Mariel grinned at Lasca as she seemed happy to see her. Maybe now they could have a proper conversation - now that they were almost at Hogwarts. "Hi, Lacey, Nate, Dani," she said to each with a smile as Lasca introduced her to everyone in the compartment. Good. They already knew her name so she wouldn't have to say it yet again today. She couldn't remember ever meeting so many people in one day. There just had to be extra new students this year - much more than usual.

"Just to the snack trolley," Mariel answered her fellow Claw. Well, obviously, she thought, stifling a laugh as she looked down at her pumpkin pastie. Taking a bite, she nodded. She still had three chocolate frogs in her pocket after eating one herself and giving one to Keltan. "Actually I did," she said with mock poshness after swallowing her first bite, pretending she had meant to give that very frog to Lasca all along, and she tossed the frog her way. "So what'd I miss?" she asked the group. Certainly they had to be talking about something exciting, right? She hoped anyway, or she'd make it exciting - at least in her eyes- with talk of Quidditch.