Cole wished for a rolled up magazine or a book or something that he could use to swat Dexter beside his own hand... seeing as his twin's head was so hard sometimes that it might cause his fingers to break. "I'm older, so I'm the original," he teased. "So, if anything, you look like me." He chose to be amused about the whole thing because even if she had kissed him, it wouldn't be like she'd meant to kiss Dexter... and Cole mostly trusted Dexter not to let it get too far. Mostly.

Lacing his fingers between Eden's discretely, Cole squeezed her hand and looked over with a small smile. The three of them all together was not really something that happened and so the field trip would be interesting, with Cole trying to not to necessarily favor one over the other with his time or attention. He wanted them to get on, especially given... things... so he supposed this was as good a time as any.

"Do either of you have any idea what we're actually doing on this trip?" Because small talk.

Norah beamed at Adi and called a quick, "Hey!" in his direction, because did ya see that? Double thumbs up. That was even BETTER than a normal thumbs up. Heheh.Was that a grin? That was GRIN. She, Norah Kittredge had gotten a GRIN from a sparkle hater. He was a prefect sparkle-hater though, which meant a grin was a very big deal, mmhmm. Maybe all the breathing next to Sophie Brown was working! The fourteen year old gave him her biggest and bestest BEAM before hearing her name somewhere else and jerking her head around so see who it was. And getting loads of hair in her mouth because apparently hair and smiles didn't go well together but ZANDER DIDN'T NOTICE RIIIIGHT?Norah's smile got even bigger, which she hadn't thought was possible, when she found the source of the name calling. Good name calling, obviously. This Puffer didn't waste her time with the mean type of name callers nope nope nope. "Hayden!" Unable to contain herself, she reached over and gave her dorm mate a big old squishy hug. She tapped her fingers on her thighs as she took a step back from the hug and GRINNED some more. 'Cept Hayden had asked a question, yeah? "Excited? I'm SUPERMEGAEXCITED!" Who wouldn't be? This was gonna be TOTALLY AWESOME. "Are youuuu excited?" If she wasn't Norah could help with that, yep. She was practically a trained PROFESSIONAL.Who was that hugging her from the side? More importantly, who was that TICKLING her in the side? Norah spun around, going around more than once because who could say no to twirling, before seeing her favoritest head of blonde hair EVER. Even favoriter than Sebby's head, maybe. Don't tell him that, though. It was harder to get a brother to smuggle you chocolate when he was mad, she knew that for a fact. "MARI!" she shrieked, fully aware that she'd probably deafened everybody near her. Eh, Sophie Brown was so magical that she was probably incapable of deafness, and Mari was for SURE. There was nobody EVER more fun than Mari, obviously. "Hi hi hi! Are you excited? I'm excited! Could she tell? She held on to Mari's finger and swayed from side to side as she spoke, because standing still was a hundred million percent NOT an option right now. "I've never been on one of these before. Have you been on one of these before? Is there lots of FUN STUFF?" If Marigold was here there probably would be. She threw her arms around the older girl and gave her a squish, making sure to let go of her finger first because watching people hurting was practically the definition of un-fun. And there was no room for un-fun 'round here, she'd make sure of that.

Kace grinned and smiled at Puck in her attempt to give him a cheesy greeting. "Why hello there good friend. You excited for this trip?" he asked. I mean he was prepared for this for a while. He couldn't believe his mother agreed to let him go on this. Usually she would have wanted him to go on his family trip every summer, thank god he was going to miss that. Nah he loved his family but he had been to too many of the gatherings and he wanted a break. As he was looking around since he noticed Puck was busy talking to other people, he noticed a short blonde making her way.

He grinned widely at Emmy and felt her little hug that just reached his stomach. "Heyy babe.." he greeted her and kissed her forehead. "You ready for the trip? I see we are gonna go on double dates as well.." he nodded towards Cinna and Bart.

Considering all of the students who were showing up; this was going to be one awesome field trip. Of course just counting AJ by herself proved that much, but no need to go there. The most important people to her were there and that was what really mattered. Ethan's voice was heard, and AJ turned and smiled at him. "Hey Ethan. Having a good summer so far?" Other familiar faces passed by and it seemed like she was never going to stop waving.

Both of her sisters were there. She didn't think Abby was coming, but was glad to see her there. "Hey, you two." Angel went off to Benny's side, and AJ just remembered that she never allowed Benny to properly answer her before she dashed off to Adi. Oh well. It it was something important she would hear about it soon enough.

Zander still looked like his normal awkward self, but he was smiling and AJ was glad to see it. Hopefully this next year would be much better for her prefect. Life really was unfair sometimes. He did have the whole unicorn army to get his mind off of everything else. Man, AJ sure was super helpful.

Turning her attention back to Adi and Margo, she smiled at the younger Hufflepuff who seemed to have tons of energy. "Sup?" Yes, she had remembered her from class, but that was pretty much the extent of it. "Excited for the field trip?" Better question. "Do you think we will get to ride the monster?" Ohhh... please let that be a possibility. It was as if Airey knew she had a question because he appeared as if on cue. Port keys? Oh, so they weren't riding the train. This is what happens when you don't pay attention. Or was that even common knowledge? Anywho, questions! She had them. "Professor, do you we need a saddle to properly ride the monster, or can we just mount it normally?" You know the 'normal' way to mount a monster. Maybe she should ask the creatures professor? Nah, he always spoiled her unicorn fun so AJ didn't expect him to be cool with monsters either. Oh, and could she have some of whatever it was he was eating? Sniff. Sniff.

Henric looked around and saw Adi greeting his friends at the platform.Weird...Adi spotted him and gave him quite an unusual stare before calling out to him. Did he still remembered about the small scene at the last great hall feast? Henric wouldn't want to be impolite towards the prefect so he gave him a small wave back at him.
"Hi Adi...umm...had you just arrived?"he asked.

There'd now she wasn't alone. She had the two most important people to her there. She was very happy now. There was of course a few other people that she was glad to see here too. Though she hadn't acknowledged the others yet.



Beaming at Emmy. Which was something that she didn't do at all. She was just that excited. "Hi!" They had been apart for each other for what? Ten minutes? Hehe. Emmy must have gotten ahold of some candy already this morning. "I found you, guys" though it always seem that Bart was the one always finding her, so the change was nice. Cinna laughed "I don't know. You were there then you wasn't. Maybe it could be the issue." She shrugged. Emmy was short. Cinna was quite tall for a girl. It's like there height difference was a visional of just how different they were. To me best friends they were complete opposites.



Cinna really couldn't help but to smile when he was around her. Then he had to go and call her babe. She giggled. Hehe. If he ever called her something like cinnabun in front Emmy or anyone really she would probably die. Well now she was really smiling. "Hey, hot stuff. Getting excited for the trip?" She might have giggled a bit calling him that. Only a little bit.

She give him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Just making it through the crowd." There was quite a few people going on the trip. "Oh no, I had a great time last night at the reception. I'm not a bit sleepy." Even though she didn't sleep at all last night. "I hope so." She really did the sooner they left the sooner they'd be there. She couldn't wait to see what was all in store for them doing the week.



She smiled and give her a side hug back. They were basically family now, right? Yeah not really. She was with Mitchie who had just become her cousin in law. Or brother in law. Whichever Mitch, abd Stella were both like family to her now. "Where's Mitchie?" He was coming right? Cinna hadn't seen him around. If he was there he would me with her, right? They were worse then her and Bart or her and Emmy. Didn't see one without the other.*



Cinna smiled and waved at Kace. She was glad that he was here. Emmy had him here. Well she figured that Kace would head over to Emmy. She watched as he turned to talk Puck? PUCK? Mmmm. She eyed Kace. Rude. Really, dude? You're hot girlfriend is standing over here. That was fine Emmy was hers now. So ha! No actually it wasn't fine. She kept eyeing him.

Cinna spotted and head Grayson Whitlock. Haha this was going to be great. She laughed "Grayson, you're coming on this trip? How's summer been for you?" Whity's presence wasn't taking from eyeing Kace.

Oh so now he was coming over to see Emmy? Sorry Emmy your boy was getting called out on his actions. "Yeah, I'm ready. I'm here." Still eyeing him. "We have been here the whole time. Emmy has been here the whole time." As far as double dates. Nope. It sounded way to much like something that Lux would want to do. Thank goodness that she wasn't coming.



So awkward there was an entire other group standing around with her that she hadn't even bother to speak to, yet. Either because didn't care too much for them or it had been a while since she had spoken to them or hardly spoke to them in the first place. They were all soon to be Gryffindor sixth years, too. They had all week together so she could deal with small talk with them, right? She would try.

She gave each a grin, Abbi got a special smirky grin. Even more when Bart pulled her closer. Hehe. She looked at him and gave him a small quick grin too. Then turned back to the others. "Hey guys. Are you guys excited about the trip? Having a good summer?" Ugh small talk. But it was enough for her. She doubted that any of them would talk to her anyway.

"Hello, Professors!" Thompson and Kitridge was there. As chaperones she assumed. And look who is was, her head for house himself Flamsteed had arrived with no Medea. did that mean that it was almost departure time? Please. She was really to get out of this group of too many people she'd rather not be around so she could be closer with the ones she did want to be around

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Greetings to Mr Kitridge and Professor Thompson happened, of course. Perhaps not to Flamsteed as Oleander seemed to miss the man... standing right beside him. Odd.
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Three groups. Okay. Do they get to choose? He was not entirely sure he wanted to share portkeys with Flamsteed.

Stuffing some more of his space ice cream into his mouth, the astronomer grinned at the Slytherin with bits of freeze dried chocolate stuck to his pearly whites.

Always charming to see a Wisteria. Mhmmmm.

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"Hi, Professor Flamsteed!" Marigold said before greeting the other professors. "Hello, professors! Good summer so far?"

…portkeys now? She stayed in her position. Surely Norah, Sophie Brown, and Zander…oh, they might be going together. She retreated to find two other lonely souls.

Pouring the remaining flakes into his mouth, licking the inside of the bag and using a wet finger to dab up any flakes that clung to the bottom of the bag, he forced an enthusiastic nod towards the Hufflepuff prefect and plastered another grin on his face.

"Certainly has been an...eye opening one," he nodded, using his wand to banish the now empty packet of space ice cream. Which was putting all these life changing revelations a bit mildly, but students need not know about his personal affairs. "Trust yours as been going swimmingly?"

Swimmingly. Haha. He made a funny.

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“Hello Professor Flamsteed,” she grinned over to him and gave Zeke a grin as well…that kid could potentially rule the world. And then she heard Kace and grinned. “Hey buddy old pal…” she grinned at him.

Contemplating pulling out another packet from his bag, the astronomer nodded his head towards Miss Greyvson. "Good day, Miss Greyvson," he saluted. Was she ready to act MORE responsibly this go around? While Airey disliked being THAT professor, it had been brought to his attention that he had no other choice.

It was going to be a tight term for you and Mr. Adair. Tight indeed.

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"Hello, Mr. Kitridge!" Penelope smiled at the librarian/head of house. Flamsteed was here. Penelope went over to where the astronomy professor was. "Hello, Professor Flamsteed!" If each professor had a portkey, she wanted to go with Mr. Kitridge. She felt safe around the Ravenclaw head of house. Penelope didn't really know Professor Thompson, and she was not going to take a portkey with Professor Flamsteed ever again if she could help it. With her history of getting hurt around Flamsteed, she would probably ending up getting sick or hitting her head on something. Better to stick close to Mr. Kitridge. She was just going to stay close to the librarian and read for now.

"Miss Wright!" the astronomer greeted, his voice breaking into a high pitched squeak at the sight of her. Sweet solstice don't let her be a part of his travel group. Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet soltice no. "I should let you know that I have made sure we will have a space just to the right of the entrance to the Great Hall for the start of term feast," he added with a bit of a wink. Hopefully preparations on her end were coming along.

He was quite excited for this little adoption fair project.

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And there was their fearless Chaperone; her head of house. Swimming? Were they SWIMMING to get where they were going?

Or not. Considering travel in groups of three. Portkey. But still no Hayley. Frown

A small wave was made to the young Gryffindor - although his attention was briefly drawn towards Mr. Adair, Miss Neverwinter, and their whispered conversation - and a small wink thrown in for good measure.

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They were in the company of awesome staff members and not to mention responsible students like himself. Hehe. Speaking of awesome staff members though... here came Professor Suits! "Hiya, Professor!'' A smart salute for you, Mr Astronomer!

"Hello, Mr. Rehman," Airey saluted the young man. He was just radiating energy like a star about to supernova today, wasn't he? Osmosis...maybe he could get some of that enthusiasm to replace the man's nervous energy.

But first...another packet of space ice cream. Strawberry this time.

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Emmylou saw and HEARD Professor Flamsteed. Was it just her? She would bet that anyone could hear him from a mile away. It wasn't uncommon because he was loud and normally very excited about his job and he seemed to be very excited about this field trip but who wouldn't be, yeah? It was a field trip and to someone like Emmylou who had never been on a field trip before she was super, extra excited about all of this. She waved at Professor Flamsteed and Mr. Kitridge. "Hello." Emmylou smiled becuase she was so excited about seeing her friends that she forgot to say hello to them which was very rude of her.

"Hello and good day, Miss Duchannes," he smiled at the young lady. "You are looking ready and eager today."

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Turning her attention back to Adi and Margo, she smiled at the younger Hufflepuff who seemed to have tons of energy. "Sup?" Yes, she had remembered her from class, but that was pretty much the extent of it. "Excited for the field trip?" Better question. "Do you think we will get to ride the monster?" Ohhh... please let that be a possibility. It was as if Airey knew she had a question because he appeared as if on cue. Port keys? Oh, so they weren't riding the train. This is what happens when you don't pay attention. Or was that even common knowledge? Anywho, questions! She had them. "Professor, do you we need a saddle to properly ride the monster, or can we just mount it normally?" You know the 'normal' way to mount a monster. Maybe she should ask the creatures professor? Nah, he always spoiled her unicorn fun so AJ didn't expect him to be cool with monsters either. Oh, and could she have some of whatever it was he was eating? Sniff. Sniff.

Was that question directed at him? She was looking AT him, so he supposed it was the safest assumption. Even if his knowledge of creatures was elementary at best. Although he did know a bit more about kelpies than he had a few weeks ago. It paid to have a life partner that used to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts...and was a bit of a creatures fanatic.

"Well...considering kelpies don't require a saddle when they lure the unsuspecting on to their backs, then dragging said victims under the water to devour them, I would assume that means you would not need a saddle to ride them," he replied while tapping his chin thoughtfully with his index finger. "Suppose if you wanted to sit a bit more comfortably on to its back as you are dragged to your doom a saddle would be advised, however."

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"Hello, Professors!" Thompson and Kitridge was there. As chaperones she assumed. And look who is was, her head for house himself Flamsteed had arrived with no Medea. did that mean that it was almost departure time? Please. She was really to get out of this group of too many people she'd rather not be around so she could be closer with the ones she did want to be around

"Hello, Miss Bayless," he saluted. "Survived your OWLs I see." Cue a nervous chuckle.

Alright, small talk was not your strong suit today, Flamsteed. Best stick to eating your space ice cream and waiting for the departure time to arrive.

"Sure am! I even brought along a few extra things, just in case," Heather replied to the librarian, indicating the water jug she was carrying. One should always be prepared for anything when camping, which she assumed that's what they were doing. If not, then, well, oops.

Awkward boy was still awkward. Oh well, it was no skin off her back. Though, she had to wonder why he was that way. It couldn't have been because of his girlfriend, because Heather was pretty sure the girl would've come after her if she'd had a problem with them dancing at the ball. Anyway he got a nod back.

Note to self: be as far away as possible from Professor Flamsteed when portkeying.

"Hello, Professor Flamsteed," Heather greeted her Head of House, returning his salute. Thank goodness, he made the suggestion of traveling in three groups. Elbows in her side didn't sound like fun, and she had enough problems with portkeying anyway. Wasn't so great at the landing part. Always fell over and falling on someone was never a good feeling.

As Kace was talking to Puck, he noticed Cinna giving him a glare. He tilted his head and he gave her a quizzical look. Whattt??? He couldn't say hi to one of his friends? He shook his head and laughed. He found this amusing and he heard Cinna emphasizing Emmy was here the whole time. Alright he got the gist and he laughed and walked over and kissed Emmy on the lips. He winked back at Cinna. "I'm sorry babe I went to go talk to Puck. I should have kissed you first.." he told Emmy. I guess that is what Cinna wanted to hear.

Then he smirked deep and he went over and noogied Cinna on the head. Yeah typical sibling like stuff ya know. As he looked around he noticed the teachers were here too. Huh...how come he didn't greet them? Ah well time to do that now. He saw Professor Flamsteed and he greeted him with a wave. "Hello Professor Airey!"

He was actually happy and carefree well, relatively since being Zander and all meant that he was never really-- never mind and very much enjoying just standing around. Though, he WAS looking forward to the rest of the trip, so he did want to get to doing that stuff too. Just sayin. Being cooped up for the first half of the summer was enough to drive a boy insane. But anyways, being happy and relatively care-free meant he was beaming at everyone. Grayson got an attempted sup nod right back, but about half way through, Zander decided to just go with a wave instead. He'd get it right at some point. Not even that could put a damper on his mood. He was sure nothing could. Not even Bart. Though, knowing Bart, he could probably make it really close. If only Kevin was here.


"Huh? Me? Yeah. I'm GREAT. Never been better," la la la. Awkward. Awkward. Awkward. At least HE felt awkward... Angel hopefully felt awkward too because that meant they didn't have to have awkward conversation for any longer. Merlin. He turned back over to Sophie hoping she'd save him from another weird conversation with Angel. Merlin, it was always with the two Valentine's. Those twins were a handful. Or were they still triplets? Eh. Zander could never tell. He had yet to meet the mysterious third so for now, twins. Okay?


Actually, he'd take talking to Angel any day if it meant he didn't have to talk to Bart. But unfortunately he wasn't so lucky..... But, Bart wasn't being totally ruthless and horrible for once. Which as strange. And Zander wasn't letting his guard down. Not after everything that had happened the last time he let his guard down. "Yeah. Great." He gave the boy a strange look with furrowed brows. This was too weird. Zander did NOT like it. Bart was up to something always was. "And yours?" Was probably great, huh? Filled with loads of Cinna.

"It's been decent," he was still smiling though. Despite being at home for most of it, he quite enjoyed the exam free environment it provided. Plus, there was tons of time to spend with his cruppy because holy Merlin had she started to get bigger. And teething was happening too. But again, no complaints. Could be worse. You know, like fifth year. Ahem. "How's your summer been, Marigold?" It was a good thing all that awkward stuff was behind them, right? Right. It was TOTALLY behind him. Again, he glanced over at Sophie giving her side a gentle nudge with his elbow. Was she as excited for this trip as he was? Not that he was really excited about the trip... More for just being out and about. But still.


OH that's right! He still had to talk to Eden and thank her about the cruppy stuff. 'Cause "They didn't kill me for it! So that's the good news," he laughed. "But really, they softened up once I started begging. And I think it helped that Azalea's so cute?" Definitely helped. Her mom was a sucker for that kind of stuff. Dad, though, he was more difficult. Zander was going to be mowing the lawn until he was 50. But it was worth it. "I might need a cruppy sitter at some point though! The one I got for this week is pretty booked for the rest of the summer," though uh... Puck wouldn't try to feed his crup more of those bread people... Would she?


Zander hadn't noticed Amur's arrival right away, but he did send her a small smile as he saw her approaching. Merlin. For someone so tiny, she sure could move fast. Noticing that she was making an effort to get close and whisper something, Zander leaned over a bit too. You know... Height difference and all. Made things kind of difficult. Though, he was kind of confused as to why she looked so cautious of everything.

Hm.

... Little Amur say what now? Check for legitimate IDs? Zander gave her a momentary strange look before he saw the way she, herself, was looking around. Something was really concerning her, huh? He quickly dropped the look before turning back to her and leaning down just slightly. "I was one of the first to arrive, so I got to chat with them for a bit. Don't worry, they're safe."... Is that what she wanted to hear?

He looked over at Sophie in hope of some sort of confirmation. She had heard it all, right? But uh... incase, "I can keep my eye out though? Uh, if anything goes wrong... I'll pull out my wand faster than you can say... erm... faster than you can say... Well just fast." Yeah. That.

Ethan wanted to point out that Dante WILL grow and stretch out in no time. He was fairly short when he was Dante’s age, but did get a couple of inches after his fourth year. Besides, his brother Nigel is a tall one from what Ethan can remember, so yes. “Soon, my friend. Who knows, I might end looking up at you.” Wink. “Yes well, this should be fun.” When was it not fun, anyway?



Oh, Simon? “I know he signed up...but I’m not sure if he’s coming...” he said as he craned his neck and checked any sign of his Watson. He lost contact with him upon reaching London, as they parted ways on King’s cross a month ago. Well, he’d at least owl him if he’s not going to make it, right? Right? “Let’s give him a few more minutes. I think we’re still waiting for more students...” Well, they don’t look like they are going any second anyway.



Looking back down at Brooklyn, Ethan grinned back at the sweet little monster. “We have a huge dog back home, and I used to braid his hair.” Bahahaha! Memories! “He hates me for doing it though, it gets all tangled and...Mordred had to trim it off.” Whoops? Take note, little Brookie. DO NOT let Ethan touch your hair. “How did you do it though?” Her mum must’ve helped her...or probably she’s got a sister who knows how to braid hair. Well DUH. Most girls know how to. “Brooklyn Andrews...Andrews...Andrews...I’ve heard that name before.” Ethan flipped through the pages of his memory bank until something...clicked. Ravenclaw...CoMC...horse racing...oh. OH! “Are you related to Lily Andrews???” he asked rather excited. Well, Andrews is a common name, but...they have a resemblance!



He did however, notice Brooklyn giving Adi weird looks. Err...why? Did...something happen? The Slytherin gave the Hufflepuff prefect a look, gesturing towards the tiny person beside him. Well, obviously they can’t chit-chat about it now, yeah? But he could definitely ask the Puff guy about the issue. He’s curious, really. Ethan however had his closed fist towards Adi, and waited for a fist bump. “Always up for an adventure rockstar! This trip should be full of awesome.” He gave Adi a wink and a thumbs up. They could definitely jam together during the trip. As much as he wanted to bring his lute, he opted to pack his ukulele instead. More compact and stuff. Yep. Jams will happen.



Aegis Jerome. Such a classic brotha. Ethan winced and snapped at Aegis finger. He did catch it with his teeth, and immediately let go of it. “Ptooey! Eugh. It tastes like...old turkey.” Lol. Turkey. Ethan smiled at him though, because he’s fun. “HELLO TO YOU TOO JEROME!!!” he said as he rubbed his hand on his face. Bahahahaha. Just like old times.

And...who? Phie? OH. Oooooooh Sophie! Yes yes of course! He likes his new cousin-in-law, because she’s always happy and likes to give hugs. “Yeaup. Very. She can bake stuff, and can cook delicious food.” Lol, let’s not even discuss Mordred’s cooking skillz. He’s got none. Ahem. “...and she’s crazy good at wandless magic. Will ask her to teach me stuff as soon as the Trace is off me.” Ethan however had a feeling that Aegis had another...meaning to what he said. Was he trying to tell him that he’s lucky because he’s got a gorgeous cousin-in-law? Probably.

It didn’t take long for him to see Josie though. The Slytherin quickly nudged Aegis and asked him, “How do I look? Maaaan. I hate my hair.” Pressing down his shirt, and flattening his hair in the hopes of making it look...nice, Ethan turned his attention to...




Josie. SHE MADE IT! She’s going with THEM, which means, he’ll get to spend at least a week WITH HER. Exciting, yeah? The Slytherin had to exert a gargantuan amount of self-control, to prevent tackling and hugging Josie right in front of everyone. Yeah, like, she’d like it. Ethan smiled at her, happy wrinkles formed right at the outer tip of his eyes. “You made it just in time, Jo.” Hi, hello, can he hug you now?

“Everything all right?” he asked seeing that she looked a bit, flustered. Her dad allowed her to go, right? Right? She’s not in trouble, correct?




Sorry to be rude Grayson and AJ, but Ethan's quite busy at the moment.

The Slytherin however waved absent-mindedly at the older Snake, while his eyes are on Josie. Gray will understand, yeah? Yeah. “Yeah, yeah…I’m good. Great even!” he quickly called out to AJ and smiled back at Josie.

Someone’s clearly smitten. Uh-huh.



Ethan heard, and felt the entrance of the Astronomy professor, but he didn't bother to examine him. He did however saw...his outfit. Oookay. They were going on a field trip, and he's wearing a suit? Remarkable. Weird, but very authentic of him. The Slytherin briefly looked at the man when he overheard about traveling in groups. Three groups. Does that mean that the three staff members present will be the head for each group? Probably.

Seeing that it's not a big deal, he turned his attention to Jo and Brooklyn. They will use the portkey with him, okay? The Slytherin wanted to keep an eye on them.

"How's it going, frog girl?" Adi asked Emmy with a bright smile. "Going to go visit them after this trip?'' Maybe someday she would be able to actually have a frog or two at home with her. Froggies were fun in Adi's opinion.

Had Henric noticed the suspicious look he had received? The sixteen year old didn't care. But he did smile at his younger friend. It was weird, you know? He was being all protective of Leah and giving Henric a hard time about it but yet he could manage to be friendly towards the other guy. "Yup, I sure did!'' Adi shoved his sunglasses up the bridge of his nose. "How are ya? Enjoyed being home for that short while? Looking forward to the trip? Seen Leah around? You've got a crush on her for real?" Hehe! Adi couldn't wait for a response to those last questions.

"Course I am,'' Adi replied to AJ. Ride the monster? O__O Before Adi could answer his girlfriend she had moved on to asking Professor Airey about it. The Puffer looked at Margo. "Don't mind her. She's crazzzy.'' He was grinning as he said that but in truth, AJ just liked to have fun. "I think unicorns would be to ride. No wait... Hippogriffs are even better, AJ.'' Yep, definitely Hippogriffs.

And Professor Airey had ice cream! Was there chocolate flavoured one? "Are you sharing with your students, Professor?" Adi asked jokingly but then shut up when the man moved to answer AJ's question. It was the way in which the question was answered that made him laugh for a bit. "I don't even think that would stop AJ from wanting to ride them, Professor.'' That girl was a WHOLE LOT adventurous. Yup. "But I'll keep an eye on her so she wouldn't be dragged to her doom.'' Just being a responsible person here.

Adi definitely did not miss the questioning look from Ethan but there was no way he could explain in detail what the situation was between him and Brooklyn so what he said quickly was, "She doesn't like me.'' And it was for that reason he enjoyed being friendly towards her even more. Hehe. Ohh fist bump! Adi wasted no time in returning that to the Snake dude. Adi grinned. "We sure can. You up for riding the monster or whatever they are just as AJ is?'' That would be one heck of an adventure, wouldn't it?

Her boyfie might be the party, but Ruby was the AFTERPARTY aka, the real fun. And just because she was back in Scotland, no reason not to look cute, right? She fluffed her hair and strutted over to the gathered group.

Don't all rush her at once ok xoxo

She was still trying to get herself together & calm herself down since she had made in time. Josie felt all frazzled now, but she was of course trying her best not to show it. Just as she was about to sit down for a moment to relax, she heard someone say her name, which made her turn around to see her dormmate, Brynn!

Her eyes lit up with excitement, smiling almost immediately. "H-Hi Brynn..I-I'm so happy y-you're going on t-this trip.."



He had seen her & of course that smile of his made her heart flutter again as it was doing a lot more frequently whenever he smiled at her. She bit her lip a little anxiously before smiling back at him. "I-I thought I was g-going to miss t-the train.." And miss him. For reasons. She giggled a little nervously.

Then he was asking her if everything was all rights. Drats. Did she look that obvious? Did her father find out that she had sneaked out without him realizing it? Was he on his way to come & retrieve her before they actually left for the field trip? Taking a quick glance behind her just to verify he wasn't there, which he wasn't, she turned back to look at Ethan & nodded quickly. "M-Mhmm..E-Everything's great.."

....She wasn't looking too obvious...was she?

To Adi:
For someone like Adi, he sure had a lot of questions."I'm doing great and yes, I did enjoy my short break to spend some time with my old folks before they went back to Netherlands for a visit,"he answered. Henric face reddened at the mention of Leah.Why would he bring her up suddenly? He could feel everyone around him looking at him funny.
Henric had not choice but to shrug it off cooly and pretended he was not perturbed by the question.
"Why would you think that...we're just friends, that was a false accusation back at the great hall, I was unprepared for that to happen,it was uncalled for and I hope you don't believe to the rumours that was going around about us...."he told him. Henric wasn't sure himself yet whether the rumours were true.Honestly, he just wanted to get to know her better...that was all.*haha*
"And yes, I can't wait for this trip,hope you are too?"he asked Adi back.

To Ethan:
"Hey Ethan,how are you?"Henric greeted him with a smile. He hoped Ethan wouldn't believe in the rumours as well. But deeply in his empty heart of his, he wished it was true.

Nodding at Leo, "Indeed.. it would help if they were each a little larger." Oh well. Smiling a little at Airey, "Three groups should just about do it then." Checking the time, it was close to "go time" now. Professor Thompson started to gather his bag before casting a temporarily Sonorous Charm to gain everyone's attention.

"Alright everyone. It's nearly time." Waiting until everyone had gotten their attention before continuing, "In just a few moments we're going to be on the lookout for three items. Until then, please group up with Mr. Kitridge, Professor Flamsteed or myself before we depart." Now it was only the waiting game left. Better gather your things everyone.

SPOILER!!: Individual replies

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

And Thanks to Mr. K for reminding him. Real life saver he is. "Nope. Never been there before. Parents never wanted to go" Dante said shrugging. But they let him go on this trip.

With a wink Leo turned to Dante. "It's a marvellous thing then that we decided to visit a loch this field trip time then don't you think?"

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Originally Posted by Optimist

”Hello Mr. Kitridge,” Puck grinned at the librarian…sure she’d spent time in the library this term but she still hadn’t really chatted wit the librarian…no time really with the prefecting and the OWLing and the trying desperately to avoid studying with well…whatever means necessary.

"Hello Puck!" Leo greeted the Gryffindor Prefect with a wave and flashed beam. It was good that some student leaders if not all had decided to come along. It’d help them if something unexpected were to happen.

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Biting her lip, she shifted her weight from one foot to the other as she waited for it to be time to leave. They were going by portkey, right? She had never used one of those, though she knew enough about them. Facing forward, her brown eyes caught the gaze of the librarian. "Hi Mr. Kitridge," she said a little quieter, giving him a small smile. "And Professor.." she added to Prof Thompson standing there as well.

"Hello Brynn!" Leo called over with a bright smile. "We’ll be leaving shortly so don’t lose track of your luggage." Another eagle student had come along for the trip. I warmed his heart.

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Smirking slightly at certain memories, the seventeen year old approached the group. "'Sup, Professor. Hey, Mr Kitridge." Nods to the two of them because he had MANNERS.

"Hello Grayson." Leo greeted with a nod in the senior boy’s direction.

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But she’d turned back to the adults as the librarian had spoken to her. “A couple times,” she replied. She hadn’t brought a tent though, which probably meant she’d have to share. Hopefully she’d get to pick who she had to share with, anyway. She wasn’t staying in a tent with certain people.

"Good, good. Then you can show your peers how camping in tents work." Leo commented with a wink. Speaking of that he hoped that everyone would be good with sharing a tent with others.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

"Hey Mr Kitridge Sir." Angel hadn't seen him for ages. "How you doing?" Angel wondered if they could call them by there first name since they weren't at school. "Who's looking after the Library?" Angel was sure that someone had to look after all the books they were rare books and dangerous books that no one should touch right.

It was only a certain student of the lion house that addressed him like that. Turning to the lioness in question Leo beamed brightly. "Good morning Angel. I'm quite lovely." Stealing a glance at his watch he said upon raising his gaze. "The house elves are looking after the library and so is the Grey Lady." The library was undoubtedly in good hands. "How has your summer been so far dear?"

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Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy

"Hello Professor, hello Mr. Kitridge", She greeted warmly giving both of them a smile as she pushed the strap of her shoulder bag higher onto her shoulder. Moving off a little to the side she was able to be slightly on her own but yet at the same time around everyone else as she scanned the area for a certain lion she knew to be going on the trip as well. This was going to be an good week.

"Good morning Hady!" Leo greeted, flashing the young snakette a big beam. "I hope you’re excited for the trip?"[/B]

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

Swimwear? What? With a completely innocent look at the librarian, the upcoming sixth year smiled, "Well I figured I'd save space and underwear works the same." Yup. That's how she rolled.

Stunned Leo just stared at the sixth year girl for a good whole minute before he answered with a shake of his head. "You’ll be wearing swimwear just like everyone else. I’ll personally conjur up a bathing suit for you if I have to." There would be no scandals on his watch.

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Saluting students as he went, the astronomer went to stand near Leobald and Javy. "Good day, gentlemen," he saluted, the knots tightening in his stomach again. A field trip without Medea....and her alone in their home wishing to extend their family tree even further. Sweet solstice what was he going to come home to?! "Travel in three groups, is it? Portkey for the each of us?"

As Airey showed up Leo couldn’t help but beam and give his colleague an excited pat on the shoulder. "Good morning Airey. It’s definitely a stellar day." The sun was shining and they were soon leaving. With a glance in Javy’s direction, Leo patted the bag at his feet with a nod. "Yes that’s the plan, we travel in three groups. I reserved three portkeys at the magical transportation department yesterday for the three of us and the students."

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Originally Posted by WeasleyGirl

Hugo was excited because it was going to be more fun than staying at home doing nuthing. Sooo....where was Dante? Because he had to be here or else he was going to feel alone. The slytherin greeted the professors in general, "Hey professors!" Flamsteed was going. Cool.

"Good morning dear. Are you super excited to go away for a week with your peers?" Leo was at least. It wasn’t often that they went away outside the castle for longer than a day. He was going to make the most of it.

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Originally Posted by keepmeclose22

Austin stood around, watching as more and more students arrived. Nobody really seemed to notice him, which was fine. He wasn't in a mood to talk to anyone anyway. He was still upset that he had to travel to Hogsmeade on his own, on top of having to find his way home earlier that summer. He had with him a backpack that had been charmed with the undetectable extension charm.

Spotting another eagle on the station he waved and called over to the boy. "Good morning Austin. Are you packed and excited for the trip?" It was good that Austin was there. Hopefully he’d make some new friends that extended outside of the eagle house.

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

[COLOR="SeaGreen"]Looking at the librarian a little funny for a moment, it was just an odd question to ask someone, but he found it humorous as well. "Yes sir, of course I brought my swimwear. Wouldn't want to be the only one without any." He might have snickered a bit, but he didn't, he just kept a straight face, "I would never leave home without my wand, I'll be ready to use it if needed. You can count on me." Giving the man a bit of a salute to show he was ready to get to their adventure.

"I'm glad to hear that there are some students along for the trip that have packed sensibly." Leo commented. The younger years weren’t allowed to use magic outside of school so it was good that the seniors kept their wands handy. Not that he expected any trouble to arise.

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Originally Posted by Felixir

"Yep, you betcha, sir," Dexter replied, all smiles as he hefted up his bag again and shook it in the air, causing all the things inside its undetectably extended confines to audibly tumble around inside. "Pretty sure I remembered it all." Aaaaaand if he hadn't, Cole certainly would have, so Dexter could just go on the rob and nick or get someone to duplicate some of HIS stuff for him.

Watching as the boy shook his bag in the air Leo raised a brow as he heard the sounds coming from within. "You seemed to have packed a lot. I hope nothing in there can break." If something were to break then the boy might be in for an unhappy surprise but Leo had a feeling he’d fix it.

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Originally Posted by griffin

"Hello, Mr. Kitridge!" Penelope smiled at the librarian/head of house. Flamsteed was here. Penelope went over to where the astronomy professor was. "Hello, Professor Flamsteed!" If each professor had a portkey, she wanted to go with Mr. Kitridge. She felt safe around the Ravenclaw head of house.

Beaming as Penelope joined the now large group of students with their belongings Leo said "Good morning Penelope! I’m glad you’re here. I’m sure this will be a great trip." To have some trustworthy eagles on the trip like Penelope only made things better in his opinion.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Seems like Mr Kitridge was in just as a great mood as Adi was. "I sure am! I know its going to be super fun.'' Can't you just feel all the excitement bouncing off him and his fellow students.

Turning to Adi he beamed "It’ll most likely be super fun! At least that’s my hope." Leo added as an afterthought. He unfortunately didn’t have Cassie there who could predict the outcome of their endeavour at the loch so he remained excited and hopeful.

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Originally Posted by DinosaursOnASpaceship

She waved at Professor Flamsteed and Mr. Kitridge. "Hello." Emmylou smiled becuase she was so excited about seeing her friends that she forgot to say hello to them which was very rude of her.

Spotting someone waving at him Leo waved and called over in a cheery tone. "Hello!" The more the merrier. Hopefully the three portkeys he had reserved for them would arrive on time and be strong enough to transport all of them safely to Loch Ness.

Hefting up his backpack onto his shoulder Leo moved to stand to the side as Javy had instructed. Soon enough the student’s started to move in one of the three directions. When each student with their luggage had chosen which staffer to travel with, it didn't take many minutes before the air started to shimmer and three objects appeared out of thin air and dropped to the ground. The enlarged portkeys included a black car tire, a colourful umbrella and an orange blanket. The tire landed in front of Professor Thompson’s group while Professor Flamsteed got the umbrella and Mr Kitridge got the blanket.

Unfastening his wand Leo put the sonorous spell on his voice as he urged on the students. "We must move quickly everyone! Portkeys don’t wait for stragglers! Grab on to the portkeys, if there is little room just one finger on the portkey will suffice, and whatever you do don’t lose track of your belongings."

When everyone had gotten ahold of the port keys it didn't take long before they felt that unmistable tugging sensation as the portkeys worked their strong magic. In a matter of moments the whole field trip group had been transportated across the country to their desitination.

OOC:Loch Ness here we come! Everyone choose which staffer your student want to travel by portkey with to the loch and post here. After posting here you are free to post in the newly created rp thread for the summer field trip located in the Vanishing Cabinet of the Knockturn Alley forum. I suggest subscribing and then let's have FUN!

Abby put her backpack onto her shoulders and stood by Mr Kitridge seeing as he was her head of house and she felt safer travelling by portkey with him so she went and stood by him and she had never travelled by portkey before so this was kind of exciting

"Netherlands and their orange colour,'' Adi mused. Orange was his favourite colour sooooo yeah, don't mind him if he was daydreaming of wearing orange coloured clothing twenty four/seven. Anyyyywaaayyy, Adi had not missed Henric's red face and smirked slightly. Oh, yeah. Something was definitely up with with this dude and Leah. "I just heard things...'' From Noel and the ghost of Burbage... "So that's why I was asking you.'' Nah, Adi wasn't into rumours. And speaking of being ready for the trip... it looked like they were supposed to be grouping off. "I was born ready, Henric!'' LOL.

"I think I'm going to go with Mr Kitridge,'' Adi told Henric, AJ and Margo. They didn't mind, did they? Of course they were more than welcome to go with Thompson and Airey. He edged closer to the Librarian. "Hi again, Mr K.'' Also, Adi did grab that blankie. Yup.

The now FIFTEEN year old was surprised when Professor Thompson had flicked his wand at her & oh wow, opened her airway in her throat for her so that she could breathe better. She placed her hand on her throat as her breathing had calmed down. She had heard him mention to her that she was in fact not late to arrive, which did make her relieved to hear that news, but she was more thankful for the Professor helping her breathe better. "T-Thank you very much P-Professor.."

She smiled at him just as he had cast a Sonorous Charm to gain everyone's attention & listened very carefully to what he had to say. Then her attention was on the Head of her House, Mr. Kitridge as he was now speaking to the group. Just as he finished speaking, three portkeys had appeared before the group & they were instructed to stand beside one of the Professors & their portkey, quickly.

Just because of his kind gesture, the young Ravenclaw instinctively went towards Professor Thompson & the car tire that had appeared. She quickly grabbed onto the car tire & waited for everyone else to follow suit. Josette did a quick scan on herself just to double check that she had everything she needed & from what it looked it, it seemed that she did in fact have everything. She did of course look around for Ethan, but she didn't call out his name though.

Field Trip time!

After hearing the directions from the Professor's, Kace needed to decide which professor he wanted to go with. He held onto his belongings which wasn't TOO much. He decided to go with Flamsteed. I mean he would make the travels entertaining right? He went over by his portkey and had his hand gripped around the object. He wondered where Emmy was? He began to look around and if she went with Cinna I mean if she wanted to he wasn't gonna stop her.

Time to get this show on the road!

SPOILER!!: Brooklyn and Angel

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Originally Posted by Harry174

"Hey Mr Kitridge Sir." Angel hadn't seen him for ages. "How you doing?" Angel wondered if they could call them by there first name since they weren't at school. "Who's looking after the Library?" Angel was sure that someone had to look after all the books they were rare books and dangerous books that no one should touch right.

Angel then suddenly saw Zander, who seemed distracted and wanted to get away from talking to her, which was strange and weird right, then she suddenly remembered about things that had happened. "Zander you okay?" Angel now had to think about how to handle this.

Angel then smiled at Benny as he took hold of her hand and she smiled at him. "Hey Benny, I missed you." Angel wanted this trip to get started already, Benny could tell her everything that was going on and she could speak to Adi about a few things right, and she had both her sisters around which was going to be amazing and great.

Angel then turned to the Professor and smiled, she had been wanting to ask this since she had gotten here but she had forgotten. "So Professors, if we find this loch ness monster, do we get to name him?" Angel totally had the best name for a Loch Ness Monster..

The Slytherin had acknowledged his nod and Benny took that as progress. An improvement from simply being climbed on to escape the flood waters. Not that he was interested on focusing too much of his attention on someone who wasn't interesting in dealing that much attention on him. Angel however apparently approved of his small gesture, smiling at him in response. "I missed you too." It was odd when one didn't see someone almost everyday for a few weeks when they were used to doing so for several months out of the year.

As for Loch Ness Monster...

"Doesn't it already have a name?" Nessie or something like that? Or did he have the Loch Ness monster confused with something else? He thought it fit...Loch Ness...Nessie...but he could be wrong.

SPOILER!!: Bart and Flamsteed

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

The astronomer was NOT late. Nor was he early. He had arrived precisely when he meant to . In style.

Although he really ought to have opted to change into his wetsuit rather than wear it under his freshly pressed baby blue suit. But in the, ahem, adventures of the morning it had just seemed like the best solution. However constricting it was at the moment. Having left their home with nothing but knots in his stomach, Airey had hoped that presence of students would put his anxieties at ease...but it only seemed to intensify as he looked upon each of their faces. Those youthful and highly impressionable faces.

Shaking his head and rubbing the back of his neck, the Astronomy professor reached into his backpack for a packet of space ice cream - mint chocolate chip, for anyone who cared to know - and quickly tore into it. He had been working with muggle children all summer at the National Space Centre, with a few wizarding youths thrown into the mix, and may have splurged a bit on some of the goods in the gift shop. Just a bit. Ahem.

Allowing the freeze dried deliciousness to melt in his mouth, he took one last deep breath. "Hello hello!" he roared in greeting. "Stellar day for a bit of a swim, isn't it?" Saluting students as he went, the astronomer went to stand near Leobald and Javy. "Good day, gentlemen," he saluted, the knots tightening in his stomach again. A field trip without Medea....and her alone in their home wishing to extend their family tree even further. Sweet solstice what was he going to come home to?! "Travel in three groups, is it? Portkey for the each of us?"

This was going to help his stomach soooooooooooooo much.

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Bart kept his eyes moving looking around at all the students. So many people came out for this, didn't they all get enough of each other during the year? HA!

He just hoped he actually saw some cool things as well as maybe finding some new ingredients for his potion collection. That would be great. Looking over his shoulder he saw Emmy coming, well if Emmy was there he knew his girl would be right behind.




"Sup Emmy" He gave her a smile as she come up beside him. He glanced at her hand and then was distracted by her words, "I haven't, was hoping you did." His brown eyes moved around, she was around here somewhere, he knew she got on the train. He couldn't help but chuckle, "Yep you found me." Though he wasn't that hard to find, he didn't think at least.




Just as he was going to say something else he heard another voice and felt her arm around him. "Hey babe" He grinned and moved his arm. "We were wondering where you were. Though maybe you partied too much at the reception and were sleeping on the train. " He was glad he didn't have to make the effort to go back through the train looking for her. Though he would have if needed. "Think we'll be getting started soon?" They were traveling by portkey, right?




Looking at the librarian a little funny for a moment, it was just an odd question to ask someone, but he found it humorous as well. "Yes sir, of course I brought my swimwear. Wouldn't want to be the only one without any." He might have snickered a bit, but he didn't, he just kept a straight face, "I would never leave home without my wand, I'll be ready to use it if needed. You can count on me." Giving the man a bit of a salute to show he was ready to get to their adventure.



He noticed Aegis a bit away and gave him a nod back. Funny how things change as you get older. He use to call Aegis a great friend, but something lately was off. Bart wasn't trusting of him as much anymore, so he didn't just go over. No the nod was fine.



Seeing another nod he looked towards Abbi, he knew she had come as well. They had talked about their summer plans. Nodding back, "Sup Abbi." He couldn't help but pull his arm around Cinna more as he grinned towards the Gryffindor. It was just a way they had with each other really.



As his eyes scanned the area, he couldn't help but remember what Cutty had come to him about with Sophie. His brain went to that, but was distracted seeing Zander make some eye contact, his smirk was on his face. "Sup Zander, having a good summer so far." See people he could be nice. He didn't ask jokingly if he had any plans to get anyone eaten. So he was in his eyes being nice.





Hearing his name he turned and smile, there were only a slim few people that got a Bart real smile and his long time best friend was one of them. "Sup Brynny, you ready to go on this adventure." At least that's what everyone was calling it. He was hoping something exciting would happen, but he wouldn't get his hopes up either. He was here to find something epic and potion ingredients that was about it.



Seeing Grayson come into view, giving a nod as he greeted them, "aw nothin, sup with you?" They were all pretty much just standing around waiting. "Doing anything cool this summer, well other then this?" He didn't know why but all the people made him wish Nemo was around. He wasn't big on the crowds, this term he really felt he liked keeping to himself more so this was just enough for him to deal with.

SPOILER!!: Benny

Benny recognized Brooklyn, the Slytherin girl who had used him as protection from the flood last term. He sent a simple nod her way though she seemed detached from most other than the staffers. Then Bart came around and he returned the other boy's own nod before the girl he had danced with at the ball joined the group. "Hey," he returned her greeting a tad awkwardly.

SPOILER!!: Angel

Hearing Benny's greeting the sixteen year old looked his way, "Hows your summer so far?" He could be social when he wanted to be, heck he was even in a pretty good mood. He was sure Cossy wasn't coming on this trip so he would be fully parent free and that hadn't been since his mother married his potion professor a year and a half ago.

SPOILER!!: Chloe

Yup, she was definitely overexcited especially as MORE AND MORE students filtered in to the train station to wait for further instructions. But just one thing; where was HAYLEY? The girl had said she was coming and even though Chloe was more than thrilled being around familiar dormmates such as Puck, it wasn't the same. Big smiles though for Puck and Bart and Brynn too.

But then she twirled around when the Librarian addressed her.

Well she seemed excited now didn't she? "You ready for the trip I see." Seemed like most of them were at least. Seeing Flamsteed show up Bart assumed it was almost time to go, which was fine by him it was getting a bit crowded here.

SPOILER!!: Austin

Austin stood around, watching as more and more students arrived. Nobody really seemed to notice him, which was fine. He wasn't in a mood to talk to anyone anyway. He was still upset that he had to travel to Hogsmeade on his own, on top of having to find his way home earlier that summer. He had with him a backpack that had been charmed with the undetectable extension charm. It was nice being a wizard, because he could fit everything for the trip in one bag. How could muggles do it? He learned, through a few books, that muggles actually had a limit on how much bags could carry, and some even had to take multiple bags with them on trips. Austin was happy to be a wizard.

Were they getting food soon? His trip over had made him hungry.

Seeing a dude seeming to be alone, Bart nodded his way. "Sup dude" He could be cool and talk to strangers, he wasn't scared. "Think we'll be getting going soon?" Knowing the boy was Ravenclaw and maybe a year younger, Bart figured he was excited. Most of the younger ones probably were since it was the first time they were getting to even go.

"It's been good," he admitted truthfully. Not that he usually had anything to complain about his summers. Though he supposed he wished his birthday was happening sooner since he felt like everyone else his year was already on the right side of 16. After this trip...and the camp and right before school began would have to soon enough it seemed, like it always was. "How about yours?"

Oh look...Flamsteed was also going to be going on the trip. This was going to be great given the three chaperones' identities, his head of house another of his favorite people or rather staffers. "Good morning, Professor," he greeted with a polite smile.

SPOILER!!: Thompson and Kitridge

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Originally Posted by Charely Potter

SPOILER!!: Returned greetings

Ah, now this was a fine way to uphold a Prefect's reputation. Being prompt, as Javier gave him a smile, "Good day, Mr. Adair." Adding on a little with Leo, "You'll be glad to note on the exciting week you have upcoming."



"Miss Brown.." He merely smirked in her direction. It was good to see this one in good spirits.



"Hello Miss Adara." Returning the grin.



"Good day, Mr. Atreyu. All set for the trip?"



"Good morning Mr. B." Since they were suddenly on the first letter of one's own surname basis this morning.



"Good day, Mr. Rehman."



"Good morning Miss Andrews. All set for the trip?"



"Mr. Mordaunt." Curtly nodding back at him.



He returned the nod curtly, "Good to see you again, Mr. Maroon." It wasn't that long ago since he had first sat in his own class.



Goodness.. As the breathless Ravenclaw had arrived, Javier merely took his wand to flick towards her throat. Opening her airway more, before smiling kindly at her, "Oh no, you're just in time Miss Edayson." If she was truly late, there would've been no one here at all.



"Good morning, Miss Rhys-Davies."



"Mr. Whitlock." Curtly returning his nods.



Interesting question, "If we're allowed to keep him, then I don't see why not." Now that's only if it were willing to leave its own home.



"Hello, Miss Lynch. All set for the upcoming week?"



"Good day, Miss Bayless."



Ah, one of his best male friends had arrived. "Morning, Star Man." That treat of his did look might tastey, but he could wait on getting one of his own. "How's Medea?" Inquiring curiously beforehand.

Nodding at Leo, "Indeed.. it would help if they were each a little larger." Oh well. Smiling a little at Airey, "Three groups should just about do it then." Checking the time, it was close to "go time" now. Professor Thompson started to gather his bag before casting a temporarily Sonorous Charm to gain everyone's attention.

"Alright everyone. It's nearly time." Waiting until everyone had gotten their attention before continuing, "In just a few moments we're going to be on the lookout for three items. Until then, please group up with Mr. Kitridge, Professor Flamsteed or myself before we depart." Now it was only the waiting game left. Better gather your things everyone.

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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch

SPOILER!!: Individual replies

With a wink Leo turned to Dante. "It's a marvellous thing then that we decided to visit a loch this field trip time then don't you think?"



"Hello Puck!" Leo greeted the Gryffindor Prefect with a wave and flashed beam. It was good that some student leaders if not all had decided to come along. It’d help them if something unexpected were to happen.



"Hello Brynn!" Leo called over with a bright smile. "We’ll be leaving shortly so don’t lose track of your luggage." Another eagle student had come along for the trip. I warmed his heart.



"Hello Grayson." Leo greeted with a nod in the senior boy’s direction.



"Good, good. Then you can show your peers how camping in tents work." Leo commented with a wink. Speaking of that he hoped that everyone would be good with sharing a tent with others.



It was only a certain student of the lion house that addressed him like that. Turning to the lioness in question Leo beamed brightly. "Good morning Angel. I'm quite lovely." Stealing a glance at his watch he said upon raising his gaze. "The house elves are looking after the library and so is the Grey Lady." The library was undoubtedly in good hands. "How has your summer been so far dear?"



"Good morning Hady!" Leo greeted, flashing the young snakette a big beam. "I hope you’re excited for the trip?"[/B]



Stunned Leo just stared at the sixth year girl for a good whole minute before he answered with a shake of his head. "You’ll be wearing swimwear just like everyone else. I’ll personally conjur up a bathing suit for you if I have to." There would be no scandals on his watch.



As Airey showed up Leo couldn’t help but beam and give his colleague an excited pat on the shoulder. "Good morning Airey. It’s definitely a stellar day." The sun was shining and they were soon leaving. With a glance in Javy’s direction, Leo patted the bag at his feet with a nod. "Yes that’s the plan, we travel in three groups. I reserved three portkeys at the magical transportation department yesterday for the three of us and the students."



"Good morning dear. Are you super excited to go away for a week with your peers?" Leo was at least. It wasn’t often that they went away outside the castle for longer than a day. He was going to make the most of it.



Spotting another eagle on the station he waved and called over to the boy. "Good morning Austin. Are you packed and excited for the trip?" It was good that Austin was there. Hopefully he’d make some new friends that extended outside of the eagle house.



"I'm glad to hear that there are some students along for the trip that have packed sensibly." Leo commented. The younger years weren’t allowed to use magic outside of school so it was good that the seniors kept their wands handy. Not that he expected any trouble to arise.



Watching as the boy shook his bag in the air Leo raised a brow as he heard the sounds coming from within. "You seemed to have packed a lot. I hope nothing in there can break." If something were to break then the boy might be in for an unhappy surprise but Leo had a feeling he’d fix it.



Beaming as Penelope joined the now large group of students with their belongings Leo said "Good morning Penelope! I’m glad you’re here. I’m sure this will be a great trip." To have some trustworthy eagles on the trip like Penelope only made things better in his opinion.



Turning to Adi he beamed "It’ll most likely be super fun! At least that’s my hope." Leo added as an afterthought. He unfortunately didn’t have Cassie there who could predict the outcome of their endeavour at the loch so he remained excited and hopeful.



Spotting someone waving at him Leo waved and called over in a cheery tone. "Hello!" The more the merrier. Hopefully the three portkeys he had reserved for them would arrive on time and be strong enough to transport all of them safely to Loch Ness.

Hefting up his backpack onto his shoulder Leo moved to stand to the side as Javy had instructed. Soon enough the student’s started to move in one of the three directions. When each student with their luggage had chosen which staffer to travel with, it didn't take many minutes before the air started to shimmer and three objects appeared out of thin air and dropped to the ground. The enlarged portkeys included a black car tire, a colourful umbrella and an orange blanket. The tire landed in front of Professor Thompson’s group while Professor Flamsteed got the umbrella and Mr Kitridge got the blanket.

Unfastening his wand Leo put the sonorous spell on his voice as he urged on the students. "We must move quickly everyone! Portkeys don’t wait for stragglers! Grab on to the portkeys, if there is little room just one finger on the portkey will suffice, and whatever you do don’t lose track of your belongings."

When everyone had gotten ahold of the port keys it didn't take long before they felt that unmistable tugging sensation as the portkeys worked their strong magic. In a matter of moments the whole field trip group had been transportated across the country to their desitination.

OOC:Loch Ness here we come! Everyone choose which staffer your student want to travel by portkey with to the loch and post here. After posting here you are free to post in the newly created rp thread for the summer field trip located in the Vanishing Cabinet of the Knockturn Alley forum. I suggest subscribing and then let's have FUN!

Alas, they were to be on their way soon enough. First Professor Thompson told them to keep an eye out for three items. Portkeys just like the sign-up had mentioned and just like they had used to go on the Space Center field trip with Flamsteed not too long ago. Benny let his gaze pass around in search of anything interesting that might pass for what they needed as he absently adjusted his belongings on his shoulder.

Since he was closest to the creatures professor, the Gryffindor opted to stay with the man, and the tire portkey that appeared. The incoming sixth year letting go of Angel's hand so they could move separately. Ben took hold of the hire and awaited the tugging sensation, disappearing with the rest of his group as the portkey pulled them towards their destination.

David was HERE, okay. NO ONE PANIC.

And apparently he was here JUST in time too since it looked like the portkeys had appeared - and Mr. Kitridge had announced it too - so not much time to say hi to anyone yet. That was okay though.

David hurried over towards the closest group, which happened to be Flamsteed's group, and grabbed onto the umbrella to wait for the tugging feeling that meant they were on their way.

Austin decided it was better to go with Mr. Kittridge, seeming as he was the head of house for Ravenclaw. Plus, if enough students went with him, no one would notice, or hopefully talk to him. The poor boy just wanted to eat.

Readjusting his backpack, he joined the group by Mr. Kittridge and grabbed the portkey.

Henric grinned back at Adi,it was good to hear he wasn't following the rumours.Nevertheless, he still should be wary around the prefect.Henric lifted his head up when he heard the professor called for them. Oh finally, they are departing for their journey! Since Adi was going with professor Kittridge, he should follow the prefect in case he got lost. He grabbed his duffle bag and walked towards the group who were gathering around the orange blanket. That was their portkey to teleport them? The wizarding world was sure stange sometimes in his mind but he loved each and everything about it. He watched in awe as the students reached for the blanket.Once his hand grabbed the portkey, he was immediately transported into a whirling vortex.