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

Kevin made his way down to the middle cars as he wanted to meet more of his friends and his compartment in the front was already pretty packed as it was

Evelyn walked down the aisle of the middle car, looking at all the empty compartments. She had seen the crowd already growing in the front and back trains, and she really wanted peace and quiet with her new....adorable and oh so amazingly cute kitty! Gah! She couldn't quite get over how adorable she was! The cuteness was insane!

Smiling as she looked down at the little kitten in her arms, Evelyn finally grabbed one of the empty compartments and shut the door so the kitty didn't have a chance to run out. The Slytherin definitely didn't want to look like an idiot trying to run after a cat. No matter how CUTE it was. Shoving Placing her luggage at the far end of the compartment, she set the little kitten down on the seat before sitting opposite her, and just staring.

*squee!!* Smiling, a shadow however passed by the compartment, making Evelyn break eye contact with her new pet. Pfft. She thought everyone was at the front of the train. Opening the compartment door, and making sure that the kitten didn't run out, Evelyn looked at whoever it was before her mouth dropped and eyes suddenly widened. "Kevin?"

Itsy, bitsy spider went up the...

Okay, yes. Annie was singing that inside her head. She couldn't believe it, though; it had been so many years since the last time she sang it, which was maybe around fourth grade of primary school.

Holding Copito in her hands, she looked around the compartments. All the ones in the front were busy, filled...too much people. Eeek, claustrophobic issues she had these days. Finally, a compartment was not that empty anymore, since Copito fell out of her hands and immediately installed himself around the couches.

"Comfy, eh?" She asked him, then seated next to him to start petting him.

Kevin turned around and saw a familiar face pop her head out of one of the compartments and smiled and said "Hey Evelyn yeah it is me" Kevin had not seen Evelyn since before he had left the school for his mission

Evelyn smirked when the older boy turned around. Yes, that was Kevin. Crossing her arms, she glanced over at the kitten to make sure she was staying still on her seat (which she was of course because she was amazing like that!), Evelyn leaned against the compartment door and stared at the Slytherin across from her with a small smile. She didn't remember seeing him last year at school, and now she was extremely curious as to where he was. Maybe Kay drove him off or something. That would have been completely understandable. "So...How are you? Where were you last year?"

Kevin smiled at Evelyn and said "I have been good thanks Evelyn and well i was in Asia last year that is why you did not see me around the school last year"

Emma found an empty compartment and sat down in it. It had been a long day, saying goodbye to her parents and older brother. Suprisingly, he finally smiled at her and wished her good luck. She waited for her cousin and a couple of her friends to come.

Hmm, maybe she shouldn't have made her question more specific. Of course, the Slytherin did answer her question, it just wasn't the complete answer Evelyn was looking for. "Asia?" That was random. "Were you doing like...an exchange student program thing or something?"

She didn't remember seeing any other exchange students at Hogwarts though. Then again, she couldn't really remember much of what happened last year anyways. But, whatever. If he wanted to go to Asia, than he could go.

Kevin smiled at Evelyn and said "I was in Asia for personal reasons and not on a student exchange programme"

Personal reasons. Oh. Well that only made Evelyn extremely more curious. However, she remembered that the last time she had seen Kevin was..."Well, it's nice that you are back. You were really missed last year." Which wasn't a complete lie she supposed. Even though SHE practically forgot about him, others probably were sad by the fact that he was gone, right? RIGHT!

But back to the memory that she remembered. Best act sweet and innocent. "So, have you talked to Kay lately?" Because that was the last time she had seen him. He was with Kay. What happened between them anyways?

Kevin looked at Evelyn and said "Nope i have not talked to Kay at all"

Not at all? No owls during the year or anything? Oh, right. Personal reasons, which meant that owls were more than likely the last thing on his mind. No wonder Kay was with Rex. Bleh.

Well, she didn't feel like bursting his bubble if he didn't know about them yet. She was too busy glancing between him and her kitten, and bursting THAT bubble meant more talking time. "Well, if you see her on the train..." she started, picking up her kitten as the little thing tried to walk out the door, before looking up and staring at Kevin. "Tell her hello from her dearest and bestest friend Evelyn will you? I haven't seen her this summer and would really enjoy it if she came over to this compartment so we can...catch up."

Kevin was confused and said "Sure i will tell her if i see her"

"Great." she smiled sweetly, before starting to walk back into her own compartment, but paused and looked back over to Kevin again. "Oh, by the way, if you don't find a compartment or something happens, you definitely have a spot in this one. If you wish to sit with us that is." And when she said, 'with us', she meant whenever her friends got there. Where were they!? Perhaps they were at the food trolley? She wasn't going to go on a scavenger hunt looking for them.

Unless she felt like going on one...

Kevin nodded and said "Well thanks for the offer Evelyn i will always remember that"

The gorgeous Kylie walked into the middle cars, looking more stunning than ever. Over the summer she'd grown up a bit and tanned. Her already thin body had matured slightly, her green eyes sparkled, her smile--stunning. Her deep, not necessarily dark, brown hair was straight--though the ends curled perfectly as if been touched by a curler. Of course, they hadn't. She was very into the whole "natural beauty" thing.

She smiled as she saw Evelyn, "Hey Evelyn." She waved slightly as she walked up to her. "I got you something over the summer."

In addition to her unfair attractiveness, she also had quite a hand at magic. Her grandma had made her practice endlessly as a young child, and now she was well beyond her classmates abilities.

She waved her wand, practicing her nonverbal spells, and in her other hand appeared a snow globe from France. She did it again, and another snow globe from Spain appeared. Again, a snow globe from Italy. And, once more, a snow globe from America. She then took an old rag out of her pocket and transformed it into a bag. Effortlessly the snow globes moved themselves into the bag, and sat there. She picked up the bag and handed it to Evelyn.

"How was your summer?" She asked, with a slight smile on her face. People often forgot what she could do, especially after she'd been so to-herself last year.

"Mmhmm. See you at school. Or sooner." Evelyn muttered, waving a small goodbye to Kevin before sitting back down on her seat in the compartment. Now, time for the important part! Naming her kitty!

Name. She needed a name. A very good, and unique, and brilliant name that described her amazing kitty in every way! But what? She could always name her Brilliance. Because, that's what she was. Or, Number 1! Pfft, that was just perfect!

However, her train of thought was interrupted again when she heard her name being called. Eh. Who in the world decided to interrupt her most serious discussion with herself about naming her cat? Frowning, she stared at her little white blue eyed kitty, before her own light hazel eyes looked up to whoever was standing in the doorway of her compartment.

That was definitely not Marie or Destiny. OR Josh. "Kylie?" she barely got out before the girl started to speak again. This was Kylie right? Evelyn had barely seen her last year, but this girl...definitely looked different then the Hufflepuff she 'befriended' in her first year, but she looked the same as well. Ugh, of course the girl had to outdo Evelyn's tan by a million. The Slytherin was really happy about the little color she got over the summer. Now she was just jealous.

Just sitting on the seat, in shock from actually seeing Kylie, and the magic she just performed, Evelyn instinctively took the bag from the girl and placed it down on the seat next to herself without muttering a word or breaking her gaze from the girl. Wait, she was asked a question. "My summer..." she muttered, barely moving her lips to speak. Clearing her throat, the Slytherin confusedly glanced around the compartment for a moment before looking back to the Hufflepuff with a rather big smile. "KYLIE! You're here!"

Noooow the realization settled in.

Kylie laughed a bit, the expression... OOOHHH the expression... It was the most hilarious thing she'd seen in a while. She plopped down across from Evelyn and smiled. She was wearing muggle clothes, and figured she'd need to change soon. As soon as she sat down, she noticed a little white kitty with blue eyes.

"Of course I'm here! Where else would I be? Atlantis?" Although that was totally arrangeable...

"OHHH MYYYYY GAAA--" She was cut off by various squeaking noises expressing her excitement at the little baby kitty. All animals ADORED Kylie. All of them. And she loved them with just as much fervor.

"What's it's name?!" She was sooo itching to pet it. Or feed it. Or something. It was ADORABLE!.

"Maybe..." she muttered as she tried to control herself from jumping up and hugging the girl. What was with her and hugging people nowadays? Or wanting to at least. She HATED hugging people! But really, who knows where Kylie could be. This could all be an illusion, and the real Kylie was in Atlantis. Wherever that was.

Although, all thoughts of hugging disappeared when that loud sound echoed in the compartment. Normally, Evelyn would have been yelling and glaring because the person just made her deaf, but this was...Kylie!! And she spotted the most cutest kitten in the world. HER kitten! Mwhaha!

"I haven't named her yet." she said, watching the little kitten roll around on the seat Kylie was sitting on. Turning back to stare at Kylie, Evelyn sat there for a moment, not really knowing what to do or say. She hadn't seen her friend in forever! If, she was her friend that is. They were friends? Well, they must be if she was taking the time to actually be civil and talk nicely to the girl. The...much more tanner girl. Pfft. "Umm, so. How was your summer? And year...last...year..."

"Right.." Kylie was a little disoriented about last year. She'd lived in fright, but also in her books. She'd been so.. so, caught up by it all. "I was... for lack of better thought, spending as much time as I could learning as much as physically possible." She pulled out her wand and put a wicked grin on her beautiful face, "I'm a devil with this thing now."
As she reholstered her wand, Kylie's gaze crossed the ADORABLE kitty again.

"She's beautiful.."

The scenes of her summer flashed across her mind. "My brother, Jake, and I flew around Europe together this summer. He's sixteen and it was both magical in the literal sense as well as muggle-tastic. Hence all the snow globes." Her eyes sparkled a bit, she was proud those hadn't broken and needed magical repair yet.

She thought back to what had happened to Evelyn and Destiny last year. The blood she'd seen on many of the students robes...

"You okay, by the way? I mean... last year.." She looked down nervously at the cute kitten. "Can I?" Obviously wanting to pick her up.

Victoria had managed to drag her trunk herself to the middle compartments. She had found the first ones to be far too crowded, and didn't feel much like embaressing herself any with struggling to carry the trunk much further. So the first year slipped into an empty compartment, stowed it in the luggage rack, and sat. Her ice blue eyes fixed themselves lazily on the window, watching the outside. It was far more interesting than anything else that was happening.

Though before even a few seconds had passed, the girl was starting to feel slightly isolated. From her compartment, she could hardly see anyone else. It kept her from observing others from afar, and she generally had to have at least someone to speak to when she wasn't people-watching. So the dark haired girl stood again and exited, leaving her trunk right where it was. Walking back a few compartments, she found two girls and a kitten. The girls looked to be in about their third year, one Slytherin and one Hufflepuff. And the kitten...well, she had to admit, it was cute.

Victoria rapped lightly on the door of the other girls' compartment and slid it open, mustering the best smile she could. If she wanted some company, she'd have to be nice a while. "Hello, do you mind if I sit here?" she asked them. Mentally, she was cursing the fact it was her first year, she knew no one, and she'd stooped to the point of talking to random strangers to avoid feeling isolated. But she did her best to keep these thoughts from showing themselves on her face as she waited for an answer from one of the two girls.

Evelyn listened to what Kylie said, before laughing quietly. Kylie was studying, and so was she! Though Evelyn was only studying two things. Not as much as she could. "I'll make sure not to get on your bad side then." she said with a smirk, eying the girl's wand. She wasn't going to show her what she learned or anything was she? Out of instinct, her own hand moved towards her left sleeve where she kept her wand, but instead she just let her arm drop in her lap. No, Kylie wouldn't mess with her.

Looking back down to her kitten, Evelyn listened to Kylie's story of her summer, smiling as her kitten froze and looked up at the unfamiliar person in the compartment. "Hmm, muggles." That word, was disgusting. And that part of Evelyn's summer, was horrible!

Her thoughts of the first week of vacation slowly disappeared however to her dreams she'd been having over the summer. Small pieces of events from what happened last year kept entering her mind as her gaze went back over to stare at Kylie. There was definitely no smile on her face now. "What about last year?" she mumbled, obviously not wanting to talk about it.

Making herself more comfortable on the seat, unaware that she had pulled her jacket tighter around herself so it would hide the scar beside her neck that was almost gone, a smile did finally reappear on her face as she nodded and gestured to her kitten. "Of course. She's very friendly." Well at least to girls. She didn't know about how she reacted to guys as of yet.

Seriously hoping it was Destiny or anyone else she knew knocking on the door, Evelyn smiled widely and turned to see who it was, expecting either her brown or blond haired friend...when she was surprised again.

WHO...in the world was THIS?! Staring at the new, and YOUNG girl that was oh so obviously starting her first year at Hogwarts, Evelyn blinked a few times and cleared her throat, quickly glancing at Kylie. Eh. "Sure. I guess." she said politely with a small smile before scooting down the seat so there was room for the new person. "What's your name?" So she could remember it.

Esilna walked to the middle cars and found an empty compartment to sit in. She did not want anyone to know what pet she had brought with her, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy. People were allowed to bring Crups, so there shouldn't be anything wrong with bringing a more normal dog. But just in case...

Kylie nodded as Evelyn talked, and understood when she didn't want to talk about last year. "So what'd you do this su--" She said. She had picked up the cat and now had her against her chest, snuggling against her neck. She purred quietly and looked at the door at the same time Kylie had.

Ugh. Attitude. Kylie was not a fan. Slytherin. She already knew the obviously new girl was going to Slytherin. Not that she had anything against Slytherins, most of her best friends were FROM Slytherin. She just really didn't like the attitude this girl radiated. Of course, she'd let her sit down. She looked to Evelyn, hoping she'd say no. She hadn't, and Kylie tried to hold in a groan. She smiled as genuinely as she could. She knew she could act well, she knew the new girl wouldn't see through her facade, but Evelyn would.

"Of course you can." She waited as Evelyn asked the girl what her name was...