Willie pushed and pushed, feeling the weight of Jake over him a little too much. How much did this boy eat?! Ugh! He kicked him until he felt the boy squeal, feeling immense pleasure rush through his tiny body. He was glad that Upstead was hurt. The boy shouldn't have jumped him! What happened next was quite unexpected as the boy had taken off with Ti, leaving Willie alone in the compartment.

"I'MMA GETCHU, UPSTEAD!" Wilie hollered, not even bothering to sit up. His shoes were vomited on and he didn't think he'd like walking on something squishy. Pushing himself up with his elbows, Willie looked at his feet and cringed with disgust. What was he going to do now? He didn't know any cleaning spells, yet and he sure as hell wasn't going to be walking in something stinky.

Sighing, he reached out for his backpack and pulled out a used tissue, rubbing away the vomit that was on his shoes with it. He'd cleaned worse, but this was still disgusting. Once all the vomit had been cleaned away (he hoped), Willie began to untie his shoelaces and take off his shoes, seeing as he had no need in wearing them anymore. When he did take off his shoes, he realized that there was also some vomit on his socks.

"Merlin's," he murmured angrily, pealing off both his socks and throwing them on the side. He had to go into Hogwarts shoeless until he could clean up his shoes in the sink of their bathroom. That'll be a riot, Willie thought sourly. At least his feet didn't stink, yet. Sighing, the boy stood up and shoved his dirty shoes and socks into his backpack, realizing that he really didn't have any place to put them in. So what if his clothes were dirtied as well? He could clean them. It wasn't a problem.

The boy leaned down and brushed his pants and afterwards standing up straight, throwing his back over his shoulder and making a the choice of leaving this compartment as it was vomited on and head on to another one. Where? He actually didn't know. Maybe he'd just roam the corridors and do some nabbing, yeah that always worked.

With a sly grin, the boy left his compartment and headed out towards the back of the train.

Oh, had he walked in before LouAnn? Haha, he hadn't noticed. Actually, he had, of course, but all of that 'ladies first' theory that Woodson seemed to love had never gotten the best ouf of him. Didn't they want equal rights, anyway? So allowing them to walk by first then them simply because they were women was sexist too.

Oh yes, that theory fitted Sebastian just fine.

Getting a handkerchief from his pocket, he spread it on the seat next to the window and took a seat, hoping the piece of fabric would protect him a little bit against all of these germs and ... yuck.

Jelly Slugs?

"Why would anyone want to eat slugs?" Sebastian asked, for once genuinely baffled. Curiosity getting the best out of him, the boy watched LouAnn's actions closely, deciding that those weird things she had placed on a napkin were some kind of candy. Sebastian wasn't big on candy, which would clearly explain why he knew nothing of Jelly slugs.

Confused, he looked over at Woodson. Had his brother heard of them? Maybe taste them? They didn't look that good, honestly.

Tibi watched Jake spread out on the seats while Ella pressed on about what had happened, asking if it was a bully. Tibi frowned.

Tibi really didn't want to talk about it, especially since Willie had threatened him if he did. Tensing as he heard footsteps in the hall, he let out a sigh as they passed. He wondered if he'd tense like this every time he heard a strange noise. What a miserable way to go through school.

Feeling rather melancholy, Tibi curled up by the window and stared out it, his face set in a concerned scowl, his mind deep in thought.

Feeling ambiciously optimistic about this year, Emiliano stepped on the train, as saying bye to his sister, Diana by the platform and telling him to be nice this year and don't get distracted. His grades weren't actually those expected from a Ravenclaw boy, but wow, you guys know he had this bit of...to think about all year. Well said, that person to think about, and don't you ever forget drama. It had been like a soap opera last term.

He found a compartment, empty; he sat and took out a few quills and ink, as well parchment. Time to write, it seemed.

Um. Okay. Cam was officially the oddest child on the entire planet. Though that had most likely been established ages ago. Livvy had been quite sure that the boy had been dropped on the head at a very young age and had been quite delusional for quite some time. Her theories seemed to carry on to today still.

She just blinked, watching Cam, as he ran over to the girl that had just entered the compartment and went on about his Aunt Lucy nonsense. Who whaaatt? Aunt Lucy? The girl looked barely older than her, Livvy. Then again... height didn't really count since Livvy was rather short for her age and even Cam was almost to her height.. which was just... sad. Yes... very sad. A thirteen-year-old was taller than her. What has the world come to? In fact... what was this boy eating?! Oh right. Mooncalf dung. Did it produce growth spurts?

But Livvy's attention was soon drawn to Reese and that dude she stood next to and EEEEEPPP!!! They were kiiisssiing! Okay. Well it was on the cheek but still... get a room peoples. And this was Reese Upstead.... REESE FREGGIN UPSTEAD KISSING SOME DUDE!!!! And if this guy was her boyfriend then WHOA. Livvy had been unaware of that. She had been sooooooo out of the loop. Reese dating this dude and kissing him. The horror!

And of course.. Cam's terror of what he saw could only be displayed so openly, as he pretended to vomit. Livvy would've pretended to do so herself, except... well... she wasn't going to stoop as low as a thirteen-year-old and pull a Cam. No offense to him. No offense. Cam just wasn't too great of a role model. Poor first years. What would they do?

Then it all happened so quickly. GIFT TIME!!! But of course... SHE... Livvy... had no gift. The only gifts she would be receiving were a few pokes to the forehead and some dead brain cells, courtesy of Cam. The FUHREEAAK.

OHMEEGGGEEE!!! A Reese DOLL!!! FERRIZZZZLEES? That is probably the most amazing thing invented. All though it's sort of morbid and scary lookin'... it was BRILLIANT! Who knew Cam could be so nifty with a few tools and have such doll making skills. OOHOOH!!! A telescope. To... um... Captain Jack? He didn't look like Johnny Depp to her. Only JOHNNY DEPP can be called Captain Jack. HMPH.

Livvy just stared at Cam as he ran towards his 'Aunt Lucy' and buried his face in her arm. What a Drama Queen. What happened to his theories of cooties? Guess they went away when it came to Aunt Lucy. But ICK... GRANDMA COOTIES! "Oh... I'm sorry Cam. Honestly... very sorry for hurting your feelings. For I actually thought the um... mooncalf dung was very enlightening. A smell that could eat you alive... but... yeah... very enlightening. Um... look! A rubber band!" Livvy said, drastically changing the subject as she pulled out a rubber band from her pocket and flicked it in Cam's direction.

Kai walked with his back slightly hunched over. He wasn't nervous, not yet anyway. Each time he passed a compartment, it was already occupied. He sighed. Soon her reached one that was completely empty. He smiled and slid open the door. He sat in the corner of the compartment next to the window. He watched at the trees whizzed past, thinking of the year to come.

"Hmmm? What?" Jake mumbled, feeling himself drift away from reality and such things. He was getting sleeeeeeeepyyyyy. "Sure... I dunno... Maybe Vincent will know," he said, halfway into a dream. "I'll be right back," Jake yawned, as a way of explanation that he was taking a tropip to dreamland.

"I'm Jemina Johnstool." Jemina shaked Nikki's hand. "Hmmm. Griffits. Are you one of those Chichester Griffits? I don't remember them having a girl your age, but I could be wrong..."

Jemina looked outside of the compartment as she still couldn't believe that she hadn't seen hide nor hair of her friends. Well. It was no use to dwell on that. She would see them at school.

"So, what were you reading?" Jemina decided just forget her friends for a moment and concentrate on this new girl.

Theo was bored of being by himself. He wanted to make friends, or find some of his old ones. He wanted to see Fia and LouAnn again. They were pretty. He picked up his trunk and placed his book under his arm. Eddie fluttered behind him. He headed out his empty compartment. He heard voices in one quite close by. He peeked his head round the corner and saw LouAnn and two boys. The boys looked almost the same. "Um hi LouAnn," he smiled, "Can I come sit with you? I was bored by myself."

Arianna was squeezed in a seat, next to a window and someone else. She had her forehead on the window as she watched the sights go by quickly, almost making her dizzy. Tree, tree, tree, tree, tree, tree...

She sighed, and pulled her legs up until she was curled in a little ball on her seat, she looked away from the window and paid attention to some of the conversations around her, while she rocked herself back and forward.

Her excitement of going to Hogwarts only lasted for the first half an hour, her insane babbling voice had finally calmed down, and she gave up on doing her little dance. She sighed, starting to get nervous instead, they were get closer every minute and this was it, the biggest step in a witch life... she pulled some of her long brown hair to cover her face and hid in it.

Lucy was thinking weather she should enter or not but gathered some courage and entered the compartment and took a seat near on of the windows. Hoping that this could be a good journey for her.

Abigail sighed there was only so much of the British landscape someone could take before getting board. She was surprised that she was still the only person in the compartment and wished that some other first years would find her.

She decided that she might as well read for a while and took a book out of her bag, before curling up next to the window.

Ella was very observant when she wanted to be; Tibi got terrified of strange noises. She hoped, that during the school year, it would rub off. She didn't know what to say or do now, and Tibi looked pretty irritated if her. She didn't want to bother anyone about it much more.. and who Vincent? Jake was drifting off, so she couldn't ask now. She knew what it was like to be bothered when you're trying to sleep. Grr.

Ella was about to leave the compartment for a while, but then asked Tibi, "So, you got all your supplies? How'd the rest of Diagon Alley go?"

Penelope walked through the corridor of the train, passing one full compartment after another, struggling to keep hold of her cat as she dragged her trunk behind her. Paisley mewed loudly. "I know, Paisley. I'll find us a compartment soon." Hugging her cat more tightly, Penelope walked past three more compartments before finally seeing an empty one. Relieved, Penelope managed to get the door open, pulled her trunk inside, then closed the door.

She settled into a seat and sat Paisley in her lap, petting her, trying to calm her. "I know how you feel, Paisley. I'm nervous too." Penelope was glad that her mum and dad had allowed her to have a cat. Penelope did not know anybody yet, and having Paisley helped with that.

She looked at Paisley who had finally settled into Penelope's lap and was purring herself to sleep. Paisley was a calico, her white fur a canvas for the many patches of black and orange fur that covered her body. Penelope remembered when she saw Paisley and that it was her face that immediately drew her attention. Half of Paisley's face was orange, and the other half was black. Penelope had never seen a cat like that and knew that this one was the one that was meant for her.

Penelope continued to rub Paisley's fur and then looked out the window toward the corridor. Students were continuing to pass by. She wondered if the compartment she occupied would be shared with anybody else during the rest of the trip to Hogwarts....

Woodson was quick on LouAnn's heels, following her inside the compartment and sliding the door closed before anyone else could rudely barge into him. People here clearly were lacking simple manners.

He'd forgotton how LouAnn loved to ask questions though - she'd done the same back in Diagon Alley - and he wasn't entirely sure how Sebastian would take to him telling the girl ... things. Copying his brother's actions, Woodson carefully laid out a handkerchief before perching himself atop it. "We just.. we travel by other means," the fifteen year old explained, avoiding Sebastian's gaze unsurely.

He was about to tell her that no, that doubted very muh he'd enjoy Hogwarts when he noticed ...

... Jelly slugs?

Pardon?

Woodson shrugged at Sebastian's questioning gaze. "I - I didn't realise... slugs were edible," he said, feeling slightly idiotic. Edible slugs? How absolutely absurd.

And who was this? Tearing his blue eyes from the napkin, Woodson eyed the boy that had entered the compartment. Apparently he knew Miss LouAnn? Hm.

Sylvia kept her place and sat right by the window, the wind blowing her hair slightly and it making her feel much less travel sick. She watched as Torin joined her in the empty compartment, with his luggage. "There's .. a space up ... there." She only just managed to point above the window where her luggage once. She didn't want to leave the window. Baaah.

"Not very good." Sylvia sighed, and watched the trees speed past outside. "I don't like trains." She looked behind her into the compartment again, and Torin, who took a seat opposite her. "Where's Brody?"

ooc: I had no idea what to do with the 'lovely ladies', so I made it as if he said 'How are you?' instead. xD

Sophia Revelle smiled as she got onto the scarlet train. Trying to find an empty compartment, the closest she could find was with just one person inside. "Hi," she grinned, "May I sit here?"

Tibi looked over at Jake, who seemed to be dozing off; that wasn't such a bad idea. Tibi yawned and stretched, but then noticed that Ella was talking to him.

Turning toward her, he was grateful she'd changed the subject. "Diagon Alley? Oh, it was fine, I suppose. A third year knocked me over in the street on accident; got a pretty nasty bump." Tibi subconsciously rubbed the back of his head where it had hit the street that day. "But he was really nice about and we talked a lot... I wonder where he's sitting..." Tibi's voice trailed off as he considered looking for William and telling him about the Willie, er, problem. Thinking better of roaming the corridor with that crazy Hufflepuff on the loose, Tibi continued, ruffling his already quite messy hair.

"And then the day after, I read the Daily Prophet and found out about the werewolves..." Tibi lowered his voice. "I, uh.." oh, well this bit was embarrassing... "kinda freaked out a little bit and started crying and saying how I didn't want to come to school in the middle of Florean's...and another firstie came over to try to get me to be quiet." Should Tibi explain why he was scared? Yeah... probably... "I was just surprised to find out werewolves existed was all... I mean.. they're pretty nasty in horror movies and the paper made it seem like they were roaming the grounds and... well..." Tibi was rambling and decided that it was probably better to change the subject. He was certainly making himself look like a real baby.

"Anyway," his voice strengthening again, "Mum was worried about them too, and changed her mind about me getting an owl, so I could write to her. She surprised me with it." Tibi smiled now, thinking about his tiny owl in the other part of the train. "Nothing else really exciting... just, you know, shopping for supplies." Tibi was grateful for having a chance to talk about something other than Willie Crocker. He shuddered, thinking about what the boy might do the next time he saw Tibi...

"Anyway.. how was the rest of your shopping? Hunter do any more mischief?" Tibi hoped not, but figured that once he and his mum had left that their prank war had resumed in full force.

Ella sat and listened; both seemed relieved with a topic change. Quietly, she imagined him doing every adventure he was talking about.

"I got an owl too... we could write to each other during the summer," she pointed out. " And werewolves? Oh yeah. Hunter used to scare me with those." She raised an eyebrow. She was so glad to be away from him once again.

"Nah," she said in reply to the prank war question, "He said it wouldn't be such a good idea then, you know, with all the stuff going on. Plus, he said I was scaring you. Er, sorry." she said, keeping a straight face. Hunter was such a ninny.

"So, do you want to go explore? I thought I saw that wacko Hufflepuff guy head to another side of the train." She hoped he'd agree; she thought that they were running out of topics fast.

He looked up to where she was pointing and said, "good point." He stood up and started putting his stuff away on the travel rack. Then he heard that she wasn't doing well 'cause of the fact she was on a train. He stopped putting his stuff away.

"And why would that be?" he asked giving her a glance. Then he saw that she had the window open. "You get car sick and all that?"

He then continued working as she asked where Brody was. "I have no idea. But I need to see her. I have a present for her."

Tibi was glad that the prank war had ended, but bit his bottom lip when Ella apologized for scaring him. He had been scared, but he felt like a baby now that she was apologizing for it. Focusing on the owls, Tibi said, "writing over the summer would be great! Though, that's a bit away." Tibi chuckled. It was the first day and they were talking about summer plans already.

Explore? Did she just say explore?! Sure, Willie may have gone to another part of the train NOW, but if Tibi left this compartment and Willie came back, he was a goner. "Explore?" Tibi's voice shook and the fear was back in his eyes. "Nuh.. No... I don't think so. He could come back! At least in here, he doesn't know where I am!" The last thing Tibi wanted was to see Willie Crocker again, especially this train ride.

Frantic to change the subject, and with Jake dosing off, Tibi said, "Ella.. I met your brother, but I don't know much else... you could tell me about your family?"

ooc: Tibi *might* have been persuadable, but I'm going out for most of the day, so he can't follow you

"Oh Sylvie." Brody giggled with a smile. She did have a little feeling that She had a soft spot for Xander though. And she couldn't blame her best friend really, Xander was quite cute, and he did have awesome hair. She wouldn't mind a guy with hair like that, but she had Torin at the moment so she really couldn't actually go with Xander. So he was all free for Sylvia tehe.

And talking about Torin. Here he was. "Torin." She smiled at him, but remained sat with Sylva. Torin might have been her boyfriend, but she had known Sylvia for an awful long time, she wasn't going to ditch her, especially seeing as her friend wasn't feeling too good.

"Hello, Brody," he said smiling at her. She looked nice today. But then when didn't she look nice?

"How are you? Excited to be in Hufflepuff?" Yes, she was going to be in his House. Because he said so.

"What?" Sylvia turned away from the window, she knew she wasn't going to throw up now. She began to laugh. "I really don't. Let that be the end of it." And since Torin was in the compartment, she didn't want to hear any more of it.

Sylvia scoffed. She could not BELIEVE that Brody was put into Hufflepuff, it was so weird. They wouldn't be in the same common room or dorm! Evolette was a Slytherin, so why wasn't Brody? "Well, I'm in Slytherin." She said rather proudly. "Though I'll miss all the fun what with you two in Hufflepuff." - but she wouldn't change for the world.

Jack blinked and watched as Cam handed Reese a doll that looked shockingly like her. Except for the body. That kind of looked like a boy's body that had a girl's head super glued to it. Reese was WAY hotter than that doll! Either way, that was a nice thing for Cam to do...nice but weird at the same time. Cause DUH it was CAMMMMM. And he was weird.

He looked at the little boy in shock as he handed him a telescope, decorated with those strange pirate thingymabobs that muggles were oh so fascinated with. "Really? Wow, that's nice Cam!" he said with a genuine smile. And it was a TELESCOPE, the one thing he was missing! That was strange, since he was pretty sure he had never shared his love for astronomy with Cam. Maybe Reese had told him. Before Cam decided she was an alien, that was.

"Thanks! I like it, it looks so coo--"

Before he could finish his sentence, he felt movement in the telescope and suddenly a giant FIST popped out of the end of it and was headed straight for his face. EEP! It was moving too fast for him to dodge it and...

THUNK!!!

That was the noise it made as it connected with his face.

He could immediately feel his eye starting to swell up, and he was pretty sure there was going to be an awful bruise on his forehead in the morning as well. He was thrown backward by the force of the telescope and he slammed into the wall before sliding down into the seat. Blinking rapidly, he looked around the compartment as if he wasn't exactly sure what just happened. He tried to lift his head and moaned. Nooooo, his head hurt!

"Reeeeeeeeeese?" he asked weakly, looking up at his girlfriend and wrinkling his eyebrows. "Why do you have two heads?"