| Puffskein
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hogwarts.
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|  Resident Ghost of Gryffindor | Chivilrous & Sociable
SPOILER!!: Sir Adi Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19  Gryffindors!
Were you ready for this seventh year? Hehe.
A trip over here was on the agenda, of course. There was no way he was skipping this table. After this, he would only need to stop by at the Snake table. "Yoongi!'' The Puff took a seat next to his Spider fighting buddy. "How's it going, man?" He peered around at the others. Gosh, firsties everywhere!
"Welcome to Hogwarts, guys!'' he told them cheerfully. "Congrats on being in Gryffindor!'' Adi grinned at one of the firstie girls (Ava). Just being a friendly badger here. Oh, there was Sir Nick! "Good evening, Sir Nick!" A millisecond of a pause. "Olas!'' Haha. "How are you?"
" Quite splendid, thank you for asking," the ghost smiled in return. " Especially now that it seems you have finally learned my preference in name." He glided a bit down the table, waving at students as he passed them. " How are the Hufflepuffs doing?" SPOILER!!: Lady Candice Quote:
Originally Posted by Poolicious She's BACK! Hogwarts! Finally!
Breath in. Breath out.
Its good to be back!
Candice made her way towards the Gryffindor table and ss usual its already filled with people and some new LOUD firstie. What's with the first year this term? Did they eat to much sugary things? Oh and look wasn't that the girl (Dora) she met at the Ice Cream Parlour? She's a Gryffindor? Good for her. And this time she's not covered in ice cream, that's even better. And then there's her table hockey partner (Ava) She's a Gryffindor too? What a small world. "Hi, Welcome to Gryffindor." And why did the ice cream girl talking about Howler? Yeah, she didn't want to get in between firstie business. Better stay away from them while she can.
The fifth year scanned the Gryffindor table hoping to see a familiar faces. Her eyes landed on one of the Valentines twins (Angel). AJ? Or Angel? Judging from her gloomy face. She probably Angel. She decided to sit next to Angel. "Hi, Angel. Long time no see." She gave the girl a small pat on the back. "You okay?" She didn't seem too happy to be here.
Oh. Look, its Sir Nicholas. Candice gave the ghost a curt nod. "Hello Sir Nicholas, did you have a good summer?"
And then she saw someone who's not belong to the Lion's table (Adi) What's Mr. Hufflepuff Prefect doing here? "Hufflepuff table is that way." Candice pointed out the Puffers table to Adi. Just in case he forgot where his house table was.
" OH! Look who it is! Delightful to see you back with in these walls!" he greeted the young Miss. " It was enjoyable enough, but the castle never is quite the same without all of your presences." SPOILER!!: Sir Zeke Quote:
Originally Posted by Hera Zeke was smug when he entered the Great Hall. Very, visibly smug... for anyone that knew him at least. With his signature grin in place, and hands still in pockets, he walked!strutted over to the Red and Gold to claim his seat. He was amongst his people now, but he yearned to visit the Slytherin's table. Later. After speech and food.
As it so happened, sorting seemed well within Gryffindor's favour... or not... depending on ones interpretation of recruits. He nodded in greeting before also saluting Ava. Hey there.
And then there were OTHER first years too, and they all looked like trouble - in the best possible way. It all amounted to a single outcome: fun.
Sir Nicholas too received a respectful nod from the now fourth year, as did Adi who seemed to be visiting with them already. No time like the present he supposed.
Sir Nicholas returned the nod offered by the fourth year. And, thanks to his ruff, his head did not wobble at all and traumatize any first years. SPOILER!!: Lady Angel Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel was totally just staring into space and so she didn't see anyone coming to sit next to her or heard what her friend said, it wasn't until she felt a hand on her back did she realise someone was there.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!
Angel felt like she must have jumped a mile in the air when she felt the hand. How had someone got so close without her noticing. She looked around to see her friend Candice had sat down next to her. "Hi Candice." Angel looked around the room and that was when she noticed Yoongi was waving, she gave him a small wave back and there was Marsha who got a wave as well, this was awesome, maybe she would feel better with all her friends around.
Angel looked around and saw her house ghost. "Hello Sir Nicholas, did you have a good summer?" Angel thought that it was polite to ask him, since she hadn't seen him since last term, anything might have happened in all that time.
Angel then turned back to Candice, who seemed to be looking at her. "Sorry Candice." Angel sighed. "Did you ask something?" Angel had been staring into space and she hadn't heard anything at all.
" Yes, thank you," he nodded towards her. " I trust yours was as well?" SPOILER!!: Sir Zander Quote:
Originally Posted by ArianaBlack The opening feast. His first feast as Headboy. His LAST start-of-the-term feast EVER. The last time he got to watch firsties get sorted. The last time he'd get that 'I'm-going-to-fail-all-my-classes-again' feeling. Sweet Merlin. This feast was a handful of firsts, but more than that it was a handful of lasts too.
AND HE WAS GONNA SHOW UP LATE??????
It wasn't his fault, okay? After he and Sophie had managed to escape the Prefect's compartment for a bit, he got a little distracted. But distraction was allowed, okay??? He was starting the dreaded year of the NEWTs!!! This was all PERFECTLY acceptable. Also, once he realized he was one of the last out he definitely started running to the carriages. Of course, upon entering the Great Hall, he made a stop right outside to catch his breath again and to straighten up his robes, tie, and badge.
And his hair was probably everywhere too. So he ran a hand through it, no doubt making it way worse. There. Perfect. Well, near as perfect as he'd ever get because LOL it's Zander Adair we're talking about here. Now uh, if only the nerves would kindly exist to the right, thanks. But with that being said, he was feeling loads better than before. Plus he had practiced this moment TONS of times in front of the mirror. Not the walking into the Great Hall bit because he had been doing that for six years before, but the introducing himself to first years bit because that was always the hardest part.
So the seventh year made his way over to the Gryffindor table giving nods to Angel, Yoongi, and ... uh Adi did know this wasn't his table right? Well regardless, the Hufflepuff got a nod and a goofy smile too. And someone else was bound to tell him which direction the Badger table was in anyways. Plus, he'd been here long enough to learn to use context clues and all that. Poor confused, Adi. The boy probably forgot to rehearse this moment in the mirror. Amateur mistake. Good thing Zander practiced LOADS. Oh and "Hey, Marsha," Zander dropped himself off into a seat across from her, whilst also keeping an eye out for an empty one to save for Amur.
Now uh, for the first time ever Zander was gonna pay loads of attention to the sorting ceremony. And he'd probably try to take notes too. Yeah. That's what he was going to do. Notes. Parchment out and quill up the Gryffindor began scribbling.
What the heck? They all looked the same. All short and happy and LOUD.
No wonder he never tried to learn names the first night. This was impossible. Probably the hardest thing he'd have to do this term and he was taking NEWTs, remember???? Maybe he'd just go and actually talk to them. He quickly glanced down at his parchment trying to figure out which short person was which, before turning towards the new arrivals. That one had to be Ava. She had brown hair... And that one could be uh...... The Kettleburn one maybe? Please Merlin, don't let it be the Kettleburn one. Ahem. First years, "Welcome to Gryffindor!" Yeah forget the list, it was useless. "We're the best house around," griiiiiiiiin. Now would be a great time for them to remind him of their names. Stupid list was stupid.
... Maybe he could ask Flamsteed if they could dedicate some of the budget to nametags??? ... Did they even get a budget? This was very important business, okay? "SAY THAT LAST BIT A LITTLE BIT LOUDER!" Sir Nicholas encouraged with a toothy semitransparent smile as he floated much closer to the Head Boy. He could not help himself and moved to give the boy a congratulatory pat on the back. Which, naturally, meant that his hand went right through Zander's back and out through his chest. SPOILER!!: Lady Ava Quote:
Originally Posted by RandomRaven ........
Did that girl just shout at her? Yes.
Was it a threat? It sounded like that.
And was Ava scared? No.
Somebody had to stop that girl and she thought that it was the right thing to do. So.... better to ignore that loud annoying girl because she had promised to her mom not to cause any kind of trouble again.
"Hey there, Blaise!" She turned to the boy who was on the same boat at him. "Look, we're at the same house! Where's Bentley?" Because Blaised and Bentley seemed like they're always together. Maybe he's gonna be a Gryffindor too like them? Let's see.
Welcome to the Gryffindor, little ones!
The brunette girl looked at the older guy (Yoongi). "Thanks, and by the way who do you mean by the little ones?" Because she was NOT little. Okay, she's not really tall but it didn't mean that she's little. "I am Ava, what's your name?" She asked him.
And look! That's the Gryffindor's ghost, right? "You're name is too long to be remembered, Sir Nick." Zhenny and Dima had told her that actually the Gryffindor's ghost was more popular as Nearly-Headless Nick. So she's gonna stick with Nick, or Sir Nick brcause Nearly-Headless sounded so sad and morbid.
Did she just saw a Hufflepuff prefect came to her? Woah, a PREFECT. He did have the shiny badge pinned on his yellow-black school robes. "Thank you, you must be Adi something, right? My sister talked much about you." She took something from her pocket, her signature prank of course. "Do you want some gums, Mr. Prefect?" Cue mischievously grin.
And there she was. Candice, the girl who became her hockey table game partner. "We are in the same house, can you believe it?" Maybe not, but now here she was. "Maybe we can play again sometime." Maybe Hogwarts wouldn't have a hockey table, but Ava might figure something out to be played together with this fifth-year Gryffindor girl.
And Zeke too of course! "Zeke!" She waved frantically at him. This was gonna be awesome, her being a Gryffindor. And the only Gryffindor ever in a Burton family, she's gonna be remembered for Centuries. Ava couldn't wait to owl her parents and Dima and Zhenny too of course.
She spotted a tall guy with a badge on his robes. HEAD BOY... He's THE Head Boy. "Thank you there, Mr. Head Boy." And why he was scribbling something? Ava was curious about that. "It's not a class so you don't need to take a note or something like that. You want some gums, Mr. Head Boy?"
And of course that the gums she offered was the prank electric shock one.
" I prefer, Sir NickOLAS, if you please," he corrected the girl. " And what may I call you?" SPOILER!!: Sir Yoongi Quote:
Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi Yoongi began tapping the wooden table with his fingers and stared at the staff table. Many changes this year, he was glad that Defence man was still there though because he had some questions for him later. As he looked back at the other students he noticed Adi walking towards the Gryffindor table and taking a seat next to him. “Hey, nothing much, just being awesome like usual you know? cool to be back though. How’s it going with you? fought any spiders this summer” he asked before blurting out. “You do know that this is the Gryffindor table right? Yours is over there” he waved to the Hufflepuff table.
As he waved his hand to show Adi where his table was, the ghost of Gryffindor shot up through the middle of the table which was right in front of him and he screech in fright. “Don’t do thaaaat” he whined as he calmed himself down. “Had a nice quiet summer , Sir Nicholas?” he asked in a tone as if he had not been freaked out just a moment ago.
YO look who was Head Boy! Yoongi grinned at Zander as the seventh year gave a nod in his direction. “Congrats on the badge” he said , pointing to his chest. And ehm…he had long forgotten about the waterslide incident right? Just say yes…
Just then , one of the little ones spoke to him and Yoongi could not help but grin as he got up from his chair. He walked over to the girl called Ava and stood right in front of her, looking down. He then placed his elbow on top of her head and chuckled. “That’s why , little Ava. I’m Yoongi , if you have any questions just ask and I’ll try to help. Not much though, that guy over there is the Head Boy” he pointed to Zander. “For the really difficult questions you go to him” heh, sorry dude.
" Perhaps a bit too quiet. I much prefer this atmosphere."
Although there were some benefits to the castle being a bit more private over the summer. Beneficial, but not entirely fruitful.
Sir Nicholas cast a fleeting glance towards the staff table, thankful that ghosts could not blush. SPOILER!!: Lady AJ Quote:
Originally Posted by MudInMyBlood Fifth year coming through. Excuse me, pardon me... she needed to get to her house table. As she made her way over she noticed that it was already full. Perhaps this whole being on time thing was a phase? Probably so. Whatever. The food hadn't happened yet, and that was the important part. She watched all of the firsties get sorted. Merlin, it seemed like loads of new kids. KIDS. Yeah, AJ was a totally grown up fifth year. Maybe not so much grown up when you considered her choices, but she couldn't help that she was so much fun. It was a gift.
Anyways. It was time for social hour. Since she had been so late in arriving to the table, that had to wait. Marsha was the first one that she spotted. "Hey girl, heeeey." AJ was really excited to see the younger lion. It was as if during the battle of big mean spiders, they had bonded. Marsha was more than a friend. AJ considered her a little sister. A little sister that she would be keeping her eyes on. "Had a good summer?" Because those sort of things were important.
Lots of first years had gotten sorted into the lion house. Dora, Ava, and Blaise! Lucky lot they were. Bet they didn't even know how lucky they were. Gryffindor was the best house ever. AJ stood on her chair to get a better look at them. Yes. They seemed to be very promising. "Welcome to Gryffindor," she bellowed. Names! She needed them. It was hard to keep track. "If anybody is interested in being apart of a unicorn hunting party meet me in the common room after the feast." Yeah, she wasn't letting that go. Plus, her little message was meant for everybody. Anybody. Getting into the forest was going to be tricky though, but Zander was head boy which meant things. It did. "Hey, Zander." She had a memory like an elephant. Did he know? Well, to things that were important to her anyways. "Congrats on head boy. The badge looks really good on you." Should have been Adi's but no need to point that out, yeah? She casually hopped down from her seat and her eyes landed on someone that shared the same face as her.
Tears! Or tears had happened. AJ immediately knew something was off with Angel. Speaking of Angel... where was Benny? This was unusual. Wait a MINUTE. Did he? Was he? Is that why? Candice was with her sister though. Were they talking about it? "We need to talk," she said to Angel. "Hey, Candice! I hope your summer was well." She would leave the two of them alone for now. Just for now though.
Yoongi and Sir Nicholas were both there. "Evening gentleman." Don't know where that came from, but she was going to go with it. Oh, and she had almost missed Zeke. How could one almost miss Zeke? Who knows? "Sup, man?" They had some good times together.
Annnnd the boyfriend was here. Which made the whole missing Benny thing even weirder. "Hey you..." She knew his summer was good because she had spent a lot of it with him, Ilia and Henric.
" Good evening! Fifth year already," Sir Nicholas mused. The dreaded OWL term. SPOILER!!: Sir Bentley Quote:
Originally Posted by Davvy_Wavvy "Blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaise!" Bwahahahaha! This was a mixture of running and excited air pumping and flailing as he ran towards the Gryffindor table towards his cousin. "Blaise I made it into Gryffindor too!!!!" He squeezed in next to his cousin, pushing whoever was on the other side of him over. He needed the spot next to his cousin thank you very much.
"Feel here.." He took his cousin's hand and placed it over his thumping heart. "Man I was so nervous. That hat almost put me in Hufflepuff too." His shoulder slumped a little as he relaxed. "Anyways, I'm glad that's over." He looked around the table for any familiar faces. Pictures! It was time for pictures.
Ben stood up on his bench and pulled his camera out. It was a good time to get a group shot of his new house mate.
"EVERYONE SAY CHEESE!!!!!" And if they didn't, they'd still get their pictures taken and he'd keep it if their faces looked funny in it.
Cheese.
Oh how he longed to experience the taste on his tongue once more...
Smiling, Sir Nicholas posed for the picture. As he would for any and all photography opportunities, in case the young man was wondering. Hopefully his specter self would appear on the film.
It reminded him of a young man from years and years ago... SPOILER!!: Lady Puck Quote:
Originally Posted by Optimist It stung a bit, the realization that this was the last time she would be here for a start of term feast. Her last welcome to the school and everything all of the emotions were hitting her in waves. Nick, she was going to miss him. “Hello Sir Nicholas,” she nodded her head at the ghost and grinned.
Looking around at all of the students in her care now she couldn’t help but grin. Zeke was going to have a following wasn’t he? “Zander we’ve got so many new kids!” she was partly freaking out but the rest of it was excitement, nerves, happiness, and a feint growing sadness as her friends were kind of…gone? Emmy, Kace, and well Bianca and Benny Blane were the ones that hurt the most. But she could get in contact with them with their mirrors…but now, right now, all she had to do was put a smile on her face and welcome the fresh blood and later give them a crash course in how to survive the school…or just how to survive in general.
“Marsha hey did you have a good summer?” She asked and grinned at the younger girl, turning to the girl next to her she just smiled. “Hi welcome to Gryffindor…Riley right?” She asked as she had been listening to the sorting even though her brain had wandered off on her after a few of the names…there were quite a few people. “Adi….c’mon don’t you have Puff’s to welcome?” She huffed at the Hufflepuff and grinned to him. Obviously he was welcome. He was like Lux, right? An honorary Gryffindor?
“Damien hey, how are you?” Puck asked grinning over to him. It was nice having him there even if it would have been even more awesome if Rorie was there too. When the little guy yelled Say Cheese she just grinned. Cute. They needed more photographers.
"Welcome to gryffindor everyone," she smiled and really wanted to like throw confetti cause gryffindor was the BEST!
" Good evening, Puck," he smiled to the seventh year as he took a look about the table. " Perhaps it would be wise of you to assist one of your housemates not in proper attire?" The ghost gestured towards her fellow seventh year.
Before one of the professors caused a scene about it, hmmm?
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