To say Chloe McCarthy was nervous was an understatement. She had dreamed of this day since she and Xar were making plans to try to figure out how to age themselves when they were eight. Now it was here, now she was on the train and she didn't really know where to go. Where was Xar? Where was Gunnar? Her excitement nerves had changed into anxiety.

Walking the corridor she looked around at all the people. Seeing some she recognized made her feel better, there was D, her friend she wasn't really allowed to have, because she was a Blaze, and the boy from the quidditch store, and the boy from the bookstore, names were not her friend right now.

Feeling all sorts of emotions and already missing her daddy, mommy, and Morgan, she slipped into a compartment with her kitten Teacup and looked out the window.