Fia yawned again and giggled, wondering if Miles was going to yawn after her once more. She knew they were both tired from not having much sleep and well, they had a nice train ride home. She snuggled against his shoulder, staring at the seat across from them.

"Who said we were going to stay in the closet with Ivan...SchmIvan," she giggled once again. She shrugged her shoulders as Bothari wasn't a bad guy at all he was just THERE all the time! GAH! "Always around. So Bothari might have his hands full this summer with the three of us?" She'd spent time with Miles before but that was when they were in DA together and over Christmas was at his house with her father there too.

As Marilyn digested everything Rafe was telling her, realization hit her like a ton of bricks. She never broke his gaze as the entire past year flew through her mind...All the signs had been there, of course. Not ever seeing him during full moons, his older appearance and facial hair...But one moment was sticking out in particular. When they first in Diagon Alley, Rafe had playfully growled at her. The Slytherin had laughed and joked that surely he could do better. Rafe had growled again and it had sounded so realistic that chills had erupted all over her body. It had, embarrassingly enough, thrilled her. Oh my...

Marilyn finally broke eye contact, opting instead to stare down at her clasped fingers. She could've lied to herself and said this feeling bubbling in her chest was fear, but that couldn't have been further from the truth. Rafe would never physically hurt her. This she knew for a fact and could not be convinced otherwise.

When Rafe showed her the picture in his book, Marilyn frowned. Her voice was a mere whisper, even though Muffliato had been used. "So many things make sense now." Suddenly there was so many other things to consider...But if they were to ever be together, did any of this really make a difference? Did it change the way Marilyn felt about Rafe? Absolutely not.

"Suddenly, this trip you're going on seems much more dangerous." Her face crumbled. "Do you plan on returning alive or in a box?"

Marilyn frowned when she looked at the picture. That didn't seem like a good sign. And finally she spoke, like a siren beckoning a sailor to their treacherous shores. Everything about her drew him in. Rafe couldn't help, but laugh at her last little comment. "I suppose that means you care about my journey, even if I return." Rafe's hands went for hers, but he quickly stopped and put in his lap.

"I doubt my father will kill his heir, even if I'm only..." Rafe still couldn't say it. The vow was pulling on him. He could only speak of it if Marilyn said it first. Said what he was. "My mum has kept us running all my life and it's time I know why!" Rafe knew it would be dangerous. There was a reason why his mum never went to Romania and he wanted to know. He had to know.

"My father is a part of me, a part that my mum can't explain or even relate to what I go through..." Rafe sighed. He ran his fingers though his hair and stared down at his feet. He began to laugh again, a lot louder than before.

"I thought you'd freak out, I mean it's one thing if I were a muggle-born, ick!" Rafe chuckled, "But to think Marilyn Force can accept a..." Rafe just smiled, but he couldn't look at Marilyn. It felt like a weight had been lifted now that she knew. "And who would have thought Rafe Lycaon would be a descendent of royalty?" Rafe slowly raised his head and had a crooked smile on his face.

Marilyn seen Rafe's hands reaching for her own but smiled sadly when he decided to put them in his lap instead. "Rafe, I do care...too much. Isn't that the problem?" She closed her eyes again, starting to feel a guilty pang in her chest. Had this somehow been her fault? If Marilyn had decided to be with Rafe, would he be going off now, chasing the wolves in Romania? Or would he have stayed with her so they could be together?

The blonde sighed when he said that his mother didn't understand what he was going through. Surely she had good reasons for keeping him away from his father. What if Rafe went over there and got hurt? Marilyn would be furious if anything happened to him...

"I understand that you want to acquaint yourself with your father because he'll be someone who'll understand what you're going through ...but what it something happens, Rafe? Huh?" Marilyn felt panic rising in her voice. She tried to fight it, but the thought of losing him permanently was scaring her. "You said if we were ever meant to be together, id need to know about this...You've told me and now you're going off to get yourself killed." Her hands came up to play with the ends of her blonde curls. "What was the use if you aren't coming back to me?"

" Hello, nice to meet you Marie" Jason told her. " Kay, I would love for both of you to come to my castle" Jason said to her.
"Well, I will miss a lot of my friends, too" Jason told her. " Graduation is a happy and sad time" Jason explained to Kay and Marie.
Well, I would love to have you there Emily" Jason told her. "Well, I am half-muggle, but my muggle freinds are cool with me going to Hogwarts" Jason said to Emily. " All the friends outside of school admire me for some reason i do not know" Jason explained to Emily.

Back of the tain.

Yes, that was a tradition. Eva always traveled in the back of the train and since that was going to be her last ride of the train, she felt like keep it up. And she seemed to have made the right choice, she figured as she immediately hear a familiar voice. Annother seventh year, at least.

She closed her eyes for a moment. The train trip before... she had met Helios and now he... Don't. She couldn't tihnk about it, not just yet, before it made her feel helpless.
Plus, she had just graduated. The idea of leaving Hogwarts should be enoug to make her sad.

Enjoy it until the last minute.

That had bene her motto during the year. Willing to maintain that, she smiled and took a step foward.
"Jason!!" she exclaimed as she hugged him quickly, taking a step back immediately to see if she knew anyone else.
So much for familiar faces.

" Hello Eva" Jason told her. He hugged her back. "Did I invite to my castle for the summer?" Jason asked her. " You will come" Jason said to Eva. " Glad the school year is over?" Jason asked Eva.

Warren smiled back at Torin he was relieved he had seen him and that he was happy since what had happened with Warrens sister.. ''Yeah not bad thanks mate, just really excited for my first match tomorrow!'' He had his kit sent home and couldn't wait to try it on! plus Geoff was taking him down Diagon Alley and buying him that brand new Nimbus! he was surely gonna catch the snitch now! ''Have fun in Greece wont you! When is it your going?'' He asked.
He looked over at Brody.. she seemed abit awkard him being there.. maybe it was because they never really spoke.. hmm.. well if she knew he was related to .. shh.. no! he was his own person.. lets not start this again.

"Maybe you shouldn't care about me so much," Rafe said sadly. The words stung him like a pin prick through the heart. He wanted nothing more than her to care for he, to want to be with him, but he accepted it and he just needed to get away from everything that reminded him of her.

"I needed you to know, otherwise everything about me would be a lie," Rafe sighed. How could he make her understand?

"It's not about going off and getting killed. It's about reconnecting with a part of who I am," Rafe watched as she twirled the tips of her blonde hair. "I will come back I promise, I have everything worked out and an easy escape route just in case. Plus, Romania doesn't have restrictions on underage wizardry, like most countries." Rafe ruffled his hair and sweeped it to the side. "I know Romania is known for it's known for its werewolf clans fighting over territory, but I don't think they'll harm me. The tricky part is actually meeting their leader, Raol." Rafe stopped himself, he was getting into too much detail and this would just worry Marilyn even more. He just needed to distract her.

"Plus, Kat will be with me," Rafe said as he slumped down in the seat. "I promised her I would help her with a little mission. And she promised me if things got really bad that she would leave, no questions asked." Rafe couldn't look at Marilyn in the eye. He couldn't bare to look at her reaction.

A part of him wished she was the one that accompanied him. To share the moment of being reconnected with a part of his family, but at the same time he feared for her safety just as much as he did for Kat.

The boy just looked at them blinking trying to figure out what were they talking about? Disease? What disease? A thing? What thing? They were confusing. He nodded with agreement when Rose asked the same thing then she did not now any disease around, either. So Josh's gaze turned on Destiny who freaked out over the so-called thing with disease and she spoke. ''Didn't see what?'' He asked with narrowed eyes ''Has something sick passed?...your owl'' Since when my owl started with 'the'? He had no idea but possibly Destiny did not know what she was saying because she was too worried about her owl being sick. ''No i did not see your owl'' he said sitting back on the seat. That if they were talking about owl was another topic open for debate but the last thing Josh cared about now was sick animals. 'Yeah, who cares!' ''Relax, Destiney. An owl's disease is owl's disease. I don't think the virus can infect you. If you do not eat owl pellets, peck your master and have green poo; of course.''

With a wide grin he leaned back comfortably. He wanted the train journey last forever since he was not going to be able to see Rose for the whole summer holiday. 'Gah. Boring. Fatally boring.'. The he looked up quickly when Rose started to talk about some gift. 'Ah, yes GIFT!'. He was about to jump on his feet to get hers but forced himself to stood still to not to be rude as she acted first and handed him a box. Opening it quickly he smirked ''Wow! That's cool thanks. It's blood red!'' and wore it arounf his neck ''So, you told your uncle about me'' he began then this time jumped on his feet and walked to his trunk, opened it starting to dig inside. ''Mine should be here somewhere'' he murmured as he threw his thnigs around into the compartment as he looked for it... ''Aqui!'' his voice rose happily when he found the big packet. ''Here you are...'' he gently put it (dragon) on her lap.

Destiny just stared at the spot on the floor where she last seen the snake, just in case it would reappear there again. But five minutes of staring went by before she realized it wasn't going to show up anytime. 'Heehee, it ran away.' Good.

Josh didn't see her owl? How could he miss it, hooting all crazy in its cage. 'Yeah, I'm just worried that's all.' 'Worried about the snake eating me.' She picked up her now covered owl cage and sat it on her lap. As soon as she lifted the sheet off the cage, the owl started to go crazy again, flapping its wings and hooting. 'No, it doesn't have a disease. Its possessed.'

Destiny totally missed the whole gift exchange, but happened to look up as she heard something about blood red. 'Blood!?' But she realized that is was only a necklace and not actual blood. This train ride was going to be longer than she wanted it to be. 'Never mind.'

Heading home for the summer. Heading home for the summer…

The though rocked back and forth in Daisy’s head in time to the rocking rhythm of the train. She was walking down the hallway carrying Houdini in his travel cage. She had left a note on the cage she had borrowed from Professor Morgan asking that the House Elves return it to the professor along with a short note in which Daisy had taken the time to thank the professor for her generosity. She had also made a mental note to pick up some sort of treat for Professor Morgan’s pet Snidget when she went to Diagon to buy her books. Surely Shawn would know what a snidget would like for a snack.

She opened a compartment thinking it had space and found Joshua and a few other people inside.

“Oh, pardon. Thought you space…” she didn’t want to interrupt and had been hoping to find Vivianne, Sarah, or Meriel…alas, none had been found. She started to close the door. “Have a good summer Joshua.”

Sylvia shot her head around to the guy who had introduced himself. Oh .. she had really noticed someone she didn't know. "Oh, hi. I'm Sylvia." He must have been friends with Torin and Brody, why hadn't they mentioned a Warren? "No, we haven't, I would have remembered you otherwise." She smirked a little.

After being squished by Brody, Sylvia giggled at her. "Of course I would, what friend would I be if I didn't get you one, silly." She smiled, and crossed her legs and brushed her skirt.

Sylvia grinned at Torin and moved around Brody to ruffle his hair a little. "Hai Kane, fancy seeing you here." She laughed, it had seemed she hadn't seen all of her friends this term. Wow, that had really sucked. "Did you get Brody a present?"

Tammy grinned. "Sorry. I just guessed names. You'll have Lucy.. But she's in Torins year. Lucille, Warren. Warren, Lucille. You'll be okay Shana. Promisee."

Kiri wanted to have a compartment to herself. Predictably, she passed none that were empty. It was more or less her own fault, though; she'd got on the train fairly late, stepping back to allow the pushing and shoving students through before she climbed aboard herself. She was hoping that the back of the train might contain fewer people - the last few carts, right in front of the luggage, were usually less popular.

The train shook and rattled along peacefully. In-between carts, the rattle rose to a deafening volume, but Kiri hardly noticed. She was deep in thought, trying to make sense of what had happened in the Great Hall. And before. Now that Raiden was gone (she hadn't managed to catch up with him after his try to escort Professor Truebridge out), she was alone with her disconcerting memories again.

Soon, a new noise was added to the low rumble of the train. Kiri didn't notice it at first, but as she passed one of the very last compartments, she could hear it more clearly. Someone was strumming on a guitar! She stopped and glanced inside the compartment. The person playing the guitar absent-mindedly was most welcome. It was Emiliano.
Kiri shoved open the compartment door and slipped inside. She sat down on a seat opposite Emiliano. With a smile, she gestured for him to continue - if he wanted to talk, she would reply, but Kiri was content just sitting there and listening to him play.

Evelyn smiled when he wore it. She was thankful her Uncle didn't send one that looked like the necklaces she and Destiny had. He would never wear it than. "Yea, I told my Uncle. He isn't anything like my parents at all..." Aw, her Uncle. She couldn't wait to see him when she got off the train. Would be the first time in, years, that Evelyn got to see him. "And probably won't mention anything to them either. I wish I could live with him instead." she muttered, staring at the necklace around his neck before her gaze down to her hands in her lap. Possibly a little too deep in thought, she was surprised a second later when something was laid in her lap. A big something...

Raising a brow, she looked at Josh with a questioning look before turning back to the package. Curious, she unwrapped it and -OH MY GOSH! "It's a DRAGON!" Completely unaware that Destiny had spoke, Evelyn stood up, holding the dragon in her hands. There was no pink on it! YES! Well that part right there didn't count as pink. She could deal with purple, but pink...nuh uh. 'Looks more like orange anyways...' she thought, feeling how soft it was. Turning to give Josh a big hug, or something, the compartment door suddenly opened, making her sigh and frown. Turning to whoever it was, since they apparently knew Josh, she was surprised to find an older girl there. Why was he always with other girls whenever she sees him? Well not always, but a good amount of the time. Didn't he have any guy friends? Okay so her anger and jealous side maaaay have spiked juuuust a little at the moment... but the girl looked like she was leaving anyway. Good! 'Course, she wouldn't say that out loud.

Nancy was strolling through the Hogwarts Express in search for an empty - or at least partly empty - compartment she could sit in. Where were her friends when you needed them anyhow? There was not a single familiar face in sight. Guh! It was at times like these when she missed having her cat around, at least then there was somebody who would keep her company. Now where was everybody?

Heaving a sigh the 16 year old occasionally peeked into compartments at random, and just as she was about to give up and just ask a group of random Ravenclaws if she could sit with them her blue eyes fell on a girl's face. A familiar girl's face. It was..."Kiri!" A grin flashed across her lips as Nancy quickly moved to open the compartment door. "Whoa...I'm soo glad I found you...I almost thought I had to sit with-" It was only then that she noticed that there was somebody else in the compartment with Kiri. A boy. An older boy. "Oh...I...I'm sorry. I'm Nancy." She gave the boy a small smile before descending on one of the vacant seats.

No way to get her out of this compartment anymore.

Pop! Emiliano's sort of concentration was lost, yet not the beat of the song he was strumming. When he looked up to see who was it, his smile widened as Kiri stepped into the compartment. "Hey..." He whispered still playing the guitar, until he knew he had to stop for a while. It had been about ten minutes of the same song. Ugh...boring.!!

He put the guitar aside and looked again at Kiri. "I'll keep playing in a bit...I..." Yeah, he was sort of embarrassed. Very few people had seen him play. "...am not used to public, yet..." Em chuckled, then considered it'd be nice to go into a conversation with Kiri. "So...ready for your fifth year...Ms. Starstalker?" Wow, that soon? Em met Kiri on her first year and now...she was ready for her fifth one. Sure, Em was really going to miss Kiri. Sigh...

Just then, another girl who knew Kiri stepped in as well. He grinned as both greeted each other then when she introduced, Em stood up to offer her a seat. Gentleman he was, yeah right...

"I'm Emiliano Saenz...nice to meet you, Nancy..." He replied, offering his hand for a shake. "And it's no problem...welcome..." He grinned.

Her owl was crazy, too. Then he was mistaking her owl's crazy sound for his own. Ha... What was in that compartment to make owls that crazy? Or the owls were just stupid. ''Possessed? By what? Pfft... I don't think so. They are only bored in the little cages. Leave it alone and it'll stop it. Just like i did.''. Just like he had done and the owl was still hooting, attacking the bars. So Rose's uncle was not against Gryffindor that was good news. Yep, it was, it had to be. But why not her parents *sigh* ''Whatever...'' he said looking around the compartments with his clothes, books and other stuff scattered around. *Blink* ''Ha!'' Josh jumped when Rose kinda screamed DRAGON! and did a mental note to get ready for the sound attack the next time he bought her something dragon related ''I'm glad you liked it'' his things still around them, embarrassing!!! ''I better tuck these back in the trunk''. He got up and started to threw the things back in the trunk without giving the slightest attention to any of them, books and quills mixed with clothes.




''Hard work this is...would you mind... '' he wanted to ask for help to the two Slytherin girls the moment he heard the compartment door open again and Daisy's face peeked inside. ''Ah, hey Daisy!'' Josh greeted her cheerfully while putting one Gryffindor robe back in his trunk with a Potions book inside it. ''Thanks. I hope you have a good summer, too'' then he ran to the door when she started to close it. ''Hey, hey would you mind helping...'' his eyes spotted Tori there, as well. ''Hey Tori...'' house mates, more Gryffindors!! ''Ah whatever'' he told the girls. ''Any of you coming to the Quidditch Worl Cup?''

Marilyn continued playing with the ends of her hair, confused about her feelings...and upset that Rafe was making her feel this way. He'd just said maybe she shouldn't care. Why did hearing that simple statement feel like hot knives stabbing into her heart?

Taking a deep breath, Marilyn glanced up into his lovely face. "While I really want to hit, kick and scream at you right now, I know it wouldn't do any good. You're still going to go no matter what I say or do." She tried smiling, but her face just wasn't having it. Rafe was promising he'd return...but she knew this wasn't reality. Sometimes things happened that you didn't have any control over. What if he got in too deep and escaping wasn't an option? Plus, he'd have Kat with him. What if she became dead weight? Did she even know enough magically to be of some use? These were things Marilyn was hoping Rafe had considered...but he was a Gryffindor, after all. Of course, he was going to try and be brave and strong for the both of them...Brave, strong and stupid...

The Slytherin finally rolled her eyes, knowing that this was a done deal. All she could do was be supportive of Rafe and his need to find out more about his ancestry. She stopped playing with her hair, fiddling with the silver chain around her neck. Nodding softly to herself, she tugged it up and over her head. It was a locket. "Please take this with you. It's not the most expensive piece of jewelry I own...but it is the most sentimental. Her green eyes gazed down at the necklace lovingly. "It was my grandmother's. Inside are pictures of her and I together. I hope you'll wear it and think of me." She handed it over carefully, secure in the knowledge that Rafe would take care of it.

"Hey, don't stop," protested Kiri, poking Emiliano's knee as she placed the guitar on the seat next to him. "You're really good!" She remembered vaguely that, ages ago, she'd given Lima's guitar a try when she'd seen the girl out in the grounds somewhere. Kiri's inexpert movements certainly didn't produce the sounds Emiliano's had just now.
"Am I really 'public' to you?" she asked, smiling slightly. "Come on! You can play in front of me."

Maybe he would. Later, though. The guitar was silent now. Kiri looked at it as Emiliano talked. The larger strings were vibrating gently to the motion of the train.
She nodded. "I think so... But I can't believe it'll be my fifth year already! I mean... OWLs! I'll just hope," she added with a sigh, "we'll have a good replacement for Professor Truebridge. And someone new to teach Astronomy, too." Kiri glared out of the window. "That Borr was an absolute-..."

What he was, however, Kiri couldn't say (which might have been a good thing) because the compartment door slid open to reveal... Nancy. Kiri gave a wave that was supposed to convey greeting and beckoning at the same time. "Sit! Not sure who you didn't want to meet, but we won't let them in." She slid aside on her seat to make room for Nancy and was about to introduce Emiliano when he did so himself. Kiri was a bit surprised they'd never met each other before, but Hogwarts was apparently a bigger castle than she'd thought? "How are you?" she asked when the girl had made herself comfortable. "Looking forward to the holidays?"

Possessed by what? Well what can owls get possessed by? A demon that what! 'He was acting like this even before I put him the cage.' Perhaps he was just too old. He has been in the family for a long time. 'Senile old owl.' It didn't matter, this would be the last trip on the train for Travis. Yep.

Destiny remembered Evelyn talking about her uncle before. She thought she was never going to see him again. Jeeez, that was a long time ago! 'The uncle with the awesome quills?' Uncle Quill, heehee. She would have said that out-loud if the conversation hadn't turned on dragons. Fire-breathing, big, scary dragons. Aren't girls supposed to like Unicorns, not dragons? But Evelyn did like scary things, like snakes.. Destiny was still on the look out for
that snake.

Was it getting crowded in the car? Josh was totally Mr. Popular. Destiny glanced from the door straight to Evelyn. Did she look jealous? Not wanting it to be obvious that she was smiling, Destiny 'examined' her possessed, diseased owl. Not obvious at all..

Nancy grinned at them both, giving the boy a cheerful "Why, thank you!" as he offered her a seat which she took and got comfortable in. Finally. A place to sit. And with nice people. At least this Emiliano boy seemed nice. Besides, he seemed to be a friend of Kiri's so one could assume he was kind. "Nice to meet you too, Emiliano. Which year are you in?" She inquired, shaking his outstretched hand while she eyed him in an attempt to get an answer to her question solely from his appearance. Which was a rather impossible task.

The 16 year old then turned towards her fellow babysitter - luckily they had not gotten in trouble for not doing their job properly after all - with a small roll of her eyes. "Oh, you know...just some weird Rav-" It was then she noticed the Ravenclaw badge on the boy's robes which made her finish her sentence differently than initially intended. "-I mean...just some weird people I didn't know. They looked weird though. They were just giving each other make-up tips." Then with a fake high-pitched voice she added, "Oh, you should use this mahogany-colored lipstick. It would look just gooooorgeous on you." Another roll of her blue eyes and a small giggle succeeded this statement. Weird girls...

How was she? Well, apart from apparently having been abandoned by most of her friends at the moment she was great. "Oh...I'm good. Guh, this term went by soooo fast. All of a sudden OWLs were there and...I'm not sure if I want to know the results." Nancy frowned at the thought of receiving her results during the summer holidays. Not that she had been that bad - hopefully - but still, it was unnerving not knowing how she had done. "You looking forward to it yet? Any plans?" This question was now again directed at both of them. While she waited for either of them to answer Nancy rummaged around in her bag until she found one of her last pieces of Maple Fudge which she unpacked and started noming on it.

Maple Fuuuudge!

Emiliano grinned, then let out a chuckle. "You're the best public I can have..." He said, squishing her into a hug. "But how about if I play for you in a while...I think I've been playing the same song for about twenty minutes..." He twitched then smiled back at Kiri. It was almost time to say goodbye. Something he never wanted, really...but he knew the day would come. He then, listened to Kiri say something about the professors and that closeness to insult one of them. Yeah, Em knew sort of the complicated situation. Headmaster missing, a few professors getting fired in front of the whole school. Weird...

"Well, I hope everything gets back to normal...it seems like nothing will be without Truebridge out and..." OWL's... there was the talk he wanted to avoid this time, though it was barely impossible. "Yeah, well...I wish you the best of luck and I know you're smart enough, though..." He told her. Emiliano took his guitar once again, placing it on his lap and beginning to drum on it for a while. Tum...tum bum...

Just then, the girls started their chat. About how the term went by so fast, the studying and fellow Ravenclaws talking about make-up? Haha. Emiliano let out a chuckle. So few girls he'd heard about...but oh well.

"Um...I'm a graduate now, so I think my plans now are going out of the country and study for some time..." He wasn't gonna say much as for now. Emiliano was still not sure of what results would be brought if he went to America to study Business. "Yourselves?" Emiliano asked both girls.

So what were they talking about? A possessed owl? Staring at Destiny's owl, a few chuckles escaped her at the thought of a possessed owl. "If you think that one is crazy, why don't we switch? You can have No-Name, and I'll have that one." No-Name was definitely possessed. No doubt about it. 'Stupid little evil demon owl.' she thought, shaking her head and sitting back down, making sure to take up as much room as possible. She noticed there was still a few things of Josh's that were sitting around, but she mentally shrugged her shoulders. Did not feel like getting up at the moment to pick things up, and why he didn't just use magic instead of doing it by hand was beyond her.

Completely ignoring the other girls, supposedly Gryffindors BLEH, she turned her attention to Destiny, smiling a little. "Yup, the Uncle with the awesome quills. OH!" Jeez, how could she forget. Grabbing her bag, she opened a side pocket and pulled one out. It looked gold, though the tips were red and white. "He sent me another one. I got it a few days ago, more like a coming home gift thing. You can have it. I'm still using the white and blue one he gave me and I'm sure by the time I finish using it he'll have already sent me another one." she said, handing over the quill. Yes, the crazy Uncle with the weird and amazing gifts. 'Buuut, he is my crazy Uncle with the weird and amazing gifts.'