Hufflepuff House Table
 

Anyone can grab her.
 

Was it just hear or did the train ride get shorter every year. This being her fourth train to Hogwarts, it seemed shorter to her. Amazingly with all the cupcakes and cookies, then there was candy too. Kat was still hungry, of course she had saved room for the feast throughout the day.

Katerina was glad to be back though. Heading over toward the Hufflepuff table she realized that she was the first one there, That happened to her during the end of term feast last year. This had never happened to her before. EVER. She was never the first to be anywhere. This was interesting.

As the fourth year took a seat she looked all at the other tables and the staff table to see where her friends in the other houses were if they were already here. The staff table she wanted to see the new faces of Professors and staff too. She was also keeping her eyes out for her cousin Ashlynn to see what house she was going to be sorted into, and what house some of the first years she had met on the train were going to be sorted into too,

And of course the Head Mistress and her speech so they could start eating.

Third year.

She was a third year.

She was getting old now. Well 13 wasn't old, but she wasn't a little firstie any more. And she was alone. Well not alone. She had loads of her fellow students around her. But this year she was the only Paton at Hogwarts. It was a big thing. There hadn't been only one Paton at Hogwarts for ages now. But it was happening.

But she was a third year and she was so excited.

She practically skipped down to the Hufflepuff table, and beamed when she spotted Kat. "Heeyy Kitty-Kat" The third year beamed as she saw her friend.

SNAKE! IN THE KITCHENS!! /thoughtyouougttoknow
 

Everyone come play with us!
 

everyone can play
 

Kimi was excited to be back at school for his second year and he was going to enjoy it so much he wondered what was going to happen this term

Firstie here!! ((sorry it is short))
 

After being sorted into Hufflepuff, Lizzie made her way over to the Hufflepuff. She pushed her curly red hair back behind her ears, and sat down at an empty spot, and started to look around. Her uncle told her a little bit of what to expect when she finally arrived at Hogwarts, not everything 'After all how boring would it be if you know ALL the secrets before you find them.', her uncle said the summer before, when Liz kept badgering him about facts about the school.

She smiled at all the other students sitting around her, before standing up and exclaimed "HELLO! My name is Elizabeth Simmons, you can call me Lizzie!" The eleven year old smiled, before sitting down, curious of the response she will get.

Anyone can grab him too let's be friendsssss
 

Hello new friends!
 

Kimi smiled at Isa and said "Hey Isa, you have a good summer?"

Brent thought it would be the cool big bro thing to do to go and say hey to Kane. Not that he felt like checking on the little bro. He could really care less about babysitting while away from his parents and in a little more freedom. He just happened to get along with his brother quite nicely and wanted to go hang out. With them being in separate houses and in separate years, who knew when they'd see each other again.

"What's up, lil bro?" he asked, taking a seat next to the second oldest Westwood. "Congrats on Hufflepuff. I'm with the snakes," he said proudly. He had no idea if his brother had even paid attention to his sorting. Knowing Kane, he'd been way too excited and hyper to think about other people.

Everyone!
 

So after the last few weeks of research and forgetting specifics about the houses in amongst that, and being questioned about which house he thought he was going to end up in once he went to Hogwarts, he finally had his answer.

Hufflepuff!

Ambrose could not be happier at that outcome. Beaming he'd jogged over to the yellow table, seeing if he could catch a glimpse of Kat, the Hufflepuff who had been the one to tell him a bit more about this house, now HIS house on the train. He'd noticed her and figured he would go up to her, but first he was going to follow suit and give a nice big introduction to everyone else on this table like he heard a few others do as he ran over.

"HI ALL, I'm Ambrose Li," he introduced himself, with a wave, beaming at EVERYONE on the yellow table.



Introductions over he quickly sat himself across from the first Hufflepuff that he had met, beaming at her. "Well it turns out I'm a Hufflepuff too!" because he hadn't been able to answer her question as to where he thought he'd go back on the train.



He didn't know the boy that was sitting next to him, so immediately he turned his focus over to him. "Hi, I don't think I've met you yet. I'm Ambrose," he re-introduced himself offering the other boy his hand.



Given that she'd also just given a very loud introduction, Ambrose assumed that she was also a first year so the black haired boy immediately turned to her.

"Hi Lizzie," cause she said that that was fine, didn't she? "Are you also a first year?"

Queue the hopeful grin on the boys face as he regarded her.



Ilvermony?

The foreign word caused Ambrose's attention to shift over to the second year transfer that had just introduced himself. Ilvermony must be a school then right? If he had transferred from there?

[/B]Just to be sure... "What's Ilvermony?" Ambrose asked, a large smile still on his face though his eyes had a curious glint to them.

"Nice to meet you, by the way," he added on politely, back to his silly grin. "I'm Ambrose Li," just in case the boy hadn't heard his own introduction.

Kimi smiled at Ambrose and said "Pleasure to meet you Ambrose,welcome to Hufflepuff i hope you have loads of fun here" Kimi shook Ambrose's hand

I think I got everyone
 

It didn't take long for the others to get to their tables, and Hufflepuff was no exception. Seeing her best friend Hattie skipping her way, Kat squealed. It had been a great summer camp with Hattie there this year. They would have to go again next summer. "Hattie! You're here." Not that she had any doubt that her friend was coming back.

Maybe Hattie had been hiding out in a compartment with her boyfriend. Insert giggles here.

It seem like everyone had gotten boyfriends.... or girlfriends now and Katerina was left out. But whatever, it didn't bother her at all. She seen Skylar heading toward them. "Hi Sky. I found her." Her and Skylar had ran into each other on the train and both were wondering where Hattie was during the train ride,



Kat was all smiles, She waved as Ashlynn passed on her way to the Ravenclaw table. Ravenclaw? First Romalotti in Ravenclaw. She watched to see what the other firsties she met on the train what house they got. "Hi. Isa. I'm great. How was your summer?" She asked the younger puff with grin.

There was another second year that she had spotted, Kimi, she liked him he was pretty cool for a second year. "Hello Kimi." He got a wave and smile.

The fourth year noticed that one of the first years had just gotten sorted into Hufflepuff. Kat smiled as the new girl just popped up and introduced herself the girl seem to have some spunk, she liked that. "Welcome to Hufflepuff, Lizzie. I'm Katerina Delgado. You can call me Kat,"

Another Hufflepuff just got sorted, and hey look it was Ambrose. Who knew he would end up being a Hufflepuff, too. Maybe it was all that good talking up Hufflepuff and talking about how awesome Hufflepuff was. She beamed as Ambrose sat across from her. "I see Welcome to Hufflepuff then, Ambrose I told you that only awesome people got into Hufflepuff." She grinned teasing Slytherins were awesome too.



Kat wasn't sure if this boy that had just been sorted into Hufflepuff and just plopped in the middle of the table was a first year or not. Whichever though it didn't matter this kid had spunk too. She smiled at him. " Hi Kane welcome to Hufflepuff. I'm Kat." So he was a second year, she wondered where he was from then. Her blue eyed looked up to seen how many more had to been sorted, she needed the speech soon so she could get some food.

The blonde still couldn't find Brady or Miranda. They did get back together over the summer right? She couldn't help but to giggle about things. She noticed that a guy that was sorted into Slytherin had came over and was talking to Kane. She had never seen him before, he must be new too and knew Kane. Katerina thought he might be about her age. Bro? "Are you his brother?" She asked.

Kimi spotted Kat waving at him and said "Hello Kat have a nice summer"

Believe that is everyone!
 

Lizzie notice a boy looked a little older than herself. She smiled at him. "Hello Kane! It is nice to meet you!" Ilvermorny? She is never met someone from the American school. "Ilvermorny?" How was it like it there?" How about America? I always wanted to visit!" She said, excitedly.


"Hi Isa! It is nice to meet you as well!" Lizzie said happily "I am so excited for the classes. My uncle told me a little of what to expect but no much, so I am very curious!"
"Yes I am!" She smiling at the boy, Ambrose, glad to meet another first year. "I can't wait to learn all the secrets here, I was told there was quite a few of them! How about you?" She said smiling at the boy, maybe they can be friends.



Oh my! Lizzie is meeting so many people tonight! She is so happy about this, she loved meeting new people, and possible new friends. She smiled at the newest person who said hello to her. "Hello Kat!" It is very nice to meet you!" She said grinning at the older girl.

Brent's first impression of Hufflepuffs was that they either weren't very friendly, or they didn't take well to people who weren't their own kind. He came to this conclusion when he sat right in the middle of the table, and just about everyone spoke to his brother and not to him. This was fine by Brent in a way, because he was really on here to talk to Kane. It was kind of a bummer, too, though, because it really limited him meeting new people.

This was until some girl spoke up and asked him about being Kane's brother. 'His Brother' was definitely not a title Brent wanted to go by. He kind of had to laugh off the fact that he suddenly felt about an inch tall over here at the Badger table. At least this girl had talked to him. "That I am," he said. "I'm Brent." She looked to be close to his age, too. "I wanted to stop by to say hey to the little bro." He glanced around him then back at the girl. "So I don't know much about Hufflepuffs, but they don't seem to take well to a Slytherin at their table." Or did he just get the wrong impression?

Kimi, Kat, Lizzie and Kane
 

"Thank you," he responded to the welcome, beaming at the older boy. At least he assumed the other boy was older, considering he hadn't seen him get sorted... or had he missed it?

"What's your name? How long have you been here?" now he'd at least know for sure whether the other boy had been at Hogwarts a bit longer.



Ambrose couldn't help the way his grin grew just a little bit at the implied compliment from the older Hufflepuff. Or the fact that he sat up a little straighter at that.

Cause he was now definitely awesome. Kat said so so it must be true, right?

"I'm loving it so far," even though he'd been a Hufflepuff for like two minutes. But EVERYONE was so WELCOMING! He felt like he'd known them forever. He felt like he actually belonged there!



"Secrets?" Ambrose questioned, tilting his head slightly to the side in confusion at what the other girl was saying. Though the possibilities that raced through his mind made him grin at the thought of discovering them! "What kind of secrets?"

This was the thing about being muggleborn, he clearly had no clue what he was getting himself into.

"Uh... everything," he beamed at the redhead. That was the truth. He had no clue what to expect, which he supposed was going to make everything a lot more exciting!



"Oh," Ambrose said, grinning at the slightly older Hufflepuff. "I haven't had a chance to read anything about the wizarding communities outside of Britain yet. Well, that's not true. I read a bit about the Chinese wizarding community because my parents were curious. I think they wanted to send me back to China..." he rambled slightly towards the end, though the grin crossed his face again at the end of that. "What's Ilvermony like? Do they also have a sorting hat? Wait... do they have houses in Ilvermony? And is it in a castle or a normal house?"

Was he excited about his sorting?

He beamed at the older boy. "I already met Kat so I was super happy that I already knew someone in my house! And then that mind reading hat was awesome! I guess coming in I was just nervous though because none of the books mentioned the fact the sorting was done through the hat. Unless I missed that bit," he looked in thought for a moment before shrugging his shoulders.

He was pretty sure he hadn't missed it.

Carl was excited about this term.

For one thing, he was a Fourth Year. He was a lot more mature now than he was when he first came to Hogwarts. He was better at performing magic (unless it came to Potions...) and he hoped he could get to learn more advanced topics in his lessons. Also, he was determined to offer his younger buddies more help if they needed it. Welcoming the new Hufflepuffs could be a good start, yeah?

Walking down to the badger house table, Carl grinned as he saw his fellow students already seated. "Hello, everyone!" He said and took a seat.

"Kat... Harriet. How have you been?" He waved when he spotted the two blonde girls. He knew they were pretty good friends, so maybe they had spent the summer together. There was also a Slytherin girl at the table, whom he believed was a close friend of Hattie's. "It's nice seeing you at the badger side! I don't think we've properly talked? I'm Carl."

Glancing around, he quickly saw a younger student who was already welcoming the new people in. "Hey, Isa. Excited for your Second Year?" He asked with a smile. She certainly looked eager for the term to begin. Another Second Year, Kimi, was being rather quiet and Carl waved at him. "Kimi, how was your holiday?" He himself had a happy summer, but he had spent most of his time in the Muggle World, so he was curious about what the others did.

He looked up just in time to hear the new badgers introducing themselves one by one. "Welcome to Hufflepuff - Lizzie, Kane, Ambrose. My name is Carl." He nodded, grinning. "The ceiling is quite awesome. It's enchanted to look like the sky outside, did you know that?" He replied to Kane's comment with a chuckle. Even after years of living in this castle, he often found himself getting surprised by the ceiling.

Since they were sitting in close proximity, the fourteen-year-old could not help but listen to other conversations. The question asked by a guy who looked about his age, Brent, grabbed his attention. "That's not true at all! We Hufflepuffs are really friendly. I think we're just... busy catching up on our summer holidays at the moment." He said, then smiled widely. Sorry for stealing your question, Kat! "Congratulations on Slytherin, by the way. I'm Carl."

Up For Grabs. Come Play with Simon <3
 

Everybody! Hello friends!
 

Anyone?
 

Kimi smiled at Ambrose and said "My name is Kimi, i have just started my second year"

*to any and all*
 

Speaking of brothers, she glanced over at the Slytherin table to see if her brother Phillip was somewhere over there or maybe he was sitting with Ava at the Gryffindor table. But no he was at his house table she waved over to him and smiled. She may have also been looking for some other Slytherins too. Just maybe. Anyway, she smiled when the older boy said they were in fact brothers or Bro. "That's cool. My brother is in Slytherin too." Just to point that out. "I'm Kat. I'm a fourth year. What about you?" She asked Brent.

Turning to the younger brother she smiled at him. "It's nice too meet you too, Kane." Oh yeah she knew about the bro slang... bro. Philip was her "bro" too. She giggled. "Yeah I knew that, it's just short for brother." It was nice to see more sets of Hufflepuff/Slytherin siblings at the school. She would have to go bother her own brother later.

Carl, appeared too! "Hello, Carl. How was your summer?" She asked as he joined him at the table. These new and first year hufflepuffs were very talkative. Katerina frowned sightly when Brent said that Hufflepuffs didn't seem that friendly to Slytherins. She was about to speak up when Carl replied first. She nodded at his answer then give one of her own. "I think most of them are new themselves. I have lots of Slytherin friends."



Katerina smiled at Kimi. "Yes, I did. How was your summer?" She hadn't seen Kimi since the end of term feast last term. She hoped he had had a good summer.

There were so much ickle puffs this year. The fourth year could not be anymore excited, they were all getting cupcakes soon. In celebration of their being sorted into Hufflepuff, or just being back at school that was reason enough to make cupcakes. The blonde smiled at the younger girl. "Same, it's nice to meet you, . What do you think of Hogwarts so far?

She turned to talk to Ambrose, who she was glad had gotten sorted into Hufflepuff. She beamed at him. "I'm glad you are going to love it." Who didn't love
Hufflepuff or Hogwarts for that matter.



The sorting was taking forever this feast or maybe it was just her. It did seem like it was taking forever. She heard her name and the voice was very familiar. Turning to the voice which was Henry's she smiled softly at him. "Hey Henry." She had spoken to him on the train and even given him candy. "Yeah, I am happy to be back. Are you?" There was always a tad bit of freedom being back at school. It was nice to have that. "It would be even better once this sorting and the speech is over with I'm ready to eat." She said with a chuckle. She had basically pigged out on the train all day and was now ready for a real meal.



Oh look Hufflepuff had gotten two more first years, with in a matter of minutes, it was probably longer than a matter of a few minutes with how slow this sorting was going. The fourth year noted that these two new sorted boys were rather quieter compared to the others. She waved at them as they joined them at the table. "Hello. Welcome to Hufflepuff. I'm Kat." She nodded toward them. Now she was really getting hungry and was ready for the speech.

Kimi smiled at Kat and said "Yeah i did have a good summer thanks Kat, you all ready for a new year"

His attention snapped back to his own table, slightly bothered he hadn't spotted his older brother. But at least he could make new friends with the people in his house! "Hi, Kat. I'm Levi." He beamed. Yes. Make new friends, they'd be better than his older brother anyways. Landon didn't like their adorable baby sister, and he didn't seem like he cared for Levi either, so phooey on him. The first year could have fun without his stupid brother.

Another term, another feast, new badgers! Alfred drifted contently towards the yellow-clad table as he hummed calmly to himself.

"Hello, everyone!" He waved. "It is so nice to have you all back! And welcome, new students!" He thought he could see a few new faces here and there. "I am the Fat Friar!" he smiled. "Do not think the name is mean or unkind in any way. I've embraced the title!" and he rested his hands atop his rotund belly.

"But for those of you who don't know and might not like Fat Friar...my name is Alfred," he grinned. Every so often he'd reveal his name to students. It had been awhile since had last spoke it to students, though, and most of the ones that would have known probably graduated.

Brent raised his eyebrows. "Really?" he asked the little bro, "because I completely had myself pegged as a Gryffindor." He shrugged. Slytherin had been a very close second, though. "They say that hat can see things even we don't know about ourselves, though. So who knows." With the absence of Quodpot and Quidditch and therefore nothing to compete in, Brent wondered where his competitive nature would fall into place at. He wasn't really in to Gobstones. Brent gave a light laugh at Kane's comparison to his hair and Hufflepuff house. "Only you, Kane."

It was kind of funny, though.

Brent's question about Hufflepuffs was answered, although not from the person he'd actually asked it to. That was cool, though, because it proved him wrong. Hufflepuffs were starting to show their friendly side, after all. Maybe Brent had just jumped to conclusions all too soon. "Well, that's cool," Brent said, turning to face the guy who answered. "My summer was a disaster, or I'd join in on the fun." He laughed and added, "I'm Brent Westwood." He gestured toward Kane. "I'm this one's older bro." He grinned at the congratulations. "Thanks, man."

Now everybody was talking! This was cool, because Brent was hoping to make new friends to make up for the ones he left behind with this whole move across the pond. "Yeah, we are. I spent my first three years there," he replied. Zara? Hmm... Brent didn't remember a Zara, but maybe if he could catch her hanging out around Hogwarts, he might be able to put a name with a face. "Awesome. I'll have to meet up with her one of these days, and see if we remember each other." He returned the grin of the slightly older boy. "Nice to meet you, Henry. Thanks for the welcome."

Brent raised his eyebrows in interest. "Oh, yeah? What's your brother's name?" he asked. "I've met a few people over there." It also occurred to Brent that like he and Kane, this girl belonged to a pair of Slytherin/Gryffindor siblings, too. Cool stuff there. "I'm Brent, and I'm a fourth year, too." Had he told her his name yet? He was meeting so many people at once, he couldn't even remember. "So what about the fourth hears around here? We got a pretty cool bunch?" After all, these would be the people he would share classes with for the next four years.

Then a ghost came floating around, which didn't really alarm Brent all that much. He just wondered if this happened often, and if it did, would he awakened in the night by some spirit flying through him? Weirdddd. The ghost went through a pretty big introduction, but in the end, Brent had no idea what his name even was. Something about Fat, Friar, and Alfred. Alfred seemed the easiest to go with, and so that was what Brent would call him. "What's up, Alfred?" he asked.

For Colt and anyone else who wants to play!
 

As Colt went over to the hufflepuff to go see his lovely girlfriend, he was walking down to the table when he saw her climb under the table. It seemed like she was looking for something. He furrowed his brows in confusion and looked under with her. "Whatcha looking for Jules?" She seemed to be frantic and nervous. "I am sure we can find whatever your searching for." He could easily read her like a book.

Juliette saw the little yellow ball bounce between people's feet, and when she darted to catch it under the table, she bumped her head against the wood. She mumbled some words as she rubbed the place where wood met skin. "Bloody hell." Upon hearing a familiar voice, she moved out from under the table and looked up at, "Colt!" He was here to save the day! "I lost the pygmy puff that my father got me for my birthday. It's small, yellow, and seems to be a little faster than it should be."

Her blue eyes looked past him when she saw the little ball of fluff again bounding towards the direction of the staff table. "There is it!" She pointed.

Colt saw Juliette hitting her head underneath the table and he flinched. He could feel the pain too. Man that was not fun. "Sorry to scare you Jules.." he said and rubbed her back. He was pretty sure he didn't want to touch her sore head. He hugged her and then went to look for her little furry friend named Pikachu? What in the bloody merlin did he know that name from? Oh right Pokemon. He was a huge fan back in the muggle world. He saw it bouncing in the middle of the aisle. He thought of a quick idea and said, "Hold my robes.." he handed them to her. He ran through the aisle and slide through like sliding to first base and managed to catch it. He barely got a hold of it before it wiggled out but he used his second hand and covered it. One he got up he saw how much dust he had. He shrugged and he would have dirty pant legs but ah well.

He walked back and brought back Pikachu and he handed to its rightful owner. "Now that was fun.." he smiled. He loved adventure. He kissed her cheek as an your welcome.

Carl, Simon, Henry, Levi, Kimi, Val, Kat and the Fat Friar
 

One of the boys had addressed him by name, alongside the other new Hufflepuffs. Smiling at the boy, who introduced himself as Carl, he decided to address him back. "Thank you," he answered with a grin. "How long have you been at Hogwarts?"

Because he wasn't sure what else he could ask right now.



One of the boys that had just been sorted sat himself down, without an introduction like everyone else had so far. Looking at him in confusion he watched as he dug through his... bag.

Well... That wasn't acceptable.

"HI!" he greeted, beaming at the other Hufflepuff probably first year? Although he might be another transfer. "I'm Ambrose, first year. What about you? Are you excited about being sorted? Or being at Hogwarts?"

Because that was how you made friends!



One of the boys that greeted him after his sorting seemed just as excited as Ambrose was about being at Hogwarts! These people were all incredibly welcoming! It made his grin grow even more.

"Thank you! Nice to meet you Henry, I'm Ambrose," he included his name in case the boy hadn't heard it up until this point.



Another just sorted person just approached the table, and Ambrose couldn't help but grin at the boy who looked like he also might be a first year.

"Hi, I'm Ambrose, nice to meet you!" he greeted immediately, beaming at the other boy. "You happy about your sorting?" he followed up, having over the course of the day learnt that some people unlike him seemed to have expectations of where they were supposed to end up.

Benefits of being a muggleborn he supposed. If you ignored being completely in the dark about everything.



A second year?

So he wasn't that much older than Ambrose was. "So how have you liked Hogwarts so far? What are the classes like?" Because these were important questions he hadn't had the time to ask yet. Besides which he didn't know how else to keep this conversation going...

He missed his sister.



Hearing another voice pipe up, Ambrose shifted, brown eyes catching sight of another girl who had just sat down. He wasn't sure if she was addressing anyone in particular, but he smiled at her anyway.

"Hi, I'm Ambrose, nice to meet you," he greeted, a huge smile still painting his face.



He nodded, still beaming at the thought of how he really was enjoying being at Hogwarts at the moment.

"It's so much better than what I thought! The pictures really don't compare to actually being here! Like... it just seems so much bigger! And I didn't realise that the ceiling would be so convincing, or that the hat could read my mind... do you know how that works?"

All of his thoughts tumbled out of his mouth, and he smiled sheepishly at the older witch, running a hand through the dark proud hair on his head.



Wooooooww!!!!!

THERE WAS A GHOST!

Like he was actually seeing a ghost!!!!!!!!

Clearly, while he'd read about it, he hadn't actually been fully prepared for coming face to face with a ghost.

He grinned at the ghost in question. "Nice to meet you Alfred... how long have you been at Hogwarts? You're the Hufflepuff house ghost right? I think you were mentioned in one of the books... "

Kimi smiled at Ambrose and said "Well i have loved Hogwarts so far Ambrose and my favourite classes are Charms and Transfiguration" Kimi liked Ambrose for a first year he was cool and Kimi knew he would do well in classes

Levi looked over and smiled, "I'm Levi, and I'm sure it's a pleasure!" He had to paused at his next question. Who wouldn't be happy to be in Hufflepuff??? His mother had told him how amazing her house was and he agreed with her already everyone seemed really nice and welcoming.

He nodded, clearly beaming, "Yep! My mother was a Hufflepuff when she attended Hogwarts!" Surely she would be proud of him for making it to her house, "How about you? Excited to be here?" Because he should be. Seriously. It was only the greatest house, despite what his father and brother would say to defend their lame houses.



"Hi Kane!" Levi smiled at the slight the slightly older boy, "I'm Levi." The first year took his hand and happily shook it. He didn't know WHAT Landon meant when he said everyone was odd and unfriendly here. He seemed to be making friends very quickly. His brother was such a horrid liar...

Or... Maybe Landon was just weird... Yeah, that seemed more likely.

Kimi, Kane, Simon and Levi
 

Charms and Transfiguration?

Ambrose could easily remember what they were, though he was nervous about attending the classes. Mainly because he was still nervous about casting a spell. The accidental magic he'd cast as a child told him that he could do it, it's just... he'd never tried. What if he couldn't when he tried?

"I think I'm looking forward to History of Magic..." he'd always loved history, didn't have a clue about the history of the wizarding world and that wouldn't include magic so he should be decent at that one!

And muggle studies. If he wasn't good at that one he was going to just quit.



Was going back to China a good thing? Ambrose tilted his head to the side in thought for a moment. "Well it wouldn't have been awful..." his sister might have actually killed him if he had gone back to China.

Also if Chinese wizarding school was anything like muggle school, then that wouldn't have been so cool either. Though with that amount of study he would've improved very quickly, he mused to himself.

Pukwudgie? Yeah there was no way Ambrose was going to remember that. "Wizards have a lot of weird names for things," he commented, smiling in amusement as he thought about the ones he'd known so far. Hogwarts. Ilvermony. Hufflepuff. Quidditch. Nifflers.

The list kind of just went on.

"It was kinda fun, but also kinda..." he froze for a moment, unsure of how to keep going. "Weird?" Yeah that last bit sounded like more of a question. "Like I didn't expect it to bring up my sister."



Maybe?

He guessed so?

Ambrose tilted his head slightly in confusion as to why this other first year WASNT SO EXCITED! They were at a literal school of magic! About to learn real magic! They had been sorted by a talking hat that could read their minds! He'd probably grown up in the wizarding world, Ambrose concluded. Though even that didn't make that much sense because he was pretty sure he'd met other kids from wizard families that were equally as excited as him.

"So anything you're looking forward to?"

Please get excited?



His mother was also a Hufflepuff at Hogwarts, Ambrose's smile softened for a moment at the thought of something like that. He couldn't imagine whether if his parents had been wizards that attended Hogwarts where they'd be put or whether they'd be proud of him for where he had landed. If he told them about the houses they'd probably expect Ravenclaw. That that the smile dropped for a split second. The the boys question, Ambrose immediately beamed at Levi again though.

"Yeah, it's incredible! I'm looking forward to everything!" he'd exclaimed, imagining how things could go. He paused a moment after that. "Except flying... I'm not looking forward to flying."

OPEN post! [Fat Friar mention + oodles of shout outs]
 

Everyone! Sorry if I missed anyone
 

I think everyone's in here XD
 

The Friar smiled at the colloquialism. "Hello...what is your name?" He saw this was a new face. "And are you a transfer?" Because he certainly didn't look like a first year.

....What was a 'pika??' The Friar followed her with his gaze as she searched, was joined by a Slytherin boy, and then was less confused when she found the pet. It was a pygmy puff! How curious! It was cute, at least!

Another new face! Alfred was very pleased all of them seemed to be in jolly spirits! And such kindness they were showing him, too! True badgers!

He chuckled. "I am mentioned in books. Any book about Hogwarts would have us ghosts in it!" And how long HAD he been there? The Friar thought for a moment... "I think...well...a very long time. I can't even recall when..." because that's how long it had been. "At least hundreds..." Was it really hundreds?! Merlin's pants!

Alfred waved back at the boy. "And what is your name, young sir?" he asked, because once again...a new face! So many of them soooooo many of them! He loved it!


He saw one new student being awfully quiet, and no one was speaking with her. So the Friar glided over, very serenely, and stopped next to her. He leaned over and gave her a friendly smile. "Hello there, young miss. Are you doing okay? I am very happy to have you in Hufflepuff house!" He wished he could get someone to talk to her...she looked slightly sad!

Alfred turned at the question and smiled at the first year. "...Well...." He winked. "Yes! But it wasn't too popular at the time!" he held his stomach as he laughed. "And what is your name?"

This first year was so small. So tiny. Alfred wished he could hug her. He smiled broadly at her very kind question. "I like Alfred...I like Friar..." he shrugged. "But Fat Friar is okay? I promise! And what do YOU like to go by, little one?"

Alfred turned and waved at young Isa. "Hello there! I hope you had a good summer?"

Alfred smiled at Henry. "My summer was very peaceful and serene. Thank you for asking! How about yours?"

Oh dear! It seemed like Peeves and Miffy were up to no good over at the Slytherin table. He clicked his tongue and shook his head. "Merlin. Three poltergeists..." he muttered to himself. Things had seemed off ever since Storm arrived, too. He wondered if the other ghosts felt the discomfort that he did all summer.

Griffin/Isa (just passing through)
 

Only quoting Isa and Hazel, but he did address everyone else too
 

You know, there was a saying. Speak of the devil and he shall arrive? Well, Brian Woods wasn't quite what one would call that, but he did have an uncanny ability to show up just as he was being spoken of. It almost compensated for his uncanny ability to be late for literally everything. Breakfast, lunch, classes, prefect meetings. You name it, he was probably walking in only as you questioned where he was.

"Somewhere would be right here. Had a good summer, Isa?" It was normally recommended that he ask these questions, right? He was quite certain. Taking a seat and watching what was left of the sorting, his eyes might have been a little glazed with Nostalgia. He still remembered the hat sitting there on his head, quite like a hat and not saying anything for a good while. And then telling him he'd make a good Ravenclaw.

Well, Ravenclaw wasn't where the cookies were, so here he was. Hufflepuff. And watching the last sorting he'd experience as a student. Ever. Of course he wasn't tearing up.

And turning to the girl whose question Isa had answered. "That would be me," he nodded, offering a hand. In case she'd missed the interaction. "Brian Woods, Hufflepuff prefect at your service." Although in his experience, this service had ended up being inclusive of yelling at rude house ghosts and losing a good few house points before the term had even begun. Yet another reason he wasn't fond of Peeves and Miffy. But today was a good day, nothing had gotten in the way of that yet (save for the prefect meeting, but even that was sorted out).

Now to address the rest of the table. "Reverend," he grinned up at the ghost. "Glad to see you again. Was the castle terribly lonely this summer?" Because, well. He imagined it was quite dull if you were hanging around the same people you had for the past five hundred years. "The rest of you too, had a good break, yeah?"

It was good to be back, really.

Brian and a hello to everyone ;) anyone can respond ;)
 

"Oh. You must not have looked very well" Harriet pointed out with a little grin. She actually had spent the train ride on her own actually. Luca wasn't at Hogwarts yet, which made her sad. But she had hoped that one of her friends would come find her. When they hadn't came Hattie had just decided to draw instead. Drawing was her favorite thing in the world to do. She'd drawn the hogwarts express on it's way to Hogwarts. Or well an interpretation anyway, since she'd been on the train she couldn't actually draw what it had exactly looked like.

"Come sit down..." She murmured with a smile "We have the best food here"



Ooh. Someone else was talking to her! Hattie turned to the new voice and beamed. She loved having new friends. "Hi Isa" She third year beamed at her fellow Hufflepuff. "I'm really good" She'd had a great summer. It had been perfect, but she was happy to be back at school now. She loved being at Hogwarts. "How was your summer?"



"Of course I'm here. Where else do you think I'd be?" It wasn't like she would go to any other house. Hufflepuff was her home, and she didn't really care about going to any other house. And Luca was in her house too, so it really did not matter about her not going to another house. "I tried to find you on the train...but I couldn't. So I just drew instead" She murmured with a smile. She loved her drawing. It was something she always wanted to do.

"How was the rest of your summer?" They had the art camp, but she hadn't seen her since the, which had made her sad.



"Henry!" Harriet beamed as she looked at another of her friends. She was so excited! Henry was lovely, and pretty cute too. So she was excited to see him. "Summer was amazing..." Hattie murmured with a smile. There had been Summer camp, and then getting together with Luca, and then spending time with her big sister. It had been great. "How was yours?"

And now they could eat! "Yaaay food!" The third year beamed, before piling some mash onto her plate.

*POP*


Pips came into view at the Hufflepuff table and he was holding a plate. "Pips brought more potatoes. He has been working on them all day and just finished them."

and Pip at the end!
 

It didn't matter how much anyone had told her, the fact that there were ghosts at Hogwarts was so weird and SO COOL. The redheaded firstie looked up at the translucent friar and smiled. "I'm Hazel. Hazel Martin-Pryce."



But it seemed like there was no shortage of people trying to answer her question. First it was the girl with the muffins and then some other person, but before she she could follow up with where she might find those people or what her question actually is, the boy prefect person introduced himself!

"Oh! Hi! Ok.." she started, wondering how to phrase this. She scrunched up her face as she peered back toward the other house tables. "I want to go check on some of my friends who ended up in other houses who I think might be upset." She looked back at the prefect with big, concerned doe eyes.

"Is it allowed if I want to go do that during the feast?"

Short replies. cause like. school's open! :O
 

Sky felt like an honorary Hufflepuff whenever she went over to see Hattie; it was like the one place that she could count on where house members seemed to know who she was. But then again, she was optimistic that Slytherin house members maybe felt the same about Hattie. "Hey Isa. Good to see you again," Sky returned the greeting to the younger girl. Always so cheerful she was, Sky was pretty sure she'd never seen Isa in a bad mood.... but she was still young, so who knew? "I'm doing alright."

"I see that. Ditto there." Sky grinned sheepishly at the older puff. "Good seeing you again, Kat."

And who was this? He looked familiar, and greeted her well enough.... Carl apparently. Badgers were so friendly, but she reckoned having a bestie in the house probably helped in that. "Don't worry, it's only temporary," Sky smiled slyly. "Nice to meet you, Carl. I'm Skylar, but you can call me Sky."

....

He waved at her. Yes she knew him. Well of him. Noah knew him better. And he totally just waved at her. And talked to her. And Skylar was at loss of words. Breathe, just breathe. Was he always that good looking or was the summer good to him?

Deep breath. Calm.

"Hi. It. It. was good. You?"

"Maybe not." Honestly she kind of had a bit on her mind. Like her brother not being on the train for reasons that were pretty much her fault. He'd be at Hogwarts soon though and she wanted to be the first to welcome him when he returned. She just would need to make sure she got his work for him, because it was his OWL year; though Noelle would probably help him but she was feeling all kinds of guilt. "Where were you on the train anyway? Who you with?"

"I should.... go back to my table. Opening feast and all. You know this." Sky bit her lower lip. "It's the same food at all the tables at feasts, silly."