[@RavenTLark][@Erklings25]

" [color=00a99d]Nice to meet you Raven; Names Elijah Finnigan. I'm a 6th year Gryffindor, and a Prefect. This bundle o' fluff is Joseph. Don't let his face fool you; he's actually a big softie and loves having his belly rubbed.[/color] "

Joseph meowed from his cage and after getting permission to sit down he let Joseph out and flopped down on one of the couch like seats in the compartment. Elijah had always liked the compartments on the train because he could stretch himself out. On the ride to Hogwarts in his 3rd year, he'd actually fallen asleep against the window and ended up with an imprint of the wooden frame. That thing took forever to wear off and his fellow Gryffindors had laughed at him for it. 

He had quickly learned that year that when bad things happen to someone else and you think it's funny; it's not so funny when those things happen to you. That knowledge tends to change people's perspective ( most of the time ), and it had certainly changed Eli's. 

" [color=00a99d]If either of you end up in Gryffindor after being sorted, I, along with the female prefect; whose name I can never remember, will be there to assist you if you need anything. It's our job to guide and nurture the first years as they say, and I really enjoy it.[/color] "

Joseph looked warily at the snake before curling up on Eli and making sure that the white cat the first year had didn't intend on causing trouble. He had no trouble putting Gizmo in his place ( which would most likely involve some hissing and a few well placed bats of a paw ).

" [color=00a99d]All that aside, I've seen quite a lot of snakes, but I've never seen a white one. It's actually incredibly rare for an animal to be an albino.[/color] "