Ch.6 Let The Feast Begin

Jason's POV-

When we arrived at Hogwarts, we were all shocked that the school was actually a castle. Like, have you seen how big it is? Most of us had our faces against the glass, no matter how unsanitary it was. We had all changed into our robes, the lady that was pushing the cart had given us the heads up about our robes. Leo also bought a bunch of candy for the rest of the train ride which he refused to share with anyone. By the time that the train stopped everyone was making their way of the train. The guy that we met at Diagon Alley was here, he was calling for all the first years. The group decided to follow where everybody else was going. After a bit of walking we reached these carriages that were being pulled by what looks like bony, dead horses. They were pretty freaky, but not the scariest thing I have ever seen.

We split up into two carriages, since twelve people couldn't fit in one. Leo, Percy, Annabeth, Piper, and Nico were in the one with me. The ride was slow but we were all astonished seeing the castle up close. We made it to the school, finally, and we grouped back up with the rest of our friends.

"Americans over here, come here exchange students." We heard coming for this guy who looks like he hasn't taken a bath in a while. He had a cat by his side and they didn't look very friendly. We started walking his way and he didn't look better the closer we got. Once we all got there, he turned and told us to follow him. We entered the castle and watched in amazement at the halls and the staircases. We once got to these set of double doors that looked like they could've started at the ceiling and almost took up the whole wall. There stood a tall man, his face was clean shaven and he looked young and fit, like he played some type of sport. He looked at all of us, he can't be much older than us.

"Hello Americans, and welcome to Hogwarts, I hope you will enjoy your year here with all of us. I am Professor Woods, this is my first year teaching here and I am the head of your house. Here in Hogwarts we separate students into houses, which are the people that you will be with everyday for seven years, although this year is a bit different because we just had a war last year and some students that were supposed to graduate last year are coming this year, and we have you guys, so the castle may be a bit crowded. Since there are only a dozen of you, we decided not to split you guys up into different houses and to just create your own house. And with that house you guys can have your own Quidditch team. Quidditch is the sport that we play here, and we do a tournament throughout the year with each house, if you want to hear more of that just come to me. When I went here I used to be the captain of the Gryffindor team, so I know the ropes. Also throughout the year we track houses by behavior and deeds, teachers can give and take away points, and the house that has the most points at the end wins the house cup. You will receive your schedules tomorrow at breakfast and your table is at the end of the dining room, that is behind me, it is the smallest table there. Your colors are purple and white, and you will receive your school robes and any other uniforms by the end of the week, you will need to pick it up at Filch's office, he is the guy that brought you here. Now if you have any questions you can come to me, I'm not gonna hold you here much longer, we have the first years coming." He gave us the speech and then opened the doors for us to head inside. There were four long tables filled with students making so much noise, laughing, yelling and playing around, most of them looked to be younger than us. There was a table in the front, where I'm guessing the teachers sit, and there is an empty table in the back of the room, just like Professor Woods told us, so that is where we sit.

We made our way over to the table, receiving curious glances from the other students, it made us feel sorta uncomfortable. We sat down and noticed that there were plates set up, some in the middle of the table and some around the outside, along with utensils and cups. It all looked fancy, like it shouldn't be in the hands of tweens and teenagers. We sat down and got ourselves situated when this old lady got up and started to reach everyone's attention. She cleared her throat loudly once she got tired of waiting for people's attention.

"Welcome students to a new year at Hogwarts, and should I say, welcome back to all the students that have decided to join us for another year. As you all know, or have figured out by now, this year is going to be a little different. First, I went to welcome back the eight years who came back to repeat their last year of school, and they didn't have too, but I am pleased to say that every single one who survived last year came back. While on that topic, I will like to give a moment of silence for all the lives we lost last year, the heroes and the ones who lost their way." When she said that, everyone bowed their heads, we did too out of respect. "I will also like to welcome all the first years that have been sorted into their houses and I hope you fit in well with the school. Lastly, I would like to welcome the American exchange students that the school is hosting this year. They are also the same age as our eighth years, so we hope that you learn the school and our culture here, and we are happy to entertain you. This year's Quidditch tournament will have not four, but five teams, if you exchange students want to play. This is also your yearly reminder that the Forbidden Forest is forbidden, if you so much as seek to finish the year with your life, you will follow that rule. Some new teacher this year, We have former student Professor Woods as our flying instructor, and we have A current eighth year Professor Potter as our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, we also have a new class being taught by Professor Brunner, and that class is Muggle Defense, which has been brought up as an important lesson. So let's give them a big welcome and let's have the best year here at Hogwarts. Let the feast begin." She finished off and when she said that, what looks like a thanksgiving feast appeared on the plates that were in the middle of the table.