Ellie laughed and ticked her list off on her fingers, "The written portion," one finger, "Arithmancy, Potions.." two and three, "Ancient Runes, Care of Magical Creatures, History of Magic..." four, five, she didn't put up the sixth. That would require her other hand, which was holding the car, "And then I'm done, I think." she said. She'd have to check the notice board to make sure. "But I could do all that later. It feels too nice out now." she said, breathing in the cool fall breeze. It was getting colder everyday. She needed to savor the warmer moments while they lasted.

Trixie smiled as he completely dropped the subject for which she was truely thankful. For if she progressed any more then things could get even more complicated then they already were and that was just bad. She smiled as he admitted that their revenge wasn't actually that bad after all. "Well we are cunning Slytherins Aiden you couldn't of thought that you were gonna get away lightly" she smiled. But then he started going on about what had actually happened to him afterwards and it just made her crack up in fits of giggles. "Okay now that is just hilarious. Aww you got told by a second year" she giggled mischievously again. "That's just classic" she sighed afterwards. "See now you know not to mess with us don't you? But I see you eventually got it off" she said noting that he no longer had any ink on his face. "I didn't think you could rock that style"

Bradin walked down to the Font Gate. He didn't want to go but he just felt like going for a walk. He saw a boy sat down on a rock writing on stones. He guessed he was writing down runes or something. He walked up to the boy and smiled. "Hey. I don't believe we've met. I'm Bradin" he said as he approached the blonde haired boy.

Carter had now finished smoothing out the remaining rocks. Now he just had to paint the remaining rune symbols. After another few minutes he was done. He looked down at his 24 painted rocks. Why were they drying in different colors? Looking at the ink bottle he was using he noticed that it was an ever-changing ink bottle. Whoops. He liked it though. He then gathered the runes and put them in his bag. Creating a rune set -- Mission accomplished.


Carter finished putting the stones in his bag when some guy approached him. "Hey. I'm Carter." he said.

Bradin smiled as Carter put his rocks in a bag. He was correct about the runes. "Nice to meet you. Awesome paint on those rocks. I'm guessing thats for Ancient Runes" he replied. He was correct about the runes but whether he was correct about them being for Ancient Runes was a different matter.

Carter smiled. "Thanks." he said. "Yeah, the Ancient Runes assignment was to make our own rune set. And this is mine." he said holding up his rune bag. "I accidently used ever-changing ink. But I like the way it turned out."

Bradin smiled. The rune set was awesome. "They look awesome. I doubt that it matters what colour they are" he replied as he sat down on the rock beside Carter. "What year are you in?" he asked.

"Third." Carter answered. "What about yourself?" he asked the other boy. They looked around the same age.

Bradin smiled. Finally he'd met a fellow third year who wasn't a total idiot. "Third. Glad to finally meet a fellow third year" he replied.

Carter chuckled. "Yeah. I haven't seen you around before. Are you new this year?" he asked. Maybe he was another transfer. He thought he knew everyone that had started out at the same time he did.

Bradin smiled. Was this boy psychic? "Yeah I moved here from California" he replied. He liked England but nowhere near as much as California. At least he was making some good friends, and was close to getting a girlfriend.

"California? That is one place I've never been." Carter said. "So does that make you one of those surfer boys?" he asked.

Bradin giggled. "Thats one way to put it. I am a surfer but I also did a lot of running" he replied. Carter seemed cool. And it seemed like they could be great friends. "You'd like it in California. Awesome beaches and a great vacation spot" he added. Carter seemed like the type of guy who'd like California. Or at least he did to Bradin anyway.

Cody smiled back at Savannah, following her over to the gate rail. Yay! Another 6th year! "Best part of the castle? Easy. The lake." Ah, he loved the lake. Georgie hadn't been kidding when she said how attached he'd grow to it. "It's amazing over there. The waters so clear, and yes, there are some nasty creatures at the bottom, but if you don't provoke them, you should be fine." Chuckling he had to add on the class comment, "Yeah! If I ever actually attend class." Which hadn't happened so far.

"Sure." Hopping up onto the seat next to her, Code swung his legs like a little kid. "Mhm, don't forget the name. Could very well be your saving grace." Wink.

"Cunning Slytherins, you wish," Aiden teased with a smile. Although he was surprised when the whole thing turned out worse than he had anticipated. Pink goatee. Pfft. "Go ahead, make fun. It's indeed all off now. And, by the way, I bet that second year just used it as an excuse to talk to me; she was probably in awe of my utter attractiveness." Heheh. He was kidding, of course. "But the stupid marker took forever to actually get off. I must've scrubbed at it for an hour."

Mina laughed softly. Ellie really remind her of herself as a first year. "Sounds like you are just as busy as I am." she replied as she pulled out her journal with all her assignments in it. ""I have to do all of those as well and still have time to see my friends." Really, there wasn't enough time in the day for everything. Looking up at the gates, she smiled. "Yes, it is way too nice to be coped up doing homework." Yes, she wanted to just stay where she was for a while.

"That does sound like a good time. I haven't been to many beaches before." Carter said. Nope, he and his family mostly spent time in little villages. "So what brings you to rainy England all the way from sunny California?" he asked.

Bradin smiled. "It is fun" he replied. Then he sat and thought about Carter's question. Good question. Why had he moved to England? "My dad wanted a change. We have some pretty bad memories back in America, one in particular, and we just felt the need to move away from it" he explained.

Carter nodded. "Well, in that case welcome to Hogwarts. Hopefully things are much better for you here than they were back there." he said with a smile.

Bradin returned the smile. "I've met some awesome people so far. Things look like they'll be taking me down a great road" he told Carter with Ginny in mind. He smiled at that thought and the smile refused to disappear. It had no reason to go after all.

Carter laughed. "I take it by that smile that 'pretty awesome people' means you met a girl." he said still laughing. Yes sir, he knew that smile. He'd get one every time Marie was mentioned.

and by comically I mean lol funny
 

Bradin's face went comically serious. "Yes I did meet a girl. A lot of them but this girl is amazing. And has a special place in my heart. Like Marie to you" he replied. He hoped he hadn't just put his foot in it. "I have made some awesome friends though. And made an enemy" he added.

Carter chuckled. "Congrats mate." he said happily. "Marie and I?" he asked with a raised eyebrow. "How do you know about that?" he asked.

Bradin giggled. "Thanks and as for me knwoing about you and Marie, Justin has big gob and told me about you guys. He told me who to look out for and who to make friends with. And who were the couples and who weren't. He clearly stated that I was to just be friends with Maddie or else" he explained.

Carter nodded. "Oh, right. Thank makes sense. How do you know Justin?" he asked. Since Justin went to Durmstrang and Bradin was from the states.