Start of Year Feast!

[Ava King]

Professor Ava King joined in as the Great Hall filled with cheers and claps, welcoming the new students to each of their houses. Sorting was such an exciting time but Ava bet that many of the first years were relieved that it was over and they now knew where they would be for the next seven years. It was nice to see the students smiling and happy, feeling the excitement. It helped Ava focus on what was important and not the sorrow that was currently eating at her.
After the Hall quietened down slightly, Ava removed the sorting stool and hat, not wanting to deny the young witches and wizards of their feast any longer than needed. Approaching the podium, a silence fell over the Hall. "Before we begin the amazing feast that has been prepared for you all, I have a couple more things to say. I am Professor Ava King, and I am the Headmistress - as some of you may know. Our Deputy is Professor Justin Cliffeton, and if you don't know your head of house, you will get to meet them soon." Ava said, smiling.
Ava looked at the students, feeling her own stomach grumbling. Sorting had, of course, taken awhile and it was time to wrap things up knowing that the young student's stomachs were probably way more empty than her own. "I hope you have all emptied your brains and are ready for a year of learning - keep out of trouble, but have fun! Remember to keep an eye out for Vex. Poltergeist's like to have fun, so be on the watch for him. And now, we eat!" Ava smiled softly again at the Hall as the plates filled with food. Ava swiftly made her way back to her seat before filling her plate with some food for herself, occasionally turning and talking quietly to the Professors next to her.

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Please remember that this topic takes place after the sorting.

 

[Amy Rosemary]

Amy sighed, it was yet another year and although she was looking forward to a great year, she had no idea how her friendships would go. Last year seemed like a complete disaster and she wanted to fix things. True, she hadn't exactly tried to interact with either Maddie or James and had no idea what was going on between the two, if anything at all, but she needed to sort it out. The hufflepuff knew she would have to make other friends too this upcoming year. She had her brother and it was nice, but it just wasn't enough. He seemed to be the more sociable one these days. Summer truly had changed her. She wondered how she could have changed this much over three months. Amy took a deep breath and walked to her house table, where students were milling about and chatting about the holidays. The blonde took a seat, avoiding eye contact and focused on the food and the headmistress. She really wanted to get to her dorm soon.

 

[Orwell Brocken]

Orwell was simply beaming with pride, the look on the ravenclaw's face was only the look of pride. After all, his best and most amazing friend Archie had not only gotten quidditch captain (with Ailsa) but he was now also a prefect. Orwell didn't think that prefects or the head people were a right part of the school, encourage a system of hierarchy that told students to rat each other out, implied they were better than others in the year, and let them exhibit a discipline over other students that didn't encourage the collectiveness that Orwell knew would bring people together to fight the oppression (of within this school the professors sitting up front) but in saying all that, in quoting marx's class theory or bakunin on leaders, he was damn proud of Archie. If anyone in Gryffindor deserved it, it was him. Orwell found Archie in the great hall and just smiled so brightly at him, he couldn't see the prefect badge from where he sat but he was damn proud of him. Orwell knew he would never reach such a position within his schooling, not only would he have turned it down, but Orwell happily caused too much trouble and he was looking forward to his final year and all the lasting trouble he could cause.
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