Kids and Cats Are All I See.

[Benita Hendrix-London]

At last, Beni arrived to the common door entrance. "Fat Lady, they told me," Beni whispered to herself when she found the portrait. But as she tried to move the portrait out of the way, the lady protested and snickered when Beni found nothing but wall.

"What kind of joke is this?" She asked the portrait. "Password, lass. Password," the portrait simply responded. By Merlin! Another thing mentioned on the letter which she lost. The password!

Trying to recall the letter's words, she offered a few words. "Lion's Pride?" No. "Red Kin?" Another No. The pattern went on until she couldn't think of anything else.

"C'mon, lady... I forgot. Can't you spare me some mercy and let me in?" The portrait merely shook her head and went back to chatting to the man in a boat a painting away.

"Bloody--C'mon!" Beni pounded the wall. She was stuck until someone who knew the password could help.

[Cameron Chambers]

Cameron walked to the Fat Lady. "Need some help?"Cameron asked the older Gryffindor. The Fat Lady was talking to some guy, and of course was laughing and pointing at them. "No need to be pointing at us! Not her fault no one told her the password!"Cameron retorted to the portrait.

[Benita Hendrix-London]

"Actually, it kinda is," Beni said as the girl was fighting with the portrait. It was frustrating to fight with one, but to see someone else be in the same situation... she had to admit it was funny. Frustrating but funny. "But not the point. You look like some kind of feline. Do y'know the password?"

[dan]

Walked slowly up the stairs to get to the common room, when Dan finally did reach it he saw Cam. Not wanting to turn around and be a jerk he kept on walking when someone else came into view. It was a new girl, he guessed he had never met her before. Something else seemed to be going on.

They were fighting with the portrait.... Who fights with a portrait? He wondered with a slight shrug of his shoulders. " Problems? " Dan asked the two of them as he came into talking distance of them. He then said the password and the Fat Lady looked pretty disgruntled but let him in. " Coming? " He asked through the portrait.

[Benita Hendrix-London]

Obviously the previous Gryffindor didn't work fast enough as the next, so she was metaporicallly jumped on the bandwagon (and physically moved inside the common room) by the male Gryffindor's question. "Thanks, mate. I'll try to remember. If not, I guess I'll have to make some call," she made a little literal 'roar', "like that-- the next time I forget the password."

[dan]

" Yeah, if you do it loud enough I'll hear you from the grounds. " Dan then replied with a grin to the older Gryff. He looked up to her then said, " Name's Dan Weston. You're new, right? " He walked his way on over a few feet then adding, " This is Cam. " With an acknowledging nod in her direction.

[Benita Hendrix-London]

"Sure am, mate," replied Beni as she nodded with a smile to the two younger lions. So far no adults popped up, just students. "Call me Beni Hendrix, as it says in the birth certificate. Actually it's Benita Jeanne Veronica Hendrix-Valentin, but you get my drift, right?"

[dan]

" Nice to meet you Benita Jeanne..... Well, Beni. " Dan answered as he leaned against the back of an armchair, pulling his legs up so he was now sitting upon it. " No relation to Jimmy Hendrix? " Dan asked with a hopeful and joking smile. Unlikely as it was it still might've been interesting. Beni seemed much more at ease with herself than alot of the girls here.

[Benita Hendrix-London]

"Merlin, you don't know how much I wish I was," said Beni as she flopped down a couch herself. Hey, it was her new home. She should be comfortable if she wanted. "I simply adore the man. But I just come from a couple of loonies."

[Cameron Chambers]

(Oy! Sorry I haven't posted in a while!)

Cameron followed them. Cameron laughed. "Loonies? Well..About most of us here are.."Cameron said with an after thought. "Well, most of us anyways." She looked at Dan and smiled. For once she was happy.

[dan]

Dan laughed at Beni's responce to his original question, " Couple of loonies, 'eh? 'Least it'll always be interesting. My parents are about as dull as they come. " He said easily. Looking back to Cam as she spoke Dan nodded slightly, " Yeah. Wait, no, we're energetic. " He stated to Beni and Cam. Energetic... That was one way to put their group.

[Cameron Chambers]

Cameron laughed. "Yes, well..My parents..are well boring sometimes. They're up to date and everything, it's just that they're...just a tad bit weird..mine are."Cameron said. Calling her parents weird, was a first for her, yet they were. "Entergetic is one to describe us."Cameron smiled.

[Benita Hendrix-London]

"I'll tell you this Cammy," said Beni, though she doubted that Cameron would appreciate it. "You learn their history and stuff, you'll think their the best thing out there since sliced bread. Who knows? Coulda been wild hippies in their days or some." She knew her mothers' history, but she still stood on question about her father.

[dan]

" Maybe... My parents probably got boring when they had me. " Dan heard himself say, a bout of laughter following. It wouldn't have surprised him if his parents had been just as laid back and all as they were now. They'd known each otehr since they were kids.
" What about your parents, Beni? " Dan asked after he had listened to what Cam had to say about her parents. He shrugged slightly for no apparent reason.

[Benita Hendrix-London]

"Let's see.... Ana did some of that naughty," She inhaled quickly as if to indicated what her mum did back in her days, "And Sherlyn used to be groupie for the Weird Sisters. But she's more reserved than Ana, if you can believe it." She tried to search for someting about Diego, but nothing came up.