"Pleasure meeting you," he said with his new charming Quidditch player smile. He was hoping to turn more heads this year. As he turned back to Iris he noticed her almost pressing on the window and smiled to himself. They were still something. He walked over to her and sat down next to her not really caring too much for PDA now that Evan wasn't around. But he did press his arm against her, tried his charming Quidditch player smile on her when she looked up and looked back across at Lucia. "So... Firstie?" he said curiously.

Gabe quickly pulled a face of confusion. She was speaking nonsense.

"Skidmarks? Sorry ... what?" He looked down at the floor where she had been and had to look particularly close to see a few dark marks on the floor. "Oh..."

Ruined it? His fault? What rubbish. She was on the floor.

"Well, I'm awfully sorry I ruined your special moment with the floor!" He blurted with some 'tude. "But you still shouldn't have been there, should you?"

Before Adrienne could respond to Dylan, she heard someone outside the compartment and turned to see who it was, curious and sensing that whoever it was was going to come inside. Even without her ability. But she smiled as it proved to be Rachel, who she didn't know very well, but at least she knew her from Quidditch last term. "Hey Rachel. Sure, I don't mind," she said, glancing at Dylan as she spoke, hoping he wouldn't mind. Or that his crup wouldn't make a break for it. And it seemed he didn't, by his animated greeting.

As her fellow Ravenclaw entered, she tilted her head as she noticed something missing. "You're not prefect this term?," she asked in curiosity, before wondering aloud, "I wonder who is. Do you know if Jack stopped being prefect too?" Cause if she was going to have to figure out who was the new Ravenclaw prefects, that was going to eat into her time for planning Quidditch. And deciding what shoes she could get away with this term, since Dom wasn't going to be around to annoy her about them.

Turning back to Dylan again, she grinned. "Good. That would be one thing that gets on my nerves; my stuff getting ruined. Or me being yelled at for them, but the person who did that graduated last term, so I think I'm fine there." She laughed as he joked about his crup ripping the seat up, and then watched as a blanket was put down on the floor. Awww. Her blue eyes went back to him as he spoke again. "You were expecting him to sleep when this much stuff is going on around him?," she asked, gesturing slightly at the compartment door and the noises coming form everyone outside. "I know I wouldn't be able to. Just wait til we get to Hogwarts. Then maybe he'll sleep." Or not, she had no real way of knowing. It all depended on where he got sorted, she imagined. But she smiled as he elaborated on his comment about Muggles. "Oh. Yeah, I only know about certain Muggle things. Most of which I've been shown by my grandmother. Even though she's pureblood, she's big on the arts." She paused, before she heard him talk about Shakespeare. "I love reading his plays. I've never really seen any performed, but I think it would be awesome." And it was interesting that she'd now met someone who had. That was one thing he had over her brother, who wouldn't be caught dead near anything related to Shakespeare. Unless there were cars involved.

And he was back on the subject of the sorting, and she shrugged. "I don't know. I'd think you'd know if they wanted to have you go through the official sorting, though. Did you get everything else about the term? Supply lists and all that?" She'd done the whole thing, but she'd been at Hogwarts since she was eleven. Different story.

Guinivere O'Connor stood at the very front of the train and felt the normal anxiety that accompanied any new experience fill her being, she wasn't sure if she were pleased about going to Hogwarts or not, she'd made a list shortly before the end of summer, a pros and cons list.

Unfortunately for Gwen she had shared tent with Art all summer and hadn't gotten even gotten her Pros and Cons list done. It was a darn good thing she hadn't had homework or else she would have been in huge trouble. Guinivere nervously licked her lip-glossed covered lips and pulled at her trunk, all the while keeping an eye out for an open compartment.

Legend poked his head into random compartments, muttering sorry to almost every compartment. Everywhere was like full! Whhuut was with these people? They were like multiplying. He swore that a bunch had JUST left last year.

Sticking his head into ANOTHER compartment the third year grinned.CHYEAAAAH. Empty! Setting down a dog cage thingy Legend looked around to make sure no one was like...stalking him or something, he unlocked the opening of the cage..thingy. A small (it was SMALL not a baby Legend would tell you that for sure) fox stuck his nose out but remained in the cage...thingy.

"Fine Pluto yoou stay there." Jumping up onto the seat Legend began to bounce up and down. No one could yet at him. He was ALOOOONE.

Well at least until he found out how to break into the Prefects compartment to bother them when he was bored.

Just two seconds ago the Little Mae HAD been right beside Legend. And like POOF!, the kid was gone. Of course, what else had she expect from him? It was Legend. That alone should have said enough. Rolling her dark orbs toward the sky, the small girl lifted her trunk onto the luggage car with the help of her brother, Phineas, and shoved it into an empty spot out of the way so no one would trip over it, trying to get their own luggage on the train. Hopping down with Phi's help, she followed him back toward their family, giving her mother and father big hugs, and then each of her siblings that had accompanied her to the platform for the first time since she started school.

Reassuring everyone she would be good, stay close to her friends and write as often as she could, the brunette pecked her lips quickly to the side of her fussy little brother's cheek as her mother bounced him on her hip, before rushing toward the scarlet train only to stop abruptly, and turn back around to collect the little clear carry-case that held her frog, and the carrier for bunny rabbit, of whom Phi set in the arm that wasn't holding Waterfall. "Thanks! See you!" Called the young girl, once again running to climb aboard the train, hardly paying attention to the jostling of Waterfall's travel-home or the bouncing of Nova.

Her semi-long, dark locks remained the same as they had her first two year's of school, as wild and curly as ever, unaffected by her small growth and new found maturity, - or so Katie would claim. Luckily, there were some things that would never change. "Legeeeeeend!?" Where had the boy run off to? Slowing her pace, the Little Mae peeked into compartment windows and open doors as she passed, looking for her friends. "Landoo? Danny? Jae?" Katie continued to shout, dark eyes gazing around as she went, "Will? Cy? Mat?!"

"THERE you are!" She was still half-shouting, exasperated. With a frown tugging at the corners of her lips, the still-rather-small girl let out a slight whine. "It's too crowded, couldn't you have waited for me?" Her nose wrinkled in the way it always did when she was upset, disgusted, confused or just plain tired. Eyeing the fox pup poking his head out from his carrier, Katie set Nova down across from it, Waterfall's travel-home still clutched in her right hand as she slid her backpack off her shoulder and climbed up on the seat to throw it on the luggage rack, setting Waterfall up there as well, but far more carefully. He would probably be safest there, especially when and if the other boys joined them. With that done, Katie turned around on the seat and hopped down gracefully, smoothing her skirt as she went to sit, pulling Nova onto her lap. "Do you think they'll be able to find us, or should we look for them?"

Kenneth boarded the train with his regular nonchalant expression, he hoisted his bag over his shoulder so that it lay crosswise his chest. He wore a red ball cap tilted slightly to the side and a red striped polo with a henley underneath to cover is tattoos. The only ink visible were the ones on his neck and hands.

Ken quickly found himself a compartment before they were al taken and shut the door behind him.

"Thanks," Rachel replied gratefully and in the space of one second, was seated next to Adrienne with her bag propped up on her lap. She was about to open it when she noticed the crup on the floor for the first time.

Bugger.

"No, I gave it up - since this is the last year and all, I thought I'd try and focus on the two main things and nothing else," she nodded sagely, not really wanting to mention that one of the two things was Quidditch. She didn't know who was captain this year, but she DID know that the first year she had ever played they had ended up at the bottom of the table... And that hadn't really been the boost of confidence she had needed.

The other was, of course, NEWTs. But she was NOT going to dwell on that now. No sir.

"I don't know about Jack, but I do know that Livvy's Head Girl this year," she stated, her voice filling with pride for her best friend as she ansered Adrienne's second question. She wondered who were Prefects this year too... She put 1,000 galleons on Cela - but with Vindictus you never really know.


"Erm, hi - is that crup yours? And I'm Rachel," she turned to face the blonde boy who was in the compartment with them with a smile. It was always nice to meet new people, even in her seventh year. A small rattle from her bag caused her to focus more intently on the crup, trying to will it into being an orderly one who doesn't mind other animals... Otherwise, her bag would be LOOOOOONG gone come Hogwarts.

Satine listened to Iris about the break and smiled as she took in the new hair and heels and outfit..."Well, I think you look aaaaamazing...plus I'm loving the heels," she said as she reached down and picked one of them up. "What size are these? We should def share." she said with a wink as she held the shoe up beside hers and thought about trying it on...she would ask later....

After Iris opened her present, Satine hugged Iris back, "Well, I thought ya'll might like them, they are all different flavors and...just a warning...they are addictive..." she said with a smile as she noticed Iris looking out the window. "Well, you'd think HE'D be here by now......" Satine said as she glanced out the window looking for her best guy friend.

As soon as she got the words out of her mouth, a new girl came into the compartment and Iris quickly introduced them, "Well hey Lucia, it's great to meet you." Satine said with a quick flick of her currently blonde hair...she had already decided to change it to purple as soon as they arrived....blonde just wasn't fitting her very well. "So,..."

But before she could start asking Lucia about herself, Aaron came in yelling at at his pet as usual. Satine smiled and glanced at Iris as Aaron walked in the door. She was a little jealous of them, but would never let them know. She quickly hugged Aaron back and after he sat down and got settled and introduced to Lucia, Satine grabbed the other bag, and handed it to Aaron.
"Here, I got you some amazing candies from my trip to America again this break... they are my favorite and addicting...." she said as she handed the bag of Jelly Belly jelly beans to Aaron.

She glanced back at Lucia and waited for her reply to Aaron, "So, where are you from?" she said. She loved meeting new people.

Hearing another knock at the compartment door, Satine took her glance away from the others and smiled at the newcomer...but before she could smile too much she screamed, "KEL!!!" just as he opened the door and asked if he could sit with her. She jumped up and ran over to hug him around the neck.

"Of course you can sit with me, " she said as she placed her purple bag on the floor making room him...she could tell he felt a little awkward coming into a compartment of peeps he didn't know so she instantly started introductions....she couldn't remember if anyone had met him before...

"Hey everyone, this is my big brother...well...my adopted big brother, Kel...." she said as she glanced over her shoulder and winked at him...then she continued and pointed at each person as she introduced them..."And this is Aaron and Iris, my besties from Slythie, and Lucia, whom I just met..." she said with a smile and an encouraging nod to her compartment mates to say hello.

She turned her attention back to him..."O my gosh...it feels like it's been forever and a day since I've seen you let alone talk to you.......how was your break? did you have to stay with your mom again this break? Was it better this time? What about....o what's her name...is it Jenn?" she said quickly...she always bombarded him with questions but they just had to catch up and fast.....she thought as she pushed one of her bangs behind her ears.

"I'm Helena, I'm a first year, too." Helena sat down opposite Scipia, smiling shyly. She didn't know what else to say. She was extremely nervous, and meeting new people was very hard for her.

"Yes. Skid marks. Like the marks one makes while skidding on the floor on the ground?" What else could she talking about? Pig carts? Gosh...not only did he appear to lack a sense of seeing, but he also seemed to lack the ability to hear. Lucy watched as the confused boy glanced down at the marks. "Do you see them? Magnificent, aren't they?" she said, folding her arms, and looking up proudly.

"Thank you for your apologies but what about you? You weren't looking where you were going! What were you doing, hmm?" Lucy, with her arms still folded together, look at him, smirking.

Ha. Ha. Ha.

"Latah mate." Cy said with a salute to Teal, because he REFUSED give his father a hug. And there it was, the Hogwarts Express. It felt extremely strange being back, but it was nice none-the-less. Surely Legend, Mat, Katie, Lando, and Danny were around somewhere.

He squinted those mischievous brown eyes in hot pursuit of his friends.

Hopping onto the front end of the train, he peered into compartment after compartment to meet either a mildly familiar face, or a strange one. He'd mutter "Whaddap Mate" to anyone that looked his way. Cy was in a good mood today. Finally, Cy poked his head in the right one, catching a glimpse of those brown girls and then, of course, the messy blonde hair. "How goes it mates." He said, bounding on top of one of the seats athletically, putting his stuff on the top racks. He was soon face to face with a fox. A fox? "Who's got thah' fox?" He said quizzically, plopping down next to Legend. "Brilliant idea, I hear they eat mice. And cats." Cyrus chuckled, he didn't like cats. He was a PROUD dog person.

"He is quite well behaved," Dylan smiled, "He should just lie there and play with his teddy all journey. Might want a cuddle, but generally should stay." Well he hoped anyway.

"I go all the time. I went last night. Saw a lovely rendition of Midsummer Night's Dream. It was by the Oxford Players. Fantastic. I want to go again," he smiled. He pulled out a copy of the play. It was an original copy. First edition. He zipped up his suitcase again, and placed it on the floor.

"I got the list. And I got all my robes and books and stuff. I got Slytherin robes. Cos my family is in Slytherin," Dylan smiled, "I just dunno about the sorting time."

Dylan nodded, "His name is Artie. He is 9 months old. I got him for Christmas." He smiled. "Do you have any pets? Artie would like to meet them." He saw her bag shake violently. He hoped she had a pet in there. He hoped it was a crazy kneazle or something.

Tibi chuckled knowingly as Jack told him flying was a piece of cake. "I spent my first lesson hanging upside down in the air, screaming. It was... a disaster."

He grinned. "I spent my second feet firmly on the ground."

It was getting easier to admit, he'd noticed. Even to the 'big kids.' He scrunched up his face in thought as he looked at the seventh year. "I managed to fly a little this summer without panicking, though. So. It's a start. And I want to play. Sooooo. Yeah. I decided that I'm going to do things this year, even if they scare me."

Like actually go to detention with Kazi.

Rachel smiled as she looked down at the crup. He was indeed cute - but, even after growing up, she still thought Clouds was the ULTIMATE cute pet. "Do YOU have a name, owner of Artie the cute Crup?" she asked as she began unzipping the bag. For the amount of shaking that Cloudy was doing, people will think he's some sort of Tasmanian Devil but really, he's just a VERY fat, EXTREMELY bored cat.

"Erm, yeah, he's in here but before I bring him out... How does Artie fare when it comes to cats?"she asked worriedly, hoping REALLY hard that he wasn't one of those feisty crups who enjoyed chasing and biting innocent cats. Because while Cloudy was an AWESOME cat, he couldn't really run anywhere. . . Hmm.

Bounce up, bounce down and up down and-BAMM!!!
Legend's head collided with the luggage racks above the seats. Either he had gotten to tall. Or...he bounced wayy to high.
....
AWESOME HE HAD GROWN INTO A GIANT.
The blonde plopped right back into his seat rubbing his head as the compartment door opened. Sadly though. It was just Katie. He had actually been trying to lose her. Her cranky baby attitude was getting on his nerves. She was all "Wahwahwah BOSSY wahwah." It was worse than usual too. He needed to make a mental note to L Squared (Katie's younger twin sisters) to NEVER wake her up early when HE would be the one to be around her. Any other time was ALRIGHT with him. "You were walking too slow." Legend said rolling his eyes. "They'll find us there not stupid! And that's why I came to the front! Plus if they dont we'll still see them at the feast."

Yuuum. Foood. With Turkey and mash potatos and macaroni. And chicken! He didn't really like chicken but it was fun to stuff it in his mouth and open it to show Katie. Veggie people got so upset at that.

He hadn't even noticed the compartment open again (he was too busy thinking about food), but he DID notice the familiar Aussie. "Hey Cy! He's mine. Name's Pluto but don't tell people he's mine cause like...dad doesn't know." AH but his dad was GONNEE. GOONEGONNEGONNE. At least until Christmas.

Adrienne grinned as, next thing she knew, Rachel had dropped into the seat next to her basket and the owl perched on it, then finally sat down on the other side. She was just thankful Rochester was friendly, and her pygmy puffs had settled in again and were quiet. Or at least only the faintest squeaks were emanating from the basket, telling her they were occupying themselves. And she was curious about the bag perched on her fellow Ravenclaw seventh year's lap. "Oh, okay. Makes sense, I guess. I mean, we have a lot to make up for from last term. But I think we're all able to accomplish that." When they weren't dealing with the evil NEWTs, and she didn't have Quidditch practice or meetings with Professor Vindictus. Since she was fairly certain he was going to want them, for some reason.

"Livvy's Head Girl?," she asked, remembering the girl who had seemed scared of her last term. Not to mention the fact that Torin had told her she'd become convinced she was a Seer. Which was actually kind of funny, given how wrong it was even though she liked divination class. But back to wondering about who was prefect, and if she already knew them or not. Not to mention who the other three captains were.

Dylan broke her out of her reverie, and she glanced at the crup again. "He seems that way, when he's not being all wiggly. And that's really cute." Pets that had their own teddies and all. It was too bad none of hers really went for that, but the three puffballs had each other and Rochester didn't need companions as long as she paid attention to him every once in a while. And Renoir was back in France, as usual.

She smiled as he continued talking about Shakespeare, even though her envy over his going to performaces only heightened as he pulled out a first edition copy of Midsummer Night's Dream that rivaled anything from her grandmother's library. SInce she wasn't able to have any nice books at home with Riley apt to throw them out windows or something. "'And though she be but little, she is fierce'," she quoted, half to herself as she thought about how that almost fit with her, at least with Riley and Phoebus's teasing her about being tiny. "That's one of my favorites, of his plays," she went on to say, getting back to the conversation at hand. "Well, I guess you'd better hope you get into Slytherin, then. Not much use for the robes if you don't," she said with a grin. "But I don't really know about the sorting. I mean, since you're a fifth year and all, maybe it's different."

And then she turned back to Rachel as it seemed she was going to bring whatever she had in her bag out, a bit nervous until the other girl mentioned cats. Then she relaxed again, since she knew cats didn't really bother her owl. And she was fairly sure nothing could get into her pygmy puffs' basket.

Whoa. Where did the summer go?

Keltan Micheals frowned to himself as he dragged his trunk and owl cage up and down the train. He felt old. Very old. 5th year! He was almost sixteen! ... Whoa. Checking back into reality, Kel peeked into the compartment he was standing by. Seeing a bunch of people he didn't know - and not feeling in the mood to barge into a compartment full of strangers - he continued on, now looking into every compartment he passed.

Finally, after a minute or two, he found one. The only problem with the one he found, though, was that he only knew one person in the compartment. Although, that one person happened to be who he liked to call his little sister. How could he pass it up?

Maybe...he could pop in, say hi, and then they wouldn't want him to stay, so he'd leave. Sounded like a good plan to him. Keeping that thought in mind, he knocked quietly on the door, then pushed it open. "Hey, Satine?" he asked, carefully avoiding looking at the others in the room. "Mind if I sit with you....?" Awwwkward....

Oh boy, O boy this was such a crowdy train but this was exactly what Mat needed. Still chewing on his first chocolate frog as he bounce his way toward the front of the train. He was ready for some action after one boring and long summer. Not been able to see one of his friends was something he didn't want to go through again. This was no way to go an entire year. One year without been able to bother Katie or plan devilish little thing with Legend or Cy. Gush was he getting hyper for some adventure or anything else other than been stuck with oldies.

Even with the noise and all he could easily hear someone calling for him. He could have recognize that voice over a million others. "C-O-M-I-N-G!" Boy was he happy to see her but never ever EVER would he tell her that. "Seth! Hang in there bud we're almost there."

Almost crashing on the compartment door as he ran all the way toward where he had heard the voice, Mat knocked loudly on the door.

BANG!! BANG!!

Waving at his friends, Mat was trying to refrainning himself from jumping around. Now he was happy.

"See, you're making progress!" Jack said with a grin. "I remember I didn't even pick up a broom till my third year or so, so you're already on track to beating me," he added with a chuckle. At this rate, he'd be a star Quidditch player in no time!

"I think I recognize you from class last year..." he said, trying to switch the conversation to something that Tiberus was probably more comfortable talking about. "Were you in my History of Magic class?" he asked. For some reason that felt like the right answer BUTTTT this kid definitely was not old enough to be in advanced History of Magic.

Hearing another knock at the compartment door, Satine took her glance away from the others and smiled at the newcomer...but before she could smile too much she screamed, "KEL!!!" just as he opened the door and asked if he could sit with her. She jumped up and ran over to hug him around the neck.

"Of course you can sit with me, " she said as she placed her purple bag on the floor making room him...she could tell he felt a little awkward coming into a compartment of peeps he didn't know so she instantly started introductions....she couldn't remember if anyone had met him before...

"Hey everyone, this is my big brother...well...my adopted big brother, Kel...." she said as she glanced over her shoulder and winked at him...then she continued and pointed at each person as she introduced them..."And this is Aaron and Iris, my besties from Slythie, and Lucia, whom I just met..." she said with a smile and an encouraging nod to her compartment mates to say hello.

She turned her attention back to him..."O my gosh...it feels like it's been forever and a day since I've seen you let alone talk to you.......how was your break? did you have to stay with your mom again this break? Was it better this time? What about....o what's her name...is it Jenn?" she said quickly...she always bombarded him with questions but they just had to catch up and fast.....she thought as she pushed one of her bangs behind her ears.

Rosalie walked to the front of the train after being pelted with candies. She laughed because she hadn't even stepped on Hogwart's grounds yet and she already had an enemy.
She found a lonely compartment and sat in it.

Kel immediately felt better once Satine hugged him. He gave her a one-armed hug back, since his other arm was still occupied with his trunk and owl. He half-smiled at the way she introduced him to her friends, but the half-smile soon turned into a full smile. He even looked up to wave and give a "Hey," to all her friends. Aaron, Iris, Lucia... he'd remember that.

He sat down beside Satine, setting his trunk and Jasmine, his owl, down on the floor beside him, just as Neige rolled up his back and onto his shoulder from where she had been sleeping in the hood of his sweater. He rolled his eyes a the pygmy puff before looking back to Satine.

"Ugh yes," he said with a sigh, "I spent all summer at my house. Thankfully I was locked up in my room for the most part, so I didn't have to deal with my mother a ton and I found out about a lot of cool muggle stuff. Have you ever heard of a skateboard?" ...Anyways... "And things are actually good with Jenn again... She's my girlfriend. Again. Although I haven't heard from her all summer, so I'm hoping I'll see her real soon..." he frowned. "What about you, though? What's new with my little sister? How was your summer?"

After a moment of contemplation, she stepped out of the compartment. Guess not, she thought and moved downward, trying to find a different one. She was rather intimidated about sitting with the older years.

Sherri stopped in front of one compartment, and knocked on the glass door. The girl sitting in there seemed to be about her age, as she observed, and possibly her year. If not, oh well, better late than never. Sherri opened the door. "Hi, mind if I join you?"

"I was not! . . I forgot Nova. And Waterfall," The Hufflepuff admitted, the words escaping her lips were almost murmured, but not quite. Releasing a long sigh, the small girl scooted back in her seat to get more comfortable for the long train ride ahead of them, her feet just barely touching the train floor. "It's crowded, Legend. Not all of us grew into giant Third years over the summer; Danny and Orlando are tiny little guys!" Katie reminded him, frowning at his words. She didn't want to wait until the feast. And anyway, she wasn't a Gryffindor and neither was Cy. If her fellow Hufflepuff didn't want to join the others at the Gryffindor table they would still be seperated. "I want them here!" She finally cried, smacking her open palms at the seat, causing Nova to jump, startled.

The door slid open just in time, Katie's gaze turned to see who it was, and her face lit up. She had gotten her way so far, it was an okay day. Not a GOOD day, because the Houdini twins, excited for their first year, had woken her up at five in the darned morning. But maybe if she got a nap in on the way to the feast. . "That's what I call magic, I'm like a seer and I didn't even know it!" As an after thought, she greeted the boy, "Hey Cy."

"Not cats. Small animals like mice and rats.. and bunnys," Katie corrected, hugging the fat rabbit closer to her chest, even though Legend swore Pluto didn't eat meat. For a moment she thought she heard Mat in the distance, but over all the other loud chatter coming from this way and that, Katie couldn't be sure. "So how was your summer, Cy?" That is, until, the knocking on the compartment door began.

Quicker than the two boys, she hopped up from where she sat next to the window, still clinging to Nova as she skipped over, avoiding both Legend and Cy's feet and slid the door open for the second crazy Gryffindor. "MAT! Where have you been?" A lovely way to greet the blonde haired boy, but she had done much the same to Cyrus in Diagon Alley not long ago.