RP: Welcome Feast Who: Professors, Students, Staff etc. (add your tags) Where: Hogwarts, Great Hall When: September 1, 2024 - evening Rating/Warnings: None yet, let me know and I'll change when necessary Summary: Neville welcomes all the students and new staff to Hogwarts Status: Open; Closed
As nervous as Neville was, and considering how many times he'd rehearsed his speech and even cornered Hannah to see if she liked it as well, he was doing just fine after the sorting. In fact, he couldn't keep a silly grin off his face watching all the first-years come up one by one to be sorted. He remembered when he was in that situation - nervewracking.
However, after the sorting, and after everyone was seated, all the professors were in their places and the two new assistants by their sides, Neville got up to deliver his Welcome speech. He tried very hard to keep it short as he could hear a few grumbling bellies from the ever-hungry teenagers. Neville kept a smile on his face, thinking that he had mighty big shoes to fill and wanting to earn the right to be there, as Filius thought he should.
Giving the usual warnings about the Forbidden Forest and not to be in the halls after hours, he introduced Terry Boot as his new Herbology Professor, as well as his assistant Ginny Potter, and Angelina Weasley who would be helping Oliver Wood with the Quidditch program as well as the extra-curricular physical education program.
As soon as he thought he'd been long-winded enough and the kids were starting to get glassy-eyed, he smiled and waved his hands in the general direction of the tables as he had always seen the previous Headmasters do, and the great feast appeared. It seemed the waving of the hands was a signal to the house elves to make the feast appear as if by... well, magic.
"Welcome, all of you, and enjoy the feast." Neville returned to his seat, glad to find a drink in front of him and flanked by colleagues. "How'd I do?" he said to no one in particular, possibly asking it of his own reflection in the wine-goblet.