Post by Trevor Williams on Jun 26, 2012 16:03:01 GMT -8
Evie Price, Gryffindor 6th = Summer
Nathan, Gryffindor 6th = Former Member
Serena Riley, Ravenclaw 6th = Layni
Casey Winslow, Raveclaw 6th = Me
Amie Seams, Ravenclaw 4th = Allie
Jamie Seams, Slytherin 4th = Allie
Sean Darkwood, Professor = Joe
Passing through the barrier, Evie guided her cart towards the back of the engine and left it there to be boarded. Grabbing Saleel her pet owls cage and bringing it with her she boarded the train and found an empty compartment and sat there. She let Saleel out of his cage and he flew over to her shoulder and perched himself there and closed his eyes
Serena pulled away from her anxious parents as she managed to manuver her overly full cart around the storms of people and into the brick wall that protected the Hogwarts Express Platform: nine and three quarter. She smiled to herself and brushed a few stray peices of hair away from her eyes as she loaded her things on to the train only taking a small bag filled with a stack of books for the ride, a few loose sickles and knuts for the cart at lunch time, and her robes to change into when they reached the school. Of course Liora came with her too. Liora was safe in her cage and maybe if she got an empty apartment Serena would let her tawny owl stretch its wings a bit on the journey. She smiled and boarded the train looking for a place to sit. She walked from the front of the train...full....full....full...full...she kept going on and on to the back of the train until she found a compartment with a single girl in it. Gathering her courage she opened the door timidly.
"Do you mind if I join you? All the other compartments thusfar seem to be pretty full..."
Evie looked up when the compartment door slid open. She was a bit disappointed that it wasn't Fred, George, Lee, or even Oliver but she didn't show it. She smiled at the girl
"No of course not"
Evie sat up and took her feet off the seat across from her and as she moved Saleel shifted his footing on her shoulder and hooted annoyingly as he was woken up from his slumber
Serena smiled embarresed that she had upset the bird and made the girl move. She sat down and settled herself in before producing a small pack of treats for the owl opposite her and throwing it a peice to pacify its angry mood.
"Lovely bird you have there."
"Thanks" Evie smiled at the girl
"Saleel's a big sweety once he gets to know you"
She said as she stroked the birds feathers, the owl took the treat and held it in his talon and cocked his head to the side looking at the girl across from him
Serena laughed and opened Liora's cage and watched calmly as her own owl jumped onto her hand, talons resting carefully on three of her fingers. Serena smiled and stroked the birds beak gently with a single finger from her free hand
"Mine too."
Nathan had been looking for someplace to sit when he stumbled onto a compartment with two girls. He wasn't shy, but nervous. He stepped in, his kitten meowing behind him. He suddenly realized there were two large owls, and grabbed the kitten. "Hi. You mind if I come in?" He asked, standing at the door, holding Yuna tightly.
Evie looked at the boy that just walked in, he had a tiny kitten with him, she smiled and laughed a little at how close he held the cat.
"No, not at all..and don't worry about your cat the owls wont eat it"
Saleel shifted his weight again and streched his wings, he hooted loudly and looked at the new arrival
"So, you must be new here..I've never seen you around before"
"I just transferred from Owleye, in Great Britian. I'm a Sixth Year, and a Prefect." Nathan nodded, putting the kitten down gently, but with caution.
"Hmm..Never heard of it...I'm Evie "
"Nathan Ethan Douglas. You probably know me because I'm an actor...or I was." Nathan looked down, disappointed.
"No, sorry cant say that I have...But welcome to hogwarts"
Jamie opened the door and looked in.
"Hey is there any roo- Oh, i remember you from last year, not my type of people, I'll look somewhere else."
Amie rose an eyebrow at her sister as she left and cleared her throat.
"Well, I'll finish her sentence the correct way. Is there any room here? I'm having a little trouble finding room."
Nathan nodded. "I won't mind." He slid down to make room for the Ravenclaw girl. Nathan didn't know there was such a rivalry between the two Houses, but even if he did, he wouldn't care.
Amie walked in and smiled. "Thanks, sorry about Jamie, she doesn't like other houses."
"Just a warning, stay out of her way if you'd liek to stay human, I know I prefer to, i've had one to many times expeirencing being a chicken."
Amie bit her lip and looked at his kitten scooting away a bit.
"No offense, I'm just a dog animagus and cats don't really like me nor do I really like them for that matter."
Nathan smiled. "It's okay. I will keep an eye on Yuna anyway." He watched the kitten play with his shoelace.
Evie left a mental note to herself to never let Amie see her animagus self..She was un-registerd and didnt want any trouble with it. She just smiled and stroked Saleels feathers as he clicked his beak
Amie smiled and examined her wand out of boredem and watched her sister pass them outside then pass them again, but this time in her animagus form. She suppressed a yawn and asked.
"So what year are you all in?"
"6th year Gryffindor...you?"
"Fourth year Ravenclaw, Jamie's fourth year Slytherin, unfortunatley my twin. Nice to meet you."
Amie extended her hand and heard barking and her sister's cat yowl, but ignored it, she must have been taunting a animagus.
'Nero!" Nathan yelled. Suddenly something jumped into the room at him, its paws up on his chest. "What do you think you're doing, following me?"
The giant creature quickly turned into a girl. "Sorry."
Evie took Amies hand and shook it, when something came runing into the compartment Evie jumped slightly and Saleel flew up to the luggage rack, Evie looked at nathan with a raised brow
"Nero's my guardian. She's an animagus, and it was she who was chasing your sister." Nathan sighed. "I've told Nero not to follow me. Nero doesn't talk much, and when she does, I would have to translate."
"I see...interesting," Evie said as she sat back down. "so exacly how many of us here are animagus?"
"I'm one. I'm a eagle animagus. What about you, Evie? I know you're one, too." Nathan smiled.
Evie looked at Nathan with a bewildered look. "Oh no, that is far to advanced magic for my liking," She said without the slightest change in pitch in her voice..if one thing she learned from being friends with the trouble makers was to lie and make it believeable...but she wondered how Nathan knew, no one knew expet the twins and Ginny, and being unresgistered was something that could get you sent to Azkaban
Nathan nodded. "I'm sorry."
"Oh dont be it was just an honest mistake." She smiled, she would have to ask him later when there wasnt so many people around
Nathan bowed. "Still, my apologies." He took a seat, Nero changed back into her dog form.
"I'm animagus, dog animagus. What are you Evie? Oh and stay away from Jamie if you want to stay the way you are."
Amie smiled as she added the last part to Nero and looked at the compartment door where Jamie was standing angrily, her wand out.
"Chase me again and I'll- Oh forget it, just leave me alone, alright? I'm busy!"
Jamie changed form again and took off, Amie leaned out and saw what her sister was doing, she sitting down in her cat form in the same compartment as Draco malfoy, of course he didn't know it was her. She pulled back in her head and rolled her eyes.
"Busy indeed. Well, hi Nero, I'm Amie Seams."
"I'm Nero." The dog spoke to her as she lay down by Nathan's feet. "I was sent to guard Nathan."
((Amie))
"T- That's cool. Am I the only one who can hear her or-? I can't communicate in animagus form."
"Everyone can hear me." Nero replied, smiling. Of course if dogs smiled, you would think they were going to try to bite you.
Nathan nodded. "You see, Nero is over a thousand years old."
Amie's eyes widened and teased, "A thousand year old chasing a almost fifteen year old cat? Tsk, tsk, tsk."
Nero looked up, tilting her head. "What?! I couldn't control myself! In fact, I have a craving just about now..." She turned to look at Nathan, who nodded of approval, and she stormed out of the room after Jamie the cat.
"Nathan!!" Amie cried and ran after Nero, changing form quickly.
Jamie looked up, seeing two dogs starting to charge at her. She jumped up and gave a yowl of surprise, bolting down the train quickly. She quickly changed form and rounded on Nero and Amie.
"Stay away from me you filthy mutts!"
Amie skidded to a stop and gave a yelp as ropes shot out of Jamie's wand and she found herself tied up, Jamie soon did the same to Nero and dragged her as gently as she could back to Nathan then looked at Amie, narrowing her eyes.
"I'll take it easy on you this time, sis."
She dragged a struggling Amie back to the compartment as well, struggling a bit herself, Amie was quite large as a dog and not very pretty either. She managed to get her outside their compartment and untied her with her wand, sending Amie cowering back into the compartment saying before she left.
"Now stay away from me!"
Nathan chuckled. Nero broke free of the ropes, and turned back into a girl. She started to laugh very hard. "You should've seen the way she jumped!"
Casey had seen the ruckus outside the compartment while he was getting something off the food cart. Seeing the door was open and that both of the dogs had gone in there, he poked his head in to see what was up. It was quite boring the in the compartment he had been in, so he wasn't wanting to go back anytime soon. "Hey, mind if I come in?"
"No not at all," Evie said scooting over to make room
"Thanks," he said with a small smile and took a seat next to Evie. "Did you guys see all the ruckus out there? Could have sworn I saw the two dogs come in here!"
"No problem." She returned the smile. "Yea that was two animagus...so whats your name?"
"I'm Casey Winslow...Ravenclaw?" He answered, wondering which were animagus. "You?"
"Evie...Gryffindor." She saw his curious face. "Just about everyone in here is an animagus"
Casey watched the two argue with amusement. "Nice to meet you all. Should be an interesting year with all these animagus," he commented with a smirk.
((Evie))
"So Casey did you just tranfer here? I havent seen you around before"
"Oh, no," Casey replied to Evie. "I've been around, just incognito...real into the books, you see? Parents and whole family have been aurors..they expect me to do as well as them."
((Nathan))
"That's very nice. I plan to be an auror."
"Cool...it'd be a much more fun prospect for me if my parents weren't holding my other sibling's grades over my head as incentive." He shrugged. "So, I suppose your classes all have to do with this goal, then?"
Nathan nodded. "What about you, Evie? Amie?"
"Just to let you know I'm the registered one, Nathan. She just got mum to vouch for her and she never got registered, mum convinced dad that it would come in handy one day. Nice to meet you Casey, maybe I could be a spell and potions major, make some new spells and potions like my parents or be a auror, both?"
Amie shrugged and sighed, wondering who she would be catching if she were a auror, perhaps the one she feared most?
((FUN FACT: Later on, we decided Amie and Casey were each other's ex. This post made me giggle as I read it to put in quotation marks.))
"Those both definitely sound like good options..Amie," he said, nodding his head.
Nero quickly turned back into the girl, looking toward Nathan as she took a seat next to him.
"That will take some getting used to," Casey said, as Nero turned back into a girl. "Never saw an animagus transform before."
Amie nodded and gave a small chuckle. "Well you'll be seeing quite a bit of it, Case."
Casey smirked but didn't say anything.
*Nero must've asked to sing or something*
Casey grinned. "Depends...what song are we talking here?"
Nero growled at Casey. Nathan chuckled. "Whenever she sings, she picks it out randomly. We never know." He took out a harmonica.
"Ill have to take a rain check on that." Evie got up and climbed over the bodies to reach the compartment door
Casey smiled at Nero. Then, he too started to stand. "Er...me, too."
Evie looked at casey and smiled as she slid the door open, looking back into the crowded compartment she laughed alittle and steped aside so Casey could get out
Casey left. "That was a close one," he commented.
She laughed. "Indeed it was,well good luck with that Nero." She slid the door shut. "So Casey have anywhere in patricular to be? or just needing some air?"
"Just some air, I suppose," he answered with a shrug. "Don't quite want to go back to the group of Ravenclaws I was with originally, so I suppose I'll just wander the train until it comes time to have to change into my robes. You?"
"To much comption in there for my taste, and I have no where else to go so I guess I'm walking around the train untill it reaches Hogsmeade "
"Cool...wanna hang out?" he asked, starting to walk.
"Love to." She began walking with him,as they were walking the food trolley passed them and Evie bought a box of Bertie Bots every flavor beans, she opened the box and poped a few of them into her mouth and offered some to Casey
"Thanks," he said, taking a few. "How long do you reckon we've been on here?"
"Welcome...Oh I'd say about 2 hours or so." She looked out the window and it was just starting to get dark
"It feels shorter than that, but yeah, you're most likely correct." He shrugged. "So, what kind of animagus are you?"
Evie looked around when Casey asked her that making sure no one was in hearing distance. "A black cat..But don't tell anyone, Im unregistered and that's how I manage to escape from all of the pranks me and the twins pull," she whispered.
"Don't worry, I won't. I think it's kinda neat, actually." He grinned. "By twins, I assume you mean the Weasley twins?"
She smiled at him. "Thanks..it is really cool once you get used to it..and yep thats them. So what about you? Have any illegal magical secrets?"
"Afraid not," he answered, smirking. "If I did, I don't know that I'd want to say it aloud," he teased. "How was your summer? Anything interesting happen?"
Evie put on a mock expression of hurt at Caseys words but then laughed and rolled her eyes at his attempt. "Nah, nothing really interesting happened stayed home and practiced Qudditch... you?" The two had reached the back of the train and there was an empty compartment
Casey opened the door and stood back, letting her decide whether she wanted to sit or wanted to turn and walk back the other way. "No, not much. We were going to go on a trip to Egypt, but mum and dad decided they'd rather stay since my brother who's closest in age just started working in the ministry. Wanted to give him a few pointers. As you can imagine, it was pretty boring at home alone with the rest of the family working." He sighed.
Evie walked in, there was no where else to go and the corridor would soon be flooded with students all going to change into there robes. "That sounds dreadful...your parents are really into working for the ministry then huh?"
"Yep," he replied, sitting across from her with a shrug. "Yours?"
Evie picked at her nail and shrugged. "Dont see much of them, there always running about doing this and that, the last I heard from them they were getting off a train in the States..I spend most of my time at the Weasleys house."
"Ah, that sucks..that your parents are always gone." He sat quietly for a bit. "Fun at the Weasley's?"
Evie perked up a bit and had a huge smile to go with her happy go lucky attitude. "Loads, never a dull moment...you should hang out with all of us sometime you would have a blast...that is if you dont mind breaking a few rules"
He let out a laugh. "I would imagine so. Any pranks I should beware of at the welcoming feast?"
"Maybe." She smirked. "You'll just have to wait and see, and besides if I tell you it takes away the element of surprise"
Casey laughed. "That's true, though it isn't much help. Well, I guess so long as you can guarantee no one will sprout a tail or something of the sort, I'll not worry."
She looked at him innocently. "I never said that now did I?" Evie smirked. "A few Slytherins might fall victim to a tail."
He grinned. "Now that I would pay to see...particularly that Draco Malfoy."
Evie let her hand flop to the seat she was sitting on. "Dont even get me started on Malfoy..Bleach blonde little weasel. I would love nothing more than to hex him into oblivion"
He smirked. "I think half the school would be more than willing to do that."
"And what about you?" Evie asked reclining back a little and placing her feet up on the seat across from her next to Casey. "The quiet ones are always the ones that have the most interesting stories."
"Oh yeah, if ever I'd want to hex someone, it'd be Malfoy. Once when I was studying, he decided that it would be fun to send me flying through the air -- without a broom." He shook his head. "Thankfully a professor came and got me down as gently as possible, which wasn't so gentle...had to go through a bone repairing session with Madam Pomfrey. Bullies like Malfoy and his cronies need to be taught a lesson."
"Cheers to that!" Evie nodded her head. "So what do you reckon this big surprise is that Dumbledore has for us?"
Amie looked at Nathan then Nero and cleared her throat. "I, erm- Uh, I guess I'll take my chances, as long as I stay out of animagus form where my hearing is heightened."
He shrugged. "Oh, I don't know..perhaps a new groundskeeper?" he said hopefully. He wasn't a huge fan of the current one. Always accusing him of sending in orders of dung bombs and such nonsense.
"THAT would be perfect! Filtch is always getting in the way of our plans...Every time we send out an order for dung bombs he manages to find out and get to them before we do," she said stretching.
Casey shook his head, smiling and leaning back in his seat, resting his head on his hands which he had behind it. "He thinks I send in orders...always confiscating my mail and glancing through it before its sent out."
Evie made an oops face and couldnt help but laugh. "Oops..Sorry about that."
"Ah, no problem. Guess it keeps you three out of trouble. I don't know why the man won't just give up, though. Do I look that suspicious?" he smirked.
"Eh." Evie moved her hand back and forth or is it up or down?? "You do have a bad boy vibe."
He chuckled. "Then, I guess I can 'look forward' to more letter confiscation. Be interesting to see his reaction if I did actually send in an order. Don't know if it'd be worth it, though."
Evie leaned forward resting her elbows on her knees. "Indeed it would be interesting..I would love to see the look on filchs face"
Casey shrugged. "Perhaps I'll decide to do it some day, but I wouldn't bank on it. Perhaps toward the end of the year when there's not much he could do about it. What do you think?"
"I think you defiantly have some potential for a trouble maker." Evie smirked. "But yea that sounds like the best idea in your case, you have to much to lose"
He laughed and sat up. "Takes one to know one, eh? It must be fun to be able to pull pranks without much of a care in the world."
"Oh sweets you are looking at one of the best." She did a dramatic wave with her hands. "But the part of not having a care in the world isnt true."
"Oh?" he said, leaning forward on his arms.
"Yea...I want to be an aurorafter I leave Hogwarts, and many people dont think I have the capiblities to do it..But I know far more magic then I put off, and more adnvaced magic than most wizards older than me. Its hard trying to keep up both lifestyles." She sighed.
Casey nodded, understanding. "Well, you'll prove them wrong, I'm sure of it -- when you do take your final tests next year."
"Thanks for the support." She gave a weak smile. "Let's just hope your right. As soon as I turn 17 Im taking the test."
"Oh? When's that?" he asked curiously.
"July..why?"
"Just wonderin'," he answered, sitting back.
"What about you? You are sure to pass it having your entire family being aurors." Evie shifted her weight to one elbow
"I hope so...I barely passed the O.W.L.S required for it last year. Parents were downright upset. Gave me a huge lecture, wondering who was capturing my mind." He rolled his eyes.
Evie smiled sympathetically at him. "Well now you have the excuse that the schools trouble makers turned you into one of them." She grinned.
He smirked. "That'll as good as land me in St. Mungo's insanity ward. Their son...a troublemaker! They'd think I'd lost my mind. But sure, I'll give it a try." He winked.
"Good." The sky outside was now black, they would be at the castle in little less than an hour. "Damn I forgot my trunk was back in the other compartment."
"Well, then, I suppose we should head back," he said somewhat reluctantly. "I'll walk you there and then go back where I left mine." He stood and stepped out.
"Thanks..I almost forgot about Saleel, he probally hates me about now..Maybe we can grab our trunks and meet back here?" she said hopefully, she didnt really want to go back
"Sure.." he said. "Saleel's the bird back in the compartment, I take it?" He hadn't really paid much attention to the bird.
PAGE 9
Nathan, Gryffindor 6th = Former Member
Serena Riley, Ravenclaw 6th = Layni
Casey Winslow, Raveclaw 6th = Me
Amie Seams, Ravenclaw 4th = Allie
Jamie Seams, Slytherin 4th = Allie
Sean Darkwood, Professor = Joe
Passing through the barrier, Evie guided her cart towards the back of the engine and left it there to be boarded. Grabbing Saleel her pet owls cage and bringing it with her she boarded the train and found an empty compartment and sat there. She let Saleel out of his cage and he flew over to her shoulder and perched himself there and closed his eyes
Serena pulled away from her anxious parents as she managed to manuver her overly full cart around the storms of people and into the brick wall that protected the Hogwarts Express Platform: nine and three quarter. She smiled to herself and brushed a few stray peices of hair away from her eyes as she loaded her things on to the train only taking a small bag filled with a stack of books for the ride, a few loose sickles and knuts for the cart at lunch time, and her robes to change into when they reached the school. Of course Liora came with her too. Liora was safe in her cage and maybe if she got an empty apartment Serena would let her tawny owl stretch its wings a bit on the journey. She smiled and boarded the train looking for a place to sit. She walked from the front of the train...full....full....full...full...she kept going on and on to the back of the train until she found a compartment with a single girl in it. Gathering her courage she opened the door timidly.
"Do you mind if I join you? All the other compartments thusfar seem to be pretty full..."
Evie looked up when the compartment door slid open. She was a bit disappointed that it wasn't Fred, George, Lee, or even Oliver but she didn't show it. She smiled at the girl
"No of course not"
Evie sat up and took her feet off the seat across from her and as she moved Saleel shifted his footing on her shoulder and hooted annoyingly as he was woken up from his slumber
Serena smiled embarresed that she had upset the bird and made the girl move. She sat down and settled herself in before producing a small pack of treats for the owl opposite her and throwing it a peice to pacify its angry mood.
"Lovely bird you have there."
"Thanks" Evie smiled at the girl
"Saleel's a big sweety once he gets to know you"
She said as she stroked the birds feathers, the owl took the treat and held it in his talon and cocked his head to the side looking at the girl across from him
Serena laughed and opened Liora's cage and watched calmly as her own owl jumped onto her hand, talons resting carefully on three of her fingers. Serena smiled and stroked the birds beak gently with a single finger from her free hand
"Mine too."
Nathan had been looking for someplace to sit when he stumbled onto a compartment with two girls. He wasn't shy, but nervous. He stepped in, his kitten meowing behind him. He suddenly realized there were two large owls, and grabbed the kitten. "Hi. You mind if I come in?" He asked, standing at the door, holding Yuna tightly.
Evie looked at the boy that just walked in, he had a tiny kitten with him, she smiled and laughed a little at how close he held the cat.
"No, not at all..and don't worry about your cat the owls wont eat it"
Saleel shifted his weight again and streched his wings, he hooted loudly and looked at the new arrival
"So, you must be new here..I've never seen you around before"
"I just transferred from Owleye, in Great Britian. I'm a Sixth Year, and a Prefect." Nathan nodded, putting the kitten down gently, but with caution.
"Hmm..Never heard of it...I'm Evie "
"Nathan Ethan Douglas. You probably know me because I'm an actor...or I was." Nathan looked down, disappointed.
"No, sorry cant say that I have...But welcome to hogwarts"
Jamie opened the door and looked in.
"Hey is there any roo- Oh, i remember you from last year, not my type of people, I'll look somewhere else."
Amie rose an eyebrow at her sister as she left and cleared her throat.
"Well, I'll finish her sentence the correct way. Is there any room here? I'm having a little trouble finding room."
Nathan nodded. "I won't mind." He slid down to make room for the Ravenclaw girl. Nathan didn't know there was such a rivalry between the two Houses, but even if he did, he wouldn't care.
Amie walked in and smiled. "Thanks, sorry about Jamie, she doesn't like other houses."
"Just a warning, stay out of her way if you'd liek to stay human, I know I prefer to, i've had one to many times expeirencing being a chicken."
Amie bit her lip and looked at his kitten scooting away a bit.
"No offense, I'm just a dog animagus and cats don't really like me nor do I really like them for that matter."
Nathan smiled. "It's okay. I will keep an eye on Yuna anyway." He watched the kitten play with his shoelace.
Evie left a mental note to herself to never let Amie see her animagus self..She was un-registerd and didnt want any trouble with it. She just smiled and stroked Saleels feathers as he clicked his beak
Amie smiled and examined her wand out of boredem and watched her sister pass them outside then pass them again, but this time in her animagus form. She suppressed a yawn and asked.
"So what year are you all in?"
"6th year Gryffindor...you?"
"Fourth year Ravenclaw, Jamie's fourth year Slytherin, unfortunatley my twin. Nice to meet you."
Amie extended her hand and heard barking and her sister's cat yowl, but ignored it, she must have been taunting a animagus.
'Nero!" Nathan yelled. Suddenly something jumped into the room at him, its paws up on his chest. "What do you think you're doing, following me?"
The giant creature quickly turned into a girl. "Sorry."
Evie took Amies hand and shook it, when something came runing into the compartment Evie jumped slightly and Saleel flew up to the luggage rack, Evie looked at nathan with a raised brow
"Nero's my guardian. She's an animagus, and it was she who was chasing your sister." Nathan sighed. "I've told Nero not to follow me. Nero doesn't talk much, and when she does, I would have to translate."
"I see...interesting," Evie said as she sat back down. "so exacly how many of us here are animagus?"
"I'm one. I'm a eagle animagus. What about you, Evie? I know you're one, too." Nathan smiled.
Evie looked at Nathan with a bewildered look. "Oh no, that is far to advanced magic for my liking," She said without the slightest change in pitch in her voice..if one thing she learned from being friends with the trouble makers was to lie and make it believeable...but she wondered how Nathan knew, no one knew expet the twins and Ginny, and being unresgistered was something that could get you sent to Azkaban
Nathan nodded. "I'm sorry."
"Oh dont be it was just an honest mistake." She smiled, she would have to ask him later when there wasnt so many people around
Nathan bowed. "Still, my apologies." He took a seat, Nero changed back into her dog form.
"I'm animagus, dog animagus. What are you Evie? Oh and stay away from Jamie if you want to stay the way you are."
Amie smiled as she added the last part to Nero and looked at the compartment door where Jamie was standing angrily, her wand out.
"Chase me again and I'll- Oh forget it, just leave me alone, alright? I'm busy!"
Jamie changed form again and took off, Amie leaned out and saw what her sister was doing, she sitting down in her cat form in the same compartment as Draco malfoy, of course he didn't know it was her. She pulled back in her head and rolled her eyes.
"Busy indeed. Well, hi Nero, I'm Amie Seams."
"I'm Nero." The dog spoke to her as she lay down by Nathan's feet. "I was sent to guard Nathan."
((Amie))
"T- That's cool. Am I the only one who can hear her or-? I can't communicate in animagus form."
"Everyone can hear me." Nero replied, smiling. Of course if dogs smiled, you would think they were going to try to bite you.
Nathan nodded. "You see, Nero is over a thousand years old."
Amie's eyes widened and teased, "A thousand year old chasing a almost fifteen year old cat? Tsk, tsk, tsk."
Nero looked up, tilting her head. "What?! I couldn't control myself! In fact, I have a craving just about now..." She turned to look at Nathan, who nodded of approval, and she stormed out of the room after Jamie the cat.
"Nathan!!" Amie cried and ran after Nero, changing form quickly.
Jamie looked up, seeing two dogs starting to charge at her. She jumped up and gave a yowl of surprise, bolting down the train quickly. She quickly changed form and rounded on Nero and Amie.
"Stay away from me you filthy mutts!"
Amie skidded to a stop and gave a yelp as ropes shot out of Jamie's wand and she found herself tied up, Jamie soon did the same to Nero and dragged her as gently as she could back to Nathan then looked at Amie, narrowing her eyes.
"I'll take it easy on you this time, sis."
She dragged a struggling Amie back to the compartment as well, struggling a bit herself, Amie was quite large as a dog and not very pretty either. She managed to get her outside their compartment and untied her with her wand, sending Amie cowering back into the compartment saying before she left.
"Now stay away from me!"
Nathan chuckled. Nero broke free of the ropes, and turned back into a girl. She started to laugh very hard. "You should've seen the way she jumped!"
Casey had seen the ruckus outside the compartment while he was getting something off the food cart. Seeing the door was open and that both of the dogs had gone in there, he poked his head in to see what was up. It was quite boring the in the compartment he had been in, so he wasn't wanting to go back anytime soon. "Hey, mind if I come in?"
"No not at all," Evie said scooting over to make room
"Thanks," he said with a small smile and took a seat next to Evie. "Did you guys see all the ruckus out there? Could have sworn I saw the two dogs come in here!"
"No problem." She returned the smile. "Yea that was two animagus...so whats your name?"
"I'm Casey Winslow...Ravenclaw?" He answered, wondering which were animagus. "You?"
"Evie...Gryffindor." She saw his curious face. "Just about everyone in here is an animagus"
Casey watched the two argue with amusement. "Nice to meet you all. Should be an interesting year with all these animagus," he commented with a smirk.
((Evie))
"So Casey did you just tranfer here? I havent seen you around before"
"Oh, no," Casey replied to Evie. "I've been around, just incognito...real into the books, you see? Parents and whole family have been aurors..they expect me to do as well as them."
((Nathan))
"That's very nice. I plan to be an auror."
"Cool...it'd be a much more fun prospect for me if my parents weren't holding my other sibling's grades over my head as incentive." He shrugged. "So, I suppose your classes all have to do with this goal, then?"
Nathan nodded. "What about you, Evie? Amie?"
"Just to let you know I'm the registered one, Nathan. She just got mum to vouch for her and she never got registered, mum convinced dad that it would come in handy one day. Nice to meet you Casey, maybe I could be a spell and potions major, make some new spells and potions like my parents or be a auror, both?"
Amie shrugged and sighed, wondering who she would be catching if she were a auror, perhaps the one she feared most?
((FUN FACT: Later on, we decided Amie and Casey were each other's ex. This post made me giggle as I read it to put in quotation marks.))
"Those both definitely sound like good options..Amie," he said, nodding his head.
Nero quickly turned back into the girl, looking toward Nathan as she took a seat next to him.
"That will take some getting used to," Casey said, as Nero turned back into a girl. "Never saw an animagus transform before."
Amie nodded and gave a small chuckle. "Well you'll be seeing quite a bit of it, Case."
Casey smirked but didn't say anything.
*Nero must've asked to sing or something*
Casey grinned. "Depends...what song are we talking here?"
Nero growled at Casey. Nathan chuckled. "Whenever she sings, she picks it out randomly. We never know." He took out a harmonica.
"Ill have to take a rain check on that." Evie got up and climbed over the bodies to reach the compartment door
Casey smiled at Nero. Then, he too started to stand. "Er...me, too."
Evie looked at casey and smiled as she slid the door open, looking back into the crowded compartment she laughed alittle and steped aside so Casey could get out
Casey left. "That was a close one," he commented.
She laughed. "Indeed it was,well good luck with that Nero." She slid the door shut. "So Casey have anywhere in patricular to be? or just needing some air?"
"Just some air, I suppose," he answered with a shrug. "Don't quite want to go back to the group of Ravenclaws I was with originally, so I suppose I'll just wander the train until it comes time to have to change into my robes. You?"
"To much comption in there for my taste, and I have no where else to go so I guess I'm walking around the train untill it reaches Hogsmeade "
"Cool...wanna hang out?" he asked, starting to walk.
"Love to." She began walking with him,as they were walking the food trolley passed them and Evie bought a box of Bertie Bots every flavor beans, she opened the box and poped a few of them into her mouth and offered some to Casey
"Thanks," he said, taking a few. "How long do you reckon we've been on here?"
"Welcome...Oh I'd say about 2 hours or so." She looked out the window and it was just starting to get dark
"It feels shorter than that, but yeah, you're most likely correct." He shrugged. "So, what kind of animagus are you?"
Evie looked around when Casey asked her that making sure no one was in hearing distance. "A black cat..But don't tell anyone, Im unregistered and that's how I manage to escape from all of the pranks me and the twins pull," she whispered.
"Don't worry, I won't. I think it's kinda neat, actually." He grinned. "By twins, I assume you mean the Weasley twins?"
She smiled at him. "Thanks..it is really cool once you get used to it..and yep thats them. So what about you? Have any illegal magical secrets?"
"Afraid not," he answered, smirking. "If I did, I don't know that I'd want to say it aloud," he teased. "How was your summer? Anything interesting happen?"
Evie put on a mock expression of hurt at Caseys words but then laughed and rolled her eyes at his attempt. "Nah, nothing really interesting happened stayed home and practiced Qudditch... you?" The two had reached the back of the train and there was an empty compartment
Casey opened the door and stood back, letting her decide whether she wanted to sit or wanted to turn and walk back the other way. "No, not much. We were going to go on a trip to Egypt, but mum and dad decided they'd rather stay since my brother who's closest in age just started working in the ministry. Wanted to give him a few pointers. As you can imagine, it was pretty boring at home alone with the rest of the family working." He sighed.
Evie walked in, there was no where else to go and the corridor would soon be flooded with students all going to change into there robes. "That sounds dreadful...your parents are really into working for the ministry then huh?"
"Yep," he replied, sitting across from her with a shrug. "Yours?"
Evie picked at her nail and shrugged. "Dont see much of them, there always running about doing this and that, the last I heard from them they were getting off a train in the States..I spend most of my time at the Weasleys house."
"Ah, that sucks..that your parents are always gone." He sat quietly for a bit. "Fun at the Weasley's?"
Evie perked up a bit and had a huge smile to go with her happy go lucky attitude. "Loads, never a dull moment...you should hang out with all of us sometime you would have a blast...that is if you dont mind breaking a few rules"
He let out a laugh. "I would imagine so. Any pranks I should beware of at the welcoming feast?"
"Maybe." She smirked. "You'll just have to wait and see, and besides if I tell you it takes away the element of surprise"
Casey laughed. "That's true, though it isn't much help. Well, I guess so long as you can guarantee no one will sprout a tail or something of the sort, I'll not worry."
She looked at him innocently. "I never said that now did I?" Evie smirked. "A few Slytherins might fall victim to a tail."
He grinned. "Now that I would pay to see...particularly that Draco Malfoy."
Evie let her hand flop to the seat she was sitting on. "Dont even get me started on Malfoy..Bleach blonde little weasel. I would love nothing more than to hex him into oblivion"
He smirked. "I think half the school would be more than willing to do that."
"And what about you?" Evie asked reclining back a little and placing her feet up on the seat across from her next to Casey. "The quiet ones are always the ones that have the most interesting stories."
"Oh yeah, if ever I'd want to hex someone, it'd be Malfoy. Once when I was studying, he decided that it would be fun to send me flying through the air -- without a broom." He shook his head. "Thankfully a professor came and got me down as gently as possible, which wasn't so gentle...had to go through a bone repairing session with Madam Pomfrey. Bullies like Malfoy and his cronies need to be taught a lesson."
"Cheers to that!" Evie nodded her head. "So what do you reckon this big surprise is that Dumbledore has for us?"
Amie looked at Nathan then Nero and cleared her throat. "I, erm- Uh, I guess I'll take my chances, as long as I stay out of animagus form where my hearing is heightened."
He shrugged. "Oh, I don't know..perhaps a new groundskeeper?" he said hopefully. He wasn't a huge fan of the current one. Always accusing him of sending in orders of dung bombs and such nonsense.
"THAT would be perfect! Filtch is always getting in the way of our plans...Every time we send out an order for dung bombs he manages to find out and get to them before we do," she said stretching.
Casey shook his head, smiling and leaning back in his seat, resting his head on his hands which he had behind it. "He thinks I send in orders...always confiscating my mail and glancing through it before its sent out."
Evie made an oops face and couldnt help but laugh. "Oops..Sorry about that."
"Ah, no problem. Guess it keeps you three out of trouble. I don't know why the man won't just give up, though. Do I look that suspicious?" he smirked.
"Eh." Evie moved her hand back and forth or is it up or down?? "You do have a bad boy vibe."
He chuckled. "Then, I guess I can 'look forward' to more letter confiscation. Be interesting to see his reaction if I did actually send in an order. Don't know if it'd be worth it, though."
Evie leaned forward resting her elbows on her knees. "Indeed it would be interesting..I would love to see the look on filchs face"
Casey shrugged. "Perhaps I'll decide to do it some day, but I wouldn't bank on it. Perhaps toward the end of the year when there's not much he could do about it. What do you think?"
"I think you defiantly have some potential for a trouble maker." Evie smirked. "But yea that sounds like the best idea in your case, you have to much to lose"
He laughed and sat up. "Takes one to know one, eh? It must be fun to be able to pull pranks without much of a care in the world."
"Oh sweets you are looking at one of the best." She did a dramatic wave with her hands. "But the part of not having a care in the world isnt true."
"Oh?" he said, leaning forward on his arms.
"Yea...I want to be an aurorafter I leave Hogwarts, and many people dont think I have the capiblities to do it..But I know far more magic then I put off, and more adnvaced magic than most wizards older than me. Its hard trying to keep up both lifestyles." She sighed.
Casey nodded, understanding. "Well, you'll prove them wrong, I'm sure of it -- when you do take your final tests next year."
"Thanks for the support." She gave a weak smile. "Let's just hope your right. As soon as I turn 17 Im taking the test."
"Oh? When's that?" he asked curiously.
"July..why?"
"Just wonderin'," he answered, sitting back.
"What about you? You are sure to pass it having your entire family being aurors." Evie shifted her weight to one elbow
"I hope so...I barely passed the O.W.L.S required for it last year. Parents were downright upset. Gave me a huge lecture, wondering who was capturing my mind." He rolled his eyes.
Evie smiled sympathetically at him. "Well now you have the excuse that the schools trouble makers turned you into one of them." She grinned.
He smirked. "That'll as good as land me in St. Mungo's insanity ward. Their son...a troublemaker! They'd think I'd lost my mind. But sure, I'll give it a try." He winked.
"Good." The sky outside was now black, they would be at the castle in little less than an hour. "Damn I forgot my trunk was back in the other compartment."
"Well, then, I suppose we should head back," he said somewhat reluctantly. "I'll walk you there and then go back where I left mine." He stood and stepped out.
"Thanks..I almost forgot about Saleel, he probally hates me about now..Maybe we can grab our trunks and meet back here?" she said hopefully, she didnt really want to go back
"Sure.." he said. "Saleel's the bird back in the compartment, I take it?" He hadn't really paid much attention to the bird.
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