18
Halloween Feast
Torrey scrawled lazily on a parchment for Potions class. THe parchment had to be six feet in lenght. Torrey already had five and a half, but she wanted to finish tonight. Above her waged the Halloween feast. SHe should be up there. She knew she should be up there. But she just didn't quite fit in. Oh, Colin and Zashiki ( a fellow Slytherin) tried, but, she just didn't fit. She was the first of the Weasley or Winston line to ever become a Slytherin.
Torrey sighed and finished the assignment with a flourish. She glanced at her watch. The feast had only been going on for half an hour. If she hurried, maybe no one would notice she was late.
She bent down to put her books away. When she striaghtened there was a beautiful feast laid out.
She looked around. There was no one else in the room. she reached out and hesitantly touched the food. It was real, and steaming hot. She cautiously took a bit of the broccili and cheese soup. Warm cheesy liquid filled her mouth. It eas real.
Torrey spent a thought as to who had provided her with this meal, as she fed her half starved body. She helped herself to a little of everything, trying foods she'd never had before. the Feast was fantastic and Torrey finally sat back. A flash of red caught her eye.
A red apple sat amid a bowl of fruit. Torrey stared at it. For some reason, the more she stared, the more appealing the apple seemed to look. Realizing the desire to eat the apple wouldn't go away until she ate it, Torrey sighed and took the apple. She felt she was forgetting something. She shrugged it off and bit into the apple. It was firm and crisp, just the way she liked it.
There was a faint after taste of nutmeg.