Thanks to psychonerd 5 and Kchan88
Chapter 13

Tony the Tiger Rocks My World

Gilles, Frank, Greg, and Perry burst into cheers along with the others at the Gryffindor table. Relieved he was not in Slytherin with Joseph, Raoul took a seat next to Gilles.

"It's great that we're in the same house!" Gilles exclaimed over the cheering.

"Yeah!" Frank and Greg yelled in agreement.

In only a few moments, food magically appeared on everyone's plates. Potatoes, roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, french fries, anything you could possibly imagine. A ghost soon floated by Raoul and Gilles. He looked at the food sadly. "My, that looks delicious. Too bad I can't have any."

"Take something off of my plate. I won't tell," Raoul told him.

"No, it's not that I'm not allowed to. It's that I can't. I'm a ghost. Haven't eaten in five-hundred years. You sort of miss it after a while."

"Hey, I know you!" Gilles exclaimed. "You're Nearly-Headless Ned! You're Resident Ghost of Gryffindor Tower!"

"I prefer to be called Sir Ned de Mary-Poppins."

"Sir Ned de Mary-Poppins, how can you be nearly headless?" Raoul asked, trying to remember the name.

"Like this," Ned said, pulling his head almost off. It was held back by a small flap of skin. This made some loose their apatite for the feast, which ended at least an hour later. When everyone was done, the remaining food vanished from their plates. While eating though, Raoul felt a quick, sharp pain on his forehead. He placed his hand on his scar.

"Something wrong with your scar?" Gilles asked.

"No, just a small pain. It'll be fine," Raoul replied. Just as he ended his sentence, Dumbledore stood up and the hall fell silent. "I have some beginning-of-term announcements to make. First of all, the Prohibited Forest is off limits to all students. I know many should remember that." With this, he looked over at Frank and Greg who gave small chuckles. "Also, Mr. Filth asked me to remind you there is no magic to be used in the hallways between classes. Quidditch try-outs will start in two weeks. Anyone interested should contact Madame Hoot. Finally, the fourth-floor corridor on the left hand side is out of bounds for all students. Now, before we go off to our houses, let's sing our school's song. Pick a tune and sing along!"

Before long, the room was bellowing with different melodies, but the same words:

Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Hoggy Warty Warts

Teach us something, pretty please

Wether we be old with walking sticks

Or immature with weak knees

Our brains could do with filling

With some interesting, sometimes stupid, stuff

Now they're empty and full of air

Dead moths and bits of fluff.

So teach us things worth knowing

Bring back what we've been so stupid to forget

Just do your best, we might do the rest

Until our brains all rot!

After the song, everyone in the Gryffindor house was transported to the common room by Perry Andre. It was a slow walk in which Perry urged everyone to move faster, but he himself soon had to stop. Not far from the common room were many baseball bats. They were floating in thin air.

"What?" Perry asked himself in shock, and just as he did, one hit him in the head. "Oh, must be Peeves!" he told the first years. "Peeves, show yourself!"

He didn't, though.

"Come out, Peeves, or I'll tell Dumbledore!"

Still, he didn't.

"I mean it!"

Finally, a man appeared floating in the air. "Really, Perry, you ruin all the fun!" he told him and floated off.

"That's Peeves, the poltergeist. A real nuisance if you ask me," Perry continued on to the first years. They walked a bit more until they saw a skinny woman that looked much like a model posing.

"Password, honey?" she asked Perry.

"First of all, don't call me honey. Second of all, the password is Tony the Tiger Rocks My World." The portrait hole opened, and everyone walked in. Raoul was quick to pick out one of the many beds and fall asleep.