A Black And White Movie - Starting in 3, 2, 1....

Talon turned his head suddenly towards Caiden and had a confused looked upon his face. "I thought Slytherins were a bunch of jerks or something." He had heard from his Grandfather and father that the Slytherins often looked out only for themselves, they were mean, they were jerks, blah blah blah, but they knew how to get things done. Ehh, he didn't think it fit Caiden, but that was his preference. "Whatever floats your boat!" he replied, his positive demeanor on his face again. After a short walk, the group finally made their way to the edge of a dark lake. Talon could barely see anything in front of him, let alone the pitch black cloaks of dozens of other students. "Alright!" the adult yelled again "Every pile onto the boats, 10 per boat!" Looking left and right, Talon saw little shadows moving throughout the dark, the torches barely lighting the way for the kids in the back. "Alright then," Talon said, his positive demeanor suddenly gone "let's go." He slowly walked ahead, looking for a boat to occupy. The one on the far left was full, so the was the one on the right, and that one, and that next. Eventually, most of the boats were occupied. Fortunately, the one in the middle seemed to have a spot for three, maybe even four! "I guess that's ours then," he shrugged, walking quickly towards the boat, sitting down in one of the open seats.

Damitrius looked at Caiden's with widened eyes. "Slytherin." she echoed softly. He wanted Slytherin, just like everyone in her family did. She looked at Talon as he made a comment about Slytherins. "They aren't!" she exclaimed softly, in defense of her father, siblings in Slytherin, and the ones who were going to be sorted there soon. "Er ... I mean ... They might seem like it but they just follow family traditions to a certain point. A point that most others don't usually like to follow." she said. She saw all the boats begin to fill up and Damitrius looked around for a boat with open seats. She watched as Talon walked toward a boat with open seats and she looked at Caiden. "Come on! Before someone takes the seats!" she smiled at him and grabbed his hand to pull him toward the boat, following Talon who'd already gone ahead of them.

Caiden shrugged and stood at the dock, looking around for a spare boat for them to get in and no lucks yet. 'My mother was in Slytherin,' he decided to explain. 'So thats why I want to be a Slytherin,' he said, looking at both of them, grinning again. Caiden turned to look for a boat to occupy but most of them were filled up with student. He was beginning to think they were going to get left behind or might have to swim all the way. Nah, he shook his head; stop being silly Caiden. "Oof!' said Caiden, feeling a warm set of hands on his arm as it tugged him in their direction. It took Caiden a bit to realise what was happening and soon realise his friends had spotted a spare boat just in the middle to use. 'Hallelujah! We found a boat,' said Caiden, smiling as he made his way to the boat. 'Good eyes, Talon,' he said.

Talon squirmed in his seat a little, hoping to find a more comfortable position than sitting on his tailbone. It definitely helped, some relief flying into him. He let out a sigh of relief and moved a little bit to the right to allow more space for Damitrius and Caiden. Hopefully no one else was still stuck on the train, if so, then they were screwed. In a way, Talon hoped that would happen since that would be pretty funny. Regardless though, Talon was excited to be finally heading to the school. Despite the nap he took back in the compartment, he still felt rather tired and he believed it was just to his own excitement that was actually keeping him awake. Despite trying to be silent for the journey ahead, Talon just couldn't stop trying to tap his foot or play a drum beat on his knee. He was too anxious for the boat ride to start, and he just wanted to go and get sorted so he could go to wherever he needed to go and pass out until classes started the next day. Was is the next day or the day after that? He needed to start paying attention when these things came to him, but he was more excited at actually learning how to turn people into chairs instead of the multiplication table. Maybe that was a messed up way of thinking, but he thought that would suit him well. Perhaps he would get put in Slytherin with Caiden after all...

Damitrius carefully stepped into the boat and took a seat next to Talon. She looked at all the other boats that were teeming with first years that were excited to get to the castle. She was excited too, but she wasn't about to go screaming it out to everyone. She started wondering more though, about what house she would be sorted into. Most of her family had been sorted into Slytherin, and then there were the Ravenclaws. But she had never heard about anyone in her family being a Hufflepuff or Gryffindor. She wondered if she would be the first in a long line of Slytherins and Ravenclaws to be sorted into the other houses. She probably wouldn't be sorted into Ravenclaw, she doubted she was smart enough to be sorted into Ravenclaw. She sure as hell wasn't a Hufflepuff, so it was between Slytherin and Gryffindor. She looked up at the darkened sky and mouthed Gryffindor before she looked at the castle in the distance.

Caiden waited patiently behind Damitrius, watching her carefully as she got onto the boat. He wasn't sure about getting on the boat at the moment, he felt a little sick from all the lollies he ate on the train. 'Keep it steady, I am going in!" he joked, mimicking an action movie he had watched before he went on the trip to Hogwart. He slowly go in and sat down, placing his bag betweens his legs. Caiden couldn't help but feel excited, he had so many thought racing through his mind. So many question, what was Hogwart going to be like, when will he start learning some magic. He then started to wander which house was he going to be in, most of his family were sorted in Slytherin some were Ravenclaws. He was hoping to be sorted in Slytherin, he wanted to follow his mother's footstep. 'Oh please be in Slytherin,' Caiden thought to himself. Whatever house he was in, he was hoping he'd be in the same house as his friends so then he'd be able to hang with them all day. But it didn't matter if he did, he could still see them throughout the day. The boat soon started to move, Caiden decided to have some fun and shake the boat. 'Oh no we are all going to die!' he shouted, playfully.

Talon began to wring his hands to generate some friction in the cold night, something he wished he could keep constant throughout his body as well. But, they would be inside soon and hopefully they had a really good furnace...the castle off in the distance would definitely cause some serious electrical bills if they ever switched over to modern air conditioning...not that they ever would. He turned his head towards Caiden when he made his comment, barely making out the obvious movie reference he said. Talon tried to give a sort of gesture to say 'Cut it out' to try and keep Caiden from making himself look like a fool. The adult (who Talon believed to be the caretaker) was sitting in the front, holding an old style latern, one that needed oil to burn. He didn't want to make a bad first impression before the school year even began. He twisted his head towards the castle as the boat began to lurch forward slowly, Talon's gaze fixated upon the large castle in the foreground. He was still amazed that this place even existed, it was almost like a fairy tale in Talon's eyes.

When the book began to rock, Talon immediately placed his hand on the railing of the boat, putting his arm behind Damitrius to stop her from falling into the water just in case. The adult turned his head around, and with a stern voice said "Knock it off you!" When the boat finally stopped shaking, Talon's heart was pounding a little bit faster, worried that some sort of monster was going reach out and grab them while they weren't expecting it. "It would be best if you didn't do that," he whispered to Caiden as the boat began to lurch forward again.

Damitrius saw Talon start to wring his hands because of the cold and she looked at him with a confused expression. "It's not that cold is it?" she asked. Of course it wasn't cold for her, after all she was half-vampire and her body was always cold. She didn't exactly feel if it too cold or anything. She she started to hum softly as she hoped the boat would begin to move soon. When the boat suddenly started rocking and Caiden shouted something out, Damitrius looked at him with a stern expression. The adult that was in front of the boat told him to stop and she couldn't help the small giggle that escaped her throat. "He's probably right. Unless you want to get thrown out of Hogwarts before you even step foot in the castle." she said softly as the boat began to move.

'I'm sorry,' said Caiden with almost a hush in his voice, lowering his head in shame. 'I'll behave now,' he said. He could hardly feel the cold now, he could feel his body heat rising up - he never felt so embarrassed - he did not see the adult in front of him. By the view from the boat he was already excited about Hogwart and he could feel it would be an exciting adventure for seven years. It would suck to be kicked out of Hogwart as soon as he got there. 'What do you think is inside Hogwart?' he asked the others deciding to break the ice. Speaking of ice, he was starting to feel the chills and groaned quietly as he rubbed his hand warmly. 'So cold...' he mummered to himself.