by feathertail Sat Jan 06, 2018 2:24 am
Lily Evans had been nervous, going away from her parents for the first time (Petunia had refused to come to wave her off, which had hurt more than a little) but once the barrier of getting all her things into the train and into an empty compartment, it seemed like an awfully big adventure. She'd met another girl and welcomed her into the compartment, making friends terribly easily with this Leia Organa, despite the differences in their upbringing. She couldn't help but keep an eye out for Severus, eager to enthuse about all of this to her friend, but she hadn't seen him of yet. She had waved goodbye enthusiastically to her parents through the window, Leia doing the same, then delved back into conversation with her new friend, only occasionally getting distracted by the scenery whipping by.
It was nothing new to Leia, not seeing her parents for a long time, and she'd been waiting for this her whole life. So she was about as teary as her parents (not) and more enthusiastic in her waving than them. She'd already found a friend, and likely the compartment would fill up as well as last-minute arrivers came through looking for a mostly empty place to sit and spend the journey. She hoped she'd make more friends, too, and hoped that her
hair didn't make her look too pretentious; she'd tried to go for presentable but not over the top, a flat bun and two looping braids hanging down from it, enough to make an impact but not too much of one.
Sirius was enjoying infuriating his parents. He'd 'forgotten' so many things and had to turn back for them that they were almost late for the train, and therefore no time for the pro-Slytherin speech and schtick they were going to give him; he just dived onto the train and didn't wave goodbye. He came across a carriage with only two boys in, and dragged open the door. "Hi. You look like nice, non-Slytherin-y people. Mind if I join you?"