Chapter eight. Lunch

An hour later, when the sun was already high above the horizon, and the children enjoyed the wonderful views from the window and discussed many different things, Kuzma the brownie materialized in their room and said that the tables were set and it was time to go to dinner.
Leaving the rooms in a noisy crowd, students rushed to the hall, and then along the intricate corridors to the stairs, looking with interest at the strange interior: moving paintings, statues, frescoes, elaborately carved lamps on the walls.
At the head of the whole company marched Kuzma, marching like a regular hussar, with an eagle's feather protruding from his cap to prove it, which had apparently recently been plucked from its rightful owner. At the moment of entering the stairs, young students saw how their fellow students from the dark faculty descend parallel to them from the next wing, they were led by a small Kikimora, something resembling a terrible old woman, but dressed in some strange colorful things and therefore strongly resembling a Gypsy, all her fingers were in gold rings, and a medallion decorated with stones was swinging around her neck.
On the first floor they met and stopped. Vasilisa and Elvira Petrovna came up to them gracefully, as if floating in the air, and then they all followed them into the dining room.
The room where the meals were held was simply huge, the walls were decorated with bas-reliefs depicting the battles of wizards with dragons, giants and various unknown monsters, which are difficult to imagine. Bright sunlight filtered through the Windows, making the room light and weightless.
At the head of the table sat a white-haired man who rose to greet the students. The newcomers sat at a huge long table, light on one side and dark on the other, and the deans of the faculties sat at the head of the table on both sides of the Director.
So let's start our acquaintance started with a man - my name is Igor, and I am the head of school Durmstrang for three years after the disappearance of the previous Director, I hope we will further strengthen the power and school spirit and prove that we are the best and worthy successors of those generations of magicians depicted here, and he showed his hands on the bas-reliefs.
-Our school has a great history and we should be worthy to be called its students ....
- The rest that you need to know you will be told by professors Vasilisa and Elvira.
Vasilisa Petrovna stood up, straightened her hair, and after looking closely at those present, said:
-Today will not be acquainted with the professors who will teach the subjects because they have not yet all arrived, today's not a school day, so you will recognize them tomorrow, everyone in my classes, of course I mean the freshmen, for the rest of the courses with them have long been familiar.
-I also ask for care and caution when moving outside of school: the lake is inhabited by mermaids who are not indifferent to the male sex, and although we have forbidden them to drag students under the water, nevertheless, their songs can lead to a state of semi-sleep, and you will miss lunch, and maybe dinner, - here she smiled.
"In addition, there are dragons, trolls, and some other monsters in the mountains, so I would not recommend that freshmen walk there unaccompanied by upperclassmen.
"And now I give the floor to my sister Elvira ...
Kolya unfortunately did not hear what they were saying, because the girl with the blue eyes sat opposite him, and he could not take his eyes off her. Her appearance was perfect from his point of view: large blue eyes, smooth skin, a neat nose, and thick blond hair. Seeing his gaze, the blue-eyed girl smiled and turned up her nose, starting to eat.
Irka poked him in the side with her elbow.
"Are you going to eat?" Or will you sit like a statue and stare at her for the rest of the meal?
"I was just thinking," said Kolya, blushing.
Irka zagovorcheski giggled, - I here learned who she is ...
Kolya choked on a chicken leg...
"Tell me quickly!""I'm sorry," he whispered excitedly, looking into her eyes.
In General, it is from an ancient family of witches, her grandmother and grandfather were obsessed with questions of purity of blood, they had several children, and her mother suddenly becomes pregnant from an unknown person, at first, the parents resisted, so she gave birth to a child, but then she secretly told the name of the father and they calmed down - apparently he, too, was a full-blooded wizard, so they left behind, and then she was born here, and Ira jerked his head towards the girls enraptured Kohl Called Arina in honor of my grandmother. Arina Krutilnikov.
"Where did you learn all this?"
-Yes, I was walking up the stairs and chatting with a couple of seniors, they are so funny, and one of her cousins knows, so he told me.
Lunch was fun and interesting, there was so much food and sweets on the tables that even hungry giants suffering from bullemia could not eat it, so the students got up from the table with great difficulty.
They went up to their floor and turned in the direction of their living room and soon came to the door, but it did not open.
- You need to put your hand to it, it remembers everyone who lives here and will let you inside, - said Kolya's brother, Boris.
Kolya put his hand on it and felt the warmth, as if the door had touched him with a warm hand on the other side, and it immediately opened, the children went inside and sat on sofas and other furniture in the living room and began to look at the fire, which was crackling merrily in the fireplace.
The evening passed while talking and communicating, the friends got acquainted with almost the entire faculty, listened to stories and stories from the school's recent past, and when their eyes began to close by themselves, they went to their room, where they immediately fell asleep, with a pleasant feeling that the first day at school was interesting and happy.