Post by Professor Cole A. Halliwell on Sept 15, 2012 22:22:34 GMT -5
Cole smiled.[/color][/blockquote]
It had been around five or six years, he thought, since he'd graduated. Since the boy, a Mihael according to the Sorting Hat, had scuttled into the school, timid and ful of anger. He had left a man, some might say a bit of a Casanova, and full of confidence and cheer. He'd gained a sister, lost a mother and locked up his father. He had gotten engaged, and later found himself divorced.
Yes, it had been five or six years, and though Cole had been back at the school many times, being made a Professor fairly speedily to follow in his footsteps as Prefect and Head Boy, he had also never quite felt the same at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, without the old crowd around to keep him company.
He was in the Room of Requirement, their old party spot, clad in his somewhat trademark slim-fit shirt, straight-cut jeans, skinny tie ensemble, his wand sticking out of his trousers (that wasn't a euphemism, you dirty-minded lout). Around him was a delicately decorated autumnal scene - trees had been charmed into the room that would slowly lose their leaves, a sad reminder of their ages, and a table with red, gold, orange and brown cocktails had been set up to one side. Across the ceiling, streamers; across the walls a series of house colours for visitors to gather around.
The Room of Requirement had also grown substantially in size again, a reminder of when the first batch of Hogwarts students since the school's reopening had partied in here all night along until being caught by one or other of the professors that liked to frequent the corridors on watch at night. There had been a jitteriness around the school back then, not helped by the attack by dark wizards that had so adversely affected the Potters' health.
Cole glanced at his watch for a moment, before smiling again. People should be here any moment. This was a reunion, a gathering of old faces - friendly or otherwise - and it was guaranteed to be a smash hit. Cole's parties had been famous throughout Hogwarts when he was a student, and he was determined to make that happen again tonight.