Tom was hit by the smells of delicious breakfast foods as soon as he got close to the enormous doors leading into the Great Hall. He stopped in the doorway for just a moment to get a good look at the room, which he could admire a lot better now that the entire school wasn't crowded inside all at once... but mostly he was just overwhelmed by the sheer amount of food he could see on all four of the student tables.

He wondered where he should sit. The Slytherin table was very nearly empty, and he'd heard that students were allowed to sit at other Houses' tables if they liked. Should he introduce himself to some of the students from other houses? Or maybe instead of wasting time sitting down for breakfast, he should just grab something to go and take the opportunity to explore some of the castle?

It would be easier to decide if he knew somebody else in the Hall!