She never would have guessed the some people never were able to have a perfect fit. "That would be terrible. I'm glad my magic stick likes me so much." AJ would need all the help she could get when it came to actually using her wand the right way, and boy was she looking forward to that. "Hopefully I will be able to keep my fireballs to a minimum at school." It was be pretty epic for that to happen in the classroom, but she was sure that it wouldn't be appreciated one bit.

"Most of what happens to be people seem to be their own fault." She really, REALLY believed in this especially since one of her sisters was forever trying to blame things on her. "I guess you would be immune to any kind of sickness." She wondered how she would fare though, maybe she could talk her dad into letting giving the boat riding experience a try when she got back home for the summer.

"All of my siblings are magical. I just kinda figure that was how it worked." AJ wouldn't have been able to stand it if her sisters were able to be apart of this journey and she had to stay behind. That wouldn't be fair at all. "I bet they are jealous too." Sure, being scared was most likely apart of it too, but jealously was mixed in there as well, she was sure of that much. "So what do your parents do?" Or better yet. "I wonder what kind of jobs magical people have." Oh, she had so many questions.

He laughed. Well, the professors keep a pretty tight rein on the use of magic in class. I lost 10 house points for levetating a boy out over the railing of the treehouse last year. Groundskeeper told me it would help me to remember to be more careful. Ian scowled a little as he thought of that silly git, Bart. He wondered if they'd be in the same classes again. Of course, even if they were, they managed to get along well enough that they didn't normally cost each other house points.

Ian was so busy answering her questions that he nearly forgot the time. They didn't want to miss the train. AJ and then remembering the other girl and Leah, as lively a conversation as we're having here, we might want to get on the train. Wouldn't want to miss your ride to Hogwarts.

"You lost points? What does that mean?" Gosh, she had so much to learn. It sounded like losing these points were a bad thing and she didn't think that was really fair. "You get in trouble even if it was an accident?" This was Aubrey's first ever time at this school things were bound to happen that were out of her control right? She eyed her magic stick as if conveying a clear message saying that it better shape up.

The train. "Oh my goodness. No, we don't want to get left." Well, she could only speak for herself but she was getting on this train one way or the other. She smiled at the girl and encouraged her to follow suit. "Lead the way." He would be the one to follow after all.

Kace nodded when Tag mentioned he didn't really do anything. "Yeah i am preparing to go on the train too." he said motioning toward the train. Then he saw his kneazle and he smiled, "Is that your kneazle?" he asked looking in the cage. He chuckled at his new nickname. Badgerboy? Interesting.

"I have been good. Really good." he said honestly. I mean his life was going pretty well. He had Emmy as his girl. He was happy and plus he did his sports camps. His mom was happy when he was out of the house. "I went to my sports camps and i managed to hang out with Emmy. It was a fun summer." he smiled. "How about you mate? Are you single or do you have someone?" he asked curiously.

Wait? There was something new on the grounds? This was news. "Wait what new thing is on the grounds??" he asked.

Ah. See, everyone was getting ready to get onto the train, as Tag had expected. "Just waiting for other people to put their stuff away." Tag simply answered. And then he looked down at his cage when Kace had mentioned Stella. "Sure is. Her name's Stella and I adopted her last summer. Loves to climb things!" Tag said excitedly. And by "things" we mean people's backs. Dangerous kneazle.

Sport camp. Tag had never done those but had always heard about it every day. " What type of sports camp did you go to? Or is there just a bunch of sports that you can play there?" Really. Tag wanted to learn and hear more about this from a first hand experience. Then the blonde laughed a bit quietly, which was surprising for someone loud like him. " Not single at all. Have a girlfriend. Nearly two years now." Not that it mattered to Kace but saying that was something else. "But now that you asked... Are you taken?" Curiosity was a thing with this boy. Ok!?

And at Kace's slight confusion Tag realized he should've worded his speech differently. "I meant, if the groundskeeper added something new to Hogwarts this year, we should check it out. I don't know if there's anything new or not." Nod nod. Hopefully that cleared things up for Kace.

Ben almost expected her to chicken out. Either not run at all when he finished counting or freak at the wall and freeze before she had the chance to actually hit it and go through to the other side. However when she joined him on the proper platform a few moments after he did, he managed a sigh of relief. His good deed for the day was done as Angel was finally where she was supposed to be.

"Well I don't really know..." he answered, the situation she brought up seemed possible in the train station. Someone waiting around for someone or their train in general and leaning to rest. "Maybe it just won't allow muggles through." There had to be spells that kept them out to discover the magical world, to help the statute of secrecy intact.

A hoot and a rattle from his cage got the Gryffindor's attention back to Conrad the owl. "Yes I know..." he stated simply, remembering he fuss the bird had given last year not a fan of the transition. Benny pushed his cart away from the wall to allow any followers space while he looked away from his companion in search of familiar faces now that he was with his fellow students.

The thought had crossed his mind several times the past few days. This was his last time during the train to school. This was it. His final year. With his trunk in tow he waved off his sister as she pried his niece from his leg before crossing over the barrier to the platform where he made his way to the south end. Some bitter sweet feelings rose up in his chest as he looked around was he early!? He could of sworn he was running late an hour ago.. Weird. But now he wanted Beverly, where was that girl? He missed her.

Ollie and his family entered the platform and, immediately, he decided he would walk ahead to a good spot where they could all say their goodbyes. He was extremely excited to finally be able to leave home and go to Hogwarts where he'd have fun every day and never want to leave! He was sure that's how the school was going to be.

He walked along looking for a free bench, but he knew that his mum and Timmy were both fairly sad and, even though Jon was there for them, he made sure to stay close enough to Timmy just in case she got too sad and needed him there. Mature twin or not, Timmy cried way more than he did on most occasions.

Eventually finding one, he stopped in front of it and turned around to grin at the family, including Jon. Today was the day!

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The thought had crossed his mind several times the past few days. This was his last time during the train to school. This was it. His final year. With his trunk in tow he waved off his sister as she pried his niece from his leg before crossing over the barrier to the platform where he made his way to the south end. Some bitter sweet feelings rose up in his chest as he looked around was he early!? He could of sworn he was running late an hour ago.. Weird. But now he wanted Beverly, where was that girl? He missed her.

King's Cross, Train, Hogwarts, and the final year.

The final year.

Bianca Rush still felt weird to go back to Hogwarts. Last term she was in Salem, being a student exchange and if she could, she would like to move there instead of Hogwarts. Since Gary had graduated terms ago and Bryan was being a Ravenclaw nerd, she often felt lonely. Weird enough that when she's being the exchange student in Salem she had plenty of friends there. Besides, she didn't have any family around here. Her parents now lived in Canada and Gary was still working in Bali, maybe.

Pushing her trunk, the brunette walked alone without her twin brother. Meh, where was the nerd guy, by the way? He's always slow. Suddenly she realized that she dropped her necklace. Oh no! Her mother would be very mad if she knew she lost it.

Don't be panic, Bianca. She whispered to herself. Maybe it's still around here.

Bianca spotted a guy, maybe he was a Hogwarts student too, passing by. Maybe he saw her necklace. Well, why don't we ask him? "Hey, excuse me. Sorry to interrupt." She spoke. "Have you seen a necklace around? I think I dropped it somewhere around here."

This was it! She had been waiting for this day for maybe two years. Ever since their mum told them about the school and the possibility of them going there. Where else were they gonna go??? Durmstrang? Beauxbatons? Uh, no thank you. Timmy grabbed onto her mum's hand and pulled her towards where Ollie was going. Her blue eyes widen as she passed by the large train. Was this really what they were going to take to get to school? Timmy had imagined something smaller, not a monstrous train that extended for miles. To her believe, at least. She was happy and sad and happy and sad. The little blonde was just full of mixed emotions today. Standing next to Ollie, she grinned widely and nudged him. "Today's the day,"

Nope.

Aria was not ready for this. No matter how much she might've prepared herself.

Her babies were off to Hogwarts. She was going to feel all types of weird not having them home every day. Squeezing Timmy's hand, along with Jon's, she let the younger twin pull her towards where her brother had stopped. Watching the compartments passb as she walked, the midget was becoming nostalgic with the memories of her time at the school. Letting go of Timmy's hand, with sadness, she watched the twins as they stared at the train in front of them. Aria had heard weird things, well even more weird things happening at Hogwarts from her nephew. The boy he treated at St. Mungos had told him the stories of the past two years. A mother's worries were swarming over her. "D'you think they'll be alright? I can always have them homeschooled..." She asked Jon in a mumble.

Jon might have been a little emotional about this. Was that silly? He'd really grown attached to these kids. Even if Ollie didn't care for him he cared for Ollie.

Buuuuut maybe it was Timmy that he was the most sad about leaving. He knew he needed to be here for Aria, she was surely going to be emotional. "I'm sure they're gonna be fine, I'd be more worried about the school than these two." He said and squeezed her hand. He was being dragged along in the long chain of their hands. Maybe he was looking ahead, eleven years from today to the day he'd be taking his own daughter here..a scary thought.

It was only natural that she and Jeremiah would meet outside of Kings Cross and walk in together. It WAS his last term at Hogwarts and as much as she tried to push that thought away she couldn't. It was staring at her RIGHT in the face as if taunting her. This place was already so crowded that somehow she ended up losing her boyfriend. Merlin. This tended to happen quiet often.

"I can't see him," she sulked, folding her arms over her chest. Either man at her side smirked in unison, almost as if they shared the same brain.

"Told you, you should have eaten your broccoli when you were little," Kennedy teased, patting her head.

"Maybe it's a sign that you should go on without him," Phabian Wayne tossed out.

SULKING SO HARD RIGHT NOW. Beverly shot them each a glared. Dad and brother teaming up against her, classic. "You both promised to be nice. Be nice."

They chuckled and Kennedy pointed out. "I see his head at one o'clock."

"You're spoiling her too much," Phabian grunted.

"You're the one who agreed to this," Kennedy shrugged.

Beverly ignored their banter, it was a never-ending thing she's grown used to. Leaving them behind she studied the girl who approached Jeremiah before skipping to his side and taking his hand in hers. She looked older than her but around Jeremiah's age.

Searching for stuff was so overrated. didn't she know?

"The Summoning Charm could help in that case," she suggested sweetly. Jeremiah and her had better things to do like storing their trunks away before it got too crowded and ended up being squished.

Oliver nudged Timmy back and laughed. "We finally made it, Timmy! Hogwarts." He looked around at other families that were saying their goodbyes and wondered if theirs were anything like his. But now was not the time to get upset over things like that, Ollie was going to try his hardest to stay happy and excited for Hogwarts no matter what! "Now we can stop planning to do stuff and actually do them! LIKE FOOD FIGHTS.

As soon as he heard his mum mentioned being homeschooled, his eyes went wide and he listened closely to make sure Jon didn't agree. There was no way they could take this away from them. THEY WERE SO CLOSE. Hearing his response, he smiled a little, but not too much so he didn't look too happy, and nodded. "Hogwarts is the best school. We'll be fine. Timmy and I will take care of each other." Mhm. He had been thinking of things to say to her just in case she got too nervous. He knew making sure mum knew he and Timmy would be together would keep her a little happy.

The train was there, waiting all big and steaming and bright, and Dot was thrilled to pieces. Summer was fine, and it was nice to see her friends and hang out with her parents some, but she was eager to get back to school. Not for learning, really, but because her sphere of influence at home was limited, her parents didn't give in to ANYTHING, and she was bored.

School was so much better.

She set Nimbus up on her shoulder, where he perched by digging claws into her denimed shoulder. Ouch, but... probably cool. Nimbus was super cool, and as long as she didn't bleed on her jacket, Dot was probably cool too. She'd just leaaaaaaaaan against this post and be cool and wait for someone to come by and notice.

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The train was there, waiting all big and steaming and bright, and Dot was thrilled to pieces. Summer was fine, and it was nice to see her friends and hang out with her parents some, but she was eager to get back to school. Not for learning, really, but because her sphere of influence at home was limited, her parents didn't give in to ANYTHING, and she was bored.

School was so much better.

She set Nimbus up on her shoulder, where he perched by digging claws into her denimed shoulder. Ouch, but... probably cool. Nimbus was super cool, and as long as she didn't bleed on her jacket, Dot was probably cool too. She'd just leaaaaaaaaan against this post and be cool and wait for someone to come by and notice.

Trunk now tucked away safely on the train, Paige hopped off the Hogwarts Express with Lionel perched on her shoulder for a bit more fresh air before it was time to depart. Sunflower case in hand, she popped open the lid and offered another treat to her Eurasian pygmy owl. "I'm sorry I can't let you fly around," she apologized to the owl. "You'll be able to properly spread your wings once we get to Hogwarts." The owl, while not entirely pleased by this, did flap its wings to stretch just a little.

Stretching her own legs, Paige walked about the platform until she spotted Dot. "HI DOT!" she chirped, right arm waving dramatically bath and forth where she stood not too far away from the Slytherin. Closing the lid on the owl treats, she carefully skipped the rest of the way over to her friend. "Is that your familiar? He's lovely."

Somewhere along the way he lost Gabe, which he didn't mind so much, they were together all summer. What he was worried about was losing Beverly..... Somewhere between the barrier and here she has poofed from his hand and sight as she was no longer by his side. Weird. Upon hearing a voice he eagerly turned towards it. "Bever------ oh." that's not Bev. She had lost something though and his first reaction was to look around him on the floor. "I'm afraid I haven't seen it maybe try a....." summoning charm. He looked over at the short girl next to him as his hand was held. "summoning charm, yea...." He gave her hand a squeeze before kissing the top of her head. "there you are." she wasn't allowed to let go of hand anymore... No.

Gabriel was moving at his own pace, thank you very much. Had been for the last couple of days.....when getting ready to leave Jeremiah's, saying 'goodbye' to his family...going home to see his and packing. In reality, the weight of things were starting to settle in his stomach. He knew it'd be different this year...and that made him kinda sick. Actually, one better than that. Regurgitatingly nauseous.

Despite all these things, he found Jeremiah and Beverly quickly, deciding it was best to stick close by someone who could use magic until they were on the train. See? This was what the Banner family did to people actually IN the family. He was a nervous wreck. MORE SO than usual.


UNKNOWN GIRL. Why were those everywhere?

Listening to Beverly deal with the situation, Gabe looked to Jeremiah, nodding his head slightly. A sign that YES, all was well and no further emotional trauma had been suffered at the hands of Gage Banner....or any of the other ones. The lot of them were good for inducing emotional instability and everything in relation to it.

"Did you get a chance to visit Gringott's?" He asked quietly, not wanting to alert anyone to their conversation. He also ignored the lovey-dovey interaction; not being able to say much to the fact these days.

Difficult to do that when you obtained a girlfriend yourself....after being so against them in general.


..........and Dot.

Seeing the small girl out of the corner of his eye, the Ravenclaw turned to offer a very small wave. Just for Dot. Had she been anyone else, Gabriel wouldn't have bothered...but....

....There was another small girl, too. He tried to remember her name....because he'd ran into her once in the Library. Paige, wasn't it?

.............................She received a small wave, as well. Dot might've fussed if Gabe hadn't and...as he'd said time and time again, she was a VERY intimidating girl.

Paige! Paige Paige Paige. Dot bounced at the sight of her friend, and as soon as she was close enough, she gave the girl a careful hug. She wanted to avoid running into the cute little owl thing, just in case it thought her eyebrows were caterpillars or something. NO snacking on the Dot, please.

"Hi! This is Nimbus, and he's a kneazle, and he liked to eat paper and he brings me dead bugs. He's brilliant." She gave Nimbus a fond bat to the head, and the cat dug into her shoulder with claws before jumping to the ground and wandering off. "He's very independent."

In fact, maybe too much so.

Nemo Grimm walked across the platform. Here it was, time for Hogwarts. Mehh Last term he was so excited to go back and this term he would be too, only...now he had...feelings!

DUN DUN DUNNNNNN!

Nemo never liked feelings, they were always stupid and should have been hated. Or at least that's what his father made it seem like. Which he was fine with and was doing well at...until he met this girl. It's always a girl isnt it? Hmm.

Whyttyr made him smile and laugh, she was cute, funny, clever and just the right about of sass..Nemo was quite smitten with her, the only problem was she went to Beauxbatons. Ugh. Stupid distance. He was busy thinking about this when he bumped into an older boy, Normally Nemo would have told him to watch where he was going. But this Nemo was in a good mood.

"I'm sorry, that was my fault.." He said and looked like he meant it, another rare thing. Did this kid know how rare this was? This was like finding an Onion Ring in your french fries.

Nicole walked through the barrier, shocked. Her eyes adjusted to her new surroundings as she noticed the large red Hogwarts express, the wall behind her still looking quite solid, and the crowds already gathered on the platform. The girl moved out of the way to an empty spot at the south end as more people popped out through the barrier. She looked around, looking for any familiar people she might have met in Diagon alley over the summer.

Hmm, she did not see anybody that she knew. It was not a surprise, considering the small number of friends she had made. She put her trunk away in a safe compartment on the train, then jumped back down with her pet cat to wander around.

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Paige! Paige Paige Paige. Dot bounced at the sight of her friend, and as soon as she was close enough, she gave the girl a careful hug. She wanted to avoid running into the cute little owl thing, just in case it thought her eyebrows were caterpillars or something. NO snacking on the Dot, please.

"Hi! This is Nimbus, and he's a kneazle, and he liked to eat paper and he brings me dead bugs. He's brilliant." She gave Nimbus a fond bat to the head, and the cat dug into her shoulder with claws before jumping to the ground and wandering off. "He's very independent."

In fact, maybe too much so.

SUCCESS! This was a VERY important moment. Paige understood, and respected, Dot's choice not to just give out hugs. She couldn't recall the exact terminology the girl had said before, but she DID know that THIS was monumental! DOT was the one initiating the hug - which she of course gleefully returned.

"Nimbus? Like the broom?" she ask as she peered her face towards the kneazle...only to have it scamper off before she could pet it. Cue a frown on the Hufflepuff's face. "Paper is an interesting choice. I reckon that means he eats some of your assignments? Pity most professors will think that you are lying when you are in fact telling the truth."

Rather ironic, really.

Following the kneazle's movements, she caught the end of the older Ravenclaw's wave. The one that had kind-of-sort-of-not-really tried to hex her in the library once. It was her fault. She had spooked him. She returned his wave subtly as she noticed someone else he was talking to.

NEMO! She gave him an eager wave and then looked back to Dot.

"Do...we need to go looking for Nimbus? It would be terribly for him to miss the train and not be able to give you a gift of bugs." Because she assumed that was what the kneazle was off doing now.

Several things came as a surprise to Clara as she made her way along the platform. One being that she had really missed people - multiple people, in fact - and her eyes skated over the masses of students and parents in search of their faces. It had been a long time since she'd properly missed people that she could actually spend time with. Another thing that surprised her was the fact that she was excited. It was true enough that she enjoyed school, but still ...

Clara Wilde was happy.

With a contented sigh, she continued on her way down the station.

Being a third year was a BIG deal, alright? You weren't the really little ones in the castle. You were older and cooler and therefore it was better yeah? He would even get to do OTHER subjects. But...

There was a part of him that didn't want to go back to Hogwarts.

A really big part actually.

Because, uh...who was going to look after Jade when he was gone? Big brother responsibilities you know.

...Also where were HIS parents at now?.......

Kyroh squinted, as he moved to the side to let another mass group of people pass. Well, he did have to find his parents. They did have his trunk and everything after all. And he was completely set on doing that until a familiar face caught his attention. Grinning the soon to be third year skipped over to his buddy and slid his hand in hers. "Clara."

SUP?

...Why did she look shorter?

Kate wasn't by herself. Her mom and dad weren't far. They'd already said their goodbyes, though, and they were going to wave to Kate as she rode away on the Hogwart's Express. Still, Kate couldn't help but feel alone. She didn't have any friends at Hogwarts yet, and she didn't have anybody to ride the train with.

Sigh.

Kate took a few steps forward, trying not to look like a complete wallflower. She was so concerned with trying to look like she fit in, that she didn't realize she'd moved to stand right beside some girl she didn't even know. "Oh, I'm sorry," Kate said, taking a step back to not invade the girl's personal space. Hmm. This one looked to be the same age as Kate, but who knew. "I'm Kate Addison. I'm a first year."

At least Kate wasn't shy. Hopefully the people at Hogwarts were nice, and she'd have no problem making friends. She was one of those girls, after all, that liked to hang out with a crowd of close friends. Heh. Social butterfly, yup.

Mitchell led the way through the wall. "Much different than back home." he said finishing his explanation. His poor cousin. Mitchell remembered his first year and the time it took to adjust to the way the British did magic.

"You'll get used to it. It's more important to know the food differences anyway. That, and someone that likes you, 'fancies' you." Which, was also weird. That and snogging.

"Here's our ride to school." he said nodding toward the train.