Elizabeth cracked a smile as Ludo referred to them beating everyone else at Quidditch, as the comment had distracted her from her discomfort over their other friends at the moment. "Of course we will," she said. "You should never doubt us." And as he answered her question about the Slytherin boy, she glanced at the retreating figure again. "Oh. Okay," she said quietly, before looking back to Ludo sharply at his next comment. He had a strange smile on her face, and her brow furrowed as she tried to decipher it. "You were going to ask me what about me and Robert? And what did you think? Cause we're just friends. And apparently I'm the only one who won't let him be about his temper. That's all," she explained, a troubled look on her face. If Ludo had thought something, what could Mari have thought?

Then Robert was talking again, explaining some of what had gone on when he, Mari and the Slytherin had been across the table. "So the Slytherin's name is Cayden?," she asked idly, before she realized he had semi-dropped the thing about her teaching him about musicals. "Sure. Another time. I mean, if you'd like, I'll dig out one of my books after the feast and lend it to you, but I think that's as far as I'll go right now. Because I'm not going to get between you and Mari. And I'm sure Mari was just trying to be friendly to Cayden. I mean, if he'd asked me, I'd probably do the same." If they had issues, fine. But they were not going to drag her into anything when she hadn't done anything wrong.

She was still ignoring the food still on her plate, but picked up her juice to take another sip. She could faintly hear Mari whispering something to Ludo, and caught her name in the words, but not much else. A pained look flickered across her eyes as she stared off into space, once again wishing she could just vanish into thin air. But then Mari had responded to what she had said about the professor, and she turned her head slightly to look at the other girl, trying to compose herself. "Oh, well, I think it was like five years ago that he did anything. I mean, I remember I was eleven. And we happened to have taken a trip to new York for something and my mother took me to a show he was in. And then it was like he disappeared." She smiled, a bit embarrassed. "I kinda started following the theater news after that trip."

Then Mari went back to whispering to Ludo, so Elizabeth turned back to the table and went back to staring at the food on her plate. She knew she should eat something, but just couldn't force herself to do so.

Rian started giggling when Plymouth said he'd where Merlin's toe on a necklace. "What if it had some sort of...supernatural magical power? I mean, Merlin's like, way famous. He was obviously some sort of magical genious..." she tipped her head to the side, then thought of something else to say. "I bet said toe would be worth a bucket-load of galleons, even if it was slightly dirty..." she mused.

She raised her eyebrows again when Plymouth started blabbering about his mum. Then when he said that they sold the chocolate frog cards, her jaw dropped. She quickly shut it with a snap though. "Really? That's really cool!" she said nodding.

Bloody Blood. I think someone had too much sugar...and I'm not talking about me. Rian thought with a laugh. She waved at Jenn and Livvy too, then laughed when the Jenn asked if she could call them something else. That was what she'd been thinking too. "Nic and Ply?" she asked Jenn, "You read my mind. Only I was thinking Plym..." she trailed off, blushing again.

Livvy thought for a while on the nicknames. "I like Nic. But Plym is better than Ply... its just cooler. And you want cool don't ya?" she said to Plym and Nic. "Now if you wanna make it even MORE cooler.. you have two M's," she said, grinning and nodding her head.

"Smart? No, ma'am," now his grin was downright cheeky. "I just know strange and random facts that are hard to believe but are always true."

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"Oh, umm," Rian tipped her head to the side as she read the card. It was one she already had...but she didn't know how to say the name. "It's this guy," she said finally, showing the card to Copernicus. "I already have it though." she shrugged.

Nine toes? Hmm. Was he just joking, or was he serious? I'm sure it says somewhere in a book, at least. she thought. She could imagine herself now, talking to Madame Kohan. Excuse me, do you have any books on Merlin? I'd like to know if he was missing a pinky toe... Rian almost laughed at herself for actually wondering if Merlin had all of his toes.

"Agrippa!" Copernicus actually choked back what could have been mistaken for a laugh. "Can I have this? It's practically worthless. I'll... I'll buy you another frog next time we're in Hogsmeade."

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"Hello, I'm Liz." Liz says with a smile. "So you two are brothers...well stepbrothers I should say."

Thinking a little she asks "So where are you two from? I'm from France just outside Paris."

"My father just married Plymouth's mother," Copernicus quickly sobered. "We're... I don't think he ever lived in Paris, but we lived just outside of it. The embassy."

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"What... what do you suppose happened to that toe? No. No. That's unimportant. What matters, at least to me, is what HAPPENED to the toe. Where is it now? If I had Merlin's pinky toe - I'd wear it as a necklace. I bet it's DEAD good luck, you know??"

"I think I won't tell you what happened to it OR where it is. Let you think up some crazy theories on that one..."

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Karma waved at Jenn. She hadn't recognized her at first, and now felt stupid because she hadn't said anything before now. Jenn should remember her at least. Karma helped her out.

Of course she would remember her, people wouldn't ever forget someone who helped them out like that.

Plymouth was being a spazz. It was very entertaining though.

"Did someone put too much sugar in their tea this morning?" Karma asked, laughing.

He shook his head at Karma's observation of Plymouth. "I wish I could tell you it was just sugar, but he's always this energetic. I think it's one of those Everlasting Energy Potions."

Hiding a giggle behind her hand, trying to turn it into a cough. Not able to hide the smile though, Liz says "Maybe they should have a choice on nicknames..."

Turning toward Copernicus again "What do you think...?" she asks with a small smile.

"Oh, I know where that is...I live on the south side of the city, though, but my papa goes to the embassy a lot, he's an auror in France."

Rian jumped a bit when Copernicus raised his voice. She narrowed her eyes at him, wondering if he was just saying that it was worthless. She shrugged and decided she'd trust him. "Umm...sure. Go ahead and take it," she said with a shrug. "Oh, and don't think I'll forget," she teased, "I don't forget about chocolate frogs."

"You're from France?" Rian asked suddenly. "Really? So was I!" she said for no reason, just for the sake of saying it.

Rian laughed. "Well, of course they have a choice," she said matter-of-factly, with a wink to her cousin. "They might not even want a nickname," she added, shrugging.

Mariel glanced over to Sarah as she whispered to her and nodded. She had no problem telling Sarah what had happened, she was just afraid of more trouble, so keeping silent for the rest of the feast was probably her best bet. Of course silence made for a boring feast, not that she preferred the previous chaos as an alternative. Letting out a long sigh, Mariel reached for her goblet of pumpkin juice as Sarah turned to her again.

Looking towards the staff table as her friend spoke, Mariel sadly shook her head. She really hadn't been paying much attention in that direction since the new headmaster made his speech, but it seemed as though a few of the professors had tripped over one another. "I really don't know, Sarah. Things seem a little.. strange though." Afraid her friend would leave because of her gloomy mood, she tried to think of something else to say. "So, making new friends at the Hufflepuff table?"

When she was looking in the direction of the staff table, Mariel noticed that Lasca seemed to be pleading her case to that dreadful old professor. She hoped that he would hear her out at least, then she narrowed her eyes as the Ravenclaw prefect seemed to feel the need to stick her nose in it. She'd have to ask Lasca about it later, away from prying eyes and ears.

Mariel offered Lyra a small smile. She looked like she felt worse than Mariel did. Another one she'd talk to later, to let her know it really wasn't the end of the world. It was always possible to rectify past mistakes wasn't it?

Hearing Nathaniel's voice at her side, Mariel rolled her eyes in his direction. "I had a feeling that you would have something to say about that," she told him with a smirk. "I have every intention on making them up." Recalling their first meeting, Mariel had to stifle a laugh. A little what goes around, comes around, she guessed. That actually made her feel slightly better.

And finally her pumpkin juice. As she once again reached for her goblet, a familiar face caught her eye. She hadn't talked to Jenn in ages and right now the girl looked as bad as Mariel felt. She offered Jenn a small wave, hoping that she'd move down the table to sit with them, but just as she did, Jenn seemed to be surrounded by more people. Sighing before taking a sip of her juice, she wondered when she'd get the chance to talk to her... or when this feast was going to be over. She felt downright miserable and was looking forward to just going to bed.

"Wait! Wait. Hold on to your bums and lucky Merlin toes. We are NOT nicknaming me PLY." Plymouth rubbed his puffy hair anxiously. "That's like... Toilet Paper! Come on, now. I enjoy a nice two ply as much as the next person - but I don't think I can handle a nickname that is toilet paper inspired. No.. no no. Surely not."


Plymouth wiped his pseudo sweat from his forehead. "I can give you all the list of names that Copernicus has said NO to, too. Do NOT call him Pernipants. Trust me."

Karma watched in amazement as Copernicus started to become downright cheeky with her. She couldn't believe her eyes, and she fought hard not to smile. So hard, in fact, that she felt it about to burst on her face.

"Well Copernicus, you're quite the entertainer. I'm looking forward to this term with you. I think it should be... exciting."

She folded her arms on the table as she returned her head to her hand. She traced some of the lines on the table as she began to think of a remark to say back to Copernicus. She was still semi shocked though.

"You know. I'm not too sure if I like this new outburst of personality from you Copernicus. It might be bad to say it, but you and Plymouth are more alike than what you thought..."

Her smile gave it away. Oh who cares. She wasn't an actress.

Giggling like ever at Plymouth's comment about nicknames. "Ok, I promise I'll never call him that," slightly embarrassed she ducks her head with a twinkle in her eyes.

Rian couldn't help it. She started laughing when Plymouth rambled about not being nicknamed after Toilet Paper. "Oh, no." she shook her head, grinning. "I said Plym...Livvy said Plymm" she drug out the 'm' on the last one, for emphasis on the double m.

"Pernipants?" Rian asked, a giggle excaping. "Now that's one I would never have thought of. And I think of a lot of odd nicknames..." she laughed. "Okay, I shall not call Copernicus Pernipants." she promised, giggling again.

Livvy chuckled. "Ply is an awesome nickname! It's either that or Plym," she said, grinning. It was rather funny... Toilet paper. Whether or not he liked it, she was calling him Ply or Plym.

She snorted and burst out laughing. "Pernipants?! Wow... I'll definitely remember that!"

Eleanor ignored Willow’s look, she could imagine what was going on inside her friend’s head. Just imagine, because it was hard to be sure of whatever it could be on inside Willow’s head.
And Ellie was a way to tired from the train ride, even though she had spent it sleeping, to try to figure out what Willow could be thinking of.
Probably something similar to “Eleanor is insane”.
The brunette shrugged at the Ravenclaw’s words and decided to drop the subject.
For some reason, Ellie felt that Willow was different since the last time she had seen her.
“Oh, yes. Supeeerr ecstatic.” The brunette replied with a half smile on her lips, as she served herself of some pumpkin juice before adding more frankly. “You know what is funny? I came to Hogwarts, thinking I would dislike Ravenclaws so much I wouldn’t even be able to look at them. She continued like if there weren’t dozens of Ravenclaws around her. And now, well to be perfectly honest, Ravenclaws are not that bad. They were just people who hated others to say they were wrong, know-it-alls who had an extremely odd humour.
If Ellie wasn’t a Slytherin, she would rather be a Ravenclaw than a Gryffindor or a Hufflepuff.
Gryffindors were just slightly brave and some extremely annoying know-it-alls. And Hufflepuff, well Hufflepuff was Hufflepuff.
Ellie would rather be haunted by a thousand angry centauries than being a badger and wear silly yellow ties and Quidditch cloth.
Just the thought of it, made her grimace.

“Well I’m sorry Willow, but you see, my best friend turned Quiddicth captain and I had absolutely no idea! How awesome is that ? ” Ellie questioned, once she calmed down, with a fake exited smile on her lip right before Willow curled her fingers around her arm forcing her to seat down.
There wasn’t anyone, who knew Willow, inside that huge hall that could possibly be happier with Willow being the new Quiddicth Captain for the Ravens than Ellie.
Willow was her best friend, and Ellie had to admit to herself that she felt slightly hurt. She hadn’t received any thrilled letter from Willow telling her the news, and that was probably the main reason why she was feeling that way.
“It looks good on your robes Kovac.” the Slytherin smiled, now faking indifference.

“I shall stay quite from now on and stop ruining your reputation.” The brunette said before taking a sip of her pumpkin juice. Oh yes, because it seemed that miss Quiddicth captain was now more authoritarian and concerned about what people might think then ever.

Looking down at his plate he nodded, "Yeah...that's his name..." He gritted his teeth and just stared down at his plate. Cayden...the git. The bloody idiot who was flirting with her while I was with her in Diagon Alley and every chance he had since.... "That's fine...whatever..." Robert said off handedly as he pushed his food around his plate, concentrating hard on it as if it was some piece of art that wasn't perfect. Like anything could be perfect. Even my own father says I'm a screw up. I guess this just proves it. He looked up when he heard her reasoning behind it and frowned as he said forcefully in a hushed wisper, "No, it's not the same. You aren't dating someone and agreed to go show some bleeding idiot boy who'd been flirting with you openly every bloody chance he got the library...alone. She went too far." His expression turned exasperated even hurtful, "She didn't even think about what he was asking she just said yes.... Trying to be helpful or not if she couldn't see what he was pulling then she's just blind."

He continued to push his food around as he listened to Elizabeth talk about the professor. As the conversation died down he looked around and sighed before turning toward Elizabeth and then back at his plate,"What play was it? The...the one you saw him in." [/COLOR][/QUOTE]

Copernicus was shocked that both girls had lived in France and seemed familiar with the area. "It was a nice place to live, and such a shame that we were thrown out after that whole Ministry fiasco. My father was hoping to return, but... I think he has a reason to stay in England now." He glanced at Plymouth.

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"Wait! Wait. Hold on to your bums and lucky Merlin toes. We are NOT nicknaming me PLY." Plymouth rubbed his puffy hair anxiously. "That's like... Toilet Paper! Come on, now. I enjoy a nice two ply as much as the next person - but I don't think I can handle a nickname that is toilet paper inspired. No.. no no. Surely not."


Plymouth wiped his pseudo sweat from his forehead. "I can give you all the list of names that Copernicus has said NO to, too. Do NOT call him Pernipants. Trust me."

"Pernipants was a ridiculous nickname," Copernicus scowled a bit. He wouldn't mention what his mother used to call him, but it was actually less embarassing than Pernipants. Or Perni- anything, really. "I think we should make a deal, Plymouth. A nickname deal."

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Karma watched in amazement as Copernicus started to become downright cheeky with her. She couldn't believe her eyes, and she fought hard not to smile. So hard, in fact, that she felt it about to burst on her face.

"Well Copernicus, you're quite the entertainer. I'm looking forward to this term with you. I think it should be... exciting."

She folded her arms on the table as she returned her head to her hand. She traced some of the lines on the table as she began to think of a remark to say back to Copernicus. She was still semi shocked though.

"You know. I'm not too sure if I like this new outburst of personality from you Copernicus. It might be bad to say it, but you and Plymouth are more alike than what you thought..."

Her smile gave it away. Oh who cares. She wasn't an actress.

"Alike?" He was distracted and turned to look at Karma again. "Don't be ridiculous. Plymouth and I are as alike as the sky and the earth." He shook his head at the preposterous idea.

"Livvy!" Liz says shocked. Oh, no, I can see her doing that too! she thinks to herself.

Glancing at Plymouth, "I wouldn't want any nicknames like those either..." Solemnly she says "They just seem rude to me."

Lifting her eyebrows "You mean they threw you out! How could the... I mean, that was your h... I...I mean that's horrible!"

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Rian couldn't help it. She started laughing when Plymouth rambled about not being nicknamed after Toilet Paper. "Oh, no." she shook her head, grinning. "I said Plym...Livvy said Plymm" she drug out the 'm' on the last one, for emphasis on the double m.

"Pernipants?" Rian asked, a giggle excaping. "Now that's one I would never have thought of. And I think of a lot of odd nicknames..." she laughed. "Okay, I shall not call Copernicus Pernipants." she promised, giggling again.

"But... Rian.. Darling, sweetie, doesn't PLYMM - sound a LOT like phlegm??? Merlin's Missing Toe, I'm destined to be toilet paper or internal snot." Plymouth went back to his anxious hair rubbing.

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Copernicus was shocked that both girls had lived in France and seemed familiar with the area. "It was a nice place to live, and such a shame that we were thrown out after that whole Ministry fiasco. My father was hoping to return, but... I think he has a reason to stay in England now." He glanced at Plymouth.

"Pernipants was a ridiculous nickname," Copernicus scowled a bit. He wouldn't mention what his mother used to call him, but it was actually less embarassing than Pernipants. Or Perni- anything, really. "I think we should make a deal, Plymouth. A nickname deal."

"Alike?" He was distracted and turned to look at Karma again. "Don't be ridiculous. Plymouth and I are as alike as the sky and the earth." He shook his head at the preposterous idea.

"We're alike," Plymouth insisted. "We're step brothers. You dad married my mum. They see something in each other, so there has to be things alike in us. Like our need for socially appropriate nicknames."

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Glancing at Plymouth, "I wouldn't want any nicknames like those either..." Solemnly she says "They just seem rude to me."

"I know, right!?!?!" Plymouth laughed and offered his pie to Liz. He didn't want it.

She rolled her eyes. "Oh yes. Hurt there feelings. We wouldn't want that."she said, sarcasim thick in her voice. She sighed. "I know. Sad....."

Jenn waved happily at Karma. Laughing at Karma's comment she said, "I guess. Of coarse inthusiasam is never bad."

She shrugged. "I guess that's o.k. Plym is good. Nic is perfect. So is it settled then?"she asked, giggling. "Of coarse, you two have to say the ok."she said, eyeing the two boys.

Jenn caught a glimps of Mariel waving. She smiled happily then leaned forward and waved back. "We should get a bed next to each other again!"she mouthed, grinning happily. Of coarse, it all depended on first come first serve.

Jenn burst out laughing. "Ok, ok. Not Ply. Plym then? I mean come on, Plymouth is a long name, and I can't spend my whole year calling you that."she said, whiping back tears of laughter. "No toilet paper? Ok, Plym it has to be then."she said, grinning.

She raised an eyebrow. "Really? Why not? It has a nice ring to it. Pernipants. Is Nic in the NO list too?"she asked, grinning slyly.

Rian shook her head, laughing. Merlin's missing toe. Wow, she'd never forget about that. "Only if you think about it. I mean, If someone just called you Plymm, then I wouldn't think of phlegm...Well, I wouldn't have thought of it...but now that you say so..." she shrugged. "Plymm's out, then?"

She tipped her head to the side. "You know, Plymm's a lot better than Siren, though. At least in my opinion," she said, speaking of the nickname her aunt calls her.

"Get your own gravy DeWitt," he said pulling the boat closer to him. Cale was planning on another round of tatters and beef swimming in gravy. "I'm consuming this one." He paused then quickly added. "All of it." As if to prove his point he pored more gravy onto his plate.

Cale was shoveling a forkful of gravy with a side of potatoes into his mouth as Aggie leaned into Tobi. The two looked rather nice together and Cale was about to say something when he remembered his promise to shut his pie hole upon receiving the pie.
"Shhh!" Cale shook his fork at her. "Keep your voice down! What do you want to do? Broadcast it to the hole school?" Cale's outburst both confirmed and yet didn't confirm anything to Aggie's question depending upon how you looked at it.

Pernipants. That made her laugh very hard. If she remembered correctly, Plymouth had called Copernicus that when they met at The Leaky. It was really funny now, as it had been back then.

"Well, maybe you should each come up with a nickname for each other. And we can help. Something that isn't rediculous to either of you."

Karma sat back slightly, but remembered it was a bench. That was a close one.

"I say Nic for Copernicus. And for Plymouth? I have no idea. Unless you don't want a nickname."

Still stunned at Copernicus's statement of the embassy throwing his family out. Liz speaks up softly.

"I think Copernicus and Plymouth sound fine by themselves, personally. I think they are very distinguished." Liz finishes with a dip of her head.

"They don't like us much right now, do they?" Copernicus shrugged as if it didn't sting to be tossed out of the home he'd grown up in. "And my father never would have met..." He nodded at Plymouth. That one's mother.

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"But... Rian.. Darling, sweetie, doesn't PLYMM - sound a LOT like phlegm??? Merlin's Missing Toe, I'm destined to be toilet paper or internal snot." Plymouth went back to his anxious hair rubbing.


"We're alike," Plymouth insisted. "We're step brothers. You dad married my mum. They see something in each other, so there has to be things alike in us. Like our need for socially appropriate nicknames."


"I know, right!?!?!" Plymouth laughed and offered his pie to Liz. He didn't want it.

"So not interested in making a deal? I propose we let these lovely ladies decide on reasonable nicknames, since we've both been burdened with cumbersome names. I'll accept what they say, as long as there is no Perni, if you will."

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She rolled her eyes. "Oh yes. Hurt there feelings. We wouldn't want that."she said, sarcasim thick in her voice. She sighed. "I know. Sad....."


She shrugged. "I guess that's o.k. Plym is good. Nic is perfect. So is it settled then?"she asked, giggling. "Of coarse, you two have to say the ok."she said, eyeing the two boys.


Jenn burst out laughing. "Ok, ok. Not Ply. Plym then? I mean come on, Plymouth is a long name, and I can't spend my whole year calling you that."she said, whiping back tears of laughter. "No toilet paper? Ok, Plym it has to be then."she said, grinning.

She raised an eyebrow. "Really? Why not? It has a nice ring to it. Pernipants. Is Nic in the NO list too?"she asked, grinning slyly.

Copernicus gave Jenn a brief nod. "I won't say no to any names, Miss Jenn, but I believe that Plymouth and I get to choose nicknames for all of you as a fair trade."

Rian grinned. She listened to Copernicus without saying a word til he was done. So...if the 'lovely ladies' thought of reasonable nick names, they'd stick with them? As long as they got to choose nicknames for said 'lovely ladies.' That was a fair trade.

"Well, it's a deal for me," she said shrugging. "But, just so the whole nicknaming-process is easier, my real name's Sahrina." she frowned when she said her name. She thought about what they would possibly be able to get out of Sahrina, and shuddered.

So he finally speaks! Jenn thought playfully. She shrugged. "Fine by me Mr. Copernicus. By the way though, so that you know for nickname referal, my real name is Jennumara. But I hate that name sooo, ya."she said, grinning. She nodded. "I promise, no Perni."she said, raising her right hand.