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“Hello!” Bryn grinned at the other three that had approached them, giving a slight wave. She then looked around at who they had… six, which didn’t really help things. “I’m Bryn, nice to meet you all, and this is Min.” She pointed to the shyer girl beside her.

“I’m Ishbel,” Ishbel smiled, before glancing between Carter and Eli. The other boy seemed nice… they all did. She looked at Li, who had his camera out, before nudging him.

“Oh- I’m Li,” he quickly said, before looking back to his camera. He’d go in whatever boat he was told to go in.

“Hmmm…” Bryn hummed thoughtfully at Min’s question, flashing her a comforting smile as she quietly replied, “don’t worry I have an idea.”

Louder, she said, “why don’t you three boys go together? Always good to make more friends before we start! And we’ll all meet on land, as Eli said before. And then us three,” she indicated herself, Min and Ishbel, “can find another boat.”

She looked around and pointed to a nearby one, which a short girl was already sitting in. “Let’s go there!”

“Works for me,” Li mumbled, only half paying attention as he stepped onto the boat Eli was in.

Bryn, on the other hand, gently grabbed Min’s arm and dragged her over to the boat she’d spotted, Ishbel following right behind. She quickly asked if they could join before stepping in and offering up her hand to Min. 

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Vivienne raised an eyebrow as Jacob called someone else over, but gave a nod to the boy when he explained he was also a pureblood. Thank god for that. Not that she expected anything less from him.

“Thank you,” she smiled at him as she accepted his help onto the boat, getting on after Maddie and sitting down next to her. She let out a sigh as she looked around. “I hope that we get moving soon. I don’t see why they insist on making us first years go on old boats like this every year. Surely it makes more sense to go straight to the Thestral carriages?”

She shook her head in slight disgust. “Especially for us half bloods, don’t you agree?” She smiled at the others. 

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Ben’s eyes widened as Archie leapt right into the boat, widening his stance to stop himself from falling in. He smiled as Nadia took his hand, and Gus got in last right behind her. He took the seat right next to Archie after shooting a sympathetic glance at the other two.

“I don’t think that’s how it works,” Gus rolled his eyes at his twin. “You know all the boats leave at the same time, right? Are you going to hurry everyone else up?” 

“I’m sure we’ll be on the way soon,” Ben added calmly, looking towards the castle. “Then we can get our houses and eat.”

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“Oh I'm so glad!” Olivia grinned, though she looked a bit confused at what Saiorse went on to say. “Are there many squid in the lake? Did you read that in a book somewhere?”

Her questions got half lost as the other girl ran off, and she quickly followed. Thanh strayed a bit behind but was glad they didn’t have to find other people. 

“Of course! Great job finding a free boat,” Olivia grinned and hopped right in, sitting opposite Saiorse. Thanh followed and sat beside her. “So, like, do we have to row these boats or do they move with magic? They don’t really tell us about these things before we get here.”