<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/thumb/d/d4/Hogwarts_Character_Dante.jpg/597px-Hogwarts_Character_Dante.jpg)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Dante Fairchild (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=284413.msg14000815#msg14000815)<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>Standard robes of decent quality and make, neither high nor low end.<br/><strong>Blood Status:</strong>Pureblood<br/><strong>Wand</strong>: Chestnut, Thunderbird Feather Core, 13 inches<br/><strong>House/Year</strong>: 1st Year; House TBD<br/><strong>Date</strong>: Sept. 1st<br/><strong>Time/Day:</strong>10:40 AM<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>Platform Nine and Three Quarters, boarding train<br/><strong>CONTENT:</strong>Looking for a cabin (?) to sit in.<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Open at the moment<br/><hr/><br/>"Okay, just a liiiitttllleeee more.....and there!  Geeze, little bro.  What'd you cram into that one?"<br/><br/>Dante rolled his eyes as one of his older brothers, Marcus, helped get the last of his cases of school supplies on the train.  Marcus was perhaps the most tolerable of his brothers as there was usually a smile on his face.  One would find it hard to think he took anything seriously, considering the very casual way he acted.  In any event, Dante was happy that at least one of his family was able to make it to see him off.  Sure, he could have taken the Knight Bus, but he really, really didn't want to have to deal with that today.<br/><br/>"It's schoolbooks, Marcus.  I'm pretty sure that your books were just as heavy as mine," Dante grumbled.<br/><br/>So, where was the rest of his family?  Well, Gabriel was out doing Quidditch practice.  He at least sent a good luck letter by owl that morning.  Leon was way out there, too busy with his studies, but he'd also sent a letter wishing him the best of luck.  It also included a warning to stay far away from the Whomping Willow on the grounds, which was a no brainer.  He knew the reason why though.  Leon had taken flying classes and someone jinxed the broom to send him flying at the tree.  Leon ended up with a concussion, three broken ribs, and a broken arm.  He'd been considered quite lucky and the student who jinxed the broom had detention for literally half the school year for that.  Hard to believe that Leon had become friends a year later with the guy and was now working with him.  Meanwhile, his sister, Leslie, and his mother were busy at St. Mungos and couldn't leave.  At least they threw him a nice, little going away party last night.  Finally, his father was currently advising about a situation where a dragon took off with a Muggle car, but it was lucky that nobody was hurt.<br/><br/>In any event, Dante stepped back as Marcus leapt out of the train car where student luggage was being stored.  He was wearing his Chudley Cannons Quidditch robes because as soon as the train departed, he would have to Apparate since he also had some training.  Apparently the head of the team had some unique plan that would put them at the top of the season.  However, as Marcus explained, that was something the captain said quite often.  The captain was an extremely optimistic person.  Still, the flamboyant way Marcus acted and the fact that he was wearing official Quidditch team robes meant that people were staring and Marcus didn't have a care in the world about it.<br/><br/>"Okay, bro, I think that's that.  Well, I'm about to have to head off.  I'd suggest that you go now and find a good place to sit, else you'll have to intrude on others.  Better to be the one intruded on than be the intruder, no?"<br/><br/>"Yeah, yeah, you have a point, I guess.  So, you're heading out now?"<br/><br/>Marcus laughed, "That I am, that I am.  Can't let the team hang out to dry, right?"  He smacked Dante's back with his hand, "Now, when you get to Hogwarts, I want you to make me proud.  Get into the Hufflepuff team and show them what we Fairchilds can do, okay?"<br/><br/>Dante sighed, "You know that the Sorting Hat is who decides that right?"  But, Marcus just laughed and started walking off with a backwards wave.  The Fairchild family, as long as they could tell, were all Hufflepuffs.  Still, he wondered what it would be like to not wear the black and yellow.....<br/><br/>But, that would have to wait.  For now, he had to find a compartment and claim it as his own.....<br/><br/>Ten minutes later, Dante found one that didn't look like anyone had taken towards the center of the train and walked in to take a seat.  There wasn't much else to do for now other than to set the owl cage that held Felix on the seat and wait for the train to depart....