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emmafan123 
Cornelius was having a great time. Sure, no one had yet to enter his compartment, but he was humming his favorite song! And if he could say so himself, it sounded fantastic! Just listening to himself hum, it was like professional humming! Was that a profession? If so, he needed to look into that! Cornelius Rune: The Professional Hummer. You pick the song, he'll hum it! Just imagine that kind of career! Thousands of people chanting your name, all waiting to hear the sounds of your hum! Man, he was so ready to take this on the road. Was there a music course at this new school, was there any kind of humming regime he could set out for himself? Professional humming as a career couldn't be thought of as a joke! It takes work to be a professional hummer --
And just as Cor was thinking about his professional career as the world's most famous hummer, he heard an interruption! He shut up momentarily, whipping his head around to look out the open doors of the compartment, finding himself staring down another student who was currently clearing his throat. "Oh! Hey!" Cornelius greeted as he hopped up to his feet, misunderstanding the other student's throat clearing and thinking of it as a way of asking for entry rather than a way to shut him up.
"Come on in!" he said, reaching out an arm and grabbing the disgruntled looking student's hand. All in one motion, he shook his hand for introduction and pulled him into the compartment, assuming that was why he had stopped by in the first place.
"I'm Cornelius," Cor explained, shaking his hand enthusiastically as they stood there in the middle of the compartment.
Oh, the sweet sound of silence! Or, the sound closest to silence in a crowded train filled with teenage students.
Edric relished in it with closed eyes and just the tiniest hint of a smile on his lips.
Oh, silence. Sweet, sweet silence. He could almost taste it.
But it was interrupted as the young fellow who'd been humming Edric's eardrums to death earlier, spoke, inviting the young man in. Edric merely gave him a look. "No thank you, I was actually asking y--
GAH!"
SPLAT!
Next thing Edric knew, one side of his face was pressed hard against the window all the way at the other side of the compartment.
WHAT. THE.
HELL!?
Had that kid SERIOUSLY just dragged him in there like a rag doll made just for his own personal enjoyment?!
With a groan, Edric pulled his face off the glass and massaged it with one hand before turning to the happy guy and shooting him a glare. "What was THAT for!?" Sheesh, he didn't take criticism to his humming very well, did he?! (Of course, Edric was assuming this was all an attack rather than an invitation).
However, before Edric could even think about making his way back to the door, the other teenage boy - who had just introduced himself as 'Cornelius' - was shaking his hand with such vigor that Edric could feel his arm coming loose by the shoulder.
What was going on?! First his face, now his arm! This guy seriously had it for him!
"D-D-D-o-o-o-o y-y-y-you m-m-m-i-i-ind?" Cornelius was shaking Edric's hand and arm so badly that the Gryffindor's voice had begun to vibrate. In one swift motion, he pulled his hand back. "
Why are you doing this?!" he asked, looking traumatized.