Chapter 12: Feast

// Probably my shortest chapter yet but got a lot of stuff to do, you can vote on what I should do when it comes to releasing the next few chapters.

Chapter 12: Feast

"HUFFLEPUFF!" The hat yelled out

The applause was immediate as it was thunderous from the Hufflepuff table.

They enthusiastically cheered and welcomed Alan to sit down beside them.

Alan smiled at their friendly behavior as he sat down beside another first-year.

Eventually, it was Ron's turn.

And just like in the original work he was sorted into Gryffindor.

Everyone had been sorted into the same houses as in the original work.

Finally, as the last person to be sorted Blaise Zabini ended up in Slytherin like he wished.

Professor McGonagall rolled back the parchment, picked up the Sorting hat with the four-legged stool, and then left.

At the teacher's table, Albus Dumbledore stood up and looked at the students with a smile on his face as he opened his arms.

Nothing seemed to make him happier than seeing students gathered together.

"Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts!

Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!"

"You may begin the feast."

He sat down again and everyone began applauding.

Alan sighed.

Dumbledore was really not like other

principals from other schools who said they'd speak a few simple words and ended up speaking for an hour!

At this time, the originally empty tables were filled to the brim with food; roast beef, chicken drumsticks, lamb chops, sausages, steak, boiled potatoes, roast potatoes, fried potatoes, pea sprouts, gravy, several vegetables, and more!

This was a great feast!

As Alan ate, he sometimes chatted leisurely with a few other students as they bombarded him with different questions ranging from casual ones to really weird ones.

'Arr you really Alan Potter?'

'Do you like quidditch?'

'What's your favorite food?'

'Is it true that you slew a giant dragon at 4!?'

Some of these questions baffled Alan.

I mean seriously who could expect a four-year-old to take on a fully-grown dragon?

Alan scoffed in his mind.

As he finished his meal, he moved on to desserts, while he didn't like most of the desserts here, he really liked chocolate, which his new friend opposite him also enjoyed.

"Susan, can you pass over those brownies?"

"Susan can you pass over those cookies?"

"Susan can you pass over that plate?"

'Ah what a good minion, *cough* friend.'

As Alan conversed with the redhead. He realized the two of them got along surprisingly well, they had a lot of common topics, whether it was about food or magic.

Finally, when the desserts disappeared, Professor Dumbledore stood up once again and everyone went silent in the hall.

"Now that everyone has had enough to eat and drink, I want to say a few start-of-term notices to everyone."

"First-year students, please note that the forested area on the school grounds is off-limits to all students. As some of our older students should also remember this."

Dumbledore's eyes flickered to the Weasley twins.

"Also, Mr. Filch, the caretaker, has asked him to remind everyone not to perform magic in the corridors during class breaks."

Alan caught onto the corridor part.

Did it mean any abandoned classroom worked?

There was also the Room of the Requirements…

"The recruitment of new Quidditch players will be held in the second week of this semester. Students who are interested in joining their house team should contact Ms Hooch."

"Finally, I must tell everyone that anyone who does not want to suffer a painful gruesome death. Please do not enter the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor."

"Now, before you all go to bed. Let us sing the school song together!"

Dumbledore said joyfully, but the smiles of the other teachers seemed to freeze.

Dumbledore flicked his wand lightly, and a golden ribbon flew out from the tip of his wand, twisting and winding like a snake high above the teacher's table before it started forming lines of text.

"Everyone choose a tune they like, get ready, and sing!"

All teachers and students began to sing loudly, yet it sounded disjointed and didn't sound like singing at all, but more like noise!

After everyone finished singing the school noise. The Weasley twins continued singing along with the slow melody of… was that "Funeral March?"

Alan shook his head in amusement.

Even Dumbledore conducted the last few bars to the Weasley twins. And when they finally finished. Everyone finally applauded, mostly Dumbledore.

"Ah, music." He said wiping his non-existent tears, "It truly is more charming than anything else we do here. Now, bedtime! All prefects lead your house to the dormitories!"

Before he left with the others, Alan used his talent on Dumbledore.

…

[Eye of Insight Is processing the Information…]

Huh?

Chapter end

// This was prob the shortest chapter yet, but Im working on some chapters tho want to ask you this anyway or more like vote.

1. I can release 1-3 (depends on mood and how busy i am) chapters today like I usually do.

2. Or i can mass release sometime this week(5+ chapters or smth)

Which one woukd you like?

PS: almost all my chapters are 1000+ words so they are decent length.

PPS: the voting isnt fixed for everytime i upload, its just this week.