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Akina, Michelle, Steve and John had a great time on the Hogwarts Express, playing exploding snap and pigging out on candy. They talked and joked all the way through their carriage ride to Hogwarts.
"-oh my gosh! You should have seen his face! Hey! What's that commotion over there?" Michelle stopped in the middle of her story, everyone poked their heads out of the carriage windows. Peeves was throwing water bombs down at everyone.
"The familiar sight of mischief!" Steve exclaimed dramatically, just as Peeves flew over to them.
"Hey! Glad to see you troublemakers around again!" Peeves threw two water bombs down at them, completely drenching all four students, "that's my welcoming gift to you guys. Have fun!" And with that, he flew over to drop water bombs on other people, while Professor McGonagall came dashing over.
"Which reminds me, I brought a couple water balloons. Filled them up on the train and placed an unbreakable charm on them. They're here in my bag." Steve said, shaking the water out of his fine blond hair like a large dog. He rummaged through his backpack and handed each of them a water balloon.
"Just brilliant! But it's raining outside, and Peeves had already gotten anyone within our firing zone wet." John said, tapping the water balloon in his hand with his wand and removing the unbreakable charm, "pretty cool, where'd you get them?"
"Corner store beside your house. I was planning on creating a little flood in the Entrance Hall."
"Sounds like a plan, can't wait 'til we get there!" Michelle said. They've never missed out on a chance to have some fun.
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Rick sat down at the HufflePuff table, beside his best friend Sam. He glanced around, Akina wasn't anywhere in sight.
"Where are Professor McGonagall and Hagrid?" Rick asked.
"Reckon Hagrid is still trying to get the first years across the lake, with a storm like that. McGonagall is supervising Akina and her gang cleaning up the mess they've made in the Entrance Hall.
"So that's where she was then." Rick sighed, "I can't seem to keep her out of my mind."
"What did you say?" Sam asked, half-heartedly.
"Oh, nothing." Rick glanced out to the Entrance Hall. There she was, cleaning up the mess, laughing and joking with her friends, Michelle, Steve and John. He'd trade in anything to be there with her, even his prized possession, a set of Wizard's Chess, given to him as a birthday present by Sam. Rick adored his Chess set, however since his family only had Pounds, trading it into Wizard money was expensive and they could only afford so much for Rick.
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Professor McGonagall led the nervous first years into the Great Hall. Rick watched as Akina and her friends sneaked over to the Ravenclaw table, where their friends had saved seats for them.
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"Ackerley, Stewart!"
"Ravenclaw!"
Cheers exploded at the Ravenclaw table. Steve and John gave the first year a friendly pat on the back.
"First Ravenclaw of the year!" Michelle said. They cheered as other kids joined Ravenclaw table.
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"I have only two words for you," Dumbledore said, "Tuck in."
Food appeared on all their plates, Steve and John started stuffing themselves.
Stewart looked around at the Gryffindor table.
"Say, is that the famous Harry Potter?" he asked Michelle.
"Ah, yes. That kid. And over here is the famous Akina Kyto, if you get on the good side of her, nothing is impossible." Michelle announced.
"Oh please!" Akina said, half-heartedly poking Michelle.
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Rick looked up from his plate, there she was. In her circle of friends, like a goddess standing out in a crowd of mortals. He sighed, she'd never like him back. He was just a mere nobody, even Christine dumped him for Sam. He never mentioned how upset he was about it to Sam.
"Then again," Rick thought to himself, "I suppose it won't hurt to at least try to be friends with Akina this year. Even if she won't like me back ,she'll know that I exist."
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The rest of the meal passed without much excitement. Or actually, what was considered excitement to Akina. While the rest of the school listened attentively to Dumbledore, Akina was just calmly applying her new nail polish that her sister gave her, ignoring the stern looks that Professor Flitwick gave her.
There obviously had been the talk about Triwizard tournament, and the fact that there was no Quidditch Cup means that her friends won't bug her to go to the tryouts. She was good at Quidditch of course, like everything else, but it just didn't seem like her thing. Alastar Moody had made his appearance, but all this stuff about Triwizard and Moody were all known to her beforehand, having a dad working in the Ministry of Magic had its advantages.
After a while Dumbledore was finally done. Akina, with her newly polished nails, joined her friends in the Entrance Hall to socialize. She wandered around for a bit, saying hi to her friends, greeting the first years warmly. She had basically taken on a job as their official representative of some sort. She finally joined Michelle, Fred and George Weasley as they talk about trying to enter the Triwizard tournament.
"You know, what I really am interested in is whether there will be any hot guys from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons to flirt with." Michelle whispered to Akina.
"Oh you think we're not hot enough for you girls?" Steve and John suddenly jumped up from behind them, with a fake hurt look on their faces.
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Rick and Sam slowly walked out to the Entrance Hall. Rick paused for a sec, but seeing that Akina was amidst her crowd of friends, decided to wait until some other time to start talking to her.
"Oh well," Rick sighed as he and Sam made their way to the dormitory, "I'll have a whole year to do that. Better write a letter to mom before she freaks out and thinks that someone kidnapped me."
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Dear Sis,
I'm having a great time here at Hogwarts. I don't know whether dad told you already, but there's going to be a Triwizard tournament here at Hogwarts this year. Too bad it couldn't have been last year, or you surely could have entered, and won! Thankfully due to the Triwizard tournament there won't be a Quidditch cup, so Michelle and them won't be bugging me to try out for a position. Well I have to go to the party, tradition as you know. Talk to you later sis!
Love you3, Akina
Akina tied the letter to her snow white owl, Arum, gave her a piece of owl treat and watched her fly out into the stormy sky. She went back to the common room and up to the seventh year girl's dormitory for their usual first day late night party.
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