Dylan followed the groundskeeper along with the fellow first year, glancing around himself at everything around him. This was so exciting, he was almost to Hogwarts! He couldn't help but smile widely at the thought. He couldn't wait to be sorted! As he walked, he nearly tripped over a stone in the path. He cursed silently under his breath, holding his foot in his hands and hopping a bit on his other to keep balance. Merlin's beard, that kinda hurt. That was a pretty big stone. Meh. The eleven year old quickly ran to catch up with the others. Once they reached the dock, Dylan found himself an empty boat and carefully stepped into it and sat down.

He then scanned the group of first years on the dock, wondering where Hazel was. Hopefully, she'd sit with him. It was too bad only first years could go on the boats, he felt kinda nervous and lonely without Melanie with him. She always made him feel safe and at ease with her around and these boats on this...dark, eerie lake (at least it looked that way at night) made him uneasy. Who knows what kinda creatures were lurking in the water. The boy shuddered at the thought.