Anna continued to watch Cam's lemurs until she was suddenly aware of someone calling out to her from out in the corridors. Turning around and looking out the compartment door, Anna saw Daniel, one of her friends and fellow Gryffindors. He looked a bit shy or nervous, although for what Anna couldn't imagine. Maybe he was just a little nervous to talk to the ones he really didn't know so well. Anna smiled and waved hello. "Hey, Daniel! Good to see you again!" In the blink of an eye, though, Daniel had already wandered to a new compartment and was talking to a few other friends. Since he seemed to be involved in a different compartment now, Anna turned back to the girl she'd spoken to a few minutes ago.

As soon as Anna's eyes fell upon the girl, she raised her eyebrows, still awaiting the answer to the question she'd asked before. "Oh, well, you know me now. I won't bite. I promise," Anna said with a laugh. She took in the way the girl seemed to blush after everything she said. It must be so uncomfortable being the new kid at school. Sometimes, Anna could remember the horrors of being the new kid, but other times, it felt as if she'd been at Hogwarts for ages and there never had been a time when she felt as if she didn't know a soul. She knew that wasn't true, though. She remembered enough to know that it was no fun at all feeling as if you were all alone with no one to sit with, talk with, or laugh with.

"Well it's good to meet you, Simone. Morgan...that's an interesting last name. There's a Professor Morgan at Hogwarts. You'll like her, too. She's really nice," Anna replied. She nodded her head in a direction that invited Simone to come inside the compartment. "Of course you can. The more the merrier," she said. Nodding first at Cam, then at Katie, she said, "This is Cam...and this is Katie. Cam and Katie, meet Simone."

"Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness! Hold on just a moment," Anna said to those in her compartment. She jumped up off her seat and ran to the door of the compartment. "Lyra Noir! Don't tell me you are going to strut your stuff right on past this compartment!" Anna jokingly called out. Lyra Noir was one of her very best friends. She was the type of friend that Anna could imagine herself having until she was old and gray. Lyra would be the one to one day be her bridesmaid, then after that, she'd be the godparent to Anna's future children. Yes indeed, Lyra was that one special best friend forever. "Where ya heading? Too busy to come in and take a seat?"

"Not a problem. Yup, I'm Head Girl...and a seventh year," Anna replied. "So while you're busy doing everything for the first time this year, I'll be busy doing everything for the last time." Anna surprised herself by how well she could state that without bursting into tears. She was rather excited to start her adult life. She had a wedding planned for next summer, and she even already had a job lined up! There was nothing about her post-Hogwarts life that seemed depressing.

"Oh, yeah, that's the same Sammy then. So, see, we're not total strangers," Anna said with a smile. Poor Katie still seemed so shy and nervous, though. Were all first years like this? So far, the ones Anna had encountered had been. "Cyrus Andrus, huh? Must be another first year, as I don't think I know him either," she remarked. Anna listened as Katie described another one of her friends. Anna didn't seem to know this one either. Nor had she seen him around the train. "Nope, I don't think so. If I see someone fitting that description, though. I'll send him your way. Is that your boyfriend, or something?"