It was only his second but final Start of Term Feast. Thankfully, he hadn't been long enough here to get attached to anything. Well, except the girlfriend whose hand he was currently clinging to. At least now he got Keighley a bit for himself since Olivia had kept her company on the train. Speaking of company, where were Dennis and William? Or even Archie? Were all his buddies doing their own thing? At least Dennis was bound to be here, unless he chose to sit at another Table for a bit.

"Another year,'' Char remarked quietly to Keighley in Swedish. "When I arrive at Hogwarts quite starved." Growing boys did need their food, and this U17 Beater was still growing.

Jasper Amir Botros was AMPED to be back. With the summer Quidditch season having come to an end, there was no place he'd rather be than the Great Hall at Hogwarts. As the seventh year made his way to his table, he raised a fist into the air and whooped to Charlie and Keighley in greeting. "Yoooooo, seventh year or bust, eh?" Charlie was a rival over the summer as the beater opposite of him on the Scottish team, but back at school they were teammates and Jas never kept any animosity off the field. HE was competitive, but he was also a decent sport, alright?

"Sup, Keels?" He flashed a big smile her way as well as he hopped over the bench. "I'm starved! Can't wait to see what the elves have cooked up for dessert tonight." He was confident they wouldn't disappoint.

Okay. So. Anna was only mildly disappointing that the Adorable Nymph-senpai of Tranquility hadn't been Sorted into Hufflepuff (she had cheered nice and loud for him anyway once he had hopped off the stool though!), but at least he was been into Ravenclaw and Aurora could be there to look out for him. At least until Anna sorted out the details of her all inclusive scavenger hunt she had promised. Good bye entire first week of homework and preemptive apologies to all her professor - or the sentiment was there somewhere deeeeeeeeeeep in the back of her mind as she bounced on the bench and swung her knees back and forth in eager anticipation. She really wanted to know where the exotic girl she had met on the train would be Sorted and could not even DENY that she was hoping for Hufflepuff. It would be amazing to add to her dorm this term and then she and Olive Branch and Kestrelly and their newest dormmate could start the term off with a spa night in AND some fun activities. Not only had Anna prepared for the pampering parties, but she had goodie bags for new sortees into Hufflepuff too!

Knees now popping up and down thanks to her toes lifting and flattening against the ground, her school bag filled with creative delights bounced up and down to whatever nonsensical beat Anna had playing on repeat in her thoughts. She probably had put together too many and would have some extra (money meant for her History of Magic, Charms, and Muggle Studies textbooks well spent!) and found herself just too eager to begin passing them out. Older, wiser, and awe inspiring Hufflepuff peers enjoyed rainbow pencils with felt cloud toppers, rainbow stickers with holographic glitter, rainbow paint pots and brushes, rainbow slap bracelets, rainbow bubble jars that actually produced translucent bubbles in all colors of the rainbow, and rainbow crayons that smelled like something new every time you drew with them...right? Didn't everyone?!

Maybe she ought to be tactful about asking and offering. Her older cousin would probably be proud of her for showing some restraint.

"Hey! So...do older and wiser and inspirational and super cool people like rainbows?" she inquired a little loudly while veeeeeeeeeeeery much looking at the gathered seventh years. Was it not obvious enough that she was referring to them? She was trying to be discrete!

This would be his final start-of-term feast, and he wasn't certain how he felt about it yet. On one side, the thought of leaving Hogwarts and officially starting at University was a nice thought. But he would also miss the food that the House-elves made. He had told his father over and over again to fire their cooks and hire House-elves instead but he had been firmly against it. Such a bore.

Despite his preference to be alone, the Hufflepuff naturally sat near the other seventh years. He wasn't feeling the newly sorted first years. "Hello" He greeted Charlie, Keighley, and Jasper as he sat down on the bench. "How was Quidditch this summer?" If there was one thing they shared it was that they all enjoyed a game of Quidditch. Except that, Daniel preferred to stay in the stands and not play at all.

Older and wiser? cool and inspirational people? What was that girl talking about? Daniel shifted his gaze to the girl. "What rainbow things?" She had piqued his interest. Not in rainbows, but in general. He was curious as to what she meant because that had been the oddest greeting he had heard in a while.

It was Charlie's final start of term feast which was why William had come up with the idea that the golden trio eg Char, Den and Will would wear beards together, and make it memorable and fun. He was supposed to sit with the blues, but with his black pirate beard stuck to his jaw and starting to itch he veered over to the yellow table, and his buddy. Where had Den gotten off to Will wondered as he came up to the table near Charlie and his girfriend Keighley and the others which he waved around 'hello's' too.

"Hi Char and Keigh, doesn't my beard look pirate fantastic?" he asked as he did a little dance in front of them to show off the dashing beard in all angles. Hopefully Will could unstick the beard after feast or he'd have a major problem. He really didn't want to have a beard no matter how dashing it looked for more than a few hours.

The train ride had been exhausting to say the least. If it hadn't of been for Livvy, she would've very well had cried the entire trip to Hogwarts. Cried and slept. Not to say the the latter two didn't happen, they had but in a smaller small quantity than had she been without the company of Olivia. And she was just going to leave it at that.

If there was a way that she could've skipped the feast, well, she would've. However she couldn't. Therefore Keighley Morgan Anders was very much clinging onto Charlie's hand like it were her one and only lifeline. And perhaps at this very moment it was. "First without Jude.." she whispered in reply to him, her Swedish having gotten my better. It didn't feel right without her big brother here. Sorry if she was being a bummer, she was trying not to be.

"Hey, Jasper. How was your summer?" Keigh put on a smile doing her best to keep it in place and not let it fall. Yup, she was going to do her best and engage in conversation with her friends.

What this about older, wiser, inspirational, super cool people? The sixth year turned her head towards Anna and all the.. were those gift bags?.. that she was holding. "I don't know about these two.." Okay, maybe she knew about Charlie but she didn't know about Jasper. "But I love rainbows." And all things rainbow. In case anyone didn't know, it was her thing.

Blue eyes swung slowly towards two other seventh years. The first getting a small nod in greeting. "Hello, Daniel. The other causing her to blink at him a few times. "It's great, William." She had no clue what the beard was all about but whatever made him happy.

Paige bounded her way toward the Hufflepuff table. Still cheering for herself as she scanned for a place to sit. There were a few of the older students who looked engrossed in conversation so she showed them her pearly whites and gave them a quick "Hey there! Nice to meet'ya" This time choosing to go with a Brooklyn accent as opposed to the softer Queens accent she had on the Train.

It wasn't long until she spotted her! The Crazy Curly Haired Girl from the Train that she shared a compartment with. What was her name? "Anna! Hi!" She plopped on down right beside her and leaned forward on the table. She glanced over at her bag curiously wondering if she was about to be gifted one of those cute pygmy puffs as well.

Her eyes darted next to the older boy and the girl (Daniel & Keighley) who were curious as well. But Paige had sat next to Anna. Paige was closer to she would get gifted her surprise gift first, correct? "I don't know If I'm older or smarter, but I'm definitely cool."
Gimme gimme gimme.

“The first without Jude,’’ Char echoed solemnly. He would miss Keighley’s brother who was always sunshiney like his sister. But Char would be making sure to keep his promise to Jude: to take good care of Keighley. He doubted he wanted to see Jude in any form of wrath anyway. “By the way, have I told you lately that you speak better Swedish than I do now?” He was grinning but he felt his words were true. Keigh was only one of the handful of persons with whom he could converse in his native language with.

One of the things Charlie appreciated was the fact that he had been accepted into Hufflepuff House as though he had been here since his first year. Jasper happened to be one of said Hufflepuffs who had helped him feel comfortable within the House even if they were rivals in the Quidditch League. But it was wonderful that the two could be proper dormmates and Housemates. “Here’s to seventh year!” Charlie remarked, his Swedish accent very pronounced but the words were understandable. “Then we’ll be meeting as pros next year.” Pro Quidditch players, that is. Would they be rivals or teammates then? Time would tell!

The Swede gave Anne a wave, casting a glance at Keighley. Jude loved rainbows and all the colours associated with it {as evidenced by the tattoo on his arm} and Char sincerely hoped that his girl would not burst into tears right there and then. Olivia had worked hard to get her back on track. “Yes, they do,’’ he responded, smiling. “They’re rather attractive and soothing to look at.

“Hi, Daniel.’’ Yet another dormmate that Char had gotten off to a good start with. “Very competitive, I should say. It felt like my team’s coach had us training extra hard.” But he had survived, mercifully. “How many books did you manage to fit in over the summer?”

There was William! Charlie immediately burst into laughter the moment he eyed the beard. “Hey, you didn’t even let me help with plaiting that,’’ he joked. Without another word to his friend, the Quidditch player muttered an incantation and did a complicated little wand movement so that he was sporting his own spiffy beard, and thus fulfilling his promise to Will to join in on the bearded fun. “How’s this, eh? Bet you Den is gonna love this.

“Hi, there.’’ Don’t mind the beard, Char thought to himself as he greeted the girl. “Paige, yes?” He had been paying attention to the Sorting, you know. “Welcome to Hogwarts and to Hufflepuff.” Boy, was she in for a treat. “My name’s Charlie.” The guy was definitely doing his best to be welcoming as others had been to him the year before.

Don't worry, Aurora, Anna was saving a bag for you! Probably. It was also very likely she would get entirely too wrapped up in her charitable vibes and hand everything out - even those she had the intention of saving for other people.

The reception was WAY better than she had anticipated. She even had the attention of Sir Grumps-a-Lot Bear. She had happened upon a vintage muggle teddy bear phenomena once upon a time and he, Daniel Yoon, reminded her very much of one named Grumpy Bear but since there was already THE Grumpy Bear she had fashioned a new name. She was working on his tummy mark design too. A graduation gift...if she remembered to give it to him!

"Oh loads of things! There are paints and rainbow bubbles and stickers and loads of fantastical rainbow things!" she explained while shoving one of the bags at him. "And you know all about the power of rainbows, like Rainbowrollers!" Anna was giving (read: shoving) goodie bags in the (free) hands of the other two older students as well. "Really? I always thought it was amazing how two people can have such different emotional responses to the same thing. I don't find rainbows calming at all but rather invigorating and energizing and motivational. I suppose you could say I find them calming in that I find them comforting, but I feel anything BUT calm when I consider them or am under their influence." A shocking revelation to all, surely.

"PAAAAAAAAAAAIGE!" Anna shoved her school bag off her lap so she could give the newest Hufflepuff a big ol' celebratory hug. "Congratulations and welcome to Hufflepuffle! Oh my gosh this is going to be so much fun! We're roommates! You know, well...you actually don't know because you weren't here BUT last term our dorm all had kind of matching Halloween costumes. Same theme and we were a whole group and it was so much fun and now you are a part of this very dynamic group of individuals!" It was going to be amazing! "Oh and this is for you. We can stay up all night decorating the dorm with some of this and just having a jolly good time!" The bubbles especially!

Now that Paige had the goodie bag as intended, as a newly sorted Hufflepuff, Anna's attention turned (or returned to) the other students and she noticed as well as processed their facial hair. "My dad is a Pirate King but he doesn't have a beard like that," she made note of with a big bright smile and she leaned forward to take a closer glance at them. "Can I have one too? A beard. Is it a spell? Can you teach me? I bet they are loads of fun to braid."

”Summer was fantastic, but too short.” His forever complaint. ”How was yours?” Though the question was directed back at Keighley, he was interested to hear what Charlie had to say too.

”DANIEEELLLLLL!” Jasper cupped his hands around his mouth to LOUDLY greet his dormmate as he neared. Suuuuuuuuup, dude. ”It was a fantastic season overall. Sad it was the last though.” As far as U17 went, at least. Because like Charlie said, they’d be on the pitch as pros next year. Honestly, Jas couldn’t wait. ANYWAY. Speaking of seventh year, ”I was talking to Ariadne and we thought we ought to do something epic to start the year off.” He already had a great idea too, but he needed to feel the vibe out first. Sometimes Daniel could be a total buzzkill, y’know? Hopefully Charlie would be all for it though. Democracy and all.

Besides maybe-- Did someone (Anna) say older and wiser and inspirational and super cool people? Because that caught Jasper’s attention IMMEDIATELY. With a warm smile on his face, the older and wiser and inspiration and super cool Botros turned towards the younger student. ”I don’t see how anyone could say no,” not with that sort of lead up.

So he listened intently as she detailed her rainbow goodies. Though he wasn't super interested in them himself, he'd give it to Mags. She knew how to appreciate a treat."These are awesome - did you put them together yourself?"

Jasper's boisterous greeting almost made Daniel turn around. He had no idea how someone could be so loud. But he'd already taken a seat and decided that ignoring it was in his best interest. Yes, hello to you too.

For a brief moment, he felt jealous after hearing the two Quidditch players talk about their summer season. If they decided to continue with their Quidditch careers after Hogwarts, these two would almost have a guaranteed job. He, on the other hand, had to work extra hard to get into university because he was solely dependent on his grades. His father's money didn't do much in the Wizarding World. He wasn't concerned that he wouldn't be admitted to university though. He knew they'd be glad to have him after looking at his grades.

Something epic to kick off the year.... oh boy...

Isn't it better to end the year on an 'epic' note? Or whatever Jasper was attempting to convey. "As long as it doesn't get in the way of my studies...Do you understand how important NEWT exams are? They will shape our entire futu---" Daniel became distracted as a Ravenclaw with a beard approached their table, and from the corner of his eye, he saw Charlie pull out his own wand. He wasn't going to......Yes, he was.

Daniel rolled his eyes as he watched the freshly Transfigured beard on his House mate's face to match William's and the Hufflepuff was about to ignore them all by grabbing a book from his bag when a basket was suddenly shoved into his hands.

To avoid being a TOTAL buzzkill right now, Daniel looked inside the basket, his eyes almost hurting from all the colors he saw, before returning his gaze to the girl. "I'm actually curious why you're handing these out. You could make a small profit if you sold these." What was it with the Hufflepuffs and their freebies? Maybe that's why he liked Lisa; she actually tried to sell.

Making her way to the Hufflepuff table the impossibly excited blonde made a point to glance over to the Slytherin table and send Enzo a warm smile. She had done it. Not only convincing her mum, but the hat as well. As she glanced around at the other tables she couldn’t smile to herself when she saw other former classmates from Saint Woboldo’s like the bespectacled Whitelaw, she didn’t realize at first that he wasn’t a Hufflepuff until she saw his robes were blue.

Interesting.

”it’s a... um, a good beard” she couldn’t help but chuckle the little dance he was doing for his friends and she gave the people near her at the table a small wave. ”hi, I ... I’m Amelia but yeah,” her face reddened a bit as she remembered the nickname ”you might know me as spud or Kai? I was ... I was the one who kept singing about potatoes because my dad always called me his little potatoes I only sort of regret it now” she muttered more under her breath than anything.

Pausing and looking around she found a space on the bench and looked over at the people and smiled. ”So, are the rumors true? Are the potatoes here as good as they say?”

It had come time for Alfie's very last feast at Hogwarts. And he had definitely been at every feast prior. Part of him wondered how it had been so long already. Was it really seven whole years ago that he had gotten to Hogwarts for the first time and got sorted into Hufflepuff? At the same time it had felt like lifetimes.

Alfie squeezed himself in between his two friends and dormmates, Jasper and Daniel, and gave each of them a cheerful grin. "Hi! How was your summers?" Jasper was already talking about quidditch, of course. Alfie didn't play; he had never really been able to get used to flying, but he liked watching his friends play. "Are you talking about some sort of party?" That definitely interested him. He thought something to kick off their final year was definitely a good idea.

He also noticed the younger student handing out bags of stuff. He peered over curiously. "What's that?"

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There was William! Charlie immediately burst into laughter the moment he eyed the beard. “Hey, you didn’t even let me help with plaiting that,’’ he joked. Without another word to his friend, the Quidditch player muttered an incantation and did a complicated little wand movement so that he was sporting his own spiffy beard, and thus fulfilling his promise to Will to join in on the bearded fun. “How’s this, eh? Bet you Den is gonna love this.

“Hi, there.’’ Don’t mind the beard, Char thought to himself as he greeted the girl. “Paige, yes?” He had been paying attention to the Sorting, you know. “Welcome to Hogwarts and to Hufflepuff.” Boy, was she in for a treat. “My name’s Charlie.” The guy was definitely doing his best to be welcoming as others had been to him the year before.

Paige recoiled in disgust as this boy had facial hair just grow so quickly out from under his chin. She looked over at the other boy with a fully braided chinstrap and mustache, and shook her head no. Full beards were gross and yucky. Each time she saw her Uncle Larry he had one of those grizzly beards.

His hugs always entailed that beard getting right into her face and she did not like that wiry scratching feeling against her own cheeks.

Rugged 5 o'clock shadows were much nicer looking.

"Yes" She answered trying to avoid eye contact with his face. "It's a pleasure to shave here....SHAVE Hair...Be! Be hair!" Well this is embarrassing

"...Be here." she muttered quietly in her fake Brooklyn accent

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"PAAAAAAAAAAAIGE!" Anna shoved her school bag off her lap so she could give the newest Hufflepuff a big ol' celebratory hug. "Congratulations and welcome to Hufflepuffle! Oh my gosh this is going to be so much fun! We're roommates! You know, well...you actually don't know because you weren't here BUT last term our dorm all had kind of matching Halloween costumes. Same theme and we were a whole group and it was so much fun and now you are a part of this very dynamic group of individuals!" It was going to be amazing! "Oh and this is for you. We can stay up all night decorating the dorm with some of this and just having a jolly good time!" The bubbles especially!

Now that Paige had the goodie bag as intended, as a newly sorted Hufflepuff, Anna's attention turned (or returned to) the other students and she noticed as well as processed their facial hair. "My dad is a Pirate King but he doesn't have a beard like that," she made note of with a big bright smile and she leaned forward to take a closer glance at them. "Can I have one too? A beard. Is it a spell? Can you teach me? I bet they are loads of fun to braid."

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To avoid being a TOTAL buzzkill right now, Daniel looked inside the basket, his eyes almost hurting from all the colors he saw, before returning his gaze to the girl. "I'm actually curious why you're handing these out. You could make a small profit if you sold these." What was it with the Hufflepuffs and their freebies? Maybe that's why he liked Lisa; she actually tried to sell.

Paige only knew Anna for a couple of hours at most. The one she learned about Anna was her energy could not be matched, and she liked to gift things. Paige would do her best to keep on Anna's good side, did she have a bad side? The newly sorted Badger returned her hug and attempted to emulate Anna's energy. "ANNAAAA!!" She shouted in the hug, and attempted to catch most of what her new dormmate was rambling on about. Something about Halloween costumes. "I've got my costume all figured out." She smiled with a nod. Released from the hug now "I hope that doesn't mess with the matching costumes idea if you all are gonna do it again?" If anything Paige can adjust and adapt.

Paige's composure was lost again not due to the beard talk that Anna joined in on. Still disgusted with the look her older classmates were showing off. Due instead by receiving her gift. Tearing right into the bag to see what it was that was now hers! He head jerked up and toward the other Older Hufflepuff (Daniel) who had also expressed interest in the gift bags. He eyes grew wide and big grin crossed her lips. "I like your style" Her fake Brooklyn accent went deeper and she tossed him a wink. Anyone who could think of a way to make a quick knut or two was numero uno in her book.

Dennis was here albeit feeling slightly self-conscious because his beard didn't quite go as planned. See, unlike William and Charlie, somehow his beard ended up as hair growth from his eyebrows. So here he was, trying to pay attention to the sorting because of Lally, but also tucking the hair from his brows behind his ears, which just ... seemed to keep getting longer.

He didn't know what happened either because he used similar prank item as his buddies, but how did his go so wrong?? Was he nervous about getting ready because of his little sister? Which caused it to mess up in the application process? Or maybe just a defective product? Either way he was in need of a correction. Pronto.

Staying quiet so as to not draw anymore attention to himself, he casually listened to his housemates (plus William) and waited for when they could be dismissed. Professors Sayse or Feirgrund ought to be able to help him. Hopefully before first classes tomorrow.