Adi eyed Ian. "Cheer up, dude. AJ just likes being her own self and not being told what to do. Even if she's being told something for her own good.'' Adi stuck his tongue out at her. He knew her very well and he wasn't afraid to let her know he knew her. Even though that might creep someone out a bit.

"I wish,'' the new Prefect said jokingly. "But unfortunately we don't have that privilege. Otherwise you'd have lost quite an amount of points for sending me on an emotional roller coaster.'' That wouldn't even be a valid reason for taking points but of course he was joking.

"Don't look so disappointed. You know I'll help you get unicorns. I just don't want to make a promise that I might end up not being able to keep. Then you'd hate me for sure.''

Abby nodded and said "Yeah try having two sisters who look like you both of my sisters are at Hogwarts but got sorted into Gryffindor"

Samantha suddenly had the image of a couple of Gryffindors pop into her mind. "They wouldn't be called AJ and erm...Angel by some chance?" she asked struggling to remember their names as she had only heard them in passing.

Abby nodded and said "Yeah that is them AJ and Angel i love them both but the sorting hat could see that i was different to my sisters when i got sorted"

Ian was annoying her. She continued to stare at him, and before she could control it, her eyes narrowed a bit. "I don't even know why you have your knickers in a twist. I wasn't being mean when I said that you were looking out for us." She may have come across short, but she didn't mean to. He, however was NOT going to insult her beautiful, majestic, and FAVORITE creature of all time. "There's nothing cooler than a unicorn, Ian... NOTHING." Did she have to go on a rant about how their hair was as soft as a babies bottom? Because she would.

Adi was SUCH a prefect. Here he was trying to make peace between them. AJ didn't even have a problem, but for whatever reason Ian wanted to pick a fight with her. Whoa... did Adi know her or what? "Yeah, what he said." Emotional roller coaster? "I didn't... I'm sorry. You should just forget whatever I said." Because not even she was sure if she still believed that. She nodded at Adi. "I know you will. You are such a good friend."

These boys were being some serious mopers and AJ had enough. It was not fair that Angel was able to have peace and quiet while AJ was dealing with this. You know what... AJ was NOT going to wait for the dorms. Angel was going to stop ignoring her and Benny, and she was going to stop now!

No warning was given that something was about to go down. AJ stood up and jumped from the carriage. She marched right over to the carriage that she saw her sister get in and climbed into it. The lion walked up and grabbed her sister by the arm. "No more ignoring me, Angel. Let's go." She wasn't asking for permission. The boys managed to get her in a foul mood, and she was sick of the drama. It was going to end now.

Woah, woah, WOAH! Adi stared at AJ. He knew she could loose her temper but it always surprised him when she did. "AJ, calm down. I dunno what's wrong with Ian but just calm down.'' Adi glared at Ian. Why did he have to go insulting the unicorns? This added to what happened between him and AJ earlier was definitely the cause of her anger. He tentatively reached out and held her hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze.

"Don't worry about it.'' He knew he wouldn't be able to forget what had been said by her but as confused and disappointed as he was, he wouldn't mope about it. He grinned now. "I'm the best, aren't I?"

Adi was in for another surprise for when AJ sprang up and jumped from their moving carriage, he was speechless. "AJ!'' he shouted. He glared after her. Supposed she had gotten hurt when she jumped? He knew she was going for Angel and as much as he wanted to see his other friend, that didn't stop him from being angry at AJ.

Angel was busy looking for the switch to get the thing going when suddenly someone was grabbing her arms. "HEY GET OFF!!" Angel looked up as she saw her sister, she wasn't going anywhere. "Why don't you go back on your own?" Angel stared at her sister she was in such a bad mood. "Seriously just leave me alone." Angel wasn't going anywhere with her sister.

Angel stared daggers at AJ. "I ain't ignoring you anyway, what gave you that idea?" Angel really had been but there was no need for her sister to know that was there. She didn't want the constant remarks about her and Benny or the fact that Benny probably hated her after what happened this summer with the kiss. "LEAVE ME ALONE!!" Angel glared at AJ.

Ian saw he had hit a sore spot and it gave him a momentary bit of satisfaction. He almost grinned because he knew he'd found a way to get some emotion from her. Loving unicorns is for babies. Mature people like better animals and I can't imagine anyone with sense wanting to have a unicorn farm Just then, Adi decided to give him an ugly face and Ian had had enough of this sort of behavior from his 'friend'. Here he'd know Adi 2 whole years longer and he was taking a girl's side. And a gryffindor against a housemate. What kind of prefect behavior was that.

I'll tell you what's got me all twisted. You are a HUFFLEPUFF prefect and here you are off snogging a gryffindor and the both of you try to act like nothing's happened. I don't know what has happened to the both of you, but it's kind of off for neither one of you to consider how it makes others feel to see you OH SO LOVEY DOVEY. I mean look at poor Benny over there. He looks as uncomfortable as a dark wizard in front of the Wizengamot and here you two are babbling about after invisible unicorn farms! Ian was well and rightly unhappy now and so he'd had enough. He hopped off his carriage and jumped onto the next one on. He looked around and noticed Abby and some other girl he didn't know. He sat down, crossed his arms and turned away from them.

"I am calm." Well, not really, but she wasn't at full crazy mode yet. There were just so many things going on in her head that she couldn't take any more. AJ had yet to sort any of her feelings, and that alone was making her on edge.

The lion could hear the sadness in his voice. She really wished that she hadn't pushed him away, and that she didn't say those things, but there was no taking it back now. All she could do from here on out would be to show him that she didn't mean it. Actions always spoke louder than words.

Then Ian flat blew up. "I'll show you a baby." AJ walked over to him and stomped on his toes. "You don't talk crazy to me or Adi. He is a brilliant prefect, and there is NO reason to be jealous of our friendship. If you have a problem then just come out and say it before you go all psycho." She was livid. "And for the record we haven't been snogging." Yeah, they had kissed, but that didn't count as snogging. Plus, how did Ian even know? "Don't you dare bring Benny into this." That was her friend that he was talking about. Ian didn't even know Benny. Then he left. Good riddance.


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Angel was not happy to see her. It was apparent in her eyes alone. Of course she vocalized it too, so there wasn't any doubt at all. "Stop it Angel. This is crazy. You have been ignoring and I don't know why." She still didn't slacken her grip on her arm. Was she for real? "Because you HAVE been ignoring me." Duh. That was obvious.

"I'm not going back without you." Her sister had been caught up in her own world that she didn't even realize that things were going on with her too. "C'mon Angel. Jump on the count of 3." Because she was going to that other carriage with her.

Angel just glared at her sister but allowed herself to be dragged from the carriage she was in, seriously what was wrong with her sister, was she crazy or something. "I have not been ignoring you!" Angel lied again as she glared at her sister as she then heard what her sister said. It seemed like she had no choice but to jump with her sister, when her sister was ready because well her sister still had hold of her arms.

Ian was now in full on red-head Scotsman mode. He was about to get on some more, but then AJ came over and STOMPED....HIS....TOES! UNACCEPTABLE! he screamed out about it. ANd then she started her verbal attack. He shoved his hands in his robe pockets and felt the worn wood. However, when she said they hadn't been snogging, well then, he knew that was a lie. He'd walked in on them more than one time, he just hadn't said anything obvious, giving them a chance to cover it up. He started screaming back at her accusations. WHEN DO I EVER GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO THE BOTH OF YOU ALONE? YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ALONE WITH ME SINCE BEFORE LAST TERM WAS OVER! Before he knew it, his wand was out and pointed at AJ's back before she jumped off the carriage and he cast the bat-bogey hex.

As he walked to the next carriage, the tears started to fill the edges of his eyes, but he wiped them away best he could. He knew he'd done something awful and he couldn't take it back because everyone had stormed off.

AJ and Adi had seemingly noticed Angel and were trying to get her to join their carriage but it seemed Angel was having none of it. Well that was just fine. No point in making things more awkward in the carriage. Not with Adi and Angel AND Ian who was creating a real ruckas all on his own. However the Valentine sister with them wasn't giving up and had moved to retrieve Angel from the other carriage.

Okay this was crazy and Benny had no clue as to what to do.

Especially as Ian brought him into the ...yeah he'd call it fight by now. AJ defending him as a fellow lion and he supposed a friend. Benny himself was still at a loss until he noticed Ian slip out his wand and point it at the younger Gryffindor. His own out a moment later.

"PROTEGO!" he cast over AJ in hopes of blocking the hex.

Oh dear Merlin. This was NOT how Adi had planned to start off his fourth year and as a prefect too. Breaking up a fight between his friends. Despite all the chaos, he was still calm and doing his best to cool the fire. But Ian just made things worst.

"Ian, shut up. You're going to make her even more angry.'' Adi tried to keep a hold on AJ's hand as he spoke to Ian in a firm voice. Inside, he was fuming though. How dare he drag up his and AJ's relationship like that. If Ian didn't approve of the way they acted all he had to do was say so. Not go on and blow up in their faces. And his and AJ's babbling happened to be mostly jokes. They joked with each other. It didn't matter to them what they spoke about.

Uh oh. AJ did get angrier. "AJ, no!'' Adi called out trying to grab her hand as he stormed for Ian. But it was too late. There were the stomps on Ian's toes. "AJ, that was uncalled for.'' Sure Ian had baited her but she could have handled the situation better. "Come on. Sit down. Breathe.'' He really did appreciate her sticking up for him and Benny like that though. "Thanks for saying I'm a brilliant prefect,'' he said, smiling faintly and easing her back onto a seat.

Adi turned back to Ian. "I don't know what's gotten into you, Ian,'' he said coldly. "But if you keep this up, I'll have to report you.'' He glanced at AJ. "You too, AJ.'' They were both his friends and though it pained him to tell them about reporting them, he was being fair. Also, he was seeing a different side of Ian he did not like very much.
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Ugh! This was getting worse. Now Ian had jumped out of the carriage. Good thing it was moving slowly. And then... O_O Why was Ian pointing his wand at AJ? Oh no! That was the incantation for the Bat Boogey Hex! But the bestie came to the rescue. Or so Adi hoped. Would Benny's shield charm save AJ?

Ian didn't wait to see if the hex hit before he was gone. He'd had enough and had only made things much, much worse. He needed some time to clear his head and figure out what had just happened.

Noel was tired, or maybe just a little wheezy because he hadn't eaten anything on the train in hopes of eating butt loads at the feast. Dragging his feet to the carriages, the boy got in where he a hufflepuff girl with that prefect badge - one similar to Lex's.

"Hullo. You are a new prefect! Congrats!" he said, taking a seat beside her.

Pleased that she didn't have to ride on those dreadful boats that were sure to get everyone injured, Nola got into a carriage without having any clue who she was with. She was too busy thinking about the food that her stomach was rumbling after and only smiled as her thoughts took her far away to a land of homemade dinner rolls and decadent chocolate pudding. Yum.

Chance shook hands with him and smiled. "Zander. Nice name!" He noticed Zander had stuck out his chest too and Chance wondered if he was big time in the wizarding world. If he was like Chance he wasn't. Chance hadn't even known there was a Hogwarts not but 4 years ago. Moving pictures and moving staircases still made him ponder.

"I'm a fourth year!" Chance said nodding at Zander. "Yea it's been a first tough couple years but I'm getting the ham of this magic thig by now." He said with a chuckle. "Only a few mishaps here and there." He pointed to his eye. "battle scar." He shrugged and then looked back at Zander. "What about you? I feel like I've seen you around so you must not be a firstie."

The sensation of her hand being squeezed was barely registered because she was fuming. Adi was trying his best to diffuse the situation, but AJ was having a hard time keeping a level head. It was one thing to insult her beloved unicorns, but an entirely different thing to drag in her friends, especially Adi. Breathe. She should do that, but she was unable to calm down.

Adi had managed to get her to sit for all of five seconds before Ian got what was coming to him. He had practically begged her to stomp on his toes. If anything he was lucky that was all she did. Then Adi said that he would report Ian if things didn't settle down. "Yeah." Her man... erm friend, had power. Then she shook her head to clear her ears. Surely she didn't hear him right. "Report me?" For stomping toes? She blew out air, and sat down beside Adi. "I'm sorry. I know your a prefect, and I'm not making your job any easier." That was not intentional.

Ian started going on about never getting alone time with her. "So that's the problem then... you are jealous that you don't get to spend alone time with me?" That was the wrong way to go about getting some, buddy.

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As she hopped off the carriage to get Angel, AJ heard a hex being casted at her, and while her back was turned. "Coward," she hollered. It was thanks to Benny that she could even yell out at all. He had saved her. She wasn't even sure what that jinx would have done to her. "Nice save, Benny."

Angel was putting up a good fight, but she was finally seeing reason. "I knew you'd see things my way, sis." AJ held on the to her sister's hand tight. "One... two... three." Still holding on tight she jumped with her sister and started to lightly jog the slight distance between the two carriages.

"We need to talk," she whispered. Nothing else that Angel was saying was registering at the moment. Once they got close to the original carriage she was in, AJ hopped in once more, and held a hand out for Angel.

Angel looked at her sister, she knew when her sister said they needed to talk, her sister had her knickers in a twist over something and Angel had no idea what, in some ways she wanted to go back to the other carriage and just stay that but it was too late her sister had dragged her towards the carriage with Benny and Adi on.

Angel watched as her sister hopped in and held out a hand, Angel took it and then hopped onto the carriage with them, she then went and sat down and didn't say another word, nope she was still sulking about the fact AJ had made her miss her chance of finding the jet ski's for the carriage she was in and she still wasn't in a talkative mood.

Lucas was on a high, he had purchased like 6 chocolate frogs on the train and caught and ate them all. He chuckled thinking about all the people he practically ran over to do it. When the train stopped Lucas bolted off of it and saw the older kids heading toward carriages lead by nothing, or so it seemed, cool!.

He quickly hopped on board a carriage and bumped someone who was there. "Whoops, sorry, I'm a little hyped up. I'm Lucas.", Lucas said extending a hand toward the girl.

Ian heard Adi say something about being reported, but that ship had sailed. He wasn't really in a listening mood anymore. It was like this sometimes with his dad. His dad was very stoic, but when he got upset with Ian or the crew, watch out!. Ian had never really lashed out at anyone like this and if he had been thinking, he would have realized his approach was most likely counter-productive. Counter-productive to what, he wouldn't know but this was not the best way to make things happen. On top of that, he was yelling one of his best friends over nothing. It was a stupid unicorn farm.

Unfortunately, there was NO thinking going on with Ian right now. He was in the moment, and the moment was red hot and fiery red-head. He wasn't going to back down a step. He certainly wouldn't hit a girl with his fist. That was unacceptable, but that didn't mean he didn't have other things at his disposal and his best weapon was words. Words started coming out again, and they started coming out loud. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M JEALOUS! BEFORE TODAY, IT WAS JUST FUN AND SILLINESS. NOW IT'S NOT THAT WAY ANYMORE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT. OF COURSE YOU'RE ALL BOTHERED BY SILLY UNICORN FARMS AND MAKING LOVEY FACES AT ADI AND HE'S ALL, OH AJ...I'LL GET YOU WHATEVER YOU WANT! I'M A PREFECT, LAA-DEE-DA! Ian sat back down, ran his hands through his hair and tried to figure out what to do. He'd made a blooming mess of everything and he didn't know how to get out of the continent sized hole he'd dug for himself.

Adi still held on to AJ's hand, refusing to let her do anymore damage. She had a bad temper and he wouldn't let it get the better of her. Well, try not to get it more better of her. He shook his head. He didn't need an apology. "Don't worry about it,'' Adi reassured her. "I just have to be fair, can't go around ignoring stuff just because you guys are my friends.''

Wait...Ian wanted to spend time with AJ? Adi was right earlier then. Ian was jealous of him and AJ. "He likes you,'' he said slowly, reality now dawning on him. Ian fancied AJ. It would explain everything now.
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Adi waited patiently until AJ and Angel were safely in the carriage. With Ian gone, there was more than enough room for the crazy Valentine girl. But it was AJ whom he had to deal with first. He grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her slightly. "Where did your senses go, AJ?'' he demanded in that calm but firm voice. "Suppose you got hurt when you jumped out? Suppose Ian's spell had hit you?'' Really, couldn't she see how worried he was?

The Puffer turned to his guy bestie. "Good timing, Benny. Thanks.'' Now, onto Angel. "Angel! It's good to see you.'' He gave her a quick hug as she sat in her seat. He noticed she wasn't her usual self. Adi sat back in the seat opposite to Angel and cast a look at AJ. Best let Benny talk to her, the look said.

"Oh, hello!" Nola greeted. It wasn't uncommon for her to get bumped into from time to time. She did have a bit of a habit of standing in places and kind of zoning out. "What's your favorite flower?" Nola asked the boy with a smile. "Mine are daisies." She added on.

She tilted her head to the side and peered at the boy. He seemed around her age but she hadn't seen him around before. "Who are you? I'm Nola Yorker." Nola asked next.

The fact that Adi was still holding on to her hand was the only thing keeping AJ from shoving Ian's wand down his throat. AJ was trying to count to ten. If it wasn't for Adi, the second year would have never backed down. She had never in her life been this furious. "Still..." This was the downfall of Adi being a prefect. "You would really turn me in?" It wasn't as if she wanted special treatment or anything, but it did kind of sting to know that her closest friend would snitch on her.

Ian was ranting again. She closed her eyes, and tried to picture herself on a unicorn farm. There was no tuning him out though. Merlin, this kid had lost it. Hang on... was Ian trying to say that he liked her? "Little advice. If you wanted to hang out with me all you had to do was ask. Bad mouthing my closest friends, and making fun of what I like will get you nowhere with me. Not to mention that you tried to hex me." That was pretty much what you didn't do to get a girl. Then Adi confirmed that he too thought that Ian liked her. The lion blew out air. Boys...


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Angel still wasn't talking and that was fine for the moment. All that was on AJ's mind was to get her into the carriage quickly. After that, she could tackle the next issue. AJ pulled her sister up, and Angel went straight to go sit down. She didn't even say hello to anybody. Rude.

Before AJ had time to investigate Adi was shaking her. "We're barely moving. I've jumped out of trees higher up than this." Did he forget who he was talking to? "Maybe you should ask Ian that next question. Whether I jumped out or not, that should have never been an issue."

Benny got a huge smile from her. She had already thanked him, but he had saved her. Really he saved Ian from getting his wand broke, and shoved down his throat. It all depended on how you looked at it.

Adi hesitated for a second before replying to AJ's question. "Yeah, I would.'' He was always honest with her. "But you didn't do anything worse so I suppose you're in the clear. You need to manage your temper better, Missy. No need to go off like a bomb.'' Hehe. The Puffer was trying to make the atmosphere light again and hopefully AJ would joke right back with him. But for Ian it would be different. He would talk to Ian first, get him to apologise to AJ otheriwse he'd have to go see their Professor Head of House. Adi hated to be bothering her at the beginning of the term for this but if it didn't work out, he wouldn't have any choice.

Well, Adi had to admit that Ian did go around trying to hang out with AJ the wrong way. She was going to sulk at him for a while, he knew. He put an arm around her shoulder and gave her a small hug. "Don't worry about Ian. Here, have a froggy.'' Or two for that matter for when he reached into his pocket for a chocolate frog, he found Gus too. Gus liked AJ anyway. Maybe the toad would distract her.
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"I know we were barely moving but still...'' She could have tripped and fallen or something. "Showoff,'' he muttered with a grin. "How could I forget you're a tomboy?''