The train station made Xiao's fur stand on end... the place was extremely packed with humans. It wasn't just the crowd that got to her either, it was all the emotions. Chains had a natural empathy ability. It helped them locate weak willed humans. Even when they have or don't need a contract, they still possess a strong ability to sense the emotions in an area. The emotions are easy for Xiao (since she isn't fully a chain yet) to ignore if they are varied in an area, but when they are mostly similar they can overwhelm her.
Even on platform the emotions are strong. Most of the families were sad, while the students were excited. It was beginning to give her a headache with how different the emotions were.
The Black Rabbit flung her arm over Xiao's shoulders with a call of, " ready for school?"
"of course Rabbito~!" Xiao called excitedly. She grinned madly to keep others away, "I hope I don't get kicked out for my Chaos again..."
" Don't forget to write," The Mad Hatter said with a creepy grin, " Bloody has gotten good at taking messages."
" You know I will," Xiao replied with the trademark Cheshire grin on her face. A pair of carrot topped twins saw the mad grin, making sure to see if they could corrupt the mad little girl.
Xiao then crept up to the train, being careful to avoid the people around the train. All her things were in her world, so she didn't need to carry anything. Bloody was held within her arms, so that no one thought it was possessed. She quickly found an empty compartment and sat down to read "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass" her favorite book. ' I hope I can meet that Cheshire Cat someday,' Xiao thought wistfully. It was an extremely rare occasion for a Cheshire Cat to meet another, especially for them to meet another with similar powers. Each Cheshire has a power that they can call their own. Like the Alice in wonderland Cheshire was a specialist in Evaporating, while Xiao had power over dimensional walls.
Once the train started Xiao started to see some amazing fields outside the window. The longer the train ran for the more trees Xiao saw. Not to long after the train started a young flaming orange haired boy seeped in greed came to her compartment.
" Can I sit here? All the other compartments are full," he asked, lying outright.
' I might have let him sit here if he didn't say that second half,' Xiao thought angrily. " lie," she began with venom in her voice. " This is a magic train," she continued angrily, " and one of your required books says, (and I quote) the Hogwarts express will have as many compartments as needed. If someone needs an empty compartment, it will be provided." Bloody turned toward the boy and Giggled maniacally sending the boy running with his tail between his legs.
Not five minutes later a pair of twins with the same hair as the previous popped in.
"Were you the one," the boy on the left began.
"That sent our little Ronniekins," the one on the right continued.
" Running like a bat out of hell?" They ended together.
" With some help," Xiao replied grinning with a slight blood thirsty look in her eyes. Bloody turned to the twins and giggled just like before.
" Wicked," the twins said together. They then left, going to find a friend of theirs who had a large spider.
Some time later a trolley came by selling treats of all kinds. Xiao saw treats called "blood pops," so she bought out the woman's stock of them. They weren't actual blood, but the taste was close enough to satisfy Xiao. Xiao may not need to eat humans, but they still tasted good to any Chain.
When it started to get dark, Xiao saw a small amphibian hopping into her compartment. She picked it up, and look through the train for its owner. The owner turned out to be a boy that shook more than a Rocking horse fly. The boy seemed to be more than ecstatic to see the runaway, prompting Xiao to run away before things got awkward.
When Xiao got back to her compartment it was to see the sight of the greedy boy having a staring contest with Bloody. Xiao was in a terrible mood, so she quickly scared away the annoying pest.
The rest of the ride was uneventful.
