Originally Posted by MsMorgan

Mariel was sort of lost in thought as Sarah talked a little about Hogwarts and current events until she mentioned Durmstrang and her father. Looking back up at her, she nodded solemnly. "I thought so too," she agreed. "In fact, my stay at Hogwarts is conditional and may be temporary." But she certainly hoped not.

Mariel gave Daisy a warm smile as she sat down and offered her a Lemondrop from the box she had again pulled from her pocket. Time for the nearly 15 year old to have another one as well and she helped herself to her favorite sweet. The Ravenclaw looked curiously back at Sarah as she then explained her previous, and unheard to Mariel, words. Oh, she had one of those posters that Mariel had seen earlier. Shaking her head sadly, she told both girls as they discussed the incident, "It may have been an accident, but that's too much of a risk to take. It's really dangerous to have werewolves around. I mean, I think that's pretty obvious now, seeing what happened last term." She looked over at Daisy when she said she hadn't been there. "I was there," she said softly. "It was really scary. And if Professor Bontecou hadn't stepped in..." she shuddered at the thought. "Professor Lupa had been dangerously close to attacking a group of first years. What if she had bitten one of them? Or one of us?" Mariel knew most of her friends had been in attendance. "I heard Professor Bontecou barely survived. Someone younger might have been killed."

Mariel suddenly stopped as she noticed Sarah's eyes continually darting out the window. She stared at her for a moment, then turned her head in the same direction to try to see what was so interesting. "Sarah, what are you--" she started, then Sarah excused herself and left. Staring after her for a moment, she looked at Daisy and shrugged. Maybe she saw her boyfriend. Which strangely reminded her of the canary creams stowed in her trunk that she had bought earlier that summer. Screwing up her face slightly as she wondered why that particular thought came into her mind, she shook her head slightly and pulled out her pink lip gloss.

She had just started to apply it to her lips in the small mirror she had pulled from her other pocket, when she heard the door open again. Quickly shoving both items in her pocket, she looked up fully expecting to see Sarah and Ryder - not that she knew what Ryder looked like. At first a little surprised as the newcomers entered - since when did Sarah and Nathaniel get along well enough to invite one over to the other's compartment? - Mariel resumed her cheerful smile as she greeted them. "Hi Nathaniel... and Sammi. Hello," she smiled back at the younger girl as she sat down next to her. So this was Nathaniel's little sister. "I hear you want to be in Ravenclaw... Good choice," she added with a grin. Who wouldn't want to be a Ravenclaw?

Originally Posted by fish_kid

Nathaniel was grinning at Mariel. What was Sammi doing sitting next to her? He stayed standing up "How are you Mariel?" he asked her. He still thought that Sarah was up to something.He wasn't quite sure what it was but he figured something was up. At the mention of Sammi wanting to be in Ravenclaw he looked at Mariel with a teasing grin "Oh, yea, GREAT choice" he rolled his eyes. Although he'd rather if Sammi was in Gryffindor with him if she did end up in Ravenclaw he could use that to his advantage.He patted his bag reassuring himself that the presents he had for Mariel were in there... just in case. Chewing on his bottom lip he felt awkward as all get out. "Did you have fun in Diagon Alley?"

Originally Posted by Doomer

"Hi Mariel! Nice to meet you!" Sammi smiled brightly at the older girl. She hoped that people wouldn't think she was a strange child, because the constant smile that was plastered on her face.
"I would love to be in Ravenclaw! Nate wants me to be a Gryffie. But blue is my favorite color!" Although smiling, she noticed the slight awkwardness of Nate and Mariel's conversation. Deciding to shutup, Sammi turned to the window and stuck her face to it, ready to watch the passing scenery.