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Jack Blank

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Feeling: Messed up inside, but hiding it, slightly amused
Where I am: The Great Hall
What I'm doing: talking to Dhyl and Heather
Who I'm with: Dhylan and Heather
Love interest: Gracie

Kat shook her head. "Next year we can," she said, mournfully. She noticed that Ariana was also talking to another girl finally, and took her attention partially off Ari. "Hey, I'm Katrina," she said, looking up from the table at Veronica.

Ｗｅａｒｉｎｇ // Outfit
Ｍｏｏｄ // Happy, a tiny bit sad
Ｗｉｔｈ // Hufflepuffs
Ｌｏｃａｔｉｏｎ // Hufflepuff table
Ｔｈｅｍｅ // Perfect Harmony

Anyanka Swan, the Headmistress here at Hogwarts, nodded to Professor Evernight as she finished the Sorting and then rose from her seat. She moved to the podium and the owl spread its wings, ushering the room into silence. She smiled at all of the faces focusing on her. "Hello everyone. For those of you who were newly Sorted, I am Headmistress Swan. And to those of you who already know me, I say welcome back. This year will prove to be an exciting one. I expect all of you to compete for the House Cup and earn your House honor. I would like to remind all students that the Forbidden Forest is off limits to all students. And remember students what a wise man once said, he said, 'help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who need it.' Now, let us enjoy our Welcoming Feast!" With that, she clapped her hands and the food appeared on the tables.

Adalaide frowned a little, her face showing sympathy. Whatever the boggart had done to him, it had clearly made him fear them more than most people did. Adalaide couldn't really relate to that; people terrified her, but creatures and things like that were more interesting than scary. Of course, had her father not found the boggart before her, she couldn't say that she wouldn't be afraid of it as well. "Wasn't anyone there to help you?" Her father would have let the thing take his right arm before he'd let it set its sights on her; and he'd never left her in a position where she'd been vulnerable to something like that. So why hadn't someone been there to protect Edward? In her concern, she lost a bit of her nervousness, managing to speak a complete sentence without stuttering. She didn't notice; she was too busy wondering why Edward had been near enough a boggart for it to have scared him so badly.

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Adalaide frowned. That was awful! Alone, for three hours, with a boggart! It must have been terrifying. She decided that she needed to change the subject. He was clearly getting very upset. But, what could they talk about? She didn't know anything about him, except that he was afraid of boggarts, and that he was in Hufflepuff with her... perhaps that would be a good topic? She knew a lot of students had been discussing the sorting beforehand, and she thought she might have heard a few talking about it now that it was over. She helped herself to some of the feast, finally satisfying her empty stomach, almost moaning in happiness at the first bite of food. "So, um, Edward, um, did you, uh, expect to, you know, um, be a uh, Hufflepuff?" She took another bite, and then sipped her pumpkin juice. "I uh, I wanted to. Be a Hufflepuff, I mean. But, um, I thought that, maybe, um, the hat might put me in Ravenclaw. Um... my uh, my whole family, they're almost all Ravenclaws. My dad, and his parents, and my grandfather's father and both my grandmother's parents. And my mom's sister was a Ravenclaw, too. She's muggleborn, um... I mean, my mom is a muggle, and her parents are too... that's uh, that's how she met my dad. Cuz her sister, my Aunt Hanna, she's a witch. But, my dad, his sister was in Gryffindor... but, I didn't think I would make a very good Gryffindor, I wanted to be in Hufflepuff. I'm, uh... I'm not very brave. Or smart." Her voice fell a little when she finally said aloud the fears that she'd had before she'd been sorted. Honestly, she still felt that way. Of course the hat wasn't going to tell her that she was stupid, or a coward. And honestly, she didn't really think she was stupid per say, just not very smart. She was average. Adalaide blushed when she realized she'd just rambled on about her family. She'd meant to distract him from how upset he'd been, and instead she'd just told him all about her family. She was sure he didn't care, hadn't wanted to hear all of that. But, it was too late to stop herself now. Her blush deepened; she hadn't even told Michelle she was afraid that she wasn't worthy of her father's house. Why had she told him? Although, she supposed it was only fair; she knew that he was afraid of the boggart, so why shouldn't he know what she was afraid of?

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Adalaide helped herself to a roll, frowning a little. She supposed it shouldn't come as a surprise that she wasn't the only one who'd been worried about what house she'd be in, but she was nonetheless. He seemed really upset about being a Hufflepuff, whereas she was glad to be one, despite her fears that it meant she wasn't good enough for another house. "Not being in Ravenclaw isn't the end of the world. I mean... it doesn't mean you're not smart. My dad told me that not being in a house didn't mean you lacked the characteristics of it, it just means that they aren't your most defining traits. I mean... I don't think I'm stupid or anything. And, I'm sure you're not either. Just... maybe our brains aren't the most special thing about us." She tilted her head to one side, taking another bite of her roll. What had he meant, it must be nice knowing your family? Did he not know his? That was so sad! "Is it just you and your dad? At home, I mean?" That seemed like the nicest way to ask. Adalaide had grown up surrounded by her family; she couldn't imagine what it would be like to lose any of them. Even her mother's family, who she didn't see as much, was still very much a part of her life. Between him and Michelle, she was starting to think that she was the only one here with a full, normal family. Even Damien's family wasn't normal. He had a mother and father, but they didn't really seem to like each other much. Damien had once told her that they slept in separate rooms. That seemed really sad to her. Her parents loved each other so much that just being away while her dad was at work was hard for them; how could the Edgeworths not be that way? But then, Mr. Edgeworth was a hateful man, and she was sure that, underneath her prim attitude, Mrs. Edgeworth was no better. So they probably hated each other, too. She took another bite of her roll, her eyes thoughtful, waiting on Edward's response.

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Edward frowned slightly. "It's not that I'm upset over being in Hufflepuff....I just dont want to let my dad down....I'm happy as anything....except Slytherin that is..." He blinked as he thought about it, he had always been very bright, but he didn't really care about how smart he was. Then we Adalaide asked about his family he made a grimacing face. Then he sighed slightly. "Yeah..I've never known my grandparents, or my aunts and uncles. My mom died when I was born...and her family doesn't "approve of our kind"...." He looked quite sad as he said this. He had been alone except his dad most of his life. His father's friends visited occasionally, but not often. He didn't have any friends his self either, so he was still alone while his father was away. He decided he was think of home too much, because he started missing his father. He began eating slowly.