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Note to self: never travel by portkey again, Kendall thought, as she'd crashed to the ground in a heap, orange tabby still with his claws stuck in to her tshirt in one arm. The only good part of the whole thing was that she hadn't dropped the bag of chocolate bars she'd stolen from Patrick's trunk before touching the bear. Other than that, all she learned was that Accio really didn't like the spinning sensation from a portkey, and that she couldn't hold onto him, focus on getting wherever it was she was going, and try to eat any of the chocolate. She just had to hope there weren't any holes in her tshirt now, since she still didn't quite trust that all their trunks would get to the castle safely. Either way, she pried her cat's claws from her, letting him drop to the ground as she finally was able to stick her free hand into the bag to retrieve a chocolate bar. And she finally got to look around at her surroundings, noticing that at least it looked like she had ended up in Hogsmeade. There was who she assumed was the new groundskeeper rounding up the firsties, and the creepy carriages for the rest of them. So at least they'd gotten where they'd been going safely, even if she still didn't know where her trunk would end up.
Finally standing up, she leaned over and scooped her kitty up again as she decided to head for the carriages. Munching on the chocolate bar as she went, even though she'd half-shoved the rest of the bag in one of her jeans pockets. Hopefully the rest wouldn't melt that quickly. It wasn't exactly really warm outside. In fact, she was kind of glad to have the kitty warmth near her body as she got nearer and found Patrick waiting there. Another mystery solved, plus he wasn't hiding. "Accio doesn't like portkeys," she informed him as she stopped next to the carriage he was standing outside, taking another bite of chocolate. She could tell him everything that had happened in the compartment later.
Waiting around the carriage was oddly giving him the creeps since Patrick wasn't able to tell what it was that was leading them to the castle, nothing was there which was rather strange.
Hmm.. what's the one creature that is invisible to most people? I should know this after all, it's pretty obvious. That thought rattled his brain as he had reached into his messenger bag and taken out a few licorice wands that he had picked up on the train, then chewed one a bit as he managed to come up with the answer. It was thestrals, the only ones who could have seen them had experienced death and he hadn't been through that although he wasn't sure he wanted to either. On a completely random note, the worries about what had happened to Kendall had returned; he didn't want to find out something bad had happened to his friend that he could have stopped if he stayed in the compartment, but he hadn't wanted to stay at the time. It truly was frustrating since he had wanted to know that she was alright but somehow he'd been too afraid of what he could have found. Besides the orders were to head to the carriages and for once, he was going to listen.
He seemed to get lost in his thoughts of all the what if situations and knew that he was supposed to be a superhero which meant there wasn't time to be scared. They were supposed to be brave and that's what he was going to be, even if he couldn't focus on anything but the worries. As soon as he heard a voice beside him, he had snapped out of his thoughts to see his friend was safe; taking a deep breath that he hadn't known he was holding. There wasn't a need to worry anymore. "Well I didn't either, Orion was alright but I ended up scraping my knees on the train. I was worried about you.. erm.. thought something bad had happened." His voice trailed off as he had finished off the licorice wand that was already half eaten before starting another.