A new friend

Summer arrived at the greenhouse area for her second class of the day, Herbology. There was a sign on one of the greenhouses telling students to enter that one.

Her first Defense Against the Dark Arts class turned out to be somewhat interesting. They hadn't learned any actual fighting techniques (Summer supposed they wouldn't in their first class), but they had learned some ways to protect themselves.

As for Herbology, the study of magical plants, Summer had also been excited for this. She wouldn't normally have regarded the study of regular plants as interesting, but the mere fact that magic was involved made it fascinating, especially since she had no idea how magic worked and had previously thought of it as a myth.

She entered the greenhouse, and saw a handful of students talking among themselves as well as a man who she assumed to be the Professor. She also saw a girl (Connie Dawson) who was simply standing there and not talking to anyone.

Summer walked up to her and said "Hi!" with a wave and a smile. “What’s your name?” Summer had been hoping to make a lot of new friends here at Hogwarts. She had already met one girl on the train, but she was a second-year.