* Satine walked in to the Girls Dormitory, her new home, quickly. She was so ready to get to bed so that she could get the day started. She looked around anxiously. She wasn't really sure what beds first years were supposed to claim. She pulled Gemma, her chinchilla, out of her purse and put her on her shoulder. (Gemma liked to ride there like a parrot.) The two of them walked slowly around looking at every aspect of the dormitory.

Finally, she found a bed that had her butterfly decorated trunk beside it. She felt Gemma rub up against her cheek and she sat down to make herself at home. She set up Gemma's cage/home and put up some pictures of her family. She also laid her favorite butterfly throw rug across the bed. She finished decorating her space with some black and white colorized pictures she had taken of her favorite places across the world.

She plopped down on her bed and waited for more first years to wander around to their beds, too.

"I'm so tired," Kaylee Ashen said to herself as she walked into the Girls Dormitory quickly. But when she got there, she didn't know where to sleep. "Oh, great. Now what am I going to do?" she said. Quickly she remembered that her trunk would probably be right be her bed. She walked around, looking for a large, blue trunk that read in small, black writing "Kaylee Lilly Ashen's Trunk." Finally, she found her trunk, and right by it her bed. Kaylee then sat down on the soft bed. Then, she drifted off to sleep.

Jule walked in, excited to finally see a bed. She called dibs on a bed closest to a window and settles her stuff down. the beds were blue and the windows all had a view of the moutains outside. she unpacked some of her things and layed down on her new bed, where she quickly fell asleep.

Isabella as tired as rest of her friends slowly walks into the girls dorm. she was surprised to see how spacious and comfy their dorm looked. she took her pajamas out changed and layed down on her bed pulled the soft blanket over her.
"i'll do the unpacking later," she thought as she saw her friend Jule doing it. with a soft "goodnight" to Jule which Jule could barely listen
her head hit the soft pillow and she instantly fell asleep...

Victoria walked into the girls dormitory, she was so tired and she wanted her bed. She found one by the window with her truck at the bottom, she just collapsed onto the bed.

Shaunee ran up into the girls' dormitory clutching her battered copy of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Seeing some of the girls from the train she ran over to the beds near them. She lay down on one where her trunk lay by and saw that next to her bed was Laura's. Wondering where Laura was, Shaunee began to read once again.

Walking up to the dorm, Liz finds her bed, taking off her robes, she pulls on her pajamas, and climbs into bed.

I'll take care of putting everything away in the mornin... she thinks to herself as she's drifting off.

Suddenly, a noise was heard coming from a bed situated close to the bathroom and beside a window. The trunk beside it was bouncing to and fro as if something inside it was trying to get out. After a few moments like this, the trunk burst open and a HUGE book popped out of it. It hovered in the air for a while then sped off out the open door towards the common room, almost hitting a few girls on the head and missing them by a breath.

Mariel dragged her tired body up the stairs of the dormitory and stepped foot inside, stopping in the doorway with her arms crossed. Her green eyes scanned the room, landing on each face present. Hmm, mostly first years and no sign of Lasca.

Quickly turning around, she saw that no one was behind her and so turned back in search of a bed. The third year chose one not near anyone else presently as she really wanted to bunk near her friends. She was in no mood for making new friends at the moment, still feeling the effects of the day, and didn't she currently have enough friends? Not giving it much thought, the tired and currently crabby thirteen year old decided, yes, she had plenty of friends and all she wanted was a good night's rest. But first she had something to do.

Finally finding an acceptable bed at the far end of the room, the third year dropped her slender frame upon the blue and bronze sheets. Scooting backwards so that her back was against the wall, she sat up with legs and arms crossed, waiting. Waiting for Lasca to make an appearance, for she was not going to bed without her best friend explaining the odd behavior she displayed at the feast. Behavior towards a boy that the young girl did not fully comprehend. Her eyelids were growing increasingly heavy, but she was not going to sleep just yet. Of course, it probably wouldn't hurt just to rest her eyes for a moment...

Jenn yawned widely as she climbed up the forever seeming staircase to the dorm. Dragging her trunk behind her she yawned again as she pushed the doors open and walked to her bed. She nodded sleeply to a few people, she threw her trunk down and colapsed in her bed. "Hey Mariel."she called to the bed next to her's, and waved half-heartedly. Then, throwing the covers back, she scooted in, rolled over, gave on more yawn, and fell fast asleep.

it was almost midnight when Isabella's eyes fluttered open. she somehow got up from her sleep and was feeling surprisingly fresh. she looked at her watch and saw the hands showing only 12.
"maybe the heavy sleeping in the Hall and in the train must have worn out," she thought.
"what should i do?" she thought. she just layed down and was waiting for sleep to come again but it wasnt. she turned and got off her bed. she reached for her trunk pulled off her night dressrobes and wore over her pajamas and took out a muggle detective book called Nancy Drew. she couldnt read it in the dorm coz the lights were dimmed and her room mates were sleeping. she quietly went down to her common room.

Then, suddenly the dog caught sight of her. She ran like crazy, but the dog was too fast for her. The dog jumped on the young girl...

"Ahh!" Kaylee woke up with a jump. She looked around. Phew, no dogs. She thought. "Hopefully I didn't wake anyone up," her voice was shaking, even though the bad dream was over. She looked at the clock. It was 2:30am. Too scared that her dream would return, Kaylee put on a robe and woke up her cat, Crow. "Wake up sleepyhead, I'm going to the common room," she said, acting like she was talking to a person. With a yawn, her black cat got up and stretched. Figuring she would need something to do for the next few hours, Kaylee grabbed a book called "Warriors: Into the Wild" from the Muggle World. She had already read it about three times, but it didn't hurt to read it again, right? Besides, she brought the whole series. That would keep her going with all the homework she might get.

"What?!" Mariel's eyelids flew open at the sound of someone saying her name and she gave a start having been startled awake. Taking a few deep breaths to regain her composure, she looked around to see Jenn curled up in the bed next to her, her fellow third year starting to fall asleep.

"Oh... hey, Jenn," she answered although not completely sure her friend heard her as she was drifting off to dreamland. Mariel took a quick look around the room once more. Still no sign of Lasca and the bed on the other side of her - the one she was saving for her best friend - was still empty. Mentally chastising herself for falling asleep, Mariel resolved to stay awake for some important girl talk - as soon as Lasca showed up. Although, maybe it should wait till morning, she thought, hand covering a rather large yawn.

Edie entered the dormitory, struggling to carry her trunk to her bed. After finally put her trunk down, she took off her shoes and sat on her bed. Brushing her brown locks from her face, Edie smiled at everyone.

"Hello all!" she said, beaming.

Knowing its impossible for Niah to be quiet she loudly went up the stair case towards the dormitory room sining songs and humming her favorite tunes. She hadnt realized that she was being loud until she went to open the door and heard someone sshh her. " sorry, im terribly sorry.." she whispered to the girls. Niah seen an empty bed, she quietly put her things away and sat on the one that was aside from Satine's bed. She reached into her handbag her grandmother made and pulled out a banana. Her pet monkey named Gazoo jumped on her shoulder, and they shared it. After they ate, they laid down to rest.

Nia headed up to the girls dorms with a smile. She couldn't give specific reason why she was so happy - probably a mixture of being back at Hogwarts, looking forward to playing quidditch again, not having to put up with Theo constantly, not babysitting Nathaniel and then having fun with Elan and her friends. All in all, she was feeling incredibly positive about the forthcoming term and wanting to do well in everything once more.

Pushing open the door, Nia noted several people starting to sleep, and Mariel looking like perhaps she should be going to sleep but was trying to stay awake. "Evening," Nia said quietly to her friend, not wanting to disturb anyone. She tiptoed to the bed a couple away from Mariel where her trunk was situated. Sitting on it, she bounced up and down a couple of times to check for comfyness, and concluding it would do, she sat back against the pillows. She wasn't yet quite tired, and wondered what to do.

"You waiting for someone?" she asked her fellow third year softly, "Or just enjoying being back and not wanting to sleep just yet?"

Jule finally woke up from a deep slumber. She streched and went downstairs to look for the classes she had to attend.

Mariel's eyes continuously flickered to the dormitory door as several more girls walked in. None of them being Lasca, but several of them quite loud. Watching them warily as they walked in, she then set her green eyes on Nia as she, too, made her way into the dorm. At least Nia knew how to be quiet amongst sleeping or near-asleep people.

Giving her fellow third year a sleepy smile as she came towards her a found a bed close by, and said just as quietly as the other girl, "Hey, Nia...um, yeah... well, I am really glad to be back, but I guess I'm waiting for Lasca to come up too. Have you seen her?" She glanced at the door for a moment before looking back at Nia. Wait, did she even know her? "Er, do you know Lasca?" she asked slowly. She was always one to assume that people at Hogwarts already knew each other, especially after being here several years, but at the same time should know better seeing as she, herself, didn't know everyone and after last summer when two of her closest friends met for the first time.

"Anyway, I have a few questions for her... questions that I don't think should wait till morning," she said without saying too much and sounding gossipy. Of course those questions probably could wait till morning, but patience was never Mariel's strong suit.

She leaned forward a bit on the bed and turned her body to face Nia. She didn't look quite as tired as some of the other girls who had already turned in. Maybe she'd like to talk a bit before going to sleep. Mariel had been sorry that they never caught back up with each other at Diagon Alley.

"So, I saw you getting prepared for the season," Mariel grinned, recalling both of their purchases of protective Quidditch gear. "How was the rest of your summer?"

Laura ran up to her dormitory, desperate to see it, her new home. She looked around the large room and saw that the large Hogwarts trunk engraved with the name 'Laura Elizabeth' was at the end of a bed. Running over to it, she noticed that it was between Isabellas' and Shaunees'. Very happy with this, she opened the trunk and began getting out her stuff.

Nia sat up, crossing her legs comfortably in front of her. Lasca...Nia certainly knew of the girl, and couldn't recall seeing her on the way upstairs. She thought her route route. Nope, pretty sure she hadn't seen her. "Afraid not," Nia said, slightly apologetically. "And I know of her, rather than know her, if that makes sense. From just being in the common room and class. You'll have to introduce us." It still astounded Nia how many people even in her own house she didn't know by her third year. And that wasn't counting the new first years.

She nodded, knowing the feeling of being excited to be back and wanting to know everything that has been happening all at once. "Well, I'm sure she'll get here soon. Maybe she got stuck on a changing staircase on the way up or something."

Nia pulled out the band that held in her french plait, and carefully starting unplaiting it. Seeing as it was a sideways one along the front, it left the hair sticking out and weird angles and Nia grabbed her hairbrush from her stuff to try and tame it somewhat. Carefully sectioning her hair, Nia turned to Mariel as she tried to sort out the knots.

"Indeed," Nia replied with a small giggle, knowing that both girls had purchased similar items for a common purpose. "It wasn't too bad. I spent most of it trying to avoid one twin brother and one baby brother. Dad helped me with some quidditch practice though. And Elan came over near the end, so that was pretty cool." She smiled. Elan and her had fun flying together - or at least Elan look like he was having fun once he'd got accustomed to being on the back of her broom - and it was definitely the highlight of the summer. "What about you? Get up to anything exciting?"

Arienna opened the door to the girls dorms and shut it behind her. Running her hand along the wall, she found that the room was circular. She began to her right, stepping slowly, white cane extanded out in front of her. Three steps--she encountered the first bookshelf. Six steps, the first bed. Running her fingers along the sides of the trunk, she found it wasn't hers--She kept going, feeling the sides of the trunks, counting the steps, counting the beds.

Finally, twenty-seven steps in, she felt her name 'ARIENNA H. MALONE' engraved in braille on the sides of the trunk. This must be her bed. Collapsing the cane, she set it on the nightstand. Feeling the pillows, she counted three, and arranged them as she liked them. Pulling the blankets back, Ari pushed her legs under the covers. Pulling her wand out of her pocket, she slid it under the center pillow.

Turning out the light by her bed (not that it would matter), she took her sunglasses off, keeping her eyes closed.

Mariel pursed her lips slightly at the news that Nia hadn't seen Lasca. Nodding vaguely as her year mate acknowledging that she did know her friend, she said, "Sure! She's very cool. I'm sure you'd both get along great." And they already had plenty in common... Of course, Mariel would like nothing better to have all her friends get along, but that seemed to not be the case. Still, Sarah and Nathaniel seemed to be making a little more effort, she thought as her mind wandered back to the Welcoming Feast.

Shaking herself from her thoughts, Mariel glanced back at Nia. "Yeah, you're right, must be the moving stairs..." She hadn't even thought of that since for the most part of her short education she was fairly lucky regarding the stairs. She shrugged lightly realizing that Lasca would come when she did and nothing she did would hurry that along. Hmm, she wasn't avoiding Mariel and her impending questions, was she?

Pushing those thoughts out of her mind, she watched Nia starting to brush her hair. Absentmindedly twirling her own hair around her finger, she said, "Oh that reminds me... Did you know Professor Shackleton knows these cool hairstyling spells? I meant to ask her to show me how last term after she demonstrated in class, but I didn't find the time." Or didn't remember.

Mariel grinned as Nia also remembered their coincidal visit to the Quidditch shop. "Oh, that's good," she said. "Is your dad good at Quidditch? My dad doesn't really get into Quidditch much anymore, though I think he did play when he was in school," she added after a moment's thought. Most of her previous practice at home had been with her sisters, though they had both since moved out. "I did get lots of practice in, though," she continued. "Some of my friends and I went on a holiday to America with Lasca. I got a full practice set and we played Quidditch together most days. I'm trying to talk them into trying out, too."

Giggling slightly as her fellow third year mentioned avoiding brothers, she said, "I didn't know you had a baby brother... And your twin..." Mariel recalled Nia mentioning him one of the few times they had talked off the pitch, but had she said his name? "Who is he? Is he in Ravenclaw, too? Anyway, I have a little step-brother, so I can relate... Brothers are a pain, aren't they? That's one reason I could not wait to grab that portkey to America." And get back to Hogwarts.

"That'd be cool," Nia answered with a smile. She really needed to extend her friendship circle, and knowing some more Ravenclaws would be good start. "I'm sure we will too," she added softly, still aware of those sleeping around them.

She nodded. "Or maybe she had to go via the owlery or something. Most of the stragglers are getting here now though, so she can't take much longer." Nia hadn't come up to the tower the quickest since she'd been talking to Elan at the Huffie table. And it was very possible Lasca had stopped at the bathroom or met someone she knew on the way.

Brushing through a particularly annoying knot, Nia shook her head. "No?" she said questioningly. She'd totally missed that in class. "You planning in going to ask her about it this term? I'd love to come with you to find out a bit if you do." Nia loved playing with her hair style, as shown by the fact she'd done that sideways French plait in the train to Hogwarts. "An easier way to get out knots would be good to know too," she added with a chuckle, still tackling a rather large clump of hair. At least her hair was fairly straight, it'd be far worst if she had curly hair like her Mum's. That would be an absolute nightmare.

"Yep," Nia said with a proud glow. "He used to be a Pro player, and then became Head of the Department for Magical Games and Sports at the Ministry. He stays at home to look after Nathaniel now though, so he helped me practice in the garden when the baby brother was having a nap." She grinned. She loved flying with her Dad. He had inspired her to play for the Ravenclaw team, and now she really wanted to follow his career footsteps. "Mum doesn't let us play with proper equipment though, apparently we ruin enough of her tomatoes as it is." She laughed. They only squished a few with their makeshift quaffle and bludgers. She listened as Mariel said she'd gone to America with some friends. "Wow, lucky you! I bet that was awesome. A holiday filled with proper games of quidditch. Fab!" What a great thought. She tilted her head slightly. "I've never been to America...what is it like?"

Nia caught Mariel's giggle, and smiled. Obviously her fellow third year knew how much of a pain they could be. "Yeah, he's coming up for one year now," She said, pulling a face. If she had to come into contact with any more baby sick... "And Theo is my twin. Fortunately not in Ravenclaw. Safely out of the way in the dungeons with the Slythies." The sorting hat had done a good job putting the two of them as far away as possible in Nia's opinion. "A step-brother? How old?" Nia asked out of interest. "And yes, they're a big pain. Always pop up at completely the wrong moment." Although give Theo his due, he had taken the hint in Diagon Alley, which was a first. "I can imagine! Bet you were so glad to get away. I'm gonna be like that over New year." Her eyes twinkled at the thought of where she was going. It would be awesome.

Satine rolled out of bed and realized that she was late getting up for her first Transfiguration class...she jumped out of bed...flicked her wand to pull her purple hair up and changed quickly...O no..not a good way to start off the year in this class...

She flicked her wand to write a quick note to the first years inviting them to lunch after class and then she tip toed out quickly trying not to wake anyone..