Harvey nodded "Yeah it was er... it was... it was tough.. quite tough." he smiled.. as he thought back to that time.. it was still a little tough even after all these years.. but he assumed that was natural considering everything.. he listened as Ella talked of her granddad.. nodding along as she told him her story. "Wow he.. I agree he sounds awesome." he smiled.. was he and his grandpa close? he nodded "Yeah we were close! cause.. you see I was his first grandson.. but there had been other grandchildren.. all girls.. I mean dont get me wrong he loved them just as much as he loved me.. but with me .... and Harley he could do all the guy stuff.. like playing all the sports and doing a bit of kiddy racing and things. " he smiled.. yeah he had fond memories of his grandpa Jimbo "Though I doubt my sister would remember him" he said .. yeah she was too young to remember him.. but he and Harley would. He looked at Ella and smiled she understood how he felt to have lost someone.. and now Minnie did too .. although hers was a very big thing.

Ella nodded, knowing it was a tough situation to go through. She knew how he must have felt then, how he must still feel now. She grinned when he agreed that her granddad sounded awesome. He really was. And then it was his turn to share. "His first grandson? Well he must have been please then. You're quite the guy, Harvs so I'm sure he was happy." She imagined having to share her grandparents with cousins. That must be tough. She never had to experience that. "So you have a brother and sister then?" She asked, curious. Come to think of it, she didn't know much about Harvey's family at all.

Ronnie walked down to the duck pond, shivering a bit. The weather was changing, and soon, snow would cover all of Hogwarts. She smiled at the thought of having a snowball fight, and maybe building some snowmen. She loved the snow, it was so much fun! Ronnie couldn't wait. She plopped down at the rocks by the shore of the pond, wondering if the ducks stayed in the pond during the winter or not.

Harvey nodded "Yeah he was happy and dad tells me that he was pleased." he smiled.. yeah even though he had three granddaughters before him.. his grandpa was always pleased to have more grandchildren. He was always happy to hang out with his grandchildren a few times each year.. he then nodded "Yeah I do.. brother Harley.. and sister Emily.. both younger than me.. Harley will be 11 this coming June and Emily will be 7 in August. how about you? have you got any siblings?" he asked.. it seemed the question game had started again.. but he didnt mind.. it was his way of getting to know Ella.. and plus it was still fun.

Anya fought the urge to giggle. Messer was smiling like a maniac. Apparently the Hufflepuff liked being called dashingly handsome. She'd have to remember that. You know... in case she ever needed that random bit of knowledge.

She giggled. Apparently Messer didn't know he was weird.

And then, she found herself smiling uncontrollably. Did... did that really happen? Did Messer just say she was cute? Why did that make her want to giggle? Being a teenager was sooo weird. She should say something clever and brilliant and amazing, shouldn't she? "Noted." she said continuing to smile.

That... was good enough.

"Really? I'd like that." she said. "I could make up a cheer as well." she suggested. She'd probably have to meet the other Hufflepuff players. It would be a little weird if she was just cheering for Messer. Right?

She then blinked. She gave the Hufflepuff boy a little smirk. "Messer, why do you have a yellow pom-poms?"

Ella smiled. "I'm sure he was." She hoped her own grandfather was happy with her and the way she was turning out. She was working really hard so he'd be proud and trying to be strong through the whole mom situation. That's what he would have wanted. She snapped out of her thoughts when she heard that Harvey had a brother and a sister. "So you're the oldest, huh? I bet you're a good big brother." He seemed like the type. "Will your brother be attending Hogwarts then?"
Since he would be eleven and all. When it was her turn, Ella smiled. "I've got a younger brother, Caleb. He's only two and quite the handful." She smiled as she said this, thinking of the little guy. "I miss him a lot but I'm sure Dad is taking really good care of him." And her dad was the best.

So now that they were playing the question game again, it was Ella's turn to ask. "Harvs, are you hungry?" Yup. That was her question. The second year was starving and craving some food!

Harvey smiled "I am sure your granddad was and is still happy with you.. I mean you are working very hard.. everyone has to be proud of you with the amound of hard work you are putting into your studies" he said thinking about it... yeah she was very hard working.. she seemed like the type of person to work hard and he had seen her in some of the classes that he had attended and she seemed to work very hard in those.. so it was only a natural assumption that she did the same in all the classes that she attended.

He nodded "Yup I am the oldest.. well yeah I guess I am.. but then again.. they can get annoying sometimes.. thats when things dont seem so good." he chuckled.. yeah.. Harvey could be a tiny bit bad.. like hiding his brother's things just to annoy him back.. small things like that.. he looked at Ella at her next question "No.. he is more interested in either Durumstrang or this one school in Brazil.. I have heard that Durumstrang dont take on muggle-borns.. so I guess he will be going to Brazil. " he smiled.. yup.. he wondered why his brother wasnt interested in coming to Hogwarts.. was it cause Harvey was here? afraid that he would have to match up to Harvey's standards or something. He would have to question him when he got back home.. why did he not want to come here.. this place was awesome.

He smiled as she talked of her brother "Only 2? aww thats cute!" yeah they were cute at that age.. well thats how he saw all the little kids that were riding around in strollers. A handful? well yeah.. that was part of the 2 year old package "Yeah thats true.. I mean I knew they could be but never really thought about it. " he smiled "Aww.. yeah I am sure you do.. yeah I agree with you I am sure he is.. have you owled them recently?" he asked.. cause that can sometimes make things easier when living here so far away from family.

"Well if you are hungry then we can go get something to eat" he smiled.. he was kind of hungry after having seen those ducks attack the bread like that.. and if she was as well.. then they could go eat together.

Mordred looked at Aurora who did looked troubled. What did Mrs. Quinn do to expose herself in great threat? Mordred’s mind worked like a well-oiled machine, but he tried his best to keep his nose out of Mrs. Quinn’s business. Besides, his parents were Aurors. If he knew, Merlin knows what could happen. “Does your mother like Kennedy?” he asked. Well, if she did somehow her mother wouldn’t be that worried. Right?

Mordred looked up to her and tilted his head in amusement. It was his first time that he saw Aurora struggle for words. The boy grinned and looked away. He knew she got her this time. No beating ‘round the bush for this boy, since he expected Aurora to have an honest reply from him as well. “So you still do.” The boy looked at her again, trying to figure out this part of the female specie. It confused the hell out of Mordred. If they still like their partner, why give up? Why hook up with someone else when they still like the old one? “Then you should have waited.” He said flatly. “What if, Kennedy has a new girlfriend?” Well, he’s seen the prefect with the other Slytherin Prefect, Sierra. “...and here you are telling me you still like him.” He added narrowing his eyes. “What will you do?” Well, she better get off the duck pond and start making her moves to get her boy back. It was quite obvious that the two still liked each other. There is still reason for them to fix things.

Mordred nodded and started to pull the grass gently. “Are you happier now? With Milton?” And so he was putting her on the spot. “Yes or no.”

Ella smiled at Harvey, hoping that she wasn't blushing too bad this time. She really couldn't help it, complements always caused it to happen. "Thanks Harvey. I didn't know you noticed." Or that anyone had, for that matter. She was always surprised to hear that others paid attention to what she was doing. She honestly didn't think she was that interesting to others.

The second year joined in when Harvey started to laugh. She knew how annoying Caleb could be so two younger siblings must be much worse! "I bet you tease them a lot huh?" she said playfully, raising her eyebrow at him. Not that it was a bad thing. That was the way it was supposed to be. "Brazil! Wow. That's really cool. Not that I think it would compare to Hogwarts...I mean this place is just-well it's brilliant. But still-that's really cool." And maybe Harvey would get a chance to visit Brazil sometime too. What an adventure that would be.

Ella smiled when Harvey called her brother cute. "He is cute. He loves to listen to books and he sings these little songs. He's a good kid." As for his question about owling, she nodded. "I try to owl as often as I can but with classes and homework it's hard." She really wanted to owl more and thought her dad would appreciate it as well. "I'm going to try and write them this week, see what's new." At least that was the plan.

The second year nodded, rubbing her stomach. "I would love to get something to eat!" She said with a wide smile, slowly standing up from the ground. She offered Harvey her hands so she could help pull him up off the ground too. "Well come on then, can't keep a hungry girl waiting." She said, laughing.

Harvey chuckled "Well I guess I usually notice the puffs like you, Mins, Justin etc.. so yeah I had noticed.. like in CoMC" he chuckled.. yeah they had come back to the baby dragon class.. even he was surprised that he had noticed how hard working she was.. thought he knew that the puffs he had just names were all hard workers.. also other such as Alyssa and Oakey.. the whole bunch.
He chuckled "Maybe I DO tease them.. but only for certain circumstances.. not all the time" he chuckled. yeah it was part of his job as a big brother.. right.. to tease them and stuff.. while they annoyed him.. he then looked at her as she got excited over Brazil "Yeah I agree with you on all points there.. I think this place is better.. but for some reason he doesnt want to come here. " he smiled as she again said it was cool

He nodded as she told him what her brother liked to do "Yeah he sounds like a good kid.. not too annoying right now it seems.. maybe later?" he chuckled as he listened "Thats good.. yeah I know with classes and stuff.. it can get very hard .. but its good that you are trying to keep in touch even with everything going on" he smiled.. "Yeah sounds like a good plan to me" he nodded.. yeah it seemed to be a good plan.. maybe one day he could make sure that she sent that letter.. he would take her upto the owlery and get her to send that letter.
He watched as she rubbed her stomach and said that she would love to eat.. he watched her stand up and offer her hands for her to pull him up and get him onto his feet.. he couldnt help but laugh at her next comment.. as he held her hands and helped himself up "Yeah I cant keep a hungry girl waiting.. who knows what sort of destruction she might do" he laughed. "So lets god then" he said offering his arm for her loop her arm through. This was becoming alot of fun hanging out with Ella and now time to eat!

"I like you." Messer said still grinning like maniac. All this time he thought that girls are....well GIRLS. But she's okay for a girl. But his little conclusion had nothing to do with the fact that she just said that he's dashingly handsome or maybe it had.

She giggled? Why she giggled?

And now she's smiling? And she said he's weird. The Hufflepuff had to restrain himself from rolling his eyes at that. Should he said something? "Errr..Okay." That's weird respond, Messer. Maybe he shouldn't said anything.

"Okay. Ill give it to you before the game." Or the day before that. Now that Anya already agreed to wear it, he need to work on Alec. Maybe he just glued that stuff to his weird roommate when he's sleeping so like it or not Alec needs to wear it to the game. "I'm looking forward to see the cheer." That if the substitute captain put him in the roster for the game.

Why he has yellow pom pom? "To support the team." Isn't it obvious? "Muggle used them all the time when they cheering for their favorite team. So I think it'd be a good thing to bring some to Hogwarts." Hmm..Maybe he should asked his sister to send him red one as well, for next Gryffindor match.

Ella smiled. CoMC! D'aww that's where the met the baby dragon. The two of them really seemed to like that class, huh? It was Ella's favorite so she didn't mind being noticed in that class. "Yup, I guess all of us do tend to work hard. Just trying to win another house cup, you know..." She said with a wide grin on her face. How cool would it be to win another one?

The second year laughed as Harvey admitted he teased his siblings sometimes. She didn't blame him. It was only normal really and she was sure she would do the same to Caleb when he got a little older. Or maybe it would be HIM teasing her. She shrugged when Harvey talked about his brother not wanting to attend Hogwarts for some reason. Maybe he was just up for something different? She wasn't sure and so she offered no opinion on the subject.

She nodded when Harvey suggested Caleb might be annoying in the future. "Oh I'm sure of it. I'm enjoying our time now though...you know before he gets all confusing and boyish." Cause boys were quite confusing after all. When Harvey agreed that sending a letter soon was a good plan, she smiled. "Hey Harvs, if I forget to do it sometime this week will you remind me?" That way she wouldn't get too sidetracked.

Ella raised her eyebrows and laughed when Harvey suggested she might cause some kind of hungry if he didn't leave with her to eat soon. Actually, he wasn't too far off. Hungry people could do extraordinary things if they weren't fed. Heh. She smiled when Harvey extending his arm and looped hers with his. "Let's go." She agreed. And off to the great hall they went.

Anya returned the crazy grin. "I like you too." she said before she could stop herself. She quickly averted her eyes to the ground. "I mean... you're not as weird as Blakey made you out to be."

Then she looked up and averted her eyes again. Hopefully she didn't just get Alec in trouble. He did have some interesting stories about Messer. And she hoped they weren't some kind of secrets... like... what happens in the Hufflepuff boy's dorm stays in the Hufflepuff boy's dorm...

She laughed a little awkwardly.

And then added a few more awkward chuckles after his comment. "You're the one that wanted it on the record." she said giving her best attempt of a lighthearted shrug. Since when was being cute so... weird.

Ahem. Anyway.

She smiled. "Sounds good." she said with a nod. Maybe she'd change one of her extra protest signs into a 'Go Hufflepuff' sign.

"Oh, right, of course." Anya said with a laugh. "I just didn't expect a guy to have any... not that it's a bad thing. It's nice that you support your team." And it would have been even nicer if he had supported Gryffindor instead of Ravenclaw. That's right Messer. Anya heard all about that.

Harvey smiled and nodded "Yeah I know.. and" he looked around to make sure no-one was listening "maybe I have no problem with that" he chuckled.. yeah he didnt mind that they had won the cup last year.. and maybe he didnt mind this year either. He did notice she said nothing on the subject of him teasing his siblings.. it was ok.. there didnt need to be an opinion in everything.
Harvey nodded in agreement "Yeah good plan. before he gets confusing and.. wait you saying that we are confusing or something?" he chuckled as he asked her the question. He then listened as she asked something of him "Oh yeah sure I can remind you to do that.. no problem" he smiled yup he would be able to remind her.. he made a mental note to remind her a litter later on.
Harvey couldnt help but laugh as he saw her raise her eyebrows at his comment.. he smiled as she looped her arm in his and gave him the go ahead to go to the Great Hall and he gave her a nod as he smiled as they set of to go to the Hall.

Ella laughed at Harvey's comment. It was more funny that he had to look around before saying it but she understood. "Thanks Harvs." She said equally quiet, looking around before smirking at him.

The second year giggled. "Yup, boys are confusing. And weird." No doubt about that but hey, they could discuss that over food, yeah? Ella was STARVINGGGG. She gave him a smile when he agreed to remind her about sending the owl. That was good, now she would surely send one out.

And then they were off. Good thing too, Ella's stomach was starting to grumble. She hoped there would be something good to eat.

Harvey laughed at everything she said.. she was funny too and he was enjoying spending time with her and she smiled when he said that he would remind her.. and soo started their journey to the Great Hall.. where they could hang out even more.

"And you're okay for a girl." She didn't giggling too much. Wait! She did. But she played Quidditch that a plus, yes? "Blakey?" Who's Blakey? Oh, right. Its Alec isn't it?. If he's right that's Anya's pet name for his roommate. "You know, your pet name to Alec remind me of my sister's dog. She named him, Blacky." Same pronounce, no?

Alec told her that he is weird? Oh, please, like he's not weird himself. "What did Alec say to you exactly?" Now he's curious. And he never knew that Blakey is a gossip monger.

"I don't mean that way." Or he does. Argh! This is SO confusing. He might hurt his head after this.

Okay. Moving on.

The hufflepuff raised his eyebrows. "You didn't expect a guy to have pom pom, you mean?" And its not a crime for a guy has a pom pom, beside they have guys cheerleader in muggle world and NO he didn't want to be one mind you! "Yeah, its." Its really fun. "I'll cheer for you in your next game." If its not against his house or Ravenclaw like last game.

Anya just smiled. Yeah. She thought she was pretty okay for a girl too. She wouldn't tell Messer, but she actually preferred boys' company to girls'. Girls were just weird.

"It's not a pet name. It's a nickname. His middle name is Blake." Did he know? "He... has one for me." She assumed that Messer knew that about them. She couldn't even remember the last time Alec had even used 'Anya' around her. It was always 'Rilez'.

She shrugged. "He's just told stories. Like... about skirts..." she said with a little smirk. And pillow fights. And just other random stories.

"That way?" Anya repeated tilting her head to the side. "You didn't mean it that way?" That would mean that Anya took it a certain way in her head. Which... she wasn't sure she did. And that also meant there were multiple ways to take it...

"What way did you mean then?" You know, for the record.

She chuckled lightly and nodded. Yeah. It was completely unexpected. She smiled. "Good. You should. Even if you're playing us. You could wear... red socks... or something." She'd even wear yellow ones. It would be fun!

Not a pet name? "But it sound like one to me."he shrugged. Huh? Say what? "Black?" Did she said Black with ck or Blake with ke? Because both words sounded the same in his ears. "I never knew his middle name." He only knew his roommate first name and last name. "Yeah. Its Rilez, right?" He heard Alec called her once or twice with that name. "So is that mean your middle name is Rilez?" Since she said she had a nickname for Alec from his middle name so it's just fair that her nickname came from her middle name too, no?

Skirts? He told her a story about SKIRTS?! "Its a lie. All lies." That roommate of his. he's going to be in a serious trouble. "Just so you know I don't wear skirt." he told Anya. "Its baggy pants." Surely a girl would know the different between baggy pants and skirt, right?

Errr..What did he mean by that? "I mean that you need to note that." Blink. Blink. Blink. He officially hurt his brain right now. Why he had to say something too difficult even for him to understand?

"Let me say that again." In different words. "I think you're cute." This time is not for the record. That's good, yeah?

"That's a good idea." Since he couldn't wear red t-shirt. So socks would be a very nice choose.

"No. No. Blaaaake. You know. B-L-A-K-E." Anya said. Not black. That would be weird if he was named after a color. Especially because he used to be blonde...

"My middle name is Riley." she corrected. "Riley. Rilez. Blake. Blakey." It totally made sense. It did!

She giggled. "I dunno... it sounded like a pretty convincing story to me." she said with a smirk. She then giggled lightly. "Oh, it wouldn't bother me if you did. We look about the same size. We could swap clothes." she said giving the boy a cheeky grin. Alright. Alright. She could be done teasing now. "If you say so Messer." she said.

Yeah... she was still grinning.

She blinked right along with Messer. Erm... was he aware that he was making no sense? "Alright." Anya said tucking some stray hair behind her ear. "And I think you're cute too." Especially his weird confused blinking faces. She then smiled down at the ground for a second.

"Yeah. They could even say something like 'I support Anya Phillips.'" she suggested. You know, in case he didn't want to support Gryffindor as a whole.

Alec didn't know what made him give Tag a bear hug. All he knew was that something inside of him was really, really happy to see this leprechaun guy and... that's why he gave the guy a hug? Maybe. It was like that day by the Whomping Willow when he tackled that guy because he thought that the guy was going to get himself hurt.

Well... he knew that! The thirteen year old let out a small chuckle, his arms still wrapped around the young boy. "Yeah, I know that," he said, "It's just great to see you again!" Or... to see him for the first time properly. Because the two hadn't officially met, had they? Alec let go slightly and looked at the boy, a sheepish grin playing around on his face.

Oh. Right. Tag didn't know who he was! Alec would otherwise be slightly offended by that but he didn't know it was Tag until a minute or so ago when Tag had announced his name. "Hey, I'm Alec. Alec Summers," he said, "I think we've met before..." GRIN GRIN GRIN!

"Oh. Its with K-E. Okay." So its B-L-A-K-E. Not Black like the color. Duly noted.

"Riley?" Why does it sounds like boys name? But he's not going to say that to Anya. She might get angry with him. So yeah he's gonna keep that little information in his head.

"By the way, how long do you guys know each other?" Since they're pretty close maybe they already knew each other when they still in their mother's womb? Eek! Creepy thought.

Messer rolled his eyes. Convincing story? How come everybody believe that story. He's not even wearing a skirt for Merlin's sake. "Swa---Swaa--Swap what?" No, he's just gonna pass that offer. Thank you very much. "I do!" Argh, ALEC!

He's fully aware that he's not making any sense. "Is that so?" Hmm.. "So who do you think more cute. Me or Blacky?" he smirked. He couldn't help himself to ask that question.

"I could put something like that in my socks if you put 'I support Messer' in yours." Sounds good?

Anya nodded. Yup. Blake. Which, Anya honestly thought was a brilliant middle name. She nodded once more. Yup. Riley. And yes, she was aware it was typically a boy's name.

Anya looked up at the sky as she pondered Messer's question. "About... 10 years now. I came to England when I was three." she said. Yeah. That was right. She still couldn't believe that they'd been best friends for a decade. It was crazy.

She chuckled lightly and shook her head. "Fine. Fine. I'm done teasing you." she said fighting back another fit of laughs.

*blink* Yes... it was so. She'd just said it. Twice actually. They'd just had the cute conversation.

Her eyes widened and she averted her eyes to the ground. What... what kind of question was that? It wasn't very... very... fair! She felt her face heat up and nervously payed with her hair.

Get it together Anya!

"I... ugh..." she mumbled. "Are those my only two options?" she asked. "Because... if they are..." She then suddenly smirked. "Then I'd have to say you. I've never met your sister's dog. But... if Blacky is a husky... or maltese... then you might have some competition."

Oh yeah! Score one for the Gryffindor girl! And they said Gryffindor's didn't have brains! And she added her cute smile and innocent eyes into the equation as she looked back up.

That's what you get Messer for asking such a question.

"Deal." she said with a nod. She'd wear some yellow socks that supported Messer, and some kind of cheerleading outfit... and she'd have Messer's pom-poms. She was going to be completely decked out for the next match. Mr. Hufflepuff over here better appreciate it.

Great to see him again? That was impossible only if Alec was some genius and built the tardis and flew to the future and became Tag's friend, flew back to the present and say they've 'met again'. Or maybe Alec had a dream of Tag? But again, impossible. They've never seen each other. Maybe Alec dreamed Tag really was a leprechaun in a green tiny suit with a hat, and red hair and a pot of gold hanging from his hand.

"Again?Met before?" Tag asked confusedly. He tracked to rack his brains to when he might've seen Alec. "Err, maybe the train ride here?" To be perfectly honest, Tag was too preoccupied with Mr. To Be Determined Meanie Milton and the cheese pizza Anya had saved with him.

Alex had been admiring the ducks when Ronnie apeared near by. She jumped up and ran over to her. "Hello." the fourth year said smiling.