First one on the train...

[Izzie Gilmore]

A petite girl with long, wavy gold hair gave a little gasp when the gigantic red and black train pulled into the station with the words Hogwarts Express written on it. She couldn't believe it. She was going to a school for witches and wizards.

The girl turned around to face her parents; her large blue eyes filling with tears. She wrapped her arms around her father.

"Bye, Dad. I'll see you at Christmas," she whispered. Her father hugged her back and kissed her on the forehead. Then the girl embraced her mother.

"Bye, Mom."

"Good bye, Jun. I'll miss you so much," her mother said as she hugged the girl tightly. When she let go, Jun bent down to collect her bags from the stone floor. An attendant in a burgandy suit came over to her and took her trolley from her so he could take it to the other luggage. The doors to the train opened and Jun began to walk towards it. She looked back one last time at her smiling parents.

"Bye, Juniper!" they both exclaimed together. Her mother was crying, which made Juniper want to cry more, but she just gave a small wave. She quickly turned away and stepped onto the train.

The train was very quiet. Juniper looked inside all of the compartments and realized that she was the first one on the train. Juniper and her parents wanted to make sure that they wouldn't be late, so they had arrived almost 2 hours earlier than the letter said to be there. Jun just smiled, happy for the fact that something exciting was actually happening to her, and sat down in a compartment that was in about the middle of the train.

"I guess I'll just have to wait for more people..." she thought to herself.

[Skandar Montague]

A tall boy who looked about 15 walked in the train. He had wavy brown hair that fell a little below his ears, and his skin was quite tan, like he spent a lot of time on the beach. He was wearing khaki shorts and a light blue button-up shirt with sneakers.

From what it sounded like, not many people were on the train yet, but Skandar looked up and down the aisle for other students. He spotted a girl sitting alone in a compartment, so he opened the door and sat on the seat opposite her.

"Hey, mind if I sit with you? My name's Skandar...Montague," he said to her warmly.

[Izzie Gilmore]

Juniper's spirits lifted when a boy opened her compartment door and sat across from her. She hoped that they would become friends so she wouldn't have to face going to a new school alone.

"I'm Juniper Gilmore. Pleased to meet you," Jun said, stretching out her hand to Skandar.

[Skandar Montague]

While Skandar took her hand and shook it, he noticed that she had beautiful blue eyes. He felt like he was falling into them...but he blinked a couple times which brought him back to reality. Skandar hoped that Juniper didn't see him stare at her like that. He tried to cover up quickly.

"N-Nice to meet you, too. So is this your first time going to Hogwarts?" he asked her, still feeling a bit embarassed.

(OOC: That "getting lost in her eyes" was inspired by true events lol. In your icon Keira Knightley's eyes are really really blue. I didn't realize she had blue eyes! Woah...)

[Izzie Gilmore]

(OOC: lol She doesn't. I colored them that way because I really wanted Juniper to have blue eyes lol.)

When Skandar stared at Juniper while he was skaking her hand, she thought that maybe she had something on her face. She brushed her cheek with her hand a couple of times and just hoped that she got whatever it was off. Then Jun heard him ask her a question.

"Yeah, I just found out I was a witch a couple months ago. I guess I'm a late bloomer. What about you? You've probably been here before, right?" Juniper replied.

[Skandar Montague]

(OOC: You can do that? [coloring I mean] That's amazing! lol)

"No, actually. I've been homeschooled by my parents for a while. They thought that I'd like it better here though," Skandar responded to Juniper's question.

She wiped her cheek a couple of times and Skandar thought that she was telling him he had something on his face. He began to scratch his face all over, feeling even more embarassed now. Skandar hated feeling embarassed, so he stopped and decided that whatever was on his face, Juniper would have to live with it.

"So where are you from? You don't sound like you're from Britain," Skandar told her.

[Izzie Gilmore]

(OOC: Yup lol. I colorized them in my new icon too but you can't really tell. And I sent you a reply to your pm...so yeah lol.

Oh, and sorry I changed my name. I think Gabby is p.o.ed at me now lol)

When Skandar stopped scratching, Izzie figured that she had successfully gotten rid of what was on her face.

"Yeah, I'm from North Carolina. Charlotte, to be exact. My mom is from Oxford, though. Where are you from?" Izzie asked him.

[Skandar Montague]

"I'm from England. You say your mom's from Oxford? I have a cousin in Oxford. It's quite nice there..." Skandar replied, unsure of what else to say. Racking his brain for a good conversation starter, he looked out the train window and noticed that they weren't moving any more.

"The train stopped. I can see Hogwarts from here!" Skandar said excitedly as he stood up. He was about to head out the door of their compartment when he realized that he should wait for Izzie.