Originally Posted by MainEventMan (Post 10599993)

"It was a hassle to get all my supplies, but hey, it was brilliant. My mom is a uggle, so she didn't really do much of the shopping"

Originally Posted by Arcane (Post 10600025)

"Your mum's a Muggle, Carson, really? Cool. What's it like, living with her? How does she keep up with magic? Does she tell you stories of what growing up from her was like? Or Muggle fairy tales? That must be fascinating, learning about both worlds," Aviva asked excitedly, before calming herself. Right, it was unseemly to show such concern with Muggles. Their world was separate for a reason and not for her to wonder at. She was a Pureblood Witch and needed to conduct herself as such, as her mother always told her. But maybe Carson would tell her some more anyway. Oh, she hoped so.

"And no, Mathias, unfortunately I didn't have time to stop by the Carnival on my own and my mother had work to do, so we had to go back home as soon as I was done shopping. Did you get to go? How was it? I heard it was wonderful. What about you, Carson? Did you go with your mum? What did she think of it? Did she compare it to Muggle carnivals? How do those work anyway? The rides must be awfully boring without magic to power them."

Originally Posted by sarahb (Post 10600016)

Isabelle smiled. Well of course it was to go to Hogwarts. "Of course. But Iceland that is quite interesting and far away. Why did they want you to go there?" Isabelle questioned him. That sounded cold and far. She was glad her parents didn't send her there.

Originally Posted by Colley ♥ (Post 10600001)

Originally Posted by Ama (Post 10600045)

Originally Posted by emjay (Post 10600057)

Mathias grinned as Aviva Rose began to talk excitedly to both the boys. The girl was certainly a chatterbox, but that was okay with him. Better than awkward silence, right? He listened as Carson said his mum was a Muggle and Aviva Rose seemed so interested in that. "Yeah, my dad's a... a Muggle too," he told Carson hesitantly. He still thought that word was so strange.

Green eyes shifted to the girl as she addressed him. "No, I didn't get to go," he replied with a slight frown. "We were in kind of a hurry to get my supplies..." he trailed off. Going to Hogwarts was pretty much a last minute decision and they only had time for the necessary. Too bad, it looked really cool. "I wonder if it's something they have every year," he mused, more to himself than anyone else, though he said it loud enough for everyone to hear. It had been his first trip to Diagon Alley, after all, and he had no idea about the kinds of things that normally went on there.

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10600030)

Kurumi smiled. Good. No more Miss Badge or Miss Prefect. At least for the time being. It probably wouldn't be long before another first year said the same thing. At least it was better than being known as Seeker Hollingberry? At least Kurumi hadn't broken out in a rash this time, so that was a good sign.

"Lovely to meet you Salariel," she smiled. She looked at the empty seat across from him and her smiled widened. "N-N-Not really," she said. She didn't HAVE to be anywhere. But she knew she had to show up in the prefect compartment at some point. Kurumi removed her backpack and set it on the floor in front of her seat before sitting down from across from him. "First time to Hogwarts I take it?"

She reached down and searched its contents for her tin of cookies.

Originally Posted by Ameh (Post 10600077)

Originally Posted by Walrus (Post 10599860)

Tonya kept bumping into people on her way down the corridor... This was no way to travel. Honestly. These people were all magic, why couldn't they use portkeys like Bogdan. And to make things worse, she didn't have Silviu walking between her feet, keeping her safe from.

And Daddy had run off before they even got on the platform, because Răzvan needed to be helped out of yet another illegal experiment.... really at some point that boy was going to Azkaban, and there would be nothing Daddy could do. His Political influence could only go so far... and Toni may see to it, cause she would not stand Daddy constantly running off on her cause of her crimonal of a brother.

Toni decided after bumping into a big older student, and hoping they wouldn't punch her, that she should seek coverage in a compartment.

The First one she passed, Toni stopped and took a breath. She brought her hand up from her bag, and knocked twice before sliding the door open to see who she was walking in one, hopefully it was empty and she'd have a lucky break.

Instead she saw an older student, who looked like a seventh year.

Ooops.

"I-I-I'm sorry." she said extremely quietly and nervously. "C-Can I sit here?"

Wrong Compartment to pick... but she was here, she couldn't go back now. She simply bit her lip and hoped older girl would turn her away.

Originally Posted by Native Kiddy (Post 10600100)

Ugh, final year to Hogwarts. Honestly, Stephen wasn't ready to leave school and have to at like a grown up with a job and paying bill and all those annoying things that made adults go broke. He liked being in school for the sole purpose of still feeling young. Even though teachers like to kill pranks and throw them into detention. But maybe it would be worth it on final year. Strolling along to find his friends and an empty compartment, Stephen still had Kat's little metal ball which he had no idea what it did still.

Oh well. Maybe he'll actually ask her later. Or not.

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10600123)

Aye...Kurumi suddenly felt like smacking her head against the window. This boy hadn't been taken over by some pirate lord, had he? He wasn't calling her a flobberworm, or whatever it was that Salander and Lexi had been calling her most of last term. But she was put at ease a bit when he continued talking and was making sense.

Her eyes glanced over at the boy's pocket and saw it...move...

But her attention was grabbed again when he asked her a question. "I-I didn't think you were a first year," she giggled through a slight stammer. "Your question implied that it was your first time on the Hogwarts Express though." She giggled a little more. "This will be my fourth year," she continued, finally finding the tin she was looking for in her bag. Now, she didn't exactly have a good track record with Slytherins and her cookies, but it was worth a shot, right?

She removed the top of the tin to reveal a collection of pinwheel cookies.

"Here, have one," she said offering him the tin.

Originally Posted by Ameh (Post 10600243)

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10600317)

Kurumi was about to respond that yes, she had heard she looked like a first year, when a smile tickled the edges of her lips. Older? He thought she looked older? Could she hug him? Would he freak out? Hex her? Well, he couldn't hex her because he was underaged and that would be against wizarding law, but he could freak out. Best to just sit in her seat and smile.

"R-R-R-Really?" she stammered as the flush in her cheeks grew a slightly deeper pink color. She quickly thought about ice to make sure her hair didn't do the same. "You...are probably the first person to ever say that to me."

She smiled as he nibbled on her cookie. "Thanks, I baked them myself just before leaving for Kings Cross this morning," she explained. "Are you a transfer from another wizarding school?" It always surprised her just how wide the wizarding world was. Also reminded her that she had so much to learn.

Then his pocket moved again and her eyes locked on it. Thank Merlin Walnut was still in his carrier in the luggage compartment fast asleep. The feline would have pounced on the boy so fast...

"You....have something in your pocket..."

Originally Posted by fanficfanatict (Post 10600203)

Selina hopped aboard the train as it started to leave the station. While she was in the midst of speaking to a few friends the clock struck twelve and the engine of the train started to tug along. Trying to avoid missing the train Selina jumped up onto the train and entered the small hallway that led down the entire Hogwarts Express. As she moved along the hallway her shoes stepped in something chocolate, she could tell by the texture. She lifted her foot slightly to check what she had come upon to reveal a chocolate frog still in its wrappings. Thankfully because it was still wrapped up no harm was done to Selina's Shie, although Selina herself was looking a tad pale at the sight of the chocolate frog. She just couldn't stomach them anymore.

Then she caught sight of an empty compartment. She slid open the door and sat down. Alone time sounded very pleasant at the moment.

Originally Posted by Nordic Witch (Post 10600220)

Eddie boarded the train with his kneazle carrier on one arm and his backpack in the other. Calling behind him he asked "Althea, are you sure we are on the right train?" The new Astronomy professor was anxious and not a little nervous seeing as he had been talked into seeing Hogwarts from the student's view upon arrival. Having never gone to Hogwarts himself Edvard had thought it was a brilliant idea since Althea was going to act like his guide and all but now he wondered. With Tarzan meowing in his carrier, Edvard pressed on down the train corridor looking for an empty compartment.

Finding an empty compartment not too far from the driver's compartment Eddie held up the door for Althea "Think this compartment will do?" After Althea had stepped inside he followed and closed the door behind him. He had made it through the platform and onto the train. One obstacle down.

Originally Posted by XxSkaterJonasxX (Post 10600150)

Kat walked around the front of the train looking for an empty compartment. She honestly didn't want to go back to Hogwarts seeing as this was her last year and she didn't want it to end. Unfortunately for her, she had to go back to living with her father after this term was over. Her father of course hadn't changed and was still the evil man he always was. That of course was a major drag and was the main reason as to why Kat didn't want to leave Hogwarts.

She spotted little Stephen walking ahead of her so she ran and jumped on his back. "Giddy up!"

Originally Posted by Ameh (Post 10600353)

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10600477)

Kurumi's cheeks were burning now and she felt even more awkward than she had moments earlier. "Y-Yeah..." Kurumi nodded. Trust her, no one was more surprised than she was when her father had practically cartwheeled towards her at the airport after coming home from her study abroad that summer and presented her with her badge on a silk pillow. The man had had tears of joy in his eyes. "E-E-Exceptions are made sometimes by the Heads of House....t-t-the current Ravenclaw female prefect was also a forth year when she got her badge."

Her eyes widened at his next comments. If her cheeks had been burning before, they were causing an inferno on her face now. Pretty? Didn't matter that he was talking in future tense at the moment. She was still flustered. "I-I am rather young for my age I suppose. I just only just turned 14."

She listened intently as he explained his personal history a little. "Oh...I didn't mean to bring up a sensitive subject..." There she was, stick her small nose in other people's business. Although, he didn't seem too upset about it. "That...must have been hard..." Kurumi had never moved, not once in her life, despite the wish to do so.

"Well...if he doesn't like it in your pocket, you probably should let him out," she giggled.

Originally Posted by ArianaBlack (Post 10599986)

Third year at last. The first time Nika walked into this very train she was only eleven. A shy, confused, and wowed first year. Now she enters as a "grown up", by her standards at least. She's officially a teenager and officially ready for her third year of Hogwarts.

Nika dragged her trunk around looking for a compartment filled with her friends. Well the friends that she was in the mood to talk to. She poked her head into a few compartments along the way, but noticed that most of them were empty. The other students probably weren't situated yet either... So Nika continued to make her way from the very front of the train to the very back of the train to find someone to sit with. No such luck. So instead she let out a over dramatic sigh and dragged her trunk and her feet back to the front of the train. Finding a nice empty compartment she opened the door with a small yawn. She put her trunk away and decided since she was alone she'd just lie down on the seats. Maybe she could even get some sleep?

So there in one of the very front compartments of the train Nika was stretched across the seats of a small, empty compartment. She looked around before sleepily closing one eye and then slowly drifting into a nice sleep. If she needed some extra energy later on she had her stash of chocolate frogs to make her hyper like she normally is so no harm done.

Originally Posted by Jason Potter Weasley (Post 10600489)

William looks around the trian for his friends,