Fluffy. That was the best way to describe the Hufflepuff Common Room. Hannah wasn't quite sure why fluffy was the correct word, but it seemed fitting. Her bed was fluffy, the yellow chairs sitting around various places were fluffy, her robes were fluffy, even the carpeting was fluffy. It was perfect and she was rather unhappy to leave the fluffy place behind for a whole season.
Twelve year old Hannah Abbott stood in the middle of her Common Room bearing a frown on her face, recalling all of the memories that she and her new friends had made within the Badger's domain. Although there was no place like home, her life was not going to be the same without Hogwarts and all of Hufflepuff. Tears began to swarm her light hazel eyes as she let out a long deep breath, feeling a light tap on her shoulder.
"Are you ready for the end of year feast, Hannah?" questioned her best friend, Ernie Macmillan. Hannah turned to face the stout boy just after wiping her eyes dry with the sleeve of her robe. "What's wrong?" Ernie asked, tilting his head to the sad as if surveying her like a curious puppy. Hannah thought she would be able to make it seem as if she had not been crying at all, but apparently it was more obvious than she hoped.
"Oh Ernie, I'm going to miss this place! I'm going to miss you, the smells of the kitchens, the fluffy beds. I'm going to miss everything!" she cried, falling into the warm arms of her friend. Ernie hugged her tightly, coaxing her as if a mother to a young child.
"You won't miss homework or Snape or studying for exams," Ernie said, hopeful. Hannah let out a giggle, "Well yes, I suppose you are right," Hannah said, trying to think of all the good things at home.
"And besides, we promised to owl each other each day and our parents already said we can make plans to meet each other in Diagon Alley. Don't you worry, I will not go through a whole summer of not seeing my best friend."
Hannah knew she was the luckiest twelve year old in the whole wide world to have friends like Ernie and a place like Hogwarts to call her own.