Ariella smiled at Alexa's confidence, something she had grown used to in the little time that she had known her, "Well I'll tell you what I was just telling Dylan... Make sure I'm sorted before you because I don't need you gobbling up that hat before I'm sorted! Not that I'm doubting your Ravenclaw characteristic, but I'm not risking it!

Adeline heard her tummy grumble and growl loudly. While Adeline walked to the trolley she kept her eyes out for Asher because she lost him once again. Hopefully she would find him soon or he would find her. Adeline finally had a boyfriend (a hot one at that) and she had to go and lose him. She hoped no one was flirting with him. She kept looking around for his face but she still couldn't find it. Her stomach growled again. She frowned at her belly and told it to shush but doing so only made it growl louder and she sighed. Oh well might as well get some food.

What was with this girl, first she was all cold and suspicious, now she wanted to make friends with him?

...eh, why not. One could never have to many friends. "Yeah, really."
He nodded his head up and down, popping in one more Bean. This one was cotton ca...no wait just cotton. "Sure, I wouldn't mind some tea at all right now thanks." She wasn't so bad after all. Oakey never drank hot tea in a moving train before, how could that possibly go wrong?

"Well Elliot Morganzo it's a pleasure to meet you." Oakey took her fee hand and shook it vigorously.

Seeing another older student walking up to the trolley and just stand there. He seemed a little unhappy, and he was standing there watching them. “Hey, did you want something?” she asked. She knew they were all standing in the way, and would happily shoo the firsties out of the way. And they Dylan piped up. Sweet Merlin, these kids were abrasive. Had she been that bad?

Giving the small boy a shrug, “I don’t know, maybe she did, or maybe she was just trying to prove a point about not being able to know where you’ll end up.” Eh, she was just guessing anyways, seeing as she still had no idea about why the lady was actually there.

“Its got to do with divination, maybe you’ll learn more about them in class this year.” Because she SO wasn’t going to go into all of the details now. After all, the girl could read a book, she claimed she was going to be a claw. “And guys, just because you’re smart,” Or think you are, “ doesn’t mean you will be in Ravenclaw. There are a lot of very, very smart people in other houses.”

“And yes, Lexa.” Em said giving the girl another pat on the head. “Its often a good idea to be nice and polite to people.” You know, not to burn bridges and all. Or get detention super early in your school career.

“Uh, guys, Just because Truebridge let us carve into the tables doesn’t mean you can carve into them for no reason.” And using their names? Ahh, good idea, just let everyone know who did it.

Max was looking at the ground, trying to casually eavesdrop on the nearby conversations of Emmaleigh and Lainey when a nearby voice caught his attention. Banned from eating candy? The seventh year looked up to see a sprightly young fellow peering right at him. "I..." What? "I'm not banned from candy. I'm just, y'know," he shrugged, "waiting my turn. In no hurry."

After a few long moments, Max cleared his throat uncomfortably and added, "Don't worry about me. I just... miss a friend. She graduated last term." His best friend. It's going to be hard, not doing everything with her every day, he added silently. And it was. How was he supposed to enter the common room every day and not hope Ellie would be there? "...S'just weird. First train ride without her in all my years at Hogwarts."

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Seeing another older student walking up to the trolley and just stand there. He seemed a little unhappy, and he was standing there watching them. “Hey, did you want something?” she asked. She knew they were all standing in the way, and would happily shoo the firsties out of the way. And they Dylan piped up. Sweet Merlin, these kids were abrasive. Had she been that bad?

...And then Emmaleigh was talking to him. He cleared his throat again, this time out of nerves, and tried his best to push away the idea that Emmaleigh looked so much like Ellie. That HAIR color. Now that he thought about it, she was probably the person Max saw in Madam Malkins who looked just like Ellie from behind. But he had known better than to think Ellie would be in there by the Hogwarts robes.

"No, uh, don't worry. It's fine. It's a long train ride." Too long, this term. "I can wait."

That bad, hmm? Ariadne thought, seeing the boy's expression. But then his luck changed. That was the fun with these sweets, you never knew what was coming. Ari was in a bit of a conundrum now, because she couldn't refuse the boy for the second time. 'I'll have one, thank you.' she decided, and took a bean from the packet. 'Please not peach' she kept repeating in her head. She hated that fruit more than any of the weird flavours. 'Tastes like mushroom stew'. Not bad, actually. And it was a new flavour to add to her list of every Bertie Bott's bean she had ever tried. Yes, she liked making lists.

They could finally put the rat episode aside. It had been a bit embarrassing for Ari, but at least she hadn't screamed or fainted. Maybe it was a part of growing up...

'I take it she's older than you, your sister?' That didn't sound much fun, being bossed around like that, and being the second-favourite child in the family. 'You must be competing against each other a lot.' Still, a part of her still wanted to have siblings, even if they would challenge her every day. 'Beauxbatons?' No way! Ariadne had been there for a year, maybe she had even bumped into the girl often. 'I've been there the whole of last year. Didn't like it much, though.' she said with honesty.

'Right again. Toads are right there with rats in my preferences. Though I think I prefer your rat to a toad. At least I've seen her up close and survived.' Ari found it in her to make a joke after the incident. Nevertheless, she doubted that Brie could ever be superior to Pluto, but every pet owner tended to see their familiars as the best in the world, so she couldn't really blame Terry for thinking that.

Food. Yes, she was starving! She came out of her compartment and pulled some change from her rucksack, her brother hadn't had much money to give her so it looked like she was going to go short on candy this term...

Hmpf. A line. She stood behind some boy she didn't know and leaned against the wall while she waited, counting her few sickles, "Merlin, everyone is taking their time." She muttered, brushing her fringe out of her eyes and staring blankly at the back of that boy's head. He seemed her age... she didn't know him though. Hmm. Maybe she should actually talk to people and get to know them.

Even though she may not have been showing it in the same way as many other hyperactive students, Gwendolyn was really excited to be getting back. Ah. She already missed hanging around the Common Room, spending time at the lake or trying to find the secret passages of the castle with her partner in crime, Nora. Come to think about it… where was that girl? Gwen had been willing to go look for her. She did, actually. She did look around the train corridor for the Slytherin, but there was no sign of her. Maybe she wasn’t coming with the train this time? After all, she lived in Hogsmeade.

Gwen only spoke up when it was her turn to order. Finally. After managing to get the two chocolate frogs, the fifth year made her way to the side, leaving enough room for the students who wanted to pass and waited for Cassia. As soon as she saw the Slytherin coming back from the food trolley, Gwen heard her say something. ‘I’m not sure what to say…’, the fifth year admitted. She found it a bit odd that those important people were indeed going to Hogwarts with the train. Mehh. But she was indeed curious. She had been curious ever since she saw the article in the Daily Prophet. ‘You?’, she asked her younger friend.

She was looking at the compartment where she had left Jinx. Hopefully he hadn’t decided to go for another walk around the train, in the search for food or something interesting to play with, like people’s shoelaces. As she heard Cassia ask something, the fifth year drew her attention back to her friend. ‘Hmm?’, she mused. ‘Oh. Jinx is my cat’ She thought she had told Cassia about the black furball. Maybe she had forgotten? Probably. ‘He usually likes to wander around the train… or any place, for that matter. I really hope he is still in the compartment and that he hasn’t caused any damage’, the girl chuckled, though almost sure that her cat hadn’t done something stupid. Almost. ‘I don’t think I ever asked you before… do you have any pets?’, the Ravenclaw asked Cassia. The girl seemed like the kind who would bring a pet with her at Hogwarts.

Next, Gwen drew her attention to the two chocolate frogs she was holding in her hands. After placing one of them to the side, the fifth year started opening the box. Slowly ripping the thing which was holding the two halves together, Gwendolyn tried to prevent the frog from jumping out of the package. After a moment, the girl already started eating the chocolate. Glimpsing at the card, Gwen noticed that it was Bridget Wenlock. She was surprised that she hadn’t got another Salazar Slytherin. Heh. ‘Do you collect these?’, she asked the second year, since she already got one of these.

After greeting her mother goodbye at the Train Station, Kat went inside the train and immediately ran for the Food Trolley. She sure did miss those licorice wands and chocolate frogs even though it's only been a year since she left for Paris. Yeah, she might've studied there with her cousin for her Third Year but she eventually went back to Hogwarts.

"One box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, please," the fourteen year old Slytherin said. "And a licorice wand. How much would all of it be?"

After she paid for her food, she tucked her licorice wand and her other Bertie Bott's inside her sling bag. She opened her other box of beans and took out a yellow-brown looking one. Iccccck! Ear wax! Disgusting! Then she walked away with her trolley to an empty compartment.

Yum sweets.

Seriously, whoever didn't like sweets were evil - except Freya maybe since the girl was surprisingly all good for someone who was sorted into Slytherin. But then again, the girl could eat a feast and not gain a single pound, so that probably counts for something.

Speaking of Sweet Slytherins. Was that Kat?

"Katrina?" The seventh year called out as she neared the food trolley to find the blonde Slytherin standing there with a box of Berty Bott's beans.

Nasty stuff those beans.

As the fourth year was chewing her disgusting piece of ear-waxed flavored bean, she heard someone call her. She looked around to see Cassy.

Wait. Cassy? Oh my god. She hasn't seen Cassy for a year already! And she's already in her Seventh year! I'll miss her, she thought. But before he emotional blow, she went to her Slytherin pal. "Cassy, oh Merlin," she was startled but since she missed her so much, she swung her hands around the older Slytherin. "I missed yoooooooooooooooooooooou!"

Jeez, Kat, it's like someone just died.

Jake hadn't noticed anyone walk up behind him, so when he heard a voice, he jumped. And it was a girl. So he was embarrassed. He didn't know what he would have thought it was, but to be shocked because another student walked up behind him was definitely something to be embarrassed about.

So, to smooth that over, he just replied to her comment that wasn't directed toward him.

"Food is serious business. It takes time to pick the right stuff." Unless you just bought the whole trolley. But unfortunately most people probably couldn't do that.

He shrugged. "The line's not that long anyway. You can go ahead of me, if you'd like."

"Woah!" The Slytherin said with a laugh as she lifted her arms in response to the girl suddenly wrapping her into a tight hug. So this was what her friends felt suddenly assaulted them with hugs like a crazy 'puff on that bloody Hug a Slytherin day.

"I missed you too!" Cass said with a bright smile "Wow,you've grown a lot since I last saw you!" When was that? Two years ago? She couldn't remember... "How have you been?"

Oh good! She was going to have one of his beans, and what a good choice it was. They were only small anyway, so it wasn't like he was giving her something massive that he'd spent lots of money on. And she appeared to be one of the lucky ones with the flavour of bean she received. Why did Terry always have to get the icky ones? "I like Mushrooms" he smiled, plus they were healthy right? Made them 100 times better. He searched within his packet, trying to see if he could find one of a similar appearance and try it himself. Instead he drew out a red one and pondered the taste. He couldn't quite put his finger on what the flavour was but it was pleasant and so he didn't think over it for too long.

Older? Yes but only by 5 minutes, still she tended to declare herself as the oldest. "We're twins. But she was the first one to be born, so I guess that means she's older than me" He didn't really complain that often at her bossiness, it was something he had got used to. "Not really. My Uncle usually took me out places and played with me." He really liked his Uncle, he cared for the children like they were his own. He didn't feel the need to compete for his mothers attention when he preferred to let his uncle take him out exploring. He nodded. "She'll be a second year like me but its her first year too." They'd been homeschooled previously by Uncle Eric and their nanny but they didn't really learn that much, messing about was much more fun after all.

He knew it! She really didn't look like the type of girl to want to be friends with a toad, even if it did turn into a Prince if she kissed it. "At least she's furry!" he chuckled. "You should stroke her or hold her, she won't hurt you. Maybe you will then get to like rats?" he asked hopefully, reaching into his pocket ready to take the sleepy Brie out.

Moving with Gwen further from the food trolley to give space for other students. Cassia scratched her chin thinking for a split second which she barely did ,THINK! She actually had a couple of guesses about the important people joining the trip to Hogwarts. She wondered how come the Ravvie didn't have any thoughts about it. And they are supposed to be smart pleases! "Come on. Very important people are on the train with us! And that isn't a usual think to happen!" Cassia said. "It is obvious that the ministry doesn't trust the staff," Cassia said whisperingly "Or a student maybe. And it might be that they are showing the ministry's interest in keeping the students safe after last year's events." Well, she wasn't a smart girl usually but that's when she was supposed to write essays and do reports and that kinda stuff.

However, when it came to such epic things, Cassia's mind got activated immediately. She would gather evident and actions in order to figure out what was going on. That in her opinion was a vital thing to do. Because you have Professors to do the explaining on the academic issues but no one does the explaining when you deal with real life matters. That is up to you! Ahem…Cassia's theory.

All the wisdom, intelligence or anything mature Cassia had said or sounded the past two minutes evaporated the second Gwen said she had a cat. "YOU have a cat!" Cassia gasped. "And I don't know about it." Cassia couldn't believe her ears .She loved cats and spent her first year longing for her two cats back at home. She even sometimes regretted buying an owl instead of a cat but then she's feel guilty and hug her owl. All those times Gwen had a cat and Cassia spent time with the girl without knowing that she had a cat! "I…I…I love cats!" Cassia said beaming. "Where is Finx?" The twelve year old asked looking around her as if a cat may pop up suddenly in her face. Mmm..but did she get the name right? Yup she absolutely did.


Mental note, when meeting someone new, ask whether they have a cat after asking about the name. And maybe before! Nah….that would be awkward ad rude. "I do have a pet," Cassia answered Gwen. "I have an owl ,it's a honey-colored owl." She said grinning.

Cassia noticed that she had ripped the chocolate's package without noticing. She does that automatically actually. She popped the chocolate into her mouth and looked at the card. Albus Dombeldore…who ever that was! She swallowed down the chocolate and nodded at Gwen, "I sure do! Who doesn't?" Cassia arched an eye brow at that. People sometimes ask the weirdest questions ever.

Having left that awful compartment, Penelope headed straight for the food trolley, her cat Spot once again perched on her shoulder. It seemed there were a lot of people getting stuff from the trolley though, and since Penelope wasn't really THAT hungry for once, she might soon just leave and find a new compartment to spend the rest of the trip in. Because she sure as heck was not going back to THAT compartment. No way. She'd stand here at the food trolley for the rest of the day if there was no other compartment she could get into.

Dylan chuckled a little as Ariella said that she wanted to be sorted before Alexa just in case she wasnt sorted into Ravenclaw, he nodded "Good choice save your money for all the candy you can buy" sorry Alexa, candy always comes first for Dylan.

"Well you dont have to put your money on it... maybe you could put something else on it" he chuckled wondering what else could be put into the bet. Maybe some candy?.. No! no not candy.. umm.. maybe the other food that his mom had given him at least that way it would be nothing important that he would lose. He did like the food but he loved the candy more.

Dylan listened as Alexa spoke to Emmaleigh about the Lainey woman, he couldn't help but agree with what she was saying. Cause from what they had seen of the woman Alexa seemed to saying the truth, she didn't seem like any cool professors.. ok so he didn't know what the cool professors were like but he could somehow tell that Alexa was right.. this woman didn't seem like the cool professor type.

Polite for no reason? well if this woman were willing to give them something then maybe they would be polite to her, that way they wouldnt have to be polite to her for no reason "Well maybe not exactly no reason.. maybe if we were given a reason.... " he whispered to Alexa.. maybe she would get his hint.. yup a reason to be polite.. say those bits of candy on the trolley.

He smiled when she giggled at his carving comment "Exactly Alexa! We do want future students to know our name" yeah he wanted to be famous! so that whenever he introduced himself people would say.. oh yeah you are the guy that carved your name in the tables at Hogwarts! it would be awesome to be recognised for that.. any maybe some other things

He listened as Emmaleigh talked to them, proving a point? mm maybe she was .. or was she guessing? Ooo he would like to learn about Divination, that could be interesting if he could understand it. Ok so maybe she was right maybe being smart didnt mean that you would end up in Ravenclaw.. so that meant that smart people were everywhere.. in other houses too? Well he hoped that wasnt true cause he didnt want Alexa to lose the deal.

Even Emmaleigh thought they should be polite to people? well what if those people werent polite to them.. then what? She then went onto say that they shouldnt carve into the tables? oh man! that sounded like so much fun! maybe he would do it anyways! no-one could stop him and tell him what to do.. right? yeah no-one.. maybe he, Alexa and Ariella would do it together!



Dylan was glad that this kid was not banned from eating candy.. cause that would be horrible! Waiting his turn? "Well its good that you aren't banned cause that would be just horrible. You don't have to wait.. you could just buy the candy" like he would have done if he hadn't met his friends here. "But I guess you wouldn't do that since you said you weren't in any hurry" he gave a small smile

He listened as this kid explained why he was sad and stuff, Dylan couldn't help but see why this kid was sad and everything. If he had a best friend and she left he too would probably be just as sad as this kid. He nodded "Yeah I guess it would be weird not riding the train with a friend that you have ridden the train with many times. I mean I haven't been in your shoes but I can imagine.. I think" well he wasnt sure that he was imagining it right but .. eh.. he was trying "My name is Dylan Jacobs.. you can call me DJ.. if you want.. so... what year you in?" he asked trying to make conversation with this guy now.. since they were talking and this guy seemed to be talking about his feelings or something.. about missing his friend and stuff.

Garrett glanced down at his feet, wondering what kind of a position that was. It didn't seem like she was going to explain, which left him to his own imagination. Then she was giving him advice, and he was nodding and making a mental note to do exactly that, "History books. Okay. Why? No, never mind, you're not supposed to tell me."

He knew how this worked.

He glanced over at Alexa, wondering if she was honestly going to eat the sorting hat. He wasn't positive, but he was pretty sure the teachers and headmistress would have a problem with that.

She smiled over at Dylan when he suggested that they should maybe bet with something else... As much as Ari loved candy, she would so gamble with this, "Well if we did make a bet, what would it be with?" Ari's father probably wouldn't be happy if she made a stupid bet not as stupid as Alexa's bet, but it seemed like a lot of fun so Ari was all for it!

She had been listening to the whole, carving your name into a desk thing for a while now and agreed silently to herself that it sounded pretty cool, but there was a good chanse of them getting caught... Just then an idea came to Ariella and she voiced it aloud, "Well if you don't carve your name into a desk, why not something else like, the leg of your bed or something a bit more... discrete!"

Hmmmm....that did seem like something an adult would do. They always entered things they knew they would win so they could seem better; she hated it. Why couldn't they pick on people their own size or let the little people win? She liked it when the little people won because she was usually included in the little people.

Then Emm explained the whole thing to Ari about auras, she was glad she did because she hadn't been very sure about them either...

"Wait...." Emm had lost her there. "So you mean that not everyone who's smart ends up in Ravenclaw?! But--but isn't that like the normal thing?" Great....hearing this made her even less sure about the little bet she had made. She shot a glance up at the woman wondering if she had known that all alone. She probably did, in fact Lex was now convinced that she had only made the bet because she wanted someone to eat the hat--though that wouldn't be the case because she would end up in Ravenclaw!

"Hey I'm standing right here!" She protested, trying not to laugh as she listened to Dylan and Ari deciding what to bet on. "A little confidence boost would be nice, unless you guys wanna give me some candy to make swallowing the hat easier." though she was sure she wouldn't have to.

Le Gasp! "So you mean even when there's nothing in it for me I still have to be polite? But that's no fun at all!" She turned to Dylan when he said that it didn't have to be for nothing. For a moment she followed his gaze as it landed on the trolley and knew instantly that they were thinking along the same lines. "Yeah...it doesn't have to be for nothing; give us some candy and we'll consider it." She said with a wide grin.

And again she was agreeing with Dylan. They would have to make their mark on the school somehow...but then Emm was telling them that they might not have been allowed to. "Aww, are there any things that we can do?" It just seemed like everything had rules. No climbing the Hogwarts Express. No being rude to grown ups. No carving names into the stuff at school. Merlin it was all too much!

Now there was an idea. "That's brilliant Ari! When we get into the same house we can stay up and carve our names into the stuff in the dormitories and maybe even the common room!" She could be content with that. Nod.

Even with all the talking she didn't miss the subtly glance that Garrett took at her. She flashed him a wide smile. "Don't tell me you think I'll end up eating the hat too."

Em shook her head. These kids were hopeless, and she hoped they wouldn’t get into too much trouble. Although, seeing them all get yelled at for carving into things would be highly entertaining. Just as long as they didn’t get sorted into Hufflepuff. And as long as she didn’t get in trouble, for anything. After all, she hadn’t suggested it, she was just mentioning a lesson.

The girl listened as Max, the Ravenclaw boy, told Dylan what was bothering him. She remembered that train ride where both Brit and Michael were absent. It had been a long boring ride. Was that why he had been watching them? “You know, Its not nearly as long when your making friends” Or, babysitting firsties, She thought.

Ariadne wished she could've held on longer to that bean, it tasted even better than her Gran's mushroom stew! 'Some of these are excellent. I don't know how the makers can come up with so many flavours. I've written down 247 and I can still find new ones.' Ooops. She had admitted out loud that she had made a list. Hopefully Terry will think nothing of it. He was busy trying another one.

Twins? Ari didn't know any twins. That sounded exciting! 'So is it really like they say, that you can feel when the other one's happy or sad and stuff?' She had read that in some rubbish Muggle book and had thought of Harry and Voldemort at the time, which creeped her out. Were their personalities similar? Did they think alike? From Terry's description, Ariadne was inclined to say no.

They had something in common!'My uncle Tristan is my favourite family member too. My mum's youngest brother. He always lets me do what I want and he buys me gifts.' What more could you ask for?! Ah, so she couldn't have met Tilly at Beauxbatons after all. 'What's it like, being homeschooled?' Ari's first guess would be to say it's rather boring, because there weren't other children around.

True. Brie WAS furry. 'Something she and my cat have in common.' Interesting. But hold her?! 'You really don't have to wake her up, poor thing.' Ariadne tried to weasel herself out of this, but doubted it would work.

The she-snake laughed. "I'm sorry for startling you," Kat said innocently. "I just miss Hogwarts and everything and everyone else." She made a deep sigh after she released the tight hug Cass and she shared.

"Nah, mom said I still look the same," she giggled. "I probably grew a few more inches, not that bad." Who wouldn't miss anyone in a span of 1 and a half year? I mean... okay, in her Second year she was sent home and on her Third year she had to transfer to Beauxbatons, but it really wasn't the place for her. Hogwarts is her real home. "And I'm fine, thanks. Just excited for the upcoming term. What about you?"

Truth be told, she had been thinking about what was going on with all the important people riding the train, but that didn’t mean that she actually wanted to talk about it. But Cassia didn’t seem to be thinking the same way as she did. The young Slytherin was once again hyperactive, eager to talk about almost anything. Even the important people on the train, about which she probably didn’t know much… ‘Ehhh… right’, the fifth year just mumbled, walking away from the food trolley. But what was the girl saying?

Hmmm.

Looks like she hadn’t told Cassia about the cat.

‘Yes’, she nodded, a bit surprised at how the young Slytherin was reacting. Heh. Just after having heard that she had a cat. ‘Sorry… I though I had told you’ There were too many people she had talked to about Jinx, mostly because she had to apologize for her cat for having destroyed something. Huh? Where was who? ‘Jinx’, she corrected the girl. Not Finx. ‘He’s in the compartment’, the fifth year said as she looked in that direction. ‘He’s probably playing with Pluto’, she mused. Yep. The cats hadn’t seen each other in a long time.

She eventually drew her attention away from the compartment door, and looked back at Cassia. The look on the younger girl’s face was simply… priceless. So she loved cats? ‘You should come say hello’, she suggested. Of course Ari wouldn’t mind her joining them. Or, if the Slytherin wanted to get back to her own compartment, Gwen had nothing against it. After all, she could play with Jinx any time at Hogwarts.

Erm. Back to the chocolate frogs.

‘If you want the card, you can have it’, she said, willing to give Cassia the card from her choclate frog. Her eyes fell on the Albus Dubledore card the Slytherin was holding, and then she noticed the quite indifferent expression on the younger girl’s face.

Anywaaaay…

Next, Gwendolyn looked out the window, only to realize they would be getting to Howgarts soon. ‘Not long before we arrive’, the Ravenclaw told Cassia. Maybe they should be heading back to the compartments? Anyhow, Gwen hoped she would get to see her at the feast.

Terry thought about the beans and the hundreds of flavours that there was in them, he knew that he hadn't even tasted half of the flavours that there were but it was exciting, discovering new flavours and stuff so he didn't mind that he didn't know what was coming his way. "Do you think we can write to them and invent a new flavour?" he asked. That would be cool, being an inventor. He could tell them all his favourite tastes and then get a packet of just them, not the horrible ones that seemed to fill a lot of the packets he had.

Tilly was nothing like he was, she was spoilt and bossy, she had loads more confidence in herself then Terry did. He wasn't shy but he wouldn't just barge up to someone and tell them what to do like she did. "Not really, I think that's only really close twins. Or identicals" And obviously they weren't identical, him being a boy and all.

"That's like my Uncle, except he doesn't let me get away with stuff." He didn't really do anything naughty anyway so there wasn't much to get away with. "It's okay, we get more breaks and stuff and we can eat during lessons." When you were a 12-year-old boy hunger was pretty important, hence why he was eating beans right now.

"She won't wake up" he shook his head, when she was asleep nothing would wake her up. "She'd fall asleep in your hands" he grinned then took the rat out his pocket. Brie wrinkled her nose and he held her out towards her.