Prof. Will Lestrange

I headed out from the dungeons to the seventh floor but was not sure where to search. Seeing that people were already looking at a few portraits, I decided to go past them and headed for the first unclaimed portrait. The Fat Lady wasn't there, but maybe she'd be nearby!

Listening to Tarma, I was wondering what she was talking about: the items looked no different than things that I regularly saw at my own House table! But then I remembered that her time at Hogwarts as a student was far enough before mine that it isn't impossible that there was a time before 2013 that there were regularly shortages at the students' tables. And as I started eating the food, it didn't taste any different either than what I remembered, so I responded: "Was there a time when the food selections for students were a bit different? As far as I can tell, the food at the staff table this year is no different than the food from my House table last year!"

I listened to the younger Head Students discussing OWLs and remembered how my own were not that long ago. Smiling as I realized that one of the exams I had written was going to be on the schedule next month, I turned back to Tarma and gave her a glare. It would not do to make any more mistakes by being on autopilot; I had an impression I needed to maintain! So I simply replied: "Well, that's my one mistake for the day!"

I was about to get a bite to eat until I realized I was sitting at the wrong table! I was so used to sitting at my House table for meals - part of prefect duties and all - that I had completely forgotten that professors sit at a different table, regardless of house. I found an empty spot at the professorial table and quickly got myself a cup of coffee, hoping no one had realized my mistake. And even if everyone had, some of my favourite breakfast foods were right in front of me...

I had done this many times before, but for some reason I was expecting things to be different. But the Great Hall was still the same, even if I noticed some people having fancier badges than before. Entering the Hall, I knew where to go for my two timetables: one for the classes I was taking and one for the classes I was teaching. Watching some of the Gryffindors having fun at their end of the hall, I didn't want to bother them for now - but rather just sat down at my own House Table to grab something to eat.

congratulations to Sky, Iverian, Lorainia, and Adaleine on your respective promotions!