"Nice to meet you too Ember. So if you're a Ravenclaw, what are you doing at our table?" He asked her smiling.

"Oh, Mr. Squides he's the giant squid that lives in the lake! Me and Rex gave him that nickname last term!" Nika nodded her head proudly. "Oh poor, poor Rex! I'm going to send him an owl right away!" Nika couldn't let him be sad again. "Yeah, I think you'll love it at the lake!"
"Oh! I like those classes, except I really no good at them. Especially charms and flying. I'm really a train wreck when it comes to preforming magic, but my friends are helping me so hopefully I'll get better!" Nika smiled proudly. "My best subject is divination and then it's care of magical creatures and in those classes we don't really use wands." Well that's what she gets for being a clueless little muggle born.
"Really your ready for bed?!?! I could stay up all night!!! I'm so energized!" Nika bounced up and down in her chair. Too much candy, yes? "I think I had one too many chocolate frogs on the train ride. But it's not my fault. They are just so darn good and they don't have any back home where I live." Besides she wanted to build a collection of trading cards.

OOC: Eep, sorry it took so long to get back to all of you! *Flails*
 

Lucas had a great space-out stare going on, and he jumped a bit when he heard a voice talking to him. He turned toward the girl with a smile. "Hello, yourself," he said.

Another girl came up to him. He remembered this one... The one who waved with kittens. Weird. But funny. They'd had a conversation in the pet shop, but they'd both had to go soon after meeting each other, so they still didn't know each other well. "Hello again," he said with a smile. "Kurumi, right?" He realizd that she was handing him something, and he took it before he realized that it was... A COOKIE!!!!!! "Thanks!" His smile widened. If there was one thing in this world he loved, it was cookies.

"Well, hello, Tayla," he said to the third girl to introduce herself. "I'm Lucas. Nice to meet you!"

"Not at all," Lucas said, sliding over a bit to make room. He smiled at the girl. "I'm Lucas, by the way."

" Oh that is a cool name for a giant squid" William told Nika. Rex would love an owl form his best Gryffindor freind" William said to Nika." I will meet you at the lake" William smiled.

"Vincent doesn't talk much, like me. So yes I think he's friend-material." Mordred said thinking if that actually made sense. "Mum likes to keep everything pretty. I guess she's got the gift of seeing what is ugly and not...she keeps on altering her newly purchased dress everytime we get home. Me and my father would just look at her, wondering what's the point of buying it in the first place." Mordred shook his head. Another trait of girls that he will never understand.

"Your father's on Muggle TV? What is a TV?" Mordred frowned. He doesn't know much about the muggle world. "If you haven't met your father, then your parents must be living separately." he said. Mordred then wondered how difficult it would be if he didn't know his father. He was just thankful that he's got the best. "I-I'm sorry to hear that." he said, feeling he somewhat crossed the line.

Mordred looked around and saw that some of the older students were already heading for their dormitories. "Maybe I should go now." he said standing up. "Thanks for letting me stay. I'll see you around!" he said waving as Mordred made his way up to the Slytherin's table.

"See you in the common room!" Tayla smiled and waved as she left the table. She sincerely hoped she'd see him again.

"Oh! I'm sorry," Tayla laughed, too. "I'm Tayla. Tayla Barnhill."

Braeden smiled as Emma decided he would definitely be the laid-back kind of parent. Yeah, he totally saw it that way too. Hehe. His kids would love their goofy dad. And his wife would nag him for being so lenient. The boy's eyes went up to the enchanted ceiling as he thought about this made-up future life in his head before snapping out of it when Emma spoke again, this time sharing with him more information on her brother. At the sound of the young man's name, Braeden's dark eyebrows shot up to his hairline. "Draco Severus Malfoy? I've heard of him!" said the boy, awestruck. Who knew?! Emma was related to a celebrity! Wow. He'd have to ask her for his autograph or something…

"Oh Merlin… I'd best not mess up, then," said Braeden with a chuckle as Emma considered a new sort of punishment for him. He preferred the spend-every-second-of-the-day-with-her 'punishment'.

And then she was asking if he'd join the quidditch team.
Hmmmmmmm. "I dunno, I'd have to be pretty passionate about a sport to actually join a team… I usually just play for fun," said the boy honestly. Sure, he loved football and all other muggle sports, but at the end of the day he was more of a huge movie fanatic and an aspiring director who wrote his own scripts. Not an athlete. He was too clumsy for that. "What about you?" he asked the girl. Surely she'd at least thought of joining, no?

I'm more worried about my OOC Quidditch abilities than about Hugo's XD
 

Hugo nodded and a little smile spread across his face. So many ambitions... So little skill... Well, that wasn't true. Hugo was quite mastering his charms and wand making stuff. But being a Quidditch player, wasn't that too much ambition for one scrawny little kid? But he liked Quidditch. "Well I hope you're right," Hugo said and smiled at Selina.

"Yeah we kinda are," Hugo said. "It's pretty annoying for ourselves too because we always want everything to be perfect the first time we do it and when it doesn't work..." Hugo put his spoon his pudding and it split into parts. "Well let's just say you don't want to be around me when that happens..."

"Well I didn't exactly get to practise magic," Hugo said and chuckled. "That would be kind of illegal. BUT I did practise the wand movements and the incantations," he nodded. "So that I could test it out back at school!" Yes. Awesome.

What was that? Her abilities. Hugo leaned in a bit too and almost whispered back. "W-what abilities?" Baking? Her father wanted to make her control her baking? Surely not, everyone enjoyed Kurumi's cookies. Well, not those stinky Slytherins but every nice person did. Right? Or was it about something else?

"Ah yes Mr. Ikenna," Hugo said remembering his extreme curiosity towards the man. But now he was extremely curious as to why he decided to just leave. So there was extra security needed for just ONE year? They surely needed more security with this wale which could blow up any minute. And not to mention the extremely cool looking ship that appeared out of nowhere. "I wonder where he went," Hugo said.

Emma laughed slightly. Yeah, her brother was Draco Severus. Sometimes the celebrity status went to his head. The blonde could remember all the times girls have tried their hardest to throw themselves at him. Emma grinned and nodded. "You have? Ah, my brother would be thrilled to hear that." she added, patting Brae's hand.

The blonde shone him a grin and smirked. "Yes, it is quite an evil punishment," she cried, laughing. Gosh, she needed to improve her punishments. Emma (generally) wasn't the type of person to punish someone. Muahahahaha. This would be fun.

Emma listened to Brae as he explained that he preferred to play Quidditch for fun. The blonde fourth year nodded, understanding what he was saying. The blonde grinned widely as he asked her the same question. "YES! Well I'm going to try out for the team. If I don't make it- oh well. It will be okay, I've survived two years without being on a school Quidditch team." she explained, shrugging her shoulders at the last bit. It would be all right. If she didn't make it that meant spending more time with Brae, Alex, Fee, Ellie, Di, and Finbar. That would be fun indeed. The blonde tried to think of what hobbies SuperBraemen had told her about.. SpiderMan? MOVIESS!! OOH! "So how has your director thing been going? With the movies and stuff!?" she exclaimed.

Braeden's dark eyebrows raised slightly when Emma ever-so-energetically confirmed to him that she would, indeed, try out for the Quidditch team. It wasn't the announcement that kind of caught him off-guard (he'd been expecting it), but the enthusiasm in her voice. Only Emma could get overwhelmingly cheerful when you least expected it. He liked that about her, though.

"I'm pretty sure you'll make it," said the boy with a nod. "I'm no pro," he added with a soft chuckle, "But I've seen you play when you were coaching me, and you're really good, Em." Nod nod nod. Yep yep yep. She was definitely going to make it into the team if she tried out; Brae could bet his left arm on it.

And then she was asking him about his 'director thing'. He laughed lightly at the way she phrased it all, obviously being a pureblood she wasn't as completely familiar with the terms and all as he was. He was also surprised she'd remember his addiction to films, though. "It's been going well, I wrote a couple more scripts over the summer… My dad got me some equipment so I can start filming some stuff, at least just for fun and to get the hang of being behind the camera… It's pretty cool. My goal right now is to visit some studios in London, get a sneak peek at how filming usually goes," he said, brown eyes turning rather dreamy as he thought about this. Of course, the best thing would be to visit Hollywood some day, but Braeden knew that wouldn't be happening any time soon. For now, he'd have to see the way the entertainment industry worked in his little England.

Emma blushed as SuperBraeman told her that she would make it on to the Quidditch Team. Emma hoped she would. "Aww thanks Brae. That's so sweet. That means a lot to me." she said, smiling at him, meaning it with all her heart. Yep, yep. It was all thanks to her brother that she was a good Quidditch player. He never never never gave up on her. The blonde was thankful for that.

Emma listened to each word SuperBrae said as he described his passion for films. Every word seemed so warm and full of excitement. She liked that. "Awesome! Scripts? That's amazing SuperBraeman! Sneek peak at studios? I don't know much about the film business, I bet you could get a sneak peek." she exclaimed, winking at him. "And your probably amazing at it." The blonde grinned widely and looked over at the Ravenclaw table and to her surprise, she thought she saw Ellie. Wait.. O.o.. No... it wasn't Ellie. A lot of people had left the Great Hall and so she thought maybe it was time for Brae and her to go too.

"Hey Brae, if your finished with dinner. Do you want to head to the Lake?" she asked, smiling.

Braeden beamed when Emma thanked him, once again sharing with him how much his words meant to her. It was so ironic. Comments like that from her meant a lot to him. It was like a vicious cycle.

"Mmm-hmmmmm," said Braeden with a nod as Emma exclaimed enthusiasm over everything he'd just said about his movie addiction. Hehe. Good to see he hadn't bored her to death. "Thank you," he said, "Maybe when I finally get to produce and direct my own movie in the future, I'll save a spot in the cast just for you," he shared, flashing the girl at his side a lopsided grin. That'd be so awesome, to finally get to achieve his dream, and to be able to share it with a good friend like Emma. Yeah, it'd be pretty epic.

And then Emma was suggesting they go to the lake.
Ooohh? Braeden's eyebrows raised slightly at the suggestion before he pretty much jumped out of his seat, as if it had suddenly caught on fire and burned his bum. "You've read my mind!" he announced with enthusiasm before suddenly turning around, his back facing Emma this time. "Your carriage awaits, m'lday," he said with mock formality. It was an invitation for Emma to hop onto his back, he'd give her a piggy back ride out to the grounds. It'd be fun.

The blonde grinned as SuperBraeman went on about his addiction and as he politely thanked her. "Your welcome. I can see it. Braeden Stonem wins an Award for Best Director for his new Epic masterpiece," she said, smiling warmly again and a bit dramatically. She blushed and laughed at his next comment. "Really? That would be amazing Brae. I'm guessing I'd play a babysitter." The blonde smirked as she went on to talk about the babysitter bit.

And then the adorkable Gryffindor jumped up as if he was on FIRE!! Emma grinned as he exclaimed about her reading his mind with a ton of excitement. She loved how energetic he was. The blonde's brown eyes sparkled as SuperBrae offered her a piggyback ride. Oh, if Orabelle caught her, she would go around the school telling everyone about it. But, Emma didn't care. She was with Brae, so Orabelle and any other formal Slytherin could just go away. "Why thank you my lord. "she said, chuckling as she got on his back. She felt taller already. "You ready? Charge!" she exclaimed, giggling.

Wisteria looked as if between sick and about to explode. She opened her mouth a few times like a fish gasping for water trying to think of something to say. She felt horrible.

"Rex is such a wonderful guy, how could anything like that have happened?" He deserves way more, she thought. "How often do you get to see him? He could really use a friend like you." She smiled encouragingly.