"Nice to meet you too, Matt." She answered with another small smile. "England. Born and raised in London. You...aren't from around here?" She asked. "Are you from anywhere around the area? Or from the States?" She asked, trying to clarify what he meant by international.

Her eyes lit up as Matt spoke of sketching, painting, and music. So, he was an artist. "That's great...I love music...and dancing. I took dance classes formally." She tapped her fingers in a rhythm, almost absent mindedly.

"Sure!" A bit of her natural bubbliness was starting to show as Matt offered to show her his sketches. She reached out her hands to take the book from him. "What sort of sketches do you normall do?"

HM? People? What? OH. Songs. Right. "Not at all. Summer Nights, from Grease" Sammy said brightly. Because Grease was one of her favourite musicals. Because of that song. Yup. "Yeah, I've been told. It's mainly the reason I'm reading it" she said. Though if it wasn't interesting, why would she be reading it? Weird. "Nice to meet you, I'm Sammy" she said, though not mentioning they had the same last name BECAUSE HE STOLE HER NAME. Why did people keep stealing her name? It was rude.

" I love the musical, the movue and all the songs from Grease" William told Sammy." I loved John Travolta and Olivia Newton John in the movie too" Willaim said to Sammy. " Nice to meet yo uSammy' William smiled." I do not read as much as I should read, but that is me" William explained to Sammy. " Thanks for talking to me as I usually have a hard time talking to upperclasmen because I get scared to talk to them" Willaim smiled.

When she had asked where exactly he was from, a small grin appeared on his lips; usually people knew immediately when he spoke that he wasn't from England since he had had another accent all together. "I'm from the States, California to be exact but if you want to be even more exact.. I'm from Los Angeles." Matt wasn't quite sure why he felt the need to be precise with speaking about where he was from but there was no need now to over analyze that comment since it was done and over with. "Interesting. What kind of dance?" Little did people know, he was quite impressed with anyone who had the focus and determination to do dance properly; it was an art just like what he did.

Ah so the conversation was going to be about art now? Well that definitely was one of his favourite subjects to talk about really outside of good books and surfing. "Mainly I draw and paint landscapes, merely because they can co-operate with you and not move around. I used to sketch people but really, it's more so frustrating than anything since either they talked too much while I was trying to focus or they decided to start moving around when they had to stay perfectly still in order for the piece to turn out exactly how it should." It seemed like even animals made for better subjects, but they still were complicated at times.

There was probably still chocolate on her face as she made her way down the corridor of the train, but Destiny was not one to care. No. She had just eaten the BEST cauldron cake she had ever had, thanks to Mina, and she was going to wear the mess with pride.

Okay, no she wasn't. Too many people were looking at her, and being the BIG seventh year that she was, she needed to be intimidating! Or something. She really had no idea how a seventh year was supposed to act.

Wiping her face with the sleeve of her robes, she made her way down the corridor, looking for someplace to sit. All her pets were getting restless on her trolley, and they needed to be let out. She couldn't find any of her friends, but that was understandable. Evelyn was probably with the Prefects and Marie was probably with her boyfriend, so Destiny was all alone.

But not for long!

Spotting a compartment, with only one person in it, the seventh year stood outside of the door and began waving to the girl inside. Yeah, she didn't know her. But she would!

If she was let in, of course.

Sammy just nodded. Most of this was going in one ear out the other. But some of it was sticking. "I just like it" yup. Well, does there need to be any other reasons? SHE LIKED IT. "I read quite a lot." she said, becaus eit was true, though how she found time amazes me. Because she eats every waking moment. So when does she read? "probably too much actually. I might be getting glasses soon" she said, almost excitedly BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT GLASSES WERE COOL. Because she's cool. Definitely. "No problemo. We're not that hard to talk to though, I mean we're just as awesome as everyone else, just louder and we have more confidence" she said with a shrug, because it was DAMN true.

Los Angeles, California. Whoa. “Seriously?” She said. It wasn’t really a question; it just sounded like one. “Wow…have you met anyone really famous?” She was Muggleborn after all; so she knew about LA and the flashy lifestyles of the rich and famous. But she had never met someone from that area, so admittedly she was very curious.

She had to admit; it was pretty cool that this sixteen year old was actually asking her about her experience with dance. “All sorts; jazz, ballet, lyrical, hip-hop…some tap. I love hip-hop though.” She shook her wrist, causing the bangles that sat there to jangle. “It’s really funky. If my iPod worked right now, I’d probably be dancing in the corridors.” She laughed as she said this, knowing full well that this was no exaggeration.

Yes…that made sense..about the landscapes. “So I imagine that you’ve done landscapes like the beach of LA?” She asked, now very curious to see the drawings. “How long have you been sketching?”

Samara looked up from her book as Aslan stirred in her lap. Glancing at the door she spotted an older girl waving and put her book away getting up to let her in as Aslan hopped back in her bag peeking out. She smiled a little opening the door for the girl. "Hello."

" Great that you like it" Willaim told Sammy." Reading is really good" William said to Sammy." Well, at least you are awesome and have a lot of confidence" William explained to Sammy.

As the questions kept being asked, Matt was finding out that Kourtney had had some interest in the city he was from; living in LA wasn't that big of a deal really. It would be exactly like coming from any big city in the world, but he wasn't about to dismiss her interest. "I did a couple weeks ago before I came back to London, my cousin Raven is a photographer and she was doing a photoshoot for some magazine. Not sure what it was called, but I met former Slytherin Amanda Lesalle; she left Hogwarts at the end of her 4th year to continue her music career and now she's some huge rockstar." It wasn't necessarily a big deal to him since he was more concerned about other things at the time but it was still pretty cool, even if his cousin decided to almost start up the rivalry that she had had with the other woman again.

He nodded as she spoke about what genres of dance she had studied, well it had appeared that she was quite well versed in everything which he did admire since a lot of the dances she mentioned were not easy by any means. "That's really cool, and I'm sure people would enjoy the entertainment of seeing someone dance in the corridor of the train since at least from my memory; that's never happened before." So it seemed that she was a little kooky, that wasn't a problem since he much rather speak to someone who didn't seem to annoy him at every turn.

"I've done a couple landscapes when I was last hanging out at Venice Beach, sunset is definitely one of my favorite things to paint simply because of all the colors and also the fact that there's the reflection from the water. It's actually quite beautiful." He finally managed to hand her the book after realizing that he was still holding onto it, well that apparently was what happened when he got distracted by a good conversation. "I've been sketching since.. I was 7, I taught myself in my spare time which was a little frustrating but in the end it was worth it since now I can take a scene and draw it out, making it look like it was a photograph." That definitely was something that never ceased to impress him.

Ohh..

The girl was getting up.

Which could have meant quite a few things, but Destiny could only think of two. Either the girl was going to pull the shade down, so she wouldn't have to look at her anymore, or she was going to open the door to let her in. Destiny was hoping it was the latter.

Her arm was beginning to tire from all that waving.

And her arm was saved; the door was opening!

Dropping her arm to her side, since she didn't need her hand waving in the girl's face, Destiny grinned and took hold of her trolley once more. "Hi! Mind if I join you? I have chocolate!" Hopefully she liked the stuff..

Samara smiled at the relieved look on the girl's face as she stepped back from the door taking her seat once again. "Come on in. It's just me and Aslan" She nodded towards her cat who was peering out of her bag lazily. Glancing up at the girl's last words she perked up. "Chocolate?"

Kourtney listened intently as Matt recounted that he had a cousin as a photographer and she did a shoot for a magazine. “Really? A huge rockstar?” She wasn’t sure if she had heard of the girl, but she didn’t listen to too much rock…”That is really cool. Your cousin is lucky to have the chance to meet all of those famous people.” Yes, she was a bit star-struck in a sense, but hey, she didn’t meet someone like this every day.

No one had ever danced in the corridor of the train before? The idea suddenly had even greater appeal to her than before. She could always whistle a tune and be-bop around the corridor. Imagine the looks she’d get. Maybe Indy and Brady could dance with her. She smiled at the thought before tuning back into what Matt was saying.

“Wow…you certainly seem to have gotten around.” She carefully accepted the book and began to survey his work, all while listening to him answer her question. “These are great.” She said quietly as she gazed at the pictures. The depth and realistic nature was definitely something to be impressed by. She turned the page and now noticed one of the sunset. The ripples of the water seemed so real that she felt that she could touch them and feel the cool temperature.

finally off to hogwarts..good trip right here..new friends to meet...

After a lot of goodbyes from her parents and brother, it was finally time for Athena to get on board. She felt like crying but held it back, it was quite scary knowing she'd be living in a strange place far away from home.

As Athena made her way to find a compartment, she regretted the fact that she didn't think twice before packing all her stuff, it was like she was carrying her whole closet on her trunk plus she was carrying two cages. On one of the cages was her barn owl, Alba, and on the other cage was her kitten, Ash. She originally wanted to find a seat on the back of the train but her back couldn't take it anymore.

She opened one of the compartment's door and found somebody was already sitting there.

"Ohhh, I'm sorry, I thought there was no one here. Mind if I join you?" she asked politely.

Charissa couldn't make her mind, so she decided to take middle! She grabbed her bag and tried to find a free seat. And again she tripped, but this time she couldn't grab anything and she fell. She quickly looked around, hoping that no one saw that, but there were some people.
"Of course..." Charissa thought. "Why on earth I am SO clumsy?!
A little bit red of embarrassment she tried to put her things back in her bag as fast as she could. Finally she stood up and saw a free seat.

As she had gone on with replying to what he had said and talking about his cousin, Matt merely chuckled; ah he wasn't about to speak on her behalf about how she acted since no one needed to hear it honestly. "Yeah, from what I do know about her outside of the whole dropping out of Hogwarts thing is that she's know practically around the globe. It was kinda amusing meeting her since I'm not one of those people who goes a little crazy when they meet a celebrity, honestly she's just like everyone else except for the fact that she sings for a living and plays concerts on a regular basis." That didn't mean that he wasn't interested in getting her autograph, he did anyway but it was more like a memento rather than something that could have been used as proof that he had actually met her. "She is. In a sense I guess, I don't think I could handle that job. Just too much stress and I prefer not to be stressed out." In another sense though, Raven had been doing what she loved which was photography; after the whole failed law career with a friend of her mother's.

"Thanks. It's funny, I can take compliments about my work from other people but yet when I look at my pieces, I'm just really self critical so I never think it's good enough. At that rate I would be trying to reach for perfection which is unattainable, no matter what people think." That was true even though many people seemed to believe that he was crazy for saying it, but he wasn't about to let a couple people change what he believed.

Thank Merlin!

Destiny hadn't realized just how tired her feet were, and she really didn't feel like walking all over the train AGAIN to find somewhere to sit. Maybe in a few minutes, when the chocolate rush from that cauldron cake she had eaten kicked in, but for now.. she just wanted to sit and eat more chocolate!

Grin widening, the seventh year slid the door shut behind her, and pulling her trunk further into the compartment, she plopped herself down on the seat opposite the girl. Sitting was so much better! An eyebrow threatened to raise at the mention of Aslan, but one look towards the bag, she noticed the CUTE cat sticking it's head out. Aww! He was so much cuter than her cat, Sly. All he did was sleep and eat grass. "He's so CUTE!"

She wanted another pet.

But all thoughts about getting another pet left her mind quickly at the mention of chocolate, and Destiny didn't hesitate to grab her bag full of it. "You do like it, right? You're not one of those 'I hate chocolate, let's burn it all' type of people, are you?"

Fee made her way to the middle cars.So far she hadnt found any of her friends or even an empty compartment.Was she really that late?Thats what you got for your brother flirting around with girls on the platfrom.Tsssk. Pulling her trunk with her the girl sighed a little.Why the glitter did they have to be so heavy?!In moments like this she wished she would be 17 already,but then again time was flying by so fast anyway.In a few months she was turning 15.That was sooooo crazy.

Lost in her thoughts the Slytherin didnt notice the empty compartment at first and walked by.Wrinkling her forehead a second later the blonde chuckled to herself and shook he head.Glitter,sometimes she was sooo dreamy.Making her way back the fourth year opened the compatment door and pulled her trunk in.Phewwww.She made it.Shinging Fee plopped down one of the comfy seats.

Hmm, he made a good point, she supposed. “Yeah…I guess that’s right. I just think lots of people are attracted to that sort of thing and they go pretty crazy when they meet someone ‘famous’” She kept a grip on the sketch book, making sure that she didn’t mess up any of the pages. “I can imagine that it’s pretty stressful. I mean, I think it would be really cool, but not many jobs are stress free. And when you’re around all these celebrities who can be pretty demanding….yeah, I guess it can be hard.” She was rambling a bit, but she often did when she wanted to get all of her ideas out at once.

“Welcome.” She replied with a smile. “Really? I think some people are like that…I know my Mom is. She’s a dancer too, and she always finds flaws in her routine, even when other people think it was beautiful and perfect. We’re our own worst critic.” She quoted, remembering the words from a conversation held a few years prior when she was taking part in a competition.

Samara grinned as the older girl sat down chuckling as Aslan looked up at her tilting his head. "Thanks. He's a little devil sometimes but I love him." She stretched a little before sitting up. "My name's Samara by the way. And yes, I love chocolate."

Harvey gets onto the train he can't wait for his first year at Hogwarts, he wonders what sort of magic he will learn there. He is kicking himself for not reading up on Hogwarts before, well here he was ready to leave and eager to learn.

Annabeth got onto the train, she didn't know anybody or where to sit. She began to look for an empty seat, she found one next to a boy, well it might be good if i make friends with a boy, they are quite cool, "Do you mind if I sit here?" she asked, hopefully she could, she would hate it if there was nowhere to sit, "Urm, I'm Annabeth Kane, what's your name?" she asked, she felt quite talkative today. She got out a book on Hogwarts and began to franticly flick through the pages, why didn't she read up on it before?

Destiny wiggled a finger in the direction of Aslan.

She would have asked to hold him, but seeing as how comfortable he looked sitting in the bag, she decided not to bother him. Plus, she was sure Sly would have been jealous, and last time that happened.. well, she didn't see him in days. "My cat, Sly.." she pointed to the big ball of white fluff sitting on top of her trunk, ".. all he does is sleep. And eat grass." But that was something entirely different.

And through all the excitement of seeing a new, CUTE cat, Destiny forgot about introductions. "I'm Destiny! Seventh year, Slytherin. Are you new to Hogwarts?" She couldn't remember seeing the girl before, but then again, she never really paid anyone else much mind.

Holding out her bag full of chocolate frogs, she gestured to Samara to help herself. She had plenty.. hidden all over the castle.

Harvey is too busy looking outside to notice that a girl has just walked into his compartment and jumps when she talks to him.
"Oh no of course not please, you are more than welcome. My name is Harvey Watson"
He saw that Annabeth was frantically flicking through her book, and was once more kicking himself for his lack of research. This girl was doing what he was supposed to be doing, why couldn't he have just picked up a book and read it!!
"Umm... are you from the magical community or non-magical?" Harvey asks Annabeth "I am from the non-magical, I think we're called Muggles or something. I was pretty shocked to find out there was a Magical school called Hogwarts, didnt believe at first but I am here now so I have to believe it"