A returned bow, people actually sitting close to her, and greeting her, like James who did so with a wave, or Prefect Puck with a smile and a Hello, she replied to them, noticing quickly how the class was going to start.

The carving of pumpkins was definitely going to be the highlight of the day, for everyone, because they were either too focused by answering the warm-up questions from Professor Flamsteed, or just looking intently at the pumpkin in front of them.

Now, to really get back into business, Paloma looked around, listened to the answers from her classmates and nodded. Sure, the end of a season, and how Halloween was just in the cross of the solstices between the autumn and winter solstice, which was actually the last of the year, and some really creative answers about the celebration itself.

She raised her hand and answered: "Halloween. It's just a cross, the last one, betwen the autumn solstice and winter one, shorter days...I think, because of the whole inclination of the Earth, being too far to reach the amazing sunrays, and..." She shook her head. Nope, nothing else came to her mind about it.