Kairi shook her head, "Nothing, just Darkness..."

Chalice saw Chris beckon and though she felt wierd, she went and joined the group hug. "What brought you out Kairi, or do you know?"

"I just remember someone talk to me, it was a boy, he told me to come into the light, and I did, and then I was back here. I spent a whole year in that world, and now I'm back here only a day later..."

"thats weird." Chris said looking at her. "Do you remember when you were taken, or anything about that moment when you were gone.?"

Kairi shook her head, "Nothing,"

"Roxas!" Chalices wispered.

"Well at least your back. Did you miss us?" he said to her "We missed you soo much." he said smiling slightly

Kairi's ears picked up Chalice mutter the word Roxas. She had know idea who this boy was, but everyone seemed to know him. She looked at Chris and nodded, "Of course I missed you guys, a year without you is like a year without air,"

Chalice spaced out. Maybe she could use her psycic channels to get to Roxas to figure everything out.

Demetria started smiling. "That is soo cool!"

Sneeze smiled to himself. Then he got up and... well, disappeared. He then was behind Demetria's seat. "Hey" He said to her.

Hannah snuggled into a puffy chair near Demetria and some boy. She figured this might be that boy that Dem liked, so she gave them a little space. She pulled out "Pride and Prejudice," one of her favorite books, and began losing herself in Jane Austen's world.

"I'm going to go to bed." Chalice said as Tourmaline swooped down and gave her a letter. She opened up the letter as she climbed the stairs. Chalice almost dropped to her knees when she read the fate of her beloved.

Jack walked into the common room with no one in it and on the sofa and looked at the fire.

Hannah looked over and saw a boy she'd never met sitting on the couch. She walked over and plopped down next to him. "Hi," she said. "I'm Hannah Weasley." she smiled at him.

Anna made her way into the Common Room and took a seat somewhere in the midst of Kairi, Chris, Chalice, Sneeze, and several others gatherered around. Anna didn't get to spend much time in here, so it was a rare moment for her to sit down, get comfortable, and enjoy herself amongst her fellow Gryffindors. "So," she said, smiling at each of them. "How's it going?"

Just as Cale was walking through the portrait hole, he caught a glimpse of Kairi and Chris kissing and embracing the common room. As he made his way into the gathering of sofas the kiss ended and they began to start talking again, but that didn't change that fact that it had happened a few moments ago. "Oi, no PDA! Just a reminder," he said with a smile at the two before plopping down next to Anna. "I'm beattttt," he muttered, pulling a bag of jelly slugs out of his pocket and popping a green one in his mouth.

Anna giggled softly as she saw Cale notice the two Gryffindors kissing one another. She would say something to them herself, but she'd give that satisfaction to Cale. After Cale had addressing the kissers, and he'd plopped down next to Anna on the coach, Anna began to eye the jelly slugs he'd taken out of his pocket. She smirked, waiting for just the right moment. Just as Cale raised the green slug up to his mouth and went to pop it in, Anna reached up, grabbed it right out of his hand, and popped it in her own mouth. "Thanks, Newell!" she said, chewing on her candy. "Don't mind if I do! Besides, these days, it's any candy but chocolate frogs for me!"

Cale sat there in shock, mouth still open in an "o" shape as he watched Anna eat HIS jelly slug. "Hey, I've had a long, hard day, this is all I have!" he chuckled, popping a red one in his mouth instead. "Except you of course," he told her with a wink. He rummaged around in his bag and pulled a few more slugs out in a handful. "Anyone else want some?" he asked the room.

"You know, I think we need to go back to Honeydukes soon...I'm running low," he informed her as he ate a yellow one. "Oh, and I'm supposed to use my own money to buy Theresa a present, cause she's at Hogwarts this year--don't ask what my mother's reasoning behind that is, but that's just how it is. And I need to get some candy for Lucy too...I guess that Paul Kutcher guy doesn't let her have sweets very often," he rambled, pushing his curly hair out of his eyes.

Anna just smiled at Cale as he sat there with his mouth still open and ready to eat his jelly slug. "Sorry, Slugger, you snooze, you lose," Anna said, bursting into a fit of giggles again. "I'm only kidding. You can have your jelly slugs. I won't steal them anymore...promise." On that last note, she made a show of crossing her fingers right in front of him, just so he'd know that she fully intended to---and would---steal another slug if she so desired.

"So," she said, grabbing the entire bag from him and pulling out a yellow slug for her to eat. "Oh...here!" She pulled another green slug from the bed and held it up. "Open up...can you catch?" After she said that, she tossed the slug right at his mouth. He'd either catch it, or it'd land right on his nose one.

"We do need to go back to Honeydukes. I miss our weekend trips to Hogsmeade. So much changed after---well, yeah," she said. "Anyway, we should go this weekend. It'll be fun! I remember last school year when we spent the entire weekend in that store! We can go shopping and buy Theresa and Lucy something, too."

Chalice stumbeled down the stairs. It was her first day of living since Joel died. She sat down near the fire, her hair turning black. Everything was soooo terrible.

Hannah looked over at the girl who had just sat down - Chalice? They'd never talked before, but they had mutual friends. She looked pretty upset. "Hey," she said softly to her. "I'm Hannah. I know we've never officially met, but I've seen you around a lot. Is everything ok?"

"Yeah, just a bit bumed. Hello, I'm Chalice. It's really nice to meet you. Hannah, right. How are you doing?" Chalice said to the really nice person who was talking to her.

"Sneeze? Sneeze?" he disappeared. Then suddenly...."Ahh!!!" she jumped as Sneeze showed up right behind her seat. She smiled "So is that another little trick that comes wtih being a werewolf?"

"Yeah, but I can only do it when I have to hide. I had to confuse my mind that I was being chased, and don't ask how I did it, but I did it" Sneeze sat down again.