December 21, 2074 11:27 A.M. Starting Over.. Right?

[Lena Storm]

Being very VERY pissed, Lena didn't know what to do! She missed her friends and she hadn't seen nor spoken to any of them for WEEKS! She was getting depressed.. She really missed her friends! She didn't even see her best friend, and the lived in the same room, for Merlin's sake! She didn't like it and she was gonna make a difference. She knew that she couldn't do anything with a empty stomach and seeing as she had just woken up, she went downstairs in hope that they were still serving breakfast.. Not that she minded, Lena had even had dinner for breakfast at home.. But that was just because she was to lazy to get up.. So she went down to the Great Hall and to her disappointment they were serving lunch.

''Great..'' Lena sighed as she plopped down on the bench facing the almost empty Gryffindor Table. Lena remembered when it used to be so full she and her best friend took shifts going down first to save seats for each other.. ''Anyway..'' The brunette sighed again. She started filling her plate and instead of her cup being filled with pumpkin juice, it was milk. She smiled, grateful that the house-elves remembered she preferred milk.. She smiled at a few Gryffindors that walked past her and looked around at the rest of the houses. She saw that they weren't as full as they used to be. Lena took a sip from her milk and placed it back on the table, pushing her food around with her fork.

She was almost done and decided to have an orange. She was about to reach for one when a hand appeared to stop her just in time she reached for an orange. The hand picked up the orange and held it out in front of her. She followed the arm to the person it belonged to. She looked up at the person towering over her and a huge grin spread across her face.

[Lily Ellis]

Lily's hands were deep in her pockets and she walked with her shoulders hunched, looking wearily around as she entered the Great Hall. She stood in the entrance for a few moments, a frown on her face, as she looked at the dwindling number of people in the vicinity. It had been almost unnoticeable at first, Lily thought, as she recalled the time almost a year ago. Hogwarts had been full of people but slowly, very slowly, even they began to leave. Where to? She wasn't particularly sure about that. Perhaps to other wizarding schools around the world. Lily, being her observant self, had noticed the beginning, but really. What was there to do now?

Whats done is done. She thought dejectedly as she let her gaze travel from the almost empty Hufflepuff table to the table where the Gryffindors were seated. Lily was about to turn away before she spotted something which made her eyes light up. Someone she actually recognized! From this distance, she was perfectly sure as to who it was and she slowly made her way to the Gryffindor table, a wide grin on her face. Lily reached the Gryffindor table just as the person's hand was halfway towards a basket of oranges. She quickly extended her hand and daintily picked up an orange, letting it rest in the very middle of her palm as she shot Lena a lopsided grin, her eyes sparkling with amusement.

[Lena Storm]

"Oh my god!'' Lena practically screamed, standing up to hug the girl. She hadn't seen any of her friends for a long time and she was thrilled to see Lily. She pulled back with her grin still intact, pushed her skirt under her and sat down once more on the bench. She noticed some other students staring at her, she glared at then. Once they all turned their attention back to their own business, Lena turned to take the orange, still on Lily's palm, and began peeling it. ''Sit!'' She said happily and accidentally pressing to hard into the orange, causing some of the juice to get into her eye. Cursing she grabbed a napkin and started dabbing her right eye with it. Cursing was one of the bad habits Lena had picked up on, she never used to curse, now it was like breathing for her. She shook her head and put down the napkin, turning to Lily.

''So how have you been doing, Lil?'' She asked the brunette. Didn't she used to be blond? Lena thought..It hasn't been that long, surely I do remember she was blond! Huh, maybe she dyed it.. Everyone els does.. erm.. that.. Lena saddened when she thought of the person that dyed their her the most. She really did miss everyone, especially her best friend! She was gonna owl her and demand her to come back, no matter what the hell she was doing where she was doing it! She didn't realized that out of her frustration she had put almost half of the orange in her mouth. She splutter and coughed. ''Crap!'' She managed to choke out. She slowly chewed and swallowed the orange and the drank some water. ''Never mind me..'' Lena said wiping her eyes. ''Tears from almost choking to death..'' She joked and turned her attention back to Lily.

[OOC: Sorry for the late response, didn't know what to do ]

[Ashley Robbins]

OOC: If you do not want me here, just say the word, and I'll delete! Just wanted to hop in somewhere and get restarted~

Heels were heard as a Japanese-American climbed the steps of Hogwarts, and the sight of her dressed in a knee-length, plaid dress would have made many heads turn. But instead, she was already pulling her robes on over them, flipping back her blondish-brown hair with ease as she entered the Great Hall. Ashley Robbins had just returned from a visit to her grandmother's in Japan, and was now ready to start up again at Hogwarts.

Come to think of it, she had missed more school at Hogwarts than she had been there. That didn't matter to her. Staring at the Great Hall, Ashley smiled happily. It was like returning home from a weekend at a best friend's house. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, taking in the great smells that filled the air - the aroma of different foods on the four house tables. She saw a few Slytherins, and frowned. Sad. Hogwarts was more empty than she thought it was. Entering the Great Hall fully, Ashley took care to not ruin how she was walking and trip over the cobbled floor, walking between her table and, well, she couldn't tell if it was Gryffindor this time, or Hufflepuff. Whichever the case, she smiled at everyone, then raised an eyebrow.

"That you, Lena?" she asked, stopping and watching her choke on an orange. Ashley raised an eyebrow, stepping closer to the table, and then looked at the girl next to her. "And I think I might know you as well... It's been so long I barely remember anyone's face!"