Finally, the time had come.

After having sent her things up to the common room, and Walnut, Kurumi had stayed behind a bit to make sure first years knew where they were suppose to go before she took off towards the Great Hall.

Upon entering, Kurumi had felt her breath almost entirely leave her. For some reason, it seemed much bigger than she remembered it being. Still, it felt like being back home.

She hurried over to the Gryffindor table, taking time to direct a quick bow towards the staff table, and set a large tin on the front end of the table. Time to give her lions a proper greeting. She removed the lid and took her wand out. Her charm work hadn't been quite up to par last term, and some cookies had collided with one another as they pranced around the table, but she had tried to practice as much as she could during the year - which had caused for the girl's dormitory to be covered in cookie crumbs from time to time.

"Wingardium Leviosa!" she said with a swish and flick of her wand. Half of the cookies from the box levitated up in the air. The other half was asking too much of her forth year abilities. "Locomotor Gryffindor cookies!"

Violet eyes unblinking, Kurumi waved her wand around until the cookies had found a rhythm and were doing cartwheels in the air all around the Gryffindor table. Maybe next year she could get all the cookies at once. For now, she would take things in shifts.



Still waving her wand around here and there, Kurumi waited for more lions to come to the table, new and old. She looked at the Sorting Hat, sitting proudly on its chair, and wondered if any of the first years she had spoken to on the train would be joining the pride.