Speaking of brothers, she glanced over at the Slytherin table to see if her brother Phillip was somewhere over there or maybe he was sitting with Ava at the Gryffindor table. But no he was at his house table she waved over to him and smiled. She may have also been looking for some other Slytherins too. Just maybe. Anyway, she smiled when the older boy said they were in fact brothers or Bro. "That's cool. My brother is in Slytherin too." Just to point that out. "I'm Kat. I'm a fourth year. What about you?" She asked Brent.

Turning to the younger brother she smiled at him. "It's nice too meet you too, Kane." Oh yeah she knew about the bro slang... bro. Philip was her "bro" too. She giggled. "Yeah I knew that, it's just short for brother." It was nice to see more sets of Hufflepuff/Slytherin siblings at the school. She would have to go bother her own brother later.

Carl, appeared too! "Hello, Carl. How was your summer?" She asked as he joined him at the table. These new and first year hufflepuffs were very talkative. Katerina frowned sightly when Brent said that Hufflepuffs didn't seem that friendly to Slytherins. She was about to speak up when Carl replied first. She nodded at his answer then give one of her own. "I think most of them are new themselves. I have lots of Slytherin friends."



Katerina smiled at Kimi. "Yes, I did. How was your summer?" She hadn't seen Kimi since the end of term feast last term. She hoped he had had a good summer.

There were so much ickle puffs this year. The fourth year could not be anymore excited, they were all getting cupcakes soon. In celebration of their being sorted into Hufflepuff, or just being back at school that was reason enough to make cupcakes. The blonde smiled at the younger girl. "Same, it's nice to meet you, . What do you think of Hogwarts so far?

She turned to talk to Ambrose, who she was glad had gotten sorted into Hufflepuff. She beamed at him. "I'm glad you are going to love it." Who didn't love
Hufflepuff or Hogwarts for that matter.



The sorting was taking forever this feast or maybe it was just her. It did seem like it was taking forever. She heard her name and the voice was very familiar. Turning to the voice which was Henry's she smiled softly at him. "Hey Henry." She had spoken to him on the train and even given him candy. "Yeah, I am happy to be back. Are you?" There was always a tad bit of freedom being back at school. It was nice to have that. "It would be even better once this sorting and the speech is over with I'm ready to eat." She said with a chuckle. She had basically pigged out on the train all day and was now ready for a real meal.



Oh look Hufflepuff had gotten two more first years, with in a matter of minutes, it was probably longer than a matter of a few minutes with how slow this sorting was going. The fourth year noted that these two new sorted boys were rather quieter compared to the others. She waved at them as they joined them at the table. "Hello. Welcome to Hufflepuff. I'm Kat." She nodded toward them. Now she was really getting hungry and was ready for the speech.

Kimi smiled at Kat and said "Yeah i did have a good summer thanks Kat, you all ready for a new year"

His attention snapped back to his own table, slightly bothered he hadn't spotted his older brother. But at least he could make new friends with the people in his house! "Hi, Kat. I'm Levi." He beamed. Yes. Make new friends, they'd be better than his older brother anyways. Landon didn't like their adorable baby sister, and he didn't seem like he cared for Levi either, so phooey on him. The first year could have fun without his stupid brother.

Another term, another feast, new badgers! Alfred drifted contently towards the yellow-clad table as he hummed calmly to himself.

"Hello, everyone!" He waved. "It is so nice to have you all back! And welcome, new students!" He thought he could see a few new faces here and there. "I am the Fat Friar!" he smiled. "Do not think the name is mean or unkind in any way. I've embraced the title!" and he rested his hands atop his rotund belly.

"But for those of you who don't know and might not like Fat Friar...my name is Alfred," he grinned. Every so often he'd reveal his name to students. It had been awhile since had last spoke it to students, though, and most of the ones that would have known probably graduated.

Brent raised his eyebrows. "Really?" he asked the little bro, "because I completely had myself pegged as a Gryffindor." He shrugged. Slytherin had been a very close second, though. "They say that hat can see things even we don't know about ourselves, though. So who knows." With the absence of Quodpot and Quidditch and therefore nothing to compete in, Brent wondered where his competitive nature would fall into place at. He wasn't really in to Gobstones. Brent gave a light laugh at Kane's comparison to his hair and Hufflepuff house. "Only you, Kane."

It was kind of funny, though.

Brent's question about Hufflepuffs was answered, although not from the person he'd actually asked it to. That was cool, though, because it proved him wrong. Hufflepuffs were starting to show their friendly side, after all. Maybe Brent had just jumped to conclusions all too soon. "Well, that's cool," Brent said, turning to face the guy who answered. "My summer was a disaster, or I'd join in on the fun." He laughed and added, "I'm Brent Westwood." He gestured toward Kane. "I'm this one's older bro." He grinned at the congratulations. "Thanks, man."

Now everybody was talking! This was cool, because Brent was hoping to make new friends to make up for the ones he left behind with this whole move across the pond. "Yeah, we are. I spent my first three years there," he replied. Zara? Hmm... Brent didn't remember a Zara, but maybe if he could catch her hanging out around Hogwarts, he might be able to put a name with a face. "Awesome. I'll have to meet up with her one of these days, and see if we remember each other." He returned the grin of the slightly older boy. "Nice to meet you, Henry. Thanks for the welcome."

Brent raised his eyebrows in interest. "Oh, yeah? What's your brother's name?" he asked. "I've met a few people over there." It also occurred to Brent that like he and Kane, this girl belonged to a pair of Slytherin/Gryffindor siblings, too. Cool stuff there. "I'm Brent, and I'm a fourth year, too." Had he told her his name yet? He was meeting so many people at once, he couldn't even remember. "So what about the fourth hears around here? We got a pretty cool bunch?" After all, these would be the people he would share classes with for the next four years.

Then a ghost came floating around, which didn't really alarm Brent all that much. He just wondered if this happened often, and if it did, would he awakened in the night by some spirit flying through him? Weirdddd. The ghost went through a pretty big introduction, but in the end, Brent had no idea what his name even was. Something about Fat, Friar, and Alfred. Alfred seemed the easiest to go with, and so that was what Brent would call him. "What's up, Alfred?" he asked.

For Colt and anyone else who wants to play!
 

As Colt went over to the hufflepuff to go see his lovely girlfriend, he was walking down to the table when he saw her climb under the table. It seemed like she was looking for something. He furrowed his brows in confusion and looked under with her. "Whatcha looking for Jules?" She seemed to be frantic and nervous. "I am sure we can find whatever your searching for." He could easily read her like a book.

Juliette saw the little yellow ball bounce between people's feet, and when she darted to catch it under the table, she bumped her head against the wood. She mumbled some words as she rubbed the place where wood met skin. "Bloody hell." Upon hearing a familiar voice, she moved out from under the table and looked up at, "Colt!" He was here to save the day! "I lost the pygmy puff that my father got me for my birthday. It's small, yellow, and seems to be a little faster than it should be."

Her blue eyes looked past him when she saw the little ball of fluff again bounding towards the direction of the staff table. "There is it!" She pointed.

Colt saw Juliette hitting her head underneath the table and he flinched. He could feel the pain too. Man that was not fun. "Sorry to scare you Jules.." he said and rubbed her back. He was pretty sure he didn't want to touch her sore head. He hugged her and then went to look for her little furry friend named Pikachu? What in the bloody merlin did he know that name from? Oh right Pokemon. He was a huge fan back in the muggle world. He saw it bouncing in the middle of the aisle. He thought of a quick idea and said, "Hold my robes.." he handed them to her. He ran through the aisle and slide through like sliding to first base and managed to catch it. He barely got a hold of it before it wiggled out but he used his second hand and covered it. One he got up he saw how much dust he had. He shrugged and he would have dirty pant legs but ah well.

He walked back and brought back Pikachu and he handed to its rightful owner. "Now that was fun.." he smiled. He loved adventure. He kissed her cheek as an your welcome.

Carl, Simon, Henry, Levi, Kimi, Val, Kat and the Fat Friar
 

One of the boys had addressed him by name, alongside the other new Hufflepuffs. Smiling at the boy, who introduced himself as Carl, he decided to address him back. "Thank you," he answered with a grin. "How long have you been at Hogwarts?"

Because he wasn't sure what else he could ask right now.



One of the boys that had just been sorted sat himself down, without an introduction like everyone else had so far. Looking at him in confusion he watched as he dug through his... bag.

Well... That wasn't acceptable.

"HI!" he greeted, beaming at the other Hufflepuff probably first year? Although he might be another transfer. "I'm Ambrose, first year. What about you? Are you excited about being sorted? Or being at Hogwarts?"

Because that was how you made friends!



One of the boys that greeted him after his sorting seemed just as excited as Ambrose was about being at Hogwarts! These people were all incredibly welcoming! It made his grin grow even more.

"Thank you! Nice to meet you Henry, I'm Ambrose," he included his name in case the boy hadn't heard it up until this point.



Another just sorted person just approached the table, and Ambrose couldn't help but grin at the boy who looked like he also might be a first year.

"Hi, I'm Ambrose, nice to meet you!" he greeted immediately, beaming at the other boy. "You happy about your sorting?" he followed up, having over the course of the day learnt that some people unlike him seemed to have expectations of where they were supposed to end up.

Benefits of being a muggleborn he supposed. If you ignored being completely in the dark about everything.



A second year?

So he wasn't that much older than Ambrose was. "So how have you liked Hogwarts so far? What are the classes like?" Because these were important questions he hadn't had the time to ask yet. Besides which he didn't know how else to keep this conversation going...

He missed his sister.



Hearing another voice pipe up, Ambrose shifted, brown eyes catching sight of another girl who had just sat down. He wasn't sure if she was addressing anyone in particular, but he smiled at her anyway.

"Hi, I'm Ambrose, nice to meet you," he greeted, a huge smile still painting his face.



He nodded, still beaming at the thought of how he really was enjoying being at Hogwarts at the moment.

"It's so much better than what I thought! The pictures really don't compare to actually being here! Like... it just seems so much bigger! And I didn't realise that the ceiling would be so convincing, or that the hat could read my mind... do you know how that works?"

All of his thoughts tumbled out of his mouth, and he smiled sheepishly at the older witch, running a hand through the dark proud hair on his head.



Wooooooww!!!!!

THERE WAS A GHOST!

Like he was actually seeing a ghost!!!!!!!!

Clearly, while he'd read about it, he hadn't actually been fully prepared for coming face to face with a ghost.

He grinned at the ghost in question. "Nice to meet you Alfred... how long have you been at Hogwarts? You're the Hufflepuff house ghost right? I think you were mentioned in one of the books... "

Kimi smiled at Ambrose and said "Well i have loved Hogwarts so far Ambrose and my favourite classes are Charms and Transfiguration" Kimi liked Ambrose for a first year he was cool and Kimi knew he would do well in classes

Levi looked over and smiled, "I'm Levi, and I'm sure it's a pleasure!" He had to paused at his next question. Who wouldn't be happy to be in Hufflepuff??? His mother had told him how amazing her house was and he agreed with her already everyone seemed really nice and welcoming.

He nodded, clearly beaming, "Yep! My mother was a Hufflepuff when she attended Hogwarts!" Surely she would be proud of him for making it to her house, "How about you? Excited to be here?" Because he should be. Seriously. It was only the greatest house, despite what his father and brother would say to defend their lame houses.



"Hi Kane!" Levi smiled at the slight the slightly older boy, "I'm Levi." The first year took his hand and happily shook it. He didn't know WHAT Landon meant when he said everyone was odd and unfriendly here. He seemed to be making friends very quickly. His brother was such a horrid liar...

Or... Maybe Landon was just weird... Yeah, that seemed more likely.

Kimi, Kane, Simon and Levi
 

Charms and Transfiguration?

Ambrose could easily remember what they were, though he was nervous about attending the classes. Mainly because he was still nervous about casting a spell. The accidental magic he'd cast as a child told him that he could do it, it's just... he'd never tried. What if he couldn't when he tried?

"I think I'm looking forward to History of Magic..." he'd always loved history, didn't have a clue about the history of the wizarding world and that wouldn't include magic so he should be decent at that one!

And muggle studies. If he wasn't good at that one he was going to just quit.



Was going back to China a good thing? Ambrose tilted his head to the side in thought for a moment. "Well it wouldn't have been awful..." his sister might have actually killed him if he had gone back to China.

Also if Chinese wizarding school was anything like muggle school, then that wouldn't have been so cool either. Though with that amount of study he would've improved very quickly, he mused to himself.

Pukwudgie? Yeah there was no way Ambrose was going to remember that. "Wizards have a lot of weird names for things," he commented, smiling in amusement as he thought about the ones he'd known so far. Hogwarts. Ilvermony. Hufflepuff. Quidditch. Nifflers.

The list kind of just went on.

"It was kinda fun, but also kinda..." he froze for a moment, unsure of how to keep going. "Weird?" Yeah that last bit sounded like more of a question. "Like I didn't expect it to bring up my sister."



Maybe?

He guessed so?

Ambrose tilted his head slightly in confusion as to why this other first year WASNT SO EXCITED! They were at a literal school of magic! About to learn real magic! They had been sorted by a talking hat that could read their minds! He'd probably grown up in the wizarding world, Ambrose concluded. Though even that didn't make that much sense because he was pretty sure he'd met other kids from wizard families that were equally as excited as him.

"So anything you're looking forward to?"

Please get excited?



His mother was also a Hufflepuff at Hogwarts, Ambrose's smile softened for a moment at the thought of something like that. He couldn't imagine whether if his parents had been wizards that attended Hogwarts where they'd be put or whether they'd be proud of him for where he had landed. If he told them about the houses they'd probably expect Ravenclaw. That that the smile dropped for a split second. The the boys question, Ambrose immediately beamed at Levi again though.

"Yeah, it's incredible! I'm looking forward to everything!" he'd exclaimed, imagining how things could go. He paused a moment after that. "Except flying... I'm not looking forward to flying."

OPEN post! [Fat Friar mention + oodles of shout outs]
 

Everyone! Sorry if I missed anyone
 

I think everyone's in here XD
 

The Friar smiled at the colloquialism. "Hello...what is your name?" He saw this was a new face. "And are you a transfer?" Because he certainly didn't look like a first year.

....What was a 'pika??' The Friar followed her with his gaze as she searched, was joined by a Slytherin boy, and then was less confused when she found the pet. It was a pygmy puff! How curious! It was cute, at least!

Another new face! Alfred was very pleased all of them seemed to be in jolly spirits! And such kindness they were showing him, too! True badgers!

He chuckled. "I am mentioned in books. Any book about Hogwarts would have us ghosts in it!" And how long HAD he been there? The Friar thought for a moment... "I think...well...a very long time. I can't even recall when..." because that's how long it had been. "At least hundreds..." Was it really hundreds?! Merlin's pants!

Alfred waved back at the boy. "And what is your name, young sir?" he asked, because once again...a new face! So many of them soooooo many of them! He loved it!


He saw one new student being awfully quiet, and no one was speaking with her. So the Friar glided over, very serenely, and stopped next to her. He leaned over and gave her a friendly smile. "Hello there, young miss. Are you doing okay? I am very happy to have you in Hufflepuff house!" He wished he could get someone to talk to her...she looked slightly sad!

Alfred turned at the question and smiled at the first year. "...Well...." He winked. "Yes! But it wasn't too popular at the time!" he held his stomach as he laughed. "And what is your name?"

This first year was so small. So tiny. Alfred wished he could hug her. He smiled broadly at her very kind question. "I like Alfred...I like Friar..." he shrugged. "But Fat Friar is okay? I promise! And what do YOU like to go by, little one?"

Alfred turned and waved at young Isa. "Hello there! I hope you had a good summer?"

Alfred smiled at Henry. "My summer was very peaceful and serene. Thank you for asking! How about yours?"

Oh dear! It seemed like Peeves and Miffy were up to no good over at the Slytherin table. He clicked his tongue and shook his head. "Merlin. Three poltergeists..." he muttered to himself. Things had seemed off ever since Storm arrived, too. He wondered if the other ghosts felt the discomfort that he did all summer.

Griffin/Isa (just passing through)
 

Only quoting Isa and Hazel, but he did address everyone else too
 

You know, there was a saying. Speak of the devil and he shall arrive? Well, Brian Woods wasn't quite what one would call that, but he did have an uncanny ability to show up just as he was being spoken of. It almost compensated for his uncanny ability to be late for literally everything. Breakfast, lunch, classes, prefect meetings. You name it, he was probably walking in only as you questioned where he was.

"Somewhere would be right here. Had a good summer, Isa?" It was normally recommended that he ask these questions, right? He was quite certain. Taking a seat and watching what was left of the sorting, his eyes might have been a little glazed with Nostalgia. He still remembered the hat sitting there on his head, quite like a hat and not saying anything for a good while. And then telling him he'd make a good Ravenclaw.

Well, Ravenclaw wasn't where the cookies were, so here he was. Hufflepuff. And watching the last sorting he'd experience as a student. Ever. Of course he wasn't tearing up.

And turning to the girl whose question Isa had answered. "That would be me," he nodded, offering a hand. In case she'd missed the interaction. "Brian Woods, Hufflepuff prefect at your service." Although in his experience, this service had ended up being inclusive of yelling at rude house ghosts and losing a good few house points before the term had even begun. Yet another reason he wasn't fond of Peeves and Miffy. But today was a good day, nothing had gotten in the way of that yet (save for the prefect meeting, but even that was sorted out).

Now to address the rest of the table. "Reverend," he grinned up at the ghost. "Glad to see you again. Was the castle terribly lonely this summer?" Because, well. He imagined it was quite dull if you were hanging around the same people you had for the past five hundred years. "The rest of you too, had a good break, yeah?"

It was good to be back, really.

Brian and a hello to everyone ;) anyone can respond ;)