Elle sneered. "Fine. I believe you. Don't have to stutter. Enjoy the Feast," she said with forced politeness and returned to where Cass was. It seemed like they were about to have dinner already, seeing that the line of First Years to be Sorted was dwindling very quickly.

Tayla sighed and smiled in relief. "Enjoy the feast, too..." she said in a whisper as she left the Slytherin table and headed back to the Gryffindors. "What an interesting welcome to Hogwarts," she thought in amusement.

Where. Was. Hugo's. Girlfriend. He needed her! Well, not really but he wanted to see her! He noticed she hadn't arrived yet, just like Kurumi's cookies, so he decided to take a seat and wait for her, hoping there wasn't any Slytherin meanie around to kick his bum or something.

He stared at her, panic rising with each drop of her tears that fell. He didnt mean for her to cry. Why is it that it seems that he keeps doing this unwittingly lately? Automatically he took a kleenex out and handed it to her, then folded his hands together, enclosing her other hand completely. The M word. She said it. Twice. The lawyers said it. Several times. Of course it was a lot more apathetic than how he's hearing it now. And at all times he could feel this sense of internal panic, the cold sweat breaking out, the struggled breathing, his stomach doing flip flops, the dizzying buzz in his head.

He stared at their folded hands together. "Lexi, I love you very, very much. And when I think of my future, I couldnt imagine it without you." he rasped in a loud whisper, his throat gone completely parched. "My entire time in New York, I wasnt just fighting for my own future, I was fighting for ours. I told them I will lead this family in my terms, not theirs." Then he looked into her eyes imploringly as he squeezed her hand "They know that my terms includes you-- will always include you."

And..... he couldnt say anymore. He seized the water goblet and started gulping it down his parched throat, the only thing thing keeping his stomach from lurching up completely.

That was it... he didn't want to marry her. She knew it. He was just... content with living with her so he never had to REALLY commit. She wasn't sure how she felt about that. She grudgingly took the kleenex and wiped her eyes in vain. More tears spilled and she hugged Rufus with one arm.

She finally looked at him, messed up face covered in tear stains now. "You just want to live with me... and be together, but you can't even say the WORD, Stradivarius Salander. Are you afraid that one day you will realize how difficult I am... that I am not worth the effort anymore... and that way you can leave with no big production?" she squeaked out through sobs.

See. She KNEW she wasn't worth it. They knew it... and one day he would too.

Rufus clung to Lexi and petted the side of her face lovingly. Gah. Mean boy making his mistress cry.

Eugh. Silly second years. HOW do you get lost on your way up to the castle? It's hardly a maze! Now those two kids were over at their table, the Head Girl made her way to the Slytherin Table. In her uniform, Iris's Head Girl badge was pinned onto her chest.

After quickly scanning the table, Iris frowned. She couldn't see Aaron, Fallon OR Jimbo.

Brilliant.

Just, brilliant.

Late (for Head Girl standards, anyway) AND friendless. What a fantastic start to the year this is! She had no clue where either of her friends were.

Seeing Hugo sat alone on the Slytherin table, Iris raised her eyebrow slightly. It was odd to see him sat on his own, at this table. She walked down towards him, and took the seat opposite. Iris picked up the goblet closest to her, and filled it with water. "Hullo! ... Where's Fee?" Nice, blunt and to the point.

Hugo looked up from the plate he didn't use. "Oh er... I think still at Hogsmeade or something?" he said. "She'll be here any moment, I think," he said and looked around. "So how are you, in your last term at Hogwarts?" he asked.

K-Lee grinned at the sight of the familiar table. She was back at Hogwarts. K-Lee looked at the table, trying to decide where to sit.

Her holidays had been nice. The first few weeks were away at America visiting her cousins Tristan and Andie, and her aunt and uncle. After she got home, it had been to her surprise after that when Andie showed up and told them that she was moving to England for her new job at the ministry. K-Lee was happy to have her cousin, who was more like an older sister, in the same country as her.

She sat down in an empty seat and smiled at all the people around her.

Jeanne looked for Jonathan over the Slytherins. In her hand was still his wand. He left it in the compartment while he felt asleep. Thankfully, Jeanne came back and found it on the ground. She walked shyly amongst the slytherins, scared she sat down in the chair. Well, she can't just give his wand to anyone else. Besides, she doesn't know which person to give it.

Iris nodded and glanced towards the large doors, as if expecting to see Fee walk through the doors. "Oh, I see... You looked a bit lost sat here on your own." He didn't have a clue where she was, did he? ... haha. It never failed to amaze Iris how alike Hugo and Fee were in comparison to Aaron and herself, when they were that age.

As he brought up the fact that it was Iris's last year at Hogwarts, she sighed and chewed the side of her lip. "I'm... sad. I don't want to leave in July. Gonna miss this place." Iris looked up, to the enchanted ceiling. Out of everything in Hogwarts, that was one of the things she was going to miss the most. It was still breathtakingly amazing now, seven years on. Glancing back at Hugo, she chirped up a little, smiling. "But before I leave, there's lots to get done. This is an important year for me!" Yup. Head Girlship. Very, very important business that was.

What the---??? Jonathan went over to Jeanne who was sitting alone amongst all of the Slytherins. He sat next to her and smiled. "So why is a pretty Ravenclaw over here?" leaning to Jeanne, for a kiss perhaps?

Jonathan saw Jeanne holding a wand and right there he knew why she was here in the first place. OHHH! Clumsy me huh? "sorry." pointing to his wand. He knows it's his wand since it's engraved with a Korean calligraphy on the bottom.

Jeanne saw Jonathan came over and sat next to her. She looked at Jonathan with a mischievous expression. As soon as he leaned near her, Jeanne backed off a little. Yeah, not in front of people. Jeanne chuckled as he complimented her. "Really?" Her eyebrows slightly raised. "did you lose something perhaps?"

Of course he saw him looking at the wand Jeanne was holding. Jeanne wanted to tease him more though. "You apologized? For what exactly?" laughing lightly, she gave him his wand. "Don't.lose.it.next.time." even with a smile on her face Jeanne said those words seriously.

Lulu Patterson had met her fair of crazy in her short life. Tonight, however, was pushing her into unknown territories of insanity where she wasn't sure if it was to hex first and ask questions later when the Healers from St. Mungo's arrived to collect their runaway patients. Lu pressed two fingers against the bridge of her nose, right where it met the corner of her right eye. "Stop," she whined when Minnie started shouting about wanting green hair. "Stop, stop. Full stop. Pretty sure that breaks about five school rules and me eyeballs too."

Talkin' Aboot? Lulu groaned. Right, she couldn't expect a first year to understand her accent. Patterson was taking care to stop using less of the Glaswegian dialect and more of the fancy English these Londoners and other nearby residents fancied using. At Minnie's sudden screech, Lulu grabbed Sir Robin defensively from the table. The ferret struggled, pushing his black paws against Lulu's cheeks repeatedly in an attempt to escape.

"Amelia's quite awrite," assured Lulu although she didn't think it suited the girl quite as Minnie did. "Minnie is better, though. Name's Lulu Patterson. This here is Sir Robin, he--" Lulu gave an angry shout as Robin escaped to the table. He landed on the silverware, rattling the table. "Eejit."

Lulu wasn't done with eejits or St. Mungo's escapees it seemed because the Green Haired Eejit was now speaking at her; demanding apologies and what not. Lulu raised an incredulous brow at her before laughing. She turned her face away from her to snatch a fork away from Sir Robin. The ferret chattered loudly and crossed the table to climb up Minnie's shoulders where he observed the bright haired girl with vicious curiosity.

"Talkin' aboot?" said Lulu loudly, half leaning over the table at the girl before pulling down one eyelid and sticking her tongue out. "Calm down and sit down. Yer obviously new."

Of course Jeanne backed off. Fails. Jonathan tends to lose a lot of things. This would be the second time Jeanne picked up something he lost. And it's the most important item never to lose. "Y-yes, i think so." Jonathan can sense that he's in for some teasing. Jeanne doesn't like it when he loses stuffs. He took the wand that was on Jeanne's hand and said "Sorry" he repeated.

"I would have if they'd let me. Mine changed too!" She looked down at her robes and filled with pride as the green and silver details made themselves noticable. "Bring on the snakes!" She said with a grin.

"Oh definitely!" She found some shepherds pie -finally- and tucked in.
"So which of the teacher's do you think looks the meanest?" She asked between mouthfuls, gestring towards the staff table.

Mordred almost forgot his table manners as he ate. He was really hungry and the food was very delicious. He looked at the staff table as he chewed. "Hmm." he swallowed. "The third one from the left." he said and took a drink from his goblet. "I say the professor at the far right looks strict." he went back to his dinner, slicing a big chunk of steak. "I have a feeling she's Slytherin's Head of House." Mordred grinned. "She looks Slytherin to me." he added as he stuffed his mouth with food.

Cody had ever only been to the Slytherin table once. He had talked to all of his friends his Gryffindor and promised to see Elle.

He saw a empty seat next to her. "Hey Elle", he said as he tap her on the shoulder.

Cody certainly saw quite a few new first years in Slytherin.

It was a long trip indeed in the train Lara thought to herself! She spent great time with many people. However while getting thier trucks, she and them got separeted. Anyway, Lara entered the great hall with a big smile on her face for this what she was waiting for three months ago.

She headed towards the Slytherin Table glanced at her house mates which made her smile even more. She was looking at the faces trying to find someone of her friends.

Well, she it didn't take long as she glanced Elle few saets away. She made her way towards her as she was passing some students and finally she got to her, she found an empty seat besides her so she sat there without even asking "Wheo! That was a long way" She took a breath "Oh where did you go? I was looking all over for you! It's so crowded" Lara said as she saw that Elle was already talking to someone so she smiled and said "Hi!"

Aww and now an adorable little firstie! She nodded happily. "Yep, I'm Emma Malfoy. Nice to meet you JJ Star! Well your cousin and I met when I was a first year. He was officially the first person I knew at Hogwarts outside my family and the first year. If you need anything please ask me any questions- I'd be glad to help you. So How was the train ride up? " she exclaimed, cheerfully.
Home Sweet home. Slytherin House. Yipee!

Emma tried to think if she had seen her. Well.. maybe they had. But she was glad to have some company. "Nice to meet you Georgiana. I'm a fourth year. How was the train ride up for you?" she asked, before taking a sip of water from the goblet in front of her.

LATE was the word for Evan Cartwright now. LATE for the feast, well, not that much but still a PREFECT ought to be there to lead his house and welcome the newcomers, right? But, first he had to deal with over-excited firsties on the train; then he had to deal with Sophie--and he still had to deal with that not to lose her completely--and then he was with Mina, talking about his future. A hectic ride, it sure had been, much more hectic than even the last one when he was first appointed as a prefect. And now, as he could see clearly, all firsties were sorted and sitting at his table... great...

Adressing them all from the beginning of the table, he said "Welcome, new people, to the proud house of Slytherin..." Sucking for a welcoming speech? Pretty much. He didn't even introduce Iris or their head of house. It didn't occur to him, in fact. Well. This was the best he could do with so much on his mind. Chuckling uneasily, he waved at them and started to look for the faces he would greet personally. Marie wasn't here. Pout. And Iris was talking to a small kid... How come no one was there to greet him?! He was the PREFECT, after all! Mweh...



After almost walking the whole table, he finally saw a familiar face--someone he could talk to for a while, at least, before Marie arrived.

"Hey Sierra," he greeted the girlwith the warmest smile he could muster with his head so full, offering her friends around a smile and a wave as well. "How was your summer?"

Naaaw, a new Slytherin girl... and Evan DID catch her walk towards the table, even if he may have missed the glorious part of 'SLYTHERIN' yell of the Hat.

"Welcome to the best House," he said, grinning. It WAS true and known; they were the best. Hehe. And she was aware of it too, by the looks of her walking. Good.

"I'm Evan Cartwright, your prefect."

As he was greeting the other girl, some little girl else rushed to the table--it even seemed she was more interested into the food than the Slytherin itself. As he got himself ready to high-five her, she dramatically fell and he had to bite his lips not to laugh. It was a horrible thing, of course, even without the whole SCHOOL watching her, but he just couldn't help it.

Controlling his reflexes, he looked over her to see if she was OK. She seemed so, but he asked nevertheless, just in case. He was an expert at the healing charms, after the... interesting summer.

"You alright, mate?" he asked with a warm smile. Yeah, welcoming the new people did help him keep his mind off... some certain people.

Smiling at the other girl as she sat somewhere close, he said "Welcome to the best house." A grin there. "I'm Evan Cartwright, your prefect." Hand-shake.

A shy and silent newbie? Aww... watching her help herself for a moment, not to scare her off immediately, Evan reached his hand out at last to welcome her.

"Welcome!" he said warmly, as he smiled. He didn't even repeat 'the best house' part, it was obvious now. "Evan Cartwright, your prefect."

And now an out-going one, eh?

"Welcome, Faith..." Evan said as he scooted over to make space for her. Since there was NO Marie or Mina or Iris, he could sit with the new people as well and get to know them.

"I'm Evan Cartwright, the prefect." Tehee. He looked over at Iris to see if she heard the stress on 'the', or not. Well, he was 'the' prefect now, since she got the Head Girl position...

Wide eyed and excited Roxanne sat next to her fellow Slytherin's in awe of the feast before her. She was so happy to be sorted into her favorite house! As she ate she looked around to see if she spotted any other first years...

"I think you're right, she's the potions master too, apparently she's brilliant!" said Aurora in a gap between mouthfuls, "What do you think they'll have for desert? Kittsa made a brilliant cheesecake, I wonder if they'll have cheesecake." She took another bite of shepherds pie, then roped herself to some carrots and peas. "I hope I have enough energy to write to mother after this!"

Daichi walked with slow steps towards his new house table. During the sorting he had been scared that old hat would have ask tons of impossible questions. He even accepted the fact he had to do an three hour test .... a three hour sorting test which became more like three seconds.

Lost in his thoughts , Daichi couldn't help but feel joy now he was walking over the the Snake table. It was the house he had hoped to get in to , and now he is! But , you see, there was one thing that kept him from jumping up and down in celebration. He was being lied to. Daichi did not like being lied to and what is worse.. he was being lied to by their Prefect.

Because he had said that the sorting test would last three hours with difficult questions and even spells , Daichi had read and read and read in the school books, he wanted to practise the spells but couldn't because he wasn't off age, far from yet. Not to mention the nights he had nightmares about people laughing at him and calling him stupid for not knowing a question and he even had woken up a few times with the result he couldn't sleep anymore. Daichi held Mr.Duckels , his plushed ducky against his chest as he thought how "The Liar" was called again. The Prefect he had looked up to in Diagon Alley so much? Carto? ..no .. Carwrite? ..no that wasn't it either, it didn't matter , Daichi knew his *Title* at Hogwarts. He took a deep breath and shouted throughout the Hall as hard as his soft voice would let him.


"Prefeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeect!?!?!!!"

Daichi looked up and down the Snake table, trying to find that Liar.
Finally spotting him while saying hi's to old and new students. He admired how relaxed the prefect was with them..no , no that wasn't why he was here now.

Daichi walked over to the seventh year with how big his legs would make his steps. "Yaaa! Why'd you do that?!" he questioned grabbing his robe with his right hand, his other had still Mr.Duckels in it. He had wanted to grab the collar but he couldn't reach for it. Daichi shook the robe violently and pouted hard. "Why did you lie to me?! you .. you LIAR!" He was hurt, yes he was.

"I think I'll pass dessert." Mordred said. "There's still breakfast tomorrow." he said as he chewed the last piece of steak on his plate. He neatly placed his fork and knife together signifying that he was done eating. "That was really good." he said as he drank again from his goblet.

"Is it true that Lord Borr will be teaching DADA?" he asked Aurora wiping his mouth. "He's also the new Minister, according to the Daily Prophet."

Cass turned when she heard someone address her and was surprised that it was William...again. Was this kid stalking her or something??

"Oh, hello William." Cass said with a polite nod towards the boy "Have you been sorted yet?" She had hoped that he wouldn't be sorted into Slytherin. Please.

Then she smiled as she shook her head "Thank you. But no." It wasn't that she didn't dream of being a rockstar too once in a while, but it just doesn't seem like a career that a girl like her would chase after. "I prefer something more....mysterious." Maybe something that would involve spell work. Lots of it.

Then Cass watched as Elle stood up and confronted the young Gryffindor with amusement until the young red head came back with said book.

"So, what was all that about?" She asked after giving the girl a bit of time to cool off.