ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[lily marie evans]

Lily sighed, walking along the river bank. It had been a few days since she arrived in Narnia, and still didn't quite understand it. She and Ginny had - thankfully - been able to find someone on the island to help them, but they didn't speak much: probably afraid of these odd foreigners. But that still didn't explain why Ginny had met her. They were from different eras; Ginny was her daughter in law. Of course, Lily also didn't know how all of Hogwarts got sucked into a locket that James opened and got transported into Narnia. Now that she knew where she was. Lily was still wearing her Hogwarts robes - one item of clothing she was not willing to part with. It reminded her that somehow she would get out of her and get back to her own land, where she belonged. Her wand was tucked away in her robes, which were over her pair of jeans and t-shirt that she had been wearing when she arrived. It was washed, but Lily couldn't find anything as practical as that. Maybe later she would buy a dress. But with what? This place didn't seem to accept Galleons, and even if they did, she didn't have much on her.

Glancing down into the river, she noticed that it was crystal clear. It seemed cold, but also soft. The water was glassy, touches of white indicating where the current picked up. And it wasn't hot out, but it wasn't exactly too cold for a swim either... No. Who knew who or what was lurking around here, and being stripped to her undergarments in the cold didn't exactly seem like a safe thing to do. On that train of thought, she could do with a bath... maybe if she went in with her clothes on... No again. She'd just be frigid when she got out. The bath would just have to wait. Besides, who would see her like this? She hadn't seen James or any of the others since she got that first faceful of Narnian sand, and it was beginning to worry her. This place seemed pretty large, and she may never find them! But Lily wouldn't give up. She wanted to find at least one of her friends - then she wouldn't feel so alone. Edging closer to the river, Lily kicked off her shoes and rolled up her jeans, wading in the water while holding up her robes. She could feel the smooth pebbles on the bottom, and could see them quite clearly. Lily also saw small fish swimming with the current. Scooping some water into one hand, she splashed it against her face and it run off, distorting the image of her. It was very refreshing.

After a few minutes, the cold got to her, and Lily headed back for the bank. Padding up to where the dirt ended and the grass started, she sat down. Lily tilted her head back. The sun was unusually bright for an October day, and despite a few puffy clouds here or there, the sky seemed quite a dazzling blue. Maybe she could like it here in Narnia...after all, she didn't have that much magic left to learn... But what if she never saw her family again? That would be a sad thought. Especially if she were to die her and her mother never knew what became of her. No, Lily wouldn't think of that. She would concentrate on more important matters, like finding the marauders again, or maybe Severus. He wasn't so bad until he started talking about his horrible death eater friends. Shifting her feet slightly, Lily smiled, feeling the velvety grass between her toes. She didn't do this often back home - there wasn't time to. Maybe this was meant to be a lesson - to slow down in life. There had to be a reason the two eras were sucked here...but who knew! Maybe there was a third or a fourth generation, just waiting to get the right time to appear!

Laying down, Lily crossed her arms behind her head and crossed her legs as well. Her feet were still damp, it felt good to be in the warm sun. Her dark hair was splayed about the greens around her, and trees and bushes added some color with their fruits, flowers, and berries. Her green eyes scanned the area for signs of life, but the only thing she could hear was the soft churning of the river. Rolling onto her stomach, Lily propped her head up with her hands and twisted her feet upright. She sighed. Life wasn't exactly boring here, but there wasn't anything to do. It was nice to be alone for a bit, but Lily missed the kids back at Hogwarts. True, James and Sirius could be annoying, and Peter could seem like quite the child, but that was what she liked her friends for. And at this moment, she just wanted someone to come upon her and spend time with her so she wouldn't feel so bloody bored.

[aiden matthew hunter]

Aiden had re-dawned his school robes after getting them washed. As much has he liked his new, narnian style of clothes, His school uniform was the one thing he felt most comfortable in. For one thing, it had a proper concealed wand pocket. Not like that bloody tunic. It was sure good that knights and kings back in the midieval era weren't wizards. Carrying a wand whilst wearing those tights was rather awkward.

In anycase, today Aiden headed off for more exploring. He had only been here about a week now, and he knew his way around rather well. He was still abit scketchy on some of the names of places. But once you described them he usually knew what you were talking about.

Yup, being in this Narnia placed seemed to be doing Aiden a terrible lot of good. He loved the era of the place, and the fact that the muggles here didn't outcast him and who ever else had landed here. Nope. they invited them in, and dang it were the narnians amazing!

Aiden headed out of the bit of wood he was in, and looked now apon the Archen River, another of Narnias most amazing places. Or at least he was pretty sure Archen was the correct name.

And wait just a minute. What do we have here? Laying there in the grass was a girl wearing those familar Hogwarts robes.. Gryffindor actually, he noticed getting closer to her. But what was this? He didn't even recogonize her.. Aiden hadn't even seen in her school.. so how could she had Gryffindor robes? Perhaps she'd stole them?

But then again, perhaps not. Alot of things were different in this land, so maybe a Gryffindor student from a backwards reality? Well who ever she was, Aiden approched.

"'Allo there." Aiden said walking closer to the girl, and patting his side for a second making sure he had his wand. Yup, as usual.

Once he was about a foot from her he stopped. Looking down at her he raised an eyebrow. "Enjoying the sun?" Aiden inquired.

[lily marie evans]

Lily laid in that fashion for a while. The warm sun felt nice against her back, the deep black and red cloak absorbing it and distributing the heat around her body. Eventually, though, her green eyes opened again and she twisted herself onto her back again, her Gryffindor crest pointing upward. Her wand felt hard against her side, but Lily didn't mind it much. The day was too nice to notice small inconveniences. Crossing her arms behind her head again, she noticed the hot feel of her deep red colored hair. Since she was in Narnia, the color had changed from the fiery red-auburn to a deeper auburn-brown-black. It was kind of nice, but her head heated up much too easily nowadays. Shutting her pale peach eyelids, thick black eyelashes entwined and light pink lips parted ever so slightly to sigh. Despite missing her friends, it was peaceful here. Lily wondered who else she'd meet. Maybe more Narnian folk! She might also see some people from Hogwarts - her era or the next! Now that she got over the initial shock factor, it was kind of interesting to be meeting people from the next generation. Who knew; maybe she'd even meet her son and her future husband, all grown up! Maybe her husband was James. Maybe not. He was very nice, and Lily truly liked him, but she didn't know about marriage yet; they had just began dating a short while ago.

She then heard the rustle of the wind, and something in it. Footsteps? Maybe it was just one of those talking animals that lived here. Maybe not. Well, in any case, it wouldn't bother her. Lily then noticed the footsteps getting louder. Oh. So it had noticed her. Well, maybe it was Remus or James. Maybe even Sirius! Then again, probably not. What were the odds of finding them when the whole of Hogwarts - and the generation afterward - had been thrown across this large land? Not too bloody high, that's what. Lily heard the footsteps halt, and a familiar British accent greeted her. So it was a Hogwarts student.

"'Allo there."

Lily sat up. As her eyes focused in the suddenly harsh sunlight, she noticed a blue crest on the boy's robes. After studying his features for a bit, Lily concluded that she did not know this boy. Maybe he was from another year, or maybe she just didn't get to know him. Or he was from the next generation. Maybe he was her son! 'Now Lily, don't get too excited. This is only the second person you met from that generation. He's probably not related to you at all, and he might not even be from your son's time!' she mentally scolded herself, looking the boy over again. At closer inspection, he didn't look anything like her. Well, she could at least get to know him. Another friend wouldn't hurt. "Hello," she said simply, mentally going over the choices in her head that this kid might be from.

"Enjoying the sun?"

Lily smiled, standing up. She brushed some dirt off of her cloak and pants, looking back at the boy. "Yes. It's a mighty fine day out, if you ask me," she said, looking towards the sky. Nope. Not a single cloud in sight. "By the way, I'm Lily, Lily Evans. I don't reckon that I've met you yet. What year are you in?" she asked. By his answer, she might be able to tell if he was from her generation. Looking at the river, Lily noticed suddenly how hot it was. And it was bloody hot. Maybe they might go for a dip? "Say, it's pretty hot out. Would you like to dip your feet in the river with me?" she asked, gazing longingly out at the water. Maybe she'd go in further than her feet, but it would be best to start off small.

[aiden matthew hunter]

Aiden could almost sense the piercing green eyes of this girl. She was obviously giving him a rather long once or twice over. Aiden just assumed however that she was simply just trying to recognize him or something. Aiden did the same as well though tried rather hard to not make it look as if he was actually “checking her out”. It simply would not due to make such notions to girls he didn’t know.

“Hello” She answered him simply, standing up and brushing herself off a bit. "Yes. It's a mighty fine day out, if you ask me," she said, looking towards the sky.

Aiden nodded in agreement. And now the girl properly introduced herself. "By the way, I'm Lily, Lily Evans. I don't reckon that I've met you yet. What year are you in?" she asked.

Hmm, defiantly didn’t sound familiar. I mean. He knew a Lily Potter but.. Not a Lily Evans. Weird. “I’m Aiden Hunter. I’m a seventh year. You?” he asked trailing off a moment. “How is it I haven’t seen you around Hogwarts before? I mean, I thought I knew just about every one.” Yup, Aiden had made it his own personal goal to know the names and/or faces of each hogwarts student. He would spend most of his time at feast just staring down rows of students, new and old, making sure he had a mental note of everyone in the castle. It was almost a sort of.. Relaxing pastime. And with befriending most of the other ravenclaws, he could learn the other students names.

"Say, it's pretty hot out. Would you like to dip your feet in the river with me?" she asked, gazing longingly out at the water.

Aiden grinned widely at the thought. Yes indeed, it was getting rather hot wasn’t it? And a quick dip of the toes into that nearby bit of water would probably feel rather good on his, lets face it, Hot feet.

If they had been at Hogwarts right now, and the weather had been like this. He would be tempted to even dip his feet in the black lake.... even though he cringed at the thought of whatever might be in that blasted thing.

[lily marie evans]

Lily was rapidly coming to a conclusion. He must be from another era. That's probably why he didn't recognize her. “I’m Aiden Hunter. I’m a seventh year. You?” Yup, from the next generation. Lily knew a good amount of seventh years, but, well, he might be someone she didn't know. Lily was just excited to meet another future-person. “How is it I haven’t seen you around Hogwarts before? I mean, I thought I knew just about every one.” Well, that just concluded her ideas. Aiden must be from her son's generation. Wondering how she would break the news that he was from the future (or, rather, she was from the past), Lily headed with him down to the bank, where she casted her robes aside, keeping her wand, and rolled up her pants.

"Aiden? May I ask, what year is it?" Lily asked, trying not to sound too odd. Maybe she'd ease him into it. 'Oh, it's that year? Where I come from it's 1977! Could you imagine, different eras?' Or she could just tell him. No, it might shock him. But he was her age, and she dealt with the information well. Well, better after the first day. "Uh, just so you know, I'm from 1977," she said cautiously, watching his expression. Biting her lip, she stepped forward into the water. Lily hoped that she wouldn't have to explain much, because she really didn't understand it either. All she knew is that James and Sirius opened that bloody locket and got them all shipped here. But maybe it was different in his case. Who knew how Aiden got here? Was he sucked into a roll of parchment or something?

The instant coldness of the water brought Lily back to reality. Looking up at Aiden, she tried to explain. "Well, James opened this locket, see, that he found, and it sucked us all here. I landed on an island with this girl, Ginny, who was from a different era. It was kind of odd, since she seemed to know me, or rather, my son. But I've gotten used to it, and even though it doesn't make any sense, it's what it is, so we might as well try to figure it out," Lily said, wading deeper into the water.

[alyson vera cresswall]

It had not been a particularly chilly day at Hogwarts, that October day when everything changed, but still the young blond girl had been chilling down in the burrow that was her common room. She had pulled on her favourite pair of dark blue jeans and a yellow jumper she had gotten her mother to put the Hufflepuff badge on the back, really big! The bubbly girl was very proud of it and wore it as much as she could. She didn’t have classes for the rest of the day so decided to take it easy and curl up with a book. It was one of her favourites, of course, and it was falling apart but that didn’t put the Hufflepuff off, not at all. So with her legs drapped over the side of the chair she was sitting on, the Hufflepuff read.

She was quite happy sitting in the Hufflepuff common room till dinner time but it seemed that something didn’t want her to. There was a warm, tingling sensation that gripped her whole body and the next thing she knew Alyson was sitting on a beach and she collapsed into a heap, on elbow slipping down into water. Aly shrieked in fright and rolled away, pressing her book to her chest and squashing her long blond hair into the sand under her. As she lay on the ground, her book still open where she had been reading, Aly turned her head to the side and looked at the what looked like a river rushing past her and she began laughing loudly.

Aly rolled around on the ground she was laughing so hard, and her legs bent up to her stomach. She couldn’t help herself. How silly was she to be frightened by such a little bit of water. Getting her knees under her, Aly sat up and on her feet, her long hair falling over her shoulders, covered in sand. Sighing, Virrie ran a hand through her hair, holding onto her book in the other, and she shook her hair around, trying to get the sand out, and then the size of the river next to her hit her. It wasn’t a little bit of water, that was for sure. Vi’s blue-grey eyes followed the opposite bank from one side of her to the other and then she saw something odd.

There were two people standing together, one girl and one boy. She couldn’t see the girl’s face – but she knew it was a girl because of her long hair – and even though she could see the boy’s face she didn’t recognise it. Still smiling from her laughing session, Alyson pushed herself up, her free hand pushing on her knee, and she stretched. Though she had no clue where she was at the present time, it felt like only a moment ago that she had been sitting in the burrow, reading, and she had been for some time. Shaking her head at the strangeness of the situation, Aly set her sites on the two people ahead of her.

Running towards them, Virrie waved her arm and called loudly, “hey guys!” She didn’t know who they were but greeting them like she did made her feel better for not knowing them. “What are you to love birds doing here? I hope I’m disturbing something.” Aly giggled, hiding her silly grin behind her book, held in both hands. “No, seriously though,” Virrie said, coming to a halt a few feet away from them, “what’s going on here?” She smiled from the boy to the girl and then recognised her.

Eyeing her through narrowed eyes, a switch suddenly flicked in Aly’s brain and she suddenly knew who the girl was. She had seen her around school, of course. “Don’t … I know you?” Aly asked, with her head cocked to one side so that her head was nearly resting on her shoulder.

[lily marie evans]

Lily waited cautiously for Aiden's response, her hands moving to her hips in a defiant way, as if asking him to disagree with her. Not that he would, of course. Hopefully. Because Lily wasn't in the mood for an argument right now. Arguments. That thought brought her back to James, whom she hadn't seen since their arrival in this odd place. Narnia. The name sounded majestic, kind of like a ruling land. The name Hogwarts sounded like a shack next to it, but Lily knew better. Names were not a valid way of judging things; you have to wait and see what is behind that name before coming to conclusions. But veering back to James, Lily realized that she really and truly missed him. For the time they'd been together, she actually felt happy. Lily hadn't known that it was possible to be happy with James Potter until she was. And now she felt a sort of empty place inside her. Actually, three and a half empty places. James' was the biggest, and then there were Remus, Sirius, and the half-hole for Peter. Lily never really liked him; he was too much of a suck up. But she had began to feel accustomed to seeing him since hanging with the Marauders more. If only Lily could find them. That was now her new goal; finding her friends.

Just then, a girl's scream jolted Lily out of her thoughts. Someone had landed in the middle of the stream! Turning around, Lily noticed that the girl was a Hufflepuff; she wore the corresponding attire. It took a minute, but her face registered with Lily - it was that Cresswall something. Lily didn't remember her first name, but she was sure that they'd talked or exchanged a few words....Alyson! That was it. She was from Lily's time. This was the first time she'd run into someone from her time that she knew. Alyson stood up and shook the sand from her hair, a soggy book grasped in one hand. Lily waded a bit deeper in the water. “hey guys!” Alyson cried, a bit overly cheery. But as Lily thought back, the girl had always been a bit on the bright side.

“What are you to love birds doing here? I hope I’m disturbing something.” Lily stared. This girl had just come from a different world and a different era, and she was fine with it? Lily had been in a state of panic when she found herself on that island with Ginny. Alyson seemed happy to have been transported into Narnia. Lily cleared her throat, looking at Aiden and then back at Alyson. "Uh, same as you. And we just met," Lily said, raising an eyebrow. “No, seriously though, what’s going on here?” Alyson finally asked. About time. Lily looked again at Aiden and wondered if he wanted to explain, but decided against it. After all, he seemed to be new to this idea as well. “Don’t … I know you?” Alyson tacked on at the end, speaking as Lily was about to respond. A bit taken aback, Lily nodded. "Uh, yeah. I'm Lily Evans; seventh year Gryffindor," she said.

[aiden matthew hunter]

"Aiden? May I ask, what year is it?" Aiden nodded and resonded with "Absolutly, well back home anyway, It's 2022." He said matter of factly, wondering why she would need to know the year.

"Uh, just so you know, I'm from 1977," Aidens eyes grew wide and he folded his arms across his chest in thought. "hmmm." he mumbled in thought. So if this girl was from WAY back in the day.. Wow, this place was getting more and more.. well, weird. Aiden had to admit however that he still really liked this Narnia place. He listened with a few nods thrown in there in understanding. So some locket had transported Lilys era here? Mind Boggling. "Not entirely sure if the same thing happened to me or not. All I know is I was at Hogwarts, then BAM..." He made a explosion sort of motion. "I smacked my head on something hard and Hogwarts was nowhere to be seen." He shrugged, following Lily a bit deeper into the water. His pants hiked up to his knees and after retreiving his wand and shoving it in his pants pocket, tossed is cloak onto the shore line.

“What are you to love birds doing here? I hope I’m disturbing something.” came a new voice. Aiden glanced to the source of voice and dawned an expression of welcome., but shook his head as to say they were'nt love birds and when Lily spoke Aiden echod her with a "we just met," and nodded his head matter of factly. And it seemed the two girls might have known eachother.

“No, seriously though, what’s going on here?" The new comer asked. Aiden gave a shrug. "You mean other random students getting tossed into a world they don't know and meeting people from the past.. or.. future? I have no idea." he said with a chuckle trying to make that rahter weird bit of conversation as NOT awkward as possible.

The giurls proceeded to have a short "Hey, Don;t I know you?" conversation and Aiden just stood watching on the side lines. So Lily was a Seventh Year too eh? Aiden wondered how many people from different eras there actually WERE in this new and exciting world.

After they had done their intro's Aiden added in a "Aiden Hunter, Seventh Year Ravenclaw, 2022." he said holding his hand out to the new comer, wanting to also be part of this conversation.

ooc:: wow i definatly forgot i was even IN this topic. lol sorry for the wait/short reply >.<

[alyson vera cresswall]

ooc: don’t worry bout it, it was a good reply, short or no


Alyson watched the two tall people most closely. The much taller boy seemed to be baffled by her suggestion that the two of them were an item. Al didn’t think it was that much of a bigger deal, people hooked up all the time and there was nothing wrong with that at all. Maybe he already had a girlfriend and the thought of someone thinking he was with someone else was like cheating to him? Or maybe he liked the other girl and was uncomfortable about her reaction …? A million and one “maybes” jumped into Alyson’s mind but her blue eyes quickly moved to the other girl who spoke.

Aly sighed, her head dropping as though it crushed her that she wasn’t intruding, but then she put on a smile and shrugged her shoulders, lifting her head. “Oh, well,” she chirped, “was worth the shot.” Alyson loved to know about people and what they were doing and who they were with and what was generally happening around her … that was of course when she wasn’t reading, and even though these two weren’t together it wasn’t displeasing it just meant there was more to find out. Silver lining if ever there was one. She couldn’t have been happier with that thought and smiled her delight, hugging her book to her chest.

It was at this point that the boy spoke up and Aly’s blue-gray eyes shot to him and his tallness. Al didn’t have anything against tall people, in fact quite the opposite especially since everyone seemed to be taller the her 5 foot 1 self. Of course, this never stopped people teasing her about her height, people like her sisters and her friends. There was a professor that teased her about it too but taking into consideration where they were she was sure she wouldn’t have to worry about that any more. Still, teasing was something she expected from taller people but she wasn’t getting any. Perhaps she’d fallen asleep and slipped into an alternate reality where people didn’t tease short people?

But some told the fifth year that that was too much wishful thinking.

As the boy spoke, Aly had an expression on her face that was both cheerful and perplexed by his words. It was very exciting to be in a new place but confusing as to why. He didn’t seem to know any more then the other girl did. There was still that nagging tickle in the back of her that that she knew who the girl was but she couldn’t put her finger on it. Still, there was a bigger matter at hand then acquaintances. “Past and future, you say?” Al repeated, chewing over the info as she looked around them at the scenery. “And we’re drop into … this place?” She’d turned full circle now and was facing the two students again.

“Cool.”

It had occurred to the young Puff that this would mean they’d be able to get out of exams but those were months away and when they got back they’d have plenty of time to catch up again. It was quite a beautiful place they were in so at least there wouldn’t be a lack of things to do or places to go and see. But the main thing now was food. It would be dinner time soon so it was only natural that Aly was already getting hungry. There were a great many things that Alyson could do without but food was not one of them. Not only was it essential to her survival she loved it so! And going without just didn’t float her boat.

“A Gryffindor!” Aly said triumphantly, “yes, Lily, of course. Lily, Lily, Lily.” Then the boy gave his name as well, and a number that Aly wasn’t concentrating on. “Aiden, Aiden, Aiden.” As the Hufflepuff repeated Lily and Aiden’s names, she looked at each of them closely, trying to memories the name/face match. “I’m terrible with names,” she explained with a chuckle, “so if I call you Trudy or you Donavan or anything you know why.” The blond girl gave them each a broad smile, already asking for forgiveness for her forgetfulness.“And I’m Alyson Vera Cresswall, Hufflepuff Fifth Year,” as she gave her house she turned around and tapped her back, indicating the large badger badge on her back. “By you can call me Aly or Al or whatever you like.”

Walking between Lily and Aiden, Aly looked at where they were standing. There was a river, trees, wide open blue skies but no buildings. She turned back to the two older students and smile. “I’m starved. I don’t suppose they’ll have a conveniently located Kitchen just around the bend and to the right?”

[lily marie evans]

Lily just wanted to go home. Yeah, it was nice here, but she wanted to be with James, Remus, and even Sirius. And hey, Peter wasn't too bad. He was a bit whiney sometimes, but Lily'd grown to love him and accept him as one of the marauders. She'd also grown to regarding the other boys as brothers, and being without them was like being without an arm; it was awkward and painful and left you wondering why it happened. And if they weren't reunited soon, there was a chance they'd have to stay apart forever. As much as Lily hated to admit it, this new world frightened her. She hated to be frightened; it wasn't right for a Gryffindor to be scared - and she wasn't just a Gryffindor; she was head girl! This Narnia place was really large, and it would take years to scour the land and try to find her friends. They may not have arrived here together, either; Sirius, James, Remus, and Peter may be on opposite corners of each other, and here Lily was - stuck in the middle. It was a feeling she hated. Hated, hated, hated. Lily also hated not knowing. She wasn't as bad as some of the Ravenclaws, but it still pained Lily to know that there was a situation that she couldn't figure out. It was torture. Plus, she was wasting her seventh year here. It was her last year at Hogwarts, and Lily did not want to spend it in some mental place playing some mental game that someone thought was funny. That was not her idea of fun. Lily just wanted to go to classes, learn as much as possible, pass her NEWTS, and get a job as well as hopefully settling down with James and starting a family. Right now, it didn't look like that was going to happen, even if it was true in another time, spending her life here could change the outcomes of everything that Lily had recently found out from the future kids.

But back to the now. As Aiden tried to explain what had happened to them, Lily tried to pay attention. She really did. But her mind just kept wandering. A seventh year she never met and a fifth year Hufflepuff. So interesting. Now, Lily was nice, and would never say this out loud, but she was growing bored with their little conversation. 'Oh, what happened?' 'Gee, I'm in a river!' Why couldn't they talk about more important things, like how to find those they'd lost on their travel here. Aly didn't seem to upset about being landed here, and Lily felt her anger rising. What was with this kid? She just wasn't normal. 'Oh, by the way, you're landed in some odd land that you've never heard of, don't know how to get back, why you've come here, or who else inhabits this land.' And all she could say was, 'Cool.' No, not cool. Sod off with the bubbly stuff, please, and come down to earth. This is R E A L L I F E hon, and someone isn't just going to say peek-a-bo and tell you how to get home. Fifth years. Honestly.

Lily mentally swore. Here she was, being nasty (in her mind or not) to a little fifth year because she was ticked off that she wasn't able to find her friends. She'd have to try to be nicer; no one would want to help her if she was going to act mental the whole time. Blimey, no one would want to be near her. She wasn't named Head Girl to disgrace her year by acting like a spoiled prat. Lily had to keep her temper under check. But it was difficult. She was alone and had no idea what was going on. It was enough to stress any normal person out. 'Except that Alyson girl,' Lily thought bitterly before she could hold it back. Well, it was no use trying to disguise the obvious, and it was pretty obvious that Alyson didn't have a care in the world. 'Yep. Too naive for her own good,' Lily replied to herself.

Aly raved on and on about their names and houses, and started to wonder about a kitchen. Lily could only confirm her suspicions that this girl was not going to be a mental relaxant. She needed some firewhiskey. 'No, Lily, you don't drink firewhiskey,' she scolded herself. 'Any more thoughts like that and you'll be more suited for Sirius Black than for James,' Lily added, the corners of her mouth twitching.

[aiden matthew hunter]

"Very cool." Aiden agreed, when aly said being dropped into narnia from the past and future was cool. Now, whether Lily agreed Aiden didn;t know for sure but something about her expression said otherwise. Did she really hate it here so much? Maybe she was just missing who ever her friends were back in her era. And it was true of Aiden at least, that he was really starting to miss his siblings, if noone else from 2022. He and Riley were so close, and now she had been thrown into a world unlike anythig she;d ever seen before. Poor girl. Aiden hoped his little sister was alright. As for his twin Nathaniel? Aiden was sure he'd be just fine. Nate was good at sticking up for himself in tough situations.

Then she commenced trying to remember their names and faces, someting the girl was obviously not so good with. Aiden chuckled. Okay, so maybe he WAS the only one that commited stuff like that to instant memory. Aly told them to not worry if she got there names wrong. Aiden laughed. "As long as you don;t all me hun or some other stupid pet name. I'm cool." It was a giant pet peeve of his when people started calling him thoughs ridiculous pet names and such. Cause really. How hard was it to call someone by there name!? It drove him absolutly bonkers some times.

'And I’m Alyson Vera Cresswall, Hufflepuff Fifth Year,” as she gave her house she turned around and tapped her back, indicating the large badger badge on her back. “By you can call me Aly or Al or whatever you like.”

Aiden grinned, happy to know her name, and it was apparent from her reaction to lily that they must have been from the same time period. And wouldn;t it be great to meet someone from his?
"Alrighty then Aly." he said with a grin. Next, Aly asked about some kind of kitchen nearby. Aiden laughed. Boy was she ever hopeful.

"Afraid not." he said, speaking up first. "but I reckon we can take you back to Cair Paravel and they'll feed you up good and full there if you like." He folded his arms and grinned. The idear HAD to seem like a good one to a hungry student thrust into a randomly magic and weird land. Then there was the royals. Bilmey the Royals. They were so nice, it was weird. Should anyone of such a high status be so bloody nice to strangers from another land? It boggeled aidens mind.