Train bonding
Dazai manages to sneak on the train without being noticed. He knew that if the other pure-blood kids knew who he was, they’d probably try to befriend him. His family was well known in the wizarding world of course, and Dazai didn’t really want to make friends with people who wouldn’t bat an eye to his existence if he wasn’t from an important family.
He finds a seat and sits down. Well, he thinks, I’m finally going to Hogwarts. For the first time in a while, Dazai smiles to himself. This was going to be great. He was in a great mood until the redheaded kid arrived. What was his name again? Chawmin? Chewbacca? Was it Chuuya? Ya, Chuuya seemed right.
“Is this seat taken?” Chuuya grumbles.
“I wish it was, but unfortunately it isn’t” Dazai replies “by the way, how did you get away from your mother?”
“My little sister, Kyoka bailed me out. I’m sure Kouyou would have too, but she didn’t come to the train station today.” Chuuya replied as he sat down next to him.
So that little black haired girl was Chuuya’s little sister. She bailed him out. If the situation ever required it, would Elise do the same for him? He doubted it. Well, that was one thing to talk about, families.
“So you have a little sister? I do too, her name’s Elise, she’s 8 years old, and she’s the absolute worst.” Dazai says
“I’m sure she’s really not. Ya, Kyoka’s 9. I have an older sister too. Her name is Kouyou and she’s 15. And…as you can tell…my parents are…embarrassing. Come to think of it, where were yours? Chuuya asks.
Well, here it is. The perfect time to tell Chuuya about my family so that he’ll feel so sorry for me that he’ll do whatever I want, like a little dog obeying his master.
“My mother…um…she died when I was really little. I think I was only a couple of months old…I can’t even remember her. My dad remarried afterwards and he and my stepmother had Elise, then they divorced. She wasn’t very nice to me-my stepmother. Heck, even though she’s not living in that house anymore, Elise spends all her time torturing me…I’m starting to wonder if she puts her up to it.” Dazai answers.
“Wow, that sucks.” Chuuya says blandly “I mean, it must have been pretty hard for you growing up. But, I’m sure Elise doesn’t WANT to torture you, maybe she just wants to spend time with her big brother.”
Ya right, as though that girl could possibly want to spend time with him, she’s pure evil! Besides, she has Mori to spend time with, or her mother. If she has all that, why the heck would she waste time with her older brother? Chuuya was clearly speaking nonsense.
“Ya, ya, as if” Dazai replies, rolling his eyes “there’s no way”
“Well, you can’t ever know, can you?” Chuuya responds knowingly. “By the way, I recall you promising to tell me everything about the wizarding world, so go on, tell me.”
Dazai had to think for a second, how should he start? Chuuya had probably never even heard of the wizarding world before, so what could he start with?
“Uhh…so us wizards can do magic and we call non-magic folk like your parents “muggles”. And…ummm…I guess we could start with the houses? At school I mean. It’s just like school houses in any other school in the UK. There are 4 of them; Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin. And we get sorted into them at the beginning of each school year.” Dazai explains.
Ya, he guesses it’s a good idea to start with the Hogwart Houses, it’s a good thing for Chuuya to know about ahead of time.
“So, 4 houses. Is there anything special about them or…? And do you know which house you’ll be put into? Wait…which houses were your family members sorted into?” Chuuya asks
“I think they have something to do with personality traits or something. My father was put into Slytherin and my cousin Yosano was put into Ravenclaw. Her mom was put into Slytherin too and her dad was put into Ravenclaw. Yosano told me that she didn’t know what house she was in before she got to Hogwarts. I guess they do some type of test or something to determine your house” Dazai replies
And they spend some time talking about their different lives, and Dazai is actually kind of…happy. Weird. Eventually, the train arrives at Hogwarts and they need to get off the train. And Dazai wonders if he made a new…friend? No way! There’s no way he was going to be friends with this redheaded twink. But they somehow managed to get along for an entire train ride…and it wouldn’t be horrible to have a…companion at Hogwarts.
But, mark his words: the second they each make new friends, they are going their separate ways. Final