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Magical Soul · 08-29-2015, 08:19 AM

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The Snakes sit under a beautiful silver and green banner representing their house. Their solid, shiny wooden table is nicely polished with all the place settings perfectly set. The food will arrive after the Headmistress' traditional feast speech. To all Slytherins, both new and old: enjoy the feast!

Saz Hale · 09-03-2015, 05:56 PM

Abby smiled at Hady and said "Yeah i am planning on getting a study group together with some of my fellow fifth years and hopefully we will not stress each other out"

Awarlesta Black · 09-03-2015, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin

Colt turned his attention back to the new kid (Calrissian) and he heard his answer that deserved a chuckle. "You can say it again. I mean it is not loud enough already in here. I am Colt. Colt Winchester." he nodded toward the dude. "What year are you in?" he asked him. He seemed like a first year but he wasn't gonna assume anything yet.

The twelve year-old likes loud. Loud music. Not loud children. He pointed, subtlety, to himself. "Cal...Desario. Cal Desario." He cocked an eyebrow, did he not look like his age? How disappointing. "I'm a second year." Practically a Hogwarts veteran.

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

Head!tilt.

Who was THIS kid?

See, amongst the looking around at all the others there -- there were a LOT of people here -- his eyes landed on the quiet ones, namely THIS one right here. He would get distracted by the random bursts of HELLO and HEY and anything else people were saying but he tried HIS VERY HARDEST to concentrate on sad guy person.

"Hey! HI!" PERSON. "What's with the long face?"

Cal jumped again at another burst of HEY, HI's. His hand flew to his heart involuntarily as if the 'Hi' had physically hurt him. Long face? He had a perfectly normal face the last time he checked. Absolutely nothing long about it. "I have no idea what long face you're talking about." If he wanted to talk about his normal-length face, then there's a different story.

oh its Erik ok · 09-03-2015, 07:17 PM

SPOILER!!: Adi and Ilia

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Originally Posted by VRSCIKA

Ilia straightened and smoothed her robes and tie as her long blonde locks fell about her face. When she felt less like hiding perhaps she would braid the tumult of gold and get it out of her way, but for right now she let it fall around her waist.

The boy (Colt) she sat by turned himself to look at her and return the greeting, to which she gave a small, polite smile. She presumed that her tie and such plainly gave away the fact that she belonged at this table as a member of the house, but rather than state that the slightly younger boy was pointing out the obvious she simply nodded. "I call the snake pit my Hogwarts home."

She had a strong affinity for her house, so when the new boy asked if this was the cool house, she felt her lips turn up into a proud sort of smile. "We are so cool that we are cold blooded." She meant it both playfully and factually. Their house was the only one in the school that bore a cold blooded creature on its crest.

It didn't take long for the table to take on more occupants. Both old and new students filed into the seats of the long green table. Voices and faces she had encountered last year and those newly sorted as the boy beside her. She presumed the one next to her was a transfer like she had been considering she did not remember him and he was definitely not a first year like the others that had just flocked to the table.

As the noise increased and the boy next to her started talking to a large portion of the table, Ilia herself grew even quieter as she watched and then turned her attention to her best friend Henric as he approached her. Where was she? Hiding from him...in a sense...telling him that would sound awful though so she kept the answer to herself. "I suppose I just missed you on the train." It was the truth, she didn't actively seek him out, and if he was looking for her he certainly didn't find her. "I saw you get into the carriage with Adi-puff, but it filled up before I made it there. You puff boys are such social butterflies." She teased him playfully with her small cheeky smile.

Wow.....he already knew the boy sitting next to her???? Sweet Circe her bestie seemed to get around! Patting the kid on the back and everything.....Colt....she supposed she would need to remember that name. She probably should start spending more time with more of her own house........

No matter where he was at the table, she always seemed to be able to hear Adi, now whether this was due to them being good friends or his noise level and exuberance could be left to speculation.

She waved back to Adi, smiling with a glint of playfulness as she listened. She couldn't help but hear his loudly spoken 'riddle'.Which river are you definitely going to find snakes? Considering this was Adi....she knew that he probably wasn't looking for a serious answer and the other guy didn't seem to have an answer for him. "A snake will swim in whatever river she chooses, but you could probably find her in the Snake River or the Hississippi." It probably deserved cheesy muggle sound effects to go with it but she figured that it might be the sort of answer that he was looking for. The summer had taught her even more about her adventure buddy after all.

Now if he wanted fact....she was more than happy to provide that also.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Adi grinned as Hady laughed. This is what he liked, making others laugh with his antics even if they made him look goofy or silly. Ah, her hair was falling against her face but she didn't seem to mind. He figured she must like it not tied back. "Good. For a second I thought aliens might have gotten to you,'' he joked. Aliens DID exist. He was sure of that. Tired? It must have been the lengthy trip to Hogwarts that did that. "I suppose the Speech wouldn't be long off so you'll be up in your dorm in no time. And yes, none of THOSE creatures. We've had enough of them.'' His other question got another laugh, which was great as well. "Seems like the other day you were just a tiny girl who needed help in classes, Hades.'' Was that how he started to her? Adi thought he had helped her out with Arithmancy once.

Whut, whut? Who did Adi think he was? The next Riddler? LOL! "Er, yeah! That riddle,'' he told Dante and tapping his his fingers against the table. "No clues though, buddy. Sorry.'' Thought it DID have to do with snakes. Awh, but the fourth year didn't know. At that moment Ilia was speaking. OHHH! She had an answer to his riddle! Woot! "Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner! It IS the Hississippi River! HISSSSSS!'' Get it, guys? You peoples were Snakes and the riddle was a snake one... Hehe. "For a prize, Ilia, Henny gets to ki-'' YOW! Adi had about to say Ilia would get a kiss from Henric. QUICK! CHANGE TACTICS!

"Okay, try this one. How does a snake shoot something?'' This was for BOTH Dante and Ilia.

At least Brooklyn actually looked in his direction. Hehe. "That's awesome! What about you? You looking forward to the school year?" The happy Hufflepuff did not mind the not so friendly response he was getting. This was Brooklyn. She was probably going to dislike him forever but he didn't care. Surely one day he could actually get through to her with his constant bounciness and cheeriness? #KeepPositive

Wait did that girl just answer it correctly. Man that was so stupid it was hilarious. Hississippi River! Merlin. That got a laugh from Dante. Good job, Adi. You know, Dante was not the ravenclaw in the family but he did love a good punny riddle. They made him ~~giggle~~ laugh. It was true.

"How does a snake shoot something?" Dante had to think about this one. Plus as he said previously, no hints. So...nope still nothing.

"Don't know"

Dante looked to the girl that got the other one right. Maybe she would go two for two in punny riddles

SPOILER!!: Brooklyn

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Originally Posted by SilverTiger

Reaching out carefully to get herself a goblet of water, Brooklyn had glanced over as she’d noticed movement. Seeing Dante’s return nod and grin, which she just rewarded with a sidelong glance as she’d raised the goblet to her lips. Only to stop as he’d actually asked a question. A question she would have expected Hady to have asked on the train, really, and she shrugged. “I’ve been good,” she replied. She was doomed to have to deal with Clyde forever now that her sister was marrying Austin, but aside from that and the fact she still hadn’t gotten her gyrfalcon … she was perfect. Aside from the slight curiosity as to why he was even bothering to ask. She’d answered, anyway, so he ought to feel honored.

Still slightly mystified by Dante’s concern over her wellbeing, she’d nearly missed Ethan’s comment. Nearly. The grumpy comment received a look that basically said ‘when have I ever been grumpy?’ and the slightest of grins as she realized he was actually afraid of her reaction. As if he shouldn’t have already known he was practically one of the only people she might actually have said she liked. Him and Hady. Most everyone else she tolerated, if anything could be said about them.

She was rather impressed he’d managed to actually prop his elbow on the table, too. There were an awful lot of people in this one spot at the table after all. Luckily no one had unnecessarily invaded her personal bubble. “Boring. I stayed home most of the time. Practiced.” She’d gotten awfully behind in her violin practice lately, but she’d brought it with her this term. That and her ballet slippers, not that she knew of anywhere she could practice. “My dad had training camp and stuff.”

Colt really was going to have to learn how Slytherins greeted each other. Hady was a perfect example, and he’d seen their way of communicating more than once now. Although it was to his benefit that he remembered her name. She’d nodded in response to that. “I see that.” What with the newly Slytherin-ed robes, and being at the snake table. Aside from the fact there were Hufflepuffs and Gryffindors invading at the moment. She ignored the offer, anyway. She’d already sat down, so she didn’t need permission. She didn’t need permission anywhere, now that Professor Bellaire wasn’t there anymore.

Just like she didn’t need permission to keep ignoring Adi’s obvious attempt at eliminating that earlier comment about her not being grumpy. Although the question of her cat’s wellbeing got a begrudging glance. “Of course he’s good.” A begrudging glance and a short response. Now could he stop trying to act like she actually liked him?

Dante kept grinning because he actually got her to say a couple words. It was worth it with the random greetings. Plus we was already talking so much as it was. So might as well tonight.

"Good"

Dante said smiling and nodding again.

SPOILER!!: Hady

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Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy

SPOILER!!: Abby

"That sounds like a good idea and certainly couldn't hurt at all. Maybe even get together with a few others and have some sort of a study group?," she commented looking up at her friend. It sounded like a good idea honestly and something she may just give a go next year when she had to take those tests.

SPOILER!!: Dante

This.

This was a very true fact Dante just stated right there. Hady nodded a little in agreement. "Definitely. Being able to use magic at home would've made the entire summer run a lot more smoothly." She couldn't help but smirk at her own reply as she thought about several times being able to use her want wouldn't been great. Like maybe a silence charm, cleaning spells, or just something for when a certain person angered her a great deal.

SPOILER!!: Lucas

What did this kid eat on the train here? Probably a million chocolate frogs or something cause the way he was bouncing about was hilarious. Hady shifted a little bit sitting up straighter when the first year went on to ask about her and then continued to ask if she could do his hair that way. This kid was just....OMG! He was adorable!

"My father said I could I've had green in my hair since my third year only just more now then back then. As for your hair...uh yeah sure I guess I can." She shrugged her shoulders trying not to laugh at the sheer cuteness of this kid. "How about after the feast when we go up to the common room I'll teach you how to do it?" Of course she'd do it fore him this time and whenever he needed the help but him learning to do it himself was good too.

SPOILER!!: Colt

Hearing Colt question her about mermaids and the squid Hady twisted around in her seat a little bit pulling her attention from Lucas to answer him now. "If you get lucky yeah. I don't really see Bartolomew much from the common room but if you go outside to the lake and call for him sometimes he appears," she told him. She'd have to make a point of visiting the Giant Squid again this term and talk with him again.

Dante was nodding and definitely agreeing with her.

"I know right!. Imagine all the things we could do at home with magic. It would make the summer so much more fun. Though yeah the not getting in serious trouble part, we would have to worry about. Muggle and all. But that should not be for two slytherins"

Now he was imagining all the stuff he could make in his backyard with magic. Though yeah he would need to know the magic to do it. But yeah lets learn some more before daydreaming o awesome magic. That was just the truth.

SPOILER!!: Ethan

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Originally Posted by Stefan

Was it just him, or the crowd was extra pumped that evening? Nevertheless, Ethan was happy with what he saw. Their table was getting so full, and extra loud, BUT it was the nice kind of noise really. It was a Feast after all.

But then, one of the Snakes wasn’t feeling so good. Should he be concerned for Hady? Well, she doesn’t look pale or anything, so he shouldn’t be alarmed. “That doesn’t sound good...” Ethan trailed off shaking his head. “I remember losing so much sleep during my OWL year, and it was the worst. My sleepless nights paid off though.” He said grinning. “Maybe after getting some food down your stomach, you won’t have problems falling asleep tonight?” he was hoping it’ll be the case for him too. Ethan’s tired from the trip, and didn’t help that he’s got NEWTs to think about. Literally, his last term will be another round of sleepless nights. With just a hint of exhaustion, Ethan chose to be a happy camper that night. It was, after all, his last Opening Feast.

See Exhibit A over here. How can you pass up the chance to be happy and feel like an eleven year old again during the Opening Feast? Merlin, Ethan could imagine how this little fella feels. He must be exploding with excitement within, and the older Snake had to applaud the boy’s self restraint. He can imagine them little firsties turning their dorms, literally, upside down during the first night. The blond teen’s eyes widened, and laughed at the newly minted Slytherin. THERE IS HOPE. He can see his younger self in this kid! “I am delighted to make your acquaintance, Lucas! I’mEthanTylerMordauntSeventhYearButYouCanCallMeEth anORAWESOME. HOW’SYOUREVENINGSOFAR?” Yep, still got it. He was the original rapid talker in this house anyway.

And let’s move on to Exhibit B. Oh Aditya. Ethan looked over Lucas’ head, and gave his rock buddy a toothy smile and his signature salute. “I won't miss my last term for the world, Mr. Hufflepuff Prefect.” Well, he can surely skip the NEWTs part, but...eh. “Are you ready to start our last shindig?” He was, yes, with or without acromantulas. Bahaha!

He then turned his attention to Dante, the chill one. Time to bring his energy a notch down, eh? Yes, yes. It was kind of hard to believe the younger snake, because, well... Slytherins are, most of the time up to no good. “Teehee. Just don’t get caught.” Who said only Gryffindors can make a scene? They can too, only, they’ve got better hair. If...that even made sense. “I think most of us want to get on with the show tonight, so we can all rest...well, except for the young ‘uns.” He said gesturing his head towards the first years. “I’m guessing this feast is a bit overwhelming for first time boarders, don’t you think?” Well, at least he didn’t have to deal with and babysit the first years. That was Caleb’s job.

Speaking of overwhelmed first years, Ethan turned his head towards Miss Hugger’s...brother...!? Oh, but it seems like he’s the complete opposite of his sibling. Without warning though, the younger Snake managed to smirk at him. “Now that smirk right there young sir...we’d like to see that more on your face. No sad first years tonight. Especially Slytherins.” Ethan gave him a huge grin and a nice tap-tap on the head. “You do have a name, yes? Or should I call you Mister Smirky?” the older Slytherin tilted his head grinning, obviously amused by the new additions.

And now back to Brooklyn the Queen. The expression was read clearly and Ethan had to lazily nod his head. “Yes you do young Queen. Sometimes.” Maybe Brooklyn is not aware of it? Not that he’d want to point it out further because she’s now grinning. “That’s better.” The blond teen gave her a thumbs up and small grin. “Oh? Practised what?” Well, obviously, she can’t practice magic outside school yet...which would make her summer boring, definitely. So she must have done some...muggle activity? “Well, camps are usually fun...” but it may not be the case for Queen Brookie.

Ethan straightened up from his seat, and carefully raised his arms to do a big, nice stretch. Yep. Their place was definitely getting crowded. The seventh year glanced back at the Staff table and did a long sigh. “Are you ready to meet the new teachers though? I’m quite surprised that a huge chunk of our old professors are gone now.” Must be the acromantulas?

"Getting Caught would mean the fun is over. So yeah not getting caught anytime soon" He did get away with setting The Grayson Whitlock on fire. so yeah. LOVE YOU GRAYSON. Anyway, he did not want to get into a mood of missing Grayson and Professor Walton. So onward brain. "I just hope there is no meeting like last year" That thing was bad All Dante wanted to do is sleep and then that important meeting nobody cared about happened.

And Dante did agree with him. That this feast does seem a bit overwhelming for first years. It was a feast after all. "At least we don't have to sleep in the first year dorms now. Imagine those tonight"

Grrr..Meow · 09-03-2015, 07:50 PM

Echo was so happy to be back, she even already gave a hufflepuff boy the cold shoulder, yup she was a snake alright. Smirking around she heard Maggie a older girl that shes seen around the common room but haven’t talked to her yet. WAIT WHAT….. did this girl not know about the girl code, come on Maggie what was she doing, trying to embarrass herself further. ”Hey Maggie” she said back quietly. ”no, im okay. Its maybe a bit hot in here” she smirked again, but she wasn’t going to say that talking to boys made her feel uncomfortable, like in front of the whole house, no way!!

Continuing the converstation she turned around to fully face her, and tossing her hair around with her. Gotta show her nice waves that her cousin had put in for her with magic. ”how was your summer?” she asked Maggie while playing with the cutlery.

Now she already knew this puffer boy Adi and now he had the nerve to talk to her when she had already turned his back to him. Two can play at that game, wiping her head around she replied. ”yeah, sure.” and she turned right back around. She did not like this older boy for some weird reason and she didn’t feel like he should have the honor of her conversation.

Knowing full well that Hady and Adi were friends she couldn’t help it. ”yeah down time is always good.” but she wished right now for her bed and a good book to fall asleep to, until they needed to get up and start their first day back at school. Well officially, with classes and all that jazz. ”I managed to get a little bit of sleep, not to much though” there was some noisy first years near her, but one was special to her, Lucas was just cute as a button.

EEEEPPP it was nice to meet her, Dante was being so nice. Most guys she knew would totally have snapped at her, because well you know guys being guys. ”thanks” Echo blurted out as he wanted to still talk to her, this must be a dream. Or she was having some really good luck. Fingers crossed that her luck would continue. Trying to put on a straight face and trying to control the temperature of her body so her cheeks wouldn’t flush (so that Maggie wouldn’t rat her out again ) she took a quite breath ”my summer was great, got to travel to the states and visit my family, what about you?” YES!!! ALRIGHT!!!! A coherent piece of information managed to escape her mouth. This snakette was happy as can be right now.

Lucas was just being a bundle of excitement that must have been rubbing off on her. ”yeah me too little man, im happy were in the same house too” she giggled and smiled over at him. ”you got that right, this is the best house!!” at least this kid wanted to be here! And he was the cutest little thing ever. ”its okay, I was full of energy too when I first started here” and that was true, she could of bounced off the walls she had so much energy. Seeing that Colt rolled his eyes at her, realized that she wouldn’t have to speak to him again during the knight, which was fine by her. He was already chasing after so many girls from the sound of it.

Smirking she just sat there quietly and listened. It was good to be back and she couldn’t wait for the food to come. Echo was getting really, really, hungry.

Expecto-Penguin · 09-03-2015, 09:21 PM

Colt nodded toward the little dude Tom. He caught on that is how the Slytherins greeted each other. He was picking up very quickly. They didn't like to be too social and ask too many questions. He saw the kid move to put his hand out for a shake and it didn't go unnoticed. He smirked and shook his hand. Good thing this kid had manners. His parents taught him right. He seemed to have a good grip too. He muttered, "Thanks for that by the way." he motioned towards Oliver. He couldn't of handled it without him.

Then he turned his head and the girl (Ilia) he noted they called their house the snake pit. He made a mental note and he snickered at her answer. "That's true. .." then he noticed Henric made his way over to them both. Ah so he knew this girl whose name was Ilia. He nodded towards her and Henric and muttered, "Pleasure." he needed to have some manners. "Oh yeah the kebabs were really good." He wished they would have the food soon. His stomach was rumbling.

He saw Brooklyn make her way to him and he heard her answer and she seemed not much of a talker. He nodded towards her. She saw her sat down anyways before he made the offer. He shrugged it off and staring blankly at his empty plate. He never asked this of her but he slid this in, "What year are you?" Colt turned to Hady while Brooklyn was talking and he raised his eyebrows. He didn't know what shocked him more. That you could feed the squid or his name was Bartholomew. "Bartholomew...?" he asked skeptically. "That is a weird name. Thought it would have a better name than that.." he muttered.

Now onto the second year Cal as he introduced himself as. He nodded towards him and said, "Third year." So they were basically the same age.

Harron Peasley · 09-03-2015, 09:54 PM

Elbow on the table, leaning on his hand, Dalton didn't say anything as he sat awkwardly down amongst the rest of the Slytherins, legs sprawled out either side of the bench. A few nods were offered, here and there, mainly towards people in his own year. It wasn't like he mixed with them, let alone with people of any other, so it wasn't surprising. What was surprising was the lonely feeling he felt when he watched friends greet each other.

Nah. Completely shaking that off and putting it down to the fact that Aled was back at the home just in time to see him off at the station, the thirteen year old frowned at the turned back sleeves on his jumper. True, he was starting to get the hang of the the adjustment spells now, and the turn ups were increasingly shorter, but the effort involved. He blew his hair out of his face slightly and began absent mindedly picking at a loose thread on the lining of his tie, letting his gaze move lazily across the room.

littledhampir · 09-04-2015, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Stefan

Speaking of overwhelmed first years, Ethan turned his head towards Miss Hugger’s...brother...!? Oh, but it seems like he’s the complete opposite of his sibling. Without warning though, the younger Snake managed to smirk at him. “Now that smirk right there young sir...we’d like to see that more on your face. No sad first years tonight. Especially Slytherins.” Ethan gave him a huge grin and a nice tap-tap on the head. “You do have a name, yes? Or should I call you Mister Smirky?” the older Slytherin tilted his head grinning, obviously amused by the new additions.

Olly turned toward the older boy his sister knew, and smiled. More people were starting to talk to him, and he was feeling included among his new housemates. Even if he still wished he wasn't there and was in Gryffindor instead, it was still nice to be included. "My name is Oliver," he declared. "It's Oliver Tate Thomas-Borzekowski." Not Mister Smirky, though he wasn't opposed to that nickname. He and Ellery could be Miss Hugger and Mister Smirky. Hehe.

Ginevra · 09-04-2015, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by HogwartsStudent11

Mari was actually relieved when Cilla asked her some questions. She had thought that the time for lighthearted chatter was over. She smiled. "Five years. My dad works for the Daily Prophet. He's a reporter." Never mind what her mum did, for once.

She wished her parents were bakers. Although with her sweet tooth, Mari would probably get very fat if she had such a supply of sugar. She refrained from saying that at least Cilla's father hadn't had dragon pox. That wouldn't be supportive at all. "Oh, my God. That's awful. Think, Marisol. Any other topic. "Do you have any siblings?" Mari couldn't help but reassure herself that if anything happened in her family, at least she'd have Lucía.

"Daily Prophet? Cool. Does your dad like his job?"

When Mari asked Cilla if she had any siblings the redhead shook her head. "I don't have any siblings. How about you?"

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

At that moment, the Hufflepuff noticed Cilla. He waved enthusiastically to get her attention. "Cilla! How are you?'' It had been a while since he had spoken to her

There was a pause in the conversation between her and Marisol as Cilla heard Adi's voice.

"Hi, Adi. I'm trying my best to get by. My father passed away a fortnight ago. I do hope you're having a much better time."

Cassirin · 09-04-2015, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy

Feeling someone else sit beside her (boy it was getting crowded where she was now) Hady turned her head to see who it was. Dot! It had been awhile since she saw or talked to her really. Oh and lookit that a Prefect now! There was no missing that badge on her robes and Hady grinned a little more. Before she could even get a 'hello' out Dot was asking about her summer and talking about her hair? The snakette opted not to answer the summer question and went straight into the other reply. "I know! I was kinda surprised it grew a lot this summer, probably helps that I've been leaving it down at lot more lately." Since Diagon Alley. Yeah. There was nothing coincidently about that. "Yeah, sure if you like I wouldn't mind that." Dot was trustful so she could do her hair if she wanted. Grin.

Hady was so cute. Like, if Dot was interested in pinching people for cute reasons and not for pain-and-bruising reasons, she'd probably pinch the face right off her younger friend. So cute. Did she know how cute she was?

Probably. Slytherins weren't usually blind to their own charms.

"Leaving your hair down makes it GROW faster? Or is that because of gravity? Like the weight of it just pulls it ZIP right out of your head? We ought to do some research into this, and by research, I mean pay some Ravenclaws to read a book for us. Or we could measure and weigh our hair and see if it gets heavier faster if we wear it down or not." Which was interesting and not at all intimidating. Like books.

"Sit with me by the portholes after dinner."

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Maggie was about to say something when she noticed that.................ah. So Dot was here. And Dot had a new badge. And Dot didn't really like her too much right now. At least not according to Paige. According to Paige Dot was spreading rumors about her. Which was NOT a good sign. ESPECIALLY not considering she was now sporting a Prefect badge. This was not good. But fixable. Totally fixable. She'd just talk to the other girl. Yes. After the feast maybe. Yes good plan. For now she just offered the older girl a casual smile in greeting.

And there was Maggie. The face-slapper herself. It had been a while ago, now, and a very quite awfully stressful time, and maybe Dot could forgive the younger girl for hitting her in her face.

...

Nope. It had been too jarring a moment, learning that bad things could happen to you for no reason, that people could turn on you, that no amount of silver lining took away the sting of a red handprint on your face. She wasn't ready to forgive Maggie for RUINING HER CHILDHOOD, OKAY?

But she could be super mature and prefecty. Dot gave a solemn nod to Maggie before turning her attention to... the mad chattering of people she didn't know around her. And no food yet. And her stomach was empty. Maybe she could forgive Maggie faster. A finger wiggle and half a smile, but that was ALL.

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Originally Posted by littledhampir

Olly nodded excitedly. He was able to shove away that sadness, at least for the moment. It was exciting when people asked him about his family. He loved talking about them because, well, he loved them. "Our brother Colin is home-schooled."

WHAT? Olly reached out and grabbed each of Tom's shoulders in his hands and stared at him. Wait, he remembered that wasn't a good thing to do to somebody he just met. So he quickly dropped his hands but the excitement on his face did not fade. "RUSSIA?! One of our dads is Russian. Me 'n Ellery got accepted to a school there, but we decided to come here instead. It must have been a different school though I think, because it was was a private school." At least he thought so, but he wasn't totally positive. It COULD be the same school. Either way, it was SO COOL.

One of the very loud and chattery people nearby caught her attention, and Dot leaned out for a better look. Little boy. Newish. Just sorted to Slytherin. Excitable, and currently shaking someone. "Please do not shake a snake, okay thanks? We only shake badgers and baby lions."

They needed it more.

"You're related to Ellery? She does flips in the prefect car and I've hired her to be my foot stool."

ChapterEight · 09-04-2015, 03:25 AM

SPOILER!!: Colt

Tom was relieved when the older boy shook his hand. He was really new to the UK in general and hanging out with other kids near his age specifically, and he was really afraid to make a fool of himself. He thought he'd heard that Colt was a transfer student, but he seemed a lot more confident and sure of how to act than Tom was.

"Oh, yeah, I don't mind. Oliver's nice," replied Tom in an undertone. Then he reflexively reached up to tug at the tie around his neck and said, more loudly, "So, um... I heard that you just transferred to Hogwarts?"

SPOILER!!: Oliver

While Colt was occupied talking to his other friends around the table, Tom gave Oliver his full attention.

"How does home-schooling wor--" began Tom, but he was cut off when Oliver grabbed him by the shoulders. He was startled by it; hardly anybody ever touched him, except his brother, who had long since decided that he was too old to cuddle his baby brother. Was this how friends usually acted around each other? Tom wasn't sure.

Oliver let him go a few moments later and excitedly peppered him information about his own experiences with Russia. When he paused, Tom said, "That's so cool! I almost went to school in Russia, except my father had t--er... decided to move back to Britain, so it was easier for me to attend Hogwarts. No one in my family has attended here since the time during the war like 100 years ago, so I'm really excited!"

Then he recalled the rest of what Oliver had said, and he asked, "You have two dads?!"

SPOILER!!: Dalton

Tom noticed a quiet boy who had just sat down nearby and was silently picking at his clothing and looking around the Great Hall. The other boy didn't seem to be very chatty at all, but Tom couldn't help the immediate interest he felt for the other boy due to the close resemblance to the normally aloof and self-assured way his older brother acted around most people (and, increasingly, even around his own baby brother). Maybe this Slytherin boy was somewhat the same and would be willing to open up a bit if Tom were extra nice?

"Hello," he ventured somewhat quietly, loudly enough for the other boy to hear but not loudly enough to draw the attention of most of the rest of the Slytherins unless they were paying special attention. "My name's Tom. Does your tie bother you, too? I'm not at all used to wearing one."

SPOILER!!: Headmaster Botros

Conversation around the table paused when the headmaster stood up to make his speech. Tom listened with rapt attention, even though the fact that there were new professors didn't really matter much to him since he was a first year and didn't know any of the old ones. Then something the headmaster said caught his attention, and he hardly even heard the rest of the speech as he tried his best not to bounce in his seat in excitement.

As soon as the headmaster sat back down and the food appeared on the Slytherin table, Tom exclaimed to those around him, "A Dueling Club!!! Sweet Merlin, that sounds amazing! I wonder if first years will be allowed to participate! Do you think we will?!?!"

Stefan · 09-04-2015, 06:39 AM

SPOILER!!: Oliver + Ellery

Nothing beats seeing a new kid slowly settling in. Seven long years with his new house is a daunting thought indeed, but, Slytherin isn't bad at all. If he's up to making friends, the new kid is bound to make life-long friendships amongst his Snakey fellows. Ethan nodded, opened his mouth to say his name, but left it hanging when the kid stated his complete identity. Oliver Something What? The seventh year felt a sudden rush of nostalgia when he learned Oliver's last name. It sounded Russian-ish, and it reminded him of his first two years in Durmstrang. "Now that's a long name you've got." Like, seriously? He'd be spending a good amount of time writing down just his name when doing his homeworks. "Nonetheless, I am pleased to meet you, Oliver. I'm Ethan Tyler Mordaunt, but calling me Ethan would be fine."

The seventh year grinned at the boy, and took a glance at his sister. "I believe the feast is about to start, why don't you join us tonight for dinner, Miss Hugger?"he said as he made room for the Gryffindor. It was best to keep Oliver company with someone very familiar to him to keep the sads at bay, yeah? Ethan gave Oliver a thumbs up, and turned his attention to Dante.

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"Getting Caught would mean the fun is over. So yeah not getting caught anytime soon" He did get away with setting The Grayson Whitlock on fire. so yeah. LOVE YOU GRAYSON. Anyway, he did not want to get into a mood of missing Grayson and Professor Walton. So onward brain. "I just hope there is no meeting like last year" That thing was bad All Dante wanted to do is sleep and then that important meeting nobody cared about happened.

And Dante did agree with him. That this feast does seem a bit overwhelming for first years. It was a feast after all. "At least we don't have to sleep in the first year dorms now. Imagine those tonight"

"Eeexactly, my friend. So whatever it is that you're going to do, don't ever get caught." And for Merlin's sake, they're Slytherins. They're supposed to be the sneaky ones around school, yeah? If only Dante was old enough last term, he could have joined the little shindig they did back in the sixth year boys' dorm with Simon, Cutty, and Grayson. Well...him and GrayGray may not be in good terms because of...fire reasons, but the former Slytherin was in such a good mood that night, that Gray won't mind seeing Dante around.

Anyway, yes, the meeting last term. "I don't think we'll get to have that kind of talk tonight. Everyone seems to be in good spirits, no fighting whatsoever. Well, not yet at least." Though the Feast isn't over yet, anything can happen. "Well it could be fun if they got food or something. But you're right. That room's going to be filled with differing emotions tonight." First time boarders, kids missing mum and dad, homesickness, excitement...the list goes on and on. It's a good thing him and Dante won't have to deal with them. "Do you still remember your first night in the dungeons?"

SPOILER!!: HEADMASTER'S SPEECH

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Originally Posted by Magical Soul

With the sorting ceremony over, Botros got up from his chair and clinked his goblet with the silver spoon twice urging everyone to pay attention. When that didn't work, he put the wand on his throat, "Good evening, Hogwarts," he spoke smiling. "Welcome everyone to another year at Hogwarts. Old students, welcome back, hope you had a good holiday and are all ready to tackle the new term with fresh spirits. New students, welcome to your first Hogwarts year. This school is not like other magical schools, we have unprecedented history that makes us one of the bests. This comes with unpredictable adventures: some to remind us to stay united, stick together and be one, strong hand against hardships. And others to wield us into a better shape to face the world outside those majestic, protective walls," he paused, making eye contacts and letting those important messages sink in.

"This term we have several new professors who bring us extraordinary and new horizons. We have professor Beatrice York of transfiguration," he extended his hand to indicate the white-haired woman. "Professor Paul Myers of Herbology," the white-haired man. "Professor Astrid Baxter of Charms," the brunette on the other side of the table. "And I'm happy to announce that Miss Helena Ravenclaw will take over History of Magic." He gave the lady-ghost a beam. "You've all met our new Groundskeeper, Mr. Justin McLeod who will also help Mrs. Murdoch in leading the Slytherin House. For Care of Magical Creatures... we're currently having a discussion with someone for it, and hopefully we'll have a very happy announcement to make regarding that matter." Ahem, no need for more details in case the 'someone' didn't agree to take it. "In my place, professor Moxley will be Hufflepuff Head of House assisted by professor Culloden." A little clap clap for all of them.

"I'm sure we've all had a long day and we're eager to wolf down those delicious dishes our loyal house-elves prepared for us, but first allow me to make some more announcements," sure the food was not here to judge it being scrumptious yet but when the food was ever bad here at Hogwarts? okay, maybe that one time with the ice cream, but other than that?? Never. Exactly. "This year, professor Sabel Dakest, Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and ministry-approved Auror, is working on launching a Dueling Club for both students and staff. We thank him and wish him the best," a modest applause from Botros and the school. "Furthermore, following last year's unfortunate events," respectful pause. "We're going to have a year-long series of multiple camps to charge our mind, heart and body with positive energy and reform ourselves to be in a better state wholly. Not just that, we planned many surprises to accompany those activities. And fair warning, there will be rewards of different kinds for those who achieve the best they could from those camps." Whew! So much news in one night. That ought to keep them awake for a while. Heh heh.

"Lastly, you are all sorted in houses now. Your housemates will be your friends and your family for the next nine months, so try to get to know them better." A friendly smile for them all. "Have a good meal and don't forget to look for your prefects when it's time to leave to your dorms." He snapped his fingers and the feast was officially laid out on all five tables.

Let's eat!

But before he could get an answer from Dante, Professor Bot...Headmaster Botros was now on his feet and called out their attention. Speech time, meaning the feast is about to begin.

Ethan gave one of his favourite professors a salute from where he was sat, when he welcomed them back. The blond teen crossed his arms, and nodded solemnly at the Headmaster's next words. Last term was just...pure horror. Their close encounter with the giant spiders really made them united, and they have learned precious, practical lessons from it.

New professors! Yes, yes...he's been looking forward to hear their names and get a better look at their faces. Professor York is their new Transfiguration teacher, which means...Bellaire is also no longer their Head of House.

Professor Myers...PAUL Myers for Herbology. He will definitely have to remember that guy's face and name because HERBOLOGY. Ethan knew he'll be needing all of the guy's help if he wants to ace his Herbology NEWT. Meehhuhuhu.

And wait, what?! Professor Quigley's GONE?! What, whyyy? Quigley was a pretty distant professor, but he's such a brilliant teacher! Ethan squinted at Professor Baxter, getting a feel that she's not to be messed with. Probably, she's just like Bellaire? Moving on to History...

Helena Ravenclaw, eh? Interesting, but he'll definitely miss Professor Glendowers lectures. However, learning from a ghost would be awesome too. Ethan can't imagine the amount of information she's got, seeing that, she's one of the many historic figures in the Wizarding World.

Obviously, Scotty McScotland guy was now replaced by another person...and huh? He's the NEW Deputy Slytherin Head of House? Oh noooo. Ethan gave Dante a nudge. "We better be careful. Looks like sneaking around inside and outside school will be a tough one for us this term." Seriously, why does the Groundskeeper have to be their Deputy HoH too? That's...unfair. Why didn't they choose Professor Culloden for the job? Ethan knew he'd be an excellent deputy! Ugh. Merlin. Those Puffers are sooo lucky, did they know? The blond seventh year clapped along, and once again crossed his arms across his chest.

More announcements? Well, this term sounds more promising by the minute. Camps were planned? That ought to be fun! It could only mean adventure! Ethan nodded along and clapped with the rest of the student body when the speech was over.

Speech. Over.

FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!

SPOILER!!: Tom

And just like in past terms, angelic sounds played inside his head as he reached out for the roast beef and mashed potatoes, and doused it with yummy gravy. Unlimited. Food. How about that, first years? And speaking of first years, he leaned towards the small fellow who literally squeaked out in excitement. "I bet they will. I'm sure Professor Dakest wants to cover everybody." Because last term was proof that in times of trouble, they needed all hands on deck. First years, included.

On a side note, kid looked awfully familiar. Way too familiar. Ethan tilted his head and tapped the tip of his fork against his lips trying to remember where he saw that face before.

Once the image clicked in his head, he whispered an audible, "Oh." At his realization. The first year looked a lot like one Alec Summers when he was about his age. Heh, would you look at that? Superman Alec would've looked great in Slytherin robes! Teehee!

SilverTiger · 09-04-2015, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

At least Brooklyn actually looked in his direction. Hehe. "That's awesome! What about you? You looking forward to the school year?" The happy Hufflepuff did not mind the not so friendly response he was getting. This was Brooklyn. She was probably going to dislike him forever but he didn't care. Surely one day he could actually get through to her with his constant bounciness and cheeriness? #KeepPositive

He was still talking. As if Adi thought she actually considered him someone she cared to talk to. Instead, Brooklyn returned her attention to just about anything but the Hufflepuff prefect. Most notably the table still empty of the feast, as the speech hadn’t happened yet, and her goblet of water. If only it could have been something stronger, maybe she could have dealt with the chatter easier. Besides, she was still adjusting to the lack of certain professors she knew and nearly idolized to really answer his question either way. So far she hadn’t thought any of the others up at the staff table looked like they could fill Professor Bellaire’s shoes.

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Originally Posted by Stefan

And now back to Brooklyn the Queen. The expression was read clearly and Ethan had to lazily nod his head. “Yes you do young Queen. Sometimes.” Maybe Brooklyn is not aware of it? Not that he’d want to point it out further because she’s now grinning. “That’s better.” The blond teen gave her a thumbs up and small grin. “Oh? Practised what?” Well, obviously, she can’t practice magic outside school yet...which would make her summer boring, definitely. So she must have done some...muggle activity? “Well, camps are usually fun...” but it may not be the case for Queen Brookie.

Ethan straightened up from his seat, and carefully raised his arms to do a big, nice stretch. Yep. Their place was definitely getting crowded. The seventh year glanced back at the Staff table and did a long sigh. “Are you ready to meet the new teachers though? I’m quite surprised that a huge chunk of our old professors are gone now.” Must be the acromantulas?

A slight grin flickered on her face as Ethan had addressed her again, though. He knew what was what. Even if his actual statement could have been taken as an insult, or at least a reprimand of sorts. He respected her position. Certain others still needed to learn that. “Maybe I have reason to look like that. Sometimes,” she replied archly. Anyone would be grumpy after being attacked by an invisible spider that INFECTED them, after all. There was a reason. That and people who didn’t understand her obviously made her grumpy. Luckily, Ethan didn’t. Not usually.

“Violin,” she continued, as he’d asked what she practiced. “And ballet.” She hadn’t seen Agatha at Hogwarts for a while now, come to think of it. Which made finding somewhere to practice ballet even more difficult. She’d rolled her eyes a little at the comment about camps, though. “Quidditch training camp. My dad’s a coach?” As if he was supposed to have known that already. Professional team coahes were known, weren’t they?

She’d sighed as he’d addressed the biggest problem with Hogwarts this term, but didn’t otherwise answer him. She really was going to miss a lot of the professors who had left.

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Dante kept grinning because he actually got her to say a couple words. It was worth it with the random greetings. Plus we was already talking so much as it was. So might as well tonight.

"Good"

Dante said smiling and nodding again.

That grin was almost suspicious. It was as if Dante felt like he’d accomplished something nobody else had before, and that was stupid. Especially if it was getting her to speak. She spoke to people, if they deserved a response. He was a Slytherin. It gave him an automatic point in his favor when it came to her deciding his worth. The fact he hadn’t gone on babbling gave him yet another point in his favor. Just a one word response, before he’d gone back to his other conversations.

There wasn’t any reason for her to respond to that anyway.

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He saw Brooklyn make her way to him and he heard her answer and she seemed not much of a talker. He nodded towards her. She saw her sat down anyways before he made the offer. He shrugged it off and staring blankly at his empty plate. He never asked this of her but he slid this in, "What year are you?" Colt turned to Hady while Brooklyn was talking and he raised his eyebrows. He didn't know what shocked him more. That you could feed the squid or his name was Bartholomew. "Bartholomew...?" he asked skeptically. "That is a weird name. Thought it would have a better name than that.." he muttered.

There wasn’t really any reason for her to respond to Colt’s kind of random question, either. He ought to be able to figure out what year she was easily enough without her having to say it. She was the same year as Hady, and Dante, and Maggie… It should be obvious, but then he’d asked. And he’d nearly brushed her off, had she really been saying much. “Fourth.”

There. He had an answer. And he shouldn’t be criticizing Bartholomew Henry’s name, either. Not when his own name was kind of odd.

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Originally Posted by Magical Soul

With the sorting ceremony over, Botros got up from his chair and clinked his goblet with the silver spoon twice urging everyone to pay attention. When that didn't work, he put the wand on his throat, "Good evening, Hogwarts," he spoke smiling. "Welcome everyone to another year at Hogwarts. Old students, welcome back, hope you had a good holiday and are all ready to tackle the new term with fresh spirits. New students, welcome to your first Hogwarts year. This school is not like other magical schools, we have unprecedented history that makes us one of the bests. This comes with unpredictable adventures: some to remind us to stay united, stick together and be one, strong hand against hardships. And others to wield us into a better shape to face the world outside those majestic, protective walls," he paused, making eye contacts and letting those important messages sink in.

"This term we have several new professors who bring us extraordinary and new horizons. We have professor Beatrice York of transfiguration," he extended his hand to indicate the white-haired woman. "Professor Paul Myers of Herbology," the white-haired man. "Professor Astrid Baxter of Charms," the brunette on the other side of the table. "And I'm happy to announce that Miss Helena Ravenclaw will take over History of Magic." He gave the lady-ghost a beam. "You've all met our new Groundskeeper, Mr. Justin McLeod who will also help Mrs. Murdoch in leading the Slytherin House. For Care of Magical Creatures... we're currently having a discussion with someone for it, and hopefully we'll have a very happy announcement to make regarding that matter." Ahem, no need for more details in case the 'someone' didn't agree to take it. "In my place, professor Moxley will be Hufflepuff Head of House assisted by professor Culloden." A little clap clap for all of them.

"I'm sure we've all had a long day and we're eager to wolf down those delicious dishes our loyal house-elves prepared for us, but first allow me to make some more announcements," sure the food was not here to judge it being scrumptious yet but when the food was ever bad here at Hogwarts? okay, maybe that one time with the ice cream, but other than that?? Never. Exactly. "This year, professor Sabel Dakest, Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and ministry-approved Auror, is working on launching a Dueling Club for both students and staff. We thank him and wish him the best," a modest applause from Botros and the school. "Furthermore, following last year's unfortunate events," respectful pause. "We're going to have a year-long series of multiple camps to charge our mind, heart and body with positive energy and reform ourselves to be in a better state wholly. Not just that, we planned many surprises to accompany those activities. And fair warning, there will be rewards of different kinds for those who achieve the best they could from those camps." Whew! So much news in one night. That ought to keep them awake for a while. Heh heh.

"Lastly, you are all sorted in houses now. Your housemates will be your friends and your family for the next nine months, so try to get to know them better." A friendly smile for them all. "Have a good meal and don't forget to look for your prefects when it's time to leave to your dorms." He snapped his fingers and the feast was officially laid out on all five tables.

Let's eat!

She was saved from making any sort of response to the name controversy by the former Ancient Runes professor standing. Headmaster Botros now, apparently. He was in Headmistress Truebridge’s seat anyway. And making the speech, which meant food would arrive soon. She didn’t need reminders about what things Hogwarts tested them on. Those unexpected adventures he mentioned. She didn’t want reminders of that.

Her blue eyes scanned the appearances of the new professors as they were named, though. Analyzing which ones looked like they might be worth much. She wouldn’t know that for sure until classes, though. And the mystery over CoMC was a bit annoying, too. She didn’t like surprises. At the very least, though, she figured the new groundskeeper must have been worth something, if he’d stepped in for Professor Bellaire as the Slytherin deputy head. He seemed to get along fairly well with Healer Murdoch, anyway. It merited more interest, anyhow. That and she wondered if the Grey Lady was going to favor Claws over everyone else just because.

And she couldn’t decide what she thought of the camps that had been mentioned, as she thought about it while serving herself some of the food that had finally appeared. They kind of seemed like just another thing to try and get her to tolerate people she didn’t particularly care to. She’d just have to wait and see, and she wasn’t exactly very patient.

Harron Peasley · 09-04-2015, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by ChapterEight

Tom noticed a quiet boy who had just sat down nearby and was silently picking at his clothing and looking around the Great Hall. The other boy didn't seem to be very chatty at all, but Tom couldn't help the immediate interest he felt for the other boy due to the close resemblance to the normally aloof and self-assured way his older brother acted around most people (and, increasingly, even around his own baby brother). Maybe this Slytherin boy was somewhat the same and would be willing to open up a bit if Tom were extra nice?

"Hello," he ventured somewhat quietly, loudly enough for the other boy to hear but not loudly enough to draw the attention of most of the rest of the Slytherins unless they were paying special attention. "My name's Tom. Does your tie bother you, too? I'm not at all used to wearing one."

Conversation around the table paused when the headmaster stood up to make his speech. Tom listened with rapt attention, even though the fact that there were new professors didn't really matter much to him since he was a first year and didn't know any of the old ones. Then something the headmaster said caught his attention, and he hardly even heard the rest of the speech as he tried his best not to bounce in his seat in excitement.

As soon as the headmaster sat back down and the food appeared on the Slytherin table, Tom exclaimed to those around him, "A Dueling Club!!! Sweet Merlin, that sounds amazing! I wonder if first years will be allowed to participate! Do you think we will?!?!"

Child. Near him. Talking.

Half tempted to pretend that on his intake of the Hall he'd completely missed the boy, or was assuming that he was talking to someone else, Dalton's hand dropped from his face to drum his fingers against the table, his other still preoccupied with the frayed edge. He raised an eyebrow slightly, taking in the clearly younger student, before swivelling himself to sit properly.

"Dalton." Finally, a reponse was managed, and the third years hand laid to rest by his fork. "Only the edge." Short and sweet, right? The kid would leave him alone now, right? It almost seemed like the kid - Tom, was it? - was expecting some tie-related advice, but maybe that was just social normalcy. Either way, he wasn't getting it.

As Botros began to speak, he stifled a yawn behind his hand, not really paying much attention to the new Professors. In doubt that the old ones had known who he was, he didn't really see the point, even if he had promised Aled that he would make an extra effort this year: ever since that kid had decided to do medicine, he was on his best mates back about grades. All this kid wanted right now was the food, and soon enough he was piling his plate with everything he could possibly stomach.

Child. Talking. Again. Managing to internalise his eye rolling, Dalton frowned over at Tom slightly. "Probably wont be doing the same spells as the seventh years, but I doubt they'd stop you." See, he could be nice!

ChapterEight · 09-04-2015, 10:30 AM

SPOILER!!: Ethan

"I really hope so!" replied Tom, although he managed to regulate the volume and tone of his voice a lot better. A faint blush crept up onto his cheeks at how he'd reacted at first.

He noticed the older boy--he hadn't caught his name--looking at him curiously, and finally heard him whisper an "Oh." Tom blinked and looked around briefly to make sure he hadn't been talking to anybody else, then asked, "What is it?"

SPOILER!!: Dalton

Well, this Dalton boy seemed to be a surly type, but Tom wasn't put off at all. One did not grow up the child of Charlie Selwyn (whom Tom privately renamed Churlish Selwyn, if only in his own thoughts) without learning to ignore such things.

After a few moments to gather his confidence, he smirked slightly at Dalton's condescending reply and said, an edge of amused sarcasm in his tone, "Thanks for that. Without you, I'd have been going around trying to do seventh-year spells."

He somewhat regretted his reply as soon as it had left his mouth, because Dalton seemed interesting and Tom didn't want to make him angry.

Tom was silent for a few moments as he looked agog at the enormous amount of food spread across the table. He couldn't believe that any one place could have so much food! Maybe Will, his older brother, should have come to Hogwarts instead of staying in Russia to be closer to Tom, and then he wouldn't have ever had to go hungry so that Tom would have enough to eat. Pushing those thoughts aside, he started to pile a bit of everything onto his plate as he watched Dalton out of the corner of his eye.

Finally recalling what he'd been planning to say before he'd been interrupted by the headmaster's speech, Tom waved his fork vaguely in the direction of Dalton's tie and said, "I could try to fix it for you, if you like. I, uh..." He felt his blush returning, since he was a bit ashamed to admit it, but in for a Knut in for a Galleon, right? ""Well, my brother and I had to mend lots of his hand-me-downs for me, so I know a bit about it."

VRSCIKA · 09-04-2015, 10:37 AM

Ilia could see that Henric was acting guilty, like he had done her some great wrong. Honestly she was every bit as guilty, she didn't look for him very hard herself. When he said that he fell asleep on the train ride because he stayed up playing those muggle video games however, she started giggling. "Do tell me that you at least took care of all of the zombies so that I can sleep safely tonight." She winked as she teased him. It was easier to just tease and reassure him than to go into the details of her side of the story. At least for now, here in front of her entire house....

She wasn't sure what he was about to say as he paused in his sentence, but it changed rather quickly and his ears gained some color. That.....was....odd.... However, she did her best to disregard the altered response. "Well you were taking with each other and other people got in. I figured it would just be easier to meet at the feast." He was quiet during the ride? It must have been after they had already pulled away. After all, he was definitely more sociable than she was. He was a Hufflepuff, it was somewhere in his nature. What he said next, made her tilt her head at him curiously. Instead of voicing an answer that someone else might hear, she nodded to him while making eye contact. She understood and the answer was yes.

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She grinned a little as Colt agreed with her thoughts of Slytherin house's cool factor. Henric was true to his puffness and initiated semi formal introductions, to which Ilia nodded politely. "Nice to meet you." How did it not surprise her that her bestie had met her new housemate over kebabs? What was it with boys and food? Everyone needed to eat, but I almost seemed like they found it more essential than girls....

Looking the new snake over, curiosity suddenly settled upon her. "If I may ask, where have you come from snakelet?" Yes, she was calling him a little snake. He was definitely younger than her, though maybe not by much. In the same sense.....no way that he was a firstie either. So he had to have transferred from somewhere.

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She was right? Oh Adi........What he had to say next.........had her somewhat baffled though. For a prize Henric got to what???????????????? Why would Henric get a prize for her answering correctly and what did he not finish saying?? As quickly as it was uttered it was forgotten it seemed as he replaced his unfinished statement with another riddle. Still, she has her eye on you Adi!

How does a snake shoot something? Was he really going for puns again? She shook her head, mused and smirked. Animals were probably the only subject matter that she could do this with. "That is a hard one, but maybe with Boa and an arrow?" Seriously, it probably deserved a horrible sound effect but she sort of found it amusing.

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She looked at Dante....she was pretty sure that was his name. He was here last term, she was good with remembering faces at least. Giving him a wink that said 'Watch this' she turned back to Adi. "Alright boys, now one for you. What do you call it when a snake has a tantrum?" Either boy was welcome to answer, but she had a feeling that puns were more Adi's style.

Kolyander · 09-04-2015, 03:28 PM

SPOILER!!: Ethan

What wasn't good? For a brief second in time Hady was confused. That's what happened when you were trying to talk to a few people at once. Lifting her head to catch who was speaking to her she almost laughed at her for being confused. She could understand losing sleep for studying she did that all the time and she wasn't even preparing for OWLs yet. "I'll be fine in the morning, I'm not worried about," Hady assured the older snake with a firm nod of her head. Nothing to worry about Ethan.

SPOILER!!: Abby

"That's good. I'm sure just so you take things slow you'll all do fine." Hady offered her friend another small smile. No point in going crazy over something that was still a long time away.

SPOILER!!: Dante

At least Dante was on the same page with her thoughts. "Exactly! There wouldn't be anytime to be bored then. Yeah, that could be a problem but we're smart so I wouldn't fuss over it so much." Snakes typically thought things through first and worked things to their advantage so a muggle wouldn't find anything out from her. Unless she told them of course which she wouldn't be.

SPOILER!!: Echo

At least Echo had gotten a bit of sleep. It was more then she could say for herself. She'd sleep after the feast though, once she helped Lucas with his hair that was. "A little sleep is better then no sleep." Unless you woke up even more tired then you were when you fell asleep. It stunk when that happened.

SPOILER!!: Colt

When Colt turned back to her from talking with Brooklyn she nearly laughed at the look on the boys face. What was so weird about the squid having a name? Everything usually had a name of some sort so why shouldn't the squid. "Yup. Bartholomew Henry." At least it was a name. Anything was better then calling him squid all the time.

SPOILER!!: Dot

Huh? Hady blinked her eyes at Dot as the girl went on and on about hair length and getting Ravenclaws to read books for them. Apparently she had worded her last comment badly and therefore Dot thought she had meant something else. Letting her older friend talk Hady went back to sliding her locket back and forth across the chain around her neck. "Not exactly what I meant...but that could make a good experiment," she laughed shaking her head. "I more meant I never really noticed how long my hair had gotten until I began to leave it down." Which had only been a few weeks ago really. She had to admit it though that she was already used to it being down and rather liked it. "Yeah sure."

When the Headmaster finally stood and tapped his glass Hady shifted her hazel eyes towards the front of the Great Hall. Finally the speech.

Hady wrinkled her nose a little as the speech seemed to go on and on and on. All she really managed to pick up on was several Professor changes as well as Head of House changes. Something about a Dueling Club and a camp of some sorts. Both which peaked her attention a great deal and she would have to look into them and find out more. If it gave her something to do and she learned more charms and such it was all good.

As the speech came to a close she let out a small breath of relief and was more then happy to make herself a plate of food like those around her. Food. Common room to have her hair done and help Lucas with his and then some sleep. This was her plan and she would like to stick to it.

Expecto-Penguin · 09-04-2015, 05:35 PM

Colt turned his head toward Tom. He seemed like a cool little dude. He nodded to answer his question. "Yeah I just transferred here. I was originally from Durmstrang but due to circumstances my mom sent me here for school." He didn't mind it one bit. This school was awesome. He was even meeting some pretty chill people. He had a hunch, "I'm guessing your a first year. So we are in the same boat dude in exploring the castle for the first time."

As soon as he was done talking to Tom, he heard the Headmaster speak. Alright time to shut up and listen. He heard his speech closely and he realized there was some new teachers compared to other years. Well to Colt every teacher was gonna be new. He knew the teachers were gonna introduce themselves in lessons but this teacher was interesting. So there was gonna be a ghost teaching history of magic? Huh...you don't hear that everyday well unless your at Hogwarts. There was gonna be camps? What kind of camps? Like sports camps or like camp camps? The camps you make campfires and sing songs around and go on lakes and such? His ears perked up at Dueling club and he could deal with that. He wanted to learn how to use his wand in a proper fight. Watch out Kace and Braedon. As the headmaster ended his speech on a good note, he saw the food appear on the plates.

O____O......

BLOODY MERLIN! It ALL looked delicious. His mouth was watering and he didn't know what to start off with first. He began to take as much as he can. He was known in the family as having no self control. He began to eat chicken legs first and they were savory. He heard Brooklyn'sanswer and she seemed to be mad at him or probably thought he was stupid. Hey sometimes he needed a reminder then and again. He just shrugged it off and continued eating. She wasn't much of a talker then he wasn't gonna say much anymore. He had more pressing matters at hand like filling his stomach. It seemed like she didn't like him anyways.

As he began to finish his chicken and went onto the steak, he heard Ilia talking to him. He put down his knife and fork and turned to his fellow snake. Ah she wanted to know where he came from. He swallowed his food politely and answered, "Well.." he began. "I was born in New York City, then I moved to Russia where my mom's job took her for a couple year where I went to Durmstrang." Simple enough explanation right? He was even amused she called him snakelet.

Colt nodded at Hady's answer. She seemed to know the ins and outs of Slytherin already. Everyone seemed to like her and he wondered if he was fitting in or not. So he had to ask quietly, "How am I doing as a Slytherin so far? How do you guys greet each other and stuff?" He just didn't want to be the outcast.

littledhampir · 09-04-2015, 07:07 PM

SPOILER!!: Dot

What? Oliver turned his attention to the older girl who had spoken. First of all, he had not actually shaken Tom. He had simply grabbed his shoulders to illustrate the intensity of his excitement. Second, he was not doing it anymore because he had realized for himself that it was not the best idea. And third, who was she to tell him who he could and could not shake. Prefect. Oh, so maybe she could. He did notice that she didn't say anything about Ravenclaws so he could not stop from asking curiously, "What about eagles?"

Oliver fixed his sister with a momentary stare, his eyes narrowing in confusion. Why did Ellery seem to know so many older Slytherins? And why had she been doing flips in the prefect car? It didn't particularly surprise him, he just not really been expecting that information. It did surprise him that she had been hired as a foot stool. That did not sound like something his sister would agree to. So, he turned back to the older girl. "What are you paying her?" It had to be good if it was enough to get Ellery to agree to be a foot stool. And if it was good enough, he wanted in.

SPOILER!!: Ethan

Oliver grinned. He did have a long name. And he was very proud of it. Who else had a name that long? Not a lot of people. Hyphenated last names were fun, and it made him feel important for some reason. Like he could not be contained with just one last name. There had to be two to show the full scope of his family and who loved him. It was nice.

"What year are you, Ethan?" He was definitely older, but Olly could not tell exactly how much older. At least a fifth year, maybe even a seventh. And, just as Ethan was saying to Ellery, the feast was indeed starting. Oliver grinned at the amount of food now in front of him. There were so many choices, where was the best place to start?

SPOILER!!: Tom

Olly had been distracted by the two older Slytherins and did not hear the whispered conversation about him between Colt and Tom. He also did not hear the end of Tom's first question. Had he been distracted? Had some noise covered up the end? Or had the other boy been cut off for some reason? Hopefully he would ask it again if it was important.

"Really? That's cool. You can be the family expert on Hogwarts." As cool as that sounded, Olly was also excited about the idea of sharing his experience with someone very close to him. He still wasn't sure if Ellery was going to take Ethan's suggestion and stay at the Slytherin table for the feast, or go back to her own house table. He decided that even if she left, he wouldn't be as sad. He had nice Slytherins to talk to, like Tom. He just nodded at the boy's other question. Yes he did have two dads, but there wasn't much more of an answer required when that had been the entire question.

Lislchen · 09-04-2015, 10:47 PM

Text Cut: Phillip, Tom and Lucas

The innocent smiles were not exactly working. And if Maggie HADN'T been in a good mood, the two boys would probably have been unable to do that annoying tapping. Because they would've probably been busy trying to find someone to help with counter-jinxes.

As it were though, she simply sent them another glare.

And the boy who was also trying to make them stop an encouraging nod. He was good people. She would remember him. What was his name again?

Text Cut: Dante and Echo

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

So her name was Echo. Well he only nodded at people he knew or gave a sup nod if he wanted to say what's up but not say you. you get it. It is not that complicated.

"Ah, Nice to meet you Echo Duchannes."

He guessed.

"How was your summer?"

Well since he was already in a talking mood why not. It was distracting him from his extreme hunger. HURRY UP PROFESSOR/HEADMASTER B. And then Maggie does what Maggie does. Dante grinned. It was true what she said. Though all he could do was keep grinning and shrug.

This was Maggie after all.

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Originally Posted by Grrr..Meow

Echo was so happy to be back, she even already gave a hufflepuff boy the cold shoulder, yup she was a snake alright. Smirking around she heard Maggie a older girl that shes seen around the common room but haven’t talked to her yet. WAIT WHAT….. did this girl not know about the girl code, come on Maggie what was she doing, trying to embarrass herself further. ”Hey Maggie” she said back quietly. ”no, im okay. Its maybe a bit hot in here” she smirked again, but she wasn’t going to say that talking to boys made her feel uncomfortable, like in front of the whole house, no way!!

Continuing the converstation she turned around to fully face her, and tossing her hair around with her. Gotta show her nice waves that her cousin had put in for her with magic. ”how was your summer?” she asked Maggie while playing with the cutlery.

[...]

EEEEPPP it was nice to meet her, Dante was being so nice. Most guys she knew would totally have snapped at her, because well you know guys being guys. ”thanks” Echo blurted out as he wanted to still talk to her, this must be a dream. Or she was having some really good luck. Fingers crossed that her luck would continue. Trying to put on a straight face and trying to control the temperature of her body so her cheeks wouldn’t flush (so that Maggie wouldn’t rat her out again ) she took a quite breath ”my summer was great, got to travel to the states and visit my family, what about you?” YES!!! ALRIGHT!!!! A coherent piece of information managed to escape her mouth. This snakette was happy as can be right now.

A bit hot. Right.

Well, someone was certainly hot.

Maggie glanced over at Dante next to her for a moment, only to look back to Echo a moment later. That was her name right? Echo. Weird name that was. "Gooooood. It was great!" She grinned at the younger girl, running her fingers through her blonde curls to push them out of her face.

Dante seemed to be into conversing with Echo too so Maggie didn't say anything else.

For now.

Text Cut: Hugo

Oooh. Good. Someone else to talk to.

"Hiiii." Maggie leaned around Dante a little (not getting in the way of him talking to Echo hopefully ahem) to smiiiiiile at Hugo. "They're all hoping some of our awesomeness will rub off on them." Obviously. Easy.

Text Cut: Dot (and speech)

A nod.

Well that was.....something at least.

It was a lot better than being glared at. Presumably. Dot was also not being fake!nice to her which was DEFINITELY a good sign. It usually meant that she wasn't planning on spreading any more rumors about her. Unless she was a really good actress. Which would explain the Prefect badge. Okay, she had to resolve this quickly.

Finger wiggle. And a.....smile?

Wow.

Maggie tilted her head slightly to the side, almost curiously, and was about to smile back when the Headmaster rose to give his speech.

Dueling club sounded interesting. Also those camps he'd mentioned. Maybe. Depending on WHO would be leading them. If it was Professor Flamsteed she doubted they'd do her any good. Eyes briefly wandering over to the Gryffindor house table, she kind of sort of stopped paying attention to the speech for a moment and then it was....over.

And food. Food had happened. She glanced back down at her plate, only now realizing that she was hungry. Pouring herself a glass of water she finally sent that smile to Dot. "Suits you." Maggie commented with a small smirk and a nod to the badge on the other girl's robes. It did, too.

Casey O · 09-05-2015, 02:36 AM

SPOILER!!: Dante

Ellery wriggled excitedly and flapped her hands for emphasis. "BAAASICALLY I was thinking, it should be pretty easy, all we need to do is create a new Hogwarts House! Pretty simple, standard procedure, we get the Headmaster's permission and yada yada yada, I'm good and schmutzing my way into and outta things, so I got this. Then we get the squid to be our mascot, we can pick our name - because it will be you and me and Olly and hopefully Ethan, then it can be….Gryffinin? Like a combination of Gryffindor and Slytherin? Y'know? We would need a head of house…maybe a house elf? I heard that there were some here?"

And with that, she looked around eagerly. She quite liked house elves.

"What do you think, Mr. Dante's Inferno?"

SPOILER!!: OLLY

ELLERY WAS HUGGING HER BROTHER EVERYTHING WAS ALRIGHT HUGGING MEANT THAT THEY WERE OKAY AND REUNITED AND GOSH THOSE FEW MINUTES APART HAD BEEN AWFUL.

Oh, okay, Ellery could sit with him!!!! Of course! She could meet the Gryffindors later, no biggie, it wasn't like she was SHY or anything. Hahahaha. As IF. She kissed him on the cheek, no qualms whatsoever.

It had always been like that. They were a very affectionate family, even her daddies. Once, she walked in on them SNOGGING, and she sat them down and had to talk to them about what was ADULT and what was CHILD FRIENDLY. They were adorable daddies, really, but she had giggled when they squirmed.

"HOW ARE YOU?" she asked Olly, gesturing around. Everything good?

SPOILER!!: ETHAN

HAHAHA. Ellery GIGGLED because Mr. "Not yet" was BLUSHING all about his "not yet" girlfriend…it was all so funny. "WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Does she not fancy you? Must be tough, huh? I bet she fancies you." She leaned in conspiratorially and whispered to him. "I bet she wants to SNOG you. I bet she thinks about snagging you all the time." And then she winked. That was all other girls thought about, apparently. Snogging boys. Personally, Ellery was YUCK about that. She wasn't quite sure why girls wanted that. She liked talking to boys NORMALLY. She wasn't like other girls.

"You. Me. Dante. Olly. The squid. Fifth house. BEST HOUSE." She made finger guns with her hands, then fluttered her eyelashes. MISS HUGGER? Sounded about right. "M'name's Ellery Gwenog Borzekowski-Thomas but you can call me Miss Hugger, if y'want. Your name is Ethan, right?" She knew things about people.

"D'ya want another hug?"

SPOILER!!: HI

NEW PERSON.

Ellery assessed the boy, looking him up and down, before propping her chin on her shoulders to talk to him. "Mhm! Ellery B-T. Borzekowski-Thomas if you prefer the whole name, but it's a mouthful. That's what I am, apparently, a mouthful of a last name, and a handful of a personality. M'daddies always say I'm a handful, even though I'm pretty tall, I think. What's your name? Are you a first year too? HI."

SPOILER!!: HMM

Ellery WHIPPED her head around at this familiar voice. Uh uh. She snapped in a z formation and made some doubtful noises.

"Uh, I did NOT accept that job." But then her brother, the genius, made a good point. "UNLESS, of course, the wages are up to par."

SQUINT.

SPOILER!!: MORE ETHAN

Ellery was planning on staying anyway, but getting permission was always nice.

"Wow, thanks, Mr. In LUUUURVE with Josie!!!" She frantically whipped her head to look around. "Which one's Josie, hmm? I bet she's REALLY pretty!"

Cassirin · 09-05-2015, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy

Huh? Hady blinked her eyes at Dot as the girl went on and on about hair length and getting Ravenclaws to read books for them. Apparently she had worded her last comment badly and therefore Dot thought she had meant something else. Letting her older friend talk Hady went back to sliding her locket back and forth across the chain around her neck. "Not exactly what I meant...but that could make a good experiment," she laughed shaking her head. "I more meant I never really noticed how long my hair had gotten until I began to leave it down." Which had only been a few weeks ago really. She had to admit it though that she was already used to it being down and rather liked it. "Yeah sure."

Oh, she'd TOTALLY misunderstood what Hady meant, and that was super embarrassing. Dot hid her blush by taking a long pause to fix her hair up and away from her face and pretend to study the Headmaster, who was talking and talking and talking, and THEN she turned back to the younger girl.

"It looks nice, that's all. Is that a new locket?" Subject change subject change.

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Originally Posted by Lislchen

A nod.

Well that was.....something at least.

It was a lot better than being glared at. Presumably. Dot was also not being fake!nice to her which was DEFINITELY a good sign. It usually meant that she wasn't planning on spreading any more rumors about her. Unless she was a really good actress. Which would explain the Prefect badge. Okay, she had to resolve this quickly.

Finger wiggle. And a.....smile?

Wow.

Maggie tilted her head slightly to the side, almost curiously, and was about to smile back when the Headmaster rose to give his speech.

Dueling club sounded interesting. Also those camps he'd mentioned. Maybe. Depending on WHO would be leading them. If it was Professor Flamsteed she doubted they'd do her any good. Eyes briefly wandering over to the Gryffindor house table, she kind of sort of stopped paying attention to the speech for a moment and then it was....over.

And food. Food had happened. She glanced back down at her plate, only now realizing that she was hungry. Pouring herself a glass of water she finally sent that smile to Dot. "Suits you." Maggie commented with a small smirk and a nod to the badge on the other girl's robes. It did, too.

Someone didn't appear to take the polite nod very well, and there seemed to be some staring when she finger-wiggled. Dot was pretty sure that Maggie was going to hit her in her face again, like maybe it was a going THING now that Dot just had to get used to.

And then the food appeared and Maggie actually spoke. To her. With a smile. Almost smile. Smirk. It counted. "I know, right? And if I tilt it a little and squint with one eye, I can kind of see my reflection in it, which means now I have my very own mirror fixed to my robes at all time. Not that I would fix a mirror to my robes, but sometimes you go to Herbology and just don't know what the wind has done to your hair."

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Originally Posted by littledhampir

What? Oliver turned his attention to the older girl who had spoken. First of all, he had not actually shaken Tom. He had simply grabbed his shoulders to illustrate the intensity of his excitement. Second, he was not doing it anymore because he had realized for himself that it was not the best idea. And third, who was she to tell him who he could and could not shake. Prefect. Oh, so maybe she could. He did notice that she didn't say anything about Ravenclaws so he could not stop from asking curiously, "What about eagles?"

Oliver fixed his sister with a momentary stare, his eyes narrowing in confusion. Why did Ellery seem to know so many older Slytherins? And why had she been doing flips in the prefect car? It didn't particularly surprise him, he just not really been expecting that information. It did surprise him that she had been hired as a foot stool. That did not sound like something his sister would agree to. So, he turned back to the older girl. "What are you paying her?" It had to be good if it was enough to get Ellery to agree to be a foot stool. And if it was good enough, he wanted in.

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Originally Posted by Casey O

Ellery WHIPPED her head around at this familiar voice. Uh uh. She snapped in a z formation and made some doubtful noises.

"Uh, I did NOT accept that job." But then her brother, the genius, made a good point. "UNLESS, of course, the wages are up to par."

SQUINT.

"You shouldn't shake Ravenclaws either, actually, because they have huge brains and that makes them top heavy, so they'll tip over easily." Plus her best mates were Ravenclaws and were quite delicate emotionally and shouldn't be manhandled by tiny sprog humans. Not that she'd mention that, because Dot was a prefect now and that meant not saying every thing thing she thought.

"I'm paying her in experience..." Dot began, but then Ellery herself was there and SNAPPING HER FINGERS at her. Like a dog. She had just snapped fingers at Dot like she was some yappy crup who needed help focusing. NO BUENO. Dot snapped her fingers in quick succession back in the girl's face, right in front of her nose.

See? Unpleasant.

"Then you were trespassing in the prefect compartment and you're going to lose house points and spend three weeks in detention. Didn't you see the SIGN?" Morose face. Lying to children was naughty and not at ALL prefect behavior. "They make you cut out newt hearts in detention."

Kolyander · 09-05-2015, 11:54 AM

SPOILER!!: Colt

Hady gave Colt a slight grin when he asked her how he was doing. It really wasn't all that hard once you spend a few days around the snakes to learn how each person was. Some talked a far deal and others hardly at all. Dropping her voice to a soft whisper she gave him an easy answer, "You're doing fine. For most of us a typical greeting is just a small nod of the head, maybe a 'hey' or something of the like." He had meant when greeting other snakes right? Cause really it sorta varied as well depending on how well you knew the person too. Like for most people she gave a nod of the head or a hello, sometimes both but with Zeke there was usually some type of hug as well.

SPOILER!!: Dot

"Thanks," Hady replied quietly with a light smile. She hadn't meant to confuse Dot earlier or embarrass her. Hopefully the older girl wouldn't hold that against her or anything but she didn't think Dot was the type to be that way.

When Dot went on to ask about her locket Hady gave her a slight grin. "Not really. I got it right before my second year for my birthday. There's photos inside." Dot probably knew that though since that's usually what a locket was for. To hold a photo or two. Only hers was able to hold as many as she liked since it was charmed.

Stefan · 09-05-2015, 02:39 PM

SPOILER!!: Brooklyn

To be honest, it was easier to talk to Brooklyn when she smiles, even just for the briefest moment. Of course, Ethan knew how to treat Brooklyn. He lets her hear what she wants to hear, and that doesn’t cost him anything. The blond seventh year smiled, shook his head and let out a chuckle. “You know, smiling often confuses people, and it’s a powerful gesture. You should do it to take advantage of things.” Well, he won’t go into details with that one, knowing that Brooklyn is a smart young lady. Besides, he won’t force it on her.

Violin and ballet? Well, he’s more of the piano guy, but his cousin Mordred was into violin when he was younger. “I haven’t seen you play before here in school...I suppose you make use of the Room of Requirements?” he asked, half assuming as well. That place was kind of powerful really. He used it once to teach Josie his techniques playing the piano. But when Professor Flamsteed opened his music to everyone, they no longer ventured in the RoR.

Ethan scratched the side of his head as he nodded in understanding about Brooklyn’s dad being a coach. “Not a huge fan of Quidditch to be honest. Sorry.” Was he, really? Maybe not. The sport doesn’t interest him. He’d rather stick with his skateboard and snowboard. Ethan took another look at the staff table, and addressed his very moody companion. “Well,” a pregnant pause, “I’ve got a term... to get to know the new professors. See what they are like.” He said as he picked up his fork and twirled it with his fingers. “I think you’ll be in good terms with the lady who took over Quigley. She looks...quite regal if you ask me.” He said, gesturing his fork towards the staff table.

SPOILER!!: Tom

Ethan gave the boy a salute with his fork as he chewed on his food. “I hope so too, young sir.” The seventh year chuckled at the boy, noticing his flushed cheeks. Was Alec a blusher too? He’s really not sure, but he ought to ask Ella some other time.

“Hm?” he asked as he looked up from his food. Ethan was a bit confused with the boy’s question. What is what?

...

Oh. Yes, yes. “Err...” he started as he swallowed his food and took a gulp from his water goblet. “Your name isn’t Alec Summers, yes?” Because the boy REALLY looked like him, it was a bit...creepy. “You’re a first year, definitely. Saw you up there a while ago being sorted...but I didn’t catch your name.” Ethan paused, and decided to introduce himself instead. "My name's Ethan. Just in case you're curious." Well, he ought to be curious, no?

SPOILER!!: Hady

Well Hady looked like she’s just tired. “If you say so.” Ethan grinned at the younger snake and gestured her to start eating. It won’t take long for them to crash because it was getting late too. They will be needing all the sleep they can get tonight because tomorrow, school’s about to officially open. “Bon appétit!”

Nomnomnom.

SPOILER!!: Oliver

Ethan continued to eat while listening to the chatter of his old and new friends. That moment, he suddenly missed those who have graduated before him. How he wished they could celebrate his last opening feast.

Said thoughts were chucked out of the window when Oliver interrupted him. “Hm? Oh. Seventh year.” The blond teen grinned at the newly sorted Snake, and gestured him to start eating too. Well, Oliver didn’t need to be told to eat actually because he was about to dive in...but, he was definitely overwhelmed with the amount of goodies, yes? “Try the lamb chops first. It’s pretty tasty.” He said, then passed to him the gravy that goes with it. “Tuck in!”

Merlin. He will surely miss Hogwarts food.

SPOILER!!: CELERY

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Originally Posted by Casey O

Ellery wriggled excitedly and flapped her hands for emphasis. "BAAASICALLY I was thinking, it should be pretty easy, all we need to do is create a new Hogwarts House! Pretty simple, standard procedure, we get the Headmaster's permission and yada yada yada, I'm good and schmutzing my way into and outta things, so I got this. Then we get the squid to be our mascot, we can pick our name - because it will be you and me and Olly and hopefully Ethan, then it can be….Gryffinin? Like a combination of Gryffindor and Slytherin? Y'know? We would need a head of house…maybe a house elf? I heard that there were some here?"

And with that, she looked around eagerly. She quite liked house elves.

"What do you think, Mr. Dante's Inferno?"

ELLERY WAS HUGGING HER BROTHER EVERYTHING WAS ALRIGHT HUGGING MEANT THAT THEY WERE OKAY AND REUNITED AND GOSH THOSE FEW MINUTES APART HAD BEEN AWFUL.

Oh, okay, Ellery could sit with him!!!! Of course! She could meet the Gryffindors later, no biggie, it wasn't like she was SHY or anything. Hahahaha. As IF. She kissed him on the cheek, no qualms whatsoever.

It had always been like that. They were a very affectionate family, even her daddies. Once, she walked in on them SNOGGING, and she sat them down and had to talk to them about what was ADULT and what was CHILD FRIENDLY. They were adorable daddies, really, but she had giggled when they squirmed.

"HOW ARE YOU?" she asked Olly, gesturing around. Everything good?

HAHAHA. Ellery GIGGLED because Mr. "Not yet" was BLUSHING all about his "not yet" girlfriend…it was all so funny. "WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Does she not fancy you? Must be tough, huh? I bet she fancies you." She leaned in conspiratorially and whispered to him. "I bet she wants to SNOG you. I bet she thinks about snagging you all the time." And then she winked. That was all other girls thought about, apparently. Snogging boys. Personally, Ellery was YUCK about that. She wasn't quite sure why girls wanted that. She liked talking to boys NORMALLY. She wasn't like other girls.

"You. Me. Dante. Olly. The squid. Fifth house. BEST HOUSE." She made finger guns with her hands, then fluttered her eyelashes. MISS HUGGER? Sounded about right. "M'name's Ellery Gwenog Borzekowski-Thomas but you can call me Miss Hugger, if y'want. Your name is Ethan, right?" She knew things about people.

"D'ya want another hug?"

NEW PERSON.

Ellery assessed the boy, looking him up and down, before propping her chin on her shoulders to talk to him. "Mhm! Ellery B-T. Borzekowski-Thomas if you prefer the whole name, but it's a mouthful. That's what I am, apparently, a mouthful of a last name, and a handful of a personality. M'daddies always say I'm a handful, even though I'm pretty tall, I think. What's your name? Are you a first year too? HI."

Ellery WHIPPED her head around at this familiar voice. Uh uh. She snapped in a z formation and made some doubtful noises.

"Uh, I did NOT accept that job." But then her brother, the genius, made a good point. "UNLESS, of course, the wages are up to par."

SQUINT.

Ellery was planning on staying anyway, but getting permission was always nice.

"Wow, thanks, Mr. In LUUUURVE with Josie!!!" She frantically whipped her head to look around. "Which one's Josie, hmm? I bet she's REALLY pretty!"

O_O

Ethan choked on his roast beef, and quickly grabbed his goblet to drink water. That Gryffindor will be the death of him. Seriously. Josie wanting to SNOG him? Well, it’s more of HIM wanting to snog HER, but he couldn’t do it because...Josie. He respects her with all of his being, and if Josie didn’t want to be kissed, then he’d gladly keep his lips to himself. Sad, but, yeah. And...how old is she exactly to KNOW these things? “You haven’t snogged any boys your age, have you?” Ethan squinted his eyes, and quietly gave the Gryffindor prefects, and Flamsteed a wish of good luck.

And...best house, huh? “What do I get in return if I said yes?” Well, his talent and time aren’t for sale, Miss Hugger. He needed something in exchange.

Then there’s another long name. Ellery...something something. “Can I call you Celery?” Head!Tilt. Well, her first name sounded like a vegetable, plus it was easier to remember.

And did she seriously asked if he wanted a hug? He’s always game for a hug. Ethan grinned, opened his arms and gave Miss Celery a hug. Man, he wished he had a little sister or brother. All the hugs in the world, yo!

Ethan released the Gryffindor and allowed her to sit with them. Josie? “She’s in Ravenclaw. A fifth year.”

Casey O · 09-05-2015, 05:00 PM

SPOILER!!: DOT

Ellery scrunched up her nose at the girl's snapping. She wasn't quite sure if she liked the girl in front of her, and she most certainly did NOT trust her with her precious brother. LOTS of squinty-eyed glaring.

Oh, and then of course the girl DID pull out the prefect card. "If you hadn't distracted me with the footstool business, I would've had time to explain my REAL reason to be there. It was a SOCIAL STATEMENT, dude. Like, I was trying to PROTEST the UNEQUAL REWARDING of a select few students who suddenly get to punish fellow students? This is SCREAMING "corruption of power," in my opinion."

Newt hearts? She made another squinty face. Gross.

SPOILER!!: ETHAN

Ellery tilted her head and wondered if she should try and do the Heimlich maneuver, because it seemed like whenever she mentioned Josie, Ethan choked. "You okay?" More like, "Pull yourself together, man, are you this awkward around Josie?" SNORT. Oooh, personal questions! "In like, preschool. I have STANDARDS now, Mr. Hopeful Josie Snogger." SO MANY STANDARDS. Plus, she didn't NEED snogging. She was mature.

"You get SO MANY HUGS. AND AND AND I bet you could get Josie to join! I really want to meet her." She was probably like, the coolest person ever. Because Ethan was pretty cool, and if someone made a cool person choke a bunch of times, they MUST ALSO be cool.

!!!!! CELERY!!?!?!? HER VERY OWN NICKNAME ON THE FIRST DAY!!??!? "YES YOU CAN. I would like that VERY MUCH. I like celery a whole lot. I like putting peanut butter and chocolate chips on my celery. Or cream cheese! I like cream cheese a lot." Food was NEVER a sore spot for her, she could talk for hoouuuurs.

HUUUUGS. Ellery squished Ethan as much as possible, squeezing and snuggling and cuddling and ALL THE LOVE. Yaaay.

"You didn't say if she was PRETTY OR NOT, hmm?" She was teasing him at this point, but nevertheless looked over at the Ravenclaw table. "I bet I could use my womanly wiles to get her to snog you. We females have a connection. Like, ESP or something." Not like Ellery had much experience with that - she was the only girl in her family.

Stefan · 09-05-2015, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Casey O

Ellery tilted her head and wondered if she should try and do the Heimlich maneuver, because it seemed like whenever she mentioned Josie, Ethan choked. "You okay?" More like, "Pull yourself together, man, are you this awkward around Josie?" SNORT. Oooh, personal questions! "In like, preschool. I have STANDARDS now, Mr. Hopeful Josie Snogger." SO MANY STANDARDS. Plus, she didn't NEED snogging. She was mature.

"You get SO MANY HUGS. AND AND AND I bet you could get Josie to join! I really want to meet her." She was probably like, the coolest person ever. Because Ethan was pretty cool, and if someone made a cool person choke a bunch of times, they MUST ALSO be cool.

!!!!! CELERY!!?!?!? HER VERY OWN NICKNAME ON THE FIRST DAY!!??!? "YES YOU CAN. I would like that VERY MUCH. I like celery a whole lot. I like putting peanut butter and chocolate chips on my celery. Or cream cheese! I like cream cheese a lot." Food was NEVER a sore spot for her, she could talk for hoouuuurs.

HUUUUGS. Ellery squished Ethan as much as possible, squeezing and snuggling and cuddling and ALL THE LOVE. Yaaay.

"You didn't say if she was PRETTY OR NOT, hmm?" She was teasing him at this point, but nevertheless looked over at the Ravenclaw table. "I bet I could use my womanly wiles to get her to snog you. We females have a connection. Like, ESP or something." Not like Ellery had much experience with that - she was the only girl in her family.

Well, he couldn’t hear Miss Celery now because CHOKING. But, yes, yes. He’s fine...totally fine...just not used to a Gryffindor being so BLUNT about things. Huh. Maybe he should hang out with more Gryffindors and get their vibe? “I’m good, no worries.” He said as he wiped his mouth with the sleeve of his robe. “How...OLD are you exactly?” Now, how come he wasn’t as FUN as she is back when he was nine?!

And then there was an offer. Hugs eh? Sure, he’d like that...but he was looking for something more worthy of his time. Like, “How about doing my homework instead?” Teehee. To be honest though, he’d love to have Josie in this Fifth House thingamajig, because...Josie time? Yes yes. “Wait, you like Celery?” Ethan made a face. An ‘EW’ face. “Don’t like that vegetable, but yeah okay. I dub thee, Miss Celery of the Fifth House of the Great Squid.” Ethan lifted his fork and tapped Ellery’s left shoulder with it...then tapped the other.

As he made room for Ellery to sit, Ethan did a quick glance back at the Ravenclaw table. “She’s the prettiest.” He said longingly, and then winked at the Gryffindor. Ethan continued to eat, and almost showered the person sitting in front of him with chewed food. ESP? What the hell is that? The Slytherin blinked and WONDERED if the kid is really a child. “I dare you then.” What? It was a good deal. He didn’t need to exert EFFORT, and if Celery succeeds, then he’ll get a KISS from Josie.

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