Green Leaves

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Todd gaped at the great hall.
They sure did call it great for a reason- it was huge!
The candles are astounding...
Sure, Todd had seen many-a candles in his life, but never this many in one place. It was almost overwhelming.
He looked around at the people beside him.

Valery and William were to Todd's left, fighting over some thing or other as if they were siblings, while Vincent stood like a fourth year to his right, considering his height, that is- and his maturity. Todd reminded himself he needed to ask Vincent how he did that later- being mature, it could come in handy at times.

Vincent glanced down at the short blonde, making silent eye-contact, he lifted his eyebrows to show he was equally impressed.

Todd grinned and nodded before noticing something.
Vincent's eyes reflected the light of all the candles- it was magnifying, mesmerizing really. He broke eye-contact to see if Valery and William were the same. Making awkward eye-contact with them, he could see that they were indeed. Todd hoped his own eyes had that same sparkle, that'd be nice.

Todd looked forward at the vast amount of people who were self-consciously sitting down, as if unsure if where they sit might affect their house.
Students of all years were here, the older years previously seated while the first years stumbled around, a few recognizing siblings or friends and waving wildly, bounding over to them.

"You suppose we should sit with the house we want to be with?" Todd frowned in thought.

"I don't think it makes a difference." William piped in.

"He makes a good point though, I'm sure it makes some difference." Valery put in.

"Let's sit with Hufflepuff then?" Todd suggested sheepishly.

William and Valery gave each other awkward looks.

Todd furrowed his brow, "What? What's wrong with Hufflepuff?"

"They think the house is full of blighters." Vincent chuckled at his friends' reactions.

Todd scoffed in irritation, "That's not true! Hufflepuff's ar-"

"Not the brightest." William crossed his arms.

"And not particularly daring.." Valery murmured, guilty of her own opinion.

"I just jumped on a bloody train!" Todd threw his hands up.

This seemed to be said too loud as some local attention was brought to him with concerned looks. However, not loud enough to drown out the buzz of all other conversations, as those continued normally.

Todd put his arms down self-consciously.

"Well, if you end up in that house, they'll get a nice taste of something new." William sniffed.

"Just for that, I hope I see you there." Todd tossed his curls back before picking up pace to walk beside Vincent with an amused grin.

"You're not really offended?" Vincent smirked.

"'Course I'm not, my mum and da have known I'd be a Hufflepuff since the moment I could crawl, not like they've been all too proud about it either- mum tries, but da.." Todd shrugged, "I'm used to it, I can try and defend but I'm more of a chaser than I am a keeper."

"Good analogy." Vincent shrugged.

"Well, thank you then."

"'Course."

As they'd all been talking, they'd been slowly moved down the hall, shoulder to shoulder with other students to find a seat.

"So where exactly are we sitting? I think it best if we make a start for there for now." William commented, "Ravenclaw?"