Ahhh, the prefects carriage. The day he had dreamed of was finally here!

He had to admit, he didn't have much hope that he'd follow his father's footsteps to the badge for a while. Especially after his less-than-stellar grades during his third year. But he knew that they were just waiting to see his potential and he had to be patient - and here he was! Badge and all!

Sitting down and kicking up his feet with a huge grin on his face, he looked out the window. This was gonna be a GOOOOOOOD year. Yes it was.

Another year, another train ride...which was dumb considering her family was staying at Hogsmeade. Meh, she got to see a few familiar faces, those she could deal with, not the new ones.

Straightening her badge -- which she was growing fond of, just the badge -- Beverly strode into the Prefects' compartment, only stopping short of sitting down at the sight of a Newell twin.

They still existed by the looks of it.

"Are you lost?" She'd help him if he was -- she'd help him out of this compartment. ^__^

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Another year, another train ride...which was dumb considering her family was staying at Hogsmeade. Meh, she got to see a few familiar faces, those she could deal with, not the new ones.

Straightening her badge -- which she was growing fond of, just the badge -- Beverly strode into the Prefects' compartment, only stopping short of sitting down at the sight of a Newell twin.

They still existed by the looks of it.

"Are you lost?" She'd help him if he was -- she'd help him out of this compartment. ^__^

Caleb looked up, wondering who was entering the compartment - the only prefect he really knew, Lex, had graduated last year, which was sadddd - and saw that it was Beverly...the girl that, if he remembered correctly, was NOT the biggest fan of his sister. He grinned and reached to his robes, straightening his own badge.

"Not at all, CO-prefect," he told her with a grin. "You're looking at the newest male Slytherin prefect," he explained. Hmmm. It was a little odd that she didn't know...but then again, he hadn't expected the badge either. It was kind of nice though, given her history with the Newells...hehehe. If only he could read her thoughts right now!

She...was being punished by something in her past life, wasn't she?

Keeping a cool expression as her eyes took in the badge pinned to his robes, Beverly pursed her lips. Where was Mordaunt? Lute Boy? ETHAN? What happened to him?

Eyeing Newell #2 some more, she slid into the seat next to him and SQUINTED at the badge. "It's not a fake? Where's Ethan?" HMM? Did he do something to him? Because if he did she was prepared with some awesome judo moves. M'HM.

Puck’s badge was sitting in her pocket, where it was going to stay for a while. She wanted to see if Flamsteed was as ISNANE as she thought he was. Was she really a prefect? Really? Or was she just hiding in here and invading their zone? She smirked and opened the door to the compartment.

Empress Puck had arrived…really, that was what she was going to call herself today, and maybe every day for the REST OF HER NATURAL BORN LIFE! Hah! She had power…well not really, she just had the power to find Professors and go look they are being bad that was lame…really. It was.

Still, she glanced into the compartment, stepped in and closed the door behind her all while trying to act as regal and well…like she belonged there but clearly, clearly she was an interloper within the prefects. How could she be anything else?

To say Zander was in a state of shock was an understatement. He was in a state of UTTER AND COMPLETE whaaaaaaa????? He wasn't going to fight it of course because clearly Professor Flamsteed saw something in him, that much was evident after their conversation in the man's office last term. But Prefect? Never in a million years would he have even thought. Though, as he made his way towards THE compartment, yes THE PREFECT one, he couldn't help but wonder about something else. Who was his partner? Last year it had been a team of two seventh years, so both of the lion prefects would be new and.... Cinna?... Emmy?...

PUCK?

It wasn't that he was surprised, no, it was just that out of all the others that he knew... He knew this girl the least. So um, this would be rather interesting. Right. With a nervous smile on his face (and badge pinned on robe of course) he finally made his way inside after having lingered in the doorway for quite a bit. Spotting an empty spot next to his fellow Gryffindor, he made his way over and offered her one of those nervous smiles he was so good at. Not that he didn't like the other two prefects in the compartment, but even though he knew Puck the least out of fifth year Gryffindor girls, he didn't really know the slytherin two at all.

Still, he offered both of them a nervous grin too, it was the polite thing to do, before turning back to his fellow Prefect. "Uh, hi Puck," totallynotturningrednope "So..... I guess we're a team now, huh?"

Who were the new Prefects?

THAT was the question on Adi's mind as he moved towards the Prefect's Compartment. Of course he had his suspicions and he was totally looking forward to see if he was correct about most of them. He stepped into the compartment just in time to hear the familiar voice of Beverly Wayne asking Caleb if he was lost and Caleb's response.

Caleb was Prefect! THIS WAS SO COOL! But what's up with Ethan? why wasn't he Prefect?

The fifth year scanned the rest of the compartment. Zander and Puck. Had to be the Gryffindor prefects! It was safe to say some of his suspicions were confirmed.

Time to make himself known. "Hey, you guys!'' Hi to you especially, Bevy. "Congrats, Caleb, Zander and Puck.'' Grins... grins all around, though he was still confused about Ethan. He was impatient to know who the Ravenclaw perfects were... where were they? And Mari, too?

Adi took a seat next to Beverly. "Hi, Bevvy. Where's Chompy?"

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She...was being punished by something in her past life, wasn't she?

Keeping a cool expression as her eyes took in the badge pinned to his robes, Beverly pursed her lips. Where was Mordaunt? Lute Boy? ETHAN? What happened to him?

Eyeing Newell #2 some more, she slid into the seat next to him and SQUINTED at the badge. "It's not a fake? Where's Ethan?" HMM? Did he do something to him? Because if he did she was prepared with some awesome judo moves. M'HM.

"Nope, got a letter from Tillstrom and everything," Caleb replied. He knew that wasn't her name anymore, but he was pretty sure he was going to call her Tillstrom until he graduated. Habits and all. "And...I honestly don't know," he added, frowning a bit. He had to admit - he was a bit shocked when he had gotten the letter, and he had wondered if maybe the pressure was too much for Ethan and he'd stepped down. Then again, he'd only known the boy for a short while and thought he could have handled it - he had no clue. No idea.

As long as people didn't think he'd knocked him off for the badge, he was good.

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Who were the new Prefects?

THAT was the question on Adi's mind as he moved towards the Prefect's Compartment. Of course he had his suspicions and he was totally looking forward to see if he was correct about most of them. He stepped into the compartment just in time to hear the familiar voice of Beverly Wayne asking Caleb if he was lost and Caleb's response.

Caleb was Prefect! THIS WAS SO COOL! But what's up with Ethan? why wasn't he Prefect?

The fifth year scanned the rest of the compartment. Zander and Puck. Had to be the Gryffindor prefects! It was safe to say some of his suspicions were confirmed.

Time to make himself known. "Hey, you guys!'' Hi to you especially, Bevy. "Congrats, Caleb, Zander and Puck.'' Grins... grins all around, though he was still confused about Ethan. He was impatient to know who the Ravenclaw perfects were... where were they? And Mari, too?

Adi took a seat next to Beverly. "Hi, Bevvy. Where's Chompy?"

OOOH! Caleb had forgotten Adi was prefect too! He grinned and greeted his Huffie friend with a wave. "Hey Adi! Thanks! I'm very excited," he explained with a grin. Excited probably didn't even BEGIN to cover it.

Annnnd...there were Gryffindor prefects here now. Hmm. Caleb knew their names from class - Puck and Zander - but he didn't think he'd ever actually SPOKEN to them before. Did they know who he was?

"Hi, I'm Caleb! Congrats on the badges, guys," he said with a nod. He knew that they were both first time prefects at least, even if he didn't really know anything else about the lions.

She wasn't convinced but there was nothing she could do. If it had been their Head of House's decision she'd have to roll with it. She just hoped Caleb would quickly grasp that she didn't do the 'dealing with problematic students' bit. Ethan did that so now that was Caleb's job.

"Well then..." She wasn't sulking, just...processing things. "Welcome to the team." Gosh. She was so nice.

That said, she turned to Aditya and bumped her shoulder to his, flashing him a smirk. No smiles yet, buddy. She liked teasing him for unexplained reason, apparently he did to. "I'm going to let you get away with that name just this time." You hear? "Chomper is right--" she pulled her robes up a bit and held the small bulge in the pocket up "--in here. He's napping."

Looking up from her pet, she glanced at the new Gryffindor Prefects. Were they already scared? They should hold up until they had to take their entire house to their common room after the feast. Loud, overly excited students all over the place--ugh. Not being a fan of large crowds, Beverly had been on the verge of a panic attack.

So she understood the feeling.

"Congrats on the badge." She nodded at the girl (Puck) and shot the boy (Zander) a shy little smile, just to help ease the nerves.

Puck grinned and smirked at how red Zander’s face was getting…really, it was cuuuuute, and precious. And well, he was talking to her “Hi Zander,” she smiled “yeah, team Gryffindor!” She grinned and thrust her hand into the air as rebelliously as possible. What? She really was the rebel among the crowd here wasn’t she? She was the one that fit in about as well as a toad in a chicken coop.

“Did you do anything fun this summer?” She asked casually, before turning her attention to Adi, Caleb, and Beverly. “Hey thanks Adi,” she grinned as she had seen him around campus with…Valentine…Whatever her name was Valentine. “Thanks so much” she grinned and then turned her attention to the other guy…hello Newell.

Puck smirked, as she knew the old Prefect was Cutty’s cousin right? Mordaunt? She didn’t know much about him other than he wasn’t there. “Oh thanks Caleb,” Puck grinned, “I’m Puck of course” she grinned “what is Chomper exactly?” Rat most likely Puck thought…but, “I wish I was able to bring Germaine this term” she sighed, “but unfortunately hedgehogs are too wild of a pet for the school” she groaned as she hadn’t asked ever again really. “Thanks Beverly, oh…and sorry – again, about acting so weird in Ancient Runes last term – if I hadn’t I think that we would have been stuck trying to find the stupid doll for ages” she laughed.

“You guys have any idea who the Ravenclaw prefects are?” She asked as she squished closer to the window. In a whisper she turned toward Zander and muttered “If you want to sit here,” she pointed at the empty space next to her and shrugged “its fine with me.”

SOPHIE BROWN, COMING THROUGH.

She'd separated from Tobes with the full intention of coming to find CB and embarrass her in front of all her fellow prefects and make a big scene about how cute she was with a badge and how much she deserved it and how great she would be in a position of leadership and how no prefect could ever compare to her in the future and she was going to set impossible standards for everyone else...

...But, as she approached the compartment, CB was NOT THERE YET, but that didn't even MATTER BECAUSE HER EYES FELL UPON ONE ZANDER ADAIR.

ZANDER ADAIR WITH A PREFECT BADGE.

Maybe she'd get to embarrass someone after all.

With her own joke of a badge pinned on her robes, Sophie barged straight into the compartment and hopped right into Zander's lap and wrapped her arms around him in a big ol' hug. "Zaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanderpander, you DID IT. I KNEW YOU WOULD. I TOLD YOU SO. I TOOOOOOOLD YOU YOU WERE GONNA GET CHOSEN." She pinched his cheek lightly and KISSED the other one. "Look at you! Badged! A prefect! Awwwwwwwww! You're so cuuuuuute and you're gonna be so goooood and FLAMSTEED KNOWS WHAT'S UP. I knew I liked him. He's made a super good life choice. I'm gonna tell him so."

WHEW. EMOTIONS. And then there was another friendly, congratulatory kiss to Zander's cheek because HER LIL ZANDERPANDER WAS ALL GROWN UP.

...And hi everyone else. They all got a SMILE, but her attention was FULLY back to Zander. Guh. LOOK HOW FAR HE'D COME.

Marigold straightened her prefect badge which had gotten a bit off-center because of all the HUGGING she had been doing (FRIENDS!!!) and totally wasn't late when she walked into the compartment. "Hi Bev, Adi," she said, greeting them, then turned to the new prefects and saw -

Sophie Brown?

Sophie Brown was a prefect? Well sure, pretty much all the staff adored her, but for some reason Marigold didn't see the authority in her. (And it wasn't just because she had never thanked Marigold for SAVING her LIFE from that ICE)

Oh. It was just a trick badge. "Head Nerd #2". Toby was probably #1

"Hi, Sophie Brown," she said, but it might've sounded a bit squeaky because of her confusion why Sophie Brown was there.

OH HI ZANDER!

Zander was smiling despite the sudden rising heat to his cheeks. It was going to be a very, very long term. Yet, he was actually really looking forward to this one. Last term was a whole different story, but this time things were starting out pretty well, so reckon they'd continue that way for a bit at least. Right, back to Puck. She was talking to him, wasn't she? CoPrefect. Merlin, was he really a Prefect? "Yeah, Team Gryffindor," he smiled at the thought and also at her rebellious hand in the air. He threw his own up too, just for added effect and teamwork and stuff... Though, he didn't look nearly as rebellious as she did. Probably just looked ridiculous, but what else was new?

Even redder now, he quickly took his hand down from the air and placed it awkwardly at his side. Yeah, okay. So much for a fresh new start. Not going to pretend like he was anywhere near as cool as Puck. Nope. He'd stick to being the awkward half of the duo thank you very much. It was a much easier job. They could play good cop bad cop or something. As for her question, summer. Did he do anything fun this summer? Sure, yeah he did LOADS of fun things. Like uh... Yeah, too many to even remember that's right. "Well... I uh.." WAIT THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE FUN THING, "I finally bought a cruppy!" He couldn't even help but get all beamy at this either. It was a pretty big deal. He had been waiting two whole summers for this (not counting the most previous one) and he even had to get special permission to bring it with him and everything. AND to top it off, his parents didn't even know so it was super Gryffindor. Mhm. "What about you?" Fun things, he was sure she had done them. She was the cool one in the duo, remember?

Then, he turned his attention over to... Wait for it.... Wait for it.... ADI! Well, at least that was one familiar face. Not that the others weren't familiar... But Zander had actually talked to Adi on multiple occasions and not just the smiled-at-him-in-corridors kind of talking. It was really nice to have at least one person he really new around. Puck was nice enough, but still brofriend was good. "Hey, Adi! Hope you had a good holiday," Nerves were finally starting to settle now that he had seen a friend. As for the congratulations, he blushed a little as he said a "Thanks!"

Hearing someone else address him this time, Zander turned to face Caleb. That was the Newell one right? As in Sophie not-Brown's brother? Of course he already new boy's name, Caleb, but formal introductions were always a good thing, right? Right. "Um, Thanks," Wait, Caleb wasn't a prefect last term was he? It was Ethan, right? CONFUSED. But anyways, this called for a congratulations as well. "And congratulations to you too, I'm-um-Zander by the way." Noticing the other Slytherin Prefect (Beverly) smiling at him, he returned it with a less nervous smile than before. You know what, he could do this. Totally.


The Gryffindor turned back to Puck and gave her a small shrug when she inquired about the Ravenclaw Prefects. He figured Sophie Brown would be one of them because he couldn't think of one prefect quality that she didn't have. And maybe... That smart Gabe Ravenclaw for the boy prefect. But still, neither of the two had shown up yet, so Zander was beyond confused. They had to have prefects right? And... Where is the headboy and headgirl? Hm. Anyways, when Puck offered up the seat next to hers, Zander nodded gratefully and sat down, mind still on those who were still absent from the compartment. Marigold wasn't here either, come to think of it.

And before he could do anything else, SOPHIE BROWN was making herself at home on his lap. Oh. Well... This was... new. And the tomato face was back. He didn't even have time to think. Or even process the hilarious badge she was sporting on her robes because he was being hug attacked and sat on and HAAAA SO RED RIGHT NOW. Also, he may or may not have cringed the slightest bit at the reoccurrence of the nickname. Zanderpander. It had a ring to it, even he couldn't deny, but in front of the whole compartment full of people? Really, Soph?! But then again... She was also sitting on him.

O_______________________O

This was it. This was where he died. Right here in the Prefect's compartment, right after Sophie Brown had planted one on his cheek. His cheeks which were INSANELY red at the moment thank you very much, Sophie Brown. "I-um-uh-" SOPHIEBROWN. He was red and speechless. What a wise Prefect he was going to be. "Yeah well... You're always right aren't you?" She was the smartest person in the whole entire school, aside from Botros maybe. AND she was definitely enjoying her moment of glory and even though he was insanely embarrassed, he couldn't burst that. "But-uh-thanks Sophie," Could she see how she was mortifying him? He would never live this down.

AND ANOTHER CHEEK KISS. Sweet Merlin. SOS. The fifth year shot a hand to the back of his neck, as if he could rub the embarrassment out of himself. It wasn't working by the way. But wait, Sophie Brown. She was in the compartment, which only meant one thing didn't it? HE KNEW IT HE KNEW IT HE KNEW IT!!! "But what about--" WAIT, Huh? Her badge. It looked different than his, aside from the Ravenclaw colors of course. Head Nerd? But that wasn't... What was... Had she... Was she not... ???? Zander felt his heart drop. And though he let his eyes get sad for .5 seconds, he quickly stopped himself and put on a smile. For her. Head Nerd. Sophie was trying to make light of the situation, right? And he couldn't be sad because she looked okay and he wanted it to be okay. So despite the fact that he was completely confused and utterly disappointed, he smiled at her. (And was still really red too, okay). "Head Nerd? Couldn't imagine any better person for the job," and since she was the number 2, her Toberoni-Toberson-Timothy guy had to be the number 1, right? He decided not to ask.

Just then, he noticed Marigold enter the compartment out of the corner of his eye, but he was focused on Sophie Brown right now. She was probably the most important in this whole compartment.

"I can see.'' Adi grinned. Caleb did look excited. "Sophie must be so pleased for you." Or was their much sibling rivalry there?

Well, well, well.

A shoulder bump from Beverly. AND a smirk. Adi liked their weird little friendship and he was sure there would be a day when he got genuine smiles out of the Slytherin girl. He bumped back her should while giving her a smile of his own. "Do you think Caleb blackmailed Ethan out of his prefect position or something?" he whispered jokingly. Caleb was okay in Adi's books so he had no problems with the new Prefect.

"You let it slide a lot recently. Admit it, you like that name.'' He could tease her right back. Attention on the little lump in Bev's robes, he wished Chompy was awake. Gus would have liked to meet him again.

Adi shook his head in Puck's direction. "No idea but I've got a few guesses." Now if they would only show up a the compartment, he'd see if any of those guesses had been spot on. Speaking of Ravenclaws... Sophie entered right then. She was one of the Claw prefects? He wouldn't be surprised. In fact, she was one of his guesses. Yup. But that's when he saw what was engraved on the badge. Oh. A trick badge. So it was back to waiting to see who the Claw student leaders were. "Hey, Sophie.''

"Hi hi, Mari,'' Adi said when his Housemate arrived. But his attention was on Zander again. The dude was RED! The Puffer tried not to laugh. Poor Zander the Weird. He wondered if the weird had disappeared by now. "Yes, I had a great summer. I just heard you say you got a crup... decided not to get a lion then?'' Hehe. His and Zander's little joke.

SPOILER!!: you awesome people /everyone else too

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SOPHIE BROWN, COMING THROUGH.

She'd separated from Tobes with the full intention of coming to find CB and embarrass her in front of all her fellow prefects and make a big scene about how cute she was with a badge and how much she deserved it and how great she would be in a position of leadership and how no prefect could ever compare to her in the future and she was going to set impossible standards for everyone else...

...But, as she approached the compartment, CB was NOT THERE YET, but that didn't even MATTER BECAUSE HER EYES FELL UPON ONE ZANDER ADAIR.

ZANDER ADAIR WITH A PREFECT BADGE.

Maybe she'd get to embarrass someone after all.

With her own joke of a badge pinned on her robes, Sophie barged straight into the compartment and hopped right into Zander's lap and wrapped her arms around him in a big ol' hug. "Zaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanderpander, you DID IT. I KNEW YOU WOULD. I TOLD YOU SO. I TOOOOOOOLD YOU YOU WERE GONNA GET CHOSEN." She pinched his cheek lightly and KISSED the other one. "Look at you! Badged! A prefect! Awwwwwwwww! You're so cuuuuuute and you're gonna be so goooood and FLAMSTEED KNOWS WHAT'S UP. I knew I liked him. He's made a super good life choice. I'm gonna tell him so."

WHEW. EMOTIONS. And then there was another friendly, congratulatory kiss to Zander's cheek because HER LIL ZANDERPANDER WAS ALL GROWN UP.

...And hi everyone else. They all got a SMILE, but her attention was FULLY back to Zander. Guh. LOOK HOW FAR HE'D COME.

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Marigold straightened her prefect badge which had gotten a bit off-center because of all the HUGGING she had been doing (FRIENDS!!!) and totally wasn't late when she walked into the compartment. "Hi Bev, Adi," she said, greeting them, then turned to the new prefects and saw -

Sophie Brown?

Sophie Brown was a prefect? Well sure, pretty much all the staff adored her, but for some reason Marigold didn't see the authority in her. (And it wasn't just because she had never thanked Marigold for SAVING her LIFE from that ICE)

Oh. It was just a trick badge. "Head Nerd #2". Toby was probably #1

"Hi, Sophie Brown," she said, but it might've sounded a bit squeaky because of her confusion why Sophie Brown was there.

OH HI ZANDER!

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Zander was smiling despite the sudden rising heat to his cheeks. It was going to be a very, very long term. Yet, he was actually really looking forward to this one. Last term was a whole different story, but this time things were starting out pretty well, so reckon they'd continue that way for a bit at least. Right, back to Puck. She was talking to him, wasn't she? CoPrefect. Merlin, was he really a Prefect? "Yeah, Team Gryffindor," he smiled at the thought and also at her rebellious hand in the air. He threw his own up too, just for added effect and teamwork and stuff... Though, he didn't look nearly as rebellious as she did. Probably just looked ridiculous, but what else was new?

Even redder now, he quickly took his hand down from the air and placed it awkwardly at his side. Yeah, okay. So much for a fresh new start. Not going to pretend like he was anywhere near as cool as Puck. Nope. He'd stick to being the awkward half of the duo thank you very much. It was a much easier job. They could play good cop bad cop or something. As for her question, summer. Did he do anything fun this summer? Sure, yeah he did LOADS of fun things. Like uh... Yeah, too many to even remember that's right. "Well... I uh.." WAIT THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE FUN THING, "I finally bought a cruppy!" He couldn't even help but get all beamy at this either. It was a pretty big deal. He had been waiting two whole summers for this (not counting the most previous one) and he even had to get special permission to bring it with him and everything. AND to top it off, his parents didn't even know so it was super Gryffindor. Mhm. "What about you?" Fun things, he was sure she had done them. She was the cool one in the duo, remember?

Then, he turned his attention over to... Wait for it.... Wait for it.... ADI! Well, at least that was one familiar face. Not that the others weren't familiar... But Zander had actually talked to Adi on multiple occasions and not just the smiled-at-him-in-corridors kind of talking. It was really nice to have at least one person he really new around. Puck was nice enough, but still brofriend was good. "Hey, Adi! Hope you had a good holiday," Nerves were finally starting to settle now that he had seen a friend. As for the congratulations, he blushed a little as he said a "Thanks!"

Hearing someone else address him this time, Zander turned to face Caleb. That was the Newell one right? As in Sophie not-Brown's brother? Of course he already new boy's name, Caleb, but formal introductions were always a good thing, right? Right. "Um, Thanks," Wait, Caleb wasn't a prefect last term was he? It was Ethan, right? CONFUSED. But anyways, this called for a congratulations as well. "And congratulations to you too, I'm-um-Zander by the way." Noticing the other Slytherin Prefect (Beverly) smiling at him, he returned it with a less nervous smile than before. You know what, he could do this. Totally.


The Gryffindor turned back to Puck and gave her a small shrug when she inquired about the Ravenclaw Prefects. He figured Sophie Brown would be one of them because he couldn't think of one prefect quality that she didn't have. And maybe... That smart Gabe Ravenclaw for the boy prefect. But still, neither of the two had shown up yet, so Zander was beyond confused. They had to have prefects right? And... Where is the headboy and headgirl? Hm. Anyways, when Puck offered up the seat next to hers, Zander nodded gratefully and sat down, mind still on those who were still absent from the compartment. Marigold wasn't here either, come to think of it.

And before he could do anything else, SOPHIE BROWN was making herself at home on his lap. Oh. Well... This was... new. And the tomato face was back. He didn't even have time to think. Or even process the hilarious badge she was sporting on her robes because he was being hug attacked and sat on and HAAAA SO RED RIGHT NOW. Also, he may or may not have cringed the slightest bit at the reoccurrence of the nickname. Zanderpander. It had a ring to it, even he couldn't deny, but in front of the whole compartment full of people? Really, Soph?! But then again... She was also sitting on him.

O_______________________O

This was it. This was where he died. Right here in the Prefect's compartment, right after Sophie Brown had planted one on his cheek. His cheeks which were INSANELY red at the moment thank you very much, Sophie Brown. "I-um-uh-" SOPHIEBROWN. He was red and speechless. What a wise Prefect he was going to be. "Yeah well... You're always right aren't you?" She was the smartest person in the whole entire school, aside from Botros maybe. AND she was definitely enjoying her moment of glory and even though he was insanely embarrassed, he couldn't burst that. "But-uh-thanks Sophie," Could she see how she was mortifying him? He would never live this down.

AND ANOTHER CHEEK KISS. Sweet Merlin. SOS. The fifth year shot a hand to the back of his neck, as if he could rub the embarrassment out of himself. It wasn't working by the way. But wait, Sophie Brown. She was in the compartment, which only meant one thing didn't it? HE KNEW IT HE KNEW IT HE KNEW IT!!! "But what about--" WAIT, Huh? Her badge. It looked different than his, aside from the Ravenclaw colors of course. Head Nerd? But that wasn't... What was... Had she... Was she not... ???? Zander felt his heart drop. And though he let his eyes get sad for .5 seconds, he quickly stopped himself and put on a smile. For her. Head Nerd. Sophie was trying to make light of the situation, right? And he couldn't be sad because she looked okay and he wanted it to be okay. So despite the fact that he was completely confused and utterly disappointed, he smiled at her. (And was still really red too, okay). "Head Nerd? Couldn't imagine any better person for the job," and since she was the number 2, her Toberoni-Toberson-Timothy guy had to be the number 1, right? He decided not to ask.

Just then, he noticed Marigold enter the compartment out of the corner of his eye, but he was focused on Sophie Brown right now. She was probably the most important in this whole compartment.

Puck grinned even more when she saw that Zander had joined her in thrusting his hand in the air. He was cool, well cooler than he thought he was. “We are going to be epic,” she grinned and couldn’t help but chuckle at the awkward look he was giving. Wait did he say CRUPPY? “CAN I MEET IT?” she asked excitedly grinning brightly, she just loved dogs…and they didn’t make her eyes all itchy or her nose all sneezy and well uncool.

“Oh…not too much honestly I went to the music fest thing and that was really fun” she grinned brightly…and of course there was the whole Bianca thing that was hilarious and fun. “I also…ugh…” she practically giggled as she lifted her hand into the air and made some little air-quotes she chuckled. “Bianca and I, we…” she couldn’t even finish the sentence as she started laughing and practically giggling. “ican’tsayit” she grinned and laughed. “WEGOTMARRIED” giggle snorting was happening. But she was nodding and grinning, “We…ugh just kind of made up new nicknames because obviously we are best friends” she grinned brightly.

Oh…he had taken the offer for the seat, she grinned over to him and was about to pat his shoulder in a welcome to the seat way. Wait! The compartment door was opening and….SOPHIE BROWN? Was she – wait…the badge was…she grinned she liked this girl obviously. “Nice badge Brown” she grinned and winked over to her. And then Sophie was sitting on Zander’s lap and laughed.

Still not wearing her badge Puck just laughed when Sophie wrapped her arms around her co-Prefect. Reaching into her pocket she grabbed her badge and pinned it to her robes and pinned it onto his badge in time to hear the exaggerated nickname…wait…Zanderpander? There was MUCH grinning going on right now, ”Zanderpander?” she asked simply turning her head towards Zander and cocking her head to the side grinning all the while. Puck just laughed when she saw how red Zander’s face was still, she couldn’t help but chuckle…”hey it’s a better nickname than if my cousin Paige said it” she grinned…”it’d have sounded more like ZandaPanda if she said it” Puck grinned and caught the words on Sophie’s badge. “Head Nerd eh?” She grinned brightly. “Well Sophie – you, Zanderpander” oh…yes she had said it with a big GRIN on her face, “the other head nerd, and myself should definitely all study for OWLS together” she nodded.

What? It would be good to have Prefect friends yes? And not to mention she needed to pass OWLS! NEEEDED to. Puck then turned her attention back to Marigold who was eyeing Sophie…that seemed to be going on a lot around here the eying that was. “Hi Marigold right?” Wasn’t she a mermaid with her last term…”weren’t you one of my lovely mermaid siblings last term when Botros thought he was King Trident?” She asked grinning still. And then she turned her attention to Adi and Bev’s conversation. That was funny. “Oh….what ideas?” she asked excitedly. She was hoping because of well…not really enjoying the guy’s company that Gabe wasn’t one of them but he probably was which was…ugh, so not fun for her.

SPOILER!!: Bev!

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She wasn't convinced but there was nothing she could do. If it had been their Head of House's decision she'd have to roll with it. She just hoped Caleb would quickly grasp that she didn't do the 'dealing with problematic students' bit. Ethan did that so now that was Caleb's job.

"Well then..." She wasn't sulking, just...processing things. "Welcome to the team." Gosh. She was so nice.

That said, she turned to Aditya and bumped her shoulder to his, flashing him a smirk. No smiles yet, buddy. She liked teasing him for unexplained reason, apparently he did to. "I'm going to let you get away with that name just this time." You hear? "Chomper is right--" she pulled her robes up a bit and held the small bulge in the pocket up "--in here. He's napping."

Looking up from her pet, she glanced at the new Gryffindor Prefects. Were they already scared? They should hold up until they had to take their entire house to their common room after the feast. Loud, overly excited students all over the place--ugh. Not being a fan of large crowds, Beverly had been on the verge of a panic attack.

So she understood the feeling.

"Congrats on the badge." She nodded at the girl (Puck) and shot the boy (Zander) a shy little smile, just to help ease the nerves.

Caleb had to admit - that was more than he was expecting in terms of a congratulations from Beverly, so he'd take it. He shot her a grin again. "Thanks! I'm looking forward to working with you - with everyone," he added. Yes, despite how AWESOME he knew he was now, he also knew that he actually did have a JOB to do. And he was going to DO it and do it well.. Just like his mum and dad had.

SPOILER!!: Puck!

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Puck grinned and smirked at how red Zander’s face was getting…really, it was cuuuuute, and precious. And well, he was talking to her “Hi Zander,” she smiled “yeah, team Gryffindor!” She grinned and thrust her hand into the air as rebelliously as possible. What? She really was the rebel among the crowd here wasn’t she? She was the one that fit in about as well as a toad in a chicken coop.

“Did you do anything fun this summer?” She asked casually, before turning her attention to Adi, Caleb, and Beverly. “Hey thanks Adi,” she grinned as she had seen him around campus with…Valentine…Whatever her name was Valentine. “Thanks so much” she grinned and then turned her attention to the other guy…hello Newell.

Puck smirked, as she knew the old Prefect was Cutty’s cousin right? Mordaunt? She didn’t know much about him other than he wasn’t there. “Oh thanks Caleb,” Puck grinned, “I’m Puck of course” she grinned “what is Chomper exactly?” Rat most likely Puck thought…but, “I wish I was able to bring Germaine this term” she sighed, “but unfortunately hedgehogs are too wild of a pet for the school” she groaned as she hadn’t asked ever again really. “Thanks Beverly, oh…and sorry – again, about acting so weird in Ancient Runes last term – if I hadn’t I think that we would have been stuck trying to find the stupid doll for ages” she laughed.

“You guys have any idea who the Ravenclaw prefects are?” She asked as she squished closer to the window. In a whisper she turned toward Zander and muttered “If you want to sit here,” she pointed at the empty space next to her and shrugged “its fine with me.”

Caleb shrugged at Puck and looked around. "Nope, no idea...they're both new, right?" he wondered aloud. If he remembered correctly, both of them had graduated which meant they got two new prefects. Also, were there no Head Boy and Girl?? Caleb tried to backtrack in his brain and figure out who all the prefects were...if there weren't any seventh years, maybe they DIDN'T have Head people this term. Hmmmm...

SPOILER!!: The Sophie that is NOT twin Sophie!

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SOPHIE BROWN, COMING THROUGH.

She'd separated from Tobes with the full intention of coming to find CB and embarrass her in front of all her fellow prefects and make a big scene about how cute she was with a badge and how much she deserved it and how great she would be in a position of leadership and how no prefect could ever compare to her in the future and she was going to set impossible standards for everyone else...

...But, as she approached the compartment, CB was NOT THERE YET, but that didn't even MATTER BECAUSE HER EYES FELL UPON ONE ZANDER ADAIR.

ZANDER ADAIR WITH A PREFECT BADGE.

Maybe she'd get to embarrass someone after all.

With her own joke of a badge pinned on her robes, Sophie barged straight into the compartment and hopped right into Zander's lap and wrapped her arms around him in a big ol' hug. "Zaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanderpander, you DID IT. I KNEW YOU WOULD. I TOLD YOU SO. I TOOOOOOOLD YOU YOU WERE GONNA GET CHOSEN." She pinched his cheek lightly and KISSED the other one. "Look at you! Badged! A prefect! Awwwwwwwww! You're so cuuuuuute and you're gonna be so goooood and FLAMSTEED KNOWS WHAT'S UP. I knew I liked him. He's made a super good life choice. I'm gonna tell him so."

WHEW. EMOTIONS. And then there was another friendly, congratulatory kiss to Zander's cheek because HER LIL ZANDERPANDER WAS ALL GROWN UP.

...And hi everyone else. They all got a SMILE, but her attention was FULLY back to Zander. Guh. LOOK HOW FAR HE'D COME.

Speaking of Ravenclaws...

Caleb's attention was turned to the girl who entered and made a beeline right for Zander to congratulate him. So, this was the girl Ravvie prefect huh? The Sophie that was NOT his sister. He knew her last name was Brown which was super easy to remember, but he preferred to call her his own nickname in his head because it made him chuckle. Hehe.

But then...he saw her badge and realized it didn't say prefect. It was a fake! He should...probably do something, yeah?

Nah. He was making an executive call on this one and saying it wasn't an emergency. He didn't want to start off his prefect reign by being known as a NARC. So he just smiled and chuckled a bit at the spectacle she raised with poor Zander - thank goodness HIS Sophie didn't react that way when he had told her!

SPOILER!!: Mari!

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Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104

Marigold straightened her prefect badge which had gotten a bit off-center because of all the HUGGING she had been doing (FRIENDS!!!) and totally wasn't late when she walked into the compartment. "Hi Bev, Adi," she said, greeting them, then turned to the new prefects and saw -

Sophie Brown?

Sophie Brown was a prefect? Well sure, pretty much all the staff adored her, but for some reason Marigold didn't see the authority in her. (And it wasn't just because she had never thanked Marigold for SAVING her LIFE from that ICE)

Oh. It was just a trick badge. "Head Nerd #2". Toby was probably #1

"Hi, Sophie Brown," she said, but it might've sounded a bit squeaky because of her confusion why Sophie Brown was there.

OH HI ZANDER!

"Hey Marigold!" Caleb said with a smile, greeting the Hufflepuff prefect as she entered. Oh, it was getting crowded in here...he should probably take down his feet from the chair. Whoops.

SPOILER!!: Zander!

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

Zander was smiling despite the sudden rising heat to his cheeks. It was going to be a very, very long term. Yet, he was actually really looking forward to this one. Last term was a whole different story, but this time things were starting out pretty well, so reckon they'd continue that way for a bit at least. Right, back to Puck. She was talking to him, wasn't she? CoPrefect. Merlin, was he really a Prefect? "Yeah, Team Gryffindor," he smiled at the thought and also at her rebellious hand in the air. He threw his own up too, just for added effect and teamwork and stuff... Though, he didn't look nearly as rebellious as she did. Probably just looked ridiculous, but what else was new?

Even redder now, he quickly took his hand down from the air and placed it awkwardly at his side. Yeah, okay. So much for a fresh new start. Not going to pretend like he was anywhere near as cool as Puck. Nope. He'd stick to being the awkward half of the duo thank you very much. It was a much easier job. They could play good cop bad cop or something. As for her question, summer. Did he do anything fun this summer? Sure, yeah he did LOADS of fun things. Like uh... Yeah, too many to even remember that's right. "Well... I uh.." WAIT THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE FUN THING, "I finally bought a cruppy!" He couldn't even help but get all beamy at this either. It was a pretty big deal. He had been waiting two whole summers for this (not counting the most previous one) and he even had to get special permission to bring it with him and everything. AND to top it off, his parents didn't even know so it was super Gryffindor. Mhm. "What about you?" Fun things, he was sure she had done them. She was the cool one in the duo, remember?

Then, he turned his attention over to... Wait for it.... Wait for it.... ADI! Well, at least that was one familiar face. Not that the others weren't familiar... But Zander had actually talked to Adi on multiple occasions and not just the smiled-at-him-in-corridors kind of talking. It was really nice to have at least one person he really new around. Puck was nice enough, but still brofriend was good. "Hey, Adi! Hope you had a good holiday," Nerves were finally starting to settle now that he had seen a friend. As for the congratulations, he blushed a little as he said a "Thanks!"

Hearing someone else address him this time, Zander turned to face Caleb. That was the Newell one right? As in Sophie not-Brown's brother? Of course he already new boy's name, Caleb, but formal introductions were always a good thing, right? Right. "Um, Thanks," Wait, Caleb wasn't a prefect last term was he? It was Ethan, right? CONFUSED. But anyways, this called for a congratulations as well. "And congratulations to you too, I'm-um-Zander by the way." Noticing the other Slytherin Prefect (Beverly) smiling at him, he returned it with a less nervous smile than before. You know what, he could do this. Totally.


The Gryffindor turned back to Puck and gave her a small shrug when she inquired about the Ravenclaw Prefects. He figured Sophie Brown would be one of them because he couldn't think of one prefect quality that she didn't have. And maybe... That smart Gabe Ravenclaw for the boy prefect. But still, neither of the two had shown up yet, so Zander was beyond confused. They had to have prefects right? And... Where is the headboy and headgirl? Hm. Anyways, when Puck offered up the seat next to hers, Zander nodded gratefully and sat down, mind still on those who were still absent from the compartment. Marigold wasn't here either, come to think of it.

And before he could do anything else, SOPHIE BROWN was making herself at home on his lap. Oh. Well... This was... new. And the tomato face was back. He didn't even have time to think. Or even process the hilarious badge she was sporting on her robes because he was being hug attacked and sat on and HAAAA SO RED RIGHT NOW. Also, he may or may not have cringed the slightest bit at the reoccurrence of the nickname. Zanderpander. It had a ring to it, even he couldn't deny, but in front of the whole compartment full of people? Really, Soph?! But then again... She was also sitting on him.

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This was it. This was where he died. Right here in the Prefect's compartment, right after Sophie Brown had planted one on his cheek. His cheeks which were INSANELY red at the moment thank you very much, Sophie Brown. "I-um-uh-" SOPHIEBROWN. He was red and speechless. What a wise Prefect he was going to be. "Yeah well... You're always right aren't you?" She was the smartest person in the whole entire school, aside from Botros maybe. AND she was definitely enjoying her moment of glory and even though he was insanely embarrassed, he couldn't burst that. "But-uh-thanks Sophie," Could she see how she was mortifying him? He would never live this down.

AND ANOTHER CHEEK KISS. Sweet Merlin. SOS. The fifth year shot a hand to the back of his neck, as if he could rub the embarrassment out of himself. It wasn't working by the way. But wait, Sophie Brown. She was in the compartment, which only meant one thing didn't it? HE KNEW IT HE KNEW IT HE KNEW IT!!! "But what about--" WAIT, Huh? Her badge. It looked different than his, aside from the Ravenclaw colors of course. Head Nerd? But that wasn't... What was... Had she... Was she not... ???? Zander felt his heart drop. And though he let his eyes get sad for .5 seconds, he quickly stopped himself and put on a smile. For her. Head Nerd. Sophie was trying to make light of the situation, right? And he couldn't be sad because she looked okay and he wanted it to be okay. So despite the fact that he was completely confused and utterly disappointed, he smiled at her. (And was still really red too, okay). "Head Nerd? Couldn't imagine any better person for the job," and since she was the number 2, her Toberoni-Toberson-Timothy guy had to be the number 1, right? He decided not to ask.

Just then, he noticed Marigold enter the compartment out of the corner of his eye, but he was focused on Sophie Brown right now. She was probably the most important in this whole compartment.

"Thanks...I'm excited to get started," Caleb said, making polite conversation with Zander. He REALLY wanted to tell him that his father had once been the male prefect of Gryffindor, but he figured that would sound too braggy right now. Besides, he was being attacked by kisses and stuff from Sophie and Caleb was enjoying the scene. Hehehe.

BUT WAIT. PAUSE. "You got a cruppy?! I have a crup too! What's his or her name?! What are the colorings?!" Caleb asked, perking up immensely. Caleb LOVED animals - especially DOGS. He was happy to see that Puck was also as excited about this development as him...so he didn't look TOTALLY weird getting all excited over a dog. BUT IT WAS EXCITING. SUPES EXCITING. DOGS. ANIMALS. WOW. MUCH EXCITE. SUCH CRUPPIES.

SPOILER!!: Adi!

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

"I can see.'' Adi grinned. Caleb did look excited. "Sophie must be so pleased for you." Or was their much sibling rivalry there?

Well, well, well.

A shoulder bump from Beverly. AND a smirk. Adi liked their weird little friendship and he was sure there would be a day when he got genuine smiles out of the Slytherin girl. He bumped back her should while giving her a smile of his own. "Do you think Caleb blackmailed Ethan out of his prefect position or something?" he whispered jokingly. Caleb was okay in Adi's books so he had no problems with the new Prefect.

"You let it slide a lot recently. Admit it, you like that name.'' He could tease her right back. Attention on the little lump in Bev's robes, he wished Chompy was awake. Gus would have liked to meet him again.

Adi shook his head in Puck's direction. "No idea but I've got a few guesses." Now if they would only show up a the compartment, he'd see if any of those guesses had been spot on. Speaking of Ravenclaws... Sophie entered right then. She was one of the Claw prefects? He wouldn't be surprised. In fact, she was one of his guesses. Yup. But that's when he saw what was engraved on the badge. Oh. A trick badge. So it was back to waiting to see who the Claw student leaders were. "Hey, Sophie.''

"Hi hi, Mari,'' Adi said when his Housemate arrived. But his attention was on Zander again. The dude was RED! The Puffer tried not to laugh. Poor Zander the Weird. He wondered if the weird had disappeared by now. "Yes, I had a great summer. I just heard you say you got a crup... decided not to get a lion then?'' Hehe. His and Zander's little joke.

How was Sophie taking the news? Pretty good, actually! Caleb grinned at his Puffer friend. "She is, actually. I was afraid for a bit that she was going to be super jealous, but she isn't. In fact she actually said she was PROUD of me - I bet she's waiting until I get established in the role, though, so she can abuse my powers," he joked with a grin.

Well, sort of joked. It wouldn't surprise him if it turned out to be true though...

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Hello, everyone.

No, that wasn't said outloud...but....

Wait.

What was Sophie Brown doing in here? AND PUCK GRAYVSON WAS IN HERE?!...and Zander Adair....and Caleb Newell? Actually, Caleb made sense.

STARES FOR PUCK, THOUGH.

..................Gabriel quietly took a seat and looked down at his lap.

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Hello, everyone.

No, that wasn't said outloud...but....

Wait.

What was Sophie Brown doing in here? AND PUCK GRAYVSON WAS IN HERE?!...and Zander Adair....and Caleb Newell? Actually, Caleb made sense.

STARES FOR PUCK, THOUGH.

..................Gabriel quietly took a seat and looked down at his lap.

So Caleb had no idea who the Ravenclaw prefect was? She sighed at the idea still hoping it wasn’t Banner because…really, awkward vomiting and nerves weren’t needed…they already have one awkward guy and at least Zander was you know, nice…

THE DOOR WAS OPENING! Puck glanced up at the door and felt her jaw drop. Oh MERLIN. “You?” She simply asked then tried to be nice…because rounds. He was staring at her in disbelief…this made sense to her not the automatically congratulating her on doing what? Sassing her way into the position? “Congratulations Banner…” she smiled (sort of)…with a pause she simply added “I was as shocked as you are” she smirked and looked back at everyone else.

Gabriel colored...eyes forcibly trained on his lap. He had nothing nice to say...and he was learning that when you didn't have nice things to say, you just needed to keep your mouth shut.

Of course, Puck Greyvson hadn't been taught this rule.

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Yep, he was ignoring her.....deciding to SNORT his derision, instead of opening his mouth.

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Originally Posted by Govoni

Gabriel colored...eyes forcibly trained on his lap. He had nothing nice to say...and he was learning that when you didn't have nice things to say, you just needed to keep your mouth shut.

Of course, Puck Greyvson hadn't been taught this rule.

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Yep, he was ignoring her.....deciding to SNORT his derision, instead of opening his mouth.

She had said congratulations...after maybe dissing him but that wasn't the problem was it? Puck knew he didn’t like her – it was obvious.

Was he ignoring her?

HAIR FLIP...He wasn't going to ignore her. She was glaring slightly, there was a slightly indigent snort. "Good luck Banner,...you know when we get paired for rounds" she smirked oh yeah...she knew from Jun that they would work together.

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So Caleb had no idea who the Ravenclaw prefect was? She sighed at the idea still hoping it wasn’t Banner because…really, awkward vomiting and nerves weren’t needed…they already have one awkward guy and at least Zander was you know, nice…

THE DOOR WAS OPENING! Puck glanced up at the door and felt her jaw drop. Oh MERLIN. “You?” She simply asked then tried to be nice…because rounds. He was staring at her in disbelief…this made sense to her not the automatically congratulating her on doing what? Sassing her way into the position? “Congratulations Banner…” she smiled (sort of)…with a pause she simply added “I was as shocked as you are” she smirked and looked back at everyone else.

Caleb looked at the newcomer and immediately noticed the Prefect badge on his chest - Banner? As in...Ruby Banner? AHHHHHH this must be her brother. She'd mentioned him and had also mentioned that he was...well, a bit of a nerd.

He kind of looked it. Just saying.

"Hey mate, Caleb Newell," he said with a smile, introducing himself to the other Banner as he entered. "Congrats on the badge," he added.

Sophie was COMPLETELY unfazed by Zander's red face - his extreme embarrassment was totally expected, wasn't it? - and she gave him another bear hug as he tried to come up with something to say. He was stammering, which was cute, and Sophie was conscious of the other students' gazes on them, but she didn't mind it. THEY deserved to see how sweet and modest their fellow prefect was, if they hadn't already known Zander Adair, and she was glad they were getting to see just how bashful and modest he truly was. She snorted at what he finally said, though, and gave his hair a little ruffle. "I am, yeah, aren't I?" Especially since, during that conversation when they were drawing with chalk, she had correctly shot down what he had said about her.

But, instead of feeling bad about that, she was actually pretty smug.

Except... she had given him false hope. Oops. She hadn't MEANT to do that - when she came to the compartment, she had fully expected CB to already be there so everyone would have KNOWN it wasn't her and her own badge would just be all in good humor and a fun joke - but she didn't miss the way Zander's expression faltered briefly when he recognized what exactly her badge said. She gave him another little squeeze of a hug and pulled away from him, sliding off his lap and immediately standing because she did not feel right sitting PROPERLY in the prefects' compartment. No, no. She knew this wasn't her place and fully recognized herself as a party crasher visitor and that she shouldn't make herself at home even among her friends, so she choose to stand instead of slipping in the small space beside him. What he said made her laugh briefly, and she gave his hair another ruffle. "Thanks, 'cept Tobes o'course, right? Since he's number one. We're a team." Hehehe.

Text Cut: Mari!

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Marigold straightened her prefect badge which had gotten a bit off-center because of all the HUGGING she had been doing (FRIENDS!!!) and totally wasn't late when she walked into the compartment. "Hi Bev, Adi," she said, greeting them, then turned to the new prefects and saw -

Sophie Brown?

Sophie Brown was a prefect? Well sure, pretty much all the staff adored her, but for some reason Marigold didn't see the authority in her. (And it wasn't just because she had never thanked Marigold for SAVING her LIFE from that ICE)

Oh. It was just a trick badge. "Head Nerd #2". Toby was probably #1

"Hi, Sophie Brown," she said, but it might've sounded a bit squeaky because of her confusion why Sophie Brown was there.

OH HI ZANDER!

It was then that she did let herself look around the compartment a bit more and take her focus off of Zander when Marigold spoke up to her. "Hi, Marigold McAlistor. How were those cookies last term?" She wiggled her eyebrows at that and gave a big knowing smile. "Thanks again, by the way." She didn't need to say what for - not in front of everyone - but Sophie knew the Hufflepuff prefect remembered very well what she was talking about.

Text Cut: Adi and Caleb!

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Adi shook his head in Puck's direction. "No idea but I've got a few guesses." Now if they would only show up a the compartment, he'd see if any of those guesses had been spot on. Speaking of Ravenclaws... Sophie entered right then. She was one of the Claw prefects? He wouldn't be surprised. In fact, she was one of his guesses. Yup. But that's when he saw what was engraved on the badge. Oh. A trick badge. So it was back to waiting to see who the Claw student leaders were. "Hey, Sophie.''

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Speaking of Ravenclaws...

Caleb's attention was turned to the girl who entered and made a beeline right for Zander to congratulate him. So, this was the girl Ravvie prefect huh? The Sophie that was NOT his sister. He knew her last name was Brown which was super easy to remember, but he preferred to call her his own nickname in his head because it made him chuckle. Hehe.

But then...he saw her badge and realized it didn't say prefect. It was a fake! He should...probably do something, yeah?

Nah. He was making an executive call on this one and saying it wasn't an emergency. He didn't want to start off his prefect reign by being known as a NARC. So he just smiled and chuckled a bit at the spectacle she raised with poor Zander - thank goodness HIS Sophie didn't react that way when he had told her!

Adi was always such a sweetheart, wasn't he? When he addressed her, he got a wave of her hand - even though she was a little bitter toward him for reasons that weren't actually his fault at all - and a smile. "Hello, Adi. You're looking dapper as ever. Have a good summer?"

...Caleb Newell? Whaaaat? She was VERY concerned that he was here for numerous reasons - namely, where was ETHAN MORDAUNT? What had happened to her friend? Why wasn't HE the prefect anymore? But... all things considering, Caleb Newell was a fine choice and she knew it. At least, it was better having Caleb prefect than his sister. So, after a brief analysis of the situation, Soph smiled at Caleb and offered him a polite "sup" nod. "Hey Caleb." He hadn't greeted her and didn't seem too enthused by her presence at all, but she wasn't going to be terribly rude after invading the prefects' space, now, was she?

Text Cut: Puck!

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Oh…he had taken the offer for the seat, she grinned over to him and was about to pat his shoulder in a welcome to the seat way. Wait! The compartment door was opening and….SOPHIE BROWN? Was she – wait…the badge was…she grinned she liked this girl obviously. “Nice badge Brown” she grinned and winked over to her. And then Sophie was sitting on Zander’s lap and laughed.

Still not wearing her badge Puck just laughed when Sophie wrapped her arms around her co-Prefect. Reaching into her pocket she grabbed her badge and pinned it to her robes and pinned it onto his badge in time to hear the exaggerated nickname…wait…Zanderpander? There was MUCH grinning going on right now, ”Zanderpander?” she asked simply turning her head towards Zander and cocking her head to the side grinning all the while. Puck just laughed when she saw how red Zander’s face was still, she couldn’t help but chuckle…”hey it’s a better nickname than if my cousin Paige said it” she grinned…”it’d have sounded more like ZandaPanda if she said it” Puck grinned and caught the words on Sophie’s badge. “Head Nerd eh?” She grinned brightly. “Well Sophie – you, Zanderpander” oh…yes she had said it with a big GRIN on her face, “the other head nerd, and myself should definitely all study for OWLS together” she nodded.

Beeeeam. "Thanks, Puck!"

...Puck???

The presence of Puck in the prefects compartment was particularly confusing to this Sophie Brown, but she didn't let her confusion show - the girl got a playful finger-wag when she used Zander's nickname. "Uh huh, that's mine for him. He's very nickname-able. Lots of options. His name is super fun that way." Her tone was very conversational and not at all threatening or mean, and her expression was calm yet amused - but she hoped Puck was taking her very subtle hint that she felt possessive over the nickname. "I can give ya suggestions, if you'd like. We can sit around and brainstorm. I've got like a dozen others saved up that are just as good." HEHEHEHE.

Zander's stomach got a playful poke.

"That's a good idea, 'specially with OWLs and stuff. And since Tobes just took his OWLs, he'll be a really good help, I bet. He's one of the smartest people in the whole wide world anyway." He was her GO-TO STUDY BUDDY.

Text Cut: Gabe!

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Originally Posted by Govoni

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Hello, everyone.

No, that wasn't said outloud...but....

Wait.

What was Sophie Brown doing in here? AND PUCK GRAYVSON WAS IN HERE?!...and Zander Adair....and Caleb Newell? Actually, Caleb made sense.

STARES FOR PUCK, THOUGH.

..................Gabriel quietly took a seat and looked down at his lap.

GAAAAAAABE. GABE WAS THERE. AND WHERE GABE WAS, CB WAS GOING TO FOLLOW, RIGHT?

Soph GRINNED at Gabe excitedly, gave him a wave, then prepared herself to tackle one Coral-Bay Aldrich with looooove.

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Most of Gabriel's friends were Gryffindors...but this girl......

There were things he wanted to say.....Like........No, good luck to you. She'd better hope he didn't think to poison her....because he could...and it would look like an accident. All Gryffindors cared about was food, anyway. How easy it would be to slip her something...

Girls were crazy. Gryffindor girls, more so.

ANOTHER SNORT.

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"Thank you." It was muttered because...Gabe was uncomfortable. Clearly...but Caleb was okay. AND a boy...and not picking fun at him. "You, too."

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......and hey, Sophie Brown. The flushing was real.

SPOILER!!: all you <3

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

Caleb looked at the newcomer and immediately noticed the Prefect badge on his chest - Banner? As in...Ruby Banner? AHHHHHH this must be her brother. She'd mentioned him and had also mentioned that he was...well, a bit of a nerd.

He kind of looked it. Just saying.

"Hey mate, Caleb Newell," he said with a smile, introducing himself to the other Banner as he entered. "Congrats on the badge," he added.

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Originally Posted by feeheeheeny

Sophie was COMPLETELY unfazed by Zander's red face - his extreme embarrassment was totally expected, wasn't it? - and she gave him another bear hug as he tried to come up with something to say. He was stammering, which was cute, and Sophie was conscious of the other students' gazes on them, but she didn't mind it. THEY deserved to see how sweet and modest their fellow prefect was, if they hadn't already known Zander Adair, and she was glad they were getting to see just how bashful and modest he truly was. She snorted at what he finally said, though, and gave his hair a little ruffle. "I am, yeah, aren't I?" Especially since, during that conversation when they were drawing with chalk, she had correctly shot down what he had said about her.

But, instead of feeling bad about that, she was actually pretty smug.

Except... she had given him false hope. Oops. She hadn't MEANT to do that - when she came to the compartment, she had fully expected CB to already be there so everyone would have KNOWN it wasn't her and her own badge would just be all in good humor and a fun joke - but she didn't miss the way Zander's expression faltered briefly when he recognized what exactly her badge said. She gave him another little squeeze of a hug and pulled away from him, sliding off his lap and immediately standing because she did not feel right sitting PROPERLY in the prefects' compartment. No, no. She knew this wasn't her place and fully recognized herself as a party crasher visitor and that she shouldn't make herself at home even among her friends, so she choose to stand instead of slipping in the small space beside him. What he said made her laugh briefly, and she gave his hair another ruffle. "Thanks, 'cept Tobes o'course, right? Since he's number one. We're a team." Hehehe.


It was then that she did let herself look around the compartment a bit more and take her focus off of Zander when Marigold spoke up to her. "Hi, Marigold McAlistor. How were those cookies last term?" She wiggled her eyebrows at that and gave a big knowing smile. "Thanks again, by the way." She didn't need to say what for - not in front of everyone - but Sophie knew the Hufflepuff prefect remembered very well what she was talking about.

Text Cut: Adi and Caleb!

Adi was always such a sweetheart, wasn't he? When he addressed her, he got a wave of her hand - even though she was a little bitter toward him for reasons that weren't actually his fault at all - and a smile. "Hello, Adi. You're looking dapper as ever. Have a good summer?"

...Caleb Newell? Whaaaat? She was VERY concerned that he was here for numerous reasons - namely, where was ETHAN MORDAUNT? What had happened to her friend? Why wasn't HE the prefect anymore? But... all things considering, Caleb Newell was a fine choice and she knew it. At least, it was better having Caleb prefect than his sister. So, after a brief analysis of the situation, Soph smiled at Caleb and offered him a polite "sup" nod. "Hey Caleb." He hadn't greeted her and didn't seem too enthused by her presence at all, but she wasn't going to be terribly rude after invading the prefects' space, now, was she?


Beeeeam. "Thanks, Puck!"

...Puck???

The presence of Puck in the prefects compartment was particularly confusing to this Sophie Brown, but she didn't let her confusion show - the girl got a playful finger-wag when she used Zander's nickname. "Uh huh, that's mine for him. He's very nickname-able. Lots of options. His name is super fun that way." Her tone was very conversational and not at all threatening or mean, and her expression was calm yet amused - but she hoped Puck was taking her very subtle hint that she felt possessive over the nickname. "I can give ya suggestions, if you'd like. We can sit around and brainstorm. I've got like a dozen others saved up that are just as good." HEHEHEHE.

Zander's stomach got a playful poke.

"That's a good idea, 'specially with OWLs and stuff. And since Tobes just took his OWLs, he'll be a really good help, I bet. He's one of the smartest people in the whole wide world anyway." He was her GO-TO STUDY BUDDY.


GAAAAAAABE. GABE WAS THERE. AND WHERE GABE WAS, CB WAS GOING TO FOLLOW, RIGHT?

Soph GRINNED at Gabe excitedly, gave him a wave, then prepared herself to tackle one Coral-Bay Aldrich with looooove.

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Originally Posted by Govoni

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Most of Gabriel's friends were Gryffindors...but this girl......

There were things he wanted to say.....Like........No, good luck to you. She'd better hope he didn't think to poison her....because he could...and it would look like an accident. All Gryffindors cared about was food, anyway. How easy it would be to slip her something...

Girls were crazy. Gryffindor girls, more so.

ANOTHER SNORT.


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"Thank you." It was muttered because...Gabe was uncomfortable. Clearly...but Caleb was okay. AND a boy...and not picking fun at him. "You, too."

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......and hey, Sophie Brown. The flushing was real.

Puck glanced at Caleb and saw his reaction to Gabe walking in and it seemed…like he didn’t really know him – which probably was a good thing eh? Oh…Sophie was claiming the nickname? She frowned slightly. “We should definitely get together and have a nicknaming party before the OWL studying” she grinned brightly.

And honestly.

It was going to be GREAT to have someone to study with – especially a brilliant someone like the Head Nerds…oh…he was still trying to ignore her…was she the only one having fun poking him with good luck.

SMIRKING WAS HAPPENING. AND HE was STILL ignoring her good lucks. “Your welcome” she smiled – beamed even…what? It was clear the guy HATED her but she didn’t care…she was going to be friendly at every turn like a little gnat of happiness and optimism just to drive his brain all crazy.