Dylan smiled as Alexa noticed Leo and said how cute he was "I got him down at Menagerie, he was like the only one there so I grabbed him the moment I saw him. I was looking for an awesome cat like him anyways. Maybe him and Felix can be friends just like us!" he said looking over at Felix.. that would be awesome all four of them and more hanging out and stuff, he then noticed her cat.. well not much of a cat "Alexa.. is Felix what I think he is?" he just loved those but he had to be older to have one.. how did she get him? he wondered as he heard her talk to Ariella.. but he then heard Felix hiss at Leo..

Leo responded to Felix's hiss with a growl of his own, Hey! no need to get angry at me! I cant help it if people find me cute.. not my fault! I am just sitting here I didnt ask her to compliment me did I? *rolls his eyes*

Ok so maybe they wont be friends straight away, but he hoped they could be friends soon "I agree with Alexa Leo! Be nice! come on.. Alexa is my friend and I will be hanging out with her so you had better get used to having Felix around" he told his cat hoping to change his mind

Leo looked from Dylan to Felix You have got to be kidding! I had better get used to having him around? Well lets hope we dont see each other too often then

Dylan nodded "Yeah like them! I just think DJ sounds cooler than Dylan but you can call me Dylan if you prefer to" he smiled.. well people could call him whatever they wanted to call him. He chuckled as Ariella told her owl to shut up before he stopped himself.. she might not like the fact that he found that amusing. "Yeah I am excited.. I just wanna get through that wall and see the train first! I have heard my dad and his friends talking about how col it was and how they miss the train, and yeah I cant wait for Hogwarts all that wand waving we get to do once we are there" he said rather excitedly. He then listened as the two girls talked about some fountain incidence.. ooo he will be asking Alexa about that.. he wanted to know it sounded fun

"A lot less." he muttered taking his hand and getting to his feet. "So why ye all jus' standin' here getting jostled by muggles?" he asked. There had to be a reason right? "Ye know the platform's a lot less crowded. Winking at Nelle he laughed with her "Thank ye fer catching Sprite. And I think yer right, we should stop meeting this way."

Looking over at the first year she introduced him to, "Hello." he said kindly. Maybe, they should head onto the platform? And at least get their luggage stored instead of just standing around the wall watching students go through the wall infront of them.

Gentleman was certainly one amusing way to describe him. He flashed her a cheeky grin, glad she'd moved off the topic of him not being on the platform already. A smirk appeared on his face as she teased Isaac. After helping him up, the talk turned back to the platform.

He busied himself with re-arranging Isaac's trolly and staring at the muggles. They could go, but he definitely wouldn't be following anytime soon. Would they let him go by floo powder?

No way! She had been down at the magical menagerie but her father wouldn't let her buy any more pets. He insisted that Felix would have been enough for her to handle and she would have to make due with him because she wasn't getting another. If only she had gotten him to walk around to the cat cages, maybe then she would have found one as cute as Leo...but then...she liked Felix. He was extra special to her so she wouldn't have traded him but after seeing his reaction to Leo she was convinced that taking another cat home would have been a disaster!

She gave her friend a small, almost unnoticeable glare as he tried to make a guess as to what her beloved Felix was. "Why yes, he is a cat, how nice of you to have noticed." Thankfully just then Ari changed the subject by mumbling to her owl that he needed to quiet down. Lex chuckled.

"He's probably just nervous." She told her. "I mean, he's outnumbered here and this time he happens to be the prey." Not that she would have stood there and allowed Felix to take a bit out of the creature of course. No...that would have been terrible and she would have scolded him terribly if he tried it.

Just hearing her friends talking about how excited they were was making her even more excited!!! "I know!!! I can't wait to get on the train and just get to Hogwarts right now! I heard the ride is pretty long though but at least we have each other for company!" That was very comforting to know! "I've been waiting for today for months now!"

Felix sighed at the annoying thing across from him. Did she honestly expect him to be nice to that insufferable creature? Surely she was joking. He didn't like him and he was sure that in a couple months he still wouldn't so there was no point in trying. Instead his focus shifting to his lunch that was still in a cage; how convenient.

Nell looked at there little group with a furrowed brow. Alex needed help getting through the portal and Ed obviously was having misgivings. After they got everything situated back on Issac's cart Nell placed his owl, Sprite, back onto the cart as well.

"Issac's right. It'll be less crowded on the Platform." She shot a wink at Issac before turning to Alex. "Would you mind escorting my friend Issac through the wall? Someone needs to make sure he doesn't run into anything." She smiled at the girl with an exasperated expression. "If you can do that for me I'd be grateful." She dropped her voice to a theatrical whisper. "I have to make sure Edmund doesn't run anybody over too. These two are magnets for falling people and objects."

Nell lined her cart up with Edmund's. She held out her hand. "Care to escort me through handsome?" She was hoping her light manner would help him get over his obvious aversion to the wall.

Ariella leaned against her trunk which sat on the cart she had been pushing and watched as DJ and Alexa seemed to discuss their cats. The two fluffy things didn't seem to be getting along very well, not as much as their owners were getting along.

"I heard that once we get there we get to travel across some big lake that has a bunch of monsters in it, but seems a bit cliche doesn't it?" Ari grabbed a few owl treats out of her pocket and fed a few of them to Archer through the bars of his cage. The silly bird wouldn't keep quiet...

Eyeing Ed, Isaac nodded to Nell "I can do thet." Flashing the younger girl a smile, he looked back over at Ed. "Ed 'tis not a wall really, it's just like a curtain, that doesn't close til 11 o'clock on the dot. So ye better get a move on befer it closes!"

"Hey Alex, are ye ready?" he asked ready whenever she was. Looking back towards the other two, he winked at Nell "I'll be back if I don' see ye soon, and I'll carry him if need be."

Dylan noticed that glare coming from Alexa... ok so he was a cat! Yeah he had noticed that.. how amazing he was! He then heard Alexa chuckle at Ariella telling her owl to be quiet, and saying he was nervous being the prey and all. Oh yeah! he was.. he looked at Leo.. who was looking at Felix but also seemed to have his attention on the owl as well. Oh boy he had better watch out for Leo trying to attack any animals. He smiled at Alexa "Yeah thats true.. we do have each other.. and we get to hang out and have fun while we are on that long journey." cause he most certainly did not want to be bored the entire way.. where was the fun in that!? no fun at all.. and he liked having fun so he was going to find ways of having fun.

Leo was still looking at Felix aware of him if he were ever to try anything! He had better not but it was good to be prepared and be aware of all things around you.. including other cats.

He beamed as he heard Ariella mention monsters in a lake "Yeah? thats cool! I am going to go see that lake and see if I can see those monsters, and I guess thats the only way to get to the castle from the station" he hadnt asked his father what happens at the other side so he had no idea.. but he liked the sound of travelling across a lake filled with monsters he would be sure to see if he could catch a sighting of one. Cause he wanted to see all these magical creatures that he had kind of heard about.

Narrowing his eyes at Isaac, Edmund crossed his arms. I'd like to see you try. His eyes focused on Nell, but he didn't take her hand. "Up to the wall, I can do that. Through, nu-uh." he shook his head stubbornly. He'd sworn not to walk through another magical doorway ever again and this was the first time it'd proven to be a challenge. "I'll find a different way there." A stupid idea, but hey, he wasn't going through that wall. Ever.

She liked the sound of that. They really did need to have some fun on the train ride or she was sure that trouble would find her. It always did at the peak of her boredom and what better way to bore an 11 year old than a long ride on a train bound for somewhere she couldn't wait to go?

She could already see it. A bunch of firsties finding fun on the train...what kind of fun though...? She wasn't sure there was all that much to be done on a train in the first place!

Her eyes went wide with excitement when Ari mentioned that they would cross a lake that had monsters in it. Even better!!! So there was going to be some interesting times ahead. She desperately began to hope that a monster would spring from the lake while they were crossing. That would have just been the most epic thing that could ever happen!!! Wow...they sure knew how to add appeal to the place! How did they know she would enjoy monsters?

"Do you know what kind of monsters live in the lake?" She asked Ari with an eager smile. The type of monster was also very much important. "I wonder if it will come out while we're crossing--now that would be an adventure!"

She was now looking forward to the trip waaaaay more than before.

From the corner of his eyes he caught the wretched thing still staring at him. Didn't he know that it was rude to stare? Especially at someone who clearly didn't fancy you one bit? He kept his gaze on the owl...something good was bound to happen, especially with the girl fattening it up for him.

The blonde took a deep, calming breath before turning towards Heather "It's fine." she said with a dismissive wave of her hand, she then mock glared at her and said, "But if we run out of compartments, I'm totally blaming you."

"Ahhh..." Cass simply said with a nod as she weaved through the crowd as she pushed her cart towards the wall between platforms 9 and 10. When they finally reached it, the 17-year-old turned back to her best friend and asked with a grin "Still remember how to do this?"

"Uhm, yeah, sure," Alex said. You've gotta suck it up and do it sometime or another. And it didn't look like Edmund would be going through any time soon, so the wall was open. Steering her own cart towards the wall, she glanced back to see if Issac was following her or not. But either way, she wasn't planning on stopping this time, she was eager to see the train.

A girl quite a few years younger than him had approached, and Ezzi's brows arched in curiousity. "Good day to you, lass," He gave a wide grin, and the white fluff of a fruit bat squeaked as well. "No, I'm not waiting for anyone," Ezzi paused, biting his lip. He was slightly embarrassed to admit he didn't know what he was doing. "To be honest, I don't know how to cross over. England seems to be much more complicated than Australia," Ezzi chuckled and continued. "I've never done this before."

Ari lowered her voice and smirked at the DJ and Alexa as she recalled what she had read from her books...

"I hear they keep a giant squid in there, sometimes it'll tip over your boat when you travel across," Ari paused for dramatic effect, "and some kids say they've got merpeople in there who'll drown ya if you go in too deep..."

Archer screeched once again and Ari noticed the cats had indeed taken noticed to her tawny owl. Ariella bent down so her face was neer the cage of the winged creature and she whispered, "If you don't quite down Arch, I'll feed ya to them...and I do believe they look a bit hungry!"

The young girl chuckled at herself as she straightened.

"So Dylan," She said turning her attention to the boy who she didn't know very well, but she planned to, "Where are you from?"

Gideon had slipped away from his parents dropping of Kacie after they ahd entered the station. He had already said his good byes to them, wanting to take his time to dwell in the fact that this was the last time he was going to be taking the Hogwarts Express TO Hogwarts at least as a student. His last train from would come later and likely be far more emotional.

The prefect made his way through the various platforms, a cart carrying his trunk, sachel, broom and guitar in front of him. He eventually found himself once more near the walls between the muggle platforms of 9 and 10, numerous fellow students mulling around in between the ones taking off through the barrier. Gideon paused, figuring he might as well wait for a moment or two to see if anyone needed help knowing it could be nerve-wracking the first time around.

Grinning he nodded "It sometimes helps te close yer eyes, and take it at a run if ye need te." Moving in behind her he got ready to follow her whenever she was ready. "I'm ready whenever ye are." Making sure that Sprite was all settled in his cage, this was the third year going through this doorway and it didn't bother him in the slightest. Though he did remember Amelia's fear that first year.

Nell sighed with exasperation but she had a fond smile on her face. "There is no other way Ed. It's through the wall or miss the train." She could understand a bit of hesitation but this was boarding on an anxiety attack. It made her wonder what happened that had him balking at magical walls.

Deciding that going through the wall might be easier without there things she grabbed both carts and pushed them through the barrier letting her hand slip first in then out of the magical wall. Then Nell turned and walked back to Edmund. "Now you have to go through to get your things." She crossed her arms over her chest and waited.

Then an idea struck her. Her smile turned wicked and flirty. "And....if you manage to get through the wall I will give you a kiss on the other side." Nell wasn't sure where the thought had come from or what had possessed her to make the proposal in the first place. She wasn't going to take it back though. Truth to tell she had wanted to kiss him for sometime now.

"There must be another way." He gazed at her stubbornly and put his hands in his pockets. He could feel his wand, so it relaxed him a little, but this ghost activity of walking through walls wasn't going to happen.

His eyes went wide as she pushed his stuff onto the platform and a shudder went through him as her hand disappeared and re-appeared again. He just found it strange that she did it so easily. Meh. "No I don't. I can live without them." Yes, he really was stubborn enough about this to let galleons worth of stuff go.

Her flirty smile and offer made him inhale sharply. Well, she definitely had him thinking about it and that was progress. But it was still just thinking. "I..." he looked from her and back to the wall again. He was seriously considering getting that kiss now and running so she couldn't drag him through that darned wall. He shook his head once more and sat back down where he'd been when she came in.

Dylan smiled as Alexa asked what sort of monsters lived in the lake, even he was interested in knowing what sort of monsters lived down there he would love to know. He chuckled "Oh yeah I agree Alexa it would be an adventure, it would be awesome" yeah monsters coming out of the lake would be awesome. He wondered if a monster would come out, he really wanted to get to the school now.

Dylan listened to Ariella intently as she spoke of what she had heard of what was in the lake. Wow she just knew how to make him more excited to reach there didnt she "Wow Ariella.. that sounds awesome.. you make me want to take that train right now and go see that lake, I cant wait to get on that train now" he said grinning. He then chuckled as she told her owl to be quiet or she would feed him to the cats, or the cats might get to him anyways he thought as he looked at them

He looked at Ariella "I am from here in London, I dont live to far from Diagon Alley. How about you?" he asked smiling.. this girl seemed quite friendly.. and if they were going to be friends it would best if they got to know each other a bit more, and now was the time to do that since they were going to be seeing each other since were all at Hogwarts.

Coming back through the wall, Isaac spotted Ed now sitting on the bench once again. "Edmund Clay!" he said sternly, but then thought better of it and headed his way. He'd watched as the two carts had come flying through with no one there and had just sighed. "Ed, I swear, would I lie te ye?" He asked quietly as he approached. "I've been there, I gotten splinched remember, if I thought this would hurt me, I wouldn't be doin' it meself."

"I promise ye, the door will not close befer 11 o'clock and ye got..." Looking up at the clock, "13 minutes left."

"Ah! So your up for an adventure too, Music Man?" Ariella counldn't help herself when the nickname came out, but it had been lingering in her mind ever since she heard DJ. She despretly hopped he wouldn't mind...

"London then? That must be fun, being so close to Diagon Alley and all," Ari had always liked big cities, "I live on the Isle of Wight neer the sea!"

She started to laugh when Ari promised the owl that it would become cat food if it didn't quiet done. "Oh come on Ari, these two have some pretty sharp teeth, if I were the bird I'm be screaming my lungs out to get away!" She realized just how intimidating it might have been for the poor thing. She looked down at Felix. "And you listen here mister, that owl is your friend as well so don't even think about it." She might as well had given him a fair warning.

She turned her attention to Ariella again when she started talking about the monsters in the lake. "A giant squid?! Seriously?!" she blurted before throwing one hand to her mouth. Felix meowed in protest and tried to find a comfy spot now that he only had one hand to work with. She lowered her voice. "And they have mermaids too?!" She whispered in all her excitement. "That's sooooo amazing!! Do you think any of them will come to the surface while we're crossing???" She really hoped so!

She paused to listen to her friends talking. In all her excitement she had forgotten that she knew both of them but they didn't really know each other. Now was as good a time as ever for them to get to know each other so that the train ride could be pure fun!

Nell put her hands on her hips as she watched him sit back down. This was taking stubborness a bit too far. She walked up and nelted down in front of him. "You wanna tell me about it?" She was convinced that there was a reason behind his hesitance. Maybe if he talked about it she could figure out a way to get him through.

Scowling at Isaac when Ed heard his full name, he gave him the indistinguishable look of 'don't start'. His jaw tensed as Isaac approached him like a cornered animal. "Yes, but you splinched yourself apparating." It was totally different. His brown eyes turned to Nell as she knelt in front of him. "I want to get to Hogwarts and not go through that wall." He had Isaac's 'thirteen minutes' warning rattling around in his head. EEP!

Sighing he stood there eyeing him "Ed, there's no difference. The wall is completely open, there's nothing stopping anyone from entering. If ye need te, then jump through it. Nell and I've done it many times already, so has Amelia and thousands of other students. There is no other way te get te Hogwarts, 'cept apparition."

Folding his arms across his chest, he eyed him, Isaac had a good almost 6 inches on him, and was had a bigger build, would Ed put up a fight?