<div align="center"><em>Aries Maynard - Hogwarts Express - Chatting to no one but observing all</em></div><hr/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://i52.tinypic.com/2e0rax4.jpg)</div><br/>The morning had been like any other save for his mother racing about like a ferret intent on getting him organised for his last year at Hogwarts when Aries was well aware he had everything taken care of already. When would the woman ever realise he was a man now and not the little boy she had loved to coddle? His father an entirely different matter, brimming with pride but containing it like any decent self respecting Maynard. They had seen him to the train station, stopping momentarily to chin wag with a few departmental heads from the ministry before continuing to the platform. Aries turned to them both and with a simple inclination of his head he let them know he was fine from here. In fact he would have been fine to have made his way to the station without them, his father Demoncles seemed to breath a sigh of relief and would have been only too happy to let his only son and heir travel to the station alone but his wife insisted it looked good and appearances were always important to uphold.<br/><br/>Aries flicked his ebony wand and hovered his trunk up the steps of the train and into a carriage. His face showed disgust at the sight of so many younger students hovering about.<br/><strong>"Move along"</strong>he ordered them as he forced his trunk through, earning a few squabbles but as he cast a disdainful look at them, the culprits soon hushed. He passed four compartments before he found an empty one and entering it smirked to himself. A mere flick of his wrist sent his trunk up to the overhead storage space while he sat down at the window seat and glanced out at the milling students and parents outside. His eyes recognised the hastily retreating forms of his parents and again he smirked, glad to be away from them for another few months.<br/><br/>It was then of course that he saw the group of Gryffindors that his own house despised so much, yet among the group stood Sirius Black a pureblood intent on diminishing his families good name with his loyalty to a House that caused an instant gag reflex in any decent witch or wizard. Aries however had always found Sirius a challenge and even now could not help the distinct sting of arousal that raced through him. Taking a deep breath he looked away and opened up the copy of the Prophet that he had taken from his home that morning. A stunning blonde opened the door and smiled in at him, her smile soon wavered then fell as he lowered the newspaper down to reveal himself. She excused herself rapidly and fled down the corridor to find another compartment. Shame, Aries mused he would have liked nothing better than to tease the living daylights out of Norma Drippet, a 6th year Hufflepuff. Flicking out the newspaper again he continued to read, anything to keep his mind from the tall youth outside. His attention stayed focused on the newspaper as the whistle announced the trains departure and steam whooshed up the sides of the carriages. Soon he would be back at Hogwarts and it being his final year, he seriously could not wait.