[h2][color=thistle]Amersa Selwyn[/color] & [color=gray]Delmare Montague [/color][/h2][hr][sup]4:35 PM, September 1st  |  Hogwarts Express, Compartment L[/sup]

A clamor from the front of the train could be heard as they rounded a steep bend. Within a few seconds the occupants of Compartment L aboard the Hogwarts Express could make out the weathered stone castle that blinked to life with the warmly glowing lights of Hogwarts castle in the distance. Seated atop a cliff that lacked no lushness nor scenic beauty, the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry looked to be all the memories, knowledge, and adventure it promised and more.

“Whoa,” Lyndsey breathed, breaking the silence.

Amersa nodded her head in agreement, [color=thistle] “It’s more beautiful than I imagined it would be. The photos in [i]Hogwarts: A History [/i]certainly do not do it justice.”[/color]

“Time to disembark the train, children!” a greying warlock said, walking down the main corridor of the train while using magic to send his voice over the train intercom. “My name is Christopher Walterson, and I’ll be escorting you all down to the docks where we’ll boat out to the main castle with the groundskeeper. Now, up and at it you all! Bring your luggage to the front of the train — our house elves will move them to the castle while we head into the dining hall for the first feast of the year!”

“This is so exciting!” Lyndsey said, a big grin spread across her face as she hugged her trunk and jumped up and down in excitement. Maleficent the toad popped out its head from her hiding spot in the girl’s cloak, bewildered. 

[color=gray]“Lyndsey, your toad,”[/color] Delmare said, picking up her trunk and owl before following the grinning girl into the corridor. 

As the other girls filed out, Lyndsey taking a moment to tuck Melly back into her hiding space, Delmare took a moment to look back into the red-and-oak sequence that was Compartment L. Her first day at Hogwarts had began here, in this quaint compartment that she’d be seeing again in exactly a year, then again the next and so forth.

“Delmare, you coming?” Alleyne asked, interrupting Delmare’s train of thought.

[color=gray]“Yeah,”[/color] Delmare said, smiling and following the girls down the corridor and out of the train.