"No I haven't, do you all want to go," she asked all of them.

Ok, keeley you comming to the common room with us?" she asked her.

"Tibi!" Cela was pleased by this, she was big on shortening names. "Last term we had to share our common room with the Hufflepuffs on account of merpeople flooding the kitchens, but usually no other houses are allowed in. It just depends what happens!"

"Right." Celandine agreed with a smile. "Stables. Password. Non-Claws."

Liiiiike Dom-in-ick Denton.

Celandine smiled at Dom-in-ick, completely oblivious to the tension further down the table.

"Oh... I had a good summer." Cela answered lightly, attempting to leave it at that though she failed miserably and blurted, "Nearly got pulled out of school on account of me liking Copernicus and my parents not approving of any boys ever and I got to be a Debutante with Daphne and Evee and Willow and... that Hufflepuff girl that always gets my name wrong. Had a really good birthday party, with just Copernicus."

Cela eyed Cope for a moment then turned back to Dom-in-ick with a huge smile.


What was this?

Celandine eyed the flier that the Hufflepuff girl shoved at Dom-in-ick.

"What is with the propaganda? Doing extra credit for Professor Truebridge? That's a good idea on account of Hufflepuff need all the help they can get with points." She watched the parchment changing and wrinkled her nose when she realised what it was about.

"Did you ask if Professor Lupa and Headmaster Bontecou want to be supported like this or is this more like a S.P.E.W thing?" Cela was curious, why would anyone pass out flier to try to convince someone of something? It seemed like the lazy way to her, whether you were the one trying to do the convincing or the one that was supposedly being convinced.

Shrug.

She gave Copernicus a wide-eyed look and settled against him again.

Why was this girl peddling this stuff here? At the Ravenclaw table? Where they were all... or mostly totally capable of making their own informed and educated decisions without being influenced by propaganda? Even though... the flashing parchment was cool...

Cela looked at Dom-in-ick, wondering what he thought about it.

Heey! What's up Ravenclaws? said the slytherin girl Violet

"Do you know where it is? I think the older students are supposed to show us when the feast is over." Keeley answered, wondering whether she was supposed to want to leave instead of eat a nice chocolate eclair.

"Oh ya! your right.!" said Bella completely forgetting that part. she then pulled out another book and becan to read and eat.

Keeley laughed, just a bit, thinking of where they would be. Probably lost in the castle. "Want a chocolat eclair? They're really good."

"No worries, Tibi. You don't have to do any flying if you dont' want. We'll just visit," Copernicus laughed, pointing out the food on the table. "You should try the potatoes. They're pretty much heaven all whipped up with butter." He pulled his arm from around Cela to fill his plate and pass food across the table to the younger boy.

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"Hello Copernicus, The Castle is amazing. My parents are..." He thought about it a moment, People didn't really like pirates "Sailors. So I've been around, and this is the most handsome castle i have ever seen."

And there was Jacoby again! Cope grinned and gestured for the boy to rejoin them. "Hey, mate. I think the place is amazing too, and I've been here for a few years now. Wait until you see the common room. It's... handsome too."

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Even if Dominic was sure that Willow's friend over there at the end of the Ravenclaw table had spotted him, Dominic didn't care. Sure he could have been over at his own table - and he did start there - but he knew people in this house too. And he needed to talk to Cope and Cela anyway.

And neither Copernicus nor Celandine seemed to be unwelcoming to him. "Oh thanks!" And there went that question again. "Could have been better, the summer." Dom sighed, glancing sideways down the table again. "How about yours?"

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Celandine smiled at Dom-in-ick, completely oblivious to the tension further down the table.

"Oh... I had a good summer." Cela answered lightly, attempting to leave it at that though she failed miserably and blurted, "Nearly got pulled out of school on account of me liking Copernicus and my parents not approving of any boys ever and I got to be a Debutante with Daphne and Evee and Willow and... that Hufflepuff girl that always gets my name wrong. Had a really good birthday party, with just Copernicus."

Cela eyed Cope for a moment then turned back to Dom-in-ick with a huge smile.

Copernicus felt Cel settle against him and his arm went back around her instinctively. "I had a good summer too, actually. Spent most of it on an internship in Egypt with Professor Truebridge. I guess you can tell, right?"

He held out one hand to look at how rough his hands were now. Calluses in all new places. Brown from the sun and dry from the wind. It had been terrible and wonderful, if he was honest with himself. Sheepishly, he tucked his hand back under the table.

"But I did get to visit a few times. Home once, Cela once, and then some shindig at St. Mungo's." Where, as everyone had heard, his parents and her parents had met and small explosions had occurred.

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What was this?

Celandine eyed the flier that the Hufflepuff girl shoved at Dom-in-ick.

"What is with the propaganda? Doing extra credit for Professor Truebridge? That's a good idea on account of Hufflepuff need all the help they can get with points." She watched the parchment changing and wrinkled her nose when she realised what it was about.

"Did you ask if Professor Lupa and Headmaster Bontecou want to be supported like this or is this more like a S.P.E.W thing?" Cela was curious, why would anyone pass out flier to try to convince someone of something? It seemed like the lazy way to her, whether you were the one trying to do the convincing or the one that was supposedly being convinced.

Shrug.

She gave Copernicus a wide-eyed look and settled against him again.

Why was this girl peddling this stuff here? At the Ravenclaw table? Where they were all... or mostly totally capable of making their own informed and educated decisions without being influenced by propaganda? Even though... the flashing parchment was cool...

Cela looked at Dom-in-ick, wondering what he thought about it.

"Hey!" Copernicus plucked up the flier and crumpled it. "We don't need any of that stuff here. You lot, and Tipps, trying to stir people up and make them fuss. We don't need it. What does it matter, anyway? We have Bontecou and Lupa, and the Ministry won't do anything about it. Put those away."

She hugged him? That so crossed the line. Grrrrrrr.
She hoped nothing showed though. Yup, that was Ella. Always hiding her feelings.

She couldn't help but point out that Kel only gave her a....half-smile. What was with that? No, real, happy, lovelyful, crooked smile? The one that made her crazy with happiness? Not, that she was about to inform him that he had to smile a real smile, just so that she could look at it, cause one; the would be creepy. And two; she didn't need to look anymore crazy than what she was already was known for. "Ello Kel!"she said happily, giving him a quick hug before resuming eating her roll.

Hmm.....maybe some mashed potatoes....or chicken. Chicken was good. Nah. Turkey and mashed potatoes with gravy and rolls. Reaching them she placed them all neatly on her plate, tilting her head to the side as if contemplating a piece of art work. Placing her roll on the other side of the plate, she nodded in satisfaction and started to work on cutting her meat.

She looked over at Mariel, noticing that her smile as well was a....half-ish smile. What was with people? Personally she was excited about the fact that the school was going to have werewolves. It would make things more fun! Exciting! Of coarse, maybe that was just Jenn's crazy thinking. The fact that she might get strange new friends always added to her happiness though, and having a werewolf for a friend might be pretty fun. You'd just have to make sure you didn't hang around with them at night....in a full moon. That must really put a damper on moonlit walks for the poor werewolf guys and girls. There's were probably more like...moonlit hunts. Not quite as romantic as walking, but it probably worked out for them. Yup yup. She snapped out of her thoughts, blinking a few times before realizing what Mariel had asked her. "Um, yeah. Kel came over and we did a few things. It was quite fun really. Of coarse, I got in a big row with my mum and well....things didn't turn out quite as good in the end. But hey!"she smiled, "I'm here at Hogwarts, and defiantly glad to be back. You?"

She turned away from Mariel's face and looked over to find who had said, well....what they said. Of coarse, she should of known. Plymouth. Who else? She grinned happily and yelled, "PLYM!!!!!" waving happily over at him, and returning his blown kiss. "How are you?!"she asked happily, her eyes sparkling with brane new excitment. She loved talking to Plymouth! He was so fun! And funny! And, he let her ride on his back! Now that was someone to look up to. Not every guy gave girls piggy back rides! Yet, he did, and he was a very good Abraxan, that was for sure.

She'd have to ask him though if he'd do it again, because, she'd point out, he didn't give her one last year, and she defiantly missed that.

Damon saw at last that food had appeared on the table. He filled his plate with one of every kind of item that was on the table. As he ate he marveled about the fact that this food was so much better then the food his parents has made at home. Damon really wondered how his parents would feel if he told them that his school food was better. He hoped that they would not take it too hard. Damon continued to eat in silence as he thought about things to come.

As William was pulled into the hg he couldn't help but blink. Was this the same Becca from last term? It had to be; she had been the one to help calm him down after, well he didn't want to think of that incident anymore. Hugging her back and grinning he finally pulled away. Who said Becca wasn't a nice awesome girl. Will sure thought she was. It was than he remembered his potion necklace and took it off, dropping it into his bag unceremoniously. Plans could happen later.

Watching as she scooted over to let him sit down he lifted his hand, grabbing hold of his tarantula and putting her safely in her cage before taking the seat next to her. "My summer was alright. Had to listen to my cousin go on about her wedding plans. But I got to go to Romania which was pretty awesome." he replied, his eyes lighting up. He could always talk to Tibi later, but right now he wanted to sit here with Becca andeat.

Jack listened politely to the Headmasters speech...then when the food arrived, he filled his plate. Hogwarts did have about the best food on the planet.

Emily finished all the food on the plate and decided she had better have more mashed potatoes (she loved them!)

Kel's frown got a bit more noticable, but he looked away before - he hoped - Livvy could see it. He could tell that she meant business, and that she really didn't want to talk about it. So, he did what all guys in this situation would do. He changed the subject.

"Are you excited for this year? I think it's going to be a good year." This might just be his optimism talking, and the fact that the year hadn't started yet and he was practically drama-free. But whatever the reason, he was smiling a small smile and trying to get Livvy Livvyish again.

"Hey Jenn," Kel repeated, a bit more enthusiastically, Jenn's hug causing a real smile to spring onto his face. "How've you been?" Then, when he remembered that they'd talked on the train ride, he laughed quietly. "I mean...how was your ride up to the castle?" There we go.

When the headmaster was finished with his speech, Kel immediately started putting food on his plate. He wasn't even looking at what food he was planning on eating - as long as it looked and smelled good, it was going on his plate. What? He was a growing boy...he needed his nutrition. Hearing Mariel speak up, he looked over at her, pausing in his plate-piling so he didn't accidently put something on his plate that he really didn't want.

"My summer was good," he replied, nodding once. "I went to Jenn's for a while...and tried my best to ignore my parents while I was home." his tone was cheerful, something that it hardly ever was when he talked about his parents. He smiled briefly at Mariel before looking back over to Jenn, just in time to see Plymouth Morgan blow a kiss at, well, all the girls, and Jenn blow a kiss back at him. For some reason, this gave Kel a weird feeling. Of course he knew that Plymouth was just being...Plymouth, and he shouldn't be jealous or anything. But it wasn't that he was jealous that he blew the girls kisses, it was that he seemed so normal about it. Kel found himself thinking that he wished he could be as normal around girls as Plymouth was...although he had a feeling that he would never be as outgoing as the other boy.

"does anyone know when the feast is over?" emily asked to anyone who would listen

Sammi was munching on mashed potatoes when she spotting Mariel. Dropping her fork, she put on a big smile. She had a job to do! Musnt let them down!

"Hi Mariel! How are you?" For some strange reason, Sammi was extremely nervous. Maybe it was the start of school or maybe it was all the upperclassmen that surrounded her.

'i'm not sure, but it must be soon," replied Keeley quietly, her confidence almost gone now.

Tibi smiled at Cela. Merpeople? Flooding? Maaaaan, what kind of crazy things happened at this school? Tibi was caught up in the excitedment of the feast and listened attentively as the headmaster spoke. He recognized him. That was the man sitting with the woman who looked at him funny at the ice cream parlor when he cried about the werewolves! Tibi's eyes grew wide. He'd cried... in front of the headmaster. Maybe he wouldn't recognize Tibi?? He was about to ask Cela about the other people sitting up at the head table when he hear Copernicus speak.

Oh good. No flying. "Sounds good... oooo, potatoes?" Tibi smushed closer to the table and reached for the food that had appeared when the headmaster stopped talking. There was everything anyone could imagine on the table and it all smelled so good! Tibi laughed as he filled his plate.

Gnawing on a turkey leg, he spoke to Cela and Cope with his mouth half-full. "Suh, wah ish tha commn oom enway?"

Way to chew your food, Tibi.

yes i suppose it must" emily said taking a chocolate eclair from a tray in front of her and biting into it. Did you know slytherin already has five pints? how did that happen?

"They cleaned something," said Bella taking and thanking Keeley for the eclair.

cleaned something.... hm" emily said "i don't understand that haha" emily began to laugh

"It was a suit of armour, but a I have no idea about how they had time to clean it." Keeley said, taking another eclair from the center of the table.

"Yeah i know!" said Bella laughing as well.

oh well, ravenclaw won last year we'll surely win this year!" emily said smiling

"yep!" said Bella with glee.