CL New school, new friends! maybe? Open

Dialogue: #f58300

Last year today, Enrico started one of the most amazing journeys of his life. And even though so much time had passed, it all felt surreal still. To walk through a wall and board a magical train, the scent of sugary sweets and the chatter of witches and wizards had felt the same way he did the first time around. In complete honesty, he feared that he wouldn’t relate to the whole thing as he originally did. It’s not every day you find out you’re a wizard after all. However, all those tingling emotions had come back to him the second he had said his goodbyes to his oddly-muggle family and boarded the train.

Although there were a lot of reoccurrences and similarities between the first time around and now, Enrico intended to switch things up. Now that he knew his way around the train, he had prepared a rather unique surprise for his fellow students and intended to welcome the new first years wholeheartedly. Not that he had a target in particular, it was whoever fate decided to bode as unlucky.

Along his trunks and satchels, Enrico had brought with him a small brown pouch made of a fine leather that was mostly tattered. Had it looked proper, one would easily assume that he’d be carrying something somewhat valuable. What was in it was rather important to him, but not to the average twelve-year-old. See, once he had gotten on the train, he did not immediately join his fellow Hufflepuff friends or anyone else, he had asked them to wait for his return and kindly carry his things with them because he had some ‘business’ to tend to. He had said it with the widest of smirks - from ear to ear.

Once the pathway was mostly clear and eventually almost everyone had settled down in their compartment, Enrico crouched behind the entrance to one where a group of Slytherins were cackling and chattering. He tried to overhear their conversation to make himself feel better and justify what he was about to do, but when he realised there was nothing to pick on and quite frankly there was no need to, the Hufflepuff acted swiftly.

He carefully and slowly slid the compartment door open and then proceeded to open his small satchel. In it was a dungbomb wrapped in a soft beige blanket. His hands felt greasy and icky grabbing the stinky sphere, but it did not bother him at all. Almost like he had done this a hundred times already, and perhaps, he did. Without hesitation or remorse, the rolled the thing inside the compartment and it only took a couple of seconds for the panic and chaos to start.
“Colloportus!” He tried to whisper, but the excitement had got him all giddy so his voice squeaked. His wand aimed at the compartment’s lock. There had been a tad of anxiety that his wand would fail him once again, but it seemed to work when Enrico was up to no good. And this was another one in the books.

Ha ran to the other side of the train so fast he almost fell. The fact that his shoelaces weren’t tied up didn’t help either. While sprinting, he looked out for an empty compartment, and at the sight of an empty seat, the boy rushed in, opened the sliding door as fast as he could and then slammed it close. To his surprise, however, there was actually someone dozing off. He had hoped for an entirely different space, but this would do. He just needed to act innocent.
“I’m so sorry to startle you,” Enrico flashed his braced teeth and smiled widely. All he needed was a halo above his head.
“Seemed like there was some chaos going on while trying to find a place to sit. I lost my friends, you see.” He chuckled very awkwardly, “but I wouldn’t know what’s happening, of course.”