Tessa blinked, bringing herself out of her Quidditch reverie. "Hmm?" When Bri's question sank in, Tessa grinned. "Do I play Quidditch?" she scoffed. "I am going to be the next top Chaser in the world, thank you very much," she said with a small bow.

"It's a blast!" she exclaimed. "Soaring hundreds of feet above everyone else, rocketing across the sky, while dodging bludgers at every twist and turn! There's nothing like it," she sighed. "What do you want to know?" she asked, turning to look at Bri.

Ah! Another new transfer- seemed like she wasn't going to get any inside info about Hogwarts from this crowd, but that was alright. "That's alright, I'm sure we'll quickly learn everything about this place," she said, slinging her arm over the other girl's shoulders. "Hogwarts is our oyster!" She shuddered. "No, I don't want to go out there any time soon," she said, shaking her head.

Tessa grinned at the boy. "Most likely- but I have my own training to do for try-outs this summer. Not to mention, I'll have to see what the team is like- If I'm not compatible, it's just not going to work," she said, reclining back. "But I think that would apply to any team- you need everyone to be able to work together."

Just as Caleb had made himself comfortable, Sophie came in. Ah, so she had found him, as he had suspected. He smiled and moved his feet aside as she went to sit down, and wrinkled his eyebrows as she immediately started talking about that girl they'd met on the platform.

"Beast? Is that a good or bad thing?" he asked. Stupid girl lingo. To him, beast meant that it was a being that could rip his face off, but beast could also mean - really really cool and good at something. Like being a beast at Quidditch. Ugh, speak english, sister!

"Got it. We don't like her. Did you ever get a name?" he asked. He hadn't thought to ask her since she'd been playing with his MIND and winking and all that stuff. As Nox entered the compartment, Caleb plopped Beans on his shoulder, just so the kneazle didn't get any ideas.

Sander dragged his trunk along the corridor until he spotted someone familiar. Great. He wouldn't be alone after all....that is if she didn't mind seeing him her again.

He poked in his head, "Hey Mika mind if I join you? I think Calisto's not far behind? How's your leg? Feeing better?"" Sander asked trying to distract her from the fact that he was already placing himself in the compartment even before she had replied to him.

Wait who was she talking to....Sander heard a little meow.

A cat? Now why didn't he think of bringing one. Maybe she would allow him to play with it.

But wait...O_o he hadn't noticed that there was another girl, maybe around her age already sitting in the compartment.

Awkward....but Sander still smiled at her.



"Hello I didn't mean to interrupt you ladies. I just saw Mika from the corner of my eye and figured I'd join her. My name's Sander by the way. Nice to meet you."

Sander grinned at the new girl before plopping down next to Mika.

......now where was Calisto?

You know what she hates about trains?

No its not the chug-chugging, slightly wobbling, occasional lurching forward that these modes of transport are naturally prone to; she couldn’t even complain about air pollutants since this specific train is powered by magic (which she found pretty darn cool). In fact it would be quite accurate to say that she likes trains....

It’s the crowds in the train that’s getting her all nose-wrinkle-y.

You see from her perspective if there weren’t so many passengers she would be able to take a compartment all by herself and enjoy the lovely view of the countryside in peace. BUT of course there would be no such thing on the Hogwarts Express. Travelling this route is pretty much akin to rolling down stream with a barrel full of dwarves.

The most she can do in this scenario is find someone she knows to share a compartment with. Someone that wouldn’t make her whip a petrificus totalus their way..... oh look theres Mika.With some sort of creature. Does she want to share a compartment with someone who had a creature? Ponder ponder. Maybe she can convince Mika not to form attachments to creatures so they can have some fun with it...

But just as she was about to head in this HULKING figure marches in. Squiiiiiiiint. Ugh there goes that peaceful train trip. She marches just right after him and scurries for the seat next to the window. Gosh darnnit she will have something she wanted out of this trip ok?

“Hi Mika.”the Ravenclaw brunette gave the blonde a short wave of her hand. No she’s not asking if she could join or if she could sit or anything. She is a Ravenclaw and they are entitled to sit with fellow Ravenclaws; according to her anyway.

She shifted her gaze to the hulking person and.... oh, theres another one. Gee why didn’t she notice that? Angling her brow, she crossed her arms together and looked at them both before glancing expectedly at Mika. Introductions? Yes.

Oh wait a minute....another girl? Was Hogwarts an only girl school?....or did they just like sitting at the back of the train.

This one was different though. She didn't even ask if she could join them or not....Not that she needed to...because he too had been an intruder too.

He could still hear the cat meowing.

"Uh are you going to feed it, Mika. You know it will only get louder if you don't." Sander told her before turning to the newcomer.

"So you seem to know your way around...seeing that you managed to find Mika without any problem. I'm Sander by the way." Sander said by way of trying to start a conversation.

He looked at the other girl who still remained silent. He hoped that she wasn't feeling overwhelmed by all the sudden crowding bodies.

Sander tried to scoot as close to the window....yes even if it meant squishing the other girl in the process.

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Alex was in a daze. She couldn't help thinking that this would be the last time she would take this train ride to school. She had mixed emotions as she made her way to the back of the train. She was finally a seventh year! It seemed like just yesterday that she had made her first journey to Hogwarts. She was determined to enjoy every moment of her final year.

Alex peeked into compartments trying to find a seat before things got crazy. She saw a girl who appeared to be about her age inside one compartment. Opening the door gently, she poked her head inside and said,"Hi, mind if I sit with you?"

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SPOILER!!: Mika

Sander dragged his trunk along the corridor until he spotted someone familiar. Great. He wouldn't be alone after all....that is if she didn't mind seeing him her again.

He poked in his head, "Hey Mika mind if I join you? I think Calisto's not far behind? How's your leg? Feeing better?"" Sander asked trying to distract her from the fact that he was already placing himself in the compartment even before she had replied to him.

Wait who was she talking to....Sander heard a little meow.

A cat? Now why didn't he think of bringing one. Maybe she would allow him to play with it.

But wait...O_o he hadn't noticed that there was another girl, maybe around her age already sitting in the compartment.

Awkward....but Sander still smiled at her.



"Hello I didn't mean to interrupt you ladies. I just saw Mika from the corner of my eye and figured I'd join her. My name's Sander by the way. Nice to meet you."

Sander grinned at the new girl before plopping down next to Mika.

......now where was Calisto?

SPOILER!!: Mika

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You know what she hates about trains?

No its not the chug-chugging, slightly wobbling, occasional lurching forward that these modes of transport are naturally prone to; she couldn’t even complain about air pollutants since this specific train is powered by magic (which she found pretty darn cool). In fact it would be quite accurate to say that she likes trains....

It’s the crowds in the train that’s getting her all nose-wrinkle-y.

You see from her perspective if there weren’t so many passengers she would be able to take a compartment all by herself and enjoy the lovely view of the countryside in peace. BUT of course there would be no such thing on the Hogwarts Express. Travelling this route is pretty much akin to rolling down stream with a barrel full of dwarves.

The most she can do in this scenario is find someone she knows to share a compartment with. Someone that wouldn’t make her whip a petrificus totalus their way..... oh look theres Mika.With some sort of creature. Does she want to share a compartment with someone who had a creature? Ponder ponder. Maybe she can convince Mika not to form attachments to creatures so they can have some fun with it...

But just as she was about to head in this HULKING figure marches in. Squiiiiiiiint. Ugh there goes that peaceful train trip. She marches just right after him and scurries for the seat next to the window. Gosh darnnit she will have something she wanted out of this trip ok?

“Hi Mika.”the Ravenclaw brunette gave the blonde a short wave of her hand. No she’s not asking if she could join or if she could sit or anything. She is a Ravenclaw and they are entitled to sit with fellow Ravenclaws; according to her anyway.

She shifted her gaze to the hulking person and.... oh, theres another one. Gee why didn’t she notice that? Angling her brow, she crossed her arms together and looked at them both before glancing expectedly at Mika. Introductions? Yes.

Amelia glanced up when she heard someone walk into the compartment. She sent the other girl a quick smile. “Hey, yeah of course you can sit here” she beamed even if the smile didn’t fully hit her eyes. One day, one day it would. She just needed that one thing to happen, friendship, the friendship thing to work.

It wasn’t that long after the other girl entered that Sander had appeared. ”Hey Sander,” she smiled and then turned back to the girl that was her age. ”Hi I’m Amelia – or Mika as you just heard Sander call me,” she smiled, and then turned back to Sander. Calisto. Right, okay so she was going to sit with them too.

Good, she needed more friends that weren’t you know also Kaiden’s friends; or well more his friends than hers. ”Oh Huxley!” Mika beamed honestly, this time, for a change at the fellow Ravenclaw girl. She was so confident and awesome and she shrugged at Hux for the introductions.

I don’t know her name yet, she mouthed to Huxley indicating to the girl who was about their age. ”Sander I fed her…she keeps trying to eat my Pygmy Puffs – no eating Kilo, kilo isn’t food…and um, Huxley this is Sander – Sander this is Huxley…” she wanted to tell him to let her have the window seat. Huxley was after all pretty smart, mischievous, and well…she had a certain heir about her something that said if she wanted something she would make it happen.


Luna was mad now. Luna wanted food. As the new people entered the room she began to trot around to them mewling all the while. She still wanted to eat Mr. Fluffly-squeaky-thing but that would wait.

Foood? She thought at the humans and began to press against their legs in turn.

Nodding, Lux made sure that she only took out four treats which would make sure that there was no chance of any fur balls getting on her. Smiling, she petted the little Pygmy Puff before offering a treat which he gobbled up happily. "And am I allowed to play with him when I want to?" Bay seemed really nice, and she was hoping that he would let her since she had no pets besides her owl. Not that she didn't like her pet owl.

Still petting Ziggy, Lux did not recoil when the girl put her arm around her shoulder. Normally she would have, but this girl was different because she was nice and did not seem shallow like her sister. Instead, she kept smiling. "Oh, yes! We can all be new together and not venture out of here until we reach the castle!" That was the only safe way, even though she was starting to feel a little hungry.

A Pygmy Puff? Bri was pretty sure she had heard that name during her trip to Diagon Alley, she didn't realize how cute they were. "He is so adorable, and I like the name Ziggy" she smiled
"Oh Yes, please" She said happily, wanting to hold Ziggy. She adored animals, especially the cute ones.

Bri's eyes widened as Tessa described a bit of Quidditch. "That really does sound like so much fun!" She exclaimed. She couldn't wait to learn ho to fly on a broomstick... it shouldn't be too hard.
"Well.... I just know the names each ball and the positions of the player, but that is about it." Bri said softly, but eagerly. She may not look it, but she loves to play and watch sports, and she was extremely interested in this new one.

"i think i will try out, ive been training with my uncle all summer so hopefully some of my hard work pays off"

His uncle was way too good, he still have bruises to prove it.

Bay liked Lux it was like he was talking to his cousin, they were both around the same age. "you can for sure play with him when ever you'd like too. Maybe even have a few sleep overs with Ziggy, he sure does like you." he said while giving Ziggy a pat on his head.

Sander nodded as introductions were made. So the girl he was trying to squeeze out from the window seat was called Huxley.

"Hey Huxley....nice name...."....push...."So you're in Ravenclaw like Mika here too huh?".....push.....he was now getting closer and he could see she was almost falling off the seat.

Yes Sander knew that the most gentlemanly thing to do being a 7th year and all that boring stuff of being a legal wizard, was to allow others to get what they wanted.

But he had his fair share of giving in to this younger sisters. He had a feeling that this girl wouldn't give in that easily and that was what Sander loved.....a challenge.

Wait what did Mika just say. That her cat was trying to eat her pygmy puffs.

"Uh Mika, you do know that cats and pygmy puffs make the worst match ups....you know like dogs?...you know like crocodiles and deers...you know like...peasants and royalty...they just don't like each other." Sander gave her a couple of examples.

"Want me to take care of your cat for the time being until we get to Hogwarts. Maybe she'll get bored of the puffs once she doesn't see her. Here hand her over here." Sander offered and picked up the cat.

"What's her name?" he asked as he tickled the cat's tummy.

He was sure that Calisto would love playing with Mika's cat.

...and as for the other girl in the compartment. He wondered whether she was alright. She did seem awfully quiet.

Ok so the other one Mika didn’t know her name. That’s fine by her. The girl can just stay a question mark in Huxley’s mind and remain as such until she fills in the blanks or remain as one, so to speak.

So Mister Hulking man was Sander. Sander who was talking and PUSHING his way into her PERSONAL SPACE. Talking she could probably try to tolerate from those she barely knows. All bets are off once theres body contact.

And in the next blink—the wrong end of Huxley’s wand was sticking up Sander’s nostril.

“Yes my name is Huxley and no its not a nice name. It is a GREAT name.” she smiled coyly, brown eyes unblinking, hand firmly grasping the proper end of her wand. Now how about backing off some Mister? She got first dibs on the window seat so there.

Without taking her gaze off the boy she spoke to Mika “Mika, your cat is pressing against my legs and giving hair samples I don’t need. Would you wish me to enter it in my new study?-- How long felines would survive in the Scottish winter without fur.” Geddit?

Clearly Huxley's personal space is golden.

Poppy had left his mistress and taken off down the train. He skittered into a compartment and climbed up someone's leg, then even higher perching himself on a girls head. Yes, this was a good place to rest for now. Mistress would find him later.

O_o Huxley was now putting up a fight. Sander quite liked her feistiness...for a girl. But sticking her wand into his nose wasn't fair....he didn't know where the last place she had poked it in...


However, he had rather nasty snot up there and having it cleaned out by her wand was a nice touch. So he took her wand blew hard onto it and then grinned at her......

....but he already had his wand out. She didn't know it, but he had his out the moment he saw her reach out for hers. His was now pointing at her body. Maybe she'd like to be tickled.

Yes he was legal. He could do magic without having those cops coming after him.

Oh she didn't like cat fur....here have some cat fur all over you.

Sander slowly moved the cat he was carrying closer to her...yes nice little fur, keep dropping on her.

Hey wait a minute...did he see movement down on the ground?

Sander blinked and held onto the cat he was holding onto more tightly. There was a pygmy puff in their compartment.

Okay nobody scream...

"PYGMY PUFF!!" Sander called out. He wondered whether it was the same one the other girl he had met up in the middle car was looking for.

Then he laughed. The puff had a home to stay. On Huxley's head.

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Sander nodded as introductions were made. So the girl he was trying to squeeze out from the window seat was called Huxley.

"Hey Huxley....nice name...."....push...."So you're in Ravenclaw like Mika here too huh?".....push.....he was now getting closer and he could see she was almost falling off the seat.

Yes Sander knew that the most gentlemanly thing to do being a 7th year and all that boring stuff of being a legal wizard, was to allow others to get what they wanted.

But he had his fair share of giving in to this younger sisters. He had a feeling that this girl wouldn't give in that easily and that was what Sander loved.....a challenge.

Wait what did Mika just say. That her cat was trying to eat her pygmy puffs.

"Uh Mika, you do know that cats and pygmy puffs make the worst match ups....you know like dogs?...you know like crocodiles and deers...you know like...peasants and royalty...they just don't like each other." Sander gave her a couple of examples.

"Want me to take care of your cat for the time being until we get to Hogwarts. Maybe she'll get bored of the puffs once she doesn't see her. Here hand her over here." Sander offered and picked up the cat.

"What's her name?" he asked as he tickled the cat's tummy.

He was sure that Calisto would love playing with Mika's cat.

...and as for the other girl in the compartment. He wondered whether she was alright. She did seem awfully quiet.

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Ok so the other one Mika didn’t know her name. That’s fine by her. The girl can just stay a question mark in Huxley’s mind and remain as such until she fills in the blanks or remain as one, so to speak.

So Mister Hulking man was Sander. Sander who was talking and PUSHING his way into her PERSONAL SPACE. Talking she could probably try to tolerate from those she barely knows. All bets are off once theres body contact.

And in the next blink—the wrong end of Huxley’s wand was sticking up Sander’s nostril.

“Yes my name is Huxley and no its not a nice name. It is a GREAT name.” she smiled coyly, brown eyes unblinking, hand firmly grasping the proper end of her wand. Now how about backing off some Mister? She got first dibs on the window seat so there.

Without taking her gaze off the boy she spoke to Mika “Mika, your cat is pressing against my legs and giving hair samples I don’t need. Would you wish me to enter it in my new study?-- How long felines would survive in the Scottish winter without fur.” Geddit?

Clearly Huxley's personal space is golden.

Mika just glanced over to Sander when he made his comment about Peasants, Royalty, and all that jazz. Her little half smile turned even more real as he said it. The idea of the royal-cat-thing, as they were pompous at times, eating its peasants. That was kind of comical. Closing her eyes a bit as she broke down into laughter.

While her eyes were closed she didn’t notice the fluff of purple scurry across the floor, or the fact that it had climbed up jeans and all the way to her hair. She just thought it was her own Puff escaping for freedom. They did that often.

Opening her eyes – which were now twinkling almost happily she spoke. ”Well, yeah, I had to bring her though I kind of adopted her thinking about having my mum take care of her over the term, but she was all” she paused, rolled her eyes and changed her voice to a little higher pitched and nazal-sound that was more akin to her mother. ”You were the one who adopted the cat, its your responsibility bring her to school and don’t let her eat the Pygmy Puffs” she sighed and glanced upwards for a moment as she heard the excited chirping of the puffs.

Seriously it was like they were having Pygmy Puff party on her head.

Hairless cat? HAIRLESS CAT? That is awesome. Wait, her mom said something about not harming her right? Removing the hair was a type of harm right? Darn, that study sounded fun. ”I’d love to put her into that study….but, I think my mom would kill me," she frowned having actually liked the idea. "She likes you, you....ugh want the cat Sander?" she asked in earnest.

There. It wasn’t going to be hairless. Sadly.

"Oh..." she blinked when she heard more chirping a third set of chirping. "So...you have a pygmy puff?" she asked raising an eyebrow.

Poppy kind of jiggled a bit as one human yelled pygmy puff rather loudly in his little formed opinion. He then proceeded to sway and squeak in excitement. There was movement of another fur creature which caused him to squeak even louder.

Did he just.... blew SNOT onto her wand??

Eweweeweweweweewewwww!!!

And no she’s not blind. She saw that wand buddy. Roughly she took out her wand off his nostril and started wiping it clean with the hand that held his wand. She didn’t care if there were tiny sparks that started popping out from the friction “That is totally disgusting Sandersnot....” yeah he just got himself a new nickname. “Now why don’t you start backing off my space before I start widening the ones in the middle of your face?” Wipe wipe wipe wipe wipe all over his clothes now. Merlin now she wants to do a fire spell just to disinfect her wand. And underage magic? Just when did that stop Huxley?

Wait.... Mika actually considers her proposal? Huxley steals a glance at the other girl. No no sarcasm involved, even if she kinda gave the other cat to the Amazing SnotMan “Well I’m glad to hear that you have no such emotional attachments to creatures Mika, duly noted.” Look back to Sander with the cat and smiles. You can almost say she looks positively Grinch-like.

But now there was a bouncing and a squeaking on her head. With the tip of her two fingers she plucked it off her head and squinted at the pygmy puff. What the heck? How did this thing get up on her head?

Oh idea!

She dangled it in front of Mika’s cat “Hi kitty! Had your lunch yet?”

Hey Mika was so willing to give that cat away she might as well start with her experiment.

TRAIN WAS HERE. And it wasn't as magical as Astrid expected. It looked like a normal train, even. She expected something more like "oooohhhh" and "aaaahhh" but expect the unexpected, yeah? Anyway, it was time to get a compartment. It would be AWFUL if there were no more compartments left because she'd have to stand in the Train Corridor alone! AWFUL. "C'mon, Peewee. Let's get a compartment, yeah?" she told her little Pygmy Puff.

Getting on the train, Astrid looked for a free compartment or a compartment with a few people, preferably someone she actually knew. Sure, Sissy Ells would be in the prefects' compartment and Astrid would LOVE to pay a visit there but, you know... she didn't wanna bother them. Maybe they were having some sort of secret conference. Ooooooohh.

Somewhere at the back of the train, she luckily found a free compartment and went inside. So... yeah. Lonely. She sat down and placed her backpack on her lap, and observed the compartment she was in. Yep, still the same like a normal train's compartment. Well, at least she had Peewee for company... unless someone wanted to join in, she wouldn't mind.

Not even the cauldron cakes and the pumpkin pasties were helping his mood any. Michael shoved the rest of his purchases into his pocket. He would eat them later. Maybe they might even cheer him up some.

He decided on sitting at the back of the train for this ride. Mainly to hide from Zahra,not that that would be hard since his BFF was doing her darndest to avoid him, but just in case she decided to change her mind, he was going to make it hard for her.

Most of the compartments contained giggling girls and right now that was the last thing he needed, so spotting a compartment with an older guy sitting by himself, Michael opened the door and slipped quietly inside.

He dropped his food onto the seat before parking him bum. He looked over to the older guy and nodded his head. "Hey."

Too bad if the guy wanted to be on his own.

Christmas could not help but notice that Bay blushed when he said she had a nice name and said "Thanks Bay so what year are you going to be when we arrive at school" Christmas smiled at the rest of the group and felt a little shy but she was here to make new friends and if she was sitting with this crazy lot then so be it she couldnt wait to get back to school

Delilah boarded the train finally, snuggling Lola under one arm and dragging her luggage with the other. She had the brightest smile on her face because she was HERE! On her way to Hogwarts. And she was excited, to say the least. But, her smile dimmed a little when she was unable to find an empty compartment. This train was so crowded, gosh.

... Finally, after what felt like endless walking and almost dropping her kitty a couple of times since she kept bumping into someone every second, she found a compartment with just one occupant. An occupant she'd met earlier.

"Astrid! Hey. Do you mind if I join you?" Please say yes? She literally had no strength to go look for another apartment, honestly.

Bay looked up and couldn't help but give Christmas his whole attention. "Oh i'll be starting off as a fifth year and I believe it will be in Gryffindor.." he said clearly this time.

"How about you Christmas?"

Just then Ziggy started to make a lot of noise. He took another treat which he was hoping that it wouldn't upset his stomach and fed it to him.. "there ya go little guy" while smiling at the rest of the group and giving a wink of don't worry to Lux.

Christmas smiled at Bay and said "Well i am just going into my seventh year and i am in Gryffindor myself, so maybe we will get to see each other in the common room bay"

Astrid did let Peewee go around the compartment for a while because he'd been perched on her shoulder for quite a while. Plus, the little guy needed space of his own too. Other than that, Astrid sort of just sat there and stuff. She didn't forget to feed Peewee a bit of her chocolate frog. It was apparently Peewee's favourite food? She learned about it this summer when the little dude ATE the chocolate frog she left on her desk. Sneaky creature.

She also took a separate chocolate frog of her own and ate it, because obviously this train ride would take a while. She also heard that the students weren't allowed to eat until the Headmistress lady said her speech so it was best to fill up her stomach for now.

And... someone outside the compartment. OH, I KNOW YOU. "Delilah! Oh, I don't mind at all," she said. There was loads of space, see? "Do you want a chocolate frog?" she offered.

Alex felt relief when Mika agreed to share her compartment. She was hoping to make new friends this year and this was a good start. She sat down and was about to introduce herself when a boy poked his head into the compartment speaking to Mika. He smiled and introduced himself to Alex. She returned his smile and opened her mouth to speak when a girl burst in behind him. The girl acknowledged Mika and sat down. Then the girl began a conversation with the boy whose name was Sander.

When a break in the conversation finally came, Alex said,"Hi, I'm Alex. I'm a seventh year in Ravenclaw. It's nice to meet you all.". "Wow that was awkward", she thought to herself. This was going to be a very interesting train ride.

oh now Bay was starting to get excited. "I get to see more of Christmas… no way.." he thought while hoping his face wasn't giving anything away.

"erm yeah thats awesome…." but while saying this he realized she said she was in her seventh year, oh no i bet she doesn't like younger guys.

"so… what do you do for fun at Hogwarts.. like whats the best place to go?" he asked