Originally Posted by lemon

OHLOOKPRETTYKITTY. Alice liked the cats. Expecially Spot and Walnut. She leaned for ward and scratched the little animal behind its ears and.. what? Did Penelope not know about Selina leaving? She hadn't told Penelope? .. Ouch. This was going to hurt, then. But.. but Alice couldn't break the news to her. That was Selina's job. And the Quidditch Captain would probably whack her with Mortimer if she said anything. "Um.. because I just LOVE Selina." And then she fangirl-squealed. For her fellow-lioness' benefit. And it was an extremely loud fangirl-squeal.

Selina owed her for that squeal.



VIVI. There she was. "HEY. HI. HELLO. UM. No. We're not doing anything wrong. I think." No. They weren't. Unless you counted crashing the Prfects' Compartment as doing something wrong.. but then again, Vivi had done that, too. "Lex is over there. She wanted to say.. stuff to you." And since the baby lion was present, that would save their skins, right? Please.



AND. Just the person Alice was hoping to see. "Um.. hey, Cap'n." BEAM. [/I]Would being all smiley keep her out of trouble? She sure hoped so. "We.. err.. wanted to say bye." Hopefully penelope would just think she was saying 'bye' for the summer? "You're such a great Captain.." WERE such a great Captain BECAUSE SHE WAS ABANDONING THEM NOW.. "and we wanted to, um, tell you that." AND GIDDY! Oh. There he was. Perfect. "GIDEON. Hi. Um.. we wanted to say bye to you, too." Because he was abandoning them as well.. and.. and.. why were goodbyes so darn sad?

Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

"Sorry...." Lex mumbled apologetically. She didn't mean to rush right past Alice but it just kinda happened. She blamed it on all the excitement of seeing the 'graduated' students again. Gosh. She cringed every time she thought of that word. It just had such a terribly annoying ring to it but apparently she couldn't think that way because it was something they were all looking forward to. Why anyone would be happy to leave forever was beyond her but you know...she'd go with it.

Right. Sitting and waiting. She could do that. For a while. "Oh...well...er...I'm not completely sure but I overheard them talking about sitting together and well Selina'll wanna sit with Kurumi since it's her last ride...." Logical, wasn't it? She saw it that way.

Oh but then the door was opening again!



Oh.

Darn.

It wasn't Vivi or Louisa. Pity. Not such a pity though 'cause it was Penelope!! She grinned over at her. "Hiiii! We're just waiting on the prefects to get here...well some more than others but you know, this is where we'd find them." Nod. "You should stay, it'll be fun!" She was planning to stay...right...you didn't just follow people into a place you're not suppose to be in without a definite plan to stay.

AND SHE HAD A CAT!!! "Awwwww, so cute! I left Felix with my bags down in another car...good thing too 'cause he doesn't like competition." Especially when the competition was so cuuuuuute.



When the door opened again she was about to groan. Just how many people planned to follow them in here before they could finally see who they wanted--

VIVI!!!

Yeah the girl was trying to find out if they were up to no good or not and this should have concerned or even offended her but she just couldn't stop grinning. "It's nothing bad!! Really, I came to look for you and Louisa!" And with that she attached herself to the 'graduated' girl. Pfft. Graduated. Such a laugh. "So no you can't walk away or we'll be in potential trouble for nothing." Nod. Wasn't she happy to see her???? Jeez!



Then almost like it was planned Scary Bat Girl walked in next. Well it was good because now both she and Alice got what they wanted. Well technically Alice only got half of what she wanted because Kurumi still wasn't here but this was good enough!

And she was even asking questions! "Oh um....saying our final goodbyes...I never got to for the most part at the feast..." Because she was avoiding the Ravenclaw table like the plague itself. How could she have gone there knowing that so many of them were 'graduating'? She hadn't been able to bring herself to but now she could and in fact she had to because it was her final chance and she WANTED to ride with THEM. She didn't care what threats this girl used because in the end she would just hide behind Vivi and hope the girl was above throwing a punch at a kid...or at the very least, in the direction of her own friend...



Ooo lookie! Gideon was there now! She shot him a grin, feeling a bit more comfortable. She shifted her wait from one foot to the other, while still being wrapped around her Mama Vivi as she watched him curiously. Hehe. He probably wanted to know what they were doing in there too. "Hi Gideon! I never got to tell you goodbye either so it's a good thing I've run into you in here." Duh, she'd run into him in here. This was the prefects compartment afterall! Not a smart statement Lex!



"Haaaai Belle!!!" Yeah she saw her walk in too. Hmm...but the girl seemed really preoccupied with her drawing...maybe she shouldn't disturbed her. There were plenty of other people in her to bug and she now had her Mama Vivi so she didn't need anyone else...decisions, decisions... "Watch'ya drawing?" She'd just ask while she was still making up her mind.



Then there was the Hufflepuff Captain. She didn't know her personally but she knew the girl wasn't leaving. The most she remembered was that they were in the Joker group together during that Muggle Studies class. No need to tell her goodbye; nope. It seemed she was willing to ask the same question though but because Lex was now in such a good mood she would humour her by answering; she would even do it with a smile!

"Saying the last goodbyes. You all hang out in here so this is the only place to do it!" Nod nod nod.

It made perfect sense if you were willing to really think about it. "Even though you're not leaving I think you can still get a goodbye too because you're going off for the summer." GRIN.

Then she turned to Alice again. "Do you think Kurumi will take much longer?" Not that she was in any rush. Nah. No rush at all. She was perfectly happy being wherever Vivi was. Then she leaned a bit closer and whispered, "And we're not actually gonna leave soon...right?" Because you know, they just got there...

Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl

And then, as if by magic, there was an explosion of older students, but at least a few of the people the other lions wanted to see had appeared. Alice and Alexa answered their questions about what they were doing just fine, and she didn't feel the need to add anything, so all she said was, "Yeah, what they said." Saying more good-byes and what not.

Though...there was also the side note that it was just kinda fun to be somewhere they weren't supposed to be, but they didn't need to know that, now did they?

She did give a little smile to each of them though. See, she wasn't doing anything wrong.



Penelope raised an eyebrow at Alice. She wanted to say good bye to Selina because she loved her? Penelope was pretty sure plenty of people did, but were they all in here doing that? No, not really. So there had to be something else that she was trying to cover up by scream. Was THAT really necessary? It only made Penelope frown even more suspiciously.

The "bye" to Selina still seemed further suspicious followed by her good-byes to Gideon. Because surely these good-byes would be different considering one was graduating but the other one was supposed to be coming back. So she continued eyeing both Alice and Selina.



Alexa got a smile though because she didn't seem to be hiding anything from her. And yep, she was staying of course.

"Competition?" she repeated. "Nah. Spot doesn't always like a whole lot of attention, so Felix should be okay." Assuming that was what the competition was about. Spot seemed to get along with most other cats anyway as far as Penelope could tell.

Originally Posted by sarahlooo

What. WHAT was this? Milton SIIIIGHED dramatically as he reached the prefect compartment of the train that was cuh-ROWDED with little girls. Milton eyed them all and pushed his arms through the crowd, making his way into the compartment. "Too many Gryffindors." WAY too many. "And Hufflepuffs. Gross." Even though there was only two in the compartment, but ONE Hufflepuff was too many Hufflepuffs.

Yes, he was in a sour mood already. He just wanted to go HOME and see his dog and apparate and do teenage boy stuff and not be around all these people anymore. Bleh.

"Oh, hi Vivi." Wink.

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

For four terms now Kurumi had worn that Gryffindor prefect badge and today was the first day out of those four years at Hogwarts that it was not pinned to her clothes or in her bag. She wasn't sure how to feel about that, to be honest. In one respect she was glad that she really could just be HER this train ride. No badge. Just Kurumi Hollingberry.

Her feet did feel a little heavy as she finally boarded the train after helping the last of the first second years board the train and get their things situated. She may have lingered in the corridors a bit longer than she should have, but there was just something about going to the prefect's compartment that felt strange now. She technically was no longer one.

o.O

And neither were most of the people here.

"Hey....everyone," she said as she took a timid step into the compartment, Walnut looking pleased as anything. Peeing on Isfret had made him an even more cocky kitty. "Is there...something wrong?"

Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

The redhead cocked her eyebrow as she waited for all of her ickle lions- because, you know, the rule breakers would be from HER house- to answer her question. Crossing her arms over her chest, she said again, "Well, I'm waiting for an answer... what are you lot doing in here?" Why couldn't the rule breakers have been Slytherins or something? That was it wouldn't have been HER house that would get in trouble. Merlin, this kids.

But before she could demand an answer out of them again Gideon and Nessie entered the compartment. She nodded to both of them before she turned back to playing Captain to her ickle children. And then, she finally got an answer. They were here to say goodbye? Well, that was sweet and lovely and all, but they were not allowed to be in here. On-the-other-hand, look how cute and sincere they all were. She just wanted to pinch their little cheeks and mention how very adorable they all were for that sentiment. But she knew that all three of the girls in here would have shot her dagger eyes if she went anywhere NEAR their cheeks. So that was a no-no.

Sighing, she caved in, "Alright, you lot, listen up. I am going to say this and only say it once. I didn't see you come in here, understand? The moment someone else does, though, well... I can't help you." If they caught her drift.

When Milton entered the compartment next she heard the Ravenclaw make a comment about Gryffindors or some nonsense. He really was thick, wasn't he? Selina had JUST gotten Mortimer back and if that was not incentive enough to be nice to Gryffindors in general, she did not know what was. Because you know, violence was ALWAYS the answer. Snapping her head to the side, she crossed her arms and said, "Got a problem with Gryffindors, Shacklebolt?"

And then someone else entered the compartment, which was getting rather crowded and most of the attendees were not prefects or the Princess of Hogwarts, it was Kurumi. The redhead grinned at her best friend and took a second to notice that she was a little forlorn. She was busy at the moment dealing with all of the influx of ickle children, but it did not mean that she could not see her best friend's face. They would talk later. Not here, not now.

But just as she was about to give her friend a quick squeeze, her attention was drawn over to Alice who was being very demanding and pushy... she was so proud. What a good little girl. Demanding things from people. The sixth year always knew that Alice was good people. Little spitfire, that one was. And then, suddenly, Alice shoved something into Selina's hand. The redhead perched her eyebrow in surprise at the letter and was about to open it when Alice asked her not to... weird. But she would respect Alice's wishes. The little third year had earned that- her respect.