Suddenly she felt someone was near her dropped her bag but quickly picked it up. She turned really scared and she looked at beautiful,sparkly eyes that looked at her really worried. ''Oh...oh don't worry..I'm fine.. ''she said kindly. '' Well, I know how you feel..I don't know anyone here! I'm feeling really lonely now. You know anyone?'' she asked nervously. ''Oh i forgot my name is Jacqueline nice to meet you! Well, i met someone now! I already feel better!'' she said and she felt a relief. ''In witch house are you? You have pets? Brothers,sisters?'' she was so excited that she finally met someone so she wanted to meet him better.

Okay? Oh. Right. That was a dumb question on Kody's part. Giving a weak smile, she gave the woman a slight squeeze before stepping back. "Hang in there. Things will only get better." 'Cause face it, just like basically ALL the Conrad's, Mrs. C was hot. She'd have guys drooling ALL over her!

How was SHE? "Erm, I'm okay. It's just...I feel odd today..." Dammit. And she'd been doing so well hiding emotions too!

Turning when she heard Orlando, Kody smiled, giving a slight giggle as he scooped her up. Hugging him tightly, Kodes pecked his cheek. "Have I mentioned how much I love you lately?" Because she did. He was always there when she needed him most.

Glancing towards Savannah, Kodes bit her lip. MEH. She didn't LIAK this awkwardness with her BFF. "Erm, ready for the term S?"

''Wow THAT was AMAZING! Truly AMAZING!'' she said to a very pretty girl near her. thank you,really! You helped me a lot!'' she shaked girls hand and now there was a BIG smile on her face! ''My name is Jacqueline! I'm in Gryffindor and it's my first year! Nice to meet you Maddie,really! How is it here?''she was very excited cause she made another friend!

Iris winced and then grinned when Jimbo’s trunk fell to the ground. When he spun around, Iris burst out laughing. “Yes… Obviously.” She looked over to his parents when she heard them laughing. Hehe.

“Oh c’mon, Jimbo. Don’t be a Drama King!” She said, frowning at him when he folded his arms. Silly boy.

And then the HOT man spoke up. She shook his hand as he spoke. “Nice to meet you, Daniel.” OOFT. Jimbo Seniour sounded as hot as he looked. Which meant he’s STILL come across as hot if he was like … a radio DJ or something. Hehe. “I’m Iris…” Would they even know her as ‘Iris’? … Jimbo’d only ever called her Iris a couple of times, so it was probably unlikely.

“You have a pretty name.” She said simply when his mum introduced herself. And then she giggled at the next thing she said. “Oh no… No grief. Just a lot of mayhem and havoc.” Hehehe.

“JIMBO! Shudduuuuuup. It’s not like she’s telling me a reeeeally embarrassing story. It’s the truth. You are a handful. *hehe*” Iris looked back to Jimbo’s mum and grinned.

She was very nearly tempted to ask Jimbo if he wanted help with his trunk. But that would probably make him have MORE of a sulk.

"I know, it's just been hard for all of us."Ashley said, shoving her hand in the pocket of her skinny jeans. Gah, the woman looked about as young as everyone else, she was certainly shorter than the rest of them, that was for sure. People had always said she acted young and she certainly believed it.

"Wanna talk about it, honey ?"Mrs. Conrad said, resting a hand on Nekoda's shoulder. She was one of those people you could talk about anything to. Of course, none of her children came to her to advice well...Savannah used to but that all changed after she hit 16.

Well, this was awkward. Kissing your girlfriend in front of your mom. Of course, his mother did manage to put up with Savannah and Aiden who were known for vast amounts of snogging so this wouldn't be too bag."You have not."He grinned at him, putting her back on the ground."Probably because you have been so busy shopping lately...."eye roll, he punched her LIGHTLY in the shoulder. That is what she and Savannah and in common besides sparkles and tanning, shopping.



"YOU TWO ARE MAKING ME FEEL OLD."Gahhhhh. It was weird seeing her only boy kissing his girlfriend, she liked Nekoda though so it was okay. Plus Nekoda seemed to make Orlando happy and vice versa. It was just so sickling cute.She sent Savannah that glare, that talk more, glare.


Oh? So Kody was in a good mood today? *snort*

Savannah smiled at her friend, trying ot forget all the horrible things she had said about her and Cody. She had to remember that Cody didn't exist when she was around Nekoda and her mother."Yeah, I'm excited. I realllllllly want to see some people but I'm not excited for the school work."

.....awkward.

Scoff. "I believe the correct term is drama QUEEN, and PFT what gives you the right to say that? You're the queen of drama queens, Miss Monty."

"Ah, so this is 'Monty'. I was wondering why I'd never heard of any 'Iris'." She seemed like a good girl. "Nice to meet you too, Iris. You probably don't enjoy being called Monty, do you?" The boy really was quite inconsiderate at times. Benjamin had a couple nicknames for him that he didn't enjoy very much. The boy whipped them out at the worst occasions. But it's not like he didn't have anything on his own son, so soon enough 'Mr. Fluff' shuts up.

How cute. "Aww, thank you. But your name is just as nice. Well, not 'Monty', but your actual name. Iris." God, that boy was a moron. This girl seemed way too sweet to hang around him. Too sweet to put up with his 'mayhem and havoc'. After she told Benjamin to shut up, Lex smiled. Turning to Daniel, Lexine said, "I do think I like this girl, Dan."



"MONTY! Look what you're doing! You're getting them on YOUR side! That is incredibly unfair! I think I'm going to sit ALONE on the express, thank you very much." Okay, so he was being quite dramatic. But GAH! The trunk, and the levitation and the OWLs! ARGH, this year might be quite the handful. Just like he was.

Kody bit her lip, nodding slightly, before glancing around. "Erm, hows Xiomara taking it?" If she remembered correctly, X had always been the daddy's girl. Maybe that's why she wasn't here to make everyone miserable? Snort.

Talk about it? Kody looked down, biting her lip slightly, "I just miss her today is all." A lot. She was supposed to be here, chatting it up with Mrs. Conrad while Savannah and Kody giggled pointing at the hotties passing by. Well, discreetly for Kodes anyways.

Kody smiled at ORlando, it was amazing how he could cheer her up. At least she had him. Before snuggling into his side when he put her down. Giggling slightly, she rolled her eyes, "Awhh, I'm sorry. Has Oreocakes been feeling neglected by the shopping?" Tehe. Her smile slipping slightly, Kode gave a tiny sigh, "I'm realleh gonna miss you Oreo." Why couldn't he be going tooo? She smiled at Mrs. Conrad. Whoops.

Looking back towards Savannah, Kody bit her lip. "Er, yeah. I can't wait to see Eirian and Lorilou again." They were really the only ones she was particularly close to. Well, sides Aiden.

Joshua Marchbanks was excitingly walking towards the train, completely in awe. His ickle mouth was open in a O shape and the ticket that would get him into Hogwarts - RESULT - was tightly clutched in his hand. This was all SO NOISY! The noisier place he had ever been to, he was sure of that! The train was making noise, the people were making noise, the pets were making noise! It was crazy.

He LOVED it.

"JOSHUA!" Amber Marchbanks was practically running after her only son, who - as normal - was far too excited to remember the pragmatic part of things. To be honest, she even doubted Joshua knew what pragmatic meant. Well, he was only a boy, after all. Her ickle boy!

Who could run as if he was a grown up man. "Josh! Wait up .."

"Hurry up, Mummy! Or we're gonna miss the train!!"

Amber sighed and shook her head, still pushing the trolley with the large trunk after him. That silly boy of hers.

“Queens are girls. You, Jimbo, are a boy. So you’d be a drama KING.” Honestly. The boy saw NOTHING in her logics, did he? “ … How am I the queen of drama queens?!” Hehehe. Miss Monty sounded kinda cool.

Iris looked to Jimbo Senior. “Yeah… I’m Monty.” She shrugged at his question. “It’s not that bad a nickname… So I don’t really mind. Not that I have the choice. Jimbo wouldn’t have it any other way.” She gave the man a smile and glanced at Jimbo. He was being REALLY silly. But it's true. He wouldn't call her Iris, because to him her name was Monty.

“Thankyou… Hehe. And you’re welcome.” Iris smiled a little bit more as the woman spoke. HEhehe! Jimbo’s mum likes her! AND she’s only just met her. Iris was good with people, clearly.

Iris looked at Jimbo and raised her eyebrow at him. Then she crossed her arms. “You’re being really immature, Ben.” Like … MORE immature than usual. “And why would you want to sit alone? You’ll get bored.”

Ashley frowned as Xio was mentioned, she had not taken the divorce well, especially not since she learned that she could not be with her father."Worst than Savannah and Orlando..."She looked at both of her children, sighing. Xiomara was already sent off to Beauxbatons, Orlando left next week for Durmstrang. These kids were growing up too fast.

Ashley nodded along as Kody spoke, listening to her as she spoke."Well, that's expected. She is your mother and it is your last ye..last...oh whatever you know what I mean."she laughed, trying to lighten up the mood. She certainly missed Mrs. Russell too, she was a nice lady, it was a shame it had to happen to her.

Pffft...."You should feel sorry. Apparently that Prada purse is more important than me, hmmm?"He grinned at her, typical woman behavior. Orlando wrapped his arms around her neck,playing with the ends of her short hair. Mmm...he liked kody's hair, it was sort and straight.

"I think everyone here knows who I want to see..."Savannah mumbled, chuckling. Hey, it was the truth. She wanted to see her ex boyfriend and like reconvince him some more! Hehh. GIGGLE."I want to see other people too though..."she pushed a curl behind her ear.

Brittany excitedly Stepped into the platform. It was really weird getting onto the platform and it took her a whole 10 minutes to get the nerve to run thru. And her poor mom!!!! She was a muggle so she definetely didnt trust it one bit. Hopefully her dad was having better luck talking her into come seeing her off. Brittany wouldnt stand for her mom just saying goodbye right out side the wall thingy.

She looked around and spotted the massive train. It was beautiful. Another round of excitement rose up as she took everything all in. She wonder where all her friends were. Maybe they were already on the train

Sammy walked through the wall ... that sounds so weird, but anyway. She was wearing the best outfit ever, converse, awesome socks, jeans, and a plain black t-shirt. Her short spiky hair out. Pulling along her trunk by herself, she had come alone, her aunt had gone to work early. Her cat balanced in a cage ontop of her trunk. She looked around, wondering where Jay, Amy or Katie were.

Uch. Benjamin really needs to get off his high horse. What a dramatic little boy. Even by his usual standards. He must be acting out because of the whole lecture Dan and herself had been giving him about his grades. Lexine gave Daniel an exasperated look, to tell him to deal with the boy.

Ben? Did she just call him Ben? Oh, that is IT.
"PLEASE, Monty! As if-"

"Just hold your tongue for a minute, Benjamin." Daniel warned, after receiving the look from Lexine. He walked right up to his son and smacked his hair so that it all flew upwards before flopping back down onto his head. "Stop acting foolish and be nice to the young girl." Seriously. Benjamin really needed to check his attitude.

Oh, great. Now he looked extra stupid. Although, that smack totally messed up his hair and made him want to yell some more, he didn't. The look on dad's face was totally serious and he wasn't going to be so loud anymore.

"Sorry, Monty. I apologize for my stupidity. You are not the queen of drama queens. I am." Might as well sneak something else in there. "But to properly hold that title I am in need of some expensive 50 galleon high heeled shoes..."

Lexine furrowed her brows. Did her son just ask for high heels from a girl? Looking at him in disbelief and a bit of confusion, she said, "You know, Ben, sometimes I wonder about you..."

Anna walked through the barrier of 9 3/4 this was it. She was finally doing it. She was ecstatic. It was finally happening. She was going to HOGWARTS! While her father promised her she would it never seemed quite real but here she was. She was boarding the train. her parents weren't here so she set off to find a friend.

Tugging on her father's hand, Mia wound her way through the crowd of people occasionally having to apologise for bumping someone with her trunk. She was so excited. She was about to get her first look at the Hogwarts Express.

"Mia slow down, the train is not leaving just yet." Sebastian Gibbins looked up at the clock and could see they had a good twenty minutes before the train was about to depart.

This comment only made Mia speed up and tug on her father's hand harder until at last, the crowd parted and she was able to see the gleaming scarlett engine and she let out a 'whoop' of excitement. She had been waiting for this moment for months when her father had finally decided to let her got to Hogwarts. She stopped to take it all in before she turned back to her dad, her eyes shining brightly. "Oh my god! This is it! I'M FINALLY GOING TO HOGWARTS!" She yelled before launching herself into her father's arms and hugging him tight. "Thank you dad. I love you heaps."

Used to his daughter's very expressive behaviour, Sebastian chuckled and hugged his daughter back. "It's my pleasure pumpkin." He gently placed her back onto the ground and grinned at her, "Make sure you pay attention in class and do your homework. Try and obey the rules." He looked down at her and gave her a mock stern look before smiling again. "But most of all, enjoy yourself. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity so make the most of it."

Mia looked up at her father and her eyes twinkled with excitement and maybe a hint of mischief as well. She gave him a salute, "I'll do my very best. SIR!" She giggled while she gave him another hug, "I promise to write every week." She whispered before pulling back and edging her way over to the train. "Tell mum, I love her and I'll send her something. And tell Noah...just...tell him...I'll miss him." Mia blew her father a kiss and hopped onto the train.

Chuckling again at his daughter's antics, Sebastian promised to relay the messages and he then blew her a kiss of his own and watch as she disappeared onto the train. It was not going to be the same without his baby girl around. Heaving a sigh, he turned on the spot and disapparated.

Iris looked between all the Farleys as Jimbo started to say something to her, but then got told off. She didn’t say anything whilst Jimbo Senior was telling Jimbo off, she just smirked. It was quite amusing. Hehe.

She was almost tempted to say ‘Yeah. Be nice to mee.’ … But she figured that saying so would probably just make Jimbo MORE annoyed. Which isn’t good. No, not at all.

When Jimbo started talking to her again, Iris looked at him with a straight face.

…

Until he started talking about expensive heels. Like … MORE expensive than the heels she wore to the Alumni ball. “HA! You shan’t be getting them off me, boy. Not. A. Bloody. Chance.” She then looked to Lexine as she spoke. “I think he’s only saying that because he’d need more expensive heels than me, in order to hold such a title.” … Why was she trying to explain this? Hehe. “But I often wonder about him too. Sometimes, the things he says it a bit worrying.”

Should she bring up the want to ballet dance in shiny red heels?

Again. That would probably be a bad move. Which is a shame, because Jimbo’s mum probably has no clue that he’s THAT weird.

Well, it was worth a shot. It was a bit tiring sometimes, being friends with Monty. He gave and gave and then Monty was always so rude whenever she was given the chance to be generous to Jimbo.
He shrugged when Monty said no to the heels, but then she went on talking to his mum and his eyes got all wide.

He caught Monty's eye and gave her a look that said, 'SHUSH! Don't say anything to my mum.'
Because he knew that if Monty said something, Jimbo would get a weirded out look from his mum and she would give him that same look for weeks.
Although, on second thought, they weren't going to see each other until Christmas, and if Monty mentioned the heels, maybe he'd get some as a present?

Tee hee.

Lexine gave the kids a suspicious look but then shook her head, deciding that she'd rather not know. "Well, you two. We should be going. I have to get back to work, I just wanted to say a proper goodbye to Benjamin. Or 'Jimbo' as you call him. Haha." She went and gave Jimbo a proper hug and gave Iris a wave. "Nice to meet you, Iris. Please keep Benjamin in check."

Dan went and gave Jimbo a one arm hug. "See you, Benji." He walked over to Iris after sharing a mischevious look with his son. Knowing that she hated it, Dan ruffled her hair, which must've weirded her out but that's exactly what he was trying to do. He heard Benjamin snicker and he grinned. "Goodbye, Iris." he said, after giving his son a high five.

"Bye, mum. Bye, dad." he said, still grinning about the hair ruffling thing. Monty's hair was all messed now. And she couldn't yell about it because he hadn't done it. Dad did. And she couldn't yell at him about it because he was an adult. Well played, Dad. Muahaha. "Shall we get on the train then, Monty?"

Really? A wall? Well, I guess it's better than a magic moving staircase in New York. But I'm sure Hogwarts has none of those... I mean, how ridiculous.

The New Yorker looked and the pillar a little nervous. But, he gripped his trolly, gave look at his owl Howard, and started half jogging towards the wall. The wall was getting closer... And nothing was happening... Panic started to fill the boy's mind as he was going to crash into the wall. Just before impact, he closed is eyes and waiting for the crash. But he kept moving... Cool!

As he reached the platform, he opened his eyes to see a lot of wizards and witches. Oh thank god... the boy thought. Alex Hound successfully made it to platform 9 and 3/4 for his first time! Fist pump!

Alex started making his way towards the train a bit annoyed that no one in his family came to see him off. Jerks. The annoying thing was that Alex didn't know anybody. Sure, he met some people in Diagon Alley. But come on, he doesn't have any friends.

the boy kind of stood there for a moment looking around at everything.

Iris looked at Jimbo as he looked at her all O____O and decided that it would probably be best to just shush… She just grinned at Jimbo innocently, and then looked back to his parents.

She listened to Jimbo’s mum speak, and then nodded to her and gave her a wave back. “It was nice meeting you, too. *hehe* I’ll do my best to. I promise.” Hehehe.

When the rather attractive Mr Farley went over to Jimbo to give him a hug goodbye, Iris looked at them both, amazed. They were both A LOT a like. It was WEIRD how alike they were! But then, When he turned to Iris, she looked at him completely shocked.

HE JUST RUFFLED HER HAIR!!!

What’s more; he ruffled it in EXACTLY the same way Jimbo does.

Iris just gawped at him, staying as calm as she could. When she heard Jimbo giggle, she turned and GLARED at him. “Uh… Bye… Mr Farley.” HE JUST RUFFLED HER HAIR!!!

WTF?! They were high fiving?! Iris glared at Jimbo. They’d both just planned that little hair ruffling, didn’t they? Hmpf. She combed her hair back to how it SHOULD sit, and then eyed Jimbo. “Hmm. I suppose so, before there’s no empty compartments left.”

Normally she would have been watching the other students bid farewell to their families or checking the clock to see how close it was til the train decided to leave. Instead the small puff's eyes were fixed on her brother's dragon tooth necklace that she had fingering since they entered the platform. As excited as she was about returning to Hogwarts, she was crestfallen that she wouldn't be seeing Noah everyday like she had over the summer. "You won't forget to write?"

"I never forget to write," He replied absently as he skillfully weaved through the myriad of wizards and witches, bringing them closer to the train. He gave his sister, who was perched on his back, a gentle joggle to cheer her up. "Cheer up, squirt. I won't be far if you need me; might even visit on Hogsmeade weekends." Finding a spot by the train that was clear of students or luggage, he headed over and loosened his grip on Arya, allowing her to slide off his back.

Just the thought of her big brother coming to visit on weekends was enough to cheer the teen up, a grin spreading across her face. Letting his dragon tooth necklace slip from her fingers and fall on his chest, she slid down his back reluctantly. "Come visit on weekends. I can send you a letter when they start." The excitement was plastered on her face as she bounced on her toes before going in for a big bear hug.

Chuckling softly, he wraped his arms around his sister when she threw herself at him, squeezing her tight. "I know when they start." As far as he knew the school never changed the days for Hogsmeade visits. "I'll come visit if you promise to be careful this term.....starting with no skating on the train." He gave her a little poke, but his tone told her he was serious about the skating. Noah knew his sister too well, and knew the first thing she do was skate on the train. The last thing he needed was a letter saying she had broken her arm before even reaching the castle.

"I'm always super careful," That was more or less true. "What makes you think I was do such a thing?" She jested, squirming and giggling a bit when he poked her. "I miss you already." She whispered; squeezing him once more, she slowly slipped out of her big brother's arms. "Love you, Noah. I'll write when I get to the castle." Giving her brother one last smile, she turned and skipped onto the train.

Slipping his hands into his pockets, he watched as she turned and bound for the train. "See ya later, squirt." Once she was safely on the train, Noah turned on his heels and left the platform.

Joe was going to aboard the train and then he kissed his parents good bye.

"Dont you think for one second Were gonna leave without saying goodbye" Katie said as she ran up and gave Sammy a hug "You ready?" Katie added.

"I wasn't leaving" Sammy replied smirking slightly hugging her sister back "promise" she said letting go. "sure am, front, middle or back?" she asked, last time she had gone in the back, the time before that, front. But it was Katie's decision. She was the firstie

"Hmmm, Back!" Katie said as she pointed to the door leading to the back.

Standing before the long, cherry red train, Cosette took in a solid deep breath, holding onto the handle to her long black and gold lined trunk. She turned to see all the families smiling, crying, and giving off their children. How pathetic. They were only going to school for a term, not heading off into the militia. It was so disheartening.

Turning around, she looked at one of her butlers, Hesley. He was around sixty, still had a full head of snow white hair and round spectacles that topped his long narrow nose. His wrinkles never really bothered her, she had known him ever since she was born. He was her personal butler, and her giver for the day. "I am sorry Master Bastien couldn't give you off today." Hesley said, mentioning her father. True, he was on a mission for the ministry, but it really didn't bother her. "Hesley, this is just a new school. I'm not getting married, heaven's forbid."

She gave him a sidelong semi-smile. He knew she was going to get into trouble at school, like the last one. But she was good at heart, sometimes. "Don't worry about me, Hesley. Just make sure that Papa get's treated well when I am gone." She bit her lip. "And be sure to tell him to not get killed playing with the new toys I got him. If he needs me, he has the Two-Way mirror." She thought she said everything she needed too.

Helsey nodded, putting his bowler hat on his snow topped hair. Placing a hand on her shoulder, she shrugged it off. "Hesley, this is just school. No need for ill fickle emotions." She spat, rubbing her hand where he touched her shoulder. He nodded, knowing all to well he shouldn't have even done that. "You best be off." He grunted, turning his green gaze to the train.

Cosette nodded, gripping her hold on her trunk. Giving him a nod, he walked away and so did she, in separate directions.