After last term...Caleb was stressed when it came to the idea of the start of term feast. Not only had they lost a TON of points last year, but they'd had a huge meeting and everything to talk about it and it was awkward and ended up with Ruby getting ripped a new one in front of the whole house...yeah, it was an experience he did NOT want to deal with again.

So he arrived nice and early. With his prefect badge shining on his chest. Yeah, try and pull something on him THIS term, Snakes. You'll be sorry.

Echo bounced over to her house table she was just so excited, another year back at Hogwarts and this time she promised to make more friends, yeah she spoke to people but she didn't really have anyone to confide in. Speaking of people and a very good looking older boy who had helped her out last year at the train station was sitting at the table already.. "Heyyyy" she smiled as stood near him, just way to excited to sit down right now.

Cutty pulled up to the Slytherin house table and found that he was only one of three snakes there. And one was Caleb Newell, wearing what Cutty thought of as his prefect face whilst the other one observed said face and seemed to be flirting. Or trying to. You might want to up your game a little, sister. This is Caleb Newell.

Cutty took a seat at his preferred observance perch and peered out on the students at large and considered them all. Nothing was sacred.

Of course Adi could not miss dropping by at the Slytherin Table. After Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, most of his friends were Snakes. Plus Cutty was there. Cutty meant the possibility of having exotic sweet at discounted prices. Hehe.

"Hello, Cutty. I've got the galleons, you've got the sweets. Let's trade,'' the prefect said by way of greeting as he plopped down beside the other boy. And he was getting right down to business. When it involved sweets, one must always come to the point. Oh and hello there, Caleb and younger girl (Echo). Grins for you both.

Students were starting to fill in...and Caleb's blood pressure was starting to rise. It didn't help when some girl walked up behind him and started to talk to him, causing him to jump in surprise. Oh, wait, he knew this girl! She was...the cousin of that one girl. Very nice and specific, Caleb.

"Um, hello? Wanna sit?" he asked with a chuckle, pointing to a seat next to him. Because that was what people did at feasts, ya know?

And then came Cutty. Ohhhhh Cutty. As soon as he sat down, Caleb slid closer to him and whispered "Please tell me you weren't playing with polyjuice potion earlier," even though he was sure he already knew the answer. Also he was being suspicious and such. Just watching them.

Actually no that wasn't that suspicious. That was...Cutty.

"Hey Adi!" he called, putting on a smile as the Hufflepuff sat down. A welcome distraction. OH CUTTY HAD CANDY? MMMMMM>

Third Year.

It was pretty cool, Dante guessed. The only thing good so far was he was not going to be the first person at the table. He could already see Adi there for some reason. He did not care. And The Prefect and Cutty and a snake younger than him.

Wonder if Cutty had candy already.

Dante was hungry.

Even though Dot was well convinced that she wanted to sit at the Ravenclaw table at some point during this feast, she had to make a point of being seen by the Slytherins before she jumped ship. It was about marking her territory and making herself known.

Even if she was pretty sure no one knew her, she needed to make some small stand to prove to herself she was trying.

She slid into a seat near the middle of the table and gave Cutty a hard look. Bully. He was on the revenge list for what he did to Kyroh, and then she could start learning stuff from him again. And Caleb, who looked... well... "Did you sit on your badge? I can get the nurse. It looks like it hurts, whatever it is."

ALSO HER MINION WAS HERE. HI MINION. Adi got a finger wave and hair toss.

Kace made his way over to the Slytherin because he wanted to speak to a certain person first. Plus he loved the slytherin's. They were cool and such and he had many friends here too. He found Cutty who he wanted to talk to first. He heard that him and Braedon met and he wanted to know his first impression. "Hey Cutty, I heard you met my cousin Braedon.." he smirked. "What did you think of him?" Now this he gotta hear!

As he waited for his answer, he saw Caleb at the table. Man he hadn't seen him in a while. He really grown up. He walked over and gave him a tap on the shoulder so he wouldn't scare the poor kid. "Hey mate.." he smiled and greeted him. "How was your summer?" He was being a curious puff is all. "I think we need to have another kitchen meet up sometime." Now that was a must before he graduated.

Now onto Emmy's cousin Echo who he rarely talked to. He made his way over and wanted to talk to her. "Hey Echo..." he greeted her softly. "How have you been? Just a typical conversation starter is all.

Echo smiled when an older boy came over, she saw him all last year His name started with an "A" thats for sure but she couldnt figure out what his name actually was, but it was good that Mr.A just smiled over at her which she totally returned, being a friendly Slytherin was hard enough to do on a good day, but with a stress filled day of new year of school Echo had to plaster the smile on her face. Really wanting to down to her dungeons and watching the lake cast that pretty water splash in the common room.

"HAIIII" she gave him a huge smile, good looking older boy was always so nice to her. "totally thanks" she took up his offer and sat down on the bench next to him. But before she could say anything another older looking boy came and sat down and the two started talking.. oh well She will get her chance to talk to nice hot guy later, she picked up a fork and started to twirl it in her fingers.. she was bored oh so bored, why wasn't anything interesting happening right now? Last year those House elves were everywhere!!! crazy little elf's. but Scanning the room she couldn't see anything to fun happening.

Ohhh it was Kace!!!! Emmy's booooooyyyyyyfrrrriiiiieeeeennnnndddd... he he he! "Hey Kace!!!!!" she said as she knew that she would have a good conversation with him. "wheres Emmy???" she asked while registering that he asked her how she was doing.. "i've been good, actually really excited ya know about like, totallying coming back to school... this place is just tot's awesome" he giggled and of course she had picked up some new lingo during the summer. he he he.

Reaching the Slytherin table after her sorting, Jenna plopped into the first empty seat that she found, looking around at all the others that were already seated there. Which ones were in her year? Who would she be rooming with? Should she talk to one of them first or just observe and wait for someone to initiate a conversation?

The second one seemed okay for now at least - she didn't want to seem to overly eager or annoying on her first night here.

He had a good summer, and he was a bit bummed to be back in school so soon. After a year’s worth of studying for his OWLs last term, the summer break was surely not enough to compensate for the time he spent with his academic books. However, the field trip was somewhat, eventful since he was able to spend it with Josie, and that the kelpie business unfolded...nicely somehow. Lots of action and adventure transpired, but it’s not something he’d do again in the future.

After getting off the carriage that took him to the castle, Ethan made his way towards the Great Hall, and automatically sauntered to the Snake’s table. His eyes were on the Staff Table as he did so, and noted that Professor Millard’s missing, and so is Romanos. The Defense professor’s chair though, was occupied by a man. Well, it shouldn’t come as a surprise since Professor Romanos was MIA last term. Ethan also eyed the very tanned Professor Botros, and his stomach churned uncomfortably. He did pass his Runes OWLs, but the grade wasn’t satisfactory enough for the boy, wondering if he should even be present during his lectures.

The golden haired boy sat beside his brooding Mordaunt cousin, and took a sip of water from his goblet without a word. There was not much to say anyway. As he placed his goblet down, he lazily watched the sorting before them, and clapped occasionally when a new student got sorted into the Snake House. One of them sat close to them, and Ethan made his presence known by grinning at the girl. “Hi. Welcome to Slytherin.”

Ugh. When did he become so bad with greetings and introductions?!

SEVENTH YEAR, SNITCHES.

Bopping his collar and letting his infamous smirk spread across his face, Grayson swaggered into the Great Hall. Sure, he hadn't seen his girlfriend on the train -- seriously? Where in the freaking name of Merlin was she?! -- and he had to spend most of it sleeping or whatever, but the dude was BACK, BABY! Back to seeing his friends -- all five of them or however many there were -- and annoying people for the lulz and just being generally cool and awesome.

The school and NEWTs part was being forgotten about. Obviously.

Oh look! There were some cool people here! WAZZUUUUUUUUP!

"'Sup, guys," he said, giving a nod and a smile to the Mordaunts -- jeez, talk about family bonding -- Dante, Adster, Dot and Kace as he sat down on a spare seat, "Good summer and all that?" He kinda missed it already; the sleeping in and hanging out and snogging wheneeeeeeever he wanted. All so great, man.

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Even though Dot was well convinced that she wanted to sit at the Ravenclaw table at some point during this feast, she had to make a point of being seen by the Slytherins before she jumped ship. It was about marking her territory and making herself known.

Even if she was pretty sure no one knew her, she needed to make some small stand to prove to herself she was trying.

She slid into a seat near the middle of the table and gave Cutty a hard look. Bully. He was on the revenge list for what he did to Kyroh, and then she could start learning stuff from him again. And Caleb, who looked... well... "Did you sit on your badge? I can get the nurse. It looks like it hurts, whatever it is."

ALSO HER MINION WAS HERE. HI MINION. Adi got a finger wave and hair toss.

Sitting on his badge? No, it was...clearly on his chest. Did she mean he looked gross and in pain?! Well THAT was no good. It was possible, of course - after all, when one was on the lookout for rogue snakes who would embarrass them the first chance they got, it was natural that one's face might look...screwed up and stressed looking.

"No, just...on the lookout. So no funny business!" he added with a joke, trying to make light of the situation with a wink. He knew the young girl well enough to know that she was MOSTLY harmless.

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Kace made his way over to the Slytherin because he wanted to speak to a certain person first. Plus he loved the slytherin's. They were cool and such and he had many friends here too. He found Cutty who he wanted to talk to first. He heard that him and Braedon met and he wanted to know his first impression. "Hey Cutty, I heard you met my cousin Braedon.." he smirked. "What did you think of him?" Now this he gotta hear!

As he waited for his answer, he saw Caleb at the table. Man he hadn't seen him in a while. He really grown up. He walked over and gave him a tap on the shoulder so he wouldn't scare the poor kid. "Hey mate.." he smiled and greeted him. "How was your summer?" He was being a curious puff is all. "I think we need to have another kitchen meet up sometime." Now that was a must before he graduated.

Now onto Emmy's cousin Echo who he rarely talked to. He made his way over and wanted to talk to her. "Hey Echo..." he greeted her softly. "How have you been? Just a typical conversation starter is all.

"Hey Kace!" Caleb called with a genuine smile as his Hufflepuff friend joined the party. "It was good, lots of relaxing after OWLs...speaking of, bloody hell, it's your last year isn't it?!" he exclaimed. Awww, that was a bummer. No wonder he wanted to go hang out in the kitchens for old times sake. People were getting OLD and leaving!

Plus it was a not so fun reminder that he himself had only two years in this place before he had to be an ADULT and stuff and that was just depressing.

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He had a good summer, and he was a bit bummed to be back in school so soon. After a year’s worth of studying for his OWLs last term, the summer break was surely not enough to compensate for the time he spent with his academic books. However, the field trip was somewhat, eventful since he was able to spend it with Josie, and that the kelpie business unfolded...nicely somehow. Lots of action and adventure transpired, but it’s not something he’d do again in the future.

After getting off the carriage that took him to the castle, Ethan made his way towards the Great Hall, and automatically sauntered to the Snake’s table. His eyes were on the Staff Table as he did so, and noted that Professor Millard’s missing, and so is Romanos. The Defense professor’s chair though, was occupied by a man. Well, it shouldn’t come as a surprise since Professor Romanos was MIA last term. Ethan also eyed the very tanned Professor Botros, and his stomach churned uncomfortably. He did pass his Runes OWLs, but the grade wasn’t satisfactory enough for the boy, wondering if he should even be present during his lectures.

Annnd there was the other Mordaunt. The one who didn't make Caleb's hair turn prematurely gray. He smiled and waved at his predecessor, who seemed...kind of gloomy? Hmm. Maybe he had failed all his OWLs. Caleb wouldn't be surprised, missing all that time last term. But Ethan was also smart, so that might not be too likely...whatever it was, Caleb was relieved to see him, ALIVE and healthy and whatnot at this feast as opposed to last term.

"Hey mate! How was your summer?" he asked. Hopefully not filled with letters from the school telling him he had failed everything.

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SEVENTH YEAR, SNITCHES.

Bopping his collar and letting his infamous smirk spread across his face, Grayson swaggered into the Great Hall. Sure, he hadn't seen his girlfriend on the train -- seriously? Where in the freaking name of Merlin was she?! -- and he had to spend most of it sleeping or whatever, but the dude was BACK, BABY! Back to seeing his friends -- all five of them or however many there were -- and annoying people for the lulz and just being generally cool and awesome.

The school and NEWTs part was being forgotten about. Obviously.

Oh look! There were some cool people here! WAZZUUUUUUUUP!

"'Sup, guys," he said, giving a nod and a smile to the Mordaunts -- jeez, talk about family bonding -- Dante, Adster, Dot and Kace as he sat down on a spare seat, "Good summer and all that?" He kinda missed it already; the sleeping in and hanging out and snogging wheneeeeeeever he wanted. All so great, man.

Ugh, Grayson. One person Caleb wouldn't be THAT upset to see go at the end of the year. Still, knowing that Grayson was going to leave at the end of the term somehow made him more bearable. Also, he hadn't seen his sister talking to him in months, which REALLY make him more bearable, and he knew that Ruby and him were like...a THING now or something. There had been a time when THAT had annoyed him as well, but somewhere in the craziness of OWL year last term, that all kind of fizzled away.

Meh. Maybe he'd try and be like...nice or something this term. At least civil. The thought of someone leaving school and NOT liking him really bothered him because...well, it just did.

"Hey Grayson, excited for NEWT year?" he asked with a sly grin.

Rorie was unusually...quiet. In much contrary to her festive hair and the way she acted this time last year. Surprisingly, she wasn't even in the mood to complain about this place or it's dreadful fashion choice. She had a summer that many would envy and yet...she still felt...empty.

Silently, she slid in next to Cutty, not really looking up to say hello or anything. The 15 year-old just stared at the silverware in front of her with her hands at her sides. Maybe it was because she wasn't looking to start trouble, at least today. She hadn't the will to deal with threats and whatnot. Her reflection in the well-polished plate was the only eye contact she was making.

Final year.

Zhenya walked into The Great Hall for her last start of term feast. She had those nervous butterflies in her stomach, but she knew she was actually excited to be leaving Hogwarts. She just wasn't looking forward to the… NEWTs.

She made her way to the Slytherin table, noticing a few green robes and… some yellow ones. It was ADI! And another Hufflepuff whom she had never spoken with.

She nervously sat down and let her eyes move around the hall, noticing the other house tables and the staff table. "Hi Everyone," she said, giving a small smile and wave.

Puck didn’t head to her own table first off, no, she had a plan and this was the perfect time to enact it. A determined smirk on her face she simply walked over to where Cutty and Caleb were sitting and grinned. She did of course give her wonderfully colorful haired friend a grin as well. But this was important.

“Hey Cutty,” Puck grinned as she simply sat on the bench across from Rorie, Cutty, and Caleb. This had to happen. It had to. She’d get out of the area soon enough. ”Cutty, that threat from earlier still stands…I will enlist help in burning the collection of hair that you have going and that would be a travesty…or we’ll work together because I do consider you a friend.“ Puck grinned and turned a brighter smile on the trio now that the idle threats were out of the way. “How were your summer’s guys?” She asked happily, “Can you believe some guy impersonated me Caleb?” Puck laughed and did shiftily send Cutty a little glance.

Yes, she was telling him she had caught on as well. It was more like a don’t worry your friend is going to live thing….becuase she wasn’t vindictive. She just needed to get something out of the people pretending to be her thing, there was a market in that. “Rorie how are you?” She beamed happily, “how’d baby sitting the little kid go?” She asked because obviously she had hung out with her when she wasn’t working with taking care of the girl.

A thought just occurred to Adi... what if Cutty had no sweets? Noooo. Adi NEEDED his sweets. Yesh, so you be a good Snake, Cutty Mordaunt, and have the delicious goodies for this Hufflepuff.

But even if there was the faintest chance of there being no sweets, there were his friends here! LOADS of them (and no mean House Ghost to shoo him away), starting with Caleb. "Hiiii, again, Caleb. How did you do for OWLs?" Adi had failed to ask that earlier in the Prefects' compartment.

And there was Dante, the young Snake Adi considered himself to be friendly with. Hello, Dante! But then... DOT happened! The usual finger wave and a cool hair flip. Er... should he do a bow or something? Just for the heck and the fun of it, the sixth year stood up and bent his upper half before righting himself with a grin on his face. "Hi, Queen. Any work for the Head Minion?''

Also, there was the coolest Snake! "Grayson! Hey, man! Thanks for the advice about OWLs earlier last term. I passed them all.'' ALLLLL the advice he had gotten, Adi had been grateful for them. Adi smiled slightly at the girl (Rorie) who had caused quite a bit of trouble earlier but then his eyes moved towards Zhenya. "Hi! Did you see Jackson got Sorted into Gryffindor?"

Rorie cocked her eyebrow at the things Puck was sort of whispering to Cutty. He collected hair?? With that, she tucked her hair into her robes. "I'm fine." She replied, looking up only for a quick acknowledging glance at her. "Babysitting was mellow. Cutty came over for lunch once. We had pie." Ror decided to leave out the fact that she was bringing up Mel as her successor whenever the day came for Rorie to actually be defeated.

Beverly wasn't in a terrible mood and she asked herself why? Why wasn't she? She usually was. She should be considering this term's changes. It had to be a seventh year thing. Soon she'd be free from this prison school. Soon she'd be able to travel to her heart's content AND soon she'll get to play with dragons. Real dragons. Of course...that involved more schooling but it was the schooling she'd tolerate.

So with a sort of bounce to her step, Prefect Beverly Wayne strode over the Slytherin table. She took a moment to pause at the end of the table and survey all who were there. Anybody who tried something stupid this term she'd let Caleb deal with it. Last term she had to deal with the Ravenclaw table all on her own and ended up at the Headmistress' office on the first morning back. No waaaay. Not on the first day again. She was sticking to her table, it's where her nose belonged anyway.

Due to the okay mood, she shot a few fellows a greeting. There was Caleb, Aditya, Ethan and Grayson -- the latter whom received the traditional thump on the arm. Was he working those muscles?

Then there was her favorite Snake, and just because she felt like it, Beverly flopped herself next to Cutty Mordaunt and squished him quickly before sitting up straight.

O_O

What?

"Mordaunt." Formal nod, too.

Ilia followed her feet and found herself at a beautifully decorated table , colored in green and silver. The crest for her new found placement? A snake. She smiled a little at the coincidence of the creature that showed above her and though about her meeting with Henric in the menagerie shop.....and their toad....At least she had one or two friends, because she knew no one at this table. The tall fourteen year old was a bit awkward and not the best at self introduction since she often avoided people. This was a new school and she was more alone than she ever had been though, so she needed to at least try.

She looked the length of the table at all the other people talking to each other, most of the people here seemed to know someone. Not sure what she should do, or who she should try to speak to, she decided that she would find an uninhabited corner of the table to sit at and watch the other students.

Henric saw llia seated at the Slytherin table, it was too bad she wasn't sorted into Hufflepuff but he didn't care. He needed to tell her that their toad was with him now and he was taking good care of it. He stood up and walked over to the Slytherin table so he could reach his same-year friend,"Hi llia! Welcome to Hogwarts! I didn't manage to see you onboard the train,"he smiled apologetically."Its great that you got sorted into Slytherin house! Great house to be in,"he remarked.

So it had taken two years but Ruby might maybe have possibly learned a lesson.

Maybe.

At least her uniform was correct and proper. Mostly. Aside from a lump under her jumper which, as she walked, might have been heard to let out a tiny "--MEW!" of protest at the jolting. Or maybe you were imagining things?

Maybe.

She of course squished in right next to Grayson. Yes, move over whoever else. Her attention was on her boyfriend for one particular reason right now.

"--MEW!"

.... what was that?

"Graaayyy I have something for youuuu."

Ilia was just watching the other people , quietly uncertain of what she should do. She hadn't met anyone new on the train , she had tucked herself into a car and watched out the window for the most part. Everyone that passed by knew someone and didn't speak to her, so she didn't speak back. She wasn't the best at conversation starting, she wasn't too bad after it got going though. She had settled herself into just being a watcher when she heard a familiar voice. "Hello Henric!" She was a bit more excited now and wondered how their little princess was doing. "There is always the ride back, right?" She wondered why the hat didn't choose Hufflepuff, that is what she was thinking about but....it had other plans."When I saw the snake symbol, I thought of our meeting in Diagon Alley." She smiled , visibly happy to see him and at the thought. If it wasn't for snakes, she might not have met him.

Dot propped her chin on one fist and studied the boy prefect person. He understood what she was saying, he even smiled, but she had a feeling he was not taking her comments in the spirit they were given. Which was to say, teasing with a dry undertone. Boys, especially Slytherin ones, could be SO literal sometimes.

Ravenclaws were better for banter.

"I'm never funny, sir. Promise. I'm sometimes silly and occasionally clever, but never funny." So he could worry about... oh, Ruby was here. He should worry about her.

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Puck didn’t head to her own table first off, no, she had a plan and this was the perfect time to enact it. A determined smirk on her face she simply walked over to where Cutty and Caleb were sitting and grinned. She did of course give her wonderfully colorful haired friend a grin as well. But this was important.

“Hey Cutty,” Puck grinned as she simply sat on the bench across from Rorie, Cutty, and Caleb. This had to happen. It had to. She’d get out of the area soon enough. ”Cutty, that threat from earlier still stands…I will enlist help in burning the collection of hair that you have going and that would be a travesty…or we’ll work together because I do consider you a friend.“ Puck grinned and turned a brighter smile on the trio now that the idle threats were out of the way. “How were your summer’s guys?” She asked happily, “Can you believe some guy impersonated me Caleb?” Puck laughed and did shiftily send Cutty a little glance.

Yes, she was telling him she had caught on as well. It was more like a don’t worry your friend is going to live thing….becuase she wasn’t vindictive. She just needed to get something out of the people pretending to be her thing, there was a market in that. “Rorie how are you?” She beamed happily, “how’d baby sitting the little kid go?” She asked because obviously she had hung out with her when she wasn’t working with taking care of the girl.

That fashion design winner girl appeared, which Dot found odd. Gryffindors generally kept to themselves, especially before the speech, and yet this girl was just plopping down like she belonged. Worse, she was plopping down by Cutty, which was just not done. Cutty was a bully boy, but he was their bully boy.

She couldn't hear the words the girl muttered to her housemate, but they were definitely threatening. Oh hells no. Gryffindor girls didn't show up at the Slytherin table and boss around Dot's housemates. Nope.

"Someone impersonated you? How do you know? Did they do a good job of it? How could you tell that it was a guy impersonating you? I mean, maybe it was a girl just trying to get down your naturally masculine mannerisms, you think?" Dot tilted her head and made interested faces. Go back to your table, Lion.

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And there was Dante, the young Snake Adi considered himself to be friendly with. Hello, Dante! But then... DOT happened! The usual finger wave and a cool hair flip. Er... should he do a bow or something? Just for the heck and the fun of it, the sixth year stood up and bent his upper half before righting himself with a grin on his face. "Hi, Queen. Any work for the Head Minion?''

Mmmk, she was dunzo with the Gryffindor, and happy to turn her attention back to her Head Minion. He got a really genuine grin this time, and Dot flipped her red curls at him again. It was such a boss move, after all, and she had worked so hard to perfect it. "Nothing yet, Mr. Minion. Can I keep you posted? Maybe we need to set up some sort of notification system when I need you."