"Ahh...i get it now" She said laughing. "June, wow your summer must have been fun! what did you do?"

"I just explored the Muggle portion of London really." Jude said with a shrug of his shoulders as he looked into the fire. "Saw a fair few pretty girls." he added with a wink.

Bella had to laugh at the last bit he said,
"Interesting" She said trying not to laugh any more
"Muggle London, Ive lived there all my life" she explained

"Well, hi then Prefect Cela," Adam said with a laugh, running a hand through his hair. "Yeah, I'm new. Transfered from Durmstrang, but I'm repeating fifth year because I failed all of my exams." He grinned a bit sheepishly, and then laughed when she said he was kind of cute.

"So I've been told," he said. "And you ain't so bad yourself." Wink.

Toshi entered to common room for the last time at the beginning of a new term. This year would be his last at Hogwarts, this welcoming feast had just been the last one he had taken part in. He looked around at the familiar room and sat down on a sofa to think about his plans and his last year. What would this year bring him?

After Nina replied to her return introduction, Adrienne blinked a little as she was asked what year she was in. Wow, apparently she was really not used to including that information in her introduction. it was almost as bad as he continued determination to not advertise her captain-ness. "Seventh year. It's kind of weird, really," she finally replied. NEWTs, captain, graduation, other stuff that she was trying not to think about inthis group but was having difficulty not to. She was trying not to let the stress get to her, the term was barely started after all, but conceptually it was all just weird.

Adrienne grinned back at the expression Phoebus sent her. She knew it meant he was basically acknowledging that she'd brokenthrough his excuse quite easily and he didn't have a backup. And, while that basically meant he had been avoiding her, she was choosing to go with trying to act normal. Even though everything was so not normal. "Impressive," she teased, before his highly generic response to her saying she was fine. "And it appears you're about the same," she replied, fighting back a giggle at how very inane this conversation was. At least she had Cela to talk to, about shoes and that stuff. Since obviously he wasn't any more apt to bring up what they needed to discuss at the moment.

Adrienne had turned to glance at Allison at least once during her conversation with Cela and everyone else, seeing as the first year had lapsed into silence again. Not even responding to her questions for clarification on the shoe cost issue. She really hoped they hadn't put her back in a catatonic state again, because she'd feel really bad if they did. But it had looked like the littler girl was simply being pensive. Even though she could still sense the tiniest bit of animosity for Phoebus,which was highly amusing since she knew he hadn't really done anything.

Going back to her conversations, her thought stream was interrupted by Allison speaking up again, and she looked over at the girl yet again. "Muggle movies? Not really. I mean, I see some Muggle things when I'm in France, but that's more museums, theater. Not really movies." Which was why she was only okay in Muggle Studies, really.

But then Rachel spoke, expressing relief that she wasn't going senile, and Adrienne gladly pushed back her thoughts about how she seemed oddly deprived or something as she was amused by the answer. "That's always good. I mean, going senile at seventeen would be really sad," she said with a grin, trying to show that she was still being light-hearted about the subject. Even though now that she thought about it, it really would be sad. For which she was glad when the other seventh year kept talking. Laughing a little, she shrugged. "I see that, although I'd hope your cat wouldn't intentionally do something like that." She didn't think the cat she'd seen on the train looked capable of anything like that, other than being really fat. "But anyways, you and Torin. Really. He didn't notice my badge when I saw him in Diagon Alley, when I had it on my purse. Preoccupation seems to be going around." And she could relate. To the preoccupation thing, at least. Not what had actually preoccupied either of them.

Kellen grinned, "That's a matter of opinion." He winked at Damien, "Left yourself open for that one, Elric."

"Not at all," Kellen tipped his head at Tora, "it was a gift from the lovely feline over there. I'd put it on right now, but I already have socks on and they match. I'll put it on my bedpost though, maybe it'll ward of Charlotte."

He turned back to Emilia, looking up at her face with an amused smirk, "Hey Emilia? From this angle I can see right up your nose."

As Lily entered the Ravenclaw Common Room she looked around for Jude or Isabella; she was unsure of her surroundings but found the room totally breathtaking.

Dal listened to Mina and said, "Ooo, boy. One of your friends? Really? A friend? OK. So who is he?"

Inner: This will be interesting.

Me: But what if it isn't that way?

Inner: Who cares!

Me: Just shut up!

This is making me mad!

Neptune Bott's hands were planted firmly on her hips as she scanned the room that was to be her social area for the next few years. It was only mildly disappointing, but nothing she couldn't survive. The place was a little crowded and the fire a little too high making the room stuffy. Delicately, she made little tip-toe steps around the room, checking people out as if she were at a petting zoo.

Since not many had recognized her as THE Neptune Bott, THE daughter of the Bott that made those Beans that rotted all their precious teeth, she'd stopped expecting it of these clearly not-up-to-date in public affairs peers of hers.

"Greetings all!" Neptune has arrived, as was indicated by the princess wave and giggles at all their expense.

Emilia was about to smile and Kellen's response, that was until he made the comment about being able to see up her nose. How completely immature she thought...yet at the same time it made her laugh. She had to think of a comeback and quick. She scanned Kellen sitting in the chair and found the perfect item. She straightened up and smiled mischieviously.

"Ya, well from here I can see that your zipper is undone." she snikered.

Kellen's face coloured and he glanced down quickly; no, it was fine. He flashed her a look of irritation that was more at her making him flush than her comment, "Find a seat of your own, would you?"

Kellen looked over at the newcomer's giggle and offered a casual wave and a smile. He'd already earned himself a... well, not enemy, but certainly person who disliked him... by being what he thought was too forward. Better to give a friendly-but-distanced greeting.

Ah! Naturally it was one of the male type that took notice of her first. Naturally. Neptune skipped over and touched the young man on the shoulder - in the likes of the Queen dubbing a Knight. "How do you do, kind sir?"


GIGGLES erupted all anew from the young Miss Bott.

Damien huffed and turned away at Kellens reply. He was deffinately not as creepy as that scorpion, of that he was sure.

He looked back over at the comment, trying to stiffle a laugh at the banter between Emilia and Kellen.

Remind him not to make joking coments if Emilia was standing over top of him. He was glad that it was Stern and not himself.

Looking over at the newcomer Kellen had just waved to, he decided he might as well do the same thing. No harm in being polite to people in your own house now was there. He raised his hand in a quick greeting before lowering it back to the purring cat.

Allison grinned at the girls--note: girls. It was nice to talk about muggle movies. She loved muggle movies! "Just before I came to Hogwarts my mum took me to watch Reid Hemingway's latest movie! I had no idea he worked in muggle movies as well. It was so cool!" Allison's inner thinking had caused her to miss Cela's mention of her boyfriend. Had she heard, Allison would have been up and hugging Cela from behind. Professing that love was everywhere! Men were scarce as of late, but in the real world there were too many of them! And that if worse came to worse she'd give her her brother!

Although...Allison liked torturing her brother, so maybe she'd lend Cela her brother. Or maybe just share him? Scratching her head on that thought Allison heard several giggles. Who on earth would be giggling so oddly at this time of day?

Wondering just that, Allison ignored that boy and his shifty eyes and ignored the conversation on the deaths in Hufflepuff. There was no use pondering on it, Allison would simply worry sick for her friends Anastasia and Arya.

Nudging Adrienne with her elbow she whispered just enough for the people around her to hear, "Who on the bloody hell is the giggling girl?" Allison gave giggles a small nod of her head and looked back at the people around her waiting for an answer.

Emilia smiled, she had won!! She had caused Kellen to blush, it made her feel all giggly inside. It made her smile even more when Kellen's spoke to her, irretation echoing in his voice.

Emilia sat down beside Damien on the carpet. Tora stood up from his lap and stretched her tail to the very tip. She climbed over Damien's legs and curled up between Emilia's legs.

She smiled at this show of affection and tickled Tora under her chin with her fingers. The Tora purred with delight, flicking her tail from side to side.

Emilia looked up quickly as a girl that she didn't recognized approached Kellen.

Kellen looked up at her from where he was sprawled on the chair and couldn't help the smile on his face as it spread. This was almost definitely one of the Elizabethan ladies Sabel had told him about. He didn't know if it was all a play-act or if they were serious, but better to humour her all the same.

He swung his legs off the arm of the chair so that he was sitting properly and gave a little half-bow from where he was sitting, "Quite well, miss. Kellen Stern, at your service. May I ask your name?"

Damien watched as Tora left him to go seek attention from Emilia. That cat loved attention, and it seemed he wasn't doing a good enough job.

He looked over at the lady Kellen was introducing himself to. That boy could change from quite normal and laid back, to refined gentleman in an instant. If he already knew that he could never act as well, he'd ask him and probably Chaucer for lessons in etiquette.

"Hi Nina." Celandine greeted in her usual friendly tone.

"I don't really know what to think." Celandine answered cautiously. It sort of made her uneasy considering how close Copernicus was to Truebridge and that Copernicus had had Truebridge's wand... and Cope had been under the Imperius curse for most of the previous term.

She really wanted to talk to Professor Kazimeriz about it.

"A job! What kind? You know Plymouth right? He got a job at Slug and Jiggers." Cela was impressed by this, she wasn't a potionsy person and the idea of working for money was such a foreign concept. Foreign enough to intrigue her.

"I had a good summer mostly." A.revelation really. It was rare that she got a completely good one. It had been hard meeting her brother's son, but even that had been a good thing in the end.

Blink.

"I've seen one." Cela volunteered and promptly brushed. Even though it hadn't been an intentional choice on Cope's part, it probably wasn't a suitable movie to discuss with a crowd that included a couple of eleven year olds.

"Oh/" Celandine answered with a few blinks of confusion. "Well I'm glad you and Livvy are all good now." Celandine smiled at the Head Girl too. "Filming in Australia? Like the muggle movies? Do they make those in Australia?"

Blink Blink. We don't know these things.

"Well Pr... Mister Truebridge got him an internship last summer at a dig site in Amarna. So like, from doing that Cope got a recomendation and he got accepted into the Wizarding University of Cairo and he's studying Wizarding Archaeology." Celandine explained.

"Ohh so you're like, supposed to be in my year? How'd you fail? Forget to learn stuff? Distracted by stuff? It can't be because you're stupid on account of you wouldn't have been sorted into Ravenclaw." Celandine explained, her voice curious and cheerful. "My brothers all went to Durmstrang. They're all old though." Cela waved her hand dismissively.

She took in the grin and the laugh and the wink combo and cheerfully winked back. Not so bad? Prefects were supposed to be good looking, Cela was sure. Or else people would get bored looking at them for examples and stuff.

"Oh I know I am. Sit down and join us if you like!" She offered. "You know, I'd totally be happy to help you with any subjects you have trouble with. Maybe not Astronomy and Potions, I didn't do all that well on those." As in... she hadn't got Os in those two subjects.

Still.

"How do you like it so far? There are a whole bunch of transfers this term!" Cela gestured around the common room, pointing some of them out.

Celandine looked up as Neptune entered. She had written to her brother after sort of half distractedly meeting her on the train and stuff. Robert had written back with 'please be nice'. That sort of puzzled her. When was she not nice? She was Cela! People liked her and she liked people!

"Hi Neptune!" Celandine offered a cheerful greeting. She'd introduce her to the group she'd ended up surrounded in if Neptune wanted her to. And gosh was it getting big. Allison and Nina, Rachel, Livvy and Adrienne, Phoebus and Adam. She smiled at each of them as she mentally noted them, adding a wink for Phoebus and Adam for reasons she wasn't entirely sure of.

"Neptune Bott." Celandine supplied cheerfully. "Like the beans? My brother likes her sister an awful lot."

Emilia suppressed a giggle when Kellen replied to the girls strange introduction. She looked at the girl trying to figure her out for herself. Was she stuck in some type of space time continuum or something.

She looked at Damien who seemed to be studying the girl intensely also. She leaned over and whispered in Damien's ear.

"She is sorta strange don't you think?" she asked, looking at Damien for a response.

"And I sort of didn't think that girl was Kellen's type either." she added.

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Looking over at the newcomer Kellen had just waved to, he decided he might as well do the same thing. No harm in being polite to people in your own house now was there. He raised his hand in a quick greeting before lowering it back to the purring cat.

Giggling all the more, Neptune returned the wave. Her little fingers wiggled like tentacles at the BOY. But then she noted the cat and her smile faded COMPLETELY. SHE hadn't brought HER cat, Lucifurr. Deciding the whole situation UNFAIR and it SOMEHOW was THIS young man's FAULT, she turned her back on him completely to pay attention to ONLY...

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Kellen looked up at her from where he was sprawled on the chair and couldn't help the smile on his face as it spread. This was almost definitely one of the Elizabethan ladies Sabel had told him about. He didn't know if it was all a play-act or if they were serious, but better to humour her all the same.

He swung his legs off the arm of the chair so that he was sitting properly and gave a little half-bow from where he was sitting, "Quite well, miss. Kellen Stern, at your service. May I ask your name?"

... Kellen Stern. "What a proper name! How wonderful!" Neptune curtsied back to him, dipping her head to pay her respects. Was he going to offer her his chair next? That would decide what sort of gentlemen he truly was. "You may ask, as you already did, and I'll answer since I find you to be so very pleasing to most of my senses. I am Neptune June Bott." Yes. Of that Bott family.

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Celandine looked up as Neptune entered. She had written to her brother after sort of half distractedly meeting her on the train and stuff. Robert had written back with 'please be nice'. That sort of puzzled her. When was she not nice? She was Cela! People liked her and she liked people!

"Hi Neptune!" Celandine offered a cheerful greeting. She'd introduce her to the group she'd ended up surrounded in if Neptune wanted her to. And gosh was it getting big. Allison and Nina, Rachel, Livvy and Adrienne, Phoebus and Adam. She smiled at each of them as she mentally noted them, adding a wink for Phoebus and Adam for reasons she wasn't entirely sure of.

Neptune's eyes moved from Kellen - ooo LA LA - to Miss Toussaint. Ugh - it wasn't that Neptune had anything against the girl. She really didn't. But the very sight of her reminded her of Ellsworth Bott, Neptune's elder and obnoxiously boring sister. She heaved a sigh and waved a greeting, "Hello Celandine. Are you doing well? You are not wearing your pretty jewelry, I see." ANd Neptune WAS wearing HER butterfly bracelet from RAIDEN. Yesssss she was.

Damien blinked, confused as Neptune turned her back to him. Had he offended her? He hadn't even said a word yet! This had to be a record. She seemed nice enough, but being brushed aside after not even a minute was a little harsh.

Turning back to Emilia he whispered "I'd say... different, not strange. Because lets face it, we're all a little strange aren't we?" He paused to watch the exchange between Stern and Neptune.

A Bott?! Incredible! She liked the girl already! With a big smile on her face Allison turned to look at the girl by the name of Neptune. And then her face fell when she realized she was speaking to Kellen. In Allison Scott's mind, that was not a good sign. People who tended to lean over to Kellen's side was one of three things, insane, a victim, or just as evil and scary as Kellen. With a worried look on her face she exchanged a look with the Rowena Ravenclaw statue giving her "Oh noes!" face. Allison had a large imagination and really thought the statue had something human about her.

Suddenly she was distracted with the exchange Neptune had with Cela. Being a possessive young child she especially didn't like the way Neptune jumped in and mentioned Cela's lack of jewelry. What did it matter? Cela was beautiful just as she was! She didn't need any pointless baubles to look better. Hiding her emotions behind a serene mask, Allison's only proof of discomfort was her arms being crossed over her chest.

Emilia continued to observe as the girl replied to Damien's greeting also, she seemed nice enough. However her opinion soon changed when the girl stuck up her nose at Damien when he hadn't even said a thing, what a stuck up snob, she thought to herself.

Quickly there after she had to stop herself from wretching as the conversation between Kellen and the girl got all to mushy for her liking.

"Damien, you want to go explore the castle?" she offered, hoping he would take the bait.

Celandine laughed cheerfully and tugged a low dangling pendant out from beneath her shirt.

"Nope wearing this one today. I think I'm saving that necklace for a special occassion, even though its Ravenclaw blue, it doesn't really go with the uniform." It was far too luxurious to serve as an accessory for a Hogwarts uniform.

"But I'm well!" As always! "Your hair looks especially shiny and pretty today." Cela commented a bit absently but no less sincerely.

She looked at Allison, catching her looks at Neptune, and smiled at the first year cheerfully.