RPG: Harry Potter and the Relic of Deorc

[Faceless111]

Prologue

McGonagall awaited patiently in her office, keeping company with the previous headmasters' and mistresses' portraits on the wall. But, however patient she was, she still had an anxious feeling about the new term of Hogwarts that was approaching. It felt hot in the room, but the temperature was perfect due to the atmospheric charm placed in the room. She waited for at least an hour and listened to the paintings talk, but she sat in utter silence.

Then a knock came from the door. "Enter," she said curtly. The door opened and the four Heads of Houses entered: Slughorn, Flitwick, Longbottom, and Bones. "Well," started McGonagall, "as you know, a new term is starting and why it should be any different than any other term I do not know, but... Slughorn, Flitwick, I assume you know of the Relic of Deorc? Longbottom and Bones, you both are new, so I assume not." Slughorn raised his eyebrows and his mustache twitched at the corners. Flitwick looked at the ground. Neville Longbottom and Susan Bones both looked bewildered. "It's been acting up. I do not expect it to become dangerous, but I think we should add suppressing charms and try to delude some of its power. And to all Heads of Houses, watch all of your students carefully, especially the first years. Something or someone is making the Relic get jumpy, but it's nothing we can't handle."

The four Heads nodded, though Longbottom and Bones were still in a state of bewilderment. They left one by one, but Longbottom paused and dared a question, "But Headmistress, what's the Relic of Deorc?"

McGonagall looked gentle and in thought. "To know what the Relic of Deorc is, of course you must understand who Nero Deorc was. A powerful and dark wizard that did not hunger for power for his own personal gain, but rather just enough power to kill certain persons that he deemed unworthy of life. Not Muggles particularly, but leaders that he thought to hold too much sway over the masses. And he, in his own madness, seemed to think he was doing this in service of the world's well-being. It's rumored that he went mad in some war or other nonsense and sought to end the war by using great dark magic. Not much is known about his later years in life, you see he hid himself in his manor, and it was years after his death that his body was actually discovered. In his cold hands, he clutched the Relic of Deorc, as it's known now. The Relic is of dark magic, Professor Longbottom, and we've protected it for centuries. There's no need to fear..."

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Chapter 1 - Mischief in Diagon Alley

Nathaniel Hucel awoke to the shuffle below his wooden floor. The apothecary was an old building and sound carried easily through the thin walls and floors, much to the dismay of Nathan for he preferred silence in the mornings. The boy looked at the clock on his nightstand, nine o'clock in the morning.

Banes' Apothecary was open for the day. Nate pulled on some clothes, but didn't bother with the other preperations of his normal morning rituals. His hair was a mess and his face wasn't washed up. He didn't care; he could feel today was special as a slow excitement first built up in his stomach and then rushed his chest. He was buying his Hogwarts school supplies today!

He rushed down the stairs; no clients today for him. He'd normally be working in the back, assorting potions or checking stocks or maybe even brewing a potion. But instead, today at least, his grandfather beckoned him over with a face that was forever set in lines and steel expressions. "Good morning, sir," Nathan greeted.

Articus, grandfather, grunted back and handed his a pouch of coins. "I'm staying to work the shop, so don't get into trouble. Mind the shopkeepers and only buy what you need. We're tight on budget, remember that!"

"Yes, sir," Nathan nodded and accepted the money.

"That Brezing girl is here, too. Be weary of her, I don't trust her folks," Articus indicated the shop's window and outside stood an eager-looking girl with unkempt hair but a flattering face. Her attire was that of a muggle, she must've just come from London; a thick sweater with sleeves that were clearly too long and short-shorts finished with yellow rain boots. Nate recognized her as the girl that talked too much, but liked her company anyways. She smiled at him through the glass and he smiled back.

Diagon Alley was waking up as Brianna Brezing and Nathan Hucel shopped, but (mainly due to Brianna's influence) they spent an incredible amount of time browsing. Nathan was never advent about Quidditch, but Brianna loved racing brooms. They must've spent an hour in the broom shop alone. And, of course, another hour in the pet shop. And in the different joke shops. Nate didn't buy anything except school supplies, but Bri had brought a ridiculous amount of her father's money with her and was spending like crazy.

But, mainly due to Nathan's influence, the two got their robes from Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions and their books from Flourish and Blotts and most of their school supplies.

"Now where?" Bri asked in a chirpy voice, eating a unique flavor of ice cream while holding bags of other junk.

Nathan smiled almost frighteningly, "Ollivander's..." His own wand, finally. This is what he was really looking forward to.

[Nespa]

sissy sat at a table infront of the icecream shop and really just watched her ice coupe melt rather than eating it. She sighed closing her eyes, her shopping was over rather quickly al she needed were some new robes and a few scrolls. after that the wizard a man called sniffles was called away by a owl, he guided her today and when he had to leave he bought her a large ice cream coupe and told her try and make friends. she crossed her arms and laid her head on it, she did not want to trust anyone her own age trust could be betrayed she felt that the hardway. It was also clear they didn't trust her fully either since sniffles took her wand with him, she opened her eyes when bri and nathiel passed but closed them again.

[Aura of the Twilight]

Elanea had gotten up bright and early this day to get her sopping done before rush hour shopping took place. She was done with everything and was hanging around inside Ollivander's Wand Shop talking with the owner. Elanea had known the owner well for she always talked with him whenever she saw him. Sometimes she even came to the shop to help him re organized the wands.

Today though all she did was talk to him whenever other customers weren't in trying to get their wands for the first time or get their wands repaired. She was in mid sentence when she saw some kids that looked about first year walking into the shop. She just smiled at them and then stepped out of the way of the counter.

"Go ahead you guys, I'm not in line," she said to them friendly. She got a better look at the and thought, "Deffinately first years, the boy seems really nervous."

[Yukari112]

Alice walked along Diagon Alley getting whatever new supplies she needed for the new year. Alice talked to a few owners asking the quality and how good it ws or if it was recommended. She didn't much care for the price for it was her father's money that she was using.

Alice walked into the broow shop for a new broom. Her had gotten broken by her little brother when he was trying to fly it. Ran stright into a wall and broke it. She picked out the newest one "I will take this one please."

[Rem]

When someone says the word “wizard” a certain image comes to mind. Generally it is one of a long flowing gray (or white) beard, accompanied by majestic robes made of some strange and wonderful materiel. And one wouldn’t be wrong in taking that train of thought, but not all wizards are stuck in the archaic stereotypes of old. Case and point Vincent Blackwell, who was no less a wizard than Gandalf the Grey. In place of heavy robes Vincent had dawned shorts and a T-shirt, with a grey baseball cap, and of course the muggle classic lime green flip flops. He was picking through a news stand, mumbling incoherently to himself. Picking, he had gotten the London post as well as the USA today, since while he no longer lived there he did keep tabs on the states. He was making quite the mess piling magazines on the ground that he wanted, while he would love to take them all he simply didn’t have the room. And tragically these magazines and news papers would be his only link to the Muggle world for months. He grimaced at the idea, he sighed and quickly chose eight and brought them to the counter.

He shoved them in one of his duffle bags, and scurried off his back arched and head low. The weight of his bags was terrible, multiplied by the unseasonably warm weather. His head drove skyward though once he heard a familiar hoot. A small spotted owl swooped down and landed clumsily on the street. The owl toddled a bit and then faced Vincent, looking very proud of itself. She set the bottle of water that she had been sent to fetch on the ground. Vincent leaned down to pick up the bottle when he saw two large puncture marks from the owl’s claws. He smirked slightly, and mimed drinking the empty bottle. He scratched the owl’s neck, and it hooted contently.
“Well Anita, you did your best.”

He bent his arm down to her, and she scampered up it, leaving little red claw marks. She rubbed her head against his when she reached the top. She wasn’t a great messenger, but she was loyal and you can’t ask for much more. Vincent smiled at his feathered friend, but it quickly faded when he remembered the next stop on his list, Diagon Alley.

He despised Diagon alley, for a host of reasons not the least of which was hundreds of wizards were crammed into a street no bigger than eight feet wide. And secondly he hated how musty the whole place felt, it felt old, and ugly. He wondered if the place had changed at all in the last hundred years. He pulled his cap down further, and faced the great brick wall, which was conversely the entrance to said alley. He dug his wand out of a duffle bag, which had remained untouched since the day he left Hogwarts. Frowning he tapped the bricks in the correct order, and suddenly they gave way. Toppling over themselves every which way to form a path for Vincent to enter, he sighed and stepped into the breach.

[Nespa]

Sissy stood up sitting at a table looking depressed would definitly pull some people her way and that was something she did not want. She blinked when she saw a child no older than five looking up at her and then at the partly melted ice cream coupe. she smiled a bit though she had trust issues childeren could not scare her much, she picked up the coupe and handed it to the child whom was delighted after patting his head. she walked towards the broom shop window where it was silent for am moment. putting her hands in her skirts pocket she glanced for a moment at the girl buying a expensive one and then back at the brooms in the display.

[Buruku]

Felina found herself amidst the hustle and bustle of Diagon Alley once again. The streets were filled with eager first years and their parents, she watched them as they whizzed in and out of shops, holding their new robes and spell books proudly. As Felina tip-toed through the crowds, she noticed a few familiar faces. She spotted Finn with the usual group of third-year girls giggling after him, Felina rolled her eyes. In the distance she could see a odd looking fellow…sporting lime green flip flops and what appeared to be a… muggle hat. She couldn’t help but blink twice when she saw that it was Vincent. She didn’t really know the guy personally, but recognized his face. She could hear a trail of scornful whispers fallowing him as he walked by…

Turning away, she placed herself familiarly in Magical Menagerie and gazed lovingly at the creatures around her.

“Going to buy anything today Miss. White?” Asked the shop keeper.

“Actually, I’m just waiting for my mom to meet me here, so no, not today.”

As if on cue, her mother walked into the shop accompanied by a jingle of the door’s bell. She carried a stack of books which she promptly dumped into Felina’s unexpecting arms.

“I hope you know this is the last year I do this for you” her mom said as Felina tried hard to keep her books from falling. “I know you don’t like crowds but you can manage to get your own books.”

“I’m actually surprised you’ve done it this long,” replied Felina, “but thanks, I appreciate it.”

Togather they strolled out of Magical Menagerie and zig-zagged through the swarms of people. Felina noticed a large crowd in front of Ollivanders and fondly thought about the day when she first got her wand.

[Rem]

After Ditching his luggage at the inn Vincent headed into the alley to get his supplies. It was hard for him to believe this would be hist fifth year. And aside from Anita he didn’t have a friend to his name. He grimaced, and walked on feelings of loneliness trying to claw their way up into is thoughts. But he pushed them down with thoughts of his future, because at the end of the day his feelings were but an insect in comparison to his ambition. He darted his eyes trying to find something to focus on instead of himself.

And then he found it, there was a huge crowd of onlookers gawking in front of the broom shop. He saw some faces he recognized, but he couldn’t put names to them. The spectacle reminded him of holding a treat just out of reach of a puppy. The way they stare mouth open and drooling. Broom riding was simply one more thing that eluded him, it was a very graceful sport. Which required split second reflexes and sharp eyes, his eyes were fine. However his gait and overall range of movements always had a slight jitter to them. As if he was constantly fighting for control of his body. He turned away and continued on, any envy he had of talented riders quickly passed. For his mind was not in the sky, but on the ground, in the here and now. He shook his head, as if trying to erase his thoughts. And continued onward into the alley he so hated.

[kingdomhearts_tom]

OOC: you should post your characters in the sign up thread mate :D

Tom was meant to be meeting Mia just here. He looked at the space next to him. He fiddled with the prefect badge in his pocket, he didn't really know why he had brought it. He just knew that this year he was going to give Zacke hell. He was younger and completly under his power. Tom grinned demonically and a few first year girls scurried past looking scared.
He walked over to the weasleys joke shop, he remembered the time he had been in there when both owners had been alive and with both ears. He owed George a lot of detentions.
He smiled and noticed a few hufflepuffs from the year below and waved, he noticed over their heads the wand shop. He remembered that he wanted to get his wand checked up on. It had a few scratches and chunks missing but felt just as sharp to use as it used to.
He'd still be able to see if Mia arrived from inside the shop so he set off inside. He saw Elanea, a ravenclaw from his year and bowed jokingly at her. "How you doing today Miss Wreith?" He knew her to be a bit of a bookworm but friendly enough.
He heard a tut behind him and he span around as a wand was stuck into his chest. It was Zacke...

Zacke grinned, "Look at you! Flirting with a ravenclaw! You make me sick!"
Tom only grinned, "Flirting? It's called manners, you should look it up. Ah but you can't spell such a long word can you, well let me help you, M...A..."

Tom felt a searing pain in his chest but defiantly didn't move. A call came from out the shop and Zacke sighed then left. Tom felt a bead of sweat run down his neck, he'd get that little git back at school.
He turned back to Elanea, "Look at that! A hole in my best muggle shirt!"...

[Aura of the Twilight]

Elanea smiled at Tom and giggled a little bit. He was a Slytherin, but didn't seem bad at all, atleast not to Elanea.

"A simple repairing spell could fix that up Tom, don't worry what goes around comes around Zacke will get his just desserts. In any case, I'm fine today, thank you for asking. Besides your little rivalry runin, how are you today Tom?" Elanea asked as she shifted her weight causing a loose chain over her book to jingle lightly. This caught her attention for a moment, then she looked back up at Tom while fixing the chain with her hand.

"I hope you had a good vaction, and you and your family have been well?" Elanea said with a tone making it sound like a question.

[Nespa]

Sissy moved away from the window of the broomshop oddly enough flying didn't appeal much to her unless it was in a plane. she faintly wondert if the fact that she fell off her broom during her first year had something to do with it, she did get back on it but she stil preffered other means of transportation rather than the broom. She moved to olivanders shop though there was one single wand in the display, she glanced at the people inside and sighed atlist this window was calming and not cluttered like the broom shop.

[Flah Blah]

Laughter, so much laughter.

Starrling regarded the concept of laughter as a rather frivilous antic, though secretly she yearned to be able to share joy and precious moments freely without the thought of grief. Her grief, it was such a burden carrying this unsupressable emotion. Like pushing the bizarre Muggle contraption, refered to as a "shopping cart," sideways.

Elysabeth maintained a close speculation on the young wizards and witches passing by her father's prestigious and high-class broom shoppe. Their faces plastered with smiles of stupidity and utterly consumed in their womb of ignorance. What must it be like to just go out for a day and enjoy the company of others?

Crash.

Elysabeth Starrling immediately cast the thought away as a young lad, no older than fourteen, attempted to wield the magnificent ferocity and behemoth power of the Nightstar X. The most powerful and difficult to handle of all the brooms her father designed. The boy instantly flew into the adjacent wall and knocked down several boxes of Qudditch gloves, a heavy erruption of howling emitting from his croonies.

" That was wicked! " She heard one of them say, however she was not amused. Quickly facing the window beside her to check her reflection, she put on the most intimidating look she could muster and stiffly approached the youngings.

" What the heck do you think you're doing? " she interrogated, reaching into the pocket of her dark straight-legged jeans for her wand.

" If you hooligans have any sense of self preservation you'll vamo- "

Her words were suddenly cut-off by the sound of her father, stepping into the shoppe to avoid the hustle and bustle of the crazed Diagon Alley shoppers. He questioned if there was something wrong, so she replied with a simple shake of her head and turned to glare at the boys who hastily left the store.

" What was that all about? "
"Nothing, dad... Oh, wanna come with me for school-supply shopping? "
" Elysabeth, you know I can't. I'm busy, besides you're old enough to go on your own. Anyway, I gotta go now."

Mr. Starrling's tall lithe flame quickly vanished with a loud crack as he disapparated from the store. Elysabeth let out a dejected sigh and nodded forlornly, clearly saddened that her father has yet again rejected her for his occupation.

Determined to make herself feel better, after another encounter with her father she took a step out of the grand shoppe and out into the busy crowds, blending in with all the people running up and down the street. Like an ant on a crowded ant hill.

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Tom looked blank, Elanea talked way too fast and said way too much. He was glad she took some time to check her book, it gave him time to deciefer (sp) what had been said.
"Oh yeah." he said happily as he drew his wand and repaired his shirt. "And yeah i've had a great holiday, some muggle girl liked my hair, we got talking, she found my wand..." he trailed off for a minute, "So i had to wipe her memory, got a letter and everything. Mr Malfoy managed to sort it all out though, luckily.
"I can't wait for school to start," he looked out the window for a sign of Mia, "Are you gona sign up for my duel class this year? I bet Professer Longbottom would like you too join too."
He leant back against the wall and noticed some little first years listening in, "Yeah you can all join too." He smiled his biggest smile and turned back to Elenea...
Zacke cursed his mother under his breath, he could have taken another couple of fingers then. Oh well, this year the goodie-two-shoes traitor would get his come-uppence. How he dared defile the scared Slytherin house, Zacke would never know. But his parents had friends, friends he knew and liked...

[Aura of the Twilight]

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear you had to erase her memories." Elanea said sympathetically.

Elanea thought about what Tom had said about duel club. She had no problem casting spells, actually she was rather good at it, but she had seen some duels at the duel club and was not sure if she'd want to join. Normally she just went to cheer on a freind if they asked her to.

"I don't know...." Elanea paused and shifted her weight yet again to where she was putting more weight on her right leg than her left and grabed her right arm with her left hand.

"I supposed I could if you and Proffessor Longbottom want me too," Elanea said becoming somewhat meek.

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Tom smiled as she shifted again,"Look let me hold some of them." It was more of a friendly command than an order but he realised how harsh he sounded when he said it. "Err... you know so you don't have to keep moving." He held his arms out, "I can take them off of your mind for a while, it looks like i'm really early. I always forget when Mia says to meet up." He paused and just stood there staring at Elanea's forehead. He had just done more magic. He gulped and shivered, even in the heat.
"Errr, Elanea, you don't know whether we're allowed to do magic here do you?" he asked with both of his arms still held out stupidly as if he was carrying a invisible dog...

[Aura of the Twilight]

Elanea looked at him for a moment and then said, "I'm not sure, but I know a lot of students do, so I'm guessing it's okay." She then looked at him curiously for a moment seeing as how the only thing she was actually holding was her book that she's never seen without, the rest of her things were on the floor at her side.

"Oh, oh no I think you misunderstood my body language," Elanea stated, "I can't stand or sit still for long periods of time is all."

[Nespa]

Sissy sighed but smiled at the mention of profesor longbottom, he was her favorite profesor. deciding she probely should return to the ice cream shop she turned and ran into elysabeth and stiffend. Her body was shaking as she touched the other girl, breathing harshly she closed her eyes 'i am not gonna get angry, she could not help it i am stronger than the fear" as she thought that she forced a smile. And asked ä..a..are y..y..you alright?" her body was stil shaking and her breathing heavey 'please say your alright and leave, please' her thoughts were running wild.

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Tom looked at Elanea and saw one book. He lowered his arms blushed, cursed himself for being such an idiot then looked at her again... she was holding about 10 different books again?
He paused and felt a quizzical look form over his features. Since he was now able to do little bits of magic (or so he hoped) he took out his wand and pointed it towards Elanea, "Protego" he muttered. The sheild charm blazed breifly and a spark fell to the floor. He looked around and saw the first years he had spoken too earlier around an older kid, all of them were laughing.
"An illusion charm?" he asked. They all nodded still rocking with laughter. He took a step forward and the laughter stopped. He lent down towards the first years, "I hope... your all in slytherin. I could do with a few laughs."
The tention broke instantly and the kids turned back to wait in the que.
He turned back to Elanea, "Well i've hummiliated myself infront of one person for enough in one day, i'll see you at school." He waved, still chuckling as he walked out of the shop...

[Flah Blah]

The moment Elysabeth left the immaculate vicinity and saftey of the Nightstar-Connexion Broomstick shoppe she instantly felt the glare of the sun's wave of light and the humidty combined with the sweat and constant movement of the crowds proved to be nearly suffocating. And her dark apparel wasn't any help either. Hopping up and down on the narrow street to look over the sea of moving bodies she searched for the familiar sign of Ollivander's Wand store.

Her first priority after having accidently leaving it on a pile of old clothing that was to be discarded as she was unpacking her belongings at the beginning of her summer. Unfortunately, the house-elf didn't notice the precious little object amongst the clothes and simply dumped them all into the fireplace.

After practically being shoved a block down the alley she finally caught a glimpse of the store sign. Critically ducking into an opening between her destination and a magical floral store. Elysabeth then promptly regained her composure and made her way toward the aged store. Upon entering, a wave of nostalgia greeted her arrival the musty scent of soggy old wand boxes pervading the room. There was also another scent that Elysabeth could not make out...a rotting sandwhich perhaps?

Creeeeak.

The sound of heavy footsteps echoed omninously as the lithe figure of what seemed to be the store keeper approached from the many rows of wands.

" Why Ms. Starrling, is that you? "

[Rem]

As Vincent trotted on he overheard some jabbering about the dueling club. The voice sounded faintly familiar, he glanced over toward the voices. It took him a minute but Vincent finally matched the face to one in his memory, Tom Drake. The only way Vincent and Tom were a like is that they both belonged to Slytherin. Tom was obnoxiously out going in Vincent’s eyes, squawking loudly with all of his friends. Perhaps others found him charming ro endearing, but Vincent merely found him annoying. Then what they were talking about floated to the top of his mind, dueling. Vincent smirked in his own crooked way, dueling was the one area he excelled at, he loved it. The attack the defense, one against one, true skill prevailing, dueling was the only part of the magic world that he genuinely liked.

In dueling he was always at the top of the class, not because he was a terribly gifted wizard. But he was a brilliant tactician, he could plan out three or four steps in advance. He could adapt to any situation, he knew it wasn’t power or even talent that prevailed. Both of those things were as common as table salt, to be a great duelist one must refine ones skills to a razors edge. He had that edge, and that’s why he always won. His twisted smirk graduated to a twisted smile. He got goose bumps just thinking about it, but he forced himself back to reality. Pushing onward, dreaming of future glory is entertaining but Vincent knew better. If he didn’t focus on the present he would never make his ambition reality.

[Nespa]

sissy blinked when the other girl waas gone sighing she was not sure if she should be happy or hurt that she was ignored by someone, but atlist the shaking stopped. She watched tom walk out of the store shrugging she turned again and was met with the face of wizard sniffles "did you make friends" she looked at him scepticaly what caused him to sigh "you wont get your wand back for now". sissy frowned and looked at him "why not?". he raised a brow "you used a forbidden curse on your parents and you have trust issue's thats why". he sighed at the glare and pointed at tom "try to make friends with that boy and you wil get your wand back". sissy just looked at the ground causing sniffles to groan.

[FullMetalAlchemist997]

Mia tried to distance herself from her mother, whom had insisted on coming. "I'm going to look at some brooms, I'll see you a bit later"
"Don't get lost, Mia, I expect to find you at the place we agreed on" Her mother called.
It was lost on Mia who was already retreating. "Tom!" She said when she spotted the Slytherin Prefect. "Elanea, how are you two?" She asked as she neared them. She smiled brightly at them. "Sorry for being late, Tom, but mother got caught up looking at some books." Mia didn't mention they had been books on Muggle's Customs. It was almost a given when it came to her mother.

[Faceless111]

"Thank you, ma'am," Nate bowed his head to the older girl in the shop. Bri was sticking to his side like she was his twin, but her eyes were roaming around the shop wildly. Shelves were stacked with wands in their boxes and while the air was musty, excitement emitted from the two children.

"I'll be with you in one moment, Ms. Starrling," Ollivander said.

"Ah," Mr. Ollivander approached Nathan and Brianna with a smile, "new students, are we? Let's get started." The old man went to the nearest shelf and picked several boxes very selectively. He turned back to Nate and Bri and handed Nathan a boxed wand. "You first, try this, maple and unicorn hair core. Give it a wave!"

Nathan shrugged and waved his wand. Nothing happened.

"No, no, that won't do. Here, Beechwood and phoenix feather, nine inches."

This wand also failed. As well did the next and the next and the next. The pile of wands that didn't fit Nathan grew bigger and in the mix, Mr. Ollivander seemed to have forgotten Brianna and Elanea. After a tiring hour in the shop with failing wands ever so present, Nathan was prepared to walk out and try a different shop. Mr. Ollivander seemed tired, disappointed, and very happy. "Well, well, well. You're a tricky customer, aren't you? But..." Mr. Ollivander left the sentence hanging in mid-air and went to a back room in his shop. Nate and Bri leaned to peer in the back room, it was filled with even more wands stacked in dusty piles. Then Ollivander re-emerged with two of the dusty boxes. He blew the dust from it and opened it.

"Cedar, dragon heartstring, thirteen inches..." Ollivander handled this wand as if it costed 10,000 Galleons and gave it to Nathan with wonderment in his eyes. Nathan looked nervously around at the three other persons in the shop and gave the wand a slight wave, sending red sparks like tiny fireworks out the tip. Ollivander remained silent, but still carried an expression of wonderment.

"Then its sister..." Ollivander said, handing Bri a similar wand, "Yew and dragon heartstring, nine and three-quarter inches... There's a history behind those wands, you know."

[OOC: I'll finish this post later, I'm busy at the moment. Man, this RPG is moving faster than I expected.]

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Tom had hardly stepped out of the shop when he found Mia, he didn't know whether Elanea would be able to hear her though. The kids in the shop were still laughing. Blushing slightly and glad Mia hadn't seen the prank he quickly linked arms with her and in a mock fashion posh english voice asked "Well darling, where do you want to visit first? I've heard the ice-cream parlor does exquisit (sp) horse radish flavoured kickerbocker glorys."
He grinned at her from under his bright red fringe, "Ok seriously i need everything, where to first?"...

[Flah Blah]

Noticing that she was not the sole customer in the area, she gave Ollivander a nod of acknowledgement before moving toward the far corner juxtapose the dusty window. Elysabeth leaned negligently upon the worn wooden pane for a wall, crossing her osteal arms and hooking one ankle around the other. Her eyes narrowing in observation. She veered her twlight gaze toward a threesome near the entrance. She could recognize two of the faces, the first being a Slytherin prefect and the other from Ravenclaw, the third girl in their party she didn't really know.

She shook her head as she watched them from afar, her atramentous tresses gently oscillating across her back with every movement. Elysabeth then let another dejected sigh surpass her lips, she unfolded her arms and commenced 'twiddling' her thumbs in a pathetic attempt to alleviate her tedium and pass the time.

[Aura of the Twilight]

Elanea was just standing in the store watching the two first years get their wands, she had always loved to see who got what wand. Afterwhich she looked over to see Elysabeth. Elanea didn't know Elysabeth personally but had seen her ocassionally in the halls, on the school grounds, and in the library. Elysabeth was just leaning against the wall twidiling her thumbs. Elanea recognized this motion as a sign of boredom, so she walked over to Elysabeth.

"Hello Elysabeth, would you like to talk while you wait for your turn?" Elanea asked trying to start conversation with Elysabeth.

[Faceless111]

OOC: IMPORTANT NOTICE! I have set up a post limit that will be in effect and established rules. They are editted in the Sign-up thread on my initial post. Also, Fionn Mac is Co-Manager and Chief Advisor of this RPG, so listen to him if I'm not around.

BIC:

Ollivander leaned in close to the two children, Nathan and Brianna. "These wands will yield interesting results for you. The wands pick the wizards, and these wands are crafted with no ordinary elements and thusly, I predict extraordinary elements from the two of you."

"Why is that?" Brianna inquired in a hushed, squeak.

"To understand that, little one, you must understand the Relic of Deorc and what Nero Deorc did! But most importantly, what he possessed before his death! These wands are two-thirds of a grand puzzle, little girl. Grand and dangerous if you manage to piece the puzzle completely. It's really up to the owner of the Relic to decide the fates of the puzzle pieces. Well, I suppose it's not for me to tell you the third owner of the last puzzle piece. It'll come in time..."

[FullMetalAlchemist997]

Mia and Tom had almost finished their shopping lists within the hour. Mia had then dragged Tom to a nearby ice cream shop to eat. "Mother's going to be looking for me soon..." Mia mused. "I still have a few things to get. What about you, Tom?" She asked. For most of the hour Mia had been so wrapped up in her own list she had almost forgotten to ask Tom how he was doing. Just a few more books I think...Mia looked at her list to see just how many things she'd have to carry.

[Tetsanosuke]

He was laying upon the wand shop counter, his head resting on a hand, and a hand over his face. He had a leg crossed over a propped one. It seemed like he had been there even when the others walked in, but the shop keeper didn't notice. Or did he?

Alty smiled on, as though happiness flourished over the lands, he'd watch his hand with such a light rest at his eyes it seemed so pointless. But he found something else that no one had, and secrets were his to hold. He looked over the Elysabeth and Elanea with a sharp turn of his head, his green hair spiked to the right now touching the counter, tickling the wood.

"So the new year begins, and well all flock here, eh?" He would ask, his tone so light and so oddly lost that it was as though he was high on drugs, but the fact of it all was that he was strung on life. "Yeahh~, I remember you two alright, I remember." He then with a push of a hand from over his chest swirled to a seat on the counter, looking at them both. He took out his wand and drew a picture of a star in the air, red streaks overcome with discolored highlights, twinkling sparkles and braud bands of the rainbow.

[Raizen Hallard]

Raizen noticed that his long time accomplice was looking rather bored as he came forth from the many rows of dusty shelves. Leisurely striding toward his friend and the Ravenclaw.

With a determined thrust, he'd push the lass before him, effortlessly driving her to canter backwards, her impact causing an uproar of dust from the floor to disperse.

He'd then presume to converse with Elysabeth.

" What are you doing here by yourself? Your father still to busy to play? "

He said in a rather benign manner, what more was expected from this bleak soul?

[Flah Blah]

Elysabeth broke from her sombre reverie of utter boredom as she heard the sound of someone calling her. Lifting her magnificent head to see who it was, her twilight eyes immediately locked on Raizen as he shoved the Ravenclaw girl from his being. Her lips curled slightly in amusement as she watched Elanea stumble back slightly.

" Sadly enough, he is. And what of you? Too busy hating life to even ask that girl to move? Except I can see you're a little...pushy today. What's up? "

[Yukari112]

Alice left the broom shop after the first years ran into the wall. She wasn't very interested in them. They should behave more properly. She walked to the wand shop where everyone she knew seemed to get together.

"What do you all think will happen this year? It has been pretty evently since you know what happened." she said a little bored. "Think anything will happen this year?"

[Aura of the Twilight]

OOC: Last post for the day.

Elanea stumbled backwards as Raizen pushed her out of his way. She caught her baclance and then regained her composure. "Well that was rather rude, oh well," She thought while walking back to her things. She had decided not to say anything about it and just ignore the confrontation altogether. She smiled at Dykyosuke whem he did the spell after talking, but nothing more than that.

She then walked over to the first years with their wands. She looked at their wands and said, "Wow you two got good ones. Anyways I mustn't be rude, I'm Elanea Wrieth a 5th year student at Hogwarts, but you can call me Elanea. So, you two are first years, right? Do you guys need help finding your way around or do you have everything down pact?" Elanea asked. Generally she wasn't quite so outgoing but she always got along with the younger students pretty well.

[Raizen Hallard]

The words he spat were like venom.

" I detest life and all it's so-called splendors. It's just so frustrating to see all these emasculate being that inhabit this earth. Expically those mudbloods.. and muggles. "

As he observed Elysabeth's lithe figure he only just realized how big he was compared to her. Though he did appear relatively tall compared to his companion.

[Tetsanosuke]

EDIT: Spell change.

The smile was all he needed, the other one though seemed too caught up in herself as well as the rude boy who pushed Eleana. He would grin as he pulled his wand back, and knocked the star away, letting it shatter and dissipate. Waving his wand gently, he caught the attention of Elanea with a buzz noise letting her turn around to see his next trick with a wink of his right eye.

"Evanesco~!" He called as his wand pointed towards the one Raizen, his torso clothing vanishing from his body. After that he swiftly drew a few marks across his view, and made a symbol of a dragon like nature. "Lighten up maaan~" He called before laughing in quite the far out and carefree way. He swiftly pushed himself rolling back behind the counter where he seemed to disappear.

What the others didn't know was that he had swiftly jolted under an invisibility cloak and softly made his way out of the store, walking down Diagon Ally with a big smile on his face. Around a corner behind a wall out of sight he swiftly unlashed the cloak from around him and stuffed it into his side bag. He was wearing black robes much like his Ravenclaw attire, but they had a blue streak lining the edges. His chain necklace was set loose then as he made his way through the father reaches of the ally, his eyes taking in the sights and thinking on. But he walked in some kind of daze, or to the eyes of anyone he was in a daze.

[Buruku]

Felina waited patiently outside for her mom to finish her own personal shopping. The wait had given her plenty of time to watch her fellow students engage in dull gossip and sloppy flirting.

Though she hadn't taken part of any chit-chat with her peers, she enjoyed watching them from afar, even the ones she didn't particularily care for. Felina's eyes shifted towards Ollivanders, which was still ridiculously busy. She squinted her eyes a bit to try to scope in on whatever action was taking place, but the clusters of bodies that littered the street was too thick.

Her mom poped out of the shop she was in and asked "Ready to go?"

Felina did feel a tad bored, she had accomplished all she needed that day and was eager to head home. "Yeah I'm ready" Felina answered. She tighted her grip around her bundle of books and fallowed her mom towards the closest fireplace.

[Flah Blah]

OOC: Tetsanosuke, the spell you just cast will have to be deemed invalid. Because it's not a real spell. We can't use made-up ones, it's part of the RPG rules. Here's a quick reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_Spells Could you edit your post then? Or shall we just continue, pretending that it never occured?)))

[Raizen Hallard]

OOC; Lets just say that part never occured. Flah give me some credit, I'm the bleak, unforgiving soul who found the reference. </3 Anywhoozles, love. That was my last post. I'm off to chat.]]]]

[Tetsanosuke]

Uhhh.. hello? I'm not stupid here. e__e

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-canonical_spells_in_Harry_Potter

Alarte Ascendare

Description: Causes something to shoot up into the air. Used in the Chamber of Secrets film by Gilderoy Lockhart in an attempt to get rid of a snake Conjured by Draco Malfoy.

^ OOC

It's valid. Unless the movies aren't allowed, which seems dumb because they are based from the books.

Tell me and I'll find another.

EDIT: I'll just substitute it then, if it's that much of a bother.

With this:
Evanesco (Vanishing Spell)
Description: Makes something vanish.

[Flah Blah]

OOC: Well, seeing that the article you just gave us a link to is up for deletion people won't have the luxury of refering to it once it's gone, to see if the spells cast in the movies really were cast. Though, it's up to the people who run this RP if they'll take the spells cast in the movies are valid. **edited: No, it isn't that much of a bother. Just trying to play by the rules. Anyway...moving along. Last post of the day.)))

Assumptions.

Elysabeth wasn't surprised to see when the eccentric lad with the spiked green hair attacked. Raizen always had a knack for causing a rucus with his ungentleman like manners and choice of words.

She raised her shoulders in a negligent shrug as she pushed herself off from leaning agaisnt the wall. Slipping off her dark hooded sweater which had a myriad of miniscule different coloured symbols. Leaving her with a sanguine hued long-sleeved shirt. She thrust her hand toward Raizen, smirking somewhat.

" Hope you like little hearts. "

[Fionn Mac]

Edit: As long as it is tradmarked(Ex. Movie, Game, Trading cards?) by the "Harry Potter" franchise and not something made up it can be deemed authentic. For those of us, myself included, who aren't huge fans of HP try to explain spells as best you can especially for the lesser known ones.
Perhaps initially even use something like "Knowing the <insert spell> causes <insert effect> he shouted <insert shouted spell>, would help clarify even more than obvious effects.


As Finn strode down the famed Diagon Alley his eyes began to move back and forth as he surveyed the various shops and people in the area. He didn't need much, just a few things here and there, but Diagon Alley, atleast to him, seemed to draw him into each shop even if for a moment...just to take a look.
Eventually, Finn broke out of his browsing daze after almost buying a well overpriced but captivating broom. For a young man he was quite financially secure, yet such a purchase would surely break his modest bank.
He finally found himself at his originally planned destination, Bane's Apothecary.

The creaking sound of old floorboards could be heard as Finn entered the modest shop. As he began to look about the shop, he tugged at the knot of his dark blue tie, loosening it from his neck as he continue to look around.
He always dressed rather formal, opting on this day to go with a simple black dress coat with a plain white dress shirt, its collar now peaking out an over his dress coat.
For some reason he was feeling a bit warm...although suspecting it was due to the bustling of new arrivals and familiar faces rapidly moving about the Alley.
While the streets outside bustled with excitment, Finn took his time finding the few things he needed. He was quite the "ideal" student and always did very well in his classes, Now in his 6th year and being the near perfectionist that he was, he was unhappy with his skills in Potions and thus found himself in carefully looking for the right book to help.

[Raizen Hallard]

" I hate your sweater, I hate my life and I hate that kid, he's on my list... I'm going to kill him. And as much as I hate asking for help, I'm just not going to. "

Raizen said with a heavy sigh as he handing Elysabeth back her sweater. Deciding he'd be better off shirtless than having to wear girl's clothing. He then irritably ran his fingers through his sober black hair the expression on his face thoroughly aggitated.

" Let's just go, Ely? "

[Sailor Lunar Eclipse]

October sighed, walking out into the street. She looked around, sighing a bit. "Virginia..." She hissed under her breath and continued scanning the area. They had been there for less than ten minutes and she had already lost her sister.

Well, she could now say that she had a new place to lose her best friend. Diagon alley. Oh the joys of shopping. October sighed, yet again, and shifted the bag on her shoulder. She stepped forward, walking by a small group, ignoring them of course. If only her father would have came, he always knew where to find Virginia, but quite often, he told her that she was the one always getting lost. October stopped in front of Gringott's. She had planned to wait for her sister, before going in, but she was quickly beginning to go through the idea of changing her mind.

October turned on her heel, ignoring her hair as it blew into her face. "GAH!" She growled, pulling her dark wavy hair back and tying it with a red ribbon. And so, the girl got impatient, and began tapping her foot against the pavement. Oh how annoying it was, just standing around waiting for her lovely sister to appear.

But a few seemingly first years caught her eye, heading into different places. October folded her arms in front of her chest and took a deep breath. She was ready to shop, but her charming sister wasn't there, and yet she couldn't figure out why.

[[OCC-I hope this is alright, kinda worried, first post.]]

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal sighed as he walked around. this was getting out of hand. it didnt like to get a new wand but every year in some way his wnd was some how broken. he entered the wand shop and walked up to the wand sealer. he grinned once the older man turned around and jumped back. It was his 16th time seeing Micheal in the past 3 years. he looked at him and shook his head. he told him to wait and walked into the back. He returned with about five different wands and gave one to Micheal.

Micheal held the wand up and looked at it. It was straight with a red pattern in the pattern of a spell. Micheal couldnt read it but he would give it a try. Micheal turned to his left and noticed a broken glass. He pointed his wand toward it and grinned.

Oculus Reparo- The glass reformed and was fixed. Micheal liked it. It seemed to make him stronger. he smiled and turned back toward the old man. "Thanks for the wand ill take it. Micheal pulled out a bag of money and gave it to the old man. One for the wand and two for the many times he had been their.

[Tigris]

OOC: Damn you Faceless! ^_^ Why couldn't you be two hours earlier???!!! V_V I waited until midnite and you still hadn't put it here, so I said "Screw it". Now I come back and I have to read 20 posts... >_<
But I'm going to go ahead and post...(oh, I also have an idea, but you may not like it...But PM me anyway) I thought this was going to ba a quality RPG. Although I haven't read hardly any posts, I am just hoping that Quantity doesn'y kick Quality's sorry ***. But I trust you Faceless...I think...
BIC:

Shane sighed inwardly at Kyyra's pained expression. He couldn't help it...

I'm 16. Nonetheless I am a sixth year...By now she shouldn't be so damn worried...Her care is understood, but not unwanted...It's just she gets so damn teary at the thought of me being alone longer than two hours...Or maybe she knows I'm going to Knockturn...

He tried to look around the Leaky Cauldron to appear feelingless, yet the attempt failed miserably by Kyyra's intuition. She always had the odd talent to see through to anyone's heart, to melt past all the emotional barriers Shane could muster.

With one last attempt to catch Shane's eye, Kyrra spoke softly, "I don't care if yougo to Knockturn, nor do I care where the hell you go..." She smiled weakly, then continued, "Just take care of your self. I don't want another skirmish with a Hag."

Kyrra then shuddered slightly, recalling the time when, Shane being thirteen, the two of them went to Knockturn, by request of her hazardous cousin. He attempted to barter with a Hag who was trying to sell human skulls, then telling her that her merchandise was not only unauthentic, but scathed that he wouldn't pay more than a Sickle for a cheap imitation. Soon after, the hag leapt at him and before she could do anything, Shane had whipped out his wand with no regard for the Laws with which he could and would be charged. Kyyra had to Disarm him, then Stun the hag in a matter of twelve seconds, which, in the process, resulted in Kyyra losing an eye by Shane's aloft wand. Luckily enough, though, Shane didn't do magic and her eye wasn't subject to any permanent damage. She still didn't let him live it down though...

"I told you," Shane said darkly, "I could've reduced that hag to ashes if allowed."

"I wasn't being specific. You know what I mean. I just don't want you in another...situation..." Before Shane could react, Kyyra gave him a light hug, then whispered, "I'll see you by eight." Then she added, "Take care," then left through the Leaky Couldron's front door, soon afterwards Disaparated.

With a subtle shuffle, Shane then stalked off towards the back to the courtyard, where he tapped the correct bricks with his wand. When he looked up, he saw a street full of people, life, and shops. He took his first step into the bustling, crowded alleys through which he would foray for the next six hours. And somehow, before he was even on the Express, he knew(felt, rather) it would be a long year...

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Tom grinned, Mia had rushed through all of the shopping while Tom had tried to keep up. He placed his bags down next to a spare table asked Mia whether she wanted one, didn't really wait for an answer and strolled over to the counter.
Two of your best and biggest please." He said with a smile. All in all the shopping had been a sucess so he allowed a little break into the budget. The icecreams were that big he had to carry them over one at a time. He heard the table groan and gave an involuntary step back, thankfully it didn't give way.
Sitting down he looked around. All of the people in this ally, all about to go to hogwarts and start a new term. He loved hogwarts and wondered why so many of the people looked sour and unhappy. Then again they were all slytherin, and didn't like what he was doing to their house.
He enjoyed the looks on the new kids faces, even the wizarding family kids looked excited. They had never been to diagon ally to buy anything for themselves before.
"So my lovely hufflepuff friend, do you think we'll be in the same classes this year? Since i'm in the house nobody wants classes with i'm ok with everybody. But you still like to be with mates don't you?" He pulled the icecream towards himself and started to devour it, "Your...my ...closest...friend..." he said inbetween mouthfuls before falling from his chair clutching his head, "Ahhh, brainfreeze!"...

Zacke smiled, relics of deorc eh. He had been listening to the wand makers conversation from outside. There was still one out there, he'd have to look it up. With something like that he could easily beat Tom. His smiled turned into an evil grimace, this year really was going to be good...

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal walked back into the alley and walked down it. He stopped once he noticed a candy shop. Micheal continued to walk as he ate the good sweet item. He had a few things to do and little time to do it. he had to get dont quikcly and then catch his train.

[Faceless111]

Articus
Articus emerged from the back room upon hearing a potential customer. "Can I help you, young sir?" Articus tried to sound and look welcoming, but failed. Then Articus realized who the young boy was; Finn Fianna! "Hold on a second! You're Shamus' grandson! How are you, boy? How's Shamus?"

Articus walked out from behind the counter, genuinely happy, and went to shake hands, then froze. "Oh, I'm sorry. I've forgotten that he passed away. I was so sorry when I heard that, but we didn't stay in touch much after we retired... Well, anyhow, how's your grandmama? She's still healthy, I hope? Oh, oh, I'm sorry. Here I am, asking too many questions. But really, how can I help you today?" Articus smiled at his old friend's grandson, Finn.

Nathan & Brianna
Done with their shopping and happy to get out of Ollivander's shop and away from the growing crowd, the duo was making their way back to the apothecary and discussing Ollivander.

"So?" Brianna began, asking as if so? constituted as a deep question.

"So what?" Nathan said shortly.

"So what did you think about Ollivander?" Bri huffed.

"Well, he was odd. He sold me my wand, that's all that matters to me," Nathan said and pulled out his cedar and dragon heartstring wand, 13 inches. He held it out to admire it and the craftsmanship put into it.

"What do you think about all that stuff he told us? He seemed to talk about 'Deorc' with a fancy, didn't he? Well?" Bri was getting impatient with Nathan's lack of interest in the topic.

"Meh, that Slytherin kid seemed more interested than me."

"What?" Bri asked, slightly confused.

"I don't know his name, but he was arguing with that prefect. The Relic of Deorc struck a fancy in the other kid. It's just something I noticed. Anyways, 'three pieces of a puzzle?' I don't really know what that old geezer was rambling on about. We should ask Grandpa what he knows about Deorc, he knows a lot of stuff."

They entered Banes' Apothecary and saw Articus engaging with a older boy. "Come in, boy! This is Finn Fianna; his granddad worked with me as Auror!"

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A figure with his cloak hood up strode past the Apothecary, exhuming mystery as he went but vanished quickly... Had he been following Nathan and/or Brianna? Nate took note of him as he walked past the shop's window.

[Nespa]

Sniffles sighs his demanding got her sad again "come on i buy ya another icecream" sissy followed but pulled a bit of a face 'why das he think he can fix everything with icecream?'she wondert. At the shop he told her to wait outside, rolling her eyes she glanced around and saw tom having a brain freeze. she giggled a bit and reconised the two from earlyer.

[Aura of the Twilight]

After a while more of talking with Ollivander Elanea left the wand shop with her things and went to the ice cream shop. She had always had a bit of a sweet tooth, and she needed to pass the time anyway. As she walked towards the shop she saw Sissy, Sissy was a Hufflepuff so she didn't know her all too well , she knew that Sissy had some trust issues thought,but she thought she'd try to warm up to her.

Elanea walked up to Sissy and said, "Hello, Sissy, how have you been lately, I hope your summer and your health have fared well?" She then paused for a moment and asked, "Are you waiting for someone?"

[Blackheart_fan]

Virginia looked around the busy alley for October, her sister, her twin. For once she actually wished that their father had come with them-he always seemed to know where the other was if they got seperated. She tapped her index finger against her cheek, thinking of where to find her sister. It was true that it was Virginia's fault for running off but her supply list had blown away in a gust of wind and she had run after it. The list was now tucked safely into her pocket but her twin was no where to be seen. Of course since they were both small, that was to be expected in the masses of Diagon Alley.

Looking around and running a hand through her long dark wavy hair, she was suddenly struck with an idea of where October could be. They had been heading towards Gringotts to get some money out of their vault when she had run off so Virginia decided to check there and hopefully her sister hadn't gotten the money and headed off. If she had there was no way that Virginia would find her without a miracle happening. Of course, being witches, miracles could happen at any time.

Walking around a corner, Virginia spotted October standing in front of the bank, tapping her foot. She winced, knowing her twin probably wasn't too thrilled with her for running off. Walking as quietly as she could, Virginia walked up behind October and tapped her shoulder. "Miss me?" she asked with a laugh.

[Sailor Lunar Eclipse]

October spun on her heel and hissed at her sister. "Where did you go?" She asked, really wanting to know. "We have to stop doing that...."she glared at her sister, and grabbed her arm. "Come on... we have shopping to do..." And so she pulled her sister into the building and then stopped.

She shook her head a bit. "Ok... Father always did this for us.... What do we do? Did he give you the key?" She looked back in front of her. Goblins? Yup...goblins... that's what they were. October whined a bit. And there had to be over a hundred of them, sitting aorund, walking around. she moaned slightly, and gave her sister a look, one of those looks that means, "Do something".

[Blackheart_fan]

Virgina laughed, knowing enough to look a bit guilty for running off. "My list flew away," she explained, wrinkling her nose. She sighed as they headed into the bank and then October began paniking. "Yes I have the key but...I have no idea what we do..." she said nervously, not feeling very comforatable in the bank; the goblins bothered her, she wasn't too fond of dealing with them or even the idea of dealing with them. Shrugging off the nervous feeling, she pulled the key from her pocket and headed towards one of the open tellers. "Come on, October..." she muttered under her breath to her sister.

Clearing her throat and standing in front of the goblin teller, she spoke calmly. "We'd like to go to our vault," she told him, placing the key on the marble.

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A short time later they were back in the lobby of Gringotts, now with enough wizarding currency to get everything on the lists and possibly a few extra things as well. "That wasn't so bad, was it?" she asked, feeling a bit cheerful for some reason. Perhaps it was because she had gotten them the money from the bank without their father's help for the first time. Virginia blinked, the sun and all the other lights a bit bright compared to the underground vaults.

[Yukari112]

Alice was ignored all together and just walked off. And people wondered way she came off so cold. She walked along Diagon Alley and sighed. She wasn't looking where she was going and bumped into Micheal.

She stumbles back and falls "So sorry! I wasn't watching where I was going. So sorry!" She picked herself up off the ground and dusted the dirt off.

[Sailor Lunar Eclipse]

October giggled nervously as they walked back to the lobby, and finally back outside. She glanced at her sister. "Where first?" She asked and then smiled wider. "I'm getting a broom this year..." She said out loud. "I've waited long enough to have my own..." She cocked her head to the side, and as she did such her hair came out of the ribbon.

The red piece of material fell to the ground, and October reached down to pick it up, but looked up suddenly, as if she had seen something. But the thing was... she had no idea what she had seen. The short girl shook her head, dismissing the thought.

And she turned, looking at her beloved sister again. "Well... Let's begin!" And she began walking. "Hm... First stop... books!"

[Blackheart_fan]

Virginia rolled her eyes at the comment about the broom. Her sister said that every year since 3rd year and she still hadn't bought one. "Of course you're going to buy a broom this year, sis." she laughed, patting her sister's shoulder.

"Books, wonderful." Virginia said, sounding a bit sarcastic. She enjoyed reading as much as the next person but she absolutely detested the textbooks. "Off to Flourish and Blotts then!" she laughed, pointing in what she hoped was the direction of the bookstore. Sometimes she absolutely hated being short. Back to school shopping in the Alley was one of the times.

"Have you spotted anyone from school yet?" Virginia asked as they walked, curious. She had seen a couple people from school but no one she knew and especially no one from their own house-Slytherin. Absently she touched her wand that was in her pocket. She was quite shocked that it was already their 6th year; to Virginia it seemed like just yesterday she had gotten her wand.

[Nespa]

Sissy turned around and looked at eleana, she pulled up her shoulders a bit "fine i geuse.." she looked to the ground while playing wit hthe hem of her shirt. She looked up at her qeustion of waiting for someone when sniffles came out "while ill be, you managed to talk to someone without giong into a angerfit or running away screaming". he chuckled holding two cones offering handing one to sissy and offering the other one to eleana. sissy started to shake a bit though 'i am stronger than the fear, i am stronger than the fear' she kept chanting in her head while just looking at the ice cream cone in her hands. sniffles paid not atention to it "i am edward sniffles, sissy's guardian for the day" he gave a toothy grin to eleana.

[Aura of the Twilight]

Elanea hesitated before taking the icecream. "Thank you, I'm Elanea Wreith, a 5th year at hogwarts." She introduced herself to Sniffles. Elanea then looked at Sissy to see that she was shaking, 'that must be a side effect of her trust issuses," she thought.

"Sissy, would you like to sit down at a table?" Elanea asked thinking that maybe it would help with the shaking some.

[Sailor Lunar Eclipse]

October laughed, and grabbed her sister's arm, pulling her past a small crowd and in front of the book shop. "Hm... Well let's go get all our needed textbooks!" She giggled and walked through the door. "And yes I've seen kids from school, but I haven't seen any Slytherins yet. though I've seen a couple first years." She giggled again, and pulled her hair back again. what a mess it was.

She froze. "What a line, just to get books..." And the young witch coughed. For, she hated people. Well, not exactly hated people.. she just hated large groups of people. And the girl moved through the people, leaving her sister behind, for she planned to get the books and get out.

And so she looked at her list, and moved past a few people, gathering two of everything, she hated sharing with her sister after all... And so she gathered what looked like all of the books, and glared at the huge pile she had in her arms. And she knew that the pain would affect her the next day.

October recahed her sister and decided to pile the books into her arms. "Here!" She said, dropping the books to her sister. "Now what?"

[Nespa]

sissy bit her lower lip "i..rather wanna go home now.." she did not really feel comfortable around the girl, she was not even sure from which house she was. she took a hesisting lick from her icecream cone and looked apologic towards elanea. Sniffles sighed "wel atlist you made some progress with her" he stood next to sissy and amde a come on movement with his head after giving elenea a smile nice smile and headed with sissy towards the leaking kettle.

[Flah Blah]

A light chuckle emitted from the back of her throat as Raizen tossed her back the sweater she was lending him.

" If you'd rather go shirtless than accept my token of kindess, which is rather rare...so be it. " she snapped accompanied with a haughty glare.

" Anyway, you can go apprehend the dragon boy, I still need to get a wand. Unless you'd like to wait up for me. "

Before Raizen could reply to her, she briskly spun on her heel toward the front desk, over to Ollivander who greeted her with a warm smile.

" Ms. Starrling, this is a surprise. It seems only yesterday that you came here for your first wand five years ago. What happened to the other? "

Mister Ollivander's utter kindness merely aggitated her more than she already was. This untwined her grip on self-control, like a snake recoiling from a predator, she found herself slipping back to her old snappy demeanor.

" T'ch, it caught aflame; end of story. Could you show me some wands now? "

Ollivander gave her an appalled looked before hastily disppearing into the midst of the many boxes of wands. Returning with two wands, one the colour of ivory and the other of ebony.

" Just like the last one, silver birch and a swan feather. Though, I reckon you might want to try out this one as well. "

Elysabeth did all but snatched the elongated stick from the store keeper before dropping a few gold coins onto the counter. Glissading back to Raizen's vicinity. Taking a few moments to thoroughly examine the wand. It was a stunning silver colour, sleek and a good 12 inches.

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Tom sat up and watched the girls next to him. Elanea and a girl he didn't really know were talking. He looked at the other girl and felt a stab of pity. She looked in a bit of a state.
Then he remembered he was sat on the floor of a dirty street staring gormless at a bunch of people. He stood up and was glad that the emotional moment had passed by swiftly then dared a look at Mia.
"Well finish up and we'll go and get the last of our books. I only need something to read on the train."
He didn't really do much reading but a book about the famous hogwarts battle had caught his eye and he had a few sickles spare...

[Blackheart_fan]

Virginia laughed as her sister quickly got all of their books. It had to have been a record time for October. "Was that a new record for the fastest trip through Flourish and Blotts?" she joked, taking her share of the books. "Come on, lets go get some ice cream or something..." she suggested, starting to weave through the crowd.

She stopped walking outside of Ollivanders, turning her head to look at something she had seen out of the corner of her eye. Virginia frowned, not seeing anything now that she was looking for it. She could have sworn that she saw something shinning in the sunlight.

[Fionn Mac]

As Finn was carefully looking amongst the potions he was suddenly caught off guard, nearly knocking over a row of viles filled with various colored liquids. After feeling his heart beat once more, he turned around and to his suprise it was none other than the shop's owner Articus Banes.

Finn was a bit suprised the man knew his name, for although he was quite well known for his merits at Hogwart's, rarely did anyone outside of the school setting recognize him.
As Articus mentioned his grandfather, Finn felt a brief feeling of sadness for eventhough it had been around 4 years since his passing, Finn still missed his grandfathers presence.
Finn was actually much like his grandfather in appearence, strongly built, nearly 6'0 in height and had the same dark black hair...Though Finn opted to keep his flat with a small spike in the front, while Shamus has it slicked back.
Shaking off the sadness, knowing the man meant well, Finn took Articus' hand and firmly shook it.

"It is a pleasure to meet you Mr. Banes...please there's no need to apologize."
Said Finn with a genuine smile, as he let go of the man's hand and subtley studied the man he'd heard many stories about.
"I am glad to finally meet one of my grandfather's good friends from his, working days...He told many stories of those days, and mentioned you quite a bit...he did often regret not keeping in touch, though he never gave a reason as to why you two didn't do so.

"Oh...well it seems I have followed suite bringing things off topic...I would like a book on Potions, and I'll leave it to you to select one you deem a worthwile read"
Said Finn as he rummaged through his pockets for his money, placing his inherited twised Blackthorn wand on the counter, along with the remaining contents of his coat pocket which included quite coincidentally...an old picture of his grandfather in a group photo during his Auror days, a picture he had become quite attached too.

As he awaited Articus' reply, he processed the introduction of Articus' grandson and his friend.
"My what a coincidental meeting, It's very nice to meet you both...as your grandfather stated, my name Finn, a 6th year Ravenclaw Prefect"
Said Finn with a smile as he held out both hands, offering the two a handshake. He noticed the odd figure pass by the window as well, but tried to brush off any odd feelings...the Alley was home to many odd figures.
"So, I'm guessing you are shopping for your first year at Hogwart's no?"

[Flah Blah]

Ugh.

After examining her wand, Elysabeth took into deep contemplation on what she would do next. She only had such a limited amount of time before school commened once more. Thus, she gave Raizen a quick wave good-bye before returning to the mass pandamonium of Diagon Alley. Only to be knocked down by a rather large and plump wizard. The impact from the blow was hard enough to send her reeling into the harsh terra ferma

" Oi. Watch it there, lassy. "

One, two, three...SNAP.

Elysabeth had lost it, completely infuriated by the fat ignoramus who had knocked her down. Getting back onto her feet she parted her lips to retort when the image of her lovely flashed in her mind's eye. The gentle Elanor Starrling wouldn't have wanted to see her only daughter succumbing to heated confrontation without first cooly conversing. It was an axiom her mother lived by, " Always cooly converse before confrontation. "

Lamentingly exhaling she apologized briefly to the man before deciding it would just be best to apparate; she was of age afterall.

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal grinned and helpped the girl dust off. He grinned and rubbed the back of his head. He held his hand out and smiled. "My names Micheal Nice to meet you." Micheal still hadnt gotton a good look at the girls face. He wondered if he knew her.

[Yukari112]

Alice picked up her supplies she had dropped. "We have. We had Herbology last year with Prof. Longbottom. I am Alice." She stood up and shook his hand a little. "Sorry again for hitting you. I didn't mean to. Honestly. " she smiled.

She looked around "Almost time for the new year to begin. Are you looking forward to it?"

[MaruDashi]

Kaede sat in a tea house and read over some of her old potion notes. She really didnt need anything new the year, so shopping wasnt a must for her. She let out a deep sigh and sipped her green tea. She looked out the window to see future and veterine Hogworts students alike, all out and about getting the necessities of life at Hogworts. It was times like these that she felt lonely. She redirected her attention to her tea and notes.

OOC: I see Finn changed from Summoner school to Hogworts too Mac XD

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[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal remembered her now. he remembered turning his project into a ragin beast and she saved him. "Yes i remember you now Alice." Micheal smiled and turned and walk with her toward no where. 'Yes im ready for this year. I believe its going to be a exciting year.

[Yukari112]

She shurgs shifting her books from one arm to another. "It may be. It could be. I really don't know." she walked with him on Diagon Alley. She looked at the broom shop "Will you excuse me for a moment. I need to get my broom I order earlier today. You may come along if you like." she walked into the broom shop.

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal grinned and followed. It looked from broom to broom. His broom was to be sent to Hogwarts before the first game started. Micheal smiled at Alice and looked at the other students looking at brooms. Micheals family had the money but Micheal never allowed anyone to know that he had enough money to pay the best of the best brooms.

[Yukari112]

Alice got her new broom and payed for it. She looked back at Micheal "Do you have any last minutes supplies you need?" she asked. She had nothing better to do. She had all her supplies and was now just waiting for the train the Hogwarts to become abviable for students to get on.

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal thought about it and then shook his head. he had done everything and his family paid for the rest. Micheal headed toward the door. He turned toward Alice and smiled. "Would you like me to take your bags?" Micheal was being a ture gentleman. He liked to help people but he did this just to be nice.

[Yukari112]

Alice looked down at the bags in her hands. "Well, they are kinda heavy. If you insist." she said handing him one of her bags and shifted her books to her other arm. "I can get the rest. You don't really have to hold that if you don't want to."

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal shook his head."No No its all good it doesnt matter to me ill carry them for you." Micheal toke one of the bags and made his way towards the train station. They could wait their if she wanted to.

[MaruDashi]

Kaede finished her tea, grabbed her belongings, and headed for the train station. As usualy, she remaid oblivious to everyone around her, it was the best way for her to cope with some of the less accepting students. She passed through the portal to the proper train station and headed for the bus that would carry all the advanced year students to Hogworts earlier than the first year students.
Kaede found an empty booth and sat inside. She leaned back into the seat and let out a deep sigh. Staring out the window she hoped that the students would drop the fact that both her parents were muggles and leave her be.

[Faceless111]

OOC: Remember the 5-6 post limit? I established that so we could avoid these "fluff" posts that are just back and forth coversations. Your posts should try to develop your character a bit. Posts should be 2-3 paragraphs long.

BIC:

"Done shopping actually," Nathan said and held up his supplies. Brianna copied and held up her much higher-quality supplies and her extra trinkets.

"So, you're in Ravenclaw?" Brianna asked. "I'm hoping to land there myself. That or Gryffindor. Slytherin is my third choice, but I really want to avoid Hufflepuff; my dad says that Hufflepuff is just a group of clumsy idiots."

Articus cut across her sternly, "Don't badger him, girl! Little brat always comes around this shop and never buys anything!" His expression lightened up at once when he turned back to Finn. "Oh, but you were looking for a potions book? Please, come have a look at my personal library and help yourself to any book. Really! Any book! I'd do anything to help Shamus' grandson!"

Articus led Finn to a bookshelf and started recommending books.

"Hmph, your grandpa is old and grumpy as usual!" Bri whispered in an undertone to Nathan. He nodded absently and walked, as if in a trance, to the window.

"Do you hear that?" he asked Bri. She walked up beside him and then seemed to also fall into a trance. They both listened intently to a soothing melody that filled their ears. "What is that...? It sounds so... beautiful..." He said, but his voice seemed automatically hushed. He looked back at Articus and Finn, but Articus didn't seem to hear anything and was continuing to show Finn several books about potioneering.

"Let's follow it," Brianna said, her pupils dilated and she didn't seem to realize what she was saying or doing.

The two children exited the store where the melody instantly became louder. They drifted to Knockturn Alley and ventured deeply into the dark place, not noticing the inquiring looks of dark witches and wizards at the odd sight of little kids entering their lair so bravely. But the farther they went, the louder and more peaceful the melody became. Beautiful, transfixing, harmonious. Then it died at once and Nate and Bri fell out of the trance and suddenly became aware of their location.

"What are you pretty 'ickle kiddies doing here? Get lost?" a disturbingly grutesque witch asked, appearing from a shadow and holding a jar of what looked like a human hand floating in liquid.

"Get lost, old hag!" exclaimed a cloaked figure, Nathan recognized as the cloaked figure that walked past the shop. "You have no business with children and I'll report you to the Ministry if you so much as lay a hand on them!" His message stung the witch and she promptly faded back into shadow. He turned to Nathan and Brianna, but his face still hidden beneath his hood. "Follow me," he ordered and him being the only semi-friendly person here, the two kids followed.

He led them into an out-of-business shop. It was dark and dusty and completely empty. "Lumos!" Nathan pulled out his wand and lit up the shop. "Who are you?! What was that song we heard? It was like we were out of our minds!"

The hooded man lowered his hood and revealed a face that might've been handsome if it weren't prematurely aged and worn. His eyes were dark brown and his hair a messy brown with a few white hairs springing up. "Song? What song? I just know you two foolish imbeciles decided to go on an adventure down a notoriously dangerous street. You're lucky I was there to save you, Nathan!"

Nate was taken aback at the mention of his name. He hadn't introduced himself to this stranger, so how did he know Nate's name? "How do you know my name? You were following us since Ollivander's, weren't you! I saw you!"

"Yes, I was following you. I was concerned for your well-being, idiot! Since Ollivander didn't decide to tell you the whole about Deorc, I had to follow you. I have something that you'll need to survive the upcoming year at Hogwarts."

"'Survive?'" Nathan and Brianna asked together.

"Take it!" The mysterious man dropped an heavy black book bond in leather in front of them and disapparated. Bri picked up the book and examined it closely.

"Well, that was strange. Anyways, let's get out of here," Nathan grabbed Bri's arm and hurried out of Knockturn Alley. Questions popping painfully in his head: who was that man? What was this book? What was that strange melody that led them astray?

The two made it back to the apothecary and to a very angry Articus. "Where were you two? I could handle if it was just Nathaniel getting into trouble, but you took the Brezing brat with you? Her parents would put me out of business if anything came to harm her! What were you thinking, boy?! Can't you behave yourself when we have customers? And it's doubly important that you act proper when Shamus' grandson is here, you hear?!"

Nate faced Articus stone-faced, accostumed to this treatment and knew that Articus meant no harm by his words, but Brianna was winching at his sharp tone and every harsh word.

[Sailor Lunar Eclipse]

October sighed and followed her sister. "You know, I'm never going forget this place." She said suddenly, not exactly sure why. They would come back every now and then. They would be back again for sure... They still had another year at Hogwarts after this one, so what was that said for. She didn't even know. and that was quite strange.

She sighed, and looked at her sister. "What did you see Virginia?" She had to ask. When her sister looked the way she did at that moment, it meant something was up. The girl put her hand on her sister's shoulder. "What is it?" She questioned, and looked the direction her sister had looked. There was nothing there. Nothing out of the ordinary at least.

[Fionn Mac]

Finn slowly placed in hands back into his coat pockets as he failed to realize the young students-to-be had their hands full of merchandise and couldn't possibly shake hands. It was more or less a formality Finn had grown used, he was always sincere in doing so, it was simply a muscle memory sort of thing when meeting someone.
But before he could answer he was swept away to a private collection, though he was rather befuddled as to why he was treated in such a gracious manner.
He wouldn't feel right brining it up now, but he wondered even more why the two former Aurors had simply lost contact, seeing as they held each other in such high regard and were apparently close friends at one point.

As Finn looked through the books, one seemed to catch his eye. It was a small brown, simple looking leather book that had obviously seen better days.
"For some reason, I feel this may help me" said Finn as he gingerly plucked the book from the shelf, noticing it had no title, yet was filled with suprisingly detailed text and small fragmented notes of insight on the potions.
"I will take this one if its alright, I will pay whatever you wish...I can see its rather old so I understand any price you set"

Finn's face then showed a slight blush as Articus continued to give him the "executive treatment" even infront of his grandson and his friend.
Knowing it wasn't his place to but into the discipling, Finn still wanted to try and help the two.
"So, I didn't catch your names...I am a prefect you know, so if I know your names I could help you get out of a tight situation" joked Fionn, as he tried to lighten the mood.
"Hmm, and as far as Hufflepuff goes...its wizards may not be as famous of those of Griffindor or Slytherin...but any wizard that accels in loyalty and hard work are the most respected of all."

"I should now...my grandfather was in Hufflepuff way back in his school days" said Finn as he smiled a bit embarassingly.
"Fame and Respect...are two totally different things" Said Finn before quickly adding "...and its best not to give that darn Hat any reason to put you in your place"

[Tetsanosuke]

Dykyosuke the Ghost, the one with the far out weird times had little on his mind, or it seemed like just a little. He made his way towards the beginning of the Alley, and he would prepare himself for his trip to the train station.

Somehow he had managed to get all of his things, and get them on board the train before most of the people even bustled about the area. It was quite the thing though, each store keep found items missing, but they also found their exact worth in currency on their counters as they began their days.

But only he knew how he did it, and he wasn't telling anyone. Pulling back his blown leather gloves upon his hands, he would adjust his clothing as he exited the Alley, moving past the brick wall opening and out through the Inn.

"Maaaan... Gotta get to the sta-A-tion!" He said to himself as he looked around the inn and thought for a bit.

[Blackheart_fan]

"I don't know..." Virginia said, rubbing her left arm with her right hand. "I really don't know, sis." She was completely confused by what she had thought she had seen. She shrugged, smiling at her sister, fastening her currently cheerful nature back in place, making herself get rid of the odd gloom she had felt for a moment. That was something she had grown very good at; if she felt one way, but pretended and acted like she felt that way, she usually would eventually feel how she was pretending. Just another quirk in her personality.

Virginia pulled her list out of her pocket and scratched off the books. "Now, what else do we need to get...?" her gaze wandered down the paper. The most she wanted to do at the moment was get the needed stuff and then have some actual fun just shopping around buying needless things. That was how she tried to live: Do the serious, require things first then do the fun things. It usually worked for her.

[Aura of the Twilight]

Elanea watched as Sissy and Mr.Sniffles went off on their way. She dismissed her failed attempt at befriending Sissy and thought, "I'll try again at school, possibly." Then she sat down at a table and started eating her icecream.

While eating her icecream Elanea noticed something, "Most everyone is traveling with a partner of somesorts. I feel like I should too, ...oh well." Elanea thought. She finished her icecream and then got up and started walking to the station. On her way towards the station she saw Dykosuke in an inn saying something she could read his lips slightly and tell he was saying something about the station.

"I still need to thank him for earlier," she thought. She walked inside and walked up to him. "Hi Dykosuke, thanks for earlier. Do you need help with something about the station?" she asked looking up at him.

[Faceless111]

Brianna still held the thick black book and set in among all her school supplies, freeing her arms as she set the pile on the floor. Nathan did the same. "I'm Brianna Brezing, nice to know a prefect! It's always good to be friendly with people that can give you detentions!"

"Nathaniel Hucel," Nathan said plainly. "You didn't hear that song, did you?" Nathan asked. He was more interested in was just happened and led them astray into Knockturn Alley than in conversations of school. And was even more strange was that Articus didn't notice them until after they left, but that was perhaps due to the fact he was busy with their guest.

"What song, boy? Don't ask silly questions! Sorry, Nathan is usually well-behaved and smarter than this. Anyways, yes, yes, you may have that book free of charge! It'll be an interesting read sure enough," Articus laughed a little and patted Finn on the back. "You, Brezing, shouldn't you be going home now? No loitering! Buy something or leave my employees alone!"

"Nathan's your only employee and you don't even pay him!" Bri retorted. Nate himself didn't seem too interested in this. He instead moved over to Finn to avoid the bickering that Articus and Brianna often engaged in whenever she visited.

"He's my grandson and he loves to work for free!"

"He couldn't even buy an ice cream because he hadn't any money!"

Nathan tugged on Finn's sleeve. "It's best to ignore them. They do this all the time and honestly, it gets tedious."

[Tetsanosuke]

Alty spun around wondrously and faced the girl who approached him, his hands in the air. His fingers were spread out and he had a blank look towards the sky as he spoke with a flowing loss of a tone, but as the tone went on it became happier.

"No help is needed hereee~~ But, if you wouldn't miiiind, would my darling person who knows me by my shiiine~~, be interested in coming to the station with Alty?" He pointed to himself as his sight was casted upon her, his thumbs pointing at himself when he said 'Alty'.

It was the girl that smiled to him, yes, it was all coming back to him. He made upon that 'Danger Dan' sweet justice for being rude, especially to someone who smiled to him. Oh the countless things he'd do over the school year, he had so many more secrets to unfold, yet he was hot on the rumors already. He had heard the talk about Deorc and the puzzle pieces back at the wand shop, but, it was slightly different then his usually gatherings, oh yes the old man probably found the ear charm already.

Ye' ol' Harry Potter once used it back when him and the gang wanted to listen in, and through a string and funnel they listened in on the Order's Conversation. Same thing here, but he lacked the ability to retrieve it, or did he?

He took hold of his wand in his robe ans under his breath he would say before his female companion could speak "Accio Ear", summoning the ear from the shop, of course tripping over several people following through the opened brick gate to the back of his hand, he noticed he caught someone's hat on the line and he tossed it on the Inn's hat rack before acting in an innocent daze back at Elanea, stuffing the Ear back into his robes.

[Aura of the Twilight]

"Alty? Well, sure Alty, I'll go to the station with you, I was on my way there just now actually." Elanea said while smiling at Alty again.

"By the way, I'm Elanea incase you forgot my name." Elanea said to Alty. "If you were headed to the station though, why were you hear? ....Oh nevermind I'm sorry, that's none of my business." Elanea said. She then paused for a moment and continued, "Well shall we go to the station then?" She asked Alty while looking up at him.

[Sailor Lunar Eclipse]

October stared at her sister worried, and then sighed. "Ok, back to shopping. We need new robes, remember that..." She yawned, covering her mouth with her hands. "And I really was to get a broom, so please... PLEASE make sure we stop at the Quidditch shop...place." The girl laughed hesitantly and began walking a bit more.

"Whatever you saw, it was probably just a charm or something wearing off... no big deal." She adjusted the bag on her shoulder again and sighed. "I can't believe we are going to be starting our sixth year..." And she laughed again. "Seems so... I feel old." The girl looked around anxiously.

"I want a broom." She pouted.

[Nespa]

Sissy looked from one of the windows of the train at the boy and elanea. oficialy students werent fully allowed on the train yet but since it was best to avoid large crowds with her they decided to make a exception. Sighing she nibbled on the overly large lollipop sniffles bought for her to snack on on the train 'i really gotta speak with proffesor longbottom about this candy ordeal, it's sweet but if sniffles keeps this up i have no teeth left before my 7the year' she stared blankly at the wall faintly wondering what rumors would be around this year about her.

[Tetsanosuke]

Spinning on a heel he would point towards the door, his eyes wide with the face of adventure. He would then pull himself back next to her, and ring an arm around hers. "Shall we be off then Elaneaaaaa~?" He would make a dumb smile and they would be off out into the world of muggles towards the train station.

As they walked Alty would randomly look everywhere, as if he'd never seen any of London before, even though he has for the past three years. Nothing seemed to get old with him, and his eyes so wide would take it all in. Occasionally as they walked he would randomly force Elanea to skip with him, feeling the wind in his spiked over green hair.

Stopping at the station he would let go of her arm and spin around, looking to the sky for a few minutes with a big smile. He then swayed towards the stations entrance in a sideways walk, waving for his new found traveling companion to follow him.

As he hit the entrance he fell over, the hard glass doors rebounding his form to the ground. He slid up and dusted himself off, laughing lightly at his stupid act before opening the door for Elanea.

[Blackheart_fan]

Virginia laughed. "Why don't you go to the Quiditch shop and find a broom you like while I get our robes, parchment, inks and quills?" she suggested, hesitating just a bit. She knew that her sister wasn't very fond of being around people or crowds by herself. Frankly, Virginia didn't like it either, what with being so short, but she was also being very practical. They could get their shopping done quicker if they split up.

Though she would never really admit it, Virginia thought that she was the more practical of the sisters and it was true...most of the time. Other times she could be just like her sister personality wise. It made for some very interesting things. She smiled as she remembered one of the more interesting occasions.

[FullMetalAlchemist997]

OOC: My excuse for not being here yesterday is I was sick...anyway I'm back
BIC:
"I hope so" Mia said through a fit of laughing. Mia was still trying to stop laughing from Tom's earlier brain freeze, when he mentioned books. She managed to stop and reply coherently. "Okay, then I got to tell mum bye she wants to know when we leave" She followed Tom this time. After a bit she finally got her books. "Tom, do you want to wait for me on the platform or come with me to find mum?" Mia asked over her bundle of books.

[Fionn Mac]

Finn nodded and smiled at the two students introductions. He had always been able to befriend and make just about anyone feel at ease, an ability he was proud to have. But he couldn't help quitely laughing a little at the bickering between the two, there were obviously some situations that were beyond any sort of assistance.

"Well Nathaniel, its my pleasure to meet Articus Banes' grandson"
said Finn as his eyes shifted away from the argument, over to the Nathaniel. He then politely grasped and shook the boy's hand, placing a small coin pouch in the hand while doing so...after quickly looking over the school items on the floor.

"I'm not about to simply pay nothing for this book and I feel confident that I can pay an, employee for my purchase...seeing as the owner is currently occupied" said Finn quietly so Articus couldn't object...though the noise from the argument created enough of a distraction.
The coin pouch contained money equal to that of Nathaniel's purchases as well as a some extra.
"I am sure it will help with those...pesky expenses that arise as the year goes on, no?"
Finn then gave a light nudge with his elbow to Nathaniel, as he knew he might realize the nature of those "expenses" and to whom they were referring to.
Knowing that Articus probably wouldn't accept payment, Finn had decided he'd return that generosity...in the form of similarly "doing the same" for the man's grandson.

Before the boy could object as well, Finn quickly changed the subject and moved slightly towards the window.
"I'm sorry, but I can't say that I heard any song...though I can say I've heard similar unexplained things around the Alleys...quite a common occurance I think" said Finn as he looked out the window, also noticing the crowds had died down somewhat...probably due to students getting ready to embark off to Hogwarts.
"Anyway, It seems there are many common...sounds that play throughtout this area" Joked Finn as he looked back once again to the arguing pair.

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Tom had followed Mia deep in thought. She had took him round for all of the books that he himself had gotten earlier then he asked whether they had a spare copy of the 'Battle of Hogwarts'. It turned out they only had the cheap paper-back version and he handed over the money.
He broke out of his trance when Mia talked and looked at her in a strange dazed way. "Yeah sure, i'll meet you later. Were not joined at the hip you know. But it would be good if we were. Then you could help me in history of magic. Professor Binns still bores the hell out of me."
He gave a small chuckle then waved and parted. He'd head back to the Malfoys for a bit of food and his usual parting present. He'd never been spoiled at the Malfoys but they had always made an effort each year to see him off.
He walked down the street waving at more old friends and duel club members before seeing Zacke walk boldly out of a shop near the entrance of diagon ally and draw his wand.
"You can't think about fighting here." said Tom, painfully aware his wand was still in his pocket. Which at that moment in time felt like a mile away from his hand.
Zacke laughed, "I have no intention of fighting here. But if you'd kindly look behind you, you would see another of my friends also with a drawn wand."
Tom gave a dry laugh, "You expect me to fall for that?"
He dropped his shopping which made Zacke jump and start an incantation, which he breifly stopped.
Zacke looked sour, "Ok so my friend isn't behind you. He's in this shop," He pointed to the shop he had stepped out from, "And he's holding the owner by wand point. The owner then kindly moved all of the rubbish from his back yard and left us a very nice dueling space. I want to kill you Tom, but i'm not going to. I'm going to make you suffer first. I'll make you miss the train then you'll get your prefect badge took from you..."
Wait!" interupted Tom, "how did you know about my prefect badge?"
Zacke mearly tapped the side of his nose and point with his wand. Tom wasn't stupid enough to just walk into a close space. "I'm guessing you've cast an illusion charm on your wand arm, cause i'm finding it strange nobodys helping me."
Zacke only nodded before Tom drew his wand. Zacke jumped about a mile in the air but Tom held both hands in the air, "I'm just moving my bags inside." He said before muttering "Wingardium Leviosa." and moving his bags inside, he quickly followed them, then carried on into the backyard. His only way out of this was to beat Zacke fair and square. For a yound kid Zacke was a nasty character...

[Faceless111]

OOC: Everyone seems (pretty much) to done with Diagon Alley so let's hop on the Hogwarts Express! I'm trying to move things along a bit, so we won't be staying on the Express for four pages straight like we did in Diagon. Instead, we'll be arriving at Hogwarts tomorrow so we can get this RPG where we all want it; Hogwarts.

Chapter 2 - Terms Begin

Students crowded Platform 9 3/4 with the scarlet train before them, the Hogwarts Express. Articus was busy running the shop, but Brianna's parents were kind enough to take Nathan along. The family of three plus one pushed their carts of school supplies with them.

Nathan was keeping an eye out for Finn Fianna, since he would be the only recognizable face. But Brianna was determined to just push her way through the crowd. "Let's hurry up and find an empty compartment before they're all taken!" she exclaimed, but then suddenly she was seized by her parents in a tearful embrace. Nathan looked away as if it were smut, he'd never had that kind of love or fellowship.

They boarded and found an empty cabin. "Finally! It's embarassing to be seen with my parents," Bri complained.

"I wouldn't know," Nathan spoke with a lack of interest. He never knew his parents so he didn't hold any love for them, but he didn't like Bri's discontent with her own family. She should be grateful!

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Tom pushed the trolly with his free hand, the other held a bloody rag to his cheek. The fight with Zacke had ended quickly but not brfore the little git did some seriously dark magic and just missed from decapitating him. He then did one of his favourite spells, Flagrate, and cut a fiery hole through Zacke's shirt. While the boy ran around pointing his wand at his chest screaming 'Aguamenti' Tom slipped out, grabbed his bags and made his way home.

He got help aboard from a year 2 ravenclaw he seemed to remember from duel club and dragged his trunk into the nearest cabin.
He noticed two new kids sat talking, seemingly about family. "I hope you don't mind me parking here?" he said casually while waving with the bloody cloth. "I'm on prefect duty so i won't bother you that much, i just need somewhere to crash my trunk and to escape to for a snack later." He rumaged through his pockets for a few sickles before throwing them onto the empty space beside the little lad. "When the snack lady comes, just get me a pumpkin pasty and you can keep the change. Oh and don't worry about this," he loftily acknowledged his cut face, i'm gona get Madame Pompfry to look at it. Trust me, she's amazing." He said all of this while slowly sliding towards the door, "Oh and i hope you're in Slytherin!" he said as he closed the door.
His first thought as he stood outside was, 'Wow what a scary little girl...'

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal was ahead of Alice. His supplies all nicly packed away. Micheal looked back at Alice and grined before looking at the train. "Hey Alice you can seat with me if you want to??" Micheal could help but like having a friend with him.

Micheal continued to make his way toward the train. Once finding a empty room he seat down and sighed. he was ready to get away from the "Real world" as he called it and get back to the fantasy land he called Hogwarts. Magci was one of the things that made him love life. So many spells. So many different people with different strenghs. Micheal hoped this year would be the most intresting of them all.

[Yukari112]

Alice walked beside Micheal to the train station. She smiled up at him "Sure. I have no where else to site. Most people find me snobish for the way I act. I like to correct people a lot. A habit you could say" she said as she set her things down.

Alice sat down as she waited for the train to start up and roll out for Hogwarts. This years had a different feel then the rest. She couldn't wait to get to her room and unpack then for the dinner of the year. Poor Dumbledoor had died and now for years they have had a new headmaster.

Alice looked out the window as she watched the people headed for Hogwarts go by. She smiled and watched the obivious first years go by. She remember her first year. It was so much fun to finially learn so much. The magic and the lessons were fun.

[Fionn Mac]

While the hordes of students packed the platform, Finn waited silently for his "opening" as he referred to it, as it was often better to wait for a break in the flow of traffic until you pushed your way through.
As he had every year before, Finn had come with his grandmother as she always wished to be the one to see him off. Though due to the rapid moving conditions near the train, she always stopped before the entrance.

He had tried to spot Nathaniel amongst the crowd, as before he had left the Apothecary he had mentioned to Articus that he'd keep an eye on him. Finn knew the money he'd given to Nathaniel would help with the various things throughout the year, but having an accessible familiar face around made the first year a bit easier.
Luckily he noticed the boy's friend barreling through the crowd, and was able to follow a ways behind.

Finn entered the train and made his way through the aisles, noticing where the two had settled down. As he made his way towards their cabin, he noticed someone had settled in with them already.
Giving the oddly bloodied student a slight nod, Finn knocked on the door and popped his head in.

"Ah, I see you two have settled in quite nicely here...well that means you can add successfully boarding the train to your list of accomplishments this year...I can remember a few not boarding in time, what an awkward way to make yourself known"
Said Finn as he smiled at the two, jokingly giving Brianna a quick wink.
"Well I have already put away my things in a cabin...so I'll leave you two be."
Finn gave a polite nod and began to close the door but quickly added,
"Oh and if you need anything, please feel free to ask...I am only a few cabins down from here."

With that he closed the door and made his way to his empty cabin, where as he had planned to do, took out the small potion book and began to skim the pages.

[Faceless111]

Nathan scooped up the silver coins from the Slytherin prefect but before Nate was given the chance to ask his name, the boy left and Finn popped in to say a quick hello. The series of prefects was surprising, but Nathan was unsure if it was good or not. Perhaps, for his larger goals of the year, befriending the prefects would work to his advantage. Brianna seemed ignorant of their importance.

"Hey, you just free money!" she squeaked excitedly.

Yeah, clearly ignorant.

[Flah Blah]

Once again, Elysabeth found herself before the tall pillar to indicate where platforms nine and ten were. Giving her cart with her belongings a little jolt, she strode through the pillar and found herself gazing upon the magnificent scarlet engine of the Hogwart's Express.

Quickly she speculated the area for the familiar lithe silhouette of her father, which this ended in vain. Letting out a morose sigh, she boarded the train with her muggle clothing still on without a care.

Ignoring the many greetings from her fellow school pupils and the calls from her Slytherin mates. She did her best to sneak through the crowded lane of students as inconspicuously as possible, diving into the nearest empty compartment. At least, that's what she had hoped for. Realizing that there was another person there, she deliberately hid her sudden disappointment.

" Am I intruding? Or is it all right if I take a seat? "

[Fionn Mac]

It had only taken Finn a short time to become quite captivated with the small potion book. Suprisingly it seemed the questions he previously had were more or less being explained in some way...while most of the notes were fragmented, they were enough to help him fill in the rest with what he knew. After only a page or two he was more optimistic than he had been in some time.

But before he could read another word, a girl had dove into his cabin, startling him to the point of clumsily dropping the book onto the ground. He had seen her before and was quite sure she was a Slytherin of his same year.

"Oh, I bet you thought this was an empty one, didn't you...happens to me all the time"
said Finn laughing slighty at his own clumsy display. He bent over and picked up his book, a simple way to get rid of the blush of embarassment on his face, and returned to a upright position.
"But please take a seat, I am not one to make much noise so it may be as close to empty as you can get."

[Flah Blah]

Such foolishness.

Elysabeth blinked several times in astonishment to her carelessness of better composure. Inwardly cursing herself for ever thinking that she'd be able to be alone on a train of hundreds of people. She nodded in acknowledgement before cautiously taking a seat. Keeping in mind to not further embarass herself. What would her father say about that? ...Hardly anything perhaps, seeing that he had so little time with Elysabeth in the first place. However, it'd still bring him disappointment.

Bring back her attention to the prefect before her she felt a pang of guilt, for depriving him of his own solitude and peace.

" I apologize if I startled you, sir. "

Tilting her head head slightly, she glanced out the window watching all the parents waving their children good-bye as the train started to move. Finding herself once more saddened by the absense of her father during her departure for another school year.

" My name is Elysabeth Starrling, Ely for short. And you... prefect? Sorry, however I never had a knack for recalling names. "

There was a slight strain in her normally pianossimo voice, finding a bit of difficulty in projecting louder as the immense sound errupting from the train whistle pervaded, no shook, the entire locomotive.

[Fionn Mac]

"Ah, I thought you seemed familiar...now a sixth year Slytherin no?" said Finn as he subtley studied the girl as she looked out the window. Finally he could connect the face with the name...quite a name in fact, for every wizard at one time or another would come across the Starrling name.
"It is nice to meet you Miss Starrling...my name is Finn Fianna and as you have mentioned I am a Prefect, for the house of Ravenclaw"

"And please there's no need to apologize, I've made the cabin dive quite a few times myself...and now that I think about it, it could have been in a cabin you were in once" Said Finn as he folded one leg over the other and directed his eyes back to his book as the loud whistle blew.
"Hmm quite an odd occurance wouldn't you say?"

Finn had heard many things about the Starrling girl mostly from the random gossip of the school, or the after class muttering of the professors about lack of application. Though, Rumors, House Rivalries, and pre-concieved perceptions of people were things Finn never bothered himself with. He was there to learn, not to judge...and as the whistle blew once more, it signified another start to a year in which he'd do his best to make those he respected above all else, proud of him.

[Sailor Lunar Eclipse]

October gathered a few things, and for the first time, in several years of wanting one. She got herself a broom. Just because she wanted one! And so, she found her sister. "I think it's time to get ready to go back to Hogwarts." She said. And so, they were off...

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October grabbed her sister's arm, while pushing one of the luggage carts in her other hand. "We have to hurry, we can't miss the train!" She cried, pushing past a few people. "Come on!" And she wasn't paying any attention to her sister, just pulling her along.

The girl went through the portal to get to Platform 9 3/4, dragging her lovely sister along. She stopped seeing all the students, some she recognized, some she did not. She looked back at her sister. "You ready?" She asked with a wide smiling, allowing her teeth to glitter a bit.

[Tigris]

OOC: Ok, wow this is moving way to fukin fast...Maybe just cause me and my band are practicing. I will probably post tommorrw night or Saturday night. But don't count on me to have any damn clue as to what any of you are doing, seeing as I've only read the intro...V_V

[Tetsanosuke]

As he awaited his companion he would suddenly feel something in the air. He had to go, as if destiny was calling to him. Or maybe it was all in his head, but he imagined it with more of the grandeur. He would smile to Elanea and run off into the station. He already had a cabin at the far end packed with his things, and he looked around as he entered the portal from the muggle station.

He jumped behind a pillar as he tumbled out, and shifted further down the trains way until he reached about where his cabin was. And he looked around before using a spell otherwise illegal for people his age to use. But his father had taught him about this spell throughout his life, and it was the secret to how he seemed to be everywhere at times.

He would 'Dissaparate', turning into a swift white almost unnoticeable dust, and he would swoop into the cabin, Apparating back at the seat. Since it was the farthest cabin nobody saw him, and do the bustle outside the train and the distance from the people, nobody saw him then either.

He would pull himself into the corner and rest his head upon his hands, thinking and pondering on for the year.


OOC: Apparating has been seen a lot in the fourth and fifth movies, the Death eaters look like a black dust and the Aurors look like a white dust when they do it. http://www.mugglenet.com/infosection/spells/spellsa.shtml

[Faceless111]

The scarlet Hogwarts Express rolled along with all students present. Nathan began reading the black leather book they had gotten from Knockturn Alley and learned it was mainly about dark wizards in the past 300 years or so. Even though so many names were mentioned in the book, one kept popping up throughout: Nero Deorc.

"Nero Deorc? Isn't he the man that Ollivander was raving about?" Brianna asked, tapping her wand to her chin.

"Yes, listen to this: 'Nero Deorc has fought in several wars, but after the Goblin Revolts of 1729 Deorc went on a trek that extended from England to far reaches of India and China. Not much is known or recorded during his travels, but it is said he went on this journey to discover a remedy for death or to bring one back from death. Deorc's quest for the Elixir of Life was caused by the loss of his fiancee, Belltias Liuhath.'"

Brianna's eyes filled with tears, "That's so romantic... How sad... Did he save her?"

"Gah," Nathan rolled his eyes. "Don't get gussy. Look at this." Nathan showed her the page and in the margin next to the paragraph words were hand-written: False. Did not seek Elixir of Life. Opposite.

"What's that mean?" Bri asked, instantly clearing herself up.

"Do I have to spell it out for you? What's the opposite of bringing people back from the dead? Killing them, obviously. But I'm not sure to believe this guy, whoever wrote in this book. He or she is clearly not a credible source."

"Well, what's it say about our wands?" Bri asked out of the blue.

"What?"

"Ollivander connected our wands somehow with 'the Relic of Deorc' or whatever. Remember? Does it say anything about that? And by the way, don't condescend to me while your zipper is down," Bri pointed to Nathan's groin and he fly was indeed down. He blushed and also looked angry but Bri wasn't going to let him argue with her. "Well? Our wands?"

Nathan skimmed the pages. "I'm not sure..."

[Nespa]

Sissy watched as parents, grandparents and guardians said goodbye to the childeren. She nibbled silently on her lollipop some first years came into her wagon but were quickly redirected by what she could geuse were older sibblelings and perhaps some seniors. But she did not care she was used to being alone most of the time by now. she saw some familiar faces hop on the train, some were in her class last year and others she met or saw earlyer. She felt something slide up her leg and smiled softly "hello equador" the named python slide up her body till he faced her before he spoke "sssssnifles aaasssked me to keep a eeeye on you". She smiled fondly at the snake petting his head "rather you than some senior" equador was sniffles pet snake, though he was not a parcel tongue like sissy he found them intresting and sissy just adored the python.

[MaruDashi]

As the train headed off to Hogworts, Kaede found herself alone in her cabin. Somehow this didnt surprise her, since she was "the worst kind of mudblood". She let out a deep sigh and rested back in the seat. She wondered if the sweets cart would roll by, or if she should just sleep until the train arrived at Hogworts.

Kaede stretched and closed her eyes. Sleep sounded good right about now.

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Still clutching the now dripping rag onto his cut face Tom dived into a cabin to his left; he'd just seen Zacke coming the other way, only this time with about 12 little cronies.
He looked to see who he was now sharing a cabin with a girl... and a snake. It was pure misconception that all slytherins liked snakes, Tom hated them. But not as much as he hated Zacke.
He watched as the troop walked past, Zacke looking glum and clutching his chest. Tom managed a small smile at that then remembered the snake.

If anybody who knew him had seen him then, the only comment that would have justified the moment would have been, 'he moved faster than a jet-fueled dragon.'
Deciding that today was not going to be a good one he lent out of the window and rung out the cloth. It was time to just go to the front of the train and get this prefect stuff out of the way.
He forgot about the pasty...
OOC: i'm away for the weekend so i guess i'll just see you all at hogwarts...

[Nespa]

sissy said nothing as the male entered the cabin, from his movement she could tell he was probely avoiding someone. She simply looked at the blnck wall while equadore made his way up her body and made himself comfortable on top of her head with his tail wrapped around her forehead. his tongue slithered in and out of his mouth as he curiously watched tom's movements. when tom left he spoke "yyyyour male ssspecies are often odder than the femalesss". sissy looked up "if you say so.."and returned to nibbleing on the lollipop.

[Flah Blah]

Elysabeth continued to lethargically gaze out the window, watching as the patches of landscape went whizzing by. Dark ominous clouds came into being as a heavy rainfall came thundering down. The usual vast sea of azure sky was now a murky gray, as multiple flickers of lightning clashed with the accompanying sound of cacophonic thunder.

" As a matter of fact I am in my sixth year. It's nice to meet you too, Finn. And yes, I'd suppose it is. Although life is always full of odd occurences, sometimes people are just too busy to notice them."

She has said this a little too bitterly as her thoughts went from the abnormal weather to that of her father. Was a little acknowledgement from him so far out of reach? She had done multiple things to captivate Mr. Starrling's attention, from setting her room on fire to doing poorly at school. Nothing had worked, or perhaps she was going about her dilemma the wrong way?

Why was a little attention from her father so important anyway? Had the loss of her mother caused this? She wasn't so sure anymore, though she was positive that Elanor Starrling would be very disappointed in Elysabeth for her audacious actions. Lost in deep contemplation she had forgotten that she was onboard the Hogwart's Express and that Finn Fianna was in the cabin.

What an idiot she was for focusing so much a man who barely knew, who barely cared. From now on she'd focus on her mother, Elanor Starrling a bright woman and a loving person. It was the start of a new year, Elysabeth could change, into the young lady her mother had always wanted her to be. But could she? After all that she had done?

There was another cacophonic crash of thunder which nearly made her jump in her seat as she snapped back into reality. The sky was becoming darker by the minute, odd for it was only just after noon. Glancing back at Finn she noticed the book in his hands. It took her a few moments to realize that she was still in her muggle clothing.

Deciding that there was no better time than now, she stood up. Reaching for the sliding door of the cabin.

" Hm, bizarre weather we're having... Also, I'm off to go change into school robes. "

The train had hit a little bump, sending her back onto the cushioned seat. How odd, she thought; for the Hogwart's Express always glided over the railings with little commotion and efficiency. Making her way back to the door she stepped through quickly, nearly crashing into the trolley lady as she came out.

" S-sorry. "

What was with her today? Crashing into so many things, getting knocked down... She sighed as she gave the plump elderly lady a look of refusal for any sweets, before making her way down the aisle to the bathroom compartment to change.

[Buruku]

OOC: Man I've been out of the story for awhile -__- but I wanted to wait till we were out of Diagon Alley and I haven't had a good chance to sit and write.

BIC:

Felina scurried onto the train trying to catch her breath. She had been late loading her trunk onto the baggage compartment and now faced having to find a seat that wasn't full.

She made her way through the train, peaking inside compartments and listening to dozens of loud conversations at once. Most of the students were catching up with old friends, telling of their summer adventures or what they expected from the upcoming year. She tossed her bangs out of her eyes and kept on looking for a seat.

After 10 minutes of fruitless searching, Felina figured she may have to just take a seat with one of the first years and deal with it. As she approached the back of the train she looked inside one of the compartments and was pleased with what she found.

Two long black pigtails hung around what appeared to be a sleeping girl, and she was all by herself. Felina took a closer look and reconized her as a girl in Ravenclaw sometimes called "Muddy Maxwell" by bullies. Felina Tip-toed in trying not to wake the girl, and took a seat. Hm maybe I could use a cat-nap myself...

[MaruDashi]

OOC: Love the nick name Brookie XD!
Annnnd I decided to have a cat. Hope thats ok. [nothing special, just a regular cat]

BIC:

Kaede continued to sleep until she felt her bag that rested on her lap rustle a bit. She woke up, startled and opened it to see her small cat quite aggitated from being trapped inside for so long.
"Sorry Pestis..."
It was then that Kaede saw she wasnt alone. She plainfully blinked at the girl about her age that was sharing a cabin with her, a bit confused as to why she was there.
'Should I say something?'
Instead, shyness and humiliation about her rep got the best of her and she put her attention towards Pestis, petting her and looking down away from the other girl.

[Faceless111]

"I just don't understand you, Nathan! You have all that extra money but bought hardly anything from the trolley lady! One chocolate frog? That's it? You must be starving!" Brianna herself had bought what seemed like one of everything from the cart. It was odd for a girl her age to seem to eat so much but stay thinner than normal. Her scrawny body didn't match her wealthy status, Nathan often wondered about that but never gave it too deep of thought.

"I'm not that hungry," he said shortly. Bri shrugged and looked out the window. The storm outside getting worse it seemed. Lightening flashed at that moment at an close distance followed almost instantly by a very loud thunder roll. Bri shrieked. Nathan laughed.

"Oh, shut up you," Bri huffed.

[Buruku]

OOC: As a reminder to those who didn't read my profile...I'm a cat animagus so any cat references or odd behavior is because of that. (And Maru, I don't care you have a cat, I like it. ^_^)

Felina was startled at the girls sudden awakening. She quickly saw what had awoken her, as the kitty poped its head out of her bag.

Felina watched the girl gently stroke her cat, she imagined how nice it felt and got an urge to rub up against the girls leg and beg to be pet. Felina shook her head and removed those thoughts immediatly, 'jeez I need to get a grip' she thought.

Noticeing that the girl was too shy to make the first move, Felina decided to break the ice. "What a cute cat!" she said, enough to sound genuinly enthused, but not annoying. "Sorry if I startled you, but I just wanted a peaceful place to sit, my names Felina..."

[Tetsanosuke]

Alty watched the endless grays swirling about the heaven's image, the crack of thunder sent him to a seat of attention. Sitting up straight, he kept his eyes out the window as the train rolled on. He found the boundless landscapes of jagged greens and browns overladed by the dark sky's brandish, his eyes scanning the area as the rain went on. Another bump in the train sent him to the seat across from his, rolling into a laying position just in the nick of time.

Inside he felt himself bubbling and boiling with the thoughts of the day, wondering if it was a good idea to leave Eleana to herself. But he couldn't say anything about it, he needed to apparate into his cabin in order to make it on time and his companion couldn't see it, or he'd risk getting into trouble. But that wasn't anything he worried about as much as other things. He heard that 'Danger Dan' before he had left the shop, he wanted to kill him.

'Oh the excitement' He thought to himself, a sudden darker tone taking his thoughts 'I'll be able to explore the human body this year if only he so wants to kill me. The thought of ripping into knowledge like that is soooo~'

He then shook his head, and sat up, thinking in a different tone, a lighter one 'I'm not going to rip him apart, no, it's just not right I say. You have to light-ten-up dood.'

The Darker tone came back, seamlessly 'Oh but you know he'll attack, and you know the knowledge and experience like that will be such a fruitful gain in the mind~~'

The lighter tone was about to speak before his average mind voice dissipated the two, his eyes staring blankly forwards before he lifted his hands still gloved in brown leather.

The cuffs pulled out and extended like a circular flap around each. Each glove was embedded with a small metal plate with slots, as if something fit in each. He pulled off a glove and pulled out his wand, whispering "Lumos.." As the light came against the hand red lines around his hand appeared, as if lining around each muscle and tissue like a schematic of his hand. "Nox." The light from his wand dissapeared, and he put the glove back on.

"If only if only..." He wasn't as bright and out of the world as usual, he was blank, almost lost it seemed.

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal looked out of his window and smiled. The rain was beatiful. It reminded him of his parents. Micheal did miss them. Micheal was so deep in thought he forgot he had left the cabin and was walking down the hallway of the train. He spotted a candy cart and walked toward it. once a girl and a boy bought a candy frog Micheal bought a bag of sweeties. he looked at the kids and noticed that they looked more like 1st or 2nd years.

"H...H....Hello......."

[Fionn Mac]

As he listened to the girl talk, Finn simply nodded his head in agreement making sure he made casual eye contact as she spoke to him. Elysabeth obviously had something on her mind and that coupled with is quiet reading, made the cabin feel almost empty.
When Elysabeth left to change her clothes Finn decided to put his book away and just look out at the passing scenery. The ominous dark clouds along with the sound of the train moving across the track made for a haunting, yet peaceful ride.

After ordering some tea, rather than the popular candy, Finn closed his eyes and slowly sipped his drink. He was enjoying the melody made by the thunder and the train until he was once against startled, this time by the rather large sound made by a jolted candy cart. He quickly straightend his posture to see what was the matter, and in doing so spilled the rest of his tea onto his shirt. Restraining himself from shouting any "unpleasent" words or phrases, he dealt with the temporary discomfort.

Oddly enough, this gave him a chance to change into his robes as well. Not caring at this point if the door was closed, Finn took off his tea stained dress shirt and folded it neatly before placing it into his carry-on messenger bag.
He then placed his Ravenclaw attire on and sat back down on the luckily dry seat.
While the train was closing in on its destination, Finn decided to order some more tea and an extra cup...just incase the Starrling girl returned and happened to be thirsty. Not wanting to drop or damage anything else, he simply rested his head against the seat and closed his eyes.

[MaruDashi]

Kaede smiled.
"My name is Kaede, and this is Pestis, its nice to meet you Felina."
By Pestis, Kaede was referring to the small black cat with large green eyes that sat in her bag, who then crawled out and sat on her shoulder. She wasnt a kitten, but she was still a fairly small cat.
It occured to Kaede that the girl who shared a cabin with her had one letter off of feline, but she just ignored it and assumed that her parents adored cats.
"So, what year and house are you in Felina?"

[Faceless111]

"Ello, luv!" Brianna chirped. Nathan rolled his eye at her but also nodded in acknoledgement of the new comer. "Come in and sit with us if you want, I think we'll be at Hogwarts shortly."

Nathan buried himself in the black leather book, trying to hide himself. This was no matter of interest to him, but Bri always liked a chance to brag especially to older people.

[Flah Blah]

Elysabeth checked her appearance in the mirror after changing into her Syltherin robes, the green and silver crest apparent on the front. Withdrawing a silvery green ribbon from the interior pocket, she fashioned the bulk of her nigrescent tresses into a neat bun. Content with the way she looked, her hand descended to her skirt as if to dust it off, before moving to the door.


Hm, how strange.


The aisle was empty and quiet, not even the sound of squeaky wheels to indicate the trolley lady was coming. The tapping noise of her heels echoing throughout the area. Another clap of thunder errupted, the behemoth of power exerting from the sound made the train shake as she approached the sliding door of the compartment.

Normally Elysabeth enjoyed the sound of thunder, but the harsh fury of the cacophonic sound startled her as she entered the cabin. Glancing over at Finn, who seemed to be asleep. Tip-toeing over to her seat, she kept as quiet as possible, watching the heavy rainfall change into a light drizzle as the familiar silhouette of the majestic Hogwarts castle formed in the great distance.

It was late now, the inside temperature of the train was a little too chilly for comfort which was unsual. Or maybe I'm just tired. Elysabeth thought as she leaned back in her seat.

[Faceless111]

Brianna looked out the window, although it was hard to see anything; dusk and the storm turned the outside almost pitch black aside from the lightening that flashed every couple of seconds. "Hey!" Bri exclaimed suddenly as a flash of lightening beamed then faded. "You can see Hogwarts in the distance!"

This was enough to get Nathan's attention and he hurried to squish his face to the window as well. Another lightening bolt went by and indeed Nathan saw the great castle in the distance. "I'm almost excited enough to squeal like a girl," Nathan cracked and the two first years looked at each other. "Almost." And then suddenly the two of them bursted into laughter.

"Oh! Quick, let's get changed into our school robes!" She fished her robes out of her trunk and turned to Michael and Nathan. "No peeking!"

Nathan turned and dug his robe out as well and dressed himself promptly. Then he turned and straightened out a few folds, "I'm look rather spiffy if I do say so myself!"

"Sure do!" Brianna giggled and tightened Nate's tie for him. "And I feel like I'm a highly educated witch myself!"

This was the happiest Nathan ever remembered being. He normally contained himself especially in the presence of elders such as Michael, but right now he was too flooded with hope and excitement to hide it. His smile was wide from ear to ear and his cheeks were pinkening. Brianna had a similar expression.

[Nespa]

Sissy looked out the window, she had just changed in her robes and equador had not moved from his postion on her head. He raised his head at the storm "snakesss often believe that ssstormesss like thisss mean ssomthing iss on the way". sissy just nodded "i agree with you on that afteral the incident.."she did not have to say move equador knew that the incident had also happend on a stormy night ". He pressed his head against her cheek "there gone now, you have to worry anymore"she just nodded as hogwarts kept getting closer.

[Aura of the Twilight]

OOC: Man I'm gone for a day to go back to school and were almost done with another page, at this rate I might have to drop out.

BIC:

"Phew, just in time," Elanea thought as she got on the train. Elanea had managed to board the train just in time as it left the station. Since she was one of the last students on a lot of the cabins in the trains cars, or pretty much all of them in the front cars, were full.

It took a while but Elanea made it to the last car, wehre the students were a slight percentage more scarce. Elanea still kept walking for most of the cabins had three out of the four seat space full with friends talking and she didn't want to interupt.

She came to an empty cabin and thought,"Finally! A cabin." She was about to go into it and start unpacking her stuff onto the holding compartmentswhen she heard voices coming from the back of the car, which was only about one or two cabins away. Normally Elanea wouldn't pay this any notice, but one of the voices sounded like Alty's and the other very similar to it. She went back and saw Alty, but he was by himself.

"Oh, so it was you back here. Well, I'm glad to see you made it on the train in time, but I thought I heard other voices back here Alty." Elanea said as she sent a friendly smile his way before it turned into a questioning look.

[Tetsanosuke]

The sound of the door opening didn't effect him much, he swiftly turned his head towards Elanea and she started talking about other voices. Other voice? That was just mad talk! Or was it really to him? He brought himself to a lay upon the wide open seat and looked to her, eyes wide and face lost in the chora about them.

"Voices, voices. There was nothing but me back here! Light-en-up girrrl!" Returning to his wondrous smile he pulled his brown leathered hand up over the side of his face, covering one eye as he looked to Elanea with the other.

"One cannot see with just one eye, what one has yet to breath, with both lungs." He sounded like he was making nonsense, but some people found wisdom in his words. He noticed a few other fourth years popping their heads inside the car looking to him. One was a girl with spiked purple hair, the other a boy with blue straight hair. Apparently they were fans of his work. But they knew better then to interrupt his conversations so they smiled at Alty and waved to Eleana before heading back to their cabin.

"We are getting closer to the school, shall we stick together this time again?" He asked as he brought the hand covering his face into a light wave like motion.

[Blackheart_fan]

Virginia laughed as her sister pulled her towards the portal that lead to the platform. Grinning she said, "Of course. I'm always ready to go back." she pulled her sister with her as she went through the barrier, making sure that there weren't muggles around first.

Virginia stummbled slightly as she stepped onto the platform. She had always been a bit of a klutz. She laughed slightly, barely stopping the trunk from falling. "Come on, lets get a seat," she told October, heading towards the scarlet train that was the Hogwarts Express.

[Sailor Lunar Eclipse]

October nodded to her sister and got onto the train. she looked around, there was already a lot of people on board. where were they going to sit? She hesitated, and ran her fingers through her hair nervously. She hated this.

The girl bit her lip and looked at her sister. "You lead, you find a place..." October was very strange when it came to things like that, she didn't enjoy people seeing her too much. It just wasn't that fun. She looked back at her sister and stepped to the side allowing the girl to go in front.

"So what do you think this year is going to be like? I have a feeling it'll be different... like something amazing is going to happen... you know?"

[FullMetalAlchemist997]

After Mia and Tom decided to meet on the platform Mia had to almost sprint to get to her motehr in time. "Sorry, I had...to get more books"
"At least you made it, Mia, we need to get to the platform though" Mia's mother said grabbing her daughter's wrist and pulling her to the platform. "Alright, Mia, remember to write! I didn't buy that owl just so you could have a pet you know!"
"You've said that since I got Kail my first year" Mia said then gave her mom a hug. "I'll write"
"You'd better!"
When Mia was safely on the train she began to wonder about Tom. She was in their usual cabin. "Hm..."
For most of the ride Mia read a book by herself. She looke dup int ime to realize that she should probably change. She put the yellow and black robes on then pinned her prefect badge to the very front. Where is Tom? She wondered again. She settled back in her seat looking out the window. She glanced at the big Golden owl that was staring at her curiously. "Where do you think he is, Kail?" Mia asked laughingly. The owl just kep staring at her with its brown eyes. "You're right, we'll find him later" Mia didn't bother to ask herself why she was suddenly carrying on a conversation with an owl.

[Aura of the Twilight]

Elanea listened to Alty talk and waved to the students that waved at her. When Alty was done talking she smiled at him again and said, "Sure I'll stick with you. Besides I enjoy company."

Elanea then unpacked her things and sat down in the cabin across from Alty. "I wonder what this year will hold for us, don't you Alty?" She asked trying to start up some conversation with him.

[Tetsanosuke]

"This year, oh this year, my fourth year here, or is it there? It's everywhere!" He responded with a bit of a otherworldly tone. "This year is going to be insane, I can tell you that much!"

He would pull out his wand, looping a sparkling red string about in front of him, as if weaving a web of magic light. He seemed to be quite good at drawing with his wand, his hand movements were full and flush, swaying seemingly with the twirling of the world. He kept drawing on as the light seemed to branch out about the cabin and he would smile to Elanea before he watched his work unfold.

As he went on the shapes came together in the web, swirls and ribbons of different objects flowed about. A Dragon, and then a heart, then a swirl it seemed, all stretching out as a serpent slithered through it's center. He stopped his 'painting' with his wand and saw the bright shapes unfold over the whole cabin, lighting it up with a glaze of soft red.

He then looked to his companion then back to his creation repeatedly, proud of his latest work. "We try all we might, and try to suceed. But like this here, it'll all disappear, and only remain inside, where everything we are and achieve stays forever."

[Aura of the Twilight]

Elane smiled and nodded, "Yes this year does feel a little different from the rest, as if something extravogant is going to happen."

Elanea just sat there and watched as Alty drew the figure. She head what he said and thought about it and guessed in the end he was right, but for the most part she just sat there and watched.

She then smiled and said, "Well I guess, it's because, in a way everything we do is an achievement in some way or another."

[Faceless111]

OOC: I tried to slow down the pace of the RPG because some players said it was moving too fast, but it seems hardly anyone is posting to advance their characters. So let's move along. I don't want to keep everyone waiting.

BIC:

The scarlet train came to a halt and Nathan and Brianna exited with all the other first years. A giantic man with a mane of hair and beard stood to greet them, holding a lantern. "First years to me! C'mon then, I ain't gonna squish! At least I'll try not ter!" He laughed even though the weather was miserable. It was still storming harshly and everyone was soaked. "Name's Hagrid, I'm suppose ter take you lot ter the castle via boats!"

"Boats?!" Brianna shrieked. "In this weather? We'll drown!"

"Not ter worry, not ter worry," he assured her, though Nathan too felt that his words rang hollow in their heads. The giant led the way to the lake were a small fleet of boats awaited, but the waters looked very unstable.

"I don't want to go!" Bri cried, actually crying. Nathan gulped and while he also felt unease, he didn't want to express it. He hugged Bri in a lousy attempt to comfort her. But the weather, the cold, their soaked clothes, and the intimidating waters made it hard to put anyone at ease. The rest of the first years also whined and made their protests clear.

"Headmistress McGonagall charmed these boats herself; they're sink-proof!" Hagrid took a whole boat to himself. The rest of the first years reluctantly boarded their boats, though Brianna needed more help than anyone else onto the boat. Nathan pulled her on, but she just cried louder than ever. The boats sailed surprisingly smoothly, but Bri's crying didn't ease.

"Shut up, would you?" Nathan was starting to get annoyed and the two other first-years that shared their boat looked amused at the scene. Bri was, after all, the only one that was actually crying. "What're you lot looking at?" The others looked away.

Finally they arrived at a dock in the lower levels. Bri was still sniffling and Nathan wished to disassociate himself from her, but found that impossible when she followed him like a puppy. A charm was placed to instantly dry them off once they climbed the stairs.

The Great Hall was already filled with the other students sitting at their tables, waiting for the Sorting.

[Tigris]

OOC: Well at least there hasn't been the sorting...~_~'
I have been informed that I used 'inappropriate language'. Not complaining or anything, but I htought a little was of no consequence...
BIC:

Shane sat silently as the Thestral-driven carriages moved through the muck of the road that led to his annual ritual. He sighed softly at the thought of returning to another boring year at the magnificent castle. It wasn't Hogwarts itself that Shane hated, it was the air-headed, prissy children he had to deal with. The school filled with everything from gossiping to annoying chatter; it always seemed thateverybody thought they were so important. No real furutes, no dreams, no abnormality; just mindless drones in the process of wasting the wind in everybody else's lungs. Noone had a soul, it seemed, in the God-forsaken castle. It was almost pathetic enough to make him sick.

Shane glanced over to has left, watching two Hufflepuff girls talking animatedly about the Gryffindor boy to his immediate left. The boy was smiling with a sinister hunger, his eyes caught on them like a hawk to a rabbit. Shane muttered something that resembled "Pathetic" and the Gryffindor turned with a glare.

[Nespa]

sissy sat in a far corner of the carriage trying to ignore her companions. equadore had not moved from his place on her head and she quitly wondert if she was suppost to keep him for a while. She sighered and glanced at the other people in carriage, she did not know any of them and one tryed to talk to her but after ignoring for a while he gave up prevering to chat with the ones that actualy wanted to talk. She pulled her robe around herself a bit more to keep warm against the harsh weather.

[Tetsanosuke]

Upon the carriages driven by those invisible beings, or, only so to those who hadn't seen death. But Alty saw them all too clear as they started their way towards the school, he watched as they galloped, taking pleasure in the fact that near none of the others could see them. He seemed to be focusing harder, harder then usual as his face became frosted like ice, he mumbled to himself in a deeper tone, as he watched them ride on, the scenery of darkened branches and the stone paved path just swimming by the view.

"Death, kill him neh? Danger Dan?" So soft yet dark and deep. "You've seen death in the eyes before haven't you? You tried to help him escape.. but you felt the kiss.." A fast twitch shook into his shoulder and he shook his head lightly, the student in front of him stared at him, until one of his friends, the blue haired boy grabbed his shoulder shifting his attention.

"Don't stare at him when he does that, not a word and not a noise about this." The azure haired boy whispered "It's just something he does, only he knows what makes him like this."

Alty snapped back to his reality, or reality in a dream the way is seemed with him. He looked at the ceiling of the vessel, eyes wide before taking in a breath. "The past and present, with the future is tied." He cast his eyes upon the people around him, he wasn't sure if Elanea was in the carriage with him. but for then he was to wait, for school was up this road.

[Fionn Mac]

OOC: Tigris, yes, you were in fact informed that you used "Inappropriate Language." A certain "F" related Word minus a "c" or in its adjective form minus a "g", is still that certain "Word." Although the latter was not used in the context of the rpg, rather an ooc: post, the same "appropriate" language rules still apply.
You've been around these parts long enough to know what words are generally accepted, while used in moderation, so please refrain from using the "upper tier" of the curse vocabulary...even if it's purely meant to describe something.
And not to complain or anything either, but requests sent via PM are usually sent that way for a reason. In this case to keep the another occ: out of the rpg. So theres little need to announce it.

BIC:
As the train finally came to a stop, Finn awoke from his short nap and along with many of the other students began to gather any carry-on's in preparation to exit.
"Miss Starrling, it was nice talking to you...perhaps we shall see more of each other this year, now that we've become properly acquainted" Said Finn as he gave Elysabeth a small smile and a polite nod before exiting the cabin.

Amidst the crowd of students, Finn tried to locate his two 1st year acquaintances to make sure they got off alright. Though his eyes failed to locate them, his ears picked up on the girl's rather unmistakeable voice and though it sounded like she was crying, the familiar voice of Hagrid assured Finn that they were fine. He remembered his first year and the fear he felt going in the boats. Finn realized he could have prepared the two for their means of transportation...but somethings had to be experienced firsthand and the feelings associated with it.

Rather relieved at his form of transportation, Finn settled himself on one of the carriages. He was accompanied by a few of his fellow Ravenclaw mates and together they were pulled off towards Hogwarts. As they rode along the other three males talked about the upcoming year and what they were looking foward to. While Finn saw them as friends of his, he wasn't really close to any of them. He had many friends across the entire school but he only considered a handful to be his close friends. Nonetheless, he eventually joined in the conversation as one of the boys prodded him about his chances of becoming a selection for Headboy for the following year.
As Finn shrugged off their jokes and jabs of encouragment, inside he was looking foward to proving himself worthy of his title as prefect and hoped another strong year would set him up for Headboy...though he knew he couldn't look ahead to next year just yet. And with Hogwarts' outlined infront of them, he would have to start that hard work and preperation very soon.

[Nespa]

Sissy looked at alty for a moment and then shivert though she was not sure why. She looked at the thunderstorm it always reminded her of the night her parents died, she sighed sadly it had been a unnecesary death if they only had stopped like they always did. But that night the didn't and that became there fall . she closed her eye's a bit 'mother, father if you had stopped beating me in time then i had not seen the necesarity to kill you' she thought. she knew the rumors and did not bother to change them it seemed better for them to believe she was tortured by someone than the fact that she killed her parents.

[Flah Blah]

Elysabeth smiled lightly in return before Finn left to assist the first years. As she approached the thestral she could not help but notice the bizarre yet magnificent being. With it's appalling skeletal body and vast leather like wings. Interesting. She thought with some amusement as she boarded the carriage.

Which surprisingly enough was still empty. She watched as the other Slytherins boarded the other thestrals, sneering and laughing at their own petty little remarks and whatnot. Elysabeth sighed dejectedly as she thought of the upcoming school-year. This'll either be a real drag or an adventure.

There was a call from somewhere far up the row of carriages and then with a flap of the Thestral's bat-like wings they began ascending into the air. Their destination still slightly far-off, this gave Elysabeth more oppotunity to think.

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal sat at the table and grinned. This was one of his favorite parts. Some of his old friends were still here at Hogwarts and that was something to look forward to. Micheal looked over at Nathan and smiled.

"I wonder if he will be in my house?"


Micheal continued to look over at the other students and sighed. Without the old headmaster this year would feel unimportant. Micheal thought hard about his past year and then about the many memories he held in his head. They were all almost good in some way but Micheal still coulndt wait to get the cance to use more spells. He learned cover 20 every year so this year would make it around 100. Micheal smiled to himself and then at Alice. Man did he love magic.

[Blackheart_fan]

The twins had somehow managed to find an unoccupied cabin during the ride and were now climbing off of the train. Virginia looked around, seeing if she could spot anyone she knew, even vaguely. She took her sister's hand, squeezing it gently just in case October was nervous, and started towards the horseless carriages. She bit her lip as she looked around; most of the other carriages were full then she noticed one that had just one girl in it. Virginia hurried towards it, smiling at her. "Hello!" Virginia said, climbing into the carriage just before it began moving. "You're...Elysabeth...right?" She smiled hesitently, her former bright smile becoming more nervous. She believed that she had seen the girl before, indeed, Virginia was fairly sure that the girl they were now in a carriage with was a fellow Slytherin but she wasn't totally sure.

[Sailor Lunar Eclipse]

October followed her sister, a bit nervous, and ready to admit it. Something felt different. But what? The air? The people? Was it a different smell? A sight? She pushed away those thoughts, that would just keep her wondering, and probably never figure out the answer if she pondered it. She spun around in her outfit once. When she had change don the train, she made sure to wear her necklaces with the attire. It just made her a bit more... unique. Unlike the others, though that really wasn't that hard.

She smiled a "hello" to the girl in the carriage. She had met her before, but never really talked, and her sister seemed all for the, "Talk to people today" thing. Joy. But she didn't mind too much. she found people to be interesting, but the fact that she never really had friends before she went to Hogwarts, changed how she met, and became friends with people. She just didn't enjoy it, or do it in a "normal" fashion.

[Buruku]

OOC: Maru sorry if I kept you from posting (busy weekend) if that happens again, feel free to put words into my characters mouth to move it along if you want)

BIC:
Felina was surprised how fast the train ride went by after spending the time chatting with Kaede. Felina liked the fact that she wasn't loud, abnoxious or conceited, her mild manners and humbleness made it easy to talk with her. She was pretty smart, Felina noticed, but even though she was in Ravenclaw she seemed unaware of her intelligence.

Felina felt the train come to an abrupt halt, immediatly fallowed by students getting up, trying to make it to the exit first. Felina slowly got up and stretched. She picked up her bag and turned to Kaede, "Its been nice talking, well have to do it again sometime." Felina realized that sounded like a cheesy line at the end of a first date or something. Feeling stupid she made a weird smile and turned quickly to go.

The aisle was packed with students, but Felina got in line, patiently waiting her turn to get off the train.

[MaruDashi]

OOC: No worries Brookie, I was a bit busy this weekend too...having very little internet =)

BIC:

Kaede gave Felina a soft smile.
"Id like that a lot..."
She watched as Felina left the cabin, then diverted her attention to the now sleeping Pestis. She carefully placed her back in her bag and headed out the train once it was empty. She then headed for the dinning hall, where she sat with her house and year while ignoring a few snickers she heard from other students.
'The sorting should be any minute now...'

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Tom smiled as he lent back against the polished wood of the great oak doors leading into the great hall. He gingerly felt his cheek as he recalled what he heard on the train...

He remembered walking down the train until he reached the prefects cabin. He soon left with the plan to find Mia. He had walked down half of the train when he heard a voice he regonised shot out from the cabin to his left. He cast a simple illusion charm to make himself look like a tall potted plant and listened in on the conversation.

He came out of his recollections as he heard a call of his name, it wasn't Mia but a few of the dueling club members. He shouted a hi back and waved before once again diving into the msyteries of his memory.

"Shut up!" he heard Zacke say in a hushed yell, "I don't want anybody to hear about this."
Tom heard Zacke sit back down and he pressed his ear closer to the door.
He heard the dimwitted voice of Terry, one of Zackes thuggish companions reply. "So, this things... powerul?"
Zacke laughed, "Lets just say if i had this i could beat Tom and the rest of his anti-slytherin friends easily. These two little year ones have these very powerful wands, and i'll see about getting them later. But first i'm going to try and get the last relic.
Tom was forced to move at thid point as a small hufflepuff girl had noticed that the plant stood next to her was bleeding.

Tom looked around the entrance hall again for signs of Mia, but all he saw was the last surge of students pushing through the great doors. He thought back to Zacke. If only he had heard the name of these relics then he could decide whether it would be safe to let Zacke carry on trying to get them. And as for the two first years, Tom decided to try and be on the lookout for them. Whoever they were...
Just then Mia broke through the crowd around the door and ran to him. "Whats with your cheek!" was the first thing she said. The slash had stopped most of its former bleeding but it still looked a mess. "I'm gona get Pomfrey on it tomorow, don't worry." He smiled as she gave him a swift hug.
He beckoned towards the four tables, "Shall we?"
He led her towards the hufflepuff table, "I'll see you in a bit."
She smiled back and sat down, mouthing the words 'See ya' over the growing noise in the hall.
He walked over to the Slyerin table which either greeted or hissed at him. The majority hissed but it only made him happier to be back. After this year he wanted over half of slytherin house to not be the muggle haters they so badly wanted to be. He sat down next to a few year 5 friends and started talking about the sorting. On his other side was a spare seat, as long as Zacke didn't sit there he didn't really care...

OOC: FMA997 has given me permission to look after her character until she's back :D

[Faceless111]

OOC: I'm recovering from a cold, so my writing might be a little sloppy. But after a ten hour nap, I think I'm ready to go on with the RPG. And to kingdomhearts_tom, I really like the direction your taking with Zacke. You're tying him directly into the main storyline, which is good. I'm gonna be PMing you to discuss Zacke.

BIC:

Headmistress McGonagall was striding down the hall with a man keeping pace beside her. They were in conversation, Minerva was talking, "No, I don't think it will be a serious problem, Kingsley. We've guarded the Relic for centuries. It's acting up slightly, I'll admit, but nothing to fret over."

"It's different this year, Minerva," Kingsley spoke gently.

"How so?"

"Two of the wands are united. Ollivander sold them to a couple of first year students. The third is still missing, but we both know Hogwarts could be in for a tough year."

"Two wands?" Minerva sounded shocked. "Doesn't Ollivander know what those wands are capable of?! He's so reckless, marveling over wands instead of being careful about who he sells them to! No wonder the Relic is acting up, it senses the wands! We can only hope that the third remains out of the picture..."

"Should I station Aurors here?" Kingsley offered. McGonagall shook her head in the negative. "Very well. You know how to contact me if need be." And he disapparated.

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OOC: Let's get everyone into the Great Hall so we can get the Sorting done, okay?

[Nespa]

Sissy glanced around the large hall she was in. the tables of the houses were filled with second years first years and on. After she stepped out of the carriage equador had moved off her and into the woods. also a silver owl had dropped her wand off. She glanced towards the teachers table and then at the table she sat on, she did not really want to be here. beside her on her right was enough room for two people but none sat there. She was used to it near the end of last year she got a extreme angerfit and beated a male from the 6the year into the hospital wing eversince most of her house members stayed out of her way. she sighed 'i am stronger than the fear, i am stronger than the fear'she chanted in her head.

[Tetsanosuke]

The fourth year, Alty Al Lazel was so fascinated by Hogwarts, or it seemed that way by how he stared and reached out at everything as he went. He felt the warmth of the giant school plunge upon his as he would watch the thichk wood and steel doors open. He made his way to the great hall with his two compadres, an arm over both of them. He was still wearing those leather gloves though, those gloves never seemed to leave his hands. His friends didn't mind though.

As they sat down he brought his hands together as he watched his fellow Ravenclaws converse, and he closed his eyes. This was followed by him opening his ears, listening, hearing all the gossip and things that happened over their summers. He mused at a few happenings, but he was still waiting for the ceremony to commence.

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Tom glanced over at Zacke as he entered the hall and sat down at the end of the table. What was he up to? His real motive couldn't be to just beat Tom. Yeah sure, Zacke did hate Tom more than anybody else in probably the entire world but was that really a large enough reason to be searching for a legend? Something that probably didn't even exist.
Tom looked over at Mia who was deep in conversation with a female friend across the table with a ravenclaw. She saw him looking and shouted something about 'the sorting' and 'exicting'. Tom had to agree, he always enjoyed searching for new dueling talent ever since Zacke had given him a stare worthy of a balisisk (sp) while waiting to be sorted.
Since then it became more important to be aware of the new little ones. And this year he had to watch out for two special wands.
He turned back to his table and stared at the still empty golden plate infront of him. He wouldn't let Zacke get him down before the year had officially started. He'd put it to the back of his mind and ask Professor Longbottom in his first herbology lesson.
It was time to enjoy what he hoped would be a good sorting...

Zacke looked over at Tom when the hufflepuff scum shouted to him. Yeah she'd get it too. He smiled to himself, clapped Terry on the back and started singing some tune about mudbloods...

[Fionn Mac]

As his carriage finally arrived at the castle, Finn stepped out and along with his fellow Ravenclaws made his way to the great hall. He was quite curious to see where the new students of the year would be placed. Like many other older students, he was rather indifferent on the goings on of the younger students.
But, unlike a majority of students, Finn never let the age or year difference effect who he conversed with...as he focused on the person rather than the title. Thus, seeing new faces and possbily ones that would be joining his house always caught his interest, more so now that he'd be incharge of trying to keep them out of trouble as a prefect.

After briefly greeting some of the members of his house at the table, Finn found a seat next to the other older students. Next to him were the other few prefects of Ravenclaw and the current Headgirl. They then chatted quietly as they awaited for the sorting and feast to begin.

[MaruDashi]

Kaede continued to sit and wait for the sorting to begin, something that really didnt interest her. The way she saw it, it was just more students who would mock her and make her stay at Hogworts miserable.

She decided to think about something else instead: Felina. Could she consider her a friend? Maybe Felina was just being polite and had no intentions of further talking with Kaede. She reflected on their conversation while a soft smile crept across her face. Even if Felina would never speak to her again, Kaede knew that for a moment, she felt normal and accepted.

[Flah Blah]

The dining hall was extremely crowded, more than usual she supposed. Especially with the first years scattered about the main aisle. Elysabeth was sitting gloomily with the other Slytherins; tuning out of their gossip and inconsistent chatter. One of the Slytherins in her year sat juxtapose, facing away from her his elbow nudging her ribcage every few moments as he burst out in laughter. Palpably finding amusement in insulting the younger students.

Elysabeth exhaled sharply in disgust, she was beginning to abhor that boy, his name was Greg Figgons. One of the nastiest sixth years in Slytherin; he could always be seen offending everyone he was near.

"Slytherin! "

She turned her head over to the sorting hat as she heard the name of her house, craning her neck to try and catch a glimpse of the new student who just joined them. It was a young girl with long silvery blonde hair who bore an expression that of only some of the snobbiest of people wore.

Great another stuck-up loser. Just what we need.

[Buruku]

Felina tapped on the table in boredom while she watched all the nervous first years line-up to be sorted. It had been fun to watch during her second and third year, but now that this was her 5th it grew kind of boring. "Just hurry up so the food can come" she thought.

As the sorting began Felina tryed to guess who would go ino which house by how they looked, it was a fun game that kept her entertained for awhile, though she was only right about 65% of the time. She looked around at her table and the other house tables. No one else seemed particularily interested, unless they were related or some how knew the person being sorted.

Felina heard her stomach growl and wished the sorting would hurry even more. She laid her head on the table and began daydreaming of a big glass of milk.

[MaruDashi]

Kaede sat and watched the first years get sorted out. A few came to Ravenclaw, and as soon as they sat down, some of the older students immediatly started pointing out different students from the house and giving information about them such as names, years, who played in the Quidditch [sp?] games, and what not. When it got to her, the older students would make a face and whipser...most likely about Kaede's muggle parents. She didnt want to look at the first year's faces in response to what they were just told.

Part of her wanted to cry so badly, but she fought back the tears. No way she would let them see her cry. Not ever.

[Tigris]

OOC: A few things...1)Thanks Fion. I haven't been on for about a year, so I guess I slipped. Sorry, heh. 2)Faceless, can you just randomly pick me as either Ravenclaw or Gryffindor. I don't care which. But you decide, I can't. 3)I'm editing my appearance for a quick while. Shane wears a Trench Coat, I forgot to add that. The cloak is for winter and such...
BIC:

Shane, happy to disembark from the horribly mundane carriage, strode across the grounds towards the castle, giving the Thestrals an occasional stroke. For some unforseen reason, Shane really liked them. They were so dark and ominous, yet they did no harm nor threat, but rather stood there serenely, the moon shining on their dappling, flowing manes. After a few second years gave him reproachful, distanced glances followed by hurried spasms of dashing from him as if he carried something toxic or cancerous, Shane proceeded to the ornate double doors with a last quick glance at the beautiful creatures that had to carry his weight. He cast them a slight wave and skulked inside.

He mad his way to the usual back end of the table, where a few third years scattered and whispered, "There's probably more room up there," and, "I can't hear all the way back here..." Ignoring them, he sat at the bench looking up at the head table. A new Defence Teacher as usual, and few more unusual faces.

Shane sat quietly, but pestered as he watched the first years' Sorting. So these were the new little runts that he'd have to kick out of his way to avoid being late for class. None of them looked to big, minus a few exceptions. As he started to daydream of different ideas of how to propel them across the castle, the Sorting was over and McGonagall was speaking. The third year who had moved was now blatantly igonoring McGonagall and chatting animatedly to her other friend...

[Tetsanosuke]

Alty's wide and otherworldly smile came to a sudden fade. Rumors! And gossip about a nice girl, just because her parents were muggles. Preposterous! He pulled his wand, careful not to let any of the teachers at the front notice, he waved it over a small sheet of folded paper. After murmuring a few things onto it, he blew it over to the student whispering about their fellow Ravenclaw Kaede. The paper glided along, swirling around peoples reach before landing in front of the gossiper.

Confused as to what it was he grabbed it by an edge, and with that the paper snapped upon his finger, then blew raspberries at him before talking like a pair of lips to a mouth. "Oh my, I never knew the house of Ravenclaw held such disrespect for fellow members. How'z about we look at the overall instead of being cranky about what's behind each person?" The paper snapped, and fell to the table, and the same dragon like insignia he always used shined into the boy's face, then vanished.

Alty leaned in at the edge of the table and looked to the muggle born, giving her a smile and a thumbs up. He then recieved a glare from the student he sent the message too and smiled to that student too, snapping his fingers after kissing his index and middle digits. He then returned to his pondering, knowing full well what he had done, and he wasn't afraid of the consequences.

(( OOC: Like in the second movie, the talking letter charm [To Ron from his mom after losing the magic car]. Basically just a small variation, and I'm sure it's nothing to be cranky over. ))

[MaruDashi]

Something caught Kaede's attention which quickly lead her eyes back to some of the whispering students. After Kaede saw excatly what was going on, and who was behind it, she couldnt help but giggle to herself. She then shot Atly a soft smile.

She knew who he was, but never really spoke to him before. Part of her wondered what was the motive behind it, but simply assumed it was because he pitied her, which was fine with Kaede. Perhaps this would be the first step to the end of the gossipers.

[Tigris]

Shane watched as a kid bewitched paper and gave it Howler like properties, and the raging gossiper. Shane, grudgingly, had to admit that that was quite a charm. Although Shane didn't know his year, he couldn't be any older than twelve in Shane's opinion, which was probably the reason his manuver impressed him so. Albeit Shane didn't need nor want to know how he did it, from experience he could tell it wasn't an average spell. If someone had been looking at Shane, they could've sworn there was the faintest raise of an eyebrow...

[Faceless111]

OOC: Sorry I didn't post sooner. We've been having trouble with our internet since a storm knocked out our power. I might not be able to post that often, since I'm now being forced to use library computers and I can't come to the library everyday. So expect to see less of me until maybe next week or whenever my internet is up and running again.

And Tigris, I think you should be in Gryffindor since that house needs more population.

BIC:

"Brezing, Brianna!" Once her name was called, she gulped audibly and gave Nathan a nervous look. She went up to the front and had the Sorting Hat placed over her head. There was a slight pause and then the hat shouted, "Ravenclaw!"

She leapt up and chirped in excitement. She proceeded to the Ravenclaw table to cheers and applause.

"Hucel, Nathaniel!" Nathan had a cool expression but felt a slight concern. He went up to be sorted and placed the hat on his head. It paused for a while. "Ravenclaw!"

He felt little relief and no particular connection with the House. He didn't really mind which house he was put into. He proceeded to sit next to Bri, who hugged him.

The Sorting finished and feast began. Nathan helped himself to various foods that he never had in the Apothecary.

[Fionn Mac]

Finn continued to watch the sorting as it went on and was still rather intrigued as to where Brianna and Nathaniel would land. As he waited for their names to be called, his attention briefly passed over to the small "scene" that was occuring. Personally, he had learned not to let gossip get to him, but he realized the harsh words and tounges of immature students could truly hurt someone. Thus, Finn had to hold in a small laugh as the student "got his" in the form of a quite charismatic talking letter.
Seeing that Alty Al Lazel, was the director behind the little show didn't suprise him and although he often disapproved of how the 4th year broke certain rules, he respected his good-hearted intentions.
While the house of Ravenclaw prided itself on intelligence, knowledge and a dignified persona, some students let their immaturity and arrogance define them. Sometimes those students needed to be put in their place and indeed there were individuals who would gladly do so.

When Brianna's name was called, Finn quickly turned his attention back to the sorting. Already witnessing her quick wit and personality, Finn wasn't too suprised to see her sorted into Ravenclaw. As she made her walk to the table, Finn found himself clapping rather loudly, leading some of his housemates to give him a rather quizzical look. He brushed off their stares with a "what?" type of shoulder shrug and turned his focus back to Nathaniel who was up next.
Finn wasn't too sure as to where the boy would end up, as in their previous meeting Nathaniel seemed indifferent on the houses. But, his curiousity was put to rest when the hat announced "Ravenclaw!" When Nathaniel made his way to the table, Finn was again met with the confused faces of students as he clapped loudly once more. He was pleased to see the two new students apart of his house, knowing they'd both fit in very well.
However, he couldn't help but feel a bit strange. While it was probably merely a coincidence, having told Articus he'd watch out for his grandson and now having him in the same house, where he could do so more easily as a prefect...was still rather odd. And though a few other things seemed suprisingly "put together," he simply pushed them aside as the feast began.

Before he touched his food, Finn looked out over the table full of students and arose from his seat. He and some of the other senior students found it customary to conduct their own welcoming of sorts.
"Friends of old, friends of now and friends to be, I wish to welcome you all in a toast,"
Said Finn as he held up his glass and gave a nod to the table.
"As we begin yet another year, or our first ever here, we must remember to push ourselves to learn more, achieve more and most of all experience more than we ever have...Talent, is something that we all here possess, but it can only take us so far...becoming the best wizards and witches that we can be requires something else, it's something that does not discriminate or care what others think of you...nor is it something that we can simply buy...that something is knowledge."
"And while over time our ink may fade, or our books may wither...the knowledge we will possess by striving for it today, will never go away...for knowledge my friends never feels the effects of time, for as long as continue to seek it...knowledge is unending and ever changing"
With that Finn gave his table another nod before sitting down and receiving a few pats on the back from his fellow Ravenclaws.

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal grinned and stood onto of the table.

"And to all those who have been added to the great and powerful Gryffindor house. We are glad to have all of you here this year and hope to have the most school spirit and young wizard we can have."

Micheal looked at Finn and grinned before bowing and sitting back down. His house matesa and friends cheered and patted his back. Micheal grinned and went back to eating his food. He started with his pumpkin juice and then began to eat some wings. he dipped them in rancho sause and bite into it. It was great and Micheal missed the great food they got every year at Hogwarts. Micheal contuined to eat his fell. It all tasted so good to him. Micheal couldnt help but love it.

[MaruDashi]

Not feeling very hungry, Kaede grabbed some chicken and opened her bag. Pestis stretched and looked up at the girl while purring. She tore everything up in small pieces, and hand-fed them to the small cat. She wouldve just allowed the cat to jump up on the table like she did at home, but she didnt want to deal with any looks she got. Besides, it was a bit rude, reguardless of how clean the small cat was.

The tiny cat happily munched on the mean her master was feeding her, afterall, chicken was her favorite. Kaede gave the cat a smile and continued to feed her.
'Well, at least I have one definite friend'

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Tom was grinning from ear to ear. Not only had the boy, Alty done yet another peice of amazing magic, he had also given another snob a good kick in the teeth. He didn't admit it, but he was sort of a secret fan to that lad. He always helped others out.
Then when the ravenclaw and the griffindor (sp) each gave their respective speeches he couldn't help but laugh even harder. It sometimes amazed him how he wasn't put in griffindor himself.
He grabbed a slice of thick ham and started to chew, thinking back on his own sorting.
He had been about halfway down the list, a lot of A's and B's were in his year. He was scared but it only fueled his excitment and he started to make a few jokes. That was when he first made friends with Mia, when his name got called up.
Amazed at the intensity of the stares (presumably because of his connection with the Malfoys) he sat on the stool and placed on the hat. It spoke to him before shouting out a name. "I see two houses that would benifit from having you in their midst."
Tom didn't really know how to communicate so he started to whisper to the hat, "I want to be placed where i can do most good. I like to make people smile."
The hat seemed to almost smile at this naive little boy. "The most good eh? Well then i think you should be in 'SLYTHERIN!'"
Tom swallowed the ham and scooped some more onto his plate. This was the first time in years he had contenplated that memory. Maybe his theory of Slytherin being a better house now that the dark lord was defeated really was right.
He decided it was time for a Slytherin speech and raised his goblet high, "This year Slytherin will be the noble house it was born to be, no more dark magic crap!"
His speech didn't draw as many cheers as the other two, infact the boo's were more resounding but the few cheers from those sat around him and the look on Zacke's face more than made up for it...

Zacke had watched the sorting in disgust. No talent had been chucked his way. And to make matters worst the two kids with the powerful wands had been placed in ravenclaw. He didn't have many friends in other houses. He then noticed Tom looking at him grinning...

Tom looked over at the ravenclaw table and suddenly remembered his mission. So hopefully the kids that Zacke was after were in ravenclaw, that would explain Zackes look of hatred. There didn't look to be many new ravenclaws, he'd just get one of his ravenclaw friends to post something in the ravenclaw tower later. It wouldn't be hard to get the first years alone...

[Tetsanosuke]

Alty would raise a hand as he heard the one Finn give off his speach after smiling to the new members of their house, the taunting desire to just light off some spark beckoned at him, and he would let himself into his cup as Finn ended the toast, he shouted "Gooooood maaan~!" In his odd tone, swirling with a hint of disillusion and random thought.

Knowing all too well that the feast was on it's way, he found himself enjoying what foods he could, eating and just talking on with his fellow house members. Or at least the ones that approved of him. He clapped his brown gloves together, since they were always on his hands.

But he felt a pull towards the halls, something didn't feel right, in his hands to say the least. They started to shake, and he had to over pull the gloves because the red lines were showing up near his wrists. A few stares sent him into his normal reaction, a blunt and bare smile. "Hey hey hey, what'cha all gobblin' at neh?" The students shrugged it off with light tones and a few giggles, his voice was so carefree and light hearted.

[Flah Blah]

Elysabeth was glad when the sorting had finished, although she didn't feel the least bit hungry. Thus she merely placed her elbows upon the table, nestling the tip of her chin lightly upon her palms. Engaging in conversation from time to time only when spoken to. Her attention was caught by the small little speech Tom had presented to their table. Dark magic crap, haha.

Tuning out of everyone's babbles completely, she averted her gaze from her fellow housemates and the feat before them. Lackadaisically gazing toward the bewitched ceiling, watching the twinkling stars and the occasional comet. Scanning the cieling for anything interest a dark star caught her vision, it was unique from the others a deep crimson light shone from within it. It was strange yet beautiful, an eerie aura exuding from the illusion. She arched a brow, but decided to shrug it off for the meanwhile. Her eyes moving over to the Ravenclaw table, her twilight gaze focusing on the two new house members there.

Something about them, felt different, not because of their personalities or apperance. There was a certain aura surrounding them that felt just like the one from the strange image of the crimson star up above. Hm, oh well. None of my business. Lifting her shoulder slightly in a negligent shrug she looked over to a Slytherin that had prodded her.

" Why aren't you eating Starrling? Going on a diet or whatever those repulsive muggles call it? " the Slytherin boy gave her another nudge at the mention of the word 'diet'. Slightly irritated she gave a light retort.

" Me? Oh no, I feel quite satiated still. Although, I'm sure you could use a diet yourself. Whereas I do not."

The boy's other male companions snickered at her remark but abruptly ceased as she gave the Slytherin boy a quick pat on the head.

" Not to fret, I was only joking. Thanks for your concern though. "

And then the whispers started, Elysabeth was never really nice to everyone, especially to those at her house. Her acerbic attitude was normal to them, so this sudden comment proved to be odd behavior.

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Tom was as shocked as some of the others. He knew Elysabeth to be a nasty peice of work. This was exciting. If Tom had made a Slytherin like Elysabeth turn there was hope yet.
Standing up he made his short way down the table to her and softly pushed the boy next to her along. "Hey, I'm Tom. Tom Drake from the year below you." He held out his hand, even in his moment of excitement remembering to always be courteus to the ladies.
"I'm going to be blunt, i've always regarded you as a nasty peice of work. How come you didn't just blast that guy into next week?"
Inside Tom was hoping it was his efforts, outside he knew it couldn't possibly be him. But he kept on the happy face and hoped...

[Raizen Hallard]

Raizen then emerged from a small group of Slytherins who were deep in conversation on what classes they were taking this year. His sapphire optics traveled over to his long time comarade and then to another boy making an attempt to engage in interaction with.
He'd suppress a sigh upon comming into the range of the boy called ' Tom ' " Move it, you blasted know-nothing. " he spat the words in a harsh and deadly tone, like that of a cobra's venom. He flashed Tom a mischevous grin, his long sober black hair cascading before his beautiful eyes, shadowing their intent of malevolence.
With one long stride he was millimeters away from Tom, extending his arm into a light push, just like the one Tom had done to the other Slytherin. Slumping onto the seat between Tom and Elysabeth he let out a soft chuckle before looking over to his friend. " Yo, Ely. I see you're the star attraction of this circus act. Was the other clown bothering you? "
As he said this, he caught a glimpse of a gorgeous blonde Slytherin only a few feet away through the corner of his eye. " Hang on. " He whipped his head around to face her, flashing a charming smile toward her as he winked. " Hey beautiful. " he mouthed. The girl blushed as Raizen winked at her before turning to chatter to her other girl friends. Obviously retelling them what had just happened.
Laughing inwardly at the girl's reaction, he glanced back at Elysabeth's plate which was empty.

" Mind if I steal your plate? If all you're going to do it mope around?" "

[FullMetalAlchemist997]

OOC: Yep I'm back now...
BIC:
Mia was altogether happy with the placements that the hat had given. Hufflepuff had gotten some pretty good kids from what she'd seen. She stood up. "As we start a new year I'd like to have you remember that with hard work and perserverance that you can do most anything you'd like." Mia gave an all around smile and lifted her cup before sitting back in her chair.
Charity and Mel immediately told her that her speech was the best then went on to talk about what had happened during their summer.
Then Mia couldn't decide what to eat first so of course Charity chose everything for her while Mel continued to chatter. Mia laughed. Charity and Mel were like this every year and they were practically attached at the hip.
"What's so funny?" Mel demanded.
"Nothing go on, Mel"

[Flah Blah]

" Blast him into next week? That's a new one. " She scoffed slightly as she pondered for a bit. " Although, I wouldn't mind blasting off any future assignments we'll be having. " She lifted one arm to shake his hand before returning to back into it's original position.

Elysabeth was a little irritated, she really didn't feel like talking to anyone right now. Inwardly she sighed dejectedly, hoping he would just go for now, not the she had anything agaisnt Tom Drake, she just wasn't up for conversing with anyone.

She gave him a sincere smile, as Raizen approached, pushing the lad away from her so he could sit between them; rolling her twilight eyes at his remark.

" -Star- attraction of the circus act? And what does that make you? The roadee? And yes, you can have my plate. "

[Tigris]

OOC: (gets on knees) I know I barely know anyone, but I REALLY need someone to take over my char for the time being. For only two days or so...I will return...

[Faceless111]

OOC: My internet is back so I'll be here back on a regular basis.

BIC:

Headmistress stood and hushed the mummering students at all tables. Nathan was particularly surprised at the speed of the silence the Headmistress could produce, though her face was stern-looking. She raised her hands, "Students, returning and new alike, I welcome you all to a new year at Hogwarts! Now, as per usual, I've a few announcements... Mr. Filch asked me to remind everyone that there is no wandering after dark and the Forbidden Forest is as ever forbidden. More importantly this year, I ask all students to stay out of the third floor corridors.

With that said, goodnight! Classes start early tomorrow, so don't spend too much time mingling in your Common Rooms."

The prefects led their houses to their corresponding common rooms. The Ravenclaws' were in a western tower where they climbed dizzying flights of stairs until they reached a plain expanse of aged wood with a bronze knocker in the shape of an eagle.

It asked Finn, "Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?"

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Tom was distracted from the push from the boy by the heads speech. He walked away from the table and called to the other students, "Older kids, you know where you're going. Kiddies follow me." he said turning around and walking out of the hall, Razien's push already forgotten.

Zacke pushed over a few 1st years and grabbed Toms arm, "Look just tell me the password so i can go on alone..."

Tom mearly smiled, "Nah, stand behind the 1st years, there about you're height." He simply smiled inoccently and walked off, the rest of the house following behind either him or another prefect. Zacke looked like he was about to draw his wand when Slughorn walked past smiling and humming a nice little tune. He spotted Tom and laughed, "Do something with your hair will you Drake!"
"Tommorow Sir, i promise."
Slughorn walked off laughing at the old joke as Tom led the small troop down into the dungeons.
He looked back at the 1st years as he drew up to a blank stretch of wall. On the opposite side of the passage was a painting of a fat old man that reminded Tom of Slughorn.
"When you see this painting your here," he said, "Just turn to the wall opposite and say the password. Pure-blood." he said as he stepped to one side, "If you ever forget the password just remember thats its probably gona be something about pure blood or muggle killing."
A few of the kids laughed and few looked shocked, one even went far enough to give him the dead eyes.

Zacke shoved his way into the common room and chucked a small kid from the seats near the fire. The kid stood up and drew his wand, most of the crowd turned to watch. Tom was still outside.
"Expelliarmus!" screamed the kid as Zacke jumped from the chair and pinned the kid to the floor.
"You've got a lot to learn kid." said Zacke as he grabbed the kids wand and threw it in the fire, just as Tom walked in.

Tom pulled out his wand and called, "Wingardium Leviosa!" The wand flew from the fire place and landed on the mantle. Tom was about to shout at the crowd to ask why they hadn't help as he looked around. But then he saw why, they were mostly 1st years and none of them were people Tom thought of as friends. Tom calmly walked over to the fireplace and took the wand, casting reparo on it as he gave it back to the kid.
Zacke was nowhere to be seen, but a small little girl had pointed towards the sleeping quarters. Coward...

[Fionn Mac]

OOC: I'll keep Tigris' character moving until he returns.

Shane grew rather tired of the nonsense and mingling of the other students at his Gryffindor table. Aside from the rather intriguing talking paper, the rest of the feast did nothing to keep his intrest. Just when he could barely take anymore, the Headmistress dismissed the students and let the prefects lead them to their respective dorms.
Relieved to get a change of scenery, Shane decided to simply follow suit with the others and followed his housmates to their dorm...still keeping a comfortable distance from them.

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While leading his fellow Ravenclaws to their dorm, Finn made sure to point our various things along the way for the new students. And upon reaching the top of the spiraling staircases, he and his housmates were met by Ravenclaw's "special" door.
As the eagle knocker asked its question, a small smile came across Finn's face as he turned to the group of students behind him...some of which were looking at the door quizzically as it had no handle and it was apparently talking.

"My fellow housemates, it is my honor to welcome you all here and to another promising year at Hogwarts"
said Finn as he gave the group a quick bow, making sure to make eye contact with the new first-years to make them feel a bit more welcome.
"To our new students, you may realize that our door is no ordinary door as it is opened not by a password....but by a riddle or test of logic"

Finn then turned to the door, thought a moment and gave his answer. "Neither, for a circle is unending...no beginning or end "
Said Finn as the other students looked on, with some of the older students nodding in agreement.
With that, the door seemed to simply pop open and a "Well rounded answer" from the eagle echoed as they entered the common room.

The common room was quite a brilliant sight to both new eyes and old. Blue and Bronze banners hung throughout the room and seemed to nestle snugly against the many arachaic bookcases that rested against the walls. A dark, almost midnight blue carpet covered the floor while the large, aged windows gave a breathtaking view of the surrounding highlands. While to some the room could feel stuffy, for others it was a truly comforting place.

"Now, past that statute of our Lady Ravenclaw or the Grey Lady as she is also known, are the dormitories. Ladies will find their rooms to the right, gents to the left."
Said Finn as he pointed corridor leading to the dorms.
"Professor Flitwick has set no time for lights out, but you will find Lady Ravenclaw makes sure we obtain proper rest for the day ahead...a rested mind is a prosperous one, she might say"
"And if at anytime you have questions or need anything, I and my fellow prefects are more than willing to help...though often times, some more than others"
With the introductions and tour out of the way, Finn took a few steps back and let the students new and old make themselves comfortable.

[Faceless111]

"Hey, Finn!" Bri tugged on his sleeve and looked up at him. She felt embarassingly shorter than him. "I guess we landed in the same house! Come hang out with me and Nathan before bedtime!"

Nathan threw his trunk in the 1st year boys' dorm and made himself comfortable in one of the Common Room chairs. The chairs were surprisingly comfy. He pulled out the worn, black leather-bound book and opened it to a marked page.

Bri brought Finn over to Nathan. "You're still reading that? It's time to get cozy, but you're such a nerd."

"Shut up, prat. It's important; the guy said it'd help us survive the school year," Nathan conjectured.

"A mystery man in a dark alley. Riiight. Put the book down, Nathaniel."

Nathan closed the book, but showed clear displeasure with Brianna in his expression. "You were originally the one who was concerned with what Ollivander said to us and you were originally concerned with the load about our wands. I'm certain this book has answers. Who is Nero Deorc? What is his Relic? What's special about our wands? These were questions you asked me! Now I'm genuinely interested in getting to the bottom of them and you tell me to put the bloody book down?! Geez, you're a silly prat with no sense!"

Bri smiled and turned to Finn, "He's funny when he gets huffy, isn't he?"

Nathan also faced Finn to make it seem like he was ignoring her. "We should disassociate ourselves with her, my friend."

[Chuck the Ninja]

Why did he have to lead them to the coomon rooms and their beds? Micheal didnt understand it. Just because he was a perfect didnt mean a thing. Micheal sighed and looked at the moving picture. The large fat women still wanted to sing and sang intel she broke the glass with her hand. Micheal growled and knocked on the door again.

"So Micheal i see you dont like my singing."

"Its not that you cant sing........will no no its just that you cant sing at all. Now please.....open the door."

The fat women growled and turned her head and body away from Micheal.

"Password"

Micheal gave up he thought this wouldnt take along time,but it was. Micheal then looked at the women and laughed.

"Micheal Morrington Perfect of the house, Grryfindor the great,in the sword i turst and love."

The picture moved back and Micheal and the first year along with others rushed into the common room. Micheal didnt have time for this. Their wa s bed calling him and he was ready to hope in it.

[Tetsanosuke]

Alty had finished his meal quite fast, but he seemed to be so subtle and empty, as though the food didn't weight him down or fill him. He hit himself at the belly with a leather fist as he walked with his closer comrades, and the few others who graced him with their company. As they reached the door, the riddle that the Finn Prefect had to solve seemed much more fun then last years riddle. He wondered if he'd be able to figure out the rest, although that thought of wonderment was interrupted by a short and abrupt feeling of lost attention. He became blank as he followed the rest into the common room.

He brought himself upon a comfy, fluffy tan chair, leatherlike and against the corner of a wall near the stairs. with his eyes closed he listened to Nathan and Bri, the two kids seemed to be chatting about something big. Perhaps, it was at the very least juicy, but he decided it would be better to take thought upon their words before making decisions.

'They were warned, they were stopped, a dark stranger in the alley imparted knowledge to them, never to be dropped..'

He pondered on as another word or idea of an object came to mind from their conversation. "Deorc" as the person or something was called. A coy thought, he wasn't sure this would match with what he knew. Rumors were his game and secrets made some of his name. He didn't know much though. He made a sly grin in any case, as he thought on.

'That Dark Wizard.. but what does that book have anything to do with such a secret to be kept? What is being hidden in the light where the shadows of our brains cannot touch. Ohh... I need to know... I NEED TO KNOW!'

He shifted at his seat to lean against the lightly hinted blue stone wall, and launched himself to a stand before swaying towards Finn and the few. He waved with an odd smile as he made himself known, and bowed lightly.

"Mind me not, only passing through.." He took that moment to go to the dorms, and swiftly take a seat upon his bed.

[MaruDashi]

Kaede followed her house with a bit of a distance. She held her bag close to her and made her way towards the dorms. She waited as Finn answered the door riddle. She waited for everyone to enter, leaving herself last to enter in. She got in, and headed straight for her room, unpacked what little she brought [most of her things were still there], set Pestis down in her small cat bed, and plopped down on her bed and studied.

[Fionn Mac]

Finn had been watching some of the other students as they looked around and conversed with friends, so he jerked slightly as Brianna tugged on his sleeve. And before he could say anything, he was more or less pulled away...though he would have simply given an "ok" if he could have.

As he was brought over to Nathaniel, Finn decided to take a seat on a couch across from him, leaving a spot open for Bri if she desired to sit down. While it was tough to get a word in between the pair's "conversation," he didn't mind listening to the two as their friendly bickering was rather humorous.

"Well now, you two seem to have had quite an interesting day...and school hasn't even started yet" Said Finn laughing a little as he gave a smile to the two first years.
"Hmm, and I don't think we will need to disassociate ourselves from anyone, having friends of all personalities, even those that...rival our own adds depth to our own character no?...Besides, I find young Brezing's spirit rather appealing."
Finn gave a quick glance to Nathaniel acknowledging his comment but quickly looked back equally at both of them, making sure not to alert Brianna. While she was quite a character he had no problem befriending both of the first years, already feeling they had some sort of connection.

Finn then paused for a moment as his mind went back to process what Nathaniel had said. He knew that name that was mentioned and while it wasn't taboo like the other dark wizard's name, it was still a name one should remember.
"I know that name...Nero Deorc was a dark wizard if I'm not mistaken and a powerful one at that" said Finn as he tried to remember the times his grandfather had spoken about him.
"Hmm as for any details, I'm sorry but thats about all I can put together at this time, though "relics" in their blunt explanation, often heighten or alter ones power in some way."

"If all these odd occurances are somehow linked, as you might suspect...I'd keep from telling anyone any details, you don't trust."
Said Finn his voice calm but hushed a little. He knew it was an odd transition, having only previously met Nathaniel though advising a trust factor.
"But, as your prefect, fellow housemate and newly acquired friend...I promise you, I'll keep anything to wish to tell me a secret...and if anyone gives you any trouble let me know, I promise to watch out for you two, ok?...I do have a reputation to uphold"

Finn then smiled and offered his hands to the two for a handshake, trying to lighten the mood from his rather serious advice. But anything linked with that name, never alluded to something positive.

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Tom sighed and placed his wand back in his pocket. "That there kids is what you call a git." he said as he pulled up a chair for the kid. Still the other older Slytherins had not arrived, but then he had rushed ahead in his excitment of being a prefect.
"Well for the boys dorm just go to the left of the statue of the gargoyle (sp) and for the ladies dorm just head towards the painting of the knitting woman in the corner. And lads, don't try to follow them, that witch has scary powers with her knitting needles. I still have a scar on my, well yeah you get the idea."
The kids laughed as they made there way towards the dorms and Tom heard a cackle from behind him. He turned to the old knitting woman as she dropped her half made silver and green scarf.
"So the scars still there is it, ha!" she laughed as Tom nodded. "How's my great, great grandson then?"
Tom pulled out his wand and summoned a wicker chair next to the painting, sitting down he said, "Fine, although i haven't seen Draco for about 2 months now. He's been busy working and repairing the Malfoy name."
"Well he shouldn't have joined You-know-who then should he."
Tom smiled, "But you would have, don't start lieing to me."
The old woman only grinned innocently, "Yes, but i would have been much more careful about showing my face." she said before bursting into loud laughter. "Get yourself to bed now boy. Your a prefect now."
Tom bade farewell to the old woman and walked to his dorm. This time he took the 5th passage off to the left and found it empty. He walked over to the furthest bed along and found his trunk waiting for him. He stripped quickly and threw his clothes over his trunk.
Then he quickly got into the comfy bed and closed his eyes, although he knew that on the first day back at hogwarts sleep wouldn't come for another few hours yet...

[Faceless111]

Bri took Finn's hand and shook it vigorously, "You hear that, Nathan? I'm 'appealing!'"

"Yeah, as dragon bait," Nathan added under his breath. He too accepted Finn's handshake. Then he re-opened the book back to the marked page and read on a bit. "Speaking of dragons, listen to this: 'In the early 1750s, Deorc re-emerged in the pages of recorded history in notes of approval. An unusual group of Hebridean Black dragons displayed unheardof coordination and teamwork to terrorize areas of northern England. Deorc reportedly single-handedly slew all three, putting a cease to their reign of terror. His one request was that each dragons' heart be used in the creation of wands...'"

"Hey! Ollivander said there was a third wand, he called it 'our brother.'" Brianna pulled out her highly polished cedar wand with dragon heartstring core and looked at it. "You suppose our wands and those wands are the same, do you?"

"It's why I mentioned it... There could be a connection, but let's not get too excited. Anyways, I'm off to bed. Classes start early tomorrow." He closed the book and headed off to the dorms.

"I suppose I'd better do the same. Good night, Finn!" she chirped and skipped to the girls dorm.

[Fionn Mac]

Shane followed the rest of the Gryffindor's to their dorm. As the password was spoken, he let his other lesser housemates enter first, not wanting to somehow be pulled into an unwanted conversation. Once it was free to enter, Shane passed the common room and headed straight for his bed, instantly burying his head into his pillow. Classes started tomorrow, and he didn't feel like any late night bantering.

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Finn raised a hand and gave the two first years a brief wave as they went off to bed. Although going to bed sounded like a good idea, he decided to stay down in the common room a little while longer, just to clear his thoughts. His inquistive mind was rather intrigued by Brianna and Nathaniel's recent endeavors and just how complex they were. Why would Ollivander, a rather intellectual individual, even think of giving such wands to first years? Wondered Finn, as he rested his head back against the couch. And if they were in fact those same wands, why was he in possession of them in the first place?

Many questions like these coursed through Finn's mind, but at this point such things were only pure speculation...he had to focus on the task at hand, school. If it was truly worth investigating or getting involved with, Finn believed that it would become apparent in time.
But before he could think about anything else, the candles and lights in the common room began to flicker and lightly flash...much like a theater's warning for the end of intermission. It seemed that Lady Ravenclaw wanted her students to get their proper rest, even going as far as turning off the lights completely near students who were simply chatting and not doing something of substance.

Acknowledging the "lights out," Finn made his way up to his dorm and made himself comfortable in his bed, awaiting the start of classes the next morning.

[Flah Blah]

After the Headmistress had dismissed the students, Elysabeth removed herself from the intermingling ocean of fellow housemates. Leisurely strolling past wall upon wall of large canvas paintings. Her feet already accustomed to the familiar path of her desired destination; her home away from home, the Slytherin dorms.

Already ahead of the majority of Slytherins, she quickly recited the password and entered the vast common room. It was a magnificent place indeed, even though it lacked a warm and cozy feel. The arched ceiling supported with rows of elongated pillars, the cobblestone floor laiden with exquisite Persian rugs and the behemoth fireplace glowing with emerald green flames.

As Elysabeth took in the marvelous view of their common room, she heard a few distant footsteps approaching. A light yawn surpassing her lips as she glanced around quickly once more before heading toward the girl's dorms. Shuffling over to her bags, she hastily unpacked her clothing then flopped onto her bed. Withdrawing a thick book from her purse atop the adjacent nightstand.

Flipping through the many images of strange mystical creatures and important figures of the Wizard World, Elysabeth stopped at a group picture of Salazaar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff and Godric Gryffindor. They were standing before Hogwarts Castle, the sun blazing majestically from above as the figures moved about the picture. A brief caption in italics placed beneath the image read: " The four founders of the famous Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardy. "

Elysabeth smiled nostalgically whilst turning the pages and found an image of Albus Dumbledore, the former Headmaster before Minerva McGonagall succeeded his role. A few pages after she came across a blurry photograph of a dark wizard, Nero Deorc. The caption beneath reading: " Nero Deorc- One of the most powerful dark wizards, aside from He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. "

The picture was surprisingly low quality and wasn't even a moving one, it was a simple black and white ink photograph. The monochromatic touch accentuating the grim lines of the wizard's facade. Which caused Elysabeth to cringe slightly as a disturbing thought of carnage passed through her mind.

She shut the book as a few girls entered the room, chattering and giggling as they unpacked their belongings. They gave her a quick look of acknowledgement before continuing with what they were originally doing. Soon their loud talking dulled into low whispers as the lights slowly went out. The soft exchange of words lulling Elysabeth to sleep.

[Faceless111]

In Diagon Alley, shops were closing and people were retiring for the night. The groups of people wandering the shops thinned out and it became relatively quiet. As the man in dark robes appeared from seemingly thin air, the lights flickered. The man himself was incredibly thin as if he hadn't been fed a proper meal for years. His hood was up, hiding his facial features for the most part but his glowing eyes were very visible. He walked deliberately with an uncanny speed until he reached Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands Since 382 B.C.

When the door opened and closed, Ollivander didn't even look up from the paperwork he was working on. "We're closed, but of course you wouldn't mind our hours, would you?"

"Me? Not me, certainly not," The dark man stated casually, but less of a man now. "You know me, but not personally. You do, however, know why I am here, Ollivander. My wands. Where are they?"

Ollivander set down his quill and looked up while heaving a sigh with effort. His head was tilted at a lower angle and he looked at the man in a manner suggesting that he was looking dispprovingly at a child. "I sold them."

The dark figure swayed slightly at this news. "To powerful wizards, you better hope!" he exclaimed in an angered and inhuman voice.

"To... promising wizards. First years, in fact, at Hogwarts." Ollivander straightened himself and looked very serious. "So you rise from the dead and search for your wands. I can infer from that much that you'll be hunting for your Relic soon?"

"Very soon..." And Deorc disapparated.

The shop was once again empty except for Ollivander. "You'll still need your third wand, Deorc. You can't awaken the powers of the Relic without it..."

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Nathan snapped in an upright sitting posture, sweating. He had the weirdest dream about Ollivander talking to a zombie of some sort. Oh well, just a dream. He laid his uneasy head back on his pillow and drifted once again into sleep.

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Tom jumped up and grabbed his wand as he heard the almighty CRACK in the air. He looked through the semi darkness as he heard someone to his left mumble "pink fluffy brooms..."
Apparantly nobody else had even heard it. He scanned the room again as two giant green eyes seemed to float from below his bed. He lowered his wand and wiped away the sweat from his forehead. "Dobby! What the hell are you doing here!"
The house elf muttered something unitelligable and passed a peice of paper over to Tom. He took it and placed it on his bedside table. "Now go before someone wakes up." he hissed before falling back on his pillow.
At least this time the house elf had the sense to go to the common room before dissapparating back home.
He recalled what he knew on the elf, Mr Malfoy had said it was named after an older house-elf he had owned before Tom was even born. It had saved the whole wizarding community or something or other. This elf didn't live up to its name, it was slow and extremely stupid, probably because of the overfondness of its masters. House-elfs just weren't suppose to be given gifts.
He sighed as he rolled over, he'd have to check the note in the morning, now sleep was truely setting in...

[Faceless111]

OOC: Concerning classes, I discussed it with Fionn Mac and he put it into better words than I can.

I think classes should only be alluded to or mentioned for the most part. (i.e.- After sitting through yet another boring lecture, or As he sat in class he thought/noticed) Its difficult to time the classes with someone, and in a realistic setting not much conversation(of any significance anyway) would happen in a classroom...you know with teachers teaching and all.

So I'd suggest telling our rp'ers not to dwell to much on classes...If it is something important or something that alerts their character to revelation then they can expand a little more. An example could be like Nathaniel noticing a book about "Ancient Relics and the Like" in Defense Against TDA class or while learning the levitation charm in charms class, a student noticing their new wand is acting strange.

Allusion to classes should not exceed two posts. And time passage is going to be rather difficult, so pay attention to everyone else's posts. A person could simply post that it's lunch time or dusk or something. It's important to try to stay together time-wise.

BIC:

Nathan awoke early the next morning and slipped into his school robes. As usual, he left his hair in a messy bed-hair state and rubbed his eyes then blinking alternatively between his blue and brown eye. He went down to the Ravenclaw common room with his necessary school books plus one tucked under his arm.

Brianna was already waked and groomed for the upcoming day. She seemed to have a habit of waking freakishly early to prep for the day ahead. She smiled and greeted Nathan, he returned her greeting with another smile, and the two of them went down to breakfast together.

[Fionn Mac]

As the morning sun began to rise over the rocky highlands, a few of the its rays managed to softly relflect off the archaic windows of the dormitory. Feeling the familiar sensation across his face, Finn slowly opened his eyes and was greeted by the rather unpleasent, post-sleep blindness that was only worsened by the suns rays. Though he seemed to enjoy school due to his commitment to it, Finn was like any other indivdual and wholeheartedly disliked waking up early.
After his body adjusted to the new day and his momentary displeasure subsided, Finn got up and gazed out the window and was met by a view that instantly made him feel getting up today was well worth it. The warm rising sun had met with the cool dew laced highlands, creating a rolling fog that made it seem like Ravenclaw Tower extended all the way to into clouds. Not being a hard person to please, it was the simple things such as a stunning view of nature or making someone happy, that made Finn content and ready to endure whatever came his way.

"As another year begins, I promise my family, especially you grandfather and grandmother, that I will do my best to make you proud of me...what ever obstacles come my way, I will believe in myself and succeed...just as you taught me"
Said Finn to himself as he saw it fitting to make his usual promise overlooking such a comforting view.
With that Finn changed into his neatly pressed robes, slipped his prized photo into his pocket and gave his dashing appearance a nod of approval in the mirrow before heading down to the common room.
Greeting few housemates along the way, Finn grabbed his books and headed down to breakfast.

[MaruDashi]

Kaede woke up that morning and tried not to awake her still sleeping cat. She got dressed and ready, grabbing the books she would need for class. She headed down for breakfast...her least favorite meal of the day, and decided to simply have a cup of coco and nothing more. Eating food that early in the morning made her feel ill, not to mention the only thing she'd actually wat was waffles and grits.
'Hmm...grits actually sounds pretty good...'
Even though she wanted them, she stayed away from it due to the fact that she knew she would smother it with butter and salt, which wasnt the best thing to eat in the morning.

[Tetsanosuke]

The Ravenclaw common room was his striding zone, and his feet were moving on and on. He had awakened ever so early, and walked around his 'home away from home' as it were. After several laps he took to a specific thought;

"And so it begins, Deorc in the air, the winds of learning about..."

As the time passed he saw people exiting to get to class, the earliest of the early. Following suit the fourth year went out into the halls with his best robes on, brandishing the blue and bronze of the Ravenclaw colors at the coat of arms place at his heart side. He proceeded to his first class room, still quite early, it was divination. He always loved that teacher, and her mysterious ways in the like. Almost reminding him of himself. But as he made his way in he stopped. He had time to hang around a bit.

Listening to the voices around the stairway in the tower, he made his way down the swirling stone stairs and stopped against the wall next to the entrance.

Listening, he hoped to hear something out of everything. But what that something was, he didn't know what to expect. Which was part of the fun and part of his interest.

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal left his room in a sweat. The night had been hard for him. All he could remember dreaming about was a relic of some kind and three wands? What was this? He had dreams like this before. It was before his best friends dead. Was this some how telling him to get ready and get stronger? Micheal didnt understand any of this. Why did he have to have dreams like this?

"I hope today will be a good day?"

Micheal left his room and put on his clothes. His first class was herbalogy. He hated messing with plants.

[Faceless111]

OOC: I didn't post earlier because I was waiting for other people. Does anyone know about the other players (SLE, Hatake Buruku, and the others)? I'm just wondering if they dropped out of the RPG, which I hope they didn't.

BIC:

Down at the Great Hall chatter was abound among reunited friends and food was plentiful as usual. Nathan and Bri took their seats at the Ravenclaw table and promptly bid good morning to Finn. While reaching for his bacon, Nathan noticed an older Ravenclaw with the longest hair he's ever seen in two ponytails with just a single cup of coco. He took note of her because she seemed unusual, but so did Bri.

"You should eat something. It's not good to skip breakfast because then you'll do worse in your morning classes," Bri said in her usual up-tone and offered Kaede an apple.

Nathan slapped his palm to his forehead. "Leave her alone, Brianna. She probably doesn't want little firsties bothering her."

"Well, she needs to eat something!" Bri retorted as if this was an absolute rule.

"What are you, her mother?" Nathan strained.

[MaruDashi]

Kaede watched the two bicker and giggled to herself. She diverted her attention to the younger boy.
"Shes not a bother" she said, assuring him that she didnt mind the attention. She took the apple from the younger girl.

'I guess an apple cant hurt too much...' she thought to herself.
"Thank you for your concern, Miss Brianna."

Kaede extended her hand in a friendly gesture. She noticed the two hanged around Finn, whowas a very noble student from what she had seen, so Kaede was certain that rumors about her hadnt gotten to them yet.
"My names Kaede, year 6. How are you two adjusting to the school?"

Her heart felt light. It would be nice to have some real friends, she thought to herself.


OOC: I know Hatake was out for a week, Im not 100% if she dropped out or not, but thats why shes been inactive

[Fionn Mac]

Finn had made his way down to the Great Hall for breakfast, noticing the rather normal sight of some students bypassing the often loud breakfast scene, to head to class early to prepare or just to get in a few more minutes of sleep.
As Finn neared the Ravenclaw table he acknowledged and returned the two first years good morning, before sitting down at the table a few seats down from them.

Knowing it was never a waste of time to study, Finn opened his Charms book and began read over various topics that would most likely be addressed in the upcoming term.
While reading a paragraph on the "finer points of charming the un-charmable," Finn noticed or rather heard, the conversation between Brianna, Nathaniel and Kaede. Being of the same year as Kaede, he knew who she was and many of the rude and unpleasent rumors that surrounded her.
And while he hadn't talked to Kaede much over their time at Hogwarts, mostly due to him not wanting her to feel uncomfortable as she was a rather quite individual, he did not let the trivial rumors cloud his perception of her as a polite and intelligent student.

"Breakfast can be rather overrated in my opinion...as a heavy morning meal, especially the one's common here at Hogwarts, can put you right back to sleep."
Said Finn as he lowered the book from infront of his face and gave the three a polite smile, then presented his small breakfast consisting of an orange and a cup of tea.
"Although, something as simple as a fruit is always a good choice...nice looking out Brianna, concern for a fellow housemate is something all houses show pride themselves on."
Finn knew it was a good idea to build the first year's confidence, especially on the first day of classes. Being confident yet modest with yourself and your abilities was key in becoming a successful student. And if anything else, certain comments could ease the comical bickering and keep Nathaniel from possibly receiving a lump on his head.

[Faceless111]

Brianna gave Nathan a smug look and smiled at the approval she received from the elder Ravenclaw students. Her usual ha-I-told-you-so attitude often made Nathan roll his eyes, mostly because he disliked getting attention and was accustomed to mild recognition from Articus. His discretion and Bri's habit of attracting attention were in contrast constantly, which often made Nathan wonder why he liked being around Bri at all.

"Oh, well," Bri looked from Finn to Kaede gleefully, "School's just begun, but I settled into the dorms well and I'm not homesick yet so I suppose I'm adjusting well. I haven't properly introduced myself; I'm Brianna Brezing, also known as Bri or sometimes BB. Call me what you like. And this grumpy little boy is Nathan."

Nathan rested his cheek on his fist and gave Kaede a wave with his other hand. He pretended to be non-interested, but carefully analyzed Kaede and summed up what he already knew about her. She was an outcast, he noticed she kept a distance from others the other day when Finn led Ravenclaw to their Common Room. She was seemed eager to engage in innocent conversation with two much younger students, Nathan thought that to be odd. He considered Kaede to be strange, but hardly a threat.

"I'm not grumpy, by the way. And fruit is a fine choice, but I prefer bacon." Nathan stuffed a stripe in his mouth and noticed several students getting up and exiting the Great Hall. He looked at his own watch and nearly choked. "First period is starting soon. C'mon, Bri, what's our first course?"

"Potions," Brianna said, looking at their schedule. Nathan groaned. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, it's just that I work at an apothecary and potions is just boring. Especially since we're just going to be learning stuff I already know."

"Well, Mr. Prodigy," Bri warped her arm around Nathan's shoulder and despite his efforts to shake her off, "we all gotta study the basics. Hey! A study group! We should all be study group buddies, we could meet in the library. Me, Nathan, Kaede, and Finn!"

"That's a stupid idea. The purpose of a study group is to study with your peers so that everyone has something to offer to be gain in terms of knowledge. What can we teach 6th years, Bri?"

Brianna shrugged, "We could teach them the vigor of our youth and they could help us with homework. Besides, I just think it'd be good if all of us, each a fellow Ravenclaw, meet and just chit chat if nothing else."

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Tom hadn't slept well, dreams of floating green eyes broke the darkness until it became light enough to see. He was first in the hall that morning and had enjoyed watching it slowly fill up with the other students.
He still had the note in his pocket from Dobby last night. Not daring to read it in the hall he decided to wait until the hustle and bustle of dinner. But that wasn't his style, he couldn't wait, the note was burning a hole in his pocket (not literally) and it took everything he had to not just get it out and read its contents in the now fairly crowded hall.
He heard a few ravenclaws talking on the table next to his, his back was to them but he could hear everything clearly. As they got ready to depart he turned to look at the two first years. Good, he'd be able to remember there faces, and he now had their names.
He caught the fact that they both had potions first and he was hit by a sudden idea.
He walked quickly up to Slughorn who was just draining the last dregs from his pumpkin juice. "Ah Tom my dear boy, whats with you this fine morning?"
Tom decided to play it cool, "Well sir i know that you have ravenclaws in potions next and i wondered if you'd scout out a few kids for me. For duelling club purposes ofcourse."
Slughorn looked at him shiftily, "There was another kid called Tom i taught a long time ago who asked some strange questions. Who are these kids?"
Tom was glad Slughorn had agreed but he couldn't understand the sudden caution, "Well theres a boy and a girl, i just need you to find out what their wands are like sir. The boys name is Nathan and the girl is called Bri. Please sir this is really important."
Slughorn nodded, got up and walked off, still looking throughly ruffled. Well that was a start, he just needed to find the kids before Zacke did.

Zacke was outside the great hall taking mental pictures of all of the first years that came and went. They all seemed to be in pairs and it only made him get impatiant.

"Keep trying scum." said Tom as he walked out of the hall, "I know what your up to and its not going to work." He kept on walking towards the charms corridor hoping that this year the work would be as easy as last year.

Zacke pulled out his wand and aimed at the retreating back of the stupid mudblood lover, This spell would not be nice, no-one was around and it was time to give Drake what was coming to him... a curse of the unforgivable level...

[Faceless111]

Bri was trying to set up a study group time with Finn and Kaede, telling them that they could meet after classes and then homework would be a breeze. A group of Slytherins, fourth or fifth years, walked by and giggled while pointing at Kaede. "Muddy Maxwell has mud-blood sympathizers! And of course one of them is Brezing, trying to live down the reputation of mud-blood hater!" one said loudly and his friends laughed harder.

Brianna flushed and turned red in her cheeks. She looked down to avoid eye contact with anyone. Nathan stood at once and fired back, "Shut up, you prats! Leave them alone or you'll have to deal with me!" Perhaps the sight of a first year standing against them tiggered it, but they laughed incredibly harder and walked on. Nathan made a face at their backs and fixed his collar. He looked from Finn to Bri to Kaede. "Those guys were just jerks. Forget about them."

First period was starting soon, so Nathan bid see-you-later's to Kaede and Finn while Brianna remained unusually quiet. Her silence was both relaxing and disturbing. Did the group of Slytherins really affect her so much? Right outside the Great Hall was another couple of Slytherins, but the air suddenly turned hostile. One was holding a wand to the other's back as he was walking away.

"Nathan, do something!" Bri shrieked. Nathan's hand moved swiftly and with purpose, he drew his own wand.

"Expelliarmus!" And Zacke's wand flew from his hand with great force. Nathan looked in awe at his wand, it was more potent than he expected.

[MaruDashi]

Before Kaede could even speak, her reputation caught up with her in the form of Slytherin students. Though, the second half of the taunts caught her attention.
'Thats why that name sounded so familiar...'

She went to place a reassuring hand on Bri's shoulder when she yelled to Nathan. Instead, she sat in awe at the young boy's talent with the wand.
Kaede wasnt sure what she should say or do next.
"Umm...so how about that study group idea? Im still up for it if everyone else is..."

Part of her prayed they'd all say yes, though she half expected that it wouldnt happen.

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal saw everything. The first year known as Nate(For short). Was strong. He was able to disarm another student so easily. Mihceal was surprised. This year would be different. Now all he had to do was make new friends and be nice to everyone.

"Wow your not half bad first year."

Micheal turned and walked toward Tom. Tom was apart of his house. Micheal bent down low and picked up the fallen wand. He looked it over and few times and then at its weilder.

"Is this yours? If it is then you should no better then to try and attack someone from behind."

Micheal reached forward with the wand in his hand and seemed to be giving the wand back to its owner.

[Fionn Mac]

Finn had listened to proposed study group idea and as comical as Nathaniel made it seem, it would be a good way to connect to or help out fellow students. As soon as he finished his thought, their table was greeted by the arrogant and immature Slytherin "welcoming committee."
And while he could keep himself from saying something he'd later regret, Finn was still angered by the comments.

Before he could say anything to comfort or play down the comments, Nathaniel and Brianna were off to class, with Kaede following shortly after. Noticing that it was rather close to the beginning of first classes, Finn bid farewell to the rest of the Ravenclaws and made his way out of the great hall.

As Finn began to make the turn towards the direction of Charm's class, he witnessed the small yet potentially unfolding, tension laced scene before him. While it was quite common to see little scrapes here and there, it was best not to let them get out of hand...especially ones that could be fueled by a previous semi-related encounter.

"Ok, lets stop this before it goes somewhere we wouldn't enjoy it going"
Said Finn, his voice a little more serious though still rather polite, as he quickly made his way over to his housemates and the Slytherin.
He then came up behind Nathaniel and placed his hand on the suprisingly powerful wand, and slowly lowered it to waist level...then proceeded to place himself between the two parties.
"Kaede, please see that Nathaniel and Brianna get to class...it would not be wise for them to be late on their first day...and we shall discuss the details on our planned arrangement at our next meal, ok?"
Finn turned and gave them a nod, before directing his attention back to the Slytherin that had initiated the small scene.

"Its best you head off to class as well, Here at Hogwart's dueling someone involves permission...and facing them directly"
Said Finn rather sternly, as a potential unregulated use of magic on the school grounds was no small thing.

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Tom span around when he heard the spell but it wasn't aimed at him. He saw Zacke's wand fly through the air and land near a lad he knew as Micheal. He looked around for the dissarmer and saw the little ravenclaw first year looking shocked.

Zacke snatched his wand back, spat some foul words at Tom, then the kids and Finn and finally at Kaede for good measure before he stalked off, stuffing his wand back into his robes.

Tom was about to shout after him but thought better of it. He just ignored Finn, he had to talk to the kid. He walked over to Nathan and gripped his shoulder, "Thanks kid, thats a fine wand arm you've got there." he was about to carry on when he remembered these two from the train, "Hey! Wait a sec, where the hells my pasty! From yesterday remember, on the train?"
He then saw Kaede looking over waiting for an answer. His slight anger, mostly amusement that he'd been robbed my a first year all disappeared in an instant, "Well look, even if no one else will i could always do with a study group, definately in potions. And with that little git after me this year i'm gona have to work hard in duel club this year too..." He said most of this to himself before realising where he was.
He thanked Nathan again and started to walk off, "Oh and duel club is open to everyone apart from bad Slytherins so your all welcome, just find either me or Professor Longbottom before tuesday next week, I'd love for that good wand arm to be there." He turned to Finn, "I suppose duelings allowed there?" he said his voice laced with sarcasm, some people around here needed to lighten up, he was a prefect and he knew the rules. It was just that sometimes rules could be sneakily avoided.
He winked at Bri, nodded at Micheal and Nathan and tryed to give his most reasuring smile to Kaede.
Then he ws gone, that was how he worked. Ask questions then leave before he got an answer, that gave the person time to think and dwell on it. He shook his head slowly, he was too good at this charming business. He just now had to see the girls wand. As soon as he could see Bri's wand then he'd know whether they were the two kids with the relic wand thingys, or just that Nathan had some scary powers for a first year...
Zacke was scathing, he had cut his hand by punching the first suit of armour he came too but had quickly fixed it. (His hand, not the armour...) That kid was the one with the wand he needed, and he could produce such a powerful disarming spell on his first try was even better. His wand must really be something special...

[Faceless111]

Dueling Club, Nathan thought to himself. Sounds interesting... That's what he wanted. Why did he come to Hogwarts? Education was hardly the correct answer, he wanted to test himself and push himself. To gain power, which sounded too ambitious for Nathan but was essentially true, was his real goal.

Really, though, it was lucky no staff was near to see this. Nathan doubted that it would've been received kindly. Nathan was breathing slight harder than normal, it was kind of a rush to use magic like that. When Finn lowered Nathan's arm, he was hardly even aware of his current surroundings.

When confronted with Tom's pasty, Nathan suddenly remembered that. He had in fact bought Tom's pasty but ate it in his absence since he was hungry himself. Micheal's complement went into Nathan's ear and out the other. His mind was wandering far, which was unusual for Nathan who was normally focused and in the moment. "T-thanks," Nathan said to Micheal.

"Nate," Bri tugged him back into reality very wearily. "Come on, let's go with Kaede. I'll see you later, Finn." Finn was a good prefect, in Brianna's opinion, he knew exactly what to do. And having Kaede escort them to the next class was also a good idea; Bri got the feeling that Zacke would resent having been disarmed and might be the type to seek revenge.

As Bri and Nathan walked with Kaede, the two first years were rather quiet until Bri decided to break the silence. "Anyways, yes, I think a study group is an excellent idea and it's still on full force. Like Finn said, we'll talk more about it at lunch." She smiled at Kaede.

Nathan was rather silent too and seemed to listen but not process what Bri was saying. He finally looked up, "Expelliarmus is a third year spell... I wonder what else I'm capable of..." He spoke more to himself than the others, but became aware of Kaede's and Bri's presence then said, "I think we should join the dueling club."

[Chuck the Ninja]

Once The party was only a few deep Mihceal turned towards Finn and had a very serious look on his face. "Who is that boy Finn. Who is he and how was be able to use a spell that powerful?" Mihceal only looked at Finn and then a slight grinn spread across his face. Micheal also noticed Tom was still here. He would ask him about the one trying to attack him after he got his answers from Finn. Micheal still felt weird from his dream but something about the wand nate used reminded him of his dreams.

[MaruDashi]

Kaede nodded to Finn and started to head off, when they were first confronted by one student who had a few choice words for them, but she merly ignored it. Another student came by...something about pastrys, and the suggestion of joining the dueling club.

She listened to Brianna speak and smiled back. She overheard Nathan speaking to himself.
"Yes, its also a tricky one to learn. As for the duel club, you might want to take a few dueling classes first...learn basic defense spells and what not. I only suggest it because I dont think they teach, just practice and compete..."

They continued to walk until they finally reached the potions class for the first year students.
"Here we are. Potions."
She gave them both a soft smile.
"Well, Im off to my dark arts class."
She started to head towards her class and gave the two a friendly smile and wave.
"See you two at lunch."

[Fionn Mac]

As the tension died down, Finn wiped the away the beads from his brow and took a relieved breath. Though nothing had happened, he knew who the two Slytherins were, and their previous "history" with each other. It was something he didn't want his young friend getting involved with, nor himself for that matter.
When Tom showcased his skills in the art of sarcasm, Finn gave the 5th year a slight nod, though a subtle irritated expression was across his. He had no major problem with the prefect, as he was a nice contrast to a classic Slytherin, but the young man's "charm" seemed to be forced, rather than a genuine benevolence towards others. And though for some reason it seemed he was using his "ability" to get something he wanted...Tom all in all seemed ok.

When the others went on their way, Finn was confronted by Michael Morrenton, a 5th year Gryffindor whom he had interacted with on quite a few occasions throughout his years.
"Oh, its good to see you Michael, I hope all has been well with you since last year...hmm that boy you are referring to is Nathaniel"
Said Finn as he tried not to go into too much detail, even if it was only speculation, having people hounding Nathaniel questions wasn't a good idea.
"As far as that spell, it shocked me quite a bit as well...but his grandfather was a former Auror like my own...Nathaniel's a bright kid, so it doesn't suprise me he's quite talented as well"
Seemingly as he had expected, questions about the two first years were beginning to surface. He knew those interested would intially start out with those who were around them, like himself, and eventually would lead to direct questioning. Apart of Finn wanted it all to be a rather odd coincidence, but the other part almost knew it wasn't as simple as that. But for now he needed to get to class and away from any questioning.

"Please excuse me Michael, but I have to get to class...it always seems tough to get going the first few days, doesn't it?"
With that Finn gave Michael a small pat on the shoulder and headed off to Charms class. It would be nice to obtain some substance, rather than the drama that had been stirred up.

[Faceless111]

OOC: I don't want to clump everything in this RPG together, so since I've been doing this RPG in chapters, I'm going to start the new chapter now. There will be a short one week jump, so the students are pretty much settled in and adjusted to the schedule. Remember, to save this RPG from getting boring, allusions to classes and such are encouraged rather than sitting through the class itself. And if you want, make allusions to anything to fill in what your character's been doing.

If there are any questions, comments, or suggestions, please PM me.

BIC:

Chapter 3 - Into the Forbidden Forest

It's been one week since the start of terms and Nathan was mostly adjusted to everything the school had to offer. The study group sessions with Bri, Finn, and Kaede have been occuring at a regular basis and while Nathan didn't require help with his homework, but he thoroughly enjoyed being in the company of people he considered friends. He wouldn't admit that out loud though.

However, he hadn't forgotten Tom Drake or Zacke Arca. Now that he thought of that fateful first day, how was Micheal Morrenton? At the time, Nathan was hardly aware he was there. He had a habit of making a mental note of everything he saw, but he hadn't taken Micheal in all that well so he didn't know much about him other than that he was a Gryffindor.

But what he was really looking forward to was the dueling club. He needed to speak to Tom about that.

A sharp pain in his side brought his wandering mind back to reality; Bri had nudged him hard with her elbow into his ribs. "Ow," he mouthed and clutched his ribs. Then he realized where he was, the library with Brianna. Classes were over for the day, but homework was plentiful. They were waiting for Finn and Kaede.

"What's Abyssinian Shrivelfig?" Bri asked impatiently, tapping her quill to her parchment.

"Huh? Oh, a plant composed of withered stalks and most commonly used in shrinking solutions," Nathan answered and went back to his day dreaming.

"Geez, get it together, Nate. Why are you all spacey?"

"I need to talk to Tom Drake, that Slytherin prefect."

Then the two continued to wait in the library for Finn and Kaede.

[MaruDashi]

Kaede entered the library with an apologitic [sp] smile on her face.
"Sorry, charms class ran a bit late. So, what're you two working on?"

She sat down and placed her books on the table in front of her. They ranged from dark arts, to charms, to advanced potions, and a few notebooks filled with countless pages on her own handwritten information. She stretched a bit and let out a small yawn, she had a busy day thus far.

It was just then that Kaede noticed Finn wasnt there yet. A small blush spread across her face, but she quickly put that in the back of her mind and focused on school work.

[Flah Blah]

OOC: Sorry for my absence. Had to go out of town for two days. Also, Raizen Hallard was hospitalized, but she's all right now though. However, I'm not positive on when she'll be back. )))


It's been a week since school first started, Elysabeth chuckled slightly at how she was nearly late on arriving to class on the first day. Not that it didn't matter now, her teachers were especially surprised at how much effort she was putting into her studies lately. Relaying the rest of past week's events in her mind, she drew tiny imaginary circles with the tip of her wand on the hard oak table in the school library.

The musty scent of old books and dust permeating the area. Elysabeth was very fond of the library, although she didn't take it upon herself to study much back then. Still she liked the atmosphere, something about the place felt warm and homey.

Soon her thoughts drifted over to the present day's occurences. Earlier that afternoon, she had overheard Slughorn boasting about how one of his 3rd years had excelled dramatically in dueling this year. And that the Professor would consider starting a small wizard dueling tournament sometime next month.

Dueling was one of Elysabeth's talents, the only subject she had ever obliged to do well in. She was even an honorary member of the Wizard Dueling Society, a prestigious guild of which only the finest of wizards and witches could ever hope of joining.

Smiling to herself at the thought of participating in something she enjoyed as a recreational sport made her feel deeply satisfied and content. Sifting through her pockets she withdrew a pocket watch, 4: 27 PM. Still a good three hours until dinner time.

With her homework finished and stacked onto a neat pile, she rested her head atop it, closing her eyes as many thoughts came in and out her mind.

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal was walking towards the library. he had a few things to look over before he headed back to his room. He hadnt made many friends and this year he was staying to himself. All he could think about was his dreams and the fact that that first year Nathaniel.

"The Relic......and the three Wands.....Im confused.......Please dont let this be a sign."

Micheal continued to talk to himself intel he ran into another Gryffindor Perfect. She was talking about some of the problems with rats and spiders. Micheal told her to cast a pest away charm and be done with it.

Micheal smiled and then continued towards the library. He entered it and looked around. Then ne noticed Finn and the boy from the other day. He smiled and made his way towards them.

[Fionn Mac]

As eventful as it had started, the first week seemed to roll on as usual and it was already the start of another. Finn had stuck to his commitment made to his study group and he enjoyed being around the three when they met every other day or so.
While tending to some of his "projects" in Herbology class, Finn startled himself a bit when looked at his pocketwatch and saw that he was rather late for his study group. Punctuality was important to him, especially when it concerned things dealing with people he considered friends.
After quickly straightening up his area, Finn briskly walked towards the library.

When Finn finally reached the library, he noticed Elysabeth Starrling resting at one of the tables. He hadn't seen her that much since their train ride to Hogwarts the previous week. The rumor around the older students and staff was that she was actually applying herself this year. Professor Flitwick, whom Finn had befriended over time, was most delighted at seeing the change.
Not wanting to disturb Miss Starrling's rest, Finn quietly passed by her table and made his way to the corner of the Library where his group was.
Apart of him wanted to ask her if she wanted to join them, as he knew she was exceptionally bright and kind from what he'd experienced. But he knew it wasn't too common for Houses to study together, especially the Slytherin House as competition even extended to academics.

"Good evening Nathaniel, Brianna, Kaede, I'm sorry I'm so late...Herbology projects seem to grab your attention rather fervently sometimes"
Said Finn as he gave them a smile, and pushed up his sleeve to reveal what looked like rope marks around his forearm.
"Suprisingly, reading old agricultural magic books can actually be beneficial...I came upon a spell that can cause accelerated plant growth...though, it seems the Professor and I need to practice some more"
As Finn finished his explanation and sat down to open his book, Professor Longbottom could be seen walking past the library, wearing a rather embarassing welt across his forehead.

[Flah Blah]

When Elysabeth finally awoke from her short afternoon nap, she immediately glanced over to her silver pocketwatch rather groggily. Only twenty minutes had passed since she had fallen asleep. As she waited for her twilight optics to adjust to the sudden flow of light she listenened intently to the familiar sounds of the library: the low whispers, occasional giggles, turning of a page, the rustle of someone's clothing and the ever-present sound of the squeaky wheels of the book cart.

Elysabeth then examined her surroundings when her vision cleared, only just noticing the long shelf filled with books on Dark Wizards which was juxtapose to the table she was currently occupying. Elysabeth was unsure whether it was mere coincidence or if her subconscience had deliberately brought her to sit here.

Casting the thought with a shrug, her eyes narrowed as she read the title of the book directly ahead of her. Nero Deorc. Plucking the book from the shelf, a layer of dust fell. The thicky flurry of particles causing Elysabeth to cough. When the cloud of debris subsided, she used the sleeve of her robe to wipe the old decaying leather cover.

The black and white picture of Deorc that she had previously seen on another book the past week was pasted on the front along with the words: " Do not read if you're scared easily. " etched just beneath the photograph.

Elysabeth laughed at the warning. Why would anyone write that? Obviously whoever wrote it was delusional or otherwise extremely foolosh or paranoid. Audaciously opening the book to a random page, the form of a demented head emerged from the center, screeching cacophonically with a pained expression on his cadaverous visage.

Letting out a startled shriek she dropped the book onto the carpeted floor with a loud thud, shutting by itself on impact. Wow, he/she was right... Elysabeth breathed in deeply multiple times to slow down her dangerously accelerated heartbeat.

When she regained her calm, Elysabeth looked around at some of the bewlidered faces because of the book man's yell and her startled outburst. Her gaze falling over upon a small group just behind her. There were two first years, a Ravenclaw girl she didn't know too well and the Ravenclaw prefect Finn. Their questioning expressions prominent as she looked at them.

She smiled apologetically and mouthed the words " I'm sorry," before quickly bending her head over to the direction of where the book had fallen to hide her blush of embarassment. The book was surprisingly heavy as she picked it up with both her hands, her arms straining slightly at the astonishing weight. Must be the because of that man's head...she thought.

Setting the book back onto the table, she stared long and determinedly at the cover as if she were expecting something extraordinary at any moment. Her entire body trembling slightly in apprehension of what could happen if she continued to watch.

[Faceless111]

"We were just working on some potions homework," Brianna answered Kaede. "Well, I was. Nathan was day-dreaming." Finn showed up a bit late, but the party didn't seem to mind his tardiness.

"Hello, Finn," Nathan and Bri greeted in unison and smiled at his explaination. Nate nodded and said, "Herbology can be dangerous at times, but necessary in potioneering. As I was explaining to Bri-"

"You were day-dreaming," Brianna interjected.

"I help you much more than I should," Nathan said and rolled his eyes, which was true. In the past week, he spent longer correcting Brianna's homework than answering his own. Then he noticed that Gryffindor prefect coming, Micheal Morrenton.

His concentration was suddenly broken by a loud noise emitted from the table ahead of him. Brianna looked quizzical and giggled slightly, but Nathan took it a bit more seriously. He looked at the girl intently and even more so at the book; Nero Deorc. He suddenly remembered his own black leather book with mention of Deorc.

Bri apparently noted his interest in her. "What's wrong?" she whispered to Nathan.

"That girl has a book out. Look at its title: Nero Deorc," Nathan whispered back, being carefully discreet. "I actually forgot about him over the week, since being swamped with homework. I wonder what that girl's interest is in Deorc." Nathan had to fight his own urge to satisfy his curiousity and go over there to engage her about the book.

Bri's face was sober and nodding. "I understand," she said. Nathan looked at her and thought, what? Brianna stood up fast and walked deliberately over to Elysabeth. "Hi, I'm Brianna Brezing, first year Ravenclaw. I couldn't help but notice that you have a book about Nero Deorc. I'm sorry to trouble you, but you see my friend over there seems to have an unhealthy interest in history and is actually currently studying up on Deorc. He wanted me to invite you to our table."

"What?!" Nathan gapped at Bri. She looked back at him and winked in an I-got-this-covered manner. Nathan's face turned red. Sublety was not Brianna's strong suit. Nathan looked at Micheal and hoped he'd talk to Nathan, partly just to mask his embarassment.

[MaruDashi]

Kaede smiled when Finn arrived but stayed silent. She was about to pull out some notes when she heard a book slamming and a shriek, and turned to see a Slytherin girl was the cause of the noise.
She gave her a reassuring nod when she mouth out sorry. Kaede diverted her attention to Finn and whipered:
"I thought any material on him was locked away in the restricted area..."

[Flah Blah]

Elysabeth was so caught up in concentration that when the first year had spoken to her she nearly jumped from her chair. After regaining her cool composure she arched a brow in amusement at the girl's eloquence.

" It's nice to meet you Miss Brezing, however with such an unhealthy inquisition to such a dangerous subject would it not be best to not do research on it? Curiosity did kill the cat. But all right... if whaetver floats your boat. "

She lifted the book over to the table which Brianna had indicated to, carefully placing the book before the first year boy with a soft thud.

" It's a little heavy and as you should already know... a man will scream if you open the book. I haven't yet deciphered the cause for this, however a word of caution when looking into the book. "

Elysabeth tapped a finger lightly over the warning that had been engraved into the worn leather cover.

" By the way I'm Elysabeth Sterling and whom might you be? For someone so young you must be quite audacious to be so keen on this particular dark wizard. "

She speculated Brianna and Nathaniel thoroughly, a little suspcious at how two first years could possibly know about such a man, if Deorc even counted as a homosapien that is.

[Fionn Mac]

As the sounds of the screeching book and a shrieking female voice filled the library, Finn's quill streaked across his paper creating something that was vaugely similar to a doctors signature. He quickly turned to see what was the matter, and noticed it was Elysabeth Starrling.
Rather embarassingly he couldn't help but laugh to himself a little, as yet again the 6th year Slytherin had managed to startle him in some way, this time opting for an audible version opposed to her previous cabin diving.

When Finn composed himself and tried to quickly salvage his homework, he listened in on what Nathaniel and Brianna were talking about. The name Nero Deorc made him immediately stop what he was doing and focus his attention in on their words. But before anymore was said, Brianna had gone over to Elysabeth much to Nathaniel's dismay or embarassment for that matter.

"Such material usually is...but from time to time Aurors or Ministry officials show up and request certain books and it would seem that some of them get put back onto the regular shelves, usually by a passing student or aide"
Said Finn as he registered Kaede's question and whispered back to her, eyeing for her to look at various "out of place" looking books crammed into nearby shelves.
"Certainly they have their own material, but its much easier to obtain what perspective Hogwarts has on certain issues or people in this case"
With that Finn watched as Elysabeth brought over the book in question and unloaded it infront of Nathaniel.

Finn quickly, yet nonchalantly, moved his hand over his now "abstract" work of homework not wanting Elysabeth to think she caused it...seeing as their previous attempt at apologizing to each other on the train, was rather awkward. He then reached for a chair and pulled it to the table so she could sit down.

"Well, often times it is common for a memory or reaction to be linked to a rather inconspicuous object...Just as a spirit may haunt a house they can also leave apart of themself tied to an object"
Said Finn as thought out loud to Elysabeth's uncertainty to the reason for the screaming man.
"More often than not it is caused by an emotionally straining event or feeling...though I have never seen something as odd as that"
Finn was uncertain if Deorc could be considered "dead" as there were too many fragmented or conflicting stories about him, thus counteracting his previously said theory...though the sorting hat for instance contained apart of houses founder, so it wasn't completely out of the question that some part of the dark wizard could be around.

[Faceless111]

Nathan listened carefully to Finn's words but pretended to take a casual interest while mainly focusing on scribbling words on his parchment, but the mention of Deorc grasped his full mental capability. Finn's theory sounded sensible, ghost were imprints of souls so in theory one should be able to imprint part of a soul to an object. Nathan couldn't figure out why that sounded so familiar... Hadn't he read something like this before? Hacroux? Hobocrux? Breaking the soul apart into smaller pieces, twisting and deforming it and its owner. He couldn't connect a name with that technique, but he was sure he heard of something like it.

"Ah, curiousity may have killed the cat," Bri said suddenly broke Nathan's train of thought with her usual chirppy voice, "but the cat had eight extra lives to spare." She smiled and re-took her seat.

Nathan was now in the present, but blinked more rapidly than normal for a few extra seconds. He slowly creaked his head to look at Elysabeth, vaguely aware she had spoken to him. "Oh, I'm Nathaniel Hucel."

"But call him Nate," Bri interrupted. "Or Natey-poo if you want to bother him."

Nathan cleared his throat loudly and continued, "Anyways, I hardly think it's audacious to study ancient history. Deorc is, as far as anyone knows, dead. Besides, it's been some odd three hundred years since he last made notable appearance in that pages of history. I don't think he had a Philosopher's Stone, so he is either dead or too old to do anything."

Bri giggled again, "Listen to him. He says he doesn't like attention, but he likes to show off how much he knows whenever given the chance." She smiled and nudged him slightly, he swayed lifelessly and rocked in his seat a little. "About Deorc, why are you studying him, Elysabeth? Is it for history class? Oh gosh, Professor Binns is so boring. You'd think a ghost teacher would be interesting. Why is a ghost evening working? What would a ghost do with money?"

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After climbing an especially steep hill, the hooded man took a rest and leaned on his staff for support. He was breathing hard, but that was to be expected. He had to apparate a safe distance away and trek the remainder using his fragile body. Atop the hill, however, his goal was in sight.

"Hogwarts... It's been so long..." His voice was more of a harsh croak rather than anything human-sounding. He'd spend the night in the Forbidden Forest, but his strength was already regaining as his Relic was almost in his grasp. The wand-users, though, would have to be weeded out. He hadn't any idea who had them.

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal heard every word. He didnt mind even if it did make him feel sick. He ingored it and spoke up.

"Finn......good to see you and your friends."

Micheal looked at the girls and then at the boy.

"Nate was it......Nice to meet you I am Micheal Morrenton. Gryfindor perfect. Head Wizard in that house."

Again Micheal said he was the best. He did get the best grades from the Gryfindor house and was able to learn speels in a matter of hours,but his ego was large. At times it got him into trouble. Main with the people in the other house.

[Flah Blah]

Not wanting to be rude, Elysabeth accepted Finn's invitation for her to take a seat, giving him a polite smile in appreciation. Though she was a little perplexed at his sudden move to cover his paper. Nevertheless, the Sixth year then looked over to Brianna countering her quote about curiosity and the cat, slightly amused by what she said.

" Well, the cat may have lives to spare. But there are those who push their fortune and end up losing all their posessions and things precious to them from their thirst for knowledge. So in the end the curious cat will always lose unless he can wise up and hold his inquisitiveness. Ignorance is bliss, no?"

Elysabeth then turned her head over to Nathaniel. " For your sake, I'll call you Nathaniel if you'd like. However true, it has been three centuries since the last time Deorc has made any...eminent moves. But I wouldn't rest so easy, it might just all be a precarious assumption."

As she said this her eyes wandered over to the book, critically examining the cover for any possible indications that it was a dark object. Deciding she wouldn't be able to determine anything right she glanced over to Finn as he spoke about how spirits could reside in inconspicuous objects, however in this case it wouldn't be so.

"A book about one of the darkest wizrds? Isn't that a little too palpable? I mean, if indeed Deorc or someone else decided to plant some sort of memory or piece of his or herself into a book like this...Wouldn't that be a little indiscreet? Let's say this were a ..oh what's the word?"

Elysabeth paused for a moment, thinking of the correct word. Her thoughts trailing over to Voldemort and Harry Potter. Crux.. it has the word crux in it...

"Oh! A Horcrux. A Horcrux is a receptacle in which a Dark wizard has hidden a part of his soul for the purposes of attaining immortality. With part of a wizard's soul thus stored, the wizard becomes immortal so long as the Horcrux remains intact, typically hidden away in a safe location. However, hiding something like that in a library where a lot of people have access to isn't very safe. But nevermind... it's probably nothing."

Elysabeth decided it was best to switch the subject from Horcruxes, it wasn't wise to talk about it so lightly or to scare off the other students. She remembered that earlier Brianna had asked her a question, though she completely forgot to answer with so much going on. So, she looked over to the young girl and cleared her throat lightly with a soft ahem.

" Sorry I didn't answer you sooner, however I'm not really studying about Nero Deorc. It's just last week I read a bit about him and then today I noticed that the book right in front of me at the table I was sitting at earlier was about him. So just for the heck of it I took a look at the book. But what about you and Nathaniel? Why is it that you're so interested in this man? "

[Faceless111]

"Hello, Micheal. I think we've met before, last week," Nathan said and noted the bit of arrogance from this one. He seemed to like to brag, his ego was boastful.

Then Nathan snapped to attention when he heard Horcrux. That was it! Now he remembered where he read about that, it was in a book about He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. But, thinking it over, it was unlikely that this book was a Horcrux. It was probably just jinxed to frighten off weak readers.

But what about you and Nathaniel? Why is it that you're so interested in this man? Nathan's eyes widened at this question. Bri began to answer, "Well, we have these wan-" Nathan interrupted her with a sharp nudge. "Ow! What was that for?"

"Sorry," Nate apologized. It wasn't wise to spout around that they apparently had legendary wands that Deorc himself requested to be constructed, which was most likely for dark purposes. "Well, I just picked up a used book from a second-hand store in Diagon Alley. It mentions Deorc and has hand-written notes about him from the previous owner." Nathan pulled out his black leather book and opened it to a random page. This weakly fabricated lie was the most he could think of on the spot and the only truth to it was the hand-written notes. "And best of all, no man inside."

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal's eyes widened frim what the girl said. They had what? Could it be they had two fo the three wands that haunted Mihceal every night? Micheal knew something was up with both these first years. He didnt understand what it was. He was confused. He didnt have time from anymore friends being lost.

"So are you injoying your time at Hogwarts?"

Micheal was trying to make small talk. he had a few things to reseacrh on his own. Frist it being those three wands and the second the relic of something he still didnt understand. All in all he would learn the turth.

[kingdomhearts_tom]

OOC: i had a post earlier but its magically disappeared, (ironic) so here goes try number 2

Tom ran fast down the library corridor until he reached the open archway into the shelves and shelves of books. He knew that the kid called Nathan would be in here, he had seen them all in their little study group on numerous occaisions but was to busy with homework to stop and chat. His OWLS were getting on top of him and the amount of extra work was stupid.
He walked briskly through the rows of tables and sighed with relief when he saw Nathan. He walked over and patted the Griffindor on the back, "Excuse me." he said smiling. "You weren't in the middle of anything were you? It's just that i really need to talk to Nathan, and the girl too i suppose."
He looked around and saw who else was here, Kaede amd Finn. And, he could hardly believe his eyes... Elysabeth was here too. What the hell was going on, bad Slytherins going good, this crap about Deorc in the note from Mr Malfoy.
It was all going crazy, "Oh yeah, in private..." he added as an afterthought...

Zacke had all he needed. After a week he knew that these kids had to be taken out and he also now knew that there were books on Deorc in the library, which always helped.
He walked off around the other side of the large bookcase near to the ravenclaws and set off out of the libarary, it wouldn't be too hard to get Slughorn drunk at his next party then hit him with a request for a book from the restricted section. This was going to be too easy...

[Faceless111]

Nathan and Brianna looked at each then to Tom. Nathan wondered what this was about, it seemed urgent. Was it about the dueling club? Because Nathan had been meaning to talk to Tom about joining. Or was it about what had happened last week, which sounded closer to the truth, but there was the chance that it was about something else entirely.

"Of course," Nathan said and slowly rose from his seat; Brianna followed suit. "Excuse us," Nathan spoke to the others at the table and bowed his head to Micheal in an apologetic manner.

The two first years followed Tom to a secluded area of the library behind a far bookshelf. While walking, Nathan noted a Slytherin stalking behind a bookshelf, but didn't see his face. Was the Slytherin spying on them? Once alone Nathan turned to Tom, "What's this about? Last week? Probably not, or I'd've been reported by now. Dueling club? I meant to speak to you about that. Or something else?"

Brianna gripped Nathan's shoulders and hid behind him. She didn't want to be reprimanded for anything last week and since they seemed to be in an urgent private matter with a prefect, she felt no quarrel about displaying her unease with Tom.

[Tetsanosuke]

( OOC: I'm dropping out.. I can't feel Alty within at the moment and I doubt I can keep to his character at this point. You can reference him if you'd like but we'll just say he's attending school like the rest of the unimportant masses. )

BIC:
With a swift turn he went up the spiral staircase to the divination room. Each of the painted glass windows seemed to call to him.

"Oh how faithful a day. The first day and the last, from start to finish in a single way, inside and out until the next.. They call to me. They tell me my place.."

He made it to the top, walking into the large dusty room where many round tables with white clothes wrapped over them sat. He took a seat in the far corner, and awaited the rest of his class, and the rest of the school year.

[MaruDashi]

Kaede pretending to be consumed in her studies, though she listened very carefully to the discussion that was going on. She was a bit startled when Tom arrived to speak with the two younger students. It was then that Kaede started feeling uneasy about things. What could he possibly want to speak with them about?

Noticing that the Slytherin girlwas sitting out of eye range from Kaede's notebook, she scribbled down a message to Finn and slightly nudged his side to attract his attention.
Could this be about their wands?

[Tigris]

OOC: Sorry I myself have not been around and I imagine I haven't created much of a first-impression... '^_^' But Fion is doing a great job at keeping me up to date, so with my luck I will be able to post about thrice a week. It is sad to see the loss of Tet, but I will TRY not to kill the RPG with my abscence... T_T But Fion is doing great, and his continuing support is note-worthy...
BIC:

(Umm, all this talk about the Dueling CLub is getting me jumpy. If you don't mind, I'm jumping to it...If there's a problem tell me and I will edit)

After a gruesomely boring fourth day, Shane was ecstatic at the mere thought of the Dueling Club. The feeling of sending the little runts flying every-which-way was more than enough to make him smile on Friday morning. He sat up with a jerk, his mottled smirk playing across his face. He got dressed, throwing his trench caot around him, strapping the leg holds and, with a swish, removed all of the basic enchantments he had placed around his bed. With teeth-baring, malicious grin at his roommates(which filled them with an unnerving fear), the corner of his coat swirled out of the door.

(Later that Day)
Shane moved silently, yet hastily down the flagged-stone hallway leading to the deserted classroom that would be holding the Dueling Club meeting. Silently, he went over his usual spells in the back of his mind, the ones he could use by reflex. He knew he could depend on the simple ones, but it was the repetitive flourishing and murmurs that he practiced in the hall, frightening a group of Fourth Years after he accidentally produced a spell and gave a Hufflepuff girl a bloody slice above her left eye. Trying to repair the damage, he cleaned the blood and sealed the wound, which was all he could do. Healing wasn’t his branch of magic. But at the very least, she wouldn’t have to go to the Hospital Wing.

Finally arriving, Shane suddenly realized he was an hour early. He leaned his back against the wall, putting his right leg flat against it also, silently brooding over the complex enigmas and intricacies of the Dueling spells. He had a deep, writhing feeling in his stomach that told him not all of the members were going to be pathetic pip-squeaks. There was something in the air, an aura-like prescence bearing down on him, whispering in his ear, “You’re not the best…You will not win every battle…There are others…Others that may even be able to teach you something…”
He stood there, leaning against the wall, fighting the hair-raising chill that threatened him…

[Fionn Mac]

Taking a page from Nathaniel's book, Finn tried to seem disinterested when Michael and Tom had came over wanting to speak with the two first years. Though in reality, he was rather concerned and listened carefully to the way they put their questions and words. But, as much as he would have liked to brush them off, letting them go off and talk would raise less suspicion.
When he felt the nudge from Kaede, he quickly peered at her paper, playing it off as conferring with a homework problem, and pushed his quill against the notebook writing...I hope not.

Seeing that Michael was left hanging, Finn tried to direct the Gryffindor's attention away from the first years, even if for a moment.
"Oh Michael, I don't believe you've met my friend and fellow Housemate Kaede Maxwell"
Said Finn as he caught Michael's attention and gave presenting hand gesture infront of Kaede. Having spent a decent amount of time with the two, Michael over his years at Hogwarts, and Kaede most recently, he realized they were rather similar. Both were rather quite and kept mostly to themselves, though Michael seemed to boast his abilities every now and then...but Finn suspected it might be due to a desire to be respected by others.
"Why don't you take a seat until Nathaniel comes back Michael"
Finn then turned to Kaede and gave her a reassuring smile, he wasn't trying to play matchmaker, but introducing Kaede to other kind people who respected them for who they were, could only benefit her and help Michael as well.

Noticing that Elysabeth was still at the table, Finn decided to once again divert attention away from the first years.
"Ah, Miss Starrling, you seem to have quite the knack for startling me...even when quietly sitting in the library"
Said Finn rather jokingly as he slid his "abstract" looking homework paper in front of her. He gave her a smile just to reassure her that he was only joking. Then switchting his voice to a more serious one, he concurred with her previous assumption.
"And I wouldn't toss aside your idea, as odd as it may seem to you, it is much more viable than my own, somethings also manage to become misplaced on purpose sometimes, no?...you just may be on to something"

[Flah Blah]

Elysabeth glanced at Nathaniel a little suspciously as he cut Brianna's words off. Assuming she was probably just going to go on about some ridiculous thing to embarass the young boy, she thought little of it. Sighing slightly as the pair of first years were hauled over to another area in the library.

Elysabeth was just about to consider leaving before Finn had spoken to her. Her subconscience a little uneasy from the previous discussion about horcruxes.

" Mm, it seems that I've been surprising many people lately, not just because of spontaneous and sudden acts but also in academics I guess..."

She lifted a shoulder in a negligent shrug but frowned slightly after Finn had shown her his homework that she had ruined undeliberately. Even though he didn't seem angry with her, Elysabeth still felt guilty.

" Ack, I'm terribly sorry for that. And it's possible that the strange occurences lately and the bizarre book is not just mere coincidence. Call me crazy, however I have a feeling that there's an ominous being somewhere near the school. But, there's also the possibility that we're lookingly too deeply into this...I'm not sure."

She let out a dejected sigh as a myriad of contradicting thoughts flooded her mind, looking over to the side as if she were expecting that there was something there to reassure her. Nothing. Just the bookcase where she had found the book.

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Tom was glad was Nathan allowed him to talk alone. When they were far enough away from the table he looked at the pair and managed a smile, the girl looked very uneasy, "Don't worry your not in trouble." he said before realising that they were indeed in trouble, "Ok, actually you are, but not from school. Errrr, just look at this."
He fished in his robes pocket for the note from Mr Malfoy. "On here is some very important information. How much do you know about your wands?" he asked, "Or about this bloke called Nero Deorc? I've never heard of him, but it seems like hes been spotted out and about. All that i ask is that you keep close to other students from now on. If you want to come to the dueling club in about... an hour, i could find you someone to look over you. I'm gona talk to Proffesor Longbottom about this anyway. For now just keep close to Finn and Kaede. Oh and that Micheal lad, he'll keep you safe. But be wary of Elysabeth, i can't understand her, she used to be a bit of a bad egg you see, a really bad egg, i'm just not sure..."
He had waffled on and he knew it, that was what happened when he got nervous, his entire cool demeanour just fell apart around his ears and it got even worst when he thought about Zacke on the prowl too, "Promise me then, both of you, to keep constant watch over each other, and stick to Finn like a pair of motherless owls, you promise?"

Zacke was walking down to the dungeons when the stupid fat man Slughorn wobbled up to him from the potions room, "Ah Zacke i word please." He beckoned into his classroom and waited for Zacke to follow. There were a few students inside and Zacke couldn't understand why. Slughorn must have noticed him looking around as he said, "Don't worry about these, its just a little extra OWLS and NEWTS work, oh and a few young ones as well trying to make Felix Felicis, poor sods, i doubt whether they could make it with half the schools help!"
He walked around his desk and looked straight into Zacke shadowed eyes, "Mr Arca i'm afraid due to your actions earlier this week you have been given detention, you can choose what punishment you want but neither choice is all that fancied." He waved his wand and two peices of parchment fell on the desk between them. "Choose between either collecting bowtruckles in the forbidden forest with Hadgrid or going up to Tom Drake and apologising."

Zacke was out of the room before Slughorn could say anymore, he would NEVER apologise to Drake. He'd rather have to work with the stupid old oaf...

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal eyes closed in on Finn. Was he trying to take his attention away from the first years? This was getting intresting. Finn was the type of person tha would and could easily make someone forget the real reason they came somewhere. Mihceal only grinned and toke his seat. He then turned his head and studyed the room. He looked ovr everything. Then he spoted a book in the section titled: Relics. Mihcel pulled out his wand and pointed towards the book. He then smiled and waved it around smoothly and gracfully. The book shot out toward Mihceal and stopped infront of his face. Micheal grabbed the book and shook his head. He sat it down on the table and pushed it towards Finn.

"Tell me everything you know aboe three wands and the Relic of.....something."

Finn was the only person that Micheal told about his dreams. Finn should understand where he was coming from. Micheal could get very seriuos at times. It was up to Finn to mkae the right move and tell him about it. Finn was to smart to no know anything about this. Micheal then turned to the girl named Kaede.

"Sorry for being a pest. My name is Micheal Morrenton. Gryfinndor Perfect."

Micheal this time didnt bost about his rank. he was to concerned with finding out about what he needed to know.

[Fionn Mac]

"Oh there's no need to apologize Miss Starrling, I find it rather amusing how we seem to start our conversations with an apology...it seems these that coincidences are becoming a common thing around here"
Said Finn waving his hands in a dismissing manner, as he immediatley kicked himself for using his choice of a conversation starter. He noticed she had a slightly uneasy disposition, which only made him regret his choice even more. Leaning back in his chair, he tried to salvage what was left of his intially lighthearted conversation attempt.
"And I wouldn't call you crazy, words like intelligent or quick-witted come to mind but not crazy. I too have felt quite uneasy about the goings-on this year, ever since Diagon Alley I have felt something was off."
"Perhaps we are all looking at this to indepth, but an inquisitive mind is never satisfied until all possiblities have been looked over, no?"

As Finn finished is words, his attention was misdirected to the a book sliding infront of him and Michael asking, or demanding rather his knoweldge on the common "issue."
"Well Michael, I am sorry to say I have no specifics on something such as this but here is what I generally know"
Said Finn caught a little off guard at the nature of Michaels inquiry, but tried to sound as detailed as he could.
"The number three is thought to be a power number by many cultures, for example the Triad symbol common amongst the early Celtic tribes. Relics, are often created to harness or enhance one's power...stories of the Holy Grail or the Spear of Lugh, are examples of tangible objects considered to be Relics of substantial power. Often times their connection relates to a number of things being pieces of a whole, or parts to a puzzle that must be put together. Though I've never heard of wands and a relic being connected, I would think, based on pure speculation, that their connection would be significant "

With that Finn paused for a moment, hoping his information was sufficent. Truthfully, he didn't know much about the specifics, only the general information he provided.
"That is pretty much all I can tell you...unless anyone else has any thoughts on the matter...Miss Starrling do have anything to add?
Said Finn as he turned from Michael to Elysabeth, hoping she'd offer some sort of information or opinion. While he kept himself composed and calm, his mind was racing rather quickly to find sufficent answers and he needed some help, even if it was a few words.

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal opened the book and turned a few pages. Then his eyes widened as the words three wands and Relic of Deorc. After that the words in the book al disappeared. That all Micheal could get. Something was a miss and he could help but feel like he would once again lose more friends to dark wizards and to ceatures of the night. Micheal slammed the book closed and placed it on the table. He stood up and looked out of a window. Dinner was in a few hours. Micheal had a few things to handle before then. He would have to talk to Nate later tonight maybe a dinner. He wasnt sure. All he knew was that he could allow anyone close to him to fade away like the others. Not this year. Micheal still remembered the screams of his friends as Dark wizards used forbidden torture spells on them. That is way Micheal had to become stronger. He didnt want to lose more family members and friends.

"Finn thank you and for now that is all i need. Thank you and please be careful. Things are not right this year just as the others. Please stay safe and make sure your on your game. In dueling club i hope to met you in the ring."

Micheal smiled and turned around to leave. He still had to find out when he could pracitce his seeker skills.

[Faceless111]

OOC: I'm sorry to hear Tet dropping out but I appreciate that he told me so. I dislike it when people just randomly drop out and don't tell me.

BIC:

Brianna continued to hide behind Nathan and he simply permitted this to keep her quiet. The name of Nero Deorc wasn't dropped lightly by those who knew him, and apparently Mr. Malfoy had seen him in person. Nathan was skeptical, he thought Deorc would be dead. It has been over three hundred years since he's made a public appearance, after all.

"So your step-dad has seen a living dead man, Tom? I'll meet you in the dueling club in an hour, sure, but I disbelieve any protection is neccessary." Nathan peaked around the bookshelf and looked back at their table. Micheal was discussing something with Finn and introducing himself to Kaede. Elysabeth was looking at the bookshelf from which she obtained Deorc's book, and she didn't seem like a "'bad egg'" to Nathan but he knew it would be wise not to place trust in anyone so early.

"Anyways," Nathan re-focused on Tom, "I'll keep that promise to stay by Finn. He's my house's prefect after all, so it's his job to watch over us. I got it. Dueling club. One hour. I'll see you then. Come on, Brianna, let's go." He pulled Brianna by her wrist and dragged her back to the table to collect their belongings and bid everyone goodbye.

"Something's come up," he explained to the table while he packed his books into his faded brown leather case. "I'll see everyone later, I'm off to meet Tom in the dueling club then I got some recent developments to look into." Nathan hurriedly finished packing and walked off briskly.

Brianna stayed behind and wrote a note to Finn, being careful so that no one else would see: Tom Drake says Deorc has been sighted. Tell Kaede. Tom says to stick with you two.

With that, Bri followed Nathan outside the library. He kept his brisk pace and Brianna found it hard to keep up with him. "What's up? You almost seemed spooked, and it's not like. You're frigthening me."

"I've just been having strange dreams, that's all. But I need to check something out. Tonight, after dark, I need to go into the Forbidden Forest." Nathan's face was serious, Brianna was genuinely concerned and her own face was contorted with fear.

"The Forbidden Forest?! For the love of Merlin, why would you need to go there?! At night, especially?"

Nathan didn't answer, but continued to the Ravenclaw common room. He answered the eagle's riddle and gained entrance, it was surprisingly empty for this time of day. He led her to the first year boy's dorm, which was completely empty, and to his bed. Under his pillow was his black leather book of Deorc. He opened it to a marked page and read aloud, "'Deorc's intentions with the wands of dérkesthai (those are our wands, supposedly) have been unclear, but the wands have very potent magic which leads many experts to believe that he entrusted them to his followers, otherwise known as the Shadow of Deorc. The Shadow of Deorc composed of three very loyal followers: Daemon Banes, Prospero Milan, and Cassandra Magik. The followers were said have given powers to directly link them to Deorc's mind...'"

"Daemon Banes? Like Articus Banes? Your grandfather?" Brianna asked. "So are you trying to tell me that you're a desendant of one of the Shadow of Deorc?"

Nathan simply shrugged...

[Flah Blah]

" Very well if you say so, then. Ah, yes. It is rather funny that our conversations usually are started off with apologies. Oh and please, there's no need for such formalities. Just Elysabeth is fine. True, an inquisitive mind is never satisfied that way, however the main dilemma with such an insatiability is dangerous. What if we look into this blindly or not enough and end up in danger? Call it pessimism, however wouldn't it be better to play it safe?"

With that Elysabeth said nothing more and watched as Michael had come to sit down at their table. Listening half-mindly to the conversation that was going on between Finn and Michael. She was just about to open her mouth to speak after Finn had asked for her say on the matter but almost immediately shut it once more when Michael had stood up to leave.

Deciding she should leave too, she stood up from her chair as Nathaniel and Brianna made their way back to the table. She smiled lightly at the pair as a welcome back before turning her head to face them all to say good-bye.

" Well, as much as I'd like to stay and chat I should get going. See you all at dinner perhaps. Oh, Nathaniel and Brianna... this may seem a little odd coming from me seeing as we've just met. However, don't let your curiousity get the better of you..."

Without waiting for anyone to say anything in return she slowly headed over to the other table where she had left her homework and other text-books, waving a hand back in good-bye as she made for the exit. The strange book about Deorc still on the table where everyone else was sitting at giving off a strange aura that made Elysabeth's spine tingle slightly even as she distanced herself from the table.

[MaruDashi]

Kaede nodded to Michael and stayed quiet. She listened to the conversation, though she often tried to listen in on Tom's conversation with Nathan and Brianna.
She watched as Elysabeth left the group and gave her a soft smile and a wave as she left, Nathan and Brianna quickly came afterwards to collect their belongings. Before she could say anything, both said their goodbyes and left in a hurry, though she noticed that Brianna gave something to Finn.

"What did she give you?"

It was then Kaede realized that she was now alone with Finn. Her heart skipped a few beats but she tried her best to keep her composure as she waited for his reply.

[Fionn Mac]

Finn gave Elysabeth a smile and a wave as she said her goodbyes before heading off. She was a rather intriguing person thought Finn, as he watched her leave. It was rather rare for someone to match his "level" of insightfulness as well wit. Her ideas on the issues at hand were more concrete and valid than his own, making him rethink his own ideas yet in a positive, constructive way.
He had a brief memory come to mind that dealt with the sorting ceremony. Trying to remember, he was quite sure the sorting hat was contemplating on whether to put Elysabeth in Ravenclaw or Slytherin. The precise words didn't come to mind but it probably had something to do with the ambition factor of the Slytherin house, as she was a perfect pick for Ravenclaw. Was her true ambitious nature coming out now due to the recent issues? She had already started to change her approach to school and it seemed she was rather focused on Deorc. It was probably just another coincidence, but Finn still wondered if it was something more.

But nonetheless he pushed the thoughts to the back of his mind as Brianna gave him the note and left with Nathaniel. He would have been lying if he said he expected what the note entailed, but atleast it would be easier to watch over the two, seeing as it was suggested by Tom as well.

Finn had noticed Kaede was acting a bit, nervous or anxious. Putting the previous days together, he sort of "knew" why she was acting rather strangely, so he tried make her feel more at ease.
"I didn't think we were that boring of study partners"
Said Finn, trying to make light of everyone leaving. But eventhough he wanted to keep it a light conversation, he had to tell her hat Brianna had written. Thus, he cupped his hand to his mouth and whispered into Kaede's ear.
"It seems that Tom Drake has said that Deorc has been sighted...he wants our two first years to stick close to the two of us...we must keep this a secret, something like this could put all of us in unwated situations, ok?"
Finn then got up from his seat and began to gather his things.

"I am heading back to my room to finish the rest of my work, I need to think on how we can deal with this as discretely as possible...I'll see you at Dinner" Said Finn rather seriously, yet still giving Kaded a smile and nod of reassurance before he exited the Library. It was best if they let the thought settle in before discussing it further.
Finn moved with a calm diligence as he headed up the stairs to Ravenclaw tower.

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal opened the door to his room and sat on his bed. This was getting wierd. It was like someone didnt want Micheal to know the turth. What was those first year hinding? Why was Fiin so serious about protecting them? Micheal would have to join their group and get to know them. If he could do that then they may just allow him to know the turth. Intel then he would have to wait and be nice.

"So let see if i cant be a good friend this time."

Micheal looked at his wand and smiled. A different wand every year. he could never stay with one wand at a time. Micheal shook his head and stood up. He had to take care of some things and get to dinner. He was starving.

[Faceless111]

"But, please," Brianna said as the pair walked back into the Common Room. They hadn't noticed Finn was back. "Don't go into the Forbidden Forest. It's logically named that because it's not permitted. That's a major violation of the rules, we could get into serious trouble."

Nathan noted Brianna's deep concern. The Forbidden Forest apparently really scared her, and Nathan didn't want to place her in uncomfortable situations. "Okay, we won't go into the Forbidden Forest. But we will visit Hagrid. Tonight."

Brianna was instantly relieved, but perked up and asked, "Hagrid? The big bloke out in that hut? Why? He doesn't seem like a person we'd want to rub the wrong way and we aren't really on visiting terms with him. We hardly know anything about him!"

"Dragons, Brianna. He's the Care of Magical Creatures teacher, so I'd imagine he knows a load about dragons. Maybe he can tell us what makes the dragons who gave their lives for our wands so special. Why are these so potent? This is a deep mystery, so I'll take you through the shallow parts first. We're visiting Hagrid." Nathan looked at his watch, it was pretty much dinner time and it'd be getting dark soon enough.

"I have to meet Tom Drake. You go on to dinner without me," Nathan waved bye to Brianna and left the Ravenclaw tower. He went to the dueling club to meet with Tom, but must've arrived slightly early. The empty room had a narrow mat in the center of the room, which was where they must've held the duels. Nathan leaned against the wall and waited for Tom.

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Brianna felt slightly uneasy. Nathan was, she thought, now getting carried away with this whole Deorc business. She wasn't sure what she believed on this matter, but she didn't like the way Nathan was acting. When the matter was first introduced to them in Diagon Alley by Ollivander, Nathan wasn't interested at all. But now...

Then Brianna noticed Finn, "Oh, 'ello, Finn," she stalked over to him while looking at the ground. "Nathan's acting weird lately. Have you noticed? Well, I've known him since we were eight years old and he usually doesn't... I don't know how to explain what he's doing. I think he's getting too carried away with this Deorc business, which I think is a load of rubbish. Whatever Tom Drake says, I don't think Deorc is alive but I do feel scared. I'm scared that Nathan will do something foolish."

[MaruDashi]

Kaede's eyes widened when she heard that Deorc had been seen recently. Her mind became consumed with how it was possible. She heard muddled words from Finn, but couldnt concentrate on what he was saying.
'How could he survive several centuries?'
"Voldomort?"
She got up and looked for a book on him. She could only find one, and it was recently published, but it would have to do. She learned that Voldomort survived by living bound to other people, unicorn blood...boy, this guy was determined.
She leaned back in her chair and thought.
'I doubt there are that many unicorns...unless he took viles of blood back with him...'
She let out a deep sigh.
'But still, it takes away half your life. Eventually it would have gotten to the point where he would need to be drinking it every second.'

Her mind wondered and some how took a detour to a note she had in her pocket.
"Oh yeah..."
She took it out and stared at it. It was a note to Finn, which she wrote her juvinille feelings in.

She tore it up and threw it away.
"Yeah, that'll happen."

She decided to check out the book and review it with the others.

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal slowly drank some juice. It was sweet and tasted good. Micheal grinned and looked out of the window. He was thinking about everything that happened in the past years. He shook his head and then stood up. Dinner time was so close now that he could even taste the food. Micheal shook his head and smiled. He wondered what Finn and the first years would be doing after dinner. He remembered that in his first year he and some friends ran into the forbidden forest. They ran into trouble,and had to be saved by Hagrid. Lucky for them he was nice and didnt tell.

"I havent seen him in a long time. I wonder if he still remember's me? Ill have to go see him later tonight."

[Fionn Mac]

Finn made his way up the winding staircases and finally to the top, where after solving the usual test of logic, he made his way inside the Ravenclaw common room. Upon entering, Finn noticed that Brianna and Nathaniel were there and whatever they were talking about obviously didn't sit well with the girl.
He knew something was up, so he quickly chose a nearby book case and began to arbitrarily look through the books, allowing him to listen in on their conversation unnoticed.
As the words "Forbidden Forest" were mentioned, he gave a sigh and rolled his eyes in a "you have to be kidding me" fashion. Things were beginning to become rather serious and Nathaniel seemed different from his usual disinterested self, he was quiet intent on investigating the recent developments.
After hearing such things, Finn wanted to confront the two and strongly advise agianst it and eventhough it concerned breaking the rules, he knew he couldn't really stop them if they really wanted to investigate. He wasn't their parent, brother, nor the headmistress...just their prefect.
It was for the best if he contiuned to watch over them from a distance, he wasn't ready to deal with any "tough love" situations...and besides atleast they had switched to only seeing Hagrid.

When the two ended their conversation and Nathaniel had left the room, Finn left the bookcase and was about to head to his room when Brianna came over to him. Her usual cheery persona wasn't present, she seemed concerned and slightly shaken.
She was obviously concerned for her friend and seeing as they had been so since they were 8 years old, a rather close friend at that. Though he agreed with all of her concerns, he didn't want the young girl to be so worried.

"Yes, I've noticed Nathaniel hasn't been acting like his usual self...someone who usually seems disinterested or takes things in stride can seem strange when they begin to focus themseleves on something"
Said Finn as he crouched down slightly to meet her floor gazing eyes, and guide them back up.
"And Brianna, I know you are concerned about Nathaniel, but you shouldn't let yourself worry to much...He is a smart guy, and I am sure he can handle himself...Besides, he has a friend like you to keep him out of trouble, he wouldn't admit it, but I know he wouldn't want to put you in any danger"
Finn gave the first year a smile and placed his hand on her shoulder. He promised himself he'd do his best to keep a smile on the young Brezing's face, for someone as innocent as her shouldn't be faced with such worries.

Lifting his hand from her shoulder, Finn gave Brianna a "one moment" hand gesture as he quickly ran up to his room an placed his things on his bed.
In a few moments, he returned to her side and gave a light sigh.
"While I don't know his intentions, Tom Drake's words shouldn't be taken lightly...He did however seem to think that you and Nathaniel should stick near me, which is something I agree with...prefect or not Brianna, I will do my best to keep you two safe, ok?"
Feeling that enough serious words had been said, Finn held out his arm waiter style and looked over to Brianna and gave her a lighthearted grin.
"It may also be that some people act strangley when they haven't eaten anything...So Miss Brezing, would you care to accompany me, your dashing prefect, to dinner?...I assure you, you will most likely have the envy of your first year classmates"
Finn tried to keep from laughing as he used his most gentlemanly voice.

[MaruDashi]

Kaede had just entered the common room when she heard Finn's offer for a "date". An eyebrow raised and a awkard smile soon followed. She tried to compose herself when attention shifted to her.
"Uh, dont count me in for dinner. I think Im just going to lay down and do some reading."
She lifted the book a bit to show what reading she was referring to.
"Im sure you guys will be fine without me."
She gave them a forced smile and quickly headed to her room.

Once inside, she was given a warm greeting by her cat, who also made it obvious that she was out of water. Kaede refilled the cat's bowl and sat down in on her bed. She looked over to see a picture of her grandmother. She remembered how to keep Kaede from crying when picked on, she would tell her that "Merlin himself blessed her, her eyes were proof of that".
'They just made me weird grandma, not special.'
She layed down and sighed.
'So, the two of them?'

Before her thoughts could go further, Pestits jumped up and cuddled next to Kaede and purred, and even threw in a few cute meows.

"Well, at least one of us had a happy day." she said as she pet her cat.

[Faceless111]

Brianna's puppy face shifted instantly into a gleeful expression. Finn was excellent at cheering her up and she had known Finn for a far shorter period of time. He was so much unlike Nathan, he actually tried to make her happy. Nathan didn't do things to hurt Brianna, but he did treat her with his usual disinterest.

She giggled up at Finn's gentleman impression. He also had a knack to lighten the mood. "Yeah," Brianna said, worries forgotten, and hooked her arm around Finn's. He definitely played the role of "big brother" and even "guardian" very well. "Let's go to dinner."

When Kaede entered the room, attention shifted to her briefly. Brianna wasn't given a chance to invite her for dinner or even greet her. She went off to her room quickly. There was a stale awkwardness left behind, but Brianna didn't want to feel negative anymore. "Come on, Finny! Let's go show you off to the other first years, Mr. Dashing Prefect!"

With company as uplifting as Finn, despite the age difference, Brianna wondered why Nathan and herself were even friends. They had little in common and tended to act as opposites. Also, she was very clingy to him in the first years of friendship as he was spacey and silent most of the time. Then she remembered....

The pair first met in a fairly empty park at dusk. Brianna was getting teased by a relentless group of older boys, perhaps older by two years. The gang of bullies pulled her hair and called her names and stole her recently purchased candy. Then Nathan appeared, smaller than the group of ruthless ten-year-olds and called them out, "Leave the girl alone!" The bullies dropped her, she collapsed on the grass crying, and went for Nathan.

"What are you going to do about it?" their apparent leader asked Nathan. Nathan stood his ground, bravely considering it was five against one. Then the leader knocked Nathan to the ground in one swift punch to Nathan's face. The group stomped and kicked Nathan and only stopped when they felt enough damage had been done. "C'mon, guys! Let's get out of here, we've got no buiness with these losers!"

Brianna got up, stopping her tears, and walked over to Nathan. He laid in a still lump on the ground, bruises and bloody nose decorating his face. "What's your name?" She asked him. He rolled over on his back at had an airy aura about him as he seemed to be looking past her and up at the clouds.

"Nathan," he replied simply.

"Why'd you do that?" She asked.

"Because you were crying," he answered and sat up. Nathan got up and started to walk away. Brianna followed him like a puppy, not a word was spoken between them as they trekked to Banes' Apothecary.

And Brianna stuck with Nathan ever since. But now she was hungry and going to the Great Hall with Finn, concerns subsided for the moment.

[Flah Blah]

Elysabeth exited the library with her twilight eyes fixed to the terra firma she obstinately strode on, books at hand with a mind chock full of multitudinous thoughts and sentiments. Most of them revolving around the dangers concerning everyone who were involved in this whole Deorc business. She was sure that she had missed something when she had examined the book. It was just too peculiar.

Her deep contemplation soon led her to the memory of when Finn had told her that he thought he'd felt something when they were back in Diagon Alley. Could it be that something deleterious will happen? She hoped not.

Elysabeth turned a sharp corner without even having to look up, her sheer sense of determination to get to the Slytherin houses and then over to the Great Hall for dinner was all that kept her from crashing into a suit of armor. Once she had dropped off her books she glissaded over to the front of a miror. Surveying her appearance, she gathered the bulk of her long hair and fashioned it into a neat bun.

Content, she made her way down to the Great Hall which was still nearly empty seeing she had come just a smidgen too early. Not that she really minded, Elysabeth took a seat at her designated table, patiently awaiting for the rest of the school to flock in.

[kingdomhearts_tom]

OOC: soz for the delay in posts, school grades came so it was party time lol.

Tom had slipped out of the library after Nathan and Bri had left. He was all messed up. How had Mr Malfoy seen Deorc? The note had said something about wands. Was Ollivianders (sp) involved in this. Maybe Malfoy had seen Deorc in Diagon ally, but why would such a dark wizard as him let himself be seen in such a popular place? Hell! How is such a wizard still alive?

He turned onto the corridor with the spare classroom they used for duel club feeling not at all like his usual happy self. He opened the door and noticed Nathan lent against a wall waiting. "Errr, no one else?"
He took out his wand and started a complex bit of magic he had learnt at the end of last year. Professor Longbottom said that the spell Expecto Patronum held some great memories for him and had decided to teach it to Tom.
He summoned the little silver monkey and sent it on its way. "Thats a cool spell," he said to Nathan, "I'll teach it to you some time..."
It was only a few minutes later when a silver lion walked majestically through the wall. Tom placed his hand on its mane and took its message.
He turned to Nathan as the lion floated apart, "Well it looks like Longbottom had decided to hold it in one of the larger dungeons, looks like theres a few more people who want to learn this year. I could teach you a few helpful spells now before dinner ends, you know, just incase you've got any little adventures planned." he chuckled, not knowing how ironic that comment had been.

Zacke cursed again which caused a few first years to hurry on past the table. His detention had been arranged for tonight. He was to go into the forbidden forest with the stupid oaf Hadgrid. He stood up and walked up to the teaches table, "Oi giant!" he shouted up to many shocked looks from the other staff that had arrived. Professor Flitwick almost fell from his chair, "Say sorry now boy!" he said quite angrily. Hadgrid only shrugged, "Nah, don't worry about that one, theres no love lost here. So what do you want Arca?"
Zacke looked like he was about to be sick, "What time shall i meet you at that shed you call home?"
Hadgrid smiled, he knew Zacke was only barely holding in his anger, "Well any time between seven and eight, we'll be out for about four hours so wrap up. Now be gone with ya..."

Zacke stalked off, the forest all night! Damn that little first year that had stopped him from hitting Drake with the curse. He'd get the wand from him first, then he'd get the little girls after that. All of this was for Tom and Tom didn't know the lengths Zacke would go to so as to make sure that he'd pay... dearly...

[Fionn Mac]

"Ok Miss Brezing, let us be off"
Said Finn as he smiled, laughing once again, this time due to her excitment.
As Brianna took his arm, Finn instantly felt better as well, knowing his plan had succeeded. Having a sibling of his own, around 4 years younger than the first years, as well as having a few little cousins, Finn knew how to cheer them up and deal with various problems that would arise. Such experience made him even more of an effective prefect, especially with the younger students.

Looking at Brianna's once again cheerful expression, he knew she trusted him and felt safe near him. For many students, their peers were all they had to rely on during times of feeling sad or when problems came around. There were no parents or guardians around, only the staff members and as hard as some of them tried to help, they often fell short on such matters. So often times it came down to students helping students. These reasons pushed Finn to be as helpful as he could, as he knew many of the students had no other siblings to turn to or even parents. It was beyond his duties as a prefect, but he took pride in helping others...especially when he was rewarded with seeing someone's day made a little brighter.

While Finn and Brianna made their way down to the Great Hall, their arms humorously linked, some of the other students making their way down did a double take of sorts. Some of them whispered to their friends, while some of them simply raised a perplexed eyebrow.
Finn meanwhile, was enjoying the sight of seeing the 2nd and 3rd year girls, who often had an eye for him, rather frustrated at the sight of him escorting someone younger and not themselves to dinner.
"Brianna, before we sit down, there's a matter we need to attend to alright?"
Said Finn as they reached the Great Hall and entered. Though instead of heading to their table, he took her in the direction of the Slytherin table.
"You need not worry, I'll be rather brief"

Finn took Brianna over to the Slytherin table where they stopped infront of the group of Slytherins that had given her trouble the previous week.
"Well now, how are you dapper young gents doing this evening?"
Said Finn as he gave a nod to the quite suprised lot, while pulling Brianna's linked arm closer to him, just to reassure her that she was safe.
"I must apologize for one of my first year's comments last week, he's not shy about speaking his mind...Hmm, let me make it up to you...consider these a gift"
Reaching into his pocket, Finn pulled out a small bag of what seemed to be colorful assorted candies. He tossed them onto the table, giving another nod of reassurance as the group gave him a confused expression.
The group then each took one of the candies and placed them into their mouths, giving a thumbs up in approval.
"You'll find these exotic treats are quite satisfying...well we must be off, please do enjoy your dinner"

Finn gave them a smile and gave a quick wave to Elysabeth as he and Brianna left the table. Looking back, he noticed the group enjoying their "gift", when suddenly their expressions changed and they began to cough. Before they knew it, their mouths were full of potting soil and various colors of flowers, corresponding to their candy of choice, were sprouting from them.
A few random laughs turned into a rather large roar of laughter as the other tables were now focused on the group of rude Slytherin. No teachers were present yet, only the students already present and entering. Thus it seemed it was rather precisely planned.

"Ah, subtlety Brianna...subtlety. Those who plan and wait often obtain the sweeter reward, no?"
Said Finn as he lightly patted her arm, then guided her to her seat. He then sat next to her, amongst the other first years, a light smile stuck on his face.

[Faceless111]

"The Patronus charm," Nathan said and kicked off the wall. He walked slowly, seemingly aloof. "I know it by theory, but never conjured a corporeal Patronus. Just a mist so far, but I suppose I might not have happy enough memories to be successful. You see, my grandfather tried to teach me this spell as a pre-caution. My grandmother was a victim of a dementor's kiss." He stopped and spun on his heel, drawing his wand. He looked it over and admired it for a few seconds.

"I don't plan for insignificant things, therefore 'little adventures' would be a mis-label. Perhaps 'big' or even 'epic' would better describe what I have planned." Nathan paused and smiled as if he just made a joke that only he could understand. "I'm kidding. Now, Tom, I'd appreciate any spells you have to offer me, but wouldn't it be prudent to first learn what I am capable of?" Nathan paused and smiled to himself. "No, nevermind that. Please, teach me and maybe we'll end this early enough to get some dessert."

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Brianna beamed at Finn and turned slightly red. She had been slightly worried when Finn steered her toward the bullies since it was Nathan that usually protected her from such people and she was without him at the moment. But slight worry turned instantly into satisfaction. "You sound just like Nathan. 'Subtlety' and all that jazz," she said in a pleased way.

Brianna ate dinner with Finn in a joyful mood until it was broken by a sudden disruption from the Slytherin table. Zacke Arca, Brianna recognized him as the kid from their first day that Nathan disarmed, was calling to Hagrid in unpleasantry. "How rude of him, that Slytherin," she said to Finn. "I would think that he is just a spoiled prat, but he could be dangerous. I'm mainly worried what he'll do to Nathan; he doesn't look like he's pleased that Nathan got at him."

Brianna watched him go. Zacke Arca, she'd remember to stay away from him. But he said something else that caught her attention: Zacke was going to serve detention with Hagrid all night. Maybe this was something Nathan should know about. "I want to find Nathan and bring him some food. It's not good to skip meals (which reminds me, I should take food up to Kaede)." Brianna packed some dry, non-greasy foods into her leather case, which was new and shiny in contrast to Nathan's worn and used leather bag. She then went to find Nathan in an empty classroom commonly used by the dueling club.

[MaruDashi]

Kaede heard the two from her room before they left.
'They've gotten very friendly...'
She dug her face into her pillow and her stomach turned. She rolled over once breathing became more of a chore and let out a deep sigh. She stood and walked over to her mirror and stared at her reflection and sighed again.

"Well, I wouldnt be attracted to me..." she mumbled to herself.
'So why would he?'

She pulled out a pair of colored contacts her parents gave her. Blue. She put in one, and quickly took it out. They looked absolutly obvious and hideous. She thought about using a spell...but then again, what would be the point. She still lacked self confiedence, and it showed.

Kaede pulled out her clips and let her hair fall, and changed out of her robes and int a long black shirt and a pair of slacks decorated with moons and stars. She grabbed the book from the table she sat it on and began to read at her desk.

[FullMetalAlchemist997]

OOC:
Charity
Mel
Wren (Mia's mother's name)

Mia glanced at her notes for Herbology. She looked at the clock. Dinner. Mia looked at her notes and book one last time then decided she'd think better on a full stomach. Mia settled at a table beside Charity. "Hey"
Charity smiled at Mia. "So how's life? You've been so busy studying I forgot you even went here anymore" She said. Then turned around to grab Mel. "You too"
Mel settled beside them. "Sorry, Charity, but we all can't be as good as you"
Mia filled her plate before Charity could complain.

Wren opened a window. Sure enough, Kail flew through it. The big owl settled on the table. Wren opened her daughter's letter. It detailed study time and what had been happening. Wren grabbed a slim voume and put it in Kail's cage. When her lettere was done she'd have the owl bring that book too. It was important.

[Flah Blah]

Elysabeth was lackadaisically staring out over to the Great Hall doors when she noticed a pair of Ravenclaws with their arms linked together enter the elongated dining room. She thought it was quite amusing, so she squinted her eyes slightly to catch a better glimpse of the couple. Realizing it was Brianna and Finn, she found herself inwardly smiling.

It was cute in a funny way, as Finn steered the first year over to her table and over to a group of her fellow house mates. They were a peculiar bunch, they weren't exactly malicious but their rude idiocity made them annoying rascals. Tilting her head slightly at the offer of sweets Finn had handed them in a slightly discombobulated manner. Now, why would he do that?

It didn't take Elysabeth long before she understood what the candies really were, holding back a sort of chuckle as the group of Slytherins consumed them gluttinously. She gave a light wave accompanied by an amused smile back to Finn and Brianna as they made their way over to their house's table.

She watched momentarily as the group of boys began to panic as their mouths were encumbered with soil and various flowers. Before shaking her head slightly and began to eat the dinner before her. Once she had finished, she slid over to the group of Slytherin boys who were all near tears as they chocked on the soil and accompanying plant.

" I suppose you'd like to know how to put an end to the candie's enchantment, no? However, you must acknowledge my words, if you seek for a vendetta, don't. Or you will regret it. "

Elysabeth's eyes gleamed mischievously, the familiar twilight hue staring half-amused and half-sternly at the group. Smirking slightly, she withdrew her wand from the inside pocket of her robe. Pointing it's tip toward the boys' throats she articulately recited the proper word for the spell. Anapneo. Within an instant their blocked airways cleared, mouths empty of any alien substance.

With her job done, she gave the group an odd wink, it wasn't playful persay however there was a certain foreboding quality to it which sent a chilling and inconvertible message. Once she was clear from her table she let out a soft laugh as she made her way to the doorway, heading to the opposite direction that lead to the Slytherin dorms. Instead she was proceding over to the library as quietly as possible as to not attract any attention to herself.

[kingdomhearts_tom]

Tom noticed how Nathan seemed to be acting stranger than usual. "Are you alright?" he asked. Tom was watching carefully enough to see Nathans expressions as he almost offered Tom out for a duel.
He decided to lighten the mood. "Well a corporeal Patronus is amazing at your age, hell! I didn't even know what a patronus was as a first year."
He drew his wand and pointed it at a manikin in the far corner, "Locomotor manikin."
It zoomed into the middle of the pratice space. "Now i've seen your disarming spell so we can skip that. But i'm a personal fan of the stunning charm myself..."
He pointed at the limp doll before saying calmly, "Stupefy..." The crimson sparks hit the doll and it flew across the room. "Ofcourse you can't really see the true effects on an already inanimate block of wood."
He called the manikin back and quickly repaired it. "Try it yourself a few times then like you said, lets get some cake." He smiled at Nathan as he turned the manikin to face him...

Zacke felt like hitting Finn, but he'd let it go for now. All of the idiots would get their comeupence soon enough...

[MaruDashi]

Kaede tried to concentrate when she noticed her eyes began to sting a bit. It wasnt until a streak of moisture went down her face that she realized why they stung. She quickly wipped them away and tried to go back to reading, only to have her eyes swell up again. She tossed the book across the room, crawled into bed and threw the covers over her head. Everything poured out of her, all that she held in for all the time she spent at Hogwarts. The rumors, the taunting, and now this. It all made her feel so unwanted and outcasted that she just couldnt contain it anymore.

After about 10 minutes she poked her head out from under the covers, for no other reason other to make breathing easier. She let out a sigh and felt a bit better, but still depressed. She thought about how pointless and stupid it would be to tell Finn everything...or anything about how she felt. It would just make things weird and would probably ruin the friendship she had with him. Besides, it seemed clear to her who he liked.

"I guess I'll never be anything more than 'Muddy Maxwell'"

Kaede rolled over in her bed and started to fall alseep.

[Chuck the Ninja]

Micheal had been to dinner and ate his full. He was going to go see his old friend within the hour or so. He was walking back towards his common room when he noticed Tom talking. It seemed as if he was teaching someone. Then he heard the word Patronus. Micheal once shook his head and smiled. His thrid year at Hogwarts he had used that spell. It came in handy at times. Only when your not in trouble with demetors. Micheal leaned on the wall closest to the room and could see everything going on inside. Micheal was stadning ion a piller of darkness so he wouldnt be seen. He wanted to see what this first could really do.

[Faceless111]

Nathan nodded and focused in on the wooden target. He raised his wand and repeated, "Stupefy!" Red sparks flew out of Nathan's wand tip and fizzled to the ground. Nathan sweated briefly and re-doubled his efforts. "Stupefy!" he charmed more forcefully and was pleased with the flash of red that shot from his wand and hit his target dead center. Nathan smiled at Tom. There were few times in his life that Nathan ever felt proud of himself, but this was one of those moments.

Nathan tried several more times, some attempts fizzled and failed. Other times he successfully casted stupefy. After practicing enough and due to his hunger, Nathan decided to call it quits for the night. He needed food right now. "I'm done. We should practice more, but some other time. I'm starving! C'mon, let's go get some cake."

Nathan considered Tom Drake an ally, but was weary of his Slytherin rival. Tom was good to know; a teacher and protector. But with Tom came the attention of Zacke Arca. Wherever Tom went, Zacke would be sure to follow. Nathan didn't want to be caught in the middle of needless cross-fire. Then he paused for the briefest moment and looked toward the shadows. Was someone watching them?

Nathan shrugged it off; he was imagining things from his hunger and continued to the Great Hall where he joined Brianna and Finn at the Ravenclaw table. "Hi ya, how's the food today?" Nathan sounded cheery and was visibly happy as he dug into the food as fast as he could.

"Wow," Brianna said, taken aback. "Who are you and what have you done with Nathan?"

Nathan laughed, "No, it's just that the session with Tom went well enough to constitute good mood in me. I have an enlightened feeling, a heightened sense of things."

Brianna smiled at him, truly pleased and relieved. "Well, I packed you food, but seeing as your here and eating then I suppose I'll take it up to Kaede. The poor girl shouldn't starve herself, after all. I'm going up to the dorms right quick and meet up back here to head off to Hagrid's. By the way, we should hurry and get there if we want to talk to him because that Zacke Arca fellow is serving detention and I'd do for an evening without him."

Brianna left the Great Hall with extra food for Kaede, leaving Finn and Nathan there. Nathan was busy stuffing his face but managed between bites a conversation, "Bri's too friendly. She wants everyone to like each other, which is hard when there is bigotry still in the wizarding world. Mmm, this chicken is good! She's a target for bullies and doesn't make many friends. In that sense, her and Kaede are very much alike. The difference is their social interactions: where Bri wants to interact and Kaede cuts herself off. I was just wondering what'll happen since Bri is going to see Kaede right now. Ack!" Nathan was talking too much and choked on some of his food, but managed to wash it down with juice. His usual analytic skills were still kicking, but his mood was much improved than its usual self mainly due to the fact that his wand produced excellent results. Ollivander was right about these wands being potent...

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Bri entered the girls' dorms and found that Kaede was curled under her blankets. "Kaede?" Brianna whispered a little loudly to see if the elder Ravenclaw was sleeping or not. "Are you asleep? I brought you something to eat. You shouldn't go to bed on an empty stomach."