The blonde quickly boarded the train because she had some last minute goodbyes with the rest of the Slytherin house and she was running late. Walking down the front of the train, the blonde couldn't find Alfie, Theo, Braeden, Caroline, Fee, or any open spaces, so she continued walking. She hoped that she'd find an open compartment with them in it or at least, one or two. Now as she approached the middle of the train, her heart started to fall. Why? There were barely any seats open!

Since most of the compartments were almost full, Emma found one that had only two people in it. And she knew both of them very well. Two Slytherclaws- I mean- Ravenclaws. Alfie and Theo! Hooray! They could have some fun or just hang out. "Hey guys! Mind if I join you?" she asked with a warm smile, desperately hoping that she hadn't interrupted something. The Malfoy quickly checked outside the compartment at the corridor to see if her boyfriend was there. And alas, he was not. She sighed and shook her head sadly. Emma would have to find him later but putting a smile on her face, she decided to put that thought out of her head. She was with Alfie and Theo- what couldn't be better than hanging with two of her best friends?

"Nearly... there..."

Kita puffed along the middle cars, her search for an empty compartment becoming more and more fruitless as she went. Maybe she should turn around and just find someone who was sitting on their own?

But then again, so many people seemed to be happy to be going back, she didn't want to spoil their mood. Yes, she was happy not to have to run to class anymore but she didn't want to go back to her adopted mother. Especially after last summer...

Wait... was that- "Dani?" she asked, tilting her head to the side and taking a good look at the blonde girl sitting on her own. That had to be her right? A smile spread across the girl's face as she opened the compartment door.

"Dani!" she squealed, dragging her trunk over the last little bit and into the compartment. Oh but... "Are you waiting for someone in particular?" 'Cause, you know, she could be.

Dani turned when she heard a familiar voice nearby and looked to see Kita- "Hey!" she said softly before shaking her head- "Nope... I haven't planned to sit with anyone so... feel free!" she said with a big smile as she moved her own trunk near the window so that Kita could bring hers in properly.

The Italian boy was a bit confused now. Did Aimee just admit to having feelings for him? Well, that was unexpected since she had been hiding from him all this time. "Do you really? Then why were you hiding from me?" he asked, taking out that ball he had been playing with in the Great Hall. Yeah, he knew he was never going to open the thing unless Kat found out. Welp.

"You're too shy for your own good," Stephen laughed. It was kind of true, though. Aimee was mostly indoors instead out outside where most people were.

"I think it's about ten hours," Dallin answered. He'd have to check the ticket to make sure... actually, did the ticket even say how long the flight was? Oh well, it didn't really matter anyway. "I'll probably sleep," he said with a small laugh. He didn't really have anything to entertain himself with, considering he didn't bring many muggle things to Hogwarts with him, since they wouldn't work there.

He raised his eyebrows. "Really?" He'd heard that it was uncomfortable. "What's it like?"

Ronnie found herself a compartment and stepped in. She sat down and crossed her legs like a lady. She was ready to be home for the summer, we actually she was hoping to be with Simon all summer. She really didn't want to have to put up with her step for any longer than she had too.

Two great years of her life with Simon, and her mother wasn't going to stop her from being with him over the summer she wouldn't let her. She was hoping to make a trip out to see her dad as well. Because he was rather sick and she wanted to visit him, she hope that he would start to feel better soon.

'Yeah, it makes sense...Yeah, sure!' Rose said as she took a chocolate frog from Nessie. 'Thanks!'

": Hi" William called to Ness. He sees her leave so that is all he can say to her.

" Hi, I have seen you around HogWarts" Willim told her. " My name is William Starr" he introduced himself to the girl "What is your cat's name?" Willaim asked her.

Isobel walked down the train, pulling her trunk behind her. Supposedly, she was just looking for somewhere to sit. Honestly, she was looking for a certain person in particular. He was a fifth year, well technically a sixth year now. Need another hint? His name started with a D and ended with an amien.

However, she could not find him. Isobel frowned and looked in the compartments. She finally found one that looked like it contained smaller people, meaning younger than herself. She slid open the door, "Can I join you guys?"

Rafe sighed. "I love her a lot, I don't think I'll ever get over her." He leaned back and stretched his legs across the seat. It almost felt like he was in a therapy session or something.

Mia was very wise beyond her years. He knew when it was necessary to be serious, but he felt like he was too serious almost all the time. "I feel like I'm talking about myself too much. What about yourself? You seem rather content with yourself, which is awesome. I really admire your optimism." It really was refreshing to talk with someone who really had it together, but no matter how much you thought you knew someone from the outside, sometimes they were a completely different person on the inside.

Rafe chuckled at the thought of a giraffe wondering around Hogwarts. "I think a giraffe would be a bit difficult to travel with, she might want to think something smaller, like a wart hog or meerkat." He was curious if she was talking about the same Destiny he knew? "Are you talking about Miss Shepard?" He had a crooked grin stretch across his face. "I don't think I'm her biggest fan ever since she thought I tried to set her on fire...which wasn't true I assure you...I was just trying to get her to reveal herself from hiding behind a bush." He laughed. That had been many, many years ago. He wondered if Destiny even remembered.

Vegan? Vegetarian? The words almost sounded foreign to him. If one of his 'brothers' said they were one of those they would be completely ridiculed. "I can respect your choice, I just find it very difficult to go without meat." It was just part of that animal instinct.

Rafe leaped forward to help prevent her butterbeer from falling, but she seemed to have it under control. He couldn't help, but laugh at her reaction. It was amazing how different every revelation had been. He finally brought himself to stop laughing so hard. "You're perfectly fine, I mean it's not every day I bet you encounter something like myself...My father is a pureblood wizard and werewolf and my mother was a pureblood witch...they were forbidden to have children, but as you can see me being here today...they're divorced and my mum raised me as we traveled all over the world until I got accepted into Hogwarts. Anyways, the only traits I possess is I get a little moodier around a full moon and I've had a beard since I was eleven...also lately, I've been able to extend my upper and lower canines when I focus my anger. I'm getting better at controlling my emotions, but you have nothing to fear." Rafe grinned. There was so much history and it was so complicated he didn't know if Mia would completely comprehend or just think he was some kind of freak.

Nika shrugged and waved one of the boxes in front of herself. "Well, if your absolutely sure." Eh, more for Nika! She smiled deviously as she recounted the frogs before stuffing all but three into her bag. She just have to find away to ration them for the holiday. If only muggles ate chocolate frogs too. Sure, muggles have normal chocolate, but this kind jumps! Plus they have an awesome trading card in them and that's Nika's favorite part. That and her parents don't really let her have sweets, so under her bed they go!

Nika shook her head slowly as she let out a small little chuckle. Everyone's been asking that and Nika's response was the same old boring one each time. "Nope. I'm hopefully going to get on better terms with my sister and maybe I'll try to learn how to play guitar or something. But other than that nothing out of the ordinary really. Just writing a few songs and eating my chocolate frogs and stuff. My holidays are normally boring anyways. Muggle London is always so boring." SHe didn't really expect anything else from it. Muggles were so uninteresting compared to wizards. "What about you do you have any plans--"

Nika's head turned as she heard someone else enter the compartment. Well she had interrupted Nika's conversation with Aurora, but the more the merrier. Nika was a little slow to react ,as always, and heard Aurora's little introduction. oh well she didn't know this girl either... "Hiya! I don't think we've met before either," She said looking from the new comer and Aurora. "I'm Nika!" Well she was certainly more cheerful than she was at the feast so things were going back up. Normal Nika was back... For now.

Ellie's eyebrows shot up? "Ten hours?!" She exclaimed a little loudly? "Just to get from Florida to London? That's... terrible." Ellie had no idea planes flew so slow. Or maybe witches and wizards were just too fast. Taking a portkey would probably take him ten to twenty seconds, and apparating would only take one. "What do on a plane for ten hours? Just... sit there?

Remembering all her portkey experiences, she laughed a little. "Well it definitely takes getting used to. But... it's like someone is behind you and grabbing your stomach and pulling you up... And then you're like, in a whirlwhind, spinning around so fast you can't really see anything around you." Yeah, that sounded about right. Although Dallin probably thought she was mental. "And about ten seconds later, you're there. Landing is the tricky part though." She told him with a nod. Yep. Portkeys 101.

Hugo chuckled. "Thanks," he said as he took a licorice wand from her. It wobbled around in his hand. This was no good for doing real magic. He ripped a part off with his manly-bear-lionish teeth and started chewing. Lighten the mood? "Is something wrong?" he asked, swallowing the candy. He hadn't been very up-to-date about what Kurumi had been up to, and the only bit of information he had gotten was in the Aparecium, which wasn't very trustworthy. Something about her and that Hufferpuffer from the fifth year, maybe it was something like that.

Wow, she was very enthusiastic. That was a shame though. He had been looking forward to hanging out with her in Diagon Alley. A special program? "Wow, that's exciting!" he exclaimed. "So where is it? What are you going to do in the program?" asked Hugo greedily. "I'm going to spend 2 weeks in France," he told Kurumi. "I hope to find out more about foreign types of wand wood there, but I'll mainly be enjoying the weather," he nodded. "And study Ancient Runes because I'm dead beat horrible at it," he mumbled under his breath.

Ah, there was a new boy in the compartment. Hugo smiled at the sight of Kurumi blushing when the boy patted her on the head. He looked from Kurumi to Jonathan when she introduced them. "It's nice to meet you too, Jonathan," he said and shook the hand Jonathan had extended to him.

Humming a low tune to himself and drumming his fingers on his knees, Theodore was staring out of the window at the slowly-emptying platform when the little bluebird entered his compartment. Lightly landing on his shoulder, Jay had clicked his beak and chirped before the boy even realized that another living creature was right next to him. Giving a slight jolt and turning his head, Theo grinned jovially at the sight of the small bird. That could only indicate one person who was near. Leaning forward to peer through the window in the sliding compartment door, a twinkle appeared in his eyes at the sight of Alfie Port. At her appearance, her small, lean frame resting in the entryway, the Ravenclaw almost instantly patted the seat next to him. "He found me, more like," He murmured as Jay chirruped happily from his makeshift perch.

Bree, half forgotten, sat on the luggage rack, her eyes narrowed at the new animal in her midst. Alfie was fine, but who was this delicious little feathery morsel? She ran a tongue over her sharp teeth and mewled lightly. Theodore's gaze shooting up quickly, he gave her a look that said "don't you dare" and shook his head. Succumbing to defeat for now, Bree rolled onto her back and stretched, placing a lazy arm over her eyes before closing her eyes and attempting to take a nap. Alfeodore would definitely have to keep an eye on their child-like pets before anything got too out of hand. Jay, who had seemed to not give much attention to the minor threat of a tabby, flew back to his owner and perched on her shoulder.

Turning back to Alfie, he asked, "Would the window seat be alright, for you... and Jay?" He added, underhandedly picking the seat farthest away from the napping cat.

It wasn't even a minute later until a newcomer happened upon them. "Emma!" He grinned again, standing up. "Do you need help with your luggage?" He reached out a hand, hesitantly pulling back for a second. Some girls had that mindset that relayed the idea that all help from men was to be looked down upon because girls could do just fine on their own.

Dallin shrugged, smirking a bit at her reaction. His had been very similar when he found out how long the plane ride would be. "It's across the ocean," he reminded her. "And it's not like I could change flights, so..." Not that he'd want to switch flights; one was definitely enough. He still had to ride a bus home from Tampa to Miami, anyway. He frowned slightly at her next question. "I dunno, I guess. I've never done it before." Another small smirk. "Maybe I'll make friends with whoever I sit next to." As long as they weren't boring old people. That would be torture. If that were the case, he would definitely sleep the whole time.

Trying to imagine the feeling of a portkey as Ellie explained it, Dal nodded. It didn't sound too wonderful. What if he got dizzy and got sick when he landed at Ellie's? That would be embarrassing. Very. "Landing?" he repeated, cocking one eyebrow. The way she said it sounded... ominous.

Nessie handed Rose a chocolate frog. She then looked at her laps to see that Puffles was fast a sleep. She gave his indigo hair a stroke and turned back to Rose. "So you excited to go home?" asked Ness. She deffinately was. She couldn't wait to get home, but she would first be in Diagon Alley with her family for a few days, they were only going to go home a little later, but Nessie couldn't wait to be back in South Africa.

She looked was still looking Rose, but Nessie couldn't get Tyler off her mind. It was the only thing she was really thinking about. Where was he? He had to be somewhere on the train. She thought of getting up and looking, but then she thought. What if he was trying to avoid her? She decided to leave it.

Trying not to think about Tyler, Nessie saw a familiar face at the door of their compartment. It was Isobel, Isobel seemed to be frowning. Nessie wondered why. She then focused a little more and realised that Isobel had a searching face. "Yeah Sure!" Said Nessie smiling. "Um..are you looking for somone?" she asked a little hesitantly. As she spoke the words she felt something on her lap move. Looking down she saw that her Pygmy Puff wasn't there. She then looked around he seemed to be on the floor heading fast to the door.

Quickly getting up, Nessie started to chace after him. She went quickly past Isobel making sure not to trip her. "Puffles.. Come back!" shouted Nessie as she began running after him. She didn't get where he was going, but he just kept running anhd running. "Puffles!!!" she tried again, but nothing she said to the Pygmy Puff helped. Great! Thought Nessie to herself sarcastically.

Aurora shrugged, "Cornwall, Germany, nothing unusual. Just visiting and having to go to horrible formal parties with Mother as the Token Pet." she scowled. "Formal dress..." she shuddered.

"Other than that... probably just playing music and visiting my brother in-" her voice caught. She couldn't get the word hospital out. "Just visiting my brother..." she said.

Aurora smiled as she watched Nika introduce herself. At least she seemed more cheerful now. She bit into another Jelly Baby and settled a little more.

Carrying her ;arge white cat, Thea was frowning as she made her way down the corridoor to a compartment. Unfortunatly, all were occupied so Thea slid inside a random one. Nodding slightly to the people already inside, the first year sat herself down, placing Maleficent on her knee. While Maleficent made herself comfortable Thea's eyes scanned the faces around her.

Alfie couldn't help but flash Theo the warmest of smiles as he mentioned that Jay had found him, really, patting the spot at his side in the next instant. The little blonde wasted no time in entering the compartment, her medium-sized suitcase rolling quietly behind her. She immediately plopped down in the window seat Theo suggested for her, nodding as he asked if that seat would be alright. "Yeah, this might be for the best," she murmured absentmindedly, her large blue eyes cascading worriedly over to Bree. And though she wasn't all that great with cats, over the past couple of months she had come to trust Bree to an extent. But the real comfort was the knowledge that Theo would surely have an eye out to make sure little Jay wasn't attacked. She gave a soft smile as the bluebird flew over to sit on her shoulder, quickly growing distracted as Emma then entered their compartment.

"Hey Emma," Alfie greeted with a soft smile, glad to see her Slytherclaw friend before they all got back home. It was only as Theo stood up to help Emma with her luggage that the blonde seemed to realize she'd completely forgotten about her own suitcase. Letting out a sheepish chuckle, she stood and glanced up at the above carriage. Hmm. Sure that her small frame wouldn't support throwing her suitcase over her own head very easily, and not wanting to make poor Theo lift everybody's stuff, the little blonde quickly took out her wand and murmured a spell to levitate her luggage up and into the overhead. Grinning rather proudly at her handiwork, the little Ravenclaw plopped back into her window seat, glancing out of the window curiously. "I can't believe we're already going home..." she muttered softly, then turning her large blue eyes back to the other two in the compartment. "Theo's already assured me he'll keep in contact," Alfie started with a bit of an amused smile. "But I better get some letters from you too, Emma! Jay and I hate being ignored," she warned playfully, jokingly narrowing her eyes at the Slytherin girl as though threatening her with the wrath of her bluebird should there be no correspondence.

Alfie being Alfie and therefore unable to keep up such an act, the girl let out a chiming soft chuckle just a moment later and flashed the pair a grin. "But really, I want to hear about your summer," she explained softly, her expression much more Alfie-like, then realizing that most of the luggage had been put away. She then glanced up at the boy who was still standing, giving a warm smile as she softly brought her hand up to grab a couple of his fingers, tugging at his hand very gently as a silent request for him to sit back down at her side.

Ah, the ocean. It was pretty big... Ellie shrugged. Apparently ten hours was just too long for someone who was used to potkeys. "Wow." Was all Ellie could say. She felt kinda bad for Dallin, having to sit on a plane for ten hours, flying over an ocean. Ellie had a sudden wonder as to how many planes crashed. In the ocean. But she quickly pushed that thought aside. She'd rather not think of that. Ellie laughed at his comment. "Hey, maybe you will!" As long as it wasn't some weirdo, that would be cool.

"Yeah, it takes some practice." She said, remembering all the times she landed on her stomach or her butt. "It's kind of hard to tell when it'll stop, but you can sort of feel yourself going down... And you have to just put your feet down quick or you'll land on your stomach." She said, pursing her lips. It was sort of hard to explain, but he'd find out soon enough.

Dallin nodded; wow was right. Although some part of him was looking forward the trip. It was a new experience, something that he hadn't had since starting Hogwarts. Sure, this was complete different... but still. The weird sort of excitement was there.

Porkkeying sounded complicated. Dallin shifted on the seat, putting his feet back on the floor and facing forward. "Promise me you won't be waiting for me," he said very seriously, "When I come to your house. Because I'm sure It'll be very embarrassing." He made a face, looking at his hands. It would probably be really funny to watch him, though.

Kita smiled, secretly glad Dani wasn't waiting for anyone else. That meant that they could sit down and have a little girly chat about... randomness.

Whatever. As long as they weren't going to talk about creepy crawlies, she was happy. She dragged her trunk into the compartment and heaved it up onto the luggage rack before sitting down opposite Dani, placing her owl cage next to her. "Thanks!" she said. The brunette reached into her trunk, took out two chocolate frogs and chucked one at Dani.

"So Dani... Is there anything i should know about?" she asked, a small smirk spreading across her face. Yes... she was going to pretend as if she knew everything...

"Aww thanks!" Dani said softly as she gingerly opened up the chocolate frog box and smirked over at Kita. She placed the little box on her lap and sat back against the seat.

"Hmm... it depends what you mean by that" she giggled as she moved so that she could cross her legs on the seat, she pulled out some chewy wand things and passed a couple to Kita, running a hand through her curls before sighing.

"My boyfriend's picking me up from the station" she giggled. "On his motorbike!" she smiled, getting all excited. But then the thought that her brother was coming too to pick up her trunk and just to see her was a little embarassing.

Ellie looked at him for a moment before a question came to mind. "What's your family like? I just realized you've never really talked about them." And now Ellie felt bad because she also realized that all they talked about was her. And her problems. But now she wanted to know about Dallin's family and where he came from.

When Dallin turned away, he looked very serious. Ellie wondered what he was about to say, and was actually a tad nervous. Maybe he had changed his mind about coming to Ireland...? When he spoke, Ellie stared at him for a moment and bit her lip to keep from laughing. It was obvious she was trying to suppress a grin. And failing. A sort of snort came out and she clapped a hand over her mouth. "I'm sorry." She said, muffled by her hand. "I just... Yeah, I'll wait inside." Ellie grinned.

" Hi, how are you ?" William asked Thea. " You have a nice looking cat" William said to Thea. "So, do you have palns for the summer?" William asked Thea.