Summer had been amazing, perhaps one of the best ones she'd had in her past 16 years, but it had also been so busy that there was a certain relief Vera felt when September 1st rolled around and it was back to school. She'd given both Papa and Raju hugs good bye, and this time boarded the express with little to no heaviness to her heart. Her siblings were both still with her and Papa was obviously in good hands and being well cared for with Raju, so there was nothing to be considered about at home. And her OWL results had not been abysmal so she didn't feel the need to continue to exhaust herself with extensive studying to prepare for NEWTs in nearly 2 years time.

This time she'd just do the adequate amount of studying that she should have done the first 4 terms. But...y'know, hindsight was 20/20.

Making her way towards the very bag of the train, the brunette kept watch for her friends or familiar faces, before ending up selecting an unoccupied compartment for herself and sliding back the door so she could flop down onto one of the benches. She'd saved some of the goodies they'd purchased in Italy over the summer for this particular occasion, so she retired that bag carefully before popping a confection into her mouth and putting her feet up on the seat across from her.

She wasn't sure yet what she planned to do the train ride to home away from home, but she wasn't fussed.