If felt like a hundred years ago when Benjamin first stepped into the Great Hall. Everything had been so massive back then. The Great Hall itself made him feel like a small, insignificant ant to the entire world, despite his family pushing thoughts of superiority in his head even at that young age. Hogwarts reluctantly became his home once he reached his second year and true enough, it felt that as each year passed by his voice in the school grew bigger and bigger. Before he knew it, he was on his way to the position of Head Boy and frankly, Benjamin thought there was another young man more deserving than him. He never revealed that to anyone, thinking that besides from that other guy he was the second best choice for the position however, seeing that the professors chose him over anybody else made him glow with pride. Which was why he was sitting at the side with the Head Girl herself, a subtle smirk etched on his face. He made it, finally, without having to dock off 50 points from a crying little first year tugging on his robes for assistance in something foolish. He made it without hexing someone to their temporary death with a strong Stun. He made it without having to owl his parents a mini rant about everything going on in the school. He made it without losing his sanity because of all the things and revisions. All in all, he felt like the young man he always wanted to be but without the prize of a girlfriend. That could wait though. For now he was ready to kickass for his final moment as Head Boy, after Isabella gave her speech that will hopefully put tears in their audience's eyes.
"Ladies first," muttered Benjamin a second Isabella stood up to give her final words to their class. He was almost sure this was the last time he would see them all at the same time in one room. Not that he would miss them in the first place. Benjamin only wanted a good, last look at his classmates before bidding them farewell permanently, except for one particular Scottish Slytherin whom he considered his best friend. He clapped along and expected something dramatic from the blue eyed witch standing on the podium however their time was not wasted when she made her speech. Benjamin blinked in surprise, thinking that was the shortest message a Head Girl of Hogwarts has given. His speech was not too long, perhaps a good few minutes but certainly hers was a lot shorter than his. When she wrapped it up, he shifted rather awkwardly in his seat. Well, this was his moment to end with and in a few minutes the honor of Head Boy would be gone. He was proud and there was a small portion in his mind quite excited to get rid of all those ridiculous responsibilities a Head Boy attained. The Head Girl finally finished in like, 2 minutes, and all he did was snort whilst clapping. It was his turn and when the applause died down, he stood up and fixed his robes briefly before ascending onto the podium.
He might as well start with some humor. He waited for the claps of the people to die down and gripped the sides of the podium tightly, a sign of some remaining nervousness and awkwardness. On his face though was a half smirk and snigger. "Why, thank you for that 1 second speech, Isabella." He acquired some sniggers from the crowd whilst some glared. Right now he really did not care, because this was f*cking graduation and all that mattered was himself right now. "Anyway, good morning all. It feels strange for me to be standing here and seeing all of us in our graduation robes. Recently we finished our exams and wasn't that hell? Look at us now. We're about to explore an entirely new chapter in our lives and honestly, I sure am ready for it." He grinned, looking at his audience in an excited manner with a kind of genuine light in those green orbs of his. "It's not because I want to get out of here and do something else, but it's because I've realized that my time in Hogwarts has shaped me to be the man I've wanted to become once I reached the age of 18." Sort of. Benjamin was still not huge on his awkward side though. "I am not saying I'm literally perfect, however I must say I'm thankful for all the challenges via overloading studies and other things..." He shot a glance at the professors before looking again at his audience. "Call me insane for being thankful however, hear me out." Benjamin looked down for a second or three, before looking up with an admitting smile. "Yes, we have all been through those dragging nights that we thought we could give up on. I, personally, thought those nights were the end of me. It took me some time to realize though that those little challenges molded us into something grater. Something stronger and more mature in terms of handling the things surrounding us." He recalled talking to Athena Zhefarovich, whom had joked he was more of a wise ass anyway. He couldn't totally deny that but the fact that there was the word "wise" added was kind of an improvement for him. "I've seen all of you mold into someone whose strengths can overcome their weaknesses. Don't call me a strange, psychoanalyzing person but it's just come to my attention that all of you... Yes, all of you, have matured and even if you don't see it, you could certainly handle anything that is out there in the real world." The looks on each of their faces were mixed and well, he was only stating something of his mind here. He wondered if what he was telling them made them realize that their efforts had paid off, or he was truly the Head Boy driven to insanity by the amount of schoolwork.
He paused for a good moment, surveying the crowd and what they had absorbed from him through his speech. He spotted his family - his father and mother were there, along with Victoria who looked like she was about to cry a flood. His younger brother was absent, but that did not decrease the blossom of warmth seeing his parents together there for him. He nodded at them in acknowledge and looked over at his classmates. There he spotted a few acquaintances and finally his eyes swept on Kia. He grinned at her because he felt that once he ended this speech, he was going to put up a celebration for all purebloods around his age. "Before all of you cry and feel sentimental, I'd like to thank the professors who guided us during our schooling. Thank you to the people who worked with me to keep the student body in order and thank you, classmates, for those seven years. Most especially, thank you to the people who supported me." He sighed, knowing this was coming to and end. Well, it finally has and his days of being Head Boy were over. "To the next Head Boy, I do hope you won't put things in chaos." A few chuckled because of this which made Benjamin even feel lighter with excitement. "That is all, class of 2036. Let's now all have a good life, shall we?" Those were his ending words and once he said it, he heard an applause from the people before him. He knew he did a good job. At least, he felt it. He was not the best Head Boy out there, but he sure was one of those that got to live through the reign of Slytherins in the castle. That was good. All of this made him soar.
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