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Angel had been quick at saying goodbye to her stepfamily. She wanted to get going. And after promising Tallulah she'd write as often as she could, she hopped on the train.

Angel walked around, but to her dismay, found no empty compartment. She found one with only a girl around her age in it.

"Hello," she said trying to sound happy, but failing. "Mind if I join you?"

Evie knew that her speed wasn't working, knowing that Karma was so close behind her, and as she passed another compartment she went faster than what she ever thought was possible.

Angel slipped into the compartment quickly. "Transfer student?" she said slowly. "I'd guess Durmstrang. I'm Angel, by the way. Fourth year and Slytherin. Strange, isn't it?"

"I'm fine, why?" she said leaning back, but not dropping her guard at all. "Do I look sad again?"

The strange thing about Angel, was that she had completely lost the ability to smile. People often mistook it for that she was upset.

"It must be so strange," Angel sighed. "Leaving your friends and family behind, and coming here, I mean."

As somebody passed by, she looked up.

"Being chased, or something?" Angel asked simply.

"Hrabrost?" Angel muttered. "I don't know, either. Cool, we'll be in the same year."

She sighed. "I suppose that's true."

She pulled out her drawing pad, and began drawing her own face in the middle of the sheet of paper. Angel drew familiar faces around her head, decorating them all with flowers and berries.

"I'm happy to be back," she said truthfully. "Far away from h-" She cut herself off, about to say home. It wasn't really.

"Yes," Angel agreed. "Then you'd know somebody."

She looked closely at the girl's expression, and said. "Are you OK?"

Angel nodded. "Yes."

"I think so," she shrugged. "I don't know."

She continued drawing Mystère in the corner of the sheet of paper. Angel drew flowers around all of the people.

"All right," she said. She wasn't one to pressure, as she hated it herself.

"Lots," Angel said. "I don't understand what that means."

She was almost finished drawing Mystère's tail by that time.

Pandora walked along the train to see if anyone she knew was close. he went passed a compartment with Anastasia in it. She backed up and went in.

"Hello, may I join you both?" Pandora asked.

Jessica walked down the train, trying to find an empty compartment. It was her first year, and she was nervous. She'd been at Beauxbatons for a while before coming over to England, but she'd heard that Hogwarts was very different to Beauxbatons in many ways.

She tripped over her own feet, and fell face-first into a door. She opened it warily, rubbing her forehead, and apologised.
"Sorry. I was too busy thinking to realize where I was going..." she said quietly, wringing her hands.

Pandora Looked to see a girl trip.

"Oh hunni are you a alright?" Pandora asked the girl and helped her up along with Anya.

Pandora went to sit down and started to speak.

"I'm Pandora Reikhman. 4th year Slushatel from Durmstrang. I am also speak 100% English. So Anya if you need any help just say what you want to say in Russian to me and I'll will traslate." Pandora said with a smile.

Angel gazed up when two people entered the compartment. She ripped the drawing from the table, crumpled it up, and put it in her pocket. She'd just realized she'd drawn a familiar figure, but with angel wings.

Angel looked at the two newcomers. "Hi, I'm Angel, fourth year Slytherin."