Fitherington's Dining Hall

The dining hall of Fitherington's School for the Magical is spacious, comfortable, and enormous. The tables are very long and extend throughout the entire hall; they are made of reddish wood and are polished magically with a simple cleaning spell. All food stains and magical graffiti seem to disappear at the end of each meal, so the tables are always perfectly clean.

The hall itself is just as clean as the the tables because it too is subjected to a cleaning spell (in addition to a decorating spell for special occasions). There are two large notice boards, one on either side of the tables, and both are covered in brightly colored papers, the content of which ranges from times and places for therapy sessions to notices about the next school dance (two months ahead of time).

The plates are large and golden; they will serve anything a student asks. This is very helpful, considering the wide range of magical beings (with unique diet needs) the school accepts. The plates seem to have an intelligence of their own- they will only serve someone when spoken to in a commanding, superior tone.

Notable users of the Fitherington's plates have been Lira Gryphon (falcon, medium-rare), Cressida Racle (sunlight), James Flint (who usually ends up getting whatever the kitchens have extra of), Kira Fitherington (fifty glasses of water) and Lucia Fellona (bloody lettuce). Claire Monsün has also used the plates; once when she glared at a plate of raw squid she recieved a small dish of strawberry ice cream.

Students such as ghosts who do not use the plates can usually be found in the dining hall, writing, studying, or talking with their friends. It is unknown whether or not the plates were in use when Galatea Fitherington attended the school, although it has been confirmed that the dining hall was in use around that time.

It is also unknown who cooks the food. It has never been mentioned, and closer inspections of the Fitherington's kitchen area have not yet revealed an army of house-elves.