Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

"Oh really!?! ME TOO!" Nika bounced up and down purely out of excitement. "I wonder why I haven't really talked to you before? Well it's a good thing we are meeting now!"

Originally Posted by aaetha

"Thanks!" Wow. Praise was not what Ariana expected. "There's more if you flip through the pages."



"Aww, that's sweet. I'm okay sharing my writing, after all, I'm hoping to publish it as a book someday, so I have to be okay! Plus I like to hear what other poeple think of it, so I can make changes before it's too late!"

"Whoa, that's amazing! I could never draw like that! You could be a professional artist someday!"

Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

"Oh cool Durmstrang." But what's a Durmstrang? Is it like Hogwarts....? Nika didn't ask though because the subject had changed and it was too late to bring it up again. "Hogwarts is amazing! Everyone is so friendly! Especially the Hufflepuffs. But us Gryffindors are probably the best house." And Nika is probably biased. "And the Slytherins are cool too! Well most of them. I've met a few that I wish I could un-meet." If that's even a word. "The Ravenclaws are all really smart!"

Nika sighed wishing that she could be smart. She is a smart girl per say , but when it comes to magic she doesn't know the first thing. "Oh and those were all just names of the houses. There are four and well I hope I'm not repeating something you already knew... I don't know how much other schools know about this place." The Hogwarts students knew nothing about the other places. Or at least Nika knew nothing about them. She didn't even know there were other schools until the end of last term when Elyon mentioned the french school.[/B]

Originally Posted by aaetha

"Yeah..." and Ariana was lost in thought about ice cream. Oh, yummyb ice cream...

"Wow. You have a LOT of siblings. Don't they ever annoy you? I have one and I can't stand her!"

Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

Nika giggled as Ariana and Jaymie talked about the flavors. "I think I like chocolate the most!" Who doesn't like chocolate!?! "It's just so good! But I don't mind vanilla either, especially when they have sprinkles." Yummy!

Originally Posted by Saz Hale

Arabella-Marie smiled and said "I am in my third year Nika, what year are you in" Arabella-Marie was sure she had seen Nika about somewhere before

Originally Posted by WillowSeawinds

Rowan accepted the sketchbook and looked admiring at the drawing. "This is fantastic. You are a wonderful artist," she said and then handed the book back to her new friend. "You don't have to share your writings with me if you don't want to. I know that it can be very personal and we just met after all. Here is my favorite drawing," she said as she flipped through here book. "It's a drawing of a friend's owl."

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Originally Posted by PrincessOzera

Jaymie nodded. "Yeah, the days are very busy." She considered that. "Yeah, they're very annoying most of the time. But I couldn't live without them." She smiled. "I used to be the second oldest, but now I'm one of the youngest." She made a pouting face.

Jaymie grinned at Nika. "Yeah, Chocolate is the best! I like mint ice cream too, but chocolate is the best." She had just said that; but Jaymie felt it was worth repeating. "Yumm; sprinkles make everything better."






Jaymie turned to two other people in the compartment that she hadn't introduced herself to yet. "Hi," she said to them. "My name is Jaymie Newman. I'm a first year."

Originally Posted by WillowSeawinds

Rowan blushed. She wasn't accustomed to such compliments. "Thanks. But I just do it for myself. It helps me think. These are really great," she said as she flipped through Ariana's sketches. "You are very talented. I bet you'll be famous some day." She smiled as she handed back the sketch book. "Would you like to tell me about your story or is it a secret until you get published?"

Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

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"Erm no? I don't think so." Maybe she did, but if she did she didn't know. "That's why I feel really lost sometimes. I don't really have anyone I know outside of school to go to for help." That's why she is always so clueless. "That's really cool! It's like your long lost magical relative! I wish I had one of those that would just pop up and give me a call. But I guess it's pretty cool being the only one in my family. I get to feel all special I guess."

Originally Posted by PrincessOzera

Jaymie nodded. "Yeah, the days are very busy." She considered that. "Yeah, they're very annoying most of the time. But I couldn't live without them." She smiled. "I used to be the second oldest, but now I'm one of the youngest." She made a pouting face.

Jaymie grinned at Nika. "Yeah, Chocolate is the best! I like mint ice cream too, but chocolate is the best." She had just said that; but Jaymie felt it was worth repeating. "Yumm; sprinkles make everything better."

Originally Posted by somekindofmagic

Originally Posted by ginnilie

Audrey Lita Criswell made her way to the middle cars. It felt good to go back to Hogwarts. Hogwarts was her second home, it was her life. She didn't know what she would do without it, yet she had to leave in four years. Finding an empty cabin, she sat down. Even though Audrey had seem him a couple hours ago, she missed her muggle brother Kaelen more than anything in the world.

Originally Posted by Saz Hale

Arabella-Marie smiled and said "Hi Jaymie i am Arabella-Marie Kingston but you can call me Arabella for short and i am a third year"

Originally Posted by aaetha

"How did that happen? Being oldest, and then youngest?" Wasn't it normally youngest first?

Originally Posted by xiiWishiWasYours

Orabelle was muttering under her breath about sore feet. Yes, she had already walked back and forth through the train once and she had no intentions of doing that again. Her Valentino clad feet were begging her to take a seat. Orabelle, of course, gave in and opened the door of a compartment, ignoring the girl already in it. "You don't mind me sitting here right? Lovely," Orabelle said with a toothy smile before sitting down gracefully, smoothing out the skirt of her Chloe dress. Ah... much better now.

Originally Posted by PrincessOzera

"Nice to meet you Arabella," Jaymie said. "What house are you in?" Oooh, third year.



Jaymie giggled. Now that she thought about it; it did seem confusing. "My older sisters are...adopted," she said. They had known each other before, since her mom and their aunt were friends, so it was like they had always been sisters. "Are you excited to be going back to Hogwarts?" She asked, changing the subject.

Originally Posted by PrincessOzera

Jaymie giggled. Now that she thought about it; it did seem confusing. "My older sisters are...adopted," she said. They had known each other before, since her mom and their aunt were friends, so it was like they had always been sisters. "Are you excited to be going back to Hogwarts?" She asked, changing the subject.

Originally Posted by ginnilie

Audrey looked at the girl that entered the compartment and thought to her self well that was a little rude. Lucky she was forced to be nice at home so she smiled and said,"No, not at all. I'm Audrey by the way." Hopefully the rude girl would turn out to be nice and they would be friends. Hopefully.

Originally Posted by Saz Hale

Arabella-Marie smiled at Jaymie and said "I am in Gryffindor Jaymie, what house do you hope to get into"

Originally Posted by aaetha

"Ohhhh that makes sense!" Yes, now the world made sense! Ariana laughed. Sense was a good thing, sometimes. Sometimes sugar was better. The sane part of her brain said 'Note to self: Never feed self sugar, makes self hyper.' Well... maybe not that sane. Giggle.

"Yess, sooo excited! Normal life is bor-ing! Magic is fun! So, since you said your older siblings were wizards, I assume you grew up around magic?"

Originally Posted by xiiWishiWasYours

Orabelle glanced over at the girl, not really caring who this person was. Rather, she cared more about her feet which was aching. A few more minutes and she should be set to go. She feigned a sweet smile. "Wow, it's lovely meeting you Audrey," Orabelle exclaimed with false excitement, a light French accent in her voice. She was trying her hardest to nawt roll her eyes. "Orabelle Bellamonte," she said simply.

Originally Posted by PrincessOzera

"Yes I did," Jaymie answered. "My parents are both magical, so they were always doing magic around the house."

Originally Posted by PrincessOzera

Everyone asked that question. "I don't care which house I get," Jaymie told her cheerfully. "I'm just excited to be going to Hogwarts."



"Yes I did," Jaymie answered. "My parents are both magical, so they were always doing magic around the house."

Originally Posted by aaetha

"Oh, so your normal life is exciting! I'm muggleborn, the only witch in the family is my Aunt Raine, and she works at the Ministry. Anyway, it means my summers are really boring. My only escape out of the normal world is in books." Speaking of books, Ariana pulled one out of her bag. It was called Uncharted Territory and had a bookmark about three quarters of the way through it.

Originally Posted by Saz Hale

Arabella-Marie smiled at Jaymie and said "Cool i was the same as you when i first went to Hogwarts Jaymie and if you ever need any help finding your way about the castle just ask me"

Originally Posted by ginnilie

"Yay lucky me," Audrey thought. She decided to ignore the sarcasm and said,"Nice to meet you, too." She kind of wanted this girl to leave. What was her problem anyway? Gosh. "What a pretty name you have, Orabelle." Pulling two packs of chocolate frogs from her bag, she stuck one out to Orabelle. "Want one?" Sometimes being nice was hard.

Originally Posted by steflegan

Adelyn's squeal was matched with Melina's. She ran to her and threw her arms around her. "Big Sis! You're here! Oh, I am SO glad to see you!" she exclaimed, bouncing on the balls of her feet. "Yes- I've only been waiting for you to sit down!" she beamed and gestured to the seat across from her.

"I can't believe it's really happening!!! I got a little teary-eyes with my dad. I felt grown up and very little all at the same time. Does that make any sense?" she asked her sweetest friend. It was hard for even Melina to define- the interesting dichotomy of the levels of her maturity. But she could telll; the farther away they would get from King's Cross, the older she would start to feel.

Melina pulled out a pink bag labeled Sugarplums, the store in Diagon Alley. It was practically sagging from the weight of the goodies inside. She held out the bag to Adelyn. "You want? It's my special bag of celebratory sweets!"

Her big sister's owl was so pretty. "What's your owl's name, sis?"

Originally Posted by PrincessOzera

"Were you very surprised when you got accepted to Hogwarts?" She had been expecting hers, but she had always wondered how people reacted when they had always thought they were just boring muggles. "So you like to read?" She asked. She had just said that, but Jaymie felt the need to repeat it in question form.

Jaymie nodded and smiled shyly at Arabella. "Thanks," she said. "Do you have any siblings Arabella?"