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Originally Posted by
Lissy Longbottom 
Nancy looked down at the list in her hand, almost questioningly for a second before looking back up. "Oh! Yeah, it is," she said with a smile. "Are you a first year too?" she asked. She didn't like to make assumptions, but the girl looked like she was probably around her age. She'd run into a LOT of first years already in the alley - apparently they had a large class this year. Which was both exciting AND terrifying to Nancy.
"I'm trying to decide where to go next," she explained. "I think I might go get my robes, I already got my books and my cauldrons and potions kit," she added.
Nora didn't know why she was suddenly nervous, but she kind of thought it had something to do with the fact that she was talking to a
real witch. But wasn't Nora one of those now, too? No matter how hard she tried, she still couldn't get used to this. She relaxed a little when the girl confirmed that she was holding a list from Hogwarts. Was she a first year?
"Yeah," she answered.
"...at Hogwarts. I'm apparently starting school there soon." Or at least that was what the stupid owl had decided for her.
She still didn't understand why it wasn't an option to just say 'thanks, but no thanks'. That was apparently a HUGE no.
"I don't have anything yet," she admitted.
"Too bad ice cream's not on the list!" Make no mistake that she'd be heading that way soon enough, but she had a feeling her mom wouldn't be too happy with her if all she did was eat ice cream today.
"So, um, question for you. Were you...expecting to go to school at Hogwarts?" she asked. Did kids her age grow up just knowing this would happen, or did it hit them in the head like a ton of bricks, too?