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Trunk and owl stowed in the luggage compartment, Penelope found an empty compartment near the back of the train and sat down on one of the seats. Her cat Orion hopped up onto the seat opposite her, curled up, and fell asleep. This year would be Penelope's fourth year at Hogwarts. It seemed like such a short time since she had first come to Hogwarts and been sorted into Ravenclaw. She was already halfway through her education at Hogwarts. Being very introverted, Penelope didn't usually enjoy the start of term feast very much, because there were so many people. This feast would be extra challenging, because she had a job to do that might actually require talking to students in other houses who she didn't know. Penelope pulled a potion vial out of her bag and held it in her hands. If she drank this before the feast, it might be easier for her to talk to people. However, she wasn't ready to drink it just yet. She was going to wait until later to drink the potion so the effects wouldn't wear off before the feast started. Penelope placed the potion vial back in her bag. It was going to be a long train ride, and she was excited to be returning to school, but she never really liked the start of term feast nights. There were too many people and everything was too loud at the feast. The potion would help with that, when the time came. For now, she was going to do something else. Penelope pulled out her sketchbook and a pencil and started to sketch Orion sleeping on the seat.
After storing her stuff in the luggage compartment, Leah walked down the corridor with her kneazle Filomena, looking through compartment doors for her friends. Soon, Filomena was gone. Not that it was unusual or anything. She loved wandering away, especially on the Hogwarts Express. The Hufflepuff was not worried either, because how many times had she been on the train and how many times was her pet not with her?
When she reached the back of the train, she changed her mind and decided that she was not going to stay with her friends in her comfort zone. It was time to make new friends! Leah knocked on the door of a compartment with a Ravenclaw girl and her cat in it and entered.
"Hellooo, do you mind if I join you?" she said with a smile before taking a seat opposite the girl. She KNEW this one from school okayy, she just could not quite remember her name.
"Nice sketch," the older girl commented.