Back To School We Go...

Katie walked along the busy platform that was full of excited 1st years, crying parents, feathers from owls and other crazy things that wizards and witches do at the beginning of the new school year. Her parents were behind her, with her mother pushing her trolley and her father looking around with a happy expression. He attended Hogwarts when he was her age and at the start of each school year, he would get so excited as if it was him going. Her family were quite wealthy but she didnt like to brag, actually she hated the fact that she was rich. It wasnt her fault her dad had landed a big job in the Ministry and they had got a shed load of money.
She said her goodbyes as she saw it was nearing to the last call and she didnt want all the nice carriages to be taken. She climbed onto the train and walked down the narrow corridor and spotted a nice carriage on the right side. Of Course no one was in it as she wasnt very social but she really did want to make at least one friend this year that didnt want her for her money.
Also, her other wish for this year is to not get into a fight and be nicer as she is quite short tempered and has a short fuse. Count to 3 and breath is her motto!
In the meantime, she took out the list of classes that she'd have this year and the textbooks acossiated with them and decided to get a head start.

September was Serge's favorite month of the year. September meant seeing his friends again. It meant adventures, quidditch and learning new things. Of course, most people probably didn't feel this why. His friends all thought he was crazy. But then, they didn't spend the whole year locked up in the ministry of magic. Serge had no parents to go home to, and was too dangerous to be fostered.

This was Serge's first time on the Hogwarts Express. Usually, he had been taken to Hogwarts by a ministry official, but this time he was to go himself. He had found himself lost inside the large King's Cross Station, and had taken quite a while to find Platform 9 3/4.

So now he was in the train, having gotten on at the very last minute. The compartments his friends were in were full, so he began to search for an empty one. Serge stopped when he noticed a compartment with just one person in it. One was certainly better than being cramped in with four or five people, but the person inside it was a girl. Serge had no problem with girls, he just found it quite hard to talk to the pretty ones. They also never failed to confuse him with their behavior.

Deciding he had no choice, Serge walked inside. "Uhh hi," he said, giving a nervous smile to the girl. He didn't recognize her, but could tell she was about his age. "Sorry to barge in but… most of the other compartments are full."

[[OOC: Techniclly Katie is still on the platform so i'll just pretend you saw me.]]

The screams all around kings cross were still very loud, probably first years showing their excitement. It was rather hot for England, Alexandra just sighed. She lived near the lake country on the north so her climat was much more pleasant. She was early as usual sitting in a compartment since other Slytherins already usurped a few and she was not in the mood for their fresh gossip.

Her hands were twisting through the daily prophet and her eyes were down when she heard a voice. No one she met before, but than again she rarely made friends with non-slytherins and this boy certainly didn't look like one even though she didn't see his robe it was too early to put them on. "Be my guest." she replied after taking a short look at the boy. He was more or less her age though she certainly did look older then 13 at least in height.

Her voice never showed if she was pleased or not, it simply sounded non-chalant. When Aleks observed the apperent nervousness, her lips turned into a smile. She was good at making someone feel better, when she wanted it and acted arrogant, if she desired it. Right now she was only curious. "Would you like some help with your lugage?" she offered throwing a look at her truck and her tawny owl in the cage behind her.

spotted a nice carriage on the right side. Of Course no one was in it

(OOC: That implied that she was)

[[OOC: Sorry i missed that. Just pretend like there was no post i can't find a delete button]]

Alexandra was coming towards the compartment from the other side of the wagon dragging her truck and her tawny owl along. Compartments were mostly full because she wasn't as early as usual so her notice stayed on the boy and the word do you mind. When she aproached fairly close she saw that a girl was in there by herself. She did remember her from some classes last year though they never hanged around much.

At least she memorized the name so she didn't bother even to ask before she dragged her stuff inside in front of the polite boy. Her self-confidence made it humiliating to ask for permission and as far as she remembered the girl didn't particulary mind when they were on classes. "Hi Katie, i don't know if you remember me from some classes my name is Alexandra." she said as she stuck her owl and her truck into the lugage place and sat down opposite of her by the windov.