OWWWW.

This just wasn't fair. He could feel the large amount of pastie, crisps, chips and whatever else he'd decided to throw down his throat, swing violently in his stomach. The spilt butterbeer had soaked his lap, and, with a rather deadly scowl, he tore his lingering eyes away from Scary-Girl. (She deserved the title. She really did.) And, to be honest, the thumbs-up was just patronising. Eh, if not terrifying.

With a set jaw, he attempted to dry his robes with his sleeve, which worked rather well, until he realised his sleeve was now sopping wet. With a bit back yelp, he sunk his head - ignoring the fringe of his hanging dangerously close to a large bowl of pumpkin soup - mind reeling, heart-pounding, legs shaking.

He was now more scared than ever, and it didn't help that the people around him had begun to stare. And guess what?
THEY WERE GIRLS TOO.

Although, there was a plus side to all this though, he supposed: at least a wet sleeve was better than walking around like he'd wet himself.
Woohoo.

'Hello...?' Rose said 'Are you OK?'

SPOILER!!: Katra, Selina, & Breillat

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Originally Posted by TheMarauders

Katra sat next to her cousin, and nodded, smiling slightly at Caroline. Then, she turned to Kyle.
"I've been well. Summer was calm, as usual. Mother was transferred back to Paris for the summer. It was good to spend time with her before school. She sends her regards."

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Originally Posted by Charr Ruby

Breillat was ushered into the Great Hall by a Hogwarts teacher, along with many other kids her age. They feel in line according to their surnames, A being the first and Z being the last. She was a Grey, which would mean somewhere in the front.

She watched carefully, yet nervously as the Professor took out a very old and battered looking hat on a stool in the middle of the Great Hall. It suddenly came to life, which frightened most of the first years. She jumped a little and gasped, amazed.

It began singing a song, one of the most beautiful songs she had ever head. She hoped that she would be sorted into a nice, lowly House.

Biting her lip, Breillat slowly moved forward as the Sorting Hat Sorted the students into their rightful place. Four... Three... Two... One...

It was her turn! She was shaking, but she went on towards the stool where everyone before her sat on and put on the Hat. She carefully picked it up and placed it on her head. She suddenly noticed many eyes on her. She blushed.

"GRYFFINDOR!", it said loudly. Then Breillat sneezed. In front of everyone. How embarrassing! She quickly took off the Hat, bounded toward the red and gold Table where everybody was cheering... for her. She smiled weakly, numb from being nervous. They all seemed like nice people. That thought cheered her up a bit.

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

Selina flinched when it seemed like Kurumi was going to spit her pumpkin juice all over her face. This flinch was enough to snap her out of her mission of being adorable. Selina sighed, "Fine. Anyways my face hurts from all of this cutness. I need a break," Selina began to rub her jaw.

"So... you ready for Divination this term?" Selina asked quietly. It was her silent way of asking if Kurumi would help her with her... issues.

SPOILER!!: Kyle, Simon, and Ginger

Selina smiled at Kyle. "Well at least its in style." She was glad that Sophie was making light of her fall. Selina was personally quite afraid when Kyle took her nose dive, buf if she needed to laugh it off Selina would let her. Besides she seemed fine so she decides to let the fall go.

Once Kyle took her place at the table Selina laughed, "Yeah your kitty is quite the little adventurer." At that the kitten seemed to pur into his lap.

"Oh yeah your cousin did just leave quickly. It's alright though, she didn't know me. I'm sure we'll get on."

Kyle couldn't help but smile to her cousin Katra, it was especially wonderful to know her aunt was stationed back in Paris again - would have been nice to know that she would have come and visit over summer. "Thats great Kat," she smiled softly, feeling a slight pang as she realized her own mum was incognito off somewhere in the states. "Well tell her that I will have to visit after this years up" she smiled softly.

The sudden thought of what she was going to do after Hogwarts seemed daunting, very extremely daunting. Her attention was stolen as she heard the sorting hat yell Gryffindor, looking up she saw feeling herself begin to clap and cheer despite not even being sorted into Gryffindor herself. Oh, the girl had sneezed she realized as the girl looked awfully embarrassed.

At-least she hadn't knocked the stool over as she had when it was her time to be sorted the year before.

"Congratulations on getting sorted into Gryffindor - I'm Kyle Manning...Ravenclaw," she admitted the last bit somewhat sheepishly. "I came to visit after my cat Ginger disappeared" she laughed, pointing to the kitten in Simon's lap.

Then turning again to Selina she smiled. "Oh yeah she is definitely a little adventurer - I think I might have to nickname her something to do with adventuring...or if i'd gotten the boy in the litter I would have named him Columbus" she chuckled smiling softly the idea of a cat finding a 'new world' was definitely worthy of a good laugh.

"Yeah well, I think its the whole culture shock thing - you know moving from Beauxbatons to Hogwarts can be jarring especially in seventh year when you don't know anyone" Kyle admitted sheepishly - it was even shocking and jarring in sixth year. She smiled softly biting the edge of her lip.

"Oh Selina do you mind if I Sel? or something, I just adore nicknames for some reason - anyways...Jimmy said that I should bring you along to the first yearbook meeting" she explained happily. She was rather excited to have a friend to take the adventure with her.

"Riiiight." Mordred said with a grin at Ariadne's pride as a Gryff. "If I was sorted in Gryffindor, I really wouldn't know what my mum will do. During her stay here, the height of the Gryffs and the Slyths' rivalry was at its highest. Good thing it lessened a bit after the Second Wizarding War." he said. "But even so, I could still end up getting a howler. A proper one this time." he chuckled.

"You'll have 7 years to make friends, don't worry." said Mordred. "As for me, I have to socialize with my 'brothers'" he said quoting the word with his hands. He just met a new male Slytherin in the upper class, and wasn't too happy still with the fact that most of the students who'd introduce themselves to him are girls. Not that he hated girls, he just doesn't understand why. "Am I not intimidating?" he asked Ari, because he thought he was.

"Er...is it okay with your fellow Gryffs?" he asked when Ari offered him a seat. He knew that it wasn't his territory. "I can get mauled here." Mordred thought looking around.

Hmm, now this was a topic she could talk about and be comfortable doing so. There was nothing secret about a horse.

"He's black and white." she started, relaxing a bit, finding that talking about a horse was way easier, regardless of who she was actually talking to. "White legs, stomach, and back, and the rest is black. But he does have this little white mark on his forehead." WHICH WAS ADORABLE! "I haven't named him yet though."

Tapping her fingers on the table, she shook her head, having NO idea what to name him. It'd probably end up being called Checkers or something weird like that. Her poor pets got stuck with odd names. "He's only a month old."

Okay.. maybe she felt just a teeeeeny bit nasty now.. not a lot.. just a teeny tiny bit.

Grabbing a little fairycake Ella stood up, and walked carefully up to the timid boy. When she reached him, she walked past but dropped the cake in front of him. Maybe he would understand it was an apology. Yeah she was upfront.. maybe a bit scary.. deal! But.. she could be nice. A little. Sometimes.

Grinning she walked past fiddling with her ear ring. He looked confused.. very confused. Mission accomplished.. maybe she'd lay off him a bit now. She'd just made a new friend.. sortof.[

Matt looked up at the girl, "What do you think?" He sniffed, still scowling.

Naturally, he felt a little bad, even with the mere sight of her sending anxious shivers down his spine. It wasn't her fault. He hoped his quick apologetic nod would suffice. It seemed all he'd met on this table had been girls... Perhaps the world was trying to tell him something?

A fairycake.
A FAIRYCAKE.

Matt glared at Scary-Girl's back. Scary-Girl? More like "AHH".
Matt glared at AHH's back, sinking further down into his seat, desperately trying to deflect the attention of more of his housemates. He knew AHH'd meant to make a fool of him, he could see it in her cool walk as she continued up the busy aisle of bustling students; once again a pinky blush crawled up his neck.

This one was out to get him and that scared him even more. But one day, yes, ONE DAY, he would SPEAK HIS MIND to her! Tell her to back off.
..Buuuuuut not today.

He sniffed, staring at the cake.
...
Eh, he was hungry.
He reached out and took a small nibble, the thought of it being a prank crossing his mind for only a second.
..Hmm, it wasn't bad.

MWAHAHAHA! Ella turned her head grinning, then she stuck her tounge out at him. ooh, lessons were going to be fun. She could see it now.. both of them working at the same cauldren in Potions, sharing the same crystal ball in Divination. Oh the list could go on and on.

Again she started laughing. Bless him, she thought. Well she'd given him a fairycake.. what more does the boy want?!?! She sighed.. hopefully he would see that this was her way of making friends with a total skitz.. she would like to talk to him properly.. eventually. Ella turned her head away, going back to her bowl of pasta, still smiling.

Rosemary chuckled, "Soon I believe.... Once desserts finished and after the welcome and wise words from the Head."

" Owls surivive, do not worry" William told Zara. " I think they put them in Owl Ccages at HogWarts" William said to Zara. "Sleep is a really good idea, too" William agreed with Zara.

" There is quite a few half =muggles here" William told Tay."We are all getting sleepy" William said to Tay."Common room, great idea" William agreed with Tay.

" Thanks for agreeing with me" William told Matilsa." Pureblood, that is a really good thing" William said to Matilda. " I am pureblood with a twist" William explained to Matilda. " I am 3/4 PureBlood and 1/4 Veela" William smiled.

" Like the food?" William asks Rosemary. " We have lots waiting for us in the next seven terms" William said to Roswmary. "Do yo uagree with me?" William asked Rosemary.

Matt returned the teasing gesture with a sheepish grimace, his shaking hands trying desperately to find something to keep them occupied. They settled on another butterbeer and, despite his previous "event" with the troublesome liquid, he took it, taking a gentle sip.

He hoped he never had to cross her path again. Although, wishing for such a thing was pretty futile. They would have all their classes together, they were in the same house... In fact, ultimately, he knew he'd have a hard time getting rid of her. He supposed he'd just have to get used to her presence, but the hall's events had..scarred him pretty deeply - as the sweet liquid ran down his throat, he flinched, watched a smile curl up on her lips. He was pretty much SCARRED. FOR. LIFE.
Thank you AHH.
Thank you much.

Rosemary nodded, "Especially the fish...."

Oh, see that! The sarcastic lion cub was adressing to him again. Hmmm. Blinking a few times Josh smiled at her warmly as she spoke and once hse was done with her words, the boy raised an eyebrow at her. ''Well...i guess it should not be that difficult it came naturally. People mostly tend to have difficulty with pretended behaviour''

*Ehem* Whaaa? Had he just sounded like a Ravenclaw? Bleh! He hoped not. Because sounding like a Ravenclaw....well totally uncool. ''I guess''


Hmmm? Another firstie? Apparently she was. Still smiling slightly Josh eyed the younger girl some as she approached and introduced herself. Mmm...well...did he just look like a prefect? He hoped not because his brain was not infected enough to be a prefect. Definitely not. Yet on the other hand, firsties did not have to stick with prefects all the time after all, so this could be considered okay.

Moving his dark brown gaze on the girl, his smile widened some as he spoke back ''Hi, Ellie. It's good to meet you. And i am...Joshua Carter.'' And of course he had to add his title. Without it the introduction would be so....boring. ''The Master of Everything'' Yeah. That was him.

Bahahahahahaha! Now Josh could only laugh at that. Who was being loud hmm? As if she had not been yelling since the very moment she had stepped into the lions territory. And she was accusing him for her own loudness. Smirking at the she-snake, Josh poked her in the shoulder. ''NO! IT'S YOU WHO IS BEING LOUD, DESTINEY!'' And whaaaat? His brain...muddled? Bahahhahaha!

''My brain is fine and it's what makes me so shy!'' Yeah, was it really so difficult for you to accept that she-snake? He was a shy boy! A very shy one! So shy that he always had to use the bathroom alone. Mahahahahaha. Whatever...

And he was glad that there wwas going to be no more poking because that poking thing was really annoying him. It had always annoyed him and he knew it was always going to annoy him. So, Josh was glad that Destiny had decided to quit it before he was forced to do something to her. Well....just....something. ''Good girl'' he said nodding and was about to say something else when the carrot was shoved in his mouth.

Whaaa?!

Hold it? Looking momentraily confused, his eyes followed the girl as she hurried to Patroclus, then once the confusion was over, he smirked again and bit almost the half of the carrot. ''All right. See ya later!'' Mmm. This was yummy too. More enjoyable to eat it than being poked with it.

Pffffffft. There he was doing it again. And this was he was not only speaking like a prefect but also lika a...ewwwwww...it was even so horrid to think of it...but a head boy. ''Simon, Simon, Simon!'' so Josh exclaimed pretending to shield his ears from the words his best friend had voiced. ''Are not you aware that you are still doing it? You almost sounded like...'' a certain head boy...but no he was not going to say that because that'd be insulting and he would never insult Simon. Never ever. ''...whatever. Just stop acting like one of them. Please''

Yeah, please. It was making him sick.

Matilda: That's great to know and I hope the speech is short because I really need to go to the common room soon to bed and it might be possible that if I sleep enough my stomachache goes away.

Selina laughed, "Yeah she's a crazy kitty. She's the fiesy feline. The animal adventurer. Please stop me before I go crazy with all of the names."

Then Selina saw Katra and waved, "Hey I'm Selina. We met on the train, but ugh we didn't get to talking that much."

Once she was done she turned back to Kyle and said, "Sely. My friends all call me Sely. I think we are close enough now for the nickname. And yeah I'm so excited to be part of the yearbook staff. I mean I love to write and I'm active enough in school things that I just wanna help. Thanks Kyle."

Okay.. he was very nervous now. Biting her lip, Ella glanced over again. Why couldn't he just cool it a bit? He was going to have to get used to seeing her around! Turning back around, she put down her fork and pushed her bowl away from her.

Twirling her hair, she looked around the hall.. it was great and everything but she really needed sleeeeep!
Yawning, she spotted Thomas tlaking to another Gryffindor. She continued stroking Henry, feeding him a few treats from her pockets.
She turned back to the boy and waved. Then she shouted over, 'Hi! I'm Ella, I can tell we're going to be the best of friends!' Nobody even looked up, they were used to her already. Satisfied, she sat back down. She didn't even wait for a reply, he could give one if he wanted. She was feeling friendly now.

Rosemary's eyes were slowly starting to droop after she'd finished eating yet she still kept her straight posture and her head high.

Rosemary's grey tabby kitten came padding over to her friend, purring for attention.

'No, I guess not...' Rose felt a little bit worried... Had she offended him? Did someone already hate her on her first day! 'Umm.... Well, my name's Rose...' Rose said anxiously 'What's yours?'

'Ah, I read that too, just forgot to mention it.' Ariadne nodded. 'Turn a book into a snake? Wow!' the girl was shocked, the outbursts of magic she had had before coming to Hogwarts couldn't even compare to that.

'Everyone is looking forward to those.' Ari smiled. 'I'm curious about everything, to be honest.Did you bring a pet here?' the girl asked, trying to figure out what animals would be coming to the Gryffindor rooms, making sure no one would harm her cat, Pluto. But come to think of it, it was more likely for Pluto to harm someone else's pet than the other way around. If any Gryffindor owned a mouse or rat, they were doomed.

Who could be that glamorous girl who just sat down at our table? Ariadne wondered, and quickly realised it was her Slytherin friend, Fee. The girl practically ran to the blonde and gave her a big bear hug. Well, as big as such a tiny person could.

'Fee! Did you see me up there, with the Sorting Hat?' she asked, enthusiastically. 'I'm thrilled to be a Gryffie.' the girl stated the obvious. 'You look very pretty, as always.' she commented on Fee's appearance.

'How was the rest of your summer, did you do anything interesting?' Ari wanted to know. 'I went swimming with my uncle and spent some time with my Muggle friends, but didn't do much all in all.'

Ariadne raised an eyebrow at the boy's highly descriptive depiction of his sister's reaction to their mother's cooking. 'Did I really have to know that?' she asked, laughing. The girl was thinking that probably she didn't need to eat that last pastry after all, not after the recent description. A wide grin spread over her face, lightening up her features.

'Merlin's beard! You can cook? That's unbelievable.' Ari gasped, in admiration. 'Then, by all means, help me, anyone should be more authorised than my mum to give lessons in that department.' she chuckled.

'Three siblings, cool. Which of them do you get along better with?' she was curious to know. And then the innocent question, but which had a deeper meaning for Ari. Why didn't she ask her parents for a sibling? Well, because 'her parents' only included her mum. However, it made no sense to start narrating her family drama to a boy she had just met, so after a rather long pause she replied sheepishly: 'Oh, yes, I should do that, shouldn't I?'

'Tired?' Ariadne asked Matt, hoping he wouldn't consider this an intrusion of his privacy, comfort zone, or whatever. 'Yeah, I wish I were there as well, but I'm sure exciting things will happen during our time at school too.' she commented.She returned Matt's smile, hoping they could become friends.



'Higher rivalry than during Harry Potter's time at school?' Ariadne asked incredulously. 'That sounds serious. I hope she doesn't mind if you have Gryffindor friends.' the girl inquired, with genuine concern in her voice. 'You know, maybe I myself won't get away without a Howler, for not being a Ravenclaw.' she pondered, but then added: 'Nah, my mum wouldn't do that.', though not entirely sure.

'Erm-maybe you are, but the more important thing is that you're interesting. I was curious to know you, and that doesn't happen very often to me, approaching people out of curiosity.' she explained. 'Plus, you're also impressing people through your looks.' she pointed out, matter-of-factly.

'Look around, do you see anyone complaining?' she asked, in a very determined tone. 'It's perfectly fine to stay for a while, though I'm sure you'll be missed at the Slytherin table.'

Rosemary nodded, "Yeah.... My dad was furious of course but afterwards he saw it as a sign that I wasn't a Squib.... And yeah.. Speaking of which.." Rosemary bent down and picked up her kitten. "This is my familiar Sienna."

Rosemary smiled shyly at Matt, "I'm Rosemary..." She added at the end, nearly as shy as he was.

Matt started at the sudden yell, arms flailing wildly. Thankfully, his drink was at a safe distance - his sleeve was still damp. Once he'd recovered from the initial shock, he swallowed the food that'd sat on his tongue, and he looked up, searching for the source of the noise. Then his dark gaze fell back on AHH, who had now revealed herself as Ella. Although, he preferred AHH - it suited her more. He grinned slightly, red blush as apparent as ever, and shrunk down in his seat.

Best of friends. BEST OF FRIENDS.
No.
1) She was a girl. 2) She was a girl. And 3)SHE WAS A GIRL. A GIRL WHO WAS SCARY. He sniffed, the terror seeping back into his gut.

But he was not rude. His parents had often drummed the delicate tangents of manners into him and, as much as he wanted to, he couldn't exactly ignore her.

Mustering up all the courage he could, Matt shouted back, "I'm M-Matt." There. End of. Quivering, he sat back down in his seat.

"Rose." He swallowed. He wouldn't run. He turned to face the girl, a small smile on his face. Be polite. "Pretty name." He hoped his smile was ok, although it was highly probable that it'd turned out as more of a grimace. AHH. ANOTHER ONE. They were like rabbits... "Nice t-t'meet you." he said to them both. Clearing his throat, he continued. "I'm Matt."

Matt frowned, "No. Probably not." He grinned, and laughed too. He felt...not as scared, he supposed. It was nice to feel a little comfortable. There was an air about Ari; she wasn't as scary as other girls were. Perhaps it was her polite and rather mature nature; it reminded him of his sister. She was lightyears ahead of her age too. In fact, if he hadn't known any better, he would've thought of Ari as Karen's long lost twin.

He nodded, brown hair flopping. "I sort of had to learn, or I'd have been living off cheese and crackers for the rest of my life." He grimaced; that would've been awful. He chuckled - he completely understood. "Tell me about it. I had to watch hours of cooking shows..." He'd have much rather been watching The Simpsons. Marge was good at cooking, right? "Well, let me know, yeah?" he said, rather excited about the prospect of teaching someone his skillage. (He deftly ignored her female-ness. He could fret over that later.)

"My sister. My brothers are away a lot of the time, travelling. Her name's Karen - she's nine." He smiled; he'd miss her, and his parents.
Oh dear... Her silence screamed against his ears. He could feel his nervous heart-rate quickening again. He squashed it desperately, quickly groping for an apology. He didn't know what he'd done...What'd he said? AHH. GIRLS WERE SO CONFUSING. "I'm sorry." he said hastily, his words tripping over each other in a wild frenzy. He'd never been too good at awkward social situations.

The Gryffindor, still flailing anxiously, tipped his head. "Definitely." He yawned, as if in response. He hoped he could return to the dorms soon for some much needed sleep. "I hope so." he said with a small smile.

"Well, meeting people is always good. New people can be a lot of fun," Chris said, remembering some of the friends she had met last year.

"A trait can be gained without being pretended," Chris argued, looking for an actual conversation. Most people had conversations consisting of:
1. Where they came from
2. Blood Status
3. Summer
4. Whatever famous witches/wizards they are related to
5. Meaningless babble
She loved her friends, but they weren't the best conversationalists. She needed at least one argument or intellectual conversation to shake things up.

Legend's jaw cletched tightly at Katie's single word. Awful. Really? Her summer had been awful? How depressing. Did she have to deal with Lissy waking her up early? Or hiding her stuff? So sad. "Really? I expected you to have an amazing time." His said simply, no emotion following it. After all, they had broken up and she no longer had to deal with him. "Did you by any chance spend your whole summer in the Hospital? With no one coming to visit you but your family?" His brows raised slightly, a hint of anger could be heard in his tone. "Oh, no sorry that was me. And I would be lying if I said it was only my family that came. Cars, Mo, and your family came too." Everyone except for her. He had EXPECTED her to come, but she never did.

"Same old? Sounds exciting man." Legend nodded slight, no longer feeling excited from his feast. He felt warn out and just tried.

Legend held back a sigh as Lando reached over and hugged Katie to thank her for the Crump. The simple gesture by Orlando made him mad. Annoyed. Sad. "Your welcome. Hope you like him-or her. Katie picked it out, so I'm not sure what it is." He said quitely before yawning and turning his attention back toward his food. Some how the macaroni did not seem to drawn him in as usual, all he saw was a yellow gooey mess.

"I guess so. They were so mad about their houses. And getting the House Cup was serious business." he said as he sat down. It was a bit weird to be in a sea of red and gold. "You'll be fine. Besides the Sorting Hat knows best." Mordred smiled.

"I am interesting? Really. Well, to tell you honestly I am a boring person. Must be the reason why I don't have much friends." he said as he looked around him to see Gryffindor students introduce themselves to the others and vice-versa.

Mordred then looked at Ari. "Me? Good-looking?....R-really?" Mordred asked a bit confused. He was never told he was good looking. Not even his parents...
"Hm. Maybe we should thank my parents for that." he said taking it as a compliment. He never studied his face before, nor he even bothered to look at himself in the mirror.

"Yeah, I hang out there a lot," Septimus said. "So, how are you liking Hogwarts so far?"

"Yeah, I guess I'm just gald to be back," he said with a smile. "France is where I live. Summers there are always great. But I just wished that the Headmaster would've let me stay here, you know?"