She gave her a smile back in return "I'm not too worried about that. I've had much worse." Hmm, for instance Laura...thank merlin she'd graduated last term. "I'm Zoe. Zoe Tillstorm." She reached her hand out and shook the girl's hand.

She'd hoped to meet more kids this term, as she really kept to herself for the most part. Though this term would likely be ruined with trying to prepare for her OWL's. More excuses not to go out and meet more people. "It's a pleasure Andrew." she responded with a smile for the boy when he introduced himself. It was obvious the two of them knew each other, at least it wouldn't be completely awkward then! She'd just sit there quietly if anything and let them talk. "I'm a fifth year how about you two?"

Lex had systemmatically made her way down the corridor of the train, checking compartment after compartment for the wayward kneazle but he didn't seem to be anywhere--actually, he could be anywhere now that she'd stopped up by the front with that Ravenclaw girl. The bad side of being easily side tracked. With a heavy sigh, Lex continued on, trying her best not to shove at people who insisted on standing in the way. It was one thing to stand in the corridor when it was empty but see, with people moving all about it obviously was not...so....everyone kindly needed to move. While totally not shoving this one kid (what, nope, no shoving) she spotted a VERY familiar 'Claw and immediately began weighing her options. In the end she decided Felix could be found before they hit the station and headed into the compartment after her boyfriend.

Wasn't someone tired? Lex walked over quietly, nicked the ferret off his back then sat there herself. "Not enough sleep last night?"She asked, looking down at him. That was some variation of 'hello'.

Mo was in a FOUL mood, which was unusual, and he was taking it out on the doors all along the train, slamming open the doors to compartments, glaring at the people inside, and then leaving without a word. He was a very grumpy puppy at the moment.

When he opened yet another compartment and found Toby and Sophie inside, he sighed loudly and with great impatience. "Where is Cat? Have you seen her? I've been looking everywhere."

If she really loved him, why didn't she already know that he needed her a LOT right now? Hmm?

Sophie noted the belongings he had brought with him to the compartment with a smile, but she was concerned that there was no cat in sight this time. Hm. Strange, wasn't that? Had it already run off to explore or something?

"Should've started at the back of the train," she chided teasingly, making herself comfortable and spreading out on her seat once more. "You should've channeled me through our bestie brain connection and just known where I'd be. We'll have to work on strengthening that this term." She was pulling out handfuls of various sweets from her bag as she spoke, setting out crystallised pineapple, chocolate frogs, chocoballs, cauldron cakes, packages of droobles, pumpkin pasties, and toothflossing stringmints in a pile on her lap. "Whaddya want? There's a lot more stuff in here - m'mum got me one of those, y'know, expanding bags this summer and we stocked up." She patted the knapsack gleefully. "This term, I should finally have enough to last till the holidays, even if I follow Mo's rules about eating well and all."

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Mo was in a FOUL mood, which was unusual, and he was taking it out on the doors all along the train, slamming open the doors to compartments, glaring at the people inside, and then leaving without a word. He was a very grumpy puppy at the moment.

When he opened yet another compartment and found Toby and Sophie inside, he sighed loudly and with great impatience. "Where is Cat? Have you seen her? I've been looking everywhere."

If she really loved him, why didn't she already know that he needed her a LOT right now? Hmm?

And speak of the devil.

She had heard the loud noises from the corridor, but had thought nothing of it till Mo appeared, looking and sounding uncharacteristically distraught. And for good reason, too, Sophie decided - Cat was MISSING?

"Huh. I... haven't seen her - I assumed if she wasn't here with me, she'd be with you." Pause. "Think she's with Elodie?" That was the third and final person Sophie assumed Cat would be visiting with. "...If y'want, you can have some of our candy, hm?" It looked like he needed it. That was also her way of inviting him to stay and wait a bit to see if Cat went walking by. But she'd also understand if he wanted to leave and find his missing girlfriend. She couldn't have missed the train, right? She wouldn't.

Toby grinned back.

"I was trying to channel you. Bad connection. Maybe we went through a tunnel." Okay, he was just talking nonsense now, but that was okay, because Soph was used to it.

The Hufflepuff surveyed the big selection of sweets, a look in his eyes not unlike that of a hungry wolf. He extracted the shopping bag full of regular muggle sweets, like toffees and sherbert and boiled sweets and everything, and dumped the contents onto the seat beside him.

At the mention of the bag, Toby grinned even wider. "same here! Well... my grandma put an Undetectable Extension Charm on my backpack so I could pack the rest of my clothes, and my pogo stick and broom, but there's a whole bunch of sweets in there too." Ehehehe.

Tobias was just about to comment on the fact that he was supposed to be laying off the junk food because if fitness, and the fact that he wasn't quite so good at keeping to that... when the door slammed open.

Seeing who it was, Toby beamed widely. He liked Mo. He was always so happy and friendly, what's not to like? Though of course, it took him only a few seconds to notice something was up, and the grin was wiped off his face. He kept quiet while Sophie spoke, because she'd know more about where Cat might be than him, but nodded enthusiastically when she invited Mo in.

"Yeah, come in if ya like! We've got loads of sweets to share," Toby piped up, in the friendliest way he could muster. Which was... really quite friendly.

Jun coughed a bit, almost choking on a candy. Maybe he should stop eating these while laying down. Same thing almost happened one time in his room. He almost saw death at his door that day. Anyway. Setting the bag of candy by his head, Jun felt his ferret jump off his back and was now resting by his hand on the ground. Closing his eyes for a quick nap, they quickly jolted open. Turning his head a bit, he wasn't really surprised to see a certain blonde now sitting on him. When did the compartment door even open? She was going to need to start wearing a bell soon. "You can say that. The bed in the Leaky Cauldron wasn't the best to sleep on," The whole week Jun tosses and turned on that forsaken bed. It needed to be condemned and thrown out. But yeah, guess no napping now. "I would say properly but seeing as you're sitting on me, and look comfortable, I'll just lay here and pretend I did," Shouldn't be too hard.

Jun looked down to see his ferret, now snoozing away without a care in the world. Speaking of pets. "Where's Felix? Weird not seeing you with him,"

Okay, so... Mo came in. He was tired of looking for Cat and sort of felt like she would be looking for him soon enough, and they were friendly, bright, familiar faces. Plus, there was candy. Mo was sort of interested in candy at the moment. Could he drown his woes in chocolate frogs?

"Thanks. I... erm..." He supposed he was allowed to talk to them about Quidditch, but since that would ruin their good moods, he kindly left off. "I fancied a snog. You'll understand some day. Anyway. What's the news with you two? Have good summers? Toby, I hear I should congratulate you on making U17."

Annaleecia walked into a compartment and sat down. She twisted a newly brown curl and smiled slightly. The summer had been great for her. A new orphanage, a bit of time with Mel, and a lot of time with her new friends at her new home. She couldn't help a happy look around the compartment, actually excited for this new year... She just hoped she could be a little more social and attend a few more classes and all that good stuff. She really did have a good feeling about the year.

Sometimes Sophie tried really hard to roll her eyes at Toby's antics and tease him for being dumb when he really was funny, but this time she genuinely laughed with him. Mostly because she was just giddy that he was here and they were going back to school and they'd be getting to spend all sorts of time together all the time now.

Life was returning to normal, and Sophie couldn't have been happier.

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Okay, so... Mo came in. He was tired of looking for Cat and sort of felt like she would be looking for him soon enough, and they were friendly, bright, familiar faces. Plus, there was candy. Mo was sort of interested in candy at the moment. Could he drown his woes in chocolate frogs?

"Thanks. I... erm..." He supposed he was allowed to talk to them about Quidditch, but since that would ruin their good moods, he kindly left off. "I fancied a snog. You'll understand some day. Anyway. What's the news with you two? Have good summers? Toby, I hear I should congratulate you on making U17."

She was even happier now that Mo was there - now all they needed was Cat,and Sophie'd be on cloud nine. She was content enough with just having her boys there for now, though, and sat up so Mo could sit down, then shifted the mound of candy from her lap to the seat in between them so he could shuffle through it.

He sure did seem sad about missing out on his snogging time, didn't he? Sophie flashed a grin at Tobes upon Mo even mentioning snogging, though, to gauge the kid's reaction. HEHEHE. SNOGGING. THEY 'WOULD UNDERSTAND SOME DAY.' Soph was thinking about kissing Tobes, now, and couldn't help but giggle. Too funny.

TOBY WAS A U17 SUPERSTAR. She beamed and wiggled in her seat in excitement at the mentioning of the Hufflepuff's brilliance until it was her turn to share. "M'summer's good, yeah," she answered for herself, still grinning stupidly at Toby. "Traveled a little with my mum, got to see Tobes here, got to see Cat - all that's missing was you, big guy." She nudged at him gently with an elbow and gave him a sad sort of smile. "Missed you." She had launched herself at him in a big hug, then, squishing some of the candy, but she didn't care. Mo hugs were important.

Oh? What was this? This was a Caterina, most affectionately referred to as 'Cat' by most, and she was wandering the corridor, looking for friends to sit with. Apparently Elodie was all prefecty now and had to make her appearance, but when Cat had hovered near the compartment and didn't see Mo there, she'd gone looking for him.

And lo, she soon heard his voice. She was quite sure of it, though it didn't sound like normal happy Mo's voice. Oh, was that Sophie as well? Cat nudged her way in and paused near the wall, looking at all three compartment dwellers and grinning. "Hello there. Mind?" No, of course not, surely. She smiled at Toby, since she'd never really spoken much to him before. She ruffled Soph's hair and then took a seat beside Mo, who happened to be have Sophie climbing on him. She grinned once again and kissed his cheek. Hi boyfriend. Boyfriend-jungle-gym.

Justine watched quietly as Andrew and Zoe finished their introductions with all the polite civility of good breeding and manners. Was it Justine's imagination or was Andrew looking rather relieved? Maybe he'd been a bit nervous meeting a new person, after all, though the boy tended to be very talkative and open around her, he was a bit shyer when it came to others (it was a compliment Justine was rather proud of).

"Oui? Well, zat is... Unfortunate," Justine said, not sure how to respond to this bit of information, Justine was a curious girl, but she was not nosy, and this didn't sound like something the girl (Zoe), felt like sharing.

Justine was wondering on a scale from one to ten how awkward it would be if she randomly hugged Andrew (it was a solid five), when Zoe spoke up, mentioning that she was a fifth year before asking what year she and Andrew were in. "Sixth year, zough, it is only my second year at 'Ogwarts," Justine replied, tugging at her uncomfortable necktie with lightly tanned fingers. Ugh! She really hated these uniforms, they were so constricting and made her feel like she was suffocating (especially the necktie), she'd barely had on her uniform for more than ten minutes and she was already DYING to take it off.

Vinnie was about to get frustrated...all of these compartments seemed to be full. How was that possible?Didnt they have enough compartments for all the students this year? Hogwarts needed to sort its stuff out if that was the case, like seriously.

Her trunk was getting real heavy when she reached the back of the cars. Huffing the brunette put her trunk down and leaned against the wall. She blew some hair, that had fallen into her face, into the air and sighed. Okay, she got this. Just a little further. If there wasnt any free compartments in the next 5 metres, the Slytherin would just drop her stuff on the floor and sit there. Who cared.

Vinnie was close to actually drop her stuff as she came across the first empty compartment she'd seen all day. Grinning to herself, the girl opened the door and kicked her trunk in. No way in hell she'd carry it any further. Plopping down on one of the free seats she put her legs up and laid down. Finally.

Hopefully Casper would find her here...for now the Brunette would just relax and try to recover from this.Unf.

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Vinnie was about to get frustrated...all of these compartments seemed to be full. How was that possible?Didnt they have enough compartments for all the students this year? Hogwarts needed to sort its stuff out if that was the case, like seriously.

Her trunk was getting real heavy when she reached the back of the cars. Huffing the brunette put her trunk down and leaned against the wall. She blew some hair, that had fallen into her face, into the air and sighed. Okay, she got this. Just a little further. If there wasnt any free compartments in the next 5 metres, the Slytherin would just drop her stuff on the floor and sit there. Who cared.

Vinnie was close to actually drop her stuff as she came across the first empty compartment she'd seen all day. Grinning to herself, the girl opened the door and kicked her trunk in. No way in hell she'd carry it any further. Plopping down on one of the free seats she put her legs up and laid down. Finally.

Hopefully Casper would find her here...for now the Brunette would just relax and try to recover from this.Unf.

Having found a train companion before stepping foot within King's Cross, Casper had been surprisingly optimistic about this trip. It had even extended to the school year; with the morbid guarantee he would never be shoved around by his brother again and an inkling of a chance towards friendship, he'd had more to look forward to than his previous three years at Hogwarts.

But being floated through by Byron was even worse than a broken nose or a couple bruises because it stuck deep down within him, and likewise this morning's ordeal was still looming over him as he drifted down the aisle, peering periodically one way or another, scanning for a sign of Vinnie.

Mother hadn't woken up on time. That hadn't thrown Casper off his routine; the medication hadn't done its job, as per usual, and he had just stayed up through the night instead. He'd showered and coiffed his hair and dressed by 7AM sharp, made sure his belongings were in order, and thanked the cook for the traditional breakfast neither one of them expected him to eat. He hadn't, playing with the bangers as usual until his Byron came in to steal them off his plate.

Except he didn't, because...

Well, he didn't. The next step of the routine should have been Mother and Father's arrival, but an hour passed without their appearance. Then two. Half nine came around next and Father still hadn't come to collect the Daily Prophet, and Mother had yet to come steal all coffee for herself. So, Casper poured himself a cup, pretended not to gag at the horrific taste, and went to find his absent parents. Really, if he missed the Hogwarts Express there was no reason to attend the blasted school at all.

He found them in their bedroom, as one might expect. Father was awake, dressed, and distressed. There was nothing out of the ordinary about that, except perhaps for the fact that Mother wasn't waking and he honestly had no idea why. Casper would have loved to tell him, but they were going to be late and no screaming match would help that.

But, like everything else, Mother's spell passed--albeit, after Father's "business associates" appeared in their suits and sunglasses and with a large amount of magic--and they left. Father looked dreadful--as per usual--and Mother wasn't much better--that, however was odd--but the "business associates" looked crisp and Casper looked stunning and that was just fine. They'd be in the wizarding world anyway, and no one particularly cared enough to harass them there. At the moment, Aunt Moira and Uncle Marvin weren't causing too much trouble, so they would be fine. No press today, which might be a shame considering the picture they collectively painted.

Arriving on the platform had been their next challenge, and they made it there with little time to spare. Mother wanted too many kisses--strange, from a woman so foreign to coddling--and Father had been after him for one of those masculine-type embraces. Their insistence was most-likely a show for the "business associates," who had actually followed them onto the platform this time, rather than the usual front entrance. Casper had refused to indulge his parents, but hugged every single "business associate" out of spite. Even Mr. Wolfe, who has smelled of death for as long as Casper had known him. Arguably, that wasn't too long, though he most-definitely came by the scent naturally.

The business associates had carried his luggage, and upon his request deposited it in the cargo car for him, so all Casper had needed to do was hold on to Wendy and find Vinnie. Except as he was buying snacks Wendy had stolen away, and it had taken him far too long to find her. In hindsight, he should have agreed to transport her in a cage, but the very thought revolted him. Why should he have the right to cage anything? It hardly seemed fair.

In the time he had taken to hunt down his wayward kitten, the train had become crowded. So very loud and bright and overwhelming and cramped. He'd headed towards the back of the train to escape the noise and the light and the crippling fear, but it wasn't any better there. It wasn't any better anywhere. Wendy, with her claws in his £200 tank, was the only thing grounding him in this metal death trap, and even as he petted her fur and hurried through the train he could feel his self-control slipping. He needed to find an empty compartment quickly, needed to allocate an empty space for him to sit and breathe and decompress, but there were none and it was so loud and bright and the walls were closing in and the other students were staring at him and he could feel their hatred, their ridicule, and they must know what he's done and why he's so messed up and they must think it's a grand joke, all of it, because it is. It is, it is, it...

Ah. That compartment. That one. That one with her in it. Vinnie. He'd found it. He'd found her.

Casper's fingers pried a bit too hard into the handle as he yanked the compartment door open with a bit too much force and dashed in a bit too quickly. He all but slammed the door behind him, and the noise and the brightness faded away and the walls seemed to stand up where they were supposed to and there weren't people staring at him, feeding off his misery, torturing him with their attention and their judgments and their grins.

"Hi," he greeted rather plainly. Then he remembered himself, his manners, his stupid natural Southie accent and tried again. "Hello, sorry. I lost my cat." Proper accent. Check. Full sentences. Check. Wendy. Check. Good. Yes. The mask of sanity was back in place, more or less.

Vinnie lay sprawled out on all the seats on one side. This was fab, almost like a bed. It would do for now. How did her trunk get so heavy? All she put in was band shirts and band shirts and shoes and shoes and band shirts. And of course band shirts. She was still waiting for her Dead Kneazles merch though. Making a mental note to remind West of it later the girl took out her ipod and started listening to music. Sometimes muggles had preettttyyyy good ideas. Some of them were geniuses.

Hopefully the brunette could get into drumming again once they arrived at Hogwarts. She could use the RoR to practice...focus on her music. Last term hadnt been the best for....anything. Most of the time she had been in the library exploring. But this term was gonna be different, she had met a lot of people, most of them nice. Possible friends even. This term was gonna be a good term. The first step was done, Vinnie finally accepted the fact she was a Hogwartian now.

Just as her favourite drum solo came on, on her ipod someone opened the compartment door rather rushed. Huh? Taking out her headphones she grinned as she saw Casper. He found her. The Slytherin gave her brightest smile and put her ipod away. „Hey there bad boy“,she said and sat up properly. Make some space for the boy. He looked really stressed....was he alright ? Hopefully he was. „ Come and sit“, she nodded and patted the space next to her,“ dont worry about it, i havent been waiting for long. Cats can be sneaky.“ Good thing she owned an owl.

A snog? Oh my.

Toby's face was kind of blank at that, and he blinked around at Sophie, only to see her grinning straight at him, and then giggling. He didn't know quite WHAT was so funny, but her reaction in itself was enough to make him smile just the same, though he did squint at Soph in a kind of mock glare.

But Mo was still talking, and Toby looked back to him again.

"My summer was great!" he chimed in, giving a nod, and glancing at Sophie again. He had all sorts of stories about THIS summer, which was significantly better than the last. Then he beamed yet again. "Yeah! Got on the team at the start of summer. Just missed you, I think."

Because Mo had been off doing this, that, or the other.

When the door slid open again, Toby saw the elusive Cat. He nodded and gestured to any of the open seat, because the more the merrier, right? As long as Mo and Cat didn't start snogging with him and Soph there... 'cause Toby wasn't sure quite how he would react to that.

But Soph was busy hugging Mo anyway, and seeing her so happy made TOBY very happy. He just sat there, bouncing his knees in his characteristic manner, until he eyed Bludger down by his feet. The cat must have slipped in when the door had been opened by Cat or Mo, and was now attempting to hunt down and kill one of Toby's shoelaces. Tobias just chuckled and let him get on with it.

Important information right there. If the Leaky Cauldron's beds weren't any good she could always pass this info on to her father so he wouldn't waste his time; not when he can afford better. Convenience had nothing to do with it because the man could apparate and was officially under obligation to no muggles who feared it. "Bet you can't wait to get to your bed up in your Common Room, sounds like it'll be the best night's sleep you've had all week." Lex was looking forward to the lion Common Room, not necessarily for the bed but because she'd actually missed that place. Weird how that worked. And wasn't he considerate? Lex grinned down at him. "I take it you don't mind me sitting here then? No telling when we'll hit Hogsmeade Train Station." Not that she was heavy...or planning to sit there the whole time anyway.

His question reminded her of why she'd left the Prefect's Compartment in the first place. "He pulled another disappearing act on me. Left him in the Prefect's Compartment to get something off the trolley and he was gone when I got back. I've been searching the train but he's good at hide 'n' seek." Unfortunately. "Good thing he's just as good at finding me. Reckon he'll turn up soon enough." If that sounded like an excuse it was because it was. She'd rather sit in here with him than go crawling around looking for a kneazle that was anything but lost.

Okay............................. WHAT?!

BLOOD?! "What in the name of Merlin!" he exclaimed, glancing down at the packet. Had he just fed a kid a BLOOD BEAN?! And to think he had thought that he could recruit this kid as his little sidekick. Maybe even his protege. Not now. The kid wasn't going to trust him now.

Whatever. He didn't care. And blood beans were creepy but there was a COOL element to it, mkay?

Grayson watched the boy curiously, ready to see whether it was a blood bean or--

"OH MAN!" And here came the laughter. Chilli Powder! Man alive, that was much better than a blood bean. "Take it in, man. Breathe it out. Be the Dragon Boy you were born to be." He was probably humouring the boy but he didn't care. Was there another red bean in there? He glanced into the packet and started rummaging around. Come out wherever you are, red bean.

Andrew silently eyed the exchange between Zoe and Justine. For a moment he felt compelled to add that everyone had had worse company than Justine's for her's was obviously the best, but it didn't seem appropriate. He curiously tilted his head to one side as his attention turned toward Justine for the second time. She looked like she had something on her mind. Perhaps something she wanted to say. In any case, Andrew didn't have time to wonder what could be bothering his friend because a question was directed towards him and he suddenly had to return to the real world.

"I'm a sixth year as well." he said just after Justine had given her answer to Zoe's question. He looked over at the Slytherin sitting across from him and smirked mischievously. "OWL's this year, eh?" He teased, needing a way to break the ice.

Why was he LAUGHING? Dima's tongue was going to turn into a shriveled up PRUNE and never work again and he'd have to owl his dad and have him replace it and what if he couldn't until he got back home and he'd have to wait until CHRISTMAS to get a new one oh man oh man oh m-

..... Dragon Boy?

Well. He supposed he might as well make the best of the bean situation. The kid brought his fists together and stuck his elbows out in a muscle man pose, breathing air in and out vigorously through his nose. Rah! He was Dragon Boy! Was there smoke fuming out of his ears yet or what?

"Grrr-" Cough. "Grrrrrrrrrrr!"

Was he doing a good job?

Ugh, yes, his dorm bed. The one he spent most of last term on for certain reasons. "If I sleep good on my bed later, you probably won't see me for an entire week. Gonna catch up on needed sleep," Jun was sure Lex'll manage a week without him. Lasted almost the entire summer like that. With the exceptions if the few visits they gave each other. He shrugged, not really caring if she sat there a while longer. But hopefully not the entire ride. "Depends, will you get me more candy when I run out? I didn't bring my candy bag along," As in, it was in his trunk. Tucked neatly away with all the school stuff he needed. He hadn't had much craving for candy lately. But maybe should go back to that soon. Gonna need to stay awake for classes and homework again.

Jun nodded. "He probably out trying to find other things to hide. Once he's done, he'll come and find you," And most likely be very proud of what he hid this time. Maybe it'll be a first year's wand. That'll be a fun search to watch. Rubbing his and putting his glasses back on, Jun wiggles a bit; kind of telling Lex to get up. The boy needed to stretch before he actually fell asleep on the train seats.

Chili powder bean. MAN, if there was a way to tell which beans were the bad ones, Grayson would have a lot of fun pranking people with these. Namely, his brother and that sassy Abbi girl he had met on the train. Heh. Instead, he watched the boy closely, a very amused expression spread across his face.

......................... LOL! Look at his punny muscles. Oh merlin, this kid was really getting into character, wasn't he? Though, he could put a little more oomph into it. You're pretending to be a dragon, little kid. Dragons were one of the best creatures around and Grayson was sure that if they could talk, they'd be one of the sassiest creatures around.

In short: SASS UP, KID.

"Bravo! Bravo!" he called, placing the packet down and clapping his hands, "I give you a big ol' healthy eight, Dragon Boy." Which was a lot coming from this fourteen year old.

Anna, a 11 year old muggle born from London walks on the Hogwarts express, looking around. She has nothing but the clothes she has on her and an Ipod touch. She walks through everyone else, trying to find an empty compartment to fall asleep. She didn't get any sleep earlier that mourning for she was just so anxious about going to Hogwarts. After looking around, she found an empty compartment between two compartments full of 7th years. She opened up the room and she made some room on the left side of the train. She turned her Ipod on to Coldplay, and she got herself comfortable. Before she knew it, she started falling asleep.

She figured it might have been bad but Merlin! Lex laughed, hardly willing to take him seriously...but then it was Jun so there was no reason not take him so seriously when it came to sleeping. "You'll be bored of your bed after Day 2, I bet. Too much to see around Hogwarts and you don't want to waste that free week away from classes doing nothing." It was so uneventful, quite dull actually. She'd never have been able to pull it off. Too much to do, too many people to catch up with and not enough hours to live in the dueling arena. As for whether or not she'd get him candy...not exactly. Lex shook her head. "I dunno where the Trolley lady got off to so no, but you can have some of mine." She said, gesturing to the bag slung over her shoulder. He was always welcome to some, 'cept for when he tried telling her how much she was allowed and what-not.

The idea of Felix randomly hiding things was foreign to her. He only hid things when he was told...not counting last term when he hid her candy bag but she wasn't of any sound mind to give orders then. It'd been for her own good. Not like now when she had nothing to hide in particular. "More like trying to find an owl for lunch. Hopefully everyone's got theirs in their cages." Terrible thing it would be if they didn't. A real pity. "He will turn up though so I'm not too worried, just annoyed." The Gryffindor hopped up at the wiggling and plopped down in the seat opposite his. There.

"I wasn't missing. I knew exactly where I was the whole time," Mo mused as he ruffled through the candy in the bag and then took exactly zero pieces. No heart for candy, at the moment, and he sort of wanted to keep sulking as long as possible. Candy might make him feel a bit better. "But I wasn't here, so that's fair, I guess. I was in Peru for July, and then West and I took a little lads' jaunt through Europe for most of August."

There were pictures. If she wanted to see them. And then... hello, no-longer-small-Sophie in his lap. "Missed you too. Oh." His face crumpled and he patted her hair. "I'm awfully sorry, Soph."

Cat. He was so relieved Cat was there, and Mo turned fond-sad-bewildered eyes on her. She didn't even know what was wrong yet, but he needed her to make it better immediately. Okay? Fix everything, Caterina.

"I was looking for you, but then I found these two and they required my assistance in candy consumption." Just so she knew... he'd been looking for her FIRST and then got distracted.

"It's a shame, isn't it? I kind of think that getting to play together instead of against each other would have been the highlight of my... very short career." Mo's grin was all wobbly around the edges, but he WAS proud of Toby for making the team. The kid was really amazing... fast and clever on a broom and just made for the sport.

Ugh. He pictured having to tell all the little grinning faces like this about Quidditch and it made Mo just ill. "Maybe we can play a pick-up game this year. You and me against Sophie and anyone she thinks can possibly take us. Which is no one, if you want to know." Surely they were still allowed to fly, after all.

Whaa, but if he couldn't complain what would he DO!? eyeing her a bit he scooted away from her as she went to poke him."No poking then." he couldn't complain she couldn't poke. hmph! Grinning at her as she pulled her hair into a fake mustache he laughed at how silly she looked. "Oh it looks great, totally natural." heh, silly.

:3 HeLikedHoldingHerHand and he was glad that she didn't pull it away or anything cause he might of had to pull out all the sad faces if she did. She was smirking though he saw that and he squeezed her hand though. Stopit


"Nothing... no no no it's something." he shook his arm making hers shake in the process. "it can't be too serious." tell uss, or maybe he'd just go looking, heh.