Su Yu had attended several Hogwarts feasts before, but this one was different.
Everyone was wearing pajamas, and the celebration would last all night!
When Headmaster Dumbledore announced that there would be a school-wide pajama party in the Great Hall that night, every common room in the school erupted. Only Slytherin—Slytherins wore expressions that said, "What's so exciting about that?" on the surface, but Malfoy spent the entire afternoon asking Crabbe, "What do you think of my dark green silk pajamas?"
At seven that evening, the doors of the Great Hall slowly opened.
The enchanted ceiling had turned into a deep blue night sky, densely dotted with stars. A shooting star occasionally streaked past, trailing a silver tail across the canopy. The wall torches had been replaced by thousands of floating candles, their flames swaying gently in the night breeze and bathing the entire hall in warm, soft light.
The four long tables had been removed, replaced by a huge circular rug spread across the center of the hall. It was dark red, its edges embroidered with golden and silver stars.
Dozens of cushions and pillows lay scattered across the rug in every color. Students sat on them in twos and threes; some sat cross-legged, some reclined on their sides, and some were entirely buried in piles of pillows.
Long, low tables had been arranged against the walls, piled high with food. Roast beef had been sliced thin and stacked on silver platters, its juices still dripping. Fried chicken legs were piled into little mountains, their skins golden and crisp, steam rising from them. A huge pot of cream of mushroom soup sat in the middle, flecked with finely chopped cilantro, its aroma filling the hall. Beside it were several large dishes of macaroni and cheese, baked golden brown on