Back at the manor, Daniel had been flipping through his books but it was really the potions and transfiguration books that had caught his attention the most. The potions book because he had seen Minjae brewing a couple since he became off age and he had found it fascinating to watch as he had brew. The transfiguration part was actually due to the description he had gotten of his wand. He still remembered the wand shopkeepers words clearly ‘Excellent for transfigurations and creature magic, and not suitable for dark magic.' *Excellent for transfigurations... A subject he had been eagerly wanting to learn ever since he found out that he was a wizard like his older brother.

As the compartment door opened up, Daniel placed a finger on the word in the book before looking up to see an older girl standing in the doorway. His eyes moved from her to his cat and then back at her with his eyebrow raised.

“In some cultures they’re actually a symbol of good luck and prosperity” he answered and gave a shrug of his shoulders. “Who are you anyway ?” and why was she already making assumptions of his black cat without even having met her yet?

When a kid around his own age moved past the girl to get further in to the compartment, Daniel focused his attention on him for a second before looking back over at the girl. “See, that is how you greet a cat” he grinned.

Alfie… Hadn’t he met a boy named Alfie before? He was definitely not the Alfie he had met in Diagon Alley though. ”I’m Daniel. You can both sit there if you want” honestly, the compartment was not his. Or was the girl too afraid?