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immzies-adventures-through-books:

The year Hogwarts reopens

• The Great Hall is quiet when the first years come in. They are watched by everyone else, but even the young ones can see gaps in the tables, and they knew it was from the students who would never come back.
  
• The hat does not just sing about the houses this year. It tells a tale of the Hufflepuffs who lay down their lives, smart Ravenclaws who used every trick they knew, cunning Slytherins who protected the young from a war and brave Gryffindors who fought alongside them all.
• One by one the first years were sorted, and they slowly filled the gaps in the table.
  
• The headteacher stands, and before they eat, she reminds them all that houses only show your traits, not who you will turn out to be. And then she tells them that rules are changing. Houses are allowed - and should- mix during meals.
  
• Nothing happens at first. But then a few stand up, mostly siblings, and they change tables. At first there is a strange silence but slowly the room relaxes and new friendships start to grow.
  
• By the end of the first week, most people sit at different tables every meal.
  
• By the end of the first term, the four tables are no longer separate. They are now pushed together into a giant square, so students can sit all together.
  
• The teachers watch on, shocked it worked so well, but also pleased, because no child will ever be alone or feel out of place, and the friendships between houses finally looks the way the four founders always wanted it to be.
  

Every time I see this I just bow down and then curl into a little ball and hug something soft.

I am proud of making you have this reaction

Just dont imagine some first years wondering why there are so many ghosts of children.