Raven simply nodded to the professor when walking in front of him, "Good day Professor', he greeted, still watching the professor and co-student silently

He could hear Lexi's voice as she responded to the Professor. Her face? There's something wrong with her face? He resisted the urge to turn his head and look. Instead he kept his head turned squarely at Marie, and was about to make small talk when Mia started up. Acknowledge her presence? Is that a multiple choice question? Because he'd pick the one that says vanish into thin air.

He turned his head sllooooowly towards the Hufflepuff brunette and mumbled "Hi Mia." still not quite looking at her, because he knew that if he looks into her eyes, he's gonna have a nervous breakdown.

And suddenly they were four. He looked up startled at the Ravenclaw Prefect joining them. What was his name.. Fish?.... "Finn!" he blinked "Sup dude! Me I'm ok, HadaHardTimeGettingRidOfTheCauldroncakeThough"he rattled off quickly, then shifted his eyes towards the Hufflefpuff beside him. He saw her pie him smack in the face didnt he? He's Prefect. Wasnt he going to do something about that?

Dianna quickly rushed through the corridor. Thinking she was late, she quickly rushed in the classroom and took a seat which creaked a bit due to the fact that, let her say it again, she thought she was late. "Oops." she muttered as she fixed her hair which looked like a complete disaster right now.

"Good Morning Professor Truebridge." Dianna smiled.

Finn and Sal
 

If her eyebrow went up any higher it was going to shoot right off her forehead. Mia had no idea what Sal's problem was because they had not had their talk yet but really what was so hard in saying hello?

"Hello Sal." She replied with a lot more entusiasm than he was showing her.

But Mia's face brightened immediately when she heard Finn's voice and she turned to look at her friend. "Hey Finn!! I'm glad you came to sit with us." She loved messing around with her friend and since her other friend was giving her the cold shoulder she was going to need him here.

When Sal spoke to Finn, Mia felt her jaw drop and her lip wibbled a little. So obviously he was still angry about that. "Sal..." she began slowly not really knowing what to say to him and figuring that class was not really the time to get into it. "I'm sorry. Okay?"

Heather walked into the Ancient Runes class. She quite liked the idea of being here, after all she loved the puzzle. Though the past days full of drama seemed to be overwhelming she blew them away with a positive though. A strand of black hair fell in front of her luminescent green eyes and she quickly moved her hand to return it to it's spot behind her ear. She sat down at an empty desk as she studied the room, finding many familiar faces. She opened her book and began to read silently.

Entering the classroom, the epitome of calmness and serenity, Jake glanced around. He could hear the music, but it wasn't familiar to him. After a quick glance at the boar, Jake looked around and found a table for himself, before sitting and opening the book he carried under his arm (the one Truebridge had loaned him, which he was nearly finished with), and setting his bag on the floor.

"Morning, Professor," Jake said witha strained smile towards the man before absorbing himself in the book again.

He had his own table... people could come to HIM. Right now... he was reading.

And left his angst at the door.

Because he was WELL BEHAVED.

Lucy entered her first class of her fifth year, she was really looking forward to it but as usual she was nervous. She had no idea how's it going to be, she hoped for the best. She entered the room with a sweet smile, looking around to see the Professor, then suddenly noticed Professor standing right in front of her and said "Oh, hey Professor Tru…True.., oh I mean Professor Truebridge, it's great to meet you." she couldn’t say anything more. She quickly took a seat and waited for the Professor to start the class.

Alice ran down the corridor at top speed, making a sudden stop about a foot from the entrance to the Ancient Runes classroom, she would need to try and calm her nerves before she went in. This was her first ever lesson At Hogwarts and the last thing she needed to happen was for her to have a panic attack. She slowly peeped round the door, music was playing and several students were already sat around the many tables. She took a few deep breaths to calm herself, took a hairband from her wrist and tied her long mess of wavy hair into a ponytail and with an anxious smile on her face, she entered the classroom. Looking around Alice didn’t recognise anyone here! The anxious butterflies in her stomach started to flutter but she forced herself to ignore them. Spotting a table that was still empty she sat down, hoping the lesson would start soon.

Patroclus beamed when he was acknowledged by the Professor, "I can wait to see your approach to Runes, Professor" The fifth year knew that Truebridge had had quite a bit of experience working in Cairo and after all Runes played heavy roles in Egyptian society, both past and present.

"Oh this is my favourite one," Patroclus added, as 'I Dreamed a Dream', began to play.


Watching the door, Patroclus watched as students began to pile in, he could help but count the number of Lions that were coming in. It was the Prefect in him.
Scanning the room, he noticed the boy from the Kitchen last night, the one that hadn't ran out of the room....well he did but he spoke as well at least. The lion had the slightest inkling that the Snakes eyes had just been on him, but that didn't matter right now as Patroclus spotted one of his favourite Badgers next to the Kitchen Boy.

"Mia" Patroclus smiled as he waved back, making a mental note to talk to her later.

As the song continued Patroclus found himself doodling on the corner of his parchment as the music swelled around him.

Spike trudged into class, hands thrust into his pockets. He wasn't sure what might be more worrying - the fact he had to sit still at a desk and be lectured at for the foreseeable future, or the fact that afterwards he might not be able to answer the next riddle and get back into the Common Room. And both were pretty bad as he'd managed to leave Boggis, Bunce and Bean in their matchbox on his bed, and he hadn't fed them today yet.

"'Lo Professor," he said, looking up to see the man, and the blackboard writing of its own accord. That was pretty cool - if only he could understand what was written on it. The music was a bit different too. Maybe it'd got an ickle bit less boring since he'd entered the room.

Now to find a seat. He didn't recognise anyone...bother.

...Eeny, meeny, miny, moe...

Helena entered slowly, looking around for a seat. "Good morning, professor Truebridge," she said, trying to smile.

And there she is, thought Helena, as she saw her friend sit at a table. "Mind if I join you?" she asked, smiling to Georgiana.

Heather looked next to her and saw a boy about her age there. "Hey there, I'm Heather. I don't think I've seen you around before." Heather said as she offered her hand to the boy.

Oops, got distracted here
 

Hehe, well someone was happy to see her. "Hey Sal!" she said back with just as much enthusiasm as he had. It was then that she noticed the look on his face. Umm... what was that look for? She then looked over at Mia who was now talking to her.

Right, so there was still tension between her two friends. "Um, just give him time Mia. You did smash a cake in his face the last time you seen him." she whispered to the girl from behind Sal's back.

And then there was Finn. Well how cozy. All of them from the train incident were together again. At least this time none of the problems were her doing. "Hey Finn. How are you?" Hopefully better than Mia and Sal here.

Watching the little exchange going on between Sal and Mia she really didn't know that she should interfere so she turned back to Finn. "So, anything exciting going on in your life?" Yeah, she was totally making small talk with a boy she hardly knew. Oh well, no time like the present to get to know him... right.

Selina looked around the classroom for a seat. She was so nervous, Ancient Runes being her first class of the year, that she would do something wrong. When she looked around she saw the teacher and nodded her head lowly to show her respect. After she did so she scuttled off to find her seat that she was being annoyingly indecisive about.

Finally she saw a table that was unoccupied by anyone. She would sit there and save the seats for Elektra and Violet and anyone else she knew that wanted to sit down.

At the seat she pulled out a roll of parchment and a phoenix feather quill and her ink well with self-correcting ink inside. She was not going to take any chances. She heard that this particular class and Potions were difficult so she wanted to be ready.

Kay walked into the Ancient Runes class room and heard the music. It was nice and she nodded thinking she liked it. Looking around the room she saw alot of people she knew but wouldnt sit with. Like there was Marie. That wouldnt work. Smiling at the Professor she walked down to the tables. "Hello Professor Truebridge, How are you?" She asked with a smile. "The music is great. La Miserables, right?" She asked putting her stuff down and turning to Rex.


"HI Rex, can I sit here?" Kay asked pulling out her Rubes book and started to read.

Prof Truebs. Jake.
 

An ear-reaching grin registered on Cedric's face as he entered the classroom. With Truebridge back to teaching again, it was almost improbable for the Runes classes to NOT be fun, pretty worthwhile and of course, interesting. Now if only the man-who-taught-HoM-first-then-now-Runes had brought the Herbology mistress along with him.... but yes, that's another story.

"Good day, Professor!" Cedric beamed, his eyes twinkling, apparently delighted for the professor to be back.

Hopefully Prof. Truebs still recognized him. It wasn't like Ced had grown too much since he left, no? And his dark brown curls would probably help, right? But then again, there could be other curly boys out there...

Cedric eventually found himself deliberately contemplating the whole classroom, in earnest search of a table to occupy. He saw Arya, Lexi, Mia, Sal, and Ivy with some other people he didn't know. Ced would love to sit with them. He had actually already blundered forward, was about to head to Arya and company's table, and then he saw Jake... sitting alone? Well... that was unexpected. Perhaps Jake would like to be alone? But still...

"Hey Jake." With that, the Hufflepuff prefect eased into the seat which was opposite his housemate and friend's.

Isobel was a little shy as she walked into the room. After all, it was her first class at Hogwarts. But then she saw the books, and all her worries flew out the door. Isobel adored books, especially old ones. They just had an air of mystery about them. Isobel started to walk over to them, but she stopped when she say Cora and Katie. She walked over to them, saying, "Hello professor," just a little shly as she passed.

"Hi," she said to Katie and Cora. "Mind if I sit with you guys?"

Lea noticed that Matty was in class and she went to go sit with him. "you mind if I join you?" she asked while taking her seat any way. Since she didn't know the Professor's yet she decided to say hello any ways. "Good Morning Professor" she said while pulling out her book like everyone else was doing.

Jamie walked in and smiled as she heard the music playing. Les Misérables. She had a copy of this laying at home on her dresser. She found a seat somewhere in the middle and plopped down. This was her first class at Hogwarts and she was nervous. She stood up, leaving her stuff there at the table and went to look out the window in an attempt to calm herself. She noticed the markings on the window and wondered what they were. Runes probably, more than likely, just which Runes? She made her way back to her seat so that she wouldn't get in trouble for standing.

...O U T spells 'out' so out you must go...

He'd narrowed down which the table to sit at somewhat, when he realised someone was talking to him. He turned from the table he'd just knocked out of his shortlist, and gave the girl a crooked smile.

"Spike," he introduced. "I'm new here." He took her hand somewhat awkwardly, and gave it a quick shake before returning it to his pocket. "I'm a Ravenclaw," he added with a scrunch of his nose, in case it was more useful information to her than it was to him. "May I join you?"

Kurumi entered the classroom and rushed to the front of th room where, thankfully, there was still an open seat. Despite the smile on her face, Kurumi couldn't help but feel a slight damper in her spirits. She was really missing Professor Di and wasn't sure how Ancient Runes was going to be without her spunky personality or her cookie recipes.

"Hello, Professor," Kurumi said bowing slightly before taking her seat and opening up her textbook.

Kurumi turned around to see Salander sitting near her and her cheeks flushed bright red. She hadn't spoken to him since that day in the kitchen when she had attacked Lexi with birds carrying globs of cookie dough. He was probably still angry about that...Best to stick her nose in her book and review what they had covered last term.

Had they learned ancient runes lessons back at his old school before? Hyun didn't know or maybe they had but he never showed up for that class...
But now his feet were dragging him towards the classroom, maybe it wasn't such a bad subject and besides, learning weird signs could be cool,

Hyun walked in to the classroom but stopped immediatly when he heard.. Music? He wasn't loosing his mind that fast right?! Luckily, Hyun had found the source of the music and he grinned a bit before walking towards a empty seat in the middle of the class.

"Hello, Professor...eeehh" wait! What's his name?! As a transfer student, Hyun didn't know any of his professors names, he even had trouble with the house names! "What song is this, Professor?" what's his name? "It sounds oddly familiar"

Runes wasn't a subject the Cass was particularly looking forward to since she had barely passed her finals on Runes last term. But she needed this subject. So she took a deep breath and entered the classroom

"Good day professor." Cass said cheerfully as she entered the room and sat down on a chair