Originally Posted by Lady of the Lake

When Ariadne sat at the Gryffindor table, she was surprised that almost all the faces there were new to her, except for Rose. The second year really wasn't in the mood to introduce herself and meet new people over a plate of sausages, so she remained isolated at a corner of the table, eating silently and raising her eyes from the plate to watch the staff table from time to time. Today everything seemed in order, no more dirty silverware, food as tasty as always. Still, there was something wrong with the house elves, and Ari wanted to find out what.Nevertheless, she had more pressing worries than that, because classes were about to begin and she had to get into bookworm mode and earn some points for them lions.