Ilia was really just, staring at her empty plate, in between looking the table over. She really was getting the teenage blues and the term hadn't even truly started yet. She fussed with her robes and her girly flowery headband that she really only wore because Henric liked that kind of thing. Maybe some sleep would help improve her outlook, after the feast she could rest at least.

As she was contemplating brooding, moping, and being a sixteen year old girl she heard the voice that she loved most. Her hand reached up to cup his as she glanced up to see his face. "I'm not hungry. All those snacks on the train you know." She smiled weakly, she was a horrible liar. Really she had gotten mostly things for him and barely touched anything after getting upset about 'Rachel'. She stood up , just to wrap her arms around him and lay her head against his chest. About time she got to hug him! She didn't even care if her entire house saw her.

The distinct sound of chains rattling could be heard by those nearby as the Bloody Baron rose through the table of Slytherin house. "I trust you're all behaving yourselves," he said as he turned ever so slowly, hard gaze resting on each and every face for only a mere split moment, observing those who did not belong. Another year had come for these students to prove themselves worthy of being in the Noble House of Slytherin. Dare they prove themselves otherwise?

Hady shifted in her seat taking in a deep breath before exhaling slowly. Whatever she was thinking could wait until later. Whomever she hadn't seen as of yet could wait until later. They all knew how she was and where she sat so if she was wanted or needed by anyone that wasn't a snake and already at her table they could get up off their tushes and make their way to her table. End of story. She wasn't moving today for anyone...maybe.

As Colt joined them at their table she inclined her head slightly in what was a small nod directed towards him. Hello there. Shifting her gaze towards someone walking towards their table she quickly saw it was Abby and gave the older girl a small grin. "Hello Abby, how are you?" Hady greeted warmly. It had been a little while since she'd seen her friend. Spotting Hugo as he joined the table as well she gave him a friendly nod of the head as well. Yes she did take notice to the badge on his robes which was fine by her. He was suited for the task she figured otherwise he wouldn't have it. Nothing to worry about there.

"Good evening Baron, how are you today?" Hady asked with a typical smirk fit for a snake. It was often she got to see or speak to the house ghost so it was always a pleasure when he made an appearance. Her hazel eyes quickly turned to all the new first years to see how they'd take to seeing the Bloody Baron. Hopefully none of them were rude to him.

Abby smiled at Hady and said "Hey Hady i am good thank you, how are you doing yourself?, glad to be back at school"

Snacks? So she had already eaten on the train ride here? But how could those snacks suffice? If it was him, those snacks could only last him for a little while before his stomach demanded attention again. Henric couldn't be sure if she was telling him the truth or not because he hardly seen her grab a bite of anything edible or delicious if he wasn't there to accompany her. But, Henric didn't want to probe her any further. He just wanted to see her smile more, "Its alright,llia...you don't have to force yourself to eat if you're not hungry," he said. Then llia suddenly stood up and hugged him in front of all the student body. Woah..his eyes widened in surprise as he felt his cheeks grew warmer. He stood still for a moment before slowly hugging her back. So this was actually their first long hug since they last saw each other. Aww...finally. He whispered to her ear,"llia...everyone watching....we should probably let go of each other befor- " Henric pulled away immediately when the baron appeared out of nowhere. "BARON! Uhh..yes we are behaving ourselves...right llia?" He smiled, his hand wasn't letting go of hers though.

Ohh, so somebody WAS feeling up to talking to a brand new firstie! Ariadne breathed a sigh of relief. At first, she was starting to regret letting the Sorting Hat know that her personal preference was Slytherin. Her welcoming here hadn't exactly been what she imagined it would be, but she knew there was still loads of time. This was only day one, really night one, when you thought about it. There'd be loads of other first year snakes when they reached the dorms!

She nodded. "Yeah, I'm a brand new first year," she proudly answered. She'd waited years to get to this point! "I'm Ariadne Greingoth. Nice to meet you, Raven." Not a first year then? Cool! An older student! "So what year are you then?" she asked.



Speaking of other first years...

Ariadne heard the sound of another girl greeting everyone, and she turned to see a dark-haired girl who LOOKED to be her age. "Hello," she returned. "I'm Ariadne." Please be another first year! "You wouldn't happen to be a first year, too, would you?" Because, she was really starting to think she was the ONLY first year sorted into Slytherin. That just had to be her imagination, though.



The Great Hall was pretty loud right about now, but through the noise, Ariadne could hear the sound of chains rattling somewhere nearby. Being a complete newbie here, she had no idea what it was and turned to check things out. OHHH, A GHOST! COOL! This must be the Slytherin house ghost--the Bloody Baron!

She was pretty excited to see him, but he looked like he had shown up to pretty much dare them to step out of line. She nodded in reply to his question, too intimidated to actually answer. She'd leave that up to one of the older students!

Grace smiled to herself as she returned from the Hufflepuff table. It had been nice over there, but she wanted to spend some time at her own table. It was her last opening feast. So she wanted to enjoy it, and that meant that she had to spend time with her fellow snakes. It was kind of sad that this was her last opening school feast. This was the last time she'd see the great hall for the first time for a new year. She would keep this memory in her head forever.

Grace glanced up the table, looking for somewhere to sit, before she spotted someone familiar. She knew of Ariadne. Of course she did. The girl was related to her boyfriend. It made Grace happy that she was in the same house. The snakes were the best. "Nice to know you've joined the best house there is Ariadne...." Gracie teased as she sat herself next to the girl.

It took a moment before he hugged her back, which she figured was because they were standing for all to see. She hadn't hugged him so publicly since he pulled her out of the acromantula web but, she didn't care. If she could only get time in front of others, so be it. She didn't have anything to hide except from her mother. Apparently Henric was worried though....especially when her house ghost appeared.

Really, really!? She sighed a little and forced a smile, looking up at the Bloody Baron. "Of course Sir Baron. I trust your summer was good?"

Was 'Admiral' Flamsteed screaming about his suit???? Did he....seriously faint? Whoa, was that frightening hag from the train ACTUALLY A TEACHER!? No way was she taking divination this year, she didn't like it to begin with. Now just no! She still carressed the back of Henric's hand with her thumb. No way she was going to let go of him right now.

Ariadne? ARIADNE? Someone knew her?! Excited and relieved at the possibility, the tiny first year turned to see a somewhat familiar face. Her expression lingered somewhere in between 'Hey, I know you!' and 'Who are you again?' "Oh, wait!" she exclaimed, her expression changing into a smile. "Caleb's girlfriend, right? Merlin, am I glad to finally know somebody!" Even if it was somebody she didn't really know THAT well.

"Yeah, I made it in! I'm really excited! I was hoping for Slytherin," she said. "The hat had narrowed me down to a Gryffindor, too." Ariadne was starting to really feel better about being a Slytherin. People were talking to her now, and she didn't feel so alone and intimidated in a brand new place. "Grace, right? What year are you in?" she asked. Grace looked a LOT older than her!



OHHH, the Headmistress was giving her speech now! Ariadne had been told this is what happened right before the food came out, and she was really, really hungry now! She stood from her seat and began following along with the Headmistress. She stepped to the left...then to the right...and then--... Wait! So she'd just moving them along for the sole purpose of introducing her grand speech?! Not cool. Now Ariadne felt silly.

Had anybody else even moved around with her? -.-

"Whoa. That's a lot of new professors," she told Grace. "What happened to the rest of them?" Was there some plague or something last year that had run 'em all off? Whoa, whoa, whoa, WAIT. Was that scary woman from the train up there with the STAFF?! So she WAS a professor?! Ariadne listened as she was introduced as the new Divination professor. *GULP* "First years don't have to take Divination, do they, Grace?" she asked. Because if not, Ariadne was going to hide under the covers during that class.

Did the girl not remember her? Well Grace wouldn't blame her. They hadn't seen that much of each other. Most of the time Grace had been hanging out with Caleb. And she hadn't spent that much time at his Grandfather's because the old minister of magic kind of scared her. "Hi... yes yes. It's Grace and yes Caleb's girlfriend" At least Ariadne remembered her though. That made things a lot less complicated because she wasn't having to explain who she was.

"I'm glad you're here too. Your parents will be happy" She knew most of their family had been Slytherins so it was pretty amazing. "And we can hang out more so it'll be cool" She did want to get to know her better. "Oh. I'm a seventh year" So she was a lot older than the younger girl, but that didn't matter. She could totally take her under her wing and have a great legacy at Hogwarts. That would be so cool.

Grace turned her attention to the staff table. "Oh wow...." That was a lot of teachers. And that hag like teacher? It made Grace glad she wasn't taking Divination. "Oh no no...." The seventh year murmured as she glanced back at Ariadne. "It's one you pick at third year if you want...."

It was hard to think back five years and remember exactly what it had been like to sit at this table and not know anyone. Of course, Dot had handled it terribly, sliding under the table and crying because she hadn't been sorted with her Dima!friend, but it had to be overwhelming and scary anyway. Everyone talking and swapping stories, and you're just an island in an ocean hoping you don't sink under the waves.

So when a quiet greeting hit Dot's ears, she perked up and fixed the girl with a mostly-friendly blue eyed stare (the staring was something she worked on, okay? gosh). "Hi! I'm Charlotte. People call me Dot, on account of I'm freckly and I used to be much smaller, but..." She waved a hand. "I'm taller now. Anyway. What are you called?"

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Merlin Dot he was not going to sell sweets in front of you. Maybe the other Prefect but not you. He had more common sense than that. But there was no harm discussing it. "I'm not going to sell candy in your presence unless you are the one buying. No harm is discussing it though" Though seemed like Raven had no idea what he was talking about and was not taking a seat. Oh he was asking. "Well its not currently taken. But you might not want to deal with the girl or the other Prefect who might want to sit here. But you can if you want"Oh look there was Ellery's brother. Which reminded him he had to talk to them and Cal if he was going to show. You never know.

"Hey Oliver. What's Up"

See rambling, but yes she always got the point and the journey was interesting. So he enjoyed it. "Sorry to say Dot i might be growing a couple more inches. Brother is over 6 feet tall and i want to equal that at least" Sigh he was only kidding about the spider monkeys and now rumors were goign to spread. Not that he cared and it was a pretty amusing rumor at that

"I am terrified of spider monkeys. It is a fact"

In spite of Dante's reassurance that he wouldn't try to ply his trade in front of her, Dot scoffed in his direction. Openly scoffed, really, because didn't he realize that's what he'd just done? Cutty has been discrete, and Daxton was so quiet about it, but Dante was no Cutty. He'd get himself in detention soon, and Dot wouldn't be able to protect him.

Beside that... why protect him? Maybe he needed to learn a lesson.

"Don't discuss it here. That's all. You'll take me down with you, or force my hand. Be a little more Cutty, mmk?" She flipped her mermaid hair over her shoulder and leaned in. Stealthy-like. "I don't think you'll be as tall as your brother, but he's super lanky and looks like he's part giraffe. You're gonna be just the perfect height for you. 'Sides, spider monkey live in trees, and you don't want to be so tall that they cling to your head mistaking it for a branch." Legitimate worries, bro.

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Alright, first day.

Hugo was walking down the Great Hall with his head up high. Yes, sir. He didn't felt any different now that he had a badge on his robes, he just felt proud of being a fifth year. Not that it was anything big but whatever. He was happy, okay?

He greeted in general, "What's up, everyone?" new and old Slytherins. "To the recently sorted Slytherins, welcome to the best house!" of course. He saw some firsties around the table and after his experience in the train with those two little kids he wasn't sure to approach them. Better watch out.

And now, where was Dante? Riiiight there. Hugo sat down next to him and gave what's up nod "Ready for more girls this term?"

Huuuuuugo. Fellow prefect. Dot was about to greet him, or at least do a nod in his direction, but then Moxley was speaking to the old woman from the train. Only a moment later, the speech began, and Dot was listening carefully to every word. As much as Dot had been a fan of Headmaster Botros, she adored Headmistress Moxley completely. So much so that the woman's antics had her giggling, rather than feeling frustrated over being made to do silly dance steps. Dot even twirled before plunking back to her seat.

That woman... the hag, right? She was their Divination professor? Did that mean that she actually had The Sight? Her predictions weren't just babbling, then, but actually could come true. And what had she just said a moment ago... the prefect in green with the red hair... that was DOT. She would meet disaster and disease and probably die (okay, so she hadn't really listened very well to the rest of it).

DOT DID NOT WANT TO MEET DISASTER AND DISEASE. Her eyes roved up the table, looking for someone to tell her that the woman was a nutter... like the Divi Professor before her, who had also been totally loony and never made an accurate prediction. Only, she'd also never made a prediction about Dot before! Her eyes lit on Hugo, another one in green with a badge. He was blond, though... but that was easily fixable.

"Ristaris!," Dot reached over and tapped Hugo very lightly on the crown of his head, turning his hair bright red like hers. There. Much better. Sorry, Hugo.

Much like with the Ravenclaw table, the Slytherin table now seems to have a hail of food being thrown at it--specifically at one Hugo Foster but as one might suspect, the angle from the Gryffindor table makes it hard to be sure you've got good enough aim. Certainly Blaise wasn't aiming for other snakes--especially not Dot because she was nice too--but there was food everywhere and a lot left at the Gryffindor table to throw.

By all indications, the Slytherin table is under attack.

SPOILER!!: Colt

Colt made it to the Slytherin table finally!

He sighed and felt some sort of relief. Usually it is the anxiety getting here that drains him out or makes him on edge. He thought he was going to make the train this term but here he is. He saw his table and smiled wide. He was glad the hat put him with the snakes. It was a great fit for him. He nodded to all his fellow Slytherins he met the year before. He gave a nod to Hady and the famous Dante, his female Prefect whose name was Dot. He found that an interesting name but he wouldn't judge none the less. He saw some newbies here he never saw before. But then again he was a newbie too still...

He sat down at his table and began to look around. He saw the staff table and he thought he saw some new faces. He squinted and tried to see if he could pick some out. I mean he had a while to wait for his food to appear. He might as well look at the staff table and the sorting ceremony.

Mason's mouth contorted into a smile at the sight of him.

She flopped down into the empty seat next to Colt. She cleared her throat to catch his attention and smiled at him. "Well it looks like you're stuck with me now, mate."

She felt awkward again as she sat so close to him. This was the first time she had even encountered Colt since their meeting at F&B. She blushed at the memory of how foolish she had acted in front of the boy. This time there weren't any fires nearby to blame for her profuse blushing though.

"What'ya looking at anyway?" she asked and looked at the table he was staring at, "Looking to see which one of the teachers you can attempt to woo?"

SPOILER!!: Sir Bloodiness

The distinct sound of chains rattling could be heard by those nearby as the Bloody Baron rose through the table of Slytherin house. "I trust you're all behaving yourselves," he said as he turned ever so slowly, hard gaze resting on each and every face for only a mere split moment, observing those who did not belong. Another year had come for these students to prove themselves worthy of being in the Noble House of Slytherin. Dare they prove themselves otherwise?

Mason smirked at the ghost's words.

There was no way Mason was going to behave, whatever that even meant. She was sly and mischievous. And she intended to leave havoc in her way and she had no intention to taking the Baron's words to heart.

"Oh, yes sir." she told him with a sweet smile as he floated past, "behaving is the only intention that I have."

His as she put it "too school for school face" crack when he realized what she was say and she was right. He had a lot and a lot more on top of that a lot to learn. Don't know why she was helping him at all but she was right. Dante nodded and wait was that a compliment while calling his brother part giraffe basically. He would take it.

"That is a good point. Rather be short enough that those spider monkeys cant reach me.

Dante was not paying attention to anything after that. But listening to random words here and there until he saw Dot lean over and tap Hugo on the head.

NO WAY.

She made him ginger. All he needed now was the freckles. THIS WAS HILARIOUS. Dante was laughing his behind off now."Hey Hugo how is it being a ginger?" It was just too hilarious the only thing that made him stop was food hitting him. WAIT WHAT. Was there seriously a food fight going on because where was this his first year or second year.

Now if you will excuse him. Ahem. He stood up and yelled

"FOOD FIGHT"

And sat back down before getting cursed.

Oh, good! So this WAS Grace, Caleb's girlfriend. Caleb was Ariadne's older cousin, and even though they didn't see each other too much, she saw him enough to know about his girlfriend. Ariadne nodded when Grace said her parents would be happy. "Oh, for sure. Mom said she'd be happy wherever I ended up, but my dad said he didn't want to hear of anything but Slytherin. I know they both really wanted me here, though," she explained. She was going to write to them when she got to her dorm later on! Or maybe tomorrow. Yeah, tomorrow. She was pretty tired right now.

Ariadne's eyes widened. "You're a seventh year, and you still want to hang out with me?" she asked, amazed. "COOL!" So this was awesome. If Ariadne hung out with seventh years, surely people would think she was worth their time. She took a glance back at the staff table, her face turning into one of worry and concern as she looked at her new Divination teacher. "Good. Maybe my mom won't make me take that class. She made Sierra take almost everything," she said.



Just as Ariadne turned back to Grace, something hit her right smack in the nose. It rolled down her robes and landed on the floor. Ariadne glanced down to see that it had been a roll. A ROLL?! Seriously? Who was throwing food at her?! And what was going on?

...oh. Well, that made perfect sense! A food fight?! THIS WAS AWESOME! Ariadne wanted to see the Divination professor smacked with a face full of mashed potatoes!

Only...she didn't want to be the one to do it.

"My Mama was pretty sad I didn't end up in Hufflepuff. That was her and my step-dad's house...." Grace murmured with a little laugh. "I wanted to be a Puff too. But... I love being a Slytherin." She wouldn't be the Gracie she was now if she had been a hufflepuff. "You'll be perfect in our house though" And Grace was glad that she was a Slytherin. Only the best people were Slytherin's. Apart from Chels, Noel and Hayley obviously.

"Yeah?" Grace mused, shrugging. She didn't really get why people thought that it was bad for seventh years to talk to little people. "You seem pretty cool." Her father was the ex-minister of magic, so that made her pretty cool in the first place. "And your Caleb's family.... so I want to get to know you." She wanted to get to know all his family. Gracie laughed at her words. She could see why she didn't want to do divination. "Maybe tell your mom about how it's a hag teaching and she might agree" Grace mused with a nod. It sounded like a plan.

She frowned as she watched a roll hit Ariadne. People were throwing food. She looked up, and frowned some more. ugh. A food fight. Were people so immature. "People best not get food on my hair...." She muttered, shaking her head. She would not be a happy snake if that had happened.

Colt was looking around and he noticed one guy who was his prefect was saying hello to all the students. He nodded his head towards Hugo who was his name was it? Yeah he heard it from the other students. "Hey dude, I am Colt.." he held out his hand for a formal greeting. Might as well make a good impression to the guy who could get him into trouble. "I am a fourth year. I recently transferred from Durmstrang.." In case he didn't know him or seen him around.

Then he noticed all the students, well the new ones were coming from the Sorting Hat ceremony. He saw one familiar face coming towards him. He grinned and saw Mason. He remembered her from Diagon Alley. "Hey look who joined the snakes table.." he smiled and gave her a high five. "Eh I can live with that.." he said and nudged her playfully on the shoulder. He heard her question and he snorted with laughter. "Hahahah NO no not at all. I am actually waiting for the food to be on the plates actually..." He looked up and saw the headmistress stand up. OH! So they have a new head of Hogwarts. Interesting. He listened to the Muggle Studies professor and he was impressed to know they have all new teachers. "Here ye here ye!" he said when the food appeared on the plates. His stomach was growling with glee. His ears perked up when he heard Dante announce a food fight. Oh he was SO IN. He grinned and said, "Your on mate!" and he threw his food at Dante. See if he would throw it back. I mean he called it out all is fair if he got the food thrown at him.

After throwing the food, he noticed the ghost, well the bloody baron and he looked so wicked. He waved at him and greeted him with, "Hello Bloody Baron.." Woah it was cool to see a legendary ghost.

SPOILER!!: The Creator Of Amazing Food Throwing

Now if you will excuse him. Ahem. He stood up and yelled

"FOOD FIGHT"

And sat back down before getting cursed.

SPOILER!!: Colt and FOOD FIGHT!!

Then he noticed all the students, well the new ones were coming from the Sorting Hat ceremony. He saw one familiar face coming towards him. He grinned and saw Mason. He remembered her from Diagon Alley. "Hey look who joined the snakes table.." he smiled and gave her a high five. "Eh I can live with that.." he said and nudged her playfully on the shoulder. He heard her question and he snorted with laughter. "Hahahah NO no not at all. I am actually waiting for the food to be on the plates actually..." He looked up and saw the headmistress stand up. OH! So they have a new head of Hogwarts. Interesting. He listened to the Muggle Studies professor and he was impressed to know they have all new teachers. "Here ye here ye!" he said when the food appeared on the plates. His stomach was growling with glee. His ears perked up when he heard Dante announce a food fight. Oh he was SO IN. He grinned and said, "Your on mate!" and he threw his food at Dante. See if he would throw it back. I mean he called it out all is fair if he got the food thrown at him.

After throwing the food, he noticed the ghost, well the bloody baron and he looked so wicked. He waved at him and greeted him with, "Hello Bloody Baron.." Woah it was cool to see a legendary ghost.

As soon as the food had appeared, Mason heard someone shout:

"FOOD FIGHT!"

Colt sent food flying at said announcer of said Food Fight. Without even thinking, Mason scooped up some mashed potatoes and smeared against the side of Colt's face. She smirked at him, challenging him to do something.

Mason spied Hady sitting at the table as well. The older girl that had proclaimed herself Mason's friend and had even offered to teach her how to dance. Mason have her a grin before she threw a hefty portion of food at her unsuspecting face.

"Sorry Hady!" she said with a smirk, "My hand slipped."

Grinning, Mason scanned the table for her next victim, ducking whenever peas or beans were thrown her way. Her eyes fell on Ariadne and she grinned mischievously. This was going to be so much fun. . .

When Colt was done throwing his food, he felt another food hit him on his chest. Arrghhh he got hit. He saw the gryffindor who threw it at him and he threw his food back at them. Then he felt something smear at him. "Oooohhooooooo.." he responded and wiped off the mashed potatoes off of his face. "Ohh noo you didn't..." he looked at Mason. He was SO gonna give it to her. He grinned mischievously and dipped his finger in ketchup and drew something on Masons check and forehead. He laughed and this was getting so much fun! He even added to it and got a pie and pied her in the face.

Now he was laughing so hard, he was almost going to pee himself. He heard that Hady was here. He grinned and threw a pie at Hady. She would never see it coming.

Cornelius was still giddy from the sorting and from the Feast itself. This was their celebration, for the first years. Watching as an older boy approached the table, one with a something shiny on his robes, Cornelius sliiiid until he almost bumped next to that something shiny person (Hugo).

"'Sup." You know, returning the cool. He was already learning from his peers, look at that. "Bet you're the prefect." He wiggled his brows at the badge, not helping himself when he heard the guy's question to some other Slytherin. The one who had just introduced himself as Dante. "This term will be all about girls?" he inquired, peering over to Dante with curious eyes. "Like flirting and stuff or an invasion of girls?" Could be either. Cornelius knew nothing about the former, but a lot about the latter. And only because he has five sisters.

He was watching the two Slytherins expectantly when a ROAR--an actual roar--came from the staff table. Cornelius turned around just in time catch a professor (Airey) in a stupid red suit PLOP and DIED. Ohhhh. This was going to make an interesting letter home.

'Ma! A professor DIED at the feast. Water was probably poisoned. xx Cornelius. P.S. Still alive.'

Now look it, a GHOST. He bet that was the house ghost. Cornelius basically printed the entire Hogwarts, A History to memory. Who else would be wearing chains at the Slytherin table? Exactly. "Did the professor just die?" he asked the Bloody Baron. Was the water contaminated? Just in case, the boy pushed the goblet away from him. Enough death experiences for this eleven year old self.

But it was all happening so soon. A loud voice rung around the Great Hall and it was telling them to get up. Cornelius did just that, a habit of being instructed throughout his young Quidditch career. So he took a step to his left, then one step back--were they choreographing a dance or what?--then sat back down.

OOOOOOOOHHHHH.

Did the Headmistress just pull their leg? 'Cause she certainly pulled Cornelius' and he was a laughing mess. "Good one!" he shouted, fist bumping his hand in the air once she was done. He wiped at his eyes. This was a funny headmistress. He liked her already. Which came in odd. The child tended to stray from authority figures.

Time only picked up, reeling in faster than Cornelius could have imagined on his first evening at Hogwarts.

THEY WERE UNDER ATTACK!

Having sat himself next to the prefect--something he'll analyze later--Cornelius ducked, grabbing a salad bowl and dumped the contents out, and plopped the huge bowl over his head, covering his mass of curls and half of his face.

Then those delightful words were yelled.......FOOD FIGHT!!

UGH. But he promised his mum he'd behave. For the first time in his life he had considered honoring those words. But...FOOD...FREAKING...FIGHT. He bounced in his seat as if his bum had ants, fingers jittery over his food. He could imagine it now, grabbing some ham and slapping it onto a Ravenclaws face.

*_________*

Maybe if he had permission. That way he could blame his actions on someone else rather than have full blame of something fall on his shoulders. Yes. Clever plan, Cob. Now...


"PREFEEEECTS," he sang loudly. "Do we DEFEND?!?!" Please say yes, please say yes.

FINGERS CROSSED.

....

It took a few moments, but soon the clear starry sky displayed clouded over with thick black clouds. Crashing together, tiny jolts of lightning shot from the ceiling (but coming NO WHERE near any students) and the rumble of enchanted thunder seeming caused the Great Hall to shake. And then...came the rain. The steady unpleasant fall of cold rain upon the entire Great Hall.

Going on grand adventures with Dot sounded like the best thing ever. Well, second best. He just grinned at her and wondered if she had some plans in mind. "Yeah," he said in response to her question. "Well, my siblings. Ellery and Colin and I go adventuring and stuff." Which was why adventuring with Dot was only second best, because being with his own siblings would always be his favorite thing in the world.

Too handsome to be allowed? Olly followed Dot's gaze, but did not see anyone with a badge. Maybe he wasn't there yet. He did catch Dante's eye again, right as the older boy was greeting him. Olly smiled. "Not much, I'm good. You?" He did catch a bit of his conversation with Dot about not selling candy so publicly. He would keep that in mind.

And then another boy joined the table, greeting everyone while he was at it. Olly looked his way and spotted the prefect badge on his chest. So this must be the Hugo that Dot had mentioned. Olly must have seen him around before but did not recognize him. Dot was right. He was very handsome.

What? Food fight? Olly grinned at Blaise, even though he was the one doing the attacking. This was exciting. More exciting than any of those camps they'd had last year. Olly wanted to retaliate, but he was sitting right next to both of the prefects. He didn't want to get in trouble, and he did care about Dot's opinion. So he hesitated before doing anything stupid, glancing around to see how the others were reacting.

And then it was raining?! What was even happening? The rain was cold and Olly did not like it. So he grabbed as much food as he could pile on his plate and ducked underneath the Slytherin table. He would eat down there thank you very much, with the table protecting him from the rain.

SPOILER!!: Dean would be saddened that you wasted pie pffft and you call yourself a Winchester

When Colt was done throwing his food, he felt another food hit him on his chest. Arrghhh he got hit. He saw the gryffindor who threw it at him and he threw his food back at them. Then he felt something smear at him. "Oooohhooooooo.." he responded and wiped off the mashed potatoes off of his face. "Ohh noo you didn't..." he looked at Mason. He was SO gonna give it to her. He grinned mischievously and dipped his finger in ketchup and drew something on Masons check and forehead. He laughed and this was getting so much fun! He even added to it and got a pie and pied her in the face.

Now he was laughing so hard, he was almost going to pee himself. He heard that Hady was here. He grinned and threw a pie at Hady. She would never see it coming.

A second ago, Mason had been smirking as she rubbed potato on Colt's face.

Now she regretted it more than anything. At first she had only felt him smear ketchup on her, but he wasn't going to let her off that easily. He had picked up a pie and before she could even open her mouth, he had slammed it onto her face.

She wiped the pie from her eyes and licked her lips. "Hmmm, blueberry." she said to Colt, "Here, taste some!"

She reached out for one of the pies and slammed it against Colt's chin and mouth. She laughed loudly and thought of what he would do for revenge.

Ariadne just looked at Grace, unsure what to say in response to that first comment. It never even crossed her mind to think about how her parents would feel had she ended up in Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, or Hufflepuff. she was glad she hadn't been put in that position. She really didn't want to make them sad the way Grace said her mom had been. "I love being a Slytherin, too. Already. Even if I've only been one for about an hour or so," she said with a smile. "You think so?" she asked, in reply to Grace saying she would be perfect in Slytherin house. "I really hope so! It seems kind of hard to make friends right now, though. I hope I have good dorm mates."

Ariadne smiled again. "It's just...I thought the seventh years wouldn't want to hangout with us little ones. I'm glad you do, though," she remarked. "Maybe you can show me around sometime?" Then she paused rather abruptly. "THAT'S A HAG?!" she half-shouted. Why hadn't she noticed that before? "Don't they...you know." She leaned in closer and whispered. "Eat children?"



Ariadne was more shocked about the hag than she was the food flying around. A blob of ketchup had landed in her hair, and she frowned as she wiped most of it away. That was when she caught the gaze of another young Slytherin. Was this girl going to hit her with something?!

...but she should be helping her defend them against the other houses! Hadn't it been a Gryffindor who'd started this war anyway?!



Ohh, now this one was a smart one! He was trying to get permission from the prefects to join in on the food fight. That was a REALLY awesome way to have all the fun and be able to point fingers at somebody else later on!

Who were the prefects anyway?

In the distance, Ariadne heard lightning strike, and at first she forgot all about the enchanted ceiling. "AHHHH!" she called out in surprise, as FREEZING COLD water gushed onto her head. She bailed from the table and began crawling under it. The water wasn't what was bothering her. It's temperature was the problem!

After having smeared some pie on the little firsties face, well talk about a nice warm welcome to the Slytherin table eh? He was still laughing and trying to draw pictures on her covered face. Well her pie covered face. He saw out of the corner of his eye Mason picking up something but he was too into the task, he felt something....

SPLASH

Right on his face. He coughed at the surprise and he did not expect that. He was impressed. "Well I didn't see that coming..." he said wiping the pie out of his eyes. He licked his lips and said, "Hmmm apple..good choice. My favorite." His face was covered and now he heard thunder rumbling. He scrunched his eyebrows in confusion and looked up and saw the Professor casting a spell. I guess they were trying to stop the food fight. HAH! Fat Chance.

He welcomed the rain and at least now his face was pie free. I mean his clothes were stained. He took off his robes and now his white shirt was becoming see through. Not his fault. If the girls were looking at his shirt then it was their fault not his. He even saw the food making the floor stained and all wet. He grinned and began to embrace the rain. "Well this is kind of cool, we are getting clean for free.." he laughed and stuck his tongue out and caught the rain drops. He saw everything being flooded. Errghhh even his drink was getting watery. He was planning on drinking that.