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macaroni Alexia couldn't help but pause for a second. A kneazle. There was no way that a kneazle was a real word. She had never heard that word in her entire life. Was that like a Hogwarts thing? Could she get one of those? Were they dangerous?
"Thanks." She stepped into the compartment, shutting the door behind her. If a kneazle was dangerous, she was now trapped inside the compartment with it. Although, this stranger was traveling with one, and she didn't seem to have any problems. Maybe it was an attack kneazle? Was that a thing that existed? She was really going to have to start cracking open those books that she bought.
The unmistakable mew of a cat interrupted her train of thought. It was a good thing too, because her brain felt like it was going twelve million miles per minute to capture her surroundings. But a cat, she could deal with a cat. Alexia loved cats. She used to feed the strays that lived in their neighborhood, much to the dismay of her mother. One of the many dramatic moments from her mother. She gave a little wave to the cat, even though she knew it was goofy.
Feeling more confident. she took the empty seat across from the other female, picking a fuzz ball off of her green sweater once she was seated. Darn sweater was cute, but always giving her trouble.
"My names Alexia." She paused again. Her full first name felt so formal. She almost wasn't used to it. "I really go by anything, though." she lifted her shoulders into a shrug. She was easy going, most of the time. Okay, some of the time. Okay, a bit of the time. She wasn't perfect. "This is my first year going here, so I guess I'm pretty new." It was going to be an exciting year. Her first year learning spells in a cool new place. With cool new people. It was.... cool!
"I like your cats name, Isla. Maleficent. Where did you come up with that? I always named my cats really basic names like Spots." She did take care of a stray cat named Spots at one point. Last she heard, it got picked up from the streets and went to a nice family that had a mother that wasn't allergic to felines. She missed that cat. That cat had really pretty eyes. The cat had the same color brown eyes as her mother.
Isla saw the way the other girl hesitated, and she kind of put two and two together and realized it was because of Maleficent.
"Are you sure you're okay with the kneazle?" she asked. If she wasn't, there was really nothing Isla could do about it but toss her pet out the window, and that wasn't happening. Maleficent was already on the train to Hogwarts, so she'd have to stay for at least a year. If she didn't end up liking it at the school, Isla could always bring her home during Christmas break.
Isla smiled.
"Nice to meet you, Alexia," she replied. She usually went by anything? Isla guessed that might mean something like Lexi or Lex. Either way, she'd just met her, so she'd call her by the only name she knew her as for now. Alexia.
"First year's fun. Let me tell you from experience, though. Try to get out as much as you can. Not leaving Hogwarts. That's not what I mean. I mean...don't make it all about classes and homework. Have fun with friends, too." That was the one mistake she made during her first year.
Well, that and running through the corridors with THE sword of Gryffindor...
The topic changed back to her kneazle and Isla ran her hand along the fur of her new pet.
"Maleficent is a villain in some old Disney movies. Except, they find out at the end that she'd not really evil. Just misunderstood," she began to explain.
"Anyway, people say my mom looks like the actress that played Maleficent. So in a way, she's named after my mom." It was kind of like having a piece of home with her at Hogwarts.