Nunually held onto Jeremy tightly. His fur no longer orange it was slowly fading and it was turning into blond. "Oppa we need to sit I still haven't had anything to eat and I am not feeling well." she told him and gave him a kiss on the top of his head. Nunually did not look well at all her eyes had shadows under them. She had received a letter from the hospital her mother was staying at. Her mother had taken a turn for the worst. She had to go home. She was hoping this was like last month where her mother had gotten worse and then better, but something in her heart told her otherwise. She shook her head. "Omma will be fine." she told Jeremy reassuring him and herself. It was hard to get her head into the last days in hogwarts and her grades had surely suffered. "I need to do better next year." she told herself and went into a compartment to sit taking Jeremy the cat in her arms along

Cass backtracked when she noticed that he was writing something on the back of the train with his wand.

Sleeping sister? Oh. That made more sense.

She smiled at him to say that it was alright, she understood. Sort off. Then she walked on.

Hugo pushed open the door of the compartment he sat in on the trainride to Hogwarts. He remembered. It was one of the best memories of the year. Just chilling with all his friends. Now one of his friends was gone, the other was going and another one was probably heart broken. He suddenly felt very nostalgic as he sat down on his own. A needle of Faustus was sticking out of the fabric. All of it was slowly fading away...

Kurumi needed to get away from the hyper Slytherin girls in the front of the train before her mood became even more sour. Walnut had run off somewhere, and she was in no mood to go searching for him.

Out of the corner of her eye, Kurumi spotted Hugo in a compartment. "H-H-Hey...." she said quietly as she stood in the doorway. "Do you, do you mind if I join you?"

Or was he saving the compartment for him and Fee?

Hugo was staring out of the window nostalgicly, looking at the kids who were still getting in the train. When he heard Kurumi's voice, he looked up. He smiled a bit at her and put the needle in his pocket. It was a good memory. Without saying anything, he nodded and patted the seat next to him. "What's up?" he asked Kurumi carefully, she was looking quite sad. He could kind of already guess it. Poor Kurumi.

Kurumi took a seat next to Hugo and took several deep breaths in order to contain herself. It had been a rollar coaster of a ride the past 24-hours, and she was sure Hugo didn't want to deal with her as an emotional pile of melted Kurumi on the floor of the compartment. "Nothing," she said half lying through her smile. "Just taking a walk around the train."

Fee was walking to the middle cars.Ohh this was so exciting back home and starting the summer.This summer would be awesome and the blonde really couldnt wait.Looking for someone she knew she saw Kurumi and Hugo there.Better not to interrupt Kurumi looked sad,of course she did,Hugo would help her a lot.Just as much as he had helped her last summer. Walking further down the Slytherin found an empty compartment.Maybe some of her friends would come by or maybe some new people?!Fee hoped somone would come by at least.

Hugo tilted his head a bit to the side. "You sure?" he asked, taking a look in her a bit watery eyes. "You can tell me anything," he said, then realizing he should just leave it there. "So..." he said scratching his neck, "Any plans for the summer?" he asked.

Lachlen saw Coraline sitting there, he knocked on the compartment door and opened it, he smiled as he saw her beautiful face, "Hey Cora" He said walking over to sit next to her, he looked into her eyes.

her eyes lighted up as she saw Lachlen sitting down next to her, she wrapped his arms around him, giving him a huge hug, "Lachlen Thomas, i missed you so much" Coraline said into his ear, now she defiantly didn't want to go home, she would rather be in the arms of Lachlen's then in the arms of her house, locked in her room never to leave again.

"i'm scared Lachy, what if my mother doesn't let me come back to hogwarts? she defiantly won't let me once she knows i am dating a muggle born, i hate my mother, but Lachy, i love you, and well she is going to lock me up, i know it, and then i won't see you again" Coraline cried, she trusted Lachy so she knew that he wouldn't be tease her when she said this, he would help her, he was the best boyfriend ever.

He started nodding quickly then slowed as he listened to her line up their itinerary "Ok so uh... cat goes to best friend, puff goes to bro and..... the owl comes with us?" Sounds like he can stop wondering on how to handle the little menagerie during the trip. "Right, see Cam n' Capn Curly.... oh and you know Rae?" he grinned "Well then yeah... you'll get to see her house thats like smack in the middle of nowhere, its just hills all around." he laughed as he gestured his arms about.

"Oh and dont worry about Finchley-- thats my valet-- let me take care of him. Besides he'll see you and hears how we already made reservations in Greece and has a schedule to keep and he'll be too polite to stop us" he chuckled.

He lay his arm across her shoulder and leaned in returning her gentle kiss "It is isnt it?" he crooned as he drew his finger and cleared a wisp of hair from her face "Hey.... do you want to see some of your presents? Its your birthday already somewhere in the world anyway."

Kurumi nodded as she bit on her lower lip in attempt to keep the tears in. She didn't want to cry over this anymore. "I know," she smiled in response. "I'm just...I'm not ready to talk about it yet."

She looked at Hugo with shimmering violet eyes hoping that he understood it wasn't a matter of trust that was preventing her from speaking freely to him. It was so much more.

"Not really," she squeaked happy that he had changed the subject. "Oh, but my father did owl me to say that he got a job working for the Daily Prophet. So I can spend more of the summer here instead of back home in Japan."

Now THAT put a smile on her face.

"What about you?"

Hugo smiled understandingly. "It's okay," he said. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."
He was happy her mood changed so quickly as he changed the subject. And the smile on her face was even better. "That's so nice," he said and duplicated her smile on his face. Now he could spend time with his friend during the summer. "So we can hang out in Diagon Alley or something," he said smiling.

"I will be in London for a couple weeks, just exploring the city being on my own-" He loved doing that. Just going into town, see what he could do and not get slowed down or rushed by anyone. "Then I'm taking the portkey to New York City-" he made a little hand gesture which indicated spinning and flying, "Where I'll be staying with my brother and visiting some people I never met," He made it sound way more interesting than it really was... "And the last month or so I'm spending back at home in Scotland, being with my family and just having some rest," he told Kurumi. Yup, he had it all planned out.

Kurumi gave Hugo's hand a quick squeeze as a way to say thank you for him not pushing the subject like other people had. It was a sign of how strong a friendship they had - not pushing boundaries and knowing that answers would come eventually.

Letting go of his hand, Kurumi sat and listened as Hugo explained his summer plans. "I look forward to it," she smiled in regards to hanging out in Diagon Alley. It would be her first time staying in London for more than a week and, best of all, she would be spending that time with her father and could be around magic all the time.

"YOU ARE GOING TO AMERICA!?" she chirped clapping her hands together. "Does that mean you get to see the Statue of Liberty? I've seen it once, well, I've seen a small version of one in Odaiba in Japan." Kurumi's eyes glowed with excitement for her friend and the adventure he seemed to be about to embark on. "I've never traveled by port key. I had to travel by floo powder this term though...coming back from the Ministry party in Diagon Alley. It was rather unpleasant."

This was good, a distraction. Very very good.

Lachlen held onto Coraline tightly, not wanting to ever let go. "I missed you too Coraline Riddle" He whispered into her ear back.

He listened to every word that came out of her beautiful lips, "And I love you too" He said, he didn't say anything else, because just those few words were enough, he pulled her close and gave her a kiss on the lips. That had been the first time they had told each other that they loved each other, so better make it a moment they were going to remember.

Elle walked past some Hogwarts students she had never seen before to reach the Food Trolley. She was starving and she forgot to pack some of her cookies into her duffel bag. Checking if she still had enough Galleons and Sickles to pay for the sweets, she realized that the atmosphere was getting hotter and mustier. Must be body heat... Too many people in here..., she thought. She stuffed her hand into her pocket and pulled out a sleek black ribbon.

She trapped the silk between her lips as she made her way down the aisle, gathering her hair into a ponytail. Arms sore from sustaining her arms in the air for a long time to make the neatest fair possible, she got the ribbon and tied a tight knot on her red hair.

Too preoccupied with thoughts of buying what she wanted, Elle did not notice a foot stuck out and almost tripped. She stumbled, swore under her breath and regained balance. She scowled as she turned her head to see who it was.

Oh, it was the beautiful girl from her House she never had time to befriend. Her frown disappeared.

He nodded sweetly. "Me too. I could show you around London," he offered. From all the last summers, he had taken the opportunity to get to know every inch of London. The city fascinated him. All its mysteries. All its attractions. He loved it.

Hugo got a little startled by her response. He was glad she was so happy all of the sudden but merlin's beard! "Probably!" he chirped back. He had been talking very nonchalant about it but Kurumi's excitement had jumped over to him and now he couldn't help but smile, thinking about what he would do in there. "Japan has a statue of liberty too?" Hugo asked, a bit confused. She never traveled by portkey? Merlin's pants! "Then... Then how did you get to Japan?" he asked confused. "I don't suppose you flew your broom all the way over the oceans? Did your father apparate you?"

Oh right. The ministry party. To which he was not invited. "How was the ministry party anyway?" he asked, hoping he hadn't missed anything.

Elle shook her head a little and replied with a graceful smile. "No, no, it's fine. I usually get angry when boys carelessly make people trip, like me, but in our case," she gestured at the girls surrounding them, "it's no big deal, since we've got so much in our minds! Makeup, grades, the perfect summer outfits and whatnot!" Elle laughed.

"I'm Elizabeth Woods. Nice to meet you French Girl. I hope you liked your stay at Hogwarts. I've heard a lot about Beauxbatons, mostly from my brothers," she chuckled. Whoops! That part about her brothers just slipped!

OOC: Does this mean Danielle is here for a visit or has she studied at Hogwarts already?

"We do," Kurumi nodded. "It isn't very big though. I'd love to see the real one sometime though. So much history rooted into one neoclassical sculpture." She giggled for a moment before falling silent and her cheeks flushing bright pink.

"Um...well...my mother hates magic, so I can't travel by magical means to London," she said slowly trying to get the horrifying image of herself riding a broom the entire way out of her head. "I...um...I flew here...with my father...by airplane..." Did Hugo know what an airplane was? It had taken her hours trying to explain the concept to Eino.

"The Ministry party was...interesting..." Kurumi wasn't really sure exactly how to describe what she had experience. She did still have that hippogriff ugly T-shirt in her trunk along with the extra gift bag that Lord Borr had insisted she receive.

Hugo blinked a couple times. "An... Aerplain?" he asked, not quite sure what he should picture. "Is that like a type of broom?" He frowned. "I don't think brooms can handle such a long distance," he said. "Interesting? How so?" Hugo asked.

Elle sighed. Caught! "My brothers.. well they know may girls from your school."

Seeing the sudden change of expression on Danielle's face, she added quickly, "It's not that they're flirtatious or anything bad! It's just... [/B]" she thought of a better approach, but gave up on it, noticing her new friend's curiosity.

She leaned closer, whispering for only Danielle to hear, "They are popular with girls. They're gentlemen, very handsome, outgoing, funny and uh... as everyone says... hot."

Elle retreated, stood up straight and gave Danielle a look of disgust. "Sorry, I don't like calling my brothers... hot. Gives me the creeps!" The redhead practically shivered.

Oh boy. Kurumi should have seen this coming. How had she explained airplanes to Eino before? Whatever method she had used, it hadn't been very efficient as he had left the conversation under the impression that Walnut could fly. "Um...airplanes are a form of non-magical transportation," Kurumi said slowly looking around for some sort of inspiration. "Um, imagine that you charmed a bus to fly in the air." With Eino, she had gone into how the engines of the plane produce forward thrust, which in turn makes the aircraft go forward. Also, how the wings are airfoil-shaped, so, when the aircraft moves forward they push air downward, which in turn pushes the aircraft upwards. But, Kurumi saved Hugo the pain of trying to sort through all that.

Hugo frowned, then opened his eyes real wide. "Oh, THOSE THINGS!" he chirped. "My dad uses those things when my mum can't apparate him," he said. Then he took out a notebook and opened a page which had the title "TO DO LIST" He took a pencil and wrote down "ask dad how airplains work" underneath "learn ancient runes" and "learn the undetectable extension charm" which unfortunately weren't cheched off yet. Then he shocked back as the train started moving. Weyy, they were almost there but not really.

"Robert Woods, being the eldest and the pride of the family, is the most experienced in... about everything. Then comes the Super Duo," Elle laughed a little. "the Twins namely Jacob and Tristan and last but not the least, the brother I'm closest with, Michael. He's just a year older than me," she shrugged. Then she carefully eyed Danielle for any reaction, smiling.

OOC: Robert is 17, J and T are 15, Michael is 14 and my charrie, Elle is 13. (I changed her age!) <--Those are their ages for the next term!

Elle's jaw dropped as she heard Danielle say she was dating her dear brother. "So that was why Robert was usually at the Owl Tower. He must have been writing to her!" She gasped as she realized that she said it aloud. it was meant for only Elle Woods to hear...

"Oopsies! Sorry. There's... nothing wrong with dating my big brother."

The redhead beamed, winked and patted her on the shoulder. Just then, a loud angry noise came from Elle's tummy... She suddenly turned a deep shade or red, her face almost as red as her hair.