Many things about this situation seemed odd to Neville. First, shouldn't he be with Gran? After all, he had never spent Christmas break at school. Gran didn't allow that. So, he had never experienced the Hogwarts Christmas feast before. And second? Half the time he couldn't remember basic stuff. How is he supposed to remember that he has a new name?
Thankfully, some of his friends - and a few people he really didn't like - were around him. He could pretend, right? But, what if he messed up? He really wished that he had Trevor here. He missed that toad. And his remberall would have been nice too.
Smiling a little, Neville tried to talk to some of the other people at the table. But he didn't know them! Some of them looked familiar in a way that he felt like he had seen them before, but he couldn't really know. He figured if someone wanted to talk to him, they would.