"Wow!" Magnolia said as the tip of Ainra's wand lit up too. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. "Lumos" she said quietly. She opened her eyes a tiny bit and saw a faint glow. Her eyes popped wide open and she let out a woop! "Yesss!" she said waving her wand around in excitement. All of the sudden her wand let out a loud BANG and the compartment was filled up with a cloud of black smoke. Magnolia started coughing and trying to fan the smoke out of the open door.

Mina looked up as she heard someone call her name and then she was in a hug. Taking a second to let it all settle in, she smiled and hugged back. "Hey stranger," she smiled softly. Seeing Ella was great, but there was a twing of sadness at the same time. She hadn't seen her bestie all summer, but for the one time she saw her and Carter and ..... no she wasn't going to think about that day and all she heard. Putting on a smile again, she shrugged. "It was nice for the most part. France was beautiful and as bad as it sounds, I didn't might at all being surrounded with purebloods and such." she replied. Her views on her two besties weren't at all influenced by her time with her family, but her view on their friendship wasn't as sturdy as it should be after that day in the Alley. "I missed you too, we so need to catch up." Maybe there was a way for her to get over what she felt and maybe she would start with reconnecting with Ella and if she could bear it, she would try with her other bestie.

Looking to Evan then to Ella, she gave him a tiny smile. She really hoped he didn't mind his once quiet compartment was now a little less quiet with the two girls with him now.

getting caught by the smoke, camille quickly ran outside the compartment while coughing heavily, seeking for clean air. "Barney`s belly was that.."she breathed heavily. "o forgot to teach you the counterthing for that.."tilting her wand and moving it a little she mouthed ,nox. and then placing her wand inside of her pocket. "sorry.." she apologized.

Ainra was still smiling when Magnolia also lit up her wand. "Good-" She started when the compartment suddenly filled with smoke. She began coughing as Magnolia swung open the door and began fanning the smoke out. She started to help and as her coughing died down she began to laugh uncontrollably. "THAT. WAS. AWESOME!!!!" She cried, still laughing. "Oh my god, best thing ever." She smiled at Magnolia so she knew she wasn't making fun of her. "I mean it." She said. "That was great." She was still laughing, unable to stop herself.

A third year. Evan'd seen much of them these days, and he missed talking to a fourth year. But meeting a Ravenclaw was new. Hopefully, as she was a Ravenclaw, she wasn't silly like some specific people at her age. She did look nice, but so had Carter been. Evan knew better than to go with first impressions.

"I'm fourth year, Slytherin" he said, and was already thinking about what to ask before having to reply them, when--
Evan almost jumped at his seat when someone shouted Mina's name. Jeez, why talking so loud? Were there still some joy and excitement somewhere? Why couldn't he feel it? He'd like to go to that place if possible. Though he doubted they'd accept him there.

"Hey, I'm Evan. Nah, 'tis OK." She still felt alive and was happy to see her friend. Evan respected that, and would just go away if they wanted to talk alone. He was kinda getting used to not being wanted and leaving, anyway.

Mina was faster with responding, though. She'd already started telling how her summer had been. Maybe it was time for him to go. But, eyeing his luggage, he couldn't find the energy to go and look for some other place. Still the girls wanted to talk, and he didn't want to make anyone uncomfortable with his presence. And they'd probably talk about 'summer loves', which he wasn't at all interested in listening. With a hesitating expression, he softly said "I can leave if you want."

Magnolia was laughing so hard that she was crying. "Oh....my....goodness" she gasped trying to catch her breath. "I'm so sorry, i dont even know what happened" she sputtered, glad that the other two girls had a good sense of humor. She walked back into the compartment and opened the window to outside. Magnolia flopped back down into her seat, wiping her eyes and giggling, "i better put this away..." she said, sticking her wand back into her bag. Hopefully, no teachers ha d heard the commotion.

Aiden wandered all the way to the back of the train, his luggage trailing behind him. He hoped to find a compartment quickly, for one wheel on his rolling luggage was making irksome squeaks as he pulled it along through the hall. Finally, he came to an empty one.. or at least it was empty for the moment. Hopefully it wasn't occupied by some student who just so happened to be at the food trolley. He shrugged to himself and opened the compartment door.

Ella could sense that Mina didn't seem as happy as she had seemed in her letters. Hmmm. She couldn't help but wonder if she knew about Carter and Marie, because she had recalled herself being a little like that then too. She decided to let it go for now. "Do you have more pictures?" Ella asked her, taking out her own camera from her bag. She'd show her the pictures later. Mina was so lucky she got to go to France, even though she didn't want to. It seemed beautiful by the pictures she already sent her.

Her eyes widened the slightest bit hearing the name of the other in the compartment. Evan was the guy who Marie had been dating, who left her.. who may be mad at her because she liked Carter now.. All those things. "You're Evan?" she blurted before she could take it back. Realizing her last statement, she added, "I mean, I've heard of you before." Stay out of it, Ella.. he's never done anything to you.

Ainra stuck her head out the door, still laughing. There was still a lot of smoke in the hallway. She noticed a boy who looked a little older entering an empty compartment. "Do you know how to get rid of this?" She asked, tears streaming down her eyes from laughing so hard.

Magnolia continued to try to fan the smoke out the open window. She heard Ainra ask somebody for help in the hallway and hoped they would be able to do something about this smoke. She started giggling again when she thought of the looks on all of their faces after the explosion.

It didn't take long before a face popped into Aiden's compartment. He smiled just when he took one look at the girl - she was laughing so hard, it must have been contagious. He glanced past her, eyeing the smoke that was accumulating in the hallway, then looked back to her. "Yeah, sure," he answered with a nod. Scooting past the girl, he stepped into the hallway and whipped out his wand. Two seconds and one spell later, the grey smoke was nowhere to be seen.

"So," he lifted an eyebrow, though his smile was still present. "What exactly produced all that?"

"Ummm, i did" Magnolia answered, with a slight grin. She made eye contact with Ainra and had to suppress another bout of laughter. "Thank you for helping us, we weren't have much luck trying to fan it out, and i didnt think using my wand again was a very good idea..." she told the boy

Mina shook her head as she heard Evan speak. She didn't want him to leave just because her bestie was there. It was his compartment first. "No, Evan. You shouldn't have to leave. This was your compartment to begin with. I mean if you'd like some privacy, Ella and I could leave," she offered. She did want to talk to her friend but she didn't want to bother Evan with her stories of her summer.

Looking to Ella, she gave her a small smile and nodded. "Yes, like tons of pictures but I left them in my compartment in the front. I'll have to show you them later," she replied as she looked back to Evan. Letting what he told her sink in, she thought. She really didn't know all that many Slytherins that were nice to her and Evan seemed very nice. She had issues with most Slytherins so far, but maybe she shouldn't let a whole house suffer for a feel bad seeds, namely some girls. Kiri, Kevin, and Evan seemed to be the kind of Slytherins her father told her about and it made sense as her father was one of the kindest men she knew and he was a Slytherin.

Her thoughts were broken as she heard what Ella said. Did she know who Evan was? Looking between the two of them, she tilted her head. She was sure her bestie knew something she didn't and what did she mean, she had heard of him before. Yes, she had seen him in lessons, but what did Ella know that she herself didn't.

Shady Hollow realized that the back of the train was much quieter, and decided to take a seat in one of the many empty compartments, she dropped her heavy bag and relaxed for the first time in days.
after a few minutes, she found herself thinking about her dead mother...
a tears escaped her eyes, and she could feel people staring at her.
Quickly, she covered her pail face with her pitch black hair...

Vashti had been quiet through most of the conversation but was about to speak up when Victoria suddenly left. She frowned, unsure if she ought to follow her friend or give her some alone time. She didn't yet know her well enough to know which she preferred. "Um..." She glanced around the awkwardly quiet compartment. What in the world could she possibly say to break the awkward silence? Nothing came to mind.

"I...think I'll go see what they've got at the food trolley too," she finally, standing up. "I'll be back." Then she left, glancing down the corridors, looking for Victoria.

Jen felt extra awkward as she waited for Vashti to come back. But she continued to stroke Minvera, because it made the situation feel less awkward.

Rae had still been sitting with her head against the glass unable to sleep cause of the first-years conversations, not only were there just two now, there were like FOUR. Rae could swear that the volume level had raised way too much for her liking. this was her cue, "So im gonna go catch the food trolly then find an empty compartment to sleep in, not to be rude or anything im just dead tired." Rae really didn't want to be rude, but she couldn't help thinking that what was once her own empty compartment had been bombarded by 11 year olds. She silently swept up her stuff and slid out the compartment door towards the front of the train.

For Abi(astoriagreengras:)) and Amy(dragon_star)
 

Justin walked to the back of the train after failing epically at making up with Violet. He saw Chase and Savannah in a compartment. "Room for a little one?" he asked.

"Wow, that was awkward. I didn't even know she was in here" Magnolia said, cracking up. Maybe she was hidden in the smoke...?
Magnolia pulled her copy of Hogwarts A Hisotry out of her bag and plopped it down on her lap. She turned to her bookmarked page and began to read about the Hogwarts grounds

ooc: g2g but be back laterrrr xx

Ah, Evan was already bored with their conversation. Looking at pictures bored him much, and even the mention of it... shudder. He was already far away thinking how to avoid people this term, or if he could hide out in the RoR when he heard Mina's suggestion. Nooo! He didn't want them to leave, unless they would talk about summer loves. "I've already had enough privacy." he replied with a shake of his head. Then they should stay, because they were a good distraction.

He was again staring outside the window when he hard Ella's surprise. That tone of the question didn't sound nice at all. And the sentence she said afterwards, 'I mean, I've heard of you before...' He narrowed his eyes. The first person that came to his mind to slander him was Iris, but these were third years, and as far as he knew, she didn't know any thirdies. Of course. Marie. Who else would talk so much about him, especially this summer, that would leave Ella in surprise when she heard he was that Evan?

That did it. "I bet you've heard Marie saying that I was evil, insensitive, and didn't care her. She also probably added that her 'perfect' Carter had been there the whole time while I didn't even bother to write her. I guess she also said that I kissed Fallon, and that I am back with her, and all the time waited for that moment and avoided Marie for it. I might also assume you probably thought of me as an evil, selfish Slytherin which are all true in Marie's eyes. Did I miss any evil action of mine? I've behaved so badly lately that I can't remember all I did to Marie to hurt her." He glared for a few seconds at both of the girls, then buried his face into his hands as if he was regretting it. He really didn't mean none of it. But being under a lot of pressure, he just couldn't help it. His cheeks were red with anger, but it had ceased as fast as it came. He now regretted his comments. Perfect. He'd just lost potential two friends. "I didn't mean to shout at you, sorry." he muttered, having removed his hands from his face looking at the ground. "It's just... too much. I can't take it anymore." No, no. He wouldn't let that tear down his eye. He blinked, head still down to the floor. There. Better. The tear was back to his eye, though there was still a threat. One more offensive word, and he'd lose it.

After 10 minutes of hiding her tears, Shady realized that she didn't eat at all in the past two days, she stood up and headed past a compartment full of first years, toward the food trolley

Chase looked over at Justin or JJ as he came in. "Hey Justin,Uh...Sure"She said.She still didn't know if she could be friends with him.

Mina looked between the two of them as she heard Evan just let loose. She sat there with wide eyes as all the words began to sink in. Evan? As in Evan that was with Marie, who had now taken her Carter away from her. Her face got really pale and she felt a tightness in her heart. She wasn't one to buy into the gossip that was floating around Hogwarts, but she knew about how Carter had spent so much time with Marie. Helping her with this and that. She remember how for what left like months, it was just herself and her loneliness when Carter, her bestie was off with another girl. The twinge of jealous was there again. It was her constant companion now and she always tried to push it down, but at the moment she didn't want to.

Gaining her senses again, she looked over at Ella and got up, moving to sit beside Evan. Reaching her hand up, she rested her hand on his back and gave it a slight rub. She wasn't sure it was welcome but she wanted to tr to comfort him. She kind of understood how he felt, well in her own little way that was. "It's okay, Evan." she said softly. "You know sometimes, I feel like shouting too." she offered as he gave his back another slight rub. Boy did she know how much she wanted to shout about the whole thing. She hadn't even talked to anyone but Kai about it and that was the day she found out at Carter and Marie's kiss. "And for your information, I have yet to find an evil and selfish Slytherin boy and I dount it will start with you. I can't say the same about the girls in your house, save for Kiri that is." she added with a caring smile.

Justin sat down beside Chase. "None of you guys are mad at me are you?" he asked referring to the impossibility to get Violet to forgvie him.

Chase raised her eyebrows."Uh..Why would I be mad at you?"She asked. She was over that whole name thing a long time ago.