horrid actually... the way she speaks to the elves sometimes." If ever... they usually didn't have to speak to the House Elves - they each had their jobs and they did them without complaint. The only time anyone had to communicate with them was to instruct them on what to cook or to scold them...

Nodding with a smile Angelina said, "I do to. It has been going by so fast that I feel like it all will be over." Now that was something she didn't really want.

"Yes we need to get together. Also when it comes time to shop for school in Diagon Alley we should go together," She told Lily. Hanging out with friends during the summer would always be good! Since they all were wizards it probably would be easy to get to each others houses then drive or something.

Making her way back from the Hufflepuff table with rosy cheeks, Kurumi passed by the Slytherin table for no real reason in particular other than she needed to walk off her blush a bit more before returning to the Gryffindor table. As she did, she passed by a certain 7th year Hufflepuff who she really should have spoken to more over the past terms at Hogwarts. She hated that feeling. The feeling that one had just let a fantastic opportunity slip through your fingers because you were too wrapped up in something else. They had played Gobstones against each other a few times and been in class together, but never really outside of those two situations.

She bowed her head as she passed.

...and managed to knock her knee into the edge of the bench. That was going to leave a bruise for sure.

Hoping up and down for a moment, Kurumi stopped to rub her knee. Could she NOT get through an evening without tripping or something? Looking up, she realized that her bumping into the bench may have disrupted the Slytherin girl sitting there, so she bowed her head in apology. "Sorry..."

Adam headed to the Slytherin table in hopes of maybe catching Zayden before he might never see him again. But he had to stay positive right? So, he still headed in that direction and looked up and down the table but saw no sign of Zayden's beautiful self, so he slumped onto the bench. Hopefully Zayden would show up sooner or later, even a small goodbye hug would be good. Something else did catch his eye another person with brighter blonde hair sitting there.

He hadn't talked to her much besides that one day Mia had caught Adam and Zayden in the hall talking about having a Star Wars party, which they were still planning.."Mia..." Adam called from afar.

Amelia was facing a rather serious problem at the moment: her fiance was nowhere to be seen. One would have thought that the prospect of food here would attract the boy, but... nothing. With a sigh, Amelia continued to eat her food until there was a loud noise. Looking up, Amelia saw Kurumi and Addy. "Hey girls!" Hopefully they would be okay.

When her name was called, she turned to see Adam. "Hello. I assume you are wanting Zayden." Everyone wanted Zayden. :-\

Zayden was acting like he was about to go into hibernation for the winter by the way he was acting at the table. He was sorta blending it with the outcasts loners other people at the very end of the table because he kinda of wanted to eat his meal in peace before people came to him, crying a river, and wanting to HUG HIM. He knew people were going to be like that, so this boy wanted FOOD IN HIS STOMACH before he had to deal with that nonsense.

While he was eating a chicken leg, he looked up and saw his soul brother at the other end of the table... with Amelia... OH, and the cookie girl!

Maybe I should join them, he thought to himself.

He finished off the food he had been gobbling down before standing up. Once he wipped the greasy crumbs off his blue plaid shirt, he walked his way down to where his friends were at.

"OI! I hope someone brought some cupcakes. I AM graduating, ya know!"

TSK TSK SHAME SHAME ON THEM if they hadn't.

Kimalia waved her hand forward in a "nonsense" gesture while smirking, "Oh nonsense, I'm sure you'll fit in just fine." Provided he had the skill, hmm.. "If that's your only concern.. you just might make it out." Now she definitely was going to plan out the tryouts over the summer. Should be loads of fun.

Sorry? Was that why he offered to help Kimalia study? Looking thoughtful, maybe juggling the responsibilities wouldn't be so bad with help. There was noo way she would sacrifice one thing over the other."Hmm, sure, we could get Aurora and Selena in and have a little party going." Like with their picnic, but probably would be a little more serious.. And now Kimalia was awing at how her friend treated her boyfriend. "How sweet, you both are going to have a fun time together."

Kimalia did great? "Well you did fantastic, third top earner, much better than I ever did my whole time at Hogwarts." How her little 12-13 year old self made fifth earner back then, she will probably never know but was definitely going to channel that energy in.. Yeah.. Well then, she felt cheery enough, taking her goblet. "Let's toast then for next term's victory." Somehow she was going to make it through, even if it killed her.. but hopefully after the Quidditch.

Amelia wadn't happy when she hsard Zayden. "I had been looking for you everywhere." She scowled but still shifted over. "Sit with me, pookie bear and have a cupcake." Her anger was forgotten and Amelia was now smiling.