Wesley figured that OWL's must be scary, seeing how Jack and Reese talked about them nervously. Kind of like how Mother talked about dust. Mother absolutely detested dust. Wesley wondered if she had to take them too; she hoped not. Bravery was something she lacked, and if Jack and Reese were frightened, than Wesley was sure she would be scared TO DEATH. She wanted to offer to help too, but couldn't think of anything to help with since she really didn't know anything about anything.

People on the moon? Wesley shuddered. It would be so scary to be up there in the dark away from everyone. She wondered if it would be silent. Wesley didn't like silence. She liked quiet, but not silence. Because when nothing did nothing that usually meant something was wrong. Wesley hoped Jack would be okay when he was up there. She was absolutely positive he would be someday. Maybe, when he got back, he could tell her if it was silent, and what it was like to have stars for friends.

Wesley wasn't really sure if she liked rock or pop. It depended on the song. But she was sure that if Reese was doing it, it had to be good. Wesley couldn't help but think the band sounded neat. Not to be in- she could never be up in front everybody, but it would be fun to watch. Miles Parker, Lima Whigmeister, Whitney Ashford, and Vannie Corbette...Wesley mentally cataloged the names. Lima must be who it was named after. They sounded like nice people; after all, Reese was nice, so they had to be as well.

"What part do you play?" Wesley asked. She was pretty positive people all played different instruments and sang in bands, but just to clarify she added, "In the band."

Wesley liked picturing Reese as the drummer. She didn't particularly like drums (they were loud), but she could see Reese playing out the different beats while her blond ponytail wiggled along.

Wesley nodded, taking in Jack's words. He knew everything; Wesley bet he had tons of friends- and so did Reese. Suddenly she felt awkward. Jack and Reese were so cool; Wesley didn't understand why they were talking to her. After all, she was anything but cool.

More footsteps, and apparently someone else who knew Jake. Apparently... because they spoke his name. "Huh?" Jake turned and looked up from where he was laying on the seats. "Oh... h- Nancy! Hey!" he suddenly realised who it was. Had Lolcat not been perched on his chest, Jake would have sat up. "Long story..." he shrugged the question off, feeling tired of explaining, even though he knew it would be happening. At least he had a note from his dad for the teachers. "My brothers happened," Jake added. "Come in. Sit down."

Pulling up his feet, Jake scooted up so Nancy could sit down.

After greeting Lanie and Cadence Ana noticed a figure. She looked again and saw Jake! He looked focus on his book but Ana decided to say hello to him.
She passed through Lanie and Cadence to talk to him when a pink stain appeared in front of her eyes and on the top of Jake's head, well it was actually his hair.

"Hi Jake! Nice hair!" she smiled. "How was the summer?" she asked him to "What are you reading?" she asked curiously. Yes, Ana is a very curious little girl.

She sighed... it was good to be back!

Piper looked at the new comer in the compartment and listened to her and Em speak for awhile, She decided to keep quiet, althought she felt like burting into tears at the moment

Melanie watched the other girl recoil away from Jake's little spider, little for a tarantula anyway...apparently she wasn't the one a bit frightened by the creature. Melanie scooted back a bit more. Jake hadn't noticed before so there wasn't much chance he would now. However she decided she may as well inform the girl of a...sort of pointless fact.... Well pointless until now anyway. "Tarantula's aren't poisonous." she told her. No, that hadn't really stopped her from being scared of the eight legged pet, but surely it counted for something, right?

The nickname Varius had called Jake struck her as kinda funny, but she didn't laugh...

She nodded and pointed at herself as she was introduced even though she'd already told him who she was...Anywho, back to the money situation.

Melanie eyed the money, too proud to take it, guessing if they simply left it there some complete stranger would come along and take it anyway. They may as well get some enjoyment out of it... "I have an idea!" she announced, a bit upset her brilliant plan hadn't popped into her head earlier, it would have saved a lot of trouble, but ecstatic anyway. "Anyone wanna go to the food trolley with me?" she asked, picking up the sack of money and waggling it around a bit. She'd need help to carry their purchases if they were going to use it all...Duuuuude. It could last them all year at Hogwarts if they bought that much candy...

Yes. She did like candy that much. If anyone had a problem with that they could talk to her cat.

Melanie stared at him for a few seconds at news of her new nickname, and then blinked. So it was a bit odd...But hey he'd said she smelled good! That was a plus. "Okay then...I can't think of any for you though...so I guess you'll have to stick to Varius for now." she informed him. Right..she'd need to think about that one. His name didn't rhyme with much...

"Yeah...He is a bit quiet." Melanie agreed as he turned around to speak to her pet. "He is sleeping now though." she added, looking up at the now peaceful cat. Not that he was normally very talkative.

Melanie jumped as he screamed, a reaction to Jake's little...pet. Beast more like it. She wasn't the only one though. Sitting above her on a luggage rack a fluffy black cat broke out of his deep sleep, his eyes immediately locking with the boy's whom had awaken him from his slumber. now he was neither feeling peaceful or sleepy, just grumpy and angry at the blond boy sitting below the luggage rack...

Dun dun duuuuuuun...

"Hey Cady!" Melanie replied, grinning at the other Huffie girl as she entered the compartment. "I don't mind at all." she answered, happily, scooting over to make room for her. It was a bit crowded, but crowded was good anyway...funner. Just stuffier. Melanie wished she could open a window or something...Ugh.

She slipped her jacket off her shoulders though, stuffing it into her truck which still laid on the floor of the compartment...she wasn't quite strong enough to lift it up anyway and that made it much easier to get to.

"I know! Isn't it like the awesomestest place on the earth." she answered, throwing her arms out (being careful of course not to smack anyone across the face) to demonstrate just how crazy awesome it was. Pretty dang awesome...

Okay, right, good mood back. The thought of candy had pretty much fixed that. That and Jake's mad-ness fading...Angry people were no fun...but he didn't seem so angry anymore.

MERLIN'S SWEATY GYM SOCKS! The girl was brave! She was gonna hold the little fuzzy spider she'd been afraid of not so long ago... Melanie looked at the first year with awe and a bit of over protectiveness, especially for just meeting her, as Jake instructed her to hold her hands out for her to hold Charlie the tarantula, ready to go help her if she needed back up...Not that that was likely. Jake didn't lie and if he said the spider wasn't going to bite her then it most likely wasn't...

However while Melanie trusted Jake she most definitely did not trust spiders. They were EVIIILLLL.

"Eep!" Melanie let out a short squeak as she was hugged, looking widely around for the perpetrator. Normally she was the hugger and not the hugged...Humph.

"Ana!" she said, enthusiasm leaking off her words as she hugged her back, then plopped back down into her seat. "Hey!" she greeted, noticing Ana's excitement.

Ohh and why-o-why did everyone have to ask the dreaded question? Couldn't they ask her what she had for breakfast that morning or- or something else. Anything...She almost knew how Jake flt having been asked what happened to his hair so many times.

Sigh.

"Boooooooring." she answered, extending the word to make it more dramatic. Afterall wouldn't any summer be boring after so long at Hogwarts? "Sooo...you?" she asked her, raising an eyebrow curiously.

Noticing the look she was getting she shrugged, giving him a happy grin. She liked the company...

She watching him pull a book out, probably non-fiction, and turned around to talk to some other people. She couldn't understand why he'd want to read a book when there was so many people around, even being a bookworm herself. Oh well though, maybe he was at a good prat of the story or something...

Melanie watched as yet another person entered the doors of their compartment, this one knowing Jake. She looked like she was in about 4th year and Melanie thought she may have seen her around before...probably in classes or something.

She glanced up carefully at her, now awake, cat as she realized she was carrying a black and white cat in her hands, but Momo didn't move an inch from the glare he had fixed on the Hufflepuff boy who had woken him up.

"Hey there." Melanie said, smiling up at her as she entered the compartment, even though she knew that she'd only greeted Jake. It was never to late to meet new people, was it? She didn't think so anyway...

Nancy simply remained standing there, probably in the way of a bunch of other students trying to get past her, and kept on staring at Jake's pink hair. It somehow reminded her of how her cat's hair had looked like about a year ago, yes, it was almost the exact same color. That thought did it for her, though, she burst out laughing, giggling so hard that she almost let go of her cat.

Only almost, though. As she stood there the shaking with laughter she probably might have accidently pressed her cat a little too hard towards her chest, and, in return, she received a rather painful scratch on her cheek from it. "Ouch!" Nancy exclaimed and this time she did let go of Chistery and her hands flew up to her face to examine the wound. As she slowly moved her fingers over the scratch she winced slightly at the contact and as she then looked at her fingers she found a bit of blood on them. Jeez! That obviously was the punishment for laughing at Jake's new hair color. Whatever...

Shooting a glare at her black and white cat which had, in the meantime, gone to hide behind somebody's legs, Nancy forced a smile onto her face as she entered the compartment. His brothers happened?! Maybe it was good that she didn't have any siblings after all. "Oh, uhm...well, it's not that bad, you know. I guess it's just something to get used to." Okay, that obviously was a downright lie but what else was she supposed to say?

"Oh, and thanks." She nodded towards the seat she'd just lowered herself into and gave Jake another small smile...and almost winced again. That scratch really hurt as soon as she formed a smile. While searching for her wand Nancy looked up once again as a girl addressed her. "Uhm...hi. I'm Nancy." She had just been about to give her a smile as she thought better of it. No more smiling for her until that scratch was being taken care of. Okay, let's see... Directing her wand at her cheek the 14 year old thought for a moment before she muttered, "Episkey" and the scratch slowly vanished and with it the pain in her cheek. Yes, that was loads better.

Cadence squeezed in next to Lanie, this was obviously the place to be. She squeeled as Ana hugged her and turne and hugged her back jumping up and down. Hi Ana! My summer was... interesting... How about you? She realized she didn't know most of the other people in the compartment so she addressed all of them, Hi! My name's Cadence Ballard.

Hayley reached out her hand to take Charlie. Listening to Melanie mention that Tarantulas were not poisonous well, that' super good... She giggled a little as the little critter scuddled onto her hand..."It tickles," she said to Jake. She grinned happily as Charlie scurried up and down her arm. Her attention was drawn away, however, when other people entered the compartment, "Hi, I'm Hayley," she said before turning her attention back to the tarantula.

Jess returned her smile, grinning when Robin experimentally sniffed the new pygmy puff, his large black eyes narrowing slightly. At first it seemed as if he wasn't interested, hopping away a few inches, but after a while it became clear Robin was very indeed interested in Rosie as every few seconds he would hop a little closer, his green fur fluffing up proudly.

Shaylee, huh? Nice name. He raised his hand in a small wave, "No, I don't think we have. Nice to meet you," he said with a small smile. He chuckled slightly, "Bet you had fun annoying your brother while he was driving you around, huh?" He knew if it had been his sister driving, he would have certainly taken advantage of the situation by being as annoying as possible. Just thinking of it made him grin.

"I suppose," he said shrugging, "It'll be great seeing everyone again, that's for sure," Thinking of all the people he hadn't seen over the summer, Jenn, Marcus, Chris etc. he took another bite out of his chocolate frog. "And homework..." He groaned, pulling a face, but then winked to show he was joking, "That's probably the only thing I'm not looking forward to,"

Karma could feel a different energy coming from the compartment, and turned towards Piper. Was it, sadness, that was coming from her? Or something else was bugging her. Whatever it was, Karma was definitely NOT wanted. Her face remained emotionless, and decided to leave.

She sighed, and stood up. Time to put on an act.

"I'm feeling a little hungry. I think I'd better go get something. I'll see you two around somewhere at the castle."

Smiling, she walked out of the compartment. The moment she stepped out, anger flowed through her.

Wow, this compartment was getting crowded as even more people joined them, and as the more people joined them, the more Varius felt as if he was getting closer and closer to that freakish alien sitting beside JakeyWakey.

Trying his hardest to ignore it, he focused his attention back on sMELtastic, "Yes, my name is very unique in the way that it is nicknameless," or so he thought, "But would you really want to alter the name: Varius Numerus Tipps, anyway?" He smiled. Even Varius wasn't stupid enough not to realise his name was unfortunate.

Looking above sMELtastic's head stood a cat who didn't look too friendly. Sheesh! What was it with him and animals today? "Erm... and how are you kitty?" Maybe it had felt left out when he had asked the other cat. In all fairness he hadn't known of this unfriendly cat's existence until mere seconds ago.

"Erm... I think, I am going to go see if I will bump into some other friends. Besides this compartment is getting a bit crowded. Pleased to meet you sMELtastic, nice to see you again JakeyWakey and I will see the rest of you soon," he waved at the others whose names he had already forgotten. He took his leave, making sure not to remove eye contact from the cat who looked about ready to jump on his head and scratch his scalp to shreds.

Clark's super sonic hearing picked up a voice...the voice. That pretty girl, Mel. He wandered out of his compartment and smoothed his messy hair down on his head. His eyes darted to the space he had heared her and he beamed. Clark-One. Everybody Else-0. He grabbed the handle, and intending to look graceful and nice, stopped for a second.

Of course, the train had different ideas. As soon as he opened the door, the train hit a little bump and threw him in the compartment. His eyes slid in and out of focus for a second before he smashed the floor, his trainers coming untied and tangled. He saw the pretty girl as his nose started aching and then....

Yup. He blacked out. Oops.

I can't understand you guys haven't met before Lizzie said as her eyes went from Jesse to Shay and back. You're both practically always around... She chuckled quietly and listened to Jesse talking. It was kinda funny really, he just kept asking mum to ground me so I wouldn't come along. She shrugged with a smile and added Yeah I've missed people so much, and some I haven't seen at all this summer. Just you guys in here, and well Chris too she grinned.

Ugh...why was it so difficult? Now Piper would suddenly burst into tears? Em just felt terrible, he was almost going insane inside that place, he was about to go sit right next to her, then...Karma put on the act.

She was leaving? Great...
But yeah, maybe that would be the only answer and action to be done at that time. After all, they would have to talk some of their deals out. Like the ones from the heart.

"Okay...I'll see you around." Emiliano told her, giving the girl a smile, sort of supportive but he just knew it wasn't enough to take on those emotions filling that compartment at the minute.

Tammy had found herself locked in a toilet for the time being and had only just gotten out thanks to a nice little first year. Wharra way to start her sixth year at Hogwarts. After a qucik stumble out of the door and anothr quick mumble of thanks to the kid she scurried to find a compartment that was either empty or had someone she knew in it. An empty one! Yeehaww. She took a seat by the window quickly and watched as the clouds follwed by the grass countryside went by.

The one person she was looking for was her cousin Natasha and she needed to ask her a question that could change their relationships.

Marcus moved quietly through the corridor that was packed with excited students, his eyes curiously scanning the compartments for some known faces. He suddenly met the faces of his friends, and entered their compartment with a little smile. Hey everyone!

Oh, wow, that compartment really was quite crowded! It was only now, when two other students introduced themselves that Nancy noticed the high number of people inside the compartment. Absentmindedly touching her cheek with her left hand to make sure that the scratch really was completely gone and it was safe for her to smile again she grinned at Hayley and Cadence before saying, "Hi. I'm Nancy." A lot of people indeed. Especially people she didn't even know.

Right at that moment she noticed yet another student who was sitting in their compartment, this one she did know, though. Sort of at least. It was that weird guy she'd met once in the Library last year. The one who had patted her on the head. Weirdo...
Giving him a small smile and a nod of acknowledgment as he stood up to leave Nancy gave him a half-hearted wave while muttering, "Yeah. See you." Well, hopefully not but whatever.

Now it was time to give that cat of hers the punishment it deserved, even though she didn't quite know what that was going to be. It just felt good to think that while slowly getting on her knees to look for the black and white hair ball. He needed to be somewhere over there, she was sure of that.

But then all of a sudden Chistery was completely off her mind again since out of the corner of her eyes she noticed a figure, a large figure and that figure was falling, falling her way, falling at a considerable speed...Nancy, with a small shriek, crawled out of the and just in time since the next thing she knew was that the figure, it turned out to be a boy, landed nose-first on the floor, just where she'd just been sitting a second ago. Phew.

Giving the others around her a confused look which intensified as the boy showed no signs of getting up or anything Nancy carefully itched closer until she sitting right at the boy's head. She slowly extended her arm and slapped him softly, then a bit harder and then with a small shrug she pulled out her wand and sprayed water onto his face. That should wake him!

Clark jolted awake. "Wuzzgoinon!?!" he exclaimed and felt his face. It was wet, and several large drops dripped into his eyes. He blinked several times, and then he looked at the girl with her wand out. "North Red Glove Have, Manchester England. Spock. Javeee!" He muttered something like that. He placed his tan hand on his nose which was out of place. "Ow."

"Ta!" He was suddenly concious. "Can you fix my nose now, please? It's out of shape apparently. And get this blood of my face? Would that be too far out of your reach?" He didn't mean to sound rude, but he couldn't help it. His nose was out of place, his face was covered with blood, and his foot was bent a wierd way. He was allowed to be peeved at everyone. (No he wasn't. But don't tell him that. He would hex you.)

Lizzie's head turned up from the conversation as a wide grin spread across her face and she got up from from her seat. NATKA! she shouted and flung her arms around her friend, hugging her tight before looking at her face with a smile and saying Girl, where have you been all summer? I've missed you! She quickly put Zara's cage on the shelf above them to give Natka some space to sit.

She put an arm around Natka's shoulders and pointed at her other friends while saying their names. That's Demetria over there, and Shaylee. They're two of best friends in Gryffindor and we share the dorm with Chalice who's not here yet. And that's Jesse, another great friend. And well everyone, this is my friend Natka she smiled.

Natka sat down with Lizzie, still grinning, as she looked around the compartment at the other poeple there.

"Hi Demetria, Shaylee. I think we met last year, in Diagon Alley..." Natka greeted, the faces seeming familiar once she looked at the two girls closer.

"Oh, summer... well, I spent some time in France, and at a riding camp too," Natka turned back to Lizzie to answer her question. "You know, me and horses... I can ride them much better than brooms, in any case."

That much was true - Natka had never felt a strong pull towards broomsticks, although she did not mind her mother taking her for a flight once in a while. All in all, however, she prefered horses, and espeically jumping - that was, in its own way, a form of flight.

"I even took part in a jumping competition, you know - I got third place!" Natka couldn't help adding as Lizzie waited for her to finish talking. She had been dying to share this news with some of her friends, and she'd even contemplated writing to Lizzie over the summer right after the competition - her first competition ever, and she got third place! - but she decided agaisnt it in the end, not knowing exactly where Lizzie was and not wanting to 'interrupt' her summer.

"Anyway, how were your holidays? What did you do, where did you go?" the Ravenclaw asked, although her words were directed as much at the whole compartment as at Lizzie.

Shaylee smiled friendly at the Jesse, and said, Hi Nice to meet you! Ive seen you around. She waved at him. It was kinda surprising she hadn't met him, but then again Lizzie knew so many people it was almost hard to keep up. Almost.

As Dem gave her a big hug, she smiled and returened the gesture. Hey Dem!! How are you? Have a good summer? SHe asked her friend. Other than her party, it had been a while since she had seen her. As Dem offered them chocolate frogs, Shaylee took one and smiled at her. You know me! can't turn down candy. And leave it to Dem to have a bazillion picies of candy before term even starts. She said smiling.

Shaylee herd Lizzie talk about Ian and her stomach gave a little jolt. Liz, how is Ian doing? She asked. I havn't herd from him in a while. She said to Lizzie. Then realizing she hadn't greeted her friend, she got up and gave her a big hug. How was your summer?! I almost forgot to ask! She smiled. She had forgotten about Ian, for now.

As another girl entered the compartment and Lizzie introduced her as Natka, Shaylee smiled and said, Hi Natka! Im Shaylee, nice to meet you! She gave a friendly wave and a smile.

"Ugh I agree! I love Hogwarts but homework not so much." she giggled. Not all of the homework was hard, but the stuff that was she hated.

"Nice to meet you Natika." Dem smiled at the girl. "Would you like a chocolate frog?"

[QUOTE=firebolt85;8188096]Shaylee smiled friendly at the Jesse, and said, Hi Nice to meet you! Ive seen you around. She waved at him. It was kinda surprising she hadn't met him, but then again Lizzie knew so many people it was almost hard to keep up. Almost.

As Dem gave her a big hug, she smiled and returened the gesture. Hey Dem!! How are you? Have a good summer? SHe asked her friend. Other than her party, it had been a while since she had seen her. As Dem offered them chocolate frogs, Shaylee took one and smiled at her. You know me! can't turn down candy. And leave it to Dem to have a bazillion picies of candy before term even starts. She said smiling.[QUOTE]

"Hey lovey! My summer was awesome." she passed Shay a chocolate frog. "Psh ofcourse I have candy!! Do you remember our first year when I practically lived off the stuff." she smiled and took a bite of her candy.

Great, just great. Now Karma was leaving, this... wasn't good. None of this was good. Piper felt terrible, her head was spinning, her chest was tight and it was hard to breathe. It was just like to her like a guy that was unavailable.

Piper's former happiness was gone,in it's place was a deep sort of misery, that had her wondering why she had even bothered to come back in the first place. "Perhaps I should have left, after all.. I know you and Karma..." She trailed off, her voice was quiet. "Well, I know you two need to talk, so.... I could go find her for you?" Piper offered softly, her hands were balled into fists, as she was trying hard not to cry. Great Piper, just great,, Why don't you just offer to get them back together huh?? Piper looked up at Em quietly, unsure of how to continue.. "Should I just go?"

Lizzie grinned as Natka met her friends. I was looking for you earlier, thought I'd share a word with you since we haven't spoken in a while she said. Well my summer's been nice. Haven't really done much, just hanging around my house and gone visiting some friends.

Her eyes widened as she heard about Natka's competition. Wow Natka, that's awsome!!! I know how hard jumping can be on competitions, with all the pressure.. I'm so happy you did well! she hugged her friend again, showing how much she cared. Though she'd probably never get back on a horse again, she knew how much the animals ment to her friend.

Do you know anything about this year yet, like what classes you'll be taking..? It feels a bit weird that all the seventh years from last term are gone now.. I know quite a few of them. But nothing bad comes without something good with it... she grinned slightly. All of them leaving, it gave me a prefect boyfriend she laughed.

Lizzie hugged Shaylee back, she'd missed the happy little girl during summer. Ian was doing just fine, he told me to send you a hug she said, feeling a little guilty as she knew Ian had wanted to write to Shay, but not known what to say. But she'd let them sort it all out without her interferance. I had a nice summer, too she told Shay with a grin. Spent a lot of time at Chris' place..

Lizzie giggled slightly as she watched Dem. You crazy girl she said with a wink, eyeing the candy. I can't believe how you manage to eat that much candy without starting to roll the streets instead of walking.. she laughed.

Her gaze lifted as she heard another familiar voice, and in the door she saw Marcus. With a grin she got up, walking over to him and hugged him. Hi Marcus! Glad you found our little secret hiding place she laughed, then looked around the compartment and back at him. I dunno if you've met everyone, but this is Shaylee, Demetria, Jesse, Natka... she said while pointing at the people in there. So how's your summer been? Did you go see Becky after all? she asked as she dragged him with her and sat down again next to Natka.

Reid walked hurriedly into the front car of the train, it seemed as if he was in a rush, although how he could be in a rush on the train was a mystery. All he could say was that he needed to get somewhere far away from strange girls, he really wished he was still in D.C right now, he was starting to feel a bit homesick, not that he'd admit that out loud. In his distracted state he failed to notice that the compartment he had just opened the door and strode into was actually occupied. When he did notice he smiled charmingly at the little girl who could be no more than twelve, yet he quickly took in that she looked older, as if she had seen too much, or like something devastating had occurred recently in her life. More than that though she looked lonely. "Hello I'm Reid Hemingway," he said, introducing himself politely, his baritone voice lilting pleasantly, "Do you mind if I join you?"