This was it. his final year at Hogwarts and he wanted to leave his mark this year. He was an inch taller and year wiser. It was going to be good.

With a slimmer Stark trailing behind him he climbed onto the train and walked down the corridor looking for a friendly face or just a friend.

He spotted Selena and he nearly sprained his arm yanked back the door to scramble inside to get to his girlfriend. "Selena," he breathed with a smile.

Selena realized how rude it was to barely shake the guys hand and felt a bit bad. "Sorry about the whole handshake thing, I just really needed my sugar," she said shwepishly. She hadn't had sugar in the past hour, sheer torture if you asked her.

Her jaw dropped open when he declined the sweets. This guybwas completely bonkers! He refused sugar. How ridiculous! Fifth year? Merlin he was old too. Given he wasn't as old as Diggy but yeah. "Interesting," she sais regaining her composure as she tossed a green jellybean in her mouth. Yum, apples. "What school did you attend before this?" Selena asked.

Selena nodded as he spoke, quite surprised he didn't know about thehouses. She popped another jellybean in her mouth and smiled. Sugar. Ah wait! She had to explain!! No hyper attack yet. "So tjere's grffindor with the lion for bravery, Hufflepuff with a badger for loyalty, Ravenclaw with the eagle for intelligence and Slytherin, the best house, with a snake for cunningness," Selena rattled off. And everyone knew Slytherins were the coolest. "The sorting hat will place you into the house best suited for you so there's no need to worry," she added. Even though for her sorting she had been panicking becausebshe could've been placed in a house other than Slytherin. With that she ate a few more jellybeans, neeed to get hyper after all.

Selena heard Diggy and grinned when she saw him. Selena stood and gave him a huge hug, "Diggy!" she exclaimed with a laugh. Ah, he had grown taller. She was reluctant to let go of him but decided she would have to eventually anyways.

"I missed you, she said as she gestured to the seat next to her. Ah Nd then more introductions. "Diggy, this is Elliott, he's new and Elliott, meet Dillon or Diggy, my boyfriend," she said sming.

Jacob couldn't help but laugh. It was an odd nervous laugh... he was becomeing more and more nervouse every second he was on the train. "You don't see them either!" he combed his fingers through his hair. He then turned to the Gorilla. "Why! Why Me?!" he yelled at the Monkey. "You stupid Animal! Your Not REAL! YOUR NOT REAL!"

Jacob felt a sudden Shiver, as he was coming back to his insane self. The Cake... on the seat. Where were the fleas! Where were they. He was sure that he packed the flea underwear... what ever. She can have the cake... the person at the door "Do you like cake?... Here have some... Its all yours!" he took the box from the seat and slid it across the ground to her feet. Then sat on the chair, and curled into a ball, sucking on his thumb. The broom still on the other seat, and his captains badge in his pocket, Jacob stareout the window, trying to calm himself. "Its not real... its not real..." he muttered under his breath over and over

Was this the part where Lucie suddenly made up a story about something she needed to go do? This kid was starting to scare her. He was going on about nonsense...she didn't know who he was or what was wrong with him so how could she help? She just stood there and watched him yell at that 'Gorilla' on the wall. He was right. It wasn't real. She had never seen a psycho person....

Then the kid offered her a box of 'cake', by sliding it on the floor. "Thank...you?" she stated more in a question, looking down at the box on the floor. Er...yeah. She looked to see him lay down on the seat, curled up and sucking his thumb. Lucie decided she would try and assure him he was alright. She walked around the cake box and bent down next to his face. "Hey, it's okay, you're going to be alright," she said softly, then rubbed his arm comfortingly. "There isn't anything that's going to get you. I'm sure you can go see the nurse when we get to school," she added quietly. Yah he really needed a medical type person.

Meredith got bored and wandered around the train. After walking around for quite a while she decided to go and sit down. She came to an empty compartment and sat down, hoping to make some friends

Handshake thing? Oh, oh! Perhaps he had given a perplexed expression or something. His countenance had a frequent habit of betraying him. "It's nothing; it just made me think of a kid at my old school, that's all" he assured her.

He watched the green jellybean catapult from her hand and into her mouth. That was another thing about jellybeans - he could never decipher which flavor was which. For all he knew, watermelon could look exactly like green apple! "I went to Durmstrang," he responded. "Wasn't extraordinary, though it wasn't bad either." Granted his first couple years had been pretty unremarkable, though.

He listened attentively as she informed him of the houses and their respective characteristics. It was good to finally have that cleared up. Well, he certainly wasn't going to be a Slytherin; 'cunning' wasn't exactly the first word that came to mind when he thought of himself. "And which house do you belong to?" He nodded and gave a grateful smile when she told him he had nothing to worry about; that's what he'd heard. So, seeing as there wasn't anything he could do to change this hat's decision, he really didn't give another thought to it.

And then another student joined them just then, a friend of Selena's. His mouth curved into a smile as he witnessed how excited she became when she saw him. Boyfriend, he guessed? Although he did look considerably older than her. "Nice to meet you, mate," he said, standing up to shake his hand. "Do you have a preference.. Diggy or Dillon?"

Raven get aboard the train, he manage to carried his trunk and Aguiluz's cage.
Raven wander around the train, he is not bored, in fact he is investigating the train, he also hope to find empty cubicle to sit in.

Yes! For once he was early to the train and able to snag a compartment for himself. It had been a long and eventful summer. Eino was very excited to return to the school and make use of its potions laboratory. He had a list of potions he would like to try brewing, mostly for Y.W.H.O. He had also brought with him a box full of herbs his grandparents had given him as a goodbye gift. Most importantly however, he was excited to practice magic again. It had been so hard not being able to use a wand after a whole year of using it. He wasn't even in school yet and he already had a list of all the things he wanted to do. The most difficult part was to get there. After a whole summer free of muggle transportation, the return to the school had raised Eino's anxiety to its peak. "It's just a choo-choo train, it's just a choo-choo train, it's just a choo-choo train..." Eino chanted under his breath trying to convince himself it was safe, but still every time it hissed or crackled Eino flinched. Taking a seat, he placed his bag next to him and his potted cactus on his lap. The cactus was moving violently, as though in attempts to break free from its pot. It was a small and round cactus, with very tiny and thin, but sharp, needles, and two small arms covered in needles as well. Eino fixed his eyes on it trying to ignore the sounds. His mother had suggested he distract himself by counting the needles on the cactus, which he proceeded to do.

Zoe walked through the cars, clutching her orange and white kitten, Tigger, in her arms. She found an empty compartment and slid open the door, taking a seat by the window. She tucked her legs under her and watched the people walk past, greeting and hugging one another as if they had been separated for 2 years, not 2 months. But she smiled anyway, because it was nice to see so much happiness in one place.

Ah, an empty seat. Finally. Everywhere else seemed to be full of other students. She wouldn't mind some company, she just didn't know anyone really. She wasn't shy, Evangeline just didn't really feel like finding someone to talk to. She could later.

Glancing out of the window, Eva sighed. This was the first time she'd be apart from her brother, and it just didn't feel quite right. Even though they were rather different, they were extremely close. Not to mention that she'd always lived in America, and being in England was totally strange. But she just needed to get used to it.

Kurumi, decided to get up and walk around a bit, walked by a compartment with a very frazzled looking Eino sitting in it. She knew she should have unpacked her box of cookies before loading her trunk onto the train. Now she was going to have to wait until they arrived at Hogwarts to ease Eino's tension with sugar. Knocking first on the door so as not to overly startle him, Kurumi slowly slide the door open. "Hey Eino," she smiled. "You OK?"

Walnut peeked his head around the door - still overly hyper from all the string playing he had just accomplished in the back of the train. Sniffing the air, Walnut picked up the scent of something herby. Was it...catnip perhaps? He sure hoped it was...

After wandering around the train, Matt found himself in the middle cars; it seemed that most places already were full but once he saw a compartment with one person in it, he figured that maybe he'd join them. Standing in front of the door with his messenger bag hanging off his shoulder, he knocked on the frame slightly before speaking. "Hey. Mind if I join you here?" Well it was polite to ask rather than barge in even though he knew that was what Raven would do. Already he didn't want to hear the fact that he was to be compared to the former Slytherin because he was nothing like her at all.

Evangeline glanced up, looking at the boy outside her compartment. "Of course." She said, her accent noticeably American. She smiled, motioning for him to take a seat. She ran a hand through her hair, waiting for him to sit down. She was curious, meeting another new person. She wondered if he'd be anything like the last person she'd met.

Jenny walked around the train, looking for any tiny little place that is empty. Those empty compartments were filling up pretty fast, much to Jenny's frustration. She would rather be in the luggage compartment with her newly bought owl, thank you.

Finally, there was a partially empty compartment, but someone was already sitting there. "Hello," Jenny said. "Is it okay if I sit in here?"

Matthew walked into the compartment and took a seat across from the girl, setting his messenger bag down in the process. "Thanks. My name's Matthew Stevenson, but most people just call me Matt." He introduced himself rather informally because the situation didn't exactly call to be formal. After he had originally heard her speak, he picked up on some kind of accent that sounded rather familiar; it definitely wasn't from California cause he would have recognized it immediately.

"Well Matt, it's a pleasure to meet you." Evangeline said. She'd been distracted before, but now that she paid attention, his voice didn't sound English like everybody else here. "I'm Evangeline Benford," she said. "Y'know, you don't really sound that English." She said, glancing at him thoughtfully.

Meredith was looking out the window when she heard a voice. "Oh yes! Of course!" Meredith said to the girl. She smiled, glad that she wasn't all alone. "Hi, I'm Meredith Evans, nice to meet you!" Meredith said introducing herself

He chuckled slightly at Evangeline, apparently it didn't take long for her to pick up that he wasn't British. "That's cause I'm not, I'm an American; came from Los Angeles to be more specific." Matt opened up his messenger bag and double checked that he had everything in there that he wanted. Not that it mattered really, he wanted to have his art supplies with him at the school though. At least there's some potential around here.. course it's nothing like back home but I can work with this definitely.

Legs close together, Lulu walked down the corridor lazily as Bravely Bold Sir Robin clung to the sides of her head. He peeked over her dark hair curiously, black eyes searching for an item of interest. Sir Robin's nose twitched rapidly as Lulu hummed. The compartments seemed to be mostly occupied and she hadn't found someone she had met (and remembered) from last term as of yet.

The girl was unwilling to accept her awkward social skills and instead, dallied around the corridor walking around in circles with exaggerated steps. Robin protested with a quack and pulled on his owner's hair.

"CORR, ROBIN!" yelled Lulu and winced. "You tryin' to leave me a bald spot?"

One hundred and thirteen, one hundred and fourteen, one hundred and fifteen... Apparently, counting the cactus' needles didn't entirely help, he was still very much aware of the train's noises and peoples's voices. Thankfully however, he was able to hear someone knock before sliding the door open and scaring the soul out of him. Looking up, Eino saw Kurumi through the compartment window. He was glad to see a familiar face, sharing compartments with strangers, especially with his condition, could be very uncomfortable. "Hello. I'm okay." He replied and spotted Walnut from the corner of his eye. Sadly, he was looking at little less fluffy, maybe he was shedding because of the heat and would look all fluffled up for winter. "How are you?" He asked. Looking back down at his lap he realized Kurumi wasn't acquainted with Fautus. He picked up the pot and showed it to Kurumi. "This is Fautus." He paused to allow for the cactus to introduce itself, which it did by shaking its tiny arms. "My new pet." Finally something Eino wouldn't kill, even if he forgot to water often.

"Thank you." Jenny smiled back as she sat down in the seat across the girl. Wow, was she an enthusiastic person. Jenny didn't remember being this enthusiastic about Hogwarts last year...oh well.

"I'm Jenny Takahashi. Nice to meet you too." She nodded. "What year are you in right now?"

"Ah, knew you were American." She smiled. It was really nice meeting someone from back home. "Since I'm sure I don't sound very English either, I'm from New York." Evangeline said. "Have you been in England long?" She asked, curious. Because she'd read a lot about Hogwarts, but it all felt rather new.

"Your welcome!" Meredith smiled. "This is my first year!" Meredith said about ready to bounce off her seat. She was SOO excited for Hogwarts! She could hardly bare the wait of the train ride! "What year are you in?" Meredith asked Jenny.

"New York huh? I've never been. Spent the past 14 years in LA, surfing in the summer time." At least Matt knew there was another American at the school although he knew at some point he would be running into some of the resident Brits. "No actually, just got here late in the summer; realized how much different everything was when I saw Diagon Alley. Dude, that is absolutely like the size of a tiny mall." Or like an alleyway, how anyone could get around the area was a massive question in itself.

Kurumi took a seat next to Eino and set Walnut on her lap. Walnut eyed Eino and began swishing his tail. Surprisingly, Eino didn't make a move for him which was a little depressing for cat. What, was Walnut not as interesting as a cactus?! Walnut batted his paw at the annoying plant and yowled in pain as he struck one of the spiky things. Bad cactus.... Kurumi quickly checked Walnut's paw, nothing to worry about, and scratched the kitty behind the ears to calm him down. "Silly cat," she cooed before she was introduced...to a cactus. She knew Eino was different, but his pet was a plant. Was there some sort of wizarding bread of cactus she didn't know about? Best to not upset him, he already looked frazzled enough as it was. "It's, um, nice to meet you Fautus," she said smiling in attempt to cover up her confusion.