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SPOILER!!: Skylar

"Oh. You must not have looked very well" Harriet pointed out with a little grin. She actually had spent the train ride on her own actually. Luca wasn't at Hogwarts yet, which made her sad. But she had hoped that one of her friends would come find her. When they hadn't came Hattie had just decided to draw instead. Drawing was her favorite thing in the world to do. She'd drawn the hogwarts express on it's way to Hogwarts. Or well an interpretation anyway, since she'd been on the train she couldn't actually draw what it had exactly looked like.

"Come sit down..." She murmured with a smile "We have the best food here"

SPOILER!!: Isa

Ooh. Someone else was talking to her! Hattie turned to the new voice and beamed. She loved having new friends. "Hi Isa" She third year beamed at her fellow Hufflepuff. "I'm really good" She'd had a great summer. It had been perfect, but she was happy to be back at school now. She loved being at Hogwarts. "How was your summer?"

SPOILER!!: Kat

"Of course I'm here. Where else do you think I'd be?" It wasn't like she would go to any other house. Hufflepuff was her home, and she didn't really care about going to any other house. And Luca was in her house too, so it really did not matter about her not going to another house. "I tried to find you on the train...but I couldn't. So I just drew instead" She murmured with a smile. She loved her drawing. It was something she always wanted to do.

"How was the rest of your summer?" They had the art camp, but she hadn't seen her since the, which had made her sad.

SPOILER!!: Henry

"Henry!" Harriet beamed as she looked at another of her friends. She was so excited! Henry was lovely, and pretty cute too. So she was excited to see him. "Summer was amazing..." Hattie murmured with a smile. There had been Summer camp, and then getting together with Luca, and then spending time with her big sister. It had been great. "How was yours?"

And now they could eat! "Yaaay food!" The third year beamed, before piling some mash onto her plate.

*POP*

Pips came into view at the Hufflepuff table and he was holding a plate. "Pips brought more potatoes. He has been working on them all day and just finished them."

and Pip at the end!

AH, the speech was starting! Kane was DEFINITELY a fan of this whole feast thing. Didn't really have time for this sort of stuff at Ilvermorny - in true American fashion, they just arrived and jumped right into classes the next day, no fancy welcome or anything unless you were a first year. As the headmistress started to speak, he was lazily looking around at the other tables when he slowly realized...he KNEW that voice...

His head snapped to the Headmistress and saw...PROFESSOR HAWTHORNE? What was SHE doing here?? He blinked a few times, just to be sure he was seeing things right. Yup, that was her. She had the accent and everything. He figured she had moved here to be Headmistress, which she confirmed a few moments later in his speech - wow, what were the odds of THAT? An Ilvermorny professor transferring to Hogwarts the same year Kane and Brent transferred?

Too bad she wasn't ACTUALLY the DADA professor here, just Headmistress. He'd ace that class for sure! Wait - he had an IN with the Headmistress right off the bat! YES! SCOREEEEEEEEE!

As his thoughts about automatically getting all O's in his classes thanks to his schmoozing distracted him, he suddenly heard a cheer and realized it was the end of the speech already. And then, suddenly - FOOOOOOOOD! LOTS OF FOOD!

"Oh yeah, this will do NICELY," he chuckled to himself before grabbing a giant turkey leg from a nearby platter and chowing down. Manners be damned, yo!

SPOILER!!: Etta!

Oh look, another new arrival! Even though Kane knew there was no WAY he'd be best friends with ALL these people, he wanted to at least say HI and introduce himself to everyone. He smiled at the girl, who looked a little...nervous...and waved.

"Hi! I'm Kane - second year. You?" he asked her with a polite grin. Asking people's years was a great way to get the conversation flowing, he was slowly learning.

SPOILER!!: Simon and Levi

Levi and Simon...they seemed to be pretty close to him in age, so Kane would try hard to remember their names! They would likely be dorm mates, after all. "Hi Levi, hi Simon...nice to meet you," he told them with a smile.

SPOILER!!: Ambrose

Sister? Huh. Kane wasn't sure why the hat would bring up this kid's sister either, since it didn't mention anything about Brent when he was up there. Ah well. "Does your sister go here too?" he asked as he took a huge helpful of mashed potatoes.

SO MUCH FOOOOOOOOOD. He was going to pass right out after this and it was going to be glorious.

SPOILER!!: Hazel!

ANNND cue another young looking person who was probably one of Kane's classmates. He smiled and waved at the newcomer. "Hello! Welcome to Hufflepuff! I'm Kane," he said, introducing himself to the girl.

As for who to ask about questions...he just shrugged. Definitely NOT him, that was for sure.

SPOILER!!: Isa!

"Malibu. We never even left California, so this is like...a BIG change," Kane explained with a chuckle. Truth be told, it was the winter that was scariest to him...he didn't know what to expect, especially from SNOW. He was excited though! "I'm excited to experience a real winter! Although I doubt I'll feel that way when it actually GETS here..."

"Oh really! Great - we have to stick together then. Seems everyone else is a firstie," he grinned, gesturing to all the other newcomers. That was to be expected, of course. Most people generally were NOT sorted during their SECOND year like he was...

SPOILER!!: Henry

"California. Malibu, to be exact," Kane answered the older boy's question as he took a bread roll and ripped it open. "And it's pretty cool so far. We haven't been here long, we did all the sight seeing kind of stuff the first few weeks we were here - you know, Big Ben, Westminister Abbey, all the muggle stuff," he explained with a shrug. It was fun and all but history could be so BORING. They hadn't gone to the Tower of London, which he was actually looking FORWARD to seeing because there were supposedly ghosts there.

"Where were you in the US?" he asked him. "We didn't get out of California like..ever," he chuckled.

SPOILER!!: Alfred!<3

"Kane, sir," he replied to the ghost with a grin. Despite being...well, dead...Kane felt that this man deserved to be addressed more properly, because he was an adult, regardless of his lack of...life.

Poltergeists? They had POLTERGEISTS? Kane didn't know a whole lot about these types of ghosts, other than the fact that they were not the BEST type of ghosts to have around. "THREE poltergeists?" he asked the ghost with wide eyes. "Aren't they...um...bad ghosts?" he asked, almost whispering the last part. He wasn't sure if what he was asking was offensive or not...somehow keeping his voice low made it better in his mind...

SPOILER!!: Brian!

Kane's ears perked up when he heard the word PREFECT. He turned to the boy who introduced himself as such - huh, funny, he looked kind of like Brent - and smiled at him. He was no idiot and knew that getting in good with the prefects might be good for him in the long run.

"Hi Brian, nice to meet you! I'm Kane," he said, holding out his hand for a shake because MANNERS.

SPOILER!!: Juno!

Ah, the other prefect! "Hi there! I'm Kane Westwood - second year transfer," he said with a smile, holding out a hand for a shake. There. He had officially introduced himself to BOTH prefects, aka the most important people in the house (after their Head of House, of course). Hopefully he'd never NEED to try and bribe them into not getting him in trouble or anything, but it was always good to have that option in the back pocket. Hehe.

A loud POP made Kane jump, and he looked over to see a house elf piling more potatoes onto the table. After the initial shock, he grinned at the elf. "Thank you - they're DELICIOUS, by the way," he added. Like, for real. He wasn't exaggerating. He was easily on his third helping...

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Originally Posted by Fat Friar (Post 12118839)

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?"

It didn't matter how much anyone had told her, the fact that there were ghosts at Hogwarts was so weird and SO COOL. The redheaded firstie looked up at the translucent friar and smiled. "I'm Hazel. Hazel Martin-Pryce."

SPOILER!!: Isa, Henry, Brian

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Originally Posted by griffin (Post 12118588)

Isa smiled at Kimi. ”Yeah, my summer was good. How was your summer?”

Who was this pretty person? Kane’s brother? ”Hi, I’m Isa!”

Another new firstie! ”Hi Ambrose, I’m Isa! Welcome to Hufflepuff!”

Isa smiled at the older puff girl. ”My summer was great! How was your summer?”

Isa smiled at Lizzie. ”It’s hard to describe what Hogwarts is like to someone who has never been at the school. I think you’ll love it here!”

Cute new boy Kane was in the same year as her! ”Yeah, I’m a second year too.” Isa smiled at Kane. She was twirling her hair around her finger as she talked. ”Where in America are you from? My family used to live in California. I don’t remember much of it though because we moved here when I was 2, but we still go to visit my grandparents and cousins there in the summer sometimes.”

In the midst of welcoming all the new firsties, Isa was also catching up with all of her other Hufflepuff friends. ”Hi Carl! I’m really excited for everything this year, especially meeting all of the firsties! Are you excited for this year?” Isa was so excited that she couldn’t stop smiling.

Hi firstie! ”Hi, I’m Isa! Welcome to Hufflepuff! What’s your name?”

Isa saw Henry waving at her and waved back at him with a smile. Her Hufflepuff family was great.

Look at all the new Hufflepuff firsties! There were so many of them! ”Hi, I’m Isa! Welcome to Hufflepuff! What’s your name?”

Hello friends! Isa smiled at the girl who had just sat down at the table. Was she knew? ”Hi, I’m Isa!”

Look, the Friar was here! It was always exciting to see the house ghost make an appearance. ”Hello Alfred!” Isa waved at the ghost.

Another new Hufflepuff! ”Hi, I’m Isa! Welcome to Hufflepuff! What’s your name? How are you?”

Look! It was adorable favorite firstie Hazel and Hazel was a Hufflepuff too! ”Hazel! Welcome to Hufflepuff! We’re in the same house! Derf is in Hufflepuff too! Have you seen him? I think Derf might have a problem once we get to the common room because we have an indoor garden.” Isa was concerned about the well being of her favorite firstie friends. Oh, Hazel had a question? ”What's your question? I might be able to answer it. Our prefects Juno and Brian should be around somewhere.”

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Originally Posted by emjay (Post 12118701)

Henry did his best to divide his time equally between talking to friends, getting to know new housemates, and watching the sorting for even more Hufflepuffs. And yes, he was still hungry and waiting for actual food, but that seemed to not be immediately imminent anyway.

Anytime a new Hufflepuff was called out, they got a big boisterous cheer from this fifth year. And was it just him, but did there seem to be a lot of new badgers this year? That was great though, and he watched the newest boy to be sorted (Levi) head to their table. "Hey there! Welcome to Hufflepuff!" Henry greeted him with a grin.

And before he could say much more, Henry noticed another new Hufflepuff headed their way. This girl (Valerija) looked to be a little older than a first year, so Henry figured she might be transferring in and he returned the wave. "Hi," he greeted her with a smile. "I'm Henry. Welcome to Hufflepuff!"

Henry returned Kat's smile as she turned to talk to him. "Oh, sure.. it's great to see everyone again," he grinned. Of course, he tried to see friends over the summer, but he was glad to see them all the time now too. Plus another year of learning magic would be cool even if he didn't look forward to the homework. He laughed and glanced up at the staff table, answering her spoken thoughts with a nod. "Oh, I know. I'm starving. I don't know why they don't just start off with the food and then work the speech and sorting in." Though he guessed it would be kind of hard to sort students while they were eating. There was probably a better compromise but he didn't give it any more thought.

Oh, new little Hufflepuff was polite and Henry gave Simon a smile when he introduced himself. "Nice to meet you, Simon," he said, shaking the boy's offered hand. "My name's Henry. I'm in my fifth year here, so if you have any questions about anything, let me know, okay?" He remembered feeling a little overwhelmed on his first day here but Hufflepuffs were usually pretty welcoming and helpful. They stuck together.

And there was his favorite house ghost! Henry gave the Friar a big grin as he floated by their table. He always did feel weird about calling him Fat Friar... it just seemed mean, okay? Even if the ghost said he was alright with it. But he didn't know that his name was really Alfred! "Hey, Friar!" Henry greeted him with a grin. "How was your summer?" What did ghosts do all summer when students and teachers weren't around anyway?

Henry turned to the boys from Ilvermorny next. He'd have guessed they were American anyway considering their accent, now that he was talking to them. It didn't sound like Brent knew Zara, but it was cool. It was just a question, though it might have been cool for the other boy if one of his friends was already here. "Maybe I'll mention it to her and introduce you." It was just too bad she wasn't sitting right there. He glanced down the end of the table, noticing her head on the plate. Oh.. yeah, she was really tired. But he didn't think she was that tired. Anyway. "So, which part of the US are you from?" he asked Kane. "I've been there just once but I thought it was pretty cool." He liked to travel. "What do you guys think of the UK so far?" It must be tough to move to a different country and leave all your friends behind.

Henry grinned back at the newly sorted first year. "Nice to meet you too, Ambrose," he grinned back. It was nice to see someone so excited to be here and sit at the Hufflepuff table. That was the kind of badger spirit he liked to see. "Cool name. I don't think I've met another Ambrose before." Nope, he was certain of it. "I'm a fifth year, so if you need anything or have any questions, just let me know." He still remembered how homesick he sometimes got his first year and having a second family in Hufflepuff definitely helped.

While he was busy conversing with the people at the table, Henry was pretty sure he missed someone else being sorted into Hufflepuff. Because as he looked up to the staff table for any sign of the new headmistress about to start her speech, he happened to noticed a new girl (Etta) sitting all alone. And he hadn't yet welcomed her. "Hey there!" he grinned. "Welcome to Hufflepuff!" It was important to him that all the new badgers felt welcomed and excited to be a part of their house.

Eyes back to the sorting, he cheered for the next newest badger (Hazel) as she headed over to the table. But before he could say anything, she already had questions. Well, he supposed that answer would depend on exactly what kind of permission she was seeking, though Isa answered it sufficiently enough. "An older student could probably help you out too, in general, if the prefects aren't handy," he added. "Though if it's a really important, tricky question, you might need a teacher." There were certain things you had to get special staff permissions for and he pointed up to the staff table. "Oh, and welcome to Hufflepuff!" Big smile.

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Originally Posted by laurange (Post 12119471)

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.

But it seemed like there was no shortage of people trying to answer her question. First it was the girl with the muffins and then some other person, but before she she could follow up with where she might find those people or what her question actually is, the boy prefect person introduced himself!

"Oh! Hi! Ok.." she started, wondering how to phrase this. She scrunched up her face as she peered back toward the other house tables. "I want to go check on some of my friends who ended up in other houses who I think might be upset." She looked back at the prefect with big, concerned doe eyes.

"Is it allowed if I want to go do that during the feast?"

Short replies. cause like. school's open! :O

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Originally Posted by griffin (Post 12115865)

Isa looked around the table to see who was already there. Puff, puff, snake! More friends from other houses! Yay! "Hi Kat, hi Hattie, hi Sky!" Isa waved at everyone. "How are you doing?" Time to catch up with everyone after not seeing most of them for a while.

Sky felt like an honorary Hufflepuff whenever she went over to see Hattie; it was like the one place that she could count on where house members seemed to know who she was. But then again, she was optimistic that Slytherin house members maybe felt the same about Hattie. "Hey Isa. Good to see you again," Sky returned the greeting to the younger girl. Always so cheerful she was, Sky was pretty sure she'd never seen Isa in a bad mood.... but she was still young, so who knew? "I'm doing alright."

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Originally Posted by SarcasticStrawberry (Post 12116311)

It didn't take long for the others to get to their tables, and Hufflepuff was no exception. Seeing her best friend Hattie skipping her way, Kat squealed. It had been a great summer camp with Hattie there this year. They would have to go again next summer. "Hattie! You're here." Not that she had any doubt that her friend was coming back.

Maybe Hattie had been hiding out in a compartment with her boyfriend. Insert giggles here.

It seem like everyone had gotten boyfriends.... or girlfriends now and Katerina was left out. But whatever, it didn't bother her at all. She seen Skylar heading toward them. "Hi Sky. I found her." Her and Skylar had ran into each other on the train and both were wondering where Hattie was during the train ride,

"I see that. Ditto there." Sky grinned sheepishly at the older puff. "Good seeing you again, Kat."

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Originally Posted by Jean Granger (Post 12116796)

"Kat... Harriet. How have you been?" He waved when he spotted the two blonde girls. He knew they were pretty good friends, so maybe they had spent the summer together. There was also a Slytherin girl at the table, whom he believed was a close friend of Hattie's. "It's nice seeing you at the badger side! I don't think we've properly talked? I'm Carl."

And who was this? He looked familiar, and greeted her well enough.... Carl apparently. Badgers were so friendly, but she reckoned having a bestie in the house probably helped in that. "Don't worry, it's only temporary," Sky smiled slyly. "Nice to meet you, Carl. I'm Skylar, but you can call me Sky."

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Originally Posted by emjay (Post 12116846)

He gave a wave to Hattie and noticed Noah's little sister.. what was her name? Skylar? Yes, Henry thought so and she got a grin as well. "Hey, girls... how was summer?" He was pretty sure he saw them at one of the U17 games over summer, but he didn't always have time to talk afterwards so he couldn't be too sure. But it seemed likely.

....

He waved at her. Yes she knew him. Well of him. Noah knew him better. And he totally just waved at her. And talked to her. And Skylar was at loss of words. Breathe, just breathe. Was he always that good looking or was the summer good to him?

Deep breath. Calm.

"Hi. It. It. was good. You?"

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Originally Posted by RachieRu (Post 12119610)

"Maybe not." Honestly she kind of had a bit on her mind. Like her brother not being on the train for reasons that were pretty much her fault. He'd be at Hogwarts soon though and she wanted to be the first to welcome him when he returned. She just would need to make sure she got his work for him, because it was his OWL year; though Noelle would probably help him but she was feeling all kinds of guilt. "Where were you on the train anyway? Who you with?"

"I should.... go back to my table. Opening feast and all. You know this." Sky bit her lower lip. "It's the same food at all the tables at feasts, silly."