The Duck Pond
 

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Ducks, fifteen in all and quite possibly already named, live in this pond. Go on, take a seat on the rocky ledge and dip your feet into the water! Rest assured, these ducks will not bite, but if you just so happen to have any type of bread or cookies on you at the time, the ducks have been known to take without asking.

Waylon keeps a good eye on the pond and the ducks, so no funny business.

Daichi had sleepless nights just thinking about the duck pond over the summer. There was a possibility that the pond would be gone, like the treehouse and soccerfield had been. So after waking up in the dormitory because of stupid rules that students can't be out of bed at midnight, he had literally RACED to the grounds. His hair was still a mess for he had not styled it yet. His uniform shirt was half buttoned up, Mr.Duckles held in his right hand as it flailed up and down as he ran and one of his shoelaces was not tied yet.

Somehow, he managed to arrive at the place where the pond had been last year without tripping and the Slytherin closed his eyes and crossed his fingers as he walked through some bushes where he remembered hiding with Thea once. He had his eyes closed because he was afraid he would see nothing but water until..

QUACK! QUACK!

Daichi opened his eyes, widened them and after seeing the ducks swimming in the water and waddling on the grass he squealed. Loudly. "FRIEEENDS! I'm hooooome~!"

...wait..now he can't write his awesome big angry letter to Murdoch together with Indy...oh well.

Ameliah skipped to the pond. She always loved the pond, AND the duckies. She was walking towards it when she saw none other than... "DUCK BOYY!!!!!!" she squealed. Yup. The very boy she BEAT in a snowball fight.

Ah, now he had to find Floppy. Not that the other ducks weren't cute..it was just.. Floppy was special because he was his best friend. Even if he had only known him for the last few hours at Hogwarts last summer...

The Snake walked around the pond, trying to find the white duck and spotted him swimming at the centre of the pond. It was times like these that Daichi wished he could swim. Maybe he should ask Professor Bentley for gillyweed? Not being able to swim, Daichi took off his shoes and dipped his bare feet in to the water. He flinched because the temperature wasn't exactly warm nor was it too cold.

A voice behind he startled him and the boy turned his head to see a young girl walking towards him. He grinned as she called him Duck Boy. Selena's nickname for him had really catched on it seemed. "Haaai..uhm...i forgot your name" he said , staring blankly at her. He did remember that he had seen her during a snowball fight once though.

Ameliah laughed. "Ameliah. And it's fine, all I remember was Selena called you Duck Boy...it's easier to remember. So what'cha been up to?" she asked, plopping down next to him and petting a duck that had swam towards her.

Daichi splashed the water with his feet as the girl , Ameliah her name was had sat down beside him. He grinned stupidly at Mr.Duckles his plushed duck on his lap. "Heh, yeah... i wasn't sure if i liked the nickname before but, it's growing on me now" he admitted.

What he had been up to? Not much really now that he thought about it. Well some stuff HAD happen but ..he wasn't in the mood to talk about it. Especially not with someone he had only seen once. Twice now~ "Not much. i haven't slept all night cause i was afraid the duck pond would be gone!" he gasped, eyes widening behind his big nerdy glasses. "But..what you been up to?"

Ameliah saw Duck Boy look at a plush. "OHMIGOSH!!! A DUCKIE PLUSH!?!?!? SO CUTE!!!" she squealed at the little stuffed duck.

Her eyes widened. "I know, right??? Hogwarts wouldn't be as awesome without this pond!!! Or the duckies in them!!! she gasped. "My summer was pretty much moving to my adopted family...and PARTIES!! Lots of parties!" she added, nodding.

Ronnie was skipping around the grounds, when she spotted what Harvey had been talking about. THE DUCK POND WAS REAL! She squealed with delight and ran over to the rocky edge and sat down, and squinted as she counted every duck. Fifteen duckies! Wow! She couldn't contain her excitement. She looooooved ducks, they were her favorite animal! She giggled and bounced a little where she sat, not worrying if anyone saw her.

First week back, and Angelina headed for the duck pond. Ducks where one of Angelina's favorite animals, besides owls, cats, bunnies, etc.. Smiling she took a seat on the grass nxt to the pond and watched, waiting for some friends to join up with her. She hasn't seen them for so long. Probably thought she would during the summer, but no, she was sooo busy. Angelina laid down on the grass and closed her eyes relaxing.

Sophie was skipping her way to the Whomping Willow, her aaaall time favorite place at Hogwarts, and decided to go through the Duck Pond. She hadn't gone there all that much last year. Just as she was passing by she turned her head to look at the duckies when...

"ANGELINA!!!" She exclaimed, throwing her arms in the air and running towards her friend. "Heeeeeey, long time no seeee!!!" She said with a BIG smile on her face. She missed her Slythie friend! "How was your summer?"

When Angelina was sitting quietly, almost asleep, she heard her name being called. Sitting up, wide eyed, she looked around to see who was calling her name. Finally when she saw her hufflepuff friend she screamed and said, "Sophie!" and got up and ran.

When she reached her she hugged her and said, "Ah, I missed you!" Before she could ask Sophie how her summer was, she cut her to it. "My summer was pretty good... busy," Angelina laughed and said, "How was yours?"

Em/Keef
 

Sophie hugged Angelina back and as soon as they backed off she started jumping up and down. She was so excited to see her friend again! "I missed you too!" She said brightly.

Her summer was busy? Sophie hoped Angelina was busy with fun stuff, at least! "What did you do? I went to a lot of friends' house, both muggle and magical ones!" YEEES, summer break was the perfect time to visit frendsss!

"So what are you doing down here? Just looking at the duckies?" She asked looking back at the Pond. What was there to do here anyway? "I can't wait for the classes to begin!" Not that she was a nerd, but Sophie had fun in class!

Having secured a heel of bread from the kitchens, Keefer set out to visit his yellow brethren. He inhaled deeply, letting the sultry late-summer air permeate his lungs and trickle down to his toes. There is no better place to enjoy yourself than the Hogwarts grounds. Walking leisurely, he began to hum absentmindedly, no particular tune in mind. He even broke into the occasional skip as the song permitted.

They should be just over the hill.. he thought, craning his neck to catch a first glimpse of the friendly ducks. So he was very much surprised when his eyes met with a different type of creature-- a girl. But not just any girl. It was...

"Kate!" He would recognize that head of hair anywhere, the way the sun bounced off of it and made it appear like molten silver. His heart became lighter as he closed the rest of the distance to the pond. "Fancy meeting you here!" Which, really, was a stupid phrase. One he shouldn't have used. "I was just stopping by to feed the ducks on my way to check the Quidditch signup clipboard. What brings you here?"

When Angelina noticed Sophie jumping up and down she joined her. Angelina kept her smile and said, "I missed you as well!" It was so good to see her friends again.

"I went and visited my family for most of it, I also went to Spain with my parents," She told Sophie with a smile. "That sounds like fun! I wish we could have got together," She told Sophie with a frown, it was a little fake because she was too excited to see her at the moment but really it was sad!

Angelina looked at the pond with Sophie and said, "yes, I just love ducks!" Looking back at her friends she nodded fast and said, "Me too! I enjoy them very much!"

Oh Destiny
 

So here it was the start of a new term, Cece's second term as healer at Hogwarts to be exact.

Taking advantage of the infirmary being empty Cece found herself wandering the grounds. Nearing the duck pond she stopped to take in the beauty of the area. Waylon sure did a nice job of keeping the grounds looking good.

He was still the groundskeeper, right? Not seeing him at the feast Cece wasn't really sure if he was still employed here or not.

She would have to make it a point to stop by his hut later... to see if it was indeed still his hut.

For now though she was just going to sit on a bench and watch the ducks.

"I know, you just said that!" Sophie laughed while jumping. See, Slythies were NICE! Sophie liked her Slytherin friends!

Oooohh! Spain!! "Wow, it sounds awesome!!" A lot of her friends had traveled abroad this holidays! She wished she had too. Oh wait! She HAD!! "One of my friend's house is in Canada! I had never traveled abroad before! It was great!" She said happily. Sophie nodded at Angelina's comment about them getting together. "Where do you live, Angelina?" Maybe they could arrange something for the next summer break!

She loved ducks? Heh! "Ducks are funny! Look at the way they move!" She giggled when a duck put its head underwater and lifted it up again, shaking its tail. "And their faces are funny too, look!" Quack. Weird ducks! "Can we feed them?"

Ducks. Ducks. Ducks. Ducks. YEEEY!

Brooke liked ducks, they were all quacky and stuff. The second year ran down to the duck pond flapping her arms pretending she was duck, although she resembled everything but a duck then flopped herself down by the duck pond. The blonde sat crossed legged swaying a little bit, watching the ducks with a huge smile on her face. She wanted Ness to be here so they good feed them but clearly they'd have to do that another time.

She was so happy to be back at Hoggiewarts. YEY! :3

More exploring. This castle was cool. Already he found a playground and now a duck pond. What hidden secrets of fun did this school have more to offer? A roller coaster theme park? Tag sure hoped so.

He found a girl sitting by herself, swaying or dancing or both. It was hard to tell by the way she moved side to side."Do ducks make you, err, dance?" Tag asked the girl. There was only one way to figure out and that would be to just ask. But ducks were cool the way they quacked and how they had orangish beaks, sometimes. And they could float on water too.

Omg. The ducks were so awesome, they were like ...FLOATING. Brooke couldnt float on water, she wasn't very good at swimming, eek. So she didn't like swimming very often. But Duck's were so fun to watch! heheh.

Getting a strand of her hair Brooke began to twist it round her finger when she was approached by a person. A person she didn't know. YEY! For new friends! "Um nope. Ants in your pants make your belly button dance though. This isn't dancing. This is swaying." She jumped up and started to dance. "This is dancing!" she gigled before sitting back down by the lake. "Hi!"

"Ants in your pants make your belly button dance? I guess that makes sense." He repeated in a slightly amused but confused tone. Tag had never heard of that saying but it definitely did make sense. He just hoped that ants would never find themselves inside his clothing. That would be ticklish and disgusting all the same. Oh, he backed up a bit when the girl began to dance.That was unexpected. Following suite Tag began to dance too-not really though, as he flailed his arms about like a new born bird trying to take flight. "I can't dance." Tag admitted. He could, just his special dance move was a secret only a select few could see it.

"Hi! I'm Tag- a first year. And you are?" He introduced himself. And anyone who was so willing to dance in front of him without any shame should introduce themself. She had guts to dance.

"Yep! Thats exactly it! My teacher taughted me that in primary school!" Brooke giggled, it was one of the only things she had actually learnt and remembered from Primary school. She wasn't really one of catch on with a lot of things. Brooke giggled as the boy began to flail his arms about. That was cute. heheeh. She joined in a little bit before smiling at him. He couldn't dance ? "I fink you're good. hehe. You just dance in a different way." she wasn't exactly a good dancer so she could hardly judge. Maybe she should of gone to those ballet lessons her mum had wanted her to go to when she was little.

Tag. That was an interesting name. "Thats interesting, like the game! Im Brooke, im a SECOND year!" she exclaimed, getting all excited. She was all big now, hehe. "Wanna be friends ?!" yey!

"You must've had a really fun teacher." He said while sitting on the grass next to her.Oh, now she joined in. This girl liked to dance a lot. And at random moments, which was good-when you wanted to entertain and cheer people up. "Really? What kind of different way?" Tag asked in an elated voice.

"Yeah, that's how people remember my name, because it rhytms with a game-and people like playing that game. I hope." The irish boy said to her, a long smile spreading over his face."Hi Brooke, the second year." Wow. The girl was rather up front about wanting to be friends. Slightly confused Tag leaned backwards an inch or two examining her more closely.Could you just ask to be friends? He thought it happened over a period of time. Or did this Brooke not have many friends and took any opportunity she got. "Yeah-sure-I like meeting new people." he said nodding at her. Nothing wrong with meeting new people.

After hearing rumors about a certain Slytherin someone trying to steal one of his ducks last term, Waylon realized that he was going to have to keep a better, more watchful eye over the pond. He had absolutely no idea why someone would want to steal the ducks, though. It wasn't like they couldn't just visit the animals everyday!

But it had happened, and as soon as he had finished his breakfast at the castle, why wouldn't the house elves deliver food to his hut? It wasn't like they couldn't just apparate, Waylon made a beeline straight for the pond. But, instead of spotting the Slytherin thief, his eyes landed on someone else, and he switched his direction and headed for her. "Cece." he greeted with a wave, and just helping himself to the empty seat next to her on the bench. Surely she wouldn't mind, right?

If she didn't want anyone to sit next to her, she would have taken up all the space.. somehow. "Not used to seeing you out of the castle."

Brooke thought back, pretending to have a flashback of some sort about her teacher, even though she really wasn't. Yep, Mrs Jones had always been nice to her, so she nodded. "Yeah, she was. She was suuuper nice and stuffs." She'd always let them do colouring in class when they'd finished their work. heh. "Um im not sure, a good different way though."

That was such a cool way to have your name remembered. "That's so awesome, I wish i had something cool like that to remember my name by." People even sometimes forgot her name, which Brooke didn't really like. heh. Oh well. "I fink people do like the game, I like the game." Brooke said proudly, pointing to herself as she said the word I. A giggle left the girl's mouth as he called her 'Brooke the Second year' she felt so mature and stuffs, even though she was only twelve and not nearly as smart as a lot of the first years were. heheh. "Hi Tag, the first year." and he said they could be friends, this was so exciting! "Yay! I like new friends." hehe. she did very much, it was true.

And then she sighed, looking over at the ducks. "I wish i could haff a pet duckie."

ANYOnEEEEEEEE.
 

Theodore was running through the grounds, and it was taking ages for him to cover every place. These grounds were huge! His tiny legs stopped at a pond and he dipped his hands in to splash across his face.

Panting, the boy laid down. He was no athlete, OK.

Once he caught his breath, he looked to his side, only to find a duck sitting beside him. Sunbathing, it looked like.

"Argh!" He bolted up, then relaxed. Just a duck.

Although it belonged in the water. Theodore tried to shoo it away, but he quickly got nervous.

Daichi XD
 

Daichi couldn't help it. He grinned from ear to ear. It was good to know that his duck plushy was something that people liked. Not that he cared if anyone didn't like Mr.Duckles. "Thanks!" he said, feeling his cheeks blush a little as he pushed his glasses up with the help of his fingers. "His name is Mr.Duckles and he's my hero"

Nodding his head frantically at the young Ravenclaw's words, Daichi listened how she talked about moving and parties. "So you're adopted?" of course she was , she just said that! "Oh i like parties! There always so much fun. I went to Paris this summer~"

Daichi continued to splash his bare feet in the water. Effectively scaring a few ducks and when he saw what he was doing to them he pouted and stopped. Pulling his feet out he placed them on the grass to dry.

It was at that point that he heard a voice. A VERY familiar voice despite having only seen her three times now. His cheeks flushed a deep red shade and he wasn't even looking around! He knew who it was but could not explain why he was blushing. Clearing his throat he turned around to see Indy~ "Haaaiii!" he waved his arms with Mr.Duckles in his right hand at her. In the corner of his eyes he saw Mr.Murdoch and the Healer on the other side of the pond..hmm maybe he should thank the man later for keeping the pond?

Making a mental note, Daichi turned back to Indy. "Sit sit!" he said and patted the grass on his left because Ameliah was still sitting on the other side. "Indy this is Ameliah" he smiled before pointing at the water and to the white duck. "AND that's Floppy!!" he squealed.

Indy still didn't really get why she was feeling weird about Daichi talking to another girl. He obviously would've had lots of friends, he was a awesome guy. But she couldn't figure out why she didn't like it. It was wierd. And she didn't like the feeling. But Daichi was here, and they were friends. And they could have soem fun again. Oooh. He had Mr Duckles with him! That was epic. Indy liked Mr Duckles a lot. He was cute. Just like Daichi was. Wait...did she think Daichi was cute? Indy didn't know. Little girls were cute, and teddy bears. But boys? Indy didn't know. Things were just confusing.

Oooh. Daichi wanted her to sit? Indy giggled, sitting herself down beside Daichi. This was nice. The weather was nice. Not too hot, but not too cold either. It was good weather to just have her pretty blue cardigan on. It probably didn't go with her green top that she had on underneath. But Indiana was kind of aware of that. Oh. Hi new girl. "Hi." Indy smiled, as she sat crossed legged and placed Pink Ted onto the ground between her legs. "I'm Indy!" The girl had a pretty name. But now Daichi was distracting her my duckies. "Awwwwww." Indy giggled with a big smile. "He's cutee!" Indy nodded with a big smile. "I'm glad the pond is still here."

Hey, he has a way with words, alright? XD
 

He was pleased to see her smile. It didn't appear to be false or forced, which indicated the truth of her reply. She did indeed find his presence to be a pleasant occasion. This thought made him return her smile with a grin of his own. "Congrats on your Sorting, by the way. I think you'll really enjoy Hufflepuff." And Keefer certainly wouldn't mind seeing her face around the common room. I should spend more time there this year.. he mused.

She lost no time in sharing her news. Signed up.. for... oh! Duh! She was talking about Quidditch, of course. "You did? No, I haven't been down to the Pitch yet! That's great!" His eyes took on a glazed look as he had a brief vision of her hair streaming out behind her, catching the light as she sped down the field. He mentally shook himself back to the present. "Too bad? I'm pretty sure you'd be a fierce opponent. I, for one, am abundantly happy about it," he said, hand on his chest to emphasize his point. Not to mention the distraction she would provide if she were to shoot the Quaffle in my direction.

"Yeah, it is. I find the ducks to be calming." His heart skipped a beat as he recognized her invitation to sit. "Don't mind if I do!" He made his way to the spot she indicated, half tripping over his feet on the way. He prayed that she didn't see, his cheeks slightly pink with embarrassment. Smooth, Keef. For all his coordination in the air, he sure didn't have any on the ground. He flung a piece of the bread into the pond before he flopped himself down in the grass where she had indicated. Tearing off another chunk of bread, he proffered it to her. "Would you like to feed the ducks with me?"

Em! <3
 

Kaitlyn was bored, she'd gathered no new friends during the holidays, so she had no one to hang out with. Poor Kat! And people kept welcoming her, but as a First Year and although it was her first year, she was a Second Year! Sure, she her birthday was on a day that if she was one day younger she have been in first year..but still and she was smaller than nearly all of the first years.

Kat sighed, trying to expel the anger she was feeling for her birthday and height. She jogged over to the duck pond and splashed her face water. Then she shook out her long brown hair and laughed as water droplets trickled down her neck.

She looked up to she a boy further down the pond, also splashing his face with water. He looked quite cute Kat thought absently. And nervous, she though tilting her head slightly as the boy jumped at a duck.

Gathering up all her courage, she went over to the boy. This would be why she'd made no new friends really, she was too shy, well when she didn't know the person she was talking to. She hesitated for a moment but then tapped his shoulder. "Hey," she said quietly.

Theodore's eyes were 100% on the duck. It was sleeping, or so he thought. It's eyes were shut anyway. But he felt any sudden movement would wake it.

"AHHHHHH." SOMETHING WAS POKING HIM.

Theo jumped to his feet and stood in a kung-fu position, half expecting an army of ducks. But it was a girl. Oh, man.... He lowered his arms and sighed in relief.

"Sorry, thought you were a duck..." Because APPARENTLY, ducks had fingers to poke people with.

-__-

"Hellow." He said.

Kat prodded the boy's shoulder and he promptly jumped up and went into a fighting position. Kat jumped back too, her brown eyes wide. Then when the boy lowered his arms to his sides, she sighed in relief. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you," she said quietly.

A duck? He'd thought she could have been a duck? She chuckled nervously. "It's alright," she said, smiling shyly at the boy. "I'm Kaitlyn, but you can call me Kat," she held her hand so that he could shake it.

"Ohhhhh, you didn't scare me." He just thought she was a duck. Simple. He was EXPECTING the attack. Theodore sat back down next to the sleeping duck, feeling much more relaxed around it now.

"Hey." She stuck out her hand, and Theo scanned it for a moment.

Eww, he didn't wanna touch a girl. Coooooooties. But he did anyway, to be polite. Shake, shake. "My name's Theodore." THEODORE THE GREAT.

:evil:

"Of course you weren't," she said with a light laugh. It's not like he had sprung up with fear in his eyes.

"Nice name," she smiled at Theodore. "Mind if I join you?" she asked, gesturing to the ground, her voice a little shyer this time. She wanted to sit down with him, A, so that she could hopefully make a friend and B, so that it wasn't as obvious that he was taller than her! <_<

Theodore narrowed his eyes. She was laughing at him. Not acceptable. Slytherins were not to be laughed at because they were MEAN. He very much wanted to live up to the name of his house, sometimes.

I know, right? He said to himself about his name.

"Sureeeeee!" FRIIIIIIIIIIIENDSHIP was on the horizon. Theo liked this, even if it was a girl.

"What house are YOU in? I'm in Slytherin." He said proudly. Yeah, he had moved on from his Gryffindor ambitions now.

"Oh, lighten up," she said kindly, nudging him slightly. She mocked him by narrowing her eyes back at him.

"Thanks," she said, plonking herself down by his side and grinned and him.

"Don't kill me. I'm a....HUFFLEPUFF!" She said this with a growl in her throat. She hated it, even if it did annoy her parents. It meant everyone expected her to be super kind. That wasn't her though and I guess she could blame her Slytherin family for that and her shortness.

Yep, if in doubt, blame her shortness. It worked everytime!

Theodore stumbled when she nudged him. BLHHHHHH, people at Hogwarts were violent! "Hm." He said grumpily when she narrowed her eyes.

WHY WOULD HE -

"I won't KILL you. I love Hufflepuffs." Yeah, one of his good friends was a Hufflepuff. "It's the Ravenclaws you need to look out for." He leaned in to whisper to her. Yeah, they could be anywhere. Those claws.

Meepr.
"Would you like a chocolate frog?" He asked, out of tradition when meeting a new person. IT WORKED. People loved a good froggie.

"Oh, come on. I didn't push you that hard," she protested when he fell to the side. She carried on smiling anyway though.

"Oh, that's a relief! I heard you Snakes don't like Puffs," she admitted. "Really?" She asked, looking around for any lurking blue claws.

Kat giggled, like she often did when given/offered/anything chocolate! "Yes pleaseeee!" She said, bouncing slightly on the spot.

With her hands tucked in the pockets of her jeans as she made her way down to the duck pond, which was probably the most favorite place to visit in the grounds. OH. She stopped walking when she noticed how crowded it was..gosh. And..she'd been expecting it to be empty. Maybe she should just turn around and leave but..she was here anyway. It made no sense to just walk all the way back to school. So, she just walked towards the pond, pushing her hair back from her face.

The Prefect sat down and looked at the ducks, with a small smile on her face. She noticed someone sitting nearby..alone. "Erm..hey." She gave the guy a smile before she resumed looking at the ducks. Ah, so cute.

Theodore cleared his throat, "I know... I just feel... dizzy today." Yeah, that's right... Sheesh, Theo was starting to turn into a compulsive liar. He seemed to say ANYTHING to make himself appear cool.

"Well, I dunno about the others, but I am a NICE Slytherin." With an evil side, too. Do not forget.

"Yeah! One of them threw a CAULDRON CAKE at the Slytherins." Marked them for life, hadn't he. Those Ravenclaws. In fact, the only Claw he liked was Blue. But she DID like puke... so it did make her a bit weird. Theo smiled when she wanted a frog.

"I gotta take the card, though." Cards were important. He handed one to her and watched her like a hawk.

Kat wondered about this, but let if go anyway. Just to be nice. "Sure, whatever you say," she laughed and her grey eyes sparkled.

"A..nice Slytherin?" She asked, with a mock gasp. "Well, I'm a feisty Hufflepuff," she said, winking at him and clawing the air in front of her. What with a family of Slytherins, what else could have been expected from her?

He needs the card? Whatever. She needed the chocolate! She took the frog and popped it in her mouth, MMMM! Great! "Thanks," she mumbled and chucked the packaging and card back to him. If he was taking the card, he could have the packaging too. "Who's on the card?" She asked curiously, trying to peek at it over his shoulder.

Avery made her way to the duck pound and sat down near the shore. The ducks and ducklings were so cute and fluffy she wanted to pet one. Where was her sister? She thought to herself and sat back, sunning herself in the rare warm sunshine of England. Then she scooted forward and dipped her toes in the cool water.

Hey sis she said with a smile.did get chance to Owl mum and dad and our brothers.i was going to but jasper didn't feel so well.so what do wanna name a duckling so we can come back and see him or her.

"Yeah I sent them a letter with my owl Ledger. Hopefully they write back!" Avery said and looked out at all the ducks
"I like that one!" Avery pointed to a small duckling
"Lets name it Turnner!" She cried coming up with the name of her old dead cat.

I think they will to she smiled and then look at the ducklings.i'll name one of them Rosie she smiled.i think one who the smallest out of ducklings she smiled.She hugged her sister tightly.

Avery hugged her sister back
"Turnner and Rosie, that is too cute!" Avery laughed and smiled up at her twin.

She smiled wanna have picnic she smiled.She open her bag and got a blanket and food out.so have met boy yet she smiled.

"No not yet!" She frowned
"Have you?" Avery asked

Yeah his name is zack hes second year like us she smiled.She ate a piece of ham sorry ham and panic food are yummy.

Indy too!!
 

Ameliah squealed. "He's SOO epic!!!" she then nodded. "Yup, it was either that or stay with my horrid demon of an Aunt." she shuddered. "PARIS?? Do they have French clubs? I have friends in France and one of them went to a French club!!"

She then waved at the new person. "Ayeee!! And HII Floppy!!!" the duck swam over to Ameliah on call, practically trying to jump into her lap. She pet the duckie happily.

"AW Angie, I am so happy for yo!" Avery squealed and hugged her sister tightly.
"I love ham too!" Avery said and picked up a piece and ate it

Yeah you'll meet someone i hope.Yes ham is the best do want a some potatoe salad i made for us today.

" I hope I meet someone too!" Avery sighed and splashed her feet around
in the water
"I would love some potato salad!" She giggled and took some tasty food,

Yeah but hes not allowed to date until fifth year she laughed.She scoop out potato salad and handed to her sister.Maybe we can have double dates when we find guys she laughed.so how do like the our professors.

"Sounds like a plan!" She laughed

"My professors are really nice!" She told her twin

"Do you like yours?" She asked softly?

She smiled and then took a bite of food.Yeah they are she siad with a smile.yes i like mine.

"I'm so glad you do!" she said and giggled.

"Oh I made you a cupcake!" Avery said reaching into her bag.

"Here ya go!" she handed her the homemade cupcake.

The duck pond.

Just the day after Ronnie had first visited it, she found herself skipping back to it and sitting on the rocky edge again. The duck pond was now officially her favorite place at Hogwarts. She loved all fifteen of the cute little duckies swimming around.

She had brought a piece of bread with her from the kitchen. She ripped a little piece of it off and held it out towards a cute whie duck who was closest to her. "Here duckie duckie! Want some bread?"she asked. The duck looked at her for a second, and swam over. She tossed the bread to the duck and it ate it. "You're so cute!" she said giggling. She wondered if she was allowed to nickname it. Oh, why not? "I'll call you Waddles, even if you already have a name." she said to it, chuckling.

of course. XD
 

Ameliah looked up to see Ronnie feeding the ducks. "HEEEEY!! His name is Floppy!!" she said indignitly, looking at Ronnie intensly with her new violet eyes.

Ronnie squeaked as a loud voice startled her. She toppled over onto her back and sat up, glowering. She looked at the person who had said it, and noticed it was just Ameliah. "Oh...I knew that." she lied. "Sorry, FLOPPY." she said, saying Floppy's name a little loudly. She turned to the duck who quacked in reply to her. She threw another piece of bread towards the duck.

Ameliah looked directly into Ronnie's eyes, calculating. "Nope, you didn't." she said matter-of-factly, using her people reading skills.

Yummy a cake cake thanks sis she smiled.she took a bite of it oh my gosh this is yummy.with her mouth and said sis i think i taught you well.

Ronnie heard Ameliah say she didn't. She turned to her, her head cocked. "Alright. Maybe I didn't. What of it?" she asked.

"You are a great teacher!" Avery smiled
"It is chocolate and raspberry!" Avery giggled glad her sister liked it

Well thank you very much she smiled.Yum i love your idea of a cupcake.

Ameliah laughed at Ronnie. "Nothing, I just like to point out when people lie. One of my specialties, along with warrior reflexes and reading people's emotions." she said smugly.

Ronnie shifted a little where she sat. Well. That made her feel very uncomfortable to know that she could read people's emotions. Espeically hers. Because she always felt different things and didn't like the fact that Ameliah could know what it was. "Well that's very cool." she lied, turning back to the ducks and tossing more bread towards them.

Ameliah noticed the flat tone. "Don't worry, I don't do it a lot...." she said honestly, her voice trailing off.

Ronnie looked back at her. "Oh, good." she said. She patted the spot next to her. "Come sit with me." she said. It was sort of awkward talking from a distance. . .

Ameliah nodded and sat next to Ronnie. "So when did you start Hogwarts? I haven't seen you before."

"What'd you guys do in that class?" His class had consisted of learning. Basically, cookies, napes and playing duck duck goose. Yeah, real productive. "As long as its not a bad different way." He said happily. Anything bad, was well, bad and not good.

Aww, was she jealous of how people remembered his name? "Well, we'll come up with some fun way to come up with your name. I promise. I hope they like the game-its a fun game." But it usually involved a lot of running. He wasn't a runner. Tag, as some people knew, was a jumper. Much different.

Now, he wasn't sure if a duck could be a pet but there could be alternatives. "Maybe you can adopt one-like in a zoo or something-and they can take of it there and you just go visit it. Yeah?" Tag asked her.

Angelina laughed and nodded, "Oh I did..." She then zoned out thinking. Giving up she looked back at Sophie and said, "Yes, Spain was amazing."

Angelina listened while Sophie told her about where she went. Smiling she said, "Sounds so fun! I've never been to Canada." SHe wondered what it was like there. Was it cold there like here, they are around the same height as England. Angelina smiled wide and said, "I live down in London. What about you?" She hoped Sophie lived somewhat close.

Looking at the ducks with Sophie she started to laugh, "Yeah they are. I'm more into little duck not the older ones. THey seem weird." She looked around the pond for a 'do not feed sign'. So far she didn't see any. Nodding, Angelina looked at Sophie and said, "I think you can."

The giggle.

It was really an Indy thing to giggle wasn't it? Or maybe it wasn't but Daichi was just simply paying attention to her giggles. It was cute he had to admit..WAIT WHAT?!

Eww..eww Daichi! she's a friend and where in merlin's beard do those thoughts come from?!

Having a O__o expression as Indy sat down beside him, he faked a cough. He watched between the two girls as they said hi to each other and he took this time to look at the duck pond itself. Even if he did not like ducks, he would have thought the place was beautiful. "Yeah, me too" he smiled genuinely at her before looking back at Floppy with a big grin.

"Want a piece?" he asked after pulling out a half melted chocolate bar out of his pocket.

Of course Mr.Duckles was EPIC. No doubt about that cause he always knew that, but hearing this from another person was epic it self. He grinned but then his grin fell and he looked confused. What on earth is a club? could he eat it? oooh wait, it was a party. Well Daichi knew birthday parties...did that count?

"ehm...i-i don't know what a french club is..." ok this was awkward! Better give her a a piece of chocolate too. "Here" he said as he broke off another piece of chocolate bar.

Ameliah bounced a little. "It's a muggle thing Bella showed me. It's like a huge party house, except you don't really know anyone there. Like a public party." Yea. That covered it....

CHOCOLATE!!!

She accepted the chocolate happily. "Thanks!! I don't care what Lafay said, chocolate is AWESOME!"

Ronnie found herself returning to the Duck Pond yet again. She really liked it, that Duck Pond. Especially the duckies in it. They were all so cute, and she wanted to take all fifteen home with her. Buuut, she probably wasn't allowed to do that. No duckies for Ronnie.

Ronnie made her way to the spot she normally always went to. HER spot. RONNIE'S spot. No body elses. It was all hers! Mwa hahaahaa!
As Ronnie sat, she noticed a boy standing by himself a bit ways away from the duck pond. What was he doing all the way other there? All the duckies were right here!

Feeling that he might need some company, she stood up and made her way over to him. "Hello!" she said. "I'm Ronnie! What's your name?"

He was coughing. Was he getting sick? That was not good at all. He couldn't get sick. They'd only just started school. "Are you okay...?" She mused, hoping that Daichi would get that she was referring to fact that he had just cough. "I hope you're not getting a cold..." Because then they couldn't hang out. And that would make Indy sad. She liked hanging out with Daichi. He was cool. And made her smile. That was a good quality for a friend. All of her friends made her smile.

"I bet you are...." Indy giggled with a bigg smile. She loved all the areas of the ground though, and would be spending lots of her time out here. "I'm thinking of coming out here to study and stuff....it's so peaceful." And she got that she sounded so much like a nerd. But she liked reading. "It's pretty. too." It was just a very good area in general.

Ooh. He was offering her chocolate. "Yum..." She smiled. Indy loved chocolate so much. "Yes please." He was a good friend. Sharing his chocolate with her.

Oh. Yeah. The other girl. "So...." Hmm. Wait what was her name again. "What year are you in..." Amy? No. Amie. No. Ameli...oh that was it "Ameliah"

"You're welcome! I'm a proud Hufflepuff, so every new addition to our family is great!" Well, there probably were some students who weren't happy with their placement, but she didn't appear to be one of them. And good thing, too. "But hey, at least yellow doesn't clash with your hair nearly as bad as it does with mine!" He pointed unnecessarily to his flaming red locks. WHY am I pointing out how ridiculous I look??? To cover it, he hastily began speaking again. "I'm glad you're enjoying it. It must be hard to come into a new place for your last year, not really knowing anyone or how things are done around here." Yes, he could be sensitive. So what?

Every time Kate moved her head, Keefer was momentarily distracted by the fascinating way the sun made it look like silver. He caught himself staring looking again and forced his gaze back to her face.

"I will? Yes, I suppose I will. It will be good to have some fresh blood trying out." He didn't want to only see his old team returning and everyone else getting scared off. After all, there could be some hidden talent lurking behind someone's robes. It was his job to spot it under the surface. "I bet you're fantastic," he said, complimenting her without any real basis for doing so. "If nothing else, you hair would distract the other team."

That had slipped out before he realized what he was saying. "No! That didn't.. I was only... Shoot!" he sighed, lifting his gaze to the sky. "You make me get my words all jumbled up!" he complained, though not without some merriment behind his eyes. He composed his thoughts and brought his head back to a normal level. "I only meant that there's something about your hair... it tends to reflect the light back at you and shine more than with most girls." He suddenly realized how vulnerable he was and retreated within himself. "Anyways, I'm excited to see what happens this term, since we won the Cup last term, and all.." LAME.

He felt a shock wave course through his body as she took some bread. Fortunately, she had become preoccupied momentarily with the ducks. The color in his cheeks was rising, though it could have been due to the bright September sun. "Er, my favorite place?" he repeated, wondering why that felt like such a threatening question. And she already took the pitch and the stands..? His brain wasn't working, he was at a loss. He blurted out the first thing that came to mind. "The kitchens!" he said a bit too loudly. Hopefully she would interpret it as enthusiasm. "I, uh.. I love those elves, you know?" he plowed on gallantly. "There's this little one, Toddles. Just born last year. He was at the Feast." Although, he hadn't seen her there. So maybe she didn't know.

Theo starrrrrrrrred. It was true. Maybe he should put on a little show and pass out for dramatic effect. If she continued with her slight sarcasm, he so would. And THEN she'd feel bad. MUAHAHAHA.

"YES, why do you sound so shocked?" This girl was MEAN for a Hufflepuff. He could feel his fake-unconsciousness coming.

He'd give her one more chance.

Theodore grabbed the packet, pulled out the card, then tossed the rubbish on the floor. Such a rebel, you see. fDSJfdsfdsfsdf. "Salazar Slytherin. For the billionth time." Theodore was very upset by this.

"Do you want it?"

Anyone
 

Ameliah smiled. "Second, though I feel like I should be graduated!"

Well, ducks weren't very exciting, were they? Nope. Milton was just about to leave when a girl approached him looking FAR too happy. Oh dear. What was with all these students? They all seemed so cheerful. ALL the time. And he didn't mind happiness, really. But it sometimes got a little annoying.

Milton stared at her for a second. "Wilson," he lied. Why? He had no idea. He just wasn't feeling friendly towards happy people at the moment.

Sophie was starting to think she should do something like her parents did after they graduated at Hogwarts. They traveled the world studying! Well, maybe she could find something to study too and travel around the world. That would be fun!

"I had never been to Canada either! It's really green!" Well, at least Carigan's house was in the middle of the woods and it had plants ALL OVER! That made Sophie come to the conclusion that the whole country was like that. "I live in Newcastle!" Another green place. Her mum was the one who had chosen to live there, obviously.

Any kind of ducks seemed weird in Sophie's opinion. In a funny way, of course. Not that she would want one as a pet or anything. Speaking of pets... "Do you have a pet, Angelina?"

She looked around to find something they could feed the ducks. Not grass, of course! But there wasn't anything else there. No Chocolate Frogs in her bag either. "Do you have anything we can feed them?"

"Wilson." Ronnie repeated. "Okay, nice to meet you, Wilson!" she said. She rocked on her heels, thinking of something to say. "So, what year are ya in?" she asked.

for new friends or old :)
 

Ella walked down to the duck pond with a book in her hands, eager to visit the spot. It was one of her favorite places at Hogwarts and she felt at ease there. Walking over to the rocky ledge of the water, Ella removed her shoes and rolled up her pant legs, sticking her feet in the water. It wasn't exactly warm but Ella still had a smile on her face, it was good to be back. Opening her book, Ella began to read, letting the sun shine down on her face. What a beautiful day.

Minerva sat down on the grass and let bouncers down. "No running off do you hear me." she smiled.

Minerva smiled "Hey Butterfly, how are you? Did you like your classes today?"

Harvey walked out to the duck pond to see the ducks when he saw her... Minnie..he walked upto her and sat down next to her "Hey Mins.. how are you? Hey Bouncers.. how are you too?" he smiled as he greeted them both.. before someone else ran over to them "Hey Butterfly... how are you?" he asked still smiling

Minerva smiled "Hello Harvs, how are you?" she then turned back to Butterfly "Well you will make them up. Can I have a frog?" she put her hand on the ground and bouncers began to jump over it.

Minerva smiled "Thank you. So what else have you been doing today?"

Harvey chuckled when he saw Butterfly "I can see that you are hyper today.. I am good." he asked as he turned to Minnie "I am good Mins.. how about you?" he asked as she asked for a frog.. she seemed different someohow as Butterfly gave a chocolate frog and talked about classes.. uh oh Minnie and Butterfly with him were not a good combination.. he thought as he remembered their fits of laughter at the feast.. he heard Minnie thank Butterfly for the frog and ask her what she had been upto.. uh oh here we go .. thought Harvey