Middle Cars
 

Snag a compartment, say hello to friends, it's time to head back to school!

Raven was super excited, the train had finally arrived for another term at Hogwarts; she was wearing her new Slytherin robes to make sure they looked good on her which they did obviously. She carried her owl cage and her guitar case, along with a bag full of snacks and a notebook hanging off her shoulder; she headed into the first empty compartment and stored her guitar case below the seat while setting the owl cage and bag on the seat for the moment.

She closed the door then took a seat and looked out the window, she couldn't wait to be back at her second home.

Raiden had... hurried. Onto the train. And hidden himself in one of the middle cars, in hope that Neptune wouldn't find him very quickly. Certainly, he couldn't hide forever. But hiding in the prefect's compartment was out, because he'd told her he was a prefect, and she would look there... most people would check the front or the back first, wouldn't they? Maybe?

Please?

Snuggled down in the seat, his rather long legs stretched out in front of him, Raiden watched out the window, eyes unfocused a bit. He wasn't particularly trying to look at anything, he just... didn't want to face the door.

Because of that giggling.

And there was nowhere to HIDE in here. This had been a bad plan. TACTICAL ERROR, RAIDEN JAE KURURUGI.

Daniel entered the middle cars in search for his Raven. He was wearing a nicely tucked long sleeved shirt and a black pants. His hair was neatly arranged and he looks very pleasing. What would you expect from a guy who just arrived from Romania from a ball. He looked at the compartments looking for the one with the right person in it. He was carrying his enchanted backpack. He smiled when he saw what he was looking for on one compartment.

He opened the door and place his backpack on the chair and moved closer to Raven and gave her a kiss.

"How are you?" he asked with a smile.

Damien walked along the hall looking into each compartment. So far he hadn't seen anyone he recongnized.....now hold on, that person looked familiar. He backtracked and looked into the compartment again. Sure enough it was someone he recognized. Damien thought for a second, what was his name again?...Oh right! it was Kellen! He smiled when he realized there was at least one familiar face.

He slid the door to the compartment open and gave Kellen a small wave in greeting. "Hey Kellen, mind if I join you?" he asked, indicating the vacant seats.

Chaucer frantically burst through the door and looked around, arms full of needless (but insisted-upon) carry-on luggage and Black Whimsy, who cawed fitfully in response to his master's distress. When he finally saw Kellen, he abandoned all grace and ran off to sit by him.

"You went ahead! *huff* You know I have terrible sense of direction, what if I got lost or was picked up by some freak?!" Realizing he was making a scene he calmed down, straightened his posture and tried, as elegantly as he could muster, to set down his things.

Chaucer only thought that they had better end up in the same house... they were always together after all. Who would remind him of homework and important dates?

...he had hoped he'd at least go undiscovered for ten minutes. He'd missed that mark terribly.

"Neptune," he said, when she's stopped shrieking his name. He gave her a big smile. She wasn't being as grabby as she had been in Diagon Alley. He still had both hands. Joyous days. "Hiii. How have you been? I missed you."

...wait, what?

Where had THAT come from?

He sat up a bit in his seat, careful to not muss up her hair by moving or anything. She... would probably pout at him if he did that. Pouting. Bad things.

"Well well well, someone's certainly dressed up for this occasion." Raven said, blushing slightly after Daniel kissed her; she definitely was happy that he was here since it would have been a long train ride if she had to sit by herself which probably wouldn't have been the case since her friends would have most likely rescued her from that.

"I'm good, excited to get back to Hogwarts obviously; only one more term left till Graduation!"

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Originally Posted by Ashwinder (Post 8988891) Kellen opened the door to an empty compartment and slipped inside, closing the door behind him. He fully intended to claim a window seat before the train got busy; maybe he'd even stretch his legs out and take advantage of the extra room. Mary Tsu hooted from the storage rack overhead, letting him know in her bubbly way that while she didn't altogether dislike the smaller cage she was in, she certainly wouldn't complain when they got to Hogwarts and she could have more room again. Not that she needed it, the tiny little thing. Hogwarts. He sat facing the back of the train and glanced out the window. It was sure to be nothing like his last school, if the people he'd already met were any indication. And what house would he be sorted into? He and Chaucer had always been together, and it wasn't like he expected it to be any different, but for some reason his gut was telling him they might not be in the same house. "I wonder what that would be like..."

Kate walked slowly down the train, a little nervous at starting at a new school...again...Peaking in compartments here and there, Kate was hoping to find a friendly face to spend the day with. The next compartment she came to was occupied by the people she met in Diagon Alley. Knocking lightly on the compartment door, Kate slid it open. "Mind if I join you guys?" She asked timidly. She wasn't really in the mood to chat, but hanging out with people she knew would hopefully calm her nerves. I hope I'm not the only feeling like this, Kate thought to herself.

Daniel chuckled and hugged her tight. "Sorry to keep you waiting." he said taking his bag from the seat.

He pushed his hand from the insides and grabbed the violin in its case and grabbed a bag of cookies... He also grabbed a box of green and silver and said, "Here is a gift for you, and a treat for us along the journey." pertaining to the cookies and the violin.

"Awwww of course you did," Neptune reached up and patted his cheek. MMmm wasn't he just a DOLL? She PINCHED said cheeky and GIGGLED about it.

"I sent you a gift." Or had Randal do it, actually, but same difference. "Did you get it?" An autographed picture of herself was SURE to have helped him with his separation anxiety.

"Chaucer, who on earth would want to pick you up?" Kellen wasn't feeling in the mood to soothe his cousin's theatrical emotions right now.

"Besides, you were busy swapping battle stories with that street mime on Platform 7. Heaven forbid I get in the way of that."

He waved two fingers at Black Whimsy, "Hey, Bird." Mary Tsu glared down from above at the raven, clearly suspecting it of usurping Kellen's affections.


"Hey Damien. Sure, come on in." The kid was shorter than Kellen remembered; he'd somewhat been hoping the squirt would grow in the week since he'd seen him.


Kellen shrugged, "If you like. There's still... well, okay, not plenty of room, but still room." If this kept up, he'd have to move his feet soon...

Cadence slowly stepped foot onto the train. She had been away for almost a year, and she wondered if anyone would even remember her, remember what happened. She repeated her new motto over and over in her head No drama this time. No drama. She was just going to be her normal, fun self and not start any drama. She wondered if Lanie had made new friends now. Surely she had. Cadence began walking slowly down the train searching for a compartment.

Kate pulled her head out of the compartment to see if that comment was directed at her, and she saw another smiling face. "Hi! It sure is great to meet another female that goes to this school...I've mainly met guys and just one other girl. I'm Kate," she said, holding out her hand.

Blinking at the rather sudden and energetic passing of another fellow student, Sabel took a moment to make sure his feet didn't stumble too badly over themselves. He couldn't believe what a mad rush it was to get a compartment; everyone seemed to be looking for everyone and no one.

Letting out a heavy sigh, Sabel shifted his backpack on his shoulder, peering at the door the energetic student had burst through in what seemed like great excitment, or distress. It seemed like a popular compartment to be squeezing into and he vaguely wondered how many bodies would be piled in there together.

Mumbling a brief appology to the girl, Andrea as he believed he had heard her call herself at one point in time, for unintentionally stepping on her foot, or the foot of one of the other students (he was having a hard time telling the difference between all the feet now), he paused, not too sure on where to go. He hoped Hogwarts wouldn't be as hectic as finding a car to sit in.

She was still very... touchy and stuff, even if she wasn't pinning one of his arms down. It seemed that he'd adjusted well, however, because the face touching didn't even make him flinch. An improvement, he decided. If she was gonna be all snuggley and touchy and stuff, at least he wouldn't be all irked out over it.

"I did. Thank you." There... wasn't much to be said about it. His father had... cracked a grin over it when Raiden had explained it, and even encouraged him to try a relationship with her. His FATHER. Raiden had spent the entire day in his room, studying, with a muggle music player and headphones on and the door locked. His father hadn't stopped laughing, even when he dropped him at the station.

Ugh. The old man had even... Raiden stuck one hand in his pocket and fished around for it.

"I have something for you. My dad said he thought you'd like it." Because... it had not been Raiden's idea. At all. Not even ONE BIT, NEPTUNE BOTT.