STUDMUFFIN. Delilah real-laughed at Robbie's fake-laughing. Hehehehehehe. She reached out with her other hand and fluffed his hair a little bit, "Of course you are." He was also extremely dorky at times, but she liked that about him.

Delilah didn't need protecting, she could kick butt. But it was sweet and she was going to let Robbie think that she did. "Where first?"

Ari wondered if it was possible for a Muggle couple to have two daughters both witches, and reached the conclusion that such a thing was highly unlikely. However, she restrained herself from asking any more questions on the subject, since she didn't want Emily to think of her as a girl obsessed with blood status, which she definitely wasn't.

'Yes, I did, overall...I started exploring the castle with a friend, it was fascinating, but we still haven't seen half of it! And I was very curious to see what subjects I'll be good at. The whole pirate thing got me confused, though. In fact, I'm still not sure I understand what was going on.' Ariadne confessed, blushing a bit. 'Oh, that's good! I think I would actually like Transfiguration and DADA if taught by competent professors.' the second year Gryffie mused. 'What did you think of the subjects in your first year?' Ari asked Emily.

Slightly aware of her new Hufflepuff-ish tendencies (she didn't like hugging people untill she started attending Hogwarts), Ari smiled reassuringly when Mordred nodded and jumped to hug him, but relesed the boy briefly, thinking it might be too much for him. 'See, it wasn't that bad!' the girl laughed.


A holiday in Wales was nothing compared to one in Egypt, Ariadne realized. Nevertheless, she did have a good time, so she could give a sincere answer. 'It was fun, and a lot warmer than in the north. I was happy to spend some time with my mum, after a year at Hogwarts. But now I'm rather excited to go back.' she confessed. 'But tell me about Egypt! Did you go inside the pyramids?' the Gryffie asked with fascination.

'Oh, I like to shop, but the carnival is distracting me.' the girl chuckled. 'I suppose it is a muggle tradition, yes. When I was younger, my mum was adamant to teach me as much as possible about the muggle world, and she also took me to a carnival, but all I can remember was a gypsy fortune-teller. She was a fraud, of course. I don't suppose they have one here.'


'I don't know if you remember him, but he's that boy our age hitting on every girl, and generally using the cheesiest remarks in the world. That's why I don't like him, but Rose and Gwen may have more profound reasons.' Ari explained, forgetting once more that Mordred had no idea who Gwen was. 'Oh, and Gwen is one of my closest friends, she's in Ravenclaw and the same age as us.'

A carnival.

There was actually a carnival over there! And it was amazing! Nora just loved cheerful and colorful things like this, even though she'd never been to a carnival before. Wasn't this a muggle thing? But muggle or not, she was more than happy to see one.

The first place she went to explore were the stalls and the vendors, of course. And she wasn't alone either. Elijah was admiring everything as he was in her small bag, and to her surprise, he wasn't even trying to escape. Well... what would the others think if they'd see a tiny lizard move around Diagon Alley on its own will?

Since she was distracted by everything that was surrounding her, she didn't quite pay attention to what she was stepping on.

... until she felt something awkward... feet.

Why did she keep stepping on people's feet?!

The girl gasped and stepped away quickly, and then turned around to see on whose feet she stepped this time. At least she didn't scream, which was an improvement. But... she had to look uuuuup, of course, since she was so short. "I - I'm sorry, I didn't mean to -" give you a bad feet..ache?! Nice. That was juuust nice.

Mordred slightly winced when Ari hugged him. It was a fast hug, but it felt nice. "So that's a hug." he said smiling; happy that he didn't faint. He realized that hugs from good friends were not a bad thing. They felt...real.

Mordred grinned as he spoke. "Yes we did. We were able to see the hieroglyphs drawn on the walls. Who knew that those were actually 'magical spells' to help the dead gain entrance to the other realm. Really fascinating." he said dreamily. "The local market's full of items that are used as amulets, potions ingredients, herbs." he continued. "And muggles buy them." he added. Their trip to Egypt made him realize that they indeed live with muggles in a parallel world. This realization made him more curious of the non-magical people.

"Fortune teller?" Mordred smirked. He never took his Divination classes seriously. "I don't get Divination. It's not exciting anymore if you already know your future." Well it was rather his excuse to not attend Divination classes.

"Ohhh. Him. Yes, I now remember." he said as he recalled the time they were in Fortescue's last summer. Mordred wanted to talk to that boy, but he seems to be very busy with the girls. "Did he talk to you? Used his cheesy lines?" Mordred asked trying not to laugh.

Emily walked over to another stall and picked up a glowworm stick. Those things were so cool!
"I know how you feel! I've been there two years and still carn't find my way around! I swear that castle is growing!" It sure felt like it. "And the library! It's huge! My ambition is to try to read all of it before I leave." She laughed a bit as she checked her pocket for any money. She douted she'd do it, but she just loved to read so much!
"I love charms. And I'm surprisingly good at it! If you need any help with practicing, I'm your girl." Damn, that had come out a bit boastful. She hadn't meant it to at all.
"Um... yeah, Transfiguration is good. So is Care of Magical Creatures. I love learning about magical animals!"
She passed some money over and pocketed the glowworm stick. "What about you?"

'Yeah, I dunno why Ari hates him but Gwen hates him because he's annoying, and I hate him 'cause he's a git.' Rose said firmly. 'I don't like to go into that part of my life...' Rose laughed. 'Well, lets just say that I DID go out with him, and that he's TERRIBLE boyfriend material...' Rose scowled. Yeah, being possesive and then CHEATING on her. Definitely bad.

'Hmm... If I'm not gonna get you on hug a Slytherin day... I shall do now!' Rose smiled evily. Then. She hugged Mordred. See what he thinks of THAT!

Rose let go of Mordred and laughed. 'Well, I don't know about you, but I'll always hate him.' She grinned. 'Yup, this place is my life. Well, this carnival's been to my town before! I can help you where to go!' Rose told Ari.
'Too late!' Rose laughed in acknoledgement of her telling Rose not to scare him. 'I probably scared him when I first met him!' Rose laughed

Then, Rose hugged him. What is it with girls and hugging anyway? That he needs to find out. He was about to ask the girls, but Rose's confession was too hard to miss.

"You went out with him? You were his girlfriend?" Mordred said almost laughing as he broke away from Rose's hug--totally forgetting about it. "How terrible was he? What did he do this time?" he asked. He never witnessed his cousins woo a girl, so he doesn't have any idea what it takes to be a terrible boyfriend.

He then approached one of the stalls selling an over-sized wizard's hat. He never wore their pointed school hat, but the one he spotted was way too cool to not at least try on. He got it off the table and wore it, but the hat was too big that it literally engulfed his head. Pulling it off his face, "So, Rose --if you went out with William, then it means that somehow--you were attracted to him. Right?" he asked totally being ignorant about those things. To him, it was all logic.

"So nice of you to talk behind my back" Willaim told Rose politely. He just laughed.

" Why don't you grow a pair and tell me face to face?" Willaim asked the boy. Then William laighed.

Mordred turned around to see a blond boy about his age. He looked from Rose Ariadne and him. "Tell him face to face?" he thought bitterly.

"Fine. How miserable were you that Rose got fed up?" he said as he faced the boy squarely. "You really must be terrible." he said as he looked at him from head to foot, crossed his arms and smirked. Rose seemed hurt when she mentioned him. And if there is someone to tell him the truth, it must be Mordred.

'Yes... he cheated on me... kissed another girl who he started going out with after.' Rose scowled thinking about it. 'He was also WAY possesive, he didn't like it when I went off with my friends and expected me to be with him 24/7...' Rose rolled her eyes.
Then Mordred said something about atttraction? 'Somehow, I guess. Don't ask me what to, I'll never know.' Rose grinned. 'I usually prefer boys with dark hair, not blondies.' Rose laughed. 'Why?' Rose asked.

Rose burst out laughing. 'Thank you...' Rose whispered to him. It was nice to know someone was on her side. 'Y'know, most Slytherins have been pretty horrid to me. I like you, Mordred, you don't seem to care if I'm a Muggleborn!' Rose smiled. 'You don't do you?' Rose asked worried.

'You're welcome, it must be nice to know SOMEONE wants to talk about you, huh?' Rose laughed.

Mordred's reaction was somewhat unexpected. He was actually not that disturbed by the hug. 'Well, I'm glad you're still speaking to me after this.' Ari joked. 'Everyone needs a hug every once in a while.' That was entirely true.

Ariadne listened intently to the boy describing his experiences in Egypt, and her wish to visit the place herself increased. 'Were you able to decipher the hyeroglyphs? Are they something like Runes?' Ari wondered, remembering she was rubbish at Ancient Runes at school.

'Yeah, a fortune-teller. She asked me my day and time of birth and based on that, she told me I would inherit a huge sum of money. Riiiight.' Ari waved a hand in disbelief. 'I can't imagine how muggles actually believe things like that.' But Divination was different. 'I quite like the subject. It's not that much about seeing the future as it is about interpreting signs. To me, it is similar to Arithmancy, which uses numbers as signs with deeper meanings.' the Gryffie argued.

'No, he didn't use his lines on me. I reckon he doesn't like me, but I'm perfectly fine with that. We haven't spoken much, and truth be told, he was pretty civil, but that doesn't mean that I approve of his behaviour.' Ari replied, hoping Mordred wouldn't consider her a snob for hating someone she hardly knew.



At least there was someone who could relate to her state of confusion when it came to the size of the castle. 'It might be, or at least it seems to be growing because every year it's more and more crowded.' There were indeed lots of firsties shopping for supplies at this very moment.

'Fancy that! Gryffindors in general aren't known as avid readers, I thought I was one of the very few to enjoy reading, but I'm glad you do too. What kind of books are your favourite?' Ariadne asked with curiosity.

'I'm not spectacular at Charms, but I manage. With your help, I might improve.' Ari said sincerely. 'Maybe there's something I could do for you in return.' she offered. 'I need Transfiguration and Care of Magical Creatures, as my dream career is to become a wandmaker.' the young Gryffie confessed, hoping Emily wouldn't react surprised, as it wasn't a very common profession even in the wizarding world. 'What would you like to do?'

Ari was a bit surprised that people could fall in love so early, as first years, but decided to say nothing in order not to hurt Rose's feelings. Maybe after William, she realized it was too soon. 'Really? So you must know everything around here! Where would you reccommend me to go?' Ariadne asked Rose, who seemed to be the expert in carnivals. 'How did you meet Mordred?' Ari was curious to know, as her housemate mentioned having scared the boy.

James quirked his eyebrow. "How much?" The vendor repeated himself. "No thanks." Mr. Awesome put back the floating, gold ornament that looked like a chicken. It was cool but for 10 gallions?!?! Once he started Hogwarts he'd be able to charm stuff to do that sorta thing. He left the stand and headed off, walking down the street once more.

He smirked at a mime and walked over to a dude who looked kinda excited at the sight of the silent actor. Then yer man walked away and James practically had to almost run to catch up. He was kinda in need of someone to talk to. Then the shoe lace of his converse got in his way and he tripped but quickly caught himself before falling on top of the dude - only pushing the guy slightly.

"Sorry man. Tripped on my shoelace... Hey did you see anything sorta cheap 'round here?"

Before Jasper could anywhere he was falling on the hard ground. DUDE!! What was that. That was just plain random!! Then he heard a voice and he began to listen. At least the guy said sorry most people would just get up and walk away and that was like a hit and run in the muggle world but no one died or got hurt here. Just his hair was a mess. Jasper fixed his pretty boy hair and looked at the kid. He had to be a couple years younger that he was.

"It's okay man." Jasper's deep southern accent said. Anything cheap. Nope he hadn't seen anything cheap. "I haven't seen anything cheap to be honest the are just con men. They want to make a boat load of money and they think they can do it here." Jasper whispered. "I'm Jasper Somerhalder." Jasper held his had out for the kid to shake it.

'Hmm... the Freakshow is always a great place to go!' Rose laughed. 'You've got LOADS of exciting people there!' Rose nodded.

'I met him on the Hogwarts Express, on the way there,' Rose grinned at Ari 'but didn't get to see him after that. Then I saw him in Florean Fortescues!' Rose smiled over at Mordred.

Emily laughed as she twirled the glow stick between her hands "Yeah, is it just me or are there loads more first years this year?" Probably just her. She'd just never really payed attention to the amount of students going to Hogwarts before.

"Oh you enjoy reading too?!" This got her excited. Everyone else she seemed to know hated to read. "I'm an absolute fanatic when it comes to books! I'll read anything and everything, though I do enjoy Hogwarts: A Histoy. That's always a good read." In fact she had it in bag right now. She'd lost count of how many times she'd read it. "What about you?"

"Oh it's fine." Emily said blushing slightly "I just like to help people out if they're stuck. It's nice to be nice after all!" That was becoming something of a motto for her at the moment.
"You want to be a wandmaker? That's so cool!" She was being serious. She'd read a few books on wandlore and it sounded very exciting. "I'm not sure. This may be surprising but I've always found dragons interesting! Mabye I'd go work with them or something..." She hadn't really given much thought into a future career, but that was something that had always stayed in her mind since she'd first read about them.

"Nothing. I mean you're really upset now--and I can't imagine that you got attracted to him." Mordred shrugged.

He glared at William, "Nobody talks to me that way. If you wish to confront me about something, then you should at least have the decency to introduce yourself first." he addressed to William, and with a smirk, he turned his back to him and shut him out of the conversation.

"I don' mind you being muggleborn, as long as you're not rude." he said glancing at the blond boy behind him.


"Good thing I did not faint." he joked. "Well, it was nice of you to ask permission first. I'm really not used to hugs." he confessed.

"The hieroglyphs were extraordinary. Yes, it's pretty much like Arithmancy but deciphering the drawings is tricky business. It could mean a lot; it could have thousands of interpretations! And we're talking about magic here. If you read it wrong, or interpreted it wrong-- the dead mummy will be doomed. You don't want that to happen." he said as he shook his head. "Although, I found this manuscript from their local market. They don't know the author, they don't even know the language used!" he said as he scratched his nose.


"Did you just see what happened?" Mordred asked about how William confronted him. "No wonder you don't like his behavior." he said as he kept a mental note about this boy.

'Naw, I'm not upset. I mean, I was at first. Well. For about an hour, then I got over it...' Rose shrugged. 'No, I'm surprised now too. Maybe he somehow slipped me a potion?' Rose laughed.

'I should think not.' Rose said plainly. 'No-one should be rude to anyone, it's just plain...' Rose tried to think of another word than 'rude' but settled with it, 'rude!' Rose laughed.

'Well, thank you, Sir Mordred, your acceptance means a lot!' Rose giggled, courtseying. 'Well, I'm not rude, unless someone gets on my wrong side.' Rose said darkly, glancing at William.

'HEY! You'll know! What's a Veela?' Rose asked Mordred. 'I remember his mum telling me they were all Veelas, what does that mean?' Rose asked, cocking her head to one side.

Hearing her name, Ellie turned to the side to see Fee standing there smiling. "Fee!" Ellie said with a grin, walking happily toward her. Ellie gave her a hug and looked at her new haircut. "I love your hair! It looks even better in person." She said with a grin.

"How have you been?" Ellie asked. They hadn't hung out in ages. It was really a shame because Fee was just so adorable.

For Icha :)
 

Emmaleigh had heard that there was a carnival in town, and when she heard sounds unusual to Diagon Alley, she followed the noise until she arrived in the middle of the carnival. This was a new one for her. The only carnival she had even gone to was the small local one near her town, and it definitely wasn't a magical carnival. Not knowing where to go first, she decided to look bat some of the stalls set up in the street.

"Hi there!" said a girl with huge brown eyes. "You seem a bit lost. Is this your first time at the carnival? I feel like I've seen you before." the girl said. "My name is Anna by the way, Anna Reese." she shook the girl's hand and waited for her to respond.

Nessie excitedly wandered around the Carnival. She was glad she had something to do, because all she could think about was Tyler and Rose. She deffinitely needed a break. She headed over to the Carnival stalls. They all looked very interesting. She looked at them all trying to decide which stall would be the most fun.

Then it came back to her, she remembered everything. About a year ago, she was a cute little innocent first year that was friendly and a true Hufflepuff. Now she felt like the worst friend ever. She didn't know why she did, what she did to Rose, but for some reason she felt she needed to. She carried on walking trying not to think about anything, except for the Carnival stalls.

"Hi! What's going on? Oh.... You look upset?! What's wrong? Is there anything I can do to help?" Raven was concerned. "I'm Raven by the way... I'm a first year at Hogwarts. I completely understand if you don't feel like sharing but I would really like to help you." Raven smiled. She hoped that there was something she could do or say.

"Oh! Anna, You are already here! Great! What should we do?"

Anna then turned around to see another young girl. She decided to go up to her. "Hello!" Anna said with a smile, she loved making new friends. "My name is Anna Reese!" She said happily shaking the girl's hand. "What's your name?" she asked the girl

"Oh no!" said Anna, her smile turned into a frown as she comforted her new friend. "What's wrong?" she asked Nessie.