Stephanie got interested particularly in the Berty Blott’s every flavoured beans. The way you put it into your mouth, not knowing what would be the flavour turning out seems interesting & fun.
Regulus on the other side declared the beans are a bit girlish & kept sucking a liqurice wand solemnly.
“Girlish…oh yeah? & that wand thing you are sucking is childish” Stephanie snapped back.
“Oh …well, I don’t mind though, better than being girlish I guess”
Stephanie raised her eyebrows & opened her mouth to retort back but got interrupted by the squeaking sound of opening door for the third time.
Both turned around to see a girl & a boy were poking their heads into the cabin carefully. The girl has short, shiney jet black hair & a pair of deep brownish black eyes, she is a bit thin & tanned while the other boy is pale having brown hair & is a bit short.
“Oh you are the first years I guess?” The boy said uncertainly.
“Use your eyes Edwin, of course they are first years, she’s all in black …& he looks no older than us ” the girl rolled her eyes & then walked into the cabin, straight to Stephanie & stretched out her hands.
“I am Martharicka Lewin, but you can call me Rick.” Behind her back Regulus mouthed “RICK?” but Stephanie determinedly looked away from him & shook her hands introducing herself & Regulus and then stretched out a hand to Edwin. Edwin shook it & awkwardly mumbled an apology for intruding & threw an exasperate look to Martharicka. Regulus & Stephanie glanced at each other & quickly looked away to hide their temptation of laugh.
“Oh well, it’s okay, we don’t mind a bit of MORE companies.” Regulus managed to say keeping a straight face.
“Ah, nice of you to say that…”then Martharicka added as an after thought, “Black… did you say Black…you mean the pureblood royal Black?” At this Stephanie gasped & looked at Regulus with a kind of disbelieve in her eyes. Regulus blushed a little & awkwardly said, “Er…well, yeah…I mean, yeah I am Black.”
Edwin stared at him with a high admiration in his eyes which made Regulus uncomfortable. Sensing that a change of subject could be a wise move Stephanie hastily asked Martharicka, before she could open her mouth, “Er…Martha, so you are a pure blood too…I mean, if you know about the royalty of Black family then…”
“First of all I prefer to be called Rick & yeah I am a pure blood too but not too royal & neither too rich like him.” Rick finished smartly.
“Don’t you think “Rick” is a bit manly name…I mean Martha’s good .. I mean you are a girl….” Regulus stopped. During the entire sentence Rick continued to glare him very sternly with slightly arrogance & superiority in her eyes. After the completion of the sentence, she held the glare with same intensity for atleast a full two seconds, in which Stephanie & Edwin found themselves fighting an enormous laugh by the look of Regulas’s face.
“So…?”
“Erm…” Regulas looked helplessly to Edwin, who had already stuffed his knuckles into his mouth to stop himself laughing out loud but vibrating in a very odd way.
“Well, I like the name Rick & I guess I have complete right to choose my nickname for me.” Rick finished.
Regulas frowned, “It is usually upto others to pick nickname for someone…”
“Are you telling me there is a rule of that?” Rick demanded.
“Er…no, no rule but it is a kind of obvious…”
“That’s settled then” Rick completed with a tone of finality in her voice.
Regulus didn’t look remotely happy about it but didn’t retort back.
“Oh it’s already the time of sunset” Edwin pointed at the window. All were turning to find that it is the time of dusk. “So we will be reaching soon, better to get change in your uniform Regulus.”
Rick & Stephanie went outside the cabin while Regulas got change himself in his brand new Hogwarts uniform & then both of the boys joined the girls outside the cabin as the train slowed down. Suddenly, a deep voice from nowhere boomed in , “We have reached the Hogsmeade station. Students are asked to leave your belongings inside the train, they will be taken care of . Only pets are adviced to be taken with you. ”
All four of them jumped at this unexpected voice but immidiately were looking forward to get a first glimpse of whatever it was when the train would stop.
Regulus’s heart began to race at double speed, ‘Atlast, atlast I am here, I am here in Hogwarts.’ This was the only thought that was knocking Regulus’s brain at the time.
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