Originally Posted by QueenGinger

Originally Posted by Meizzner

Thinking about what Nigel would do in Amsterdam. He hears the compartment door open. Huh, looks like a first or second year. It is hard to tell for Nigel. He had manners at least. Asking if he could sit here. Nigel could really care less. He could not be mean since he might be this kid's prefect. You never know.

"I don't mind....as long as you don't annoy us"

Maybe that sounded a tad mean. Shrug. Nigel could never deal with younger kids. Especially ones named Ruby and Zahra.

Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

Ascanius couldn't tell if Nigel was excited about the windmill or not, yeah? 'Cause he thought it was pretty cool for reasons. But he didn't dare press it 'cause they got on the topic of the band and Ascanius was properly distracted.

"Mate, that would be amazing, y'know? I wanna do that. Tour, I mean." Not that they were ready to do any of that. West and Vesper were starting to really make some strides in the music writing department, so Ascanius wasn't stressed about that, yeah? What really held them back was time, money and fans. Though, if they are pretty. The fans will come.

That was how that quote went, yeah? Pfft.

He continued, "And, like, play big venues, the whole sheb-"

Young person. Young person had entered. Ascanius promptly shut his month and eyed this kid. Not only did he wanna bother them, but he wanted to sit with them too. Did he not see that they were busy? Apparently not.

And Nigel wasn't helping their cause at all. He just let the kid sit there. He got a glare, which probably was misconstrued as something else because of his attractive face. Sometimes being this good looking was a struggle.

His eyes flickered to the kid, "Couldn't find a compartment?"

Originally Posted by Ashwinder

Soren Gray was in the habit of cutting an intimidating figure wherever he went, be it striding into a boardroom full of hostile rivals or posing for a photographer of the latest business magazine. Given this, he would no doubt be a tad apoplectic at his son's less-than-graceful lunge into the first free compartment he found.

Once the door was safely closed, Nicholas let out his pent-up anxiety in the form of a huff of air and went about erecting a (rather shoddy) barricade out of his trunk and other assorted belongings. They could throw him on the train, but they couldn't make him socialize. He hadn't signed up for this, after all. If it weren't for his father coming to the (in his opinion, unfair) conclusion that Nicholas was well on the path to becoming a loafer-wearing shut-in, Nicholas would be comfortably at home and starting his fourth term of home schooling. Instead he was here, on a train full of strangers travelling to a place full of strangers and, if the Daily Prophet were to be believed, strange happenings.

And he'd misplaced his lunch somewhere.

"How lovely."

Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Cris listened as Jasmine replied to both Bay and Lux's questions. He was glad that his two friends had welcomed her into their fold of friends. Cris had to admit he knew how it felt to go to a place not knowing anyone and was actually relieved to know that he would have Sander's friends here at Hogwarts.

He perked up when Jasmine mentioned that she had visited family in California. "You have family in California? Which part?" he quickly asked her. "My family and I have been there a couple of times. I especially love San Diego because of its Sea World and its Zoo and the Wildlife Park. The Muggle Creature Parks there are great," he told Jasmine immediately thinking about the sealife and animals at the creature parks.



Cris then bumped fists with Bay and grinned when Bay agreed with him on his dislike of cucumber sandwhiches. He smiled when Bay introduced Ziggy to Jasmine. They, too, had a Pygmy Puff, courtesy from someone who had asked his brother to take care of it at the beginning of his term.

....and then he began to chuckle when Bay yawned.

"Aren't you over that aging sickness yet, Bay?" Cris laughed at his friend. "I remember Sander mentioning that you kept catching naps all over the place, all the time when you guys were afflicted with that aging sickness at Hogwarts."



Cris grimaced in empathy when he heard Lux had sprained her ankle. "Ouch! Sorry to hear that. I remember when Elin wore heels for the first time. At one point she started running, got one heel stuck in a hole and went flying. Thank goodness she didn't have far to fall. She wasn't seriously hurt though, thank goodness for that," he told everyone.



It was then Cris realized that throughout their conversations in the compartment, he had forgotten to mention to Jasmine whom Sander, Elin and the other people he had mentioned were. Foolishly, he had automatically assumed that everyone would know who they were. He was going to rectify his mistake when to his dismay, Jasmine stood up.

He berated himself for his rudeness and upset with himself, all he could do was silently shake his head when she asked whether they needed anything from the Food Trolley before leaving.

He watched her leave before turning to look at his other friends. He waited for a couple of minutes before quickly standing up himself. "Um....I think that I'm going to take a walk too and stretch my legs. I'll see you guys in a bit," he told the others before heading out the compartment.



As he left the compartment, he peeked into the next one and was surprised to see a young girl sitting alone by herself, reading.

'[i]No...no...she can't be alone. Not on her first ride on the train and definitely not on her first time as a student of Hogwarts,[i]' Cris thought to himself.

Walking in, he smiled at the girl. "Hello, I'm Cris. I was wondering whether you'd like to join us in the next compartment? My friends and I are in that one. We'd love to have you join us....I mean that's unless you'd rather be alone right now," he quickly corrected himself. Maybe the girl did prefer to be alone.

"I'm headed off to the Food Trolley for a bit, but I'll pop over to my friends right now and let them know to expect you, if you decide to join us," Cris warmly smiled at the girl before leaving her compartment.

Giving her some time to decide, Cris popped his head back into the compartment where Bay and Lux were sitting. "Hey guys I hope you don't mind that I've invited someone to join us. She hasn't said she will yet, but I just wanted to let you know if she does come over. I'll see you in a bit," he told both his friends before he headed off to look for Jasmine.

Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles

Annoy them? Kyroh made a face as he thought, his nose wrinkling in the process. "I don't know how I'd do that....but i'll try not to!" Grinning he slipped fully into the compartment and closed the door.

WINDOW!

Rushing over the boy plopped down into the seat next to the window beside the first guy who answered him. The one with the long hair. Weird. His head turned to look out the window but then the other guy spoke. "Uh nooo. I found a whole bunch. The train is loaded with them." Like..duh? "Shouldn't you know that already?" The boy was like...old. "Or is this your first time riding the train too?" Kyroh bounced in his seat, if it WAS he had done an excellent job finding an empty compartment. "All the other ones I found were all full though." Which was why he was here really.