Cassia watched what was happening around the common room. There were Serenity ,the head boy, the new captain and a couple of others whom Cassia didn't really know. She nodded at them anyway. That's what older people do right? They nod or something. Usually Cassia doesn't nod but they seemed to be pretty busy fighting talking with each other so she wasn't going to interrupt that.

And Theo was here too. He was..staring? Cassia guessed it had something to do with what happened at the feast. Or maybe it had something more to it.
West was there too. Cassia waved back at him with a smile. He was pretty much busy debating or defending something or someone.

The boy had a point. Cassia nodded at that. "I guess that is true, the chairs here are awesome," Everything about their common room was awesome in fact not just the chairs. And what was she doing? Mmmm...being nosy and wandering around for no reason. Nah..she wasn't going to say that. "Nothing," She shrugged. "Just relaxing ," Not like she had anything to do.

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Actually she came here to relax and chill out only to find that her house mates were having strong discussions. She headed to a further chair and sank down on it. Might as well she entertain herself while watching the show. She pushed her hand into her pocket and retrieved an object she keeps in case she suddenly got bored. Which happens a lot. Fiddling with her rubber Snake she sat there feeling that she was getting far too relaxed that she might just fall asleep. Maybe she'll go to the dormitories when she starts to feel weaker.

The blonde was just about to take her new fashion magazine out and relax a little bit, getting the newest information about trends as she heard someone say her name.A very well known someone.Oh yes, bestie time.

"Hello there Mrs. Prewett", Fee giggled," got stuck with the dessert ?" Everyone knew how dessert was the best of the whole meal.And noodles of course. But that was just Fee's opinion, when it came to dessert though..hehe. Putting her fashion magazine back into her bag beside the armchair the Slytherin snuggled into it and pulled her legs closer to her body.Now that was cozy.

Looking down at herself she couldnt help but laugh."You know it got a bit cold just in a sparkly tank top", the girl noded," so i decided on this."She loved that jumper, hearts and dots.They were her thing. Smiling at her best friend who seemed pretty tired, the seveth year added. "you look well fine too though." Cass always looked good no matter what she was wearing.Besides that it ha been a long eventful day, no wonder everyone was tired.

Kennedy pursed his lips together to keep from showing off an amused smirk. He knew he had annoyed and...that was the point actually. To annoy her. Hehe. He was more upset that Sebastian left him to go with her. What happened to guys stick together?

Well...that was a cat, so it didn't quite fit. Meh.

Kennedy shrugged and turned back to his so-far-favorite-firstie...



Kennedy chuckled at Seri's statement and shook his head. "Nah, I wouldn't say most important person." Nope, that'd be someone else, hehe. "I'd say..." he tapped his finger on his chin, "...I'm one of the students with the most authority, along with the Head Girl, of course." THAT was true, but he wasn't going to start showing off.

It just wasn't his style.



He caught that. Kennedy shrugged at Dylan. He didn't care, really. He was in charge of the entire Slytherin population which meant he'd take care of every single one of them. Even if that meant defending them against each other. Plus, there were principals to be followed, or was he the only one who respected females?

... Now with the comments.

Kennedy turned back to Dylan. "Take a chill pill, Montmorency." The kid seem grumpy most of the time. That and he didn't know Kennedy personally to know if his head was inflated, which...

... It sort of...kind of...maybe a little bit...was.

And he had the right to be. Kennedy worked hard for his badge.



That's not a girl?

Kennedy rolled his eyes and shook his head, but he also had to remind himself he was dealing with a kid. "Anatomically she's a girl, West," Kennedy said. "And if you must, defend yourself with words. Not hitting girls." Or, if he wanted to be more creative, West could cast Glisseo under her feet and cause her to slip or something. There were many, many creative ways to get back at someone without hitting them.

He knew that from personal experience after getting into a few fist fights himself.

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Either way, Kennedy was tiiired. He glanced over at the fire, spotting a few students sitting in front of it, and yawned. He wanted to get some reading before he actually doze off.

Standing up, both books in hand, he waved at his house mates. "I'm turning in now, see you all later," and with that, he made it toward the boy's dorms. Hopefully there he'd get some peace and quiet to read.

The common room, Terry admitted, wasn't the cosiest. It was large and underground and that seemed to change the atmosphere of the whole room. He imagined it to be small and comfortable but it didn't live up to his expectations.

That wasn't to say that he didn't like it. The big window you could see the Lake out of fascinated him. Once he had spoken the password and entered into the room, he headed straight for the chair that was closest to the window. He liked to sit there and look out for what magical creatures swam in the waters depths. He hoped that one day he'd be able to see the Giant Squid but for now all he spotted was the occasional darting movement and silver slither that swam away from the window into the dark abyss. He found it relaxing and although the Common Room wouldn't be other peoples ideal place for calm and serenity, he enjoyed it very much.

It did make him think though, that perhaps another house would've been more suited to him but he didn't ever mention it out loud, the hat had placed him here and so here is where he belonged. No matter who or what told him otherwise.

Pop!

Tinka appeared suddenly in the Slytherin Common Room, left hand holding a bottle of cleaner and right hand holding a rag. "Oh, Tinka no like cleaning here. Tinka think the lake gonna bust in and drownded her." Fumbling for the rag, she set to work removing debris from the tables before beginning to polish them. "Studentsies need extra shiny tables. Studentsies have lotsa work to do here!"

As Cassia sat down relaxed on her chair. Suddenly someone appeared out of no where. The second year jerked from her chair only to find that it was a house-elf. Cassia grinned warmly and stepped closer to the cute little creature, "Hi Tinka!" She said sitting near her. "How're you?" She asked knowing that she probably won't answer.

Listening to what the house-elf was murmuring," Oh don't worry about the lake." Cassia assured her. "No one had drowned on their in so many years." She assured her. "And I can swim so I could rescue you." Ehh...probably she wasn't really helping by telling the creature this. "Ermm....I mean just don't think about it." GRIN. "By the way I'm Cassia I come to the kitchen regularly. " did Tinka remember her?

Ariana jumped when a house elf appeared "uhmm the lake wont close in tinka, in hasnt in forever." yupp that was encouraging.. yup yup yup. She looked around to see if anyone else in the room was going to react to the cutesie house elf

The small elf jumped when a studentsie addressed her. "Oh Missus," she squeaked, still nervous. "Tinka is better than Tinka deserves. Tinka has hundreds of studentsies to look after!"

The lake? Why was missus talking about the lake? The elf's ears stood straight up in fear. Arms flapping, she squeaked out, "Missus no talk about the lake! Tinka a good elf, Tinka come and clean the common room even though she afraid!" The elf didn't hear anything else the studentsie said, because her flapping hands clamped over her ears, shutting out all sound.



Another studentsie! Tinka no want hear about lake! Tinka no like it! She began to whine and collapsed onto the floor in a ball, rocking back and forth.

Obviously Cassia had frightened the elf by mentioning the lake. Though she wasn't intending to. Cassia hated how her mouth always causes problems. "I'm sorry I frightened you,"Cassia apologized. "And yup you are totally a good elf and thanks." Mmm...will that calm the creature down? Hopefully yes.

In order not to cause more awkward situations, Cassia walked back to her chair and slumped into it. Better leave the elf to her work instead of saying another thing that might freak her out. That's what you get for being social.

Tinka no like the lake, Tinka no like the lake, Tinka no like the lake.

The elf remained with her hands covering her ears. But she managed to hear the girl's apology. "No no no missus Cassia, Tinka a bad elf for being afraid. Tinka have no business being afraid, Tinka have to clean the common room. Tinka have to serve the studentsies!" Tinka iron her ears when Tinka done cleaning! Tinka need punishment!

Now Cassia was officially baffled, she shook her head and leaned forward resting her elbows on her knees. "You're not a bad elf for being afraid. You can be afraid." Ehh....that wasn't what Cassia meant. "I mean you are free to feel afraid or feel anything,"That wasn't any better, honestly Cassia wasn't good at explaining she only makes things worse. "I meeeaaan you are a very good elf for cleaning and cooking for us!" GRIN. That should do it. "And let's not mention the word afraid or lake." Though Cassia just mentioned them but she meant starting NOW. Aaand another grin.

Flap. Flap. Flap.

"No no no! Tinka very bad. Tinka not supposedta think about Tinka, just clean for studentsies. Tinka have no business be slowly cleaning." Elvsies just do their jobs. But the little elfsy ears perked up a bit. "Tinka try to cook best Tinka can! But Tinka like use the whisky best." No no. If missus Cassia didn't want to talk about afraid or lake, then it wouldn't get talked about. "No, Tinka not talk about those if missus don't want."

o.0 Ariana upset that house elf A LOT " no no no i'm sorry tinka! EEEE this was not good "tinka your a good elf, and dont let ANYONE tell you otherwise." she said to the elf sternly. I mean really why did all these house elfs think they were bad they were totally awesome

Ok one new thing learnt in the second year; house elves just don't get what you say sometimes. Cassia sat on her chair searching for words to try reasoning with the little creature. She sighed and sat on the floor near the creature, "Missus Cassia doesn't care about those words. Missus Cassia only cares about Tinka because Tinak is a good elf ," Cassia explained flailing with her hands in the air. Would that sink in? You know Cassia didn't have any else ideas to reason with Tinka but she'll try her best.

At the mention of the whisk ,Cassia nodded encouragingly," Yes, yes Tinka uses the whisky very well and she makes delicious food, missus Cassia likes Tinka food." Cassia said feeling stupid but then again she almost always felt that way. At least it was for a good cause right?

Elfsy ears shook back and forth. "Tinka only good elf if Tinka good cleaner, good whisker!" Her head shook. "Tinka haveta go clean, no be scared!" She took out her rag and began furiously wiping down everything she could.



Elfsy feet shuffling slightly closer to the girl, she said, "Miss think Tinka good cleaner? Miss think Tinka good whisker?" Tinka only good elf if Tinka good worker!

Tears began to stream down her face. "Miss like Tinka food? Miss think Tinka good whisker!" GRIN.

"but tinka is a very very good cleaner and an exceptional whisker, perhaps the best whisker of them all." Que smile NOW. she looked down at the house elf, she usually didnt care for them but this one was soo cute.

Still wiping off every surface in her reach, Tinka's ears twitched. "Miss think Tinka good cleaner? Miss like Tinka whisking?" She stopped cleaning and looked at the studentsie. "Tinka good whisker, Tinka best!" Grin grin GRIN. Tears leaked from the bulbous eyes. "Miss is too kind to Tinka, miss too kind!"

Cassia watched the happiness in the little creature's face. She was happy just because Cassia told her that she was a good whisker? The second-year felt that they were getting very emotional here. She grinned warmly at Tinka and Cassia was happier for making the little creature feel better. "True you are a very good elf Tinka." Cassia emphasized. She would repeat it if it was making Tinka feel better but Cassia was worried spending the whole day. They wouldn't, right? The elf needed to go whisky.

"And I might be dropping by the kitchen soon." Cassia said not knowing if she was heard considering that the elf was lost in happiness now.

Miss is smiley! Miss think Tinka good whisker! "Miss very kind, very kind. Miss make Tinka's day, good whisker she said!" Oh, this was a great day indeed.

"Tinka like that very much, Tinka get miss whatever she want!" Cookies, tea, sandwich, whatever the nice studentsie wanted. "Tinka like studentsie visitors in kitchens!"

Still elated, the elf continued wiping everything in sight, cleaning up the occasional joyful tear leaking from her eye.

"no no i'm not kinds enough." she said as she moved some books out of the elfs way so she could finish cleaning the table she was near "but yes Tinka is the best whisker & cleaner hogwarts has ever seen, and Im proud of Tinka."

Cassia grinned at Tinka leaning back on her chair. It feels good to make other people...elves happy. Though the tears were making Cassia feel more than she deserved. "Nice I'm looking forwards to visit." she nodded at Tinka. Now that she had received a promise of good hosting.

Being nice and encouraging pays off right the way huh. Cassia crossed her legs and rested her hands behind her head thinking of what cookies she was going to ask when she went to the kitchen. Might as well she enjoys the payment of her good attitude...while it lasted.

Just as the older girl was about to agree, the common room entrance opened, letting in a crowd of Slytherins, all coming back from wherever they were for the rest of the day - classes, the grounds and what not. "I guess we spoke too soon." The seventh year said with a grin, laughing at their slight bad luck - or maybe it was just really awful timing.

At the next question, Cass arched an eyebrow at the girl lazily before shaking her head "No, I'm more of the moral support kind of girl." She said with a laugh "Although, if you were going to try out - I'd totally support you." Wait, were they still holding tryouts for the team? She saw the sign on the notice board some time ago, but she didn't really pay much attention to it.

Mrs. Prewett? Woah. No. That was her grandmum.

"Its just Miss Prewett, darling." Cass corrected her bestie with a teasing smile "We may be seventeen, but I'm not looking forward to turning into a missus just yet." But then the girl pursed her lips for a moment, considering a thought that suddenly flew into her head "Unless of course its Mrs. James or something - but that's highly unlikely." She said with a laugh, her cheeks turning a bit pink at the thought of Christopher James - who by the way, she hasn't seen since forever. "You on the other hand, you could be -with you and Hugo still together since second year!" Wait, were they even still together? She wasn't sure, she couldn't remember the last time she asked about Fee's Ravenclaw boyfriend.

"Yes, dessert was awful!" The girl groaned "and yet, so wonderful at the same time!" She couldn't stop eating - but she had to if she wanted to get first dibs on her couch this year.

Cass then laughed as she rolled her eyes playfully "I figured - a tank top isn't necessarily something that could keep you warm down here in the drafty dungeons." After all, they were under the lake for Merlin's sake! It was bound to be a little chilly. "Its a really pretty sweater." She said with a smile "Where'd you get it?"

At the compliment, the blonde smiled shyly and said "Thanks, but I'm pretty sure you look waaaaay better."

Kat almost groaned when a number of blasting Slytherin came to the Common Room and started chit chatting like endless parrots. God, when will the Slytherins miraculously shut up. Never. Cause Slytherins are loud loud loud loud. Just like you, a tiny voice said. Ohhh... shut up.

ooc: Tryouts' finished. hehehe. so I'll pretend like you were there supporting me like whoa

The fourth year nodded. "Thanks for supporting me though." Kat smiled. "You're one awesome honorary sister."

"That's what honorary sisters are supposed to do." The older snake answered with an indulgent smile.

The girl then leaned her head back against the arm of the couch and lifted her long legs to drape them over the other end before glancing back at Kat "So, what have you been doing these past few days?" She asked with a smile "Honorary big sisters are supposed to know these things!" But honestly, between her NEWT level classes and other things, she really didn't have enough time, even with all the free periods that her schedule had.

It was time to relax and maybe have some fun. So taking his guitar from his trunk in the dorms, Richard Turner walked into the common room and stood at the way a bit only to have a proper look inside. There were people, of course, and he preferred to be alone when he was working on his music but this time the presence of people was not disturbing him. Maybe because they were the people of his own house. He moved after eyeing each of them having chosen a comfortable looking armchair by the fireplace.

Feeling all content, he made himself comfortable in the armchair and put his guitar in the right position. His gray eyes stared at it a bit admiring the musical instrument. Then he closed his eyes and started to play a soft melody. He just played the melody for a moment or so before starting singing.

''Oh, it was a dark chilly night
When i got struck by your charm
Please come to me i mean no harm
It is her ice cold heart i have to fight
But what if i lose my heart to her?
I would be left alone in the cold
With nothing in my sight...''

But then...he stopped suddenly. There was something that irritated him. His gray eyes opened and searched the place quickly. His gaze turned into a glare when his eyes found the house elf. ''You!'' he said coldly ''You! Creature!''