After some debate, it was decided that the Andersons and the Hummels would go to London- specifically, King's Cross Station- via Portkey. Cooper had argued for side-along Apparation, but was surprised by his parents' request to come, mostly because they'd never wanted to come before. However, he agreed that side-along Apparation was definitely too unpleasant an experience to subject his parents and brother to, so it was decided that everyone would get there via Portkey.
When the Andersons and Hummels did finally arrive just outside the station, they had to hurry to platform nine, as the time on the ticket was only 15 minutes away. Once they reached the barrier, Blaine and Cooper were hugged by their parents (who had decided to not go to the station itself). Cooper, having done this multiple times, checked his cart, then ran at the barrier, and vanished. Kurt and Blaine looked at the seemingly solid wall, looked at each other, then Kurt started towards the barrier, followed by Blaine.
There was a moment of silence as they passed through the barrier, then they were engulfed by the sound of people chattering noisily. Burt came through seconds later, and they approached the train. "Now, Kurt, and Blaine, you too- both of you be careful, okay? You should get on now, do you want me to help with the luggage?"
Once they were on the train, they wandered up the aisle, passing compartments with varying degrees of fullness, before they came across an empty compartment. They had started getting themselves comfortable when Cooper showed up, and said, "I'll remember where you two are, so don't wander off, okay? And just come get me if there's any trouble."
"Sure, Coop," replied Blaine. "Have fun patrolling!"
Cooper smiled and left, and Kurt and Blaine finished setting up.
As Head Boy, Cooper was obligated to make rounds of the train, making sure everything was fine. Just as he was about to make his next round, there was a knock on the door of the prefect's compartment. "Come in," Martha Rannells, the Head Girl, called, and a small black girl entered. She immediately turned to Cooper. "There's a bunch of boys yelling at some other boys in the compartment next to mine."
Cooper sighed, and got up, saying, "Can you take me there?"
"Sure," the girl replied. She walked down the train, and as they got farther, the sound of a group of people yelling became more audible. When they got to the next car, Cooper was shocked to see the group of boys standing in front of Kurt and Blaine's compartment. "Hey, hey, what's going on here?" said Cooper.
The boys shut up, and one looked like he was about to speak when he heard Blaine say, "Coop? Is that you?"
"Yeah. Okay, Blaine, tell me what's going on."
Blaine paused for a second, then began talking. "Kurt and I were just sitting, then these boys said that this was their compartment. We tried to leave, but they wouldn't move out of the doorway and just kept yelling at us."
"Okay," said Coop. "You boys, go and find another compartment. There are enough empty compartments on this train, and last I checked, no one owns a compartment on this train." When the group of older boys made no move to depart, Cooper said, "Find another compartment, or I'll dock points from your House." After that, the boys left, grumbling.
After the boys had left, and Cooper had made sure that Kurt and Blaine were okay, they settled down, only to be interrupted by someone knocking on the door. Blaine looked up, and saw a black girl. He got up and opened the door, and the girl walked in. "I was the one who got the Head Boy," she announced. "So you should be thankful. I'm Mercedes, by the way. Mercedes Jones."
"I'm Kurt Hummel," Kurt replied. "And this is my best friend Blaine Anderson. Mercedes, can I show my gratitude to you by giving you a makeover? I could help your wardrobe look truly fabulous."
Quinn was sitting alone in compartment, staring sullenly out the window at the passing countryside, when she heard the door opening. She turned around to see a small brunette girl with a big nose come in. The girl immediately started talking. "Hi, I'm Rachel Berry, future star. What's your name?"
"Quinn Fabray," Quinn replied, and Rachel started talking again.
After half an hour of Rachel chattering her ear off, Quinn had had enough. "Um, excuse me?", she said.
"Yes?", Rachel replied.
"Look, um, why are you even in here?" Quinn asked bitterly.
"Because you looked lonely," Rachel replied.
"Well, no one wants a freak for a friend, so of course I'm lonely," Quinn said, echoing her older sister Kitty's words.
Rachel paused for a minute, studying Quinn, then finally stated, "You're too pretty to be a freak. And you're way too pretty to be lonely."