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emjay 
Henry was still taking a moment for himself to absorb all of the sights before he followed the rest of the first years inside when he felt a presence next to him and a voice at his side. Turning slightly, he saw a familiar looking girl standing near him and he gave her a small smile.
"Oh, hi. Yeah, I think so. I'm Henry." In case she didn't know, and he wasn't quite sure he remembered her name anyway. He was pretty sure he remembered her from the train though. Hadn't she been in line to get some sweets from the food trolley too? It was hard to keep track of everyone when he had seen or met so many people today. He shrugged a little at her next question. "Yeah, I guess. Are you?" He was pretty nervous, he'd have to admit. But more because there were so many people - most of them bigger than him - that he didn't know.
He glanced at her again as she gasped, then grinned as he followed her gaze. "Isn't it though? This place is so cool already." And they were barely inside. He could only imagine what else there was.
Henry. His name sounded familiar. Maybe she had heard it on the train. Anyways, she beamed at him. "Hi Henry! I'm Noelle Grace Summers!" She eagerly put out her hand to shake his. Mum had taught her manners were key. She was such a hufflepuff. Had she already told him her name? She couldn't remember. She was forever telling someone her name and besides, she wanted him to remember her name.
"I'm nervous... But more excited than anything. To finally be at Hogwarts and get sorted! I've been waiting for this moment when mum told me all about the Sorting when I was seven!" Noelle tended to blabber when she was excited.
She looked again at the candles and then back again. "Well shall we?" She asked and slipped her hand into his for confidence. It's what she did with her little brother when he was scared or nervous to do something new. "We can do this together."