Lavender smiled at Brynn. She was honestly relieved the girl was okay. She liked her.
"I wasn't muggle born, but I was raised by them. Long story. Not sure whether they'd see me as full blood or not... though, if that is what full blood wizards and witches do, count me out!" Lavender shrugged and tried to help Brynn avoid the subject whenever she could. It felt oddly right, talking about muggle stuff on the train like that. It made her feel a bit rebellious, somehow.
When the witch asked them to put their robes on, Lavender pulled her bag down from the luggage rack and pulled her robes out. The witch in Madame Malkin's shop had told her she was supposed to wear them over her regular clothes on arrival day, as changing completely would take too much time and space. The robes looked rather warm, so she took her jumper off and pulled the robes on over her t-shirt. They felt smooth, flowy and comfortable and weren't as warm as she had expected. She wasn't cold, either, they were just right. Lavender toyed with the idea of putting her jumper back on underneath them to see if they would adapt or something, but there was no time. Besides, she didn't want to look silly.
She shoved her jumper into her bag, and waited for the train to arrive at their destination.
At Hogsmeade station, Lavender stayed close to the others she had met on the train. She saw other students doing the same thing and realized everyone was shaken up by the intrusion. Well, not everyone. Some of the kids seemed genuinely pleased and excited by the whole thing. She guessed none of them had been in danger of being abducted by escaped convicts. A small shudder ran through her, and a second one followed when she caught sight of the giant man who was calling all of the first year students towards him. As she came closer, something about the twinkle in his eyes reminded her of her father, and she immediately took a liking to him.
She followed the others into the boats and listened with silent fascination to the giant's (Hagrid, his name is Hagrid, she reminded herself) tales of merefolk, spiders and giant squids and whatever else lived in the lake and the forest.
Her first glimpse of the castle that was going to be her home-away-from-home for the next couple of years left her breathless. It sure looked magical! She felt her excitement rise again and suddenly she felt at home.
She exited the boat and followed the others, keeping her eye on the forest. Lavender was incredibly relieved that they weren't going into the forest and followed Hagrid into the castle instead, all the time trying to look everywhere at once. She was going to strain her neck if she wasn't careful.
Standing there, inside the castle, waiting to be sorted, Lavender was shivering a little. She had gotten wet, and she wasn't quite comfortable yet. She hoped they would be allowed in, soon. She turned to see the friends she had made along the way standing close to her and joined them, saying
"Well, here we are. Exciting, isn't it? I do hope we get sorted soon, I'm hungry! Do you think our birds have been taken care of? And where do you think they are now?" Lavender had been told to leave her owl with her trunk and bag, and hadn't been allowed to bring anything into the castle herself. Once she had seen the size of the boats, this had made perfect sense to her. She hadn't given the whole thing much thought and had been busy trying to take everything in, but standing here, waiting, she suddenly wondered how April was doing, and where she would be staying.
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