The students were back and more active than ever. A group of Ravenclaws and Slytherins had gotten together and decided they wanted an exploding snap league. They were an eccentric bunch but their pleas were heard loud and clear. So, now the students had rallied together. Lunch time was normally a grand affair, so the amount of chatter and movement between the tables was nothing unusual.
The small explosions, however, were a bit new.
A muggleborn, Hufflepuff laughed as his half-blood friend showed him the best way to stack the cards for his part in the tournament that night.
A few Gryffindor girls could be seen walking by in a serious conversation while holding a rather large sheet of paper.
Flitwick looked on fondly as the all transpired. Exploding Snap card were an excellent piece of spell work and he was totally in favor of this tournament, unlike some professors. Perhaps this would be just the thing students needed to be more serious in his charms classes.
"Fli'wi! Fli'wi!" A small voice called from nearby.
Flitwick looked to his left where he could see big green eyes with a mop of black hair staring up at him.
"Yes, Harry?" He asked the child.
"Wan' play?" Harry asked, holding up his toddler snap cards.
Flitwick thought about it for a second. On the one hand he needed to get back to his classroom and grade a few papers. But really could one game hurt?
"Sure," He smiled down at Harry. He carefully pulled Harry onto the chair with him so he would be able to reach the table as well.
'After all,' he figured, 'it's never too early to start encouraging children to be curious about spell work.'
A/n: Toddler exploding snap only makes the noise, they don't actually explode. The Gryffindors were going over their battle plans for the day.