Group Introductions

The rest of the introductions went along well. Jasper Court went next and he was truly a Hufflepuff. He explained how he spent his summers teaching magical children around his area to fly and basic potioneering. He liked to travel but rarely had the money to. He had a sister who was prefect in the same year as Chester the alumni. Jasper himself, was in his fifth year but was dating a fourth year puff. When Quinn inspected him, he seemed like an alright kind of guy. And his looks were completely fine. Short blonde hair bleached by the summer sun, brown eyes and a pronounced chin. A bit of a round face and an upturned nose but it was perfectly fine, kind of cute really if you're into that kind of thing. Quinn would have to remember him since he was in his year. "What electives do you have Jasper?"

"Care for magical creatures and runes, why?" Quinn's eyes lit up as he answered "Then I'll be seeing you in those at least! I could use some help with the creatures, I've been dealing with a very limited amount of different creatures the last few years." Jasper put his hand out and Quinn hit it. "Of course! I'll take care of it!"

With that they moved on to Violet Brown. She proclaimed to have a younger sister who joined her in Gryffindor last year called Lavender, a wonderful naming scheme there. She was a rather bubbly girl, who loudly proclaimed her love of catching the latest gossip. To prove this she said something about each person around the table. "I've heard that Jasper had a major crush on Professor Sinistra, and that she's well aware." The guy blushed intensely and she moved on. "I've heard that Priscilla and Ben hooked up just before summer break but it didn't turn out great" with a rather audible growl from Priscilla, Violet moved on. "I've heard that Quinn passed his DADA NEWT by using a completely new spell to detain werewolves." He raised an eyebrow and nodded to confirm it. She continued. "I thought it was a joke at your brother's expense at first but hearing that you've completed your NEWTs brought some validity to the rumour."

"Finally I've heard that Percy and Penelope dated all of last year but kept it a secret." Penelope's eyes widened and Violet continued. "I was a bit surprised that it took me this long to find out, but there it is!" It was completely quiet before Priscilla half-shouted "Please tell me that's a joke Penny.." Penelope furrowed her brows and crossed her arms. "Why? He's a wonderful guy! He at least appreciates me for me, instead of what my father has." It appears these were rough spots on both girls as they instantly glared at each other and the magic was palpable in the air but then Quinn added. "So that's why!"

The girls took a few breaths and promised to pick that conversation up in private. Penelope, still rather annoyed, questioned him. "Why, what?" He smiled at her. "Why Percy's been glaring at me ever since I came close to you. You should have seen the look on his face when you waved me over to sit next to you earlier." he chuckled at what he saw. Then Priscilla lit up with a thought "That's probably why he tried that thing with the robes as well even though it's still summer break!" They chuckled together but Penelope seemed to go into herself a little until Quinn put an arm around her shoulder. "What's the matter? He's just jealous. Who wouldn't when they saw someone like me sit so close to their girlfriend?" He jokingly played with his eyebrows and Priscilla burst out a laugh.

Soon the rest of the table joined in to a lesser degree and finally Penelope laughed as well. What a clang there was to that laugh. He stopped laughing and just looked at the girl he had his arm around with contentment. He gave her a final squeeze around the shoulder before removing his arm, and sat down just a bit away to give her her personal space back. Then he looked at Violet. "I think you proved your capabilities, why don't we move on to the next?" They all nodded as they didn't want more rumours about them to spread.

Priscilla stepped up to the imaginate podium. Internally Quinn wondered if she was actually a princess and the name was just a poor way of disguising it. "I'm Priscilla Travers, second in line to the noble house of Travers. Not my proudest achievement I'll have you know." She winked at them which put Quinn and Jasper at ease. The Travers family wasn't one known for being very friendly, especially to those of less than pristine birth. Which means all who aren't able to prove their 'purity' countless generations down.

"I became Head Girl from my own hard work and don't let anyone tell you otherwise!" Seems like she's got a few rumours, Quinn decided to pick those up later..Or talk to her about them. "If you look for me in the castle you'll probably find me outside and probably reading a book you haven't even heard of. I don't appreciate being interrupted so make sure I'm either in a good mood or aware of your presence before you speak." She seems to be aware that Quinn will come looking for her as she looked at him when she said this. He just returned her gaze with a grin. "I like spells with a variety of uses, those with only one are barely worth learning. Why learn a specific spell to transform a cauldron into a sieve when you could just use the standard incantation but with a bit more concentration?" She seemed to have prepared a speech for some occasion.

She looked over to Ben, the head Boy. "I did have something going on with Ben before but..I'm free currently." After that, it felt like she stared right into his soul again. Her gaze sent pleasant shivers down his spine. Quinn would have to watch himself around her. Wouldn't want to completely lose himself to teenage hormones after all. "Last year during the prefect kick-off I met one of my absolute best friends." For this she wrapped her arms around Penelope who despite their previous little quarrell hugged the woman back. "Let's hope I meet someone interesting this year as well!"

Before Penelope got started with her introduction, Jasper leaned in towards Quinn and whispered. "Did you put something in her drink or something? I don't know if I've seen her like this before, and I have known her since I was five." Quinn just shook his head "I don't know. Ever since I mentioned my NEWTs she's been giving me this look. Any clue?" Jasper whispered back "Not really, but I'll find out. The only reason I could guess would be that her father has set very strict limitations on who she's allowed to go out with. Perhaps you meet those criteria.." Quinn raised an eyebrow "I'm the son of a squib and a muggle of little importance..Doubt Travers sr. would want anything to do with me" Then Priscilla cleared her throat. "If you boys are done whispering, we have one person remaining." With a sheepish grin, they stopped whispering.

She cleared her throat. "I'm Penelope Clearwater, sixth year Ravenclaw. Apparently you all know that I'm dating Percy now..so I'm not free like some others." She blushed slightly. "I love charms and transfigurations, it's where you can truly see the wonders of magic." All of a sudden she lost any hesitation and got into it. "All other branches seem so limited but with charms, your mind is the limit. You can do practically anything and it can affect your everyday life in tremendous ways! Transfiguration can just as easily be used for anything really, any need. Except to quench thirst and hunger of course. And then being able to alter them exactly to your needs using arithmancy" She almost let out a small squeal, but of course didn't. "It's what makes magic, magic...Anyway." Penelope gathered herself. "I enjoy reading muggle fiction and spend some of my time trying to write some small books of my own."

That last bit was said a bit more timidly as if she didn't have much confidence in it but Quinn went in. "Wonderful! I hope you'll let me read some later! Fiction is always a bit of fun, is it for the magical world or the muggle one?" She was a bit stunned at his encouragement but answered nonetheless "I'd love to write for both. There's no reason a magical story can't be read by a muggle after all. As long as I don't charm their pages of course." Quinn nodded and soon their introductions were finished.

A/N: Some OC, some not. No OC families though. All are connected to someone from canon. I know some don't like things like this but I think Quinn has to get to know a couple of people there, and things like this is always done at a kick off. I'm going to take inspiration from my introduction period into college (and introductions into certain groups). You'll probably see the resemblance more later on.