Marisa stopped in her tracks debating on if she should have a set or not. After a moment she walked over to take a seat beside Jake. Once seated she looked over to the girl Jake introduced, “Hi Satine,” she said with a friendly smile. Then looking back over to Jake she extended her hands so that Riskers could greet him, but unfortunately, as with the first time, Riskers snapped down on one of Jakes fingers. “Bad boy,” Marisa stated pulling him up so that she could look the ferret in the eyes, “You play nice now.” She placed the ferret back on her lap and looked over to Jake, “I am sorry- very sorry. How is it?” Reaching over she took Jakes hand to inspect the finger and as she did she answered his question. “Hogwarts A History was very informational and I managed to read it completely though.”

Jake smiled happy to see her sit, he wasnt sure if she would. Jake reached over to pet the ferret when he once again bit down on his finger "ah: he said pulling his hand back "I think that's how he says hello to me" he said as Marisa took his hand "its alright, I think Im getting use to it, it doesnt hurt bad, just at first". Jake thought bakc he hasnt read that book since his first year "learn anything interesting?" he asked her.

Jake chuckled, she sure is talkative he thought which was a nice change she reminded him of Chalice " hmm" he said " not that much older" he told her with a smile. Jake laughed "yes sitting by yourself is no fun, gives you to much time to think" he said rolling his eyes. He smiled at her change she went from being outgoing to shy in a quick minute "Im in Slytherin" he said, already getting ready for the whole Slytherins are bad and mean power hungry people who hate speech, that he gets everytime some one ask what house he is in. " what house are you in" he asked


occ- got to go pick up my siblings be back at 3 bye

She began to feel more comfortable. You never know with older students.
"I've met a lot of first years that would love to be in Slytherin. I'm not sure what I'll be in, but I have a feeling that it'll be Ravenclaw. That's what my mom was in." She said smiling.

Noticing that an older student had come in, she began to feel a little bit nervous again and her hair began to have black streaks in it.

"Well, since it looks like you're not alone anymore, I guess I better head back to my compartment and start gathering my stuff and my pet chinchilla, Gemma. It was great to meet you! Hopefully we'll run into each other at the school." She finished in her head...well that's if it's okay for you to be seen talking to a first year....but you could never have too many older brothers to help you with things.

She turned to Marisa who had just walked in with her frisky ferret. "It was nice to meet you both! I hope ya'll both have a great year! Maybe I'll see you both around." She said with a smile and turned to leave the compartment truly hoping to see them later.

Hungry as ever, Alana decided to find a compartment to sit in. "Hey, do you mind if I sit here??" she said trying to get proper hold of her snowy owl Godric and the food she just bought off the trolley.

Irial smiled and shook his head. "No, not all of them, but some will try to just because you're small. If they bother you, well, don't let them bother you. Tell them off, or better yet, ignore them."

He shifted positions and recrossed his arms. "You'll be fine. It's not as scary as you probably think it is. You'll have fun, and the teachers are nice. Just don't tick any of them off, and you'll be fine. Unless you want to. A little trouble is always a good thing, but don't overdo it."

Jake nodded his head and smiled "yes all of my friends seem to be either in Ravenclaw or Gryffindor, I dont think I now one Slytherin" after thinking for a moment " nope I dont, most of then are Ravenclaw" he looked over at Marisa next to him "Marisa is in Ravenclaw"

He turned to looked back at the younger girl and saw as her hair began to change colors "thats pretty cool" he said. Jake smiled as she started to get up "You dont have to go, we dont bite" he pointed at the ferret "but he does" he chuckled and nodded his head "sure hope to see you around also and good luck with getting into Ravenclaw" he waved

"That's a little roundabout way of saying it," came a voice from the door of the comparment where the first year Dru and an older student, Irial, were talking.

The owner of that voice was a student not much older than the very Dru, though there was something quite different in their demeanor. Not quite easy going, not quite older-behaving, just... oddly controlled. It was a girl of pale complexion and short blond hair, and a face that still looked like a toddler's.

"Perhaps I'm intruding but," she began again with a gesture of uncertainty, "you wouldn't mind I join you, would you?" The young girl's eye bore into that of the older student. And then she was a bit less formal when she waved to the girl with a smile, the sort of way you do when you identified an equal.

Irial turned when he heard another girl speak to him. Oh. A crowd. How he hated crowds. Sighing, he nodded. "No, go right ahead." He gave her a polite, but forced smile. There was something about this girl he didn't like. She unnerved him.

"I'm Irial, and this is Dru," he said, gesturing to himself and the younger girl. He stood straight, instead of lounging, like he'd been just moments earlier. "What made you decide to join our conversation?" he asked.

Marisa turned to the girl with a smile, “It was nice to meet you. Yes, and especially if you get sorted into Ravenclaw.”
Turning back to Jake she realized she still had a hold of his hand, slightly embarrassed she quickly let go dropping his hand. “Well I am glad,” she said trying to regain her momentum. “Well it wasn’t bad I learned some about the house ghost and the history of the creatures of the school.” Shrugging she glanced out the window and a small frown appeared on her face, “I can’t believe I am on my way there. I guess it’s better than with Aunt Judith. “

Aaron woke up at the knock. Ugh... We're not there yet? He looked over at the door. Whoops, he forgot to open the curtains. He walked over and opened them up. He then opened the door.

"Hey, sorry. I've been done changing. Come in and get them" As he said that there was a peck on the window. Avery was back. That must mean that they were nearly there. "You might want to hurry, too. We're nearly there!"

Jake chuckled as she let go of his hand "interesting, wait till you meet them" he said. Jake looked down at the ferret again then back at her "it really isnt that bad Marisa" he said quietly to her

The girl considered the question, closing her eyes with a calm expression and raising a hand to her lips. "It's more of a matter of having nowhere else to hang out at. Meetings and companionship must start somewhere. On that note,"

She brought a hand in front of the older boy for proper greeting. "I'm Diane. I'm a first year too." As soon as she had offered her hand, she took it back gotten distracted by something else, "I should be honest with you. I heard what you were saying and, because of the nature of your conversation, I could tell you were a first year too -" her eyes had returned to the girl, "Dru, right?"

Satine hurried back to the compartment after meeting a couple new people. She hurried in with a smile and put her old clothes into her zebra stripped truck. She reached up and checked up on her pet chinchilla, Gemma. She was still sleeping peacefully from the spell her mom had put on her before they had boarded the Hogwarts Express.

She sat back down in the seat across from Aaron. "Wow the halls are starting to get really busy with everyone changing into their robes. We must be getting close which is great because I'm starving! I hope that they have seafood...do you think they will?"

"We are getting close! Avery came back, I let her out before and told her to come back right before we got to Hogwarts. I am starving, too. Seafood would be good. But what I am hoping for is some chicken. I like chicken, its good." Aaron was now getting loopy from hunger. They were sooooo close!

Dru looked at the girl who's pale complexion and blond hair combination reminded her a little of a ghost dipped in white-out. "Uh-huh," she nodded in response. She didn't know exactly what to say to this girl, she sensed Irial didn't like her and wondered if she was one of those 'nasty people.' She also, unwittingly, managed to stand up straight, once again copying Irial, but this time it was completely by accident.

As an experiment to see if this girl was indeed as nice as she was trying to be to her, Dru relaxed herself and gave the girl a big friendly smile, just to test the water.

Marisa positioned her head up to a more straight on position and looked away from the window toward Jake. “I know it can’t be by the way you and others talk about it- letting out a sigh- I just wish I could go back to the way things was..where..back to my home.” She shook her head at her own loss of self confinement. Why am I telling him all this she wondered to herself as she stared at Jake, at a loss with herself.

Irial suddenly felt defensive of this girl, Dru. He stepped a little closer to her, and nodded at the new girl, Diane. "Nice to meet you, Diane," he said stiffly. He gave her a tentative smile, but nothing more.

Although she was a first year, as well as Dru, something about this girl seriously unnerved him. He wondered what it was about her. He knew, through instinct, however, that if she got the kind of power his kind had, then she'd be a dangerous foe. His archaic designs on his arms twitched painfully and he winced.

Having gotten a response to their rather bumpy acquintance, Diane sat in front of the both of them and lied back on the seat, swinging her legs up and down in intervals. And then suddenly she was on her feet. "Are you in pain? Where is it?"

Having perceived through the smallest of twitches such things, her demeanor had changed, from off-handed to a face of deep worry unlike someone her age. But she did not make any attempts at making physical contact, because somehow she could perceive their uneasiness. How not to? It was perceivable from a mile away.

Meanwhile, what to do? "Tell me something, if I were to tell you more about myself, would that make you feel more at ease? That is, if you do not wish to visit somebody like the school nurse first."

While this girl may have sensed Irial being in pain, Dru was unaware of this fact as she was not the most... aware of all people. Instead, her mind was focused on a slightly more important subject... She didn't smile back at me.

Her face dropped and she looked at the girl blankly, almost angry. She moved so she was stood shoulder to shoulder with Irial. Well, it was more like her shoulder to his elbow...

Mystic looked up from her book she was grossed in at the sound of the talking about food. "Food sounds good. I am not sure what I would want. I am sure they will have a lot to choose from I hope," she added to join into the confection.

Irial glanced down at Dru. She'd moved closer to him. And the other girl seemed to have sensed that his arms were slightly twinging in pain. Damn archaic symbols. He was growing weaker by the second, and now this girl was spooking him. It took a lot to be spooked, and he was half tempted to show her his true power, but Caitlin would not approve of it. And Gabriel would be angry too.

"There is no need," he said quietly, his voice haunting. "And I have no need to see a school nurse either. There is nothing she can do for me." His eyes dropped and a stray strand of ink black hair fell into line of vision.

Jake looked at her and sighed he wasnt sure what to say but he knew that whatever she was going through was hard on her. He reached out and took her free hand in his "Im sorry you're going through this Marisa and I know nothing I say would make you feel better and that you're scared" he looked her in the eyes he tone serious and sympathetic " just know that even if you dont like me that much, you can always count on me for anything, Im your friend, dont be scared of telling me anything Ill always hear you out and make no jugdement on you" he sighed "trust me I know letting things out is hard" he gave her a small warm smile and her hand a gentle squeeze before letting it go.

"Well I hope they sort us before we have to eat. I mean I couldn't possibly eat with all these butterflies in my stomach. But surely they'll let us eat with our new houses. O no....how does our luggage get to the castle?" All of her questions were making her even more anxious and she could feel her hair becoming streaked with black streaks in her deep purple hair. UGH! It's going to be a long night...she thought...

After a momentary pause, Diane's voice brought itself to a new tone, bordering on the former concern and a hint of ingrigue. "Perhaps I should've said it the other way round, maybe you would like to share with us your reasons?"

It's a bit difficult not to feel a bit suffocated when treated with random distrust. But it didn't feel like an important deal at the time, and neither do now. Because, somehow, it is never the priority of people their age to randomly pick on people to upset. Maybe this was different for the older boy, but for Diane, she suspected Dru and her were on a different mindset. It could only mean Dru perceived her as a threat.

When thinking about it in these terms, there was only one response Diane could give and it was so, in a way, inadvertedly: she smiled at Dru again, with nothing but warmth in her eyes. And she couldn't help pushing it further, "You have an interesting shade of eye color, don't you?" she said as an afterthought, to the older boy.

My, Diane should make a note wit-sharpening potions are not the greatest, most effective way to make friends.

"I am sure they will. My parents said the feast were amazing!"

"It's a magical school. I'm pretty sure that they will get out bags into our dorms in a simple way." Aaron smiled out her.Aaron could not wait to get there. The stress was now eating away at his stomach.