The Great Hall was trully breathtaking. Real candles were lit up as they were floating in the air over four long tables, where the students were sitting.
At the top of the hall was another long table where the teachers were sitting and chattering.
And it was hard to believe there was a ceiling there at all, and that the Great Hall didn't simply open on to the heavens as Tom and Emma looked up and saw a the sky.
"It's bewitched to look like the sky outside." they heard Alex whisper from behind. Tom and Emma grinned as they replied, "We know." in unison. Making the wizards and witches with them, to smile.
"So Ms. Watson, care to sit with us at the Gryffindor table?" offered Ron as he flicked his eyes towards the corner of the room, where they found a long table with the students wearing red and gold scarfs and a Gryffindor emblem on their robes.
The muggle actress giggled, "Well I'll be honored." that made Harry, Ginny, Neville and Ron smile, "- and please, call me Emma."
Alex smirked at Tom who had a smile twitched on his lips, "Thinking what I'm thinking?"
Tom smirked back at him, "Slytherin table with you guys? Surrounded with proud purebloods? . . . Yeah ofcourse!" Tom exclaimed making Blaise and Alex to give him a proud smile. "- and mate seriously, Slytherin girls are way more hotter. I should introduce you to some I know . . ." Blaise said with a boyish grin on his face as Alex nodded with agreement.
Tom on the other hand smiled wideley, "See you later Em!" he said as the three Slytherins ran towards the table with students wearing green and silver scarfs.
"Boy, he really is a Slytherin." mutters Ginny as she laughed, "He strongly reminds me of Malfoy, really." Harry said as the rest agreed. Emma just shaked her head as she watched Tom, Blaise and Alex gawking over some giggling Slytherin girls. Pansy and Phoebe followed the guys as they muttered something about, "Boys." In a disapproving way.
The Gryffindors watched Phoebe grabbed Tom and Alex's arms away from the laughing Slytherin females, as Pansy did the same to Blaise. The two grudgingly dragged the three boys towards the end of the table where they all sat down.
Neville chuckled from his sight, "Oh Merlin, it's like Draco Malfoy was never gone."
They laughed as they agreed, "- now, let's get going towards our table." Ginny piped in as she gazed towards Emma. The actress smiled and nodded, "Let's go . . . I'm starving."
"So how is it?"
Tom grinned as he faced the Italian wizard sitting right next to him, "-It's delicious!" he said right before he swallowed his food. "Don't speak while your mouth is full Felton, it's gross!" said Pansy.
"Gosh you really are like Draco." muttered Phoebe. Alex and Blaise laughed as Tom grinned boyishly, "Sorry." he said as he chuckled.
". . . but seriously though, your food here is really good! Just like what had written in the books. I'm quite impressed." he said as he sipped his goblet of pumpkin juice.
". . . when we were filming some scences in the great hall, we don't literally eat the foods, by all means of saying . . . the food's display in these tables were all fake. We kept on thinking it wasn't real foods, for it always makes our mouth water. Really disturbing." he continued. "That's quite a tease if you ask me!" exclaimed Zabini, "I can't imagine seeing all thos foods and not able to eat them." said Alex.
"I know. It's really unnerving." muttered Tom. Phoebe and Pansy exchanged glances as they overheard their conversation. Both of the girls shaked their heads, "I can't believe we're stuck with these kinds of wizards." said Pansy as she rolled her eyes, "I know. They kept on talking about food. I'm beginning to think they aren't purebloods." Phoebe replied with a grim expression.
"We heard that." said the three in unison. Making some nearby Slytherins laugh.
"So Hermione, what happened with you this morning? You looked like a little off during our classes." piped in Lavender Brown as she sat down next to Ron.
Emma took a sip of her juice and faced the Gryffindor, "Oh, I - uh . . . I didn't feel well." she said.
Harry, Neville, Ginny and Ron exchanged glances as the faced Emma. "Oh what happened?" asked Lavender, concerned.
". . . Headache."
Lavender just stared at the brunette then nodded after a few seconds, "Well, you should go to the hospital wing later. I heard you and Malfoy fell unconscious at the library last night, what happened by the way?"
Emma just stared at her. She know nothing about what happened, Harry and the others haven't even mentioned that their friends were unconscious last night . . . just like . . . . she and Tom at the . . . .
"Wait - I . . . Uh . . . will you excuse us Lavender? For a bit? Please?" Emma asked politely. Lavender eyed her curiuosly but nodded anyways, "Okay. I'll see you later Won won." she kissed Ron on the cheeks then stood up as she went near some other Gryffindor students.
"What's up Em?" asked Ginny, concerned. "What really happened to Granger and Malfoy at the library last night?" she asked.
"We don't really know. Last time we checked, it was thid morning we found out that both of them were at the hospital wing." replied Ginny, "Madam Pince told us earlier that she found the two lying on the restricted section so she brought them to Madam Promfrey." continued Harry.
"That's . . . odd." said the brunette.
"Why?" asked Neville, "What do you mean?"
"Remember when I said that me and Tom fell unconscious last night? What if it was the same time as Hermione and Draco did?"
Ron furrowed his brows with that, "So you're saying . . . "
". . . . that Malfoy and Hermione must've found that stone also?" asked Harry. "Well, I not really sure. But that's my theory." replied Emma.
"- but you have a point though." said Neville. "I also agree with you on that." piped in Ginny.
"So what are we gonna do?" asked Harry.
"I think we need to speak with the Headmaster but we have to wait 'till friday." Emma sighed, "but in the meantime, let's talk to those snakes . . . " she smiled as the lot faced the other table across the room. Revealing five laughing Slytherins.
"Tom seemed to be comfortable with them . . ." Emma muttered as she smiled, "and you aren't with us?" asked the red head carelessly beside her as she frowned. The brunette smiled as she said, "Of course not! It feels like being home here . . ."
Ginny Weasley smiled with that. Emma was right, she felt like home as she stepped inside the Great Hall. But it didn't changed the fact that she really misses the presence of her muggle friends . . . her muggle world . . . and being here, in the wizarding world . . . just felt so wrong.