"Hi Cam...wait, Aunt Lucy?! WHEN DID I BECOME YOUR AUNT LUCY?!" she asked, looking appalled at such a nickname. Not that she didn't like it but...heh. It was just strange. "And no...I don't like the smell...it's nature, yes, but not good-smelling nature." Then, the girl across from Lucy cast a spell, getting rid of the stench. "FINALLY!! Can I breathe, too?" Lucy asked as she saw the girl and some guy next to her breathe in. She wanted to be cautious...what if they were tricking her because they didn't know her? Then again...Lucy didn't think they noticed walk in. Hmm!! Typical...not many noticed her or would notice her unless she did something outrageously strange, like...

"Is something wrong with him?" she said, motioning to the boy. "He looks...SICK. Did he drink some poison or something?" Lucy questioned, patting his head gently. "Helloooooooo. Anyone there?"

Abigail entered the train dragging her trunk behind her. She was having real difficulty managing to drag it and keep a hold of her kitten at the same time. Finding an empty compartment she collapsed onto a seat completely out of breath.

She looked out of the window at all of the families saying good bye and wished that her brother had managed to get there on time.

Suddenly she noticed someone waving at her in the distance and realised that he had made it. Abigail stood up and started waving back with a big smile on her face, she knew he couldn’t stay long but she was glad he was there.

She watch as he blew her a kiss and waived one last time before hedging out of the platform, as she sat back down happier than she had been.

Jack sighed a sigh of relief as the smell subsided and he grinned. "Nice one, Reese!" he exclaimed, blushing before giving her a quick kiss on the cheek. He had never done THAT before! But he was the new Cool and Confident Jack and that seemed like something he would do. Especially since she had just banished the poo smell. His timing was PERFECT!

He looked at Cam who was having a major panic attack about his smelly dung and rolled his eyes. "It just got rid of the smell, I doubt it did anything to the properies. All we did was change it physically, not chemically, so it should still work the same," he explained. Oops. He bit his lip as he cheeks got red and hot again. HE WAS NOT A NERD ANYMORE! He had to STOP doing that!

Jack had a gift for his girlfriend as well, and it was hidden in his pocket at the moment. Maybe he should let Cam give her his first? After all he DID bring it up first. Still, he was a little scared of what it was Cam was actually going to give her...Cam was just scary. Period.

Reese stepped back another step when Cam started yelling at her for taking the smell off of the mooncalf dung. She placed her wand back into her pocket and just tilted her head at the little boy, who was just pitching a fit right now over this. And, she thought this little group a favor! Who would want to smell that stuff on the whole ride back to school? Not her.

"Thanks," she replied to Jack and then - he kissed her on the cheek! Her cheeks went a shade of pink as she looked up at him. That was her first kiss from Jack Fritzera. She looked at him for a few seconds before turning back to Cam. Opened her mouth to yell say something back to the boy about him yelling at her, but she closed it when Jack had already started talking. Physically...not chemically. Yeaaah. She wasn't smart on that kind of stuff, but she did nod her head in agreement. At least she could make it seem like she knew what Jack was talking about.

"Something is ALWAYS wrong in Cam," she replied to the other girl in the compartment. She looked at the girl until she heard Cam say it was gift time. Gift time? She slowly turned her attention back to him and said, "You have a present for me?" She wasn't too sure if she wanted to take something from that thing. But, the last present he gave her was a shirt, so MAYBE it wouldn't be that bad.

Yeah. No. One puny rose wasn't going to make such a humongous and horrible stench go away. What was the spell again? Livvy just couldn't remember. She remembered performing it in Charms class and on the OWLs test. Odoris something... Odoris something.

But before she could come up with the charm for it, Reese had already performed it and reduced the smell. Whew! "Thaannnkk you Reese. I can actually breathe now," Livvy said, breathing in the much more fresh oxygen.

Oh... but wait. The sixteen-year-old glanced over at Reese once more. It was her.... BIRTHDAY?! OHMEGEE! OHMEEGEEEEE!!! How did she not know that? What a horrible friend she was. She might as well just live in a hole and never come out. "Haaaapppeehhh Biiiiirrttthhhddaaayy REEEESSEE!!! Happy 17th!" Livvy yelled out, happily as she jumped up and down. "Seventeen. Gosh.. that's old - I mean... wow.... um... Happy birthday!"

Livvy then looked over to Cam who had begun talking to her. Good? GOOD? IT SMELLED SO GOOD THAT SHE WANTED TO GAG!! She snorted. "Yes.... CAAAMMM-EERRR-ONNN... it smelled so great! The smell so intoxicating and deathly! Thank you soooo much... for sharing such a lovely surprise," Livvy said sarcastically, staring at the buckets in disgust.

HA! Poor Bunbury. "Oh. Um. Well I'm sure Professor Bunbury will enjoy your... um... gift." Some gift. Some dung and a trip to the hospital from fainting. Huzzah.

EEP. A gift? For Reese? Not good. What was the boy up to NOW?

Very true indeed...something seemed to always be wrong with Cam...apparently. But Lucy thought that was just a one-time thing. No one was kidding when they said Cam was a bit strange. But hey! Kind of like her. Well...minus the...minus a few things. But never mind Cam. Apparently it was a special day today, and as another girl came bursting in, Lucy realized what was so special, and not just that...but she had learned of the girl's name.

"Oh...um...Happy Birthday, Reese!" REESE? Why did that name sound so familiar? Reese...Lucy was sure she hadn't met her before, nor did she meet a girl with the name of Reese. No...perhaps someone mentioned the name to her, and even if someone did, who says this was the Reese they spoke of?

"How old are you? Oh! I'm Lucy, by the way. Sorry..." Lucy said, all at once.

Sebastian would be needing a lot more than just a recipient of hand-sanitizer if people were going to keep bumping into him, brushing against him, trotting on him. He was going to need to bathe in sanitizer once they were out of this train. Ugh.

Rolling his eyes at Woodson's usual politeness when he thought both LouAnn and his brother were looking the other way, Sebastian followed the girl. But only because he really wanted to get out of this corridor, not because he needed her to find a place to stay or whatever. He was a Whitcomb .. they needed no one.

They followed no one.

It didn't take much walking for Sebastian to realise his earlier assumption had been correct and with an annoyed huff, he turned to look at his brother. "I told you, no first class." Fair eyebrow raised upwards to his forehead, he simply shook his head.

Just when he thought things couldn't get worse.

Miss LouAnn had already found them a compartment, it seemed, and - not expecting much - Sebastian peeked inside. Just like he had thought, it was a basic compartment .... for war time! What was this? England hadn't gotten in another war, had it? They still could afford some basic comforts. "I don't hope to find anything in here that smells better than this." Sebastian commented before pushing the door open and slipping inside without another word.

Ella observed Jake. She contemplated his words and then said, "Maybe he has pressure or something. People at the Muggle school I went to before coming here did that all the time. I'm Half-Blood, you see." she said assertively.

Her head cocked from one side to the other ou of boredom. Her eyes went from Jake to Tibi, then back to Jake. She crossed one leg over the other and sat on the comfy seat. She forced herself to look back at Tibi.

"Fine, I won't ask you," she said, directly at Tibi, then said, "But I bet Jake will tell me!" she said grinning in a singsong voice.

"Later, anyway," she added, rolling her eyes.

She watched Jake ruffle his hair and smiled. Unique, she thought again.

Woodson could only imagine how difficult this was for his brother.. they were twins, yes.. but certain traits of their personalities were polar opposites. Ah yes, he'd caught that eye roll - signature Bastian move. Heh.

With another shake of his head, Woodson offered LouAnn a polite smile, "I think this will do fine," he said, just wanting to get out of that horrible corridor. He didn't even want to think about how many people - dirty people - had brushed up against him.

Once again, he was expecting some ort of protest from Bastian and once again, his brother left him feeling surprised. "We're not used to travelling ... like this," Woodson explained, inclining towards LouAnn and lowering his tones as he watched in slight amusement, Sebastian enter the compartment.

Straightening, Woodson stepped back to allow LouAnn past first.

Always ladies first.

"Becaaauseeeee Aunt Luuucccy, I miss my other Aunt Lucy so dearly, I figured whhyyy not, EH? Do you ever plan to grow yourself a mustache??" he asked curiously, taking one step closer to her to see if there was any hair growing under that nose of her. Mustache hm... did she have a mustache? He couldn't see any hair. Awwe. WELL TOO BADDD.

She would be his Aunt Lucy forever, mustache ORRRR not. "Ohhh well you're SUPPOSE to like it but, but," he gave Reese a DEATHLY stare, "WAITWHAT? Noooo poiiiison at ALL. Toxic... hmm well I don't know." And she started patting his head. PATTING. HIS. HEAD.

"WaaaAIIIT you're losing me BRAAIN CELLZZZZ," he yelled in panic, immediately slapping his Aunt Lucy's hand away from his head.

But he soon got distracted from Jack who--EWWWWWWWWWW. WHAT WAS THAT?! He put a hand over his mouth--no, two hands now and watched as he kissed Reese on the cheek, then proceeding to make vomiting sounds. Jack Fritzera, hm... fed about 50 doses of love potion a day...? BECAUSE KISSING A REESE UPSTEAD WAS ABOUT THE LAST THING ANYONE WOULD DO. "Psssttt don't worry Jack, I'll save yeeeh from your doom soon," he whispered ever so softly so Reese wouldn't hear.

He looked back at Reese and he totally scoffed at her comment of him. "'Course Reese, I SOOOOO have a gift for you. Totally," he told her, taking out one small trunk from above and opening it, revealing some sort of a doll compartment, filled with an assortment of doll-making tools, some powder, and of course, several action figures.

Yes yes, his dad taught him some doll-makin' SKEEELZZZZ for the remaining summer because well... YEAH. Out from the trunk, he immediately grabbed a Reese doll he'd made HIMSELF over the summer. "Heeere ya go, heh," he said with an innocent smile.

Little did she know that the head of the Reese doll would eventually explode, like SERIOUSLY KABOOOOMMMM. When? Where? He didn't know. It was really some sort of a prototype. It could have happened next year. Or the next day. Anywhere anytime. Well the head was gonna explode alright. GONNA EXPLOOOODEEE.

"OH OH OHHH and Jack, I have a GIFT for you too. Ya know. I made a gift for both of ya, 'cause you're a couple now," he winked... feeling like he just puked in the inside, because that sentence was SOO... UGH. BUT HE NEEDED TO GET JACK OUT OF THAT LOVE POTION NAOOOOO. He actually cared for the Gryffindor Captain and he wasn't going to let Reese eat him alive, like the true alien she was. Hmph. And out from the trunk he took out a punching telescope, yes it was a PUNCHING TELESCOPE, and he was PRETTY SURE that it could KNOCK HIM OUT OF THE LOVE POTION EFFECT.

And it was pirate-decorated. He decorated it himself of course, because well... he might have known what punching telescopes looked like. Captain Jack had his own pirate telescope. He smiled all soo innocently again. Laik seriously, his gifts were fer sure so innocent and not so dangerous looking that... THEY HAD TO FALL FOR IT RIGHT???

He eyed Livvy at last YAY. "IT DID SMELL GOOD, RIGHT?!" but soon frowned when he realized she was talking sarcastically. "You just broke my heart Livvy," sniff, "BROKE. MY. HEART." And he dramatically put his face on his Aunt Lucy's arm.

Arianna had been taking her own private tour around the train, starting from the back. She peeked into the front sections. Her glasses were foggy, she was sweating a little from all the excitement, her once braided hair, was so messy that it was every way on it's usual rebel way.

She could see a few students here and there talking in groups. Her long hippie skirt was brushing the ground as she walked, and her funky top was wrinkled. She approached a group of students, and being herself as always, babbled away " Hi, I'm Arianna, I'm a first year, isn't this great? I'm so excited, I still can't choose in what house I'm hopping to be selected into, but anyways, as long as I'm at Hogwarts... I have an older sister somewhere " she gazed around, as hopping Paola would pop from somewhere " Paola, do you know her? She told me I had to proof myself worthy of attending Hogwats, but my friend Rafe told me it was lie, it's a lie isn't it?" she giggled a little, and pulled some hair out of her face " Anyways, it was nice to meet you, this year will be awwweeeesome" when she finally stopped talking, she was even breathing quicker.

Although the corridors were sort of crowded, LouAnn managed to squeeze to the side to allow Sebastian room to peek inside the compartment. She glanced from brother to brother while she waited to find out whether or not the area would suit their standards. If it didn't, maybe they'd luck out and find another empty compartment, but she did have a sneaking suspicion they all looked the same. Lucky for her, she didn't even need to worry about that, for Sebastian had opened the door of the compartment and made his way inside. When Woodson remarked that this area was just fine, LouAnn glanced at him out the corner of her eye, smiled again, then followed his brother inside.

Woodson and Sebastian were mysterious, like puzzles just waiting to be figured out. Of all the friends she'd met in various places around the world, she'd never met anyone quite like the Whitcomb's. She wondered why they were so overly concerned with dirt, and why everyday things, like train compartments, were adequate to her yet so foreign to them. It didn't bother her. It just...intrigued her. "How are you used to traveling, then? I mean, I've just realized I don't know too much about you," she said to them. She hoped she wasn't offending them. They seemed so private and proper---people who might not appreciate questions being asked. "It's alright if you don't feel comfortable telling me, but...do you want a Jelly Slug?"

Sure, the question was a little abrupt, but she'd lost her nerve to ask about any additional details. She pulled open the bag of candy she had and held it open to the brothers. Surely they'd had candy before, right? I mean, every teenager liked Jelly Slugs...right? She pulled a napkin from her handbag and laid the bag of candy atop it on the seat next to her. If Woodson or Sebastian wanted any, they were more then free to get some. LouAnn knew they were verly cautious about things like that, though, and the last thing she wanted to do was offend her very first Hogwarts friend and his brother. "Do you think you'll enjoy Hogwarts any?" she asked.

Skye was nervous about this. Pretty much everyone was older than her in this train, and that thought alone terrified her. Not to mention, this was her first time here. The front of the train was generously filled, but she spotted an empty compartment and went there. Maybe she would meet some new friends, or see the ones she met in Diagon Alley. She stepped out of the compartment and looked around for Leanne.

Leanne was a bundle of nerves. She didn't know where to sit and who to sit with. Looking in the compartments towards the front of the train nervously, she let out a relieved sigh when she spotted Skye, one of the new friends she met in Diagon Alley not too long ago. Walking quickly towards the other girl, she stopped before her and chirped cheerfully, "Hullo, Skye! It's really nice to see you here. Would you mind if I sat here?"

Skye was about to give up when Leanne came into view. She brightened at the sight of her. "Leanne, excellent, I was looking for a familiar face," Skye beamed. "Come in," she invited at Leanne's question. She sat back down against the soft seat and closed the compartment door. "So," Skye said eagerly,"what do you think of Hogwarts?" She smiled, waiting for the girl's response.

Violet wondered the front of the train then opened an compartment door and walked in oh my gosh skye hi how are you? Violet knew skye before they went to hogwarts

Leanne smiled back at Skye and followed her back into the compartment. Placing her trunk by her feet, she sat on the seat opposite from Skye and reveled in the softness of the seat. "Well, I haven't seen it yet but from what I can gather, it's a wonderful place and I'll have fun. It's just, I'll miss my parents. I really hope that I can learn tons about magic though," she replied, lacing her fingers together and placing them on her lap. "What about you? What do you think about Hogwarts?" she asked back, wanting to know more about her friend.

Nikki looked up and smiled at the girl. "Of course. My name's Nikki. Nikki Leanne Griffiths. It's nice to meet you." She put her book away, and extended her hand.

Skye looked up as Violet came in. "Hi Violet," she said, smiling at her. Two familiar faces, not bad, not bad at all. The nervousness was easing just the slightest. Leanne's question interrupted her thoughts. "I pretty much agree with you. I'm really excited about it," she continued on, happy that she got to discuss Hogwarts. "What about you, Violet?" Skye asked politely, looking at the other girl.

im SUPER excited oh hi whos your friend? i dont want to be rude and ignore her or anything violet said moving her long bleach blonde hair out of her eyes which showed her pretty green eyes

Skye nodded towards Leanne. "This is Leanne Myracle," she introduced. "Violet, Leanne. Leanne, Violet," she finished cheerily, introducing them to each other. She was never good at that sort of stuff. She smiled expectantly at the two.

hello leanne violet waved to the other girl i wonder what the other slytherins are like afterall im gonna have my classes with them but i cant wait to meet everyone at hogwarts i bet everyones gonna be awesome in there own way violet said politely anyway what did you two do over the summer?

Leanne gave a sort of half smile to the Slytherin girl that had joined them. Violet, was it? She had blond hair and green eyes. a sharp contrast to her own brown hair and eyes. Violet seemed pretty excited, noted Leanne. "It's really nice to meet you, Violet. Well, to answer your question, I got my Hogwarts letter and bought my own wand. Plus I met Skye here," she said, gesturing lightly with one hand.

Staring out the window, Leanne murmured softly to herself, "I wonder what it'll be like at Hogwarts." Turning back to her friends, she asked politely, "What classes are you most excited for?"

im probably most excited for potions what about you?

Lucy sighed at Cam. Oh, boy. It probably wasn't best to argue with Cam and his Aunt Lucy nonsense. Then again, she wasn't one to call it nonsense since she talked plenty of nonsense to people nowadays. So, for now...she was Aunt Lucy. Wait! Auntie Lucy is she asked..."What about Auntie Lucy? Makes it all sound much nicer!! Plus, you can differentiate whom you're talking about: Aunt Lucy, or Auntie Lucy. Right? Cool!!" Lucy said, positively. Sure...sure...let all of them say "DON'T ENCOURAGE HIM!!" What was their to encourage? He encouraged himself as far as she could see. And it was nice, indeed.

"And no, Cam...I'm not going to growing any mustaches. That would be awkward, scary, and although I'm eccentric, just not...me. I daresay it wouldn't look good on me, either." Lucy pointed out, as she saw Cam come closer to her, as to see if she had a mustache growing out. No...she could have sworn she cleaned off that stupid female peach fuzz stuff yesterday. It's all gone now. "Sorry!! I just had to make sure nothing...was...yeah. SORRY, CAM!!" Lucy pet his head to comfort him, and then noticed Cam pretending to vomit. She looked over at Reese and...whoever this guy was. Yeah...okay, kiss on the cheek. At least it wasn't on the lips...that'd be awkward. But still, she couldn't make out why Cam found this so...nauseating. "Cam, who's that?" she whispered. In a much louder voice, she asked, "Why are you making those sounds? Gawsh...it's not THAT bad. I hope..." She lowered her voice on her last two words, looking back at the two.

Throughout the next few minutes, there had been a giving of gifts, from Cam to Reese, and from Cam to...whoever that guy was. Lucy would call him Leo DiCaprio, after the famous American actor. To Reese was...a REESE DOLL? How cool was that!! Wow. And to Leo DiCaprio was...um...a punching telescope. Strange child indeed, but it seemed that these two were quite used to it. OBVIOUSLY.

As Cam spoke to other girl who also walked into their compartment, one whose name was Livvy, he buried his face in her arm, claiming his heart had been broken. Aw, poor child. "It's okay, Cam. Auntie Lucy is here. Beeeeesiiiiides...it was just her opinion!! No need to get upset over that." Really, though. No need. BE HAPPY!!