This day was the very day that wasn't supposed to come yet. The day that Matt didn't want to see from the start of term. Unfortunately it was here and he wasn't too happy about the fact that he was graduating, it meant that he had to say goodbye to a lot of awesome people but at least it wasn't a goodbye to his girlfriend; not yet. Walking into the Great Hall for the last time, he slowly headed over to the empty Slytherin table and took a seat before just staring blankly; so much had happened over the past few terms and it was all interesting. Did it matter that his house had come in last this term? Not exactly, sure it would have been awesome to win the threepeat for his last term but it was alright; things like that were all going to be left behind when the class of 2077 had graduated officially. There's no need to be sad man, you know this is the end of Hogwarts but think about it this way; it's a new beginning. Huh that was true, there was so much more happening in his life after this.

Alyssa was trying to hold back her tears as she approached the older Slytherin. She had only met him at the end of last term, but had grown to know him more this term. She was going to miss one of her "Older" brothers. She walked up to him, and tapped him on the shoulder. "Matt? I'm going to miss you." then she broke down and started to cry.

Dylan stepped into the Great Hall for the End of Term feast with a solemn expression on his face. If anything could have been said about the young man...it would have been that he had not participated at all this year...in anything. His time had been spent learning the rules, attending his classes...but staying in the background. Everything was completely new and different here...

...And it had been more than obvious the he was a foreigner.

Not that this little piece of information stopped him from not caring...because he most definitely still did NOT care.

...His thought process halted when a pretty blond down the way caught his eye. She was a lovely girl...Looked a bit older, though. Shaking his head, he refocused his attention elsewhere. Older girls were a waste of time and energy...He'd need to shoot lower for now...

No, for now...he'd settle for his beautiful Healer infatuation...

Anya looked around for somewhere to sit. This was it... her last night at Hogwarts for the term... and she didn't want to sit next to anyone that she knew.

And so the little Gryffindor found herself at the Slytherin table. She definitely didn't know very many people at this one. Especially after the quidditch match. Maybe nobody would notice her? Really all that she needed was a place to eat.

Dylan was just thinking about how much he'd miss seeing Healer Tillstorm in her little outfit...when someone took the seat next to him. Knowing before he did so that it was a mistake to look...because then he'd be obligated to speak to the person...he glanced over...but when he did, all he could do was stare. A much younger girl was sitting beside him...Much younger than he expected to see.

She was wearing Gryffindor robes...Wait. Dylan did recognize her. She was that Gryffindor Seeker girl. Yes, yes...Quite impressive on a broom, if he remembered correctly.

Feeling obligated...like it knew he would, he offered her a little smile. After all...she was a long ways away from the Gryffindor table...and quite alone...Not that he was going to flirt with her.

He'd needed to shoot lower...but not First Year lower. Although...she wouldn't be a First Year next term...No, no, no...He was NOT going to. Even if she was adorable. Yes, he could admit that the First Year was adorable. There was no harm in that.

Dylan glanced back at her again, shaking his head slightly. "Hello."

Alyssa happened to glance over Matt's shoulder and saw Anya, Alec's best friend. "Hi Anya, are you okay? Is there someone you want to say goodbye over here too? How come you're not hanging out with Alec. I'm sure that he'll be looking for you."Alyssa asked her younger friend.

Zhenya joined the Slytherin table, frowning as she saw something yellow. That wasn't supposed to be there, she thought.

She went to the other side of the table, where only her Greenies were, and sat down waiting for food and Raven. She was glad this year would be over, especially because next year would be her THIRD year! She was already in third year and she couldn't believe it. She didn't give two hoots that Slytherin lost everything this year, or so it seemed, she had the best year ever. Although, nothing would ever replace the first night in the Girl's Dorms. THAT was a lot of fun!

Anya eyed her plate a little distractedly. She got here too early didn't she? She looked up at the staff table to find it nearly empty. Yup. Far too early. She'd be sitting here for awhile. So much for slipping in and slipping out.

She noticed movement out of the corner of her eye. "Oh. Hi." she said. "Is it alright if I sit here?" Yeah... she completely didn't notice him. Stupid nightmares keeping her up at night. She was practically a zombie.


Anya looked up. She didn't expect to see Alyssa here. Why wasn't she at the Hufflepuff table? "Oh. Hi Alyssa. I'm just... a bit distracted." she said turning her attention back to the plate. "If he's looking I'm sure he'll find me..." she said with a light shrug. She wasn't exactly hiding.

Noticing more people joining the table, Dylan did not look at them. Nope. This was part of his not conforming he'd been musing about. Not making too much eye contact with others at the table. Then they'd wanna talk, too...and well...Dylan could only speak to one person at a time...

...And this morose Gryffindor girl had been here first.

Clearing his throat...because he hadn't expected this to turn into an actual conversation, he leaned up on the table, crossing his arms. "No, no...I don't own the table. You may sit wherever you'd like." Honestly, she was asking for permission...Poor girl must have been a little confused about things. She did look a little tired..."So..."

What else was he suppose to say? The move between continents had seriously impaired his social skills. "Why the long face?"

Hopefully he wasn't offending the poor girl. There was nothing Dylan hated more than an upset girl...Yes, he wasn't prepared for that type of...thing at the moment.

Kennedy made his way to the Slytherin table in long strides and took a seat. To say that he was grumpy would be a GREAT understatement. This was their last day in Hogwarts and Hufflepuff won all three cups to boot. Not only that, but he was going home for two days before he had to leave to Merlin knows where with his father who he has NEVER met. Had he done something so terribly wrong in his past life that he was being punished for it now?

Hmph!

What Kennedy actually wanted to do was go down to the dungeons and lock himself in the dorms and not come out until the beginning of next term. Could he do that? Hmm...what if he sneaked out of the Great Hall and back into the dungeons right now? Hmm...Nah. That would be setting a bad example for his house and that was the last thing he wanted; a bunch of parents reporting missing children because they were all secretly hiding in the dungeons.

Anya smiled a little. At least this Slytherin boy was nice. She did sit down uninvited at a table that was not hers. And it seemed like the quidditch issue hadn't come up. Which was good.

"I've been having trouble sleeping lately." she replied. "I guess I'm just nervous to leave here..."

She then blinked. "Do I really look that bad?" Obviously, right? He did notice something was wrong.

Trouble sleeping, eh? Well, Dylan knew how that could be. He hadn't slept the whole week before they'd officially moved...and he hadn't been happy. His parents were terribly selfish to pull him away from all his friends for some stupid job.

Seriously.

Adults needed to get their priorities straight.

Had he said she'd looked bad? Dylan couldn't remember those words leaving his mouth...Merlin, girls were crazy about that kind of thing, though. He'd seen bad things happen to good people because of appearance-related...stuff. "No, it's not that...You do look a little lost, though."

Well, it was true.

Deciding to move the conversation away from her looks, though...he smiled a bit warmer...Only where she could see, of course. "So, why be nervous about going home?"

The term has ended? Well, Raven didn't realize it. Maybe because she spent her time more in the common room and dormitory rather than join the class because of terrible headache. She walked to the great hall, noticed that the decoration was fulled of black and yellow. This year was Hufflepuff's year. They won everything, seems like Slytherin got last term. Well, congrats Puffers. But Snakes seems lost their fangs this year.

Well, what's her plan for next term? Raven didn't know yet. She only hoped that next term she could back to Hogwarts, be healthier and curious to join the classes and.. maybe she's like to join Quidditch team again. But the big question in her head is: Will she back to Hogwarts next term? She didn't know yet.

She noticed that Zhenya was there too. The pale girl smiled to see her best friend. Raven walked silently, then she cleared her throat and smiled to Zhenya.

"Hey."

In the middle of glaring at the red and yellow trespassers at the Slytherin table, Zhenya was interrupted by a coughing. She frowned and looked up, but her face softened immediately to a smile. She stood up so quickly she got light-headed, and had to sit down again. On the second go, she got up slower and hugged her best friend.

"Oh Raven I can't wait for next year, we will be third years!! What are you doing this Summer? You know, you can always come and stay with us. Mother is having the twins soon! I'm going to need someone to talk to," she said.

Raven let her best friend hugged her tight, though she was not a fan of hug. But when Zhenya hugged her, she felt relieved. Then she took a seat beside her.

"Time flies so fast, huh?" Raven said. "Seems like just yesterday I stepped my foot here for the first time." suddenly her mind brought her to the first time she arrived at Hogwarts, sorted to Slytherin, met Zhenya, Desiree, and the fellow snakes, spent her time at the lake. Seems like this is her last time in Hogwarts, but she didn't know why. But she hoped that's not true. She still wanted to be here.

The pale girl glared at the table. It's still empty. Meh, she was so hungry now. Then suddenly Zhenya talked about summer. She remembered that she visit the Burtons last summer. Zhenya and her family was very kind to her. Could she visit her again this summer?

"I hope I can." she replied. But.. wait, what did she mean by I'm going to need someone to talk to? "Are you glad with your newcoming siblings?" suddenly she asked.

Zhenya smiled brightly, "I'm really excited to meet them! I'll send you an owl as soon as I find out," she said excitedly. "They don't know if they are girls or boys... or one of each, but I think it's a nice surprise!" she said.

"Do you think you might see your mum and little brother?" she asked.

"Well.." She thought for a while. Raven still didn't have any news about her mother and Avian yet, but she would be sure if they were in the safest place right now. She looked forward to meet them soon. Adler told her that he would pick her up at King's Cross. But she also wanted to visit Zhenya and the Burtons too. And.. wait! She remembered that Zhenya's birthday will be on July, so maybe she could visit her when her birthday, maybe

"Maybe." said her short. "Adler still didn't want to tell me about them." At least she didn't need to be in Mansion anymore. That's horrible!

"Well, I wonder what will happen next term. We will be third year students." she changed the topic. "I just hope we won't trap in boys' drama." she chuckled.

"Oh maybe I can meet Adler? And maybe if Dima is there with mum and dad, he can meet Adler too. And you can meet Dima!!" she said, excited. She was very excited to be going home to see her family. And her uncle was there too! She hadn't seen him in such a long time.

Zhenya shook her head, "No, I don't like the boys here. They're too.. I don't know. I just don't like them. Well, there is a muggle boy at home who KISSED me once! Do you believe it?" she said. Well, she certainly couldn't believe it.

She nodded. "Perhaps you can." she said short. Raven took something from her pocket. Aaa.. bubblegum. She started chewing her bubblegum and offered some to Zhenya.

ZOMGWSEDFCDXNSHDSJHDNX WHAT? WHATDIDSHESAYBEFORE? Suddenly Raven almost choked on her chewing gum. She managed to breath and said something to her.

"A boy kissed you? You never told me before!" she surprised.

Even more so than last term, Stella really wasn't entirely looking forward to this end-of-term feast. She'd promised herself it wasn't really goodbye, seeing as she figured they had the whole train ride back to London and then she'd be seeing him again in like a month, and that she wasn't going to cry in front of Matt. That had been a promise ever since Christmas and the discussion in the Room of Requirement, when she'd finally told him what had happened to her back at Beauxbatons that had really made her want to transfer. She wasn't about to break that promise now, but it was hard. Especially when everyone else in the Great Hall were saying their goodbyes and just generally sad about the term ending.

For once she wasn't about to sit and mope at the Ravenclaw Table until he showed up, either. She'd had difficulty getting Lyra into her basket to get taken to the station, to the point that she hadn't even bothered trying to get Nuage to join her cat. The pygmy puff was perched on her shoulder, snuggled up against her neck, and she'd veered toward the Slytherin table. Matt was supposed to be there already, and after a moment she picked out his head amongst the few other Slytherins who had already arrived. Walking over, she paused a moment as she saw Alyssa there too, prepared to let the younger Hufflepuff have a moment. Her eyes widened as the girl had burst into tears, though, and she stepped closer. Resting a hand on Matt's shoulder so he knew she was there, she turned to the crying girl. "Alyssa?," she asked, concerned both about how distressed she was and knowing it wasn't going to make things any easier on anyone. It honestly almost made her want to cry, but she really didn't want to.

"OH? Didn't I? How did I forget? Well... we went on a date for Valentine's day before I came here and he kissed me! It was all a bit funny, because I didn't think people COULD kiss on their first date, you know? But apparently they do," she said, and shrugged. She was going red, she could feel the blood rushing to her face.

Zhenya smiled and took a piece of gum and started chewing it. "I do wish dinner would hurry up."

"How can you didn't tell me that..." Raven took a deep breath for a while "YOU ALREADY HAD A BOYFRIEND?!!" said her a little bit loudly, suddenly she covered her mouth. Ups.. Eh? Does that mean that Zhenya already had a boyfriend? She didn't know. She just 12 years old and soon-to-be-thirteen.

"NO NO! We're not dating, we just had A date! I don't want a boyfriend yet, I need to focus on my studies," she said, pleading at Raven to understand. She didn't want her best friend to be upset at her. She didn't MEAN to forget to tell her. But honestly, how COULD she have forgotten? Gordy was a nice boy, and Zhenya liked him but... "Well I haven't seen him in almost a year, I wonder if he has moved on himself. I'm not sure, he might have promised himself to someone else and then... he might tell me he doesn't like me any more," she said sadly.

"Well, I see." she smirked. But Raven could notice that actually her best friend liked the boy. "But, do you like him, right?" suddenly she said and smirked. The pale-girl loved to tease her friend very much, make Zhenya blushed and now Raven tried not to laugh.

"Why don't you try to invite him at summer to your house? Perhaps to your birthday party?" she suggested. Well, actually She's just kidding.