Yes, it's much clearer now. You'll be sorted into
Hufflepuff!
Hey there,
My name is Arabella Finnegan, just call me Arabella. Welcome to the Hufflepuff house.
Well, you are currently standing in our common room
Mhm
and
This is where you'll be living
while you stay at Hogwarts.
Oh, yeah. I've been here a few years now. It's still just as magical as it was when I first came here
Well, you've really gotten yourself into a pretty neat house if I do say so myself
Actually, our common room is the only one that's never been visited by outsiders
Pretty cool, right? And it's right next to the kitchen
You can smell that though, can't you?
Sometimes if you're nice you can
convince
You know, some extra food to come your way
Oh yeah
I'll teach you, I'll teach you but that's why it smells so amazing in here
Oh, to get in, um
You want to make sure that you tap on the correct barrels in the correct location
I'll teach you, but you don't want to get it wrong because if you do
then you'll be drenched in vinegar
and it doesn't get out of your hair time for the Yule Ball and
It was a rough time, but that's okay, no witch barrel to tap
It'll save you in the long run
Yeah, it's
Usually bright in here
Even when it's nighttime
Which is pretty cozy. Don't worry the lights in your room will turn off just fine, but
We have nice earthy floors
We have pretty low ceilings and no echoing so
Everything's
Soft, gentle
You can join our Herbology Club.
Oh, you can tend to the plants around here, but
not everyone in Hufflepuff is a Herbology expert just, uh
Most of us are
What else, what else, what else? Oh, our fastbacks
Right, uh, okay
Okay, our head of house is Professor Sprout, yeah, you'll see her around a little bit
Oh, our house animal is the Badger
Our house colors are yellow and black
Yellow and.. brown, it really depends and our ghost is the Fat Friar
Did you know that he was taught by Helga Hufflepuff herself?
So, he's been around for a while
He was, uh,
You know a bit - a bit outed as a wizard, I think, is how the story goes back in the day
because he kept curing people of the pox and uh
would pull rabbits out of the communion cup, so
they, uh
(very nice)
He's really nice, though and you'll see him a lot. I think he's the best ghost in the castle.
Is this your owl?
Boy or girl?
So cute. I actually think I have something in my robes.
Oh, yeah
Do you mind if I give a little treat?
Here you go buddy, oh
We Hufflepuffs
pretty low-key.
I hope you're not into competitions or anything cause um, well we haven't won the House Cup in
a couple years and, uh, Quidditch
Yeah, I don't know sometimes it's more fun just to
cheer your team on and then go grab some Butterbeers after and not be so competitive
And tense, like some of the other houses can be
You know, we just enjoy each other's company and.. wait you've never had Butterbeer?
You've gotta come with me to Hogsmeade. Yeah, you're allowed, don't worry
They've loosened up some of the, uh, some of the restrictions from years past. So that's all, that's all better
Your classes start tomorrow, right?
Okay, so you'll be taking all of the core classes that first year's have to take.
Oh, charms
You know, I've always wanted to learn
The dancing charm, that all the Ravenclaw seem to know
but for some reason, Professor Flitwick never taught us.
so if you learn the dancing charm
Let me know, because I really want to learn it.
I have some extra gloves, for Herbology class
Since you're a transfer? I'm sure you know..
Might have not gotten everything on your list that you need
Well,
I know you didn't ask but
I did get a little upgrade
for my own gloves and
not to brag, but, uh
They're pretty great. They can handle Venomous Tentacula. That's right
Venomous Tentacula (wOw)
Don't touch the - don't touch Venomous Tentacula..
Definitely don't touch that
And all the plants in here are very safe, so
don't worry, most of the poisonous stuff is under lock and key but, uh,
I have those keys, so
If you ever want to check anything out, let me know
Just ask if you wanna borrow the gloves
Alright, so, what else can I let you know about?
Social stuff, right?
That's pretty important
Well, we have quite a few
Wizarding clubs that you can join
we have
magical knitting, you learn how to make the needles move themselves
That's always good. We have broom riding. Huh, it's more of
leisure
broom riding.
All the fun of flying, none of the stress of Quidditch
I'm not very coordinated. So, um, Quidditch was never my thing
But there's nothing like taking a broom out on a spin
around the castle, a wonderful two times
Yeah, so we have that, we have broom riding, knitting. We have study hall
we like to study in a group
Makes it a little bit more
bearable
Getting those good grades, which we pride ourselves on
We're not as.. academically inclined as some of the Ravenclaws but um, you know, we do fairly well for, for
How much lounging around we do, I think?
We do have a social hour every week. Yeah, you're actually coming up on the next one
So far every week, we've been trying new muggle recipes.
This week, we're making something called shamash
Sma? I don't know, I don't have any muggle friends
unfortunately, but I've been working on it. But, uh,
Yeah, they're supposed to be delicious
(protect her smile pls)
Anyway, um, is there anything else I can answer for you?
You look pretty tired
It must have been exhausting.
I know, my first year
It's kind of a whirlwind.
I grew up with two wizard parents. So..
It was all like told to me as a kid, but even when I got here it was more overwhelming than you think, so
That's all good
So I'll show you to your dorm rooms. The girls and boys are separated.
I can help you take your trunk up and unpack a little bit
And then I can give you the rest of the tour
Did you have any other questions? Anything you want to know about being a Puff?
Okay, well, let's grab your stuff. We'll grab your owl and we'll get you settled in
Here we go! Let's go.
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