The entire hall was quiet, every face turned in shock. Everyone seemed to be spellbound. But of course this would wear off rather quickly, to promptly be replaced by furious whispering. Soon the whispers grew amongst the students into a tremendous roar. Gossip and theories spread like wildfire. Everyone fighting for the chance to talk, which resulted in an indiscernible reverberation. The teachers, slowly recovering from their initial shock, tried to settle the students down. But so far, this was proving to be a futile task. It was none other than the Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore himself that silenced everyone.
"Enough!" he bellowed, his voice magically amplified. One and all froze in silence and turned to face the headmaster. Every eye in the Great Hall fixed on that snowy-bearded man standing on top of the head table. Rather comical sight really, I would've laughed, if the occasion wasn't so serious.
"Everyone," he began again. "Needs to cool down a bit and relax. You may open your mouths as wide and often as you like. But I suggest, for now, that you put them to good use and devour this scrumptiously prepared feast you see before you!" With a wave of his wand, enough food to feed a small army twice over appeared before them. The houses quickly sat down, cheerfully chattering about a myriad of different topics, and stuffing their stomachs to their heart's content.
Emerald watched them in sort of half-disgusted awe. It seemed as if they'd all forgotten about her almost as soon as they'd noticed. Well...this is awkward. Where am I supposed to sit? On the floor? Though that's probably not top priority right now, now is it? Oh well1 If I must think of something, why not that? At least I sort of know where to begin...
Emerald glanced over at the professors, who didn't seem to take any more notice of her. Okay...this is just plain weird! I know that my effectiveness at going unnoticed and generally ignored was good, but not this good! What are these people's problems?! Sigh Oh well... I'm not really that hungry. Even though that is a bit beside the point. Maybe I'll just slip out. Glances at teachers It's not as if it'll be that hard.
Just as she was about to make a hasty exit, a hand lightly tapped her on the shoulder. Emerald immediately spun around, nearly tripping on her own feet. A golden-skinned hand reached out to balance her. "Are you alright?" he asked. Emerald slowly looked down at the soft hand grasping her arm. The boy, noticing what he was doing, quickly let go, muttering an apology as his cheeks burned in embarrassment.
I just stared at the spot for a moment, before realizing I was acting rather unseemly, if you will. I turned my face up towards his and are eyes locked. And I bet I know what you're thinking, love at first sight? Yeah, right. I don't know much about love, so my qualifications might be a bit shaky here. Bu this, I assure you, was most certainly not head-over-heels-falling-fast-and-about-to-swoon love. No, this was more along the lines of EXTREMELY awkward.
We just stood there saying nothing and staring at each other. Both painfully aware how awkward this was. If someone had walked past us at that moment (although I can't really say if anyone actually did or not) they would have thought us to be having a staring contest. Maybe we were, I don't know. But I know I sure wasn't going to back down and turn my gaze away first. That seemed to be his sentiments also.
I'm telling you! We probably would've kept it up, our unblinking battle of wills. Well notice I said probably. It might've been like that if it hadn't been for one tiny little factor. Yeah, for instance, I don't know...me being thrown into him! Which coincidently, is exactly what happened. Well maybe not "thrown", but I sure was shoved or something. Because the next thing I know, we're sprawled on the floor, and I'm in his lap. Charming, no? Way to go on an absolutely magnificent first impression Emerald! Heh-heh, no.
A/N: So did you guys like it? I know they're kind of short. But if I wanted to write as mush as I would like to on this, I 'd never get anything done. Please review if you would! Any little snippets of advice to help me improve please let me know! Thanks! Love ya guys!
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