So Many Questions

[Ylana Thomson]

(Hey guys, sorry I haven't been on for a while, I'm ill >.< And I'm supposed to be going to the safari park on thursday aswell *rolls eyes* Anyways... Nice post Tom I'll try and get onto Founders later - I'm on my phone at the moment))

Ylana sneered at Vixie. "Well, if that's the best you can do, Superb***h, then I'll be off. Not too sure why you can't wait until we're at the school to get your usual hatred out anyway."

[Samantha Jackson]

[ It's no problem Twin I hope you feel better soon for your trip to the Safari Park. Incidentally, is it the one in the West Midlands? ]

Sam looked up and saw Ryan enter. She fought to keep a scowl off her face as she greeted him. "Hey. Head Boy this year, huh?" she asked, nodding her head towards the badge. "I'm Head Girl. This should be an... Interesting year." she commented drily, picking up Ylana's book and moving it so that her friend's space on the seat was reserved. "Feel free to join us, but 'lana will be back soon. In fact, I'm not sure why she's taking so long..."

[Ryan Blackthorne]

A false smile was pinned to Ryan's face as Sam awkwardly attempted to start up some conversation, he glanced questionedly at Nyxon, Sam hadn't bother to answer his question about where Charlie was and from the look on Nyxon's face she didn't seem to know either.

He nodded, "Yeah it'll be a memorable year for sure". He had been a little surprised that both he and Sam were the head pupils, it was obvious that the teaching staff didn't pay much attention to pupil relations... unless it was their intention to pair them up? He really wasn't looking forward to working with Sam, and was sure she'd prefer to confide in Ylana when she was struggling in her new role, he wasn't sure how well he'd cope, especially since his predecessor Zac had left.

This, he was convinced was proof that working with Ylana and the gryffindors was as difficult as it looked and it appeared that the slytherins hadn't quite forgotten it either, if the altercation outside was any indication... "Oh yeah that's right she's outside arguing with that Vixie doll... you know the slytherin queen bee?" he added nonchalantly as he was reminded why he really didn't want to stay in the compartment... she'd be in an even more vile mood by the time Vixie was finished with her, he guessed.

[Nyxon Wyatt]

Nyxon welcomed Ryan to the compartment and then listened at he and Sam spoke briefly. The news about Ylana and Vixie didn't surprise Nyxon at all; the Gryffindors and Slytherins argued more than the Gryffindors and the Hufflepuffs did. "I don't know where Charlie is, sorry Ryan. She said something in her last letter to me about meeting me at the platform at half past ten, but she wasn't there."

[Elliana "Ellie" King]

Vixie snarled at Ylana. Then, in a superb show of anger, she turned to her fellow Slytherins and smiled sweetly and sinisterly. "Here you see the usual Gryffindor shows of anger and stupidity. It's native to this House." she said, with the air of one commenting on the weather. "Anyway, it's not like we can stand here chatting-" she said with a wry smile and a sneer. "All day. Come on, guys, let's go grab an empty compartment."

[Ylana Thomson]

Ylana shook her head in disgust and, ignoring them, turned away and walked back down the corridor to the compartment that she had been in. To her surprise, there was another student in there already. He was familiar, and Ylana recognised him as Ryan Blackthorne. He was steadfastly ignoring Sam, who was stroking Biscuit's feathers, and Nyxon looked as though she had just finished talking. "Oh, um... Hi." Ylana said uncomfortably to Ryan. "Good summer?"

[Ryan Blackthorne]

Ryan frowned... "Sam, surely you know where Charlie is?" Maybe she was just preoccupied, worrying about Ylana, he nodded to Nyxon "Aww not to worry, I hope she got on the train ok, I'm sure she'll turn up soon enough, if Sam is here I'm sure Charlie is somewhere too. So how was your summer Nyx? I haven't seen you in ages!"
The door slid open behind him as Ylana stalked into the compartment. "Hey Ylana" Ryan smiled slightly, she seemed a little surprised to see him, he'd be nice, he was trying to start the year on a high, he was head boy now, he'd need to get over the petty differences and house rivalry, so he wasn't going to mention the spat that he'd passed earlier. "Summer was really good, it absolutely flew by, how about yours?"

[Ylana Thomson]

Ylana smiled at Ryan, thinking that he was trying to be civil, so would she. Hadn't she said to Nyxon earlier that she wanted to put all their House rivalry and fighting behind them?

"My summer was pretty boring, actually. Spent the whole two months writing to Sam and Seb. Mom and dad were being a little... Close. Not sure what was going on, to be honest." she replied.

[Charlotte Jackson]

Charlie stumbled into the compartment, looking harrassed and flushed, a black cat clamped in her arms alongside several heavy-looking books; she was already dressed in her Hufflepuff robes, though the place where her Prefect badge had been last year was empty.

"I am so sorry I'm late, Nyx! I got here with Sam and then she... Just..." Her words trailed off as she realised who she was in a compartment with: her sister, Sam Jackson, Ylana Thomson, Nyxon Wyatt and Ryan Blackthorne. Of course, she thought, this is Ylana's usual compartment. Why didn't I notice before.

"Anyway," she ploughed on as if she had never stopped talking. "Sam just walked off and Mash tried to run away again so I had to go get him, and then some Slytherin first year dropped his trunk on my foot. It's been a stressful morning." Then, shaking her head, she threw herself down on the seat next to Nyxon and smiled at everyone. "How were all your summers?"

[Ryan Blackthorne]

Ryan grinned "Hey Charlie there you are! We were wondering were you got to" The compartment was starting to get a little crowded now, but Ryan was just glad to see them again. "Summer was ok, it went by too fast though"

Ryan fiddled with a button on his polo t-shirt before heading to the door "I'm gonna quickly change into my robes... you know how my family like to see me off in my ''normal'' clothes" he said rolling his eyes as he slid the compartment door open "Be back in a minute"

Finding his bag he rummaged through it when he saw Isaac, who was still helping people with their bags "Nearly done now? Here I'll hep you with that one" Heaving a massive bag up onto train he went back to get his clothes out of his bag... but it was gone? "Where the-?" He started looking around for his bag, then heading in the only direction anyone could have taken it in...

[Ylana Thomson]

(Let's get this place rolling again!))

Ylana raised an eyebrow politely in Charlie's direction. "I take it that Mash is the cat, and not the books?" she commented sarcastically, picking up her own book - 'Advanced Potion Making' - and putting it on her lap for safe-keeping, just in case anyone decided that they wanted to steal it or something along those lines. Then she checked her watch and found that it was almost eleven o'clock and glanced out of the window at the crying mothers and excited children crowded there. It was going to be one hell of a year.

[Nyxon Wyatt]

[ Indeedy Ylana! ]

Nyxon hid a smile at Ylana's words and fingered her yellow and black striped Hufflepuff tie. Her Prefect badge glimmered in the weak light of the compartment and reflected around the compartment a cacophany of colours.

[Elisabetta Domenici]

"Get out of my way, you bloody brat!" Elisabetta Domenici shouted to a first-year student as she barged down the corridor in search of an empty compartment. "I'm not in the mood to deal with any of you right now!"

She pushed past another first-year student, then a couple of fourth-year Ravenclaws on her mad dash toward an empty compartment. Her mind raced with thoughts of her parents and of the discussion they'd had with her the night before...it had been a discussion which had turned her entire world upside down. In short, she had been told that she had been betrothed to a Durmstrang student named Dmitri Kuranov. Of course, the wedding wouldn't take place until after she graduated from Hogwarts, but just the thought that she was no longer going to be able to flirt or steal the occasional kiss from the occasional seventh-year boy was enough to send her screaming down the Hogwarts Express corridor.

After another couple of minutes of searching, she managed to bully her way past three Gryffindor students and into what was apparently the last empty compartment. She slammed the door behind her and locked it before putting her stuff away and flopping down on one of the seats, hiding her face in her hands and willing herself not to cry. She had to be strong. If there was ever a time she needed strength, it was now.

[Ylana Thomson]

Ylana raised her eyebrows at the sound that had come from outside their compartment. It sounded like a familiar voice... She deduced that it was Elizabetta Domenici, a sixth year Slytherin girl who liked to flirt with any guy with a pulse and push people out of the way. Ylana didn't like the way that Elisabetta acted most of the time and decided that she would try and get the Slytherin girl to lay off the younger students if she could. She would tell the same to Sam and Ryan too, as they had more power in the school than she did.

[Ryan Blackthorne]

Ryan eventually found his bag, it was making it's way into an empty compartment, chasing after it, he flung himself through the sliding door and grabbed it, wresting it off a niffler, who'd began to tuck into his sandwiches. He turned his nose up and grimaced "They were only corned beef anyway, hate that stuff" He was about to turn out of the compartment when he realised it hadn't been empty after all "Oh hey Betta... Are you ok?" A look of concern flashed across his face and his forehead creased up "What's up?" he said moving a little closer.