With a slight look of annoyance on his face, Adi shoved his trolley through the Wall and crossed over to the Platform. Seriously, why was she always on his case? It was his life, right? He could datw whom he wanted to; he didn't need his mother to tell him constantly that she disapproved of AJ. Why couldn't she just be as cool as his dad? Hmph. Adi was so glad to get away from her. Really, he did love the woman and he wasn't going to get into a shouting match at anytime with her. Nope, he respected her too much to do that so he would do what he did every time she brought up AJ... he'd shut his mouth and refuse to say a single word.

Heaving a HUGE puff of breath out through his mouth, Adi shoved his specs closer to his eyes. Where were his best friends? Benny, AJ, where art thou? And Margo? Henric? Beverly and alllll the others? Adi could sure go for some company right now to help get rid of his annoyance.

SPOILER!!: Adi

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With a slight look of annoyance on his face, Adi shoved his trolley through the Wall and crossed over to the Platform. Seriously, why was she always on his case? It was his life, right? He could datw whom he wanted to; he didn't need his mother to tell him constantly that she disapproved of AJ. Why couldn't she just be as cool as his dad? Hmph. Adi was so glad to get away from her. Really, he did love the woman and he wasn't going to get into a shouting match at anytime with her. Nope, he respected her too much to do that so he would do what he did every time she brought up AJ... he'd shut his mouth and refuse to say a single word.

Heaving a HUGE puff of breath out through his mouth, Adi shoved his specs closer to his eyes. Where were his best friends? Benny, AJ, where art thou? And Margo? Henric? Beverly and alllll the others? Adi could sure go for some company right now to help get rid of his annoyance.

September 1st already?!

Benny had spent the last few days rushing to make sure he had everything packed and ready for the annual trip back to school. If only his birthday wasn't so late in the summer and reminded him that another term was right around the corner. Oh well...nothing he could do about it. Other than enjoying it anyway and then heading to Kings Cross station when the time came. He was 16 finally at least.

He made his way through the station and headed right to Platforms 9 and 10 once he had said good bye to his parents. Then with a running start passed through to the hidden area. Looking around the Gryffindor got his bearings and absently wandered down the platform with the few students already there. Conrad in his cage noticed the familiar form of his best friend first and he steered his cart in that direction.

"Hey," he greeted before noticing Adi didn't seem quite his overly happy self. "What's up?"

Brooding. Adi was still brooding over his mom and her comments to him before he left her and his dad on the other side of the Wall. Hey, at least he had gotten away from her now. He could ditch the bad mood. And look! There was someone there who cold help him do just that.

The guy Bestie!

"Heya, Benny,'' Adi said with a grin though his usual cheeriness was not that present. "Er, just mom and usual old fashioned mentality. About AJ and me...'' He trailed off. Benny would know exactly what he was talking about because he had told the other boy about it last term. Anyway, the Hufflepuff was not one to burden his friends with his problems so he switched the topic. "How does it feel to be sixteen? And to think that during the holiday after my birthday I'll be able to do magic out of school.'' With this thought, Adi's felt a whole lot more cheered up. "Know what that means, right?" Hehe.

Jeremiah walked slowly into the station with Beverly's hand in his. He was acting cool calm and totally collected even though he didn't want to leave her. he didn't want her to go and he wanted to go with her even though he couldn't. "you have your mirror, yea?" honestly he didn't care about her having anything else he just wanted to be able to talk to her every day. "and you wand and books and all that non important stuff?" he was funny at least he thought so. He turned to face her, leaving her trolley where he had stopped pushing it. "Are you ok?" She wasn't clinging to him... yet. This was a good thing, yea?

SPOILER!!: Adi

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Brooding. Adi was still brooding over his mom and her comments to him before he left her and his dad on the other side of the Wall. Hey, at least he had gotten away from her now. He could ditch the bad mood. And look! There was someone there who cold help him do just that.

The guy Bestie!

"Heya, Benny,'' Adi said with a grin though his usual cheeriness was not that present. "Er, just mom and usual old fashioned mentality. About AJ and me...'' He trailed off. Benny would know exactly what he was talking about because he had told the other boy about it last term. Anyway, the Hufflepuff was not one to burden his friends with his problems so he switched the topic. "How does it feel to be sixteen? And to think that during the holiday after my birthday I'll be able to do magic out of school.'' With this thought, Adi's felt a whole lot more cheered up. "Know what that means, right?" Hehe.

Oh...

Benny knew the details of that, having been included in earlier brooding on the subject matter. Something that made him inwardly grateful there wasn't the same boundary of issues with himself and Angel. His parents hadn't even been the wiser of events over the summer. "It'll be okay..." he mused, figuring Adi and AJ couldn't really be bothered while the school term was in session, it was the after where it was tough.

As for the new age thing. "Weird, honestly." He, well they, were both creeping closer and closer to their maturity...and their graduation. The time where almost everything would be changing for them. The sixth year lion nodded his head as his best friend went on to talking about his birthday. In January...just after the winter holidays. "I do know." It meant that the hufflepuff had more freedom to be testing out certain trasfiguration spells. And he was closer to seeing if he could become a dragon himself. "When we test out fireproofing."

She wasn't clinging. She wasn't scowling. She wasn't hexing anyone yet. Beverly was perfectly fine. At least, that's what her exterior said. The prefect probably looked like she was in a great mood while holding Jeremiah's hand.

It WAS all great, no? They were good in health, they had a great time in the States and her dad -- who walked right behind them -- hasn't looked at her boyfriend like he had a target on his face. The day was actually running smoothly.

But it was not all okay.

Since her third year Jeremiah and her have been partners in crime, snogging buddies, the person they could blow up on and still be there for one another. It was all sappy and sentimental, the stuff she didn't like but...not having Jeremiah at arms reach was going to definitely feel strange. And the reality of it was suddenly hitting her.

Beverly ignored her feelings. "You're starting to sound like Kennedy." Of whom she heard chuckle behind them. "But I do. Everything ready here." She patter her trunk. Was she okay? The depended on things. "Perfectly okaaaay." She chirped a little bit overly cheery.

He heard the chuckle behind them and couldn't help but turn around to look at the guy, hey shush he was trying to be cute, okay? and he knew that Kenn had a fancy for HIS sister so all was fair and even as far as Jeremiah was concerned. "please don't try to be a hero... or try to set free any caged dragons.. they're caged for a reason." that didn't count for JUST dragons he meant most magical creatures. "and don't catch an aging virus or be caught by magical books....... okay?" ugh, this was hard. and he was trying not to get too choked up over it. not in front of her dad and brother anyway. he brought his voice down to a whisper "to the moon and the stars....."

"Got that right,'' Adi said with his determination. "Mom's not going to change my mind no matter how much she tries.'' He could make his own decisions, thank you very much. He knew it didn't bother AJ one bit about what the woman thought but it did bother him a bit but he wasn't going to take that on. He was going to enjoy this new school year. Yup!

"Heya, Conrad!'' The Puffer turned his attention to Benny's owl. "I forgot Gus at home.'' Croooooooook! Gosh, that sounded like reproachful croak. But, darn! Gus had spoilt his fun. Hehe. He reached into his pocket to fish out the amphibian. "Just kidding. Here's your buddy.'' Adi held Gus up in front of Conrad's cage which set the froggie off in more croaks.

"You're an old Dragon,'' he continued with a nod. "It's just too bad Bellaire told me to try it away from Hogwarts... not that it's going to stop me completely...'' Benny got a sly look from him. Adi looked back down at Guster and in the process catching sight of the tee shirt he was wearing. "Look, Benny! I'm promoting you.'' LOL.

A hero her? HAHA. She wasn't one, Kennedy was the hero of the family. As for dragons...Jeremiah KNEW she just couldn't keep away from those if the occasion presented itself. It was probably a good thing she hasn't told him she received a letter from the dragon sanctuary she intern-shipped a year ago at. And of course she wasn't going to purposely attempt to catch some weird aging disease. That'd been terrible and to this day she still checks for gray hairs, it's awful. And no more fairytale books for her. If something else dared possess her again...ooh, they were dead.

"Jeremiah, please--"

What'd he say?

His last line caused whatever she was going to say to get stuck in her throat. He did not just say that here, now. It made her feel all warm and fuzzy, sure always has, but now there was a lump the size of Mount Kilimanjaro lodged in her throat. The corners of her mouth threatened to pull downward, but she fought it, taking in a deep breath and putting on a brave smile.

"And back again."

SPOILER!!: Adi

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"Got that right,'' Adi said with his determination. "Mom's not going to change my mind no matter how much she tries.'' He could make his own decisions, thank you very much. He knew it didn't bother AJ one bit about what the woman thought but it did bother him a bit but he wasn't going to take that on. He was going to enjoy this new school year. Yup!

"Heya, Conrad!'' The Puffer turned his attention to Benny's owl. "I forgot Gus at home.'' Croooooooook! Gosh, that sounded like reproachful croak. But, darn! Gus had spoilt his fun. Hehe. He reached into his pocket to fish out the amphibian. "Just kidding. Here's your buddy.'' Adi held Gus up in front of Conrad's cage which set the froggie off in more croaks.

"You're an old Dragon,'' he continued with a nod. "It's just too bad Bellaire told me to try it away from Hogwarts... not that it's going to stop me completely...'' Benny got a sly look from him. Adi looked back down at Guster and in the process catching sight of the tee shirt he was wearing. "Look, Benny! I'm promoting you.'' LOL.

Now Adi certainly seemed in a better mood, at least at the point of forgetting home troubles in favor of looking forward to the new school term. Benny simply nodded in agreement as his friend made his pronouncement. He knew quite well how stubborn the Hufflepuff could be and this was about his girlfriend of all things. The Gryffindor himself would be so torn if the same limits had been placed on him.

Thankfully the topic changed to better things, like their two animal buddies. His familiar in the cage beside him hooted a hello in return to Adi's greeting, almosting appearing to eye the boy as he mentioned Gus. Benny too looked at his bestie at his words. Left Gus at home?! Alas it was all a ruse and the toad made his presence known. Anther was given as the two unlikely friends were next to each other. A bit of chatter from both owl and toad soon followed.

"And you're an old hippogriff," Benny remarked, returning it to Adi. "I never thought it would." He might not be looking forward to seeing the woman despite the distance to let the incident past, but he didn't put it past the Hufflepuff to ignore the woman's warnings. And the tshirt..."Um...so you are." That was a little weird.

No Jeremiah please nothing. He saw the sad in her eyes as she looked at him and he willed her not to cry. "i love you.... Mirror me after the feast tonight, ok?" cos he was missing her already and she wasn't even gone yet. He didn't even care that her dad and brother was there he was saying the L word, honestly he really didn't. "and don't even think of letting other boys look at you... because i'll come back and hurt someone for looking at you the wrong way you know it." even though there wasn't quidditch there was till Hogsmeade weekends and Jeremiah would be stupid if he didn't plan to be there at every one to see her.

There was one thing Beverly Juniper Wayne wouldn't ever do in front of people and that was cry. And she wasn't going to start now, she was tough. The L word melted the fake smile off her face, though, and she nodded. "Loveyoutoo." Then, just because she was feeling like it, Beverly thumped him right on the arm. "I have it and I'll try unless someone starts a fight again." She would either way even if she stayed up on the first night back.

Ohhh. Was that his Gryffindor making an appearance?

She rolled her eyes in joking manner. "I can gouge their eyes out all on my own, but c'mon, Jere. Wouldn't want to leave half the male population blind." She could make light out of mushy situations, see? "And you," she poked his chest, "remember, I'll fry any girl who looks at you in any way."

Olly was feeling a lot of different things because of the train at the moment. Yes, of course he was excited to go back to Hogwarts. But he was also sad to leave behind his dads and his brother. He'd said goodbye to Colin back home. Train stations full of people were not his favorite places so he'd stayed at home with one of his dads. The other dad had escorted Olly and Ellery to King's Cross. They'd come through the magical barrier and were ready to board the train. Olly's had wandered down the train, but had somehow gotten separated from them. Ellery was probably loading her stuff closer to the front. When Olly turned, he could just see his dad helping her with something.

He paused where he was. Maybe he was waiting for his dad to come find him and help load his trunk. Or maybe he was just delaying the inevitable. As much as he liked Hogwarts, he was also sad about going back. He loved the castle and his friends, but he loved his family. Why couldn't he have both at the same time? Why wasn't Hogwarts like a regular school?

Helena had her younger daughter with her....but Jack and Oliver had stayed home. It was much easier this way, and with Alice's raven...yeah. The less people, the better. Plus, Helena was the one who wanted to see her daughter off....

They had gone through the wall and were now standing right next to the Hogwarts' Express. Helena had heard SO much about it...and in person, it was wonderful. Bright red, steam coming from the top, the smell of the coals that it would burn...ugh. It was lovely.

"Oh Alice--you're going to have such fun at school!" she said with a smirk her way. She held onto Valerie's hand, though. The toddler couldn't get far..but it was safer this way. She had a stroller in her pocket, too...just in case. "I'm going to miss you so much..." she bent down and hugged Alice tightly.

Alice stood next to her trunk, the birdcage on the little kart moved a little as the familiar squawk of her pet raven, Diaval made his presence known. Merlin, she felt so excited but also scared. Looking at the big red train and then back at Helen. "I really hope so.. I'll miss you too."

Now there were hugs and the first year hugged tightly and even pulled her little sister closer, hugging her as well. It would be a while before she'd see them again.. not until Christmas. "I'll write you all the time, mum." She didn't often call Helen that but this seemed appropriate.

Jasper was feeling all too conflicted at the moment, running a hand through his messy hair. With guidance of his father, he had managed to get to the actual train station. Unfortunately, that was where having his father to help him had ended, needing to get back to his wife and the other children.

He couldn't believe he had just run through a wall to get here. Then again he also couldn't believe that his father had literally just teleported them from the Gold Coast in AUSTRALIA to London in England. Literally to the other side of the world. Worst of all, it was cold here. He assumed that the other people around found this quite warm, based on the clothing that they were wearing but no. He pulled his jumper sleeves down to try to keep his hands warm.

It was at that point he'd realised he'd stopped moving, instead just standing with his trolley, looking around at the people around him. He supposed he'd have to just follow their example...

Now what were they all doing?

Azura was slightly out of breath as she ran through the wall and now she was standing in the train station looking around in a slight bit of awe at everything going on!

She had just said goodbye to her Mom and Dad and now the small 11 year old was hauling her stuff across the platform and she came to a stop next to another first year who seemed.. as lost as she was!

"First year too?" She said with a bit of a warm smile as she pushed some of her black hair behind her ear and her bright purple eyes twinkled at him. "My name is Azura Kennedy." She said by way of introduction..

Jasper jumped slightly, not having noticed the girl that had come up and stood next to him. She was asking whether he was a first year too? Then she must be a first year as well! A sense of happiness flowed through him at that thought, before his eyes widened as he realised he hadn't replied to her yet. He offered a sheepish smile as he flushed, scratching the back of his neck.

"Uh... yeah I'm a first year..." he managed to get the words out of his mouth, he was hoping that she'd ignore how long it had taken. "Nice to meet you. I'm Jazz... I mean Jasper. My name is Jasper Quinn, just my family call me Jazz."

And now he was rambling. He should've just kept his mouth shut.

Oh whoops!! Azura bit her lip a little as the boy jumped at her arrival! She wasn't used to that, usually she was falling all over herself, so people certainly knew she was there! So did the ground for that matter! "Sorry." She apologized for scaring him.

She smiled again at him as he flushed a bit, and she bit her lip once more.. hoping that he was okay? She didn't often just go up to people, but he looked lost.. and she was too! Maybe they could help each other out?

"Oh good! It's my first year too and I'm not quite sure what to do." She admitted to him with a half of a smile..

She kept smiling at her, her purple eyes warm as he told her his name.."Jasper, It's nice to meet you Jasper Quinn!" She said as she grinned a bit at him.."Are you nervous about going to Hogwarts? Cause I'm terrified."

Should she really have admitted that? in front of a boy too?

"No worries... I was just lost in thought," he tried to explain himself. That was really the best way in which he could explain what was going on. He'd still been caught up in being in England. Caught up in trying to figure out what he was meant to do.

She didn't know what to do either? That was good. Meant that he definitely didn't miss a part of the letter. "Uh, neither am I," he admitted, his green eyes once again looking around at the people around them. It seemed that many people were either still in replies, or were catching up with friends. "Just follow the crowd I suppose?" he offered with a grin.

How was he supposed to react to that? Of course he was terrified but he wasn't meant to admit that he was absolutely terrified! But then again.... most people here probably were... after all the muggleborns would have no idea what to expect... that's how he made up his mind of responding honestly. Not that the lie would've been believable coming from him. "Yeah I'm pretty nervous," he answered with a shrug. "Do you know anything about Hogwarts?"

Azura could understand that.. though usually when she got lost bin thought she ended up falling or something! Which is why she needed to keep her wits about her at the moment! With all these people around!

"Following the crowd seems to be the safest bet at the moment." She replied as she looked up at Jasper for a moment and smiled back at him. He seemed nice! That was good! What if she had walked up to some mean guy? That would have been awful!

Azura was nervously playing with the ends of her hair as she awaited his response, Had that been a dumb thing to say? But she let out a sigh of relief as he said he was nervous as well! "I'm glad it's not just me then! I was worried thinking I was the only one scared!" She let out a small nervous laugh before nodded. "Mmmm, I know a bit about it, both of my parents went there, what about you? Do you know anything about it?" She asked curiously.

"At least there's only one train?" he offered with an amused smile on his face. He wasn't sure if the thought would amuse her, but he thought that would have been interesting. If the Hogwarts train wasn't separated from all the muggle trains. He was certain that he would've gotten on the wrong train while lost in his own mind. And it would've also been amusing if a muggle accidentally got onto the Hogwarts train.

"Yeah... my father went to Hogwarts for his last two years, says that he loved every moment of it" he commented, his eyes slowly turning back to the other eleven year old. With a dorky smile, he thickened his accent into the most cliche and bogan Australian accent he could muster before he spoke again. "Before that he went to 'nother school back in 'Straya."

He stopped at that though, scratching the back of his neck awkwardly, though the grin was still on his face. He wasn't too sure whether she'd find the accent funny or not.

Henric was excited to meet his girlfriend at the platform. Although he had hoped her mother wasn't around to sent her off. But if she was, he would wait until he was on board the train to see llia. His pushed his trolley onward, his pet owl Horace Jr in tow. "Come on Horace, we shall meet our friends soon! Are you excited! Nervous? Cos' I sure am. Merlin, can you believe it...I'm a p-prefect now...does this mean we're allowed in the prefect's compartment,Horace?!" he asked his owl, his eyes opened wide in wonder.

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Henric was excited to meet his girlfriend at the platform. Although he had hoped her mother wasn't around to sent her off. But if she was, he would wait until he was on board the train to see llia. His pushed his trolley onward, his pet owl Horace Jr in tow. "Come on Horace, we shall meet our friends soon! Are you excited! Nervous? Cos' I sure am. Merlin, can you believe it...I'm a p-prefect now...does this mean we're allowed in the prefect's compartment,Horace?!" he asked his owl, his eyes opened wide in wonder.

BACK TO SCHOOL TIME!!

Yeah, she was excited to go back to Hogwarts though... all of her favorite Professors wouldn't come back to teach there anymore. It would be weird not seeing Culloden teaching Potions or Dakest in DADA..... And she didn't know if the dueling club was still exist, even Dakest had promised that it would still happen without him. Well, let's see.

Pushing her trolley across the south platform, Ava looked around and see if her friends were already around. Maybe not since she was quite early to be here. Hey, better being early than late, right? Well, apparently she was not the only one who already arrived here. She spotted a familiar Hufflepuff guy. "HENRIIIIIIIIIIICCC!!!!!" She shouted his name and excitedly pushing her trolley toward him. "Oh, finally I saw someone familiar around here. I thought I was too early to be here because my mom insisted that we have to be at the Station sooooo early.... And I'm losing my twin brother! Well, I don't really care where he is now... Just I hope he wouldn't be kidnapped by alien or whatever..." Teddy was still quiet mad at her because of the apothecary incident. Huffft... "Hold on.... There's something different on you..." Maybe his haircut? No, it's still looking hideous. His smile? Nah, she already recognized the change and 200% sure that it become goofier since Henric got a girlfriend.

There's something shiny pinned on his collar.

Squint squint....