Paul tried his best not to laugh as he stood at the door to his compartment and watched all of the events unfold interesting people he thought as he sat back down in his seat this might not be so bad after all. he thought as ghost ran back in to the compartment "good Boy" Paul said with a slight smile and a chuckle

Hiroshi stared in disbelief what just happened. Change still in his hand. He didn't like it when people bought him things, it was weird. He felt like he was in some sort of debt now. Hiroshi got out of his seat , determined to find Cal and pay him back. Hiroshi opened the door , but before he could taken another step out Cal's pet came charging back in nearly knocking him off balance. Once he regained his posture, Hiroshi peeked out the door and saw Cal and the girl he chased after having a conversation. ' Now may not be the best time to pay him back' Hiroshi thought, and slipped back in the compartment.

Hiroshi sat back down and pulled out his wand, and waved it around in the air, smiling.

" Have you guys ever use magic before?" Hiroshi asked the remaining boys in his compartment.

Arabella laughed as ghost scarfed down her Pumpkin Pastie and ran passed them. Once she finally calmed down she accepted her purse. "It's okay. There's no need to spend money on getting another one. But thanks for the offer." She smiled. "It was rather funny that he made us chase so far just for a Pumpkin Pastie." She looked back down the train to see groups of people staring out of their compartments to stare and the two first years who had just been yelling and running in the train. Arabella blushed with embarrassment.

"Thank you for getting my stuff back." She looked down at her feet hoping he wouldn't notice the pink tinge on her cheeks. She had never had so much attention from so many people at once and to have yelled and ran, probably making a fool out of herself in front of some of the teachers on board before school had even started. she felt her cheeks burn a brighter red.

@AbysmalDemon

"No problem. I'll get your stuff back for you anytime, although, if I do, I just hope it's not from him again." Cal chuckled a little. He noticed her blush, but really, he just didn't want her to see him blushing. His cheeks went from a tinge of pink, to a burning bright scarlet, as he looked down at his feet, worrying what to do next.

He didn't want to end the conversation, but, there was really nothing left to say. It killed him to do it, but he finally ended the conversation. "Well, I think I'm gonna go back to my compartment, and make sure Ghost doesn't do anything else stupid." He removed his gaze from the ground to her. "It was, really nice meeting you." With that, Cal walked back to his compartment, and moved Ghost over so he could sit, and he closed the door so he couldn't get out again. "Your lucky that didn't ruin anything Ghost!" He still had a pink tinge on his cheeks, as he saw Arabella walk back to the compartment across from them.

At the arrival of another girl Orion was beginning to wonder why their compartment was so popular. It was a good thing Laura had put that charm on it or they would never have enough room! But seeing as they could squeeze one more person in he smiled at the girl and nodded. "Sure! Come on in. My name is Orion and this is my twin Estelle. Nice to meet you!"
@Arista

[color=gold][I]"Anything from the trolley?"[/color][/I] Orion perked up when he heard those words. He knew what that meant, food! He hurriedly dug into his pocket and pulled out a handful of coins. He had used all of his and his twins allowance money and reverted it into the magical world currency seeing as their parents had put up a fuss at paying for their school supplies. He quickly turned to his twin who was closer to the door than he was. "Hey Estelle, take these and go get something for us!" With that he shoved the coins into his sister's hands and nudged her out the door. Soon Estelle was standing outside their compartment, hand full of coins with a stunned look on her face. She blinked a few times before slowly looking down, brow furrowing slightly. What in the world were these coins? She knew Orion had reverted their money but he had failed to tell her what each coin was or how much it stood for.

So now she was standing there like an idiot and the trolley was growing further and further away. A blush tinged her cheeks pink as she shifted from foot to foot. Did she chase down the trolley or return to the compartment in embarrassment. She knew Orion would be slightly disappointed seeing as they hadn't had a chance to eat anything this morning, her stomach grumbling slightly at the reminder. Her cheeks darkened even further and she took a hesitant step in the direction the trolley had gone, a lost look on her face.

Paul's stomach growled as he sat there well... he thought as he stood up "Be right back lads" he said as he stepped out of the compartment. quickly he looked down the hallway to look for the trolley. As he looked he saw a girl looking nervous. slowly he walked over to her wonder whats wrong with her? he thought as he neared her "You alright?" he asked as he neared Maybe she doesn't have any money for anything?

@caliban22

Estelle jumped, letting out a small squeak when she heard a voice speak out from next to her. She whirled, eyes wide. As she gazed at the boy with startled blue eyes she recognized him vaguely as one of the boys from the compartment across from hers that she had peeked inside earlier. At his question she glanced down at her hand which held the coins, blush darkening. "W-Well. My brother g-gave me these t-to buy something from the trolley b-but...I uh..d-don't really know how the currency works here." She stuttered in her normal soft voice, peeking up at the boy from under her eyelashes.

Paul chuckled and smiled slightly as he watched the girl shes like a lost puppy... he thought as he looked at the money "Your brother huh? well seems like he should have shown you what costs what." he said as he motioned towards the cart. "Come on I will help you out." he said waiting for her response.

@caliban22
At his offer to help she looks up with a hopeful expression on her face. She nodded shyly and followed after him as they walked after the trolley. Soon they caught up to the woman who gave Estelle a gentle smile. "Anything from the trolley dear?" Estelle's wide blue eyes took in all the snacks, not having a clue what anything was and feeling so lost. She unthinkingly turned to the boy, lost expression back on her face.

Paul smiled at the girl. "Let me get a couple of each" he said as he pulled some money out of his pocket and handed it to the woman working the cart "Save your money." he said casually as he looked at the girl "I'm Paul by the way." he said holding out his hand to the girl.

@caliban22
Estelle stuttered a few unintelligent words, mostly just sounds as they boy pulled out his money and bought some snacks without blinking. She felt her cheeks heat up further, not used to talking to other people much less a boy. She nervously tucked a stand of hair behind her ear. "I-I'm Estelle." She said shyly. She looked at the money in her hand before holding it out to the boy. "S-So do you know what these coins are called and how much they are worth?"

Paul chuckled "you have six galleons, six sickle, and 12 Knut." he said as he took another look . A Galleon is made up of 17 sickle, a sickle in turn is made up of 29 Knuts. " he said nicely as he pointed to each respectively " usually things on this cart cost around 11 sickle give or take." he said warmly

@caliban22
Estelle nodded her head slowly as Paul explained the currency and how it worked. If Orion had just taken the time to explain this to her before shoving her out the door this would have been so much easier but maybe she made a friend from all of this? The thought was a nice one, she's never really had friends before since she was so shy all the time. Maybe this change was good despite how her parents were acting. She gave him a shy smile. "Thank you."

Cal looked up at Hiroshi's question. "Magic, only what I used to unlatch the compartment door earlier. They have laws that prevent underage wizards from using magic outside of Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, Hogsmead, and here. So, I haven't really gotten the chance to." Cal took out his wand, and took a good look at it. Dragon Heartstring. He had heard rumors, but didn't act no if it was true, so he gave it a try. Rumor has it, that sparks come out when you wave a Dragon Heartstring hard enough.

Pointing it at the ground he gave it a flick. With a boom, and a flash of sparkling red light, the spot where he aimed was scorched. "Holy shit. That was not the intended outcome." Cal laughed at his mistake, and proceeded to eat an every flavoured bean. Toffee.

Paul nodded "Don't worry about it, if you ever need more help please feel free to ask." he said warmly with a smile as he moves to turn back to his compartment. Welp did my good deed for the day he thought pleasantly as he walked. Half way back to his Compartment Paul found himself humming a song he had heard when he was younger.

Stefan's eyes went wide at Callum's demonstration, such bright and extravagant effect with but a shake of the wrist causing him to choke a bit on the candy he had been chewing on. That said Stefan had time to think about Callum's retort earlier and had plucked up enough courage to speak up again despite the mild choking hazard he just witnessed.

"*Cough* *cough*, thankings- *cough* you- *cough* for das sweets, but that show may not as being good for mein life," smiling despite the pain. He recomposed himself after a few dry heaves, "But about Azkabahn, sorry, didn't wantings to offend Herr Callum, but ich fells that the other wizard countries treat it of not problem. Mein guardian was into mockings Britain and the Nords than taking it as an actual threat."

@AbysmalDemon

Before Arabella had a chance to respond Cal had walked back to his compartment and closed the door. She would have liked to talk with him a bit longer but it looked like now she would just have to wait a bit. looking up from the ground her gaze met with her brothers seering one for the compartment at the end of the hall. She thought she could't blush even harder but right then she knew she was as red as a lobster. Looking away from his gaze she returned to her compartment. With a deep breath she entered hoping that nobody would notice the redness that was clear on her cheeks.

"H-Hey, everyone. Sorry it took me so long." She picked up her kitten and sat down placing her back on her lap, "I got a bit... distracted..." she let the sentence drawl off before regaining her composure and moving her bag off of her shoulder. "But, I did bring snacks." Arabella tossed a Chocolate Frog and a Pumpkin Pastie to each person handing Orion two of each since Estelle was outside. "I also have two things of Bertie Botts Every Flavored Beans if anyone wants any. I figured we could just share." Arabella smiled and opened her own Chocolate frog, placing the wrapper and card in her purse without a second glance.

Ned thanked the girl almost silently, whispering "Thank you" with an effort. How could he have missed the free seat, he had no idea, but he was more than happy to find one such place. He sat there nodded at the direction of everyone else in the compartment and then started to stare from the window.
He heard their voices, a number of other 11 and 12-year-olds speaking of magic, of food, of whatever. He couldn't concentrate. Was this really happening to him? Ned's brains were going crazy with all the information.

Then, little spark of dread lit up in his heart... What if this was all just another orphanage and the old Headmistress had just given up on him, leaving him to this who-knows-what place to do who-knows-what things with who-knows-what kind of people.

'Excuse me,' he said. 'Do you know where are we going? Where is this Hogwarts school and what are we going to do there? I don't know anywhere by the name of Hogsmeade either...'
He was still trying to make sense out of the Hogsmeade, magic and stuff he heard last in the compartment.

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Cal looked up to Stefan, when he talked about his guardian mocking the breakout from Azkaban. "Well, people aren't always right, y'know. Anyways, we're safe at Hogwarts, so there's really nothing for us to worry about." Cal paused, and thought. What if, they did come to Hogwarts, what if they were in danger. Then he came back to his senses, what would they even want with Hogwarts?

Ghost tried to lick his hand, but Cal patted him away, still mad from before. Then Cal opened a Chocolate Frog. He didn't really care for the candy, but when he was little, he used to play with the frogs that were in the box. He quickly slipped the card out, and closed the box. Harry Potter. He had a million and one of those already, so he tossed it to the side. As he opened the box, he held out his hand for the frog, to jump on, but instead, it jumped on his face, and settled down on his head. "I'm gonna name you, Bob." He chuckled, as it jumped on his hand.

'Do you know where are we going? Where is this Hogwarts school and what are we going to do there? I don't know anywhere by the name of Hogsmeade either...'

Laura looked up at this, happy to help, although, quite puzzled on how he didn't know anything about it. "Well, Hogwarts is a school of magic. You learn how to use it, and more importantly, how to control it. And the reason you don't know about a place called Hogsmeade, is because it's not in the regular world, it's in the Wizarding World." Laura smile at him, hoping her advice was helpful. The boy still had a look of disbelief on his face. "I'll show you." Laura aimed her wand, at a tear in his pant leg, and made the incantation, "Reparo!" With that, the rip in his clothing, mend together, and it looked like the rip had never happened.

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