Emaleigh Pierce's Story

"Hello, new witches and wizards, and welcome to a new year. I am your Headmaster, you can call me Mr. Utelias. I know for sure this year will be a great year, and I sure do expect great things from our first years." Felix looks around the room to see everyone already starting to get extremely bored.

"There's nothing else required I have to say, and it seems as you young fellow aren't interested and want to cut straight to sorting, so let's get to it!" Felix signals Ms. McGonagall to come over with the Sorting Hat, to begin sorting the children into their houses.

"Now now children, first come first serve, who is up first?" Felix chuckles as kids start to line up.

The Headmaster steps down from the pedestal, observing some students, he suddenly observes a wand starting to glow by the Gryffindor Table. He shakes his head, and begins to walk over to the student that cast the spell. Felix places his hand down on her shoulder. "Now now, I don't think this is something you should be drinking, now is it?" Felix takes the goblet and takes a sip of the rum. "Not bad, but please take note, you are forbidden to use magic in the dining hall young lady, don't let me see it again....5 points off Gryffindor." Felix walks back to the front of the dining room to chat with some of the teachers.

The Headmaster walks up to Alexander and Emaleigh, feeling nervous about some of these students. "Please make sure, you're at least a bit cautious with the first-years, some of them might be of some trouble.. considering rules have already been broken so fast, but I may just be jumping ahead." Felix noticed he was still holding the goblet that held the rum, he took another sip and headed off to his office, to do some paperwork that he's been procrastinating for a while.

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Vladmir had began feasting on the food, he was absolutely amazed. "How could magic make so much amazing food just appear like this?" Vladmir continues to eat various items, trying not to eat to much of one thing so he can try as many different foods as he can, until he sees a random flash of light across all of the tables. "Is that the Gryffindor table casting magic?" Vladmir rolls his eyes until he notices the Headmaster walking over to their table, and he starts chuckling knowing Gryffindor is gonna get it. He watches up at the headmaster, waiting for him to start blessing out on them, when yet instead, he just takes the rum and drinks it! "How ridiculous!" Vladmir continues to eat when he suddenly hears Katilyn say something back to him.

Katilyn had mentioned how she just needs to prove how great Slytherin can be. Vladmir smirked at this comment, knowing in his heart that Slytherin is the best house in Hogwarts. "Well I'll help you prove just how great we can be then." Vladmir states after finishing a bite of Ham. Vladmir's stomach turned, trying to figure out how to talk to Katilyn, he felt really confident, but he didn't know how to get her interest. "So.. how do you feel about Hogwarts so far Katilyn?" Vladmir manages to ask looking back over at her.

Emaleigh was eating quietly, pleased to have begun her second year as a Hogwarts professor. Sure she was a young, newly employed witch, but she was definitely capable of her job. She began cutting her food into tiny minuscule squares as she noticed one of the students, a Gryffindor named Addison, preforming magic. She quirked an eyebrow, deciding to merely spectate considering that Headmaster Utelias already stood to handle the matter. Apparently she made the water into an alcoholic beverage, seeing as the headmaster confiscated the drink from the student. It brought a smile to her face, and quiet laughter. She couldn't remember how many times Dumbledore caught her doing the exact same thing. She slowly ate, watching the students curiously. She recently acquired the title of Ravenclaw's Headmistress. The thought brought her attention to Cyrus, Willow, and Casey. They were three of the interesting children. She hoped those three would prove promising. She'd have to keep a close eye on all three.

The Headmaster approached her and Alexander, one of her fellow teachers and voiced his concerns about the first year students, she nodded, wiping her mouth with a napkin quickly, "Yes sir." She smiled confidently, "I'll give them the benefit of the doubt as always, but as for your concerns.. I'll definitely keep them in mind." She added, expecting the best out of each and every one of them despite their rough start, even the Slytherin children. After the Headmaster left, she looked over to Alexander, "What classes do you teach this year? I've got Charms and Astronomy." She took a careful bite, looking at her own goblet. What I wouldn't do for some rum at this point.. She thought, almost sighing to herself. Wine would be even better.. She thought, green eyes shifting back to her colleague. She brushed some of her red hair behind her ears, looking to the students with a brighter smile. They were the reason she kept from drinking. She wanted to watch each and every single one of them become great witches and wizards. If she was drinking she'd miss their progress, she didn't want to let any of her students down. It scared her thinking that she could miss a chance to keep a student from becoming a dark wizard. Of course Voldemort was gone, but new evils always surfaced in the real world. She wasn't about to pretend that Hogwarts would live in this state of peace forever. If she could convince one student to remain on the good side, then in her mind she'd accomplished her job as a teacher at Hogwarts.

Alex was eating his way through a filet, complaining internally that it wasn't to the temperature that he desired. He noticed a student casting magic, and just chuckled remembering when he was a student at Hogwarts. He saw Felix pick up the goblet and drink it himself, and tilted his head of confusion. "Her older brother probably taught her how to do that.." Alex chuckled to himself again as he continued eating his steak. Alex was nervous though, since the drastic loss in professors Alex is now teaching more than one class and is the head of the Slytherin House. The Slytherin students didn't look all that bad this year, though he did notice that a Weasley was placed into Slytherin this year, but at least from what he could see, she was making friends with some other students already. Alex looked over at Emaleigh, seeing her amusement towards Felix confiscating Addison's drink. He was fixing up to say something, until it was interrupted by Felix confronting them and explaining his concerns about the first-years. He listens to Emaleigh's remark to it then adds in, "I guess I can be a little more responsible this year."

After the Headmaster left, Emaleigh asked Alexander what classes he'll be teaching this year. "Potions and Defense against the Dark Arts." Alex states exchanging eye contact with Emaleigh. She then put her hair behind her ear and gave off this just beautiful smile, Alex began to just stare like the whole world was slowing down, but snapped out of it. "Did she see that?" Alex silently thought in his head. Alex began to brainstorm some creative ways as to how he will start off his lessons for the year, while continuing to observe the new student's behavior around the dining hall.

Emma laughed, nodding her head, "Perhaps.." She spoke aloud, though it was mostly Emma talking to herself. She paid close attention to each of her students. Casey Andrews, caught her eyes particularly. She was one of the children that caught her interest out of all the students in Ravenclaw. She was different from other girls, her style alone screamed originality. Emma had been a Ravenclaw herself, so she guessed it only seemed suited she was to be the headmistress of Ravenclaw house. She looked to Alex, a bit curious as to why he was chosen to be head of Slytherin. Was he a Slytherin student himself..? She pondered, carefully stealing glances at him out of the corner of her eye. She didn't want to be caught, by him, nor her students. She wished to avoid the start of rumors of any nature. Though she was completely oblivious to the fact that Alex had been staring at her mere moments before! Felix was going a little to easy on the first years in her opinion, but it wasn't her choice in how the Headmaster decided to punish the students for their indiscretions. Taking a few bites of her food, her olive orbs landed on one of the students in Slytherin house, Vladmir.. She could sense the darkness in the boy, the girl he was sitting beside.. they were like Yin and Yang. She felt obvious concern for the Weasley, wondering if the dark child beside her would taint the bright child. Sure it wasn't her house to be concerned with.. she still felt anxious.. Turning her gaze to Hufflepuff, she smiled a little at the friendly children all eager to make friends. Though the boys seemed a little more hesitant and shy..

Lastly, her eyes fell on Gryffindor, the surprisingly troublesome house this year. Not an hour into the school year and they'd already had points docked. She decided to watch the Gryffindor girl quite closely. She wasn't getting away with her antics under Emaleigh's watch. Horseplay will not do.. I won't have it in my classroom.. They'll do best to figure that out sooner rather than later.




Katilyn swallowed a bite of her roll, tilting her head curiously. She'd never actually thought of herself as unique, actually she found herself to be quite boring. She turned her gaze away nervously, struggling for a reply. Come on Katilyn, it's a compliment, take it! Don't be rude! She scolded herself, blue eyes darting along the table, as if looking for something else to eat, despite the fact that her meal only consisted of rolls thus far, "Y-you think so?" Was all she could manage to reply with, taking a quite gulp of pumpkin juice as an excuse to avoid speaking for a few more seconds..

"You're a boy. Your metabolism can manage through it." She replied, small laughter escaping through her fingers, having attempted to silence it before it begun. Then the obvious questions arose. Hermione, Ron, Harry would soon begin as well she assumed. She straightened up in her seat, running a hand through her red hair as she prepared to address his curiosity.

"Yes. Hermione is my aunt by marriage to uncle Ron. Harry's my uncle by marriage to aunt Ginny.. I've got famous Gryffindor blood everywhere I turn.." She replied back, taking another sip of her juice. Right now speaking of her family was almost painful. She could already imagine their disappointment. She'd have to tell them soon, but she couldn't fathom writing the letter. "George Weasley is my father.. and my mother died when I was born.." She finished her second roll, wiping her mouth with a napkin neatly before sticking to the pumpkin juice. He mother surprisingly was an easier topic for Katilyn. She never met her so she wasn't exactly sad about the fact that she was dead. How could she miss someone she never met? Besides, her father was awesome.. I just want.. to be as good of a witch as mother..