Oh God.
More of them.
Keith groaned and kept himself firmly planted in his seat as the Hufflepuff prefect and the Head Boy entered the compartment. They were older than Keith, but he was used to that - and besides, they weren't that older. He recognized them, and after a moment he was able to put names and (more importantly) houses to the faces.
The girl was a fifth year, Amelia MacMillian, Hufflepuff. Keith had always known there was something off about her, but this was his first time realizing she took medicine, apparently for migraines. He briefly wondered if he could steal it and sell it back to her, but decided to put aside that idea for when he actually needed the money.
The boy was a sixth year, Alex Star, Slytherin. Keith didn't know much about him except that he was creepy enough that Keith hadn't bothered to talk to him at all.
When Keith turned back to reality he found Alex attempting to scrounge up power for himself. It wasn't a particularly complicated attempt, but it didn't have to be - Liesl was making it pretty easy for him to turn the rest of the room against her.
Keith however, wasn't a big fan of being manipulated, or of older kids, or of Alex in general, and to be quite honest he didn't particularly like Ryo or Amelia all that much either. And since bailing was clearly not an option in this situation, there was really only one way to go...
"Look, this is great, really, super fun, I'm having a fantastic time, but maybe we could move it along a little? You two are the Head boy and girl," he said, pointing to Alex and Liesl, "so be Head boy and girl. I'll get in line and follow orders like a good little boy and maybe we can all get out of here a little faster."