Henric looked up when someone touched his shoulder.Oh,its just Adi! He blinked at him, confused why Adi asked him if he was alright.
"I'm fine,Adi...why you ask?"he asked back. Did Henric looked a little lonely? No, he didn't think he was, he was listening intently to all his housemates talking to each other.He didn't mind if they did not include him, it was fun just listening quietly by the side.

Hayden nodded in response to Margo's question. "Yes I did. It wasn't quite as exciting but sometimes that's okay. There wasn't any danger." There were too many dangerous possibilities in Hayden's life sometimes. "How was the rest of your summer?" Hayden wondered if there would be another field trip in the summer. Was it something that happened every year? She hadn't heard about one before. If there wasn't, she thought that she should invite Norah and Leah to her house or something. She didn't want to go all summer without seeing her best friends.

Hayden grinned as another familiar face joined the table. "Hi Margo! How was your summer? Are you excited to be a second year?" Hayden could remember when she had been a second year. It had been two whole years ago, wow.

Bleu grinned when she felt Lux's arms go around her. She knew it wasn't Dylan because...well girl arms were different than boy arms..so. "Hey Lux! Yeah, just wondering where he is. He usually gets here before I do. But I'm sure he will be here soon. How are you?" She smiled at the girl. She was so sweet and she loved hanging out with her.

As Kace was finished talking to Torie, he heard a familiar voice. He grinned and knew who it was instantly. He turned around and noticed it was Hayden! He went over to hug his fellow puff. He wondered where she was last term. "Hey Hayden! Where have you been? I feel like I haven't seen you in like forever. You didn't go missing on me I see." he teased just a little bit. Was he looking forward to this year. He thought about it and shrugged. "Ehh I am but I'm not. I mean I want to experience what this year has but I am kind of nervous about graduating you know?" Maybe she would understand. "But you better lead a legacy when I'm gone.." he told her. Well someone had to and he knew Hayden could do the job.

He turned his head and noticed Emmy yet again. He couldn't help but look at her. She was just so beautiful! He sometimes knew what she was thinking. He chuckled at her response, "That is true though. We are at Hogwarts. This is like our second home and it is where we met each other and had our first kiss and everything.." he hugged her closer and not wanting to let her go. "Whaaatttt second best? Awww come on it is like the first.." he tickled her to try and get her to agree. The next comment Emmy heard, he stood there wide eyed and gasped. "This girl Emmy loves this guy Kace more than candy. Aww man I don't know if I can handle that. I feel soo special. I think it deserves a little reward.." he grinned and pecked kissed her. He was even stunned when Emmy called him baby. That was a new one. "You know I love it when you say that. You should say it more often.." he told her with a wide grin.

He chuckled at Emmy's reaction. He knew it was gross but just hearing her saying it made him laugh out loud. "I knowww I just had to." he half grinned and looked at the food plates and realized he couldn't eat yet. Darn it. "So what shall we plan to do this year?" He wanted to hear all her bright ideas.


Now onto the little first year. He thought James was adorable. He chuckled at his enthusiasm. "Why hello James!" he greeted back just as happily. He raised his eyebrows in impressment and nodded. "Yeah the house elves are awesome. They love to help us students out. You can ask them for any snacks and they will proudly serve you. I suggest getting a pumpkin pasties or a cauldron cake." he winked. Just giving him some tips. "Yeah you will do fine if you are nice to them. I mean I cam out just fine.." he chuckled. "So tell me what are you most excited for this year?" He wanted to hear the firstie's perspective.


Then Kace noticed a newbie he didn't really see before. I mean he might have seen him before in the common room but he might go say hello. He made his way over to Henric and greeted him with, "Heyyy I am Kace. I don't know if we met before. Did you have a good summer?" he asked for a simple conversation starter.

Then he noticed Lux made her way to the hufflepuff table and he saw her bright red hair. He grinned and waved in her direction. He glanced at Emmy since she was here. Uh oh....this might be somewhat awkward but he wanted to be the better person. "Heyy I know right? Time flies when you're on the train.." he winked and nudged Lux back. "So tell me what you are most excited for Miss Cucumber.." he asked curious to know.

Now to turn his attention to the hufflepuff head boy (Adi). He chuckled and nodded, "Yeah the field trip was a lot of fun. I think that tour guide was something else! He was interesting to say the least." He couldn't remember much but of the tour guide. "But how about you what was your favorite part of the trip?" he asked being the curious puff he was yet again.

He chuckled at Norah's reaction to his imitation. "I mean I think I did a pretty good imitation of you if I do say so myself." he winked and joked with her lovingly of course. He stood there opened mouthed and he scoffed. "And you said going to France wasn't interesting. Norah that is amazing! I am jealous! What was France like?" he asked. He only lived in Kansas his whole life and went on a couple cruises to islands but he never went to Europe yet. He had been meaning to. Oooh jeez a secret? He nodded and said, "Your secret is safe with me.." he held out his pinky and interlocked with hers. You don't mess with pinky swears. It is like kid rule numero uno. He chuckled at her secret and thought it was adorable! "You know what I have a secret too. I have a stuffed penguin in my room. It is sitting on my dresser. I sometimes snuggle with it at night. Don't tell anyone.." he said doing the sshhing motion with his lips.

He highly doubted Norah would tickle her but he wanted to see her try. "You know I wanna see if you could tickle me.." he challenged her. Now onto skateboarding. "You know I can teach ya sometime to skateboard if you want..." he offered. "The fireworks were HUGE. I mean it was a nice show to do. I love fireworks especially the cannons. They make a huge sound." He could see why Norah's mom would get her into trouble if she blew something up. "I mean I can see that because what happens if you blow off your arm or foot or something?" he asked discussing the hypothetical.


As he finished talking with Norah, he noticed little Margo. Look at her flaunting into the castle. He got up from his seat and went over to bear hug her. "Heeyy Margo!" he hugged her tight. "How is my little puff doing?" he asked ruffling her hair.

Marigold was late to her last ever opening feast at Hogwarts. And that was exactly the reason why she was late. She had taken the carriages up to the castle, walked in the front doors, and promptly burst into tears after seeing a transfer excitedly grin at the Great Hall. This was it, this was her last year, and although sometimes (aka snow!year) all she wanted to do was go home, Hogwarts was such a big part of her life. She had grown up there, gotten friends, and honestly, broken out of her shell. She had become a Prefect, the first in her family, and blown her ancestors' OWL scores out of the water. This was her savior, the place that made it all alright. And sure enough, she had cried in front of many people. She had run to the nearest loo (which she knew was to her right, because she had spent six years in this castle…more sobbing), and only emerged after she had wiped her eyes with her Hufflepuff scarf. She straightened her badge and retied her tie because if this was her last year, she was going to enjoy it no matter what. She put on a brave face and entered the Great Hall, for the beginning of the last times. She walked over and sat down at her badger table, with her family, with her younger brothers and sisters and fellow equivalents-of-muggle-seniors, and smiled.

Wow, look at Adi being the life of the party as usual. Lux thought that he was probably the most popular person at Hogwarts because everyone loved him. For good reason though because he was so nice. "Hey, Adi! Have a good summer?" Sadly she hadn't seen her buddy in a few months, but they would be able to catch up now.

Bleu was right about Dylan usually being there by now. She hoped that he would arrive soon. "He better be here soon, or he will miss the food." Lux giggled. She couldn't imagine being late for a feast because man did she love eating. "I didn't want summer to end, but I'm happy to talk to my friends! How are you?" She liked the feast because it was a nice distraction.

"Haha, time never flies on the train," she told Kace as she nudged him back. Pfft. Longest trip ever!! Hmmm, what was she most excited about? "Christmas, Hogsmeade weekends, and next summer!!" Yep, yep, yep. "What about you??" And here was Marigold. Lux hadn't talked to her in a while, but she always had liked her. Marigold was really nice. "Hello, Marigold!! Did you have a nice summer??"

Penelope had her stack of posters that advertised the pet rock adoption fair. So... What was she supposed to say? She approached the Hufflepuff table and spoke to the students nearest to her. "Does anyone want to adopt a pet rock? They are very low maintenance pets and literally live forever! If you come by the table by the entrance to the Great Hall now, you can get a pet rock that comes with a care manual and rock candy!" Who didn't want a pet rock, even if it was just a rock? And there was candy!

Torie listened as he said Helga Hufflepuff was responsible for the all the recipes in the school. His jaw dropped in surprise "All of them?" he asked in surprise. He looked towards Jay when the boy said tickle the pear. Yep, that definitely sounded familiar, mum had told them that!

When Hayden introduced himself, Torie smiled back "I'm Torie."

He noticed right away Jay's response to Hayden but the sadness again that he had seen earlier at the train. He knew he missed Norah and the others but hoped his homesickness wouldn't be too bad much longer!

Torie smiled at another boy who said welcome to Hufflepuff and murmured 'Thank you'.

And another welcome! His eyes fell on the boys badge and swallowed a little. He had to be good around him at least, he was a prefect. He grinned though when he got handed a chocolate frog. "Thank you Adi!" Chocolate! He loved chocolate, that should cheer Jay up, right?

"Fourth year?" he whispered in awe. That seemed so far away! Almost to taking her OWL's. She was so tall and big! "I...I'm excited now. Now that I've been placed in a house" he said with a nod. And now that the house wasn't Slytherin! Err....right? Hugs...as in chocolate still. Right? Merlin he hoped so! Hugging just felt weird, especially when you really didn't know the person. He watched as she pulled a chocolate frog that appeared to be a bit squashed from her pocket. Hmm Jay really looked like he needed one. "Jay you take it. You'll feel better, maybe it'll have a card you're still needing!"

"Hi," James greeted the boy (Henric) who'd walked over and smiled at him a little. He offered Adi a smile too and perked up a little when he heard he was a prefect. "Mum said to come to the prefects if we have a problem!" he nodded with a bigger smile. He was cheering up now. "Oh, thank you." James took the chocolate frog happily and slipped it into his robe pocket. Oh, but he didn't have a present for the prefect! "I don't... have anything for you..."

His attention was taken by Norah who noticed he was looking sad. "My sister is called Norah. I miss her. She's not old enough to come with us." His eyes were downcast for a moment as she searched her pockets. They raised when she put a chocolate frog on the table and he offered her a smile. "Thank you." His brother made him shake his head. "We can share the chocolate and I'll take the card." Yes? Yes.

Kace stole his attention once more and James just beamed at how impressed he looked. HA! SEE? HE KNEW THINGS! "I want to learn the cool stuff that mum didn't teach us. I already know defence and how to do charms and stuff, but she didn't teach us transfiguration yet or anything like Runes. She doesn't like Runes."

"Well, it's been a busy one,'' Adi said lightly to Abby. Outdoorsy stuff were rather fun and let's just say this summer's was extra fun. "So, how about yours? Been hanging out a whole lot with your sisters?''

Adi's attention was drawn to another familiar form approaching the table. If there was any Hufflepuff he had missed, it was Margo. "Hey, Margo!'' He indicated to the free space next to him. "Here's a seat with your name written on it.'' He grinned at the younger girl, remembering last year he had spent some amount of his time at the Feast using the Hot Air Charm to dry her off after she had taken an unexpected dip in the Lake.

Head tilt at Henric. "Alright. Here, have a Frog.'' Adi set one of the treats on the table before his friend. Nothing can go wrong with Chocolate. It could fix anything! Except maybe the agony one felt when they fought with their girlfriend. Anyyywaayy, Adi was itching to tease Henric about Leah right about now. Was it too early to start? Probably. Meh.

The sixth year had been looking in the direction of the Staff table when Kace spoke up again. "Speaking of the guide, isn't that him, Kace?" He nodded in the direction of the Staff. Interesting. Adi wondered what role the guy had here at Hogwarts. "Diving in! That was the best.'' Aside from teasing he life out of Henric, of course. "I have a question. What are you doing after Hogwarts? University?"

Enthusiastic nods for Lux. "Yes, I did. What about you? How is Bay?'' Adi was always interested to know what his old friends were up to, you know. "How did you do for OWLs, anyway?''

"You're welcome, Torie.'' The kid's name was Torie, right? At least that was what Adi thought he had heard when the newcomer had said when he introduced himself earlier. "What did you think of the Sorting Ceremony? Was anyone else from your family in Hufflepuff?'' Careful, Adi! Don't overwhelm the boy with too many questions!

Adi continued to smile broadly at the other firstie (James). "Of course you can. If you've got a problem with another student, need help with homework or anything else, we're here. There's the other Hufflepuff prefect.'' He pointed in Mari's direction, giving her a wave too. So sad she was in seventh year this term but that only meant they would be needing another female prefect next term which was exciting. What was the firstie saying? Nothing for him in return? "Just be a great Hufflepuff student in return.'' Yep! Make the entire House proud someday, kid.

And what was this about pet rocks? "Hey, Penelope!'' Having a pet rock sounded interesting. "I might check that out.'' Plus there was candy, riiiiight, Penelope?

Abby smiled and said "Mine was quiet actually Adi and i hardly saw Angel and AJ after we got back from the trip, i think i spent the rest of my holidays in Diagon Alley getting supplies and catching up with other friends"

Henric eyed suspiciously at the chocolate frog Adi gave him. It shouldn't contain anything harmful in it, right? Well he did saw him handing out these chocolate frogs to the firsties as a welcoming gift.Narrrh... he didn't think Adi could do such a thing, pranking his fellow housemates would be the last thing he would do...right? ()

He smiled brightly at Adi,"Thank you Adi, that was nice of you! Must cost you a fortune to be handing these out,"he told him. He knew because the price of one chocolate frog has been increasing throughout the years and he thought he wouldn't be able to afford anymore of these with just his modest allowance he received from his parents for his own expenditure.Besides, he always packed his own lunch onboard every year anyway, chocolate frogs was another luxury to him because he really loved collecting the cards inside it. Henric felt he should give something back to Adi too.

"Wait Adi,I got something for you too!" Henric said, taking out something from the inside of his robes,"this is a small badge,it represents my favourite football club in the world,Manchester United,"he said,taking Adi's hand so he could give it to him."Uhh...I don't know if you heard of them or..football(american term:soccer)...but I would like you to have it," he smiled to his good friend.Although Henric didn't have any nice possessions with him, he was glad he could give something out of his own treasures as a token of their newfound friendship.

Henric turned to the voice,"Hello Kace,I'm Henric,nice to meet you!"He continued,"I think we did, but we never been formally introduce,"he grinned.
"I did! Thank you for asking,and you? Did you have a great summer too?"he asked the seventh year student.

Henric smiled to the new firstie James,"Hello there! I realised I have the same name as you,James, its my middle name too but you can call me Henric,fouth year, welcome to Hufflepuff,mate."

Warmth was radiating OFF his house table. Noel Wallace may hate Hogwarts but he loved his house. Just seeing the table full of his fellow puffs made him grin. "Yo, puffs! HELLO" he greeted everybody with a wave of both his hands.

As he walked on to find an empty seat, the fifteen year old greeted his house prefect Adi with a wave and a 'dudee' before moving onto find himself a seat opposite Kace and his girlfriend. Giving his girlfriend Emmy a polite nod of hello, Noel turned to Kace with a huge smile: "SEVENTH YEAR. How does it feel?"

He himself was now a fifth year! WHAT? Wasn't it only yesterday when he was ickle and trying to not stutter whenever Kace talked to him?

Waving more hellos and heys, the puff wondered why hadn't he seen Leah yet. Where was she? Speaking of ... OH LOOK - there was Henric. "How was the summer, Nicolei?"

Also. Pet rock? What?

Noel stared at the girl giving away the posters, before not helping himself he asked: "I don't think my crup will like to share my attention" She was kidding right? RIGHT? Cause he certainly was.

Kace looked around and noticed Marigold made her entrance. He never really noticed how much she had grown. He grinned and made his way over to greet his female prefect. "Whyy hello there. Long time no see Marigold.." he joked with her a bit. He hadn't seen her in like forever. "Where have you been hiding. I swear it is like you are avoiding me or something." He leaned over and hugged her little self.

He heard Lux talking to him next and he went over to see the little redhead cucumber. "Well you know what I think time should fly on a train. I mean I think the train needs wings and such. I mean it would make travel soo much easier.." he grinned and nudged her back. "Well I am excited for the lessons you know. We have to be studious.." he winked and snorted with laughter. Yeah AS IF. "But I am excited for hogsmeade trips. I wanna go into the stores and such. I want some new candy stash." He was running low on pumpkin pasties and cauldron cakes. "I also hope to fly around the practice pitch." he nodded. He was dying to get on his broom again.

Then he heard a little ravenclaw make her way over and Kace remembered her name. Her name was....Penelope! He met her briefly and she was giving out flyers and being the curious puff he was, he went to go check it out. "I'll take a pet rock!" he called out. He would have to stop by the entrance later. He wondered what he would name him.

He chuckled at the little first year Torie's response. He seemed to be in awe but he was glad he gave him a little history lesson. "Well I would say most of the recipes.." he grinned. "Also I will promise to take you and see the house elves. They are really nice. There is a baby house elf Toddles but you gotta be careful because he does steal from students.." he cautioned him. Onto Torie's little friends James. Kace was impressed the little dude wanted to learn some ancient runes and transfiguration. "Well I will give you some tips. Those are hard subjects so pay close attention to what the teacher says.." Especially Bellaire was no one to kid around with. "Ancient Runes on the other hand you will love because Bostros is awesome but the subject can be challenging but he will always help you.." he smiled and ruffled his hair.

He heard Adi mention the tour guide. He turned his head toward his prefect and then up to the staff table. Bloody merlin it was him! "Yeah it is him! Woaahh I didn't know he was teaching here!" he said surprised. I wonder what subject he was gonna teach. Aahh now onto the big question what he was doing after Hogwarts. "I think I might go to university. I might study some dark arts and such. I find that fascinating and also Potions too." he smiled. "But I don't know which university yet though.." he sheepishly grinned and shrugged.

Now onto the newbie kid that Kace only met like in passing. He was going to remember his name Henric. "That is a very unique name like mine.." he smiled. Something they both have in common. Now he asked about his summer. "Well my summer was great but I am happy to be back though. I missed this castle. You gotta try out all the secret passages and such sometime. They lead you to awesome and unexpected places.." he told him. "Maybe you can come on a expedition with me sometime?" he offered.

Aftering offering Henric his services, he heard a familiar voice yet again. He furrowed his brows and turned around and noticed it was Noel! He smiled and walked over to him and gave him a one armed hug. You know that is typical bro thing to do. "Heyyy mate! Oh mann I don't know what I feel. I feel nervous, happy and excited at the same time. It doesn't feel real yet.." he said looking around the great hall and having a flashback of being here as a first year.

Hooray for good summers! Norah was glad somebody'd had one, even if she hadn't. It wasn't even like she's had a bad one, it just wasn't FABULOUS, y'know? She wasn't exactly sure why, which was weird. But at least Hayden had had a good one and that was all sorts of important. "No danger's good, right? Or is danger exciting?" This fourth year didn't have nearly enough danger in her summer to be sure. Too much ho-hum. Not enough blowing stuff up or sky diving or camel riding, which she STILL hadn't done yet. "Mine wasn't very dangerous either. Maybe if it had been it'd be less boring." She should try and see Hayden next summer, uh huh. They could 'hang out' like real big kids instead of just playing with Marcel and Sebby 'cause they were practically BABIES compared to Norah. Fourteen years was a whole lot.Norah tried to wink back at Kace but both her eyes ended up closing so she just looked like she was blinking all funny. Laaaaaaame. "It WAS pretty good. Betcha my Kace imitation is better though." Grinning, she got up on her knees on the bench and ruffled Kace's hair. "Suuuuup, little puff," she said, trying and failing to wink for a second time. She tried to follow up with a comment on skateboards but ended up dissolving into giggles and sitting back down again. That was SO GOOD, right? Riiiiiiiiight? "I was born there, y'know. It isn't as exciting as you'd think. Gran 'n gramps are down south so there's lots of beaches 'n stuff. 'Cept they don't live by the beach and they're muggles so we don't get to go there a whole bunch. It's really warm, though!" Good for playing but she didn't PLAY anymore because there were RULES about being a teenager and that was probably one of 'em. Too warm for running though, and no playing AND no running added up to BORED.

Norah zipped her lips and threw away the key, except then she needed to talk again so she mimed unzipping them and grinned up at Kace once more. "You DO?" Man. Kace was one of the coolest ever and if HE had a stuffed animal and snuggled with it and everything then it couldn't be that bad right? Logic. "I thought it was against the teenager rules." This was way too confusing. "And I could SO tickle you. I have loads of practice with tickling." Marcel loved that when he was a baby, uh huh. Kace was a little bigger than that, though. "Skateboarding sounds AWESOME. If you teach me how to do that I can teach you how to be a tickle monster. OOH! Or cartwheels. I'm good at those." Man. Where could she get fireworks? "I like loud stuff! And even if I blew off my leg I could get a fake one and be like a ROBOT. That'd be pretty cool, right? 'Cept it'd probably he hard to run."
Norah noticed Marigold right as she entered the great hall, 'cause she had SENSORS for these things, okay? She tried and tried and tried to not be mopey about Marigold's last year but it WAS her last year and if that wasn't the biggest tragedy in the history of the world Norah really didn't know what was. When the prefect finally reached the table, she didn't even say anything before throwing her arms around her waist and burying her face into Mari's robes. "Iasdmiishdfjkoooh" Okay. That came out wrong. The fourth year removed her face from the robes and looked up at her. Why was her vision all blurry? That was weird. Maybe she was ALLERGIC to sads. "I missed youuuuu." Much better. "You're here you're here you're HERE!" Norah grinned and flicked a water droplet from her cheek 'cause hwo the heck did THAT get there, before going in for another squish. Hehee clearly Torie knew what was up, uh huh. Hufflepuff was the most excitingest place EVER (probably. She hadn't been in any of the other ones but she just KNEW okay). "We won the house cup last year! It was awesome. Bet we'll do even better now that you're here." Norah gave him a warm smile as she said it, just so she was SURE he knew he was going to be all sorts of important. And look at him offering the chocolate to his brother! He belonged here all right, now doubt about that.

A sister named Norah? That was it. She was going to DIE from all the cute. "If you ever miss her too much you can always find this Norah for sure."
Smiling, she reached over and gave him a soft pat on the shoulder and NOT on the head 'cause she was making sure not to be condescending, yep. "Maybe some time I can show you the owlery and we can send her a letter!" THAT'D be an adventure, uh huh. "Ooooh, you collect the cards too? Chocolate frogs are my favorites." She'd have to replenish the stock with these cuties around, though.

Oh goodness. He was making her blush already. Emmylou couldn't believe how amazing and adorable Kace was. "Yes it was but now it's your last year." Ooops. They hadn't actually sat down and talked about that yet. The sixth year didn't even want to think about that yet. "Second because I'm a Gryffindor and that is the best house at Hogwarts." She was just messing with him but then again Hufflepuff was very close behind and that was because of Kace. "This girl does love you so much." Emmylou said smiling up at him. "You like it? I don't think I've ever said it before."

Planning? She really didn't want to plan right now. She didn't want it to be Christmas or New Years or the end of term yet. "I...I don't know." Emmylou shrugged. "Do you have any ideas?"

The sixth year noticed Lux come over. Emmylou looked up at Kace as she heard Lux greet her. The blonde didn't make eye contact right away but she did put her arm around Kace. She gave her a small smile. "Hey." She didn't really smile but that was because her cheeks really hurt from greeting all the new Gryffindor students when she was at the Gryffindor table.

Hey look! Over there! That little Slytherin!! Emmylou used both of her hands and waved them up at high as her arms to reach. "ECHO!" The sixth year ran over to her favorite little cousin and gave her a big hug! "Hey! How are you? How was your summer?" Emmylou being in Tutshill all summer was amazing but she always only got to see her father's side of the family only a few times this summer.

She was going to have to owl Aunt Raeanne as soon as she got to the Gryffindor Common Room. She didn't want her aunt or uncle to find them and then be mad at her. She didn't want the frogs to be a surprise. "I'll have to do that when I get to the common room. I hope my aunt and uncle won't be so mad." She would be able to hold Gus!! She wanted to hold him!! Then knew saw Adi see Kace. "Shush! I can hold Gus. Ignore Kace."She would give Kace attention later when she was done holding Gus. She really didn't mean it like that she just really wanted to be able to hold the animal.

Leah was not late at all. She was just outside chilling.

She skipped towards the Hufflepuff House Table and smiled. Everybody was here! Her lovely badger friends. And some amazing non-badger people too. "Hi all!" the Fifth Year said, though she was almost certain that her voice was barely audible with all the chatter in this room. Haha whatever.

She moved down the table in search of an empty seat. Believe it or not, it was hard work. Leah gave Henric a hair ruffle and a grin as she walked by. She waaaved at Adi who was nearby too. The two seemed to be really good friends as of late. She resisted the temptation to warn the younger boy that hanging out with the Prefect was bad. Hehe, very bad indeed. Soon, she managed to squeeze into a seat next to Noel Wallace. "I'm SO tired," she said, leaning her head against his shoulder. She was not a big fan of long train rides. "How are you doing?" YAWN.

Abby hardly saw AJ and Angel? How divided were they when they got home, anyway? He would have to ask AJ about that. "Made any new friends during those Diagon Alley trip? How do you feel about being a fourth year? Looking forward to it?" Questions, questions as usual from this sixth year. LOL. Oh, looky! It was new pal Noel! The wave was returned to him.

Was it his imagination or did Henric seem to be looking at the Chocolate Frog weirdly? Oh, oh, OH! Adi got it! "I didn't spike it with anything,'' he said reassuringly. Though it did sound like a mighty great idea Look out, Henric! "You're welcome, Henny.''

The cost? Adi had never thought of that. Most of the money he got went to sweets admittedly but he loved sharing said sweets with his friends. "I robbed the bank recently so I can afford to hand them out,'' was the reply and a wink attached to that. No talking about his allowance LALALALA! Let's just say his parents could afford to have their son spend a fortune on candy yearly. "Do you collect the cards? I've got a ton of them.''

"Something for me? Oh, Henric, you shouldn't have!'' The Puffer had said that in a girly voice but he got serious when he saw the badge that was sitting in the palm of his hand. This most be one of Henric's most prized possession since it was something relating to his favourite football team and yet here he was, giving it to Adi. It meant a lot to Adi. "Thanks, man. It's really cool of you to give me this. I'll keep it safe and sound.'' Right with his possessions that he usually kept beside his bed in the dorm: his stuffed Hippogriff he had made in his first year with Ariel and his photographs of Hannah, Benny and AJ. "I play football sometimes. Bet I can score more goals than you any day.'' As he spoke, he pinned the badge next to his prefect one. Yay for two badges!

Finally, it seemed Leah had made it. "Hey, Leah!'' Adi returned the wave, smirking at Henric when he got the hair ruffle. Nope, still not going to tease Henric. Not now anyway.

"Neither did I. They must have recruited him during the field trip.'' What would the man be teaching? "Reckon it's Herbology, Kace?" There was no sign of Professor Groundskeeper any where and he figured it might be something to do relating to the outdoors. Oh wait... "Or maybe he's the new Groundskeeper?'' But that would have to wait. Adi had more to talk to Kace about. "Potions!'' he said, bobbing his head. "We can invent a new Potion sometime. Maybe a frog potion or something for Emmy.'' Adi grinned and handed the croaking Gus over to the Gryffindor. "Sorry, Kace. It looks like Gus has all the attention now.'' Hehe. "You think your dad would let you ever own one, Emmy?"

Abby looked and said "Well didn't meet that many new people and yes i am really looking forward to being a fourth year, just looking forward to seeing what actually happens during the school year" Abby hoped that she would try out her plan during the term it seemed as though Amur wasn't back for the new year which was a shame but she could maybe see her during Hogsmeade weekends

"That's great to hear,glad you're back and my name is not at all fancy either...but thank you, anyway,I liked yours too,"Henric smiled broadly towards Kace.Henric's mouth fell open when Kace offered to show him secret passages in the castle.It was the most exciting thing he had ever heard of after all his years in Hogwarts.He couldn't help express himself more when it comes to exploring the unknown."Really?! Of course! You don't mind me tagging along,don't you? Blimey...where does all those passages lead to?"he asked, too over excitedly.

Henric turned towards the sound of a familiar voice. Ohh...its him again...Noel Wallace.Henric didn't know what to feel about him yet. Noel was Leah's bestfriend after all, he couldn't be sure if he too had a secret thing for her. Noel was a nice looking chap as well, should Henric be a little concerned?() But Henric let the thought passed so he could greet him back with a polite nod,"Hi Noel, yeah...it was great, our school summer trip was a blast,wasn't it?"

"Knowing you,anything is possible... but I trust you,"Henric grinned back.Henny?! There goes Adi and his inventive nicknames for him. First it was mudboy, now Henny! Henric chuckled at his comment about him robbing a bank. "Oh yeah,good for you then, pity those poor goblins, they never know whats coming," he joked along with him and continued,"Yeah I do collect them but I only have a few cards...its not worth trading."

Henric laughed again when Adi made a girl's voice,"You are incorrigible, you know that? And its no big deal, sorry its not sugar-coated with anything,"he told him, knowing Adi's addiction to sweet stuff.
"Oh really...is that a challenge call,Adi? Alright then, let's have a match, two goalies, one ball, no magic tricks...and the loser shall do the winner's bidding for one day.Deal?" He should shake on it, like proper british gentlemen.

Henric felt his hair being ruffled, he turned to see who it was that did it and its none other than Leah herself.Naturally, his ears reddened whenever she saw her."Hi Leah,"he greeted back. He wondered where she been to? He didn't see her coming in. And then, he saw her leaning against her bestfriend's shoulder, Henric couldn't help but felt a little..what was the word...lets just say..*jelly* towards Noel. Henric quickly turned his head back around in case his growing flustery face was showing. "Uhh..great..great..."Henric muttered when Leah asked how they were all doing.

Kace chuckled at Norah's attempt to blink with one eye. He smiled and didn't want to be mean so he said, "It is alright Norah it takes practice. I started out the same way when I tried first to learn it. My cousins would laugh at me too." He chuckled and now he was interested to hear her imitation of him. He stood back and let her do the work. He laughed out loud and he did NOT sound like that. He shook his head still laughing but he gave her props for trying. "Good try little one.." he said and ruffled her hair. He raised his eyebrows at the new fact. So she was born in France!? That was impressive. "Well that is kind of cool to know. Are you bilingual?" he asked. Maybe she could teach him some french. He stood there opened mouth and asked, "Whhhaattttt why don't they like the beach?" he never heard such things.

"Yeah of course I do." Well technically he didn't snuggle with it but he was saying it to make Norah feel better. "I mean his name is Chilly Willy but he has a nice place on my bed." he grinned. "Naww it isn't against teenager rules. You just tell those haters that stuff animals are cool is all. Give them this.." he said and did the talk to the hand motion. "You have practice in tickling?" he asked chuckling even more. Man this girl never failed to make him laugh. "Lemme see it.." he challenged her. Her cartwheel offer was tempting. "You know I don't know how to do a cartwheel. It's a deal!" he said holding his hand out for her to shake. She would teach him cartwheels and he would teach her skateboarding. Sounded fair enough. He laughed even more and said, "Well yeah but I think robots are much cooler. I could call you Robot Norah.." he teased. Unless she had a much cooler name.

Now to bring his attention to Emmy. He grinned and admired her beauty yet again. He shrugged when she mentioned it was his last year. Yeah it was so what? He still wanted to reminisce on the good times. "Oooohhoooo gryffindor is the best huh?" he asked and make motion of tickling her to get her to change her opinion. "I think you are wrong on that one babe.." he grinned and raspberried her cheek. He was glad to know Emmy loved him so much because he loved her back in return like he was glad she was the first girlfriend and he didn't have to worry about anything. "I lovvee it.." he said when she mentioned her nickname for him. He kissed her cheek for the reward for using it. Did he have any ideas? He scoffed and said, "Oh of course I do but I am gonna leave it as surprises for now.." he grinned mischievously. He didn't want Emmy knowing about his plans obviously.

He heard Adi speak to him so he turned his head to give him his full undivided attention. He nodded at his assumption. "Yeah they must have. I mean how else could they have?" he asked thinking of other possibilities. Did he think it was Herbology. He nodded because that is the only thing that needed filling and he knew DADA was filled too. "I was thinking probably Defense Against the Dark Arts though..." he said thinking out loud. "But your ideas seem good to me too." he said giving credit to his thinking. He nodded at the idea, "YEAH we can make a potion for Emmy. Will you help me because I know you are stronger in potions than I am.." he admitted.

Now onto the newbie Henric. Even though he was a fourth year he still felt like a first year to Kace. He was glad he liked his name too. I mean they have to stick together. "Well we can make the unique names club how about that?" he asked wondering what Henric thought about that idea. He grinned widely and said, "Well all secret passages can lead to like the shrieking shack and other hogwarts landmarks. There is this one passages used to be open that led under the Whomping willow.." he said giving the puff some knowledge. He liked his enthusiasm. He was gonna need it for his adventures.

Kace's one arm hug made Noel grin, and maybe a little warm in the cheek but ssshhh. Even though Noel was a fifth year now, somewhere in his head he still wasn't ready to let go of the 'cool older brother' vibe Kace gave him. He smiled hearing the fellow puff before saying: "Ofcourse, it doesn't feel real. But dude. You are finally getting out! you made it." Noel refrained from emphasizing on the getting out part because clearly not everyone shared his dislike of Hogwarts - certainly not his parents. Meh.

Turning back to Henric, he shook his head. "Wouldn't know, mate. I didn't go" After spending most of his year in this school, Noel wasn't really into the idea of wasting his precious summer time with school folk. Nope. "Regardless, my summer was fantastic" WizRiots, beach, trips to music festivals? - Yep, his summer had been awesome.

How many days till he could go back again? Well, at least the band was all at Hogwarts now. He couldn't wait to find them a space to practice in. WizRiots was probably the only thing he was looking forward to this term. Oh Yes.

He was a little lost in own thoughts when he Leah finally appeared. Even before she made it to him, Noel had moved aside for her to sit. He tried not to notice how she ruffled Henric's hair - mostly cause it was hard to resist grinning, did she not know Henric had a thing for her? Ah poor kid. The torture of getting ruffled in the hair by your crush must be gut-wrenching.

"Look who finally decided to show up!" he said grinning, as his puff best friend sat down beside him, "where were you?" he demanded lightheartedly. Turning his head toward her when she leaned against him, Noel raised his brow, "Yawning, arriving late - What have you been up to, Miss Abbot, you are being really suspicious"

"That boy would never miss food." Bleu giggled with Lux, and if he did miss food he would be sore about it for days. Especially the food from the feast. He would be so upset missing it. He must be visiting other tables and seeing other friends. That was the only thing she could think he would be doing. "I hear you. Summer was great for me as well. I'm doing great! How are you?" Bleu could tell that Lux was really missing Bay. He was the only reason Lux wouldn't want summer to end. Bleu knew she needed to be a really good friend for Lux this year.


Out of the corner of her eye Bleu noticed Kace and Emmylou. She waved at them but didn't want to take them away from their conversations.

Gr... stupid crowd splitting everyone up, she was with everyone else before people were pushing and shoving to get off the train. Anywho she was in the Great Hall and headed towards the Hufflepuff table before she flopped down in a empty spot beside Kace. "Hey Mumbles, I gotten lost in the stupid crowd, dang me being so dang short!"said Sophia annoyed. Seeing Lux her eyes brightened happily as she seen her. "Hiya! Luxury Lux! How was your summer? "Sophia asked tilting her head. Seeing Adi she waved at him. Her eyes looking around she seen Leah the girl she met at the platform. "Hello once again Leah. said Sophia.

Philipe walked to his table actually disappointed. This wasn't right! He wasn't supposed to be in his father's old house! He was nothing like his father! No, he wasn't happy at the moment. Why couldn't he have gone to Slytherin like his mother? This just wasn't fair. Was there a way to go against what the stupid hat said? He hoped so...

He sighed though and pulled out his quill and some paper, already starting his first letter home. He already missed her... His mother was his best friend, quite literally, and he hated having to leave her. How was he supposed to tell her of all of the houses at Hogwarts he was placed in Hufflepuff?