o____O

Okay then...Lex leaned a bit further from him when he began talking in a hyper tone. It wasn't that she didn't appreciate his enthusiasm because really she did. It was just that she had never seen an older kid give such a ...a weird greeting in response to her own. Lex was expecting him to scowl at her or something...like some of the other older students had been doing all evening. She liked this one; he was different too so she gave him a wider smile before giggling a bit. "You're funny you know that? I'm Alexa." BEAM.

Was it that obvious??? "Uh yup! I just got sorted into Gryffindor but I got bored of the table so I decided to walk around for a bit." That was pretty much it. The 11 year old had never been very good at seating in one place for too long. "And what year are you in?" She asked, staring up at him with curious brown eyes. He was definitely in one of the higher classes because he looked a lot older than her.

He was about to speak but decided to just nod his head. Yes Show & Tell was exactly what it sounded-- show and then tell. "I went to Wizarding pre-schools at our village, then shifted to Salem when I turned eleven." It was a pretty normal Wizarding upbringing really, if a bit cloistered. He fell silent when Elliot started explaining the history of her name, and could only stare when she finished. Finally he spoke "Doesnt your father have any confidence in you or women in general?....That you can manage a family fortune just as well as any man?" This wasnt an idealist talking-- his Grandmother managed the Vanderbilt empire, just as many other formidable women in that bore their name, Muggle or Magical.

His attention shifted back to the firsties being sorted and can see Lottie's head bobbing in an out amongst the crowd "A protege?" he repeated Eliott's words, a small smile forming on his lips "Well.... she feels like a little sister to me already..." he said with a casual shrug. "She seems quite impressionable that one....do teach her the right things ok?" Which is what he was hoping to do this term-- the only chance he'd have to leave some sort of impression on the young girl.


And the other Ravenclaws started pouring in, returning his greetings to Nigel and the others. But it was the former-brunette-now ginger-haired Louisa that got him to straighten up in his seat.



He watched Louisa settle down across from him. Has she cooled off about that incident at the Prefects Compartment? She knows he was just dragged into the whole thing right? "Hey Louisa!" he said in the friendliest, nothing-happened-that-got-you-upset voice he could muster, with a matching bright smile too. And ohhhh now he spots the shiny new badge "Congratulations on being Head Girl!" he added. He meant it, every word.

Ariella smiled warmly at Alex, glad that she wasn't being ignored just because she was a firstie and took her extended hand in hers and gave it a shake, "It's nice to meet you Alex! I'm Ariella, but I prefer Ari," She said proudly. Ari had always enojoyed meeting new people, even when they weren't the same age as her, sometimes the older ones were more fun to meet anyways, "I hope so! I'm really excited to start classes! Hopefully things will settle down after the train incident..."

Text Cut: Elliot! ^^

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Originally Posted by kayquilz

OH.

Elliot rolled her eyes at herself...how silly of her! "Oh, I got it now. I apologize," she said, giving her head a little bow in his direction. She folded her hands on her lap, and straightened her posture. Elliot Morganzo did NOT slouch. And Show n' Tell...what was that? She smirked, so intrigued by all this talk..."I don't even know what show and tell is...but I assume you show something and tell about it, no?" she said, taking a guess. THe name was pretty clear, after all. Have to be quite daft not to get it. "I was home schooled until Hogwarts...my father refused to send me a muggle school...." which she had heard was quite popular. She didn't know if she would have liked being around all the muggles. Ew. But no matter. She wasn't going to say this aloud. She set her blue eyes back on Vickers.

She thought..well how to answer this question without sounding absolutely bitter, absolutely angry and furious at her father? Hmph. "Well," she began, sighing a bit. Her eyes looked suddenly cold. "My father wanted an heir, you see. He's the only the boy in his family...so naturally he needed to have a son to leave our whole estate, the Morganzo fortune, and our reputation to. Quite a shock when a baby girl popped out," she looked away form him, and she realized that she had absentmindedly grabbed a napkin and was squishing it to pulp. SHe scowled, put it back on the table. "ANd I had two more sisters after me...but he finally got his wish, now, did he? LAst year he finally had the son he always craved..." she was merely venting now, and more to herself than to Vincenzo.

She looked back at Vickers and sighed. "Sorry you had to hear all of that..." she grumbled. GAh. She really needed to get a grip. But she hadnt even spoken to her father all summer, and she wouldnt until Christmas. Stupid business.

But Elliot shifted in her seat and actually smiled when they veered to Lottie. "I decided to take her on as my protege..." she commented.."She is too awesome. Reminds me of my myself..." which was true.

She saw him look nervously at the staff table...at the Headmistress to be exact. "Don't like her?" she asked, crinkling her nose.

Breathing.

That's all she was focusing on. And NO, she didn't stop for a second at the table she was supposed to be at. Because she didn't believe it. NO.

Her eyes found Elliot between her loudly thoughts and she came to a stop next to the girl. "It's a mistake." It has to be. The biggest mistake of them all. It's...not even something that could happen. Can you imagine how everyone would feel back at home? What her father would say about her being a Hufflepuff? Sure, her dad said it didn't matter, but she didn't feel the same way.

So, blue eyes on the Ravenclaw girl. Help? "I don't belong with Soapy." Elliot knew this.

Elliot shrugged..."He's a transfer...so he has to be sorted..." Yep. And hopefuly he would be a RAVENCLAW! Hopefully. "And yes, Fishface, I promise," she said grumpily...her stomach rumbled in parallel.

Elliot glanced up...as Jayden whispered that THIS was Jared...hmph. Elliot fixed a smirk on her face and...extended her hand..."Hello, Jared. NIce to meet the man my friend here has been talking about...so much about you, actually," she shot a smug little sneer at her friend..

HEEHEE.

"You're quite the looker, which, as you know, has to be a must for my friend." She continued, her voice having a cool but dangerous tone. The guy was treading in deep water. Better be careful.

Elliot was testing him...testing the waters. Hmph. And if he failed...well, Elliot could make it HELL for him. "She deserves the best," she ended it there, glancing at Jayden....

She smirked smugly at him, then at Jayden...and then back at him. She raised an eyebrow, as if DARING him to say anything rude or impolite back to her.

Oh, he was American, too! Should have known...his accent. HEehee. Americans were fun, weren't they? FUNNY! Hmph.

Normal? Elliot frowned..."I thought what I had was normal. But I've been coming to realize lately that my upbringing isn't, in fact, normal at all." Private tutors..living in a manor..having a house elf...never lacking for anything? Elliot considered herself lucky.

Elliot merely stared at him. For a second. What was he getting at? She frowned. "No...but...it's just not pureblood nobility custom," she said as if it were common knowledge..."I mean...I COULD rule our family perfectly fine. It's just not tradition...and we're VERY traditional..." she didn't know how else to explain it. Sure, it wasn't modern. But it was...and ancient pureblood thing. Surely this boy couldn't be pureblood. He didn't understand. "And my father's a bit..." she shuddered. His rage, his harshness, his ice..."crazy." Yep. Leave it there.

WHOAH THERE.

No no! She was SO ELLIOT'S SISTER! But she grinned a little..."Oh, she'll be learning from the best..." she said, running her hand through her blonde hair casually..

Speaking of..

She saw Lottie being called...watched as the hat did its thing..

NO.

It just couldn't be. IT COULDNT BE!

Elliot kicked the chair next to her over, regardless of whatever unimportant individual was sitting in it, and pulled up a chair..."Sit. Now." she ordered, her eyes narrowed in worry..poor Lottie...POOR WITTLE WOTTIE.

"Lottie...you'll be fine. You'll bring honor and glory to that..." she refrained form wincing, sneering, or doing anything negative, "house. He must have made a mistake, though, Lottie..." but WAS that possible?

ANd Soaps. She bared her teeth angrily. "I swear, Lottie, do NOT get friendly with THAT! You hear me? You are better than her. Remember that," she said, putting her arm around the little girl comfortingly. She then slid a glass of water her way. "Drink it. You're...shaken."

She was stil shocked. SHOCKED.

"Nice to meet you too. Let's hope things calm down", Alex said. "That really was NOT the normal Hogwarts Express ride. So, how are you enjoying Hogwarts so far?" Alex couldn't believe that two whole years had passed since her own first year. She remembered how excited and scared she had been back then. Wait until the feast begins. The food here is incredible.

Ravenclaw. Of course. If it had been anything else, Genevieve probably would have ripped the brim from the hat and worn it as a belt. Show that hat who was BOSS around here. She paused at the head of the table and eyed the length, looking for a likely spot, or a spot with familiar faces, or... anything, really.

She saw Vickers and Addy, as well as Lex (weird... hadn't her little firstie friend been sorted Gryffindor?), and Vivi took a seat somewhere in between. Now it was time for speeches, but hopefully there would be fooooood soon.

From the corner of her eyes she saw a very familiar face. Vivi! She hadn't seen her since she was forced to go to the Ground's Keeper, who wasn't so bad actually, right when she was supposed to offer help to the injured. Lex watched her take a seat close by and took that as a cue to ask what she was asking before the girl got swarmed by older kids. Where as she might have been a nobody at the start of the ride she now had more friends who would no doubt flock to her because of her awesomeness.

I need your help..." She said to her, sinking into the seat next to her. Sure a lot of older students were helping with injuries but that didn't mean that Lex trusted any of them to wave a wand at her! Slowly she revealed her right hand that she had been hiding all evening. "I don't know what's wrong with it but it hurts and now my wrist is changing colour--and don't tell me to go to the healer please!" The last part was a desperate kid begging not to be sent off to a woman that no one had a good word to talk about.

Vivi raised an eyebrow in greeting, but she turned to face Lex as she sat down. It wasn't exactly silly... it was so hard to know who to trust. But she wasn't sure that asking a fellow student to help was precisely best practice.

"Healers are supposed to be scary, you know? Otherwise every other student would be lounging about in there instead of going to class. You have to fear more for your health than your safety to visit a Healer. That's the idea," Vivi told the younger girl as means to distract her from any pain or discomfort. She lifted the girl's wrist gently and felt along the length with nimble fingers.

Hmm. There was almost too much swelling to really feel if anything was truly broken, and there was no way she'd perform magic on the girl here in the Great Hall where professors, Headmistresses, prefects, and MOTHERS could witness. "Wiggle your fingers."

"You better promise!" Jayden replied, her voice a bit shrill. Her cheeks began turning red at the mention of the fact that Jared was such a looker. "Elliot!" She groaned, poking her friend on the shoulder. "You're embarrassing meeee!" She whined. Elliot was SO not allowed to mess this up! "Be nice..." She hissed as Elliot continued on with her smug bit of banter. Could it be that Elliot actually cared about her?



NO. NEVER.


Jayden cracked a smile, turning back over to Jared. "As far as what you asked me in Diagon Alley, I believe I am INDEED going to accept your proposal."

Let's see what they say to THAT.

*snirks*

Text Cut: Ellsy <3

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Originally Posted by kayquilz

She saw Lottie being called...watched as the hat did its thing..

NO.

It just couldn't be. IT COULDNT BE!

Elliot kicked the chair next to her over, regardless of whatever unimportant individual was sitting in it, and pulled up a chair..."Sit. Now." she ordered, her eyes narrowed in worry..poor Lottie...POOR WITTLE WOTTIE.

"Lottie...you'll be fine. You'll bring honor and glory to that..." she refrained form wincing, sneering, or doing anything negative, "house. He must have made a mistake, though, Lottie..." but WAS that possible?

ANd Soaps. She bared her teeth angrily. "I swear, Lottie, do NOT get friendly with THAT! You hear me? You are better than her. Remember that," she said, putting her arm around the little girl comfortingly. She then slid a glass of water her way. "Drink it. You're...shaken."

She was stil shocked. SHOCKED.

OH? Ouch, that must have hurt. To whoever had hit the floor. But it kind of brought a smile to her face. Before her frown and current concern washed over her face again. Not because of the fallen student, but because of her own problem.

There had to be something wrong with her if this wasn't a mistake. But, there was nothing wrong with her, so it MUST be a mistake. It is. It was.

She sighed. And didn't hesitate on sitting next to Elliot.

WHAT?! Her eyes narrowed at Elliot. How could she be fine? She...couldn't wear yellow things! She couldn't stay close to the kitchens! Close to the house-elves?! What was a Hufflepuff, anyway? What do badgers do? This was...ridiculous. Her eyes narrowed even more at the table with the yellow ones. "It is a mistake." She repeated. And tilted her head a bit. Honor and glory to herself, not the House. "Honor and glory to me...," surely Elliot could end that sentence in her mind.

The frown seemed to have dissipated a bit, "I'm better than them," Elliot was right about that, and she didn't need to worry about this Soapy business.

She sighed again, clearly wounded by the Hat's words. "It's...just terrible news." Hence why she was so....shaken. Elliot's words. So, she did as told. And she drank some water.

Ari giggled, "I would hope that's not normal or the staff here would have some serious issues to work out!" She giggled a bit more as she imagined that chaos happening each year...yeah that probably wouldn't be very good.

"Oh! I'm starving so when ever their ready to get this feast started I'm all for it," Ariella said as she patted her stomach, she had only eaten a few sweets on the train ride down and she was surprised her stomach hadn't growled yet... "Some older students told me the house elves cook the food and that it's just as good as you say it is!"

Ronnie walked over to the Ravenclaw table, plopping down next to Harvey. "Hey." she said to everyone at the table. This whole train incident had really put her in a grumpy mood. She sighed. Her head was still hurting very badly...heck, it hurt more than ever now. And it was really ticking her off. She reached her hand up and gently touched where it hurt, and sure enough there was that big bump. She winced. OUCH.

Today was not as great as she thought it'd be. No, it was terrible. And plus, she still felt pretty sick, even after puking. Ugh. Puking...EWW. Ronnie didn't like to think about that. Puking in front of her fellow classmates at the station....how embarrassing that had been...hopefully no one had really noticed. There was a bit of a distance between that trash bin and all the students, so maybe nobody had really seen. Except for Adam and Ameliah, of course.

She looked down glumly at the table. All she wanted was to go curl up in her bed in the dorm, she didn't care about the feast right now. She needed SLEEP. Maybe after she slept, her head would feel a little bit better in the morning and her tummy. She really hoped so. Because all this pain was driving her NUTS. Ronnie needed a hug. NOW. SOMEBODY GIVE RONNIE A HUGGGGGG.

"No, I managed to make it through alright." She may have stumbled upon landing a bit, but thankfully no injuries for this Claw. Silvia took a quick glance over the first year; she did not look to be hurt at all. "I take it that you made it without any major problems?"
"The summer was boring for me too, for the most part." No adventures, no travelling (except to visit her grandfather); just sitting at home and occasionally perusing her new school books. She hoped that next summer her parents wouldn't be too tied up with work to plan some sort of vacation.

"I hope so too. You can never predict what will be going on at Hogwarts; but hopefully everything will go smoothly this year." No more loose wild animals or freezing students please.

Silvia's stomach remained quiet, but she could tell that if she had to wait much longer, it too would be growling. "Well, let's just hope that the sorting gets over with quickly and the Headmistress's speech is short." Because, you know, they were all hungry by now and wanted something to distract them from the events earlier that evening.

...Was that a confession that the Healer really was scary? Great, just great. If she had to walk around with a hurt wrist for the rest of the year then she would because after hearing her little 'pep talk' she was pretty sure that she wouldn't be climbing the stairs leading to the Hospital Wing any time soon.

She supposed what Vivi had said made sense but...well..."How does that work when they're so scary that the actually injured don't wanna show up at their door?" She asked, tilting her head slightly. Then again that might have been the idea. There would be less work to do if there were less students coming in--LE GASP, so that was it! Lex winced when Vivi raised her wrist to get a better look. The pain had gotten worse since someone last tried looking at it. Merlin, it really shouldn't have been that bad, all she did was land badly on it!

She nodded when the girl asked her to wiggle her fingers. That would be easy, the hand had still been functional for the most part...not that she had been using it much. Her brows furrowed when she saw that her fingers were only slightly moving. "That's weird...it was better earlier." She looked back at her friend. "Can you fix it...?"

"No not any major problems, but I did land on my bum which was extremely painful mind you," Ari said as she flinched at the memory. Yeah, not a very good memory either!, "But other than that I was find, so was Awarlesta! I already spoke to her!"

Elliot shot a quick glare at Jayden before looking back at Jared. "I'm only protecting you," she snapped, in a hushed tone, and then the smirk pasted itself on her face again.

BE NICE?!?!

Did Jayden even kNOW Elliot?!?

Apparently not.

"No! That's no fun, Fishface," she snickered...heehee

Elliot caught that grin. "Want me to kick someone else over?" she asked with a small smirk. Heehee. It would be fun, anyways.

She didn't quite make out what Lottie said...but she eyed the younger girl. "Come on, Lottie..." she said with a nudge of affection at the girl. Although, if Elliot had been sorted a Hufflepuff...

Well. Let's just say that she wouldnt be here at the moment, rather, in a life-long cell in Askaban for murder.

It WAS terrible news...but Elliot couldnt tell Lottie that...no...but the blonde was LOUSY at this comforting business. She always had been. "Lottie...if it makes you feel better, you can always sit with me here at the 'claw table...I know it's not Slytherin," she rolled her eyes, and they flickered over at the green clad table, "but at least you won't have to sit with them." She spat it out like THEM was a bug.

Well, they were annoying litter buggers. So same difference, really.

Vickers was watching the sorting between discussions, clapping politely at every other student that was sorted in other houses unfortunately then cheering more enthusiastically at those whose robes have turned to the familiar shade of navy. He watched Vivi rise from the stool and head towards their table, being quite pleased that she was sorted into their house. Why he was pleased he didnt know, he should be worried or annoyed, but he wasnt.

"Welcome to Ravenclaw Vivi!" he greeted the newly sorted blonde, the excitement having him forget for a moment that she has branded him as something that got him all sorts of annoyed. His gaze shifted when Alexa joined them "Hey Alexa-- you're a Gryffindor!" he uttered as he looked at the crimson on her robes. He wasnt far off when he felt she might be sorted with the Lions after all what with her violent tendencies being a clue. But now Alexa looked like she needed Healer attention.... and she sought it from Vivi? He eyed the blonde curiously. He didnt know she had this valuable skill set...





He gave another small shrug. He too lived in a manor (they are Vanderbilts after all) and had elves at their beck and call. But indeed they arent quite the kind of narrow-minded traditionalists many Purebloods were "Very traditional... I understand." he replied politely. "Our family have learned to take what works well and adapt it into how we do things, I dont recall blood purity to be a driving factor--" at least thats not what was impressed upon him "-- but moreso our family just had the luck of being Pureblood out of circumstances..... business opportunities, common backgrounds and values.....that sort of thing." Birds of the same feather and all that....

Oh look Lottie was here! But.... her robes have turned yellow. "Hello Lottie" he greeted the young girl. She looked particularly miserable, so he decided to save the congratulating for never. He listened to the girls talk... so Lottie wanted to be sorted in Slytherin? Vickers' lips twitched a bit. In his silent opinion Lottie was rather fortunate to have been sorted with the Hufflepuffs. He eyed the Slytherin table. Seem to be an unsavory lot as a whole, even if he had acquaintances there.

Harvey watched as someone else sat next to him, someone who didnt seem to be their cheerful self. Usually she would be all excited and hugging him if she saw him in the area. But right now all she did was sit down and managed a 'Hey'. OK thats how he knew that something was really wrong with her.. so he turned to her "Hey Rons.. you dont look so good. Whats wrong? Come on you can talk to me.. remember? I am your old buddy Harvey" he said to her giving her small smile as he waited to see if she would talk to him and tell him what was up with her. He hoped that he would be able to make her feel a little better, and he would try his best as always.

Dylan was bored of sitting at the table and he decided to take a walk around the Great Hall to see the other tables, maybe he would find someone that he had met already and they could have a little bit of fun. OR he would have to find something to do and that might not turn out well for the professors, he thought as he looked at the staff table. OR maybe he could do something at the staff table? no.. no he had been in trouble already he didnt want to do anything that would get him kicked out of the school. So he walked upto the Ravenclaw table to have a look around.

As Ariella was chatting with a few of the older Ravenclaw students she noticed Dylan walk up toward the table. She relized she hadn't seen him since the boat ride across the lake and decided she should say hello and congratulate him on being sorted into Gryffindor!

"Dylan! How are you doing!" Ari said a bit loudly so he could hear her, she waved her hand up above her head so she could catch his attention...

Dylan continued his walk towards the table to see if he could catch an interesting thing that he might want to be a part of. He was about to turn around and go to a different table when he heard his name being called out.. and it sounded like it was someone from the Ravenclaw table but who could it be?

He turned around and had a look up and down the table when he saw someone waving at him, he saw that it was his friend Ariella he smiled as he walked towards her. He hadn't seen her since she got sorted so maybe it was time that they hung out or had a chat or something, cause that was better than sitting around doing nothing which was completely boring.

He got to her and smiled "Hi Ariella, I am doing good.. just having a walk around the Hall. How about you? How are you doing?" he asked her as he stood there talking to her. He kinda wished that she too had been put into Gryffindor, but it didn't matter since they would be hanging out anyways no matter what house they were in.

Her eyes shot over to the boy that had just spoken. Despite the slight worry that was creeping in with her hand getting worse she managed to give him a smile. "Vickers!" So he was a Ravenclaw...and when she thought about it so was Vivi. Aww man! This was why she asked the hat assertively nicely to put her in this house too but nooooo, the bloody thing sent her into Gryffindor. It wasn't a bad house and yeah she loved that she was now a Gryffie but that didn't excuse the fact that the hat had gone against her wishes; it would be punished.

She looked down at the crimson on her robe. "Yeah...I am...but don't worry I plan to have a special talk with that hat later on." Nothing was better than pay-back. "So how did the portkey travel go for you?" She bet he made it out just fine, he didn't seem to have any injuries...

Presley sat back down after chatting with her cousin, feeling a little sorry for the girl, but honestly it was better than being disowned. "Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me" she sang under her breath. This definitely was her number one worst birthday ever.

"If fine! A bit bored because I don't know many people from Ravenclaw," Ari frowed just abit but then returned to smiling. There was no way she was going to let that ruin her Hogwarts experience, besides, she was happy with where she was sorted, "And I'm a bit hungry...havn't had much to eat but that chocolate frog that Emm had bought us on the train..."

"So are you happy with where you were sorted? I know Alexa's a bit bumed but that's probably because she has to eat a hat now..." Ari covered her mouth with her hand as she giggled.