Louis almost burst into the kitchen just a minute later. He'd been held back by an unfriendly owl that refused to release the mail it had brought with itself for him.

"Bay! Lux!" He grinned at the sight of his two friends, walking over to the table where they sat. "M'lady." He bowed in greeting at Lady Lux of the House of Hufflepuff before turning to his best mate and tackling him with a friendly hug. "Mate! Where've you been!?" Seriously! He felt like he hadn't seen Bay in 56 years. It also didn't help that they both looked like old men, so it just made it seem like the time had been even longer.

"Do you guys like my new look?" he asked as he pointed at his hair. The grey was completely gone, replaced by the boy's natural dark brown colour. He grinned, though his wrinkled face remained old.