Carigan laughed when she had caught the boy off guard. "I'm sorry I startled you!" She said to his apology for yelling. She smiled at the thought of having a nickname, maybe this meant that she was going to have a friend already!

"Pleasure to meet you, Daichi! And yes, I am a first year! Most people don't think I am because of how tall I am. I mean I am four inches taller than the average eleven year old, and I'm still ten! Oh well, I'll be eleven in November." She said looking at his, now calmed down, owl.

"You have a beautiful owl." She said pulling her hair over her shoulder so that it laid on one shoulder and down the front of her body to her hip. A single small braid came from behind her ear and had glass beads tied to the bottom. She held out her hand to stroke the owl, her small blue eyes soft with kindness and showing her deep thought. After stroking the owl she looked up to the boy.

"This is my raven, Hamlet." She said raising the shoulder opposite from where she had just laid her hair making the bird rise with it. Hamlet gave a little squack before turning his head so that he could get a good look at Daichi. The raven stared calmly and intently at the boy, questioning his intentions.

"Slytherin, eh?" she said, "My father was a Gryffindor and my mother a Ravenclaw... I will either be a Ravenclaw or a Hufflepuff. I can feel it." She said, sitting back down onto her seat and returning to her bracelet making, weaving the strings in and out and making knots here and there. She flashed her eyes back up at Daichi every other second to let him know she was still listening and not ignoring him.

Angie felt her eyes closing slightly, Chris was so warm... She put her other arm around him as well and snuggled against him, hoping he wouldn't mind...

Harlow simmered down, "Sorry." she muttered. She crossed her legs at the ankles and Legalos climbed into her lap and yawned. She scratched him behind the ears the way he liked and he started up his purr machine. The force actually made Harlow vibrate. Her mass of hair rocked back and forth on her head. The effect made her giggle.

She nodded trying not tolet her teeth chatter. "Yeah we have a few." she informed him. She never got lost in one. "I wonder what the wall looked like afterwards." she mused with a smile. "What happened?" anything that knocked a student out for half a term was something she wanted to avoid repeating.

"Yeah, I feel the same way..." Nate muttered to Jayden, eyeing the haughty cat. It was odd that their eyes matched, him and Rowena. Not bad, per say, but definitely odd. A thought struck him as he peered into the blue depths of Rowena's proud, icy eyes. "Hey Jez, where was Rowena all summer? It's a wonder she's alive," he asked quietly. He didn't need Jayden asking questions, let alone the first year in the compartment...

Chris wrapped his arm more tightly around her and said, "So, are you still hungry? The trolly should be by soon..."

Pam walked into the train, and sighed. "There you are!" She walked in and sat on one of the benches, and put her owl next to her. She was happy that she was on her way back to Hogwarts. She had missed the safety of it, and couldn't help but feel happy. She was finally safe. Her and Jez and Nate. "Safe at last." She said silently, hoping no one heard.

Looking up at him, Angie replied, "Yeah! Not as much as before, but I really love sweets, and my parents sent me out with enough money to buy Honeyduke's..." laughing again, Angie realized that she was smiling at Chris a LOT. I'd better have a pretty smile, for my own sake, she thought to herself.

Pam wrapped her arms around her cage, and made a fake surprised face. "Not my poor Teri!"

It was just another train ride, Kimalia whistled walking through the train corridor. She wanted to hold her Oakshaft broom since it would look good with her new position, but figured it would be a hassle shuffling it around and possibly damaging the bristles even more, she did pay good money for it after all. Not really looking inside, Kimalia opened a random compartment door, if there were people inside they would be nice and let her join, or else.. Once inside she smiled genuinely at the occupants.

"Hey Aurora," Kimalia smiled warmly then looked at the other taller boy. He looked very familiar, but never got his name. "Hey um, well, I dunno your name but you look familiar, have we met?" She wasn't quite sure, maybe just in one of her classes.

Nate's eyes lit up when Pam entered the compartment. "Pamphylia Barstow, where have you been?" he joked, raising an eyebrow. Though he was joking he seriously did wonder where she had been. Maybe at the front of the train? Nate shrugged subtly at his own thought and turned back to face more towards Jez.

He didn't get to look over at her for long until he felt a whoosh of air as Rowena lashed out at Jez, and was promptly dropped to the floor. "Yikes. Bad kitty," he said quietly, turning to investigate Jez's wound. Judging by how thin the line of blood above her cheekbone was, Nate decided that she would live. After all, she'd been through much worse. He couldn't help but want to make it better, though. "Do you want me to fix that up for you?" he asked, gripping his wand from inside his robes.

Chris laughed at Angie's joke, "Shall we go find it then? I do love Chocolate Frogs!" he smiled at her as he said that, and he noticed her smiling. She had a beautiful smile...

"Everywhere." She answered Nate. Seeing the cat, she knelt down and stuck out her hand. "Hello there Ro, how are you? Remember my mom and dad?" She hoped she wouldn't attack Pam like she did Jez. She liked Ro. She was the only cat that Pam actually liked.

Every time Chris smiled at Angie, she felt her heart either stop or pulse harder for a second, she couldn't tell which it was. She felt like she was in one of those lame muggle romance novels. "Sure! I collect those cards, you know, and if you get one that I want, I will make sure it becomes MINE." And, another wink.

She shook her head. "I don't know anymore Harvey." She smiled softly. She was very unsure about everything these days. Perhaps this whole situation had taken a horrible toll on her.

"I only just started collecting last year on the train. I don't think I mentioned, but I'm Muggleborn, so I didn't have any experiance in the Wizarding World until last year..." Chris smirked a little when she said that. "Oh really? Maybe I'll just keep it to myself! Ha-ha!"

"It's okay," Charles said with a smile as he took another bite of the chocolate. House pride, couldn't fault her for that. Watching her pet the cat that climbed in her lap and snorted slightly as her hair moved. "Got a powerful little motor there."

"My guess is it looked like a wall," he teased. Hearing her question he shrugged. "A bet with a friend. Learned my lesson let me tell you." Well..probably not but still. "If someone every tries to get you to fly a broom toward a wall and then pull up quickly right before you hit it to fly parallel say no." Yup words of advice. "You gotta pull up at least six feet away." See and they said he didn't learn anything.

Taryn was glad to find herself an empty compartment. She sort of hoped it would stay that way too. Traveling to Hogwarts without her BFF was super weird, considering the only two times she'd done it, she'd HAD her BFF with her. Now she was alone.

She wondered if Aspen would wander past, but that was probably highly unlikely. It was a rather big train and they hadn't made any plans to try to meet or anything. Aspen seemed like she was a 'front of the train' kind of girl, though.

Hmm.

Then her thoughts strayed to Auggie.... was she supposed to be looking for him? Trying to sit with him? Did he WANT her to? This whole thing was very confusing. If Tori was there, SHE would know the answer and make it sound so obvious.

What would Evolette McKenna do?

Hmm.

Taryn made herself comfortable, propping her legs up on the empty seat and admiring her shoes as she pondered that question.

Harlow giggled again, "Well It doesn't help that I don't weigh much." she pointed out. If she didn't keep after Legalos' diet he would outweigh her. She moved the now sleeping cat off her lap and into the remaining patch of sun on the seat next to her.

She bite off a piece of her chocolate bar, "Why on earth would I do that?" she asked him. "Though it is possible to do that if you have the right broom." Though she wasn't sure it was a good idea to tell Charles that. he might be tempted to try that again. "But I wouldn't try it regardless," Harlow added. She didn't want to be responsible for landing the boy in the hospital again. "So tell me your life story." she told him. They had a long train ride and he was the most interesting thing in the compartment right now.

Harvey could sense that Ame was a little less cheerful than she usually is.. "Well one thing you can look forward to is amigos hanging out regularly.." he said smiling to her.. he was going to make sure that he hung out with as many friend as he could.. that was all he wanted to have a good time with his friends.

Pam happily scratched her ears. "I like you too. You're soft." Pam said, in almost a purring voice. "Speaking of photos," She ransacked through her bag with her other hand. She pulled out two envelopes. She handed both Nate and Jez one. "Inside is a set of muggle photos and wizarding photos. Some move, and others don't. There are some of us, others of the family. Both mine and yours." She nodded to Jez. "I'm sorry I couldnt' get any of yours, Nate. Well, many. There's one of them together. But that's all. I didn't know if you wanted it, but it's there." She smiled to the two of them.

Nate rolled his eyes at Pam's comment. Real clever, Pam... he thought, sliding his wand from his pocket as he turned to Jez. "Are you sure?" he asked. She had let him heal up her bloody nose last time. Hmm... Nate's eyes followed Rowena as she jumped over to Pam's lap, snuggling in. "I see you've found a friend," he said, unsure of which one he was talking to, the cat or the girl. He went rigid for a moment when Rowena brought up the pictures she had evidently found. His glare followed along with Jez's towards the cat, making her flinch and squish up into Pam's leg. Meanwhile, he let go of Jez's hand and instead let the same arm fall over Jez's shoulders. He gave her a small hug, noticing the pain in her eyes behind her solid demeanor. "You okay?" he asked quietly. Again, he didn't need anyone else asking questions.

He looked back over at Pam when he felt something press into his arm. An envelope? An envelope! "Thanks, Pam! Really, thanks a lot. Even for the ones of my parents," he said, opening the envelope with his left hand and rifling through the pictures. The three of them laughing up in the tree in Pam's backyard, Jez and Des reluctantly being held near each other by Keegan, Nate's parents smiling nicely side by side. "These are amazing..." he said admiringly.

August had entered the Hogwarts Express with the need to see Taryn. He had a feeling that boyfriends and girlfriends were supposed to ride the train together but he wasn't completely sure--he didn't pay attention to that last summer; he had been too worried about the Magical Institution he was about to start.

Right before the summer was over, after he had met with Taryn on her birthday and way after their first date with Tori and Paulie, August had gotten a owl from 'Taryn' which he had strong feelings was really from their now 'attending a french wizarding school' friend. It was really sappy and that just screamed Tori Bunbury.

Nonetheless, he wanted to see Taryn. He had missed her since they had last met up and was excited to get to Hogwarts with her. After checking a few compartments in the back of the train he finally found her and walked right in, she was staring at her shoes. "Hey Taryn, did you step in gum?"

"Muggleborn?" Hm. She wouldn't have guessed. "So that's why your parents were off in muggle stores... Got it now! ... So, how good are you? Show me some spells!"

"I'm not really that good... I get decent marks... Wouldn't you rather go find the food trolley?" he hoped she would, he really didn't want to embarrass himself with magic in front of Angela...

Charles shrugged at her question, "Just some advice." Though her comment intrigued him. Maybe that was the answer. He just needed a better broom! His eyes lit up and a smirk came across his face. "And...what broom would that be exactly? If it can do that it would surely be swift enough for Quidditch." Pfft like he'd ever do that sport. Flying around on a broom chasing balls...definitely not his idea of a sport. Needs full on contact. Like Rugby!

Hearing what she asked he shrugged and leaned back against the side of the car with his feet on the seat. "Not much to tell really. Born. Home schooled until my mum found out my tutor was teaching me dark arts stuff which I found totally cool so I don't know what her deal was. But I digress. So....I got sent here last term made some Dark Wizard mad in Knockturn Alley which was fun and term started and now I'm here. How about you?"