*gulp* They were going home. Rose was going to meet Rupert. 'Kay, she was freaking. Majorly. She just wanted her best friend to come and look after her, make her feel alright again.

Alyssa quickly dragged her trunk, bags and Shannia's cage onto the train and then went looking for Minerva and the gang. As she checked each compartment she kept a look out for Aaron, Kita and Nessie.

Paulie lugged his trunk through the train corridor until he found himself a vacant compartment at the front of the train. He was quite impressed with how quickly he managed to find one.. maybe this was because he actually wasn't lallygagging for a million hours. After heaving the luggage above his head, he shoved it into the space over the seats. Thereee we go.

The soon-to-be sixth-year brushed his hands on his pants once or twice, then flopped back onto the seat behind him. Sigh. So long, Hogwarts.

Daichi had mixed feelings about going home. He felt sad to leave Hogwarts but at the same time he was happy. The second year couldn't wait to get home and see his father and brother. But most importantly, he couldn't wait to see his plushed duck Mr.Duckles and hug it~ Yes , he was twelve...thirteen actually but who cares.

Dragging his luggage behind him, Daichi looked around for somewhere to sit. He passed the compartments that were already full and finally found one. Seeing a older boy sitting , Daichi knocked the door and then opened it. "Uhm... Hi~ ..is it okay if i sit here?" he asked with his somewhat high pitched voice from being sick during the feast and pointed at the seat in front of him.

Paulie rested his head against the back of the seat and stared at the ceiling for a little. Thinking, of course, about a lot of things. Tori mostly, and what that Jasper guy said, and blind dates, and quidditch, and.. whoever was in the compartment doorway?

Wow, his voice was squeaky, and it made him wonder how old the kid was. "Yeah, 'course. Take a seat." He offered a smile and gestured to the spot across from him. "I'm Paulie. Paulie Foster."

Salima slumped herself in the seat. Feeling the same way she had done when she was first on the train comming to Hogwarts. She couldn't beleve how fast the year had gone. All she had learnt. All the people she had met. But she needent worry she still had alot of years at Hogwarts to go... So there was more to come.

Finally. The train.

João lightly, easily, controlled his luggage with little touches of his wand, obviously managing a levitating charm with an apple in his other hand. He looked almost bored with the charm. Looking down on the struggling people, he snorted and rolled his eyes at some as they tried the Muggle way and failed miserably. People were stupid. They were. They were clearly born to be directed by people clever enough like him. Though, they weren't worth his precious time.

Nearly jumping over some luggage, he directed his floating bag inside the first empty compartment he came across. Interestingly, the front of the train was free of little, annoying brats. They apparently thought the back of the train was cooler, thank Merlin. Hardly anyone could bother him here as he planned his summer and thought about the letter of his mother that told him he was to spend some time with her too, in Brazil. In Brazil part was fantastic, but the 'with mother' part troubled him. Whatever. He would find a way to cope with the woman. For now, he would try to stay alone in here, free of any and all people below fourth year.

Hearing the answer, Daichi came in to the compartment and placed his luggage in front of his seat. "Thanks" he smiled and sat down. The Slytherin giggled when the boy introduced himself and bowed his head. "I'm Daichi Katharos, nice to meet you~".

He looked out of the window at the landscape rushing by. He was going to miss his friends during the summer. Luckily he knew no graduate this year or else he would have been a crying mess like last year. A grumbling sound startled him and he rubbed his stomach to tell it to shut it. It didn't though and Daichi sighed. "Sorry" he apologized "I haven't eaten much during the feast..."

Daichi reached down and picking up the white box that he had carried under his other arm. Opening it up, the smell of chocolate filled the compartment and his eyes twinkled while looking at it. Picking a piece, the second year took a bite and let out a sigh. Then he remembered he was with someone and he stopped chewing. Mouth still full he picked up another piece and held it out for Paulie to take. " want a piece? Kurumi made it for my birthday" if he wasn't going to take it in three seconds, Daichi was going to eat it himself.

Ronnie walked down, poking her head in each compartment. Where was Rose?! She was about to give up when she saw her, she sighed with relief. She slid open the door to the compartment and grinned. "'Ello!" she said smiling and sitting next to her bestest friend EVER, pulling her into a large hug.

"Dai-chi.. Katharos..." Paulie repeated, saying the boy's name slowly as not to mess it up. "Cool name." A lot of people at Hogwarts had cool names, Paulie had come to find out. Paulie had the coolest, naturally, but that went without saying.

He looked out the window for a few moments until a few tummy rumbles echoed into his ears. Wasn't his stomach, so it must have been Daichi's. "Why didn't you stuff your face during the feast? There was loads." Plus, the big feasts always had the best foods. Thank you, house elves.

He watched as the boy pulled out the white box from beneath his arm and opened it. Aaand, the smell alone gave it away. Mmmmmm. Chocolate. And, to make matters worse, Daichi was quite a pro at making the chocolate look extra scrumptious. "Oh! Thanks, mate," he said, taking the piece and tossing the thing in his mouth, whole. His mouth was still partly full when he spoke again. "Kurumi?" He chewed a bit more, then swallowed it. "She's my house prefect. Makes good chocolate, too.."

Man, how did one even MAKE chocolate?

This was Josh's last ride with the Hogwarts Express so he wanted to enjoy every single minute of it. So instead of being stuck in a compartment, he decided to wander a bit within the corridors. Not to mention that was a very good way to raise the possibilites of finding his friends instead of just sitting and waiting.

But just like the middle train had been this place seemed to be occupied by the younger students or...well...since he had newly graduated, technicallt everyone was younger than him in the train. Except the food trolley lady of course. He seriously did not want to be older than her.

Just when the horrifying image of him being older than her hit him, the lion boy's eyes landed on someone, a certain snake, and moreover he was had AN APPLE!!! Immediately forgetting the being old image, Josh quickly sneaked behind the boy.

''BAM!''

So far so good, João had eaaasily placed his luggage up in the bag places and he had avoided the brats, although there were a few of them even in the train. Well, as long as they kept silent, they were fine. As he got out of the compartment for a moment, imagining perhaps the sound of Louisa, something exploded right behind him and he jumped as far as his legs would push, dropping the apple down as he swore heavily in Portuguese.

"What. Are. You. DOING?!" he said in a low, but very strained voice as he turned to face the older idiot. He knew better than to let his hand travel inside his pocket to grab his wand, but really... just let the boy give him the chance. He'd be overjoyed to hex him good before he slipped away into real life where he'd be eaten alive with that attitude.

When the had ACTUALLY jumped up, Josh could not help it and let out an epic laugher. BWAHAHAAHHAHAHAHA!!! Those snake dudes were too jumpy, were not they? They were always fun to keep as a company, therefore Josh had always enjoyed the-boy-with-a-thousand-names' companionship. Once he managed to subdue his own laugher, he flashed a smirk at the Slytherin boy and gave him a pat on the shoulder.

''Not to worry, dude. Not to worry.'' he gave him another pat on the shoulder. ''No dragon is roaming in the corridor to eat you. That was just a joke. One with an old style.'' Smirking again, he bent down and picked up the apple. Eh...he knew how this boy liked to get to use his wand over ALMOST everything yet the lion boy did not bother to check if his hands traveled to the wand anyway. ''So...i believe this is yours'' he said theni holding the red apple up. Red apples. Those were his favourite.

Vashti dragged her trunk behind her and carried Cally's cage carefully in her free hand as she boarded the train and quickly found an empty compartment at the front of the train. She laid her trunk on one seat and set Cally's cage on top of it before plopping down on the seat beside them.

So. This was it.

Next time she rode this train, it would be as a seventh year. That was a weird thought. She didn't really feel like a seventh year. She didn't even feel like a sixth year at times during this past term - she still didn't really. And suddenly, she was starting to have doubts about the career she'd decided on. What if it wasn't the one for her? What if she couldn't find the right one by the time she had to take her NEWTs? What if she failed her NEWTs? What would she do? She didn't know, and she didn't like it. She didn't like the fact that her time at Hogwarts seemed to be ending so quickly.

Merlin. This was kind of depressing. She wished she'd chosen a compartment with someone in it - that way she could talk and ignore the awful thoughts that kept creeping up. Meh. Maybe something exciting would happen on the train like at the End of Term Feast. Or maybe someone would barge in. Either one was an acceptable distraction.

Selena? Yeah, she was so ready to go home. Well, not go home, just leave school in general. The OWL's had been a huuuuge pain and they were over and she probably failed a few or whatever, but there was nothing her parents could do about that so they were going to have to deal. Kent was probably excited too! Though Sel couldn't really tell, he was just... sitting there... doing... whatever pygmy puffs did. Selena was pretty sure he was thinking about the mysteries of the universe or something super deep though.

The tiny Slytherin, hauled her trunk behind her as she skipped around to find a compartment so she could sit and... do nothing. Or well, do something since she did have to breathe and stuff but other than that... probably n- wait. She would have to eat candy so that was something. Eh, Selena supposed she just needed to find a compartment to eat in then. Okay, easy cheesy, shouldn't take long.

Spotting someone alone with a pretty owl Selena's eyes widened slightly. "Heeeeeey!" Selena chirped. Did owls eat pygmy puffs? Selena was pretty sure they didn't. "Can I join?" she asked. Because... sitting alone and getting hyper alone? Yeah, that wasn't much fun anyways. So maybe the girl who looked a bit mopey would wanna get hyper off of candy and chocolate and sweets too.

Ronnie made her way to the front of the train, and found an empty compartment. She sat down and smiled out at the scenery. It was beautiful out, she was ready for summer. She was excited to hang out with her friends and for of course Rupert's wedding!

Almost as soon as Vashti wished for a distraction, one presented itself. Well, herself. Because the girl standing at the compartment doorway was definitely not an "it". Out of the corner of her eye, she saw her owl, Cally, turn her head to eye the girl who'd suddenly ruined the silence of the compartment, but Vashti ignored her slightly moody owl.

"Sure, come on in," she said with a smile and a nod. It was then that she noticed a small ball of fluff with the girl. Was that... "Is that a pygmy puff?" she asked. If it was... AWWWW. Such cuteness! Vashti wanted one of them. She had almost gotten one for the Hate Potion towards the beginning of term but had decided against it. She sort of regretted it now too at times, but then again, she wasn't sure how her owl would react to having to share attention with a pygmy puff, so it was probably for the best.

Selena beamed and plopped down on the empty seat, not really paying attention to the owl. Kent was perched perfectly still on her head, but when she had sat, he had rolled off and fallen onto the seat next to her. She paid it no attention, instead, she levitated the trunk to the spot above them. Selena then stuck the wand in her pocket and placed her bag on her lap. The bag was bulging with sweets of all kinds - she would need it to stay awake.

"That's Kent," Selena said, nodding her head as the girl asked if the pygmy puff was a pygmy puff. "He's the king of all pygmy puffs," she added. Just so the girl knew and didn't get the violet colored pygmy puff mixed up with any other pygmy puff. There could only be one king of all pygmy puffs after all.

"What's the owl's name?" Selena asked, tilting her head to look at it as she reached into her bag and pulled out a sugar quill. Merlin's beard, why had she purchased so many? She couldn't remember!

This was really the end. If Mina wasn't enough of a complete mess of emotions at the closing feast, walking to what she considered her compartment was going to send her over the edge. This was the very last time she would be entering the compartment and the last time she was going to be on the Hogwarts Express.

She just wasn't ready for this moment. Biting her lip, she opened the compartment door and took her seat for the very last time. Staring out the window, she couldn't really help but tear up a bit. It was really goodbye, wasn't it?

Talk about tired. She was. Beezus really was tired. She became exhausted with the farewells and goodbyes that took place on the Great Hall last night. Not to mention that she was still feeling sick. And that was the reason why she hadn't been with her friends on the train. Instead, she chose a compartment at the Front of the Train where she could take a nap and sleep peacefully. That would be heaven for her right now.

Yet her slumber was disturbed by the other students bickering outside the compartment, arguing on what to get from the Food Trolley. "And it's making me hungry." She mumbled upon herself, hearing the voice of the Trolley lady coming closer.

Erin moved her way towards the front train, she was actually running for the Food Trolley lady. Her trunk was at the back where Raven's was.

The trolley stopped from her shouts ad she bought chocolate frogs. She'll be missing these kind of weird foods. Hehe. "Thanks," said Erin. She then walked up towards the back of the train. She passed in an empty compartment and was surprised to see her very best friend, Beezus! ZOMG! It felt like, she hadn't talk to her in ages.

She pushed open the door and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Beezus!!!" she hugged her so tight.

Ronnie sat down in her compartment, twirling her orange hair around her finger (she tended to do this when she was bored) and looking out as the scenery zoomed by as the train rolled along. Gah, she was so BORED!

Beatrice was about to stand up and buy something from the Food Trolley when somebody barged in on her compartment and chained her with a tight hug. "Oh..." The Ravenclaw moaned. She knew who it was, she clearly did. It was no other than her best friend. "Cornelia! You're killing me!" She joked as she returned the tight hug.

After a few moments, she pulled her friend away. "Where in Merlin's underpants have you been, huh?" Because she badly missed this girl and it seemed like it has been decades since they last talked. "Haven't even seen you at the Herbology Final." Or maybe she did, but didn't noticed because of being too nervous.

Justin went looking for Ronnie to thank her for the gift and lettershe had sent. Finally he found her in a compartment by herself. She looked so pretty sitting there twirling her lovely ginger hair staring out the window. he quietly opened it's door and plopped down right next to her.
" hey, ronnie. I just wanted to say thank you....Ya know for the the gift. I-I was thinking alot about you lately. Perhaps more than I should...." Justin trailed off as he rung his hands.