Daichi had sleepless nights just thinking about the duck pond over the summer. There was a possibility that the pond would be gone, like the treehouse and soccerfield had been. So after waking up in the dormitory because of stupid rules that students can't be out of bed at midnight, he had literally RACED to the grounds. His hair was still a mess for he had not styled it yet. His uniform shirt was half buttoned up, Mr.Duckles held in his right hand as it flailed up and down as he ran and one of his shoelaces was not tied yet.

Somehow, he managed to arrive at the place where the pond had been last year without tripping and the Slytherin closed his eyes and crossed his fingers as he walked through some bushes where he remembered hiding with Thea once. He had his eyes closed because he was afraid he would see nothing but water until..

QUACK! QUACK!

Daichi opened his eyes, widened them and after seeing the ducks swimming in the water and waddling on the grass he squealed. Loudly. "FRIEEENDS! I'm hooooome~!"

...wait..now he can't write his awesome big angry letter to Murdoch together with Indy...oh well.

Ameliah skipped to the pond. She always loved the pond, AND the duckies. She was walking towards it when she saw none other than... "DUCK BOYY!!!!!!" she squealed. Yup. The very boy she BEAT in a snowball fight.

Ah, now he had to find Floppy. Not that the other ducks weren't cute..it was just.. Floppy was special because he was his best friend. Even if he had only known him for the last few hours at Hogwarts last summer...

The Snake walked around the pond, trying to find the white duck and spotted him swimming at the centre of the pond. It was times like these that Daichi wished he could swim. Maybe he should ask Professor Bentley for gillyweed? Not being able to swim, Daichi took off his shoes and dipped his bare feet in to the water. He flinched because the temperature wasn't exactly warm nor was it too cold.

A voice behind he startled him and the boy turned his head to see a young girl walking towards him. He grinned as she called him Duck Boy. Selena's nickname for him had really catched on it seemed. "Haaai..uhm...i forgot your name" he said , staring blankly at her. He did remember that he had seen her during a snowball fight once though.

Ameliah laughed. "Ameliah. And it's fine, all I remember was Selena called you Duck Boy...it's easier to remember. So what'cha been up to?" she asked, plopping down next to him and petting a duck that had swam towards her.

Daichi splashed the water with his feet as the girl , Ameliah her name was had sat down beside him. He grinned stupidly at Mr.Duckles his plushed duck on his lap. "Heh, yeah... i wasn't sure if i liked the nickname before but, it's growing on me now" he admitted.

What he had been up to? Not much really now that he thought about it. Well some stuff HAD happen but ..he wasn't in the mood to talk about it. Especially not with someone he had only seen once. Twice now~ "Not much. i haven't slept all night cause i was afraid the duck pond would be gone!" he gasped, eyes widening behind his big nerdy glasses. "But..what you been up to?"

Ameliah saw Duck Boy look at a plush. "OHMIGOSH!!! A DUCKIE PLUSH!?!?!? SO CUTE!!!" she squealed at the little stuffed duck.

Her eyes widened. "I know, right??? Hogwarts wouldn't be as awesome without this pond!!! Or the duckies in them!!! she gasped. "My summer was pretty much moving to my adopted family...and PARTIES!! Lots of parties!" she added, nodding.

Ronnie was skipping around the grounds, when she spotted what Harvey had been talking about. THE DUCK POND WAS REAL! She squealed with delight and ran over to the rocky edge and sat down, and squinted as she counted every duck. Fifteen duckies! Wow! She couldn't contain her excitement. She looooooved ducks, they were her favorite animal! She giggled and bounced a little where she sat, not worrying if anyone saw her.

First week back, and Angelina headed for the duck pond. Ducks where one of Angelina's favorite animals, besides owls, cats, bunnies, etc.. Smiling she took a seat on the grass nxt to the pond and watched, waiting for some friends to join up with her. She hasn't seen them for so long. Probably thought she would during the summer, but no, she was sooo busy. Angelina laid down on the grass and closed her eyes relaxing.

Sophie was skipping her way to the Whomping Willow, her aaaall time favorite place at Hogwarts, and decided to go through the Duck Pond. She hadn't gone there all that much last year. Just as she was passing by she turned her head to look at the duckies when...

"ANGELINA!!!" She exclaimed, throwing her arms in the air and running towards her friend. "Heeeeeey, long time no seeee!!!" She said with a BIG smile on her face. She missed her Slythie friend! "How was your summer?"

When Angelina was sitting quietly, almost asleep, she heard her name being called. Sitting up, wide eyed, she looked around to see who was calling her name. Finally when she saw her hufflepuff friend she screamed and said, "Sophie!" and got up and ran.

When she reached her she hugged her and said, "Ah, I missed you!" Before she could ask Sophie how her summer was, she cut her to it. "My summer was pretty good... busy," Angelina laughed and said, "How was yours?"

The weather was...rather warm outside, and even if the winter months were the kind she was most accustomed to, why not take advantage of the landscape the school had to offer during the fall, right? Kate could only imagine how beautiful the grounds must be during spring, though, if this is what September looked like.

Plus, she was tired of being inside, and the grounds were simply perfect today. The sun made her hair look more like silver than gold, what with the sun and all. Platinum, her cat, seemed to be more pleased being inside, so no pressure on bringing it outside, really.

She'd walked around for too long that one would actually think she'd be at the Front Gate by now. Well, she did get there, but chose to rest for a little while at this pond. Why? Because look at the little ducks! They were so cute, weren't they? And whatever creature that had the ability to fly and submerge at the same time was simply amazing, no?

Without having an intention to feed, touch or being remotely close to one of the cute ducks, she took a seat on the ledge and limited herself to watch. And rest too.

Sophie hugged Angelina back and as soon as they backed off she started jumping up and down. She was so excited to see her friend again! "I missed you too!" She said brightly.

Her summer was busy? Sophie hoped Angelina was busy with fun stuff, at least! "What did you do? I went to a lot of friends' house, both muggle and magical ones!" YEEES, summer break was the perfect time to visit frendsss!

"So what are you doing down here? Just looking at the duckies?" She asked looking back at the Pond. What was there to do here anyway? "I can't wait for the classes to begin!" Not that she was a nerd, but Sophie had fun in class!

Having secured a heel of bread from the kitchens, Keefer set out to visit his yellow brethren. He inhaled deeply, letting the sultry late-summer air permeate his lungs and trickle down to his toes. There is no better place to enjoy yourself than the Hogwarts grounds. Walking leisurely, he began to hum absentmindedly, no particular tune in mind. He even broke into the occasional skip as the song permitted.

They should be just over the hill.. he thought, craning his neck to catch a first glimpse of the friendly ducks. So he was very much surprised when his eyes met with a different type of creature-- a girl. But not just any girl. It was...

"Kate!" He would recognize that head of hair anywhere, the way the sun bounced off of it and made it appear like molten silver. His heart became lighter as he closed the rest of the distance to the pond. "Fancy meeting you here!" Which, really, was a stupid phrase. One he shouldn't have used. "I was just stopping by to feed the ducks on my way to check the Quidditch signup clipboard. What brings you here?"

When Angelina noticed Sophie jumping up and down she joined her. Angelina kept her smile and said, "I missed you as well!" It was so good to see her friends again.

"I went and visited my family for most of it, I also went to Spain with my parents," She told Sophie with a smile. "That sounds like fun! I wish we could have got together," She told Sophie with a frown, it was a little fake because she was too excited to see her at the moment but really it was sad!

Angelina looked at the pond with Sophie and said, "yes, I just love ducks!" Looking back at her friends she nodded fast and said, "Me too! I enjoy them very much!"

So here it was the start of a new term, Cece's second term as healer at Hogwarts to be exact.

Taking advantage of the infirmary being empty Cece found herself wandering the grounds. Nearing the duck pond she stopped to take in the beauty of the area. Waylon sure did a nice job of keeping the grounds looking good.

He was still the groundskeeper, right? Not seeing him at the feast Cece wasn't really sure if he was still employed here or not.

She would have to make it a point to stop by his hut later... to see if it was indeed still his hut.

For now though she was just going to sit on a bench and watch the ducks.

"I know, you just said that!" Sophie laughed while jumping. See, Slythies were NICE! Sophie liked her Slytherin friends!

Oooohh! Spain!! "Wow, it sounds awesome!!" A lot of her friends had traveled abroad this holidays! She wished she had too. Oh wait! She HAD!! "One of my friend's house is in Canada! I had never traveled abroad before! It was great!" She said happily. Sophie nodded at Angelina's comment about them getting together. "Where do you live, Angelina?" Maybe they could arrange something for the next summer break!

She loved ducks? Heh! "Ducks are funny! Look at the way they move!" She giggled when a duck put its head underwater and lifted it up again, shaking its tail. "And their faces are funny too, look!" Quack. Weird ducks! "Can we feed them?"

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Originally Posted by hpluvr037

Having secured a heel of bread from the kitchens, Keefer set out to visit his yellow brethren. He inhaled deeply, letting the sultry late-summer air permeate his lungs and trickle down to his toes. There is no better place to enjoy yourself than the Hogwarts grounds. Walking leisurely, he began to hum absentmindedly, no particular tune in mind. He even broke into the occasional skip as the song permitted.

They should be just over the hill.. he thought, craning his neck to catch a first glimpse of the friendly ducks. So he was very much surprised when his eyes met with a different type of creature-- a girl. But not just any girl. It was...

"Kate!" He would recognize that head of hair anywhere, the way the sun bounced off of it and made it appear like molten silver. His heart became lighter as he closed the rest of the distance to the pond. "Fancy meeting you here!" Which, really, was a stupid phrase. One he shouldn't have used. "I was just stopping by to feed the ducks on my way to check the Quidditch signup clipboard. What brings you here?"

Her name. And that voice again. Instant smile. Not that she wasn't smiling already, but now her teeth were showing in a wide smile that was present as her head turned towards him.

She wasn't planning on disagreeing with his next comment since there was a lengthy list of places that was more likely the two of them should meet, like...like...well, there had to be plenty of places, right? Besides the Common Room and the Great Hall, that is. But truth be told, Kate had no idea where she might be finding him other than those places and perhaps the Pitch, because he was Captain.

It was still a nice surprise. And this only proved that such lengthy list doesn't exist. "It's a pleasant surprise indeed, Keefer," she said, blue eyes on him.

Oh. He was going to feed the ducks? And...Quidditch!

She resisted the urge to sound super excited about...oh, never mind, "I signed up! Did you see?" yeah, no resisting. "Too bad I won't be playing against you, though," she said, pretending to be completely disappointed by the thought. She wasn't. She was pretty glad she belonged in the same House considering she was certain he'd pose a terrible distraction in those hoops. Distractions in Quidditch were by no means good.

Perhaps fun.

But now she answered his question, as her eyes followed the nearest ducks, "It's a nice place to rest for a little bit, isn't it?" then her head turned towards him again and ever-so-gracefully lifted her hand to pat a spot next to her, "Join me, Captain." The smile should be enough for him to accept, right?

Seeing though the Opening Feast had finished he had found himself wandering down to The Duck Pond.He loved Ducks.It seemed strange that a Sixteen Year old Liked Ducks but he did.They were Yellow and little.His two favourite things.Well Yellow wasn't his favourite colour but he still liked it.He sat down near waters edge and found himself missing his friends.It was only his first day here but he missed evryone he knew.He looked around to see the great sight of beauty.It wasn't like this at his old aschool.There was only mean teachers there,but then again he hardly knew anyone here either.

Ducks. Ducks. Ducks. Ducks. YEEEY!

Brooke liked ducks, they were all quacky and stuff. The second year ran down to the duck pond flapping her arms pretending she was duck, although she resembled everything but a duck then flopped herself down by the duck pond. The blonde sat crossed legged swaying a little bit, watching the ducks with a huge smile on her face. She wanted Ness to be here so they good feed them but clearly they'd have to do that another time.

She was so happy to be back at Hoggiewarts. YEY! :3

More exploring. This castle was cool. Already he found a playground and now a duck pond. What hidden secrets of fun did this school have more to offer? A roller coaster theme park? Tag sure hoped so.

He found a girl sitting by herself, swaying or dancing or both. It was hard to tell by the way she moved side to side."Do ducks make you, err, dance?" Tag asked the girl. There was only one way to figure out and that would be to just ask. But ducks were cool the way they quacked and how they had orangish beaks, sometimes. And they could float on water too.

Omg. The ducks were so awesome, they were like ...FLOATING. Brooke couldnt float on water, she wasn't very good at swimming, eek. So she didn't like swimming very often. But Duck's were so fun to watch! heheh.

Getting a strand of her hair Brooke began to twist it round her finger when she was approached by a person. A person she didn't know. YEY! For new friends! "Um nope. Ants in your pants make your belly button dance though. This isn't dancing. This is swaying." She jumped up and started to dance. "This is dancing!" she gigled before sitting back down by the lake. "Hi!"

"Ants in your pants make your belly button dance? I guess that makes sense." He repeated in a slightly amused but confused tone. Tag had never heard of that saying but it definitely did make sense. He just hoped that ants would never find themselves inside his clothing. That would be ticklish and disgusting all the same. Oh, he backed up a bit when the girl began to dance.That was unexpected. Following suite Tag began to dance too-not really though, as he flailed his arms about like a new born bird trying to take flight. "I can't dance." Tag admitted. He could, just his special dance move was a secret only a select few could see it.

"Hi! I'm Tag- a first year. And you are?" He introduced himself. And anyone who was so willing to dance in front of him without any shame should introduce themself. She had guts to dance.

"Yep! Thats exactly it! My teacher taughted me that in primary school!" Brooke giggled, it was one of the only things she had actually learnt and remembered from Primary school. She wasn't really one of catch on with a lot of things. Brooke giggled as the boy began to flail his arms about. That was cute. heheeh. She joined in a little bit before smiling at him. He couldn't dance ? "I fink you're good. hehe. You just dance in a different way." she wasn't exactly a good dancer so she could hardly judge. Maybe she should of gone to those ballet lessons her mum had wanted her to go to when she was little.

Tag. That was an interesting name. "Thats interesting, like the game! Im Brooke, im a SECOND year!" she exclaimed, getting all excited. She was all big now, hehe. "Wanna be friends ?!" yey!

"You must've had a really fun teacher." He said while sitting on the grass next to her.Oh, now she joined in. This girl liked to dance a lot. And at random moments, which was good-when you wanted to entertain and cheer people up. "Really? What kind of different way?" Tag asked in an elated voice.

"Yeah, that's how people remember my name, because it rhytms with a game-and people like playing that game. I hope." The irish boy said to her, a long smile spreading over his face."Hi Brooke, the second year." Wow. The girl was rather up front about wanting to be friends. Slightly confused Tag leaned backwards an inch or two examining her more closely.Could you just ask to be friends? He thought it happened over a period of time. Or did this Brooke not have many friends and took any opportunity she got. "Yeah-sure-I like meeting new people." he said nodding at her. Nothing wrong with meeting new people.