1st September, 1895 — The Entrance Hall, after the Welcome Feast

Dinner was over, and the Sorting long complete – the first years had been led off to their new dormitories like lines of little lost ducklings, but now that they had been dismissed the rest of the school was going up to bed in a more rambling manner, crushes of people on the staircases and others lingering about to catch up with classmates they hadn’t seen in a while.

Jimmy had one hand on the grand staircase, ready to make the long trek up to Gryffindor, but was distracted by someone who’d just looked at him hissing behind his back to the next person, something like How is Jimmy Fletcher back for NEWTs?

He turned on his heel on the first step, holding up the flow of people here purely to flash a toothy grin at them. “They begged me to stay on. Said the professors would miss me too much if I were gone.”

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The last few years it had been a gamble if he’d be able to come back or not to Hogwarts, but somehow or another a scholarship always came through. Cadogan worked his butt off to get them – studying, homework, turning everything in on time and going to office hours when he needed help – but still, he was sure sure he’d be awarded them until he was. Being a prefect helped too, because of the tuition assistance.

Cad had been trying to push his way down the stairs as more students pushed their way up; he’d helped lead the first year Ravenclaws to the tower only for Professor Foxwood to realize they’d lost one along the way, so Cad was on the look out for them, when Jimmy’s voice caught his attention. It was a surprise that Fletcher had made it back, if only because Cad was positive his grades had been crap… although who knows, maybe he’d put in the extra work to come back.

He stopped though, and couldn’t help but snort as he came level with him on the stairs. “I heard the whole staff went into mourning for a week when they heard you might not be coming back.” But then Cad grinned, although he tried not to but failed at it anyway. “You back to terrorize the first years again, or just here to remind us all you’re impossible to get rid of?”

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