COMMONN ROOOMMMM!!!!

Ariana ran in from the feast finding herself the first one there she threw herself onto her favorite couch by the fire and closed her eyes. "I've missed you common room." she turned to lay on her side looking at the fire "Dont throw me out this time!" she said to the chilly air. har har har..

where was everyone.. they should partayyy

Aurora had run up to the common room immediately after dessert and gone straight to her dorm. Her uniform was uncomfortable already... she wasn't used to wearing boring smart clothes. Pfft. So she changed into jogging bottoms and one of Richard's shirts that she had stolen and claimed for pyjamas. WAY more comfortable.

She came down from the dorm (closely followed by Sebastian and Ivy) just in time to hear Ariana... hehehe. She put on a silly ghostly voice and sneaked up behind the girl with her eyes closed. "I MISSED YOU TOOOOOOOOOOO, ARIAAANAAAAA!" And then she burst into fits of giggles and went to another sofa, sitting down, waiting for the cat and the kitten to curl up and the other end and opening her charms book, time to start all this difficult studying...

HA. As if. She was just going to sit here and stare at the fire with the book open in her lap for a while... that was good enough right? Anyway, eventually the cats would get bored of being obedient and start making trouble and she'd be able to deal with that instead.

'WHAT THE HOLY HIPPOGRIFF!"
Ariana jumped up and off the couch and drew her wand towards the voice before seeing................................ it was just Aurora stupid Quinn "Auroraaa!!! You scared the wizard outta me!" she said poking the girl with her wand before she went off to go sit on the couch.
ariana sat back on her own couch "merlin.' she said softly eyeing aurora and her animals on the couch.. what was she up to now hmm?

West was just passing through, really.

"You had a wizard in you?" He asked Ari curiously as he walked past the couches. He shot a little wave at 'Rora with his free hand. The one that wasn't holding a baby mouse.

PRICELESS!!!!

Aurora burst into ridiculous fits of giggles and didn't even bother retaliating to being poked with wand. That was far too funny. "I just couldn't resist!" she managed through the laughter. "Maybe next time you shouldn't be speaking to an empty room unless you're sure nobody else will walk in..."

She BEAMED at West and waved back... OOH A MOUSE... But she wasn't the only one to spot it. Because Sebastian had jumped off her knee and run over to West, wrapping himself around the boys ankles and looking up hungrily... but Aurora got the feeling the mouse was for somebody else... She pointed at it and mouthed "feeding time?" to West. She wasn't sure if she was allowed to broadcast her thoughts on where the mouse was headed...

Ambrose was excited to be at Hogwarts. Finally, he could experience for himself what his father and mother spoke about. The school of witchcraft and wizardry. He made his way into the common room. Looking around he saw other students chatting with each other.

With the black leather bound book, he began moving across the room to find a chair.

......... what....

someonee else!?

Ariana looked over the couch to see little West Odessa standing there.. with a RAT!? Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
"It's an Expression Really, odessa." she chuckled at him silly odessa.


"well i didnt see or hear anyone else in here so i thought i was alone, but it's alright really." a good scare you got from her aurora Gooood Job. She roleld her eyes at the girl a bit "next time ill be sure theres no one around." and YOU should Too Aurora quinn if you know what's best for you!

West nodded, lighting up. Yes indeeeeed. This pinky mouse was not for kitty cats. But he did bend down and stroke Sebastian with one hand. The non mouse holding hand of course.

"Its a weird one, Ari. You should try something different." He advised her sagely. "People might get confused about what you mean."

Well, he had a Nile Monitor to feed.

"Bye!" He told both girls and dodged past a first year to head to his dorm.

So. His dorm was in the dungeons. Well that was odd. Although he had seen those huge towers, and was kind of glad he didn't have to climb up all those stairs. It would be pretty terrible, especially considering that the food was on the ground floor. Having to walk down 7 flights of stairs to get some food was not the one. So Clement figured that was at least one advantage of living in the dungeons. He decided maybe not to tell his Mom this though. She probably wouldn't be too impressed. She had a bit of an thing with being clean. Cle wandered into the common room, taking a glance around. Mmm. It wasn't that bad actually. Not like he thought it might be. The room looked like it would be kind of damp and cold, but actually was quite the opposite, surprising to Clement really. Maybe the dungeons wouldn't be as bad as he had first thought.

HOP. HOP. HOP.

B.O.B. decided to do some exploring today. Mistress Kat was in her dormitory so it might be good to take a look around his new place to live in. For a lot of months. Well, it kinda already sucked being a pet. Let's just hope Mistress Kat was still busy daydreaming about...

Then the toad got snatched.

"Gotcha," Kat said. Her bloody toad was trying to run away again huh? It just loves adventures so much that it made the blonde chase it around the Common Room in search for it. Really B.O.B.?! Kat eyed her toad for a while as if sending brainwaves to it saying 'Don't hop away AGAIN' cos she just hated it when her toad did that. And also to avoid danger. What if there was something in here that wanted to EAT her toad? "Don't you DARE hop away again, you little toad."

Looking around the common, all Kat saw was Cle being lonely again. Sighs. The blonde had nothing to do but approach him. "Hey, why so lonely again?" Kat tilted her head to the side. Cos she remembered that she told Cle not to be lonely.

In hope that Cle brightens up, Kat smiled at him.

Despite the feeling of being back to classes which he did not enjoy at all, Richard could say that he was glad to be back to school or, at least, being back to the things he liked about school. And other than Quidditch and exercising out in the grounds, one of his favorite things to do in this school was being lazy in the common room.

After taking a quick shower, he put on the first things he picked up from his trunk; a t-shirt and tracksuit bottoms. He did not care what he was wearing at all. Anything was better than the school uniform right now despite the fact that he knew he rocked even that uniform, still looking super handsome in it. Once he was done, he ran a hand through his hair and made his way to the common room.

Hands in pockets, he stopped in the middle, looked around and smirked at everyone ''Hello ladies!'' His usual smirk followed the greeting finding it funny that he called the boys in the room 'ladies' as well. His gray eyes landed on this much younger new face. ''You must be a firstie, kid, huh? Welcome to the snake hole.'' Then as he passed by he stopped by the older new face and patted his shoulder ''You welcome as well, dude. Remember not to hit on my girlfriend or i won't be responsible of what would happen then.'' Laughing a bit he turned to Kat who was apparently talking to the new guy. ''Hey Kitty Kat!'' he said as he passed by ''You look pretty today.''

Then there was his girlfriend. Surprisingly with Ariana. Wow...ex-girlfriend and current girlfriend together. Well...he tried not to think of it that way. Both relationships were completely different anyway. Wearing his sweetest smile, he approached them. The smile widened when he saw Aurora wearing his shirt. ''Well...well...well...don't you look breath taking.'' he said with a smirk, took her hands, pulled her towards himself a placed a light kiss on her lips. ''Hello, my queen.'' And, of course, he did not forget Ariana. He gave a playful look to her. ''And hey to you, Ariana. What is that on your hair?''

Clement was about to head up to the boys dorms, have a mooch around in there, get used the bed and stuff. And the low ceilings. That was a little odd. Good thing he wasn't insanely tall or anything, when he heard someone come over to him. He turned around, and grinned as he saw it was Kat. He hadn't seen her since the start of term feast, when was a bit disappointing. She was his first friend, and he did rather like seeing her. "You gonna start calling me lonely boy soon?" He teased with a laugh. Did he seriously look lonely when he was just by himself? Cle certainly hoped not, because he wasn't that lonely. Not really. Not anymore.

"But I'm not lonely..." He mused, his features softening into a smile. "I was just having a wonder round." He continued with a shrug. But just as he was about to open his mouth again, a guy came up them. And welcomed him to Slytherin. Interesting? "Err...okay?" Because this was a little odd. "I'll take that into consideration..." He kind of stared at the boy as he walked off, before turning back to Kat. "And he is?"

Aurora was still smirking at Ariana when West said goodbye. "See you later, West." she said, grinning at him. SHE WANTED TO SEE HIS NILE MONITOOOOOOOR! Sigh. Oh well, soon.

But then she caught movement from the corner of her eye and her face lit up at the appearance of Richard, looking super handsome as usual. She watched as he greeted everyone else...

She was breathtaking? Cue butterflies. She smiled as he kissed her and then leaned her head on his shoulder. "Hey sweetie." she said happily. Oooh he smelled nice today... but then he pretty much always did. "Looking good today." Though he always did that too. She ruffled his hair playfully, she was in a good mood today...

Looking good?

Of course, he did.

He shot a grin at her. Yes, one of those most charming grins he had. ''And you like a sunny day in winter.'' he said and hugged her right before dropping himself onto a nearby couch. He did not know how but he missed her every single second that he was away from her and he supposed she knew that, right? He did not have problem reminding her anyway if she did not.

''So...have you decided?'' and she knew what he was talking about, riiiight? ''I am getting kinda impatient about it.'' And he was getting impatient about getting that tattoo as well. He had not planned how he was going to get it when he was in school but once she decided and gave him the word he was so going to find a way to do so. Perhaps during the christmas break.

A sunny day in winter? Merlin his words were so pretty! Like his face. Yep. And pretty much everything else about him.

Decided..? Wh-? OH! The tattoo thing... "No..." she said sheepishly. She felt like she should have decided by now, she'd had long enough... hmmm. She looked at him for a moment with her head on one side... "Give me a second." Then she stood up and ran up to her dorm, returning moments later with her eyeliner pencil.

Could have been worse, she could have used everlasting ink... then he wouldn't have had to bother with the tattoo. Hehehe. She sat on the sofa next to him and waved the eyeliner at him, "Give me your arm." she said, grinning at him.

No? Merlin! This was going to take longer that he expected it to be. She had to be quick oor maybe not so quick, she had her time until the christmas break he supposed. His gray eyes stared at her and he was about to...say something when she wanted a second.

''Okay.'' he said and watched her leave. Good Merlin! She looked so beautiful even from behind. Chuckling at himself, he comfortably leaned back and threw his arms at the back of the couch while waiting for her. No...he was not bothered about the fact that he was occupying most of the couch. There were plents of other comfortable armchairs and chairs if others wanted to sit by the fireplace anyway. He looked up when she was finally back. Oh? What did she have there?

He smirked as he presented his right arm to her. ''Is not that a make up thing?'' Look? He knew a lot about girl stuff.

She beamed at him, "Yes it is, so it'll be easy to wash off when I'm done." Yep, so he should be glad of that. It wasn't like she ever really wore make up anyway so what else was she going to use this for? Writing on her boyfriend of course.

She took his arm and wrote her name on it in several places. "Hmm..." She wasn't sure... Well, trial and error. "I'm not sure on your arm is a good place..." Because then she'd have to stop and this was FUN.

Hmm, she had other ideas but then she'd have to get him to take his shirt off and she was pretty sure that wasn't allowed. So she just pulled the collar of his t-shirt down a little and wrote her name on his collarbone. Oh she liked that one... But she wasn't about to say that because there was one last place she wanted to write...

Right on his forehead. Hehehe. Because why not? Once she'd written AURORA in capitals on his head she grinned at him. "I've decided." she said.

Oh. Rich. Someone Kat didn't expect to see here, but since his girlfriend was there Kat couldn't blame her. "Hi Rich," she said and gave him a nod. "Uhm, thank you."

Ah, there was the smile. Kat loved it when Cle smiled cos it totally made her think she was doing a good job welcoming him to the school. "There's the smile!" she said and beamed at him. Then she did a thumbs up with one hand cos the other one was trying to stop the moving toad in her pocket. B.O.B. was NOT happy right now, Kat thinks. But he should go to sleep cos Kat wanted to socialise. The blonde shook her head. "No, but that'll depend," she said with a tiny giggle. Yay, it was a relief that Cle wasn't lonely. Kat made it sure that everyone that just got Sorted gets friends to avoid loneliness.

Aw. Kat smiled back at him. So he was wandering around? That's cool. "Do you wanna go to your dorm first?" she asked. Maybe he needed to get something. Or maybe he could stay here with a pretty girl he met. Oh and, Turner obviously welcomed Cle. Sighs, at least Rich wasn't being mean to him. He is? "Not my boyfriend," she waved her hand. Rich as her boyfriend? Ew. "But that's Richard Turner." Also known as the Slytherin 'Bad Boy'.

And there Kat was talking about her smile again. It made Clement laugh a little. She hadn't had a girl mention his smile so much. But it was a nice feeling really. That Kat liked his smile. "Mmm. You seem to always make me smile." He considered with a little nod. She did, and Clement didn't really get why. But it was good. He didn't want to wander around the school looking miserable. And he was sure looking miserable was really not going to help him make friends. So maybe Cle should smile a little more. He would try to at least. Because he did need some more friends, otherwise Kat might get a little sick of him.

"On how much I wonder around on my own?" He mused, raising an eyebrow at her. He wasn't intending to go around being lonely, so hopefully he wouldn't get that name. He rather preferred Cle as a nickname, so hopefully that would stick around instead of lonely boy. "Nah." He shook his head. His dorm didn't have a pretty girl, so he was much happier down in the common room. It was weird how knowing that this random guy wasn't her boyfriend made him feel happy. He grinned at her a little. "I like how you made it very clear he wasn't your boyfriend straight away..." He teased.

Richard watched curiously as Aurora wrote her name on his arm with the make up pencil thing. So she was trying to decide the location of the tattoo that way? So be it. He was not going to complain about having her name on his arm. It could be washed off easily. Well...right now he was not planning to do that so just waved off the info.

His arm was not a good place. ''But i think i like this one.'' he said indicating the one on the inside of his wrist. ''Kinda looks cool.'' Actually everything looked cool on him but this place was good. He supposed. But it looked like she wanted to check other locations as she worked on his collarbone. Unable to help it, he laughed. But then...he had to snort when he simply wrote on his forehead.

''Seriously?'' he said raising his eyebrows, the amused smirk on his face. ''Seriously?'' Okay, maybe he loved her and her name but getting a tattoo on one's forehead was not a smart thing to do at all. ''Now i think you are just playing with me.'' He needed to make her focus on the task so he lifted the hem of his t-shirt and showed off his abs to her. ''Try this?''

Kat giggled at Cle. She always made him smile? Aww, wasn't that cute? He playfully hit his hand. "You're flattering me," she said and stuck her tongue out at Cle. Heh. So she always... I repeat, always made him smile? That was something you can't just ignore. In fact, Kat thought Cle would brighten someone's day too if he smiled. "Just keep your smile," Kat nodded and smiled at him as well. "But if you're going to fake a smile, that's not good. Problems should be directed to me." BEAM. She was definitely offering him an ear if he ever needed somebody to talk to. She wouldn't mind cos friendship was important in surviving life in Hogwarts.

Blink. "So you want me to go with you?" Hehe. She was definitely playing with him. Cheer up! "I'm just kidding, I'll call you Cle." Starting NOW. And, oh? He didn't wanna go to his dorm? "Why? Scared you wouldn't have a pretty girl there?" Kat laughed a bit. Well, a lot had said Kat was... pretty. Proof was Rich of there who just complimented her a while ago. Funny Cle. "That's cos he isn't, and I know you would've thought that he was my boyfriend," Kat said. "I haven't had one though." That just came out of her mouth. Was that... weird? Uhm... SHRUG.

Wow. Giggles. Cle hadn't really bee expecting that. Did girls giggle all the time like this? Actually from what he could remember his sister did giggle an awful lot, and that was kind of annoying. "Of course I am." He winked at her, before laughing himself. It was funny how he was so relaxed around Kat. It was good. Hopefully he'd get some more friends that he felt so relaxed around. It would be very good. He needed some friends outside of Slytherin too. He couldn't really call book girl from the willow a friend. She was a little weird. "I will." He nodded, the smile still present on his lips. Cle did like smiling after all

"You want to give me a tour?" He mused with a grin. That would work. He had gotten lost a couple of times during the last few days, and that really hadn't been much good at all. He'd yet to go up to the top floors either. But he didn't really want too. There were an awful lot of stairs. "Perfect. I like that." He did like it. Everyone called him that back home. So hopefully the name would stick here too. "I wouldn't..." Did she think he was that stupid? Because he really was not. "I mean...he would've sticked around here if he was." You know. Cause he was a boy too?

Kat wondered if her giggles were annoying Cle. BLINK. "Are my giggles annoying you or something?" If they were to be super close this term, she had to know his preferences and dislikes. But Kat seemed to have relaxed a bit when Cle winked at her and laughed too. Baha. "Good you know," she said with a smile on her face. "And you're actually good at it." Flattering people you know, or maybe it only had that effect on Kat. I don't know. It made Kat even happier to know that Cle would tell her about his problems too. Now they've got each other's back, I guess. If Cle wouldn't mind listening to awkward girl problems, then everything's even.

"Well, yes if you want me to tour you," Kat nodded and grinned. "I'm limited edition and you're lucky that I volunteer to tour you around." She was special and she doesn't really tour people around. She's usually just a friend, but she made Cle an exemption cos she liked him. Ahem, don't get that wrong yet. So, she'll stick to calling him Cle. But he still will be remembered as lonely boy. Though the name didn't match for a pretty cool dude. Oh, bad move. "Most boys would think that way," Kat shrugged. "But I'm happy and relieved that you're different. A good different."

Pause. "I like different." And she smiled.

Yes she liked that one too, but she was having far too much fun to say that. "Everything looks cool on you." she said, drawing little spiral patterns between the names on his arm.

Seriously? "Yep!" Well, no, but this was fun. "Completely serious. Then everyone knows you're mine." she added with a huge grin. Hehehehe, playing with him? Yes, she was, but he knew that.

Ooooooh look how pretty he iiiis. Well she wasn't going to protest to that, so she wrote her name on his abs a few times as well. "You know, it's still rather difficult to choose..." she said as she added little patterns to her name, love hearts and stars and things. She finished writing on him with a flourish and put the cap back on the eyeliner. Yep, she was done. "I like this one," She pointed to the one he had mentioned on his wrist. "And this one." She pointed to one on his abs. "Which is your favourite?"