 Unforgivably Cursed | adultescent
"Hey, come on," Henry grinned and nudged Remy with his elbow when his best friend let out a sigh. "Last year is the best year, right? We're gonna make it that way. And then we'll have the whole world at our fingertips when we're done." He had to think of it that way or he might get mopey too, and he wasn't going to start out seventh year that way. Not when they were meant to rule the school this year.
Noticing another newly sorted first year (Joy), Henry gave her a wide, welcoming smile as she caught his eye. "Hi there, welcome to Hufflepuff! My name's Henry, I'm the Head Boy and Hufflepuff prefect, so if you need anything or have any questions, please feel free to ask me, okay?" She looked pretty excited to be here and that was always nice to see.
Henry blinked as the even more excitable first year (Maddie) jumped to her feet when talking to him. Uhhh... what? "Fairy godfather?" He gave Olivia a quizzical look since apparently she was the one who told her that? What exactly was she telling people? "Um, no," he chuckled, turning back to the first year. "I did ride in a carriage up to the castle, but it wasn't a pumpkin and I didn't ride with Etta. But we're good friends and we make a great team." He turned to Olivia again, smiling as she said she had a good summer. He'd figured as much. "Yeah, my summer was good too. Busy as usual, and last year on the U17 team." That part made him a little sad, but no dwelling on those feelings right now. "Oh, thanks!" he grinned in response to her congratulations.
Turning back to Remy, he noticed that he was looking down one end of the table and Henry followed his line of vision. Ah, Miranda and Rian. Henry gave both girls a smile and wave, seeing as they were too far to really have a conversation without shouting. And even then he wouldn't be sure that they'd hear him, as loud as it already was here. But he was glad to see that Miranda made it back to school this term. And he chuckled hearing Remy's comment. "Bigger than it already is? I'll try..." He was joking though, knowing he didn't have that much of a big head. Or at least he didn't think so.
Oh..... maybe the Friar wasn't joking. The smile on Henry's face faded a bit at the ghost's insinuation that he wasn't glad to see them. And he blinked, startled a bit, as the ghost began shouting. This wasn't like the friendly ghost at all and Henry wondered if he was having a bad day or if something else was going on. "I'm sorry if someone treated you that way, Friar... But I think you can stand up for yourself without being loud and rude, you know?" He understood the feeling like a doormat thing, having felt that way at times, but he wasn't sure he was ever so nasty in rebuttal. Well, maybe he was. But he wasn't sure this was the time for this. It wasn't exactly welcoming to the new students or even the returning ones.
He gave the first year girl (Dahlia) who turned to him a reassuring smile. "Uh, no.. he's usually quite friendly and welcoming. Bad day, maybe," he added with a shrug as he lowered his voice so the ghost's feelings wouldn't be hurt. Everyone had bad days, even ghosts he supposed.
Ah, finally, the Headmistress's speech. Henry listened as attentively as he could, but he was really just thankful that food was in his very near future. He was starving as usual.
__________________ started like a knight in a fairytale_______________________________________________
ended like a moth in flames______________________
______________________don't you worry I'll be fine
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