Oh but Nate caught her blush. "Oh, come on, you can look at me, can't you? After all, our eyes match," he said with a bright smile, "well, I like puzzles..." Nate trailed off here, and hoped she might ask more specific questions next time, "...and chess, I like chess..." His voice was back to normal now, but Nathaniel was otherwise speechless, having just noticed Jayden's Ravenclaw blue hair.

"My summer was splendid!" He had been very busy and got to travel to several different countries, so it had, possibly, been the best summer ever. Strangely, everyone else he had spoken to thus far didn't seem to have had such exciting summers, but maybe they just didn't want to share everything. Eino then listened for Ellie's answer to Vashti's question, in regards to the Quidditch Captain position, and watched as she showed it. "Congratulations, Ellie!" He said and began clapping, somehow expecting everyone else to do the same, but when he noticed his were the only pair of hands applauding he stopped and put them in his pockets. "I am sure you will do fantastic!" Hopefully, Ravenclaw would have a little more lucky, and better trained players this year, and give the other Houses a good fly for their galleons.



"Well, if the Scourgify doesn't work, then perhaps Tergeo or Reparo might." Eino didn't really know exactly what tarnish was. Was it dirty or damage? Depending on which it was they would have to use the appropriate spell. They were askew, so they would have to mend them to their original shape with the Mending Charm, nonetheless. He didn't want to be the one to do it, though, not without permission. All of the silverware seemed to be like the ones they were holding so surely the house elves or someone else had been informed by now. Maybe they would have their first Charms lesson even before class start and learn a new spell to fix the silverware. He finally looked at Vashti and shrugged.

"I am so sorry!" squeaked Jezabel. All her previous self-confidence had gone completely down the drain. Now all she wanted to do was go to bed, pull the covers over her head and stay there for ever. "Thanks," she said meekly to Jayden. "I completely lost my head there."

Jayden bit her lip nervously, and then turned and looked Nate in the eyes. "Wh- what class are you looking forward to the most?" She stammered... momentarily caught off guard by his dazzling smile. "This is definately going to be an interesting year." She thought to herself..

"It's totally okay!" Jayden reassured the apologetic girl, her a weak smile.

"Huh, food fights at my muggle school would start either because they wanted something to do or one kid threw food at another kid. I'm used to long train rides, only because a train would sometimes break down and we'd be stuck on the tracks until they fix it or unitl they determined it would take to too long to fix and would then put us on another train." Temperance says "Yeah it is amazing and I also can't wait to see more. There are so many different things I could draw!"

Surya was looking around here and there and found one of his friends, Jayden.
"Hey Jay!"

"Transfiguration?" This wasn't meant to be a question, but it came out as one. "What--what about y-you?" he asked breathily.

Surya noticed someone else beside Jayden.
"Hi, My name is Surya, 1st year."

Chelsea was curious about muggle school "So what was muggle school like? I was home schooled until Hogwarts" she said.

"I never had been on a train before coming here my aunt and uncle apparate to get somewhere and its very quick" she explained "You should draw the Whomping Willow that would be a cool drawing" she suggested.

Oh my goodness another person to talk to. Why now?! he thought. He didn't break his gaze with Jayden (he couldn't), but he simply said "Yeahihowreyou?" very quickly and rather quietly, just to avoid ignoring this other student.

Jayden was deep in thought when she heard her name being called by a familiar voice... "Hey there Surya! It's been quite the night, hasn't it? And did you see the silverware? Some of it was filthy, my parent's will not be happy about this if they find out." Jayden was still slightly irritated by the dirty silverware... no pureblood would stand for it. It was not how they were brought up.


She turned her attention back to Nate... he really was a sweet boy, and good looking as well. "I'm looking forward to charms, and transfiguration the most." She could not stop blushing! Soooo embarassing!

Danielled stoped daydreaming when she heard her name being called "huh?" she said confuced, then she looked at the girl that was talking to her, she couldn't help but to smile "hello Jezabel, its nice to meet you, I'm Danielle" she said happily, she was finally making a new friend

Ellie's summer was maybe good? Vashti couldn't help but wonder why but then Ellie seemed to decide that it was good. Hmm. Suspicious. But okay then, if she said so. It seemed Eino was the only one who'd had a genuinely good - or rather, splendid and delightful - summer. "Mine was fine." Anything exciting and fun? "I went to the carnival they're having in Diagon Alley." That had been fun for the most part. "What about you guys? What'd you do?" She was definitely curious to know what Eino had done to make his summer so awesome and what Ellie had done that only made hers maybe good.

The grin returned when Ellie confirmed her thoughts, not only with a verbal response but also with a pretty shiny little badge. "That is awesome!" And really no surprise. "Congratulations! You'll be a great Captain, I know it." That Quidditch Cup was SO going to be theirs.

Wait, who was clapping?

It was coming from right beside her, but when she looked over at Eino, the clapping had stopped and his hands were in his pockets. Hmm.

She drew her wand as well but refrained from immediately casting on any of the silverware when Eino spoke up. "Those are good ideas, too," she said, nodding. But...should they go ahead and try to clean the stuff up? Ellie had her wand out too but wasn't casting on any of them. Did they need permission to cast spells on the Hogwarts silverware? She glanced over at Eino and saw him shrug, so apparently he was unsure as well whether they should go ahead or not. Hmm....

"How's it going?" Vashti asked, turning so that she could face Victoria instead of the table with its icky silverware. "Ready for your fifth year?" Hopefully she was - those OWLs were not to be taken lightly. They made fifth year rather unpleasant all most sometimes.

"Now come on Jay, you should not complain for everything. Hogwarts is a place where one always wants to be in."



"I am fine. What's your name?"
Surya couldn't understand anything. Why were both them so quiet?

Josh was happy for Jez and that she sucsessfully conjured the sparks. He took out his wand and said, "Not to show off but," He waved his wand and conjured a blue Jobberknoll. "The tail feather of this bird, a Jobberknoll, is the core of my wand."

Nate had the suspicion that she had said charms as a way to complement him on his apparent flirting skills, but maybe that was just him being arrogant. "So you're a pureblood then? So that means your parents are both magical, correct?" Nate had just managed to fight the words from his throat.

Pam decided now was a good time to step in. "Hey there, Surya was it? I'm Pam." She tried to direct the other boys attention away from the two. Nate was her friend, but she just loved watching him talked to this girl.

She was really annoyed to death. When the feast ends, she thought, she could go straight to bed and bury herself to sleep. However, this girl, this filthy boastful girl ruined everything. She couldn't let it pass.

"Hey you! Next time you practice your magical skills, don't do it with a lot of people to save yourself from embarassment," she said in her high voice looking confident. For a moment she thought, how can she talked like this to a girl who just levitated something when she, Erin Heyman couldn't even hold her wand right. A muggle downfall. With her anger not subsiding yet she added, "By the way I'm Erin. You?"

"Yes, I am a pureblood.... both my parents are wizards, yes." Jayden calmly answered the boy. "I'm assuming that since you had to ask that question, you are not from a magical upbringing?" Jayden smiled, her blue eyes flashed, he had definitely caught her interest. Usually blood status mattered to Jayden, but for some reason with this boy she didn't care. There was something... enchanting about him.


"I'm not trying to complain too much..." Her eyes flashed, she was a bit put off by the boy's retaliation. "I'm just saying... if my parents found out, they would be upset."

"I'm Nathaniel. I'm sorry, I'm just sorta distracted by your friend here. She's really pretty." Just as this left his mouth he half regretted it. The other half of him said it was just the right thing to say. "Sorry Surya. Well, we'll be in the same dorm won't we?"

"Muggle school is okay. I mean as long as you like the same things everyone else does, you won't have a problem. It's when you're like things that everyone else doesn't like that you get bullied or at least that is what happened with me." Temperance says with tears forming as she remember's some of the bullying she went through. She then shakes to her heard to clear her mind, "Anyway you had eight classes a day, a break for lunch and an hour or so after lunch to play with your friends or just relax before your afternoon classes. Depending on the school you went to, you may or may not have uniforms also. Each grade level has classes you have to take plus some extra classes like music or choir. There were also sports, like soccer, football, baseball, basketball and volleyball that you could join after school if you wanted too." she says "Is that like teleporting?" Temperance asks "I might just do that. Thanks for the suggestion!" she says with a smile

Nate was scared to say this, but felt really comfortable with this girl. "I... No. My parents are muggles. Well off muggles, mind you..." Somehow he still felt the extra defense necessary.

"Right, both of us will be in the same dormitory. And surely Jay is very charming.!!!"

Now Surya noticed someone else talking to him. This is the right for making some friends Surya thought.
"Right. I am Surya. I was getting bored sitting and eating alone. Nice to meet you Pam."

"I'd love a friend to talk to. I like making new friends." She smiled sweetly and then started fiddling with her hair. After a while it started bothering her, so she put it up in it's usual braid.

"Right. I'll talk to you then, Jayden is taking most of my focus right now," said Nate. This was, after all, entirely honest. He added, "This is my best friend Pam, she's good company when she's awake." And under his breath he said "Thanks Pam, I owe you one. "