*blink* Well, she hadn't thought so... 'I don't think so.' It was meant to be in her head. o_O 'You may very well have heard me, though, but I was meant to do it in my head, I'm incredibly cool like that.' Oops. Well, that was fun! Weirding out the fellow housemates!

Ariella bounded towards the common room, full of food and beyond excited to be back at Hogwarts. "Angel’s Trumpet!" she said firmly as she reached the portrait. It swung open and she clambered inside to the warm glow of the common room. She was finally home.

Noticing one of her good friends from last term, Ariella grinned. "Rose!" she exclaimed, rushing over to give her a hug. "How are you?! How was your summer? I haven't talked to you in forever!"

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Adam smiled as he entered the familiar common room before plopping down on one of the open couches. Now that he was finished with the OWLs he had a bit of time to relax this year before having to worry about the NEWTs. Adam surveyed the room for any familiar faces, not noticing any at the moment, and some new faces. Hmmm

Anyone?
 

Ariella looked up to see a fellow Gryffindor, Gideon, making his way into the common room. Wanting to be friendly, she lifted her arm for a wave. "Hi Gideon! Did you have a good summer?" She had never really gotten the chance to know Gideon last term, but she supposed that it was never a bad time to make new friends.

Hearing his name, Gideon turned in the direction it came from to see a semi-familiar girl waving at him. Ariella...right? he mused to himself remembering her name from run-ins in passing or at least in class. "Hi..." he greeted back with a soft smile, moving closer to where she was standing with another girl.

"Um... it was pretty good," he answered with a tilt of his head back and forth unconsciously making his curls move slightly. "Spent some time at home with the family and visited my brother in Romania." That had been fun, he only wished he had managed to bring Kurumi along but the plans had never been put in place. Besides he had heard from Selina that his fellow 5th year had been crazy busy already.

"How was yer's"

Quentin yawned as she walked, it had been a long journey and a fabulous feast, but now she had to unpack before bed. "Angel’s Trumpet" she said to the Fat Lady's portrait. The common room was already crowded with students, she didn't hover but went strait up the girls stairs and into the forth year dormitory.

Ariella returned the smile, a nauseous feeling erupting in her stomach. How was her summer? That was the question she had been dreading.

No way did she want to bring up anything that happened over her summer. Her summer was the worst summer anyone could ever imagine. Her sister running away. Her brother randomly announcing his marriage to that stupid, trashy girl from central London. Her parents fighting about useless things nonstop. And yes. All of this happened in one three-month time period.

"That sounds cool! I've always wanted to go to Romania," she said, perking up her voice to hide the disappointment in her family. "Mine was...really swell," she lied, quickly thinking of something to say. "We went to Ireland to visit my dad's parents. It was loads of fun!" Well, that wasn't exactly a lie. They did go to Ireland in July.

"I hope he does," Tayla gave an encouraging smile. She decided to talk more about Quidditch to cheer Lilly up. "Good luck with not getting injured. I'm a bit nervous myself. I've never played in an actual team before. Do you have a broom of your own?"

Why haven't she thought of those before? Of asking help from the portraits and not always relying on books? Of course it would be nicer to interview someone with a first hand experience rather than reading those published. So there's a reason for her not to eat anything on her bed unless she wants to wake up screaming in the morning because of Astrid. As she stared at the Chameleon-newt, which was bright red in color, she too noticed the hissing sound but thought it came from Astrid and so she didn't mind but her friend noticed a girl and asked her if she was the one hissing. She watched the girl

"You said you were bound to do that only in your head?" Tenn wondered. How? That was just curious. There certainly are a lot of unexpected people around.

Tennessee got distracted as another girl entered the common room. Good Merlin, was she the only one who had seemed to forgot the password. She snapped the thought of it out in her head. The girl who just entered run to give the girl who hissed a hug. Rose! Obviously that is her name. Tennessee just smiled at the girl since she was engrossed with chatting to her friend. She went back to petting the chameleon-newt. She should just remember their names.

Tenn noticed another guy enter the room and joined them by the couches. She could barely remember them from last terms nevertheless she smiled at him and gave a small wave. "Hoping for another great term?" Tenn asked him as he watched him relax on the couch. She sure is hoping for one.

Then another Lion came up. Of course, who else would she expect to come, some Ravenclaws and Slytherins? "Hello," Tennessee greeted. "Welcome back to Hogwarts." She sure has a lot to learn this year aside from her classes, she needs to learn all their names and glue it inside her head.

After an eventful day of just taking in all the sights, smells, and sounds of Hogwarts, Mike finally makes it up the stairs to a huge picture of a lady. "Angel's Trumpet", Mike says to the portrait. The Painting moves, revealing a large entry way into a larger room. Mike, walks in, and takes in the scene. There are many couches, with pillows around the room. He walks up to one of the couches, and just plops down. He is still a little full from the meal, and the day of excitement is finally catching up to him. He allows himself to relax, and listen to the small talk going on around him. He closes his eyes, and begins to doze off into the voices and and and warmth of the room. He feels like this can definitely be a great time.

hello lions <3 to those quoted and to anyone else :D
 

"Hello everyone," Kurumi said with a slight yawn. She had stayed up much later than she had intended to working on the layout for the Gryffindor Gazette, but at least it was done and she had managed to finish things off with Selina's help and had received Professor Bentley's seal of approval, which meant that it was now ready to be placed in the common room for any lion to grab and read at their leisure.

Spinning around after having set them down on the table under the notice board, Kurumi frowned a bit when she saw Rose looking rather disgruntled on one of the chairs.
"Don't make that face," she laughed, signaling that she was only teasing. "You look like a Slytherin with that scowl."
Turning away from Rose now, Kurumi saw that Adam was back and she offered him a small wave. "Hello Adam, have a good summer?" she asked. She would have to poke around in his brain later about OWLs and all that. Merlin. OWLs were so soon!

And...speaking of Adams...where was the other one? Not that she was really complaining. She felt less stressed and on edge with him not around.
When the door opened again, Kurumi smiled and waved at Gideon as he made his way in looking like a mooncalf in headlights. "Hey Gideon," she said with a faint smile. "You just come from Quidditch sign-ups?" She assumed that he was trying out for the team. Too bad she wouldn't be there to see any bickering that might happen between he and Selina during practices. He thought he knew Selina on the pitch, but he really had NO idea.
When another student came in, Kurumi opened her mouthto say hello, only to end up standing there looking awkward as her wave went unnoticed as the unfamiliar looking lion walking straight through the common room and up to the dorms.

Maybe next time?
Moving on a bit more into the common room, Kurumi covered her mouth to prevent any giggling that may occur from the peaceful sight of a boy who was falling asleep in one of the crimson plush sofas.

Slowly, Kurumi tip toed her way over to him and softly tapped his shoulder. "As comfortable as the sofa is, I am sure your bed would be much more comfortable," she giggled.

Quentin stopped a few steps up, she should probably at least try and meet a few people before lessons started and her time was limited. She sighed and turned to walk back down. She really was an idiot sometimes. As she stepped back into the common room she noticed something odd.

There was an older girl standing there, mid-wave, looking like she was about to say something, "Sorry, were you about to say something?" she asked politely. Normally people tended to avoid Quentin, she wasn't sure if this girl was waving at her or not.

Kurumi was pleasantly surprised when the girl turned around and came back to the common room, which meant that she finished her wave and didn't feel too ridiculous now.

"I was just going to say hello," she replied, lowering her hand to her waist. "I don't think we got the chance to meet properly on the train or at the feast. I'm Kurumi." She offered the girl a small bow and then remembered the etiquette here was to shake hands and not bow. Merlin, Muggle Studies was going to be an...interesting lesson for her. She then hastily offered her hand to the girl, her cheeks blushing ever so slightly.

Rose laughed and hugged her back, before shrugging. 'I'm alright, my summer was alright, how about yours?' she grinned, answering all questions at once. Eh...

Rose grinned and shrugged. 'I was supposed to. It would have been less bonkers.' she said, laughing softly. Yeah, she was too mad for her own good.

Rose stuck her tongue out at Kurumi, giggling. 'Well, there isn't anything wrong with Slytherins...' Best not to say she almost was one. 'I didn't MEAN to look scary. I thought it was all in my head. Daydreamer.' Yup, that was Rose... *le sigh*

Leila came into the Common Room, she had heard things about it from her parents, but this was 10 times as good, she couldn't wait to get to know people, it would be fun, she went to sit down but sat on someone, she jumped up quickly, "Oh, my, I'm so sorry, I didn't see you there, I just, are you alright?" she asked, Leila felt so bad, so decided to try and engage in conversation with him, "So, hey, I'm so sorry about that, I'm Leila by the way, Leila Potter-Nightingale, you can call me Leila or Leia I dont really mind,"

"Angel's Trumpet" Helga spoke quietly. This terms password was a bit of strange one. "You may enter brave Gryffindor" The portrait swung forward and revealed a walkway just visible in the nights light. The dark hole was silent as Helga walked through it was later than curfew but she had sneaked out to study in the room of requirment. The study tables in the Gryffindor Common Room were now empty, all Helga wanted to do was flop into her four poster bed in the girls dorms.

Awaken by the shock of a sudden bump, Mike jumps up, and looks around. It was not a dream, he was really at hogwarts, and had been sorted into gryffindor. He look up at the girl who was smiling at him.
"It's ok, I just dozed off for a second. I'm Mike, nice to meet you. Welcome to Gryffindor. Where are you from?

"Yeah, I hope," she said, glumly. A smile spread on Lilly's face as Tayla began talking about quiddich. "Yeah, I got one this summer. I've been practicing in the holidays. It'd be really cool if I could get on the team," she said, with a hopeful look. "Do you mind if I hug you and say how awsome you are. Sorry, I should really stop taking all these dares," Lilly hugged the third-year. She hadn't refused a dare yet... "You're awsome, you know. Being a Gryffindor and all that."

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Alex headed to the common room and found a good seat on the floor by the fire. She then sat with a book reading it to pass the time.

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"That's good! Mine was...eventful," she said matter-of-faculty. She didn't feel like she needed to hide her feelings from Rose. She seemed like the person to understand. "I'm so excited to be back at Hogwarts! You trying out for Quidditch this year?"

Ariella breathed a silent sigh of relief, glad that her voice hadn't shown anything that was brewing inside her. "He helps with dragons? How cool!"



Noticing Gideon talking to Kurumi about Quidditch, she decided to chime in. "You're going to try out? Me, too. It's about time we Lions win the Quidditch cup! Maybe we'll have some luck this year."

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"Angel's Trumpet!" Maxwell said with excitement to see his Common Room again. He walked in and took a seat on the floor near the fire and started reading one of his Animagus study books, He normally had one on hand He opened the page that He kept bookmarked with a blue rose He received from Josie last year. Maybe I should move on. He thought I'm not saying i want to go out and meet someone now, I'm not even sure i really like girls that much. i mean they're great friends, but they're not all Josie. Maxwell was determined to make this year even better than last with or without her.

Quentin moved forward a few steps and took the offered hand, "Kia ora, I'm Quentin." she smiled, "It's nice to meet you"

She had to notice how the other girl bowed before blushing and offering a hand, meaning she'd probably moved from another country too. She had known she wouldn't be the only one, and she was very excited to learn about others cultures.