Isobel grinned when she was mentioned. It was weird, but being noticed made her really happy, like she was more than just another student in the crowd. Licking a bit of pie off of her wrist that had fallen from her plate, she smiled at the prefect introducing himself. "Isobel," she said shortly, "first year." As was fairly obvious, but she didn't really have any other introductory statements for herself.

When a card was offered to her, she grabbed it and scanned it quickly. Shouldn't be too hard- she could easily fill in a few. Tora, for example, fit an entire row of them- newly sorted, lives in America, and owns an owl. Still, they weren't allowed to use a person more than once, so instead she approached Niamh.

"You came from Beauxbatons, right?" It wasn't really a question, as Isobel was sure of the answer, but she wasn't sure how else to word it. "If you want to sign here, I can do one of yours," she continued, indicating the top left square of her card.

Tora was late. Very late. Ugh she hated being late but she had noticed a tapestry that had moved (but there was no gust of wind). She had figured out that there was actually a passageway behind it and, after going through it and having gotten lost as well, she finally made it to her original destination. The party. For which she was late.

There was no hope of not being noticed. They were doing an activity after all it looked like and Tora was the only one without a paper. Did the prefect -what was her name? oh right! Beezus!- have any extras?

Oh and not that she deserved it but... was there still pie?

Blake stifled a yawn as he approached the front gate, the location of this supposed party. He was absolutely late, but Blake figured that that the solid nap he had managed to squeeze in prior was an excellent trade off. Walking closer, he eyed the group of students as he stretched his arms out. He didn't know anybody in the group, which wasn't surprising considering he hadn't made much of an effort to meet any of them. Eeh...that took work. Getting pie, however, was definitely worth expending a little extra energy.

Mika frowned - well she knew who everyone was going to go to for owns a pygmy puff? She chuckled though and jumped to her feet. She got up and glanced around the room. Then she spotted him MO! He had just transferred last year so he was a known transfer.

“MACABRE” she practically screaaaaamed squealed. “Can I get your signature?” She asked excitedly “because you went to Beauxbaton right?” She asked only meaning to secure her answer in being right. She was right wasn’t she? All right Mika felt proud that she had gotten waves early and had waved to everyone in return. Seriously if she wasn’t this awesome her arm would be sore – and it was kind of getting there.

“I’ll sign for the pygmy puff one if you want…cause I kind of no longer live outside of Britain” she frowned at that. She had liked Melbourne.

"You heard me, and yet you didn't hurry," Mo complained lightly as he straightened his bow tie and then accepted his piece of pie. Elise got a broad grin and a wink before Mo wandered off to find a seat on the blankets.

Mo accepted the hug and fussing from Beezus with another grin. He had so many mama birds in his house, it almost made up for things in general. "I thought I'd try to look dapper for our house party. Loads of people are dressing up, like Blue... she looks pretty, doesn't she?"

Beezus got another grin, and Mo grabbed her up in a bear hug. Payment for her troubles. "Nice party, Bee. All my favorite food and all my favorite people."

Mo took a seat on the blankets near Mika, so when she turned to him and thrust her card at him, he wasn't really surprised. He did pause to read over his own card first, mentally trying to sort out who might fit each of those different squares.

"Are you sure you want me to sign that square? I mean... Niamh came from Beauxbatons too. I could be your Quidditch player." Or THE Quidditch player, obviously, not HERS. Still, if she insisted... Mo pulled out a quill and signed the square before offering his own sheet back to Mika to be signed. Pygmy Puff owner. Check.

"Anyone else? I'm willing to be your Beauxbatons student or Quidditch player, in exchange for... oh, anything, really."

She stood up from the blankets and got a card to use for the activity. She already knew some of the answers...she thought anyway, but others were trickier.

She grinned at Ethan, surely he'd know she'd be trying to get him to sign for one of the squares. But which one would depend on who she could get for the other squares first.

For now, she walked over towards Isobel and Tora. But which square for which girl, she wondered. She wasn't sure why, but she wanted to get everyone done with only on right guess each. Not like they were keeping score with your wrong guesses. Just a personal challenge she supposed. She made her move.

"Hey Tora!" She smiled at her new friend and held her card in her hand. "Any chance you're an only child?" She raised an eyebrow and made her best journalist face, ready to take down information.

Both the prefects addressed her one after the other. Uh-oh. She nodded at the guy prefect she hadn't talked before to. Ravenclaw social, nice. And I walked right into it? "Uhm...okay" she said, feeling a bit awkward. "I'm Amara" Thought he would like to know.

Then the other prefect she knew from the feast. They did talk, where Amara had been a bit cheeky. Stupid you. The girl didn't mind her there..really? That was a good thing to say. "Uhm..thanks" she said, glancing at the other claws. "And..erm, sorry for the feast thing.." she added. It was manners to ask sorry, right?

She sat down with the blue crowd. How odd she looked there, a single little red girl. They were having a little blast, sure it looked all fun. And look, they were playing some game.

"Hey everyone"

I just gatecrashed you're Claw party. SMILE.

Nicola groaned as she made her way out of the castle. Why was she going to this thing? Why was this thing now? This was totally interfering with her scheduled hair brushing time & it was really bothering her! Ughhh! Was this thing going to be long? Was she going to be able to adjust to her messed up schedule? Was she even going to be able to deal with these people?

Only one way to find out..

As it turned out, this little gathering had already started..And it turned out she was surrounded by...a bunch of strangers. She clearly didn't know ANY of these people..yes, they were in her house..but no she couldn't easily point to someone and say 'HEY (insert name here)'

The entire time Nicola was approaching the front gate, why this thing was being here all of places she wished she knew; all she kept hearing was the mention of something she couldn't make out. But as she neared closer, it was becoming a bit more audible..Then she could hear them...They were cheering about Pie? ..Really?

Strange these Hogwarts people...Very strange indeed..

Time to get some mingling done..

Seeing that the other Claws were quickly filling up their cards, she went into high gear chatterbox.

She approached one boy that she was sure she knew, sort of. Or knew of at least. Have we talked? Not sure...Oh well, here goes! She walked up to him and checked her squares. "Hey, uh, Mo?" She was pretty sure that was right. "Your favorite class isn't Potions by chance, is it?" She was hopeful, but really it was just a shot in the dark. She knew he was on the team with her now, but that would be an easier slot to get signed if she needed to resort to it. A reserve square, if you will.



Then she went over to a girl she saw standing by herself. This was a social gathering, right? So she went over and introduced herself. "Hi! I'm Eliza. I don't think we've met. Does that mean you're a...new sort?" She arched an eyebrow and grinned. Maybe this older girl would like to be friends and help her out with the game.




Let's see....what other square do I need? She hadn't talked to Eliza much, so she went up to her Captain to get to know her better. "Hey Elise! Do you own an owl?" She figured she did, since she was an older student and in charge of a lot of things. She'd probably have a personal owl, right?



Hopefully she could get these signed off and possibly have a chance at being the first one!

Where did Mo think he was going? Elise had eyes on him, she did. Especially since the activity Ethan had planned was about to go on. It didn't seem like it was going on just then, though, so Elise took a slice of pie and took a nice bite. She'd barely taken two bites when a Sonourus-ed Ethan and Bee explained their activity.

Merlin, they were loud. Didn't they know that yelling wasn't necessary on the charm?

And then there was Eliza coming up to her and asking if she had an owl. Looking back down at the paper, she noticed the square that asked for it and frowned. Her brother had wanted to get her one, but with Puppy and their financial situation, it just wasn't possible. "I don't, I'm sorry," she said apologetically, frowning. "I can sign under Quidditch Player or living outside of Great Britain, though." She could thank her gran for that much.

Turning to her left quickly, she tapped Mo on the shoulder with her pen. Yes, pen. They were far more convenient than quills, especially when she was out and about. "Moooooo?" she grinned, holding up the sheet of paper. "Beauxbatons?" Because he certainly wasn't an only child. She'd met one of his sisters.

She seemed to have interrupted some pie eating, but Elise didn't seem to mind. Eliza didn't have any squares marked off for sure yet, so any she could sign for would be great. "Oh okay," she replied. So she'd guessed wrong. No owl. But... "The 'Lives outside of Great Britain' one would be great, thanks!" She held her paper out for her captain to sign, politely of course.

"I could sign one of yours too if you'd like. Which do you need?" She perused the list and tried to tell her quietly, so that just everyone wouldn't know all of her personal options without having to work for it, "I could sign for 'owns an owl' or 'Quidditch player'... but you knew that one already." She beamed up at her, still excited to have made the cut.

She was glad to have one square figured out. But what about the rest of them. Anyone?

She went over to Ethan to get another square out of the way. "Hey Ethan," she greeted warmly. "Could you sign my Beauxbatons square, pretty please?" This activity was pretty fun. It made her wonder which squares people might ask her for.

Ravenclaw party!

This was an amazing idea. Gwen was making her way to the front gate, the place where they were supposed to be, with an actual SMILE on her face. As she got closer to the front gate, she spotted the pretty blue decorations. Go Ravenclaw. She offered a smile to her housemates, who were already there. ‘Hi everyone’

Before looking for a place where to sit, the seventh year waved to Mika and Patrick. And then she spotted a Gryffindor. She immediately recognized Amara and gave a small wave. Hi there. Oh. And also: ‘Hello Professor’, the seventh year greeted Professor Elwood.


Her attention was then drawn towards one of the Prefects, who just started talking. Heh. The game sounded fun. She smiled at Beezus as she took one of the cards.

Hmm.

Let’s see.

She looked at what was written on those cards. Hmm. Who owned a Pigmy Puff? She didn’t really know. She was on her way to ask Elise to sign under Quidditch Player for her, but she stopped walking as she passed by Mika.


‘Hey!’ GRIN.

She glimpsed back at the card. Hmm. Did Mika play Quidditch? She wasn’t sure. Hmm. Lived outside Britain? She remembered that Mika had told her about her summer holiday, when she was planning to go to other countries. Maybe she live there? Maybe not?

Anyway.

‘You have a Pigmy Puff, right?’ Yes? No?

Ohhh so they were also going to play a game of Bingo! AWESOMESAUCE!!

Orr looked down at her card and saw that she had to find a first year. The only first year she could spot standing next to her was a girl she knew was named something with an I--Ingrid, Iris...um Isobel.

She walked up to Isobel and smiled at her while introducing herself (Orr was sure that they hadn't really met before), "Hey. I'm Aurora but everyone calls me Orr. Would you like to sign my card?"

Nicola sighed a little bit as she began twirling some of her luscious locks around her fingers. This little gathering was turning out to be a bit lackluster for her interest. Clearly to her this was definitely not worth missing brushing her hair.

Was it time to go? Yes, lets go..

She was about to just head back to the castle until someone spoke to her. Nicola turned to look at the younger girl, who Nicola couldn't help but think was a slight bit adorable. She listened to the girl as she spoke and Nicola arched an eyebrow a bit as she spoke. When she finished speaking, the fifteen cleared her throat saying,"Name's Nicola, and yes you're right, we've never spoken before.." She then paused thinking briefly,"Well I did just transfer here, so I suppose so yes.."

Eliza hoped she'd been right about this girl being new, or else she'd feel really bad. She smiled when the girl told her her name. "Hi Nicola, it's nice to meet you!" There were a lot of pretty names around Hogwarts, like this girl's name for instance. She smiled again, "Well I think that would count for this anyway. Would you mind signing?"

She gave her a moment and then asked, "So, how do you like Hogwarts? I know it's not as, er, comfortable as it usually is." Honestly it really was better usually and it was still a great place, just a little less...elegant than before. Hopefully that would change though.

Ethan nodded towards Beezus as she repeated the instructions just to make sure everyone heard if they weren't paying attention the first time and began handing out the cards. Looking around, he was somewhat pleased that people began taking the cards and jumping into the activity. Good.. he wanted them to have fun with it and get to know someone new, maybe, or just get to know each other better.

He was hungry, so he headed over to Elise first. She was the girl with the pie, right? Was there cherry? He peered at the varieties until he found the one he wanted and cut himself a slice. "So," he started between bites. "I guess I can get you for the Quidditch player square?" He grinned at her and handed her his card to sign. She was good for that one.. and he could return the favor, either for that or one of the others that applied to him. "Want me to sign one for you? Good pie by the way.."

Shoveling a couple more forkfuls of pie into his mouth, Ethan looked up as Eliza approached. "Hey there, Eliza," he grinned at the third year after swallowing his taste of cherry pie. "Oh.. sure.. you remembered I went there, huh? I absolutely can sign that one," he chuckled as he balanced his plate to sign her card at the Beauxbatons square. "So you could sign one for me too?" He glanced at his card to see which square might be appropriate for his friend, looking specifically around the one square he already had signed. He knew she wasn't a new sort or a transfer student, having met her in his first year.. but he was fairly certain she wasn't Muggleborn either. "You aren't Muggleborn, are you?" he asked looking at her a bit appraisingly. "That would be one I need.. but if that doesn't work.." He glanced back down at his card before looking at her again. "Do you own an owl?"

Ethan looked up as Gwen approached and smiled at her as he handed her a game card. "Hey Gwen.. glad you could make it." He was quite pleased at the turnout.. seemed like most of the Ravenclaws were in attendance today.. good. "Help yourself to some pie and ice cream.. oh, and while I have you here.. might you sign one of my squares? I'll return the favor.." He grinned at her before glancing down at the card. "Um.. would you happen to be an only child?" He asked looking back at her. He seemed to remember that she owned a cat, so he figured a pygmy puff was unlikely. "If not.. I'll take almost anything.. what works?"

He wandered around a bit with his plate of pie in one hand and his bingo card in the other, trying to balance things so he could still eat and talk and play this game. He ended up by Mo who was surrounded by girls. Good on you mate. "Hey, Mo.. can I get you to sign one of my squares?" he asked as he saw a break in his conversation. "I know you went to Beauxbatons if you want to do that one.. and I can return the favor. Or any of the ones you need.." Because a good many of them actually applied to him anyway..

Noticing a first year (Tora) just approaching, he walked over towards her. He wasn't sure, but he didn't think he had gotten the chance to talk to her at the feast, so he wanted to make a point to do that now. "Hello.." he greeted her with a smile as he came to a stop in front of her. "I'm Ethan.. I'm not sure that we met.." He handed her a game card. "Anyway, really glad you came out today.. we're playing a little game to get to know each other. You just need to get Ravenclaws to sign a square on your card and complete a row. Think you could help me out?" He held out his own card in front of her. "Could you sign the one for a new sort? Then I can return the favor if you want.." Gesturing to the other student leaders, he added, "I don't know if you met the other Prefect, Beezus? She has ice cream.. and our Quidditch Captain, Elise has some really delicious pies.. feel free to help yourself." It was a party, after all.. and what was a party without refreshments?

And then he spotted another boy (Blake) hanging off to the side. Ethan was sure that he was not a first year - looked older than that - but he wasn't someone he had met before. He was glad he made the effort to join them though and he headed his way. "Hey there.." he greeted with a nod as he approached. "Feel free to help yourself to some pie and ice cream.. and did you get one of these cards? I can sign one if you need me to.." He handed the boy one of his extras. "I'm Ethan, by the way.."

Did Harvey get a card? He spotted his friend not far away and walked over. "Harv.." he called over as he held out one of the bingo cards. "Now, I know you're a Muggleborn," he grinned. "Could you sign that square on my card? Then I can sign one for you too.." He finished off the rest of his pie. "Make sure you help yourself to some pie and ice cream," he added, gesturing towards the female student leaders. They were keeping that for everyone to eat.

He nodded towards the young Gryffindor as she seemed to grasp the concept that this was, indeed, a Ravenclaw gathering.. not that he'd make her leave - as long as she behaved herself. "Nice to meet you, Amara," he said, glancing out distractedly at his group of Eagles. "I'm Ethan.. did you want to play our game with us?" he asked, glancing back at her. She couldn't sign for anyone, not being a Claw.. but he supposed he could get Claws to sign her card.. it was Ravenclaw Bingo, after all. Smirk.

Ethan wandered into the middle of the crowd and glanced around. People seemed like they were having fun.. good, that was pretty much the point, yeah? "Anyone need me to sign their card?" he offered. More than half of the little attributes on the squares did apply to him, after all..

[[OOC: CARDS if you didn't see get one from my previous post..]]

Harvey smiled and nodded at Taylor "Yeah I guess it is, there is alot of people here that have turned up" he said as Taylor hugged him, he was used to that now. But he didnt mind either as there was no one to stop her now.



It was then that he noticed a Gryffindor? well that was something you didnt see everyday, but maybe that gryffindor would be somewhat entertaining to this somewhat already entertaining party. He wondered what mischief that lion was going to get upto, or was she going to be a good girl and actually just enjoy a party.



Now there was this claw that he had never seen before, maybe cause he didnt stay in one place for too long for him to actually meet people.. maybe this would be his moment to meet these new claws. So he gave her a smile as she walked through the crowds in this party. Well he couldnt exactly stand there like a statue could he? He looked around to see who else had turned up. He thought he noticed professor here as well, darn that meant that there wouldnt be too much mischief going on at all...oh wells he would have some fun later.



He then saw two claws get that activity thing underway and sign each others cards, he wondered what could be the point apart from the prize. What was that prize? maybe if he knew then he could get a little motivated to play the game, who here would know what the prize was. He looked around before looking at the two girls again before one of them went over to Ethan. ETHAN! Thats the guy that would know what the prize would be, he was glad that girl went to him and brought Harvey's attention to him. He would thank that girl mentally 'Thank you girl.. whatever your name is' he smiled as he waited for Ethan to come over cause he just had to come over right?



He then saw another girl.. he had met this one before so that was another one he knew.. what was her name.. Gwen-something.. right? well at least there were some here that he knew and that he didnt have to feel completely alone. He wouldnt feel like he didnt know a single person here cause there were quite a few that he knew or had seen around school. He smiled at Gwen as she walked past to get to some other people to sign her card. He was so out of practice with meeting new people that he seriously had no confidence in walking upto to people and introducing himself.. with 'Hi Im Harvey'.. yeah sure it was easy to do that in his head but out loud was a different matter.

Ok so Gwen-something was one person he wouldnt mind hanging out with who else was here that he would be able to hang out with here at this party, and who knows they would also be hanging out and around school too. He just stood there going to back to his rubik's cube trying to solve it, he might just put it into his pocket and meet some people?



Harvey smiled as Ethan said that Mins was good, he was always happy to hear that about his first ever best friend of course! He was glad they were both good cause it wouldnt be good to hear the opposite of course! Harvey then nodded "Yeah.. yeah I will be there at the lab. I guess it will be fun to see what skills you have learnt from Mins in potion brewing" he chuckled a little jokingly, he knew that Ethan himself must be good but he couldnt help but think that all those hours Mins and Ethan must have spent there in the lab together getting to know each other and in the end knowing that one person was for you. It was the same for him and Ella spending all their time in the kitchens eating ice cream, but no that was all over.. now to turn over a new leaf.. there were alot of Ravenclaw girls out here to get to know.. right? but for the moment he went back to playing his little game.

Harvey looked up from playing with his rubik's cube to see Ethan coming over to him holding some card thing out to him as he listened. Harvey nodded yeah he was a muggle born, he looked down at the card square that Ethan was pointing at.. one that said 'Muggleborn' on it, yup that was him alright. He signed the square with a 'H.W' on it "There you go Ethan all signed for you" he said smiling at Ethan as he watched him eat his pie. He nodded as Ethan told him to get pie and ice cream "I will get some ice cream I think" he said as he walked over and got some before going back to his spot and eating his ice cream and enjoying it at the same time. "Hey Ethan..whats the prize for this card....thing?" he asked wondering if it was worth going round to everyone and having them sign their name on this. Ethan would reveal the prize right? they were best mates so he would... right? *eyes Ethan*

Gwen just EYED the bingo card for a moment.

Hmm. With what category should she start with? Or was it easier to find a person first and then go over the possible things which would apply to the Ravenclaw?

Yes, the latter one seemed to be better.


‘Hi’, she greeted Ethan. ‘Great party’ SMIRK. It really was a great idea to make a Ravenclaw party. Thumbs up to that. Heh. Hmm... what was he saying? Glad you could make it. Well... yes. She couldn’t have missed this party.

Hmm. There was ice cream? She would go get herself some in a minute. ‘Sure’, she replied and glimpsed at the card she was holding, to see what categories there were. Which one could she sign? Hearing Ethan’s question, the seventh year drew her attention back to him. ‘Correct’ She was an only child. ‘I could either sign that for you or...’ She eyed the card ‘...favourite subject is Potions?’ Whichever he preferred.

So yeah. He said he would return the favour. ‘Which of these things apply to you?’ Hmm. ‘No- wait. Let me guess’, she said and read the words written in the nine squares. Did he have an owl? Or lived outside Britain? Eventually, Gwen decided to go for an easier thing. ‘Quidditch player?’ She thought she had seen him play last year.

Well?


Since Ethan had mentioned that there was pie and, more importantly- ice cream, the seventh year decided to go grab herself some. With the bingo card in her hand, the Ravenclaw started walking, but she suddenly stopped as she spotted someone who had apparently noticed her a moment earlier. Erm.

‘Hi?’ Person whose name she couldn’t remember.

Gah. Gwen was awful at remembering people’s names. And she wasn’t sure if they had met before. But anyway- she had surely seen the other Ravenclaw in classes. Come to think about it- her plan for this year... well, actually, one of her plans for this year was to get to know the people at Hogwarts better, especially her housemates.

‘I’m Gwen, by the way’, she said and extended her hand. Well, she figured he probably didn’t know who she was so introducing herself was only the normal thing to do.

SPOILER!!: Macabre!

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

"You heard me, and yet you didn't hurry," Mo complained lightly as he straightened his bow tie and then accepted his piece of pie. Elise got a broad grin and a wink before Mo wandered off to find a seat on the blankets.



Mo accepted the hug and fussing from Beezus with another grin. He had so many mama birds in his house, it almost made up for things in general. "I thought I'd try to look dapper for our house party. Loads of people are dressing up, like Blue... she looks pretty, doesn't she?"

Beezus got another grin, and Mo grabbed her up in a bear hug. Payment for her troubles. "Nice party, Bee. All my favorite food and all my favorite people."



Mo took a seat on the blankets near Mika, so when she turned to him and thrust her card at him, he wasn't really surprised. He did pause to read over his own card first, mentally trying to sort out who might fit each of those different squares.

"Are you sure you want me to sign that square? I mean... Niamh came from Beauxbatons too. I could be your Quidditch player." Or THE Quidditch player, obviously, not HERS. Still, if she insisted... Mo pulled out a quill and signed the square before offering his own sheet back to Mika to be signed. Pygmy Puff owner. Check.

"Anyone else? I'm willing to be your Beauxbatons student or Quidditch player, in exchange for... oh, anything, really."

“Thaaaanks” she beamed to Mo as he handed her back her card. Quickly she handed his back before standing up to find someone else to sign hers. She needed everything but the former student one…yep, so she was glancing around when she heard Gwen come up to her.

SPOILER!!: Eliza

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She stood up from the blankets and got a card to use for the activity. She already knew some of the answers...she thought anyway, but others were trickier.

She grinned at Ethan, surely he'd know she'd be trying to get him to sign for one of the squares. But which one would depend on who she could get for the other squares first.

For now, she walked over towards Isobel and Tora. But which square for which girl, she wondered. She wasn't sure why, but she wanted to get everyone done with only on right guess each. Not like they were keeping score with your wrong guesses. Just a personal challenge she supposed. She made her move.

"Hey Tora!" She smiled at her new friend and held her card in her hand. "Any chance you're an only child?" She raised an eyebrow and made her best journalist face, ready to take down information.

She flushed a bit at the nearly walking into someone thing. Yeah, that wasn’t smooth at all. “Sorry” she blinked a few times and smiled at the girl. “I don’t know if we’ve met, I’m Amelia…everyone calls me Mika,” she smiled brightly at the girl. “Er, I can sign your card if you want…I’ve got Pygmy Puffs” she nodded excitedly and smiled as she offered.

SPOILER!!: Amara!!!!!

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Both the prefects addressed her one after the other. Uh-oh. She nodded at the guy prefect she hadn't talked before to. Ravenclaw social, nice. And I walked right into it? "Uhm...okay" she said, feeling a bit awkward. "I'm Amara" Thought he would like to know.

Then the other prefect she knew from the feast. They did talk, where Amara had been a bit cheeky. Stupid you. The girl didn't mind her there..really? That was a good thing to say. "Uhm..thanks" she said, glancing at the other claws. "And..erm, sorry for the feast thing.." she added. It was manners to ask sorry, right?

She sat down with the blue crowd. How odd she looked there, a single little red girl. They were having a little blast, sure it looked all fun. And look, they were playing some game.

"Hey everyone"

I just gatecrashed you're Claw party. SMILE.

She chuckled when she saw Amara there – the little speck of red in a sea of blue. “Hey Amara!” She smiled over to the younger girl. “How’s the spell work going?” She asked beaming at the girl. She rather liked her – this girl had guts just walking into the eagle’s nest. It wasn’t the same as walking into the lions den. But eagles were tough cookies.

“So, thought you’d crash the party?” She beamed at the younger girl.

SPOILER!!: Nicola!!

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Nicola groaned as she made her way out of the castle. Why was she going to this thing? Why was this thing now? This was totally interfering with her scheduled hair brushing time & it was really bothering her! Ughhh! Was this thing going to be long? Was she going to be able to adjust to her messed up schedule? Was she even going to be able to deal with these people?

Only one way to find out..

As it turned out, this little gathering had already started..And it turned out she was surrounded by...a bunch of strangers. She clearly didn't know ANY of these people..yes, they were in her house..but no she couldn't easily point to someone and say 'HEY (insert name here)'

The entire time Nicola was approaching the front gate, why this thing was being here all of places she wished she knew; all she kept hearing was the mention of something she couldn't make out. But as she neared closer, it was becoming a bit more audible..Then she could hear them...They were cheering about Pie? ..Really?

Strange these Hogwarts people...Very strange indeed..

Time to get some mingling done..

She spotted a girl with vibrant red hair and glanced over at her – beaming still. “Hey!” She waved at the girl, “you have really really pretty hair” Mika beamed at Nicola. “Hi, I’m Amelia” she smiled. “You can call me Mika – if you want…or anything” she smiled at the girl.

She looked a little lost there.

“Um, I don’t know your name really – seeing I’m kind of bad at this introducing myself to people thing.” She admitted with a laugh, “anyhow” she lifted the list up, “you see a spot that fits you anywhere?” She asked beaming. “I can sign pygmy puff…and maybe quidditch.” She smiled brightly.

SPOILER!!: Elise

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Originally Posted by iceblossom22

Where did Mo think he was going? Elise had eyes on him, she did. Especially since the activity Ethan had planned was about to go on. It didn't seem like it was going on just then, though, so Elise took a slice of pie and took a nice bite. She'd barely taken two bites when a Sonourus-ed Ethan and Bee explained their activity.

Merlin, they were loud. Didn't they know that yelling wasn't necessary on the charm?

And then there was Eliza coming up to her and asking if she had an owl. Looking back down at the paper, she noticed the square that asked for it and frowned. Her brother had wanted to get her one, but with Puppy and their financial situation, it just wasn't possible. "I don't, I'm sorry," she said apologetically, frowning. "I can sign under Quidditch Player or living outside of Great Britain, though." She could thank her gran for that much.

Turning to her left quickly, she tapped Mo on the shoulder with her pen. Yes, pen. They were far more convenient than quills, especially when she was out and about. "Moooooo?" she grinned, holding up the sheet of paper. "Beauxbatons?" Because he certainly wasn't an only child. She'd met one of his sisters.

Mika knew that Elise was a quidditch player. She was the captain. So she practically RAN over to her to get her to sign her card. “Hey Elise!” She beamed, “Er…if you want I can sign for the pygmy puff one” she smiled brightly at the Quidditch captain.

SPOILER!!: Gwen!

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Ravenclaw party!

This was an amazing idea. Gwen was making her way to the front gate, the place where they were supposed to be, with an actual SMILE on her face. As she got closer to the front gate, she spotted the pretty blue decorations. Go Ravenclaw. She offered a smile to her housemates, who were already there. ‘Hi everyone’

Before looking for a place where to sit, the seventh year waved to Mika and Patrick. And then she spotted a Gryffindor. She immediately recognized Amara and gave a small wave. Hi there. Oh. And also: ‘Hello Professor’, the seventh year greeted Professor Elwood.

SPOILER!!: Ethan and Beezus ^_^

Her attention was then drawn towards one of the Prefects, who just started talking. Heh. The game sounded fun. She smiled at Beezus as she took one of the cards.

Hmm.

Let’s see.

She looked at what was written on those cards. Hmm. Who owned a Pigmy Puff? She didn’t really know. She was on her way to ask Elise to sign under Quidditch Player for her, but she stopped walking as she passed by Mika.


‘Hey!’ GRIN.

She glimpsed back at the card. Hmm. Did Mika play Quidditch? She wasn’t sure. Hmm. Lived outside Britain? She remembered that Mika had told her about her summer holiday, when she was planning to go to other countries. Maybe she live there? Maybe not?

Anyway.

‘You have a Pigmy Puff, right?’ Yes? No?

Mika heard someone behind her and turned with what was almost a squeak. She beamed at Gwen, “yeah I do” she nodded and quickly reached over and signed her card. “and guess what! I might play quidditch this term” she beaaaamed at the girl.

Yeah she rather liked Gwen – she’d always been nice. And niceness was always, always appareciated.

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Ohhh so they were also going to play a game of Bingo! AWESOMESAUCE!!

Orr looked down at her card and saw that she had to find a first year. The only first year she could spot standing next to her was a girl she knew was named something with an I--Ingrid, Iris...um Isobel.

She walked up to Isobel and smiled at her while introducing herself (Orr was sure that they hadn't really met before), "Hey. I'm Aurora but everyone calls me Orr. Would you like to sign my card?"

She turned and spotted that girl with the really bright blue eyes and just smiled. She had heard her introduce herself to Isobel and just squeeezed her way into the conversation.

“Orr? That is a pretty cool nickname.” She beamed. “I’m Amelia but everyone calls me Mika – kind of a hodgepodge nickname.” She nodded beaming brightly. Because Mika was easier than calling her Amelia Kaikoura.

"I can sign your card if you like for the pygmy puffs" she offered beaming all the while.

SPOILER!!: ethan

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Ethan nodded towards Beezus as she repeated the instructions just to make sure everyone heard if they weren't paying attention the first time and began handing out the cards. Looking around, he was somewhat pleased that people began taking the cards and jumping into the activity. Good.. he wanted them to have fun with it and get to know someone new, maybe, or just get to know each other better.

He was hungry, so he headed over to Elise first. She was the girl with the pie, right? Was there cherry? He peered at the varieties until he found the one he wanted and cut himself a slice. "So," he started between bites. "I guess I can get you for the Quidditch player square?" He grinned at her and handed her his card to sign. She was good for that one.. and he could return the favor, either for that or one of the others that applied to him. "Want me to sign one for you? Good pie by the way.."

Shoveling a couple more forkfuls of pie into his mouth, Ethan looked up as Eliza approached. "Hey there, Eliza," he grinned at the third year after swallowing his taste of cherry pie. "Oh.. sure.. you remembered I went there, huh? I absolutely can sign that one," he chuckled as he balanced his plate to sign her card at the Beauxbatons square. "So you could sign one for me too?" He glanced at his card to see which square might be appropriate for his friend, looking specifically around the one square he already had signed. He knew she wasn't a new sort or a transfer student, having met her in his first year.. but he was fairly certain she wasn't Muggleborn either. "You aren't Muggleborn, are you?" he asked looking at her a bit appraisingly. "That would be one I need.. but if that doesn't work.." He glanced back down at his card before looking at her again. "Do you own an owl?"

Ethan looked up as Gwen approached and smiled at her as he handed her a game card. "Hey Gwen.. glad you could make it." He was quite pleased at the turnout.. seemed like most of the Ravenclaws were in attendance today.. good. "Help yourself to some pie and ice cream.. oh, and while I have you here.. might you sign one of my squares? I'll return the favor.." He grinned at her before glancing down at the card. "Um.. would you happen to be an only child?" He asked looking back at her. He seemed to remember that she owned a cat, so he figured a pygmy puff was unlikely. "If not.. I'll take almost anything.. what works?"

He wandered around a bit with his plate of pie in one hand and his bingo card in the other, trying to balance things so he could still eat and talk and play this game. He ended up by Mo who was surrounded by girls. Good on you mate. "Hey, Mo.. can I get you to sign one of my squares?" he asked as he saw a break in his conversation. "I know you went to Beauxbatons if you want to do that one.. and I can return the favor. Or any of the ones you need.." Because a good many of them actually applied to him anyway..

Noticing a first year (Tora) just approaching, he walked over towards her. He wasn't sure, but he didn't think he had gotten the chance to talk to her at the feast, so he wanted to make a point to do that now. "Hello.." he greeted her with a smile as he came to a stop in front of her. "I'm Ethan.. I'm not sure that we met.." He handed her a game card. "Anyway, really glad you came out today.. we're playing a little game to get to know each other. You just need to get Ravenclaws to sign a square on your card and complete a row. Think you could help me out?" He held out his own card in front of her. "Could you sign the one for a new sort? Then I can return the favor if you want.." Gesturing to the other student leaders, he added, "I don't know if you met the other Prefect, Beezus? She has ice cream.. and our Quidditch Captain, Elise has some really delicious pies.. feel free to help yourself." It was a party, after all.. and what was a party without refreshments?

And then he spotted another boy (Blake) hanging off to the side. Ethan was sure that he was not a first year - looked older than that - but he wasn't someone he had met before. He was glad he made the effort to join them though and he headed his way. "Hey there.." he greeted with a nod as he approached. "Feel free to help yourself to some pie and ice cream.. and did you get one of these cards? I can sign one if you need me to.." He handed the boy one of his extras. "I'm Ethan, by the way.."

Did Harvey get a card? He spotted his friend not far away and walked over. "Harv.." he called over as he held out one of the bingo cards. "Now, I know you're a Muggleborn," he grinned. "Could you sign that square on my card? Then I can sign one for you too.." He finished off the rest of his pie. "Make sure you help yourself to some pie and ice cream," he added, gesturing towards the female student leaders. They were keeping that for everyone to eat.

He nodded towards the young Gryffindor as she seemed to grasp the concept that this was, indeed, a Ravenclaw gathering.. not that he'd make her leave - as long as she behaved herself. "Nice to meet you, Amara," he said, glancing out distractedly at his group of Eagles. "I'm Ethan.. did you want to play our game with us?" he asked, glancing back at her. She couldn't sign for anyone, not being a Claw.. but he supposed he could get Claws to sign her card.. it was Ravenclaw Bingo, after all. Smirk.

Ethan wandered into the middle of the crowd and glanced around. People seemed like they were having fun.. good, that was pretty much the point, yeah? "Anyone need me to sign their card?" he offered. More than half of the little attributes on the squares did apply to him, after all..

[[OOC: CARDS if you didn't see get one from my previous post..]]

There had been just so many people, and faces, and names. She didn’t know if she would remember them all. She glanced over to Ethan as he offered to sign the cards. Yeah she could use a card signing here or there.

“Sure” she beamed at the older guy. “Um – I can sign for Pygmy Puffs if you like” she smiled at the older student. He was nice – and she rather liked Min. Min was cool. She had just found out after all that this was the amazing Min’s boyfriend. So she liked her. There fore she would have to like him right? Right.

She seemed to be catching a few people mid-bite of their pie. It must be pretty good, she thought and decided to have a piece once she'd finished the game. Priorities. "Yepyep, sure did," she said in response to Ethan's transfer. She remembered that was one of the first things he'd ever told her. She watched him sign her card, holding her hands out as he did - ready to catch his plate if it took a tumble. Thankfully it didn't though and she took her square back. "Thanks!" She pulled out a marker from her bag to sign something for him. She chuckled a bit when he asked about her being a Muggleborn. I guess I never really did say...I also don't know what he is either I suppose... She smirked and waved off that spot on his card and said, "Well I can't help you there, but I do have an owl. Her name's Luna," she said fondly. She signed his square and went on about his first question, just to clarify. They were friends after all, they should know this stuff, right? "Both of my parents are magical," she said casually as she put the top back onto her marker. "Aren't yours too? I thought they were anyway, but maybe I'm wrong." It wasn't like it mattered really, but she did like to know as much as she could about her friends.





She was looking around at the other students, trying to think of who to inquire about next when she was nearly bumped into by someone. She turned to see who it was and laughed it off. "It's okay," she said and smiled. "Hi Mika, I'm Eliza. Yunno, I think maybe we bumped into each other in Astronomy last year too." She chuckled and said, "Maybe that's just how we're meant to talk to each other?" She raised and eyebrow and laughed again. They hadn't really talked in class much, but she knew her face. "Oh you do? What are they like to own?" She was curious. They looked cute, but she wasn't sure how much interaction you could get out of them. Not like a kneazle, which was what she wanted some day. She held her card out for the girl to sign and listed some offers of her own. "Thanks for signing. I've got an owl, if you still need that space. Or Quidditch, or...that's it, actually sorry. Either of those work for you?" she asked hopefully.

SPOILER!!: Harvey

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He then saw two claws get that activity thing underway and sign each others cards, he wondered what could be the point apart from the prize. What was that prize? maybe if he knew then he could get a little motivated to play the game, who here would know what the prize was. He looked around before looking at the two girls again before one of them went over to Ethan. ETHAN! Thats the guy that would know what the prize would be, he was glad that girl went to him and brought Harvey's attention to him. He would thank that girl mentally 'Thank you girl.. whatever your name is' he smiled as he waited for Ethan to come over cause he just had to come over right?

She noticed another Claw boy noticing her and she knew she'd seen him around before, so she figured, once he was done talking to Ethan, she'd see if he could sign for any of her squares. She walked up to him slowly, not wanting to start him or anything since she was still sort of small and people tended to not hear her approaches. She looked to Ethan to be sure they were done talking, and then introduced herself. "Hi, I'm Eliza. Not sure if you knew that or not but.... you're, um...Shoot sorry. I thought I might remember." She blushed a little at her misstep but carried on. "Erm, anyway, would you be able to sign for any of my squares? Potions...only child...owl...?" Those were the ones she needed most anyway, but if he had a different trait, she'd take a signature for that too.



She held her card in both hands, low, so he could see what she needed.

Harvey was just about to walk away when he heard someone say Hi, he looked surprised as he hadn't expected anyone to say Hi especially one that he hadn't spoken to a lot. He smiled as best as he could "Hi" he greeted as she extended her hand he genuinely shook her hand. Well it was either meet people or be bored standing here, and honestly? he preferred the former over the latter he always did.

Aha! He was correct her name was Gwen! "Oh hello there Gwen, Im Harvey sixth year claw" just in case she didn't know that. "Nice to meet you Gwen" he said to her suddenly feeling a little nervous now about meeting people again. But he knew that he just had start meeting people again, what better place to start than your own house. That too at an event especially designed for all claws like him. So he decided to meet more people now, so this was Gwen who else was there.. Ethan and Beezus he knew.

"How are you Gwen?" he asked her, it was one way to start a good conversation with a person you hardly knew as that opened a whole host of subjects. He had found that when he had met people, just asking that small question started a conversation that could go on for days or weeks. He wasn't implying they stay there for days and weeks talking, just that they could hang out now if she didnt find him weird or anything.



Harvey looked at the girl that had started talking to him after he was done with Ethan, she was talking kinda fast but Harvey didn't mind that she was just excited that's all. She didn't remember him? well he didn't expect her to remember who he was when they had only met when she was a first year on her first day. He smiled at her blushing, he could understand how she was feeling so he nodded as she asked him to sign her card. "Hello Eliza Im Harvey, sixth year claw. Of course I will sign your card for you" he looked at her cards and smiled "You know three apply to me straight away, Muggleborn which I am.. I also have an Owl.. and I used to be on the Quidditch team." he said listing all the options that applied to him "So tell me, which one would you like me to sign?" he asked in case she had reserved some of the other options for someone else. Maybe he could sign the muggleborn one as there were many quidditch players here and many that owned an owl too.. so those could easily be signed by other people. But he would let Eliza choose which one she wanted him to sign.



It was then that he realised that he had finished the ice cream that he had, and suddenly he felt the need for more ice cream which didn't surprise him really since he had loved ice cream since he and Ella had eaten it together the past two years. Now suddenly he just wanted as much as he could eat as if he was making up for lost time since he hadn't had ice cream in almost a whole year, meh it was ice cream he couldn't complain about that. "Excuse me I will be back in just a moment, I need more ice cream!" he said sounding a little more eager than he planned to but he was an ice cream lover so why not sound eager. So off he went calmly to get some more ice cream before joining Ethan again.

Watching Harvey initial his card at the Muggleborn square, Ethan smiled then chuckled a bit. “Oh, I was actually quite adept at potions even before I met Min,” he said, taking his card back. Though he would readily admit that his girlfriend was very skilled at the subject as well. ”My Mum is something of a potions expert,” he added with a shrug. ”She even has her own lab at home. I really learned a lot from her when I was younger.” If he really thought about it, he might realize that he probably got his knack for experimentation from her, even if it was more botanically-related.

“So, did you want me to sign one of those squares for your card, too?” Ethan asked as he peered over Harvey’s shoulder to see if he still needed any squares signed. “Several of those apply to me.. which do you still need to make a row?” Then he shrugged at his last words. “You’ll probably have to ask Beezus about that one..” She was in charge of whatever prize there may or may not be, right? Because he surely wasn’t.. at least he didn’t think he was supposed to be.


Ethan watched Gwen for a moment as she seemed to consider her Bingo card, then he grinned at her as it seemed his random guess was indeed correct. She was an only child.. and that would work for his card. [b]”Oh.. either one would work I guess.. let’s just go with only child then..”{/b] Since that had been his first inclination and all.. it probably didn’t matter otherwise, having needed either or both. “And I could actually do that square for you too..” Or, oh.. Quidditch player? Yep, he could sign that square as well. ”Sure,” he grinned as he took the card from her and initialed EM in the Quidditch player square. ”I am Ravenclaw’s Keeper, after all.”

Ethan glanced down at his card for a moment, then back up as he saw Mika approach and he smiled at the younger Claw. ”Oh, that would be great,” he said, smiling a bit wider as she offered to sign his card and he handed it over to her. He wasn’t sure of anyone else at the party who had a pygmy puff for a pet though he was sure he had seen several bouncing around the common room. ”You know, Minerva has a pygmy puff too, Fluffy she’s called.. So what can I sign for you?” Or more like, what did she have left because he was able to sign for several so which one would help her make a row?

Ethan shrugged a bit as he handed Eliza back her card. He didn’t really think she was a Muggleborn.. just a hopeful guess so he could have that square filled, but he’d certainly accept something different. “Oh, alright.. I could use the owl square marked off as well,” he said with a smile as he handed his own card over. He thought for a moment, trying to place whether or not he had ever seen Eliza’s owl, and he wasn’t sure that he had. ”So, what kind of owl is Luna? I’m think of getting one for Min’s birthday.. She’s really into them right now..”

He nodded a bit to the question. ”They are.. I’m a pureblood actually,” he added with a little shrug. Not that it mattered anyway.. but it was probably the reason that he didn’t know much about Muggles other than what Min and one of his friends form Beauxbatons had taught him. “So, did your parents go to school here then?” Just a curious thought.. there were a lot of magical schools around though. He glanced down at his card. That gave him three in a row, didn't it? Well, it wouldn't exactly be fair of him to win when it was his game.. he'd hold off and keep playing.. Maybe he'd fill up the whole thing just for fun.

No one ventured this far, did they?

All the way to the gates?

Bliss sincerely hoped not as she walked towards them. She had a lot of her chest right now, and needed somewhere to get it off. In song. Yep, that was how she dealt with things. Her date with Tag had been .. surprisingly good and the boy definitely seemed head over heels. The only problem was, she wasn't sure if she was. There was still a part of her hanging onto the past, onto West and she just couldn't shake it. Unfortunately, she couldn't bring herself to tell the boy that she wasn't ready to move on just yet.

It had been a few months now, but Bliss still felt attached to her feelings for West.

And to try and detach from them, she sang ..

You'd think after a tour around descending and ascending stairs, the Snake would have felt refreshed, only she didn't. She still was bored, what was it with boredom spreading like a disease. Or was it only herself? Everyone seemed to have something occupying them. Cassia didn't, or couldn't really think of anything interesting to do. Interesting being the keyword because a pile of homework was waiting for her. She'll get to them later.

The Slytherin had earlier decided not to go out because it was cold, well, forget the cold she was heading out anyway. Maybe the freezing breeze would kills the boredom. And so she headed towards the front gate. No one seemed to be around except....? Was that singing. The fourth-year slowly and soundlessly made her way towards the voice and stopped listening in. It was Bliss. Cassia did consider herself a friend of the Badger. Since Bliss was Blue's bestie, also since Bliss was West's Ex. And since Cassia wasn't a major player in all that she figured there wouldn't be any awkwardness. Why would there be? Anyway, the nosy snake did consider this issue a personal one, one she didn't interfere in.

"Hey, Bliss," Cassia finally said after Bliss paused. The snake didn't want to interrupt but also she didn't want to stand here like a creeper. She was a spy alright, but not on friends. Who were singing passionately. "That was beautiful," She told Bliss with a grin.

"Were you heading out?" She wondered pointing at the gate. Was Bliss ok?

While she sang, Bliss let everything come over her all at once. Or rather, it did anyway, but she'd like to think that she had some sort of control over it, whether that was naive to think or not. All her memories, her current emotions, everything, just filled her and she sang with her whole heart. Not holding back. Letting it all out.

It helped.

SIGH. She slowly opened her eyes and her hands froze where they were on the guitar as she heard a voice. A girl's voice. "Cassia," she greeted, Bliss' voice a little raspy from all of the singing - she cleared her throat - "hey." In all honesty, she hadn't expected anyone to be out here, but it was still quite a nice surprise to see her; she hadn't seen the girl in quite a while. Not since she and West broke up, at the very least.

Bliss returned the grin, "you think so? Thank you!" She didn't often get compliments on her singing .. mainly because she didn't sing in front of people, but still. Huh, wait. "Out?" She blinked, not understanding straight away what Cassia meant. "Oh. OH. No, why .. why would I do that?" The fourth year tilted her head to side and considered things, "I wouldn't have anywhere to go, anyway."

Except home and that .. that wouldn't solve anything.