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Johann was not sure he would ever get used to this transportation. The schools transportation was an old fashioned carriage, which was very large and very ornate on the outside..and inside actually. At first he was very excited, because of the winged horses which pulled it. So elegant, and beautiful when the sun hit their feathers. They neighed, and tossed their manes as if showing off. The little Austrian had sketched them quickly as the students had slowly filed into the carriage, inspired by the animals and wanting to save a picture of them. However, once he had actually got in the carriage and took his seat...well, that was not so fun. There was not much that scared him...but flying, fast and high in the air seemed to be one of them. Since then Johann did not like this way of going places...So, needless to say the little Austrian now had a new thing on his list of fears. Right under failure and his siblings ditching him... While the older students chattered happily to themselves, and the other first years leaned towards the windows to look out at the clouds passing them by, Johann was sitting by himself. Trying very hard to avoid looking out the window, and ignore the 'woosh' and dip of the transportation flying through the sky. To busy himself, he had taken out his sketch book, flipping past a few pages to a new one..the flying wasn't the only thing bothering him. The silverette had been having his...dreams again, especially since this..Tournament thing had been announced. Images of..dragons, and shadows..people. Biting his lower lip, he used his pencil to sketch out the dream. Shadowy shapes, or people, walking towards a cup that had fire coming out of it. He tapped his pencil, head tilted a bit as he tried to decipher this. He wanted to know what this dream meant, but it was hard since...the dreams wouldn't let him see everything. Like...who were those shapes? Was his brother and sister going to be in the tournament? Or...would anyone get hurt? Sighing, these dreams were so confusing...and he had no one to talk about it with anyone. He tried telling his mother one time, but she just waved it off as a coincidence. Johann got the message the last time he told her, and she just said to forget it or changed the subject. After that, he kept these things to himself...The boy wanted to tell his older siblings, but he hadn't seen them often. Them being busy with school or spending time with their own friends, and Johann felt...left behind. So, when he finally went to school he decided not to ruin his and Roderich's time together by telling about these things. At the same time though..he wanted to see how much more he could see. Was there a way to see when he was awake? The boy wasn't sure. "..could anyone help me?..." His voice was quiet, looking down at his sketch pad. It was a more detailed sketch of the cup this time...Hopefully his brother wouldn't be picked..or his sister. Sadly, he looked up and glanced at the window. The cloud's looked like fog, making him clench his pencil. How much longer?...how far away is this school? I want to get out of here... multiply life by the power of two

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Minh Quân could not exactly say that he was a big fan of flying. He had done it before, when his family had had to come to France in an airplane. That alone had been a strange experience, as Minh had never flown before then, but he had to admit: a giant flying carriage drawn by a dozen fine horses was much, much stranger.

All he remembered of his flight to France was how sick he had gotten on the plane. It was five or six years ago by now, so it shouldn't affect him as much as it did. But first impressions were the most lasting, after all, and so Minh had wrinkled his nose at the carriage the first day he saw it.

He didn't stop there, either -- he made a point to go each and every which way that he could in order to avoid even looking at the thing or thinking about it. The sight of the carriage brought to mind how much time he'd spent on the airplane bathroom and how miserable of a headache he'd nursed all the hours to France.

He wasn't looking forward to the pains and the nausea again. Magical carriage or not, turbulence and high pressure were no friends of Minh's.

But he couldn't avoid it forever. In the end, he still had to get on the carriage to go to Hogwarts... and that, he wanted very much to do. It was with some slight anxiety that he climbed aboard the Beauxbatons carriage at last on the day of the trip, with plenty of candies, snacks, and a bag of bean sprouts in his travel bag. (And a few empty bags, too, for trash and in case of... less than desirable reactions to being in the air again.)

To his surprise, it wasn't terrible at all. Definitely not as bad as the flight from Sài Gòn.

The carriage travelled along fine for the most part, any sudden lurches and turns handled well by... whatever force was keeping this carriage in the air at all. He should have expected a magical carriage to hold its own just fine, but even after years of immersing himself in the wizarding world at Beauxbatons, it seemed that Minh still had plenty to learn. This world was full of twists and turns, new things to learn lurking around every corner. How delightful!

He shouldn't have avoided the carriage, he thought as he leaned back in his seat and swung his legs in excitement, glancing here and there at his fellow schoolmates and passengers. Everyone looked glad for the trip, chatting in their own little groups or peering curiously out the windows and pointing out the sights. 

Minh spent a good portion of the time watching the windows, sitting with several first years who luckily paid him no mind. It was a beautiful day... white, fluffy clouds smeared bright against the light blue of the clear skies. What a wonderful day to travel!

He got quickly bored of watching the sky, however, and considered looking for company. He wanted to have a conversation with someone -- Minh wasn't the sort to sit around and keep to himself all day. That sort of behaviour would drive him insane in time. Hmm, perhaps he should try and pick out Hạnh Phúc in the crowds. It wouldn't do to sit the whole trip alone, and he wanted to speak with his good (and, to him, his closest) friend.

Would it would be rude to stand and try to navigate through the seated students just in search of a friend, though? ... Right, no, that might not be the best idea. He didn't think those sitting in his path would appreciate it, anyway. He should be patient, and wait until they touched ground to leap up and go find her. She must be excited by the trip to Hogwarts as well, too!

Not to mention, there were perfectly pleasant students here around him. He cast his gaze around for someone who didn't look occupied with the view or with each other. His eyes fell on a small boy with braids of silver (and wasn't that a marvelous and strange colour!) across the way and several seats down from Minh. The boy looked much younger and smaller than him both, and couldn't be more than a first or second year student. He looked a bit lonely, eyes fixed on a sketchbook. Minh might have left him alone if he didn't look so weary and, perhaps, a bit sick as well. Difficulties with flying?

He thought he heard the boy murmur something, his lips barely moving. Minh tilted his head, considering his choices. Was it an invitation to strike up a conversation...?

... hm. Well, invitation or not, Minh would come over and see if the boy could use his company, anyway. He scooted himself down a few seats to the left, digging around in his travel bag while he went, until he was directly across from the younger student.

"Hello there!"

He didn't stop rummaging around in his bag, looking for something good to eat. He found a Cauldron Cake that he hadn't had the chance to taste yet -- he had made it just this morning before they left, so he was rather wary. But his baking experiments had turned out well enough in the past, and the cake should be fresh enough that it didn't give the other student any trouble.

"Would you like something to eat?" He turned from his bag and offered it to the boy, giving what Minh hoped was a welcoming enough smile. He had the tendency to show off a little too much energy at times, and he'd had to learn to reign it in when meeting those who didn't care very much for his unrestrained extroversion, or even flinched at it. And he didn't want to scare off a new friend before they even started speaking, either.

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JOHANN EDELSTEIN

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