Ed glared at Isaac. Did he seriously just ask if he was all right? His eyes narrowed slightly at his explanation. Knowing he was probably pale, Edmund shakily pushed himself into a more dignified sitting position and looked up to find Nell walking towards him and rubbing her hip.

"I'll live." He muttered in response to her and leant his head back against his trunk. It was strange being forced to deal with something he had such an aversion to. "Are you okay?" he asked, gazing up at her. Right now Isaac wasn't on his good list, though he hadn't completely freaked and gone for the guy, it was proof that they had a strong friendship already.

He caught the look she gave him and gave her a tiny grin back. He wasn't going to mention what he'd done because he wasn't a prat like that. He didn't fail to miss the glare Ed gave him either. He nearly made a snarky comment like 'hey I got ye here didn' I, ye prat?' but he kept his mouth shut.

Watching as Nell rubbed her hip, he winced. He'd hoped to give her more time but knew if he had Ed wouldn't have gone through. "Ok now, give her the kiss she deserves." he she said smirking at Ed and grabbed his trolley to go drop into a compartment on the train. He'd be back but hoped to find Amelia first.

What year..? "Sixth..." she said with a shrug. "I wasn't supposed to be coming back to Hogwarts though..."

Well, at least he hadn't tried to kill Issac. Nell looked between the two and could tell it took Edmund a lot of self control to not do just that. He muttered that he would live and she nodded her head. Honestly, she didn't know what else to say. He was trying to deal with what had just happened. She waved off his concern. "I'm fine. Little bruise..that's all."

Issac's flippant remark had her flushing. Maybe he had the right idea though? Maybe humor would help Ed get back to normal. Nell tried to pop her hip but it hurt to do so, instead she crossed her arms over her chest and tried to look haughty. "One of us deserves a kiss at least. And since you got yours before you crossed the barrier...."

Nell managed to throw a wink in Issac's direction before he wandered off. Her attention went back to her handsome crush who looked to be gaining some of his color back.

Giving Isaac another glare, Ed nodded to Nell. "So you'll be okay?" He wanted to be sure. It was strange that he was so worried about her when she'd obviously just bumped her hip. The little colour he'd regained disappeared at Isaac's words.

Closing his eyes and shaking his head amusedly, Ed marvelled at how they were acting like nothing had happened. Pft, well he wasn't going through that wall again. Ever. Opening one eye as he heard her retort, Ed couldn't help but chuckle. He clumsily got to his feet, stepped closer to her and after a rather awkward stare, he leaned in to give her a kiss.

Taylor smiled as she walked around the south platform waiting to get on the train. She was trying to avoid her mother. Tay started looking around for anyone she knew... like Damon... or Harvey... or someone...

"Look out!" Lexa shouted, realizing that she wouldn't be able to pull up fast enough to avoid running into the girl right infront of her. She jumped off her trolley and tried stopping it while trying not to drop poor little Felix that was clinging to her for dear life!

Kendall had just about finished what was in her cup while she continued wandering even further from where her brother was waiting by the train itself. She wasn't worried about missing it, as she knew something would clue her in that it was time to board. Or someone, since she was still hoping she'd find people to talk to before it was time to go. Jeremiah didn't count, since she had had all summer to talk to him. And Accio didn't count either, although the cat had started to wiggle a little in her grip as the caffeine started making her even more hyper than usual. It wasn't quite at a danger zone yet, especially as she had a high tolerance for chocolate, but she was definitely a bit more excitable than usual. And she had nowhere to let that out, unless she re-enacted her performance in Diagon Alley. That wouldn't be half as fun without the fountain, though, or Damon's brother acting crazy with her. Besides, she didn't have a specific song stuck in her head this time, so it wouldn't be as easy to do anything like that.

Next thing she knew, though, she'd heard a familiar voice and dropped Accio with a giggle. "I wasn't hiding," she pointed out. "Or staying in one spot. Look at what Jeremiah got me," she added, showing him her now-empty cup. "It was yummy, but just chocolate's still better." She just felt like there needed to be an observation regarding that topic. Of course, it wasn't like there had been an official experiment going with the chocolate coffee. Just giving in to her curiosity after their conversation in Diagon Alley, and now she had other things to be curious about. "Why's Orion squawking like someone's pulling feathers?," she asked, "And didja bring it?" The truffles, of course, and the chocolate owls. It didn't look like he had the big owl, unless it was in his trunk, but then that wasn't something for the train. The other stuff was, and she was going to poke him if he'd forgotten.

Taylor fell down onto the ground, getting the warning to late. She looked up and glanced at the girl then recongized her from the candy shop. Tay stood up and dusted herself off, muttering, "I should of know it would of been you..." Taylor sighed.

John was pushing his daughter's cart along the Platform as she walked right next to him. He had never seen Sophie that serious before and it worried him a little. After all the conversation they have had during that summer break, she still wasn't acting like her usual self.

He would glance down at her every now and then with a worried frown on his face and hoped she would go back to normal soon.

Sophie was supposed to be excited about this day. She was going back to Hogwarts, after all. But no, she wished she could stay home this time, and hang out with her Muggle friends. There weren't complicated and acted perfectly fine around her, unlike some of her magical friends.

With Brady, her new bunny in her arms, she walked fast next to her father, looking straight ahead all the way down to the South End of the Platform.

She did spot Oakey with some random person there, but didn't greet them. She stared at her housemate for a while, but didn't say a single word.

Hmph.

Emmanuelle was excited for the train this time. Or, excited to get her seventh year started anyway. 'Cause the sooner it got started, the sooner she'd be FREE! Free of homework, of temperamental teachers who soaked students with water and, most importantly, of having someone tell her what to do all the time. Yep, that sounded like a good deal to her. Besides, for some reason, she had a good feeling that this year was going to be interesting, to say the least.

Once she stepped onto the platform though, she noticed that the train wasn't there yet. Sigh. She would have to find some way of killing time until it showed up, then. So, dragging her trunks (yes, trunks) behind her, she started looking around for a fellow seventh year to talk to. Hopefully not all of them would decide to show up "fashionably" late....

Alexa screamed as her trolley toppled over and she fell to the floor, skidding a few feet before coming to a halt. She heard Felix screeching but that died down quickly. When she heard someone speak she looked up. The voice was familiar. "OH hey!! It's you!!!" She remembered the girl from the candyshop, she was nice. Yes. "Sorry about that...I kinda lost control...for a bit..."

Noticing the cup that Kendall had showed him, Patrick couldn't help but chuckle since he hadn't thought that she would actually investigate the chocolate coffee that he mentioned earlier in the summer; though he knew that meant that she had to already be on a bit of a sugar rush because of it which was only going to make the experiment even more amusing. "How did I not find you earlier then? Anyway not important, I have some of the actual coffee flavoured chocolate in my bag with the rest of the stuff." There was never such a thing as bringing too much chocolate anywhere considering he wouldn't have been able to get it until Hogsmeade trips happened during the term which he was going to take full advantage of. The sound of Orion's squawks had caused him to frown since obviously something had been up with the owl and since she had pointed it out, he paid full attention since it was a matter of trying to figure out what was wrong. "I don't know, maybe he's not used to all the people. Sorta overwhelmed by all of this." It had only been the explanation that he could have come up with considering he hadn't known what had been going on with the owl, perhaps he would have had to speak with the CoMC professor if there was still this issue going on throughout the time between the train and arriving at the school.

"Course I did. I said I would, so I packed the truffles up last night and set them in the bag." They were going to get this little experiment out of the way now so that he didn't have to be curious of whether or not it had actually worked, he opened his messenger bag and showed her exactly how much chocolate he was carrying before taking out the box of truffles as well as several smaller boxes which contained the owls and brooms that were promised to her. "The rest is being kept for later.. now, I think we should get into these truffles before they're just going to be wasted." He grinned again after he spoke then opened the box and took a couple of the truffles out, this really was going to be fun.

Taylor stuck her hand out to help the girl out, "A bit of advice here girly, dont go so fast next time!" She growled a bit then her voice sweetened, "Most people would get mad at being knocked down, k?"

Lex took the girl's hand when it was offered and pulled away from the ground. For a moment she stood brushing herself off before turning to the girl again. "Yeah...I really am sorry about that...are you okay?"

Waving a dismissive hand she gave Ed a wry smile. "I'll live." It was only a bruise after all. She was more worried about him getting over this little mishap. Thankfully for him he wouldn't have to go through the barrier again....at least until he had kids. She kept that little thought to herself.

Nell watched the color drain back out of Edmund's face. Had kissing her really been that bad? He laughed at her joke though, that was a good sign right? Her eyes widened as he got up and moved closer to her. The look he gave her was awkward and she would have said something about it but all thought was robbed from her as his lips met hers.

Nell's arms went around his neck of there own accord and she leaned into him. This was ten times better then there first kiss and that one had been pretty amazing. After what seemed like hours she pulled back though she kept her arms where they were. "I'm sorry. If we could have accomplished that some other way..." Nell lowered her eyes. It hadn't been her idea but she still felt really bad. The barrier had obviously shaken him and being man handled through it couldn't have been easy.

Tay nodded, "Yeah, I am." She sighed, "Pardon me but did we ever introduced ourselves?" Taylor was totally clueless since she forgotten about the girl until now.

Ronnie looked up as she heard someone ask if she needed help. She smiled a little, her cheeks slightly red. Gah. This was so embarrassing...not being able to push a stupid trolley. Maybe something was wrong with it..? That could be it. Maybe something was wrong with the wheels...

"Yeah, I guess I do." she said with a chuckle. She eyed the boy up and down. Hmm...She had never seen him around Hogwarts before. Well, she was pretty sure she hadn't. "I'm Ronnie." she said, sticking her hand out towards the boy to shake.

"Oh yes we did, you're Taylor but the fact that you asked tells me you don't remember w=so we can go again. Hi, I'm Alexa." She didn't mean to start babbling but being in this place just made her all hyper and stuff!!!

Taylor's eyes grew, "Sorry, I aint good with remember firstie." Tay flipped her hair, "But pleasure to meet you again Alexa... since you remembered my name I dont want to waste my breathe and say it again."

"Oh that's fine I don't really expect older kids to remember my name until I start the school officially and make a name for myself." She said with a wide grin. "So how are you and your boyfriend doing? Does he still give you candy?"

Taylor giggled, "Sorry, it is more of a case of me being a ditsy blonde." Tay smiled and nodded, "We are good and yes he does." She twirled one of her curls.

After Oakey had mentioned another teacher leaving Jarvis had to take the crumbled newspaper back out of his pocket. He read on and saw that the name Murdoch at the bottom. He and two other professors were leaving. "You really liked this guy didn't you?" Jarvis asked knowing full well what the answer was going to be. As he continued carrying Oakey's things they had passed by another two people. A man and his daughter no doubt, Something was off about these two, and it wasn't that the girl had a black-eye. No, something was literally off. As in some of the luggage from their cart had fallen. He wrestled his wand out of it's holster while still carrying Oakey's things and silently cast the levitating charm on the bag."Hey!" he shouted in their direction "Hey!" Jarvis shouted again but with no luck. He turned around to a still gloomy Oakey. "Oi Oakey! she goes to your school, don't you know her? call her over."

Oakey looked up from his cart. He gave Jarvis an annoyed look for the stupid question he gave him, but gave no response. Of course he was going to miss Mr.Murdoch. As they continued pushing the luggage further down he saw Sophie pass them. It had been a month since he had seen her last and that was when she blow up on Ella, and Oakey launched a boxing glove at her face. Her black-eye was very visible still, Damn can she hold a grudge Oakey thought to himself.

she was with someone and just watched as this man unknowingly dropped some of Sophie's luggage. Oakey would have spoken up if Sophie wasn't emitting an I'm gonna Hex Oakey the next time I see him Aura around her body. It wasn't really there, but he felt shivers run down his spine. DAMNIT Jarvis! Oakey thought as he saw Mr. Toombs try and chase the two of them down. "Uh-uh. Her name is Sophie! Sophie Campbell!" Why was he gonna do what he was about to do. "Hey, Sophie! What's up!?!?"

Lex shrugged at Taylor's suggestion for why she might not have remembered her name. "Well you said it not me." She paused to gasp and gush at the fact that the girl still got candy. "Woooow, you're so lucky! I want someone to buy me candy toooo!"

Harvey was walking along the South end of the platform when he saw two girls talking to each other and he recognised them instantly and went over to them "Hey Girls.. how are you both?" he smiled as he greeted them. It was good to see them both just as he was wandering the station platform out for a walk