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anyone
 

Abby was excited to go back to hogwarts she had found an empty compartment at the bdack of the train and she took a seat as having already had stored her trunk now she just needed some company

Anyone! :3 & You two up above if you'd like. :]
 

This was it. The train that was taking her to Hogs-feet Hogwarts where she would complete her mission of pranking all of the boys she could. Isla Reeser was pretty excited and she couldn't help but explore the train, looking for her new victims. And of course some friends. She could use some. However, she hadn't found any people really at the front of the train since it seemed like she was one of the first people on.

The fifth year continued to look inside some of the compartments and decided that maybe it was best to take a break and finally take a seat inside one of them. She could always find other guys later once she was actually at the school. She saw a couple of younger students and wondered if she should talk to them. She wasn't really sure what to do so instead she just waved to the two kids and walked into one of the empty compartments instead. It was kind of intimidating. She wasn't sure if they were mean so she went her own way. She felt awkward and insecure. She blamed it on the lack of sugar she had in the past two days.

Once she took her seat, Isla stretched out her legs on the seat across from her. She took out a bag of reeses pieces and ate some while she looked out the window, thinking about her future pranks.

Walking through the cars and corridors was pleasant, when not being pushed around or thinking you heard your name somewhere, which didn't happen but still. Paloma was in deep need of some peace and quiet, and maybe a small nap since the previous night worked its best for last minute packing.

Maybe if she ate some...chocolate, or sugar quills, or cotton candy, family and personal favourite, she would wake up...

And that's when she smelled perfection covered in chocolate. Those Reese's chocolates that she hadn't eaten in years, last time in New York...And the scent came from the compartment she had just walked past. Giving a few steps back, she opened the sliding and cool doors and smiled wide at the girl who was eating that precious treat. Maybe she would share, trade...?

"Ummm...can I sit here with you?" She asked. What if the girl didn't want company during her ride? Paloma would be a complete intruder and rude if she had just walked in.

Isla continued stuffing her face with Reese's pieces and thinking about boys to prank when she heard a voice. She swallowed and turned her head, looking at the girl in front of her. "Oh! Yeah of course you can!" She said, a little too excitedly and placed her feet down on the ground. She wiped the spot where her feet had previously been and then smiled at the girl in front of her so she could sit down.

"I'm Isla Reeser, by the way. Transfer student from Salem. I'll be a fifth year. How about you?" She asked, continuing to snack on her Reese's pieces as she waited for the girl's answer.

*wraps you in coils*
 

Cutty was lingering. He'd been so long without use of his wand and it was, apparently, giving him the shakes. It was almost as if he wanted some time alone with it. Weirdo. Anyway, he found himself at the back of the trains gripping it's sword-like hilt running it's almost pointed tip against the interior of the trains creating a soft scrapping sound.

He paused when he saw a small'un. Something about the sight of it made Cutty want to laugh. How was it even that small?!! He was willing to bet the voice was still squeaky. There were a billion ways to find out, but some were better than others. Civilized monster this time and a moral imbecile to boot, Cutty Mordaunt opened his mouth and said the following, "Yew look new to the Hogwarts Express. Whateveh yew do, don't buy off the trolley. It's been known to make people sick."

For Saz (Abby)
 

Samantha was carrying the travel cat carrier that contained her kitten, Tabitha, busy searching for somewhere to sit. She had looked and saw a lone Ravenclaw sitting there. Samantha opened the door and said, "Hello there. I'm Samantha. Can I join you?"

Abby looked at Samantha and saida "Hey there I am Abby and of course you can join me" Abby was glad that she would have some company on the journey

Samantha entered the compartment and sat down next to Abby whilst she placed Tabitha next to her. "So what year are you in this year? I am in Fifth." Samantha said as her nose twitched slightly which was a nervous habit of hers.

Abby smiled at Samantha and said "I am just going into my second year Samantha i just can't wait to get back to school" Abby was excited about exploring the castle more this year

Sam smiled and nodded. "I can't wait either. I love being at Hogwarts. Which classes are you most excited about?"


She had just asked the question when she got distracted by Tabitha mewing in her basket. "Sssh, it's okay, baby girl," Sam cooed at Tabitha as she stroked the kitten's ears. Tabitha then went back to sleep and Samantha turned back to Abby with an apologetic smile.

Abby smiled at Samantha and said "I guess i am looking forward to Charms and Potions, any classes you excited about Samantha" Abby smiled at Samantha as she attended to her kitten

After she had gotten hers and Clara's trunks safely tucked into the luggage compartment Cinnamon set off to find compartment she wasn't quiet sure where Lux, Emmy and their boys were. She seen Emmy on the platform where they had made up. Boy was she glad. She really missed her other bestie. She really did.

She looked for familiar faces in the windows as she walked by the other compartments. She would slide into if she seen someone she knew. Gees when she had taken her trunk and put it up. There was no one on here yet. It must've taken longer than she thought to get the trunks put up. She lost Clara because she went back to the platform to tell her dad and Rae bye.

Still searching for a compartment. Finally finding a empty compartment she tossed her bag into the opposite seat and plopped down on the other side if others joined her she would move her bag or kick them out. Which ever she deem fit.

"Ooh, fellow Charms fan. I am also looking forward to Transfiguration. I am more nervous this year as I will be doing my OWLs this year." Samantha replied as she stretched her arms above her head then down again.

Abby nodded and said "Yeah i have heard that they are supposed to be very hard, i am not looking forward to the time that I have to sit them myself"

"Oh, I am sure you will do well. The main thing is that you try your best." Samantha said with a reassuring smile. "On a lighter subject, do you have any hobbies?" she asked.

Abby smiled and said "Well hobbies i have got to liking is reading and writing but i also like to paint sometimes but i am not that good yet as i have only just taken painting up" Abby had her paints with her so she could practice while she was at school

RELAX, LOVELY PEOPLE!
Phoenix Harrison Toros has arrived!

Phoenix had hopped onto the train, guitar case in hand, and started wandering along it, pretty much in his own little world. It was only one he'd got towards the back that he realised he didn't actually have anywhere to sit. He opened the next door he came to and went in, feeling a tad disappointed when there was nobody in it. He needed a distraction!

...

No that wasn't true, he was very good at distracting himself, but he maybe needed something to take his mind off the fact he was going to be away from his brother for an extended period of time...

ANYWAY...

Phe sat down and put his feet up on the seat in front of him, his guitar case resting against the window...

Maybe he'd attract friends if he started playing...

Samantha was very pleased and impressed. Someone that shared pretty much the same interests as her. "What a coincidence. I love reading and writing and I must admit that I am partial to doing some artistic work from time to time. I have a couple of spare art sketchbooks if you'd like to have them."

Abby grinned and said "Sure i would love to have them as i want to paint as much as i can while i am at school this year, i also want to meet as many people as i can this year, i am a bit short on the friend list" Abby could not believe that she had met a fellow housemate with similiar hobbies

*claims*
 

Uuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......

He was really on this thing now wasn't he? It felt strange, leaving London behind, leaving his family and home... he had a home, but now, now he was alone.

Zeke stood in the corridor, staring around and peeking through compartment windows. He was beyond excited, but incredibly friggin nervous too. Could he just like, become invisible now or something? Please? He swallowed, scratched the hair at the nape of his neck and trudged farther down. He was very nearly at the back of the train, like, the BACK of the train. The back was always where the cool kids hung out, right? Right?

He was cool.

Ahem.

Deciding it would do him no good to stand around, he slid open a compartment door and let himself inside, closing it behind him. However, it wasn't until he turned back that he realised he wasn't alone. Duuuhhhh, there were people around and abouts, and looky! There was one here toooo!

"Errrr................. hi," he started, sitting in the corner by the door where there was no girl laying down or bags to be in his way. All alone, in the corner, shunned. "I sat here, but... can I sit here?" he suddenly thought, wondering if she might be put off by his presence. It wasn't something he particularly cared about, last he checked there was no name carved into the seat or the door, so it was free for grabs as far as he was concerned.

"Well when we get to Hogwarts, I will give them to you along with any other spare art supplies I have. I echo your sentiment regarding friends. I am usually a loner but I would love to befriend many people and not just in Ravenclaw." Samantha grinned.

Abby nodded and said "Yeah i know sometimes for me its hard because i can be a bit shy when i am meeting someone new but yeah i would love to have friends in every house myself"

"Goodness me. You sure we're not related considering how alike we are!" Samantha said with a laugh. Samantha could not get over at how similar Abby was to her. It was quite spooky but in a good way.

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"

Cutting this short because Peeves ate my last post before I copied it.
 

for Nat/Clara :)
 

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.

Isla, Pal, and Ceo.
 

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.

anyone?
 

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.

For Anyone
 

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."

for Jess, Jay and Kate :3 [short, because multitude]
 

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.

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.

He wasn't going to survive in here. The Bonny who had touched him had only gotten closer and was waving her hand in his. Which if she wasn't a Bonny would be really annoying and he'd probably lick it or something. Gross them out and make them go away. So instead he just turned and faced the three of them. Scenery be damned. "Aye, a'm a Scot" He directed to the Eden Bonny. He then turned his attention back to Isla, who had yet to move "...'n' na ye'r saying breeks a' wrong. Ye hae tae sound mair cross a' th' time." Unfortunate but true. "Ah hated Beauxbaton. Mah brothers shuid hae hame schooled me while we wur awa'." He certainly had the cross look on his face now."Yer nae Veella are Ye?" He gave a hard look to the Paloma Bonny which turned quickly into reddened cheeks ... he looked down and away from her.

"I totally agree and they always seem to make you feel good no matter how bad you feel," Samantha said as Tabitha stirred in her sleep. She decided to put the kitten back in her cage as it was safer. Tabitha didn't awake from her slumber as she was placed in her cage.

Abby smiled and nodded and said "Yeah my owl always keeps safe and well i do miss the family dog"

"Aww. What is your dog's name and what breed is it?" Samantha enquired, eager to know more. Even though Samantha and Abby owned different pets, she felt it was good to know about caring for animals.

*clears throat* Zeke and Lux too
 

The Gryffindor walked into the compartment rather reluctantly. Not because he thought there would be a Cold One waiting on the other end of the compartment, but more so because he wasn't sure who he would see in there. Obviously a girl because he could make out that much from where he was standing. But if it was Lux then he definitely would not be sitting there. Ugh. He had enough of her LIES. She just wanted him to stop loving his truest love ever. That was not okay, not for this Gryffindor at least.

So yes, he reluctantly made his way in, but then a small smile made it's way unto his lips when he realized that it wasn't the Hufflepuff, but rather it was one of his ACTUAL friends. Taking his bag off his shoulders and throwing it onto the ground he dragged it all the way over to her. "Uh, hi Cinna," He had talked to her for a bit over the summer and she was nice. Even though she was best friends with that horrible, lying, deceitful, MEANIE FACE Hufflepuff. But Cinna was nice. Unlike her friend.

However, just as he approached the group...... O___________________O

....

LUX.

Well he had already smiled at Cinna and made his way inside, so it'd be weird if he left. Besides, he wasn't mad at the Gryffindor. The Hufflepuff, yes. But Cinna, no. So taking a moment to compose himself, he looked back up at the Gryffindor and the small kid, "Uh, hi Cinna," and through gritted teeth, "Uh, hi... I'm Zander," But wait, there was a third. Nope. She was not getting a hello. Not today. Never ever ever. Only FRIENDS got hellos.

Hearing the compartment door slide open, Lux eagerly looked towards the doorway thinking that it was Bay. Nope. Not Bay. It was Zander.

A Zander who clearly hated her.

She saw the look on his face when he noticed her, and he wasn't even saying hi. He spoke to Cinna and Zeke, but she was ignored. He really DID hate her and all she had done was tell him that Bentley had resigned, which was the TRUTH.

Sniffling at how mean Zander was being, Lux started to cry.

Awwwkkkkkkwaaaarrrrrrrddddd...

Zeke coughed just so he could make some noise and... well, make some noise. Silence was irksome, so yeah. HI PERSON OVER THERE LAYING DOWN AND STUFF. Don't mind that he's here.

When the compartment door was drawn open, he wasn't sure whether to be relieved or mortified. Would the space be invaded with more girls that would make him feel even more awkward and uncomfortable? The answer was yes, and no... but essentially yes.

"Lux!" he exclaimed, remembering the redheads name. He nodded a little, not overly enthused. "It's alright I s'pose, will it be much longer?" he replied, actually kinda pleased he had someone to talk to now. Perhaps though, he ought to have found a compartment with guys, like him, so they could do guy things. Or something. He watched as Lux settled herself where the other girls bag was, figuring they knew each other. Then came the invitation, and he GRINNED.

"Sure, I don't bite either..." much, but he knew he could if he wanted to. Lux didn't need to know that though. Quickly he scooted over so that he LOOKED like he was part of a group of friends and stuff. Like he fit in. Which he didn't really, but it was a nice enough thought. He offered other girly a wave, now that he was closer. Heh. HI.

And then there was ANOTHER person in the compartment, and it was a DUDE this time. He was saved! "Hiya, I'm Zeke," he replied to Zander, making a mental note that he'd called the other one Cinna. It did cross his mind that Zander hadn't greeted Lux, did they not know each other? Should he introduce them? He was about to do so, when he looked between Lux, Cinna and Zander. UUUHHHH. Why was Lux crying? WHY?! WAS THIS A HORMONAL THING? DID SHE HAVE CRAMPS?! DID ZANDER BREAK UP WITH HER?!

...

...

"Can I er, get you something?" he asked Lux, elbowing her gently. GENTLY. This was not an attack by any stretch of the imagination. Nudge nudge. "Do you want me to make him leave?" he asked in an even lower voice.

Abby smiled at Samantha and said "My dog's name's is Rufus and Rufus is a golden retriever"

"Rufus sounds adorable," Samantha said as she rummaged through her pocket and pulled out two chocolate frog packets. She held her hand out and asked Abby, "Would you like one?"

Abby smiled at Samantha and said "Sure i would love one and yes Rufus is adorable i just miss Rufus when i am at school"

"There you are," Samantha said with a smile as she handed over the chocolate. She then proceeded to open her own chocolate. The frog tried to hop away but Sam kept a firm grip on it. It had taken a few years of practice for her to do such a feat. "I wonder what card I've got," she thought as she read the card which turned out to be Morgana.

Samantha took a bite out of her chocolate, swallowed it and then asked, "So who did you get?"

Abby held onto her frog to stop it from escaping and looked at her card and said "I got Albus Dumbledore" DAbby had to hide her collection that was building up and took a bite out of her frog

"Cool! Maybe one day I'll get a Dumbledore card. I have a few duplicates of other witches and wizards. Maybe we can trade if I have cards you need and vice versa, " Samantha said as she finished her frog. She absent-mindedly fiddled with her heart shaped necklace.

Abby smiled at Samantha and said "That sounds pretty good to me, i think i would like that" to Abby it meant that she had somebody to trade cards with

"Okay then. We have a deal," Samantha said as she held out her hand for Abby to shake. Sam was happy that she going to potentially gain some new chocolate frog cards as she was getting rather tired of getting the same ones over and over again.

For Anyone
 

Tessa made her way through the corridors and into a compartment. She really didn't know what to say about the amount of students on the train. She sat down with a book in her hand, glanced out the window and began to read.

Abby shook Samantha's hand and said "I just hope we have a normal year this year, cause last year was a nightmare"

Samantha nodded with a groan. "I couldn't stand another winter like last year. Thank goodness for spells and hot foods or drinks. They kept me and my body going. However, there were times when I nearly froze to death." She shuddered at the thought.

Luckily for the young girl who decided to enter his compartment while he had been changing in to his uniform, Kevin was already dressed in it and was busy buttoning up the last of the buttons. His Gryffindor robe was still in his school bag as he would put it on later. He raised an eyebrow as he watched the kid sit down and grab a book ....eww...books. There was a reason why Kevin tried to put bugs in the library books other than pure fun... "How rude, you don't even say an hello when entering my compartment?" he tsked. Actually, Kevin would have done the same thing but whatever...it was fun messing with new students.

Tessa's face turned bright red. "I am so sorry. I didn't notice you," she responded with wide eyes. She hadn't even notice the boy when she entered. "I can leave if you want," she offered quietly, truthfully she was tired and really didn't want to move, but if the man wanted her to leave, she would. Her blush still hadn't resided and she felt more and more embarrassed as the time went on, before she just looked at the ground, waiting for his response.

Abby nodded and said "Yeah it was horrible i had to fight to get close to the fire in the common room and i hated being stuck indoors i am more of an outdoor sort of person"

A small smirk came across his face when he saw that the kids face turned a bright red color. This was going to be interesting hehe. He simply shook his head no when she said that she could leave if he wanted her to and shifted his body so that he could rest one arm on the back of the train couch. "You didn't notice me huh? Ok i'll let you off the hook this time since you are clearly a new student so you don't really know how things go around here but for the record" he paused for a moment as he narrowed his eyes at her. "I'm the king of the school so when you see me next time you better show me respect...got it?" It was funny how he was talking about respect when Kevin didn't even respected the professors wasn't it? "What's your name kid?" not that he was going to remember or cared about it...but he promised his mother to at least make SOME effort in getting to know others...ugh.

Cinna settled into the compartment. She was even thinking about doing some sketches on the way. Just to past the time away. She didn't do a lot of drawing over the summer. Maybe now would be a good time to catch up on them. She had been brainstorming some ideas on her next sketches.

She was alone, that never really bothered her until this summer. For some reason she discovered that being alone sucked. One year out of being homeschooled can seriously change ones view on things. Lots of things. She was about to dig into her bag and get her sketching stuff out. When she heard the door slide open her brown eyes stared at the door. Who was it! Who was that?

"Hi..." The boy had to be a first year she was sure of it. "I'm Cinnamon... Let me get my bag out of your way." She gave he a friendly smile. She was about to grab the bag so the boy could sit down. When the door slid open again. Lux! It was Lux. Well thanks, Lux just move the bag for me. Thanks. She was totally working on that.

Giving Lux and beamy face she answered her. "I'm great." She grinned. Everything was perfect for once in a long time. "Bay? No. I haven't seen him at all." The door slid open again. Who now? She was starting to miss being alone on the compartment a bit now.

It was Zander! She smiled and jumped up out of her seat. "Hey, Zander!" She hugged the Gryffindor boy. It was so nice to see him. He introduced hisself to Zeke. Why wasn't he saying hey or anything to Lux. She looked back and fourth from the Hufflepuff to the Gryffindor for a few seconds. WHAT??? She realized that she still had her arms around Zander she let go of him. Awkward.

But not as awkward as this. Lux had started crying. Nooo nooo nooo Cinna could not deal with crying. Not Lux crying. If Lux cried, she was going to cry. And Cinna didn't do crying. Well.... she doesn't like crying less... yeah well that. Which that she cried over for like a millisecond or a week or was it a month. She couldn't remember. Anyway the the heck. "What's going on with you two?" She asked eyeing both of them.

Angel decided to find an empty compartment, she wanted to travel up-to Hogwarts on her own, she had seen Benny, AJ and Adi getting into the front of the train but she had to think about what had happened between her and Ben, she liked him a lot but was the kiss he had given her other the summer just like a brother would give a sister a kiss or did he have feelings for her, these thought were racing through her head.

Eden didn't know what was going on here. The Isla girl seemed bold, outgoing, snarky...in a good fun kind of way. Paloma was nice, sweet...and the boy. Ceorlic? Whatever. He was...well. She could honestly say she had never met anyone quite like him.

The brunette was confused when Isla said she was from Australia...what? But she sounded like she had a head col----OH. She was joking. RIIIIIGHT. Eden knew about jokes. Har-har-har. Pencil-vania. She wondered if there were lots of pencils there. The states in the...'States' were very unfamiliar to Eden, so she wondered if she should voice this opinion aloud or..naaahh. She wouldn't. She didn't want to sound STUPID. "That's...cool. I hail from Wexford--Ireland--" she said, grinning toothily, making sure her accent was thick with that sentence, but now back to speaking as normally as she could.

"Are you sure you don't bite?" She asked Isla, trying to be all serious--but then she broke out into a smile and relaxed a little. See, being friendly wasn't that hard. She wasn't doing super POORLY right now, dude!

She could tell Paloma was trying not to laugh, and she couldn't help but feel her giggling coming up her throat--it was always harder to control laughter when someone else was having trouble controlling laughter. YIKES. Eden managed to keep it all in, though, and just let her eyes flicker towards Ceo and then back to Paloma. "Yeah but....not everyone is smart in the same way. " She said softly, tucking some of her hair behind her ear. Paloma was from Spain? Whoah...that was really cool. "I've always wanted to visit Spain...heard it was beautiful..." She commented. One day, maybe she'd make it there.

Right.

What was Ceorlic saying, now? Eden squinted her eyes at him and just had to strain her ears to understand it. WHAT? "Oh. you're from Beauxbatons, too? Why didn't you like it? I've heard it's lovely..." she said, and she glanced at Paloma, as if to seek some sort of counter to Ceo's argument. "I've always thought Beaux's were snobby..but tha's just me." She said with a shrug and leaned back in her seat. Durmies typically didn't care for Beaux's. But Eden wouldn't judge anyone...before getting to know them, heh.

She had a strange urge to reach out and touch Ceorlic. Just for the laughs, but she thought maaaaaybe she'd feel bad about it afterwards. Though...the smirk on her face...said otherwise...

Tessa was still quite intimidated of the older boy, yet relieved that she wouldn't have to find another seat. She leaned back into her seat, almost trying to make herself disappear. The king? Tessa didn't know that they had a king of Hogwarts, she just raised her eyebrow. She nodded in response his request for response. She gulped when he asked for her name before responding, "I'm Tessa." She stuck a bold hand out to shake, looking at the boy, before biting her lip. "Why were you sitting alone?" she asked, he seemed much older, she would've expected him to have some friends to sit with, not a little first year who didn't know where to go.

Zeke. He'd have to remember that one. Man, was it just him or was this kid tiny? A first year probably... Unless his firstie senses were failing and this guy was actually a fourth year too. Because this was a compartment full of fourth years now with him and Cinna and all. Nope. He definitely wasn't missing anyone. "So... Uh... are you a first year?" He could sense the confusion in this guy's eyes. He was practically eye-balling she-who-must-not-be-named. AKA the person Zander Adair was NOT going to look at. Stupid stupid stupid. Why'd he have to enter this compartment out of ALL of the other possibilities. Stupid.

And before he knew it he was being hugged. And not just hugged, but like really HUGGED. Ahem. Uh. ? The young Gryffindor awkwardly patted Cinna's back because just this hug was really going on for quite a while... And as she let go, Zander smiled at her because how could he not smile after a hug. That'd be really rude and kind of weird, right? Most people liked hugs. Even though he wasn't most people, he could at least pretend like he was a hugger... His mom was a hugger too and that was a mess... All the time. Anyways....

Hearing an oddly familiar... Sniffling? What? Okay, okay so he did promise not to look at her but he couldn't help it!! There was some weird sniffling and oh merlin. Was she CRYING!?! O_____________O ????? What. First the hugs and now CRYING!?! UHHHHHHHH????? WHAT WAS HE SUPPOSED TO DO???? asdfkjads;fklj Zander's eyes were widening more and more by the second-- thank MERLIN!! When Cinna spoke again, drawing the attention away from that CRYING, Zander could have almost gone right up and given the Gryffindor another hug. Or even carry her all the way to Hogwarts. Finally with his "cool" regained (using the term lightly) the boy looked back over at Cinna and half grumbled, "Nothing." Only that Lux had blatantly LIED and DECEIVED him.

Cinna, Zeke, and Zander ^_^
 

CINNAMON!!!!! ZOMG!!! HER NAME WAS CINNAMON!!!.............. Or Cinna, according to Zander. Zeke couldn't help but feel amused at the fact that she was named after a spice, his mum's FAVOURITE spice at that. HEHEHEHEHE... he'd have to tell her about it later. Yep. "Nice to meet'cha," he replied with a nod. Cause it was, very nice, did she SMELL like cinnamon too????

Ahem.

His attention soon moved to Zander man, what with the obvious question. "Yep," he replied awkwardly... now conscious that neither of THEM were small enough to be a firstie with him. Where was Frankie?! WHERRRREEE?! "You uuhhh... second year?" he asked, completely lost where it came to these things, he meant no offence by any of it.

As for Lux, poor Lux, pretty Lux, he still didn't know what her problem was. Chocolate and hugs were staples where women were concerned, so it told him NOTHING about what her problem was. Maybe it WAS hormones, AND boyfriend problems... in which case, it SUCKED to be her. "Uuhhhhhh...." he mused awkwardly, trying to fill the space with sound. In the end he patted her on the shoulder. It wasn't a hug, cause yeah, weird, and he didn't have any chocolate on him - that was in his trunk, so this was all she'd be getting.

Better?

...Is the good so awesome, it makes you sick.

The corners of Cutty's mouth were tugging away from one another slightly fighting a smile and his buggy-large eyes squinted as if he were having deep and complicated thoughts. Nothing of the sort was going on, however. Merely, he was wondering how not to laugh at the small voice of the kid. Merlin only knew why but this amused Cutty Mordaunt so very, very much.

"Yew mean like the sweets in the skiving snackboxes? I wish it were so, but it's far more likely that it's because they're old. Too old to be eaten." How did Cassia do it? Talk to the litl'uns and get them to form her small army and do her bidding like some kind of pied piper of Hamelin. Cutty's expression suddenly brightened and he held a finger up forming a one before using that hand to reach into his pockets and pull out a chocolate frog. "Here. Take one of these instead. Mooch, mooch fresheh." He said, offering the wee boy the first free hit and a bribe to join the first battalion of Cutty Mordaunt's Magnificent Lil Jackholes.

Dante did not know why the dude was almost smiling at him like that. He did not think he said anything funny. And probably some food on the trolley was pretty awesome. He was going to see later. Maybe get some chocolate. "Those are pretty awesome. Though the Professors probably know when you use one. Unless they are not bright" You never know. Maybe Hogwarts just needed people and ask people off the street to be Professors. It was possible. Dante did not like that look. This dude was basically still a stranger and older. Stranger Danger and all that.

Plus everyone knew older kids were weird.

"No, thanks. I will just buy one later"

He won't take chocolate from random older kids. Maybe if it was from a girl. But that was different.

Isla couldn't help but smile at the four of them all together in this compartment. It was like fate had brought them all here for some unknown reason. Probably to poke fun at Ceorlic the entire time. Heh.

Oooh so Eden was from Ireland. Her accent was cool too, just like all the others. She wished she had a cool accent but who knows, maybe it sounded cool to the other three. To her, it just sounded so boring and plain. "Is it pretty there? I heard there's a lot of beautiful places there." She nodded and then gasped when Paloma said that she was from Spain. "I've always wanted to go to Spain!" She frowned. Sure she did have a lot of money, but her parents wouldn't let her travel alone and she definitely didn't want to travel with her parents. Then Ceorlic said he was from Scotland and Isla's jaw dropped. "You all live in really cool places. I'm jealous."

Isla laughed as Eden asked if she was sure that she didn't bite. "Well if I did, don't tell Ceo over here." She said, smirking at the boy. She really didn't though. That would just be weird. Then Paloma talked about the Ravenclaw house and Isla knew that if she was having trouble in one of her classes, then she was going to Paloma even if she said that she wasn't a brainiac. Isla sighed in relief as Paloma said there was something special about each house. So even if she didn't end up in Ravenclaw then there were other cool houses as well.

Oh she was saying it wrong? Breeks? She silently muttered to herself, trying to figure out how to say it right. Then again, when would she use that word ever again unless she was around Ceo? That thought made her blush. Seeing him again wouldn't be too bad. But she wouldn't tell him that.

"I'll be a fifth year. How about you two?" Isla asked turning towards Ceorlic and Eden. They looked almost about the same age. She raised her eyebrow as Ceo asked Paloma if she was a veela and then saw Ceo give a look that made her question him. "What's so bad about being a veela? And I don't know many people from Beauxbatons but Ceo seems ...alright." She said, looking towards Eden and then back towards him, blushing once again.

She watched Eden's face turn slowly into a smirk as she eyed Ceorlic and Isla couldn't tell what was happening. Was she planning something because she knew that look all too well. Isla looked over at Paloma with a questioning look and then back at Eden.

Four different teenagers, cool and different accents and back history that Paloma was eager to learn about. She just had to ask more questions, but she noticed how quickly time had passed over them. They were about to arrive to Hogwarts, hop on the carriages and take over the Great Hall's magesty once arrived.

At Ceo's comment about Beauxbatons, and also Eden's, Pal shook her head. "I don't really know, if they are snobs or not...because of...language barriers," meaning that Paloma barely spoke fluent French, "...I barely got time to make friends or acquaintences there, so..." She felt weird, but nice to put it out, that her brain wasn't that smart on the language skills part. About being a Veela....COUGH. "I...might have some background, you know. And yes, nothing bad with being a Veela..." She was totally teasing, though, to make the boy feel a little more awkward in a compartment with three curious girls. Mwhaha.

Hopefully, thought Paloma, that they could meet at the Great Hall and talk more. "So...it's almost time, we have to dress up...in our school robes..." She said, standing up and taking her small backpack along, motioning towards the sliding door and then pointing out the window. "I guess I'll see you at the carriages, or for the feast?" She said, because she wanted to spend more time with them.

"Oh, they're a bright bunch alright. The Potions master would know. Simply by lookin' atchyer. Booht, I have a feeling the Astronomy Professor might be too disgoosted fer the situation to be sussed out." He replied to the litl'un in what may or may not have been his actual opinion. Professor Flamsteed could've grown suspicious regarding potions over the terms since the incident wherein Cutty slipped him polyjuice which ended in not one, but two Cutty Mordaunts at the end of the term feast.

Surprised. Yes, it was definitely surprised over the decline of his free chocolate frog offer. Was the wee twerpling naturally suspicious? No...what was far more likely in Cutty's experience was that he was filthy loaded with dosh making the free bit no point of temptation. "Or two? Perhaps, even three if yer can afford it." He said expectantly with somewhat of a sense of eagerness to his voice. He was loaded, right? Kid was loaded.