Fun was always good. Darwin liked fun, so he still grinned. "Fun's good, what's been fun?" Not to be nosey or anything, but if she thought that he was then she didn't have to answer, and surely she knew that, she seemed normal, and normal people knew stuff like that. Right?

RIGHT.

"The older students scare me." Darwin agreed, eyeing a group in the distance that he guessed were going to Hogwarts (they had Owls, and people were giving them strange looks, so it was a LOGICAL guess). "But some of them have to be nice, right? Maybe they'll lift us up so we don't feel small." That would be unbelievably amazing, he now wanted a big person to use a spell or something so that he could be TALL like them. Hm.

Darwin nodded as she spoke about the journey. "Ooh, we came by car, too, but we only live about half an hour away. How long did it take for you?" Where did she even live? It couldn't have been too far, because then coming by car would have been harder.

Sighing, the eleven year old shrugged. "I'm not sure. I really don't think I fit anywhere... Maybe they'll just send me home." He sighed again, and his grin began to fade. He didn't want to be sent home.

He had a wand now, and everything.

'This is it.' said Lily.'This is where I say goodbye to my mum and baby brother.' Lily gave her mom a big hug and took her brother into her arms to say goodbye to him. 'but how to say goodbye to your baby brother, who won't even remember that I'm gone' Lily handed her brother back to her mom and took a hold of her cart with all of her stuff on it. From here it would just be her dad with her. Together, they walked into the station to get ready to send Lily off to school.

Tom parents and Tom arrival at King Cross station. Tom is scared to go through the wall between Station 9 and 10. Tom's dad said, "It is okay. Mom and I will be right next to you when you."
Tom asked, "Can you hold my hands?
Mom said, "Sure."
"Ready? When I count to three, we will run straight at the wall. Remember, don't look back." said Dad. "1...2..3!"
Tom holding his parents hand, ran straight for the wall with his parents.

Prudence attempted to smile, she was headed off to Hogwarts again, though where her sister was she had no clue, they'd been seperated a while back when a large group of muggles passed. Sighing she decided to go through, if Abby was looking for her she'd probably be looking on the train, she did get into Ravenclaw for a reason after all. Nevertheless she was hoping that this year would be different, that this year she might make a few more friends... Grinning at the thought she took one last look at the muggle world, checking if anyone was looking before she ran through the wall.

Astoria knew where she was going and started walking towards platform 9 and 10.

Garrett walked into Kings Cross walking in front of her parents with her head held high. She was SOO ready to start her first year at Hogwarts and meet new witches and wizards.
Bye Mom, Bye Dad.
She walked through onto the Platform.

When as her sister, Laura, was clinging on to their mother; Lana was looking all wide-eyed around the station. Of course, they had been there before but it was different today for sure. The whole ride over she was almost bursting from excitement. She really couldn't wait to be going off to school.

Yes, she was going to miss her parents; but she had Laura with her, so it wasn't like she was going to be alone and papa had told her all about his adventures at school. She just wanted to have a few of her own now.

Helping push her own trolley, she looked around and wandered just who was all there going to the same place as she was?

Idly reaching a hand out to pet Lyra, perched on top of her trunks on the luggage cart, Stella had continued to simply look around the square. Eventually she'd need to head for the platform, and after a few moments more she shifted to grasp the cart's handles to start moving again. She hadn't found Matt yet, or anyone else either for that matter, although she thought she'd seen Sierra nearby talking to Eino. Neither one of them were really to the point that she thought they'd consider her a friend, so she figured she could just head for the train. She hadn't gotten very far before she had to stop again, though, as the very object of her search had suddenly appeared in front of her cart and she had to stop so she didn't run her boyfriend over. His question made her giggle a little, too. "Please tell me you just Apparated there, and I wasn't just completely unobservant," she replied, before moving around the cart to give him a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

"Ready for the train?," she asked, then, glancing back as she heard her cat meow quietly. Apparently she hadn't liked the abrupt stop, but then Stella knew Lyra would get over it. She wanted to spend as much time with Matt as she could, since it was his last term at Hogwarts. The last couple weeks hadn't really counted, even though they'd been fun too. The last term was going to officially start once they were on the train, and she wanted it to last. Especially as she had a feeling her memories of this term were what would get her through the next.

Raven walked to the Kings Cross with her Mom. Finally Ludmilla, Raven's mom found her at Diagon Alley, Both of them walked without didn't talk about anything.

"Raven.." Ludmilla started to talk to her lovely daughter. But Raven didn't hear to her Mom. Both of them then continue walked with silence.

"I know it was hard to say, Mom. But I hate when you didn't tell me the truth. You lied to me." said Raven cold. She didn't want to cry here. Because, she would have another gorgeous year at Hogwarts.

Ludmilla just gave her daughter a tiny smile. "I'm sorry darling, I didn't want you to.." Tears began to fall from his hazel eyes. Raven hated when she saw her mother cried. She took her handkerchief and gave it to Ludmilla.

"Don't worry Mom, I'll be Okay. Thank you to tell me the truth." said her warm. At least, she knew that Ludmilla was her biological mother.

Ludmilla was very relieved to hear her daughter's statement. She hugged Raven tightly. Oh, she forgot something! She took a box from her bag.

"Happy Birthday, Darling." said her.

"Thank you, Mom. Take care!" then she left her mom.

Before he had the chance to reply to what Stella was saying, Matt noticed a couple of his housemates pass by and he nodded at them then returned his attention to his girlfriend. Obviously he wasn't about to ignore her since that wouldn't be right, he thought about it for a second since he wasn't sure if it was time to be serious. "Hmm I could say that." He said before smirking a bit but that was quickly replaced by a grin as soon as she kissed his cheek, honestly no matter how many times that happened; the reaction never changed. "But that wouldn't exactly be true, I was just apparently playing a massive game of hide and seek but I found exactly who I was looking for." Sure that might have been cute but it was totally true, even if he almost got run over by her cart in the process. Ah nothing says welcome back to Hogwarts like almost accidentally getting hit. Dude, honestly she wouldn't have done that. Oh the social commentary decided to return and at the time it wasn't exactly welcome since he was looking to have a normal conversation with her and not turn it randomly awkward.

"I am and I'm not, I mean at least we get to sit together because otherwise the next time I'd see you was at the feast and merlin only knows exactly what is going to happen." After last term with the elves going crazy and the silverware just being rather strange, he wasn't sure what to expect but he did know that it was going to be interesting. It always was. As soon as he finished his thought, it seemed like Gidget wanted to interrupt and squawked at Stella; well at least his owl seemed to want to behave this term which was good since he wasn't looking to deal with her being ridiculous and causing trouble. Not when there were much more important things to focus on.

Once Eino smiled at her, Sierra realized that coming over here to see the others off on their train ride to school wouldn't be so bad after all. Eino Uronen was a person she could tolerate, so if she could just talk with him until the train was ready to take off, she wouldn't have to worry about all the others. She'd see them at school when she needed something or another from them--a partner in class, maybe.

She sighed. "My summer's been...interesting, to say the least. My father made me go to Muggle summer camp for two weeks," she answered. "It was ridiculously crazy, I tell you. They expected me to know how to turn on a television set and mail a letter home!" Of course she hadn't told them that where she came from things ran a little differently. She also skipped out on the part of the story where the Muggle kids had matted gum into her hair and made fun of her for carrying a club. A club--ha! She could smash bludgers nearly to pieces with that bat they called a club!

Did he just tell her she looked exquisitely delightful? He had. Yes. She was sure of it. "Oh, ...well, thank you," she said, looking down at her outfit of choice. It was just a regular pair of jeans and a shirt, but it was nice to know she looked exquisitely delightful in them. She should give him a compliment now, too, right? Yes, she really should. "You look..." Pause. Wizardly? No, that made him sound like he had a long, white beard or something. Ravenclawish? Was that even a word? "...nice yourself," she finally opted for, and then came the nervous feeling in the pit of her stomach.

She cast it off and tried to focus on the cat. "Oh, your cat...right," she said. What happened to its hair, she wanted to ask, but she didn't. As she continued to watch the cat swing its tail back and forth, she added, "No, I live in Hogsmeade, so I don't ride the train. I was just with my father at his office today and decided to stop by for a visit." In other words, her father made her go communicate with other children.

"My hair's done, okay? I brushed twice and blowered it..." said Erin irritated, "...as you said," she added slightly raising her eyebrows. Her Aunt was just the most irritating, annoying, overly protective and extremely ugggh person ever!

"You should be doing the brush many times, not just twice. Look at you! You look horrible my dear,"said Aunt Luna with a depressing look while caressing Erin's hair.

Merlin. This annoying Aunt of hers never knew that she was a witch and she could used some magical hair products and potion to give her hair the straight and shiny look. If only, she could wait until next Christmas, she'll see. Erin strutted her way towards the station holding her trolley with both hands. And then, she saw a very familiar face, well, she was not really that close to Elise, but she would do to shoo her Aunt Luna away.

Nicki ran as fast as she could she stoped "Now were is platfourm 9 and 3/4?" she said to herself can wait she thourght she would go early to see were it is so she knows when she comes back after getting her books,robes and wand

Muggle summer camp? Eino had never heard of that, but he was oblivious to most Muggle related activities, so it was expected. Still, it didn't sound like Sierra had a good time there so it mustn't have been a good experience. "Those sound like unrealistic expectations for a witch, to say the least." Eino said encouragingly, she didn't want to make her feel dumb. Plus, he didn't know how to do those things himself so he could relate. Although he was interested in knowing how Muggles mailed letters now, if not by using owls, then what other animal or system did they use?

Eino noticed Sierra look down at her outfit when he complimented her. He wanted to interrupt her and clarify that he had complimented her not her outfit, but that distinction probably would only make her feel a little more awkward. "Thank you..." He finally said once she had found something to say in return. He wasn't expecting her to see his badge, or to even notice it (because he had worn random badges in the past), but was somehow a little disappointed that she didn't. He was hoping that it would... Attract some of her attention? Maybe. Something like that. It was the second thing he thought of when he accepted it, but not a necessarily a reason why he did.

Once she changed the topic to Ino, Eino glanced over at the cat, who was trying to break free from the carrier by scratching the lock from the inside. Eino stuck his index finger in through the grid and the cat paused to rub her head on it. When she did, Eino scratched it in attempts to comfort, and continued to do so as Sierra spoke. "Oh, I see. And how is it that you get to Hogsmead from here?" She doesn't take the train EVER? Lucky. Eino wished he could skip the train.

Suddenly, he remembered that he had a gift for Sierra, one he had obtained during summer, but this wasn't the best place to give it to her. He really wanted to take his uncle's advice that he should stop gifting her trinkets, but he didn't know how else to show his affection. It was very frustrating.

Ariana approached the platform, she hated this part it gave her the most awful headache coming back through just before summer. Ariana had already said goodbye to her parents at the car she was meeting max & Jordan on the platform & she was 12 she wasn't a baby Ariana Looked around to see if she saw anyone she knew. She saw Sieirra but didnt wanna talk to her.. JUST yet.

"You could say you Apparated, or that I was unobservant?," Stella couldn't help but tease, as she watched the Slytherin-y smirk on Matt's face turn into an almost goofy grin. If she'd wanted to admit it to herself, she liked being able to do that to him. She liked getting reactions like that from him, and she already knew she was going to miss that next term. Of course, there was always the possibility that the reaction would go away, but she was hoping it wouldn't. She was hoping that whatever there was between them wasn't going anywhere, just like she'd promised earlier in the summer. His continued explanation had answered her question at least a little, too, and she smiled. "You were looking for me?" It wasn't really an assumption, not on her part, or even anywhere near an ego. She'd heard Matt say things like that a lot lately, and she hoped it wasn't just because they couldn't stop thinking about next summer.

Lyra had distracted her, but she'd turned her attention fully back to her boyfriend as he'd spoken again. The smile definitely came back at mention of what had occurred at last year's start-of-term feast, too. "I'm hoping the fact we discovered the baby elf means that we won't go through that again," she commented. That baby elf had been adorable, though, even though it had almost buried her, Marie, Matt and countless others under house banners months earlier. "I'm looking forward to both, though. The train and the feast," she went on to admit. The train ride was truly the start of their school time together, after all. But first there was pets to deal with, and she turned a smile to Matt's owl as well. "Bonjour Gidget," she said lightly. She knew better than to ignore the owl, even if she also knew Gidget seemed to like her. Having the owl on her side was going to be important after too long.

Elise smiled sadly, noticing all the students with family members. She'd come to the station alone, and with her trunk in tow, she set it on a trolley and a small carrier with her kitten in put on top of it. Pushing her trolley with all the strength the petite 12 year old could muster, she found someone she knew.

She wasn't all that close to Erin, being rather closed after her mother's death last year. But Erin seemed to need some saving from her mom or aunt or cousin? Trying to stifle a laugh, she pushed her trolley towards her housemate.

Perfect ponytail of blonde hair swinging behind her, she came to a stop in front of Erin and whoever it was with her. Beaming, she waved hello.

"Hi there, Erin!" she grinned, and turned to face whoever that was. "Hi." Yeah, she'd not going to be too nice. She didn't know her.

Pushing her trolley hard towards her almost pretty friend -fairly pretty, that she couldn't deny- before Elise could even greet her Aunt and start an interesting conversation about her and her magical school, Erin half run just to reach her. She had no choice now. And before she could even say a word, Elise greeted Aunt Luna. Oh no! Grabbing the fellow Ravenclaw's hand, she shouted from behind directed to her Aunt Luna, "Bye Aunt Luna! I'll ow-, oh! I'll write you a letter!" She would say owl but thanks to her bright mind, she stopped it before it could even leave her lips. Aunt Luna couldn't understand why Erin still needed to write a letter when there's technology around, like internet or phones. And Erin wouldn't even post a single status in her Facebook. If only she knew.

"Why'd you say hi to her?" she whispered to Elise when they were fairly out of Aunt Luna's radar. "She'll most likely bomb you with questions about our world." She snorted.

Aaron grinned at his older brother and high-fived Shay, he was pretty impressed to see that Shay had managed to wake up and come along to King's Cross with him.
'See you some time.' Aaron yawned, he was tired too, but he could sleep later.
He wouldn't tell Shay, but he was going to miss him. After spending most of the summer stuck home in Silverton with house arrest which was only PARTLY his fault! he had a great time hanging out in London with Shay.

Shay grinned down at Aaron and gave him a quick hug.
'Don't get in too much trouble, mate.' He shook his head, dad wouldn't be pleased with even more trouble from Aaron. 'And you'll get to stay with me again next summer. Okay?'

'I'LL BE OF AGE NEXT SUMMERRRRR!' Aaron gave a victorious whoop, scaring a small girl passing by.
He let Shay hug him awkwardly before brushing his shirt off and taking hold of his trolley.
'See you next yeaaaar!'

'Yeah, yeah, next year. Don't do anything I would do.' Shay laughed and watched his brother make his way to the wall.

Aaron shook his head and turned around, off to Hoggie Hogwarts for another year. He smiled to himself, this summer had been fun well, the last few weeks had been, but he couldn't wait to be back in Hogwarts. There'd be loads of weird firsties to hang out with.

Elise was away for a while, she probably grew tired of Erin's rudeness, well, kind of, she was not this kind to other people, the time she went to Diagon Alley. All because of her extremely mournful summer with her sister who she most wanted to curse and ship to Africa with all the vultures in there. But then, she was not that bad, not to a member of her family. She was the sweet type before but then, Kristina -her sister - guided her towards this path. She found out that being a little rude and unfriendly was quite fun. Kristina was no exception to her new mean self.

With an ice cream on her left hand, yes, she was left-handed, she pushed her trolley to pick the best spot to sit and wait for Elise- if she'll coming back of course. She found an empty bench on the northern part and headed towards there. "Oh! Oh!" The trolley was moving sooooo fast! Erin quickly let go of it. Merlin, thanks she's got no owl, or the Muggles would probably be more interested.

Elise hardly saw the woman before she felt herself being dragged away. What was going on?! Whaaaaa....?!

Once they were very far away from Erin's whoever that was, she turned questioningly to her. "I don't know!" she whispered back. " I was trying to be nice? Wait, our world?"

It took her a moment before her eyes widened in understanding. "I see... I'm sorry, Erin! Who is she, anyway?"

Then, she noticed Erin running off towards the North side. Pushing her trolley with her, she walked through the wall and followed Erin. Wait for her!

Wait.. was that a rogue trolley? Aaron watched a girl holding an ice-cream push the trolley before it... escaped?
He laughed and rolled over, hanging over his trolley. He stopped the trolley by crashing into it with a LOUD bang, causing Aaron to fall backwards off his trolley, which sorta hurt. But he wasn't going to show that, cause he was a hero now. Save the trolley, save the world.
He climbed back up, laughing to himself and extended a hand to the girl with the trolley.

'Hi Trolley girl, I'm Aaron.' After six years Aaron liked to call himself a trolley expert, especially after the few years where he and Shay had raced each other when Shay was still at Hogwarts with him. 'Rogue trolley?' He gave the trolley a stern look.

Katrina roamed around the Public Square. Yeah she missed her friends that much. When she was glancing around, she saw two Ravenclaws talking. Judging from their height, they didn't look older than Fourth Year. When Katrina got a better view of the two, she realized it was her fellow Second Year Erin and Elise.

Katrina started to run a bit, hitting some people (Oops, sorry for that.) She beamed widely at the two. When she was around a few inches away from them, the Second Year stopped at a halt. Oh how flattering it was to see them after a while!

"Hey there Erin," Katrina said, pretty much lively. "Hi Elise!" Katrina seemed a bit...bubbly today. Well once you've passed your first term, it's much more easier to interact with people, right? Then Erin went to the Western Concourse. Okay, time to follow her. Following, one thing Katrina does not like. At all.

He was actually so filled with himself! Erin couldn't find the right expression to show him, let alone words to say. With a small sigh, she let out a laugh. She laughed so hard, she couldn't help it. She looked at him once again. And then, she moved towards her, called her Trolley Girl and then for some weird reasons, introduced himself at an instant.

She stared at him, blankly. He's totally acting like, he was a true superhero. So, he wanted to be called Super Aaron now, that's why he gave his name? Erin gave him a smile. Before she could even let out a single word from her lips, oh! The ice cream she was holding was melting. "Oh!"

Trolley girl was laughing. Aaron wasn't sure whether she was laughing at him or with him, but he decided it was best to laugh along. Besides, he liked laughing, so why not?!

Aaron watched her stare back at him with a blank expression. No introduction from her? Trolley girl it would be. He nodded to himself and scratched the back of his head, this was slightly awkward. Surely, Aaron could solve some awkwardness.

He patted the owl resting on his trolley, giving Trolley girl an equally strange look. 'This is Oliver. He's an owl.'