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Alice had blushed when Eira had said she enjoyed spending time with her as much if not more so than with her other friends. She ignored the little twitter in her stomach and focused on catching up with Eira about her fencing as they got onto the train. She couldn't help but be in awe of her slightly older friend, who was so pretty, and so strong now. She was like a real princess knight! And Alice had been sure to tell Eira that before turning bright red and changing the subject quickly to asking Eira about what electives she was taking.

When they got to Hogsmeade Station, Alice grabbed Eira's hand and said brightly, "So we don't loose each other in the crowd!" Though she didn't also admit that as her hand tightened it was she was nervous to ride those horseless carriages... it was like muggle vehicles and... she shuddered slightly, gripping Eira's hand tighter at the thought and moving close to her friend. At least she had Eira with her, hopefully Eira wouldn't mind though... Alice didn't know if she would be okay alone on those carriages. It was daunting and scary to her. Oh why couldn't they take boats after their first year, too!

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spaceJasmine hopped off the train behind the two sisters, grinning widely. If she felt awkward about the conversation concerning her new friend's parentage, it didn't show; honestly, she didn't think she could be blamed for coming to the conclusion she had. It'd take a pretty long stretch of the imagination to come up with the truth, she figured. Besides, it wasn't like she cared, or even that she cared she'd been wrong. She was glad that they'd been honest with her about it, since it seemed like the sort of thing that might embarrass some people. Or cause gossip. Actually, there probably would be gossip, she realized. Hmph. Well, she'd just have to make sure everyone knew that if they wanted to talk about her friends, they'd better not let her hear them doing it.

spaceShe smiled widely at the sisters, nodding in agreement with Minnie's words. "Ugh, I've got way too much energy for sitting. I just sat for literally hours, I wanna run a lap around the lake," she snickered. Honestly, sitting sounded like her worst nightmare right at that moment. By the end of the night, maybe she'd feel differently. But at present, she thought she'd die if she had to sit down. Which was usually the opposite of how she felt. But, she'd gotten on the train that morning, and now it was night. That was a whole day, sitting on a train. It hadn't even stopped for them to switch off at any point! She'd not had to do a thing all day! It felt almost wasteful, she swore. "Better yet, instead of taking the boats, let's swim to the school. That'd be great. There's a Giant Squid, you know," she informed the girls, looking exhilarated at the thought. Oh, sure, the water would be cold and who knows what was in the lake, but it sounded fun, and exciting. Also, it meant she wouldn't be sitting. She really couldn't emphasize that enough.


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Ｅｉｒａ enjoyed the train ride with her friend as she had last year, the only exception being that she didn't have to reassure Alice that she would get into Ravenclaw. They had discussed trivial but friendly things, like the electives she had signed up for (not as many as she would've liked but she was considering her OWL year and her already packed study schedule) and for some odd reason her fencing. She had only told her friends about fencing because that was what she assumed friends did, tell each other small things going on in their lives. She hadn't expected her friend to be so enthralled with it. Maybe for Yule or doing the summer she could offer to teach her if she was so interested. Although now that she thought of it she would have to offer it to her other friends as well to keep fair and she was sure Ivy would literally jump at the chance to be even more lethal than she already is. As for Joel, she wasn't quite sure, he might do it because he wanted to stay in shape, or because it was a way to literally play with swords. Adaline she was sure would be in it for the latter. Arriving at Hogsmeade station brought forth memories she hadn't been sure she had of the attack but the moment she stepped off the train, her mind was assaulted with images. Her pulling friends towards the train but losing sight of Joel and Ivy, flinging few hexes here or there just in self defense, and that horrid stench of blood. An involuntary shudder ran through her before it was replaced with a nicer feeling of warmth. Startled, Eira looked down at the source and found it to be Alice's hand clasped in hers, the point being so they wouldn't be lost in the crowd. She offered her friend a small grin, immediately apologetic for her slight daydreaming. "Good idea. Let's see if we can find either an empty carriage for the others to join us or find the one they've already chosen." she suggested in her usual quiet voice.

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spaceStepping off the train felt like being punched in the gut; Dorian felt sick to his stomach, and tried to suppress the urge to retch. The Hufflepuff squared his shoulders, pushing through the crowd as quickly as possible, eyes staring just far enough ahead to be sure he wouldn't bump into anyone. Not that he needed to worry about it; he was generally pretty well aware of how close people were. Heightened senses and all that. Predatory instincts or something, he supposed. Whatever the case, he wanted out of here, and fast. In that moment, the seventh year resolved never to come back to the train station. It'd be bad enough being able to see it from work, actually having to be there would be an exercise in torture. As he walked past the spot where his brother had died, he swallowed, refusing to turn his head and look in that direction. What good would it do to dwell? Wasn't that the whole point of moving in with Jess, avoiding the dwelling? Of course, he wasn't with Jess now, he was at the station, with the memory at the forefront of his mind, no matter how hard he tried to push it away.

spaceHe tried to distract himself by redirecting his thoughts, but was coming up blank. The best he could do was try and focus on Jess, which admittedly did help a little. He missed her already; truth be told, he'd missed her the second she'd left the platform. If not for being Head Boy, he wouldn't have taken the train at all, would've just apparated to Hogsmeade. He would've accomplished two things that way; a whole extra day with Jess before he had to leave, and then he wouldn't have had to actually step foot in the station. But, that wouldn't have been fair to Lexine, since she'd have had to lead the meeting in the prefects car all on her own if he hadn't been there. He still couldn't quite believe he'd made Head Boy, but he did suppose it made sense; he'd been pretty good about his prefect duties, if a little... slack, at times. Still, the meeting had felt awkward, like it wasn't really his life. More like he was an actor in a play... a really bad actor, reading lines directly from a poorly-written script. But it was over and done with, so that was good. He sighed; Julius would've gotten Head Boy, if he'd...

spaceNo. Dori wasn't supposed to be thinking about that, right? He very actively diverted his attention elsewhere, instead focusing on that morning with Jess. Missing her was better than missing his brother; at least he'd get to see her every once in a while during the school year. Whenever she found time to come see him at the shop, he figured. At least until Jason got sick of her and kicked her out. But, even then, he'd get to see her on the Hogsmeade weekends he wasn't working, right? Though, he had no idea how often that'd be, considering that traitor Adalaide had quit. He glared at the reminder; where the heck did she get off, anyway? Talking him into applying, and then just, bam! Quit. If she'd wanted him to replace her so that she didn't have to feel guilty about it, she could've at least been honest! ... He wouldn't have gone for it, but still! He greatly resented being lied to. Damned tiny blonde brat. There'd been many a rant about it at home after Jason had told him... and there was sure to be many more. But, he wasn't going to quit, even if he was a little wary of having to be alone with Jason while they were both on two legs. He wouldn't leave the guy high and dry with no one to help out, after all. Even if the Alpha did insist he didn't actually need any help.


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I know we got it good, but they got it made,
And their grass is getting greener each day,
I know things are looking up, but soon they'll take us down,
Before anybody's knowing our name


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Kenny got off the train and stretched a bit before he looked over to where Rhys was standing off to the side. He bit his lip, already seeing Pru keeping an eye out for her younger cousin. He waved over toward her and made his way to Rhys, figuring he could keep an eye on his younger brother. That is, until he saw Rhys actually glaring at him and signing that he was fine, that he could deal with being alone long enough for the sorting, and that Gid was with him and would be on the boat ride. Kenny blinked, then recalled Rhys was pretty stubborn when he wanted to be. Kenny signed back awkwardly, asking if he was sure, and Rhys's expression became mulish. The response from his brother made him wonder if he had annoyed him or something before reason prevailed, as he had forgotten that Rhys would have to deal with people on his own at some point. Apparently adding that Kenny hadn't been around as often didn't make the Slytherin any happier about his brother's sudden desire for independence, but it was true. There were signs thrown in that Kenny didn't recognize, but it still amounted to the same thing. Kenny sighed, deciding to sign back that he wished his brother good luck, and left it at that before he waited for Jojo instead. He had not liked the exchange he had with his baby brother, but there was no getting around the fact that Rhys was trying to do things on his own. He was just hoping that it didn't come to bite him in the arse later.

When Jojo did make an appearance, he tried to hide the guilty feeling he had and gave her a small smile. "So, umm, waiting on friends right now or do we go ahead and catch a carriage? I mean, up to you, really. I um, I don't mind if you want to wait for your friends." He decided not to add the fact that he had no friends in his year, really. The closest he had to friends in Hogwarts had been Jer and his group of friends, but that was more a case of a younger sibling trailing behind his older brother. Which, judging from Rhys's reaction, he suddenly realized that Rhys might have been attempting to not be that kid. It was already going to be rough on him because he didn't talk, but adding in the fact that he was extremely smart and looked odd, and well, it spelled trouble for the youngest Lowery at Hogwarts from some of the less than pleasant students.



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Do you think I'm special? Do you think I'm nice?
Am I bright enough to shine in your spaces?
Between the noise you hear, and the sounds you like
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spaceJojo had to admit, she had been intensely uncomfortable on a good majority of the train ride. Between Rhys having to write to communicate with her and not knowing if the boy was just being nice because she was Kenny's girlfriend, she'd been tense the entire time. Or, well. Most of the entire time; at one point she'd dozed off... Even now, her hand reached to massage a spot on her neck where she'd stressed the muscle. Really shouldn't have done that, but the train ride always seemed to put her to sleep at one point or another. She followed Kenny off the train with a small frown on her face, watching worriedly as the two boys signed to one another. Was she being rude, watching? It wasn't like she was eavesdropping or anything, she had no idea what they were saying, after all. And what were they talking about? She told herself that it definitely wasn't her. It wasn't like she was some egomaniac who thought the world revolved around her or anything, she just... well, she couldn't tell for the life of her if Rhys had hated her or not. What if he did? What if she'd said or done something and she had no idea she'd even done it, and now he was telling Kenny he didn't like her? That was ridiculous, though. Kenny was probably just worried about Rhys, that's all they were talking about, right?

spaceShe offered a small, awkward wave to the two first year boys when Kenny turned his attention to her, and then bit her lip, shrugging. "Oh, um. I don't know? Uh, I didn't see Emily and Dylan anywhere... they might want to ride with Benjamin and Ariana, anyway. I did see Jesse and Elliott, I think, but that was this morning? But I have no idea where they are... Um... it'd probably be better to just get a carriage?" Sheesh, she was really sucking at this whole 'be more assertive' thing. Gypsy had been attempting to coach her all Summer in between clients, trying to give her a bit more confidence. Jojo felt like the older girl's lessons were falling on deaf ears; she had no idea how to actually be confident, and wasn't all that great at faking it. But, she had to at least try. So, impulsively, she grabbed her boyfriend's hand, pulling him with her. "Um, yeah, carriage. I dunno, if anyone wants to find me they can look for me or something," she told him, blushing a bit. Great, now she sounded bossy and entitled. That probably wasn't any better than the idiotic uncertainty. One of these days, Kenny was going to get sick of her weird mood swings and personality changes. But... well, he wasn't sick of them yet, so she might as well enjoy it while it lasted.


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Kyson stared blankly at the girl as she told him off for running into her. It wasn't his fault she was in his way to begin with. Apologize? For what, walking? He said nothing to her. She crossed her arms, looking very stern, which surprised him. She wasn't intimidating by any means, after all. Still, he was a little impressed that she stood up to him, and even more when she decided not to argue with him about the situation. Hmm, interesting... The train whistle blew and the conductor called out for the students to board the train. Kyson watched the girl leave, then turned to board the train himself. He found a small compartment and sat alone for the entire ride. He liked it that way, quiet and peaceful.

As the train pulled into Hogsmeade Station, Kyson crept out of the compartment and onto the platform. Looking around, he hoped his sister was as far away as possible right now. He didn't need her clinging to him and being all weird like she usually was, not in front of his classmates and the entire student body. She was so embarrassing sometimes... well, most of the times. Kyson knew the First Year students had to take these old boats across the Black Lake to get to the castle. Standing off by himself, he waited silently. A woman called out for the First Years to follow her, so she must be leading them to the Lake. It was about time too. He didn't want to stand around for too long when he could be inside, getting Sorted, and eating the legendary feast he had heard about.

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And I can't stop 'til the whole world knows my name. 'Cause I was only born inside my dreams.
Until you die for me, as long as there is a light, my shadow's over you. 'Cause I am the opposite of amnesia.
And you're a cherry blossom, you're about to bloom. You look so pretty, but you're gone so soon.
Some legends are told. Some turn to dust or to gold. But you will remember me, remember me for centuries.
And just one mistake is all it will take. We'll go down in history, remember me for centuries.

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Tori grinned widely at her friends. So many exciting things happened over the summer, apparently! Lyall's family went to Norway and Rider got a broom of her own! "Norway?! Why Norway? I mean, that's so awesome, but still, isn't it like, really cold up there or something?" she asked her friend. Tori wondered if her parents would take her on a family vacation to somewhere exciting, like Paris or somewhere fabulous! Maybe if she made really good grades this year they would let her go. "What kind of broom did you get, Rider? I hope it's a good one that makes you go really fast! You'll be even better at Quidditch than you already are!" she exclaimed with excitement. She would have to design a new cheer outfit just for cheering on her best friend in her games. Tori smiled at the thought, then the whistle blew. She hurried onto the train and found a compartment for her and her friends.

Finally, the train arrived at the Hogsmeade Station. Tori skipped off the train and onto the platform. She gleefully spun, admiring her new uniform. She had made it herself, after all! Never before had she put so much work into an outfit, and she was extremely proud of herself. "You know who we haven't seen in a while, guys? Addy and Pru! I wonder if they're off the train yet..." she said. Tori stood on her tiptoes, trying to find her housemates in the crowd. Luckily, her newest ensemble included a pair of heels. They weren't six inches, but they did the job, for she found herself friends standing together. Maybe they were waiting for them? "Oh, there they are! Let's go!" Tori took off, weaving through the crowd to get to the pair. "Pru! Addy! Hey guys! What's new? How was your summer?" She fired off questions one after another. It was great to be back with her friends, that was for sure. She made a mental note to find Feather and Kota at some point to catch up with them too.

I wear a disguise. I'm just your average Jane. The super doesn't stand for model, but that doesn't mean I'm plain.
If all you see is how I look, you miss the superchick within. And I christen you titanic, underestimate and swim.
I've got the rifle gonna be myself. I'll be everything that I want to be! I am confidence in insecurity.
I am a voice yet waiting to be heard. I'll shoot the shot, bang, that you hear round the world. I'm a one girl revolution.

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