Acantha left the meal early and met briefly with three of her four students from last year. The first to walk up and greet her was a lovely blonde girl who named Aella Arcane a 6th year Slytherin who was called the spider queen by even her fellow Slytherin because of her love and understanding of arachnids. Next was Bella Sinclair a 5th year Ravenclaw who was a dedicated researcher of Ghoul history and even surprised Acantha with her detailed knowledge of English spirits. After her was Eric Hendrix a 6th year Ravenclaw who was a medium who had come to her under possession of a former member of his family, it had taken her two months two expel the unwanted ghost from him. Many wondered why it took her so long to rid him of the ghost and it only showed to her their lack of understanding of how dangerous exorcism could be.

She had one more student but he couldn't attend the feast an didn't need to eat because he wasn't alive.  His name was Horace Uthur and he was in his 166th year an at large former Gryffindor who'd died in his 7th year while exploring the catacombs. An interesting Ghost he was fettered to the class but didn't mind at all because he actually enjoyed helping his fellow students. 

After speaking with the three and asking them to prepare the introduction Acantha waited for her new students at the exit.[@XxLyraxX][@XxFellsingxX][@Saarebas]