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A few moments later, The Hall become crowded as the ceilings are full of owls flooded in. The first years looked up in awe as it was their first time seeing many owls, flying in at the same time to deliver a letter.
A white owl flew towards the Slytherin table faster than any owl and landed gracefully in front of Albus.
"Hey, Zelwyn." The owl seemed happy and excited to be in Albus' presence.
"Is it yours?" Joshua asked, curiously.
"Yeah, my parents bought her for me since I'm nine." Albus petted the owl's head gently and she leaned closer, proving their closeness.
"I heard owls are expensive."
"Yeah. But, I loved her the moment I see her and then my parents just thought it's important to have a close friend to send letters."
Albus dug inside his robe and took out a letter. He offered to Zelwyn but the female owl refused to take the letter constantly. Then, a hand stretched out to the owl and opened her beak to eat a piece of meat.
"She needs some rest and food." Caleb said coldly before he went back to eating again. It seemed like his mood worsen ever since Albus got here.
"Come on, Allie. I wanted an owl of my own. It's beautiful and friendly."
Caleb remembered how he had begged his older sister to buy him one for his sixth birthday but she avoided the topic again. She didn't say that they couldn't afford one as she still needed her part-time wage for Hogwarts supplies.
So, she stood quietly watching her brother really begged on something he really wanted for the first time in his life. Eventually, he understood how they needed to save up and never asked again.
Then, as if on cue Caleb saw an owl in the shape of paper flew towards him and perched on his shoulder and went still after he gently it.
"What's that, Caleb?"
"I don't know." He uncovered it slowly and inside was written in Allie's familiar script.
Dear Caleb,
I hope you'll be happy receiving this letter instead of an owl. It's a little bit late but congratulation on being sorted to Hufflepuff. It suits you, really. Make sure to write back.
Love,
Allie
Albus looked over his shoulder and realized it's a letter for Caleb. He couldn't help but smile at the thought that Allie spend so much effort to make a spell to send letters for Caleb.
The Hufflepuff boy ignored the stares of the other first years beside him and focusing on reading the letter over and over again. Albus mouthed to them that he will explained later and so, they resumed talking about the next lesson.
Overall, Albus felt really happy for his friend.