April stared around the great hall, ignoring the incessant chatter of everyone around her. So she was a Slytherin just like her mother had been. Oh well, she had been hoping for something else really but she could live with it. She tried not to think of her mum though, not today. However when she tried not thinking about her, her mind wandered to thinking of the other person she shouldn't be thinking of. April knew it was silly to hope, but she wished that next year Alex would be sat next to her, or maybe even at a different table. Shaking off these thoughts she focused on the food. She ate a lot for a small girl. At home she usually had to bash some kid in the head to steal back the food he'd just nicked from her or something like that. Despite the loud chatter that echoed around the hall, April found this meal quite peaceful. Looking around at the people around her, though avoiding eye contact, April tucked a strand of her reddy-brown hair behind her ear. It would be good at Hogwarts, at least she hoped.