Authors note: Hello this story was written by a group of friends that
thought it would be fun to write a story and to stick us in it. Trust
me Ali, Kati, Luara, Brittany, Taylor, Caitlin, and Taylor are actual
people with different last names. Some things that happen is just our
fantasy world that we want to happen. Well if Ali wasn't the one
mostly writing it, it would be a happy story. With Ali, yeah right.
And we hope you enjoy our story, and if you don't I am sorry you are
that lonely and have to read stories you don't like.

Owl (main writer/Ali) : I do not own any of JK's characters or does
anybody else. But I do own all new characters.

Rilette ( co-writer/Kati) : No you don't

Owl: YES I DO

Giz (editor/co-co-writer/luara) : sure you do. You own you and Elze
and that is it.

Owl: -pout- I wrote the character description.

Lefty (chief-editor/Taylor M.) : with the help of me

Owl: Fine we own nothing

Ivy (writer/Brittany): and on with the story
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Chapter 2: Composure Problems

"I wonder what Ali and Kati are doing," said Brittany two minutes after they had run out of the compartment.

"We will never know," replied Taylor Muller, giggling at the mere thought of what they might be doing.

Kati and Ali had been fighting on whether Ali should be nice to Sirius or not. Ali ended up sprinting out of the room, for she was the closest to the door, with Kati soon following. The only ones left in the room were Elze, Brittany, Luara, Caitlin, and both of the Taylor's. And they all were wondering what to do next.

"Someone should go after them. Any volunteers?" asked Caitlin.

"I really don't think that is necessary," said Luara a little bit sarcastic, but otherwise scared.

Lefty, being the calm one ignored Luara's comment and volunteered to go find Ali and Kati.

"I think it is nice for you to volunteer Lefty so how about you go left and I will go right?" asked Brittany who got a devious stare from Elze.

"Alright," Lefty replied walking out the compartment and probably into doom that only Ali can name.

"Alright, you four can sit here and look like harebrained fools until I get back," said Brittany, and headed right.

Luara glared at Brittany's retreating back as she walked away from them.

"So... want to play cards?" asked Taylor, who doesn't like inactive moments.

"Sure," said Caitlin, who was an all time champ at war (a muggle game).

"I think not," Luara said, walking off in the direction Taylor went, kind of curious. She left Elze, Taylor T., and Caitlin behind, not paying attention to their weird looks.

(Luara's pov)

I know Taylor didn't invite herself willingly to go off like that. It isn't normal for her. She never gets separated like that. She usually follows someone to listen to tidbits of conversations to feed to Ali. This just isn't right. I know...it's seems wrong.

But what is it that is wrong that contempt's is a mystery to me.

Hmmmm...thinks hard Oww! brain cramp where is everybody?

Why can't I have as creative of a brain as Ali? Wait! Let me take that back, that was way too creative. What does go on in her head anyways? Ahhh, off topic. What am I doing, anyway? Oh, yeah, catching up to Taylor to see what she's doing. Where is she? Hey, why is someone giggling? Wait a second, I know that laugh. That is Taylor's laugh. Gasp. (Ok you are probably wondering why we wrote gasp. Well that is what Luara thought and did.)

"Taylor," Luara choked, barely able to get out the words.

What lay in front of her was Taylor and Erick talking. Or should I say more of flirting. And the distance apart was very close, comparing he was my boyfriend.

Finally finding the words, I yelled, "Taylor!" tears filling my eyes.

This couldn't be. Why would she do this to me?

"Luara what are you doing here. I thought you were in the compartment," Taylor stumbled stepping away from Erick.

No, no this couldn't be. Slowly turning, I ran through the halls, tears clouding my vision.

I then stormed into the compartment in a blind fury. "Ti skeftotan aftee? Brothotees! Aftee..." That was all Laura managed to get out before Taylor jumped up and hushed her.

"It's okay Luara, just tell us what happened we will try to help," Taylor Taley cooed into my ear, holding me tight.

"She...she..." I managed to say before breaking down into heart wrenching sobs. Taylor just continued to hug me, letting me cry into her shoulder while Caitlin and Elze exchanged worried glances.

At that moment Ali, Kati, and Brittany came in. Ali looked confused and bewildered which isn't normal for her. Kati was fuming, and Brittany was just smiling.

"Holy matrimony, what happened?" yelled Ali after coming back to the real world.

"We...we...we don't know," Taylor stuttered under suppressed tears.

"You should give her some space to calm down. Then, when she's ready, she'll tell us," Taylor said, with some finality.

"Okay, just lay her down and I will go find Lefty," Kati said, worrying if Taylor Mattaschette was the one who caused this.

"Who is Lefty?" Elze asked confused.

I let out a whimper at the mention of that name, though barely audible.

"Taylor Mattaschette," said Ali who looked kind of stressed in a way. Looking over at Luara when she said the name, watching her cringe.

"Come on, we should go find her now and get this settled," whispered Kati to Brittany, who obeyed and followed her out the door.

(Brittany's pov)

That is weird. Luara never cries. She is the one who is strong through everything. Well, usually she is.

Something really bad must have happened to make her bring down her barriers like that. Let alone, to show us. She's the one that usually believes crying in front of someone is a sign of weakness.

I mean the first time we met she was the shy one but never cried, especially when Ali accidentally dropped her owl cage on her head.

(Flashback)

Peeping into another compartment, I looked for a girl who would be like me. Of course I was fifteen minutes early so no one was probably here.

Looking into another compartment I see an 11 year old girl, I am 11 too, with dark black curls and vibrating green eyes, who was sitting there reading a book.

"May I join you?" I ask politely.

"Yeah, sure, go ahead," the girl says. "I'm Laura Crescendo, and you are...?"

"Brittany Cooper," I say.

"Nice to meet you. So are you from..." Laura started to say, but was interrupted by another knock at the door.

"Hello. I was just wondering if I could sit here, well, if my sister and I can sit here?" asks a dark, brown-haired girl whose hair was straight and had amber eyes that I didn't want to mess with at the moment.

"Umm...sure," Luara replied, getting a nod of approval from Brittany.

"Gracias," she said, and walked in with a girl with dirty blonde hair and riveting blue eyes. "My name is Ali Taley and this is my sister Taylor, we are both 11." They didn't look 11. They were at least 4' 9"

"Pleasure. I'm Brittany Cooper and this is Luara Crescendo," Brittany introduced.

"Nice to meet you," said Taylor smiling brightly.

As if on cue, there was yet again, another knock at the door.

"Um excuse me if you don't mind, I was wondering if I could sit here. You don't have to say yes, I mean..." spoke a girl with light straight brown hair and had violet eyes, but her rambling was shortly cut off by Ali.

"KATI, how are you? You guys don't mind if she stays do you?" Ali asked raising an eyebrow for effect.

"Uh...you guys know each other?" asked Luara, unintelligently.

"Yeah our families uh... knew each other very well. Her name is Kati Turner," Ali replied for the first time since meeting her.

"Thank you Ali, but I think I can introduce myself. Hi, what may your names be?" Kati asks giggling a little as Ali just smiled sweetly at her.

"My name is Brittany Cooper," I said for the fifth time that day.

"And I'm Luara Crescendo," I repeat, quite bored.

And as expected, another knock sounded at the door.

"Hello, I hope I am not interrupting anything, but can I sit with you guys?" whispered a girl with shiny, long, straight, blonde hair and green eyes that sparkled with laughter.

"If you can find somewhere to sit," Luara replied gesturing to the full compartment.

"We would be delighted to except you," smiled Ali warmly.

"Thank you. My name is Taylor Mattaschette," she said happy that she had found some friends.

And of course, to everyone's dismay, there was another knock.

There was a slam at the door and there standing in front of them was a girl with short brown hair and had her eyes closed at the time.

"Oops. Sorry. Hi, my name is Caitlin Lion. May I sit here?" she asks, smiling at them.

"Yeah sure," Brittany said over all the other noises. Everyone then introduced themselves to Caitlin. Just as everyone got settled, it was almost time to get off of the train. . .

(End flashback)

That was one weird day. The exact same day as today and all seem to be failing. Even when they confused the Marauders by blowing them a kiss then walking away. It all seemed to be unraveling into new mysteries.

I was then rudely brought out of the past and into reality by a shove on the arm. Kati was motioning for me to look at something to my left. So I did, and there was Lefty, sitting in the hallway, her knees pulled up to her chest, and her arms wrapped around herself. She had her head down so we couldn't see her expression.

"Taylor," Kati cooed, unsure of what to do.

Taylor looked up revealing a face full of guilt and tears

"I made a huge mistake," Taylor said regretfully.

"What mistake did you make?" asked Kati in a soft, motherly voice.

"Y-you mean, she didn't t-tell you already?" Taylor asked clearly surprised.

From the compartment an angry voice screamed, "She-She She flir. . ."

"She is in the same state you're in I bet. Now, what did you do?" I said, showing no emotion. I don't know what was going on so I was on no ones side.

"I wa...was talking with...with Er...Erick and Luara walks up after I laughed at one of his jokes...and...and…" Taylor stuttered, suppressing tears.

"And...Luara got so mad...sh-she started sc-screaming at me." At the confession a new onslaught of tears poured down Taylor's face.

"What did she think when she walked up?" Kati cooed again.

"S-She thought I was, fli-flirting, I think." Taylor whispered.

"SHE WAS FLIRTING WITH HIM!" A scream was heard from the compartment, with a wail from Taylor following.

Laura was sure of herself; so she pounced out of the compartment and ran towards Taylor.

"LAURA NO!" Brittany shouted, also running out of the compartment, trying to stop Laura. She grabbed her arm harshly, as Erick walked into the crime scene, helping to hold both of them apart.

Caitlin ran and grabbed Luara, while Ali ran out and held Taylor down.

"Laura? Taylor? What is going on?" Erick asked, holding his girlfriend back.

"You...you know what is going on Erick," Taylor said under the pressure of the hug Ali was keeping her in.

"No, really, I don't," Erick said, standing in the middle of the two girls.

"Oh don't give me that!" Luara yelled at him.

"YOU... YOU INGORANT LITTLE..." Luara screamed in disgust.

"Laura, sweetie," Erick said gently, kissing her on the cheek. Laura savored the moment, and then quickly pulled away, almost strangling Caitlin.

"She thought we were flirting," Taylor sniffled clearly hurt.

"Eisai ena megalo palavi! Stamata!" Luara screamed, kicking him away in disgust.

"Come here, love, we need to talk this over, you clearly don't understand," Erick said calmly, though hurt.

Erick dragged Luara into the compartment that was empty next to them. As the rest started walking towards their own compartment they hear a yell from behind them shout out "Taylor!"

"Yes?" asked both of the Taylor's turning around.

A new kid ran in, flustered but calm too.

"And who may you be?" questioned Caitlin, annoyed.

"Um can I speak to Taylor Taley?" he asked, still flustered.

"I guess that's me," Taylor said, a little unsure

Owl: Yay! I did it! I wrote chapter two!

Giz: No you didn't! Abunny and I helped.

Ivy: REVIEW!

Greek Translations:

1. Ti skeftotan aftee? Brothotees! Aftee...- What was she thinking? That traitor! She...

2. Eisai ena megalo palavi! Stamata!- You big, stupid fool! Stop!