"I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention to my surroundings. Oh, my name's Elian Marshall by the way." she apologized, extending her hand. The older girl looked at Elian's had in disgust.
"Kat Covington. It's not nice to meet you." Kat replied, sneering at Elian, then turning her back. "You'd better hope we don't cross paths again, little girl." And with that Kat disappeared into the throng of students.
Elian stood there dumbfounded. In the back of her mind she could hear someone calling her name. "Elian! Hey, Elian!" Elian turned to see Ginny running towards her. Her lips formed a slight smile. Ginny finally reached Elian, breathing heavily and light perspiration glittering on her forehead. "Elian, are you okay? You ran off so quickly…" She asked as she bent over, placing her hand on Elian's shoulders for support.
"Yeah, Gin. I'm fine. Nothing to worry about. Say, do you know a girl by the name of Kat Covington?" Elian replied. Ginny shook her head, still breathing heavily. "You need to exercise more, Ginny." Elian teased lightly, causing Ginny to laugh.
"Yeah, I do. Anyway, sorry about my stupid prat brother… I think it's his time of the month." Elian started giggling softly. "So, you wanna grab a carriage together?" Ginny asked, Elian smiled and nodded in agreement.
Harry spotted Ginny and Elian climbing into on of the carriages. "Hey, Hermione! I found 'em!" He called over to Hermione, who was searching the boats and the shore line. Hermione then ran back over to Harry. "They just got in one of the carriages…Where's Ron?" Hermione shrugged.
"Dunno… Probably already headed towards the castle." she replied, looking up at the shadow of Hogwarts. "Damn, I should already be there! Some Head Girl I am, huh?" And with that, Hermione left Harry standing by himself, amongst the thousands of other students.
'Well, maybe if I'm lucky I can catch a ride with Gin and Elian...' he thought as he ran towards the carriage he saw them get into. Once there he opened the door, happy to see Ginny and Elian. "Hey, guys. You don't mid if I ride with you, do you?" Harry asked, looking between the two girls, who shook their heads.