Pride was all she could feel as she made her way down the corridor. After all, she had done it. She had survived a full term and passed her year! It was a great fit…that and she had proven herself as a dueler! Maybe she could go into professional dueling as a future career?

Making her way into the middle of the train the soon-to-be-second year found an empty compartment and plopped down in the empty spot next to the window. Her cello was safely tucked into her luggage this time around and she had her snacks all situated...well some of them. Later she would definitely grab something from the trolly because well, it was the trolly.

See you later, Hogwarts!

And when she's coming again next term, Ava Burton would be no longer a kid. She's going to be a TEENAGER, yes! She had a lot of positive stuffs of being a teenager and she's really looking forward to turn thirteen in a few weeks. Besides her thirteen birthday, there were some other things that she had been looking forward to do this summer: Karate camp, seeing her baby niece and nephew, eating ice cream with Zhenya, getting ear piercing (and perhaps a temporary tattoo too)

After loading her luggage into the luggage compartment, the young lioness walked passing the middle compartment of the train and looked for her friends... It's still weird not seeing Adi around since the last time she saw the former Hufflepuff prefect was on his last train back home. Well, maybe she could find her friends around here or Teddy. Where was her twin brother by the way? Speaking of friends... "Hey!" She spotted the first year girl in a compartment. "Can I join?"

Looking up at the sound of a familiar voice all Mel could do was grin. “Of course you can join me Ava,” she nodded while opening her chocolate frog package and promptly biting off the squirming thing’s head. “Want some?” She asked indicating to the little box full of candies and snacks.

“I figured since we had feathery food last night it might be good to get something at least a little bit edible now” she chuckled, before adding “you actually wore those feathers really well” she grinned and continued to nibble on the chocolate frog.

Oh good that Mel didn't mind sharing a compartment with her. She's a good company and a cool person, everybody wants to be in a same compartment with her, hehehe. So maybe she wouldn't need to find Teddy again, perhaps he would join... or not. Oh, chocolate frogs! "Oh yes, thanks by the way!" Ava grabbed a pack of chocolate frog, unwrapped it and took a bite of it. She's gonna keep the card for her twin brother.

Speaking of sharing a food... The young lioness took a lunch box from her backpack. "I have some muffins here." She offered some to her compartment-mate. "Yeah, those feather and glue incident ruined my appetite! I have to sneak to the kitchen and stole some food after that." Because she was hungry and she couldn't sleep with empty stomach. "You did mention about getting an ear piercing at the feast... I'm thinking to get one too... Where are you gonna get it?" Ava asked curiously. She knew that there's a tattoo and piercing parlor in Diagon Alley but maybe Melbourne knew any other good places?

Elsa had been wondering the train for some moments now, and so far she hadn't found any of her friends. But that was ok, they had promised to write each other mercilessly and meet up during the summer plus the train ride took hours to reach it's destination. She would surely find them eventually.

As she walked past one of the Middle Cars, Elsa and saw that girl, Melbourne, the Gryffindor she had met last night before all chaos issued because of Peeves and his trickster girlfriend. She had been so nice to her, on that affectionate moment where all Elsa felt like doing was hugging people and crying her eyes out.

She knocked at the compartment's door, looking from Mel to the other girl she didn't know and smiling apologetically for interrupting them "I'm sorry, mind if I sit here with you?"

"There you are, Bernie." Finally, took her long enough to find Mel. Hadley entered and sat down, not bothering to check if it was okay first, because...well, duh. "Hello, other people." She knew Ava's name, of course--they used to sit at the same desk in same group in history of magic --but she didn't know the other girl's name, and figured regarding them both as people would cover that up.

I mean, it wasn't like she and the Slytherin had been going in the same classes all year or anything. And it wasn't like the Slytherin hadn't been at the Ravenclaw table a few feet away from her at the feast or anything.

...

Hadley sat down, still playing it cool. Like ice. It was a skill. "Hey, Ava, where did you get those canary cupcake thingies?"

Elsa frowned as another person entered the compartment as she stayed there, shuffling her weight from feet to feet trying to get her presence acknowledged before barging in. After all she didn't know know them. She watched the girl sit and saying hello to them, the other people. As Elsa's frown sunk deeper and she scolded herself to keep her temper down, she recognized the girl's face.

They had sat not that far away from each other when she stopped by the Ravenclaw's table during the feast. Just before Peeves and Miffy decided they all needed to be feathered up. At that moment she payed attention to what was being said, canary cupcakes. Who could eat stuff like that after that specific incident? "Canary cupcakes? After all the feathers flying around, I can't stand the sight of anything feather'ish. Nearly choked to death on a hand full of those things following Kitty to the staff table" she commented in a cheeky manner, folding her arms over her chest.

Aaaaaaaaaaaand zoooooom.

Jaemin was rather excited to be going home. Home was a place where yeah, he couldn't do magic, which sucked a little bit... but there were also no food fights, no poltergeist girls in his dorm, nobody tried to poison him, and he didn't have to come inside from the garden unless he really wanted to. He was loathe to admit it, but he had missed his parents quite a lot too... if anyone asked, he would deny it, but he wanted to hug his mom. He missed her the moooooost.

Hedgehog carefully cradled in his hands, Jaemin zoomed from compartment to compartment, peeking into them for people he might sit with. He didn't wanna sit with just anyone. It had to be someone special. This was his very first train ride back home from Hogwarts, after all. He kept moving, looking at the others lingering in the corridor as well. HMMMM.

After leaving the prefect compartment , Yoongi decided to look for his girlfriend. She was probably sitting somewhere with her friends right now. It was really dawning on him that he wasn't going to see Norah again in this train or at school after they arrived at the station. Of course, he would make sure to visit her house or let her visit his. Although he preferred going to hers...he didn't want to put her through curious questions from his sisters and he didn't want them to tell embarrassing stories about him either.

Looking in to various compartments and finding his girlfriend nowhere, the ex Gryffindor Head Boy sighed before he walked to the middle cars. he was greeted with a sight that made him smile. Jaemin seemed to be looking for something or someone as well. As the little first year, it was weird thinking he still had six more years to go, rushed to the next compartment, Yoongi held out a hand to stop him before he tripped or caused some other kind of accident. "Woah, what's the rush?" he asked. "Are you looking for something?"

Someone was blocking his path. His very quick, bouncy path. Jaemin looked up as he bumped into the outstretched hand and immediately grinned; this was a person he liked, and he was actually really glad to see. Because Yoongi was old, which meant he was going away forever now. He was LEAVING, and Jaemin was pretty sure that meant he'd probably never get to see him again.

"I was just looking for people I know so I can sit with them on the way home," he said brightly, holding his hedgehog against his chest. "What are yooooou looking for?"

The now graduated from first year yet still not second year looked the taller boy over. No conspicuous badges anymore. Did that mean that Yoongi didn't have to tell people what to do and stuff now? That was probably a relief.

When Ava brought up her muffins Mel just grinned. “Are they yeast muffins?...if not I’d trade for one later” she smiled even more when Ava changed her topic to ear piercings. “Ooh really?” Mel grinned, “I was debating going on an adventure to muggle London to one of the muggle malls” she elaborated and grinned.

“We should go together!” She grinned as she spotted someone else entering the compartment she couldn’t help but grin. “I don’t mind at all…Elsa right? This is Ava, she’s pretty cool” Mel blurted out but that was just how Mel thought everyone really was. AND HADDIE WAS THERE NOW! “Hads!” She grinned. “this is Elsa right?” She smiled, “oooh you were the ones that found those?” Mel asked turning toward Ava once again.

Mel almost spoke when Elsa spoke up…”yeah that feather thing wasn’t fun and not to mention it as the wrong bird all-together” Mel huffed. That was lame. They should have known better.

Two boys were nearby talking when Mel saw her. Elsa grinned and sat in the compartment folding her legs under her bottom since she had already put on her normal clothes. Getting rid of the uniform wasn't something she was sorry about. Individualism and expression were things she valued, and the uniform took both out of her hand for nearly a year, so yes, she changed back to normal clothes when they were still at Hogwarts.

"Hi pretty cool Ava, hi Hadley" Elsa greeted with a giggle after being introduced to both of the girls, all moodiness forgotten. She then started playing with her fingers as she kept tabs on the rest of their conversation.

Elsa chuckled at Mel's remark about it being the wrong bird. She was so right, they didn't even mind making the feathers match the Ravenclaw's house animal. Pesty little buggers.

"I guess everything was alright in the end, but I still had to fetch a glue removing potion for my hair. I was starting to think I'd have to shave it all off really" she pouted twirling her hand in her fingers. It was all clean and shinny now, but the previous night had been quite a challenge in terms of washing it.

Torrance Spades got on the Train, Torrance Spades so Dandy. He stuck many feathers in his hair and called it Macaroni!

The little lion man moved through the train corridors looking for a location to sit. He was totally bummed about the Feast being ruined. Even when he tried to cover his food you just ended up smearing it over his school robes.

He managed to save a whole ton of Ravens Feathers, from then. Though he still wished Peeves would have used Eagle Feathers to then refer to them all as Ravenclaws as he did. It was fine he had his outburst, but deep down he was perfectly content with so many feathers for him to keep as his own.

ANYWAYS!

he stopped at an open compartment and peered in. He then stood directly in front of them all from just outside of it. "Hiya Mel, Ava." He also smiled at the two other girls in the compartment and looked at the muffins they all had. "Those look good." He then proceeded to jab his finger at the food they were all about to enjoy.

Ruined opening feast, ruined closing feast. Should he even be surprised? Not anymore. Carrying his peace offering for Ariadne, Jace strolled down the middle cars in search of his fellow first year. She had been kind enough to let him sit by the Slytherin table, only to leave her without a word due to a panic attack. He didn't like the sensation of being dumped with sticky glue...and to add insult to injury, raven feathers. Jace tried to broaden his mind, thinking that it must be the poltergeists' way of saying congratulations...but then again, they ruined his first closing feast.

Hearing a familiar voice, Jace let himself wander into an almost full compartment, and his eyes immediately stared at the head full of raven feathers. Torrance is one eccentric boy, isn't he? Nonetheless, he is a good companion to be with.

Tap. Tap.

"Hey Torrance...we never got the chance to see the Flobberworms explode." Jace shrugged and let his attention wander to the rest of the inhabitants of said compartment. "Ohayo." he said, inclining his head to the rest of the girls.

Wait...hold the freaking Raven feathers.

Is that...is that Haddie?! Jace never learned how to act cool around her. She seemed to come off as too strong for the zen kid. Despite his surprise, Jace did acknowledge her presence.

Maybe...maybe he should just go and show himself out? Besides, Ariadne isn't with them.

Kitty started feeling guilty after awhile of sitting in the back cars with no one to talk to. In less than two hours the train would be stopping and she would be going home, not to see her friends again until next term. Every moment that passed by with just her staring out the window was a moment that she could have been talking to someone. It didn't matter to her which friend it was, just so long as she spent the last little time she had left with someone.

Leaving her luggage in the car, Kitty stood and exited her car to try to find someone she knew. She walked past all the cars in the back and soon found herself going through the middle cars. At last she came to one with people she recognized. This compartment had Haddie, Elsa, and Mel - along with a Gryffindor girl (Ava) who she didn't know and another Gryffindor she didn't know (Torrence) and a Ravenclaw (Stefan) standing in the entryway. Sliding up next to them, she peered into the compartment. "Hey guys! Mind if I join you for a moment? I can sit on the floor." She also smiled at the Gryffindor boy before sitting on the floor, since the chairs were almost completely full and she didn't want to intrude.

Not long after Elsa took her place among the girls, the compartment door opened again and in came a boy with feathers on his head. Is he for real?! Elsa thought in disbelief, her green eyes wide with surprise. "That's a statement" she chuckled, smiling up at him for a moment. That was until he decided to stick his finger in someone else's muffins. Elsa's smile dropped and her mouth became a mask of horror. She wasn't sure what the other girls present would think about that, but she knew they wouldn't be happy.

"Didn't your mother taught to not to go sticking your finger in food?" she commented, narrowing her eyes at him as she retrieved a paper tissue from her bag and handed it to him.

Just then another boy entered - there goes the girl's muffin party - and to her surprise it was Jace. The boy that had partnered up with her during that awful potions class lesson. She had seen him around a couple of times, here and there and of course during lessons seeing as both of them were first years. He talked to the feathered-finger-sticking-boy who Elsa now knew was called Torrance. "Hey Jace!" she said waving her fingers. Did he remember her? She hoped so. Other wise she would just make a fool of herself and-

"KITTY!!" Elsa exclaimed excitedly, clapping her hands together before stretching them and grabbing Kitty by her hands and squeezing in the compartment "Sit here, sit here!!".

"Nope, they're not." She said to Mel when she asked if those are yeast muffins. Just a plain old-school double chocolate chip and cranberry ones. Ava loves muffins very much and she always had at least a lunchbox of them. "In the muggle place? Will they need a permission letter or anything else for... you know, underage people? The thing is, I really want to get piercings but I don't think my mom will sign approve it." Yeah, she's gonna be a little bit rebellious by getting those piercings and showed her mom that she's all grown up by being 13 and stuffs. "Maybe we should, just notify me when you're gonna do that. We can be piercing buddies together!"

Then she spotted another girl came into their compartment. "Hi!" The second year smiled at that girl and it seemed like she was a first year too since Mel knew her. She perked up when the first year Gryffindor referred her as 'Pretty cool' and made Elsa called her pretty cool Ava. That sounds great though! "Nice to meet you Elsa and... thank you for calling me a pretty cool one." Of course she was the coolest in this compartment since she's a second year and in a few weeks, she is gonna be a teenager. "Want some muffins?" She offered. "Yeah, those feather incident isn't cool, and a little bit of lame." Come on, jeopardizing people's food and ruined their appetite wasn't cool!

Another person came. "Hello, Haddie." And that makes their compartment full since the capacity is only for four people. The canary cream cupcake? Ooooh... "It's my brother's creation. He already graduated last year though." Yeah, Ava was referring Adi as her brother since he always called her little sister.

More people came. Oh, didn't they see the compartment is full already? Ava noticed Torrance barged in and touched the food with his bare hand. Ugh! "You can ask nicely if you want them." Seriously this boy was just soooo..... impolite. "You do that one more time or I'll break your fingers." She spoke in a stern tone. Boys, seriously. "Hello there, Jace!" At least the Ravenclaw boy was nice and polite.

Aaaaaaaaand... Another person? Oh, please. Ava noticed Elsa already let this girl to join. Merlin, didn't she notice that it's already full? "Wait, Elsa. It's not that I don't want another person to join but the we are already full." She spoke up. "And forcing her to join will just make herself uncomfortable since she only had a little space to sit, and this is a long ride and it's tiring." If only there's a room left, she didn't mind if that girl joined though. "Why don't you take the compartment across us so you can still join... the chat and other stuffs?"