Okay now this time on the train Théodore was not going to be super hyper and well run into people all the time. He did meet some friends that way. But most of the time it was weird and he had to say sorry a lot. Which was not fun Théo did not want to sit on the front or really in the back. So what else was available but the middle. He slid into an empty compartment, jumped onto a seat and opened a quidditch magazine he had brought along for the ride.

He would try and find his friends later.

But for now he was good.

Tejashree stepped onto the middle car since it seemed more empty than the rest. She wasn't quite ready to be bombarded with "new girl" questions. You know, assuming there was going to be some.

The fifteen year-old chewed on her shirt collar as she looked for a worthy compartment. She had lost Jagan somewhere in the crowd. Hopefully, she'd show up soon. She stepped into a compartment and plopped herself on a seat, closing the door behind her.

Teddy caught her reflection in the train window. Her wild, curly hair was frizzing up from all the moist in the air. This weather was quite the opposite than the one back at home. The temperatures would be favorable at 35 degrees celsius. Being here was like suddenly coming to Antarctica.

Remembering what Henry had said to her way back on that day in Diagon Alley, plus the messages she’d gotten from her parents that very morning, Stasya had gotten on the train in a good mood. Like the older boy had said, nothing was going to stop her from getting to Hogwarts. It was kind of funny that he’d recognized that, even if technically he’d known her since she was tiny. She’d been tempted to go see if she could find him, see if she could find the prefect compartment she’d heard mentioned by others as she’d walked through the corridors in the train. Maybe later though. Dobby was getting restless, so exploring would have to wait unless she wanted to chase the squirrel through the entire train.

Plus, she understood that this was going to be the last time the squirrel could be with her. She’d gotten the permission to bring him, but he couldn’t stay with her wherever she was going. The little squirrel was going to have to stay in the barn, wherever that was going to be, and that meant she kind of wanted to spend as much time with him as she could. Finding an empty compartment somewhere, she sat near the window as she let the squirrel scamper up to perch on the edge of the luggage rack above her head. There were people she still wanted to find, but that could wait til the train actually started moving and she’d actually really be on her way.

Had it been only 5 minutes of sitting by himself in this compartment. He looked out the Window. Simon fiddled his thumbs together, and sat cross-legged on the compartment seat, his handbag next to him.

He could have taken something, anything out. A Crossword Puzzle maybe, who knows, do you know because he doesn't. He wasn't even sure he had a Crossword in his handbag. Warfield kept it packed with loads of stuff. Better than being left to his thoughts. Those could wander to some pretty sad locations about a thing that hap....yeah nope. Not gonna go there...

OH HEY! someone came into the compartment. Is that Théo. "Hi Théo" Simon said rather timidly, and quiet. Wondering if maybe now he should have said it louder because the Gryffindor seemed to have ignored him and put his face in a Quidditch Magazine.

"Hi Théo" He said again still not as confident that his voice would be heard, but louder none-the-less.

Aurora said goodbye to her father, grandparents, and aunt about a thousand times before they let her go. Hundreds of kisses and so many hugs that she was now bruised on both shoulders. Her family were rarely outwardly affectionate; this was strange, but also somewhat nice.

She made her way onto the train holding her owl as her father carried her trunk down to the luggage compartment. She made her way through the compartments, the train was filling up rather quickly. When she spotted a compartment with only one person in it, she opened the door and asked, "May I sit here with you? I'm Aurora, first year."

Kirk was as ready as he could be for Hogwarts. After getting his luggage aboard, he stepped onto the train and was free to sit wherever he wanted. The middle section seemed to be the best bet with the back getting crowded.

Taking a random compartment he shut the door and sat down by the window where he could see the fainter pecks of his parents before they were off. Now what? Kirk took out from his small bag the latest issue of The Quibbler and flipped over to the sports section to read.

Skylar had mixed emotions about summer being over already, mostly because it had been a summer that was definitely memorable. It wasn't necessarily good, because while the summer started out with her treating her bestie for manicure treatments to cheer her up, it seemed unnecessary, since the girl was much to her dissatisfaction, now back with Luca. Then there was Noah being gone for most of the summer and now not returning to Hogwarts, quite suddenly too, which left Skylar little choice but to return without Noah, two years earlier than expected. While she did like the girl, it just wasn't going to be the same without Noah there, nor did it seem like him to just leave his studies behind over some girl. At least there was quidditch, which was definitely one of the highlights. And a lunch that was not-a-date, but kind of was, and it was just so ... perfectly bliss and appropriate. Lastly there was that brouhaha at the conclusion of summer; camping with her fellow students and while she liked some of the people there, she did find herself wishing someone else could have been there.

Opening a compartment that had seemed quiet and hopefully empty, Sky frowned when she saw someone who seemed vaguely familiar, but engrossed in a magazine. It was rather late to be finding an empty compartment, so she supposed this one ought to be one of the most quiet she could find. Making a quick decision, she entered fully and took the seat opposite him so she could look out the window. "Hope you don't mind my joining you. I don't plan to be terribly loud." She gave a half of smile, as she leaned her head back to close her eyes and replay the summer events for the hundredth time.

Théodore thought he heard something. Was that his name. But he ignored it. He thought he was alone in this compartment. Shows how much he pays attention. Then he heard his name again and well this time he was curious enough, He brought down his quidditch magazine and glanced over.

OH HEY.

It was Simon

"Simon! were you there the whole time? How was your summer since well....nevermind"

Really all Théo did is hang out with his cousins and play Quidditch.

Rayna had gotten most of her possessions situated in the luggage compartment and was now milling around the train looking for any familiar faces, or an empty compartment, whichever came first.
It was exciting to start a new chapter in life. She'd grown up having to listen to her older brothers talk about their schooling at Hogwarts. But, of course, with such ages differences, Rayna didn't have the chance to attend with any of her siblings.

Finally, Rayna found an empty compartment and slipped inside. It was pretty busy...perhaps she should have chosen a compartment closer to the front? No matter. This one seemed just fine. 'Wish I could've found someone I knew, though. Think I'll venture out in a little bit.'
The girl closed the door behind her and took a seat right next to the window. "Didn't expect to feel homesick already." Rayna said in a tiny voice to herself. She could feel her heart pounding inside her small frame. Maybe she had given one too many hugs to her mother and father, and perhaps chatted too long with her older brothers. 'It was nice of them to see me off like that!'
Rayna smiled to herself. Now that her brothers were all grown and out of the house, she didn't see them all at the same time very often, except for during the holidays.

At least it was a beautiful day out. Rayna took a deep breath and looked out the window at the scenery passing by. In just a few hours from now, she'd be sorted, fed, and situated in her designated common-room. It was all happening so fast!

"S-So...these are the middle cars," he nodded as they boarded the train, gesturing grandly in either direction. "I us-s-sually like these compartments-s-s best." For no other reason that he liked being in the middle of things.

The second year could not believe his luck in finding Emmeline so quickly on the platform. He AND Scamander had been wondering about her since their initial meeting and the Hufflepuff just KNEW there were a few people he wanted to introduce her to. Hazel was a given - creature best friend and all and he was already thinking about climbing up a certain tree at Hazel's home to check up on a certain nest - but there was also Simon and ABEY and Jessa and ----

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Remembering what Henry had said to her way back on that day in Diagon Alley, plus the messages she’d gotten from her parents that very morning, Stasya had gotten on the train in a good mood. Like the older boy had said, nothing was going to stop her from getting to Hogwarts. It was kind of funny that he’d recognized that, even if technically he’d known her since she was tiny. She’d been tempted to go see if she could find him, see if she could find the prefect compartment she’d heard mentioned by others as she’d walked through the corridors in the train. Maybe later though. Dobby was getting restless, so exploring would have to wait unless she wanted to chase the squirrel through the entire train.

Plus, she understood that this was going to be the last time the squirrel could be with her. She’d gotten the permission to bring him, but he couldn’t stay with her wherever she was going. The little squirrel was going to have to stay in the barn, wherever that was going to be, and that meant she kind of wanted to spend as much time with him as she could. Finding an empty compartment somewhere, she sat near the window as she let the squirrel scamper up to perch on the edge of the luggage rack above her head. There were people she still wanted to find, but that could wait til the train actually started moving and she’d actually really be on her way.

"Stasya!" he chirped, grabbing Emmeline's hand and dragging her along with him as he bound towards his friend. "WelcometotheHogwartsExpressI'msogladyouarefinallya tHogwartsandOperationGoat!" Right, he should probably take a breath or something. Letting go of Emmeline's hand, Derf took it upon himself to stand between the two of them. "Stasya, this is Emmeline. S-She is new too AND likes-s Scamander. S-Said he was cool. Emmeline, this is-s-s Stasya. I'm going to help her s-sneak a goat into Hogwarts this year. Probably borrow one from one of the many kept in Hogs-s-smeade." Arms stretched out in either direction to the girls, Derf brought his hands together in one quick loud clap.

Officially friends, okay? Okay!

"Chocolate frog?" he offered, fishing a few packets out of his pocket and offering one to each - because friends that ate chocolate together stayed together. And a chocolate a day kept the dementors away! "As-s-s long as-s I can maybe s-s-see what card you got first?" In case he didn't already have it so he could add it to his collection. "OH! We could...have a hopping race...!" Although now he wished he had found Chloe too so she could join in. He knew how much she liked the hopping charm placed on the confection.

Emmeline had been SO happy to see her new friend, Derf, on the platform. She nodded along as she followed him onto the train in the middle cars, carrying her new snowy owl Minerva's cage in one hand. In anticipation of seeing her friend -- and Scamander -- she had partially covered the owl's cage with some old, light pink robes; she thought Minerva was quite smart, but owls ate creatures as small as newts, so Emmeline wasn't taking any chances. Because what if Scamander had crawled into the cage? Much better if Minerva knew it was nap time.

She ran after Derf into a compartment that contained two girls who looked to be around her age. She smiled at Stasya as Derf introduced them, "Hi!" Glancing around the compartment, she noticed a squirrel -- cute! -- in the luggage rack. Before she could say anything about the squirrel, she was distracted by Derf's talking about a goat. "A goat?! That sounds like fun!" Because sneaking any creature into Hogwarts sounded like fun to her, and she'd never gotten to see a goat up close before! She wondered if she could help...

Distracted from thoughts of goats by the chocolate frog -- her favorite! -- in Derf's hand, she grinned at him. "Thanks, Derf! A race would be AWESOME! Only..." She looked at the girl who wasn't Stasya in the compartment guiltily. "D'you want part of mine? What's your name?" Setting Minerva's cage down on an empty seat behind her, she moved further into the compartment so that they could include the girl in their circle.

While Kirk had some questions with this article on the Gobstoners and Quidditch players, he did find it amusing to read about his father's 'tatrum' over a loss. It was clearly exaggerated, unless his pseudo-uncles were being too nice about it. Flipping the page over to the Ancient Runes scramble game. He considered giving it a try with what he learned last term..

As the train was continuing it's merry way, Kirk could hear the sliding of the compartment door open and shut. He glanced up to see who had just arrived.. Huh. Though she wasn't in the same house he recognised the girl from a few classes they shared being in the same year and all. So she wanted to sit here. "That's cool.." He said. "You're Skye, right? I'm Kirk." Might as well know he was sharing with.

Despite her exhaustion from the summer, Skylar was not asleep, and her eyes opened when the train buddy responded and didn't seem to mind in the least about her joining him. She didn't think he would, given how he seemed to prefer the quiet as well. Kirk, huh? That name sounded familiar. Also he knew who she was, which somehow pleased the slytherin, yet also felt slightly stalker-ish, given they never really talked. "Skylar, yes. But most people call me Sky," she said in confirmation.

"So, Kirk," she paused at his name, committing it to memory. "You're a fourth year?" She wasn't hundred percent sure, but given that she'd seen his face around the last couple years, he was either her year or a year younger. Or older. "And a Ravenclaw?" She thought she recalled that emblem on his robes last year, anyway. Not to mention, him being in Ravenclaw would make sense why she hadn't really spoken to him, because one, different houses, and two, he was absorbed in his books and studies.

It was the strangest thing. She'd only just gotten her luggage squared away when she could swear she'd seen--and heard--Derf walk by. As it happened, he was one of the people she'd been hoping to find on this trip for obvious bestfriend reasons.

It was something of a hassle not losing him in this sea of students eagerly moving about to meet their friends and it was a miracle she'd seen him duck into that compartment at all.

"Sweet Merlin, Derf, you're really putting those longer legs to good use." One of them had had something of a growth spurt over the summer, unfortunately that someone wasn't her and she was ridiculously jealous about it. How had all her friends managed to achieve some growth but not her? Sure she'd likely gained an inch....but that inch had been on it's way before she'd left school back in June so it didn't really count.

Oh! He had company! Company and chocolate frogs. "Hello!" She chirped, taking the spot next to him. "You lot are First Years, aren't you?" Either that or transferred Second Years who'd also skipped a growth spurt. Both quite likely at this point. "Who's getting a goat?" And what were they doing?

Distracted by her thoughts, along with catching a glimpse of her mama and Aunt Nastya through the window, Stasya hadn’t heard the compartment door open at first. Aunt Nastya was almost like having papa there, but then there was a letter in her pocket too. It was very distracting, but she’d turned her attention from the window when she’d heard an unfamiliar voice. “Sure,” she replied, nodding slightly, although she wouldn’t have thought the girl was a first year if she hadn’t heard her say that. Maybe a transfer like Koen, but then she wasn’t going to question it either. Maybe the girl didn’t like people questioning it. “I’m a first year too,” she replied with a smile. “I’m…”

She had been about to introduce herself when another voice broke into the relative silence of the compartment, and she’d grinned as Derf had burst into the room, dragging another girl after him. That had made her curious, and it had made Dobby curious too as the squirrel scampered partway down from the luggage rack even as his blonde mistress had jumped up and hugged Derf. “I’msogladI’mfinallyatHogwartstooandI’mexcitedabou tOperationGoattoo,” she said in a rush, backing away as he had suddenly gone into introduction mode. She’d sent Emmeline a grin, though. “Scamander is definitely cool,” she agreed, before turning to look at Derf again. “Are there really goats in Hogsmeade?” That would make things even easier, even if she figured they’d have to find out what the care of magical creatures professor might think. Just to make sure.

She’d looked over at Dobby again for a second, before turning back at the mention of chocolate frogs. On the one hand, chocolate, but on the other she wasn’t sure if eating them was being mean. Like if it was sort of like eating a real frog, but if Derf was okay with it she figured it was okay. “Sure,” she said, taking the packet from him. “And course you can see the card…” She blinked as Emmeline noticed Aurora and offered to share her frog. “Oh. This is Aurora. She’s a first year too.

And she trailed off again as another person came into the compartment, giggling a little. Well, this was one way to meet people. “Mhm. And Derf and I are getting a goat. It’s our mission.” Since she asked.

Simon was rather lucky to run into a Familiar Face right of the bat, it made him feel slightly more comfortable on the Train Ride up. He sat a little straighter on the bench opposite Théo put his hands to his sides holding the edge of the bench and moved his feet up to sit cross-legged on it.

The young Badger was worried for a moment...Théo was gonna bring it up...he was gonna say the Taboo word, but he didn't. Thank you Théo. Simon let out a sigh of relief.

"It was good. Mr.Rockefeller and I went to Disney World for my Birthday, oh and Mo Branxton taught me more about Photography. I brought a camera with me this year." He dug threw his hand bag and took out a rather expensive looking Camera.

WHOA, besides Disney World which was cool enough. He met Mo Branxton the chaser of the Wanderers.

"That's Cool. Didn't ask him about Quidditch did you?"

Théo slide off his seat and went over to get a closer look at the camera. He did not really now what makes a good one or not. They all looked the same to him. But this did look like it costs a lot of money. Though Mr. Rockefeller had a lot of money. So...yeah. "You try taking pictures with that thing yet. All I did this summer was try and play as much quidditch as I could and hang around Diagon" Théo did not even trust himself to touch the camera since he would probably make it fall.

Or something.

Met, more like knows him on a first name basis. Mo Branxton plays for Mr.Rockefeller's team. How else would Simon have the opportunity to let the Chaser teach him Photography? "I do, I like watching him and West play. The Wanderer's have got the best Keeper in the league too." He doesn't really fly around on the broom much, though he was taught. Mo showed him how to have a good arm for throwing a quaffle at least.

"Only a few. I was gonna try and take a lot while at Hogwarts." There were a lot of really nice places to snap some shots around the castle, and in it.

SPOILER!!: Derf, Emmeline, Stasya,
Jessa

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"S-So...these are the middle cars," he nodded as they boarded the train, gesturing grandly in either direction. "I us-s-sually like these compartments-s-s best." For no other reason that he liked being in the middle of things.

The second year could not believe his luck in finding Emmeline so quickly on the platform. He AND Scamander had been wondering about her since their initial meeting and the Hufflepuff just KNEW there were a few people he wanted to introduce her to. Hazel was a given - creature best friend and all and he was already thinking about climbing up a certain tree at Hazel's home to check up on a certain nest - but there was also Simon and ABEY and Jessa and ----


"Stasya!" he chirped, grabbing Emmeline's hand and dragging her along with him as he bound towards his friend. "WelcometotheHogwartsExpressI'msogladyouarefinallya tHogwartsandOperationGoat!" Right, he should probably take a breath or something. Letting go of Emmeline's hand, Derf took it upon himself to stand between the two of them. "Stasya, this is Emmeline. S-She is new too AND likes-s Scamander. S-Said he was cool. Emmeline, this is-s-s Stasya. I'm going to help her s-sneak a goat into Hogwarts this year. Probably borrow one from one of the many kept in Hogs-s-smeade." Arms stretched out in either direction to the girls, Derf brought his hands together in one quick loud clap.

Officially friends, okay? Okay!

"Chocolate frog?" he offered, fishing a few packets out of his pocket and offering one to each - because friends that ate chocolate together stayed together. And a chocolate a day kept the dementors away! "As-s-s long as-s I can maybe s-s-see what card you got first?" In case he didn't already have it so he could add it to his collection. "OH! We could...have a hopping race...!" Although now he wished he had found Chloe too so she could join in. He knew how much she liked the hopping charm placed on the confection.

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Emmeline had been SO happy to see her new friend, Derf, on the platform. She nodded along as she followed him onto the train in the middle cars, carrying her new snowy owl Minerva's cage in one hand. In anticipation of seeing her friend -- and Scamander -- she had partially covered the owl's cage with some old, light pink robes; she thought Minerva was quite smart, but owls ate creatures as small as newts, so Emmeline wasn't taking any chances. Because what if Scamander had crawled into the cage? Much better if Minerva knew it was nap time.

She ran after Derf into a compartment that contained two girls who looked to be around her age. She smiled at Stasya as Derf introduced them, "Hi!" Glancing around the compartment, she noticed a squirrel -- cute! -- in the luggage rack. Before she could say anything about the squirrel, she was distracted by Derf's talking about a goat. "A goat?! That sounds like fun!" Because sneaking any creature into Hogwarts sounded like fun to her, and she'd never gotten to see a goat up close before! She wondered if she could help...

Distracted from thoughts of goats by the chocolate frog -- her favorite! -- in Derf's hand, she grinned at him. "Thanks, Derf! A race would be AWESOME! Only..." She looked at the girl who wasn't Stasya in the compartment guiltily. "D'you want part of mine? What's your name?" Setting Minerva's cage down on an empty seat behind her, she moved further into the compartment so that they could include the girl in their circle.

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It was the strangest thing. She'd only just gotten her luggage squared away when she could swear she'd seen--and heard--Derf walk by. As it happened, he was one of the people she'd been hoping to find on this trip for obvious bestfriend reasons.

It was something of a hassle not losing him in this sea of students eagerly moving about to meet their friends and it was a miracle she'd seen him duck into that compartment at all.

"Sweet Merlin, Derf, you're really putting those longer legs to good use." One of them had had something of a growth spurt over the summer, unfortunately that someone wasn't her and she was ridiculously jealous about it. How had all her friends managed to achieve some growth but not her? Sure she'd likely gained an inch....but that inch had been on it's way before she'd left school back in June so it didn't really count.

Oh! He had company! Company and chocolate frogs. "Hello!" She chirped, taking the spot next to him. "You lot are First Years, aren't you?" Either that or transferred Second Years who'd also skipped a growth spurt. Both quite likely at this point. "Who's getting a goat?" And what were they doing?

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Text Cut: ze quotes aka Aurora, Derf, Emmeline and Jessa

Distracted by her thoughts, along with catching a glimpse of her mama and Aunt Nastya through the window, Stasya hadn’t heard the compartment door open at first. Aunt Nastya was almost like having papa there, but then there was a letter in her pocket too. It was very distracting, but she’d turned her attention from the window when she’d heard an unfamiliar voice. “Sure,” she replied, nodding slightly, although she wouldn’t have thought the girl was a first year if she hadn’t heard her say that. Maybe a transfer like Koen, but then she wasn’t going to question it either. Maybe the girl didn’t like people questioning it. “I’m a first year too,” she replied with a smile. “I’m…”

She had been about to introduce herself when another voice broke into the relative silence of the compartment, and she’d grinned as Derf had burst into the room, dragging another girl after him. That had made her curious, and it had made Dobby curious too as the squirrel scampered partway down from the luggage rack even as his blonde mistress had jumped up and hugged Derf. “I’msogladI’mfinallyatHogwartstooandI’mexcitedabou tOperationGoattoo,” she said in a rush, backing away as he had suddenly gone into introduction mode. She’d sent Emmeline a grin, though. “Scamander is definitely cool,” she agreed, before turning to look at Derf again. “Are there really goats in Hogsmeade?” That would make things even easier, even if she figured they’d have to find out what the care of magical creatures professor might think. Just to make sure.

She’d looked over at Dobby again for a second, before turning back at the mention of chocolate frogs. On the one hand, chocolate, but on the other she wasn’t sure if eating them was being mean. Like if it was sort of like eating a real frog, but if Derf was okay with it she figured it was okay. “Sure,” she said, taking the packet from him. “And course you can see the card…” She blinked as Emmeline noticed Aurora and offered to share her frog. “Oh. This is Aurora. She’s a first year too.

And she trailed off again as another person came into the compartment, giggling a little. Well, this was one way to meet people. “Mhm. And Derf and I are getting a goat. It’s our mission.” Since she asked.

Isa was walking through the train, peeping into compartments looking for certain friends of hers. She carried her two rabbits in their carrier cage that had 2 compartments. Each rabbit had a food bowl and water bottle. When she arrived at Hogwarts she would get them settled into their larger permanent homes, but for now they were going to have to stay in their confined temporary transport cage. The rabbits were allowed to come with her to Hogwarts, but they would have to stay in the barn.

Spotting just the people she was wanting to see in a crowded compartment, Isa burst in with her rabbits. No plants this time as all of her plants had been safely stored in the luggage compartment. As much as she loved her plants, she couldn't carry rabbits and plants at the same time, and she didn't want to scare Derf. "Hi Derf! Hi Stasya! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Isa. Third year Hufflepuff." Isa smiled at everyone. It was good to be back with her friends. "Guess what? I got permission to bring my rabbits to Hogwarts! They have to stay in the barn."

After setting her rabbit cage down, she opened up her bag and pulled out a book titled Pygmy Goats as Pets. "This is for you, Stasya." Isa handed the goat book over to Stasya. Naturally, Derf was involved in the goat plot too. Isa was not at all surprised. "So, have you figured out where you can get a goat from and what kind of goat?" Isa liked the idea of a pygmy goat. They were small and cute. Maybe it was a bad idea, but Isa was all for helping Derf sneak creatures into Hogwarts.

It was finally his fifth year in school. The first year where he could take his OWLs. So...let's see how that would go. Jonas poked into an empty car. No people there. Jonas found a seat and sat down. He got out his fifth year spell book.

Train rides were nice. Whether it was quiet or not, at least the company happened to be alright. "Sky for short.. that's neat. " Kirk commented. It looked like she recognised him as well given he wasn't in his house robes just yet. "Yeah, that's right." Impressive.. But then again, he was sitting here reading by himself. "I don't think you're in Ravenclaw, right?" He asked. Kirk was definitely sure on that, given how diverse the classes were in house colors.

Solving these runes in the magazine could wait until later Kirk supposed. "So.. did you have a good summer?"

Growing up in England, riding trains were never a problem for Elora. In fact, she was quite fond of them, especially the Hogwarts Express. After hearing stories about the famous train from her parents, she couldn't wait until it was her turn to experience everything for herself. Thankfully, that day had finally come.

Once she was aboard the train, she made her way down the carts before arriving at an empty one. She carefully opened the door, instantly taking the seat closest to the window. Placing her Owl's cage beside her, she couldn't help but look around. Her eyes would constantly glance towards the door, waiting for someone, if anyone to come in.

Neat? It was just her name and nickname, and while she did like her name, well she wasn't sure she would use neat to describe it. But she guessed it to be a compliment, so she said simply, "Thank you." As he confirmed he was indeed in her year. And a Ravenclaw. "No, I'm not. But both my older siblings were Ravenclaws. You probably know Noah, as he's two years older than us." And sadly not on the train this time, but Sky didn't comment on his absence. She wasn't even sure Kirk knew / was friendly with her older brother. "I'm in Slytherin house, which is rather convenient to the Great Hall. And we have this awesome lake view." Because even though they were in the dungeons, that didn't mean it would be a bad thing.

Good summer? Had he been reading her thoughts about her summer? She didn't really want to know, but she just shrugged, glancing out of the window. "It was alright. The quidditch parts were good. And lunch in muggle London was good, but other than that, it wasn't really anything special... what about you?" As she stared out the window, she couldn't help but feel like they were approaching Hogsmeade station soon. To which, she said as much. "I think, we're almost there."