When Alani went down to breakfast on the morning of the Thirtieth of October, she found that the Great Hall had been decorated overnight. Enormous silk banners hung from the walls, each of them representing a Hogwarts house, red with a gold Lion for Gryffindor, blue with a bronze Eagle for Ravenclaw, yellow with a black Badger for Hufflepuff, and green with a silver Serpent for Slytherin. Behind the Teachers" table, the largest banner of all bore the Hogwarts coat of arms: Lion, Eagle, Badger and Snake united around a large letter "H'. There was a pleasant feeling of anticipation in the air that day. Nobody was very attentive in lessons, being much more interested in the arrival that evening of the people from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. When the bell rang early on the final lesson, Alani hurried up to Gryffindor Tower, deposited her bag as she had been instructed, and she rushed back downstairs into the Entrance Hall. The Heads of houses were ordering their Students into lines. "Weasley, straighten your hat." Professor McGonagall snapped at Ron. Alani was stood next to Mattheo, he was in one the Slytherin rows. "Put your wizards hat on..." she muttered to him, he stuck it on his head while rolling his eyes, they both looked back and they saw Artemas's head lingering over the heads of the other Slytherin's in his year.