The little first-years slid down the slide one after another. Since some older students had already polished it down earlier, the surface wasn't choked with that despair-inducing sludge anymore.
By the time they reached the bottom, only two or three Hufflepuffs and one or two students from other houses lost their footing and tumbled to the floor, though they were quickly hauled back up.
The students swiftly re-formed their formation, inching forward cautiously as they fumbled through the dark.
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