Originally Posted by emjay

Ethan had dragged himself down the many, many flights of stairs into the Great Hall. He was so tired and he moved much slower than usual with the journey seeming to take forever. As such he was sure he would be the last of his housemates to arrive. No, he did not want a late night snack as Elwood suggested.. he wanted his bed and pillow.. but he followed the line of Ravenclaws anyway. What else was he going to do?

As he stepped inside the Great Hall, the boy was a bit bewildered to see rows sleeping bags where the missing tables once stood. But it provided a bit of relief as well once he understood that sleep was possible. And oh! There was Professor V.. maybe he would finally be able to sort out their common room situation. He took a chocolate bar from his head of house, mumbling a grateful thanks, and headed towards Mick, who he had spotted up ahead. He seemed to be talking to Elliot, and Ethan did not care at this point if she was still annoyed with him or not - he was exhausted and needed some sleep. He sat down on the bag at Mick's other side and broke of a piece of chocolate. Sleep hardly seemed possible at this point, though, with all the talking going on around him. Meh.

Originally Posted by therock_sorceress

"Well, maybe it's just me," Mick said to the girl. "But I was pretty startled. Do weird things like this always happen here?" My father failed to mention that... After repeating that last part in his mind, he made it obvious that he is new around here. But when something like his hair turning pink a couple of years ago or being thrown out of the common room happens, he reminds himself that magic has its ups and downs. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair, deciding to just go with the flow. No matter what happens.

He got a tad nervous when she started to study him. He's never met someone so observant about people before. "Yes," he answered. "I'm new. Four years of home-schooling. My grandfather used to teach at Durmstrang. My name is Mick DeLarge." He smirked playfully back at her and shook her hand. "It's nice to meet you, Missy Elliot."



As he saw that another person has taken space next to him, he turned around and saw that it was Ethan. And Ethan looked...Upset? Annoyed? Indifferent? Mick couldn't tell. He thought is was weird that he choose the spot at his other side, away from Elliot. He glanced at her than back at him, wondering if it's because of her.

Feeling out of the loop, he shrugged his shoulders and softly nudged Ethan. "Are you alright?"

Originally Posted by Presley Black

Presley nodded. She also would have been quite upset to get tossed on the ground. "What?" she asked in shock. No she had not heard about that. Not at all. "What happened to them?" They all died? This school year was shaping up to be the creepiest of all of Presley's years at Hogwarts.

What was this? Now Elliot was telling Beezus things in private that she couldn't say in front of Presley? Pres and Elliot used to do that when they had important things to discuss. Presley was feeling a little replaced. Was this because she didn't have a boyfriend yet? She really had been working on it. It wasn't her fault that apparently boys didn't like her at all. She was pretty, and sweet, and rich, and smart. That should be all that the boys wanted, right? Apparently not. And now Elliot was replacing her because of it. "Oh you can say anything," she smiled sweetly at the pair of them. "I don't mind." As if it wasn't because she was morbidly curious.