Just as Jake had finished reviewing everything he needed for the train ride to school his solo compartment became a double. He welcomed the distraction as he had a habit of getting more and more worked up when left to his own thoughts. The newcomer was plenty active enough to draw his full attention with no more than a minute of his presences warranting two questions and an introduction. "Devin. My name is Devin." He replyed along with his own hand embracing the one offered by Jake. The two shook hands and continued the conversation about houses.

Devin was still a little unsure about the whole house system at the school. From what he could tell it might have been similar to what homeroom was in his time at summer school this past three months. The only major difference was he went home at the end of classes. Here he just went to a different part of the school. He wasn't sure how he was going to feel about this, but his grandmother said making friends in your house is as easy as learning your name. The only problem with that was Devin had no idea what each house meant. He knew his grandmother had wanted him to be in Ravenclaw or Griffendor; however, outside of her opinion he had no clue what any of it meant. Jake seemed to have a clear goal which interested Devin.

Griffendor had been mentioned in passing several times with the Slytherin one seemingly an opposite. Devin's grandmother had odd words to say with her being both pro and con to the house. Her husband had been in the house, but she seemed to paint him as a stubborn one lane highway sort of guy. Still she said that whatever house Devin was in would be the luckiest house in years. This often made Devin smile, but more out of embarrassment then any other emotion. "I guess right now I am just hoping to be accepted into a house." He didn't say this as confidently as he would have liked, but his voice was normal and he didn't stutter. 

The carriage was then again invaded by another feline owner. This time a girl with brilliant blonde hair. She was somewhere between Devin and Jake as far as height went and was clearly already hitting her growth spurt like most girls her age. She seemed to have taken on a bit too much as far as carry on luggage so Devin stood up to help her get some of her things up on the overhead compartment. He turned to see both cats enjoying the window view from the same seat. "Yea sure..." He said with even less confidence to her request to join them in the carriage. Devin was starting to feel some pressure as he pictured both his new roommates as top tear wizards and witches who would start talking all things magical. Devin wasn't ready for that sort of oral exam and began to get nervous about saying something stupid. 

He also saw that his sports magazine was still out in the open. Quickly he grabbed his leather messenger bag and stuffed the magazine into the main pocket. He then sat down as he put his own bag under his seat. The train was just starting to move from the platform as parents started to wave and blow kisses to their children. Instead of watching this Devin found himself drawn to the cats. Their presence was interesting to Devin who was said to have a surprise waiting for him at school. He knew it had something to do with an animal as his grandmother had written on his acceptance letter to Hogwarts that he would indeed have one pet for communication purposes. For now Devin figured he was going to have her old owl. He was excited to see a familiar face at school even if it was something with wings.