Hogwarts Holiday Feast 2020-2021 ((Hogwarts students & staff))

Camille stood at the podium by the staff tables watching as all of the students and staff filed in. She found herself to be rather nervous. It was bad enough the school she devoted her life to, Beauxbatons, was in ashes thanks to the Death Eaters, but now, she couldn't help but worry about the same possibly happening to Hogwarts. The Ministry helped her flee to England for her safety leaving her to leave all she knew behind. Sighing, she had to keep her spirits up, if only to be strong for her students both from Beauxbatons and for the many new ones she'd meet at her new school. She forced out a smile trying to relax her face into it. She needed to be strong. She needed to let her favorite time of the year lift her up. "Hello, students and staff at Hogwarts," she greeted after clearing her throat. "As your new headmistress, I'd like to wish you all a wonderful holiday with your loved ones. I'd also like to thank you all for giving the chance to those at Beauxbatons to attend this school to continue their education and have a safe place to be. I hope you all enjoy this feast and enjoy your upcoming winter break! I'm excited to be able to get to know all of you once we move into the new year!" She didn't know how to exactly express her thoughts at that moment, but she hope it would suffice and that everyone would be understanding.

Cherry was sitting at her house's table reading a high fantasy novel. She needed a distraction from all those worries running through her mind. Was she going to go through with it? She didn't want any setbacks when it came to her goals, especially ones she wanted to achieve as soon as she graduated. Just one more semester. Just one more semester, and she won't have to worry about going to Hogwarts anymore. Time did go quickly, didn't it? Hearing the headmistress' voice, Cherry placed a bookmark in her place and faced toward her direction. She honestly couldn't imagine what Halloween night must've been like for her. She felt a sense of pity. There was nothing that could help with the pity she felt. Well, she thought so anyway at that moment. The Ravenclaw made a note in her head to greet Camille every day once school started back up the next year to at least give the poor woman something to look forward to.

Narkissos was at the table waiting for Kylo. How was he still not at the feast yet? Then again, Kylo was also late to the opening feast. Was he lying somewhere drunk? Narkissos hoped that wasn't the case; it was bad enough that Cernu won't listen to him whenever he tried to bring up his concerns over how he handles alcohol. He rubbed his eyes not looking forward to dealing with the majority of his housemates.

Listening to a Monkees tape, Hugo was sitting at the table chewing on some gumballs waiting for some of his favorite food to show up. He wanted the food to be good if he was going to be waiting so long. To him, five minutes felt like eternity. He couldn't believe that he was already halfway through his first year, and he couldn't help but be excited about being able to tell his parents about that weird history teacher and his friend who tried to scare him.

Felix was already seated for the feast, but food wasn't his focus today. He held the mask he received anonymously at the other party. It was so peculiar he couldn't help but scratch his head. It came from a prison's messenger bird as well, so that was alarming. The mask was likely from someone that knew him, but who? He glanced around as ideas soared through his head. He saw Camille and a worst case scenario revealed itself. He shook his head. There were so many things that this mask could mean, but the most likely was an uncomfortable thought. He loved his sister, but was this mask really kindness or just something to throw him off? She knew how to get to him, but they haven't been able to talk directly for years. He wrapped his arms around the mask. When would they meet and what would happen? Would she hug him like she used to on those frigid nights or would it be an even colder reunion than any of those nights could've been. Felix shook his head and let tension ease from his body. He shouldn't worry, that bridge would be crossed eventually. He would enjoy himself and prepare for that day. As for now that was only a possibility. He shrugged and looked at the food on the table. He smiled as he started to drift to eating.

James had honestly been itching to give Azazel a present for Christmas. Did he even know what Christmas was? Did he even celebrate it? That was something the Gryffindor was unsure of considering the Death Eaters' brainwashing. He really hoped that his boyfriend would be able to make it to the feast. Boyfriend. That was a nice word. His father would have a heart attack though if he knew, so he was glad to just have it be a secret for the moment. He didn't want to be stopped from seeing Azazel. He just wanted to spend his first Christmas with him happily. Was that so bad?

Ralph came into the Great Hall with a towel rested on his neck. He was a bit sweaty, but it was advised that teachers show up to the feasts. He wasn't planning on showing up at first, but that plan changed for various reasons. What didn't help his desire to be here was seeing the woman from Beauxbatons. Too much drama and so much tension in the atmosphere, he felt an urge to mess with some of the students for a bit. They were all so quiet and tense. Ralph smiled with an idea in his head, first he headed for the Ravenclaw table. Ralph studied the table and saw Felix gawking at his food. "Hey Felix, want a hug from uncle Ralph?" Felix raised his head and looked in alarm. Ralph knew the Ravenclaw liked to have his space. "No thanks! I'm good!" Felix shook his head in clear refusal. "I would take points from Ravenclaw for that, but lucky you I'm giving you a present! Ravenclaw keeps it's points... For now." Felix shuddered and turned back to his food, which Nemis had already taken a chunk for himself before jumping back over to Ralph. Felix shook his head and began to go through his remaining food. Nemis chuckled as he took a bite into an apple he stole. Ralph smiled and wiped some sweat from his forehead. He gave a quick glance to Cherry, but quickly turned his attention to the Slytherin table.

He decided to only walk partway across the room, then stop. He looked at Narkissos and took a breath. "Is your make-up running!" He shouted. Nemis let out some dark laughter then chomped on a turkey leg. "Get it?!" Ralph continued. The teacher chortled. Totally worth it.

Cherry found her attention being turned away from Camille and over to Ralph and Felix. Uncle Ralph? That was a new one... "You alright, Felix?" she asked giving a small laugh. Ralph was oddly charming. Wait a minute. He was her teacher. Why the hell was she having these thoughts? At least it eased some tension from her body if anything...

Felix let out a sigh as he reorganized his food. He was fine, but now his portions were all jumbled up. He had a good diet for his first course as well. He scratched his head. "More or less. I have to set up my food pyramid again. These feasts never go by simply, but I suppose that's why I enjoy them. I guess that actually managed to brighten my mood, but it's still like, really?" Felix shook his head as he finished distributing his food, maybe he'd go off of the healthy diet for today. It was the holiday's after all! The sixth year relaxed and started eating. "So, how are you?" Felix asked Cherry after a quick drink.

"Food pyramid? That's something I haven't heard since elementary school." Cherry watched as he organized his food. What kind of routine was that? "Considering stuff I've been struggling with for the past month, I guess I'm quite fine myself."

Cernunnos ran into the Great Hall taking a seat by Narkissos. He hadn't been paying attention to the time, and he honestly didn't feel like getting detention or whatever right before winter break. Noticing Ralph, he wondered what that damn teacher was up to.

Joey sat at the Ravenclaw table with his sketch book in hand, he was wearing his robe with a white hoodie and some warm pants underneath. It was the holidays after all. He was watching the feast unfold, this was a promising day for him by the looks of it. Beauxbatons was often seen as the elegant school, and having one of it's highest ranks should've meant something stunning. Joey knew though, he knew there was more going on behind this esteemed guest. Certainly someone to take note of. As he started doodles in his sketch book, which would likely become that professor, he noticed Ralph come in. It wasn't until then that he noticed Felix. Felix was quiet today, which caught Joey by surprise. Felix was a bit of a favorite, so energetic. Joey was glad to see that energy returning, but it was odd to him how peculiar he was being about his food. Then there was Cherry, what mysteries could he try and pry out of her? She was a seventh year, so he wouldn't have much longer to see. He briefly drifted his attention back to Ralph and Nemis. Nemis was so masculine, but it didn't seem over blown. That was always so interesting to him, he seemed like one of the famous European sculptures mixed with the gargoyle statues. Finely crafted in every muscle and a nearly defined shape of moderate strength. Yet, he could be even more as well. He began sketching a second doodle, he knew who that would be. Cernu walked in at a strange time as well, it was only becoming a more interesting day by the minute. Jumping back to Cherry, he finished a basic outline of his second doodle and paused. The last year she'd be here, and he wanted to know something. He saw her and Felix talking.

"R-right, I'm just a bit on edge is all. There's just this urge to get into prime health!" Felix paused and scratched his head with a nervous chuckle. "Also, don't feel alone with those thoughts, I was just having some troubling thoughts myself. Ha hah...? Um, Joey, you're eyeing me again." Joey silently swore to himself. Realizing how awkward this had so quickly become with Felix's acknowledgement, he decided to just go with his plan of action. "Right, right. Sorry that was awkward. Would you mind too terribly if I asked you a few questions Cherry?" Joey had his sketch book tucked in his arm. He wasn't going to look urgent, there wasn't a major need.

Cherry was listening to Felix not paying attention to Joey. She honestly didn't realize he was there if she had to be honest. It was nice being able to silence people out here and there. Hearing Joey ask her a question, she turned towards him. "Uh, what do you want?"

Alberich entered the Great Hall feeling terrible for not having arrived earlier. There was a family situation he had to deal with via floo call. Stuff back in Italy got rather crazy, especially since he was a voice of reason quite a bit of the time. He began to approach the staff tables to ensure he was able to look out for any misbehavior.

Joey thought about how he would go about this. There were a few questions he wanted to ask, but he needed to make sure he knew how to go about it. "Would you mind describing your previous school? I want to do a little bit of research and what better way to learn about a place than from someone with experience?" He felt that he could've handled it better, but he got his point across. He knew how non-fiction writings described it, but he wanted to get an individual bias. What did she think?

Felix saw Alberich walk in and tilted his head. He hadn't realized he was absent, but if anyone was late it was usually the Ravenclaw. He wasn't going to hold it on the professor, but it was still odd.

Ralph saw that of all people, Alberich was late. He seemed tense. The perfect combination to have some fun. "Hey! It's fine to relieve some stress every now and again!" Ralph shouted across the room. "Go ahead and take the day off! Your hair already looks almost as white as your nephew!" Ralph and Nemis laughed some more, clearly enjoying themselves. Ralph enjoyed not only messing with his students, but also his peers. Nemis simply kept his deep laugh up, but was calming down. The feast being a commonly laid back event, they felt they could really let loose with their chaos route they feel so inclined to follow.

'I don't have much of an opinion honestly," she answered with a shrug. "I was only there for two years. What was there to really form an opinion of anyway?" Cherry briefly looked over in Ralph's direction. He sounded cute when he laughed... Wait. No. Brain, stop that. How dare her thoughts go in that direction? He was her teacher!

Maddie hated being pregnant with a passion due to all the things that happened, and still, nothing changed. She was still the irresponsible bitch she always had been according to Ezra, even more bitchy. The father of her child was dead, leaving her to believe that she would end up being both the mommy and daddy to her child. Maddie sat at the Slytherin table crossing her arms, the one thing that made her happy was that she was going to be having a daughter. Something that she only found out a couple weeks prior which made her happy.

She listened to the headmistress rolling her eyes and trying to keep a positive face. The girl had to agree she was definitely someone who gave Hogwarts a good feel. Maddie touched her stomach that she was slowly showing, and it sucked that Dysmas would never even know his own daughter. Letting out a smile she turned to one of her friends. "I am bound to fully showing after this break"

"It's not you fucking douchebag and bitch!" he replied to Ralph not amused by his lame excuse of a joke. Why couldn't he try to actually be funny for once? Narkissos turned to see that Cernu had arrived. "I was wondering where you were, Cernu! Excited for break?" He then noticed Madison. He couldn't understand why, according to his speculations, she didn't use protection. Was she that dumb?

Azazel sighed he really did not want to be at the feast but he had to keep up appearance of a normal student so he had to go. He wished he could be with James though with everything going on as of late he found him self becoming more and more isolated. He did however sneak some gin into the punch when no one was looking. Thinking now that the feast would be at least a little fun. Smiling he took his seat again.

James noticed a very familiar face enter; noticing that it was Azazel, he immediately smiled finding it hard to fight his subconsciousness. Would any of his housemates notice? He hoped not. He didn't want to have Azazel deal with any fallout from house hate. Hopefully, he'd be able to interact with his love at some point.

Before hearing Narkissos, Cernunnos noticed some Slytherin guy spike the punch with gin. "Oh, hi, Narks! Hmm. I guess! I still haven't gotten my dad a present yet. Then again, Christmas at home is usually playing stuff like Cards Against Humanity while the Charlie Brown Christmas special plays on the telly." One could describe Cernunnos as being quite the chatterbox. "Hey, you, black hair guy with hair that's long," he greeted to the boy he had witnessed spiking the punch. "You're never in the commonroom, so I dunno your name. I have a question. Where did you get your alcohol from?"

Alberich let out a sigh hearing Ralph’s comment. He often wondered why that man was hired, especially from the stories told by his students about that class. ”Ralph, don't you think we should be setting a good example to all of the students here?” he asked finding his mind so focused on Ralph that he didn't notice the punch got spiked.

Scopius was watching everyone in silence he didn't feel like he needed to speak. Though he watched as Azazel spiked the punch and he smirked. The feast may just be about to get interesting. However he did not know the boy who spiked the punch though that didn't matter he was just glad that there was going to be something to turn the lame feast into a party. He got up and grabbed a cup of the punch and sat down and waited for the disaster that was about to occur to happen.

Lily entered the great hall and smiled as she saw some of her friends. She said hello before going to the drink station and grabbing a cup of punch. She sipped it and made a face but decided not to say anything. She didnt want to seem uncool. SHe sighed and continued to sip before going to take a seat. Her eyes wandered and landed on one Scorpius Malfoy