Hello, this is Anna Snowden, Hufflepuff Prefect.
The Hogwarts Express finally arrived at Hogwarts.
We climbed in a carriage that will take us to the castle.
I hope they'll hurry up with the sorting because I'm starving.
As we enter the Great Hall with our fellow excited students, we remember all the fun we had here and are sooo happy to be back.
Lila, Magnolia and I sat down at the Hufflepuff Table.
Rosemary went to the Gryffindor Table.
Tom went to the Slytherin Table.
Since I'm Prefect, it's my duty to make sure everyone's okay, so I looked around the room and noticed Rosemary tapping her foot impatiently (she was hungry) and looking at her watch.
As my eyes moved to the Slytherin Table, I noticed that Tom was looking this way. Was he looking at Magnolia or just checking the Dining room like me?
The First Years came in and lined up for sorting.
There were thirteen new Hufflepuffs, fifteen new Ravenclaws, twelve new Gryffindors, and twelve new Slytherins.
The feast was delicious.
The new D.A.D.A. professor was "Speedy" Moody. ((Mad-Eye Moody's father taught at Hogwarts for one year when Tom was a student... And about the name, he won races. Yes, I know, I was out of ideas! lol))
Dumbledore started with his speech:
"Welcome! Before I say more, I want to tell all of you there is going to be a dance on October 12th, Helga Hufflepuff's birthday. There are going to be other dances to celebrate the founders of each house, but I thought I might inform you of the soonest one.
"And the Quidditch Interhouse Competition will start again this year, because the Triwizard Tournament is only each five years, and the most recent one was last year. So... any questions you should ask your Prefect.
"You can stay here and enjoy dessert now."
Dumbledore didn't talk about rules or Filch or anything like that.
Surprising.
Anyway, I just cannot wait until the dance. Lila, Magnolia and I started talking about it excitedly.
"Oooh, Anna you're going to love this!" Magnolia said.
"Yeah, Anna, you're such a party animal!" Lila said.
"Hey, could you elaborate about the dance?" Magnolia asked Professor Flitwick ((he's small but he's old, ok)).
"You will have to find someone to go to the dance with you. A date. And it will last until midnight. Big celebration for the Hufflepuffs. You need to wear dress robes. Just don't worry about finding a date yet because it's next month." squealed the tiny professor.
"Who do you think Malfroy will take to the dance?" I asked.
"Crabbe and Goyle probably. He has really bad manners, he's most likely not going to get a girl to go to the dance with him." Lila said.
"Who do you think WE will take to the dance?" Magnolia said.
"We'll find a sweet and handsome someone who'll go with us, don't worry," I said, "Just we don't have to decide this month. The dance's on October 12th."
"Who do you think Tommy will take to the dance? One of us?" Rosemary said. She sneaked to our table. We are supposed to stay at our House Tables, so she had to hide between us.
"Hmmm, good point. If we can't find a date, we should ask Tom." Lila said.
"But not until October." I said.
"Right. We don't have to worry about this today or the rest of September. We have classes and work and Quidditch to think about all month." Magnolia added.
"And being a good Prefect, in my case." I added.
"Yes, so we shouldn't think about it at all." Lila said.
"Until October." I finished.
I looked around the dining room. Was I seeing things, or was Tom looking towards the Hufflepuff table more than he was supposed to?
We hurried up the stairs to our dormitory.
"Okay, this year we have to find out the new passwords to everywhere --"
"-- And find at least 5 secret passages or room per week--"
"-- And get into the forest at least 4 times a week --"
"-- And don't forget to tell Tommy about our adventures --"
It felt great to be back at Hogwarts. We all started laughing loudly.