Back of the Train
 

Last out of the station and last back home. Take a seat before the train starts to move.

Hah, kyler did well to wait outside for the past few hours, seeing as he was one of the first people on the train, which meant..

Empty conpartments! Heck yes.

He was so hoping for one to himself, which is exactly what he got, in the very veeeeery back. Haha. snicker. Kyler was never good with saying goodbyes, reason he went straight for the train. Annd, most of his friends would be on soon, right? Most likely. And there was A plus side to having A bash at his house. It meant thee was no need for goodbyes.

And at least he had A little time to put his head on right, before the kids started pouring in. Another plus. But the spotted brown bat was not helping much as it fluttered over his head with excitement. 'Course she was getting tired of this place. too. Wanting to go home and bug the hell out of Jade; Kyler knew this by heart. But nooo, around cookie went. And around, and around, and around, and around..

"GETCHURFURRYBUTDOWN'ERE,NOW."

Naah, the bat would never isten to him, would she? He sighed dramaticly, and gave into A terrible 'face-meet-window' moment.

She searched the whole back of the train till she found an empty compartment a few from the last. All of the other compartments were filled with other students and their friends. Whitney hoped one of hers would find her all the way in the back. She open the sliding door,walked in, and closed it. As she sat down she took out a book and read till someone she knew sat with her. Whitney hoped the train took it's time getting back because she knew she would miss all of her friends too much. "And now we wait." she said when she was finally settled,and began to read.

Sienna sighed, pushing each limb forward heavily. She didn't want to go home, to face the news, to pack each belonging, to move to the city. She wanted to stay HOME. Her real home. The one where there was a huge oak tree out front, the one where everyone knew each other. Not to the city, where her sister was moving to, the place her mother was forcing her to go to so she could be more 'social' or whatever. She was going to hate the city, she knew it - she stumbled past a tall boy (Kyler? Whatever. She was too depressed to care.) and mindlessly aimed for an empty compartment, finding one at the very end of the corridor.

Plunking herself down, she sighed.

Life sucks, then you die.

Yeah, that sounded like the summary of her life.

Her pudgy legs, albeit less pudgy than last term, carried her down the corridors towards the end of the train. It wasn't that Daphne Hopton didn't enjoy the company of others it was j--Oh, who was she kidding? Common students bothered her! She thought, waving a hand irately as if swatting an invisible fly, legs stopping her body in front a compartment. Especially the dirty kind.

This term she hoped she could avoid that boy Garret and his friend Cel, or at least stop them from trying to murder her like last time. Holding the glass terrarium away from herself, Daphne allowed her hazel eyes to fall on the tree frog with scorn. She only had the bloody thing because of Miss Jillian, who couldn't take care of it during the summer. As soon as she arrived at Hogwarts it was her responsibility! She wanted nothing else to do with the carnivorous thing.

Feeding the amphibian crickets had given her nightmares for days. Peeking inside a seemingly empty compartment, Daphne blinked her golden lashes at the panicked looking young man holding a--what was that? Curiously, she took a step forward into the compartment, pale brows knitting together in confusion, shoulders bouncing every time that--plant, for that what it seemed to be, honked.

"Uh," hesitated the blond girl, her foot squishing some non-existent dirt underneath her shiny brown shoe. You look three seconds way from a cardiac arrest. "Excuse me...."

That would do for now.

Jordan walked to the back of the train. SHe had always prefered the back to the front. She looked around to see if she saw anyone that she knew but she didn't as usual. That was one thing that she had regretted about being at Hogwarts. She had many good friends but she had always been on the somewhat shy side. She decided to settle for an empty compartment. Of course if anyone wanted to share it with her they were welcome but for now she would sit in an epmty one.

She sat down and decided to pull out her sketch pad. She hadn't looked in it for quite some time. She turned each page smiling at all of the ones she had done from her earlier years at Hogwarts.

Amanda headed to the back of the train with her owl cage in one hand, her guitar case in the other. She looked around for a compartment and noticed that Whitney was alone in one. She set her owl cage down for a second, knocking on the door and waiting.

Too into her book, Whitney was startled when she heard a knock on the compartment door. She put her bookmark in and closed to book. Looking up she saw Amanda standing at the door,looking inside carrying a guitar shaped thing,a bad and she saw an owl on the floor. Whitney got up and let Amanda in. "Well, it's nice to see you again. Hey!" she said with a smile.

Lima smiled as she opened the door of the compartment. She had found just the person that she had wanted to see right now. She wasn't planning to let him go easily. Even though she would be seeing him again in a few weeks anyway.

She strode into the compartment without even asking him if he wanted her company, and headed over to the seat across from him.

Shoving her luggage in the compartment overhead, she muttered, "Finally I am alone with you Kyler."

She took her seat and started wiggling her eyebrows at him, snorting. Then his bat had to get lose somehow and start fluttering around her head and shrieking in her ears.

When she landed on her head and seemed to be trying to make a nest out of it she said, "What is it with you and these animals, Kye!" She did not like being a bed for a bat.

I just hope that she doesn't try to eat my hair.

Cale couldn't have been happier that this term was over. He had managed to somehow scrape by in Herbology, and got rather high marks on all his finals but still, this term hadn't been a very smooth one. Not at all. Especially with Nico and Trel trying to jump in and destroy his life at every change they got. And he was totally not having a drama queen moment and exaggerating when he thought they. They really did have it out for him.

He passed a compartment and waved at Daphne, who appeared to have stumbled upon his fellow prefect, Cale Thorton. He gave a wave to the Ravie boy as he passed as well and finally found an empty compartment to save for him and Anna. He opened the door and sighed contently, tossing his sweater on the seat by the window and stretching out in the empty compartment. He needed 3 months of warm weather and relaxation, which would most likely be VERY difficult to find with Ezra and Lucy lurking about the house.

Amanda picked up her owl cage and walked into the compartment, closing the door behind her. She set her owl cage on the seat for a second, taking off her bag and putting her guitar case down. "Its nice to see you again as well, thought I'd come by before the train ends up back at Platform 9 3/4s" She said and sat down, resting her guitar case against the window, putting her owl cage on her lap.

Daphne wrinkled her nose at the plant, unwilling to touch it just yet, especially since she was busy keeping the terrarium away from her body. Didn't this boy had someone to aid him in his plight? Like...a butler? No one had butler at Hogwarts it seemed. Stepping further into the compartment, Miss Hopton delicately placed the terrarium on the empty seat across from the plant-phobe boy.

"Friends do seem to do that a lot," commented the blond shaking her wavy hair away from her face as she straightened up, slipping small hands into her pockets in search of unknown items. "Leave their pets with others that is," continued Daphne pulling out, finally, two handkerchiefs. "Nameless there is a good example," concluded the third year Gryffindor girl with a nod towards the blue-green tree frog.

One handkerchief in each hand, Daphne reached out for the honking hybrid, cringing slightly as she took it from the boy's grasp. Stepping away from him, she held in front and away from her. "However, this one...specimen..." Flinched Daphne as the plant gave a loud honk, causing her ears to ring. What would be a good word to describe it? Over the top? Extravagant? No. No. That wouldn't do. "Is...unforgivable," finished the young girl in a dangerous hiss.

Who in the name of Tabitha the Pimply created such a horrendous thing?! It was neither useful nor aesthetically pleasing. It served no purpose therefore--it had to be immediately discarded of.

"That's nice to know. First time on the train I set alone. I hadn't known anyone." Whitney was happy to have someone to sit with,even if it was only for a little while. "That's a beautiful owl. What's his or her name?" she asked staring straight into the owl's eyes.

"Ah that's Belkin, he's my friendly Snowy Owl." Amanda said, taking Belkin out of his cage to show him to Whitney. "You can pet him, he won't bite you" She said, petting her owl softly. "Ah well, first term I sat by myself pretty much" Amanda said then shrugged, opening her bag with her free hand, taking out a Chocolate Frog.

Xehanna looked in all of the full compartments when she came by the one without someone except... "Whitney!" she exclaimed she threw the doors open and toppled her friend. "Ohmigosh I've missed you so much! I brought you something!" she said getting off of her and bringing out the 52 oz bag of skittles. "Tada!" she threw her bags above her, keeping one backpack in the seat full of money and things to do."How was your summer?" she said sitting down. "oh im so sorry! you're reading! oh i feel so bad. im sorry, really sorry!..... so whatchya reading?" she said frantically until she calmed down again. she was so excited to see her friend she didnt notice the girl sitting across from her.

"Oh im terribly sorry!" she said. "I hope im not inturrupting anything. I don't believe we've met." she said squinting at the girl with her head sideways and her lips pursed. she straighted up and smiled. "I'm Xehanna, but you can call me Xeh." she said holding out her hand.

Demetria got on the train, looking around for someone she knew. On the right side of the train was a compartment with a familiar face. She walked up to it and stuck her head inside. "Anymore room in here?" she asked. "Hey, Xeh." Demetria gave a sweet smile to her friend.

"Nice to meet you Xeh, the name's Amanda" She said, extending her hand to shake the other girl's. She turned her attention back to her owl, tickling him softly.

Twinny and Twinny Numero Dos
 

Whitney absolutely loved any animal that existed. "Hi Belkin!" she pretty much exclaimed. Accepting the offer,she gently petted the pretty owl. "Oh I can't wait till I get one too. I just need to think of a name." Then she heard Amanda say that she sat alone too. "I guess that's just how most first years start out huh?"

When she was done petting the owl she saw her Twinny come in. "Oh my God. It's you!!!!" Whitney yelled throwing her book down and getting up to give Xeh a huge hug. When she sat back down she had a humongous back of Skittles thrown at her. 'SKITTLES!' "Do you know how much I love you?" she said cracking up. "I'm not reading anymore. Well,seeing as summer hasn't exactly come yet it's been okay." Whitney said sarcastically. "I'm hoping all goes well. I'm not too sure how my mother's doing though. What with my father not being there and all." She was actually a little scared to be going back home. "Nothing really. Just a book given to me a few years ago. How do you think your summer is going to be?" she asked curiously.

Whitney looked to the door for the third time to see someone she didn't know walk in. Apparently she did know Xehanna though. "There's plenty of room here. Hi, I'm Whitney. she answered introducing herself.