Hazel was so excited about her impending adventure, but every time she saw how upset Noah was, she only felt sad. Daddy had reassured her that they would all be ok, but at least twice she'd wondered aloud if maybe she shouldn't go and that they could homeschool her.

"Noah..." she said, sadly. Her frown matched his pout. She hated making him upset but there was no way for her not to. She shuffled her shoe against the floor. "Can you.. can you do something for me while I'm away?" Maybe giving him a very very important task would help. Maybe.

She could hope, right?

Tiberius rubbed his face almost as soon as he saw Noah and Gabriel come through. He'd been spending a lot of time the past few weeks helping Hazel get ready, answering her questions, taking her shopping. But maybe they hadn't spent enough time on having something exciting for Noah as well.

As Noah stepped forward and Hazel approached him, Tiberius looked up at his husband. With a silent look and a nod to the side, he stepped away from their kids as if to say 'let's see if they can work it out.'

Ohhhhh, his babies were leaving him! Well, two of them anyway. Clifford pouted like a toddler and gazed down at the pair of them. He was jealous, HE wanted to hop on that train and be whisked away to Hogwarts. Oh man, the welcome feast!! His mouth watered at the thought alone.

They'd have a Carden feast during the Christmas holidays.


Maxton appreciated the comments from his mother and puffed his chest out confidently. He wasn't going to get sent to muggle school if he was sorted into any other house, his dad was only kidding. In fact, he secretly kind of hoped he was sorted into Ravenclaw. He'd read that to get into the Common Room you had to answer a riddle. Maxton liked riddles.

Oh, well that was awkward. Here he was thinking about Ravenclaw while being handed the traditional Salazar Slytherin chocolate frog card.

"Thanks.." Maxxie said with a light flush, taking the card and hastily shoving it into his jacket pocket. "I'll eat an extra portion for you at the feast, Dad. And Mum, keep an eye out for Orion. I'll write straight away!" And he would. Maxton was a boy of his word!

And with that, Maxton wheeled his luggage trolley towards the train.

Because she was older - and therefore wiser - Daisy knew that that card didn't really give anyone good luck. It just reassured their parents because, at the end of the day, they were both sentimental saps. Still, it had been pretty cool to walk around with something that had belonged to her parents when they had been at Hogwarts.

So, if Maxton didn't get sorted into Slytherin, she was stealing it from him.

Hmpf.

"Well, he clearly doesn't need a chaperone." Daisy commented, blinking at the retreating back of her younger brother. She was happy for that - the last thing she needed was to spend her fifth year at Hogwarts holding a firstie's hand. "Right, I better go too. Love you both! Don't have any more kids while I'm away at school, okay?" She grinned at both her parents before sending another chocolate frog in her Dad's direction and turning around, the luggage trolley squeaking towards the train.

Off they went, then.

Holding onto one of her husband's hands, Evangeline waved goodbye to her kids despite the fact that they clearly were not looking back at her. But hey - it was the thought that counted, right? "We have two kids at Hogwarts. When exactly did that happen?" She wondered aloud, turning to look back at her husband and shaking her head. Seriously, when? They had only just graduated school themselves!

"Love you!!!!" Clifford shouted loudly towards his children as they boarded the train. He probably just embarrassed the socks off of them, but oh well.

"They'll be fine," Clifford said, squeezing Evangeline's hand. "They'll be absolutely fine." Was he trying to assure his wife? Or himself? He wasn't entirely sure. "Daisy will look out for Maxxie." Although in all honesty, Maxxie would probably end up looking after his big sister. That kid was smart, just like his Mother. He gave it a month until Maxxie was doing Daisy's homework for her.

As for how they had two kids at Hogwarts? "No idea..." Clifford said with a sigh. "I guess this means we're officially old."

Today was the DAY.

Today was THE day!

Today... was the day...

... Today? Was... the day?

Today was... the day.

Abey, who had been full of confidence and excitement and nervous energy aaaaaaall the way from their home in Egypt to the London train station, had suddenly started... to process everything. Everything.

Everything.

It wasn't until he'd seen the big red train,iconic and long-awaited and what he'd been looking forward to his whole entire life, until it really hit him. That big red train would take him even further north away from his homeland, and from most of his family. His mama. For months and months and ever and ever. He stood staring at the train as the dread hit him with the force of a big red steam engine.

Abey looked up at Lilian after letting her smooth down his hair a little... and promptly burst into tears.

"N-n-noooooooo," he cried, immediately clinging onto her with a vice-like grip. He wasn't ready. He wasn't ready! He had to go home. Right now. Home. Home with mama, home to the life he knew best, his comfortable, familiar life.

"Of course they'll be fine." Evangeline replied to her husband's reassurance, not sure if it was intended for her or for himself. She chanced a look at the old clock, realising it was almost time for the train to leave. Right. So, too late to go in there and kidnap her own kids, right? "It's Hogwarts. What's the worst that can happen?" She sarcastically added, looking at Clifford with one eyebrow raised.

They had only got turned into animals for a year. Not too bad, right?

The train was leaving now and Evangeline resumed the waving, smiling at her kids through the window. There they went. It would all be fine. Absolutely fine. "How dare you call me old, Carden? What would that make you?" Honestly, the nerve of that man. She poked him on the side with her free hand before tugging on the hand that was holding hers. The train was gone, there was no use in lingering around the platform anymore.

Kitty was already wearing her Ravenclaw robes when she arrived at the station, while her mom Emily was dressed in a rather frilly pink and white uniform with a bow instead of tie. They came to a stop outside the train just as students started boarding. "Be sure to write every week," Emily said, taking a comb out of her purse and brushing Kitty's hair bangs down.

"GAA!! Not in front of everyone!" Kitty said in a scandalized tone, brushing away the comb and patting her bangs down herself. Kitty was very able to comb her own hair and she did it most of the time but back at home she often indulged her mom in letting her do her hair. But she didn't think mot students her age allowed their parents to comb their hair and she didn't want everyone seeing it.

"Don't be silly, it's nothing to be embarrassed about. Now be safe." Any moment now Emily knew Kitty would have to board.

"I love you mom." Kitty hugged Emily as hard as her weak body could manage. She was happy to return to Hogwarts but she knew she'd miss her mother dearly. "I'll write all the time!"

Emily patted her on the back gently, feeling tears coming to her eyes. Then they parted and Kitty boarded the train. Right before getting on she turned and waved one last time, then they were blocked from each others view by a crowd of students.

"Just remember what I said before,Jess.Behave!"

Jessie sighed.
Her first year wasn't so well.

Jessie pushed her trolley.
"Yes,mom.I promised you to be better student this year.Trying my best to not to break the laws and study harder.No need to worry."

"And don't forget the most important thing,Jessie." Jessie snapped her head to the woman beside her.

"What is it,mom?"

"Write to me more often!" her mother smiled.

Jessie was so excited about her second year in Hogwarts. She wants to meet her friend again and she might make a new friend. Doing her hobby as exploring Hogwarts and many more.

And then the voice of her mother bring her back to the platform.

"Okay,sweety.Go...go...go...Hogwarts is waiting and make sure you bring all of your things." Jessie pushed her trolley faster after pecked her mom cheeks.

"If I forget to bring something, I will let you know and just send to me,mom."

Jessie hugged her mother quickly and walked to the big red train. To her new adventure!

"No, no it's not showing much." Stupid him for saying something! "That sounds like fun, how was Haddie? Did you go to Disneyland?" Teddy loved the Disneyland in Paris, but he really wanted to visit the other ones.

He nodded, knowing that Zhenya felt the same way before her fifth year. He grinned at Rachel's offer. "I'd love a study buddy, Rach." When they got back to the common room they could take their spot back for the year. Well, hopefully. "Fourth year was interesting," Teddy said. "Though Peeves and Miffy... not so much." Teddy disliked Peeves, and then TWO MORE went to join him. He was almost worried to go back, in case they reverted back to their old ways. "That sounds pretty good. I think I'll be spending lots of time in Professor Newton's Reference Room." He liked Herbology, but not the practical side of it. HE didn't like getting dirty, especially dirty finger nails. But History of Magic was fascinating and clean!

Teddy was hoping Rachel didn't hear the conversation. Well, he didn't have anything to be embarrassed about, seeing as it was unlikely they were his, but still... he didn't want Rachel to THINK he left his underthings lying around. It didn't seem that Rachel heard any of it, so Teddy pretended nothing had happened, his face still slightly flushed though. "Er..." caught. "Well my mum made me promise not to do any school stuff on the weekends, so not all of my holidays." Just... when he woke up until he went to bed during the week.

"Thank goodness. My Auntie Regina gave me something to help get rid of it. It seems to be working.'' Rachel wrinkled her nose again, a habit she had picked up since she had acquired the sunburn. "Haddie is good. We only got back yesterday so we had one day to pack. I expect she'll be here soon.'' One day would have gone by but Rachel missed her best friend already. "Yes, we did! I got to take pictures with the Princesses.'' The Disney Princesses were her favourite. "We also visited Knotts Berry farm, Magic Mountain and Raging Waters and other amusement parks.''

Rachel smiled. "I think I'll be a better study buddy to you. With Haddie, she falls asleep most of the time while we're studying.'' The sight of Haddie sleeping on her books with Asher curled up on her head was something precious. "Storm too,'' she agreed with a nod. "I try to stay out of their way as much as I can. I wish all three of them would go away and leave us be.'' Rachel didn't like pranks very much. She found it to be a a great inconvenience. "Among the books,'' she said with an understanding smile. "I'm accustomed to using the library. It's one of my favourite places in the Castle.''

The girl bit her lower lip. Another fit of giggles were threatening to escape again but she would embarrass poor Teddy if it did. She must control herself. Luckily she did even if it were just barely. "That's wise of your mother. Somehow I just knew that you would be spending much of your time with books.'' He was just like her in that way but Haddie made her take time for recreation.

She looked around. Everyone was busy moving to get to the Express. "Shall we go or do you prefer to wait for Ava?''

In fact, there's no boxer and Ava didn't want to think about what kind of underwear that her brother was wearing. She just needed an excuse to interrupt these two and bothered Teddy, thank you very much. But still, somehow she wanted to bother him more.

Did she have a good summer? "Sort of, it was not really fun if it involves evil witch and being imprisoned by her. But lucky that my fairy godmother helped me to escape and it's much better now." The Gryffindor didn't want to tell more about the fight with her mother, being grounded, and the possibility being disowned by her family because she might have just found her true love. "Anyway Rachel, do you think my brother is cute? Because he is, and he's also smart, diligent and also a very good person. Plus, he always wears clean underwear." Was that important? "Do you want to go out with him sometime like, on a date?" BROWS.