Sheridan raised her eyebrow again in humor this time, there was no way she was like the girl standing next to her, she was blonde, the girl had black hair, she had blue eyes and the girl had violet, they were nothing alike so what on earth was he talking about. Weirdo she thought, still checking her phone, will do she called fakely, smiling at him. Weirdo

Kurumi shrugged her shoulders and looked at the girl standing next to her - the supposed pea that was in the same pod as her. Tilting her head to the side, Kurumi squinted and tried to figure out where this polished blonde girl and simple her looked the same. "Um...e-e-excuse me," Kurumi stammered hoping to get the other girl's attention. "What did he mean by two peas in a pod?"

Sheridan turned her head, to the younger girl, bit nervous wasn't she? Hmmm maybe all second years were like that. Well apart from her "too cocky for your own good" according to her dad. Hmph. Yeah? She asked as she looked at the girl, oh, she frowned and tilted her head to one side her hair falling off her shoulder, I have no idea, she looked at the girl. So this girl was Oriental, had Black hair, violet eyes and a naievity that was so painfully obviously wheras Sheridan was British, Blonde hair, blue eyes and one of the cockiest that it came off as obnoxious - sometimes, personalities. And they were alike how? Got any ideas? She asked the kid

Kurumi frowned and crossed her arms. "Maybe that we wasted our time talking to that guy?" Then again, it didn't make sense that he would insult himself but that thought didn't come to her mind. All she wanted to do was throw soggy cookie dough at him and ruin his clothes and maybe his hair. She would have to do some research about sticky charms...yes...

Sheridan grinned at the girl, too right she laughed, checking her BB, it was her baby and her life. She looked back up at the girl, well I dunno about you kid but I think he needs a lesson, she raised an eyebrow, not going to get her to prefect but revenge was so much fun!

Kurumi nodded, nervously, but she still nodded in agreement. Wait, was she really ready to go on the offensive? She had tried to stay under the radar first year and focussed on her studies more than anything else. Maybe it was time for her to try something outside of the Kurumi box. Her mind raced for a few moments until she remembered a certain scary potion's mistress and their final assignment of the term: puking pestles. A mischievous grin crawled across her face as she turned to look at the older girl. "Perhaps some puking pestles are in order?" There was the train ride to Hogwarts and the opening feast that provided plenty of golden opportunities.

Sheridan nodded absentmindedly, still checking her BB, she looked up, ambitious kid, she liked her already, good idea, she nodded thinking back to her potions book she had at home, the potions that her parents had taught her all ticking over in her brain, what about a hair loss potion? She suggested, thinking that the kid could take the practical stuff and she could do the sneaky stuff, she'd already waged war on one person, another couldn't hurt

The Leaky Cauldron is currently closed in honor of Lord Berty Borr's party!

Ryoma made his way back from the party still feeling a bit dazed and confused about the entire thing. Seeing the sign that his boss had put up, Ryoma took is down.

The Leaky Cauldron is OPEN

Hugo sniffed the fresh London air. Home. Sort of. He figured he'd go for a butterbeer before taking the floo network home to drop off his bags, then he'd go into London. He held his trunk and stepped inside. It was summer alright.

Ana was still straightening her top, a bit after the floo powder entrance, as she walked throught the exit of the leaky cauldron. this was mostly likely the reason she didnt notice girl she so gracefully bupped into looking up instantly she looked at the girl
"oh i'm so sorry" she said her peculiar accent a mix between northern English laced with Russian "i wasnt looking where i was going" she apologised

It felt fantastic to be back in London and to be able to stay just a little longer before having to return back to Japan to spend a few weeks at home. She had squeaked so loudly back in the dormitory when she had read the letter from her father explaining that he would be spending part of his time in Diagon Alley working as a reporter for the Daily Prophet. Not having to turn her wand into her mother for the entire summer seemed almost too good to be true.

Lost in her own thoughts about what all she wanted to do before the week was up, Kurumi didn't pay attention to where she was going as she stepped out of the entryway, ran right smack into someone, and landed with her back to the floor.

She really REALLY needed to stop meeting people this way. "I-I-I-It's fine," she said dusting herself off. "I-I wasn't looking where I was going either."

And thus began the ritual of bowing over and over again in apology.

Ana smiled at the girl she obviously had some japanese heratige she began bowing which took Ana off gaurd a bit.
"really i'm sorry, i'm Ana by the way if you want to hunt me down in revenge" she laughed tring to lighten the mood a bit stepping aside from the doorway a bit

"R-R-R-R-Revenge?!" Kurumi chirped as her violet eyes grew large and her hands flew to cover her mouth. Was she really that scary looking now that she had become a third year? She was still shorter than a majority of the first years she had met so far. "I would never---"

Oh, right, humor!

Once Kurumi realized that the girl was only joking, she calmed down a bit and the redness from her cheeks lightened. "I'm Kurumi, Kurumi Hollingberry," she said with a proper and unapologetic bow.

Ana smiled slightly as the girl caught onto her humour felling sorry that she had made the girl feel offended to start with. when her face stettled and she introduced herself too. again with the bowing must be cultural thing
"Nice to meet you Kurumi, so you go to hogwarts? what year you in, i'm going to be a fourth year but im new to Hogwarts"

Kurumi's face went a bit pale. Why did she always have to meet older students by literally crashing into them? This was a habit that she would really need to fix.

"I will be a third year," she nodded as her fingers trailed to her long black hair that she began to twist around her finger as a means to calm her nerves a bit. She smiled at Ana. There seemed to be quite a few transfer students this year. "It is nice to meet you too," she said realizing she probably should have said that first. "Where are you transferring from?"

Ana smiles at the third year all the student all the students she had met so far were at least year younger then her she wasnt complaining she always got on with people of all ages. she smiled at Kurumi.
"im transfering from тайна in russia its just a small school decent but nothing compared to Hogwarts. my dads english and he's discribed it to me loads it sounds amazing. would have gone straight there if mum hadnt decided she wanted to move home for a while, shes Russian."


as she decribed this she hoped she wasnt talking to much about herself
"have you been at Hogwarts since the begining?"

Kurumi wasn't going to even attempt to repeat the name of the place Ana came from. Kurumi had a hard enough time with some English words and remembering Quidditch terms than to attempt even more foreign pronunciations.

"Yes," Kurumi nodded. "I only found out that I was a witch about two weeks before the term started." Her cheeks flushed.

Ana smiled wow two weeks not much time
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"oh are you muggle born or did your parents just not tell you" she aske curiously

Ali walked into the store her utter shortness didn't make her feel very badly at all. She was ready to meet up with her family for lunch, even though she had already eaten. The butterbeer that was waiting for her would be very welcome.

Nika walked into the entry way with a smile on her face. She was hoping she would meet up with someone she knew and hopefully they would recognize her with her new hair color. Nika looked around hoping that she would be able to buy a butterbeer here. Ever since Hannah had given her one she has been craving them, but being a muggle made it hard to get her hands on some. "Maybe I should take out my mirror to see if Emily can come?" With that being said she pulled out her two-way mirror and whisper into it. "Emily!" She pulled back her hair to make sure that Emily couldn't see it because she wanted to show her in person. "I'm at the Leaky Cauldron can you meet me here?"

Kurumi knew she should be used to explaining this after two years of doing so, but after everything she had discovered on her own during the long hours in the library prevented that.

"My father is a pureblood wizard from Britain," she said shaking her head. "My mother is a non-magical and she, well, she is deathly afraid of magic for reasons unknown to myself and my brothers."

Nika looked around the place for someone she knew. Anyone. She just needed a friend to talk to. Nika had her cheery smile taking up most of her face as usual. She absentmindedly twirled a piece of her new pink hair as she bounced up and down.

Leaky Cauldron. Perfect place to take a seat, relax and drink something.

Walking around, looking for a place to sit she saw someone that seemed familiar, except for the pink hair... umm she knew her? not quite sure, Georgiana approached to the girl, accidentally she threw her bracelet to the floor and tried to get a glimpse of the girl's face.

Still she wasn't that close to see her face and looking like a moron she threw the bracelet again. Almost falling down, she quickly picked up her bracelet and got up.

Finally she recognized this mysterious girl.

Georgiana poked the pink haired girl and said "Hello stranger" in fact for a second she was "I didn't recognize you with that new hair color!" she said looking at Nika's hair, "Buut it does look good on you" said with a nod of her head "So what have you been up to?" asked curiously.

Nika continued staring around the place. Wow. She had never been anywhere like it. Nika didn't seem to notice her friend who was doing some sort of weird dance type thing at the moment. *Shrugs*. She felt a poke and jumped up at the sudden gesture that interrupted her daze. "Hey Georgiana!" She greeted her friend with a big Nika hug. "Really?!?! This is my favorite color!" Nika had dyed her hair over the summer. The color really seemed to show her personality hehe.

"It's so great to see you here!" Nika didn't want to admit it, but she was starting to get quite lonely. "Me... Well I dyed my hair!" Obviously... Smacks forehead. "Nothing really out of the ordinary I guess." That's better... sort of. "How about you?" She gently nudged her in the ribs.