Carter wiped the sweat off his face with the sleeve of his robes. "You did great out there mate." he said with a smile to his friend Patroclus.

It was nice that they got to walk back from tryouts together. It had been way too long since the two of them had a chance to catch up.

"How have things been lately?" he asked. He assumed busy with all his Prefect responsibilities.

He had finally done it.

Patroclus had finally tried out for the Gryffindor team, it had only taken him what five years to do it.

"Thanks heaps man," Patroclus grinned as he climbed the final step that ended on the seventh floor. "But I must appear amatuer next you, you were killing it!" It was true Carter was awesome and Patroclus had never really given him the credit he deserved, "You will be on the team for sure!"

Softly pulling his shirt, Patroclus puffed air onto his chest, flying was easy, it was the stress that had made him break a sweat, " Yeah, things have been pretty cruisy. Well besides the badge, it has been a rather great start to the term." It had been a few weeks since the boys had caught up in Diagon Alley, and quite a few things had happened, "What about you? Dealing with everything OK?"

It would have to be hard...Evelyn and Patroclus had never been anything more than friends, but still seeing her at first with Josh, had well sucked, Marie and Carter, well they had been together.....well forever.

Alex glanced down at Ellie, slightly horrified. "What was what?" he asked trying to sound natural and not like he just had been caught swinging his hips...

He looked down at her with a smile and saw that she was excited. Oh man. She would be so totally disappointed. Could he make up a new plan in his head while they were walking? Like take a quick turn to the Room of Requirements? He could always trust the room to come up with something, but they had already passed it and it would be weird if he turned around. Oh man, oh man! "It's a... Um..." Blink, blink. "It's a surprise." he said, yes that sounded good. Now would he go through with it? Ugh, he didn't want to be laughed at. "Why don't you guess?" he smirked wiggling his eyebrows at her. Come on, give him some ideas.

Luna walked down the corridor. She was heading back to the Common Room but she didn't feel like just sitting down and relaxing. She had just gotten back into the routine of the classes and exploding a few thing with her wand. She giggled at the thought.

Katie walked along the corridor, la la la la Yup Katie was happy like always, hehe, NOO! Katie was shocked as she suddenly banged into someone, on noes! "Sorry! Are you hurt? Do you need to go to the nurse? I am so sorry!" She said, Katie wasn't used to banging into people since she hadn't banged into someone in a awhile, "I'm Katelyn Star by the way, but you can call me Katie, everyone does" Katie said smiling, maybe she could make friends with this person?

Luna almost lost her balance as someone bumped into her. She could hear the girl freaking out and apologising. "Don't worry about it," Luna smiled. "Hi Katie, I'm Luna Star, second year Ravvie," she introduced. Huh funny they both had the same last name.

...........................

Thats all Katie could think of, well not including the fact she was thinking 'OHMYGOSH WE HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME?!??! WHATS UP WITH THAT ARE WE RELATED??!?!' But other then that she was thinking the dots, "Umm, are we related or something?" She asked, pathetic, really, worst question Katie could have asked, but it just popped in her head so yeah!

Luna tried to think. It had to be someone on her Dad's side. Her Dad did have one brother, but Luna could only remember going to visit when she was young. Yes! She did remember a cousin Katelyn. "I think we're cousins," Luna said. AWKward! "Actually, I'm sure we're cousins I can remeber you" she said.

Flash backs flashed before her eyes, she did know this girl, not well though, they were cousins, yes cousins, "But my dads a muggle and so was his brother, that would mean that you should be muggle, unless your mother is a witch, or your muggleborn" She said, it all was clear now, YAY!

"Well, I am Muggle-born since I am at Hogwarts," she said. "This is cool!" was all she could say.

Ellie snorted. What was what? He knew exactly what. "Oh, don't pretend like you didn't just swing your hips at me. You're a bad liar." She smirked and bumped his hip again.

Hmm, what should she guess? Ellie pursed her lips. "Scuba-diving in the black lake? Going to have a friendly chat with some centaurs in the forest? We may even run into some vampires, if we're lucky." She teased. She honestly had no idea. She knew what muggles did on dates like seeing movies or going .... Lowlbing? Bowbing? Bowlbing? Bowling.. Yeah, bowling! "I have no idea actually. I'm very bad at guessing." She said with a grin. That's why she liked surprises, because she could never figure them out. It was more fun in the end that way.

Justin shook his head quickly. "No, of course you didn't insult me. I was just trying to get my perspective correct in my head" he replied swiftly. "I take it as a compliment actually" added Justin.

"Swing my hips?" Alex repeated with a scoff. "Please, I don't do that. Did someone put something in your pumpkinjuice this morning?" he chuckled and bumped her hip with his. This time, totally aware of what he was doing.

Disaster. Complete disaster. Ellie wanted something exciting, adventorous and here he had planned... Well he had planned somehing that would so give her the feeling of anti-climax. "Heh yeah that would be cool." he murmured. Why hadn't he thought of that?! Stupid, stupid, stupid.

He just had to cling to the fact that there would be more dates, he could take her to see the squid or the centaurs some other night. Then it hit him, after the lame date he had planned perhaps there wouldn't be another date. Gulping he started to move his fingers around in circles on her upper arm to keep him busy. "You won't have to guess for much longer." he said absently. "Here, tuuurn right." he chuckled and spun her around a little so they walked off the corridor in a slightly smaller one. One that was leading to where they would be having the date. The Date, capital T capital D. "Your guesses were wong. We're not going to leave the castle actually." he mused. Yeah, he was just that creative.

A smiled tugged at Ellie's lips. "Hmm, maybe that's what it was?" She said sarcastically, tapping her chin with her finger.

He told her that she wouldn't have to guess for much longer and her heart jumped. Could hearts do that? She smiled as he directed her around a corner. "And I am just fine with that." She said reassuringly. She looked up at Alex. He looked a little nervous, but Ellie just smiled and pulled him closer to her side. She was sure that whatever he had planned would be just perfect.

Selina had fled the Common Room, she needed an escape for a while. The room was full of too many people with too many problems. The only problem she wanted to deal with was that of Adam. The pair of them were close and in less than a year he would be gone from her life as easily as he came. Nothing would stop him and rightly so, it was his life and he had to make his own decisions.

As she walked down the corridor she found herself walking without direction, poetic for how she felt. She knew she had to have the answers for him, she always seemed to, but not today.

Adam remembered here,last year, he had fought with katie even though that had been common.

His eyes had dark bags underneath them, and they felt dry- as if no moisture had gotten in because he had been silently crying in the boys dorms lately.
This year had gotten off to a good start and now everything he loved would soon be gone.Adam wasn't really sure how to spend the year, but he would take it one day at a time.

Wiping his dry tears off his face with his t shirt Adam looked up to see Selina kinda walking in a zig zag.
Hey you."He said more quiet than a cat.

Carter laughed. "No, I think I was a bit off." he said running a hand through his hair. "That's what I get for not having been on my broom in two years though, right?" he said. It was true, unlike the other kids, he didn't get a chance to practice over the break.

He chuckled. "You didn't look stressed at all. I bet you'll make it." he said with a smile. Plus, it would be nice to have more mates on the team. Usually it was just him and Rafe. And let's face it, they have had better times.

He stopped as Patroclus asked how he was doing. "Uhh... wha.. what do you mean?" he stuttered. It was obvious the question was about he and Marie. "It's a new year. We just had brilliant quidditch trials. What could there possibly be to 'deal with'?"

Selina spun on her heal to see a figure that looked like Adam. And talked like Adam. And walked like Adam. But it was no Adam. He looked so empty, empty in every way possible. His eyes had a certain darkness to them that matched the darkness under his eyes. And then she knew.

"You told Kurumi, huh?"

Selina knew that would be hard for him. She did silently wish though that he would tell her. Only Kurumi would be a reason for him to stay. His love for her was like nothing she had ever seen on a thirteen year old boy. It was true and beautiful. They both respected one another and that was hard to find.

"Oh before I forget." Selina pulled out of her bag a letter. It was one her father had sent her after she had written home about Adam deciding to go with his parents. It was still sealed and was addressed to Adam.

Ruby stepped out of the portrait hole and walked down the corridor, wondering if she should go get her pictures developed immediately or lay low for a while incase the goofball came back to haunt her. Her face thoughtful as she walked, Ruby reached into her pocket and held her sweet camera, the one that held embarrassing pictures of both her and Braeden. She didn't pull it out because she feared for it's safety now but clutched it tightly in her pocket.
"Maybe I'll have a bite to eat in the Great Hall, all that wrestling has made me hungry as a hippogriff," She said to herself and continued walking down the corridor, hand still in her pocket, a smile playing on her lips. Yeah, she was good.

It took Braeden a while, but he was able to catch up with the Evil Lioness not too long after leaving the common room. He could've recognized that Lioness mane anywhere, even if he had only just met her. He got weird looks from the little first years passing by, but the boy didn't care. His disguise was brilliant and even if he walked right up to Ruby at that moment, he was sure the girl wouldn't recognize him even in a million years. Bwaaahahaha! However, his plan wasn't to be caught. So he kept a safe distance behind the fiery redhead as she walked down the corridor, muttering to herself about heading over to the Great Hall and feeling hungry like a Hippogriff. Well, that certainly made sense to Braeden. She fought like a Hippogriff; sheesh.

Doing his best to keep his footsteps quiet, Braeden continued following the girl down the corridor, hoping she would release that dratted camera already. Why was she holding it so tight?! It's not like half the kids in the school knew what a muggle camera was, anyway! Ah! But surely she'd have to put it down to eat when she got to the Great Hall, no? Braeden smirked to himself. That would be his big chance. For now, he just had to keep close - but not too close - the girl and try not to lose her from sight. He walked as she walked, paused as she paused, and hid behind the nearest statue or suit of armor every time she made a turn that could reveal him.

As Ruby walked, she suddenly got the feeling that she was being WATCHED. She stopped suddenly, nearly colliding with another student ("WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING, DIMWIT!") and then slowly turned around. But there was no one there. Her brow wrinkling in confusion, she shrugged and then continued walking, humming to herself now.
But the feeling didn't go away. Troubled, she turned around once more and thought she saw some movement behind a suit of armor. Okay, this was kind of creepy. Should she go investigate? Perhaps.
So Ruby walked back very slow incase something (or someone) jumped out at her, and reached for her wand with the hand that wasn't holding her camera. And now, she was standing right in front of the suit of armor, wand in hand. Sucking in her breath, she pointed her wand at it...but before any spell came to her mind, she heard a loud grumble. From her stomach.
Rolling her eyes, she lowered her wand and patted her tummy.
"Oh fine, I'll feed you first," She grumbled and after staring at the suit of armor for a few more seconds, she turned back and continued walking down the corridor, wand back in her pocket, and her other hand still around the camera.
"I'll get you when I'm full," She said with a laugh, turning back to glance at the lonely suit of armor.

Even though he felt completely unrecognizable in his disguise, Braeden still couldn't help being terrified every time Ruby turned around. She was just so… frightening. Scary. Intimidating. The list could go on and on and on. Luckily, though, he had been able to hide behind a statue, suit of armor, or group of first years every time Ruby turned around. So he was safe. Whew! For now.

And then Ruby stopped. Braeden watched as she began to turn and basically threw himself behind the nearest suit of armor, watching from behind the armor's arm as the girl began to walk straight toward it. Toward him! GAHH!! Braeden felt his heart beating so fast it was deafening his ears - could she have seen him?! He thought he had been doing a good job at keeping himself hidden, though! The boy was frozen behind the suit of armor, waiting for his death, when suddenly a strange sound echoed through the corridor. Braeden watched as Ruby confirmed the sound to be her stomach by talking to it, and snorted. Oh crap! He brought a hand over his mouth quickly and watched as the girl walked away. Once she was far enough, Brae sighed with relief and walked out of his hiding spot.

That was close. Too close! He'd have to be more careful from now on. What if she had eyes behind her head or something? He wouldn't be surprised. At this point, nothing could really surprise him about Ruby. She was the strangest - and scariest - girl he had ever met in his life. He was beginning to worry his disguise might not be secretive enough, though, so he pulled out his wand and conjured up a Panama hat to cover his brown hair. Now Ruby wouldn't recognize him! He paused in the middle of the corridor for a moment, taking a second to lean his head back and cackle like a maniac before abruptly straightening up and clearing his throat as if nothing had happened.

Back to following the Evil Lioness!

Harley walked down the seventh floor corridor. She'd never been this high up before. It was like...FLYING. But there was ground underneathe her. She stopped halfway up the corridor and leaned against a wall, before beginning to twist her red hair around one of her fingers. A smile formed on the fourth year's face as she looked up and down the corridor. Maybe she could fly from here, like with a cape and everything like a real superhero.

Dallin was wandering. Yes, he did that a lot, but it was a good way to get to know the castle, right? So his wandering actually had a purpose. Or that's what he told himself.

So...seventh floor. Not very many interesting things in this corridor, now were there? A few... odd... paintings and stuff, and a girl leaning against the wall for no apparent reason. But nothing of - ooh, a girl.

He raised an eyebrow at the redhead as he walked over to her. "Hey," he said shortly, leaning one shoulder against the wall. "Um, whatcha up to?"

"I told her already, Kurumi.She said why would I want to stay with my parents after all they are doing to me...Their my parents"He said with a shrug.No matter how much you hated your parents if they hadn't physically hurt you, they weren't too terrible, right?

"To me?"He asked befuddled.
Slowly he read through the letter and smiled when he saw that Mr.Skylar was proud of Adam for taking Selina under his wings- she had brought it up- he couldn't bring her spirits down, but it was a fun experience for him.Then he slightly chuckled when Adam could be Mr.Skylars prospective boy to teach Quidditch-he had never had a real father figure.

"Maybe I will stay with you-just to make sure the big brother keeps his sister and boyfriend in check."Adam teased at long last.