Elizabeth dragged her trunk into the luggage car, Bella riding on top of it imperiously. "You know, you can walk, since you don't want to ride in your basket," the fifteen-year-old said to the cat. Bella jumped off seconds before Elizabeth managed to heave the trunk onto one of the racks, and padded over to the door leading to the other cars, waiting to leave.

Elizabeth grabbed her schoolbag from on top of the trunk and slung it over her shoulder before she headed to the door. "Okay, let's go see if we can find anyone," she said, before slipping into the corridor running through the passenger cars, Grizabella following.

Freya pushed her heavy trunk to one corner of the luggage car. Her two owls were each perched on her shoulders, primping themselves and leaving small feathers on the floor. "You know, you two really should learn to be less piggish." She tapped the larger owl on his beak gently. "Stinker." No matter what she called them, it was always out of love.
After she made sure her trunk was in a place where it wasn't likely to be damaged, Freya removed her bag from the hook on the side of her tiger maple trunk. "Guess this is it you two, we're off." Freya placed the strap over her neck so that it lay over her chest, and her bag sat at her waist. She made sure that her trunk was secured very tightly and exited to find an empty compartment...

Whitney walked up to the luggage car,and shoved it onto a rack. She felt like her mother had over packed for her stay at Hogwarts. She had one heavy suitcase,and a trunk. She carefully threw the luggage onto the rack and made sure everything was secure.Looking around she saw other students with their pets,and wished she had one too. When she was done, Whitney walked onto the back of the train.

Amanda dragged her trunk, owl case, guitar case and her bag up onto the luggage car. It was going to be an interesting summer, spending time with both Nico and Kayla. She found a nice spot and secured her trunk, she stopped when she heard Belkin squacking at her and she grabbed an owl treat, feeding it to him. "Belkin, please be quiet, you'll be out of your cage soon enough" She said to her owl.

She put the strap of her bag around her neck, letting it rest on her right shoulder, she picked up her guitar case and headed off to find a nice quiet compartment.

"Shush!" that's all Kaika said, as she walked over to the car with her owl in her cage. There was no way she'll be letting Snowy run off free, not after she'd disappeared just days before. Not that Kaika knew her owl had been way off School grounds.

The owl was continuosly making noises but she wasn't listening anymore, this will be another ride home without her owl. It was easier that way, at least.

She winked at the owl and got the one tiny bag she needed for the train, before making sure her trunk was safely in place within the luggage car. And, also, checking that Snowy wouldn't cause a scene at the moment.

With that, she went in direction to....where this time? Front or back?

Penny got her trunk into the luggage car. She was so excited to be going home. She looked around. She was hoping she saw someone there that she knew. It looked like she was going to be by herself again. Hopefully she would catch up with Mads. So they could talk about what happened.

Kayla was so excited to be heading home for the first time in a long time that she actually skipped down to the train. With the last chance to do magic before the holidays, Kayla levitated her trunk and Cleo's cage in front of her and unceremoniously hurled them into the luggage car (oh for all those animal lovers out there...her owl is perched on her shoulder).

Hmmm...the front of the train or the back? Nicholai would no doubt choose to sit at the back and so Kayla headed that way. She waved to a few people that she knew as she passed but she was too eager to see Nico, to stop and talk.

Maddox, toting his large trunk on his right shoulder and Asmara's cage in his left hand, walked quickly up to the luggage car. He was definatly getting stronger, especially since he started going to the room of requirements 3 times a week to practice his kickboxing.


He quickly tossed his trunk in the luggage car and gently placed Asmara's cage on top of it. He whispered to her, "Behave my love, I will check on you in a little while." He gave her an owl treat and quickly walked towards the back of the train, where he knew the rest of his friends would be.

The chatter of students eagerly piling onto the train to go home was starting to give him a headache. One would think after almost a year of enduring nonsensical chatter, he would be used to it by now. Not quite; it was still as annoying to him as the first time he set foot into Diagon Alley. And still, he had few to call his friends, even after nearly ten months with the same batch of students day in and day out. Sure, some might call him a friend, but the feeling was not reciprocal in most cases.

With a sweeping motion of his wand, the fourteen year old levitated his trunk up to the top level in the luggage car. Why on Earth the taller kids couldn't use the top was beyond him? But for Merlin's sake, he hoped he grew some over the holidays... It was annoying to have girls be as tall as you. Stowing his wand in his robes, as he would not be using it for the holidays due to some darned regulations, he turned and left the luggage car to decide on the big question: front or back?

Rapunzel hurried into the luggage compartment, trying not to let her Cannons bag containing Nacho bounce too much whilst carrying hyper Archimedes' cage in her left hand and dragging her trunk in her right.

Whew, made it.

She shook her blonde hair out and then unceremoniously tossed her trunk up onto one of the luggage racks. Good thing Quidditch builds muscles, heheh. Punz then turned to Archimedes and petted his little head through the cage.

"You be good boy, mmkay? Just stay here and be quiet and I'll give you a nice bit Owl Treat later." She beamed at the little owl and, ignoring his high-pitched squeaking, turned to head out the door of the compartment.

But lo and behold, HE was in her way. Again. Just like in the library. Rapunzel sighed a little and gently tapped Dominic on the shoulder. "Going somewhere, anytime soon?"

Just as Dominic was about to leave the car and head off to someplace with less headaches, someone tapped him on his shoulder. Whirling around, his eyes widened at the sight of HER. Rapunzel Black. Interrupting his flow. "Not with you, Captain" he grimaced lightly and turned back around to leave the car for the most likely place Rapunzel Black would NOT go.

Carrying is luggage with him toward the luggage car, Fred was a bit relief that the term was now over. It wasn’t like he was bored of this yet but he was feeling more relaxed to be away from Hogwarts just for a bit. Things had been more tense for him this term that the previous one. With the little outburst he had with Savannah previously. Yeah he was now calling her by her full name instead of her family name. He had gain somewhat of a respect over her but not for her boyfriend. Still remembering the way their conversation had end up, he was still holding a grudge for this Diggory guy.

As he reached the car, he noticed that he wasn’t the first to be there and most of the good place where taken. Quickly putting his in a corner, he looks behind him searching for Ariel which didn’t take much time. She was chasing invisible things like always. His dog was the opposite of him but he wouldn’t trade her for anything in the world. Not sure where to go, he whistle at her to follow and walked away.

Usagi deposited her trunk into the luggage with a heavy heart. Thanks to some effort of her aunt, she have been transferred to a newfound magic academy back in her hometown - Hanoi. She looked up at Hogsmeade station, taking in the scene one last time. The images of people she have met at Hogwarts flashed through her head: Allie, Via, Astrid, Cale, Anna, Maggie... Trying hard not to break into tears, she stiffened herself and headed straight to a compartment.

Via had reached the station and found USagi at the luggage area.
But before she could say a word Usa had entered the train. SO she placed her luggage safely and made her way to the train. It was good the term again had ended for she missed her family so much although they're really growing up.

Rachel neared the luggage car. She wasn't going to board the train, seeing as she was staying in a flat 20 minutes walk from Hogwarts. Her own luggage was waiting for her at the school gates, and she had just come here to say goodbye. I hope people show up here... she thought as she looked around, not spotting any of her friends.

Aly pushed the door open and stepped into the car. She looked around and put her hand on her hip. "I need to find my trunk, Elan. Can you help me?" She asked, going over to some trunk and looking at them. "It's a dark blue color and it has my initials on it."

He followed Aly into the compartment and watched to see what she would do next. He controlled a bit of laughter as her hand went to her hip. "Ok. Blue with your intials on it." He began to look at another pile of trunks and rummaged around, lifting and pushing large containers around searching for hers.

She bent down and looked at the initials of a blue on on the bottom. "I found it!" She squealed. "But it's under like..three other ones." Standing up, she reached for the top one and lifted it down. "Oh man. That one was heavy."

Elan heard her say she had found it. He hurried over to her and watched her struggle with a heavy one. He moved in front of her and said, "let me do it." With that, he moved the other two trunks quickly and pulled hers up and to them.

"I'm not weak." She told him, pouting. She watched him pick up the other two and set them down, her hands going to her hips. "That one was just really heavy. I probably could've picked the other two up."

Once her trunk was in front of her, she bent down and opened the latch. She dug around inside of it and pulled out what she was looking for: a box. "This is for you." She told him, holding out the box for him. "It's nothing big. It's just a present."

He chuckled. "I never said you were weak. I wanted to help you." He looked at her and laughed as her hands were on her hips. "That's a cute look for you. I should get a picture of that."

He watched her as she unhooked the latch and dug something out and turned to hand him a box. It was a nice box. He smiled at her, his eyes twinkling. "It doesn't matter at all what it is, it's just that you thought of me." He opened it and he held back a tear as he looked inside the box.

She ignored his comment about the look. "Shush and just open.." She trailed off as she opened the box. "It's really nothing. Just a bunch of random stuff." She played with the hem of her skirt and bit her lip. "Just so..you'll remember me, you know?"

He smirked as the box was opened, but his smirk quickly disappeared as he took out the picture and drawing. They were amazing and he knew she cared. He looked down at the beautiful scarf and set the box on a nearby trunk so he could use both hands to lift it out of the box. Setting the photo down and the one last glance at the drawing of them, he pulled the scarf from the box. It was amazing and the detail work was amazing. "Aly. THis is so amazing." He reached over to hug her and heard something fall on the ground. He looked down to see a bracelet on the ground. He bent down and scooped it up and lifted it to the light so he couold look closer and saw their names on it. He was speechless as he turned to her and overcome with emotion he sat down.

"Alright. I know you like them." She smiled and smoothed her skirt down over her knees. "Now comes the bad news." She took a deep breath and rubbed at her eyes, knowing that they would be filling with tears right about now. "I'm not coming back to Hogwarts."

She held her hands up to her eyes for a couple more minutes, before bring them away and folding them in her lap. She knew he was going to be upset, but she didn't know how he would react. "My grandma..she's sick..and..I have to take care of her.."