Tommy's a new transfer to the second year, only having discovered his weirder abilities over the summer. Still, it's not like he's left anything at his old school he'd really miss, and he'd been on the verge of being expelled anyway, even with his dad's bribes, so a fresh start might not be the worst thing in the world.

The auditorium might be crowded, but he's rich, relatively good-looking, and a pretty friendly guy, used to being at least near the centre of attention, so crowds don't really scare him all that much. He'll be around, probably where the most people are, chatting like he's an old hand at this. It's not too different from some of his dad's corporate events, or some of the parties he's sneaked into with Ollie, after all.

That, or he's surreptitiously adding booze to his punch in an out of the way spot somewhere.