Joaquin noticed that there were some people talking about Slytherin and Gryffindor , he said "Hi! I'm Joaquin! You guys are first years right? Why'd you think you would get in Slytherin?"

"Yeah! Of course I'm excited! You see , I'm a muggleborn so I obviously I am very amazed!" he exclaimed

"Hi Elsie! I am a first year too! And could I take a seat next to you, Elsie?" Tiffany replied happily. She was really glad to be sorted in Gryffindor.

"Yes of course you can Tiff!" Elsie was happy everyone was being so nice, not that she had ever had any trouble meeting new friends!"

"Wow that is great! Congratulations of being accepted into Hogwarts then! Both my parents came here but don't worry I do not have anything against muggle borns! Did you know about the houses before you came here tonight? I was always hoping I would be sorted into Gryffindor!"

Josephine had been laughing with Maxwell and Joseph, her brother when she found a familiar face "Anne! Hello, I'm Josephine we met at Madame Malkins, remember?" God she hoped the other girl remembered, she was so tired of being the only girl between two boys.

"Yeah! I actually read up some much about Hogwarts and magic but didn't know what charms were and didn't know what Quidditch was" said Joaquin with a smile.

Tiffany took a seat next to Elsie. She smiled. There were lots and lots of chocolate snacks on the table. She couldn't wait to have some. She was born to be a fan of the snacks. She turned to Elsie and said,"I wish that I would be sorted into Gryffindor too! Look at this wonderful feast. I am going to have as much as I can have!"She laughed at her silliness. Then she turned to Joaquin," And Hi Joaquin! I am Tiffany."she greeted him with a big smile.

Ella sat down at the table that was to become her family for the next 7 years. Ella looked around at all these people hoping that she will soon meet some fellow first years.
"Hey, I'm Ella. First year. Isn't this place just amazing?" She said to no one inparticular.

"Really? I love Quidditch! I wish first years could be on the team! My Father was on the Gryffindor quidditch team when he was here and he taught me how to ride a broom!"

Elsie was so excited she didn't know where to look. She noticed the friends she had made earlier happily making new friends in the houses they were sorted into. Looking up the table she looked at all the older students and how happy they looked to be back, it made her feel incredibly optimistic about Hogwarts.

Josephine looked at the girl that had sat across from her "Hi! I'm Josephine! First year too, how are you?" she smiled warmly at the girl.

"I am fine thanks, yourself?" Ella said helping herself to some of the delicious looking food on the table.

"Hi Ella! I am Tiffany! I am a first year too.And besides, Hogwarts is absolutely amazing!" Tiffany greeted this girl sweetly.

"Hi Tiffany!" said Joaquin "Are you a muggleborn too" he asked Tiffany

While talking to Tiffany , Joaquin noticed another girl about his age. He asked "Hi , Don't worry I can hear you clearly , my name is Joaquin , Yes this place is amazing. Did you know the ceiling is really bewitched?" He told Ella

"Quidditch? I have heard about it. My brother told me that it was a wonderful game and he strongly recommended me to give it a try. Maybe someday when we were older that we were suitable to take part of the Quidditch team, we could play in the team together!"Tiffany replied excitedly,she couldn't wait to give it a try."Would you like some, Elsie?"she said as she pointed at the tasty pumpkin juice.

"I never even knew such a world existed until I got my letter. I am muggle-born you see." Ella said glad that she has met some really nice people.

"Yea I am a muggleborn too. There are a lot of things that I am going to ask you guys so don't ever think that I am annoying."she replied and they both laughed.

Josephine nodded "I am fine too! I just love this place" she looked around and waved at some friends on the Ravenclaw table.

Josephine looked at the girl and boy "Hi! I'm Josephine, I'm a first year aswell" she smiled.

"Me too but I have heard something about the world of magic from my brother before."Tiffany smiled."Take a seat,Ella."she said cheerfully.

"Hi Josephine! I am Tiffany."she replied decently. Tiffany was glad that she has met lots of first year student just like herself. They were all very nice to her. "Maybe we can sit together. Is it alright for you,Josephine?"she came up with a wonderful idea.

"Yeah, I read about it in Hogwarts: A History."

"I will probably do exactly the same, so don't worry" She replied through mouthfulls of food.

"So your brother also came here?" Ella said sliding along the bench a bit.

"It must be fun" said Joaquin.

How thoughtful of Kurumi to come over, Ari thought. She probably had a lot of responsibilities along with her new title, so it was nice she still freed up a little time to chat. 'Hi, Kurumi! It's nice to see you again. Congrats on becoming a Prefect, you deserve it, I believe you worked harder than anyone in Gryffindor.' Or the whole school, for that matter. Although William was catching up. Pffft. William. Ari resented him for earning more housepoints than herself, given that she had desperately wanted to make herself remarked amongst last year's firsties.

'My summer was okay, pretty uneventful. I went to Wales for a week with my mum and then I had some friends over at our house. You?' Ariadne wondered if things had changed in Kurumi's country, remembering the problems the older girl confessed she had back there when they had talked the previous year.

'Ronnie!' Rose squealed as she ran to greet her friend. Thank Godric she wasn't covered in blood anymore, but she still had the bandages off, luckily!

Anyone?(:
 

Fee was highly disgusted by the dirty plates at all the house tables and hoped to find at least one free plate that wasnt dirty.What was wrong with the houseleves?Should she be worried?!After all this didnt seem like the best start of term...

Approaching the table the girl hoped to find some of her friends here at least.After all she wouldnt be eating any od the delicious stuff on those plates.It was really a shame.Spotting a free seat the Slytherin sat down and looked around for some familiar or friendly faces.

Kurumi smiled, and perhaps even wibble just a little at the first year's comment. That may have been the sweetest thing she had heard all evening, and it really made her feel better,

"That means a lot to hear you say that, Skye," Kurumi blushed, placing a hand on the girl's shoulder. "How did your sorting go? Did the Sorting Hat know right away?"
Kurumi laughed. That was kind of an understatement. "Glad you like them," she smiled. "Expect a fresh batch in the common room every Wednesday. Been my tradition since my first year." And it was a good thing Kurumi had spent a good portion of the summer creating new cookie recipes. "You feeling better? You looked really upset when we, erm, ran into each other."


Kurumi's eyes were watering again. "What game are you playing at?" she snapped, taking even more steps back. "You know what, I don't even want to know." She slightly threw her hands up in the air.

To be honest, she wasn't surprised that Adam was saying that he wouldn't recognize her in ten years. Clearly, he didn't care about her nearly as much as he had led on. Just like Treyen. Kurumi was fed up with this treatment and if the circumstances were different, Kurumi would hex his tongue off so that he could never speak such rubbish again.

"I am tired of fighting for you...for us..." she held up her hand to reveal that the cherry blossom ring was gone.

She looked down at her prefect badge and then back at him, her blood boiling. "Seeker as well, if you must know." And she now realized how foolish she was thinking that she was playing to feel closer to him. Why would she want to be close to someone like this. And to think that HE was her first and only kiss.

Kurumi suddenly felt like she had just thrown up several buckets worth of slugs.

"You're right, Adam. People move on and grow. I don't know where I will be in ten years, but you know what I hope? I hope that in ten years you have become a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man, because the person standing before me is nothing but a selfish troll."

She walked forward a bit and stopped when she was only inches away from his face.

"Now, if you will excuse me, I have prefecting duties to take care of."

And with that, she had walked past him, wiping away the tears as she went.
After the disaster with Adam, Kurumi wasn't sure that she could perform her prefecting duties properly. She felt broken again, that is...until she heard a sing song voice coming from just a few people down the Gryffindor table. "Lauren! Hi!" she smiled waving to the girl. "How is your ferret doing? Did he enjoy the train ride?"

Hopefully it hadn't caused a scene like Walnut had.
"Thanks," she said sheepishly, tugging on her black hair. "I hope I don't let you guys down. I may have a badge pinned to my uniform, but that doesn't really change much." Just meant that she had en excuse for being so active. She had to lead by example, right?

"Relaxing summers are always appreciated, especially after an eventful school term." No pirates this term, please.

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HOLY MERLIN'S UNDERPANTS! WHAT WAS FEE WEARING!

Kurumi practically sprinted over to the girl, arms flailing and couldn't even bring herself to greet first.

"FEE! You are supposed to be in your school robes not...not..." Dressed like she was going clubbing? Kurumi had never been herself, but she DID know that the opening feast commanded more respectful attire. More traditional. "You need to go change before a professor spots you and takes points from Syltherin."

Could you imagine what Professor Lafay would say if she saw one of her snakes dressed like this? Kurumi didn't even want to think about the detention that would come from it.

Lauren shot Kurumi a grateful smile, instantly feeling much warmer. Whilst Orchid may be in a different house, at least she had the lovely Kurumi to make the transition easier!
"Bruiser's great!" Lauren exclaimed with excitement, "I normally carry him with me, in my robes, y'know, but he was a bit stressed out with all the people around..." He and I both Lauren thought.
"How's Walnut? Still causing trouble?" she asked with a grin, remembering the charming little cat. "And hey, what's on your chest? That badge?"

Pottielot?
 

See now THIS was where Dylan had belonged and where Gwenyth wanted to be right now. They seemed a lot friendlier bunch, more welcoming but that might have only been because Gwen was swayed by the stories she had heard. Give the Slytherins a chance and she might actually grow to love them. Maybe..

She wandered past the Gryffindors, not intent on stopping, just wanting to be closer to a house where her brother had been. But she'd of felt a little odd if she just sat down there, she knew no one and they'd probably give her funny looks for being there. She didn't 'belong' afterall. The hat had placed her elsewhere.

But her eyes fell upon a familiar face, or rather it was the hair that had caught her initially. Not many people had that haircut and from their very brief meeting in Diagon Alley. She planned on just leaving, walking straight over to her table and perhaps he wouldn't notice. He seemed more content looking around at the other students anyway.

However, there was definitely something about him that made her want to stay. Maybe it wasn't him, maybe it was simply because she longed to be in Gryffindor but she just couldn't leave.

Instead she cleared her throat, quietly and a little pathetically. Like she was an ant coughing for attention. "H-hi" she stuttered as she stood behind him awkwardly. Nope. She wouldn't sit down.

Kurumi laughed. "Might want t avoid taking him to class as well," she said. At least, it had been a mild disaster the few times that Walnut had also appeared in class with Kurumi. He and the crup puppy hadn't exactly gotten along, but it could have been a lot worse.

And speaking of the stubby legged feline.

"He tried to pee on someone in the prefect compartment," Kurumi sighed, hanging her head slightly. She knew a certain Gryffindor that deserved the fate almost as much as the Hufflepuff boy did. "He is in the common room round, reacquainting himself with his realm." King of the Gryffindors after all.

Maybe it was the natural instinct that came with living on a council housing estate where you had to watch your back at all times that caused Tom to sense someone behind him before they even spoke. He turned just as she greeted him in a stutter and he smiled in response. A relieved smile. He KNEW someone here. Sort of.

“Ello.” He greeted. Did he even know her name? If he did, he'd forgotten it. “I saw you get sor'ed. Slytherin ain' it?” So she was what Thomas should have been according to his brother. He looked her up and down and then shrugged. He wasn't sure what a Slytherin was supposed to look like anyway.

“You jus' gonna stand there?” He asked her in his thick cockney accent. “...Cos you can sit, y'know? I don't know no one 'ere neevah.”

He shuffled along to make room for the girl.

Maxwell was very busy stuffing his face, he was almost sure he had eated more than everyone else at the table...he was also pretty sure some hufflepuffs were staring. maybe, he thought he should stop. Maxwell tore himself away from eating. "Hello, I'm Maxwell. it's nice to meet You Anne."

"Hey, come sit over here!" Ella practically shouted at the girl who had just sat down.

Ummmm......

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Maybe she could just run now. He'd only said hello and she could make some excuse because.. The boy was incredibly intimidating for a girl who was so used to the sheltered and friendliness of the Commune where she knew everyone and they all knew her. He. Well he was the complete opposite of the kids there. Plus he had a thick accent and so did she and it would get very confusing after a while.

But she stayed. She stood and smiled weakly back at him, gulping and then moving forward to sit in the spot he had just left her. "Umm.. Thank you" she glanced quickly at him and then across the table.

Oh goodness he knew she was a Slytherin? "Y-yeah.." she looked down at the floor, rather like she was ashamed. Was she? Or was she just not expecting it. "I don't think I belong there though" the thirteen year old frowned.

"Y-you're a Gryffindor?" she asked rather obviously. No he was just sat here for no apparent reason. "I wish I was here" she pouted a little.

"My brother had just finished his studies at Hogwarts and now he is working for the Ministry of Magic,"Tiffany replied."He was the leader of Quiddtich team when he was at his fifth grade and that's why I want to get into the team."She was proud of her brother. She turned to Ella and asked,"What about you? Do you have any siblings? And would you like some?" She pointed at the scones."They are delicious!"

"Quidditch sounds fun! I can't wait till our first flying lesson!! I have an older sister but she's a muggle. I always though magic was something that was fictional. Go on then." Ella said grabbing a scone.

Anyone?
 

Sarah smiled widely as she made her way through the crowd to the Gryffindor table. Here! Finally back to Hogwarts. She walked past the long row and settled in the midst of some students. She looked around, hoping to get a glimpse of Will, Nika, Rose or anyone she knew. Hopefully.

"Can't agree anymore!I would love to have our flying lessons and also charms and potion. What are you favourite subject?"Tiffany asked as she was grabbing another scone although she was almost full. She couldn't help stop eating them because they are too delicious."I will gain a lot of weight after having all these."she chuckled.

Thomas didn't notice the fear radiating from the young girl. Maybe he was used to such reactions (he did have a certain look about him which made you think he might mug your granny).. or maybe he was just completely oblivious. He didn't really think he was intimidating at all. As he looked her up and down, he noted she had a certain look about her. She seemed sort of hippy from the accessories in her hair.. and last time he'd seen her when she was in her everyday clothes, she was incredibly hippy.

She was pondering whether or not to sit and Tom frowned. Did he smell? Did he have some cockroach cluster on his face? ...He had NO idea they had real cockroaches in them when he scoffed them on the train earlier. He was almost sick when someone informed him later.

He smiled when she eventually sat. Was she ashamed of being a Slytherin. “It can't be tha' bad.” He said. “Me bruvvah woz a Slytherin.” So., yeah.. it must have been a pretty good house, because Freddie was cool. “I dun' fink tha' talkin' 'at would've putchah there if it fought you wozn't gonnah fit in there.” Because the hat was maaagic.. and clearly knew better than Gwen did.

He nodded his head. “Yeah.” He smiled broadly. “Fought I would be a snake meself, bu'..” He merely shrugged. "You're 'ere naow ainchah?"

“Ere, you not avin' anyfin' to eat?” He asked the girl, picking up a cupcake and waving it under her nose.

Nathan had just been sorted and really could not easilly find his freinds amongst the bunch of so many Gryffindors. He was not sure if he should introduce himself to people or wait and see if they noticed him. He was not sure who the people were on his side of the table so he decided to give a general hi to all, "Hi all, it is my 1st year here and I would love to get to know each and every one of you.". He tried, now all that was keft to do is wait to see if anyone would respond. In the mean time the cookies looked good. He began to pile some on his plate when he noticed cobwebs had made a home there. Ewe Eh, it's not that bad and with that Nathan began to eat cookies with the Gryffindor logo etched into them. A delicious treat to start his years at Hogwarts

Kurumi continued to make her way around the table, charming more cookies when needed and just trying to let the wave of rage from earlier completely wash away. Was she proud of her actions, perhaps not, but it had been two years of pent up rage and emotion that had all been released in a matter of milliseconds.

Nodding to a few more first years, Kurumi spotted Gideon and a smile reappeared on her face. FINALLY a boy who clearly had some sense in his skull.

"Gideon!" she chirped. "You made it."

Abbie was sorted into Gryffindor she wasn't expecting it at all she didn't know anyone in Gryffindor so she decided it was about time she'd met some people ''Hi i'm Abigail or Abbie nice to meet you!'' said abbie

Hayley had just been sorted into Gryffindor, and as she walked to the table, she smiled at the amount of people there, there seemed to be a real age span, everyone looked so lovely! Wanting to make some friends, she went and sat next to some younger looking people about her age and said "Hello!" shyly.

Her fishtails were definitely a lot more interesting then anything else was. She sat awkwardly, twirling her very long plaits in her fingers and then removing a flower only to put it back in again. The hair didn't quite go with the uniform. She was much more at home in florals and printed T-Shirts than she was in long black robes. She was quite looking forward to changing back into her normal clothes so she felt comfortable. Although that would probably make her feel like she doesn't belong even more. She expected a lot of the students would be in designer and she would be second hand clothes or hand me downs, but she loved them.

Gwen shuffled awkwardly in her seat glancing around worriedly at the other students. She was scared that they'd shout at her or something because she was at the 'wrong' table. That she didn't belong there and that she should go back to her own table. And she didn't want the attention drawn to her, she'd rather just sit there anonymously and have no one notice her. Worst way to make friends, something she had a talent of back in the commune but that was because everyone was equal. She wasn't used to this house business. "You have something on your face" she whispered but couldn't help but giggle, only to realise what she was doing and stopped.

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"They're supposed to be mean" she pouted glancing at him. "I'm not mean, I'm the compete opposite" For goodness sake, she was a hippy. "Was he?" she asked as he told her about his brother. "Is he nice?" Because that might make a difference. At least then she'd know that the rumours weren't exactly true. "It might have got it wrong though. Everyone makes mistakes, maybe it did too" she told him, staring at the hat and then over to the Slytherin table where she had sat only moments ago. "And what does it know about me?" Did it read her mind because that would be scaaary. "It didn't take in what I wanted to be in. My brothers said it would" she shook her head.


"I mean I want to be in this house" she looked down at the table again, hanging her head. It took her a while to realise she wasn't stuttering. She was nervous though. "But I don't think I'm brave enough" Because there were a lot of things that scared her.

Then suddenly he was wafting a cake under her nose and she pulled away from it. "No thank you" she stated looking at it. Did the house elves make that? Poor things. "I'm not really hungry" And those plates were very dirty. Who knew what was put into the food.

"Hello, My name's Maxwell! What's Your name?" Maxwell said happy to meet someone new

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"Neither can I!" interrupted Joaquin. "I can't wait 'till we're second year and we can get our own broom and tryout for the team" he exclaimed while grabbing the turkey leg.

Sage had just walked over to the Gryffindor table and took her seat looking for a fellow first year to talk to, most of the people she had met on the train had been sorted into different houses....

"Hello! I'm Sage! Are you a first year?" Sage asked the girl...

"Hello Maxwell! Im Hayley! Are you a first year too?" She smiled.


"Hello! Yes I am! Are you? Im Hayley!" Hayley smiled at the girl.

Anyone, and everyone. :D
 

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As August sat down on one of the long benches placed at the Gryffindor table, he eyed the utensils they were supposed to use to eat. "Ummm, who washed these?" he pushed his spoon and fork away from himself and switched them with a cleaner pair from a empty seat across from him. There that was better.

Now he just needed to meet some new Gryffindor friends. Out of the few he had met over in Diagon Alley, none of them were in the house he was just sorted into.

Saged nodded enthusiastically at Hayley. It was nice to meet a first year Gryffindor, she was kind of nervous about meeting new people...

Yup! I just got sorted! Can you beleive this place! It's huge, my brother told me about how big it was but I was never expecting this!" Sage said, attempting to start a sonversation with Hayley.

"I am Ella. Have you tried these scones, they are amazing!"Ella exclaimed pointing at the scones.

"You were quite right Tiffany these scones are amazing! Do you mind if I call you Tiff?" Ella asked. "I am not too sure really, it all sounds really fun."

"Hey, I am Ella, first year. Yourself?" Ella said trying to make the girl feel a bit more at home.

Selina was munching on another cookie when she saw another figure in red start to walk along the Gryffindor table. When he finally sat down Selina pulled herself out of her chair and walked over to Gideon. Once she arrived she plopped herself down and stuck out an extra cookie that she had taken for later, "Cookie?"



Selina was beat red with anger. Of all of the things in the world Adam Burn had to show up and ruin what was seemingly starting out to be a good year. Besides the one small hitch on the Platform, which had been amended during the opening feast a few moments ago, Selina was feeling good about the upcoming year. She was a third year, she had her friends, a new outlook on life and, finally, a way to at least start to control her visions. BUT now Adam Burn had snaked his way back into their life and was already proving himself to be a major prat.

Did he hear Kurumi's cries in the broom cupboard? Did he see the color of her hair when she missed him? Did he see how badly she had been affected when she tried to find a new person to mend her heart? Did he see the utter wreckage and turmoil he left on his way out? No, he had been too busy fighting with Selina as he stormed out of Hogwarts to even take notice to the shattered second year who was now a strong and confident fourth year Prefect.

Kurumi had done so much without him. She had made the team, she had grown a backbone, she had been nominated Prefect and had slowly started to build her life again without him. Now that he was here again Selina felt a growing fear that she would just crumble.

However, after Selina punched him she felt Kurumi attempt to pull her away from Adam. She soothed the third year Gryffindor by reminding her about the Quidditch try outs. Kurumi was right, she needed to stay out of trouble for the try outs. There were priorities in life for Selina Skylar and it always went Quidditch, friends, food, "Yeah you're right. I just need to calm down and resist the urge to sever his head from his body." Too harsh?

Then she watched in shock as Adam bantered back and forth about growing up and waiting for one another. Finally Selina was not surprised when Kurumi shot her prefect position and Quidditch position in his face and stormed off. Selina then rose her hand to him as if to say don't, "You know, if I didn't have Quidditch try outs coming up I would seriously pummel you. You have NO idea what you did to that girl over there. And you know what else, you did something to me too. You told me that I was your sister. You told me that you would write. You told me all of these things. And you lied about all of them. I'm not your sister. Don't ever call me that, because I have a brother now and a sister to boot. And Christopher and Elyon treat me the way I deserve to be treated. You were always a prat, Adam Burn. But you wanna know why I dealt with it? Because I was eleven and stupid. I wanted to so desperately be liked by everyone and now I don't care. I'm happy in my own skin and I won't be made to be a fool by you anymore."

As Ness neared the Griffindor table she saw that there was no food there too nor any clean clutlery. She had already been to the other tables and they had nothing either. What was up with this place today? The feasts were usually huge and had plenty of food on each table with clean and shiney utensils.

She continued looking up the Griffindor table when she spotted a rather good looking boy. The boy switched his fork and spoon, She didn't blame him. His set did seem to be one of the dirtiest. She sat down next to him giving up on her search. "I Have no idea..but it deffinitely wasn't the elves they usually do an amazing job with the feast." said Ness answering the boys question. She would have to got to the Kitchens later, luckily for her the kitchens were right by her common room.

"I'm Nessie by the way." she didn't recognise the boy and she guessed he was new.

"Hello, I'm Sage!" Sage said holding out her hand to the Gryffindor...

"Yes same with me! Its all new too me you see, Im a only child, and I was muggle-born! It was a massive shock to me!" Hayley said, this girl was so nice, and she seemed a bit shy, just like her!

"Hi Ella! Im Hayley! Im a first year as well!" Hayley said with a smile.

"Hi. I a-m E-lla, but I t-hink yo-u allr-eady know t-hat." Ella said through hiccups obviously from eating too many scones in such a short time, but hey they are nice. Then realising that Sage was holding out his hand she took it and shook it a bit too vigorously.

"I have hic-cups!" Ella said giggling and hiccuping at the same time.

Megan took and empty seat and looked at the food. There was so much she wasn't really sure what to do. She tried to take a little of everything and began to eat in silence.

"Uh hi, I'm Nathan, I just got sorted and I think I saw you amongst the bunch there".

"Yeah I know what you mean. It seems like the house elves must be away on vacation, hee hee. But the welcome cookies are still good as long as you don't put them on a plate. Anyway, "I'm Nathan Rubel, Gryffindor 1st year".

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Nathan then quickly noticed a girl silently eating next to him. She looked about his age. He turned to her and said, "Hi, I'm Nathan, Gryffindor 1st year, here , have a cookie", he handed her a cookie from the too many he had grabbed in excitement of the sorting.

"That's very coo! I havn't met many muggleborns! I'm a half blood, my mum was a pureblood, but my dad was a muggleborn! Does that mean you went to one of those Muggle schools before Hogwarts?" Sage's father never talked much of the Muggle world, but it ws very interesting to Sage who had hardly visited the Muggle world. Maybe once or twice to visit her grandparent, but that was all.

Sage giggled as Ella hiccuped while she introduced herself.

"Yeah! Are you a first year?" Asked Sage, slightly unsure of herself...

"Hello! I'm Sage! Are you a first year too?" Saged asked the young girl...

Not really expecting an answer, since he tended to speak out loud to himself from time to time, August was a bit suprised when a girl sat down next to him at the table and spoke about House Elves and their usual cleanliness of the cutlery. "Oh House Elves DO work here right? I remember reading something about them in 'Hogwarts, A History'!" he said excited he actually rememered something from that book and was able to sound at least a tad in the know of wizarding things.

"Nice to meet you Nesse." he said shaking her hand. "I'm August, a new third year. I went to Muggle school before coming here." Yep, that's how he was going to be introducing himself for probably the next week or so.

Sage! I met you on the train didn't I?

"Hello! What's your name? Im Hayley!" Hayley said with a wave.

Heyya, I am Ella, first year! You?" Ella managed to say without hiccuping.

"Awh yes I did too! Hello Nathan! I'm Hayley!" Hayley said.


"Yes I did for a couple of years but everyone thought I was a bit weird and was freaked out, so I didnt have many friends... After that my parents took me out of school and homeschooled me." Hayley said...Saying this brought it all back, it wasnt a very nice experience at all. All the jeering and laughing at me..

"Yeah I am! The ceiling is really cool isn't it?" Ella said glad that the hiccups had finally gone.

"haha I hate it when that happens!" Hayley laughed.

"I know! They have gone now!" Said Ella who was looking down at the food but then deciding that she had eaten enough.

Alice hp Neville
"It's nice to meet you Haley, you have an awesome sporty name.". Did I really just say that :thumps head: Anyway, isn't everything just so amazing here, I have never seen anything like this hall and the ceiling is just amazing, though we would see the same thing if we just stepped outside, hee hee".

Joaquin busy eating his chicken overheard someone else saying she was a Muggleborn. Now, he hasn't met much Muggleborns on the train so now he had a chance to meet one. He said "You're a muggleborn too? I haven't met much here. My name is Joaquin , what's yours?"

"aha, thats good then! How did you get them? Too much too eat? Or drink? I must say its so cool all this food!"

"aha, sporty? Thank you?!" Hayley laughed, she wasnt sure if it was meant to be a good thing or not! "The ceiling is pretty amazing, growing up in the muggle world I've never seen anything like it!" Hayley looked up and smiled.

"Yes I am, you are too? Awesome!" Hayley smiled. "Im Alice!"

"Oh! Yes we did meet on the train! You were sorted into Gryffindor too!?" Sage said.

"Oh why did they think you were weird?" Sage asked, Hayley didn't look very weird to her,"Did you do any accidental magic?"

Sage looked up and noticed the ceiling for the second time that evening, it was amazing after all.

"Yes, it looks magnificent! And the candles are floating! It's very cool! How do you think they did that?" Sage asked Ella looking back down.

Nathan chuckled right back and then all of a sudden Haley revealed a rather interesting fact about herself. "Wow, so you are a muggleborn. I am a halfblood myself but my father knew my mother was a witch even when they were dating. He loves the suoer natural, maybe a bit too much at times. But growing up my parents insisted I learn the muggle and magical way of doing things so I know both, hee hee".

Plumeria nervously walked into the great hall, almost immediately forgetting about how she felt like everybody was staring at her when she spotted Ronnie. She power-walked over to her sister and sat next to her.
"Hey Sis!" She exclaimed, beaming at her.

"Once or twice yes! Once, this boy started teasing me, I got annoyed, and by accident I started lifted him up! I was very confused at the time..." Hayley laughed. "But now it all makes sense I guess!"


"Yes, my parents were very suprised, as was I! But they accepted me when they realised, I was brought up in the muggle world though, so I had no idea what this place would be like!" Hayley smiled.

Adrianna slipped into a seat and looked up and down the long table. The table seemed full of students, and all of them looked excited to be back or to be here at all. Adri was the latter, and she hoped that this place would be as wonderful as everyone had said. She briefly wondered where her mom was, but then pushed the thought out of her mind. She would send a letter...

Something caught her eye and she looked up. Her eyes widened as she saw the hundreds of candles floating there, with a night sky painting the ceiling. But it WASN'T a painting. She smiled. This was one fantastic place.

alice_hp_neville "I ate those scones too quickly, they are very nice though!" Ella said passing them over.

ToxicWings333 "It says in Hogwarts: A History, it is bewitched so it looks like the sky." Ella said glad that she knows some stuff.

"awh nice! I love scones!" Hayley took one and started eating. Not too fast though, she didnt want the hiccups like this girl had!

Joaquin then asked Hayley. "Did you perform any weird magic? I changed one of our teacups into a rat. You should've seen the look on my parents faces." said Joaquin with a smile.

"haha oh nothing like that, when I was at muggle school, one of the kids teased me and I got angry and made them float in the air! The children were defientely scared of me after that!" Hayley chuckled.

"Wow! What did your parents think!" Sage asked knowing that some Muggles were scared of the idea of magical people, or at least thats what her mother had told her.

"Geez! Thats some powerful magic! I can't wait until we start our lessons! Are you excited? What are you looking forward to?" Sage asked Ella. She reached over and scooped some more food onto her plate. Sage wasn't sure what it wall was, but it looked delicious, and Sage was starving!

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"Well my parents were annoyed at me, but a bit worried. They thought I had something wrong with me, thats when they took me out of school.. I got taken out when I was 10, then had a year of homeschool, and then I got my letter!" Hayley said.

Nathan suddenly noticed a much older boy who was not talking to any one yet so as much a he was a little scared he plucked uo the courage and said, "Hi, I'm Nathan Rubel, Gryffindor 1st year.

Nathan then noticed another girl that looked about his age and decided to introduce himself to her as well, "Hi, I'm Nathan, a Gryffindor 1st year".

"Yeah, my mom went to Beaxbaton so she really could not tell me much about Hogwarts. It really is much better than I ever imagined it to be. Anyway, what sort of things do you like to do? I really like quiddich and gobstones, oh, you might not know much about that. Well I also like basketball and futbol among other sports, I have always been rather energetic and quite the fire cracker".

"I am very excited! I'm, not too sure really; flying sounds cool, and I really want to learn how to do some spells and stuff." It felt weird saying all these words like magic and flying, it just seemed so abnormal almost as though she was living in a dream.

"Yes, hogwarts is amazing! I've heard about quidditch, I heard people talking about it in the train in, it seems quite exciting! And I rather like football myself, I have been known to be able to kick a ball.." Hayley smiled, without trying to seem modest!

"the sorting hat said something about hufflepuff but then placed me in Griffindor, do you remember much of your sorting?" skye asked kurumi.

Finally, someone she met before! "Oh my! Hello, Jo! Of course I remember you!!" Anne said.

Anne saw a rather friendly looking boy. "Hello! I'm Anne!"

"So what happened when you got you letter? Sage decided to rephrase her question, "I mean, did like a wizard come and help you go to Diagon Alley and explain everything?"

Sage herself thought it was a stupid question, but the Muggle world was something very new to her, she had known magic her whole life...

"Oh yes!! I can't wait for flying, especially Quidditch! Do you play?" Sage asked, she assumed everyone liked Quidditch!

"So I guess you must have heard it is a game that involves flying on broomsticks. I would not reccomend you going for the quiddich team this year cause flying well takes a fair bit of skill and it takes about a year or so to truly be good enough to play in a real quiddich match. So you like football, americano football or English futbol. Cinsidering you are good at kicking a ball I am gonna guess English futbol. And I am rather good at that sport myself. Maybe can play sometime if we can find an open field that is big enough around here.".

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Emily stomped into the great hall and slumped into a seat. She was not in a good mood and upon seeing the state of the table it got even worse. What was with it? The knives and forks were everywhere! And not at all clean.
She pulled some soup towards her and grabbed the nearest spoon. She rubbed it clean on her sleeve and began to eat, still deep in thought. The sooner she could get to the library and read the better.

Anna headed to the Gryffindor table when I noticed a guy with absolutely bewildered air and decided to sit beside him. "Hi! How are you doing?" She asked him with smile.

"Well I got it, and we were all a bit confused, but then yes- like you said someone came and helped me. And I hardly saw my parents getting on the train, because they on dropped me off at King Cross.. But anyway, what happened when you got yours? Hayley said, trying to change to subject.

"yes, I dont think I'll make it on the team anyway when Im at hogwarts, I dont think I'll be that good.." Hayley said. "But yes, English football! And yeah that sounds fun!" Hayley smiled.

"I hardly know anything about Quidditch, only what I have read in books. I can't even fly, never touched a broom in my life." Ella said, being muggle-born did have some dissadvantages, but she would soon know loads more. She really wanted to have a go at Quidditch, she has always liked playing sport... well muggle sport anyway.

" Are you ok?" William asked the girl. " Did you lose a close friend by any chance and that is only a guess" William said to the girl. " My name is William Montcenaggio aka William Starr. " Trust me, you will like HogWarts" Willaim told her. " Did you know you can go to any table during the feast?" William asked the girl.

" Of course, we are going towards the same goal" Willaim told Kurumi. " We will win the house cup for Gryffindor this term" William said to Kurumi. ' I really thought we had it last term until the last week when Slytherin slipped ahead of us, but not this term" William explained to Kurumi. " You just present a great challenge to me because you are very, very intelligent" Wiliam smiled. " Go Gryffindor" William called out.

" Well, what are we doing here alone?" William asked the girl. " This is a party time before school starts" William told the girl. " My name is William Starr' he introduced himself to her.

" Hello Tiffany' William greeted her back, " My name is William Mintcenaggio, but my friends call me William Starr" he introduced himself to Tiffany. "Are you excited to be in Gryffindor?" William asked Tiffany.

" Will I do?" William asked Fee. " I bet a nice Slytherin girl like you just might like a young Gryffindor like me" William said to Fee laughing. " Pretty good for us, I visit you at the Slytherin table and you visit me at the Gryffindor table" William said to Fee.. " So have you heard from Hugo?" William asked Fee.

" Sarah, Sarah, over here" William called out. " I have not seen you in such a long time" Wiliam told Sarah. " How did you like being polyjuiced as me last term?" William asked Sarah.

" Party time, no being quiet" William told the girl. " We need to party now because school starts in a few days" William said to the girl." My name is William montcenaggioaka William Starr." he introduced himself to the girl. "Welcome to Gryffindor, the best house in HogWarts" Willaim smiled.

" What are you admiring here?" William asked the girl. " I bt you this is not yoru first term here" William told the girl. " My name is Wiliam Starr' he introduced himself. " Lots of food to eat here" Willaim said to the girl.

"Yeah, ditto," Paulie smiled at the prefect. He wasn't really sure if people said 'ditto' anymore, but he hoped Kurumi knew what it meant. "Anyway, I'm sure I'll be seeing you around soon." And with that, he sort of closed the conversation. Prefect Kurumi had a ton of people talking to her and so forth, so he let her focus on them; certainly there would be plenty of opportunities to chat with her later on this term.

"Dude, same! I had no clue, and I really never thought of 'brave' or 'noble' being two salient characteristics of mine.." Paulie scratched his head and began to wonder. Maybe he'd gotten Gryffindor because Tori had recently deemed him a lemonade knight..? He honestly did consider this theory because he had no idea how that magic hat worked. He turned to Adam again. "Hmm, I think I would have predicted Gryffindor for you, though."

Yes indeed, a frog was quite an interesting thing to find in your living room. "Yep. I almost brought him here, as a pet, but then I figured that I would forget to feed a thing like that and he'd probably end up dying." Thus, it was back into the forest for toady. Adam went on to tell him that he had gotten a puppy, and Paulie perked up some more. "A puppy? That's so cool - what kind? I hadn't realized that Hogwarts allowed dogs here." A faint smirk crept onto his face as the other Gryffindor made sure to mention that the canine did not smell. Just wait 'till it was pouring outside, and good old Spot needed to go to the loo - then Adam's comment on that might be a tad different. "Definitely - you can probably introduce me tonight," 'Cause Paulie figured the common room would be buzzing with people anyway, what with no homework yet.

"Well, I'm glad to hear that they haven't picked up and moved just yet. But you'll have to let me know come Christmas break." And if Adam was telling the truth about all that gypsy-traveling, which Paulie of course figured he was, then the boy's parents may very well have moved again by winter break.

Carter looked over at the boy talking to him. First year. That seemed like so long ago...

"Hey Nathan. I'm Carter. Carter Phillips. This is my seventh" and final "year."

Yeah... that was weird to say.

"I'm... uhh... alright... ish." Carter replied.

Yeah... he was so completely at a loss that he admitted that his life was currently weird to a complete stranger.

"How about you? Things well for you?" It was only polite to ask her back.

"Well, I was eating breakfast when I got mine. Ruddy owl flew through the window and knocked the milk over and everything. My older brother had already graduaded so it was just me and my mum who went to Diagon Alley to get my supplies," Sage said taking her wand out of her robe pocket, "But I was mostly looking forward to getting this!"

"So are you muggleborn then?" Sage had forgotten to ask. Silly her! "What are some Muggle sports you play then?"

Where is Witsy?" William asked himself. She will be here.

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Emily sat herself down at an empty seat, thrilled to have been placed in gryffindor.

"I can't wait to tell my brother about this!" She told the person beside her, "he said I'd never get into gryffindor. Shame I won't get to see the look on his face.. could you pass the sprouts?"

Tucking into a chicken leg, she grinned at all the students around her, "my name is Emily!" She said with her mouth full.

"I have-then everything is fine." She smiled again, her it seemed for a moment that he is not configured for pleasantries. "If I'm interrupting, then you tell me about it, don't be shy. I totally understand. I just have one very bad thing--I like to pester people." She said and laughed.