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"Normal is good," Kat said with a nod. "My summer was fantastic! My new family is so amazing! Me and Ari spent so much time together and then the week we didn't see each other, my parents took me to Egypt! I'd never been there before. It was so cool." She sighed, remembering her summer. "Oh, Ari, my parents wanted me to invite you to come to China with us next year."

We're going at it tonight, tonight
There's a party on the rooftop top of the world
Tonight, tonight and we're dancing on the edge of the Hollywood sign
I don't know if I'll make it but watch how good I'll fake it
It's all right, all right, tonight, tonight

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Chase could tell Kat was ecstatic with her new family. Knowing her old one, he was glad that the new family suited her so well, and provided her with the comfort of a real home. "It must've been awesome," Chase commented. The middle east was a region the boy wasn't familiar with. But seeing how Kat enjoyed herself so much, he felt the need to find out more about the countries.

Ronyo laughed a bit as Tammy looked to think about her younger days at Hogwarts. The white haired boy thought about his own early days at the school and smiled on the good memories. Being young had its perks but also its restriction when it came to trying things and having freedoms. It was still a nice feeling to not worry about anything other than what went on in the school, those notions would be nice to have for a few moments. As the blonde pulled her hood up in a mock hero like tone as she asked her question Ronyo took a hand and covered her eyes like a director looking for a shot.

"Eh, you have the lips and chin for it I suppose. I don't know, could you pull off the whole secret identity part? A super-hero in a wizarding world sounds kind of unnecessary though, I mean everyone is a superhero really right?" Ronyo smiled as he enjoyed the conversation that had no precedence on the present moment, just something fun and silly to talk about, until he noticed the larger swarm of first years looking like lost sheep, "I think I had best get to work, this Head Boy thing is going to get me all kinds of trouble I think lol. I'm going to keep these newbies from hurting themselves before the caretaker shows up."

Ronyo smiled and nodded to Tammy as he moved back into the sea of young boys and girls and made his way to the spot where the caretaker usually gathered them up around. If he could get their attention now it would be less trouble to get them all moving off to the boats, and Ronyo could always apparate close enough to the castle to still be on time with the others. He found a nice rock to stand on given he was not the tallest seventeen year old and brought out his Ash and Blackwood wands to create lights with so they could see him, if the two wands didn't get their attention he could always try the dragon...but he didn't want to scare any of the skittish first years.

"Hello all you first years! I'm Ronyo Storm, Head Boy this year at Hogwarts! Now the Caretaker will be down in just a minute to take you where you need to go but if you could gather over here near me it will be a lot faster! I can try and answer any questions you may have until the Caretaker gets here if need be! Returning students you all know what to do, and for the second years follow the others or find Jane Doyle, she is this year's Head Girl!"

Damien offered Dominic a brief nod and a small, if strained, smile, when the boy joined them. As Marina and Nell discussed their punishments for being involved in the events that took place over the summer, Damien listened, mildly horrified. The two of them could have gotten themselves killed, after all. He couldn't imagine... or, he supposed he could, thinking back. After all, they had jumped into action to save their friend. Marina and he had basically hated each other when they'd almost died, and he had saved her then. He sighed. He was thankful to be mostly past that whole ordeal. And, Professor Amata had been right, there'd been nothing that either of them could have done differently to prevent it. He glanced at Dom. "I can't believe all of this happened over the summer and I'm just now hearing about it. I mean, aside from your letter, Marina. I knew my parents didn't bother with the news most of the time, but this seems like a bit of a big deal."

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Ada giggled. "I'm just teasing, Michelle. Mostly." When their head boy made his announcement, she glanced at her friend. "This is exciting. Third years. What electives did you pick, by the way?" Ada was still terrified that she had Michelle would have no lessons together.

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Chase blushed. "Wha- N-No!" The boy stammered. Of course, this would make him look suspicious. Honestly, he didn't know how to respond. And he didn't know why he was so flustered for. Perhaps it was the image of a particular girl popping into his mind as Katrina asked the question. Or maybe he was just so unused to being asked such private question that his mind went blank.