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When the crypt doors creak and the tombstone quake...
Spooks come out for a swinging wake!
Happy haunts materialize and begin to vocalize;
Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize!
Now don't close your eyes and don't try to hide...
Or a silly spook may sit by your side;
Shrouded in a daft disguise, they pretend to terrorize.

As the moon climbs high o'er the dead oak tree-
Spooks arrive for the midnight spree!
Creepy creeps with eerie eyes...
Start to shriek and harmonize!
When you hear the knell of a requiem bell;
Weird glows gleam where spirits dwell;
Restless bones etherialize, rise as spooks of every size.

Kiley wandered into the Great Hall after her sister, parting ways as she headed for the Ravenclaw table. It had been a quiet day, mostly. She had spent most of the train ride and carriage ride reading a manga suggested to her by Colin. That didn't stop her sister from chatting away to her for the entire trip. It was fine though. She still got a few chapters in during the trip. Glancing around, Ki spotted her friends, Colin, Di, Leon and Nike. They all seemed to be having rather serious conversations though, so she decided to stay back for now, sitting alone at the table for once. She didn't mind, since she had her book. Cracking open the worn copy of Cardcaptor Sakura, Kiley continued her adventure where she left off.



I don't know what I want, so don't ask me 'cause I'm still trying to figure it out.
Don't know what's down this road, I'm just walking, trying to see through the rain coming down.
Even though I'm not the only one, who feels the way I do, I'm alone, on my own,
And that's all I know. I'll be strong, I'll be wrong. Oh, but life goes on.
Oh, I'm just a girl trying to find a place in this world.

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F I N D x M E x W H E R E x T H E x W I L D x T H I N G S x A R E
── ❝ A B I G A I L . D E V A U X ❞ ⋮♚
xxxxxxxx﹙ (CURIOUS) xx (ENTHUSIASTIC) xx (IMAGINATIVE) ﹚

THERE'S A WILD THING IN ALL OF US. IT LIVES IN OUR PASSIONS
AND THE PEOPLE WE LOVE, IN OUR SUBCONSCIOUS THOUGHTS,
OUR BELIEFS. IT'S EVEN MADE A HOME IN THE DARKEST PARTS OF
US. BUT WE CAN'T BE SCARED OF IT. WE HAVE TO BECOME IT.

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Abigail’s body filled with chills as the hat spoke above her. Yet again, someone else warned her about being too curious, but Abigail appreciated the fact the hat understood that she knew of everyone’s warnings. Though it did mention a caution in her quest for knowledge, Abigail could only await the hat’s final decision. Before she knew it the hat shouted out Ravenclaw and Abigail sat with a slight smile. Thoughts flooded her head about the house in which had been chosen for her and what she would do. But a sense of family swept over her as the Ravenclaw table cheered at the hat’s decision.

Getting up and thanking the older professor, Abigail walked over to the Ravenclaw table. The table was full of so many different types of people old and young. This would be where she belonged now. This was home and these people would be her family. The small smile had now become a bigger one as she went to choose a seat.

Looking down the table, as she walked slowly, Abigail noticed the boy that had been pushed into the water. Thinking for a moment if he wanted company or not, the look on his face was enough to tell her it wasn’t the best choice. There was another boy who seemed to be spaced out and looking around at the pictures on the walls. He looked nice and was sorted just before her so she knew he was probably in need of a friend as well. Taking a deep breath, Abigail walked over and sat next to him. With a simple smile she looked over to him and spoke softly.

“Hi. I’m Abigail DeVeaux, but you can call me Abi. What’s your name?” As she held the smile she tried to seem as polite as possible. Abigail knew she was brand new to all this and that if Maggie were here to see her right now, she would be so proud. She planned on writing her later, but for now Abigail knew that it was important to make at least one good friend in her first year. It was vital even. So why could it not be this guy beside her?

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ȴocation : the ravenclaw table
ɦealth : 100%
ϝeelings : happy, excited, and anxious
ʗompany : deaus and the other ravenclaw students
puppet master : night_crawler_andy


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Xistund

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F I N D x M E x W H E R E x T H E x W I L D x T H I N G S x A R E
── ❝ A B I G A I L . D E V A U X ❞ ⋮♚
xxxxxxxx﹙ (CURIOUS) xx (ENTHUSIASTIC) xx (IMAGINATIVE) ﹚

THERE'S A WILD THING IN ALL OF US. IT LIVES IN OUR PASSIONS
AND THE PEOPLE WE LOVE, IN OUR SUBCONSCIOUS THOUGHTS,
OUR BELIEFS. IT'S EVEN MADE A HOME IN THE DARKEST PARTS OF
US. BUT WE CAN'T BE SCARED OF IT. WE HAVE TO BECOME IT.

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【Ravenclaw xxx 【First Year xxx 【Pure Blood



Letting out a cute giggle at Deaus’s stutter, Abigail just simply nodded. “It is wonderful to meet you too, Deaus. And again, feel free to call me Abi.” She said in a friendly tone. “It looks like we both got sorted here and I’m going to be honest,” Abigail started as she looked from side to side and then back to Deaus. “I don’t really know anyone here and I would love to have a friend. A good friend. Someone to grow with, to have fun with, and to trust.” Abigail paused and looked over the boy once more. From what she saw, this looked like a good decision. If it wasn’t, this would be a lesson for them both. Being as curious as she is, Abigail knew either way would be exciting. “So what do you say we try being friends? I’m sorry to be so straight forward, but I would rather try and find a good friend now over someone later.” She let out another giggle in hopes that she didn’t creep him out.

Oddly enough, Abigail didn’t have very good communication skills. Maggie mentioned that quite often and tried to improve it as best she could. Unfortunately with how wild and curious Abigail was growing up, it just made for a more difficult time teaching this. Abigail did learn a lot from stories she read. Stories that included friends fighting battles and succeeding together. Love, passion, and friendship seemed to be the basis of most of her stories. The most important memory that hit her at this moment was of Maggie standing at the door, hugging her goodbye. On that day, Maggie told her that her first matter of business was to write her immediately, then the next thing to do was find a friend, and finally study, study, study.

Knowing that she would write Maggie later, Abigail focused on the “finding a friend” part. "So. Do you?" She asked once more hoping that Deaus said yes, Abigail awaited his answer with a smile, while secretly holding back a ton of anticipation.

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ȴocation : the ravenclaw table
ɦealth : 100%
ϝeelings : happy, excited, and anxious
ʗompany : deaus and the other ravenclaw students
puppet master : night_crawler_andy


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Xistund

And you don't seem the lying kind
A shame you seemed an honest man
And all the fears you hold so dear



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Seventh Yᴇᴀʀ |Ⅶ| Rᴀᴠᴇɴᴄʟᴀᴡ Prefect |Ⅶ| Hᴀʟғ-Bʟᴏᴏᴅ

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Selina was slightly annoyed having somehow managing to lose track of her boyfriend, and her cousins in the crush of students at the train station, and elected to walk up to the castle, rather than get stuck dealing with the usual collection of prattling younger students. It was a cool night, and the peace and quiet was a welcome respite from the headache-inducing Prefect's Meeting, and the always boisterous start of term feast.

Arriving at the Great Hall, she saw the Sorting was already in full swing with a bumper crop of Slytherins being inducted, and not so many new Ravenclaws. Selina hoped they wouldn't start yet another squabble at the Slytherin Table, as was seeming to be something of a tradition with them. At least the new prefect taking them up wouldn't have so many new First Years to keep track of, she supposed.

Looking around, she saw Hannah was already seated with a knot of her friends at the Hufflepuff Table, and she spotted her friend, Ceri with ... it took Selina a couple moments to realize the tall girl with the really short hairstyle was Antigone, as she was almost unrecognizable otherwise. She doubted Cyrus would even recognize his sister if Selina was having trouble doing so. It gladdened her heart to see her friends were in a good place now, especially after the hellish experience both endured.

Deciding she might as well spend her last Sorting Feast with her own Housemates, Selina went over to the Ravenclaw Table, and found an open space for herself, walking by Grace and Avian as she did, though she figured they'd rather not be bothered by her, as they looked to be deep in conversation. If Layton appeared, she reasoned, he could sit with her for once rather than she joining him. Sitting down, she took out a sketchpad and started work on a drawing she'd started earlier.

OOC: Open for Interaction




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OOC: Taken by Layton Bannister



Will turn to whisper in your ear
and you know I don't mean to hurt you
But you know that it means so much
And you don't even feel a thing

Location: Great Hall - Ravenclaw Table

Grace smiled at Avian’s realisation. It was hard to admit that they were a year apart. Sucked really because next year she wouldn’t see him. How did Wendy and Evander do it? She didn’t know but she wished she had some idea. However, she didn’t and it wasn’t like she was going to ask Mira to find out for her. No, this was something she could deal with on her own. “Yeah, hard to believe sometimes uh?” She said wishing she had of been born a year later.

With the talk about the future, Grace knew her sister wasn’t the surest. If she hadn’t have pushed her it would never have happened like it did. Though she wasn’t going to judge. Her sister and her were never the closest until a few years ago. All it took was a near death experience. “Yes, Leo has her life completely figured out. Mira on the other hand is drifting in the lane of the undecided.” She answered him. “She could have. Though I think she wants to focus on one thing or something like that.” She explained.

“As far as I go, I wanted to do something in law. Though like the rest of my family I changed my mind.” Grace smiled before adding. “I have you to thank for that I guess. After hearing about what you wanted I decided I was going to be a potioneer like my mum.” She was quite sure that was what she wanted to do with her life. Once she took law she found out it wasn’t what she wanted to do after all. “In fact Mira and I are going to be working together. We’re kind of starting our own family business of sorts.” Grace liked the idea, granted it had been her idea.

As they watched the sorting Grace had to do a doubt take. Did she just hear an Avery placed in Gryffindor? That would go over well… “That’s definitely different.” She added her own comment before eventually the last name Mortemer came up. That’s right a Mortemer. Grace’s family may live a rather muggle life for a pureblood family but she wasn’t living under a rock. “Well either we’re both losing our hearing or we both heard right.” She answered him. “From what I know good news doesn’t exactly follow that family.” She added hoping that didn’t mean anything. They didn’t need any bad omens. Not that one family with bad news circling them would cause to much trouble.




Status: Happy / Surprised
With: Fellow Ravenclaws... Avian

Wearing: Ravenclaw Uniform

OOC: Hope my post is okay. Using my neighbours laptop and it's a little funky. I describe it as a laptop wanting to be a tablet.



Lily the Rabbit

And you don't seem the lying kind
A shame you seemed an honest man
And all the fears you hold so dear



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Seventh Yᴇᴀʀ |Ⅶ| Rᴀᴠᴇɴᴄʟᴀᴡ Prefect |Ⅶ| Hᴀʟғ-Bʟᴏᴏᴅ

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After listening to the Headmaster's start of term address, Selina tucked into her meal. She hadn't realized how hungry she was until the aroma of warm food greeted her. Salad and rolls followed by roasted chicken with new potatoes and steamed asparagus, accompanied by a goblet of ice cold pumpkin juice. Now the warmed apple cobbler with vanilla ice cream was a comforting memory, as the Seventh Year relaxed during the feast. Annoyingly, there was one last duty she needed to perform, one which would have been delegated to a younger prefect had one stepped forward to accept it.

Glancing at her watch and then snapping the lid shut, Selina smoothed down her skirt as she rose from her seat, and dinged her goblet to gain the attention of those present. "First Year Ravenclaws," she began. "I am Selina Grey, one of your House prefects, and it is my pleasure to welcome you all to our House, and conduct you up to our Common Room and dormitories. Your luggage has already been taken upstairs, so if you will follow me. Oh, and i would suggest the lot of you stay close to me; it would do to get lost on your first night."


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OOC: Exit to the Grand Staircase




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OOC: Taken by Layton Bannister



Will turn to whisper in your ear
and you know I don't mean to hurt you
But you know that it means so much
And you don't even feel a thing