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Honestly, Matthias was kind of jealous of Hogwarts students for getting to experience the Sorting Feast as first years, since the selection of houses at Durmstrang had not been this fancy. First of all, everything was really dark at Durmstrang and this hall was brightly lit, warm, and welcoming. But more than that, everyone seemed happy and excited for the feast, whereas at Durmstrang it was more of a somber and unwelcoming experience. Matthias had been placed in Gryffindor when the transfer paperwork went through and he definitely agreed with that sentiment. He felt like he fit right in the moment he sat down at the table. He glanced around at all the other students that were filtering in and taking seats. To his left were a couple boys chatting about the upcoming Sorting and to his right was a girl he estimated to be about his age. She didn't seem to be engaged in conversation currently, so he figured she'd be a better person to talk to. After all, he didn't want to butt in on someone else's conversation uninvited. "Hallo, it's a pleasure to meet you. Mein name is Matthias, but my sister and brothers usually call me Matty or MJ. I just transferred here from Durmstrang." He offered his hand for a shake. Matty never really had trouble making friends and he was often the type to just strike up conversation wherever he was.

When the girl introduced herself in German, which almost perfect pronunciation, Matthias was taken aback for a moment. If not for the bright lights and happy demeanor of the place, he could have sworn he was back in Durmstrang. "Oh mein Gott, ein Deutschsprachiger hier? Das ist eine wunderbare Überraschung." He smiled widely and gave her a small bow, then nodded when she welcomed him to Hogwarts. "Viele dank. Zis school is very different from my first school and is a velcome change." He hadn't liked Durmstrang and while he didn't hate it as much as his sister, he was truly looking forward to the experiences that Hogwarts would provide, She asked what had brought them to the United Kingdom and Matty smiled again. "Zat vould be my mother. Her company opened an office in Manchester and zey needed someone to head ze office, vich led to zem promoting my mother. She's a Muggle, you see. Mein vater is a vizard, vich is vere vee get our magic. My older sister also transferred. She is a seventh year and mein two brothers are first years." He grinned and looked over at the line of kids waiting to be sorted, then waved when he spotted his brothers. "Anne vas placed in Ravenclaw and is somewhere over there now."

{OoC: Translation: Oh my god, a German speaker here? This is a wonderful surprise.}

Watching the Sorting was much different from participating in it and Róisín was having herself a pretty good time. A boy named Leopold was sorted into their house and Rose clapped loudly, excited to have a new housemate. Then a boy with the same last name was called and sorted into Slytherin and the preteen glanced over. Twins? The boy sorted into her house looked very dismayed that the other boy had been sorted into a different house so clearly they must be twins. The brunette scooted over a little so she was next to the boy and said, "That's your brother, right? It must be hard getting separated from your twin but the Sorting Hat does know the best place to put you. My name's Róisín. Lots of people also call me Rose. Welcome to Gryffindor." There was a sweet Irish lilt to her voice as she spoke and her warm smile put an additional air of welcoming to her greeting. Hopefully if she could get him talking, that would distract him from being separated from his brother. It had worked last year when Clara was separated from the rest of the Braybrookes, though she still was upset later. Thankfully her best friend had adapted, at least mostly.

Róisín tipped her head to the side a little when the boy spoke, not really sure where he accent was from. She knew it wasn't from the British Isles so it had to be a mainlander accent. Either way, he was upset that the Sorting Hat had separated him from his twin, despite Leo asking the Hat to put them in the same house. "The Sorting Hat does its best to place every student where they're going to do the best. From what I've read about the Hat, it was enchanted by the founders of the school to detect the potential of every student. So it figured you'd do better in Gryffindor and your brother in Slytherin." This wasn't the first time in her short career here at Hogwarts that she'd witnessed the Hat separating family members into different houses. She felt bad that she couldn't offer more support to the boy, but she would be there to do anything she could to help him adapt. After all, when she had needed time to adapt, her friends had been there to help her out and made her transition easier. Maybe she could distract him with talk about classes or Quidditch. "Were you thinking about trying out for the Quidditch team? I'm a reserve chaser right now, but I got to play in the scrimmage game. It was really exciting!" She'd used Quidditch to tackle her fear of heights and now she wasn't afraid anymore. Maybe next she could try to tackle her fear of sharks.