Perhaps running wasn't a good idea.She was a Prefect now and had to behave as such.Instead Sarah started off down the platform at a brisk walk, having just dispatched her trunk with all the rest.Owl cage clanking at her heels, she occasionally bent down to whisper to Screech in a soothing voice. "It's alright, sweetie.Sorry about this, but I'm late!"

Sarah nearly shot past the carriage she had to go to, having never been in it before she wasn't entirely sure which one it was.Looking in the windows of each one as she passed, it was the glimpse of Chris that confirmed where she needed to be.Clambering on board, she found the door to the compartment and just for a second stared inside.1...2..3..4....lots of people, already inside, and the thought she had to join them made her hand shake, causing the cage to rattle some more.

Taking a deep breath, Sarah pushed open the door and slid inside, grinning like an idiot at her fellow Prefects. "Hi everyone, sorry I'm late.The car broke down on the way here, and we had to be towed....." Yeah pathetic really, but she wasn't old enough yet to help fix it with magic.Plonking herself down in a seat next to Chris, she suddenly remembered that he was the only person she knew in the whole compartment.Which meant they didn't know her either. "OH!," she burst out. "I'm Sarah, by the way.Sarah Griffin, Hufflepuff Prefect." Totally scared and completely out of breath....