General The Hufflepuff Table 2018-2019

"You ran away?" Cera was a bit of in shock. She could never imagine running away from her family. She was loyal to them to the T and loved them very much. Although she knew this wasn't the case for other families. Cera was just a privileged, pureblood, rich girl who got everything she wanted. Cera was aware that there are families that abuse their children and more ways than one, it was heartbreaking when Cera read stories about families breaking apart and hearing her muggle friends talk about it when she was in school was something heartbreaking for her to imagine. But Cera agreed. If the relationship is too toxic, get out of it. Be in a couple or a family. Though Amber's situation was still hard as she was young but she had a place to go, which was Hogwarts.

Cera didn't know how to respond to Amber since her family has been nothing but nice and accepting, a little controlling when it comes to Ceraphi because of her health but accepting of everyone non the less. That's when it hit her. "Well, my family would love to have you over for Christmas I just know it" Which was true, Her family would love it if she brought home a friend and Amber was the perfect type of person to bring home. She was polite and kind, a bit shy but open which was always fun since Ceraphi was an open person herself. Cera's face turn more serious. "Sorry about your parents and some of the students here who can be rude. For every rude student in Hogwarts there is someone like me who is a very nice person who'll accept you." Cera smiled at her and touched her hand.

A little shocked from how kind this girl was Amber was also comforted by her words. "Thanks for the invitation, I don't want to impose but I think that when the holidays come it might really help." She had never been invited to someone's house before, though then again she had never really have that many friends before either. Is this what it's like to have friends? "Thanks for caring though, it means a lot to me. "

Again she reached for seafood, as it was her favorite kind of food, this time for a couple of clams. "Want some?" She held out her hand to her with a few clams in them offering some to her "They are really good, you should try some." She was still eating the last bits of her crab as she started on her small mountain of clams she had piled on her plate. "Take as many as you like. I'm not... Shellfish" her face started to twist into a grin "Sorry for my bad puns, I just don't want to be crabby" She was full on smiling now.

"Seriously though, thanks for being so kind to me. I don't think anyone has ever been this kind to me really" She was glad that she made this new friend as well as the fact that she would probably have a place to stay during the holidays besides the school. Her relaxation was visible in her eyes as well as her joy of making friends showed on her face.

Ceraphi smiled at Amber "It's not a problem really," She meant it. It wasn't unusual for Cera to help others when in need that was her super power of course, being kind and helpful. Of course her family wouldn't mind as long as she remembers to send an owl before the holidays so her parents won't be shocked when she comes home with Amber. "My family loves company, a chance for my mom to show off her cooking skills" Cera chuckled. It was true, when company is over her mother's cooking became extremely special. It was funny but that's her family.

Cera laughed as she took some clams from Amber. Ceraphi could tell she was doing alot better than she had just a few moments ago. It was nice to see what a few kind word would do for someone. Sometimes you just really need someone to be nice to you to be able to open up. "I love humor, all types of it" Cera laughed. "Puns are the foundation of a great joke" Cera winked. "Also, don't mention it. Not all purebloods are nasty muggle-born hating people." Cera smiled as she chucked down one of the clams and put away the shell. "So what do you like to do in your free time Amber?" She asked curiously. Cera was glad she made a new friend and so she wanted to know if they had more things in common.

"Thanks for everything" She was glad she had somewhere to go. She has no idea how much this is going to help me in the holidays. "Heh, yeah I know not every pure blood is rude. Actually no wizards have been really rude to me, it has mostly been kids at my school before I came here. Muggles are usually kind people but the kids at some schools can be really rude and not that accepting. In fact not all of the adults are that kind either but I got by and now i'm here so i'm glad." I hope she is fine with me talking so much about me...

She munched a little on some more clams before she talked again. "I'm glad you like puns, I have more where those come from. I had a lot of free time when I was avoiding the school bullys so I came up with a lot to fill that void of time." She told a few more puns before taking another bite of her clams "What do I like to do? Well I like to read and I also like to draw a little. When I get emotional I usually sing to get things off of my mind without people knowing what my thoughts are since no one pays attention to lyrics. Plus as previously mentioned I come up with a lot of puns too."

Once Elena was sorted into Hufflepuff, she couldn't have been happier. Nymphadora Tonks had always been an inspiration to her. Elena made her way to the Hufflepuff table and was incredibly nervous because after all she didn't know many people yet and it was a new school year at an incredibly large castle, which made Elena feel way more tiny than she should've felt. There were plenty of people already sitting at the table and Elena felt way more burnt up, everyone seemed like they were talking to someone else and she didn't want to be rude and just barge into a conversation with people she barely knew of, so instead she sat down at the table and just kept to herself. Maybe if I just say hi someone may hear it. Elena thought to herself maybe it wasn't the greatest idea to just bluntly say hello to someone random, but she had to take the risk. She wanted to turn to look at someone near her and speak, but she felt all choked up and nervous. She briefly made eye contact with someone across from her and went wide eyed, I guess it was now or never "Hi, I'm Elena, sorry for looking at you weird," she said with a slightly nervous giggle.

September 1st, 2018

Marian had (sadly) been sorted into Hufflepuff. She was at the very end of the table, the people around her seemed to be talking. Marian didn't mind. She was used to minding her own buisness. she carefully ate, being carfeul not to knock her wiggly tooth loose. She took some more potatoes and looked around for someone to talk to. She had met a couple Hufflepuffs, they seemed like nice people. Marian felt someone's eyes on her. she looked, and diagonally across the table was a black-haired girl staring wide- eyed at her. Marian looked down at her robes. Did she have a stain? Marian heard a voice coming from the girl.
"Hi, I'm Elena, sorry for looking at you weird," She said with a nervous giggle. That made Marian less stressed. One of her friends from home had a nervous giggle.
"Oh! Hello! I thought I might have a stain on my school robes. My name's Marian." Marian replied. It would be nice to have a friend, Marian thought. Especially this early.
My name's Marian. What class are you excited for? I'm excited for potions. Marian put another potato in her mouth and looked expectantly at the girl, waiting for a reply.

The girl looked down and then back at Elena. "Oh! Hello! I thought I might have a stain on my school robes. My name's Marian." the girl said to her. Okay she talked to you, don't embarrass yourself. Elena thought to herself. Marian then added "My name's Marian. What class are you excited for? I'm excited for potions." while eating another potato. "Oh hi Marian, yeah I'm kind of excited for Astronomy," Elena said nervous. Dang Elena, now she's probably going to think your just one big ball of nervous. "Oh and no you don't have a stain, I'm just a bit nervous today, I always knew that one day I was going to need to go to Hogwarts but now that I'm here, it's a bit much more than I could've ever expected," Elena was starting to ramble. "I mean I didn't expect it to be anything a certain way, I'm conceited or anything, wow I think this went a little more wrong than I intended," she rambled on. Oh my gosh Elena just stop yourself now. "Okay let me just start over, hi I'm Elena Burkley and probably like some other people here and not just here but at other tables I am quite nervous,". Elena just felt like a big ball of nervousness, she hoped that Marian wouldn't think of her as a person who has everything just handed to them. But what she said about Hogwarts being bigger than what she had ever imagined was perfectly true and she hoped that Marian would overlook her rambling.

Elena started to talk - she said she's looking forward to astonomy, that Marian didn't have a stain on her robes (phew), and that she was really nervous.

"Don't worry about me thinking you're coinceited for thinking you expected Hogwarts to be like something. I think we all expected something, and I think Hogwarts went over all of our expectations.

Marian could tell that Elena was nervous and kept correcting herself in her head. Marian tried to calm her down.
"Don't be nervous, I mean, we all are, but you'll be fine. Relax. Just talk freely. I'm sure it will be fine." Marian said soothingly.

Even while Marian said this, she, too felt very nervous. What if the homework's too hard, what if the teachers are too strict? Oh. What if I get detention?

Elena seemed like the kind of girl that was not sure of herself. The kind that needed to trust herself, and relax around people.

At least she didn't break into tears, like you do, Marian. at least she doesn't make people feel bad and think they said something wrong because suddednly the person in front of them is sobbing.

Marian tried to push away the bad thoughts, and focused on her friend.

Elena felt like an utter train-wreck of emotion until Marian said this, "Don't worry about me thinking your conceited for thinking you expected Hogwarts to be like something. I think we all expected something, and I think Hogwarts went over all of our expectations,". Wow, it's nice to know that she doesn't think of me as conceited, it's also nice to know that maybe everyone had different expectations of what Hogwarts would be. Elena thought to herself. Marian seemed like a nice enough person and Elena thought that maybe she was making a friend in the meantime. It also seemed like she was really trying to comfort Elena as well when she said this, "Don't be nervous, I mean, we all are, but you'll be fine. Relax. Just talk freely. I'm sure it will be fine,". Now it fully seemed like Elena was finally making a friend for the first time at this huge school. "Wow, thanks for being so nice, I just didn't want to come off as rude or expecting, I'm not sure what people think of Half bloods around here, my dad's friends and family don't talk to him anymore and I just didn't want to follow in his footsteps," Elena said facing her newer friend. "For some reason my dads parents just won't talk to him anymore, I don't really know why, I guess maybe that was what got me nervous, making friends that won't talk to me anymore and also I always knew I would have to come to Hogwarts but now that I'm here it's so much more surreal," Elena said finally calming down from her nervousness while looking up at all the floating candles. "Also thanks for helping calm down a bit, do you want to be friends?" Elena asked looking back down at Marian.

Kent saw the table of yellow robes, and walked over, smiling at the cheers and hollering. Suddenly a robe was put around his shoulders, the yellow bright, and the tall boy was ushered by other Hufflepuffle students to a seat that was free.

"Welcome to Hufflepuff!"

"What's your name?"

"What's your favorite beast?"

"How do you feel about DADA classes?"

Kent smiled awkwardly, his eyebrows frowning. He really had no idea what the heck was going on, and this had been the case since running through a solid brick pillar at a train station, boarding a train with weird candy, and sailing across a lake in boats not steered by anybody, before entering a castle with moving paintings, floating candles and cultish looking kids in robes...

"I... I don't know what any of you are talking about. Please, just give me a minute, okay? Thanks."

Kent put his head into his hands, resting elbows on the table.

What have I gotten into?

After several moments, and some long inhales, the boy sat up and looked to the closest students around him. He listened for a while, overhearing a conversation between two girls, and decided they sounded like they knew what was going on...

"Hey, I'm Kent, sorry to interrupt," The tall boy said, eyes looking between the two. "Could I... could you tell me what is going on? Apparently I'm Muggle-born, and wasn't prepared for any of this. I have no idea what a Hufflepuffy is, or what I'm meant to do here, except learn magic... and that sounds absurd to me."

His expression basically said help.