Harry’s nerves and paranoia grew until he and Ron reached the entrance hall, where it was already crowded with students, staff and Ministry employees. Harry spotted a few familiar faces, such as Lavender Brown and Seamus Finnegan, who both waved at them as they passed by. Neville looked as nervous as Harry felt while standing with Ginny, who looked rather excited to be one of the few third-years there. Cedric was with a Beauxbatons girl with black, wavy hair, and he and Harry both nodded. Parvati and Padma Patil were there as well, and both of them looked admittedly very pretty in their brightly-coloured dress robes. Padma didn’t look too enthusiastic, and she looked Ron up and down with a disapproving look after they waved them over.