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Oskar still found it hard to believe he had not made the starting line up on the quidditch team over a first year. Had his performance been that horrible? Or had he made some kind of unspoken mistake? It wasn't like he knew any of the social intricacies of this school. He wouldn't be surprised...

There was no reason for Miro not to believe that in being part of the Gryffindor team, he was by default friends with all the other players. He assumed that by being a team the camaraderie alone was enough for them to be friends outside of the pitch, that in flying as one with the common goal of...

Gwen was determined to make this her year at Hogwarts. It was the last chance she had, after all. She wasn't going to let anyone outshine her and that included her friends. She had seen Molly a few times briefly after the break and she seemed sad. Gwen wanted to know what happened and to see if...

Celia had been restless ever since the match against Hufflepuff. The forfeit had ensured that Hufflepuff's run as Quidditch champions was over and that Slytherin had a place in the championship match, but it had also opened up a new can of worms. First, it meant that she was only guaranteed one...

Celia was still grumbling as she left the Ancient Runes classroom. Why did they need to go out and find someone to perform a reading for? Couldn't they just do that in class? Or, better yet, why couldn't Professor Josephs just teach them something new? Who cared if it wouldn't be on the NEWT...

Louis was over the moon because of the Quidditch win. Gryffindor had really needed a win, and Louis was proud to have been a part of it, even if it was only a little bit. He was desperate to talk about the match, so he went looking for René so he could talk to his friend. He knew René would...

Conan was pretty determined to try and explore as much of Hogwarts as he possibly could to try and find all the little nooks and crannies that the Professors didn't want people to know about. And one spot that had been near the top of the list was the old bathroom he had been hearing about. No...

Tired and hungry, Max let his backpack fall to the ground as he sat down next to Conan at the Ravenclaw table. They had just come from History of Magic, which proved to be as boring as ever, so lunch couldn't have come at a better time. ''I'm already not looking forward to History of Magic this...

Seventh year. Weston still wasn't sure how he'd wound up reaching his final year at Hogwarts. Earlier that day, he'd received his parents' annual first day care package, and he had been struck with the realisation that this would be his last first day of school. Ever. He could still remember his...

Jingyi was determined to try and be better this year. Now Xinyi was coming back to school, Jingyi wanted things to be better between them, to be a better brother and actually support his twin. And he was sure as heck going to try, not making any comments about how he enjoyed drawing and being so...

Felix hadn't known what to expect things to look like after he asked Molly out. But so far things had been great and he really appreciated the fact that he hadn't had to think about who he would ask to the dance. He had still stolen some flowers from the school's garden and asked her earlier in...

Open after Maria posts with Conan Ezra had mostly dragged his guitar all the way to Hogwarts because he hoped it'd make him seem cool. It had been a bit disappointing to find out there was an arts club with musical instruments, which meant he kind of didn't need to take it. But it still was...

It didn't take long for Max to find the abandoned classroom amongst all the other rooms and classrooms in the many corridors of Hogwarts. It apparently also didn't take long for Max to find someone to annoy. He hurriedly made his way out of the classroom, ducking his head to avoid getting hit by...

Louis was pretty pleased with his date for the dance tonight. He'd had his eye on Nolan for a while now, as he was definitely one of the most handsome guys in their year. Louis had been a little nervous asking him, as he hadn't been entirely sure Nolan would want to go with a guy. But he had...

Felix was relieved when Molly agreed to go to the ball with him. He had never had a date to a school dance before and while they agreed to go as friends he was still excited. His brother didn't seem to have very good luck with dates and while Felix was certain he wouldn't make the same mistakes...

Open after Maria posts with Abigail Kiara wasn't a big fan of Halloween. If anything, she was too much of a scaredy cat to be able to fully enjoy the holiday like she knew some other people would. What she did like was the school parties and any opportunity she could get to hang out with the...

Open after Nolan Louis was feeling a little bored. He knew he had homework to do, but he was ignoring that for now. He hoped one of his friends was just hanging around the student lounge, as he hated being bored on his own. He didn't spot Caleb or René anywhere, which was a shame. But then he...

@Valencia Addington Eoin had only vaguely recalled he had actually offered to take Valencia out on his father's boat sometime. He had mentioned to his dad, and it was only because of him that this was actually happening because his father had remembered the offer. The Everglow was currently...

With it being January in New Zealand, the weather was nice and sunny. Louis had spent Christmas in France, so after the winter weather over there it was a nice change. He had been happy to return to Hogwarts, but it was pretty boring to stay cooped up inside. Louis had seen the nice weather...

One of the best parts about staying with Grandpa Monty was getting to visit Brightstone Village, or more specifically, getting to visit Honeyduke's, Gambol and Jape's (or Gamble and Jake's, as Rion called it), and Tākarokaro Park. With her pockets full of jelly slugs and fizzing whizbees, Rion...