Luke watched her face, and he could tell she was deep in thought. She seemed to be one of those people who could be deep in thought, yet still aware of everything going on around her. "Okay," he said softly.

Luke smiled wryly. "Not many people have. It's just a small school in America. It's not famous like Hogwarts; I don't know anyone who hasn't heard of it."

"I'm Ariana. Ariana smiled happily. Not that she wasn't smiling before- she just smiled more now. Awww, Panda was sooo cute. Ariana loved cats.
Missy, on the other hand, was a bit more wary. She sniffed Panda a few times before finally bending her head to greet her.
"Awww, she's so sweet. Yeah, I'd love to!" Ariana was really happy! She'd just been on the train for maybe five minutes and already she'd made a new friend. She turned to close the compartment door behind her...

And saw Nika, talking to someone! "Nika!" she burst out in surprise. "Hi!"

Isobel heard a voice call her name and she jumped. The voice was familiar, but she couldn't quite-no. It couldn't be. The person she remembered having that voice was at Beaubaxtons, so why was she hearing it on the Hogwarts express? Isobel looked toward the door of the compartment and gasped. She jumped up and ran to her little friend. She hugged the girl she hadn't seen for so long.

"Quinn?" She asked incredulously. "You're here? You're here! Omigosh! ..." Isobel paused. "Why are you here, exactly?" She decided she didn't care. "It's so good to see you again! Come on; come sit with me and...Luke." She motioned for Quinn to come in to the compartment and sit on the seat across from Luke. Feeling very awkward, Isobel sat back down on her seat, next to Luke. "Quinn, this is Luke. Luke, this is my friends from Beaubaxtons; Quinn."

Nika slightly frowned. Even though this boy was older than her she couldn't believe he asked if this was her first year. Eh, but she probably didn't look any different than she did in her first year. Other than her hair being all pink and stuff she was still very young looking. Hehe. She smiled once more and shook her head. "No, I'm in my Second year!" She held up to fingers in front of herself proudly. Second year, such a big girl. "What year are you in?" She wanted to ask him if he was in his first year, but she held herself from doing so.

"ARIANA" She waved her hand rapidly. "It's been too long!"

Fee made her way trough the train and searched for an empty compartment.None of her friends seemed to have arrived yet and the blonde got a little bored.Was she really this early? Or were they this latr?To be honest she had no idea.Where were her besties?Gaaaah,train rides on your own werent fun and the blonde hoped her friends would find her or she would find them.

Almost passing an compartment door the Slytherin noticed the compartment was emptsy and decided to sit down.it was the midel fo train everyone had to pass her here.Well everyone that was searching for her that was. Placing her,really heavy,trunk on the seat on the opposite of her the third year took a fashion magazine out of her handbag and put in her headphones from her ipod.Relaxing a little Fee started to get comfy,but still she didnt want to be alone all the time.

"No problem." He swiped a hand through the hair, signaling that it was no big matter to him. People being nervous around Theodore was very rare, indeed.

Sweeping a few of his curls from his eyes, Theodore bit his lower lip and shrugged. "Well, thanks for that," He nodded, grateful that she told him something. Maybe he could read Hogwarts, A History during the feast and that night. He was quite the bookworm. "Who are your favorite professors and what classes do you like?" He prompted out of the blue, not sure of what else to say.

Ariana ran up to Nika and gave her a hug. "How was your summer?" She hoped to get a little bit of interestingness from Nika's summer before she began rambling on about her trip.
Missy ran up to Nika too, and seemed to recognize her, for she mewed and looked up at her with a puppy dog kitten face, wide eyes and every fiber of her being wanting to be petted and fed a treat.

While Oceana was grabbing some snacks off the trolley, she noticed what looked like a first year sitting alone. Wanting to be friendly, she poked her head into the compartment. "Hey! I'm Oceana!"

Jacob moved further down the train, his overly protected bag hung on one shoulder. The Locks clanking away as he walked. Everything in the Bag was just as important as his own teammates... if not more important. Teammates could be replaced, these strategies could never. They were holding his future in Quidditch... if scouts came and he was unprepared, Jacob would never get onto a team, and then he'd have to get a DESK JOB!

Gah! The Horror! It Was Unbearable.

Jacob looked around through all the compartments to see anyone he knew, trying to get the Horrible thought of a Desk Job out of his head.

Ad smiled at Theodore shyly.

Ad shrugged back. [b"You're welcome"[/b] she said. Then he asked her the easiest question ever. "Muggle Studies with Professor Zookara. Funny class" she smiled, nodding.

"I just moved here from Marseille in July," Quinn explained. "My father - you know he's a muggle, right? - well he decided to open a new law office in London so we moved." She grinned. "Hello, Luke, it's nice to meet you." She looked quickly from Luke to Isobel and noted the awkward silence that lasted only a brief moment. "Isobel's a year ahead of me," she added for clarification. Then she looked back at Isobel. "What's Hogwarts like?" she asked giddily. "Is it anywhere near as beautiful as Beauxbatons? What about the classes and the teachers? And the food!" She had to stop herself from salivating at the thought of Beauxbatons dinners. God, they were delicious! she thought dreamily. I don't see any way Hogwarts food could be better. "What year are you in, Luke?" she added, not wanting to sound as though she were excluding him form the conversation.

Jaymie was walking down the train when she caught sight of familiar red hair in a compartment. "Hi Nika," she said with a grin. Then she saw that there were other people sitting with her. "Hello," she said to them. "My name is Jaymie Newman. Can I sit here?"

Nika was a bit surprised by the sudden hug, but returned it without hesitation. "It was awesome!" Well most of it anyway. "Except for the very end, but nothing can ruin it!" She stated optimistically. Nothing would ruin her holiday no matter what. "But I'm especially glad to be back at Hogwarts, well almost back." For they are still only on the train.

Nika looked down at the sound of a meow and let out a long and exagerated, "AWWWW" She knelt down and started to pet the cat. "Why aren't you just the cutest thing!" How Nika longed to have a cat, well she wanted a puppy more, but a cat would still be awesome. Hmmm... Maybe next term?

"JAYMIE!" She smiled at her friend and patted the seat next to her.
"Why of course you can sit here Jay! Or should I say frosting face!" Hehe. Good times. "Guys this is my friend Jaymie! Otherwise known as frosting face. She is really awesome!"

"So Ariana, is this your first year at Hogwarts?" Rowan reached down to pet Missy on the head. "She's just adorable."

As Kat made her way on the train she headed towards the middle in hopes to find an empty compartment. Being back at Hogwarts was something she was definitely looking forward too. Finding an empty compartment she slid the door open and threw her things inside. Plopping down on the seat she took out a magazine. Kat wasn't much of a reading person so instead she just looked at the pictures.

"That's so epic," Isobel exclaimed. She had been terribly sad to leave all her friends; and now one of them was here. Too bad Violet couldn't be there though. She nodded as Quinn talked, to show she knew what she was talking about, and she was listening. "Well, I'm so glad you're here!"

"Hogwarts is..." Isobel struggled to find the right words. "Amazing. It's more awesome than you could ever imagine. It's beautiful, but Beaubaxtons was so colorful." Their dormitories definitely were colorful at Beaubaxtons. At Hogwarts, they would get mad at you if you threw paint on the wall. "The food is really good, but not quite as good as Beaubaxtons." When Quinn mentioned it, she got hungry; the food at Beaubaxtons was soooo good!

"Great!" said Ariana, beaming. She was overdoing it on the happiness a little, so was glad of an exscuse to stop smiling. Her cheeks were starting to hurt!! "Aww, what happened? Whatever it was, I'm glad you're not going to let it make you upset!" And YES! They were going back to Hogwarts! Yay! "I know, right? I'm so excited! I can't wait to get there!" Sure, muggle life is fun, but... also kind of bleh. Magic was exciting!

"Mew" said Missy again. Then she started purring as she was stroked, arching her back and meow-lessly accepting her praise.


"Hi Jaymie!" Ariana said happily. Always glad to make new friends. She laughed. "Frosting face?"

"No, my second." Ariana new she was small and short, so she understood Rowan's confusing her for a first year. Nobody had believed she was a twelve year old, anyway!
"Don't give her too many compliments, she'll get used to it," Ariana joked, stroking Missy.

"Hm..." Theodore felt as if that was his signature word for the conversation. Tapping the toe of his right shoe lightly on the carpeted floor of the compartment. "Well, I guess muggle studies shouldn't be extremely hard. I'm a halfblood." He laughed half-heartedly. "I guess it's good to have the best of both worlds, wizarding and muggle, right?"

Ad giggled. "I'm a pureblood that ractically grew up around half-blods and muggleborns. I'm really god at Muggle Studies" she nodded.

Jade got on the train after waving good-bye to her parents. She walked down the aisle running her fingers across the compartments as she went. She stopped at one of them and slid the door open, looking around it, loving that it was empty at the moment. She walked into it, slid the door shut behind her and sat down.

Moving through the crowds of people still in the corridor or the train, Brigid looked around for a compartment she could sit in alone. Really, she just wanted to make sure she didn't run into that crazy oompa loompa again, it was like the girl was following her. A tad bit more paranoid now, she opened the door to a compartment and attempted to sit down.

"What in the world?!" Brig got up quickly and turned around to see that she had sat down on.... a girl? "What the bloody hell are you doing here?!" She knew the compartment had been empty when she had entered it.

"I'm glad YOU'RE here," Quinn said with a grin. "I was starting to think I wasn't going to know anyone going to Hogwarts." She listened with rapt, excited attention as Isobel described Hogwarts. "It sounds amazing!" she said afterward. "Are you hungry?" she asked, suddenly remembering the huge load of candy she'd bought earlier in the week. "I've brought all kinds of things: ice mice, dragon chocolate fudge, Drooble's, and a few jumping gummy bears left. You're welcome to help yourself, too," she added to Luke. "I'm always happy to share." She flashed a bright smile.

"Speaking of Violet," she said, "Have you spoken to her recently? Or your other friends....Max and what's-his-name?" She gave an embarrassed giggle. "I'm awful with names. Especially when I didn't know them well ti begin with." The thought of Isobel's friends made Quinn think of her own. She'd had a few friends in Beauxbatons, but her best friend had been Elouise. And of course, there was Léon. She sighed to herself. Léon was her first crush. She had always hoped he would ask her out, but nothing came of it. Well, there's bound to be some nice boys at Hogwarts, she told herself firmly. I can't keep dwelling on the past. Besides, he's probably found a girlfriend in the time I've been here.

Theodore stopped his anxious toe-tapping. How long exactly would it take them to reach the castle? Crossing his ankle over the opposite knee, he began to pick at a small hole in his old, worn jeans. "Oh, that's interesting. I rarely meet purebloods, since wizards would have inevitably died out if they hadn't interbreed." He stopped speaking analytically, blushing at his blunder. "Sorry, I tend to get... factual, sometimes."

Ad bit her lip. "I came from France. They have a lot of purebloods. My surname is a very common wizarding name" Ad said. It was true.

OH MY GOODNESS!! Finbar Aubrey Marshall Murphy had to be the most happiest person on Earth becuase he was going to go on the Hogwarts Express today! He bet that some other students didn't really like to be on the train or go to Hogwarts in general. But that just what he thought. But why wouldn't you be happy to be going to Hogwarts. He new damn well that it was going to be a lot better than his other Wizarding Schools that he had been to. He had always had hater at the other schools but maybe this time he was finally going to be making amazing awesome friends. So he had two trunks in both of his hands. So that was a total of four trunks because he had gone shopping to get a variety of cloths because he mostly had a white t-shirt and dark blue or black jeans and boots or converse and of course his famous leather jacket that he would need and now he needed some winter clothes because he had heard it could be slightly chilly during the winter months. He wondered if he would see one of his new friends? Hope so.

Fin was walking by one of the compartments when he saw someone that he new. It was Fee. He walked into the compartment. "Hello Fee." Finbar asked in his Irish accent.