Internally congratulating himself for his distrust and therefore avoidance of the tea that the Professor had left out, Dalton raised an eyebrow at his entrance, and then raised his water bottle to his lips. Somehow, Hogwarts got weirder ever year, he couldn't help but think, looking around to see how everyone else was taking the entrance, and snickering at the screams and yells let out by some people.

Alice in Wonderland wasn't something that had ever really interested him, but he'd grown up in the Muggle world, and therefore he knew about it. And he knew that in it Alice had tried to trick the Queen of Heart when her Knaves had planted the wrong type of roses. Or something like that. Maybe he was wrong. As for why the plants had changed colour when they were touched...

Well, it was safe to say he had as much clue about that as he did why Professor Myers would want to wear a dress: no clue whatsoever. He snorted slightly as the girl (Nicky) in front of him spoke under her breath and put her head down - he couldn't help but think she had a point.