Faven watched a girl stumble and fall into an armchair. It was only when she got up that Faven recognized the girl as Elodie, a friend she had made at the Feast. Running to her friend's aid she said, "Are you alright? Don't be too terribly embarassed, I definitely just did a very similiar thing, but down in the dormitory. I nearly dropped my owl Eros in the process. Did you enjoy the feast? I'm glad you made it here when you did! Good thing you were able to remember the password. I almost tapped the wrong rythym."

Arya had taken her time arriving to the common room though it hadn't been an easy task. After escorting the first years and transfer students, she wandered a bit and noted the changes around the lower levels of the castle, specifically the note on the kitchen portrait. It, like the night so far, was rather weird.

Slipping into the common room quietly, she glanced around the room, eyes settling on her new house head who was introducing herself. The prefect smiled slightly at the woman, settling in a seat by the fire with her kneazle.

Amethyst sat on the floor as she listened to Professor Hadley, the Head of House. In her hand, she held a black feather. It was Onyx's and it was soft. She smiled softly looking at it, and the looked up every now and then to show Professor Hadley she was listening.

This time, when she looked up, she saw a familiar face. Hufflepuff Perfect, Ayra Lovegood. She perked up slightly and waved to her. Ame knew that Ayra probably was tried and didn't wanna talk, but she understood so.

Daisy yawned, walking into the common room. It wasn't too busy, which was good, as Daisy had a bad headache coming. She sighed, how did she catch September colds that quickly? Yawning, she lay across an empty armchair, carefully away from anywhere she would have to have a large conversation. It was great to be back to Hogwarts, and see her friends, but feeling as though a marching band was playing inside her head was not the best thing for the first week. Plus, she had really wanted to fly her new broom properly, not having to worry about muggles seeing her. Not checking to see if anyone was in the common room who would wake her if she did fall asleep for a long time, Daisy closed her eyes and breathed deeply, trying to sleep. Her dorm was probably more noisy than the common room and the chairs were just as comfortable as the beds. Marshmallow, Daisy's cat, appeared out of nowhere and jumped onto her stomach as Daisy drifted into a light sleep, not caring how weird she looked.

Ronnie looked at the girl, she couldn't even bring herself to say anything, she just sat and cried for a few more minuets. She was depressed about everything, and she couldn't believe anyone would want to even talk to her. She didn't feel like talking, she didn't feel like eating, she didn't feel like doing ANYTHING.

"My....my....my dad...." Ronnie said choking on her sobs, she wasn't even able to say it out loud. Saying it out loud made it so final, made it so real, and Ronnie wasn't ready for it to be true, she was going to use a time turner and take back time, she was going to FIND away to save him.

"My dad, died this summer." Ronnie said breaking down yet again.

This sucked. This sucked REAL bad. Chandler would have gone to the kitchens and got in or tried to only to throw a fit about the fact that students weren't allowed to go into the kitchens anymore at any time to get some food from there. He had cooking lessons last year from the elves dammit! He wanted to cook again, possibly for Kaia. Orrr maybe even for all the students! Yeah he could totally help out. Chandler was able to cook for people now annd he could do it without using magic. But he couldn't, not until Christmas and he was not happy.

Chandler slowly entered the Common Room with a not-so-happy face and threw himself down onto an armchair and crossed his arms. He was fine with sulking.

..But he couldn't do that anymore, not unless he wanted Prof Hadley to tell him off or escort him to Tate because he was not happy with the kitchens issue. "Umm...'i Professor 'Adley!" Chandler said, faking a grin. He didn't need to really, he liked her annnd she was his Head of House so that made him like her even more. So why bring all of his problems down on her? He certainly wasn't going to do it to Tate though. The man had power and Chandler was happy not being expelled.

Kita. Was. Bored.

Yes, admittedly, she could just go to bed. But, as tired as she was, a part of her didn't want to be the first one in the dorm. No. That would be sad, wouldn't it?

So instead, Kita found herself looking around at the common room. Chair, chair, sofa, fireplace, girl, chair, chair. It all seemed pretty-

Wait, girl? And the girl was speaking to her!

The brunette looked again at the girl standing next to her. Her eyes travelled up and came to a rest at the girl's face. "Hi Mia!" she chirped, trying to sound as happy as possible. Wait... did she just say something about a Puffskein? "Er... i haven't. Why have you lost one?" Smart words, Lewis(!) "Have you tried Accio Puffskein?"

... Yeah... she needed sleep. Or chocolate. Something to stop her saying silly things to people.

When Amelia saw the boy enter the Common Room looking all sulky and stuff, she raised her brow before moving to a chair closer to him. "I know your face." He was sorta-friends with her boyfriend. :33

"And sulking doesn't look good on you, so stop it." ^_____^ And she wouldn't like it if he didn't do what she said. D:

O___O GIRL TRYING TO FLIRT OR DO SOMETHING WITH HIM.

Chandler jolted away from her slightly and stared at the girl for a second before she spoke and then he lowered his guard and casually put his arms up on the arm rests. "You know my FACE? Zat..doesn't really make sense." He blinked and then eyed her up and down. She sorta looked like Iris with longer 'air but she looked younger zan 'er.

"Errr....I...erm..okay." It didn't look good on him? Was that supposed to mean something? "Who are you? Seeing as I don't recognise you enough to know your name. Unless you've told me your name before zen...I'm zorry zat I can't remember."

She frowned a little as he jolted away from her. "I'm not trying to flirt with you and I won't bite." lolz, this boy was sorta strange. :33 "I've seen your face. AND you know my boyfriend." YES, HE DID.

"I am Amelia, and I think sulking looks bad on you, so don't do it. Why were you sulking anyway?"

Rosalie nervously walked into the common room. She had just went and gave her treat to her owl. Rosalie looked around and tried to find someone to talk to, the girls she talked to on the train weren't sorted into Hufflepuff.

Chandler frowned back, "I'm..err..zorry? I didn't realise zat you just wanted to talk to me. I'm not exactly used to people who I don't know moving zo close to me. Annnd I 'ave a bit of a personal issue problem." He thought it had gone long ago, same with his blush but apparently not. "Oh..zorry about zat too." Well he was doing a very good job with this wasn't he?

"I know your boyfriend? Oh..wait. I do! I zink." He knew quite a few guys with girlfriends. Well..Treyen didn't have one anymore and he couldn't exactly think of any more guys with girlfriends apart from Zayden. ..Amelia? So SHE was his girlfriend. Makes sense. But it was kinda weird, he hadn't really talked to Zayden much but it was like they've known each other for ages. "I'm..Chandler." GRIN."Oh..alright zen, I won't." He shrugged casually, eh, he just wouldn't do it when she was around him then. "Oh it's just because zat zey've closed ze kitchens to students zo we can't get food whenever we want and I do zat all ze time when I'm 'ere. And I don't really like going to the Great 'All as much." He preferred just getting something and eating it around school.

Alyssa looked up the moment she heard Professor Hadley speak. She was so beautiful and although Alyssa knew that she could be strict if she had too, she sensed that Ms. Dixon was a very nice, warm and gentle soul because whenever she smiled, she smiled with her eyes too, and that was always a good sign. She was glad that Professor Hadley was the Head of their House. She hoped that she'd never had to face her for disciplinary action and vowed that she would keep her nose clean...for the sake of her House and her house mates...AND for Professor Hadley.

Aaron chuckled, hoping to witness many more epic falls. He spread his arms out sideways, which made him feel like a bird. Who's robes weren't long enough, apparently his arms had decided to grow an extra inch since he'd bought his new robes.
Mum will be pleased.. Aaron thought to himself. They'd even bought the robes a size too big, but his body seemed to have a disliking for the robes.
Aaron shook his head and focussed on Elodie again.

'Just hold your arms out like this. Balance at it's best.' Aaron nodded, quite impressed with himself. 'And as a wise man once spoke, "Huffle's gonna puff".' He left out the part where he himself was the wise man. 'Hufflepuff is GREAAAAT! You'll love it here, I'm sure!'


Aaron nodded, quite interesting. 'One and only indeed. Not counting my granddad, Aaron Roberts, of course.'

He took the extended hand and shook it, also making an odd bow and nearly toppling over, 'nice to meet you too, Daphne.'

Mia raised her eyebrows at Kita as she plopped her behind down onto the coffee table. She seemed a little out of it. She decided not to respond to that most obvious question and moved onto the second one instead. "Well..." she began slowly. "Magic is not really my thing." No doubt that statement was going to raise Kita's eyebrows. "But I'm thinking if I do that. I'll probably summon every puffeskin in the castle."

And while that wouldn't bother her, she didn't think Nik would apreciate her bringing home a bunch of them. He only just barely tolerated Arnold as it was.

"You feeling alright?" No point in ignoring the fact that the girl was not totally with it.

Even though she was immersed in a conversation with Kita, Mia could hear Professor Hadley in the background and she took note that the woman was now the Head of House. But seeing how she had never spoken to one Professor outside of class, she doubted she would need this piece of information.

Minerva couldn't believe what she was hearing. She couldn't imagine what this poor girl was going through. Minerva didn't know whether to give her a hug or just keep her distance. She got the feeling that Ronnie didn't want to talk, but she didn't want to leave her alone at a time like this either. Minerva put her hand on Ronnie's arm and squeezed it a little. "I am so so sorry Ronnie. That is horrible. You are not alone to go through this. If you ever need to talk you find me at any time day or night."

Arya didn't notice the ickle Puff when she first entered, nor when she'd settled into her seat with Perseus in her lap. But when her eyes finally drifted from her house head to the students speaking, they finally spotted the girl.

She offered her a smile, and wave, but didn't rise from her seat. Unsure if Hadley had more to say or if she wanted her to say something. Hopefully, she would only have to sit in her chair.

... Where was Treyen?

Faven saw a girl she had seen before but never spoken too. With no one to talk to, and seeing the girl in a similiar state, Faven walked up to her. "Hi there!" she said cheerfully.

And he took his time to get here. Which was odd, since he's been wanting to talk to Arya since they got on the train, but certain things prevented that from happening.

The boy instantly laid his eyes on his best friend the second he stepped into the Common Room, he didn't even notice Hadley there or anything. He just kept on walking towards Arya and took a seat beside her, "We have to talk," like, really talk.

Hey, wait, why was Hadley here?

She didn't miss his entrance, but she didn't acknowledge him until he gave her no other option. Sighing, she shifted in her seat so that her legs were hanging off one arm of the chair and her back rested on the other, allowing her to face him. "Yeah," She ran her hand over Perseus' back distractedly. "I know. Do you... want to talk now or...?" Arya looked over at Hadley who had taken up residence in front of the common room. Not too far from where they were seated.

After her little introductory speech, it didn't take long for students to approach her and introduce themselves. Well that was certainly helpful as knowing those in her own house was always a good thing, right? "Welcome, Faven. Lovely to meet you."

An older, unfamiliar student. Perhaps a transfer? "Look forward to you being there." She smiled at her.

Ah yes. She remembered this one from last term; vaguely at least. Nodding at her as she then made her escape off to her dormitory, it appeared, Fina turned toward the next.

Such polite minded young Puffs. "Pleasure, Justin, I'm sure."

Aw. She was so cute! Smiling at the ickle young first year, she nodded. "No worries about not knowing anything about Arithmancy or even any subject. That's why you're here, after all, to learn. If you already had some knowledge, then you wouldn't need to attend Hogwarts, eh?" She winked. "But pleasure to meet you, Adanna." Such unique names; she loved that.

As if Hadley's smile wasn't already bright enough, it was quite possible she could be a high competitor against the famous Lockhart smile at Nessie's compliment.

"Thank you dear. That's very kind of you to say," she noted, as one of her prefects had just slipped inside...

Even though she hadn't personally selected Arya as Prefect, she couldn't be more grateful to Lilyan for her selection. Sending a return smile toward the sixth year, she glanced around the common room and was about ready to depart and leave them be for the evening, when two students caught her earshot....

Oh, one said hello, but before she could respond back . . .

What in Merlin's beard were they talking about? Were they fighting ... or ?

Stare.

"Excuse me. Please ... save the argumentative stuff for the Slytherins." Merlin knew they could use a little agitation. Not that it took much to get them agitated though. "Oh and the Defense Classroom." Maybe on the Quidditch pitch as well; Hufflepuff could probably use a few new beaters.


Oh look. Treyen had arrived.

But he seemed to present himself nearby Arya with such purpose that Hadley decided to just give him a brief smile too.

Addressing the whole of the common room again, "Well then, enjoy the rest of your evening and remember to behave yourselves..." Because even when she wasn't there, she was. Surely they ought to know that by now. With a brief, polite smile toward her badgers, she turned from the common room.

OH FOR THE LOVE OF GILDEROY!

He wanted his best friend BACK. Like, NOW. Treyen frowned, instantly. He hated it when she sighed, because that only meant that things weren't alright, whilst when he sighed he was just alright but without words to explain what was on his mind.

An eyebrow was raised...and he looked towards Hadley again, "I...have no problem with talking now...but...why's she here?" not that he minded, he flashed a smile towards Hadley but was completely curious as to why the woman had decided to join them in the Hufflepuff Common Room.

Perhaps she wanted to reminisce some old memories from when she was a student?

He turned to face Arya when she was gone. "You were saying?" they could talk now that Hadley was gone, right?

As much as he hated when she sighed, she hated when he frowned. Especially when she was the reason behind the frown. It was usually her that kept him from frowning, and how she was just causing him to frown every time they met.

Her eyes flicked over to Hadley, distractedly watching the woman chat with a few younger students. "She's just introducing herself to the students." They should probably do the same, but it was obvious neither cared to do such a thing right now.

"Nothing," She refrained from sighing. "We can talk now. What do you want to know?" Her eyes went back to him. No sense in trying to avoid the fight, or talking about their summer.

Amelia frowned at him even more now, because she didn't want him to out frown her. That would mean he won. "Well, get used to it, 'cause I'm not going anywhere." And to make that fact clearer, she moved a little closer to him now. "It's okay. You're lucky you're cute." So he was able to get away with thinking she wanted him. ^____^ BUT SHE ONLY WANTED HER ZAY.

As the pieces fit into place, she nodded. "Yes, you guys were instant friends. Chandler." And that was his name, and she would try to remember it. :33 She now beamed as he said he wouldn't sulk, but then she frowned more than ever when he talked about the kitchens. THAT WAS NOT RIGHT. <____<

And of course they had gotten the attention of their attention of the Head of House. "We're not arguing. Has the Staff in this school all gone insane? I want in the kitchens." She wanted to show them to Zayden.

Again, WHY is she introducing to the students? Were they going to have each Professor introduce themselves to each House before classes began? That was...some VIP treatment, one that wasn't given at the feast. Not that he ate anything anyway. Not today.

"Ah, I see," or didn't, whatever. Treyen still needed to talk to Hadley abut Flying lessons and such, because that could be the only exception he could make when it came to being near the Quidditch Pitch. Just for Hadley, because he'd made a promise.

RIGHT. Arya was so right. She wasn't saying anything. And that was most frustrating, truth be told. "Everything I can know? Because you're not the same Arya anymore and I need to know what happened so we can fix this," he needed his best friend, at least one of them, here at Hogwarts. Yeah, he had Ellie, but it wasn't the same. His tone was one that involved both seriousness and worry. "You mentioned he lied...have you considered the fact that he was trying to protect you from something?" it's not like he was on Sabel's side, but he could relate a little bit to the situation.