First Term Feast

[Aimon Berkeley]

The Great Hall was lit with many candles, the plates of silver were all set and the ceiling shone with billions of stars. As soon as everyone was settled and seated, Berkeley, stood and cleared his throat. He beamed at them all. Nothing could of made him more pleased than to see all the students there in their uniforms. Ahh, the first term feast. What a wonderful event. He thought.
The noise in the Great Hall faded as he stared at the students.

"Welcome to another great year at Hogwarts! Before we begin the banquet, I would like to say a few words. Enjoy and Dig in!"

He sat back down in his chair, smiling widely as the banquet appeared on the house and teachers tables. Everybody clapped and cheered.

[Nayau Zanther]

Nayau joined in the wave of applause the errupted throughout the great hall. She beamed widely at the students seated at the four house tables. It was always nice to see new faces and old.

The professors were seated at the head of the hall. Supervising the event. Looking out upon thier pupils.

The start of term feast always made Nayau feel excited and nervous about the coming year. So many unexcpeted things to happen, so many secrets to uncover.

[Jacen Ray]

Once his hands started to sting from clapping for the Headmaster and for the start to another fantastic year, he let his eyes wander down to the table whether a feast, even more glorious than the year before, had appeared.

He could contain himself no longer and he sat down and started to dig in. Although he was relatively skinny, he could pack it in and eat quite a bit. Before he knew it, he was on his 3rd plate and still going strong. With a mouth, and plate, full of food he said, "I luff tis shool!" And then continued to gorge himself.

[Lena Polienko]

Sitting at the Slytherin table with her unusually straight posture, Lena clapped a little bit for the headmaster. She was careful not to ruin her nails, which had been painted black for the rather grim occasion that was the beginning of her fifth year. Over the summer, she had visited Sochi, Russia with her father for two weeks. Two weeks spent at all the boutiques and restaurants, and finally a chance to brush up on her Russian. Lena had been reluctant to return to Britain, but she had to.

She had a lot to think about this year; her future career, for one. Lena knew that she should’ve given it more thought, but she definitely wasn’t looking forward to flipping through pamphlets about boring old jobs. It would be nice to be a professional Quiditch player. Boys around the world would have posters of her on a broomstick. She would be a star. Then again, Lena didn’t think her father would approve of a career in sports.

Lena looked around at the food. She scooped some corn and mash potatoes onto her plate. When some of her fellow students gave her quizzical looks, she mumbled something about ‘not being hungry’.

[Tim O'Maley]

Tim sat at the Gryffindor table, fulll of excitment. The start of another year. This year he would start his N.E.W.T's and was quite nervous about them. He had done quite well in last years O.W.L's but failed Herbology so he could no longer continue it.

He clapped loudly for the headmaster and when the food appearded he began to fill his plate heavily. He chowed down into the food like it was going out of fashion. He hadn't had anything that day except for a few sweets on the train. Fellow Gryffindorians were giving him odd looks. He smiled stupidly at them with cheeks full of food.

[Anthony Baxter]

Anthony was very excited. This was his last year at Hogwarts and he wanted to make the most of it. After th appluase has died down the food appeared. He looked the Hufflepuff table up and down. So much food to choose from and so little time to try it all. He piled his plate with shepherds pie and poured gravy all over it.

[Francis Kilbravio]

Francis hated the idea that he was in a very open large room with young people, both of which he feared. He sat at the end of the staff table for a quick get away when the time came.

He was very shaky. He picked up his fork to eat when the applause had died down. His fork clattering against his plate as he tried to eat. He managed to pick up a piece of potatoe but he was too shaky to keep it on the fork, the potatoe flew of it and landed in another professors soup. "Sorry" He muttered to the professor.

For the rest of the feast he kept his head down and two hands on his cutlery.

[Volgun Austin]

Volgun clapped for the headmaster in a classy manner. He was a man of high esteem. He thought to be rich and powerful was all a wizard needed to be, and Volgun would do anything to get such a power.

He sat with a straight back of dignity. He took his knife and fork and began to eat his meal. He looked out over the hall. And smirked at the first years gob smacked at how the food appeared. He looked to the Slytherin table, his house. He nodded at the new first years and the older students. This year Slytherin was sure to win the House Cup and Quidditch Cup.

[Rori O'Maley]

Rori was sat at the very end of the Slytherin table. Her plate was empty and she was longing for food. When Berkeley finished speaking and the food appeared she tucked in without delay. She decided to go with the beef pie and some backed potatoes. She sat with a perfect posture and she cut her food with grace. Her mother had sent Aurora to an etiquette school before starting Hogwarts last year. While there she was there she was taught how 'act like a lady' or face serious punishment. Her old habits die hard so now she was acustom to sitting as if she had a book atop her head.

She looked about the great hall with much antisapation. This was only Rori's second year at Hogwarts and she was yet to discover even an 8th of its clandestine features.

[Samuel Miller]

Sam sat at the Ravenclaw table and cheered for the Headmaster, Berkeley. When the massive amount of food appeard on the tables Sam loaded his plate with food. This was a special event in Hogwarts and some of this food will not appear in any other dinner; So he took the opportunity to have something different.

[Eugene Ackerly]

Sitting in the middle of the Ravenclaw table Eugene cheered loudly from the headmaster.

When the food appeared he began to pick what he wanted. He was a very fussy eater, he didn't like mushrooms or tomatoes or potatoes so he choose pumpkin pie and began to tuck in.

[Autumn Rowley]

Autumn clapped for the headmaster and in celebration of another year for this was to be her 6th year and she waited in anticipation for the food to appear in front of her so she could begin eating.

She glanced about the room and saw all of Hogwarts smiling faces and couldn't help but smile herself.

When the food appeared she put a bit of everything on there and began to eat politely even though she was ravenously hungry she thought she would need to make an impression on the first years that had arrived at the Gryffindorr table. They looked nervous and excited at the same time. She remembered what it was like to be a first year and was glad that she was in her 6th year.

[Brendan Makintyre]

Brendan clapped and cheered for the Headmaster. The atmosphere was great. Brendan loved the first term fest. He looked forward to it every year.

My sixth year. Wow! Just one more to go and I'm out of here.

The Great Hall was decorated in the house colours. Candles were hovering above them and the stars just made it extra special.

When the cheering died down and the food appeared Brendan helped himself to a little bit of everything untill he had a large piled of assorted food on his plate. He hadn't eaten on the train and was starving. He stomach growled with disapproval of how starving he was. It wanted food. He started to eat and with every few mouthfuls of food or so Brendan would take a huge gulp out of his goblet of Pumpkin Juice. He tried his best not to look like a starved wolf eating for the first time in weeks but he wasn't sure it was working.

[Kahlia Quintel]

Kahlia clapped & cheered for the headmaster. She always loved the start of year feast & decided to eat a little bit of everything!!
She piled her plate with all sorts of things.

I'll deffinately regret this tomorrow. I'll need to excercise double if I'm going to keep this figure!