Originally Posted by fire_faerie

"Ye-Yes?" she answered in a croaking voice, groaning as she made herself sit up fully. Bloody hell... Why is this hall so bright? she thought to herself, irritated as she pointedly avoided looking up at the floating candles. Huh? Did Vanessa say something else? Tuning back to her immediate surroundings, she nodded at the Hufflepuff prefect with a small smile, noticing that the hall was getting dimmer and dimmer, and therefore more bearable, by the second.

"Do you have water?" she asked her, finally able to fully open her grey eyes. Wow... This place is full! Blinking, she looked around and saw to her amazement that every single house table was practically bursting - she hadn't seen this many students in here since the Feast.