Abby laughed and said "I am pretty sure we are not related but it is spooky at how alike we are Samantha"

"Yes it is," Samantha said as Tabitha purred loudly. As Samantha stroked Tabitha, she asked Abby, "Do you have any pets?" Tabitha gave a little mew and Samantha decided to open the cage and let the kitten out for a bit. She held onto the kitten as it purred and stared at Abby with her big, blue eyes.

Abby smiled at Samantha and said "Yeah i do have pets i have a pet dog at home but i do have my owl Wynter for carrying letters and stuff home, an owl of your own is a lifesaver"

Samantha stroked Tabitha's fur as the kitten dozed in her lap. "Tab is my first pet. I didn't have the money to purchase one before. I am so happy that I did purchase her."

Abby smiled and said "Thdat is the good thing about pets they are going to be with you all the time and you get to love and cherish them"

Starting from the Front of the train and
Heading towards the back was a terrible idea now that he thought of it. Ceorlic was put in that awkward position of giving his goodbyes to his two older brothers at the front of the station. So not hopping onto the train from there would have been weird as they waved him goodbye and wished him good luck. Pushing past all the others was not so easy. Maybe if he stuck to the front he'd have found an empty compartment for himself sooner. Instead The Back Car was where he wanted to go.

Finally reaching the back Ceorlic looked into each compartment as he walked by. They were filling up fast, and he wanted an empty one. So that he could turn people away or be the one to invite them in...
He finally spotted a compartment, it's door slightly ajar. He peaked through what he could see and determined that it was empty. Lucky him!!

He stepped into the compartment and turned his back to two girls who were very clearly in the compartment with him, he just paid no attention to them as he was busy storing his luggage above him and setting a small trunk of pumpkin pasties snacks beneath his feet. Once he finished he looked around....his face blushing instantly as he realized he had picked a compartment with to Bonnies sitting in it. Jerking his head to the side to avoid eye contact he felt a nervous sweat coming...maybe the passing scenery would help him ignore the two Bonnies in here with him.

Connor had just went off to change into his school uniform, the red and gold tie around his neck once again. Merlin, he was going back. His first year at Hogwarts had seemed like the craziest of his life, a new country, new best friend, his first love, getting his heart broken, being snowed in pretty much until summer and now only after a few short months he was going back.

A lot had changed for him over the summer, Connor worked, He was dating Addi, got his Tattoo with Jun. Now he and Addi were broken up, Jun was Head Boy and while he was a little bit bummed out there was also a lot of potential for this term. Sure he wasn't looking forward to being stuck in a dorm with Jeremiah for months but maybe it would be different this time around.

It was time to explore the train. He didn't last year and in the name of being a Gryffindor he decided to do something adventurous and see the rest of the train, he had started at the front and walked toward the back and was nearing the end of this walk.

People. They were so many people EVERYWHERE.

Clara just needed quiet and peace and familiar faces. Or something. She walked past so many carriages, but none were empty or had someone she knew in. She could feel herself getting worked up and it was horrible, because there was literally no way she could escape this train. Not for quite a while anyway.

She avoided making eye contact with everyone she passed, only peeking in each compartment quickly.

The redhead was about to skip the compartment she'd just reached at the back of the train when she saw something familiar. Big hair. She peered in a little closer and it seemed that none other than Phoenix Toros was sitting inside. Slowly she opened the carriage door and poked her head in, crossing her eyes when she looked over at him. Please let me in, Phe.

Suddenly, before she could actually enter the compartment, she felt someone brush against her from in the corridor and she jumped and spun around to face said person. She recognised him ... maybe ... "Connor, right?" Please say I'm right. He looked like he was wandering, and wandering wasn't always a good thing.

She glanced back at Phe and considered her options.

She could ask him to come into the compartment, or she could be alone with Phe for how ever long. The first option seemed ... kinder, so she decided reluctantly to choose it. "Hey, want to come in this compartment with Phoenix and I? ... You look like you're just walking around aimlessly." Que small smile. She backed slowly into the compartment and sat down beside Phoenix.

Eden's nervousness was drawn across her face quite obviously. Her cheeks were flushed, her hair was a mess, and she just looked....like a lost puppy. She sighed as she searched everywhere for either Phoenix or Connor but didn't seem to find them...anywhere. She honestly wanted Connor...he made her feel relaxed and comfortable. Mehhh. Oh well. Time to make new friends, right?

She glanced into one compartment and saw two girls a boy. Right. She could DO this. She slowly slid the door open and smiled as much as she could. "Hi--may I sit in here?" she asked in her politest voice. Eden was bad with manners. But first impressions meant EVERYTHING. So she haaaad to be polite and stuff. She glanced around and quickly dragged her trunk in and heaved it up above her head. She plopped down across from the boy and just smiled and waved a bit. "H-hi! I'm Eden--I'm new and stuff--so--" she just blushed and wanted to sink into the crack of the seats. Right. Did they think she was mental yet?

Probably.

The boy seemed just as nervous, though, honestly. She raised an eyebrow at him, a curious one, and sighed. Daisy was tucked away in her bag...in her cage...so...no worried there. "I'm a transfer from Durmstrang..." she told everyone. Had she INTERRUPTED their conversation?! She would feel SO bad if so.

Since the front cars had been nearly full, Kevin made his way towards the back of the train. His luggage was already in the luggage compartment and he was only carrying his school bag that he had hoisted over his shoulders.

He checked the compartments in search for an empty place and after a few moments he found one and entered. He opened the door, threw his bag on the couch and dropped down himself on it. Kevin looked outside the window for a few moments before he looked back at his back. Mweh, if he changed in to his uniform now he wouldn't have to worry about it later. So with that he took off his hat, placed it beside him and opened his bag to change in to his Gryffindor uniform.

Phoenix was busy being distracted and tuning his guitar. He'd given in to his urges (what with him having zero self control) and decided he'd at least play until people got here. He'd just started the first few chords of Waterloo Sunset when he noticed a familiar face poking round the door. "Hey!" He grinned at Clara and muted the strings with his palm. "C'min, sit down." He couldn't stop playing now though, he'd started, so he'd finish. He continued to play the intro to the song, happy that he'd decided to bring the acoustic with him and leave his electric in it's flight case with his trunk.

It wasn't until he was about to sing the first line that he noticed that Clara had invited someone else into the compartment. Awesome! Friends! Phe shimmied along the seat and put both of his feet on the floor so that there was actually room for people to sit down, then he resumed his song. He wasn't performing. He was mainly playing this for himself... She he wasn't really bothered if they talked over him. They could even talk to him if they liked...

"Dirty old river, must you keep rolling.... Flowing into the night..."

Aaaah, The Kinks...

Connor turned because firstly he'd brushed against someone and it was rude not to say sorry, but then she spoke to him. "Yeah, Clara, right?" He hoped he was right though he was typically good with names and it wasn't like he knew a ton of people at this school. In fact most the people Connor did know had graduated. 'Out of the Corridor, Into the Compartment'? He was sitting with Jun but he figured the New Head Boy could handle himself and Vinnie had probably found him by now anyway.

"I was just kind of exploring the train. But sure, sound fun." Connor was all for making new friends, it was never a bad thing to have. He slipped into the compartment and waved at Phe who seemed to be playing his guitar, something Connor wanted to learn to do. He loved writing but it wasn't something he was always in the mood to do, writers block as a serious thing..

"Are Y'all both transfers?" His southern was showing but only a little, it wasn't too thick or anything. "I was last term."

Once she got an okay to come in, Clara didn't waste a second. She shot in and sat down beside Phoenix. She even leaned over and dropped a kiss on his cheek, just 'cause. "Hey, handsome," she grinned, giving him a normal greeting. Normal for her to him, anyway. It hadn't been too long since they'd seen each other, but Clara had admittedly missed him.

To stop herself thinking too much about things, she focused back on what he was holding in his hands. It looked like the same guitar that she'd played while at his house. "What are you playing?" She asked curiously, pulling her knees up to her chest and resting her chin on her knees while she listened to him. Phoenix was incredibly gifted in the music department, she knew this, but he still never failed to surprise her.

After a few moments, she turned her attention back to Connor. "I attended a muggle school before I came here. My ... parents disapprove of magic." That was probably the best explanation he'd get from her in regards to previous school and family matters. She shot glances at Phoenix, remembering what she'd told him. She tried not to dwell on it, but a cloud came over her and she frowned at her feet. "Where did you go before this?" She asked non-enthusiastically, lost in her own thoughts.

Austin made his way towards the back of the train, mainly because he hated the front cars. They were usually made up of eager first years who wanted to get to school faster. He would know, that was him last year. But this year was different, but in what way was the real question. He was hoping for less snow, or no snow if that was an option. Hopefully he wouldn't need the three scarves, and four hats his other packed for him. The majority of his luggage had been made up of winter clothes, which Austin insisted he didn't need. On his last night he had quickly repacked everything his mother had packed, in hopes of not needing the winter clothes. But his mother had come in early and put everything back in.

Opening a door to one of the empty carts, Austin plopped his stuff on an empty seat, and plopped himself down next to it. His owl, Aphrodite, hooted happily, settling in for the long ride. It confused Austin as to why his owl loved the train ride so much. She was locked in a cage, and couldn't fly for at least a few hours. But ever since last year, she had always fallen right asleep. Hopefully none of the loud first years woke her up.

Isla continued on with her conversation with Paloma while eating her Reese's pieces when she noticed a guy coming into their compartment. She wasn't going to tell him no but did he even notice them? Should she throw candy at him? Finally he seemed to notice that they were in there and she blushed when she saw him. He had that mysterious but good-looking vibe to him ...and she was staring! Should she turn away from him too? She looked up at Paloma and then looked back over at the guy.

Well she could always make new friends and if he was a jerk, then she could prank him. But he was cuuuuute. Isla mentally slapped herself and put the candy back in her pocket. Time to speak up. She poked him on the shoulder and smiled. "Hi...I'm...um, I-isla. Isla R-reeser." She stuttered, feeling like she was going to die on the inside.

Just then another person came into the compartment and luckily it was a girl. She looked extremely nervous and she couldn't tell who was more nervous in the compartment. They might as well put a sign on the door that says 'Sweat Zone' or something. But she looked nice and making new friends was something that she had to do. "Yeah you can sit in here." Isla nodded over to where the other empty seat was.

Oooh she liked her name. It was like antique-ish, so she was sure Eden was going to be cool and she was a transfer as well. "I think I've heard of that place before. Probably. My mother reads everything and tries to tell me, but I just zone out." She shrugged. Her mother was basically a human dictionary. "I'm a transfer from Salem."

As they had already introduced, Paloma grinned at Isla, ready to continue her conversation as how she had ended up in Hogwarts, and not back in Beauxbatons, but that was so last year's history!

Sooner than expected a boy had entered the compartment, and he had obviously not noticed them, which made Pal raise her eyebrow and shrug. And then a girl joined them, which interrupted again her introduction. Great, the more the merrier! She knew she couldn't deny a seat to a fellow student, so she turned back to see Isla and Eden, who seemed a little too excited about the boy's presence. She couldn't help but laugh in her mind as Isla had poked the guy to introduce herself.

"And I'm Paloma, sixth year...Ravenclaw." She finally said, awkwardly, and grinned, trying to keep up with them as they spoke about their previous schools, Salem and Durmstrang.

Phoenix winked at Clara as she came in and sat down, and waited until he reached a moment where there was no singing until he replied to question. "It's called Waterloo Sunset... it's by the Kinks." He kept playing glancing up at her every now and again... He got the feeling something was bothering her. Especially when she mentioned her parents...

Connor. OH! Yes. Phoenix had spoken to him once. Probably. Awesome. "Mhmm, I was homeschooled." But he had to be taken in hand or something, so he'd been sent here. He was kinda excited though. New experiences were always awesome. And if they weren't... well... they made you look good.

"As long as I gaze on... Waterloo sunset.... I am in paradise..."

Vinnie had made it...she had reached the back of the cars....and she didnt have anywhere to sit. Why was it so full already? She had made it here fairly early and it was rather disappointing that she wasnt one of the first people to be here. Oh well.

Her trunk was insanely heavy and full, carrying it until here had been so hard and now the brunette needed somewhere to sit. With that in mind she decided to just open the next compartment door.

A bit occupied with not falling over the Slytherin stumbled into the closest compartment after opening the door. Sighing and shaking her hair out Vinnie kicked her trunk in further. Only seconds after she noticed she wasnt alone.

"Phoenix!!!", she grinned and plopped down on the seat opposite, "you dont mind do you?"

Spotting her bestie through the compartment window, Lux had to come over and sit with her. Weird that Emmy and Kace weren't there as well, but it seemed that everyone was broken up and all over the place this train ride.

Sliding the door open, the redhead got a little surprise in the form of a Firstie. "Hey there, Zeke. You enjoying your ride to school so far?" Maybe not, because he seemed a little uncomfortable; understandable, since the bag across from Cinna's seat wasn't very welcoming.

After sliding the door closed, Lux made her way over to the seat across from Cinna and removed the bag before sitting down. "Wanna sit beside me, Zeke? I promise I don't bite." With a wink she patted the spot beside her before turning her gaze to her bestie. "So how are you? And have you seen Bay?" Because boyfriend was missing and Lux would like to find him.

Bad bad bad bad dumb dumb dumb Ceo needed to just keep looking outside prevent ANY interaction with the Bonnies in here. He would look at the nice green scenery yup. It sounded like another had entered into the compartment, he took the risk and turned his eyes to see that yup it was just ANOTHER Bonny come to make his life hell. Lucky him, she seemed just as nervous and anti-social to the other two as he did...

So he returned to his red flushed face looking outside when one of the girl tapped his shoulders.
HE JUMPED IN SURPRISE AT THIS TENSING HUS BODY AND EYES BULDGING FROM HIS EYE SOCKETS. "D-d-Dinnae titch me lik' that. Ye nearly jumpt me oot o' mah breeks. A'd lik' tae keep they oan richt!" He relaxed just a little but the Bonny who'd touched him wasn't moving. "Ye kin ca' me Ceorlic. Ah transferred fae Beauxbaton."... Okay time to leave him alone....stop looking at him so....awkward totally awkward. His face was beet red now and he wasn't looking at the Bonny Isla. Look away from her look outside you dunderhead!!

Eden smiled. Isla. Right. She was pretty, too. Every girl at Hogwarts was just...a model, right? Eden sunk down in her seat a little and just sighed. She tucked some hair behind her ear. "Eden. I'm Eden, everyone." She said quickly, trying her best not to sound TOO Irish. And Isla was from Salem...oh. "So..you're American?" she asked curiously. She figured she would have to be, right?

And then the other girl..Paloma. That was a nice name. Different. She liked it. She smiled shyly at the girl, too, and waved a bit. "Hi, Paloma." Hmm. Her blue eyes swept across the compartment before she looked out the window, watching the scenery stride by at such a quiiiiiick rate. "Oh...you're a smart one, then?" she asked, with a soft smile, and wondered if she would meet any other 'claws. There was NO way she would put into THAT house. It was all the smarties!

The only male in the compartment was....interesting. Indeed. She eyed him and scoooted awaaaaay from him, into her corner more, looking a bit...taken aback by him. Well then. "I'm sorry--You MUST be Scottish--" she said, raising an eyebrow. The accent was almost impossible to understand to her. She could make her Irish accent JUST as thick, but she tried her best not to, unless...angry. "Ceorlic?" Well. There were some nice names in here. "Beauxbatons is a nice school, too." So threee whole transfers in here, and Paloma the only old hate. Hmph. Maybe she would fit in just right. She stayed far away from the boy, though. Ceorlic. Because she didn't want to accidentally touch him and freak him out or anything.

Connor said nothing about the greeting, were they dating? Or....he wasn't sure, but he knew that Eden also liked Phe. He seemed like a nice enough, kid. But the fifth year didn't want to focus on girls at all right now, nope. He wanted friends and to get some good grades this term and that was it. So this kinda stuff he would keep his nose out of.

"Oh..okay, I went to Salem first through fourth year, Last year i went to Hogwarts." He smiled a little, feeling bad for bringing up a topic that made Clara frown. He didn't like to make people upset. But Phe seemed really chill and very talented, he said that he'd teach Connor to play, was that still a thing? "What was homeschool like?" He didn't know how homeschool wizardry went at all, never met anyone homeschooled before. "Are we still on for some guitar lessons?"

Dante did know whether to get some food and ponder this new school thing alone or try that making friends thing. One was a lot easier than the other and one would be better for his stomach. He needed more time to think on this and ask his toad's opinion on it. He was a very sarcastic toad if anyone was wondering.

The one question he was asking myself other than the previous one. Is why where old kids talking to him? He was average height for his age. He checked. Plus he was completely knew and barely knew anyone. So he was suspicious. He did a sup wave to the older girls who came in. Probably crazy, the both of them. Though this dude just looked bored.

"I am, and why?...is the food so awesome, it makes you sick."

Who knows what magic food does to the stomach. He did enjoy a good chocolate frog when he gets them though.

Eden had asked her if she was American and Isla couldn't help but notice that Eden had an accent as well. Everyone in here had different accents apparently. "Oh no, I'm from Australia." She said with a really bad Australian accent. "Okay nevermind. I just sounded like an old guy, but um, yes I'm an American. I live in Pennsylvania." She nodded.

Isla smiled at Paloma as she introduced herself. Her name seemed cool too, like Eden's. Hmm...maybe they could start the 'I have a cool name' club and then she could add more people to help her prank boys. Mwahaha. "Ravenclaw? Hmm...is that even a good house?" She asked. She had a feeling Paloma would say yes, but she wanted to know why. Then Eden said something about it being smart. Yeah that's probably not the house for her then.

She definitely didn't expect what happened next though. The fifth year scooted closer to the window as the boy jumped up and started yelling at her in an accent she couldn't really understand. She couldn't help but be amused and laughed a little. Wait...he was from Beauxbatons? That made sense. And he had a cool name as well. "Well I'm sorry for almost having you jump out of your 'breeks'." She said, mimicking him and his accent. She waved a hand in front of his face and smiled. "You know, it's rude not to look at a person when they're talking to you...but I'm sorry for scaring you. I didn't know that you'd...anyways, you can calm down now. I don't bite." She laughed. Maybe this guy wasn't so bad at all. Now she just had to get over his good looks.

Paloma blinked as the boy jumped, reacted, but immediately lost eye contact with them. What was going on in there? She tried to get almost all he had said, but apparently, she was getting bad at recognizing accents lately, being as she hadn't been able to do so about Eden and Isla.

Giggling had to be contained, since she didn't want to make anyone feel bad or anything. So she just stayed and tried to make a good response to the girls' assuming of her being the 'smartie'. "Nice to meet you...three. And...Umm, of course it's a great house to be in, but I can't really...say I am a brainiac or something.'' She liked though, playing with what she learned, like with Charms, or Transfiguration. Hehehehe. "There is something, about each house that is special..." She finally added.

"And I was a transfer, too. I am from Spain. And last year, I moved from Beauxbatons to Hogwarts, so..." It was a full compartment full of kids from around the world. "So, what year will you be in?" She asked, making eye contact with Isla, then Eden...and really trying to get hold of Ceorlic's eyes, hoping that he would understand that he HAD to be included in the conversation.