Patrick walked into the great hall. It was totally different arriving as a second year. First of all he wasn’t herded in like cattle awaiting to find out which house he had been sorted in. This time he got to arrive and sit right down. But he would have to wait to eat until the Headmistress gave her opening speech as usual. He noticed Skylar had her brooms with her, he did need to talk to her about trying out for the quidditch team. He missed out on the play last year, but he was pretty sure that wasn’t all bad considering the wild things that were going on.

He sat down and noticed Aaron a few seats down sorted and ready to start his year apparently. Ah, the Barron had arrived at the table too. Tonight was shaping up.