The fourth year wasn't avoiding anything or anyone. Nope. She was totally planning on having that conversation. She was just storing her trunk first. Because well...she had to have that conversation didn't she?

He had the pygmy puff she wanted. The puffs, really...that he had bought for her. Her gift. She wanted them like a fat kid wants food, like a swimmer wants water, and like a pet-o-holic wants their new pet. Her trunk was now stored. YAY.

She bit her lip and moved to push from the luggage compartment at last. She only stopped because she had forgotten to secure her trunk. Securing it she turned to leave once more.

Christmas stored her trunk and her owl cage on a rack in the luggage compartment knowing that they would be safe until she got to school and she placed her bag over her shoulder and made her way to an empty compartment

The train hadn't even taken off yet, but Forrest could have sworn A HUNDRED YEARS had passed since he'd said goodbye to his parents. He'd seen a few people coming this way with their luggage and then returning withOUT it, so he followed them too and he was relieved to find somewhere to leave his luggage. (Although he was a little disappointed to see it was the Mugglest way ever to keep them. He'd always dreamt of magic vanishing them to the school, or well, anything but a regular train with the most regular compartments.)

So, copying others' ways of securing the trunks, he tried to pull it off (hey, no one could be too sure!) and left the compartment happily when it didn't pull free.

"Half my family is from Ravenclaw and the other half is from Gryffindor." She informed Alexa with a smile on her face as she took Felix into her hands and started to play with him as she followed her directions. "I'm not sure yet. I would love to be in either one." She paused for a moment, then added, "Although I think I am slightly more inclined towards Ravenclaw. It was my mother's house." She explained.

And she had inherited her mother's love for books and knowledge.

Before Wade could pick a compartment, he decided to make a first stop to drop his luggage off. First setting his trunk and essentials down before setting the cage where his owl was snoozing in as gently down as possible. "Sleep tight, little Herbie." Wade half-whispered to him before he turned.

"Interesting..." Lex commented. She was listening, caught every word too but for now she was focusing on her foot, the one that wasn't hurting as much now but was still just a little off.

It was good this one could follow instructions so well! People in her army needed to be able to do that. Cough. Cough. Just saying. "It's real neat too! I think Slytherin runs more on my Daddy's side of the family--he was a snake too but my Mum was a Hufflepuff...I'm not sure what the others on her side were though..." She tried to remember but nothing was coming so she just gave up on that bit.

"I wanted to be a Ravenclaw too...it didn't happen and I ended up having to try eating the sorting hat--which, by the way, isn't made any better by adding gravy." That had to be said, just in case Aanya wanted to try too.

"Oh and here we are." She stopped pulling the trunk when they finally got there. "You should remember this place so your ride back isn't much of a danger to people either." Snicker.

Jory laughed. "Poor Oliver,'' he remarked, scratching the cat behind the ear. To which it seemed to enjoyed a lot for he meowed again. "But I bet you enjoy it most of the time, don't you Oliver?''

"A garden sounds cool,'' the Puffer agreed, nodding. "I'd go for a mini theme park, perhaps? Not elaborate rides and stuff but just somewhere we can hang out, have fun and eat loads.'' Food. One of Jory's favourite things.

Just then, he heard the whistle and the Train came chugging in slowly. "Finally,'' Jory said. He was quite pleased to board the Hogwarts Express once again, even though this was going to be the last time. "All set for the final ride to Hogwarts, Ronnie?'' And Oliver, and Tobias and Furball?
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After Ronnie and Jory boarded the Train, they headed for the Luggage Compartment. Jory, as usual, was having difficulty carrying the trunk and two cages at once. Plus he still had Oliver, who was sitting on his trunk and seemed to be enjoying the fuss all around.

Finally, they made it to the Compartment and Jory quickly stowed his luggage in a corner along with the two cages then grabbed Ronnie's and stowed it next to his. "There,'' he said, pushing his hair and brushing sweat out of his eyes. "Now we can go find a compartment.'' He was turning to leave when he heard a loud meow. "Oops, almost forgot Oliver.'' Grin. He scooped up the cat from his trunk. "Sorry, buddy.''

She was being all weird and huffy. Why was she being all huffy? He hadn't done ANYTHING. All he had done was said hello, and refused to hand over the puffy things infront of all the muggles in the train station. It just didn't seem like a good idea, you know since they already looked at him funny because of Toad. Kaiden frowned as he pulled his trunk towards the luggage compartment. It wasn't his fault things were weird, she was the one who had done stuff. He was just getting to the door of the compartment when he ran right into the blonde girl that was causing him all the problems. The sudden bump caused the amphibian to jump off his shoulder, and land on the girl. "er, oops.."

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She was being all weird and huffy. Why was she being all huffy? He hadn't done ANYTHING. All he had done was said hello, and refused to hand over the puffy things infront of all the muggles in the train station. It just didn't seem like a good idea, you know since they already looked at him funny because of Toad. Kaiden frowned as he pulled his trunk towards the luggage compartment. It wasn't his fault things were weird, she was the one who had done stuff. He was just getting to the door of the compartment when he ran right into the blonde girl that was causing him all the problems. The sudden bump caused the amphibian to jump off his shoulder, and land on the girl. "er, oops.."

The noise that erupted from the blond in question wasn’t normal. It sounded almost like it had started as a sharp intake of breath – which it had – and then stopped in a high-pitched squeak. That was his fault. She glared suddenly as she spotted the toad flying at her.

The slimy wart covered amphibian went SPLAT against her face. It didn’t go the bad splat…but there was no other way to describe the slimy sound as started to cling to her face. Oh joy oh rapture, this thing smelled…bad, like, swamp water and flies. That is if she knew what flies smelled like. Taking her hand as delicately as possible she pulled the frog off of her face and dropped him onto Kaiden’s shoulder.

“You should give him a bath…he smells swampy.” Rubbing the slime off of her face she just glanced at Kaiden. “Sorry for um…causing him to get all…jumpy?” but that was what toads did right? Jumped…or was that frogs. One of them was the lazy thing and she was just too lazy to figure that out. That, and she just wanted to find her ticket and find a seat. "So...wait I've got something for you" she laughed turned and reaching into her pocket she pulled out the Frenchman's mustache kit that she had picked up. "I headed back in after that thing - threat...thing, the bolting thing." she was waving her right hand slightly as if she were brushing off the situation. Which she was. It wasn't a big deal right. Threatening people.

"I have an uncle who was in Slytherin." Yeah, she had a BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG family. Mostly on her father's side. "He is not very nice."

The Indian was not a fan of giggling (her cousin giggled all the time and it irritated her to no end), but she heard one escape from her mouth when Alexa told her not to try to eat the sorting hat because it would not taste very nice. "Maybe I could threaten to burn it instead." She said, still playing with the kneazle.

And when they arrived at the luggage compartment, she nodded. There was no way she was going to forget this now. Not after the almost fracturing this nice girl's foot. Oh no. "Thank you soooooooo much." She said, handing Felix back to Alexa, and wishing her parents had allowed her to bring her cat to Hogwarts. But they told her she needed to be more responsible.

Pout.

"Do you?" Out side of her father she really couldn't think of any nice Slytherin adults if she was being honest. "How often do you see him? Often enough for him to get under your skin?" There were plenty she could think of that did that to her. Amanda was a pure muggle but Lex bet if she'd gone to Hogwarts she would have been a Slytherin with the way she acted.

"Eehhh...you could. Just whisper so the Professor holding the hat doesn't give you funny looks--ooo and use the most adorable voice you can conjure up. If you get caught chances are they'll just shake their heads and think you're nothing but a spoiled child brought up incorrectly. It might not sound so good but they'll be more likely to feel sorry for you and won't lock you down in the dungeons." In theory that is.

She took Felix when he was handed back to her and felt him snuggling up against her neck.

"No problem, couldn't have you going through the corridor lugging that thing." Nah. Not everyone had use for a firstie, she could get herself hexed...though if she thought about it, she was one of the few people she'd ever heard talking about hexing people. Now that she thought about...the students here were rather odd.

Kaiden made a face as soon as Toad landed on the girl's face. "I, uh, sorry. I think he's a bit restless." He said taking the guy back. "He's a toad. He doesn't take baths. He spends lots of time in the water." The boy shook his head and felt a critter crawly up to sit on his head. "'s not your fault."

Taking the mustache thing, he gave the girl a questioning look, and then rubbed the back of his neck at the mention of the threatening stuff. "Er... yeah. Lets... not talk about that. And, um.., Here." he said opening his trunk and pulling two small colorful cages out and handing them to the girl. "We never got to... er, yeah." Reaching down to his pocket, he scooped out the little purple puff thing, and held it out to the girl.

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Kaiden made a face as soon as Toad landed on the girl's face. "I, uh, sorry. I think he's a bit restless." He said taking the guy back. "He's a toad. He doesn't take baths. He spends lots of time in the water." The boy shook his head and felt a critter crawly up to sit on his head. "'s not your fault."

Taking the mustache thing, he gave the girl a questioning look, and then rubbed the back of his neck at the mention of the threatening stuff. "Er... yeah. Lets... not talk about that. And, um.., Here." he said opening his trunk and pulling two small colorful cages out and handing them to the girl. "We never got to... er, yeah." Reaching down to his pocket, he scooped out the little purple puff thing, and held it out to the girl.

Things were awkward suddenly. She had tuned out the first bit as soon as he picked up the cages. Yep, she wasn't really paying attention when he said not to talk about that threatening thing. So she said it. "Look...i'm sorry I nearly killed you and everyone on that camping trip this summer." She offered with a laugh.

"I mean...its, sorry...and sorry again for the stuff at the store...I was rude." She finally said as she glanced at the floor. The next sound she made though was a disturbing EORK sound as something spooled and sloshed out of a near by hanging owl's cage.

The whole wet mess of owl dung had spilled from the cage and landed down the back of her sweater. "Oh merlin ewwwwww" the smell was the worst part. Hot, arid, and like the liquified mouse that sometimes finds itself in your walls...just all down your shirt. "D-did it get on the puffs?" she asked as she waved her hands around as if in distress.

She bit her lip and calmed herself as she turned around and reached into her trunk. Pulling out the clean in a jar she had made the year before she used the last remains on herself. The next thing she did was use another of those jarred spells to change the fabric of her clothes. There. Thanks to her sister she was no longer wearing a dress.

Kaiden just shrugged when Mika brought up the camping trip, but when she mentioned trip to Diagon Alley, he stepped back and frowned. "Just forget about it." he said angrily. "It never happened. Ever." They were not going to talk about it.

And then...she made the strangest sound that he had ever heard her make, and that was saying something. Even though she had just been pooed on, he couldn't help but burst out laughing. That was just way too funny, and it helped ease the tension. "Eww... is... right." he said holding the puff away from her. "No, the purple one is fine, and so is Kilo."

"Whatcha gonna do about that?" he asked watching as she pulled out some stuff. "Oh, well thats cool, how it made things clean and how did it change things?"

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Kaiden just shrugged when Mika brought up the camping trip, but when she mentioned trip to Diagon Alley, he stepped back and frowned. "Just forget about it." he said angrily. "It never happened. Ever." They were not going to talk about it.

And then...she made the strangest sound that he had ever heard her make, and that was saying something. Even though she had just been pooed on, he couldn't help but burst out laughing. That was just way too funny, and it helped ease the tension. "Eww... is... right." he said holding the puff away from her. "No, the purple one is fine, and so is Kilo."

"Whatcha gonna do about that?" he asked watching as she pulled out some stuff. "Oh, well thats cool, how it made things clean and how did it change things?"

Mika hadn't noticed the angry tone because she was too focused on the bird, yep. That was nasty. She was a little ticked that Kaiden was laughing and found herself frowning at him. Yep.

"Good." was all she grumbled as she found that no pygmy puffs were harmed in the making of this awkward moment. "Oh the jarred spells? Yeah, I brought the info home in my books this term and my sister made some with me - I brewed it and she cast the spells." She smiled brightly. "Its some bottled charm my sister India made for me...well, she made it for herself and I snuck it." Snuck was the operative word, stole was more like it.

"its two separate jars...I've been practicing potions all summer!" She nodded excitedly and thought back to that gross tasting potion she had made with Lexa. It had done little more than kick her cold out. Which was great but it didn't have the desired effect.

Not yet at least. "Um - thanks for the puffs...I'm going to go find a compartment" she muttered as she moved to leave the compartment once and for all.