Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Someone's list of accolades was growing already, did the others know? Princess, Girlfriend, Head Girl's SISTER, Best Friend, Dueler extraordinaire. She was tempted to add helper of small Slytherins to the list, but she didn't really KNOW any of the small Slytherins just yet, and small kids could be gross sometimes. She had to be sure they weren't little nose-pickers or whiners before she agreed to THAT title.

Head held high, she approached the table and was disappointed when she didn't see Ru or Abey. Abey who was her cousin and also who tended to sit with them during feasts, even if he WAS a Gryffindor. Hopefully they'd be along soon as it was sort of a tradition to face these days together.

"Hello everyone," Junia curtsied before taking up an empty seat. "Hello Bloody Baron, Sir." What was he saying about forks and cards? The fourth year raised her eyebrows slightly and followed his gaze, curious.

Originally Posted by Felixir

This particular Abey was right here, actually. He'd spent quite a bit of his train ride with Derf, having not seen him in literally ten million years actually, and then, once the train had arrived in Hogsmeade, Abey had lingered at the station for actually a very long time. He hadn't been able to find Junia OR Rula on account of he had left it too late to go looking on the train where it was EASY to find people.

But yes. Lingering at the station had happened, because Abey had been quite unwilling to head for the school, for reasons. OBVIOUS reasons. Ages he had stayed there, until the sudden lack of people had Abey even more anxious than the idea of going back to the castle. He had finally tagged along with an older student - a capable-seeming transfer boy who was really nice and had a lovely smile - in the carriages, pulled by those actually sort-of-scary-sort-of-not horses.

And heeeeeere he was. In the school. Hogwarts. The castle. Here... here where... things had happened.

Abey chewed on his lip, but kept reminding himself that he'd be okay as long as he stuck with other people, and especially his family. His cousin was HEAD GIRL, after all, which meant she would know what to do in an emergency actually. Also, there were a thousand adults at the feast, which meant it was the safest place to be. Uh... sort of.

Having entered the Great Hall, Abey bypassed the Gryffindor table as he had done with every feast so far, and headed for Slytherin instead. Finding Junia didn't take long, even though she was among a crowd of people. Spotting an empty seat beside her, Abey picked up the pace and hurried forward to nab that seat before anyone else could, linking his arm through hers as he did so.

"Hi," he said, to Junia and Junia alone, voice coming out even quieter than he had expected. It was... an overwhelming sort of moment. Back in the castle, lots of people (which actually was a good thing really actually; better than being alone in the castle, but still quite overwhelming when he was trying to process things like what he felt about being back), not-nice memories suddenly emerging a lot more vividly than they had been recently. And he was already thinking about how soon he would have to head up to the seventh floor (... and... past the fifth and sixth floors...) to sleep in a dormitory a million miles away from his family and his villain.

Deciding to keep his greetings directed only to his cousin, Abey rested his head on Junia's shoulder, and instead quietly watched the interactions between the Slytherins and their house ghost.

Originally Posted by Bloody Baron

The Baron had gone back to observing the table when a student sat down next to lady Junia that clearly didn't belong to the snake ranks. By the redness it was clear that it was a Gryffindor. Rattling his chains noisily to get the boy's attention the Baron meaningfully groaned out. "Young man, shouldn't you be finding your way over to your own table now? Headmistress Hawthorne will soon make her speech."

Originally Posted by Felixir