Not long after the whistle a short-haired girl (@Classpet) peered into the compartment.
"Um, excuse me, do you mind if my frog and I sit here? there aren't many other seats...?" the girl asked in shy sort of way, fixing her eyes on Felix. Anna-Jayne offered the girl a gentle smile.
"No, that's fine," Anna Jayne replies, dismissing the girl's explanation. Anna-Jayne scoops up the cat and places him on her lap, leaving the other girl more choices on where to sit, "Take a seat," she says, running her left hand across the side of the cat's back becoming the receiving end of a bucket load of purrs as Felix settles in her lap. She watched the girl take a seat, "I'm Anna-Jayne," she says, "And you?" That was when a black haired girl, whom Anna-Jayne had not yet noticed, spoke up from the door (@caliban22).

"Hello you two, is there room for us as well?" she asked. Anna-Jayne gave a nod.

"Yeah, we have room," she says, offering the black haired girl the same gentle smile she gave to the short-haired one. She, as she had before, watched the girl get into a seat, glancing at her owl for a short while. "I'm Anna-Jayne and this is...." she starts gesturing toward the other girl, "I'm sorry, I never got your name..."

"Bishop. And I'm more concerned that... Albert, if he sees Veil, will kill her within a second." Bishop paused halfway through the sentence, making an attempt to memorize Hayes's name. He still didn't look away from Albert and kept a protective hand over his pocket. Bishop softened his tone, remembering what his late mother told him about making friends. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Hayes."

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Karen smiled back. A smile of full of confidence - about half of it was faked, however, though Karen did a good job of masking it. "It's nice to meet you, Haley, and you as well, Bishop," she nodded towards the other boy in the compartment. "That's an unusual name, though not unpleasant mind you. I like it."

As silence settled down between them, Karen thought that all three of them here were awfully quiet. She'd thought that most other children her age were much chattier. Maybe they were different? Well, time would tell.

The girl flushed visible at Hayes's comment on her dress. As with just talking with her peers, Karen was similarly unused to compliments from them. She nearly began stuttering her response before catching herself and calming down; this was not how she would conduct herself in front of her new acquaintances.

"Ah . . . thank you, Haley," she began. She paused. What should she say now? Did she even have to say anything else? But it felt rude to have to receive a compliment and not say anything in return.

Karen was aware that the silence was stretching into a uncomfortable length, and decided that there wouldn't be any harm in simply returning the compliment: "You look pretty as well."

Everything else aside, it would be awhile before Karen realized she had completely bungled up Hayes's name.

After a little while of sitting by himself with Perun, Isaak decided that it would be better to try and socialize with the other students. After all it would be better to do so then to just be alone by himself and nothing else but his pet and books. If you're going to make a good impression this year to honor your family name then it is best to try and socialize with possible housemates, he said to himself. He then walked out of his compartment and then walked into another one to see three other people in there.

"Hello, I hope you don't mind me sitting in here" he said to them as held his ferret in his hands. He hoped that they weren't an exclusive group and would let him join.

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Bishop was barely able to keep his laughter in during the entire time Karen was speaking. She clearly wasn't used to receiving and giving complements. As if her repeatedly calling Hayes Haley wasn't enough to make him laugh, calling the boy pretty certainly did. He moved his freehand up to his mouth, hiding his smile, but his eyes betrayed him, which were no longer filled with hate but instead full of amusement. Once Bishop had manged his laughter, he moved his hand away from his grinning mouth.

"You aren't very used to this kind of thing, are you Karen?"

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Brynn sat down closest to the wall beside the door. Then bringing a small frog that looked like it was melting out of her pocket,she held it gently in her hand. After a short while she turned to Anna-jayne as though no time had passed between when she first arrived and when the two newcomers showed up.
"I'm Brynn by the way, and this is Gregory my frog. I like your cat. Can I call you Anna, or do you prefer Jayne?". All of her words tumbled out listlessly, and just as quickly as she spoke them she refocused on the boys ferret.

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"Hello, I hope you don't mind me sitting in here" came a masculine voice from the door of the compartment. Anna-Jayne turns to the voice to see a black-haired boy holding a ferret in his hands. @Weird Tales

"Sure, that's fine by me..." she says looking at the other girls before gesturing to the other seat, running her hands down her cat yet again. Felix was generally a well behaved cat but he was to lazy to care he was sitting in a small area with a ferret and a bird. Once again she watches the newcomer get in their seat, offering him a gentle smile. "I'm Anna-Jayne," she says. "And you?" she then asks, slowly lifting her cat off her shorts as its claws were digging through her shorts to her legs then slowly places him back onto her lap. The short haired girl then introduced herself. (@Classpet)

"I'm Brynn by the way, and this is Gregory my frog. I like your cat. Can I call you Anna, or do you prefer Jayne?". Anna-Jayne held back a small amount of giggles, she found Brynn's stumbling slightly amusing. She looked down at Brynn's frog, Gregory, and smiled, looking back up at Brynn.

"Thanks," she smiles petting her cat, "This is Felix and yeah, you can call me Anna,"

"This is Felix and yeah, you can call me Anna," @SouffleGirl123.
After a short pause Brynn looked away from the ferret and refocused on the other humans in the cart. With a smile she began chittering again.
"Are you all new to the wizard thing right? I thought it was pretty cool that they're real when i got my letter. According to Hogwarts a History Wizards have been delivering mail by owl for a really long time, isn't that neat!". She looked around at the many faces hoping this didn't seem rude. It was true, she hadn't known a thing about wizards before the letter, and she thought the thing about owls was really amazing. Really she had thought everything in all of the books she'd read for Hogwarts, which was all of them except the one for potions and transfiguration. Shed even tried a few of the spells from one of the books, though few of them had worked.
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Isaak laughed at Brynn's question, it was clear to him that the girl was a muggleborn to not know about Hogwarts or the wizarding world. He assumed that she would probably be in hufflepuff.

"No, I'm pure-blood. My family has been in slytherin for many generations. My name is Isaak Boyers and I'll be heading to Slytherin, just like the rest of my family" Isaak said to her as he took his seat and let Perun rest on his lap. He was glad to find someone to talk about it his family.

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Cal stroked Ghost's thick gray fur when Terrance spoke, "Hey, nice Wolf. What's his name?"

"Thanks, his name is Ghost. He may not look like one now, but in winter he turns white. Another shrill whistle sounded, signaling that there were ten minutes left. Cal's heart started to beat faster in nervousness and excitement. The train would be leaving soon and he would be going to Hogwarts.

He was kind of hungry, so he dug his hands in his pockets in search of food, but what he found was something small, round and smooth. He took a look at it and remembered exactly what it was.

"Have you ever had one of these?" He asked Terrance as he tapped it with his wand. In a few seconds sparks started to fly from it. Cal through it up into the air, where it did a few loops with sparks like a tail behind it, before landing back in his hands.

"If you give it the right spin you can made it do a loop," he a said handing the firework ball to Terrance.

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"...I'll be heading to Slytherin, just like the rest of my family..." Isaak said @Weird Tales
Brynn tried for a moment to recall about Slytherin, it had certainly come up a lot in one of the books, though the Slytherin founder, nor any of his successors, had really seem all that nice. The other three houses seem as though they were the more stable of the four founders. She Especially like Huffelpuff, hardworking and kind, they certainly seemed like they'd have been the greatest house yet Huffelpuffs were hardly mentioned at all. Perhaps that was just a twisted perspective or a mistake by the author.

"Not to be rude, but I don't really think we'll be in the same house, that is if you end up in Slytherin...I think I'd like to be in Huffelpuff. Ravenclaw sounded nice um, Griffindor sounded okay too. Really I don't think I'll care which house i get...except maybe Slytherin." She paused for a moment as though she were finished talking, and just as suddenly continued on realizing that what she had said so far might sound rude without more of an explanation.
"But! The..the hat or something like that picks. Anyway, it's anonymously chosen what house you get, so i'm not saying Slytherin is bad or anything!" She rambled on, trying not to offend him, finally deciding to switch topics. "But uhm, what about your family. You said they're pure-blood so does that mean you live with all kinds of magic around you all the time?"

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Lavender was listening to Brynn and Anna talking about houses and families and owls and smiled. She liked Brynn already and was happy she wasn't the only one new to all this.
She too had been reading Hogwarts, A History, and wasn't too keen on the idea of joining Slytherin. She had asked the head misstress about her parents, her father had been in Hufflepuff, her mother in Ravenclaw. Gryffindor didn't sound too bad, either, though she imagined she might be too thoughtful for that particular house.

Apparently forgotten by the other two, she smiled at the new boy and said, "That's a gorgeous ferret! I'm Lavender by the way, Lavender James. And this is April." Lavender pointed at the owl in her cage and smiled again. "Gosh, this is so exciting!"
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Isaak got a little annoyed at Byrnn's comment about Slytherin, as usual it seemed like his family's house couldn't get a break. It looked like a little bit of explaining would probably be good.

"Well every house has its positives and negatives, even Slytherin. Yes the house has had a history of attracting dark witches and wizards, but the main theme of the house is seeking to be great and have the ambition to make your life extraordinary, Carpe diem or 'seize the day' as the Latins called it and Slytherins stick together. I would also like to point out that Merlin was a Slytherin and is considered one of the greatest wizards of all time. As for the other houses, Gryffindors can be impulsive and reckless with their bravery. Ravenclaws are great at academics and incredibly smart, but they have the tendency to be stuck up and sometimes back stab one another. Hufflepuff just don't any of the qualities of the other three houses. My dad told me about all this when he went to Hogwarts" he explained to them and Isaak was surprised by how good he was at remembering the things that his father explained him about the four houses.

He then turned his attention to Lavender as she complimented his ferret and he gave her a smile.

"Thanks, my family wanted to get me a cat or owl, but I always wanted a ferret. Your owl is really beautiful and it's nice to meet you too Lavender" he said to her politely.

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She stared at him for a moment as he addressed Lavender. "Um, wow, yeah I guess if Merlin was a Slytherin they're probably pretty cool. You do actually have a very pretty ferret, in some places in the world there's a sport called ferret-legging where you put two live ferrets in your trousers until you can't stand it anymore, cause they scratch and bite, i read about it once." she said just as cheerfully as before then turned to Lavender. "Did you know that they deliver the mail by owl in the wizarding world? I wonder if your owl can do that. I've got a frog, but that's okay he's a really good frog." She exclaimed, evidently moving on from the topic of Hogwarts houses. Then turning to Isaak again she continued "Whats it like living in the wizarding world, I think your the only one here who really has any experience with magic really".

She'd had every hope that between the compliment and the cool fact about ferrets Isaak would forget that she'd ever even said anything even the slightest bit derogatory towards his family's house. Really she didn't think anything bad about Slytherin, nor had she connected before that many dark wizards had come from that house, she'd more of skimmed over those parts. She had never felt particularly inclined to be part of Slytherin, as she did for Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.

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Lavender glanced at April before answering Brynn's questions. "I hope so, I have been training her just like the owner of the Owl Emporium told me to. She's made a few test flights, and she's never failed to find me or my parents yet! I can't wait to have her deliver my first letter!"

She looked over at Isaak and Anna and said "Isaak, Slytherin sounds more interesting than they make it out to be in the books. I never really thought about it like that before. I suppose ambition in itself isn't a bad thing, it all depends what you do with it in the end. The same goes for being smart or brave, doesn't it?" Without waitin for a reply she continued "Do you know a lot about magic already? I've read a few things, but I'm kinda scared about using it, really."

Lavender realised what she was saying and suddenly fell silent. She blushed and stared out the window, lost in thought.

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Terrance watches as the firework ball does a few loops...pretty impressively, at that, then takes it when offered. "Yeah, I've used these before. Though, I never tried to make it do loops other than on a table. Other things yes...but not loops." Actually, he had mostly been trying to make them do things they were never actually meant to do...like activating them underwater...but hey, some things were best said when they could be demonstrated. Terrance slips his wand out from his belt under his robe, and after giving the sphere a quick spin on the palm of his hand, tapped it and tossed it up into the air, where it spun in tiny circles and dusted sparks over that area of the compartment before dropping back into Terrance's waiting hand, which hands it back to Cal. "Even better in a bowl."

Cal took the small sphere from Terrance and slipped it back into the pocket of his robes.

"I think we're go-" yet another shrill whistle sounded, giving the students on the platform a final warning. Out the window, Cal saw smoke rising from the train. "I think we're leaving now."

Cal's heart beat even faster. The train was about to leave, set for Hogwarts. The destination Cal couldn't wait to arrive at. A double whistle sounded, and more smoke rose from the sides of the train. The sound of doors magically closing could be heard throughout the train, followed by the sound of Pistons. The train was slowly moving away from the station, gaining speed as it went, until the people outside were nothing but a blur, and they were out in the countryside.

"Are you all new to the wizard thing right? I thought it was pretty cool that they're real when i got my letter. According to Hogwarts a History Wizards have been delivering mail by owl for a really long time, isn't that neat!". Once again Anna-Jayne had to hold herself from giggles toward Brynn's fast moving words. She looked around the compartment as the others spoke.

"No, I'm pure-blood. My family has been in Slytherin for many generations. My name is Isaak Boyers and I'll be heading to Slytherin, just like the rest of my family" The boy, Issak, had replied. To Anna-Jayne the way he strung his words made him sound slightly arrogant and snobbish, however, she was always skeptical about people who talked about their families as if they were so high up. From what she read and heard from her grandmother most Slytherins didn't seem to be the best of people but that was so long ago. Some of the best wizards came from Slytherin but so many great wizards came from so many places.

Anna-Jayne was glad that she wasn't the only one who lacked knowledge of magic and sighed, petting her cat yet again as the others changed the subject.
"Do you know a lot about magic already? I've read a few things, but I'm kinda scared about using it, really." Lavender said before proceeding to stare out of the window.

"I've never had an experience with magic..." Anna-Jayne admits with no sheepishness present in her voice at all. "And yes," she says turning to Issak in particular, "My parents are hu... I mean muggles. My grandmother is the only witch or wizard alive in my family to my knowledge but that doesn't make me lesser than anyone despite their history." she points out. She didn't know if Issak even felt that muggleborns were lesser but whether he did or not Anna-Jayne did not want to be looked down on because of her past.

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"Tha..thank you?" Hayes said in confusion to the compliment that he was given and tossed a smile at Bishops response. "You look pretty too, he told the boy in the corner" in an effert to break the awkwardness of the mistake. He looked back over to the girl.
As the fog cleared the window he looked out and saw the open fields they were passing, long plains of grass and trees reaching out across the land. It was beautiful he thought. He had never really been one to admire the land but something about this place, he did.
"Did you parents go to Hogwarts?" He asked the two kids. "My fa.." He started but was interrupted By the opening of the capartment door, a older lady entered asking if they wanted sweets.
"No..no thank you." Hayes replied to the lady, she smiled and looked at the others.

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