Was it just hear or did the train ride get shorter every year. This being her fourth train to Hogwarts, it seemed shorter to her. Amazingly with all the cupcakes and cookies, then there was candy too. Kat was still hungry, of course she had saved room for the feast throughout the day.

Katerina was glad to be back though. Heading over toward the Hufflepuff table she realized that she was the first one there, That happened to her during the end of term feast last year. This had never happened to her before. EVER. She was never the first to be anywhere. This was interesting.

As the fourth year took a seat she looked all at the other tables and the staff table to see where her friends in the other houses were if they were already here. The staff table she wanted to see the new faces of Professors and staff too. She was also keeping her eyes out for her cousin Ashlynn to see what house she was going to be sorted into, and what house some of the first years she had met on the train were going to be sorted into too,

And of course the Head Mistress and her speech so they could start eating.

Third year.

She was a third year.

She was getting old now. Well 13 wasn't old, but she wasn't a little firstie any more. And she was alone. Well not alone. She had loads of her fellow students around her. But this year she was the only Paton at Hogwarts. It was a big thing. There hadn't been only one Paton at Hogwarts for ages now. But it was happening.

But she was a third year and she was so excited.

She practically skipped down to the Hufflepuff table, and beamed when she spotted Kat. "Heeyy Kitty-Kat" The third year beamed as she saw her friend.

Finding Hattie was ever the more difficult these days. She didn't get to see her at all on the train and Sky had to wonder if she'd found a secluded compartment to snog her boyfriend. Though the third year did NOT want to think about that. They just studied together, right?? Except Skylar was not in denial of her friend's behaviors either...

Before checking in at her own house table, Sky scanned over to the badger table just on the off chance Hattie would have been first off the train. Lucky her.

"There you are. I was looking for you alllll train ride!" Sky pouted, placing a hand on her hip, as if waiting for an explanation. "Hi Kat," Sky said as an offside as she glanced away momentarily to see the older puff there as well.

Feast! Isa couldn't wait to meet all of the latest additions to her Hufflepuff family! Isa found a seat near the end of the table at the front of the great hall so she would have a good view of the sorting ceremony. Exactly one year ago she had been up there with the sorting hat on her head, and she still remembered what the hat had said to her and when the hat sorted her in Hufflepuff. She would never forget that moment, and if she did it was all documented in her journal so she could always go back and read about it. What houses would her favorite firstie friends be sorted into? For scared of plants adorable favorite firstie's sake, Isa hoped he wouldn't be subjected to the horror of the Hufflepuff common room indoor garden. That was Isa's favorite thing about the common room, but it would probably be awful for someone who was afraid of plants. Hopefully her firsties would be Hufflepufffs with her because Hufflepuff was an amazing house, but the other houses were great too. Isa had heard all about Ravenclaw from Penny, and it sounded like Ravenclaw would be an awesome house for those who were sorted there. All the houses were great, but Isa definitely had a strong bias towards Hufflepuff. Hufflepuff was great and she wanted to show the firsties how great it was!

Isa looked around the table to see who was already there. Puff, puff, snake! More friends from other houses! Yay! "Hi Kat, hi Hattie, hi Sky!" Isa waved at everyone. "How are you doing?" Time to catch up with everyone after not seeing most of them for a while.

Kimi was excited to be back at school for his second year and he was going to enjoy it so much he wondered what was going to happen this term

After being sorted into Hufflepuff, Lizzie made her way over to the Hufflepuff. She pushed her curly red hair back behind her ears, and sat down at an empty spot, and started to look around. Her uncle told her a little bit of what to expect when she finally arrived at Hogwarts, not everything 'After all how boring would it be if you know ALL the secrets before you find them.', her uncle said the summer before, when Liz kept badgering him about facts about the school.

She smiled at all the other students sitting around her, before standing up and exclaimed "HELLO! My name is Elizabeth Simmons, you can call me Lizzie!" The eleven year old smiled, before sitting down, curious of the response she will get.

HUFFLEPUFF! After weeks of reading about the houses and trying to predict where he'd end up, Kane finally knew his fate. He had to say, he was quite proud of himself for being so perceptive of his inner self - his guess had been spot on!

As he got closer and closer to the table, he found himself getting more and more hyper. Here were his new housemates! HOW FUN! These people would be like FAMILY while he was here. HE WANTED TO KNOW EVERYONE! Plopping down RIGHT SMACK DAB in the middle of the table, he grinned at everyone around him. "Hey everyone! I'm Kane Westwood - just transferred here from Ilvermorny. Second year. Can't wait to get to know you all!" he exclaimed.

SO EXCITE!

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Feast! Isa couldn't wait to meet all of the latest additions to her Hufflepuff family! Isa found a seat near the end of the table at the front of the great hall so she would have a good view of the sorting ceremony. Exactly one year ago she had been up there with the sorting hat on her head, and she still remembered what the hat had said to her and when the hat sorted her in Hufflepuff. She would never forget that moment, and if she did it was all documented in her journal so she could always go back and read about it. What houses would her favorite firstie friends be sorted into? For scared of plants adorable favorite firstie's sake, Isa hoped he wouldn't be subjected to the horror of the Hufflepuff common room indoor garden. That was Isa's favorite thing about the common room, but it would probably be awful for someone who was afraid of plants. Hopefully her firsties would be Hufflepufffs with her because Hufflepuff was an amazing house, but the other houses were great too. Isa had heard all about Ravenclaw from Penny, and it sounded like Ravenclaw would be an awesome house for those who were sorted there. All the houses were great, but Isa definitely had a strong bias towards Hufflepuff. Hufflepuff was great and she wanted to show the firsties how great it was!

Isa looked around the table to see who was already there. Puff, puff, snake! More friends from other houses! Yay! "Hi Kat, hi Hattie, hi Sky!" Isa waved at everyone. "How are you doing?" Time to catch up with everyone after not seeing most of them for a while.

Kane noticed a familiar face sitting nearby and he smiled at her. "Hey! I saw you at the food cart...I'm Kane," he told her, introducing himself to her. Might as well start with her, since he'd sort of already talked to her a bit...he'd sort of almost talked to EVERYONE in the school really...or at least that was what it felt like.

Hey look, more people were arriving! "Hi Kimi!" Isa waved at him. The sorting was happening! This was so exciting! New people would be joining the Hufflepuff family! Isa waited in anticipation, listening attentively for the hat's decision and hoping the hat would call Hufflepuff. Soon enough there were more people joining the Hufflepuff table. She wanted to meet them all!

SPOILER!!: Lizzie

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After being sorted into Hufflepuff, Lizzie made her way over to the Hufflepuff. She pushed her curly red hair back behind her ears, and sat down at an empty spot, and started to look around. Her uncle told her a little bit of what to expect when she finally arrived at Hogwarts, not everything 'After all how boring would it be if you know ALL the secrets before you find them.', her uncle said the summer before, when Liz kept badgering him about facts about the school.

She smiled at all the other students sitting around her, before standing up and exclaimed "HELLO! My name is Elizabeth Simmons, you can call me Lizzie!" The eleven year old smiled, before sitting down, curious of the response she will get.

Oh look! A firstie! "Hi! Welcome to Hufflepuff, Lizzie! My name is Isabel Wright, and you can call me Isa! Excited for classes?" Yay, new friend!

SPOILER!!: Kane

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HUFFLEPUFF! After weeks of reading about the houses and trying to predict where he'd end up, Kane finally knew his fate. He had to say, he was quite proud of himself for being so perceptive of his inner self - his guess had been spot on!

As he got closer and closer to the table, he found himself getting more and more hyper. Here were his new housemates! HOW FUN! These people would be like FAMILY while he was here. HE WANTED TO KNOW EVERYONE! Plopping down RIGHT SMACK DAB in the middle of the table, he grinned at everyone around him. "Hey everyone! I'm Kane Westwood - just transferred here from Ilvermorny. Second year. Can't wait to get to know you all!" he exclaimed.

SO EXCITE!



Kane noticed a familiar face sitting nearby and he smiled at her. "Hey! I saw you at the food cart...I'm Kane," he told her, introducing himself to her. Might as well start with her, since he'd sort of already talked to her a bit...he'd sort of almost talked to EVERYONE in the school really...or at least that was what it felt like.

New Hufflepuff! It was the boy she had seen at the food trolley on the train! Kane. That was a nice name. "Welcome to your new Hufflepuff family!" So he was an Ilvermorny transfer? Interesting. She would have to talk to him about that. He was in her year! Oh, he remembered her from the train! "Hi Kane! My name is Isabel, but you can call me Isa." Nobody called her Isabel, like, ever. Isa smiled at Kane and ran her hand through her long, wavy hair. "So you're new here? I could show you around the school if you're interested." Firstie friends were great and all, but making friends who were in your year was even better.

Kimi smiled at Isa and said "Hey Isa, you have a good summer?"

Brent thought it would be the cool big bro thing to do to go and say hey to Kane. Not that he felt like checking on the little bro. He could really care less about babysitting while away from his parents and in a little more freedom. He just happened to get along with his brother quite nicely and wanted to go hang out. With them being in separate houses and in separate years, who knew when they'd see each other again.

"What's up, lil bro?" he asked, taking a seat next to the second oldest Westwood. "Congrats on Hufflepuff. I'm with the snakes," he said proudly. He had no idea if his brother had even paid attention to his sorting. Knowing Kane, he'd been way too excited and hyper to think about other people.

So after the last few weeks of research and forgetting specifics about the houses in amongst that, and being questioned about which house he thought he was going to end up in once he went to Hogwarts, he finally had his answer.

Hufflepuff!

Ambrose could not be happier at that outcome. Beaming he'd jogged over to the yellow table, seeing if he could catch a glimpse of Kat, the Hufflepuff who had been the one to tell him a bit more about this house, now HIS house on the train. He'd noticed her and figured he would go up to her, but first he was going to follow suit and give a nice big introduction to everyone else on this table like he heard a few others do as he ran over.

"HI ALL, I'm Ambrose Li," he introduced himself, with a wave, beaming at EVERYONE on the yellow table.



Introductions over he quickly sat himself across from the first Hufflepuff that he had met, beaming at her. "Well it turns out I'm a Hufflepuff too!" because he hadn't been able to answer her question as to where he thought he'd go back on the train.



He didn't know the boy that was sitting next to him, so immediately he turned his focus over to him. "Hi, I don't think I've met you yet. I'm Ambrose," he re-introduced himself offering the other boy his hand.



Given that she'd also just given a very loud introduction, Ambrose assumed that she was also a first year so the black haired boy immediately turned to her.

"Hi Lizzie," cause she said that that was fine, didn't she? "Are you also a first year?"

Queue the hopeful grin on the boys face as he regarded her.



Ilvermony?

The foreign word caused Ambrose's attention to shift over to the second year transfer that had just introduced himself. Ilvermony must be a school then right? If he had transferred from there?

[/B]Just to be sure... "What's Ilvermony?" Ambrose asked, a large smile still on his face though his eyes had a curious glint to them.

"Nice to meet you, by the way," he added on politely, back to his silly grin. "I'm Ambrose Li," just in case the boy hadn't heard his own introduction.

Kimi smiled at Ambrose and said "Pleasure to meet you Ambrose,welcome to Hufflepuff i hope you have loads of fun here" Kimi shook Ambrose's hand

It didn't take long for the others to get to their tables, and Hufflepuff was no exception. Seeing her best friend Hattie skipping her way, Kat squealed. It had been a great summer camp with Hattie there this year. They would have to go again next summer. "Hattie! You're here." Not that she had any doubt that her friend was coming back.

Maybe Hattie had been hiding out in a compartment with her boyfriend. Insert giggles here.

It seem like everyone had gotten boyfriends.... or girlfriends now and Katerina was left out. But whatever, it didn't bother her at all. She seen Skylar heading toward them. "Hi Sky. I found her." Her and Skylar had ran into each other on the train and both were wondering where Hattie was during the train ride,



Kat was all smiles, She waved as Ashlynn passed on her way to the Ravenclaw table. Ravenclaw? First Romalotti in Ravenclaw. She watched to see what the other firsties she met on the train what house they got. "Hi. Isa. I'm great. How was your summer?" She asked the younger puff with grin.

There was another second year that she had spotted, Kimi, she liked him he was pretty cool for a second year. "Hello Kimi." He got a wave and smile.

The fourth year noticed that one of the first years had just gotten sorted into Hufflepuff. Kat smiled as the new girl just popped up and introduced herself the girl seem to have some spunk, she liked that. "Welcome to Hufflepuff, Lizzie. I'm Katerina Delgado. You can call me Kat,"

Another Hufflepuff just got sorted, and hey look it was Ambrose. Who knew he would end up being a Hufflepuff, too. Maybe it was all that good talking up Hufflepuff and talking about how awesome Hufflepuff was. She beamed as Ambrose sat across from her. "I see Welcome to Hufflepuff then, Ambrose I told you that only awesome people got into Hufflepuff." She grinned teasing Slytherins were awesome too.



Kat wasn't sure if this boy that had just been sorted into Hufflepuff and just plopped in the middle of the table was a first year or not. Whichever though it didn't matter this kid had spunk too. She smiled at him. " Hi Kane welcome to Hufflepuff. I'm Kat." So he was a second year, she wondered where he was from then. Her blue eyed looked up to seen how many more had to been sorted, she needed the speech soon so she could get some food.

The blonde still couldn't find Brady or Miranda. They did get back together over the summer right? She couldn't help but to giggle about things. She noticed that a guy that was sorted into Slytherin had came over and was talking to Kane. She had never seen him before, he must be new too and knew Kane. Katerina thought he might be about her age. Bro? "Are you his brother?" She asked.

Kimi spotted Kat waving at him and said "Hello Kat have a nice summer"

Lizzie notice a boy looked a little older than herself. She smiled at him. "Hello Kane! It is nice to meet you!" Ilvermorny? She is never met someone from the American school. "Ilvermorny?" How was it like it there?" How about America? I always wanted to visit!" She said, excitedly.


"Hi Isa! It is nice to meet you as well!" Lizzie said happily "I am so excited for the classes. My uncle told me a little of what to expect but no much, so I am very curious!"
"Yes I am!" She smiling at the boy, Ambrose, glad to meet another first year. "I can't wait to learn all the secrets here, I was told there was quite a few of them! How about you?" She said smiling at the boy, maybe they can be friends.



Oh my! Lizzie is meeting so many people tonight! She is so happy about this, she loved meeting new people, and possible new friends. She smiled at the newest person who said hello to her. "Hello Kat!" It is very nice to meet you!" She said grinning at the older girl.

Brent's first impression of Hufflepuffs was that they either weren't very friendly, or they didn't take well to people who weren't their own kind. He came to this conclusion when he sat right in the middle of the table, and just about everyone spoke to his brother and not to him. This was fine by Brent in a way, because he was really on here to talk to Kane. It was kind of a bummer, too, though, because it really limited him meeting new people.

This was until some girl spoke up and asked him about being Kane's brother. 'His Brother' was definitely not a title Brent wanted to go by. He kind of had to laugh off the fact that he suddenly felt about an inch tall over here at the Badger table. At least this girl had talked to him. "That I am," he said. "I'm Brent." She looked to be close to his age, too. "I wanted to stop by to say hey to the little bro." He glanced around him then back at the girl. "So I don't know much about Hufflepuffs, but they don't seem to take well to a Slytherin at their table." Or did he just get the wrong impression?

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Brent thought it would be the cool big bro thing to do to go and say hey to Kane. Not that he felt like checking on the little bro. He could really care less about babysitting while away from his parents and in a little more freedom. He just happened to get along with his brother quite nicely and wanted to go hang out. With them being in separate houses and in separate years, who knew when they'd see each other again.

"What's up, lil bro?" he asked, taking a seat next to the second oldest Westwood. "Congrats on Hufflepuff. I'm with the snakes," he said proudly. He had no idea if his brother had even paid attention to his sorting. Knowing Kane, he'd been way too excited and hyper to think about other people.

Whoa, Brent had gotten sorted already? Kane had completely missed it - he'd been too excited about his new house! He grinned and clapped him on the back. "Wish I could say I was surprised," he joked at his older brother. He'd definitely pegged him as a snake - MAYBE a Gryffindor. But he'd had a gut feeling he'd be there.

"Thanks! I thought I'd end up here...based off of what I read about all the houses. Seems pretty cool. Matches my hair," he added with a grin.

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New Hufflepuff! It was the boy she had seen at the food trolley on the train! Kane. That was a nice name. "Welcome to your new Hufflepuff family!" So he was an Ilvermorny transfer? Interesting. She would have to talk to him about that. He was in her year! Oh, he remembered her from the train! "Hi Kane! My name is Isabel, but you can call me Isa." Nobody called her Isabel, like, ever. Isa smiled at Kane and ran her hand through her long, wavy hair. "So you're new here? I could show you around the school if you're interested." Firstie friends were great and all, but making friends who were in your year was even better.

"Nice to meet you, Isa. And yeah, that would be great! So are you a second year too?" Kane asked her. She had to be, right? If she already knew about the school and wanted to show him around? Kane had yet to meet someone in his year...but he was also a terrible judge of age. This girl could be a year older than him, he couldn't quite tell.

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Ilvermony?

The foreign word caused Ambrose's attention to shift over to the second year transfer that had just introduced himself. Ilvermony must be a school then right? If he had transferred from there?

[/B]Just to be sure... "What's Ilvermony?" Ambrose asked, a large smile still on his face though his eyes had a curious glint to them.

"Nice to meet you, by the way," he added on politely, back to his silly grin. "I'm Ambrose Li," just in case the boy hadn't heard his own introduction.

"It's the school in America. I went there last year - I'm from California," Kane explained to the boy who had just introduced himself to him. Weird, he thought that everyone would know about that school - but then again, maybe not. Kane knew there were other schools in Europe that was totally in the dark about...

"And it's nice to meet you Ambrose! Excited about your sorting?" he asked with a chuckle, because the kid was just as hyper as HE was...maybe even more so!

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Kat wasn't sure if this boy that had just been sorted into Hufflepuff and just plopped in the middle of the table was a first year or not. Whichever though it didn't matter this kid had spunk too. She smiled at him. " Hi Kane welcome to Hufflepuff. I'm Kat." So he was a second year, she wondered where he was from then. Her blue eyed looked up to seen how many more had to been sorted, she needed the speech soon so she could get some food.

The blonde still couldn't find Brady or Miranda. They did get back together over the summer right? She couldn't help but to giggle about things. She noticed that a guy that was sorted into Slytherin had came over and was talking to Kane. She had never seen him before, he must be new too and knew Kane. Katerina thought he might be about her age. Bro? "Are you his brother?" She asked.

Kane smiled at the older girl. "Nice to meet you Kat," he replied. He was NOT going to remember all these names though, that was for sure - it was going to take him a while. He was good with faces, but not so much the names that went with them. He figured all the new arrivals felt this way though...

"He is, but bro is like...slang too," he added with a chuckle. He always felt the need to defend his...American vernacular around people. Which was probably super unnecessary but he was afraid he'd be embarrassed if he didn't explain himself, or they'd just think he was crazy...

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Lizzie notice a boy looked a little older than herself. She smiled at him. "Hello Kane! It is nice to meet you!" Ilvermorny? She is never met someone from the American school. "Ilvermorny?" How was it like it there?" How about America? I always wanted to visit!" She said, excitedly.

Ok, this one HAD to be a first year. SO MUCH EXCITEMENT. Kane laughed and nodded. "Yeah, it was pretty cool. I mean, similar to here, but less...castle like. It's not as old," he told them. It was still pretty old, though. He couldn't really compare the two schools just yet, having JUST got here...

"This ceiling is AWESOME," he added as an afterthought to no one in particular, gazing up at the night sky that was glittering above them. Did the dorms have this too?!

"Thank you," he responded to the welcome, beaming at the older boy. At least he assumed the other boy was older, considering he hadn't seen him get sorted... or had he missed it?

"What's your name? How long have you been here?" now he'd at least know for sure whether the other boy had been at Hogwarts a bit longer.



Ambrose couldn't help the way his grin grew just a little bit at the implied compliment from the older Hufflepuff. Or the fact that he sat up a little straighter at that.

Cause he was now definitely awesome. Kat said so so it must be true, right?

"I'm loving it so far," even though he'd been a Hufflepuff for like two minutes. But EVERYONE was so WELCOMING! He felt like he'd known them forever. He felt like he actually belonged there!



"Secrets?" Ambrose questioned, tilting his head slightly to the side in confusion at what the other girl was saying. Though the possibilities that raced through his mind made him grin at the thought of discovering them! "What kind of secrets?"

This was the thing about being muggleborn, he clearly had no clue what he was getting himself into.

"Uh... everything," he beamed at the redhead. That was the truth. He had no clue what to expect, which he supposed was going to make everything a lot more exciting!



"Oh," Ambrose said, grinning at the slightly older Hufflepuff. "I haven't had a chance to read anything about the wizarding communities outside of Britain yet. Well, that's not true. I read a bit about the Chinese wizarding community because my parents were curious. I think they wanted to send me back to China..." he rambled slightly towards the end, though the grin crossed his face again at the end of that. "What's Ilvermony like? Do they also have a sorting hat? Wait... do they have houses in Ilvermony? And is it in a castle or a normal house?"

Was he excited about his sorting?

He beamed at the older boy. "I already met Kat so I was super happy that I already knew someone in my house! And then that mind reading hat was awesome! I guess coming in I was just nervous though because none of the books mentioned the fact the sorting was done through the hat. Unless I missed that bit," he looked in thought for a moment before shrugging his shoulders.

He was pretty sure he hadn't missed it.

Carl was excited about this term.

For one thing, he was a Fourth Year. He was a lot more mature now than he was when he first came to Hogwarts. He was better at performing magic (unless it came to Potions...) and he hoped he could get to learn more advanced topics in his lessons. Also, he was determined to offer his younger buddies more help if they needed it. Welcoming the new Hufflepuffs could be a good start, yeah?

Walking down to the badger house table, Carl grinned as he saw his fellow students already seated. "Hello, everyone!" He said and took a seat.

"Kat... Harriet. How have you been?" He waved when he spotted the two blonde girls. He knew they were pretty good friends, so maybe they had spent the summer together. There was also a Slytherin girl at the table, whom he believed was a close friend of Hattie's. "It's nice seeing you at the badger side! I don't think we've properly talked? I'm Carl."

Glancing around, he quickly saw a younger student who was already welcoming the new people in. "Hey, Isa. Excited for your Second Year?" He asked with a smile. She certainly looked eager for the term to begin. Another Second Year, Kimi, was being rather quiet and Carl waved at him. "Kimi, how was your holiday?" He himself had a happy summer, but he had spent most of his time in the Muggle World, so he was curious about what the others did.

He looked up just in time to hear the new badgers introducing themselves one by one. "Welcome to Hufflepuff - Lizzie, Kane, Ambrose. My name is Carl." He nodded, grinning. "The ceiling is quite awesome. It's enchanted to look like the sky outside, did you know that?" He replied to Kane's comment with a chuckle. Even after years of living in this castle, he often found himself getting surprised by the ceiling.

Since they were sitting in close proximity, the fourteen-year-old could not help but listen to other conversations. The question asked by a guy who looked about his age, Brent, grabbed his attention. "That's not true at all! We Hufflepuffs are really friendly. I think we're just... busy catching up on our summer holidays at the moment." He said, then smiled widely. Sorry for stealing your question, Kat! "Congratulations on Slytherin, by the way. I'm Carl."

So Simon was to be a Hufflepuff now yeah?

The bespectacled young ...badger... made his way to the House Table and quickly found an Open seat. He claimed it then proceeded to tilt his head down and opened his handbag. Digging into it he pulled out some tissue paper and wiped his nose real fast and blew into the tissue paper. He disposed of the tissue back into his bag in a small little waste bag he keeps in it. Warfield, his Adoptidad had expanded the inside of his man-purse handbag. Then he he got some hand wipes and cleaned up his hands after.

He continued to rummage through the contents of the handbag. Not that he was looking for anything but because he was still reeling in all the sorting business and was not ready just yet to converse and start making friends.

Even with the sweets he had on the train, Henry was starving and more than ready for the feast. But he knew how these things went. An eternity would pass before the speech, then they would finally get to eat. His eyes drifted to the head table, looking at the familiar and unfamiliar faces, before returning his attention to his own table. While he waited, he could do his other favorite things at the feast - talk to his friends and watch the sorting for new Hufflepuffs.

"Hey, Kat," he grinned at the girl sitting not far him as she seemed to be watching sorting too. He had just seen her on the train and already ate the candy she gave him, so he wouldn't ask her how summer was. Especially as he had seen her a couple times over the holiday as well. "Happy to be back?" Probably the second most asked question after how was your summer, but it worked as a conversation starter.

He gave a wave to Hattie and noticed Noah's little sister.. what was her name? Skylar? Yes, Henry thought so and she got a grin as well. "Hey, girls... how was summer?" He was pretty sure he saw them at one of the U17 games over summer, but he didn't always have time to talk afterwards so he couldn't be too sure. But it seemed likely.

He noticed a couple of the second years, Isa and Kimi, in the middle of conversation as well. The fifteen year old did not know either of them all that well, but they both got cheerful waves. It was good to see them back as well as he thought all his fellow Hufflepuffs were great. Oh! And first new Hufflepuff to be sorted! Henry cheered for Lizzie as she headed for their table. "Hi! Welcome to Hufflepuff! I'm Henry," he said with a grin.

More new Hufflepuffs! Awesome! Ambrose and Kane both got cheers from the fifth year when they were deemed badgers as well and made their way over to the house table. "Hey, guys! Welcome to Hufflepuff! I'm Henry." Could they tell how excited he was that they were there? He was always happy for more housemates. Hufflepuff was the best!

Oh but Kane wasn't a first year? He couldn't help but overhear the conversation when his brother, Brent came over as well. "Oh, you guys are from Ilvermorny? That's cool. My friend Zara transferred here from there last year. Maybe you know her? She's a fifth year like me." Where was Zara anyway? He lost track of her after the train. "Anyway, I'm Henry. Welcome to Hogwarts," he grinned.

He looked back up at the sorting momentarily but turned back to the table when he heard someone saying hello to everyone. "Oh, hey, Carl." He sent a wave and smile in the fourth year's direction. "Have a good summer?" He certainly did. And Henry's eyes snapped up again as he heard the sorting hat call out a Hufflepuff. Oh, another badger? Henry cheered for the boy (Simon) as he made his way over, even if the kid looked rather preoccupied. "Hey there! Welcome to Hufflepuff," he grinned. New housemates were always a great thing.

Levi came running to his house after he'd been sorted. His mom would be happy. He followed her footsteps of her house unlike his older brother who had to go off and be a Ravenclaw... Weirdo. The eleven year old smiled at his new housemates as he sat down, probably beaming with pride. The house was his first choice, again, considering it was his AMAZING mother's house... But Gryffindor was a very close second with it being his father's house.

He glanced over at the Ravenclaw table looking for Landon, wondering where he was, or if he'd heard yet. And he couldn't wait to rub it in that he really was the better sibling.

Kimi smiled at Ambrose and said "My name is Kimi, i have just started my second year"

Hurrying to the Hufflepuff table, Val practically threw herself onto the bench to take her seat. Partly because she couldn't bare to be standing any longer for fear of standing out, and also because she just wanted to be sitting at her table.

Like, she was here. She'd made it!

Still the Croatian was all smiles, pearly white teeth flashing as she quickly peered around her, taking in the room (because she'd been immensely distracted before) and the faces of her nearest house mates.

This felt right. She felt right... and yet, she still hadn't found her voice enough to speak. There was no time like the present, yes?

"Helloooo!" she chirped to those in her vicinity, complete with an awkward wave. Yes, hi.