After dropping off his luggage and making sure his new badge was still firmly pinned to his shirt, Ronan made his way into the prefects' compartment still carrying his (muggle) snack filled carry-on. Only to discover he was the first one here. Odd. Oh well, his fellow prefects would surely be joining him soon. Honestly, he was curious to see who would be joining him in headship. And who would be his fellow Gryffindor prefect (though, he had an inkling on who that would be).

For now though, he reached into his snack stash and pulled out and opened a bag of M&Ms, popping them into his mouth one or two at a time and fully chewing them before swallowing.

It amused Harriet that it had taken seven years for her to even find the prefects compartment. She had just had no interest in it before, which made sense considering that she hadn't been a prefect before now. But now she was wearing her badge with pride, on her school blouse though since she hadn't put her robes on just yet. And now she was finally heading towards the prefects compartment. It was going to be a big day. The start of her final year. She just hoped that thy wouldn't be stuck in her prefects compartment for too long. She had other people to see who didn't have badges. So, no long meeting please.

She smiled to herself as she walked along the corridor, wondering who else might have gotten badges. Most of her best friends were already on the prefect team, or at least they were if you counted Captains too. So she knew it was going to be a good year. All her besties had authority alongside her. They were gonna ruleee the school.

Oh. Only Ronan was here. And headboy? Interesting. She wasn't that shocked really. She had thought of Flynn, but also couldn't really see him as head boy. The hufflepuff did smile at Ronan though. A little. "Congratulations" She murmured, nodding towards his badge as she took a seat in the prefects compartment. Now.... hopefully someone else would come join them soon.

Considering the fact she knew it was possible, since it had happened to Derf last term, Stasya knew that it was weird that she still felt surprised at getting a badge. The badge that was pinned securely to her pink sweatshirt, as she had yet to change into her school uniform. The badge that declared that she was following in her Hufflepuff best friend's footsteps, except obviously hers was for Gryffindor. Plus, she was finding it odd that she'd never tried to find out what the prefects' compartment was like, considering how many badged people she knew, counting ones that had graduated already.

Yep, definitely an odd sensation, as she'd walked toward the front and said compartment to check in. Supposedly there was some sort of meeting she was supposed to be present for too. It all piqued her curiosity, nearly to the level of her well-known interest in the well-being of the unicorns in the Forbidden Forest, and she had paused outside the door for a second to collect herself (and maybe to check on her pets hidden in her sweatshirt pocket) before heading inside. Only to find out she was one of the first to arrive, and that Gryffindor was nearly all present as she spied the head boy badge on Ronan's shirt. Only the captain left. Plus, she saw who was Etta's replacement.

She gave both older students a grin. "Hi!" Time to get comfortable while they waited for everyone else. Or so she guessed.

It was an interesting feeling with Captain Kirk as he boarded the train to start his final year. Leaving his family and Mel behind he was now one of the oldest with no other years above him. N.E.W.Ts, the House, and Quidditch Cup, were now his current focus. After Hogwarts though.. well, this year was the year everything mattered now.

Kirk whistled for a bit as he traveled through the train. A few of the other student leaders graduated so he was expecting to see some fresh faces in the Prefect's Compartment. He didn't know who exactly though, he imagined his house would stay the same with positions. He slid open the door after seeing some figures from a distance indicating he wouldn't be alone in there.

"..Hey," Kirk had to take a slight moment to see who was in here currently. He knew them. They just weren't in this compartment beforehand until now. "Congrats you guys... good summers?" He smiled addressing them all before he parked himself down. This'll be a fun year.

Vivian had taken a while longer to bid good bye to her parents. Her mum was fussing over her daughter, of course, who had recently gotten some sort of badge promotion and, for Vanya Fairfield, that was a huge deal. On the other hand, her dad was being the typical stage father. His two daughters both going to Hogwarts? A huge deal for Edmund, too. Once they bid farewell and exchanged 'I'll see you during the holidays', the seventh year had to make sure her sister was settled in with her luggages tucked away and found a nice comfy compartment. Eloise was partly her responsibility now, on top of being of age and Head Girl as well. Here's to hoping she was going to survive her last year.

With all things settled, Vivian no longer had a reason to avoid the prefects' compartment. Carrying her Kneazle with one arm, the blond slid open the compartment door and took a moment to acknowledge the occupants. "Hey, everyone. Congratulations, Stasya," she greeted them, and winked at the younger Gryffindor. And there was Ronan Carter, whom she recognised and... oh, the badge. "Congratulations. Looks like it's you and me." She smiled a little bit at him. Half her bias was still towards her co-prefect, Flynn, but one could only imagine how much of a disaster that would be. She didn't know Ronan too well, but the fact that he had the badge must speak for itself.

"Haaaaaattie," Vivian went over to sit beside her Puff bestie with a huge grin on her face. Because heeeey, she was a prefect now too! Hogwarts, watch out.

Suffice it to say, Abra had been operating on a level of disbelief since getting his badge. The idea had been to keep the whole thing a secret until he could be absolutely certain he hadn't been given it by mistake, or as some kind of joke, but that had sort of gotten away from him, just a little. His whole family, which naturally included West and Alice, already knew, and so did just one of his friends, who was due to be in this same compartment. Other than that, though? Total secret. Until today.

Keeping the badge concealed in the palm of his hand for the moment (he wasn't in his robes yet, so technically he wasn't defying any instructions) Abra made his way to the prefect compartment. In his good news, he had actually managed to find an awful lot to worry about; his thoughts were going a mile a minute despite his efforts to focus on other things. He reached the Prefects' Compartment, still with his mind on possible mistakes and practical jokes and Junia and also Zoryn and all that sort of stuff, so much so that he had to consciously redirect his attention to the small matter of convincing himself to walk through the door.

Ultimately, convince himself he did. Taking a deep breath, and acting on the first surge of 'you can do it!' that rushed through him, Abra pushed open the door and stepped inside. He had forgotten, for the moment, to affix his badge to his shirt, finding that the cool (though now much warmer) metal, and its unmistakable shape, helped to ground him, to remind him that he really was (probably) supposed to be here.

"Uh..." Abra said, letting the door slide closed behind him as he nervously addressed those in the compartment at large with a small wave. "Hey, guys." Derf wasn't here yet, and Abra tried not to look too visibly put out by, or anxious about, that. Kirk, he knew from Quidditch, though they'd not shared many words in the past beyond post-game niceties. Vivian had obviously been prefect the year before, and was dormmates or something with Junia. Hattie and Ronan were familiar by association, and from seeing them around school, and they were just as new here in the compartment as he was. So was Stasya, the person he probably knew best in the room, by virtue of actually having age, friends, and house in common. He smiled at her. "Stasya. Well done on the... oh!"

The thought and sight of the other badges in the room suddenly reminded Abra of what he was holding, and he quickly fixed his own red and gold Quidditch Captain pin to the front of his jacket. He did his best to hurriedly polish away the smudges from its shiny surface with the cuff of his sleeve, before turning his attention back to Stasya.

"... on the badge."

Then he quickly took up a seat, before he could make himself look like too much of an idiot.

Having put off heading towards the Prefect's Compartment long enough, Skylar figured she might as well head there. She already knew who the new Head Girl was, as well as the new Female Hufflepuff Prefect. So per her own calculations, the only people she had yet to discover was the two new Gryffindor Prefects, as well as the Head Boy. Although she had suspicions, of course.

The Slytherin Captain, with her pet carriers in tow because no way was she leaving them unattended although she could have dropped them off with Apollo, slid the familiar compartment open as her blue-gray eyes landed upon ......

"Ronan?" She had reservations of her fellow seventh year, but she had to admit he WAS super loyal and protective, given that he was the ONLY one to stand up to injustice two years ago. But yet there he was, sitting there, with the counterpart to Vivian's badge affixed to his shirt. "Wow. Uh ... Congrats!"

Oh and look! Stasya was here too! "Stasya, congrats!" she exclaimed, at the younger girl who was probably taller than her now which said something considering she didn't think of herself as being short

And wait... Abey? As in Junia's cousin? What happened to Zoryn? Not that Skylar was complaining, because Abraham Botros was much better company than Zoryn, any day, given he'd sat at her house table every opening feast for the last four years... But Skylar was needless to say . . . surprised. Only for the briefest of moments, because she WAS aware of his quidditch skills and that meant that Professor Baldvinsson was also. The man didn't miss a beat. "Welcome to captaincy, Abra." She beamed of the younger student.

And she'd have congratulated Hattie and Vivian, but they already celebrated, so to each of them, they got a small smile, as she claimed the seat next to Vivian, of course. Now where was there other Slytherin Leader? She wondered vaguely if Flynn had gotten his badge revoked, given certain situations the best friend seemed to find himself in over the summer.... but no... he'd have mentioned that, wouldn't he? Given how much he enjoyed the power and authority? Unless that was WHY he found himself in those situations?

Why did walking into this particular compartment feel like starting at a new school all over again? Maybe it was partly because Bel still felt new a lot of the time, even after two years at Hogwarts? Maybe it was because she wasn't sure how everyone would react about Isa not being captain anymore? It was strange though because she hadn't had butterflies in a while, usually being pretty confident about new things, and yet....

Bel took a deep breath and reminded herself that Derf said that the 'prefects' compartment' was basically shorthand for 'prefects' and captains' compartment', and then she smoothed her skirt down (which was another thing, come to think of it, that was probably adding to her nerves, given she had only ever worn trousers at Hogwarts up until now) and she stepped inside.

"G'day guys." Bel said, immediately noting that ALL the captains were here and relaxing a little. And Abra was no surprise to her, they'd discussed it in the summer and she was relieved to be in the same boat as one of her friends, especially one who had helped her so much with her Quidditch in the first place. Seeing Stas also took a bit of the nerves away given they were both fourth years. It was good to know that it wasn't just her!

Aaaand now that the initial bout of nerves was dissipating, Bel looked around at the other faces. She'd have to congratulate the new heads for sure. She'd already congratulated Hattie (I'm just going to assume ) Oh, and where was Derf?

He wasn't alone for long, as he was quickly joined by Harriet. Which slightly surprised the Gryffindor, though he hid it well, instead choosing to return the Hufflepuff's smile. " Congrats to you too. Help yourself," he replied, indicating the carry-on of treats.

Soon they were joined by Staysa and his inkling was proven correct. Yes, she would make an excellent co-prefect. "Hey!" he replied, smiling fully now. "I've got snacks right here, if you want some." And he promised that he hadn't done anything to them. He wouldn't, aside from that cooking competition this summer where he'd had to, of course.

The next person was expected too, as he thought that Ravenclaw's leadership wouldn't change. "Thanks, Kirk. Had an excellent summer." Tropical vacation, the badge surprise and subsequent gift and all. "You?"

And next was the Head Girl. Which honestly, wasn't that much of a surprise either. Sudden promotions like his didn't happen often, and there was only one girl who had both already been a prefect and was a seventh year. "Congrats, to you too." And she was quickly followed by....wait a minute. A new Gryffindor captain? What had happened to Zoryn? He hoped she was okay. The new captain wasn't someone he expected either: Abraham Botros Jr. Not that he didn't like the younger Gryffindor or anything. Just..wasn't he a little prone to nerves? Like now. Though, Ronan's face hid that he was having those thoughts, remaining with the warm smile. "Hey."

"Well, don't sound so surprised." was his reply to Skylar when she entered. Though, it had been a surprise to him too. Not that he was going to admit to it (well okay, maybe to others, but not right now). "Is Flynn going to be joining us?" If anyone knew, she would. Right? It would be slightly amusing if the other seventh year had lost his badge. He didn't he much time to sit with that thought, though, as the Hufflepuff captain joined the compartment. And she was another newbie. "G'day," he returned Bel's greeting. Wow, a lot of new faces this year.

Ronan took a peek at his watch. Hmm. It was getting late. Where were Derfeal and Flynn?

Is just assuming Jessa is there already :wink:

So...he had probably put this entrance off long enough, yeah?

He had strolled aaaaall the train compartments several times, inspected the windows and the passing scenery, made one or two more than necessary pit stops by the food trolley - pockets now filled with chocolate frogs and licorice wands, caught up with a few friends in various compartments along the way, attempted to mend the hearts of a few friends, taken a cat nap in the luggage compartment before being unceremoniously shoved off the trunk he had been napping upon...which really left him no choice but to come here and make an appearance. Maybe sit through a meeting in a bit of a daze? He really wasn't entirely in the mid-set to be all official and stuff.

Sighing, and with his badge still in the pocket of his robes he had already changed into, Derf pushed opened the door to the compartment and was greeted with a few surprises. One was that Zoryn wasn't already here sitting on her throne. Another was Ronan was in here...with the Head Boy badge. Two Gryffindors in a row! Though, well, if Derf was being honest he was relieved it was someone else and not Flynn. The whole positive reinforcement behavior with Flynn was not working - [i]at all[/s] - and he had rather been hoping to see a different Gryffindor donning the male badge for the red and gold........ Hattie and Bel he had already known about from conversations over the summer, so seeing them brought a pleasant smile to his face - though he did miss Etta quite a bit and was a little unsettled in wondering what had happened to Isa. He was keen to do things with the new leadership for his house, even MORE keen to work with Bel on quidditch things. She was just, you know, a breath of fresh air on the pitch.

"S-Stasya?!" he squeaked, his eyes falling on the much more mature than he last remembered her being Gryffindor. "Congr----" And then, though he wasn't sure HOW he had missed his Gryffindor to begin with, his eyes fell on Abey. A B E Y. Maybe it was because his bright blues had been keenly trained to look for Zoryn, now that he had relinquished the fact that the other badge had a different occupant and all, that they had not noticed the fellow fifth year...so to say that his jaw was hanging wide open and eyes wide with delight was, well, an accurate description. One could probably drive the Hogwarts Express right through the blonde's mouth it was so agate.

"ABEEEEEEE-----BRA!"

UGH, no. That still felt weird and wrong calling him Abra. But, well, they weren't in private and Abey had this thing about different names in public so he was TRYING...BUT IT WAS REALLY HARD IN THIS MOMENT TO REMEMBER THESE THINGS!

"YOU'RE CAPTAIN!"

Yes, there would be other proper congratulations and acknowledgements later - like...sorry Skylar and Kirk, no offense meant - but right now the fifth year was bounding across the compartment to give a sloppy and awkward hug to his best mate. Which, well, it sorta looked more like Derf was falling on to Abey, and then subsequently sitting in his lap temporarily, since Abey was sitting and he was power walking.

Hi. Yes. We were excited and would be processing in another 30 seconds that this means Zoryn had had her crown taken from her and that meant Derf would need to seek her out for loads of reasons.

Flynn had very much overheard that patronus in the back cars, and he had very much taken his time to get to the Prefects' Compartment. It did not surprise him one bloody bit that Ronan got Head Boy - not that HE cared. He still had a badge, he still had authority.... and he did not have to deal all the Head Boy responsibilities. He did, however, have to deal with the Head Boy, who he already despised.

"Listen here, Carter," the Polish boy said as he entered the compartment. "You don't get to summon me like I'm your dog, okay?" He slammed the door shut behind him because yes, he had been busy ignoring his duties. "And no, I don't care if your Head Boy," he added in case the little lion cub decided to use that as his defense. "Do that again, and we're going to have major issues." Believe it or not, he was already missing Ace. At least THAT lion cub didn't care whether he was with the other leaders or not.

He looked around the room at everyone who was already in there and to be quite honest, he was debating on leaving.

...........................................were Ronan and Flynn going to FIGHT? Because as much as Bel wasn't one for violence, a bit of a rough and tumble wouldn't hurt anyone and always seemed to help break any build up of testosterone-based tension in a room, so colour her intrigued, honestly.

She'd forgotten her own apprehensions at this possibility. Bel adjusted the hem of her skirt and tried not to channel the ooooh cat too obviously.

As more and more students came inside their compartment, Vivian offered each of them a smile though, in reality, she was already getting the nerves as to HOW she was going to handle being in charge. It was still such a scary concept. But still, she congratulated those with new badges. There was Abey and Bel, to add to the list.

... Wait, what happened to Zoryn and Isa, though? The blond side-eyed her bestie, Skylar, to see the brunette's reaction to her rival's demotion or whatever. And clearly, that wasn't the only thing she was supposed to be concerned of for today.

Once Flynn arrived, Vivian had actually offered a genuine smile until he started.... wuuuut. Even more suspicious. She had not noticed that Ronan had sent a patronus to him, specifically, which made the blond stare at the pair, an eyebrow perked up. "Could you both at least do that outside this compartment?" Only her first day, and it was still unofficial since they weren't even at Hogwarts yet, and she had to deal with this already? She did not sign up for this. No. And was she actually planning to be a good Head Girl and discuss patrolling duties already? Uh, well.

Oh, it was sooo cute the way Flynn thought he could intimidate him. Seriously. But, if Professor Noble didn't intimidate him, what made the Slytherin think he could?

Ronan took a moment or two (or a few) to finish the rest of his M&Ms before replying. "Oh, but Flynnilynn, your presence is always such a joy. You brighten up any room you're in. I just couldn't wait to have you join us," was the sarcastic remark said with a smirk. Switching back to a more serious tone..."Just for that, you and I are doing rounds together this term." And yes, he realized the other boy would make it as hard on him as possible, but he had ways of dealing with that. Maybe he could learn a few things from the Head Boy.

"I think we're done, unless Kowalski has something to add..?" he replied to Vivian, relaxing back into the train seat (when did he start leaning forward?).

The esculation had happened before he'd even had time to process the position that Derfael and Abraham had found themselves in and wish he had someone who was that happy to see him (aside from his mum, but, you know). But it earned a truly amused look from him.

The more people that seemed - at least to Abra - to be surprised to see him in the Prefects' Compartment, the harder he found it to convince himself that they were just shocked to see someone in Zoryn's place, rather than the fact that it was actually specifically him. He tried to reason with himself that perhaps there was actually no surprise on any of their faces at all. Probably he was just imagining it, right? Or... well, no... he probably wasn't. Except that yes... yes he was. No. Yes. No. Ye-

ANYWAY.

Skylar's beaming certainly was enough to elicit a smile out of Abra, as was her apparently completely genuine welcome. "Thanks Skylar," he said, relaxing just a little, before nodding his acknowledgement to Ronan and his thanks to Vivian. Now if he could just stop his hands from shaking and actually look the part of 'confident and capable student leader', that would be great... though Abra supposed that today was always going to be extra anxiety-provoking, even without this new responsibility to contend with.

As for Bel, they of course already had mutual knowledge of each others' badges, but it wasn't until he saw her arrive in the compartment that he truly appreciated the fact they got to share the experience together. A friendly face in unfamiliar waters? Abra was all about it. He waved across to her, and was waiting for a lull in the general buzz of conversation to actually say something to her when WHO should arrive but his Hufflepuff.

... uh...

For a long, awful, unpleasant moment, Abra thought that Derf was ignoring him, because he was right there and Abra was right here and there had been no real sign of recognition or anything. But then, when he was just starting to get actually genuinely terrified that he'd done something wrong, he got the reaction he was looking for.

And was so relieved that he didn't even mind about his nickname going all wonky. In fact, he was even more pleased to hear it said at all.

"DERF!"

Hugs were happening, and Abra was not in the least bit opposed. He half rose to meet Derf in the hug, but all too quickly was back on his seat with a Derfael Ashburry-Hawthorne right there practically on his lap. Abra quickly wrapped his arms around him and gave him an almighty squish, not really caring that it hadn't really been all that long since he'd seen him in the summer, or that they were in a room (compartment... whatever) of people. Didn't matter; he was always happy to see his Hufflepuff.

"Surprise!"

Was something else happening? Something else was happening, something to do with Ronan and the Slytherin prefect, Flynn, who had now also arrived. One peek over Derf's shoulder told Abra this, and also that it was definitely a something he would rather pretend not to have noticed, because it seemed kind of... tense. He released Derf enough to let him sit on a proper seat, and allowed himself - for probably the first time - to feel really truly actually properly uncomplicatedly happy about the whole Quidditch Captain thing, even if just for the moment.

Oh.

Things had gotten entertaining. The blonde had smiled, watching her fellow leadership students enter the compartment. She'd politely replied when talked too. It was a little weird being in here. But she liked it. It was going to be a good year. And they had a good team of people, that all seemed to get along.

Or well.

Nearly everyone.

She should have guessed that Ronan and Flynn wouldn't get along. And she was kind of glad there was someone else that didn't get along, or like Ronan. The girl smirked a little. This was quite entertaining.

"Well.... this is an entertaining start to term...." The seventh year mused, glancing at Abra and Derf too. Yep. It was definitely entertaining and dramatic.

Sarcasm looked quite cute on Ronan, and it even made the corner of Flynn's lips twitch into a little smile. He should leave it to the professionals though, if you asked him and probably the whole compartment.

"It's Prefect Kowalski," he sneered. He wasn't trying to be intimidating. This was how he was 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. His attitude was a lifestyle. If it intimidated people, that was great, but it was not his end goal.

.... haHAHAHAHAHAHA. Rounds with HIM? Please. Maybe in Ronan's dreams. "I know you're a fan of the Kowalski, Carter. It shows in your face," he replied, "but we're not doing rounds together. I'm sorry to burst your little bubble." His tone of voice showed that he was not sorry. "I do rounds with Erik and nobody else." Mostly because he was able to get away with a lot more when he did his rounds with his good buddy, Erik Jessup III.

"I do want to add something." He looked around the room then added, "I have one rule, fellow leaders. You let me do my thing, and I'll let you do yours. I keep receipts of everything I see. If you snitch on me, I will find something to use against you." And that was a promise, not a threat. His dark eyes looked over at Ronan once more, and he said, "And I don't take orders from wannabes."

Let's have a good term, yeah?

Wait. Didn't Vivian say something to them.....? He looked in her direction for a brief moment, and he noticed the badge. "Congratulations on Head Girl," he said in a much better tone than before. Now that was one badge he could agree with.

Not long after she'd made herself comfortable by the wifey, the compartment door slid open again to reveal ... Bel? Hattie was already here as prefect and yes, Skylar was well-aware of Bel being friends with half of the student leaders. What she was not aware about was the fact that Isa Wright no longer was Quidditch Captain and Skylar had zero idea WHY? Zoryn not being captain, she could get over, but Isa? She smiled though at the younger girl, figuring she'd work on finding Isa later to uncover what happened.

"Hey Bel, Congrats on Captaincy!" Made sense that if Isa did have to leave though, given Bel proved quite talented on the Quidditch Pitch.

Eyes back to Ronan though, who apparently noticed the surprise in her tone and then proceeded to ask about Flynn?? Honestly, she might have been friends with the male Slytherin prefect, but she did NOT have a tracker on him and nor did she really care where he went. Even when she'd gone to his aid over the summer, she didn't ask questions; even when she wanted to and was mentally reprimanding him. She simply shrugged at the new head boy though, "I am surprised, but well, good for you. And I have no idea about Flynn, I'm not his keeper." She said simply.

Which just like that, Flynn appeared and seemed to bring his attitude with him (of course), to which Skylar had to bite her lower lip to hide her amusement at the small banter that pretty much just happened. You don't get to summon me like I'm your dog? Skylar raised an eyebrow at that because she was fairly certain Ronan DID do just that. Also, Ronan knew how to cast a patronus!? She'd achieved 12 OWLs, mostly outstandings, took half a dozen extracurriculars, and yet still hadn't managed more than a few wisps. How? Why?

And her eyes glanced over toward Vivian who's only comment was to do that outside the compartment?? Um? Um...Sky leaned over and whispered in a low voice, "Vivi? I think it's actually better that they do that inside rather than where other students could witness." Just saying and all. They apparently were supposed to be responsible leaders who set a good example; she was only a quidditch captain, but was fairly certain bickering and snarky replies was not leading by example.

Actually she was kind of glad that she was only here for the quidditch, as the compartment door opened again, with a Derf who made his rounds acknowledging most of the people (except her), not that she minded, but she did offer him a brief nod of a 'welcome back' sort of thing, as he was entirely consumed by ... Abey's presence... So much so that he ended up on the Gryffindor's lap, and now Skylar was really fighting back the grin. At least between the Flynn and Ronan dramatics, there was some obvious friendship love going on which made it all the more better.

It wasn’t awkward at all. Or, at least, nobody seemed to have had a problem with her having gotten the prefect badge. In fact, as the compartment had filled up with everyone else, the slew of congratulations had only made the smile on Stasya’s face that much bigger. Plus, of course she’d returned said congratulations with gratitude. Not to mention a few extra smiles for Bel, which made her feel infinitely better seeing as they could relate about being given their titles in fourth year, Skylar, Vivi, Abra and Derf. Of course. Once the Hufflepuff prefect had made his entrance.

The confusion on his face made her blink, though, along with his initial almost ignorance of Abra that got fixed after a moment. Leaving her to look around the compartment with interest. Especially at seeing that Sky had brought her pets with her.

Meaning she wasn’t alone, and meaning she wasn’t worried at all when Dobby had poked his head out of her sweatshirt pocket to see what the commotion was about as Ronan and Flynn had started their whatever-was-going-on. The tall fourth year didn’t know, so she’d just moved to take a position near where Sky and Vivi were, sitting down as her squirrel climbed up her arm to perch on her shoulder.

Oh, and she wasn’t planning on snitching on Flynn. Or anyone for that matter.

"Good, good. My summer was quite fine." The details would likely spill out later anyways.

So Kirk was quite going along for the ride here, as soon as he had sat down he flipped open a magazine to read until everyone else arrived. He looked up each time the compartment door opened, "Hey Vivi.. congrats on the upgrade." She was cool. He gave a sup nod to Abra, "Nice badge, mate. Fits you." Interesting, so Gryffindor had a new Captain. Then there was Skylar, she got a sup nod too.

"G'day... grats on the badge." Hufflepuff Captain, wow so they got a new one too. Okay, he was going to note their actions around others to see how they would likely direct their teammates. His mum shared with him some of her psych notes to help him read others a bit better. Sure, he only glanced at the most but hey, effort.

Annnd there was Derf, he was amusing Kirk as he saw him rush towards Abra. Ah right, they were pretty close. No biggie... well, never mind. He thought too soon.

Of all things to happen in the Prefect's Compartment, Kirk was just watching as Flynn and Ronan had a dispute or what could also be mistaken to some as a lover's quarrel. Either or, Kirk couldn't exactly ignore this display and seeing Stasya and Hattie's faces, clearly no one else could. Hm? He didn't want anyone to snitch? "Whatever you say.." From Kirk's tone he clearly wasn't intimidated at all by this. He just had other things to worry about, like the Quidditch Cup for one. Now that's the only snitch he'd be concentrating on.

Blue eyes rolled at the Slytherin's response. "Your ego, Flynnilynn. Its huge." And not at all attractive in the least. "Also, you'll go on rounds with whomever I tell you to. Which means me." And good luck trying to find anything to use on him. He was pretty open about most things, and those he didn't want found out, he kept locked up pretty tight.

The 'wannabe' comment earned the Slytherin another smirk from Ronan. "If I'm such a wannabe, how did I end up with the Head Boy badge?"

Aaaaand just like that, Bel was less worried about how she was going to be able to deal with being in charge of older kids on her team, because there was a massive gaggle of seventh years right here and they were.... well, just look at them, ya know??! She didn't have anything to sip so she just smiled around at those who had specifically acknowledged her, including the two existing captains. "Thanks, Kirk, Skylar. I don't know why Isa couldn't continue her duties but I'll do my best." She had written to the former puff captain but not had a response, so she was still hoping to check if Isa was okay. Maybe Derf had an update?

She looked at her blond friends consideringly and couldn't help but grin at the enthusiasm of his greeting for Abra. The surprise had worked that was for sure.

Anyway, were there vibes happening between the two bickering seventh years or was that just her? Bel squished down on Derf's other side and tugged her sister's old school skirt down a little more towards her knees.

As for Flynn, Bel had already made it clear to the older boy she wasn't one to be pushed around. And she would definitely tell a professor if SHE caught him up to no good. And she didn't think Ronan was a.... what was it, a wannabe? No. But she did think that putting the question out there probably wasn't the best idea.

"So..... are we having an actual meeting?" the Aussie girl asked. Because if not she would rather go find a quieter compartment with, you know, less 7th years.

.....

............

"No," Flynn downright stated. "I'm not doing rounds with you." He would do them with the Head Girl, but he was not going to spend an entire evening with him on a weekly basis. Not only did the boy's voice give him a headache, but he also had strong urges to hex him into oblivion, which may just happen if he had to patrol with him. So no, that was not happening because he did not want to do any explaining to the Headmistresses.

"I don't know what you did to get that badge, and I don't want to know," he simply added. And with that, he turned around and headed out of the compartment.

No meeting. Kowalski out.

That seemed to be the flaw over there in Ronan's statement, because Vivian knew Flynn and Flynn always had something to say. Filtered or not, his words just seemed to flow right out of the Slytherin's mouth like a tap with no knob. And it had taken seven years of being Flynn's friend for her to get used to it. "Thank you, Coleslaw," Vivian replied to her co-profect's congratulations, more of an afterthought after processing what was happening in front of them.

And, really, Vivian couldn't help but give Sky a look of 'either way, they'll still continue fight' because... duh. Besides, the blond thought that, if they did do it outside for others to see, they'd eventually stop. Fighting in front of students wasn't exactly professional, and Ronan seemed to be that type of person. Right?

Oh, and... "Thanks, Kirk," Vivian replied, a small smile on her face as the Ravenclaw captain joined them. But still, most of her focus was still allotted towards her co-head and her co-prefect. Merlin, were they seriously going to start this term off with another one of perhaps many more quarrels?

"Okay, stop," Vivian had to butt in, giving both of them a look that was half a glare and half a stare. "I'll volunteer to patrol with Flynn if it means the end of this." Maybe it'd be better and less troublesome if she did. Besides, she'd have to at least assert her position as Head Girl if it meant saving the school from blowing up. But then, apparently, Flynn had left and...

... Well, so great for a start of term meeting, huh.