Going away from home

[laurap]

Laura looked into her cupboard once again, re-checking that she hadn’t forgotten anything. She had all her clothes, her books, wand… Noticing her cauldron in the bottom of her wardrobe Laura pulled it out hurriedly. She didn’t want to even think what Snape would do if she would have forgotten her cauldron at home. Adding the cauldron into her neatly packed trunk Laura sighed. She had everything now. Feeling exited and a bit giddy as always at first day of school She would miss her mother dearly, but Laura was exited at the prospect of seeing Hogwarts once again. And seeing her friends was good. Izy, Nokomis, Kim. Quidditch she had missed too.
“We better get going, Laura,” her mother shouted from downstairs and Laura put Nofretete into her traveling basket after shouting “Coming!” down to her mother.

Picking up the traveling cage with Nofretete and her trunk Laura hurried out of her room, almost stumbling and falling on the stairs. “I’m alright!” Laura shouted to her mother who just laughed softly and took hold of Laura’s trunk as they took Laura’s things to the car. Both Laura and her mother sat into the car chatting in about every-day matters in a friendly atmosphere. They arrived at King’s Cross almost too soon Laura decide as they stocked her trunk and Nofretete’s cage to the last part of the train. Laura smiled softly listening to her mothers words to take care of herself, and be good, and not catch a cold.
“Throwing her arms around her mother Laura hugged her tightly: “Love you, mom.”
“I love you too,” her mother whispered in response. Looking up Laura noticed that the train was starting to get ready to get off, so she let her mom kiss her one more time before she sprinted onto the train.

By some miracle finding a compartment where she could settle into Laura pulled out her pencils and a piece of paper and started drawing.

[somethingdifferent]

Ava just barely made it onto the train. Needless to say, the Borden's were not exactly none for their promptness (unless you count lack thereof). By the time Ava had struggled onto the train, so could only find one semi-unoccupied compartment. The only other student in it was a much older Hufflepuff girl who was doodling idly. "Excuse me," said Ava, rather louder than she had meant to, "do you mind if I park it here?"

[somethingdifferent]

((oops, here's the edited version))
Ava just barely made it onto the train. Needless to say, the Borden's were not exactly known for their promptness (unless you count lack thereof). By the time Ava had struggled onto the train, she could only find one semi-unoccupied compartment. The only other student in it was a much older Hufflepuff girl who was doodling idly. "Excuse me," said Ava, rather louder than she had meant to, "do you mind if I park it here?"

[jamesbryce]

((I am new, since we are close in year, I hope you don’t mind if I join in with you.))


The morning had been rough. James and his sister, Autumn, had waited for their father to get off work before leaving the house for Kings Cross Station. James was starting his third year, and it was the second time that he had been chasing the train and jumping on while it was moving.

His father had been victim of a particularly long night shift in the magical reversal ward at St. Mungo’s and had made it home in time to change and escort the two of them to Platform 9 ¾.

As James walked through the corridor of the train, he thought about how hard it had been to leave his baby brother and sister at the station. Matthew and Maureen had grown so much since the last time he had seen them over Easter Holidays. They had both started to walk while he was home for Summer Hols. Celina hooted softly from her cage that was attached to his trunk as though she understood his dilemma. His sister had abandoned him for her older friends and left him to find a compartment on his own.

The train rattled steadily as it picked up speed on the tracks. As he neared the front of the train, James saw a girl in his house that he had only spoken with a few times. He thought her name was Laura. He was pretty sure anyway.

He slid the compartment door open slowly. As he did, he noticed that another girl that he didn’t recognize was sitting on the other bench. James opened his mouth to speak, but instead a short squeak came out.

He blushed and cleared his through. Don’t fail me now! He thought, scolding his unsteady voice inwardly. He felt warm and suddenly shy.

“Err, do you mind if I sit here? Everywhere else is full.” He said quietly while playing with his midnight blue robes. They were wrinkled and just a little too long for him, but when one was growing at the rate he was, it was necessary to buy things just a little too big.

He looked down self-consciously and smoothed the wrinkles out cursing his inability to fold things neatly. He glanced back up with an unsure smile, hoping that they might allow him to stay.

[somethingdifferent]

Ava had just sat down and gotten settled when a boy came to the door of the compartment. He looked flushed and harried, as if he had just been running. He somewhat timidly asked if he could sit.

"Well, I just got here myself, but it's fine with me," Ava replied. "Were you running late too?"

She slid down the bench, making room for the boy to sit. Then she stuck out her hand.

"Ava Borden, Ravenclaw, second year. And you?"

[madeye]

In the first compartment door he wrenched open were a young girl and a boy. Alastors eyes shifted over them. The boy was supporting a limp wrist that seemed to be broken. Both children had glass cuts too. “To the hallway, we are getting of the train,” Alastor growled out the command letting the children step out and directing them to the middle of the hallway where 2 young aurors were already working on making a portal key. Making sure the two kids were heading that way Alastor turned and stepped to the next compartment.