THEEEEE SOOOOORTIIIINGGGG And Welcome Back Feast

"No, silly! That was years and years and years ago. They're too humane to do that nowadays. People really just blend in in Salem."

Louise frowned. "I would still be wary of it..." She turned her eyes to the ceiling and began to pick out Andromeda. "Very wary."

"Oh, you're just saying 'cause Salem Academy doesn't have an enchanted ceiling." said Bianca, wrinkling her nose at her.

"Muggles aren't nice," she replied simply.

"I think that they're like any other person, because we're all human." Bianca said airily.

Louise looked at her cousin, eyes alight in the projected stars and floating candlelight. "That's so... inspiring!"

"Well. Thanks." said Bianca, looking down at the wrinkled pleats of her skirt, feeling rather uncomfortable.

Matilda went over to the Slytherin table, accepting high-fives and what-have-you. She sat down with some people she had noticed get sorted. "Hi," she said simply.

Bianca turned around to look at Matilda, and she perked up a bit. A fellow first year! A chance to get away from her crazed cousin!

"Hi!" she replied cheerfully.

"I'm Matilda," Matilda says, smiling a bit of a half-smile at Bianca. "Who're you?"

"I am Bianca DiGandi, half-blood, former resident of New York City!" she said for an introduction.

Leah turned to Josiah who was a few seats down the table. "SUP, Josiah!" she yelled with a sharp nod and an approving wink. The two were put in Gryffindor after all.

Dusty was looking around happily, and turned to a short blond boy who had been previously sorted. Dusty's pretty sure the kid's name was Victor. "Hello, I'm Dustin! Atkinson!"

(He's a strawberry blonde 'foo buit okay.)

"Uh, hi." Victor looked at the boy and smiled, looking slightly strained. He wasn't sure if he was ready to make new friends yet, but hey, he might as well just role with it. "I'm Vic-"

"I'm Emily!" Emily had immediately reached over passed her brother, and grabbed Dustin's hand and shook it forcibly. "Have I seen you around before?! I think I saw you in a Muggle poster before in town." Really, Emily had no idea who this boy was. But she had heard some girl whispering about how he was a famous movie actor or something.

[[w.e it's blood either way. XD]]

Dusty looked taken aback. "Y-yes! I'm Dustin Atkinson! But I guess most wizards have no idea who I am... But I've decided to grasp that fact and let it slide." he said smiling back.

Emily laughed along at Dusty, not knowing what he said was a joke or not. But she wanted to create a good first impression at him. "Ah..." she unconsciously touched her braid and smiled at him. "So, are you going to create movies still or not? Are you on hiatus instead? Are you happy you're in Ravenclaw, because I certainly am-"

Victor reached over and elbowed Emily in the side, which she responded to with a yelp. "I think he was talking with me, first." he hissed.

Emily whirled around and glared at him, looking like a snake. "Oh, go talk to someone you can actually compete with." she whispered back, before turning back around, looking sweet like a flower again.

Victor just shrugged. There was no use fighting a losing war, so he turned around to talk with some other boys that were nearby.

Dusty shrugged. "Actually, I don't really have any idea.." he said grinning nervously.

"Well, you'll learn quickly soon enough." Emily patted Dusty's shoulder. "Everyone starts off the same in First Year. It's when you get to around third year you begin to realize how good you real are." she added with a little giggle.

This girl's kinda weird... Dusty though, and nodded politely. "That's great, thanks! Are you and your brother twins?"

"Yes, we are... born on April 12th... I'm the oldest though!" she said proudly.

"Only be a minute!" Victor called out from behind her.

"Whatever, that's one entire minute!"

"I'd rather be younger, you know. It's like, ahhh, I don't know... I'd prefer it, though!"

"What? You don't have any other brothers or sisters?" Emily asked, sounding as though the entire of being an only child was unheard of. "I have six other brother and sisters."

"Whoah, really!? That's a lot.."

"Yeah, I like it sometimes, but other times you just need some breathing space."

"Yeah, I bet you would. But it's nice being an only child."

"Yeah, I bet so. You probably get spoiled rotten, and you're probably EXTRA spoiled because you're famous and all." she said, perhaps a bit more saucily than she intended.