" Mind if I sit with you?" William asked Penny. "Are you ready for the summer?" William asked Penny. "So what is your owl's name?" Willaim asked Penny.

O_O

Now that Dallin actually looked, Louisa didn't look so well. Although she didn't look upset like she had last night at the feast... she still looked like she could do with some sleep. Or maybe food. Or joy. Or something. Dal thought about excusing himself and letting her be by herself, but he had come to find her for a reason. He would leave as soon as he was done talking to her.

So, without answering her 'huh?', he stepped over her trunk (with a bit of difficulty, since he had to squeeze through the door, too) and sat down on the opposite side of the compartment, facing her. "I wanted to know if you were okay at the feast last night? You seemed a little... put-out."

Ahem. There was more to discuss, though. "And I wanted to tell you that if you want to call me at home... I'll only be there for a little bit. Like maybe a week, tops." Hopefully not even a week, if things worked out the way he wanted. "But I can still owl you, of course. If you want to talk." He smiled.

Selina held fast to Hermes as he started to fall asleep in his change. The pretty little barn owl was just so exhausted from his trip the previous day of sending the post down to Whitley for her parents. Now that Christopher and Elyon's father had passed the two siblings would be living with Selina's family in the summer. She was just checking that everything was in order for the new house mates that she would be acquiring after the train reached the station. It was a lot of work for the little thirteen year old, but she was certain that she could handle it... yeah, she could handle it.

Once she was on the train she felt the jar of the train as it started to move under her sneakers and she opened up a few compartments to reveal either seventh years saying passionate goodbyes to their significant others or first years going on about whatever they were going on about.

Then she opened up a certain compartment to reveal three familiar faces- Josh, Kurumi, and Simon. They were all talking about his bird and Kurumi was holding something small in her hand. All of their faces were a cross between confusion and happiness, with the exception of Josh who looked like Peeves had just burraded him for hours on end.

She stepped into the compartment and said, "Mind if I join you?"

Aurora nodded, "And he- he- he can't even tell them what happened... he doesn't know! And he's in a really d-dangerous condition. I think it's what's m-making my p-parents argue as well and if he... well I d-don't think my f-f-family could survive." she stuttered. Her parents could kill eachother if anything happened. They weren't the calmest - or safest - of people. She just wanted Kryspin to be OK!

Aurora's eyes widened as she listened to Mordred. "People can be so... so..." she trailed off, trying to think of the words... "So... I don't know. Why do they have to be so ignorant?" The tears kept falling. So everyone had sucky ex-best-friends? She was beginning to lose faith in the world...

She nodded at him, "Th-thanks Mordred... I just h-hope next year is b-better." she sank into her seat a little more. Wondering what Janice must be thinking. "And we need to hang out more next year Mordred... I need someone to share stuff with." Ooh, did that sound harsh? It wasn't meant to... she smiled at him. She really had missed her friend but she guessed he probably had his own stuff to do... or something... and she'd been rather busy throwing herself into everything to take her mind off... yeah.

Emily slowly moved along the corridor dragging her trunk, her bird cage containing her owl Sunny sitting on top. Every few seconds she would look behind her making it look like she had a twitch. She was actually looking out for Nika or Samira, hoping to talk to one of them.

She moved into a comaprtment and collapsed with one last look for anyone she knew. She really did not want to go home right now. Especially on the terms her and Nika were on. She opened her trunk and produced Hogwarts: A History and buried her nose in it. Something to take her mind off... well, everything.

Penny looked up when the compartment door opened..it was William - she liked him, he was kinda cute... but she also knew he had a girlfriend..

Hi William, of course I don't mind", she said with a smile - she had enough of her book for a while, so she put in back into her bag again...

"I'm getting excited to going home now, although I will miss Hogwarts", she thought for a few seconds...

"And I've got that ministry visit to look forward to - I won it for being top Hufflepuff student.....What about you William?", Penny asked...

Looking at her owl, "Oh her name is 'Dora', I named her after a very famous Auror from years ago".

" Thanks, I need to sit down" William told Penny. " I will miss HogWarts and seeing friends like you" Willaim said to Penny. "So where do you live?" William asked Penny." Great that you get to visit the Ministry and be sure to say hi to my Father J.J. Starr if you visit the Magical Sports department" William explained to Penny." By the way, I was the fourth top student, second in Gryffindor and top boy student, but I got nothing for being top male student" William smiled. " I plan on going to Africa with Witsy and her parents plus Witsy is coming over to the Villa to meet my parents" he expalined to Penny.
"Dora is a cute name" he said to Penny. " My owl is named " Pettifer" he told Penny.

Penny nodded as William spoke, "I live in Ireland, my mum and dad are coming with my younger sister to collect me from the train.. we're gonna be spending two weeks here on a little holiday, then we will take the ferry home to Ireland"

Penny missed her home in Ireland more than she thought she would, getting homesick quite a few times during term..

"Yeah I sure will.. I definitely want to see the Magical Sports department and learn all they can show and tell me about Quidditch"...

Penny thought that Williams parents must be rich when they could afford a Villa...

"Wow that sounds cool... my friend Ness lives in South Africa, you met her last night"

"So where is your families's villa?" Penny asked William.

" Ireland is a lovely place" William told Penny."Staying here for two weeks is a nice thing to do" William said to Penny." My dad makes the schedules for the Birtish and Irish Quidditch teams" Willaim explained to Penny. " Yes, Ness did tell me all about South Africa" William smiled. " My parents Villa is in Italy in a place called Turin, Italy where they held the muggle Olympics" William beamed.

Lovely?

What was lovely?

Surprised for a moment as what the lioness was talking about did not occur to him, Josh stared at the girl with questioning eyes. She looked...excited? For some reason?

Ah...yes.

Apparently she liked the owl. Well...now it was pretty much natural that the boy could not figure it out at first since he had never thought someone might like this bird. ''Uh?'' Was Kurumi serious though? She looked serious. ''It is a she, actually. Her name is Hotty. And, please do be careful, Kurumi. Otherwise she would take your fingers as breakfast.''

Was that too much or scary? Eh? But it was what this bird did all the time; pecking and biting and clawing.

And what Simon said next completely took his attention. No killing? But...but.... did not he know what that coward did? He had been asking for it for quite a time and Josh had not even punched him once...yet. Yet...killing of annoying owls? Ah? Maybe Simon misunderstood what he was talking about.

''You know him.'' so he said in case the other lion boy had not guessed it. ''I meant Riley. '' Heh. No killing for him? ''Well...cannot i at least maim him? You should have seen what he did and said!!! He simply implied that i was not a good enough boyfriend for her, even not worthy of her. And...'' the Gryffindor tried not to tense angrily at that point. ''...and he boasted to me that he will be seeing her during the summer break!!!'' Seriously, that was too much. Really, too much. ''And you know what i will be doing the whole summer? Lemme make it clear; i have to work at my uncle's farm...the whole summer....while he is playing around my girlfriend. Seriously Simon. You should have seen his expression while saying those. There was a huge smirk on his stupid, ugly face.''

Josh had no idea what the boy had been trying to do anyway. Maybe he had a death wish or something? ''The more i try not to kill or even punch him, the more he does his best to get on my nerves.''

Yeah...now he thought of it. He was supposed to find a few or more opportunities to escape to the Diagon Alley during the summer since...things were getting more and more intense which was no good. No good at all. Maybe he could find a part-time job at one of the shops in the Alley. Maybe if not there, he could find a job in the...Knockturn Alley?

O_o

No, not there. He had promised Lafay not to walk in there again. Aaand...his thoughts of those immediately stopped when that...voice he loved to listen to came to his ears. Evelyn!

Pushing himself off the door, Josh turned around to face the girl. Guess, there was going to be no more talking about the coward now. ''Hey!'' he greeted back with a small smile and stepped aside to let her in ''Patrolling the corridors?''

Apparently this place was getting more and more crowded. Not that Josh did not like some crowd, actually he was just not in the mood yet those were all friends so it was way better. Waaaaaaaay better.

Smiling at Selina as well, Josh nodded at her too as a greeting. Ah? She was asking if she could join them? ''Yeah, sure.'' he said before moving his gaze outside the window then...back on Evelyn again.

Fee thankfully didnt have problems with her heavy trunk thanks to that nice guy who had helped her getting it in.But now she was searching for a compartment to sit in.Preferable not an empty one.The blonde hated traveling alone and it always took way to long until some of her friends or cool people found her because that train was huuuuuuuge.Soo she kinda made it her mission to find nice people to talk to,or her friends.Maybe both?That would be awesome.Unfortunately it seemed like every single compartment was full.No more space for another person.If this carried it on it would be a terrible train right,what meant a terrible start of summer.Oh dear lord please not.

Mmphmm...

Hey now!

Moving away from the door to the compartment so she wasn't trampled on, she eyed the young girl asking if they could join them. And by them, Evelyn figured she meant the Gryffindors. And by the Gryffindors, in her mind...that meant Josh. Why would she want to hang around Josh, hmm? Were they friends?

Stare.

Eh, apparently Josh didn't mind the girl joining them.

Staaare.

"Patrolling..." she muttered as if any echo before turning her gaze back to Josh. Patrolling the corridors? What? "Oh, nonono. No...ew. No." Shaking her head, she didn't really enter the compartment when he moved out of the way, seeing as the room was already full and she really didn't want to be squished next to Cookie Girl the whole ride back to London.

"Just...looking for people." Hmmm. "Mostly you." Mmhmm.

Simon had seen the snake as she passed in the windows behind Josh and he had almost flagged her down when she seemed to notice Josh anyway and return to open the door to the compartment. "Thanks Evelyn," he remarked, "Hopefully this one wont cause too much trouble for you next year..." he mused in half jest motioning to Josh. He wouldn't be around anymore to keep his friend out of trouble leaving it to the boy's girlfriend to handle.



"Of course not Selina," he replied with a friendly smile as he motioned her inside, the older lion making his way back to his spot by the window to make sure they all had room. He was glad as he noted each now inside the compartment that each of those he had wanted to spend time with on the last trip had found him not the other way around after he had stalked after them.

"Here I luck out with all...well most of my friends around me..." he mused Carter technically absent but then they had met up during the feast.



"I knew who you were refering to Josh..." Simon said confirming that he understood what was meant by his friend's words. Leaning into Josh so he could speak without Evelyn hearing he added in suggestion, "Why don't you send Hooty to him as a fake graduation present and have the bird claw him up."

Her unsteady eyes followed him as he moved through the obstacle she'd put in front of the door and then as he sat down in front of her. Then he talked. And if she had any left water in her body, she'd start crying. Just like that. Maybe last night's secret mourning session under the blanket did the trick, though, because her eyes were as dry as the desert. Her face blank. But, no, the feeling in her stomach had moved to her chest and rising...

...not lack of food. "I...er.. you saw me?!" She squeaked, in disbelief! For starters, she didn't see him looking at her! He hadn't even come to talk to her!! And secondly, why in Merline's precious Beard would he NOT ask her to join him and his so-called friend if he saw her?!!!

Not that they agreed to meet or anything but... she thought he would do that.

And.. wait, what? "What? Whe-"re are you going? But she caught herself and bit her lower lip for a second before leaning her back against the seat and closing her eyes. She was starting to get dizzy again from the smooth movement of the train, and she didn't want to look into his eyes when he talked. She might lose every bit of anger she'd felt that day, if she did. "Whatever. Just.." LEAVE ME ALONE! "..I need to get something to eat," and she wasn't begging for food. She was begging for solitude..

Cove walked down the corridor looking for someone, anyone. That's when she saw Emily. Her face brightened and she threw the door open. "EMILY!" Cove exclaimed. She took a seat opposite of Emily. She then noticed that she was reading. "Sorry." She whispered.

Cove sat back and kept an eye out to see if Nika walked by their compartment. She was gonna use her ninja skills to 'kidnap' her and make her and Emily friends again. She grinned evilly.

Selina nodded at Josh and smiled, "Thanks," with that she took a seat next to Kurumi and watched Josh for a moment as he looked outside the window. Something was bothering him, but she was not going to inquire as to what. They were friends being that they were both on the team, but they barely spoke, so she was glad that he was allowing her to join them. Although he was without a doubt the Quidditch clown of the team he was a nice guy, so maybe her trepiditions about him not wanting her there were unwarranted. Then his eyes traveled to the girl next to him... Evelyn! She felt awful, she didn't even see her on the way in.



Selina looked at Evelyn and extended her hand, "I'm so sorry, I didn't see you. I'm Selina Skylar. You must be Evelyn." She was being as nice as she could, but in all honesty she felt so embarrassed by her slip up of not even seeing the girl. She wanted to attribute it to the fact that she was looking for familiar faces and she didn't know Evelyn well, but deep down she knew that she had just messed up... she didn't see her.



Then Selina's gaze left Evelyn when she heard the familiar voice of her Quidditch Captain Simon. Or now was he not her Captain? Well she assumed that he would always be her Captain. He was her friend and Quidditch is what allowed them to even be friends... so he would be Captain Simon and maybe even Professor Bennett depending on her mood.

Once she returned his grin Selina heard him mention something about having all of his friends around him. This comment made her smile even broader. She was always surrounded with much older friends, even Kurumi who was her best friend was a year older than her, but she was glad that at least Simon looked at her friendship the way she did. She was thrilled to be counted in among the people he wanted to spend his last train ride with back home.

"All we need is Carter and it's like a little Quidditch reunion party," then she looked over and saw Evelyn sitting there next to her boyfriend and commented, "but-but your the girlfriend of a player and a player yourself so..." she knew she was putting her foot in her mouth and said, "I'm going to shut up now."

Penny loved when others said her home country was nice, she smiled proudly..
Wow, I've only been to Italy once, but that was only up at the very north of the country", she remembered that holiday fondly..

"I definitely want to meet your dad now, such a cool job!!", it really was very cool...

"I'm gonna be back over here in london for the last two weeks of holidays, to get school supplies and stuff..... Maybe we can meet in Diagon Alley, Ness will be there too"




Penny had stuck her head out of the compartment looking for the lunch trolloy.. When she saw a girl standing in the corridor looking lost...

"Hi, are you looking for a seat?.Your welcome to join us..I'm Penny and this", pointing to William, "This is William"

As Emily peacefully turned the page she heard the door slide open. She just looked up as Cove shouted her name, causing her to drop her book. "Hi Cove" she smiled picking up her book and marking her place. "Oh it's fine. I was only reading sinc there was no one to talk to."
She beamed and placed her book back in her trunk.

Turning back she saw Cove grinning. She was planning something. "Why are you grinning?" she asked suspiciously, narrowing her eyes at her friend. Whatever it was, it would be evil.
"This is my owl Sunny by the way." she said showing Cove the little ball of feathers asleep in cage next to her. "She's quite small, but can get the job done."

" I think we have some space here" Wiliam told Fee. " Have you met Penny?" William asked Fee. " Of course, the only way tou can sit here is to gliyyer me like you glittered Rex" William said to Fee laughing. " So where is Hugo?" William asked Fee.

" "Well, Turin is at the top North of Italy" William told Penny. " I bet my parents would let you visit our Villa" William said to Penny. " Yes, my dad J.J. has a fantatic job" William explained to Penny. " I will meet you and Ness there" William smiled. " Penny, I know Fee, she is my cousin's Rex's best friend plus a good friend of mine" Willaim beamed.

Penny felt a little stupid not knowing where Turin was in Italy, she blushed a deep shade of pink...

"oh, ok", embarrassed...visit a villa in Italy?..Wow that would probably be awesome... "I'd love too visit, but i'd have to check with my parents first."

Looking at the girl Penny answered William, "no, I don't know her, but she does seem familiar somehow".

Although Penny reasoned she had probably seen the girl around the school, most likely in the Great Hall for meals..

"Do not worry, Turin is in the countryside" William told Penny." Of course, you have to ask your parents, we are too young to go anywhere without permisson from our parents" Willaim said to Penny. " Fee is a sweetheart and you will get along with her, too because you are a sweetheart, too" Willaim explained to Penny.

Penny blushed again...He thought she was a 'sweetheart'.

Penny looked at the girl William called Fee, she was kinda quiet..

"Fee?, are you ok?, you seem a little quiet"

Ariella dragged her trunk and belongings down the aisle, keeping her eyes peeled for a place to sit. Not seeing any of her friends, she grabbed an empty compartment and splayed out her things. Alone again.....just like the train to Hogwarts.

" You sure blush a lot" Willaim told Penny. " It is ok, because sometimes I cry too much at times" William said to Penny. " Fee, Quiet?" Willaim asked Penny and then started laughing so hard he almost fell over. " Yes, Fee why are you so quiet?" William teased her.

Okay... it was official. This girl was crazy. Dallin frowned at her reaction; he hadn't expected that. At all. What was with her sudden change of attitude around him? Just a few days ago she'd been excited to sit on the couch with him all night and be bored. Now she seemed to not want to have anything to do with him. He probably wouldn't be too bothered with it - if he actually knew what he did to make her mad.

"Yeah, Ellie saw you standing behind us, and then I saw you reading. You didn't look happy." He leaned forward, his elbows on his knees so that he could look at her more seriously. She really wasn't happy, was she? "And it seemed like you didn't want to talk. So I wanted to ask you, now, if you were okay." His voice had taken on a slightly bitter tone by now.

He leaned back, sighing. It was obvious she didn't want to talk to him, then. What had he done wrong? He stood up swiftly, rubbing the back of his neck. "Alright, well, i guess I'll leave then. I just - I guess I'll talk to you later. If you want. Call me."