Uh-huh, asking the Charms Professor...

She was still listening, just, she wasn't listening as much now because she was more busy watching something that she'd been trying to not notice for the longest while now. She could still probably pretend that she didn't notice but 'cept for Lottie's red face and the way his face lit up too.

....Right.

She thought to make a face when Garrick started looking at her, because, you know, she didn't exist, remember? But she didn't, her expression remained neutral. She wanted to shoot Lottie looks but the girl wasn't looking so what was the point. This meant she'd just lean against the wall again, grip firmly on Felix and watch the two make happy with each other. Might as well because Lottie's sudden outburst told her that they wouldn't be raising a wand to him any time soon. Weeeell, Lottie wouldn't be raising a wand to him any time soon. Ah well, this meant she'd invite him in and her headache would get worse--SEE LOTTIE!! HE GAVE HER HEADACHES!!


THAT didn't happen though because in the next second he was mumbling and chuckling--

Chuckling like he thought she might have been joking or something. Lex was pro at hexes and the like. Where as most of her spells cast were questionable those were NOT. She owned DADA and she had enough intent to hex his face off with regret but she couldn't very well say that because gasp of all gasp he...left?

BAAAAAI!

Good riddins!

She rolled her eyes at the dramatic boy. He just left. Didn't say a thing to the boy and he just left. Merlin, what would he have done if she'd actually directed two sentences at him? Curl up into a ball and cry. Ridiculous, ridiculous and stupid. He would have had her itching the moment he stepped inside. You know, Aidan would have stood his ground, he wouldn't have walked away like a rejected puppy and yes Lottie, comparing was happening because she felt the same about him as Lottie did about Aidan. Only difference was, Aidan wasn't as stupid or that much of a wimp. This was for the best.

Or...

She thought it was, until Lottie closed the door and took her seat again. The look on her face was enough to have Lex scowling. The two were laughing just now, then he showed up for two seconds, hardly looked her in the eye and left. Left her to deal with a sad Lottie!!!

Lex didn't like seeing Lottie upset and now she didn't know what to say.

"Umm...Lottie...?"

When the door slid open again she drew her wand immediately. Didn't matter who it was anymore. New rule. NO ONE could sit with them. She lowered it slightly, seeing as it was just Oakey. "Yeah..." No, some bloody idiot came and made Lottie upset and she couldn't' go after him because that would only upset Lottie more. BDFJGDFK,JDFBL!! "We're fine, haven't set anything on fire either so you don't have to worry. Now where are my chocolate frogs?" She remembered. Yup.

Minerva gave him a big smile as he kissed her cheek and she leaned her head on his shoulder. Feeling herself relax next to him after being so mad from her encounter. "Good I don't like missing you." She lifted her head just enough to look up at him, "But I don't want you in trouble for not doing whatever you need to be doing. " Then she chuckled and laid her head back down. "Well in away you are doing your job. Isn't the job of the Prefect to tend to the younger students? Well I am younger and your tending to me." She then laughed a bit more at her own way of seeing him spending time with her. Doing alright.. that was a hard question, before he walked into this compartment no she was fuming mad, but it seemed all that anger went out the door the minute he walked in. Oh what's his name was far from who she was thinking about.

Looking down at the two animals playing Minerva sighed, she wasn't getting out of saying what had happened, she really just wanted to forget about it. I have an issue about ten minutes before you showed up..." That's what that meant, sitting up she looked at Ethan, "Fluffy here decided she was going to go find a new friend out in the corridor, that new friend just so happen to be Maxwell's cat." Deep Breath "He was a jerk as always, we had a few words at each other and then he knocked into me leaving." A bit of anger coming back thinking about their words. Why couldn't he just leave her alone, see me.. smile.. walk away.. be a civil person, but she assumed Maxwell Lupin couldn't be civil at all. "So what that meant was my fluff ball here need to pick her friends a little more carefully and not put me it awkward situations." She glared to fluffy and Fluffy must have read the vibe, because she bounced under the seat and hid. "You should be a shamed and hide." She would forgive her cute little ball later, right now she was going to stay mad..



Minerva couldn't help but roll her eyes when Taylor mentioned pillow, she didn't know why that always bothered her. Maybe now that Damon was gone she wouldn't get so annoyed with Taylor about certain things. "Well I do want to meet him, especially if he is going to be around school and taking up your time." Oh and his ears must have been burning, because all of the sudden some strange boy was in the compartment holding on to Taylor, either that was Brodie or she would have some explaining to do. Giving the boy a smile she nodded, "Yes, I'm a good friend, Minerva, but you can call me Minnie or Min." Glancing at Taylor as she spoke Minerva shook her head, "Well I'm not sure about most amazing, but it is nice to meet you Brodie." No she would never say most amazing.. She knew her most amazing was hands down.

Oh there was that small detail, giving an unsure look she shook her head. "Well I can be family if you want, but officially no it didn't happen. After being home with my grandparents, as much as they don't understand and I hardly see them, I just can't do it. I love Puck and Chelle and will always look to them as a certain family, but to do it officially no I can't." She hoped they all understood why.

A frown crossed Minerva's lips as Taylor said she had a bad summer, just as she was going to press her further about it, she changed gears and was asking Min about hers. How could she not smile thinking about her summer, "It was amazing. Went to my grandparents and spent some quality time. Ethan came.." giggling she thought of the fun they had, "I gave him this muggle challenge, where he had to do no magic for two weeks, everything muggle. It was a blast, he did so good to." Looking at Brodie she felt the need to explain, "See my grandparents have custody of me and well they are muggles, so I'm use to muggle things." That all he really needed to know. "Then we went to Germany where I stayed the rest of summer at his families house. His mom had gotten me a job at the hospital there, so I did some working." Yes, her summer was great.



Minerva looked up.. goodness her door must be revolving today, but she loved every minute of it.. She hated down time, time to think was never her friend, so the more people to come around the better. Giving the girl a big smile she motioned to sit. "Hey Gwen, how was your summer? You went to France, right?" She thought that's what the girl had said on the train going home last term.

She was half surprised to see Gwen without Jory, she was still wondering a bit about them. It seemed that every time she had seen Jory she saw Gwen at the end of last term. "Have you seen Jory yet, I haven't found him." She would eventually she always did. "So are you ready for your seventh year? Excited?"

Max Walked away from hi encounter with Minerva...stupid girl..He was annoyed, petting his cat whom he realized he was still carrying, which he was not about to do much longer, he LOVED Tiberius, but his cat was FAT. So he put him down and walked with a fast pace, hoping he could use all his energy and not be mad...

He noticed a girl in a compartment alone and he thought he knew her....she was Ryan's girl right? So of course he thought he'd try to be friends with her, she WAS his dorm mate's girlfriend, or so he thought, maybe he was wrong and they were just friends...he had trouble remembering who was dating who to be honest. He knocked on the door and opened it. "Minnie, right? I'm Max...mind if i hang out in here?" They were both Sixth Years and he hoped they were past the awkward feeling of sitting with someone new on the train.

After settling into a seat in an empty compartment, Jory nodded. "I have some ideas,'' he began. "Maybe an Auror or a Detective. That's like an Auror in the Muggle world,'' he added, just in case the girl didn't know. "I'm Muggle born, you see.''

As he listened to Ali talk about her school, or former school for that matter, he turned to look at the Platform. He only spotted someone here and there, so by the looks of it all the students were on board. He could hardly wait to get to Hogwarts! He turned back to Ali. "French is one of the hardest things I ever tried to learn.'' It was true. He had difficulty in learning the language. At least he had made a bit more progress with Spanish.

"How long ago did your brother eave school?'' the seventh year asked. Maybe he knew him? "I'm in Hufflepuff, the best House ever.'' Big grin. Huffie pride. "I hope you're in Hufflepuff, too.'' But whichever House she was in, he was sure Ali would love it. He told her that. "So, do you play Quidditch?''



"Cool,'' Jory said with a grin. "You should definitely try out, then.'' He would love to see Gwen zooming around the Pitch, in search of the Snitch, dodging players and bludgers. "I would be fun to see you play.'' He'd cheer for Gwen, of course. But the Hufflepuff team came first.

"No, problem,'' the boy said. "I'm actually getting better at it,'' he added. He was very pleased with that. He had gotten Acceptable in his Arithmancy OWL and to be honest he was surprised. he had expected a P at least. Maybe he could scrape a an Exceeds Expectations or even Outstanding for NEWTs?

Jory followed Gwen into the compartment. "What are you so happy about?'' he asked, noting her huge grin.

Minnie just sat there looking out the window. Hopefully the food trolley would come by soon cause she was hungry. But the thing was the blonde was always hungry. Especially for sweets. That heavy trunk had robbed all of her energy. Well mostly. Stretching her arms out the girl sighed a bit. Maybe a nap would do good too. A nap on Ryan's lap...Where was that boy?!

Lost in her thoughts she didnt notice the girl approaching her at first. But then the Slytherin heard a voice speaking. Speaking to her obviously. After blinking a few times Minnie smiled at the girl but shook her head."Sorry i dont think i've seen a cat around. What does she look like?" To be honest she hadnt paid any attention to her surroundings. Good thing the girl didnt have a pet besides her owl. She'd lose it in now time.



Minnie put her feet on the seat opposite her and sighed. This getting on the train thing was so stressful. Better than a ticket collector they should get someone that carried your bags. Now that would be amazing. Maybe she should just put on her music and have a little nap until someone joined her? Hour long journeys alone were freaking boring and the blonde so wasnt up for that.

Or maybe she should get some cauldron cake? After all that was the closest to pie? Decisions, decisions. Just as the Slytherin was about to decide on taking a nap someone opened the compartment door. Someone who looked quite familiar but she didnt quite know were to put him. "Yeah its Minnie", she smiled," nice to meet you Max." They had seen each other before but a proper introduction was always better. " I dont mind at all", Minnie shook her head and sat up straight, " train journeys are always better with some company."

Max took a step in and took a seat, his cat sitting upon his lap. "It's nice to meet you too, Minnie. You're Ryan's girlfriend, right?" He asked, petting his cat. "I know, they can get really dull. I would be sitting with my girlfriend but she fell asleep so i went to see if i could find anyone i knew." He'd been gone literally ALL summer..so it was nice to see a familiar face, even if he didn't really know her at all.

So he was a muggleborn. Sarah liked muggleborns as her mother was one and her mother was nice. "Oh... My mother was like you, got on this train and all she knew about magic she got from books, she was book smart y'know." Sarah watched him eat the brownies with a smile on her face, she liked to make people happy. Then she turned away, incase he was one of those wierd people who are space senstive and dont like people watching them eat (Sarah could not understand that, yet a lot of people could not understand Sarah so she did not mind).

"It was a pleasure, take another one, in fact you can take as much as you want. I can get more made by the houseelves at school, brought my mother's recipe along in case they need it." Sarah said. Under a few circumstance would Sarah ever cook or bake, he would only do it if she was with friends and things. Also they never had a houseelf at home so Sarah kind of appreciated them the most at hogwarts.

So his name was Forrest. "That is a very interesting name! As I said before my name is Sarah, an unoriginal name unlike yours. Yours is so unique!" she said. She wondered where he got that name from. The Edwards family was very into traditional names, yet there were people whose names although untraditional suited them, like Blue. Maybe Forrest suited his name too.

"So," she began, "what house do you want to get into?" she asked. She thought he looked timid, yet sweet - like a Badger.

So magic was learnable from books. Well, good to hear. Forrest would just study from books then to get even with those who had magic in all their life. He nodded at her, since his mouth was full with brownie, and started to wonder once again how many books Hogwarts library had. Maybe he could even bring one to his mother--

"Thanks," he said again but didn't take any. He had never enjoyed eating much and one was more than enough. He wanted to ask what a house-'ves was but he couldn't understand the name well and he didn't want to embarrass himself. He would just learn it from a book in his efforts to get level with magical-borns.

"Yours is a nice name too. It means 'princess' in Jewish." And he wasn't just saying that, he meant it. In fact, it was better than his. She was a princess whereas he was what, a forest probably. Though he would never ever judge his mother's name choice--

House issue, his favourite topic! "Gryffindor, of course!" His face shone a liiiiitle, though he was a realistic boy and he knew he could never make into that. So yeah, she was a better witch already in his mind for being a Gryffindor.

Text Cut: OAKEYNESS! <3

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Going further down the Corridor and into the Back Cars, Oakey was pleased not many crazy things were happening. So long as the train didn't stop on them anymore like it did a few years ago.

There was a lot of talking in the corridor and Oakey couldn't really make out what was all being said, a loud 'What' did catch his ear from a nearby compartment so he popped his head in. Of course it was Lex and Lottie. "Hey you two, is everything alright?" he pushed himself further into their compartment and eyed them both, keeping his eyes a little longer on Alexa whom he was sure would cause trouble at any second.

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Uh-huh, asking the Charms Professor...

She was still listening, just, she wasn't listening as much now because she was more busy watching something that she'd been trying to not notice for the longest while now. She could still probably pretend that she didn't notice but 'cept for Lottie's red face and the way his face lit up too.

....Right.

She thought to make a face when Garrick started looking at her, because, you know, she didn't exist, remember? But she didn't, her expression remained neutral. She wanted to shoot Lottie looks but the girl wasn't looking so what was the point. This meant she'd just lean against the wall again, grip firmly on Felix and watch the two make happy with each other. Might as well because Lottie's sudden outburst told her that they wouldn't be raising a wand to him any time soon. Weeeell, Lottie wouldn't be raising a wand to him any time soon. Ah well, this meant she'd invite him in and her headache would get worse--SEE LOTTIE!! HE GAVE HER HEADACHES!!


THAT didn't happen though because in the next second he was mumbling and chuckling--

Chuckling like he thought she might have been joking or something. Lex was pro at hexes and the like. Where as most of her spells cast were questionable those were NOT. She owned DADA and she had enough intent to hex his face off with regret but she couldn't very well say that because gasp of all gasp he...left?

BAAAAAI!

Good riddins!

She rolled her eyes at the dramatic boy. He just left. Didn't say a thing to the boy and he just left. Merlin, what would he have done if she'd actually directed two sentences at him? Curl up into a ball and cry. Ridiculous, ridiculous and stupid. He would have had her itching the moment he stepped inside. You know, Aidan would have stood his ground, he wouldn't have walked away like a rejected puppy and yes Lottie, comparing was happening because she felt the same about him as Lottie did about Aidan. Only difference was, Aidan wasn't as stupid or that much of a wimp. This was for the best.

Or...

She thought it was, until Lottie closed the door and took her seat again. The look on her face was enough to have Lex scowling. The two were laughing just now, then he showed up for two seconds, hardly looked her in the eye and left. Left her to deal with a sad Lottie!!!

Lex didn't like seeing Lottie upset and now she didn't know what to say.

"Umm...Lottie...?"

When the door slid open again she drew her wand immediately. Didn't matter who it was anymore. New rule. NO ONE could sit with them. She lowered it slightly, seeing as it was just Oakey. "Yeah..." No, some bloody idiot came and made Lottie upset and she couldn't' go after him because that would only upset Lottie more. BDFJGDFK,JDFBL!! "We're fine, haven't set anything on fire either so you don't have to worry. Now where are my chocolate frogs?" She remembered. Yup.

Lottie was certain her shirt was wrinkle-free, but she still kept at it, it kept her mind busy or something and she couldn't look at Lex right now. From the corner of her eyes, she saw a pink fluff take back the place in the upper part of the compartment. She needn't look at Felix because Lex was gripping him firmly, right? Right.

She'd missed all of Lex's reactions because she was busy with her shirt. Good thing she missed them, maybe.

It wasn't until now that she noticed how fast her heart was racing and she worked harder to compose herself, yeah? Yeah. Then Lex spoke and she looked up. The straightening of clothes stopped, but she looked down. Honestly, she didn't know what happened, and she didn't know what she was feeling either. She was highly logical and this...well, it didn't make sense.

The door was opening and for a small fraction of a second she wished it had been Garrick. But she sighed once a voice was heard. SIGH. Oakey. You have awful timing, dude. Was everything alright? No. Lottie shook her head.

We might need your help with our drinks, Oakey, actually.

But that's not why everything was NOT alright. Since she seemed to have lost the will to speak, at least at the moment, she just got up and hugged Oakey. Tightly, too. That was a first, since she wasn't too keen on hugging people, or public displays of anything.

That seemed to be disappearing with time, though.

Minnie smiled at the boy as he sat down.Somehow his cat looked amusing but she didnt say anthing. They didnt knew each other good enough for jokes like that. Maybe later on. After all the journey was quite long. "Yeah i am", she grinned. Whenever someone mentioned Ryan the blonde couldnt help but get all happy. The things he did to her, tse tse. "You're cat looks kinda funny", as soon as Minnie said it she regretted it. So much about waiting til they bonded. Oh well, hopefully Max wasnt one of these uber protective cat owners.

"Oh well i cant find Ryan so i guess we are in the same boat", the Slytherin chuckled. Maybe he fell asleep somewhere as well. It would fit him for sure. "How was your summer? I am so sad its over to be honest", Minnie said and sighed a little.

Max leaned back and looked out the window, they were going so fast....like how he'd drive his car...he's miss his little Thunderbird while he was here. He looked up to see the grin on his face and smiled, wondering if he looked like that when he brought up Elliot. He laughed at her second comment. "He IS weird..He's really fat.." He poked the cat as if to prove it. "He'll eat anything...sometimes when we get bored Ryan and i will just throw random stuff on the floor to see if he eats it."

"Yeah i guess we are.." He laughed a little and grinned like a madman at the mention of summer. "Mine was amazing, Elliot and I...my girlfriend we went to America and my Dad bought me a car for my birthday so we went on a roadtrip around the states...i wanted to show her where i'm from." He had a big smile on his face, it was the best summer of his life..

Minnie sighed relieved as she heard Max laugh about her cat comment. Phheewwww. Good thing he wasnt a crazy cat person. That would have been so awkward and the girl really didnt want to hurt his feelings. Especially not cause he was Ryan's friend. "You actually do that?", she laughed," the poor cat." This was so typical, Ryan was getting his friends absorbed into his obnoxious-ness. One day they had to do it when she was there, that would be fun. "And does he eat what you throw him?", the blonde asked curiously.

She just smiled as she listened to Max talking about his summer. Seemed like he really had the best summer of his life. His eyes were glowing, how sweet."You got a car? Like a muggle car?", she asked," thats so exciting. I've never sat in one." Actually Minnie had never been in conctact with any muggle objects. Maybe that was why she enjoyed muggle studies. Well... as much as you could enjoy a school subject.

The way Minnie was smiling at the mention of Ethan was kind of nice, actually. Because it meant that she was happy, yeah? And that's all that he really wanted his older sister to be; happy. "Yeah? It sounds like you had a really awesome summer!" Oh, right! He should have probably asked about her summer as well. Yeah. "Did you two go anywhere?" And... he wanted to ask her if they did anything but he didn't want details about the two of them kissing. Nope.

And then it turned sad. And Alec just BLINKED. Yeah, it was Ethan's final year at Hogwarts which would actually be harder for Minnie to accept than it would be for Alec. "So he graduates this year and then..." His voice trailed off and he sort of shifted uncomfortably in his seat a bit. Sad Minnie was going to be sad and he didn't like that. "When he does come by, though, you could just pretend he's been here all along?" And Alec would say hey and then leave because of third wheel reasons. And Ells reasons.

Was he happy to be going back? "I think so?" he said, still grinning, "I mean... it's fifth year! And OWLs are scary and there's also Quidditch which is... yeah," Impressing his girlfriend and not getting distracted was going to be hard work. "But it means seeing Ells a lot and cuddling on th- erm... holding hands with her." Cuddling on the couch was going to be kept between the two of them.

Moving on before the conversation turned awkward. "Are you excited to go back?" Sixth year... hmm. "Summer was awesome! I spent most of it with Dad and Ells... and Tag," At different times, of course. "Oh yeah! But do you think we can go on that double date sometime when Hogsmeade rolls around?" Astrid would definitely not be there. ... "Oh right!" Nodnod. "You're right, he's going to be really great at it! I mean... they choose these people for a reason, right?"

"Hi" answered Raven a little shyly when the boy who was sitting in the same compartment as her greeted her. He seemed nice. Why was he sitting all alone? Was he new here also?

"I'm Raven. What's your name?"


There was also one more student in this compartment, a girl who looked about her age. She was just looking out the window and not talking before Raven had sat down, so she probably didn't know the boy in the compartment.

"Yeah, I think they would. That's why I came here, I didn't know if there was a reserved section or something." She paused before introducing herself "I'm Raven by the way."



Out of the corner of her eye Raven watched as another girl - this one several years older than her - walked down the train row. This girl was talking with a lot of people on the way down, so Raven guessed that she was one of the cool kids or a prefect(or both).

And so she was surprised when the girl came to her compartment. "Oh hi Tay-taylor" Raven stuttered a little as she said this. "My name is Raven. This is my first year here, but I studied for two years at the Romania school. Are-are you a prefect?"

Penelope was quite focused on looking out the window behind her, licking the sugar quill thoughtfully. She'd had worse though. At least she wasn't ridiculously tired like she had been on the ride to Hogwarts last term. Nightmares had plagued her nearly every night back then. They still affected every now and then, and there was a great variety of them now, but it wasn't as bad in its frequency. She'd slept just fine last night, after all.

Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted though when she heard the compartment door open. She turned her head just as that very familiar voice speak, and she instantly returned the smirk.

"Well, I don't know how Spot feels about sharing her seat," she replied, glancing over to where her cat sat on the seat on the other side of the compartment. The little creature continued watching the scenery speed by, oblivious to the two humans' conversation except for one ear turned back towards them, as if she were listening. "But I s'pose I can make room over here for your giant self." She pulled her legs toward her, allowing an empty place for him to sit.

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SPOILER!!: Ascanelope! (which will forever make me think of cantalope...because of Kerri!)

The shriek had probably been heard all the way down the train…so, she had tried to play it cool and like no I didn’t just wail like a banshee with laryngitis…because well – the EORK sound didn’t give off a sound of a full throated banshee to her. At least, not what she would think they would sound like.

It was probably going to need some explaining first the disappearing – stupid luggage…and then the clothing change. Again stupid luggage compartment, but more than that – darn you evil bird poop. Yes. This all went back to that evil owl and its cage.

Someone hadn’t cleaned the owl’s cage…and she was going to find out whom it was. And when she found out – oh boy, she was going to have fun with them. Maybe…she wasn’t sure what she would do really. If they hated the color pink maybe she would paint the entire school pink – or just hex them so that everything came off with a pink hew. Even water, the sky would be purple…ooh, she would have fun with this.

She was looking for the group she had lost earlier and had had no such luck so far. Hearing vaguely familiar voices she turned and peaked her head into the nearby compartment. Oh look! It was Pretty boy Ascanius and Penelope!

She had successfully found them!

”Hey – sorry to have disappeared” she laughed as she stepped into the compartment. The new attire was strikingly obvious. As she glanced around into the room she figured honesty was probably best. ”I went to put my trunk away – and got my pygmy puffs…Kaiden gave them to me…” she smiled, and then made a little groaning sound. ”And well this is where its nasty some idiot forgot to clean out their owl’s cage and it pooped on me…so I used up the last of my jarred cleaning spell.” she laughed, her laugh was a little stressed sounding.

She didn’t leave out the all important and somewhere in that mess I lost my ticket…so if the ticket guy comes I might get thrown off of the train or forced to give him money to get to school… so far this train ride was starting swimmingly. Really. She wasn’t stuck under the train wasn’t derailing as they spoke, there wasn’t a trunk on top of her causing her to have to sit in the luggage compartment while people put their trunks away. This was good. She was able to laugh off the stupid bird issue.

Oh. There was Mika again. Penelope thought she was hanging out with that other boy but...apparently not. So no alone time with her boyfriend like she'd hoped. Mehh. Oh well.

She did sorta notice the outfit change, but it didn't really register in her mind as significant. She didn't pay attention to those things. At least, not usually. Sometimes she did, but only really when it was really important or something. Oh, and Kaiden? That was him, the Hufflepuff. Right. Okay, she'd try to remember that for the future if she ran into him again outside of Quidditch.

And...an owl pooped on her? "Ew." That was pretty gross. Probably typical when you had a pet owl, but still. "At least it was before the feast." A long time before it, anyway. Imagine if it had been right when the train stopped and she had to go like that to the feast. With poo on her. That'd be lame. The poor food. The smell of all the good food would surely overpower the smell but...still.

"Welcome to Hogwarts then!" She laughed and smiled, "Cool." Tay shook her head, "Nah, I aint one though my friend, Ethan, is the Ravenclaw boy Prefect." She smiled. "Are you excited about getting to go to Hogwarts? This will be my fifth year since I went to Beauxbaton for a year."



Tay smiled at Brodie and kissed his cheek, "I love you..." She beamed with happiness then looked at Min, "Oh, okay and nah, being good friends is good." Taylor laughed. "I dont think I can do that challenge... I am to dependent on magic." She blushed.

"Thanks" Raven replied to her welcome. Maybe in Hogwarts the cool kids were also nice. Huh. "I guess I'm kind of excited. A little nervous too, though. Are classes hard?"

Minerva's smile stuck there, like it was never leaving. Nothing could take the smile away when talking about her summer or even just Ethan. "We actually did a lot of stuff. We spent part of it in the States with my grandparents, which was fun because we got to do a bunch of muggle things, like I got my drivers license so that was awesome. Then the rest of summer we spent it in Germany at his families house. His mom got me a job at the hospital which was amazing." She really hoped to get to work there again next summer, but that would depend on Ethan and what his plans were.

Min looked down.. This was a topic she wasn't ready to think about. She had all term, so she could stay in denial until then, but she really couldn't since they were talking about it. "Yeah he graduates this year. I'm not sure exactly what he's doing after graduation yet, I hope he dos something with Herbology. I think he will be brilliant at that." Yes she knew he would be, but that also meant a year apart and well that was going to just stink, but again not thinking about that now. She bit her lip, "Hey Alec, if.. if at the end of term you remember, during the carriages back will you sit with me?" She knew that was going to be the start of her denial being reality, so she figured she would be prepared. She gave a small smile, "Yeah he will be around at some point, but so will Ella." She gave him a look for his reaction to her name.

Giving a bit of an icky face to the word OWLs she was glad they were over, still not thrilled with her scores, but glad they were over. "Hey I was talking with Laura and I was thinking. So many of my little badgers are taking the OWLs this term. What if we set up some study sessions for all of you. I could help and I could bring snacks. I was going to speak with Hadley about it as well, so she could maybe figure out how to make it for both fifth and seventh. I can help fifth study since I've been there, but I guess it wouldn't be fair a sixth year helping a seventh year since I probably don't know enough." She looked at Alec wondering what he thought of the idea.

Quidditch of course he was thinking about quidditch, "Well the worlds best seeker shouldn't have a problem making the team, plus his girlfriend being captain I know he will do her proud." She giggled a bit at this. "I'm going to try out again this term. I know I didn't make it last term, but I figured what the heck I'll try again." Then he said something that made Min look at him in silence for a bit, did little brother say what?? She gave him a smirk and shook her head, "Oh Alec...you two are just too cute. It's obvious you are so perfect for each other." She really did hope this one would last a long time, because she would be so sad to see either of them hurt and even if she did stick up for her friends, she could not be put in the middle of the mess that would be if they ever weren't together.

Minerva smiled, "Yes I am excited about going back. I'm ready to see everyone and start back to classes." and get to the library, plus see about the charms stuff that Professor Shirmer wrote her about. Yes that was on the top of her list, well that and speaking with Hadley, but that was pretty much a tradition after all this time. Smiling again, "Yes, he will do great and he does work hard. I'm glad he got recognized for it." If her face didn't show how proud she was of her boyfriend then her words would.

Minerva watched the happy couple and felt a bit of a third wheel, something she wasn't going to want to get use to and was glad she didn't have to anytime soon. She laughed a bit, "Oh doing muggle things are really not that hard. Ethan did an awesome job, you just have to get use to it."It really came second nature to her and after that whole side apparation stuff this summer she wasn't sure why more people didn't do more muggle things, such as driving.

"Well I could teach you some things if you ever were curious or wanted to see if you could." She was always willing to show her friends that type of life, if was like showing part of herself that stayed hidden all school year to them. For the longest time it felt like a hidden identity that she needed to figure out if she went to that identity or this one, but now she knew she could have the best of both worlds, or so Ethan said she could, so she hoped that was the truth.

Kace decided to go check out the back cars. He wanted to explore the train and find some first years to socialize with. He was having no luck so far. He saw the upper class-man all talking to each other. He put his head down and then he found an empty cart and decided to chill out in the back. He wasn't the most social guy around.

So nothing was exploding...yet.

Oakey took a quick look at the pink fluff sitting with Alexa, along with her lowered wand. He gave her a sour lemon glare, hopefully that would hint at her putting her wand away. "I haven't ran into the Snack Cart yet, I'll get your Frogs once I do." He figured Alexa wasn't going to like what he said so he quickly added. "I know where you are now, so long as you don't move I'll be back in a jiffy."

Before he could trek his way to the snack cart Lottie attacked him! His eyes buldged out of his face at the sudden and tight squeeze and he was not sure what to do. She wasn't squeezing any tighter, so she wasn't trying to snap him in half...was this a hug? From Lotus Wisteria!?!?!?

He contemplated what he was supposed to do next. Lottie was a tough one to read, but hugs were never her style. Does he hug her back?

He risked it, and wrapped his arms her back and patted it. He felt REALLY awkward about this. "you, uh Okay Lotus?" Right really awkward. His eyes shot back to Alexa once more. If this was some how her fault she was getting one less Chocolate Frog than what was promised.

Max laughed a little more and rubbed the purring cat's tummy, he seemed rather comfortable.. "Eghh he seems to like it..and yeah, we do it but not often." He laughed a little bit thinking about it. "He ate some of my potions homework once, that did NOT end well for me." He nodded again. "yes he eats most everything you throw at him."

"Yeah, my dad got me the car for my birthday.. so it was the first time i really got to drive on my own, it was just Elliot and I on the road for a few months...it was amazing." He looked at her like he couldn't believe what she was talking about. "You've never sat in one? Have you ever seen one?"

"Cause the back is where the cool kids are at!" she replied. Not meaning the comment either one way or the other.

"Galena" she replied. "I'm new here too" she said, after Raven spoke to an older girl who had been walking by near their compartment.

She listened again to the older girl talk of how she was not a prefect. Galena made a mental note to go and meet some of the Slytherin prefects. "Do you know what house you are going to be in?" Galena asked, still wondering about her letter. "I'm going to be in Slytherin".

Keeping his body propped up against the wall, Ascanius could not help but how cool he must have looked from this angle. Smirky smirk. Also, she looked really nice too. As nice as she had looked on the platform, then again he always thought she looked nice. For reasons.

Ascanius pushed his back against the wall and launched himself toward the seat where Spot was sleeping. He really loved this cat because she adored him and OBVIOUSLY Ascanius liked being adored, but he wanted to sit next to his girlfriend so Spot was gonna have to move. The boy pat her back twice until the cat hopped down and moved across the compartment, which allowed Ascanius to slide in next to Penelope and wrap his arm around her shoulder.

Beaming down at her, he said, "Don't be angry, midget. It's not my fault that you're short." He had NOTHING to do with her height, yeah. That was genetics and stuff and even though Ascanius knew he was almost genetically perfect... he didn't have any CONTROL over this stuff. He was just lucky. Heh.



Okay. So if Ascanius was being honest, he wasn't as annoyed with this whole train ride now that his girlfriend was there with him. This was how it SHOULD have been all along. Going to different schools was hard and he would be lying if he said that he hadn't gotten annoyed by the distance. Because he did. Dumb distance, dumb Durmstrang.

But that was over now, so he got all comfortable with her and leaned his head back against the plush seat. Mmm. Yeah, this was nice.

Then someone bound into the compartment and Ascanius was about to yell at whatever bloke had just interrupted Penelope time. Honestly, what an idiot. But when he looked up he was surprised to see that it was Mika. Oh the beautiful girl from the platform who hung around with that weird kid. Yeah, easy target that one. But hey, it was Mika.

Ew. Something pooped on her? TMI. Mmk, gorgeous? Keep that stuff to yourself. No one needed to hear about that. But he kept his smirk present so that he didn't look a TWINGE bothered by it and said, "Well, I'm glad you're all better, gorgeous. Have a seat." Why not.

*Finally finding a spot, Romulus opened the door to an empty compartment. Dragging his back full of books inside the little boy sat down. Looking out the window Romulus thought about pulling out one of his books but he thought better of it. Books, the only friends he had ever had.*

Quidditch? Really? "I think I'm looking forward either to the observatory or another of Professor Airey's lessons." Even though she hadn't done as well as she'd hoped on that particular OWL. Though, she'd thought her solution to the practical had been pretty clever, considering she hadn't even been at Hogwarts for that particular lesson.