The excited whispers started immediately, making Harry chuckle darkly and order, "Now we begin." With that, his followers began to mingle with the crowd. Only Tom and Severus remained by his side while working his way from the Slytherin families to the Gryffindor ones. The families of his followers, he would talk to last. They had agreed to give their children time to work on them. Lucius and Narcissa stood at the sides, unsure how to act. Oh, they were perfectly cordial and polite but seemed hesitant to interact with Harry and, by extension, their own son, who had just been claimed family. Augusta Longbottom apparently did not have a similar problem because the instant Neville appeared before her, she demanded, "You will introduce me to Lord Peverell officially. He and I have a lot to talk about."