At the doors leading to the Great Hall, Peeves widened his eyes and carefully inspected every student entering.
"This isn't Wayne... This isn't Wayne either..."
As more and more students entered the Great Hall, his expression gradually turned ferocious.
For the entirety of last year, because of School Board Member Vincent's authority, he had barely pulled any pranks.
After holding himself back for an entire year, at this rate, he should have been able to truly cut loose this year.
Once the first-year students entered the Great Hall from the waiting room and McGonagall firmly shut the doors behind them, Peeves excitedly began to sing:
"Oh~ Wayne isn't at school today, Hogwarts is mine to rule!
La la la~ the taste of freedom!
La la la~ a sign of chaos!
The whole castle is my stage!"
In an especially good mood, Peeves sang as he passed down through the floor. His song and sinister laughter echoed continuously through the deep, gloomy dungeons.
In the Great Hall, every student had felt especially heavy-hearted ever since entering.
Not because Dumbledore's deep-purple robes covered in silver stars were too fashionable, but because of the pink toad beside him who appeared to have taken human form.
She was short and fat, with curly grayish-brown hair topped by an utterly hideous large pink bow. It was just as revolting as the fuzzy pink cardigan worn over her robes.
Whenever she lifted her goblet for a sip, the students worried that an eyeball might fall out of that pale, drooping-lidded toad face of hers.
The still-shaken first-years stood in a line before the staff table, facing the students seated at the four House tables below.
McGonagall placed a small stool before the new students, then gently set the Sorting Hat, now bearing several more patches, upon