Harry Potter and the Children of Slytherin ((Open!!!!))

Noted.

I have finished my last character. Thus, we shall be starting on Wednesday afternoon, just to give ZCF and Velox (who has told me personally his interest in joining) one extra day to work on character profiles before we start.

Username: Magus1108
Name: Matthew Perks
Age: 15
Gender: Male
House: Hufflepuff
Appearance: Matthew has short, black hair and vivid blue eyes. Or rather, eye, since his left eye is forever sown up, as his left eyeball was gouged out during the summer. Matthew wears the type of clothing one would normally associate with a wizard, especially a Hogwarts student. Aside from his one eye, the only other distinguishing physical features that Matthew has is the fact he has one arm, with his right arm gone up to the shoulder bone, and the X shaped scar that runs across his forehead.

Personality: Matthew is a rather withdrawn and reclusive person, though with all that he has been through it is of no surprise. However, he is willing (if hesitant) to make some new friends at Hogwarts, if given the opportunity. Matthew is also a thoughtful young lad, and takes great pains to please those around him, if at all possible.

History: Matthew is the nephew of Sally-Anne Perks, the Head of Hufflepuff House and Magical History teacher. His parents are both Muggles, given that Aunt Sally-Anne is Muggle-born herself. Thus Matthew is also a Muggle-born wizard. Though he doesn't really care about that fact.

Matthew was surprised, but very happy, when he received his Hogwarts letter when he turned eleven. His parents were also partially surprised, but given as Matthew's father was Sally-Anne's sister, they knew this might possibly happen. So they quickly called up Sally-Anne, and had her tutor Matthew in what to expect at Hogwarts. Matthew eagerly paid attention to what his Aunt said, and by the time his first semester of Hogwarts rolled around, he was well prepared.

For the most part, Matthew has had a great time at Hogwarts, and his previous four years have gone by rather well. However, it was in the summer before he attended his Fifth Year, that....things changed.

Matthew and a good friend of his, Anthony, decided to travel to Spain for a few weeks, with the Uncle of Anthony accompanying them to watch over them. When they returned from Spain, Anthony was dead, Anthony's Uncle was sent to St. Mungo for treatment for an undisclosed affliction, and Matthew had a missing eye, arm, and an X shaped scar on his forehead.

Much of what happened to them in Spain is unknown, but the barest details were made public: a dark wizard captured Mattew, his friend, and their guardian, did unspeakable experiments and tortures upon them, and other gruesome things, which ended up in the death of poor Anthony, Matthew's own mutilation, and extensive treatment for the Uncle for two months at Britain's Wizard Hospital.

Matthew refuses to speak about the horrid incident, aside from a few basic details, and has only told his parents, Aunt Sally-Anne, and Ministry Officials the full disclosure about what happened back in Spain. Now that the new school year of Hogwarts is to start, Matthew hopes he can recover there under the watchful gaze of his Aunt, and perhaps make some new friends to help him deal with the loss of his best friend Anthony.
Additional Information:

Change of plans. I shall be starting this RP on Monday of next week. That is all.

Username: Zukoscrazyfangirl
Name: Alchemy Teschler
Age: 15
Gender: Female
House (if a student): Gryffindor
Appearance: (except she's a gryffindor)
Personality: Alchemy is bubbly and friendly. She is a very loyal friend, but she also has her share of enemies. She always aims to please people and so she always puts on a happy face so nobody can tell when she is sad. Sometimes she has days where she can't keep it bottled up, and those days she is very distant and likes to be alone. Other than her occasional bad days and sometimes her bad nightmares, she is a genuinely happy person. She is very strong willed and stubborn, but generally a fun person to be around.
History: When she was younger, her parents told her stories about the great Harry Potter and his friends and how they saved the world from evil. Her parents had fought in the battle of hogwarts which was how her father lost his sight. As she grew older, these grand adventurous fairytales turned into darker and more grim news stories about minister potter, and with every day the fairy tales became just that, fairy tales. Stories that were too good to be true. During these dark times, Alchemy wishes to help the secret rebellion. She knows in her heart that what she is helping is a dangerous cause, but she also knows that it is the right thing to do.She is very secretive in her beliefs, but she is very passionate about them too. Alchemy's parents were both very proud when she was sorted into gryffindor, and taught her all she needed to know about hogwarts. She soon developed a knack for potion-making and transfiguration. She one day hopes to either become a teacher or to open a shop in diagon alley like the one that her mother runs in diagon alley.
Additional Information:

Username: Zukoscrazyfangirl
Name: Nikola Longbottom
Age: 15
Gender: Female
House (if a student): Ravenclaw
Appearance:
Personality: Nikola takes after her mother in almost everything. She is quite strange but all around a friendly girl. She doesn't mind if people think she is "weird" or "insane" She just is who she is. She is a very good friend to those who get to know her, and despite her outlandish personality, she is still a bright young witch. She is not afraid to speak her mind, though sometimes she says too much. All around she is a strange, but she has good intentions and a kind heart like her parents.
History: Nikola's parents are two of the few people who can say that they were friends with Harry Potter, being members of Dumbledore's army and such. She has heard many stories from her parents, and for the most part they were stories of bravery and adventure. Once minister Potter started to become paranoid, her father and mother didn't see the Potter family as much anymore, and eventually, they stopped seeing them altogether. Nikola's parents began saying things that contradicted the stories she remembered. Now Nikola follows her parents' in their wish to someday take the minister out of power. She very much enjoys being able to spend time with her parents in school, which is something that most kids can't do. She visits with her mother and father every evening after supper, and talks with them. She also one day wants to become a teacher at hogwarts like her mother and father.
Additional Information:

DH Part 2 Will be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to the midnight showing!!!

Acceoted, ZCF.

Username: Velox

Name: Felicia Seon Wilts

Age: 11

Gender: Female

House (if a student): Slytherin

Appearance: Felicia.

Personality: Felicia’s parents were once Death Eaters, but since they had learned to accept wizards of all blood purity, she has never had any prejudice or disdain towards others. As a child she was always friendly with other children and a free spirit, wanting to have fun and get along with everyone. At first she was very happy, since everyone seemed to be drawn to her right away and she very easily made friends. Since all of her friends and most of the people in the town had started avoiding her and acting scared, Felicia has become confused and lonely, spending long periods of time locked up in her room depressed. Her parents were very loving and tried their best, but they couldn’t completely solve the problem. Felicia is very relieved about that they’re sending her to Hogwarts, as her mother went their when she was her age, and believes that she’ll finally be able to become a great witch like her mother. However, she still worries if she’ll really be able to fit in with the rest of her classmates, and is willing to do anything to make them like her, what she truly wants more than anything in the world.

History: Felicia’s father, Anak Seon was an infamous pure blood wizard that was a very loyal Death Eater to Lord Voldemort, back when the dark lord was regaining his power. However, after Lord Voldemort was slain for the last time by Harry Potter, he like many other Death Eaters, was captured by Aurors and tried by the Ministry of Magic. Anak was fully prepared to endure whatever torture The Ministry would subject him too and planned remain silent about his fellow Death Eaters even if it meant spending a lifetime in Azkaban and being fed to the Dementors. However, he had an unexpected change of heart when a Death Eater that had infiltrated The Ministry by the name of Matreena Wilts, a half-Veela witch that he had worked with before in the past (with some very nice benefits) confessed her deep love for him and convinced him to betray the dark lord’s beliefs and runaway out of the country with her. In order to gain his freedom and to be with her, Anak told The Ministry everything he knew, and soon many of Lord Voldemort’s followers became arrested. Knowing that word of his betrayal would spread to the remaining Death Eaters quickly, he and his wife fled the country, and ended up living in a small town in Wales with many different witches and wizards. Most of the magical citizens were not purebloods, and the ones that were showed no malice towards those who weren’t. Despite having left him, Anak and Matreena were still great believers of the Dark Lord’s opinion that Pure Bloods were superior to all wizards, so they mainly stayed away from the citizens who in turn just left the two alone, and the two former Death Eaters managed to live in peace. This distance remained for years until suddenly Matreena became pregnant. Not wanting their child to grow up alone without any friends, Anak and Matreena attempted to befriend the others, and in time they revoked the dark lord’s belief and accepted all humans, Wizards and Muggles as equal. Felicia was born completely healthy, but there was a slight miscarriage and Matreena became somewhat ill. Despite being weak and fragile, Matreena was a wonderful mother for Felicia and whenever she couldn’t play with her daughter Anak would be there, or her neighbors would be there with their children, and Felicia would be happy. One day when Felicia was 9, a wheelchaired Matreena was watching her daughter and some other children play in the garden with some garden snakes, when suddenly a large venomous viper slithered out of a hole and hissed violently. While most of the children were frightened, screaming and running away, Felicia calmly moved towards the snake chanting strange words, picked it up and started playing with it. The other children and Matreena were concerned by what was happening, but the other children’s parents were down frightened. They all thanked Matreena for her hospitality, and then gathered up their kids and went home. Since that day many of the children’s parents forced them to stay away from Felicia, believing that she was cursed with dark magic, or something of the sort. They still visited with Felicia’s parents, but they always acted very nervous and scared when she was around. Felicia was confused at first, but eventually understood the reason and became very lonely and depressed at times. Anak and Matreena wasn’t fully sure how to take the fact that her daughter was a parseltongue, but they still loved her and did everything they could to make her happy, although Felicia still felt like she didn’t belong. When she became 11 years old, her parents decided that it might be a good idea for Felicia to go to wizarding school, where a bright new future would be waiting for her.

Additional Information: When her parents found out that the other children were avoiding her and that Felicia was just spending time in her room feeling like she didn’t belong, they weren’t sure how exactly they could help her. Even though all of the other children were afraid, Matreena had remembered how happy her daughter had looked playing with the poisonous viper. Even though Anak had secretly disposed of the snake and wasn’t sure if it was the best idea at first, he agreed that the best thing for Felicia would be to accept the fact that she was a parseltongue, and they purchased a rather large Camolian Snake for her daughter at the Magical Menagerie. The snake was a constrictor and non venomous, but had a unique ability to change colors and camouflage itself turning nearly invisible. Felicia loved her new friend, and the snake in return has always stayed by her side. However, not knowing how kindly Hogwart’s accepted snakes, her parents warned her to be very careful and told her about how being a parseltongue is often a sign of black magic, something that could get her into loads worth of trouble.
Also, Felicia happens to be a quarter Veela, but because she has not fully matured yet, her powers have not fully awakened, nor is she even aware of them as her mother never told her. While unable to charm males by singing or dancing (Though she does have a lovely singing voice.) or shoot fireballs from her hands, people tend to notice her right away, and she isn’t easily forgotten.

Username: Velox

Name: Hayden Price

Age: 13

Gender: Male

House (if a student): Gryffindor

Appearance: Hayden.

Personality: Growing up an only child to two very famous athletes, Hayden has always been a very athletic child and aspired to do great things like his parents who taught him the value of hard work, determination, and courage. He always stood up to the bullies who picked on him, and his kindheartedness had made him popular in school. The popularity turned out to not be all what it was cracked up to be, and soon Hayden wished that people would leave him alone more and treat him like a normal kid. In Hogwarts he had gotten his wish, though he now is perhaps a little too quiet at times, and while gaining a slight reputation for being a troublemaker, he manages to get along well with his fellow Gryffindors, and is working to finding his own place of greatness in the Wizarding world, like his parents had found in the Muggle world.

History: Hayden Price is a Muggle-born wizard that grew up in Great Britain. His father is a famous bicyclist that has won many bike races in Europe and has been in the top ten rankings in the Tour de France, while his mother is a famous world champion triathlete, who has even competed in the Olympic Games twice. However, being the son of celebrities had always brought a lot of attention that Hayden never really liked, and he would be bothered quite a bit by people who would challenge him to contests, bullies, or others who desires. After awhile, Hayden wanted some peace and to just be left alone and be a normal kid. He was very glad when he had been accepted to Hogwarts, because no one knew who his parents were at all, and he was just Hayden Price a regular student just like everyone else. The Wizarding World was new to him at first, and it took awhile for him to adapt-instead of an owl like most students had, Hayden bought a bat and was soon left with a big hassle of training it not to urinate on things and people while flying around and delivering letters; as a first year he barely passed his flying course, so during his second year when he was allowed to have a broom he brought his mountain bike instead and rode it around the school grounds doing all sorts of tricks whenever he got jealous or made fun of for being a horrible flyer, and got in trouble quite a few times; while he loved Hogwarts, he hated the school robes, and would often get scolded for his tie not being on, or for wearing the wrong shoes, and he always changed into his more comfortable normal clothes whenever he could; whenever he happened to not get along with someone so bad that it led to violence, he would use magic but he would always be quick to punch or tackle someone and get in trouble for “fighting like a muggle.” Despite him being a trouble maker, he did a good job with his grades during his first two years, and is becoming quite adept at using magic like his fellow wizard-born peers.

Additional Information: He is excited about the upcoming traditional Hogsmeade trips. Besides the usual crazy and fun shops that he’s heard about, he knows that there is another Ollivanders Wand Shop there, and wands and magic have been his favorite thing that he’s discovered about the wizarding world.

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The Deathly Hallows Part 2 will be awesome!!!!!!!!!! (I think I gotta wait a week or so ta see it 'cause my dad's out on buisness, but yeah!!!!!)

Accepted, Velox!

We shall start later today, I do believe.

{Okay, cool! Unfortunately I was reminded that I gotta go somewhere real soon, n I'm not sure how long I'll be there, so...I'll be comin' back kinda late. Hopefully I won't miss too much!}

((I'm sure you won't miss much, Velox. And we begin einen now!))

General Narrative/Alissa Potter

Once everyone was aboard, the Hogwarts Express train sped away from the platform and began the long journey to the School of Witchcraft and Wizardy. Soon the students, both new and returning alike, would begin another marvelous year at the wonderful, magical school of Hogwarts.

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Alissa Potter searched for a compartment to stay in for the duration of the trainride, as the train went along its trip. Most of the compartments she'd seen thus far were full and had older years, so she'd crossed them out. Young Alissa had hoped to make stay in one with her sisters, but she'd yet to find them thus far.

Finally, the young witch found a compartment which wasn't entirely full. It might be crowded, with four people, but Alissa would deal with it. Eagerly, the young girl came in, and stowed away her luggage. She took a seat next to a slightly older looking boy, and glanced at the two people in front of her.

One was a young girl her own age, Alissa was delighted to note. The other was a dark-skinned man, but....hm. He looked a bit old to be a student. Was he a teacher, then? It was rare of Hogwarts Teachers to ride on the train, but Father himself had said it wasn't unheard of. And, finally, the one other person in the compartment was another boy, though unlike the possible teacher he didn't look much older than Alissa's second sister. Maybe he was a Third or Fourth Year, perhaps?

Alissa shrugged the thought away, for the moment, and beamed at them. "Hi! I'm Alissa! Alissa Potter! Nice to meet you all!"

The possible teacher smiled in return. He extended a hand forward, which Alissa eagerly shook.

"Hello, Alissa. I am Professor Kingsley Shacklebolt, your future DADA teacher. It's nice to meet you."

"Likewise!" Alissa replied, glad that her guess was right. She looked over at the young girl sitting next to Professor Shacklebolt.

"And you?" Alissa asked with a curious smile.

Kami didn't respond to the girl that had addressed her (Alissa, she had said), nor did the young monster even glance towards her, or anybody else in the compartment. Yes, monster was the right word. If they even suspected what she was... Her hands were already clenched into fists, but were hidden underneath the Hogwarts robes she already wore. The robes also hid the slight tremor of her hands, for which she was grateful.

How could she have agreed to this? There were so many people, and they all expected her to behave normally. But she wasn't normal, and didn't know how to act that way. The silence from Alissa asking her a question was growing longer, and that silence felt awkward, and it was drawing attention to her, but yet she still couldn't answer, couldn't even look towards the girl.

Her silver eyes stayed fixed on the window, as she silently begged somebody else to speak, so that she wouldn't have to.

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Ken Levot had been one of the first to claim a compartment. Normally he sat near the end of the train, to stay as far away from adult supervision as possible, but he had unexpectedly discovered a teacher staying in a compartment near his, and so he had shifted locations, placing himself near the middle of the Hogwarts Express.

His compartment was full of those who shared his ideals, all Slytherin except for the lone Hufflepuff who sat beside him. He had wondered in the past if it was wise for them all to sit together, but they were all "friends", and so there really was nothing suspicious about it. Many Hogwarts students stuck to their own Houses--especially Slytherins.

But his mind wasn't on that, but instead he was silently taking in Matthew's changed appearance. Finally, he spoke. "You look as if you wrestled a dragon over the summer. What happened?"

Matthew Perks

Matthew flinched a little at the inqury, but knew it was all but inevitable. After all, he certainly looked different than when Ken had last seen him. To say the least! After all, the missing arm, eye, and an X shaped scar on his forehead was hardly unnoticeable. Not to mention the rest of the Slytherins in the compartment looked like they wanted to ask the same thing, though they had held back out of politeness. But Ken was never one to hold back anything...

"I...I was captured by a Dark Wizard in Spain. That's all I'll say." Matthew replied reluctantly.

Alissa, Kingsley

"This is Kami. I'd tell you her full name, but I find it a bit long and complicated myself. She prefers it, anyway." Kingsley supplied, when the girl in question did not reply. He sent a meaningful glance her way, but held back from scolding her in public. After all, it wasn't her fault this was all so new and foreign to her. It wasn't too long ago that Kami was nothing more than a beast, so the transition to the life of a student would be hard for her.

"Ok," Alissa replied, curious as to why Kami didn't speak up. But she didn't want to press the issue. She turned to the boy. "And you?"

Felicia

Felicia walked through the door the next car and did closed it. Looking around, she frowned. This one looks full too, she thought disappointed and overwhelmed by the number of older looking students around her. She wanted to make friends as quick as she can, but she thought it'd be best to start slow, as she was too shy and nervous to just walk up to someone and start making a conversation with them. Not like she'd know what to say, she was just a first year anyways.

Soon, a number of students sitting at the tables near the windows starting looking at her. Feeling the heat of embarrasment turn her face red, she quickly shuffled past them with her bags, and looked around for an empty compartment or another confused looking first year. There was something about all of these students that didn't seem to be nervous at all, even the younger ones. Not all of them were wearing school robes, but some did. I think that was a snake on the crest. Am I in the Slytherin car?

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Hayden

So Kami's her name. Hayden noted. The girl had immediately sat down after being seemingly forced by Kingsley Shacklebolt and been staring out the window since her and the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher had entered the once empty compartment, and seemed to grow evem more uncomfortable than she had earlier as Alissa Potter came in. Whereas Hayden didn't really mind the extra company in his compartment, riding with Professor Shacklebolt, a nice enough teacher who he really hadn't gotten into trouble with since Defense Against the Dark Arts was one of his favorite subjects, wasn't the most relaxing way to spend the train ride to Hogwarts.

"Hayden Price." the third year answered with a quick smile to the blonde haired girl who had just recently entered the compartment and sat next to him. She seemed...bubbly was one way of putting it. She looked younger than him, so Hayden just assumed that she was another excited first year.

(Just FYI, Kami has been staying with Kingsley, and he escorted her onto the train, so they would have sat down in the compartment together. Forgot to mention that.)

Hmph. That was all Matthew was going to say? But Ken let it lie for now. There were too many ears, and he didn't want anybody catching wind that he was interested in this dark wizard. But then another girl walked into the apartment, momentarily distracting him and the rest of the Slytherins. But the girl looked like another First Year, and so he turned his dark eyes black onto Matthew.

"I'm sorry for your loss," he murmured, putting as much sympathy as he could into the words. But the girl was still there, looking lost. With an almost invisible sigh, he stood up and made his way over to her. "I'm Ken Levot," he said to her as he held out a hand. "If you don't mind me saying so, you look a little lost."

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Kami felt Kingsley's eyes on her, just for a brief moment, but she ignored it. She didn't want to be here; it was all just a big mistake. This compartment was so small, compared to the open sky and the land with no end. She couldn't breath, couldn't think. She just wanted to run and run and run. Her left hand came out, to push against the seat and launch her upright, but instead her hand came in contact with Kingsley's leg, and she froze.

Slowly, her head turned towards her guardian, but her silver eyes only flickered up towards his face, for the briefest of seconds, before she pulled her hand away and turned back away from them all. Her right hand touched the window, palm flat against the glass.

Alissa, Kingsley

"Nice to meet you all!" Alissa repeated, giving another bright smile. She looked over at Kami briefly, still curious about the silent girl, before turning to Hayden.

"What House are you in?"

While Alissa chatted, Kingsley looked back down and gave Kami an encouraging smile. Or at least, what he hoped was encouraging. Hogwarts was definitely gonna be a shock for her, and she'd have a considerably hard time adjusting. Kingsley would do his best to help her, though he could only hope her fellow students would be as considerate.

Matthew

Matthew gave a slight nod, but said nothing more. His curiosity was peaked, slightly, when a First Year came in here, but he soon stopped paying attention when Ken spoke to her. Taking charge of the situation as always, of course.

Alchemy got onto the train and looked around for a compartment to sit in. She cursed herself for not getting there earlier to get a seat. She found the compartment where professor Shacklebolt and two girls she didn't know were seated. She slid the door open

"Good morning, professor. Any room?" she asked them. She couldn't wait to get to school for another great year at Hogwarts.

"The train sure does fill up quickly, doesn't it?" she asked pleasantly.

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Nikola was settled in a compartment with her parents, waiting for the train to begin moving. She was prepared for the long journey to Hogwarts, she had a new issue of the Quibbler in hand and was reading it avidly as her cat, Twinkle purred at her feet. Nikola already had her Ravenclaw robes on and had a good feeling about this year, and the train ride was almost always an enjoyable experience.

"How long do you think it will be until we get there?" she asked.

{Oh yeah. That does make more sense. Sorry. I edited my post.}

Hayden

"I'm in Gryffindor. This will be my third year at Hogwarts." Hayden answered. Unlike many of the students on the train, he wasn't wearing his school robes with the identifiable Gryffindor patch on it. It wasn't because he didn't like being in Gryffindor, it was because to him the uniforms were so uncomfortable. He knew he'd have to change eventually, but he wanted to put if off for as long as possible. Instead, Hayden was wearing dark blue jeans, a light blue shirt with a strange floral like pattern on it, comfortable socks and tennis shoes, and his favorite white zip hoody with a light blue striped design on the arms and shoulders.

Suddenly, a girl that looked older than all of the students in the compartment opened the door and asked if there was any room to sit down. The Professor and Kami were well spread out on one bench, while he and Alissa were about evenly spread out on the other. The new girl was definitely skinny enough to sit down with them, but despite the fact that she was kind of cute, Hayden hoped that she wouldn't because it was already getting cramped in here. He wasn't sure just exactly how nice Professor Shacklebolt was though.

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Felicia

"Oh! Umm..." Felicia was shocked for a moment when a boy suddenly approached her. She first noticed how he was around six feet tall towering over the smaller first year, and then his great black eyes, that had swallowed the young witch into a deep abyss until she just happened to glance down at Ken's slightly outstretched hand.

"N-not exactly." Felicia stated shaking his hand firmly but briefly, regaining her composure. "I'm just looking for a compartment that isn't so crowded, and the train's nearly full." she explained to Ken, her voice stronger this time.

(It's fine. Like I said, I didn't think to tell you.)

Kami ignored the smile and instead let her hand drop back down to her lap. Her eyes followed, and it took all of her willpower to keep her body from trembling. There was somebody else now, another new person before she was ready. How many students went to Hogwarts? How many belonged to each... House, it was called? How many new faces was she expected to interact with?

Unbidden, his face drifted through her thoughts, and she drew a sharp intake of air. She couldn't do this, not right now, not in front of all of these people, who wouldn't understand, who would recognize her for what she was.

Slowly, carefully, she let the breath out and then her silver eyes flickered first to the newcomer, then to the two strangers that already sat in the compartment, and then to Kingsley, and then to the floor. Her heart still beat painfully in her chest, but she didn't cry, didn't even whimper. Instead she simply sat there, wishing that she was anywhere but here.

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"The train does seem a little full, doesn't it?" Ken said and offered her a smile. "But with there being peace again, I suppose that's to be expected, with more of us to head off to school." With peace came a decrease of death, and an increase in family size. Enough time had passed for this wave of youth to hit Hogwarts, but he knew that the Hogwarts Express would always have enough room to hold all. The train did lead to a school of magic, after all.

But that was neither here nor there. He was more interested in the news of the dark wizard. If somebody new was trying to rise to power, it would certainly distract from what he, Ken, was trying to do. But if they grasped power before he had the chance...

"If you keep just heading down," he continued, as if his thoughts weren't elsewhere, "through the compartments, you're sure to find at least one empty spot."

Luna looked at her daughter and then out the window. She wondered if Nikola wanted to sit with other students, but she didn't ask. Nikola was free to go to other compartments if she wanted.

"I think we shall arrive there soon enough if we have nothing to delay us."
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Riddley wandered the cars until she thought she found a place. Inside was a young girl and who she thought might be the girl's parents.

"May I sit here," she asked. Luna looked at her daughter to tell her it was her choice to let the student sit with them or not.
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Lucas, who was sitting with Ken and Matthew and of course his twin sister. Rachel was looking out the window, trying hard to ignore the Slytherins in the compartment, especially Ken next to her. Whenever they accidentally touched, Lucas could see a faint red on his sister's face.

Lucas looked at the First Year and smiled at her. "Good luck in finding a compartment. You could make new friends on the train even before you get there."

"Umm, sure why not." Nikola told the girl, moving to make room in the compartment for the other girl.

"I'm Nikola, by the way." She said, introducing herself and extending a hand to the other girl.

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"I can always find another compartment." Alechemy told the kids, not wanting to make it seem like they had to let her sit with them.

"I'm Alchemy, by the way. Alchemy Teschler" she introduced herself to them, "I'm a fifth year."

Quinton

The sixth year Ravenclaw sat with another Ravenclaw student alone in their compartment. He knew him from passing, but there was no conversation between them, as Quint had his nose deep in a text book for the upcoming year. He was very interested in them, and the knowledge they contained, though he knew the other students weren't so enthusiastic about their reading. But it had been worthwhile, when he achieved a majority of Os on his OWLs the past year, with some Es as well.

Kingsley, Alissa

Kingsley looked down at Kami, giving her a concerned look. He gave her another reassuring smile and gently touched her shoulder before turning his attention to Miss Teschler.

"You are welcome to come in, Miss Teschler. However, there isn't much room left in here for it to be comfortable. Perhaps you might find a less crowded compartment better? I do believe there is a compartment down the hall with just two Ravenclaw boys in it. I'm sure they wouldn't mind the company."

While Professor Shacklebolt talked to the older girl, Alissa turned to Hayden curiously. "So, what's Hogwarts like, Hayden?"

Dahlia Malfoy

Dahlia was on the way back to her compartment, after taking a short trip to the bathroom, when she happened to notice a young girl, likely First Year like herself, in a room with some older students. Dahlia smiled a bit, sensing the opportunity to make another "friend", and opened the compartment's door.

"Hello there. Are you looking for a room?" Dahlia asked sweetly, addressing Felicia. "I'd be happy to have you in my compartment, if you want. I'm Dahlia, by the way. Dahlia Malfoy."

Edward Weasley

"So, how was your summer....Quinton, was it? Did you have a good one?" Edward asked curiously, after some time of silence between him and his fellow Ravenclaw. Edward only knew the boy in passing, but he was always willing to make new friends. Besides, awkward silence like this just annoyed him greatly. It was about time either of them put an end to it.

Riddley smiled at Nikola and shook her hand.

"I'm Riddley. You're a Ravenclaw right," Riddley asked after taking a seat. She was sure she had seen the other girl before. But it was only her second year so she might of been mistaken.

Alchemy nodded, "Thank you, I'll see you all in school then." She said cheerily and waved goodbye. She made her way down the corridor before finding the boys in question. She slowly slid the door open,

"Mind if I join you?" She asked. Both of them looked vaguely familiar, but she didn't really know them.

"I'm Alchemy."

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Nikola nodded, "Yes, I am, I'm in my fifth year." She told the girl.

"I think I may have seen you in school sometime." Nikola's eyes drifted out the window to the watch the scenery slowly roll past. All the waving parents and younger siblings had long since faded into the distance.

((ZCF, the Express left the platform ages ago.))

((sorry I'll edit that out.))