This chapter is to make up for the bad chapters, for people saying to themselves 'is this similar to The Dream of you.' No, just because they end up in the same place and house does not mean that they are the same, plus its gonna have my own twist and turns. I also can't be bothered to describe what the common rooms look like so use your imagination. Credit to Sofia.
Disclaimer: Why cruel world I do not own Fairy Tail
THE GRAND FEAST Chapter 5
The table were instantly filled with delicious food such us stuffed pork, roast potatoes the would melt in your mouth, crispy chicken and- you know what I'm gonna stop because I'm gonna make you hungry and make you eat the device your currently reading the fanfiction from.
'I guess I should introduce ourselves. My name is Hermione Granger, the boy with red hair is Ron Weasely and this is Harry Potter.' She said pointing to each one of them while saying their names. While I pretended to be intruged and polite, Natsu seemed less interested in us and more on the food. He looked greedily at the food. 'We just arrived at the school two days ago, so don't ask us for directions.'
'Don't worry, I was here last year so I know the place.' Actually that was a lie well partly, I have been here before but that was 4 years ago. Natsu, still ignoring us, rubbed his hands with anticipation of eating.
'There are so many kinds of food that are just waiting to be eaten! I wonder which cooking is better Mira's or Hogwarts?' Natsu said wondering to himself but shook it off as he started to dig in messily, I put the face palming action into good use then smack Natsu at the back of the head.
'Salamander use you table manners, wait I forgot you don't have any since you're such a pig.' I said then returned to eating like a proper person. A tick mark appeared on his forehead and pouted.
'Why are you in a bad mood?' He asked. I put down my knife and fork then gave him one of my famous death stares which made Erza's and Mira's stares combined to shame.
'I think you know already…' I said still glaring at him. Harry decided now was the perfect time to change the subject.
'So Reese there obviously some bad air between you guys.' Now it was his turn to be glared at.
'Well? What are you trying to say?' I said. Ron the copycat decided it was time to be part of this chat.
'What he is trying to say is that why you call Natsu Salamander?' Ron explained and I sighed.
'Well with me and my old friends, Natsu is known for destroying things with fire.' Before he could interrupt me I grabbed a chicken leg and stuffed it in his mouth, making him shut up. Surprising Ron, Harry and Hermione that he is not choking. 'Don't worry I used to do this on a daily basis when we went to the same school.' They looked at each other then looked at me. A ghost head popped out from Natsu's plate and welcomed us both, which made Natsu fall out of his seat.
'Hello and welcome to Gryffindor, I hope you can help us win house of the year. Bloody Baron keeps on bragging abut how Slytherin will always be number 1, well guess what he got another thing coming…'
'Hey Nearly Headless Nick.' Ron greeted him
'I prefer to be called Sir Nickolas Mr Weasely.' Natsu got back on his seat looking confused.
'How can you be Nearly Headless?' He asked the ghost while I just shook my head; this is going to be quite disgusting I thought. He held his head while pulling it to the side revealing that only a patch of his skin connected his neck and head. Then he put it back to its normal state.
'Well I must carry on my quest for the Headless Hunt, toodle- loo!' He said, and then started to make his way to Erza. I hope she doesn't try and kill Nick… but that's impossible, I thought
Narrator P.O.V
With Gray and Loke…
'Hi my name is Susan Bones, don't worry I already know who you guys are. Your Gray the guy who stripped in front of the whole school, and your Loke the guy who hates Natsu's guts. Please correct me if I'm wrong.' Gray shook his head.
'Actually your spot on.' Gray answered 'But we both hate Natsu.' She looked a little shocked while Loke muttered 'I guess that is the only thing that we have in common.'
'Um okay well my name is Justin Flinch-Fletchley, I'm a fellow Hufflepuff as well.' He introduced.
'If you weren't then why are you sitting at this table.' Loke muttered under his breath, Gray nudged him and sad that Justin looked kind of hurt from his comment. The 4 of them ate in silence until Susan broke the ice.
'Anyways Gray what are you?' She asked
'Muggle born, I was born in Upminster.' He said without looking up from his dinner, sprouting random words he heard from Dumbledore's conversation/plan.
'I see what about you Loke?' Susan asked, Loke had a sad glint in his eyes.
'I'm an orphan so I didn't really get to see them…' Susan bite her bottom lip, regretting what she said. That was half of the truth, he was actually a celestial spirit but he didn't know that thanks to the 'incident'.
'I don't like long silences so let's change the subject.' Gray said, Susan perked up and smiled at the two boys making Justin feel envious inside.
'So are you currently seeing somebody Gray?' She smirked then ate a piece of stuffed pork, Gray just looked at her.
'Actually I am, her name is Juvia Lockster, though I have to say she is quite obsessed in our relationship.' He said then returned to his food, before he could strip Loke stopped him.
'Don't do it Stripper, you don't us to lose more points now do we?' He said giving him a piercing glare while Gray turned around to avoid it, to think that we used to be best buds but I can't blame him, after what we've done I can't believe he is talking to me, Gray thought. Then Susan turned her attention to Loke.
'So what about you Loke, what's your dating status?' She said winking at him making Loke blush faintly, not knowing that Reese was hearing the whole conversation. Loke pushed his plate away.
'I think I just lost my appetite, to answer your question I'm already interested in someone else.' He said crossing his arms. Out of the ordinary a large ghost appeared out of thin air and greeted the two boys.
'Hullo and welcome to Hufflepuff where you make new friends and memories.' He said smiling. Gray and Loke looked startled.
'Who are you if I may ask?' Loke asked.
'Oh dearie me where are my manners. My name is Fat Friar, ghost of the Hufflepuff house.' He said smiling while floating away to greet Wendy while hearing Mira saying, 'Oh my goodness.' When meeting Bloody Baron who was the Slytherin ghost.
With Lucy
'So where do you come from Lucy?' An Asian girl called Cho asked. Lucy sweated bullets down her face, she didn't know what to say since Reese didn't talk about Earth a lot but remembered what Dumbledore discussed with them.
'I come from Westminster.' Lucy remembered Dumbledore said that it was where the rich people lived and decided it fitted Lucy the most.
'Huh, what's your parentage?' Another girl asked. Her name was Luna Lovegod, she had startling blue eyes and had pale blond hair which can be confused for white.
'Well I'm a half blood.' Technically that was true; her mother was a celestial wizard while her father was a normal person. A lady with a grey dress started to float towards Lucy.
'Hello there dear, I bid you a warm welcome to Ravenclaw.' A lady who looked transparent said, then disappeared into thin air and then reappeared next to Levy. Lucy looked surprised.
'Who is she?'
'That's the Gray Lady, Ravenclaw's ghost.' She nodded and returned to her meal not noticing that a certain fire dragon slayer was staring at her.
Harry noticed Natsu was staring at the Heartfilla girl for a long time without eating, he nudged him. 'Hello? Earth to Natsu, you home?' He suddenly snapped out of his trance and returned to eat his hearty meal like he wasn't staring at Lucy. Harry leaned on Ron and whispered in his ear.
'Did you notice-'
'-That Natsu was staring at glove girl, yeah it was kind of hard not to notice.' Ron said cutting him off while Reese scoffed.
'Glove girl? That's a new one.' She said pushing her plate away meaning that she is full. A new one, I wondered what other nicknames she had. I spun around to see that he had gone back to stare at Lucy.
'Dude what up with you staring at Lucy. Its not like you have a crush on her.' I said sarcastically while his jaw wide open. I swear I heard Reese growling.
'Don't think about it Salamander, she is with Sting and that is final.' She said crossing her arms with determination, then she turned her attention to Harry.
'What are you looking at?' She said.
'Nothing I was just wondering…' She gestured at him to carry on.
'Why are so protective of Lucy, are you related to her or something?' She looked at him and was not smiling. She sighed.
'Well-'
'That concludes our feast for today, prefects lead your students to your house common rooms please.' Dumbledore said as the prefects requested the students to follow them.
Natsu followed Reese as they arrived at the stairs leading to the Gryffindor Common room, he heard a silent laugh from the person who turned out to be Reese.
'What are you laughing about, it's a bunch of stairs. Its not like they move I mean come on its crazy, right?' She stopped herself and looked him in the eye.
'About that… they do move.'She said with an evil smile on her face. Before he could react the stairs started to change their direction, he covered his mouth to prevent himself from vomiting. Harry noticed a strange sound coming from behind and decided to investigate, what he did not expect was Natsu hanging over the rail looking sick.
'Uh dude, are you alright?' When the stairs stopped moving, he dashed to the picture frame and smiled at them.
'What are you guys doing down there, try and catch up!' While the others stood there, Reese walked up to the picture frame.
'Caput Draconis.' Surprisingly the door frame opened and they entered the common room.
'Is it just me or doesn't our password sound like Capture Draco?' Harry asked Ron.
'That's not the question you should be asking yourselves, the thing is how she guessed the password without the prefects telling her.' Hermione said. Before they could respond Professor McGonagall stepped through the frame.
'Everyone head to your selected dorm rooms, Natsu and Reese please stay behind I must speak to you.' Everyone did what they were told. 'Now listen carefully, students are not allowed to be out of bed after curfew or ten o'clock, they are also not allowed to enter the Forbidden Forest or the third floor. You are also not allowed to show other houses this form room unless it's an emergency. Now Dumbledore has given you special permission to enter the forbidden forest and the third floor, now Natsu you will be staying in the room on the left while Reese, well you know already. Natsu your pet is already in their hidden from the boys since it is… a different color from normal pets. Now Dumbledore has told me that your meeting room will be in the Room of Requirement, now off to bed you two.'
'So where are we going?' Gajeel asked.
'Are you really that dumb, we're going to the Slytherin Common Room of course.' Pansy sneered at him.
'Says you pug face.' Gajeel answered back. She scoffed at him then started to walk farther away. While they were walking up the stairs, it shifted a bit and started to move which made his motion sickness kick in. Oh Mavis I can't let them see me like this, Gajeel thought. When it stopped he swallowed it back in hoping nobody saw it. Draco proudly walked up to the picture frame and said the password.
'Pure blood.' The picture frame opened up and they stepped in, while everyone was heading to their dorms a shape stepped out from the shadows.
'Good evening Mister Redfox, I have come here to explain how thing work around here. 1) Students are not allowed out of bed after curfew except you and your 'friends'. 2) Students are not allowed to enter the Forbidden Forest or the third floor, the headmaster has given you special permission to go through but not in the eyes of your classmates. 3) You are not allowed under any circumstances to let anyone from the other houses in. Have I made myself clear? I would hate to take away points from my own house, now you're sleeping headquarters is the one on the left, you will be with Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle. Dumbledore has told me that your meeting room will be in the Room of Requirement. Your pet is in there.'
'I wonder what the Hufflepuff Common Room looks like.' Loke wondered then followed Cedric Diggory, a fourth year at Hogwarts.
'Don't worry its got a homey touch to it, plus you will get loads of new friends.' He said with a smile. Gray sighed.
'I hope the password won't be hard to remember.' He said and stopped when they reached the painting frame.
'Don't worry it pretty easy, the wild rabbit has jumped.' (A/N: Don't ask why) the person in the picture frame nodded and let them in.
'Hello everybody, I would like you all to head to your dorm room please except you and Loke.' Everyone said their goodnights and headed to their beds. 'Now I must tell you the common rules here. 1) Students are not allowed out of bed after curfew except you and your 'friends'. 2) Students are not allowed to enter the Forbidden Forest or the third floor, the headmaster has given you special permission to go through but not in the eyes of your classmates. 3) You are not allowed under any circumstances to let anyone from the other houses in. Now your dorm mates will be Justin Flinch Fletchley, Zacharias Smith and Ernie Macmillan. Also Dumbledore has told me that your meeting room will be in the Room of Requirement. Now why don't you head off to bed and Mr Fullbuster?'
'Yes?'
'Please try to restrain yourself from your stripping habit.'
'Is this the entrance to our Common Room?' Lucy asked the prefect.
'Yes but to enter you must answer a riddle first without our help.' She nodded and stepped forward. She had to prove herself worthy of Ravenclaw by answering this. The lady in the picture cleared her throat and started to recite the riddle.
'First think of the person who lives in disguise,
Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies.
Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend,
The middle of middle and end of the end?
And finally give me the sound often heard
During the search for a hard-to-find word.
Now string them together, and answer me this,
Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?'
Lucy thought about this riddle hard. Think of a person who lives in disguise and someone who tells nothing but lies, then she remembered a Greek story Reese told them about. A lady called Arachnae told lies to people and then was later turned into a spider by her friend Annabeth's mother Athena. She had to think about the rest of the riddle, what is the last thing to mend well that's obviously a spider web. 'String them together.' The answer was obvious now. She looked up to the lady with confidence.
'A spider.' The picture frame opened and let her through, when she did the whole house of Ravenclaw clapped for her then Professor Flitwick entered.
'Well done Miss Heartfilla now I would like everybody to go to their dorms while I speak to Lucy please.' When everyone was gone he began to speak. 'Before you head to sleep I must tell you the common rules of this fine establishment. . 1) Students are not allowed out of bed after curfew except you and your friends. 2) Students are not allowed to enter the Forbidden Forest or the third floor, the headmaster has given you special permission to go through but not in the eyes of your classmates. 3) You are not allowed under any circumstances to let anyone from the other houses in unless it an emergency. I have by Dumbledore that your meeting room will be in the Room of Requirement, you will be sleeping with Cho Chang, Padme Patil and Luna Lovegod. Good night Miss Heartfilla.'
'Wow this place looks amazing!' Wendy said with Carla in her arms.
'Quite spectacular indeed.' Erza said nodded in agreement. The room had white elegant wallpaper on with red velvet curtains, the bed covers were the softest she ever felt and it was slightly cool to help them fall asleep. On the other side of the teachers' headquarters was a library which Levy absolutely fell in love with.
'What about Master, do think his room is nice?' Levy said with concern but not looking up from the new book she was currently reading.
'As far as I'm concerned I think he will settle in just fine.' Mira said with a reassuring smile.
Makarov stood there shocked while Filch grinned, 'What did you really think that you were staying in a five star hotel room, please now we hope you enjoy your stay. Come on Mrs Norris its time to do our daily rounds.' With that being said they slammed the door shut leaving a shouting second caretaker yelling, 'WHY CRUEL WORLD?'
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