SPOILER!!: her first friend!
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littledhampir 
"Can we check?" Kate had just made a guess, which Hayden was going to count as the hypothesis to her experiment. As her previous experiment had revealed it did indeed hurt to run into the wall, she now had to find out why. "Can we look behind the tapestry?" That would be the best way to find an answer. Hayden eyes the tapestry; the only thing stopping them would be if the tapestry was magically held to the wall or something. Or if it was old and fragile enough to fall down upon being touched. That would be bad.
"So you like to read?" Hayden inquired. "Would you say you fit in with the Ravenclaw traits, like being studious and intelligent?" A study like the one she was proposing would probably require a long-term experimental group. She wasn't sure she was ready to commit to something like that as a first year but she was curious. And it might be fun.
"You didn't? Are your parents muggles?" Kate couldn't possibly have been raised by wizards and not known about Hogwarts. Everyone knew about it, even foreign wizards. "If you count getting lost as exploring I've done quite a bit of that." Hayden smiled. "Adventure?!" Hayden was excited again. She bounced up and down on the balls of her feet. "That sounds so fun, we should definitely do that? Where should we go?" Howarts was so huge, she didn't even know where to start.
Kate's eyes grew wide. Check behind the tapestry. Oh. That was a good idea, why hadn't she thought of it? But what if they broke it? She hadn't gotten to explore and learn everything yet, and what if they broke it and got sent home… Oh, but to look behind the tapestry would be science and they could see if her experiment had produced an accurate conclusion. She'd risk breaking it for the sake of science. "Yes, let's look behind the tapestry!" Kate grabbed the edge of the tapestry and tugged a little to try to pull it away from the wall a bit so they could discover what was behind it.
Then she got distracted by Hayden talking about Ravenclaw traits. "Um, I like to read and I like to learn about history and inventions, so I guess the traits fit me? I'm not very studious, though. I got bored in most of my Muggle classes and I have too much energy to sit and learn just for the sake of learning. I like learning useful information."
"Yeah, my parents are Muggles. Yours must not be, since you know so much about the houses and stuff."
And apparently Hayden knew about the castle and grounds from getting lost. "Let's see what's behind the tapestry, and then go explore outside!" Hopefully it wasn't raining. She hadn't looked out a window recently.