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Jack Mannequin 
Eben Wallace walked into the common room after a nice walk out in the fresh air. He sighed and ran his fingers through his windswept hair, and went to sit on the sofa in front of the fire place.
Even though Eben hadn't liked to be at Hogwarts in the first place, he was starting to slowly enjoy it. He had a lot of freedom from his parents and was generally left alone unless he wanted interaction with other students.
It was quiet in the common room, a first since he had been here. Mostly it had been filled with annoying first years.
And reading this book was taking too long. Annie had been there, at the common room reading area for a while, reading a small book of maybe a hundred pages on how to take care of a Pymgy Puff. Seriously, the girl had considered it if it wasn't for her jealous cat that was taking it too personal the fact of being the only pet in the family. He was way too pampered. Eyeroll. But now, it was just for pure interest, in case someday she'd be handling one of those little things in her hands.
The place around her, was filled with first years. They seemed...normal, meaning like courageous, smart and surely with a lot of energy. See what happens to you when you get to be...on sixth year. She thought to herself, remembering she had a couple of homework assigments to do on the check list. OH MAN!