8
"All right, students, settle down," Professor Lupin said. "Now, before we begin, I have some beginning-of-term announcements.
"First of all, the Forbidden Forest is still out of bounds. That means no trespassing whatsoever. I have been alerted to something that doubles the force of all school rules.
"Now, let's begin the feast. Nitwit, blubber, oddment, tweak!"
Food appeared on all the golden platters. The four of them were famished, so they dug right in.
Everything was wonderful in their point of view, but Narcissa refrained from eating the food, insisting that her mother, Millicent Malfoy's, cooking was better than this.
"Oh please, the little halfwit, she doesn't know a thing about good food," Chris said around a mouthful of mashed potatoes.
"But we do!" J.J. said, helping himself to more pudding.
Kenzie and Kayla looked at each other and laughed. They decided they really liked the boys and that the four of them would be best friends forever.
Soon dinner was over and the Gryffindors headed to their common room.