Robin was basically prancing on the way to the station but all of a sudden when she was surrounded by people she felt her shoulders hunch, making herself as small as possible. It wasn't even that she was scared or shy, she just really didn't want to start off her second year at Hogwarts by knocking over an upper year's cauldron cake or something. She found a corner in one of the back cars and sat down and after a few painfully awkward moments of staring at the seat in front of her she pulled out her Herbology book, she really wanted to impress this year, but then again there were so many distractions. For a couple moments she battled with herself; studying then looking out the window, then back at the book again until she finally zoned out looking at the landscape zooming by.

As Dylan sat in his compartment, he noticed from across the corridor a young girl go into one of the compartments by herself. She looked awfully lonely, so Dylan being Dylan gathered his things and made his way over to her compartment and gently knocked on the door before sliding it open. Ginger soon caught up with him and stood next to his legs, peering at the girl and cocking her head. He smiled warmly down at the girl. "Hi, mind I join you?" he asked.

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Vinnie lay sprawled out on all the seats on one side. This was fab, almost like a bed. It would do for now. How did her trunk get so heavy? All she put in was band shirts and band shirts and shoes and shoes and band shirts. And of course band shirts. She was still waiting for her Dead Kneazles merch though. Making a mental note to remind West of it later the girl took out her ipod and started listening to music. Sometimes muggles had preettttyyyy good ideas. Some of them were geniuses.

Hopefully the brunette could get into drumming again once they arrived at Hogwarts. She could use the RoR to practice...focus on her music. Last term hadnt been the best for....anything. Most of the time she had been in the library exploring. But this term was gonna be different, she had met a lot of people, most of them nice. Possible friends even. This term was gonna be a good term. The first step was done, Vinnie finally accepted the fact she was a Hogwartian now.

Just as her favourite drum solo came on, on her ipod someone opened the compartment door rather rushed. Huh? Taking out her headphones she grinned as she saw Casper. He found her. The Slytherin gave her brightest smile and put her ipod away. „Hey there bad boy“,she said and sat up properly. Make some space for the boy. He looked really stressed....was he alright ? Hopefully he was. „ Come and sit“, she nodded and patted the space next to her,“ dont worry about it, i havent been waiting for long. Cats can be sneaky.“ Good thing she owned an owl.

"Hey," Casper greeted again, for the third time. His eyes trained on Vinnie as she sat up and made room for him next to her. Sitting across from her--which he did--wasn't a blatant disregard towards her gesture. He just felt like seeing the window, and down the hallway in the other direction.... So he leaned back in the seat and kicked up his bright new trainers to rest next to her, where she had patted.

If any professor came by to tell him to take down his feet, they could right bugger off. They were new. Perfectly pristine. Why, he'd be confident eating off them if he had to. But he wouldn't, they were even more expensive that his clawed-up shirt.

"Wendy's usually quite good," he explained, focusing on prying her tiny little claws from his tank top, "but quite recently I think she wants to be a bad girl too." The moment he set her down on the seat next to him, she was attaching herself to his jeans. Maybe his kitten had separation anxiety too.

Adrienne wasn't nervous, per se, and she'd probably grievously injure anybody who suggested that she was, but she hadn't heard from Tora all summer, and she was realising as she walked down the corridors of the train that she really didn't have many other friends. Or, to be honest, any other friends. So it was a relief when she caught sight of Robin, someone she wouldn't quite upgrade all the way to 'friend' but was definitely more than 'acquaintance'.

She walked into the compartment, trying to give off an air of cheerfulness and hoping it wasn't just looking like irritation again, and took a seat next to the Gryffindor. "Hey, Robin, remember me? How was your summer?" Adrienne looked over her shoulder at the book she was reading, aware of how annoying that could be but inquisitive nonetheless. "Goshawk's Guide to Herbology, huh? Not a bad read, but I found it a bit dry myself," she added. Obviously she'd already finished reading through her course books, and had been through the Monster Book of Monsters twice, fascinating as it was.

And also there was a person Adrienne didn't know. Her lip curled just looking at him (Merlin, that was terrible hair), but she remembered her resolution to at least try to make some new friends, so she took a deep breath, plastered on a fake smile, and forced herself to look at the boy without glaring. "Hi! Not at all. I'm Adrienne!" She managed not to gag on her words, which was improvement, although she was pretty sure her smile was beginning to turn into a grimace.

Tora burst into the nearly full compartment, a foul mood surrounding her. Finally she was able to be back in the magical world. This should make her happy, but no. As soon as she had been allowed, she had rushed to Diagon Alley only to find that most everyone else had already left.... Including Forrest. She had planned her first words to Adrienne after a summer of silence to be apologetic, albeit mildly complaining ones, about how she had had her owl taken away and didn't know Adrienne's muggle address to send post to. She had planned for their reunion to be peaceful and they would continue on living as best friends, just like last year. Tora's temper had other ideas. Though she had gotten better at controlling herself last year at school, a summer with her siblings and parents brought out the worst in the fourteen year old. "Hello everyone, nice to see you remember me enough to save me a spot," she said sarcastically.

Adrienne's eyes flipped from the strange boy in her compartment to the person entering, and- "Tora!" she exclaimed, excited to finally see her friend again, especially after all of the silence she'd gotten over the summer. "I owled you, but you never repl-" To her surprise, she was almost immediately cut off by a biting remark from the blonde. Bristling, Adrienne opened her mouth to reply in kind, but instead took a deep breath and a long, slow, blink, and slouched down into her seat a bit.

"Dude, you can just sit on my lap, no big deal. Or we can make space if you prefer." She scooted over and patted the seat next to her, inviting Tora to join them. She didn't want to get into a fight with her best friend on not even the very first day of school. "And hey, there's no reason to get all," she wiggled her fingers at the sky while making a weird "eeeeeh" noise, "you know. I just got here myself."

Vinnie watched im sit on the seat opposite her,oh well maybe he liked talking more when he saw the other persons face. That was completely fine with her. " Nice trainers", she winked as he put her feet next to her, where she had petted. They looked rather expensive, but the brunette didnt give much about the price of things.

Sitting up wasnt quite her thing so she took Capsers feet and put them on her legs as she lay down again. He wouldnt mind would he?! Resting her head against the wall, the girl smiled at him " its good to see you."

The Slytherin couldnt help but laugh at her new friends comment about his cat. How hilarious was that? " Well then she fits into our group perfectly", she chuckled," maybe she lets me befriend her later, when she's gotten a little more comfortable with my presence." The kitten seemed to be quite attached to Casper, what was really cute. He couldnt be that bad of a person. "She's not ready to let you go", Vinnie chuckled," not ready at all." If the 5th year wasnt so lazy she'd go look for her camera in her trunk. Sigh.

Even through her haze of annoyance Tora recognized the change in Adrienne. She crossed her arms and plopped down beside her best friend muttering under her breath. "You're cheerful today." But she didn't mean to say it so cuttingly. Truth was, she wasn't angry at Adrienne. She was just releasing pent up summer anger and it wasn't fair to ruin everything so early in the year.

Sorry for no owls, Zebop got sent to Gram for the summer," she said in a valiant attempt to center herself back on her non-angry side. The next logical step in her efforts was to remain calm. "How was France, then?"

Thus far she had only acknowledged Adrienne, apart from the time when she mentioned the lack of seats. She didn't feel like starting what would only be an angry conversation with others. If they wanted to talk to her, they could start the conversation.

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Vinnie watched him sit on the seat opposite her,oh well maybe he liked talking more when he saw the other persons face. That was completely fine with her. " Nice trainers,", she winked as he put her feet next to her, where she had petted. They looked rather expensive, but the brunette didn't give much about the price of things.

Sitting up wasn't quite her thing so she took Capser's feet and put them on her legs as she lay down again. He wouldn't mind would he?! Resting her head against the wall, the girl smiled at him " it's good to see you."

The Slytherin couldn't help but laugh at her new friends comment about his cat. How hilarious was that? " Well then she fits into our group perfectly", she chuckled," maybe she lets me befriend her later, when she's gotten a little more comfortable with my presence." The kitten seemed to be quite attached to Casper, what was really cute. He couldn't be that bad of a person. "She's not ready to let you go", Vinnie chuckled," not ready at all." If the 5th year wasn't so lazy she'd go look for her camera in her trunk. Sigh.

His eyes trained on the shoes again as she mentioned them; he'd bought them on his last day free in London, before he'd gotten himself hurt and whisked back to his parents' supervision. "They're Burberry. I bought them about a month ago, but I can't remember wearing them before today."

Come to think of it, he couldn't recall if he'd even tried them on. He'd definitely taken pictures of them, though. His Instagram might as well be a professional shoe blog. Perhaps if he marketed it as such he'd get sponsored. And then everyone would give him shoes for free. Not as if he needed the charity.

"You too," Casper replied autonomously. He hadn't thought about it before it'd left his mouth, but it wasn't untrue. He was glad to see Vinnie. Glad to see anyone friendly, really. But Vinnie in particular, yeah. Good. He nodded posthumously to his comment and stretched his chapped lips into a grin. There. That was heartfelt. Human-ish.

Her laughter shocked him; Casper wasn't naturally funny. People didn't even laugh at his jokes after they found out how rich his parents were. It was tragic, really. Hopefully his surprise didn't show on his face. It most-likely did. "This is her first time going somewhere, really," he explained, nodding along with his own thought process. "She's been between my houses and my parents brought her to London to pick me up," here he swallowed, because that was a rather unfortunate series of memories to touch upon, "but she was always in her cage. I don't think I have the right to lock her up. She cries in there."

It was the way Casper said where'd he had gotten his trainers from that made Vinnie chuckle. He had to be one of these rich kids that could just afford whatever, but he didnt really seem to care. Which was exactly why she chuckled. Most rich kids were stuck up and kept to their circle. Casper wasnt. At least she didnt think so. „They're really nice, look good on you“, the girl smiled,“ i mean they totally look ****** on you. Once they're a bit more worn out they're gonna be the coolest shoes in school.“ She liked her trainers worn out, actually she liked all of her shoes worn out. Worn out shoes told stories.

Maybe Vinnie could buy some new shoes in Hogsmeade and wreck them up together with Casper, then they'd have their own shoe story. Yeah, that would be nice.

The Slytherin smiled at him, it was nice to see him grin. Based off what he had told her, he had been through a lot lately. „You know, i'll make it my task to see that grin more often“, she said grabbing her bag off of the floor. There had to be some cauldron cake. She really wanted some cauldron cake. She found everything, her chapstick, her sunglasses,her bottle of water, obviously....oh her cauldron cake. „Would you like some cake?“, the brunette asked holding it under his nose.

Vinnie just kept laughing, she couldnt help it. Somehow it seemed as if he was surprised at her reaction, hopefully it was the pleasant kind of surprised. She really didnt mean to be rude or anything, she just thought he was really funny. This year would be a great year. „She's doing pretty good for her first time i would say“, the girl smiled. His houses? That was plural.How many houses did one boy have? „ So you stay in more than one place? Isnt that hectic?“ Maybe his parents were divorced, like hers? It was very stressfull to live at her mothers during half of the summer. She was all over affectionate. Trying to make up for what she had messed up....Whatever.

Wow that last comment was unexpected. A good kind of unexpected. Casper was so thoughtful and caring.“Thats a very deep thought“, the girl nodded,“i think everyone should treat their pet like this. I am impressed.“

Robin jerked her head when she saw that someone was approaching her. Maybe she wouldn't have to sit alone after all. She waved shyly when he knocked on the compartment door and grinned at his warm smile. Whoever he was, he looked really nice and she was more than grateful for his company. "Sure thing!" She piped up and put her book in her bag, this was definitely a sign that she shouldn't study. While she loved Herbology, she didn't love the boring authors that so often came with it. "I'm Robin, what's your name?"

As Robin asked the boy for his name a familiar voice spoke from the hall. It was Adrienne, who had worked on a class assignment with her. Adrienne seemed terrifying but Robin refused to believe that she was a mean person, even if others in her class seemed to avoid her.
"Hey Adrienne, how could I forget?" she smiled remembering their attempts for the spell homework. "It was calm and terribly boring, what about you?" She nodded in agreement to her statement about her book. "Yeah it's a bit boring" she kicked the bag she put it in "but the information itself is interesting" Who knew wigly stumps could grow 30 feet underground?

Robin grimaced at her introduction to the boy though, obviously she wasn't used to meeting new people, but at least she was trying. Robin was relieved when another familiar face came into the compartment, however Tora seemed not to be in a good mood either.
"Hey Tora right? how was your summer?" she asked quietly She guessed it was up to her and the boy to bring the energy back soon.

Adrienne glanced away from the book, which she'd automatically started reading when really she already knew everything she'd ever need to know about the magical properties of Wiggentree bark. "Eh, my summer was pretty average. I got a whole bunch of new books, which was great, but otherwise pretty much the usual." Spending time with Mamie and Papie while Maman and Papa went on various vacations in Africa and Asia, reading as many books as she could carry, and brushing up on her tuba skills, since she never seemed to find time to practice during the school year.

"Oh yeah, Herbology's definitely fascinating. Theoretically, that is. I'm not a huge fan of having to deal with actual plants." They were messy and gross and died way too easily, and required constant care and some of them tried to kill her. Like that Venemous Tentacula. Ugh.

"Hey, it's the first day of school. I'm allowed to be cheerful," Adrienne replied, a bit of a defensive edge creeping into her voice. She wanted to be nice, sure, but if people kept antagonising her she was just going to get annoyed, and what was she supposed to do about that? She'd only been here for, like, less than an hour, and already her new resolutions were being put to the test. Maybe friends weren't worth it after all. Except for Tora, of course; there was no way she was going to give up her only close friend for something silly like being annoyed.

Adrienne giggled. "I still can't believe you named your owl Zebop." It was cute, but just so ridiculous sounding! She sobered up after a moment, though. "Ugh, that's too bad. No worries." She'd missed Tora, sure, but had had plenty of her own issues to worry about! Not that she was going to tell anybody anything, of course. Her business was her business, and not anybody else's! "Hang on, though, I thought you always spend summers with your Gram? Oh, and it was pretty tedious. Same old, same old." Whatever was up with Tora was far more interesting- while Adrienne was attempting to be mellower this year, her friend seemed touchier than ever!

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"Oh yeah, Herbology's definitely fascinating. Theoretically, that is. I'm not a huge fan of having to deal with actual plants." They were messy and gross and died way too easily, and required constant care and some of them tried to kill her. Like that Venemous Tentacula. Ugh.

Robin listened intently to Adrienne intently, she wanted to learn more about her, since they were in the same car and everything. Maybe they would even be in the same classes again this year as well! She would like to see a familiar face.
"Really? what books?" Books were always interesting to Robin “I didn't have much non-school related reading this summer since I was at my halmeoni- uh basically grandmas- house all summer and she doesn't have many books I can understand let alone read" Sometimes she forgot that not everyone calls their grandma's 'halmeoni'. She tried to skip on quickly
"I think it's a good challenge though- keeping the plant healthy, I mean most of the time it can't do it itself. So what are you looking forward to most this year?"