She nodded weakly and felt a little bit better from Liz's words. "I hope I'll see you again at some point. Maybe if I'm ever around London.." She sniffled. She was doing that a lot today, she just realized. It was almost an impulse at this point.

She laughed weakly. "I dunno if he will show. He has other friends he would rather sit with." She couldn't help the bitterness in her tone.

She smiled in response to that first comment. "Nice to meet you, Rose, I'm Lima." She found it odd that she would meet someone new on her very last trip. It was a shame that it was doubtful that she would ever see this girl again. She seemed so nice.

"Wow," Cope spotted... everyone he knew trekking into his once-private car. What was THIS about? "Hey... Avalon. Anna. Plym." He scooted down so someone could plunk in next to him. "Plymouth, Cela was just telling us about your summer plans together."

"Hey Tobi,come and join the fun" she gave him a huge smile. There would be no tears this time, Kayla had got that moment of weakness out of her system now.

Turning back from Tobi, Kayla looked at Cela and nodded at the younger girl and then her face went into one of surprise but she quickly covered it up and gave her a huge smile. "I would like that very much Cela. And you could help me pick one out." Of course she didn't really need a new dress, Nico had purchased her an entire new wardrobe for Christmas but it would be nice for her and Cela to shop for each other.

And the life of the party had entered the compartment and Kayla was slightly dizzy with happiness at the moment. Mainly because of Celandine but Plymouth was infectious and she let out a giggle as he entered and she moved over so that he could sit down. "Greetings Plymouth, come and sit down with your two best girls" she gave him a cheeky smile and a wink.

Looking up as another voice entered the compartment, Kayla smiled at Anna. "Come on in and join the circus" she gestured to a vacant seat and looked around the compartment. Woah it was getting full but it was better that way. All the cool people were here...well except for one and she wondered where Maddox was?

Rose smiled, sitting down on the floor, "Lima, is that short for something?" She asked curiously. The Gryffindor had never heard such a name. It was pretty, unique as well. Fiddling with her hair, she looked out the window, suprised at the bitter tone Lima used for someone. Casting a curious glance at Elizabeth, she frowned, "What we need is one, big reunion." She paused, thoughtfully. "Something fun, one last time"

Time.Time.Time.Couldn't it slow down?Just a tiny,little bit.

Reese sighed to herself.It was only just a few more hours until she would be in the car with her mother,going to her new house,and meeting her stepdad.Everyting was just happening too fast.Way too fast.

Reese wandered down to the back of the train,looking for somewhere to sit.She stopped at a compartment and smiled when she saw Lima,Jake,Elizabeth,and Rose.She pulled the door open and peeked inside the compartment. "Is there room in here for one more?" She looked from Rose to Lima to Elizabeth and then to Jake.

Rose felt her backrest or rather the door move and looked up to see Reese. "EEy!" She greeted her happily. Looking around the crowded compartment she giggled, "I suppose. You might have to breathe in" Smiling up at the Slytherin, she shifted to make room for her.

Reese giggled. "Oh,I can fit.I'm not that big,"she told Rose,as she squeezed into the compartment,closing the door behind her.She sat herself down next to Rose and looked at all the people.How the heck are we fitting all in here?That was an unanswerable question. "So-erm-hey everyone!"

"oh hey, there is a Cela on me!" Tobi quipped, squeezing his sorta sister tightly before reaching around him and trying to undo her vicelike grip. Such is the burden of Tobias Bejamin Avalon. Women everywhere found him irresistibly huggable.


"And there is a Morgan behind me..." Tobi noted.


"And an Anna behind him..." Wow, this compartment was the place to be. Tobi was such a trend setter. He grinned proudly.

"Hey Kettleburn," said Tobi taking the vacant seat before Anna followed Kayla and Cela's example and hugged him too. Awkward? Yes... I mean she had been his prefect. It was only a little less awkward than being hugged by Professor Pierce. - The idea!


"Don't mind if I do," he said, stretching out his legs so that they pretty much reached across to the other side of the compartment. He looked at Kayla nervously, she wasn't going to cry on him again was she. His shirt had only barely dried from their last encounter.

"Whigalima," she said shuttering. "It's German. And I hate it." She hated being cured with the weirdest name in history. Though some weirdos seemed to like it. Then Rose suggested a reunion. That started to cheer her up a bit. "Yes, lets do that!" she said excitedly, as she wiped her eyes with the back of her hand one last time.

Now Reese was here. "Reeses Pieces!!" she exclaimed excitedly, as if she hadn't seen the girl in years instead of just yesterday. "Come sit with me," she said patting the spot beside her.

Amanda leaned her head against the wall in the compartment she was in, she was sorta frustrated with herself for what happened during the term, but was going to make up for that next term. Letting her guitar rest again her stomach, she took out a licorice wand she had in her bag and started to eat it, pondering what was next for her.

Elizabeth had finally given up and gone inside the compartment, along with Rose, what felt like two seconds before it got even more crowded as Tobi, Plymouth and Anna came inside. Smiling at the new arrivals, she commented, for Plymouth's benefit, "No spellcasting right now, or someone might get hurt."

Then she turned back to Rose, smiling a little as the Gryffie petted Bella before speaking again. "I think everyone's in here," she joked, leaning over to the other girl so she could whisper. Standing back straight, she watched Lima, who was sort of starting to get a little more cheerful. "Of course we'll organize some sort of reunion or something. Aren't summer parties almost inevitable?," she said cheerfully, before shrugging at the comment about Maddox. It wasn't like she was an expert on the subject.

She lapsed into silence for a while as Rose talked to Lima, turning as the door opened again and Reese joined the group. "Hey Reese," she said then, inwardly rolling her eyes as she wondered how many more people were going to fit in the compartment.

Cela let go of Tobi and sat down again, feet once more tucked up underneath herself. She shot a great big grin at Plymouth and waved to Anna.
Cela beamed, immediately wondering what it could possibly be. She shot a little look at Copernicus, wondering if he was still planning something epic for her, though she was mostly just glad he'd agreed to come.

Cela blinked. She was? Celandine stared at Copernicus for a moment before looking away suddenly. Did that mean Copernicus wanted to know the details? Cela chewed on her lip. What more could she say than 'we are going to a carnival'?

"Great!" Cela beamed, her attention called back to Kayla, "I need a whole bunch of new ones. One for my party, but in general I need a bunch on account of the others are getting a little tight." Cela was beginning to suspect that the engorgio charm Plym had accidentally hit her with in the dueling arena, hadn't entirely gone away. "You can help me convince Nico it will be alright for me to wear a nice one." Celandine didn't much like the idea of dressing like a little girl for her fourteenth birthday party, particularly because she was pretty sure that Copernicus was desperately trying to convince himself that she wasn't a child.

Celandine shifted over so that she was smooshed by the window, leaving space next to her for someone to sit down.

Plymouth could FEEL Anna at his back. Like a snake can feel its next meal - Plymouth Morgan could feel Anna. Like he'd do for a tidal wave, he just hurried inside and didn't look back. So much safer that way.

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"Wow," Cope spotted... everyone he knew trekking into his once-private car. What was THIS about? "Hey... Avalon. Anna. Plym." He scooted down so someone could plunk in next to him. "Plymouth, Cela was just telling us about your summer plans together."

"Ohhhh were youuuu? Did she tell you that I got her a top hat to wear so she LOOKS like a carnie?" Plymouth put on his "omgosh surprised" face on that was complete with a big "O" shaped mouth as he looked to Cela. Boy did he like her a whole lot. "I want her to meet my mum, too."

OH MUM. Plymouth was going to seeeee his Mum!!! Happy day!!!

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And the life of the party had entered the compartment and Kayla was slightly dizzy with happiness at the moment. Mainly because of Celandine but Plymouth was infectious and she let out a giggle as he entered and she moved over so that he could sit down. "Greetings Plymouth, come and sit down with your two best girls" she gave him a cheeky smile and a wink.

"Don't mind if I do, Kayla Winters," Plymouth slid in next to her and put his arm around her shoulder. He even wiggled his eyebrows at her. "Are you going to come visit me this summer? You totally should. Apparently we have this new posh house that Copernicus's father got us. But, if you want, we can pitch a tent outside. Doesn't that sound like SO much fun? Me and you and Perni in a big tent! Bet you know some fun ghost stories, huh?"

Walking down the train, Liz looks in wondering if there's any open spots to sit.

"Hey there, Cope" Anna greeted, filing into the compartment just behind Plymouth. What on Earth was he in such a hurry for? "Hey," she said, poking Plymouth in the back. "What'cha in such a hurry for? I don't bite, you know..." Rolling her eyes playfully at Plymouth, Anna took a seat in the nicely-packed compartment. It felt good to get out of the prefect's compartment for a bit and just enjoy the good times with friends. Anna glanced around the compartment, letting her eyes fall on everyone inside before stopping at Cope. "Summer plans?" she asked, turning to look at Cela and Plym. "Where ya going?"

Anna smiled at Kayla, who'd offered her a nearby empty seat. "Thanks, don't mind if I do," Anna said, getting comfortable in her seat. "Nothing like a good circus of a compartment to wind down in after a long, hectic week of final exams." Now that Anna was good and seated, it crossed her mind that she still had yet to purchase any chocolate frogs for the long ride home. Ohhh, some frogs sounded good right about now. Anna didn't dare get up, though. If she gave up her seat now, it just might be taken by the time she got back. "So, any summer plans?" she asked Kayla.

"Oh, Tobi," Anna said, looking around the compartment to see if maybe someone had some extra candy to give away, "I haven't had a chance to tell you how much I've enjoyed hanging out with you this past school year. I'm only sorry we didn't get to know one another earlier. I think I can speak on behalf of all of Gryffindor when I tell you that you'll be missed next year." Anna smiled at Tobi and then grew quiet. No use getting all teary-eyed now. Instead, Anna turned to Cela, who was her best bet in obtaining candy. "Sooo, Cela. What sort of candy do you have around here?" she asked.

Rose laughed, "It's pretty." As she added that she hated it Rose nodded, "My name is actually Rosamund after my grandmother or something. My father had the sense to persuade my mum to leave it off my birth certificate." Smiling as her suggestion seemed to cheer the departing seventh year she nodded, "Shouldn't be hard. Everyone has parties over the summer."

Reese had come in and Rose grinned, "No your not that big. But compared to me..." She reasoned, staring down at her 5 feet and a hair inch form. The compartment being crowded was an understatement. It was packed. "You must be pretty popular" She joked softly looking around. She didn't know a quarter of the people in the room. Feeling more and more awkward, she stopped herself from fidgeting by petting Bella.

Cope was completely overwhelmed by the million and a half people in the car and talking to him. He greeted each in turn as they spoke to him, but they quickly moved on and he was grateful for it. Even Anna, who stopped to ask a question, immediately turned and asked a hundred other questions. Well, good. If they were all going to be chatty with each other, maybe he'd just... read his book? He dragged his satchel into his lap and gave them a furtive look.

"Oh don't look at me like that Avalon, I am not going to blubber over you like I did before. That was just a one time moment of weakness, one that you won't be seeing again." Kayla gave him a look as if to say 'yeah I'm back so don't mess with me'.

"No problems" Kayla replied enthusiastically. "Where do you want to go to shop?" They had the whole world to pick from, being a witch definitely had its advantages. "Don't worry about Nico, if he knows you are with me it'll be fine." Sometimes though she wondered who could be the more trouble maker Cela or herself.

Okay that was a little more than she had bargained for, Plymouth was great and everything but each time they got together it always had people talking. He wanted her to visit him and Cope over the summer? And sleep in a tent? "Wow that sounds like so much fun Plymouth, but I don't think Cope would be too thrilled with that? And um what about Cela? Is she invited too?" Because Kayla certainly did not hear that invitation being extended to her.

Kayla reached into her pocket and pulled out some candy and handed it to Plymouth. "I know how much you like candy, so i thought you might like these. I hear cotton candy and peppermint toads are your favourite" she raised an eyebrow at him and smiled. Then leaning over so that no-one else could hear, she whispered into his ear. "If Nicoholai and I had of broken up would you have really honored your word?"



Turning to Anna, Kayla let out a small laugh. "Yeah I'm apparently going camping with Plymouth here and Cope at their house." She kept a straight face as she looked at Anna, now if Cedric was here the whole train would know by now. "What are your plans Anna? Going to be spending lots of time with Cale I bet."

"Aww Cope is it too crowded in here for you?" Kayla asked looking over at him. How could he possibly be sitting there reading a book with all this going on. She leaned over and took the book gently out of his hands, "It's the last time you'll see Tobi and it'll be two months before you see the rest of us. We're not going to bite you-you know."

She looked into the compartment and it looked full, good thing she was a little thing. She squeezed into the compartment. "Hey Anna, Cela, Cope, Plymouth, Kayla. And everyone else." She giggled. She moved into the compartment and looked around at everyone.

What was it about him that made girls all emotional? did he have some kind of pheromone overproduction or something? Tobi sniffed his shirt. He thought he smelled normal. But there was Anna looking all big eyed and nostalgic.

"Uh, thanks Anna. I'll miss you guys too. It... It was great." Girls - NUTS!!!


Tobi looked over at Kettleburn. "Dude, know the feeling," he muttered.

Tobi might have been more afraid of Kayla's look if she hadn't gone on to mention her little accident with Plymouth. He snorted into his hand, covering it quickly with a cough. "I must be getting a cold."

Why was everyone making such a big deal of his graduating? I mean sure it was kind of a big deal but, "Seriously people! It's not like I don't own an owl or know how to pen a letter! You will hear from me!"

Okay, so maybe he was a little sad to be going and the constant reminders were not making him feel better.

Frowning and staring out of the window, Jake mumbled his response. "It happens..."

Darn WOMEN! Making him feel all EMOTIONAL! Gah, he felt like he was havin pregnant lady mood swings or something.

HOT FLUSH!

"Kayla gave him to me," Jake nodded, pulling his knees up and sitting the tank there.

Looking up to the new face, Jake tilted his head. "He erm... errrrr..." Jake bit his lip a second. "Well... hey, a butterfly!" he called out, spinning his head to look out the window for a second.

Once Jake was nicely distracted, he turned back to look around the compartment. Lots of people... wow... Well, Jake would fit, he was absolutely tine at 4ft5 and weighing 70lbs.

He was tiny...

...

OH NO!

Suddenly fearing forhis unsquished body, Jake pushed himself back into the corner as far as he would go.

"A top hat?" Cela repeated incredulously. Well, she was pretty sure she'd look cute in it, especially if she attached a big ribbon around it and tied it it in a bow. "I'd like to meet your mum a whole bunch. And Cope's dad." Cela added.

"Where? I don't... where are carnivals anyway?" Celandine had no idea. She patted down her pockets and came up with nothing in the way of candy so she turned a hopeful look on Plymouth first, and then Copernicus. "What kind of candy do we have around here?"

Cela slipped her feet out from under her and slid to the edge of her seat so that she could extend her foot and nudge Cope in the knee. "What have you got there, Cope?" Candy maybe? She grinned at him.

"Somewhere expensive." Cela answered, a little absently considering she was still focusing most of her attention on Copernicus. She dragged her eyes to Kayla. "Well, I'm not worried about the shopping part, it's the wearing part."

"Well Hiiiiiiiii Paris!" Celandine waved super cheerfully at her yearmate and patted the seat next to her, smooshing herself right up by the window in order to make room between her and Kayla.

Celandine looked at Tobi. "Ohhh great! I'll write to you too! And maybe! Ohh! Maybe we could ALL come and STAY in your INN! And meet your grandmother!"

Cela continued to gently nudge Copernicus with her foot as she spoke.

"We need to get together in August at the latest," she said smiling. She knew that she would be busy any time before that. "I might have a party of my own. At the place I get Paris." She turned her attention back to the window again and smiled. That would be nice. She would have to make sure that Maddox was in Paris at that time.

"Thanks, but I know that it really isn't. It's weird and BLEH. You have an interesting name, though." She snorted. She was glad that she wasn't wanting to cry anymore. "That's true. And me, Miles, Vannie, Whit, and Reese are touring with Amanda over the summer." Talking about it made her get a little excited.

She sighed at his response. "Jake... You are going to give me a hug before we get to the Station, right?" She hated it when he was so distant from her.

Then she raised her brow. "That was really nice of her." It was not her first choice for a pet, but whatever. And Kayla was a nice girl. Lima liked her.

She was so glad she took her headache potion before she got on the train. When Cela got worked up her voice reached a pitch that she was sure could break glass. She waved and squeezed in between Cela and Kayla. She gave each other them a hug. "So what are the plans for the summer?" She asked looking around at everyone.

"Perni... Who is picking us up? Do you know? I didn't owl. I should have owled... I HOPE it's Mum." MUUUUM. Plymouth couldn't wait - COULD NOT WAIT - to see his mum.

He eyed Anna, once.. twice... gave a little "EEP" and had to turn to Kayla. He couldn't really converse with Anna when Cela was around.

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Okay that was a little more than she had bargained for, Plymouth was great and everything but each time they got together it always had people talking. He wanted her to visit him and Cope over the summer? And sleep in a tent? "Wow that sounds like so much fun Plymouth, but I don't think Cope would be too thrilled with that? And um what about Cela? Is she invited too?" Because Kayla certainly did not hear that invitation being extended to her.

Kayla reached into her pocket and pulled out some candy and handed it to Plymouth. "I know how much you like candy, so i thought you might like these. I hear cotton candy and peppermint toads are your favourite" she raised an eyebrow at him and smiled. Then leaning over so that no-one else could hear, she whispered into his ear. "If Nicoholai and I had of broken up would you have really honored your word?"

Plymouth scratched his puffy hair in confusion over Kayla's lack of excitement over camping with him. "If CellBell wants to come, she KNOWS she's welcome. I told her to come home with me anyway. She can spend the whole summer if she wants. And you, too! We could have SO much fun. We could make bracelets and blood oaths. And fires. And treasure maps."

He took the candy, thought for a SECOND about munching on it, and passed it to his Cela. "Sweets for my Sweet. Courtesy of Kayla." AIR NUZZLE!!

AND THEN - Plymouth TOTALLY had a blush fest. Color creeped up his neck and onto his ears. He "hehe'd" and put his cheek to Kayla's shoulder. "I doubt you would have thought I tasted like those things, cotton candy and peppermint toads, but I would have kept my half of the deal," Plymouth answered honestly.

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She looked into the compartment and it looked full, good thing she was a little thing. She squeezed into the compartment. "Hey Anna, Cela, Cope, Plymouth, Kayla. And everyone else." She giggled. She moved into the compartment and looked around at everyone.

Plymouth flexed his muscles - cause he was MAN. RAWR.

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"A top hat?" Cela repeated incredulously. Well, she was pretty sure she'd look cute in it, especially if she attached a big ribbon around it and tied it it in a bow. "I'd like to meet your mum a whole bunch. And Cope's dad." Cela added.



"Where? I don't... where are carnivals anyway?" Celandine had no idea. She patted down her pockets and came up with nothing in the way of candy so she turned a hopeful look on Plymouth first, and then Copernicus. "What kind of candy do we have around here?"

"A top hat!" Plymouth confirmed. "A big one too. I bet your whole head will fit in it. But we'll hold hands so it'll be okay," he told her from Kayla's shoulder. "And carnivals are EVERYWHERE, CellBell. You just have to know how to find them." And lucky for her, Plymouth did knew how.