Chimney Rock: The School of Witchcraft and Wizzardry, USA.

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I giggled again, much to Nashy's suprise. My friend bounced from my lap as I stood up and pulled Lex to her feet. "I wouldn't worry about it. Nashy has done much worse."

I didn't know what it was about her, but she made me feel easy. Perhaps it was how nervous she seemed around me. I sat back in my seat, looking her over. I smiled again, scooping up Nashy and absently running my fingers over her silky, black paws. "I probably sound enormously stupid, but... This is really the first time I've talked to anyone in years, Lex..."

In all honesty, I felt dumber than I probably sounded, but it felt good to admit it. I noticed my necklace dangling out of my black, long-sleeved tee-shirt, and immeditatly stuffed it back beneath the fabric where it belonged. A sense of fear suddenly choked me. Had Lex seen it? Would she say anything about it? What would I tell her? No one could know!
 
OOC: Ah....I've missed RPing with ya, Nat! ^_^

IC: Alexis, for the first time since Akida had entered the compartment, did not seek refuge in her history book. She sat with Scampit now in her lap, looking oddly satisfied.

"Really?" Alexis asked, suprised. Her voice sounded like it hadn't been used in years. She cleared her throat. "I don't talk much either..."

She averted her eyes out the window as Akida stuffed her necklace hack into her shirt. Alexis played with a few strands of her hair idly, trying desperately to think of something to say. For some odd reason, she didn't want to be silent anymore...she wanted to make a friend.

"So..." she started dumbly, swinging her legs nervously. "Where you from?"
 
I shifted nervously. Home life was not by favorite topic. But... it couldn't hurt to let her know a little right?

"Well, I was from Colorado, originally. Back when Mom and Dad were together. But... once Dad found out that Mom was pregnant with me, he took off on us... Mom couldn't stay in the mountains. They reminded her too much of him. So, she took us both to New York City. That's where I grew up..." I said rather quickly. I hoped she wouldn't ask too much about my father... I still hadn't had any contact with him, though I kept hoping that someday, he'd come and find me.

Nashy sighed a bit and reminded me, none to gently, that I couldn't keep wishing for my father. He wasn't coming. I took her advice to heart, as I always did, but I couldn't help myself. I'd always wondered what it would be like to have a Dad.

"Where are you from?" I asked, hoping to take a little of the heat of conversation off of me.
 
Rae looked on in dismay as Russ ran away. Did I do something wrong? she wondered, going over the proper way to introduce oneself in her mind. No... I was correct. she thought. I guess that it's my social skills. she though, crestfallen.

"Don't worry though, it isn't you. He just has to get used to seeing someone before he actually opens his mouth to say something,? Matt assured her. Rae looked dow - she was almost sure that Matt was just saying that to assure her, but...

?Well I got to get going, I still have to find all my books. Maybe I?ll have a chance to introduce my sister?s,? Matt said as he turned to leave. He then turned around and said, ?I don?t have a train partner yet. I really didn?t want to sit with my brother and sisters. And from what I?ve heard they only seat like four people per compartment. It would be super cool to learn more about you, would I be allowed hanging with you??

Just as Raelin opened her mouth to answer, a very familer voice called out her name. "Raelin Campbell - it's time to go now!" Rae sighed. It was her mom. Then, Rae looked apologicly at Matt. "I'm sorry - er, I gotta go now." she said shyly, tucking a strand of loose hair behind her ear. As she turned to leave, she said, "It'll be great if we could - hang out together." after saying thus, she ran towards her impatent mom, Ula still in her hands.
 
((Ehehehe, I know its a little late, but:))

Name: Mira Abrams
Nickname (Optional): Luna
Physical Description: A tall, scraggly-looking girl with long black hair and a seemingly tired expression. She has vivid green eyes.
Personality: Calm and quiet, and unusually sleepy at some points of the month.
House: Okenfern
Pet (Optional, and not limited to a cat, owl, rat, or toad, but be semi-realistic): A tabby cat
RP Sample:
A young girl borded the train, her clothes seemingly tattered and torn. She appeared like a homeless, lost in uncertainty and sleep. A tabby cat, which she called Maggie, hugged at her heels, though seemed wary of the girl. She trudged onward, letting the kiss of her father fly away. She had no mother, oh no.
Her mother was killed due to a werewolf attack, one which her family nearly escaped, nearly. Her father was unharmed, but what worried the family was the young girl with the bitten arm. Oh yes, it would heal, but Mira would never be the same. Her father reluctantly let the girl go to this school, as her mother and himself did before her, however, the students need to take better caution around her. He alerted the Headmaster of the school about his child's special...case. She needed to be taken care of once every month, given a special potion to help her.
They said it could be done, oh yes.
This very girl, Mira, or Luna as some call her, this dangerous werewolf was boarding the train, and leaving home for the first time...alone. The bustle of New York was strange for her, because she was used to the quiet country-side of New Jersey, but, she was looking forward to school. Even if she was different, without a mother and some sanity, she was ready.
((If you don't want her to be a werewolf, I can change her, or if I'm too late, then ignore me.))
 
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?I work on my car for a hobby. My mom and dad chose to live muggle lives, even though they?re magically inclined.?

"Becca, you are so cool!" Elie chirped, grinning like an idiot. "I wanted to try and work on those car thingies before, but Brother here said that ?it'll end up with the car falling on top of me?." She rolled her eyes, forcing on an irritated demeanor, although she giggled childishly afterwards.

Al held back a sigh. Uh-oh. Elie was getting hyper~ly hyper; that was a bad sign?to peace-loving people, at least. He shook his head, dismissing it as, hopefully, his imagination, and smiled softly at Kelly. She seemed rather timid so he hoped that he did nothing to make her anxious.

"So, umm, what classes are you looking forward to?" He asked with hesitance.

[//ooc: Do forgive me for making it short. > <; Nothing going on Mari's brain.]
 
Matt, whose previous embarrassment with his own stupid question, became even more embarrassed when Rae turned around and said that she would felt the same way. If his head could have been any redder than it had been when he turned around, no one could really tell. He then started to retrieve his books as he kept an eye on his other siblings. They had been ready to go already and were talking, waiting for him to make up his mind.

Rebecca grinned just as wide as Eli as she spoke. Although she wasn't as hyper as Eli, she understood her excitement.

The other two, Russ and Kelly, just seemed to, if possible, hide behind Rebecca even more.

"Me?" Becca asked innocently as she turned to face Al. She tightened her ponytail and bandana, and cleared her throat before speaking. "I really don't know what to expect. The potions book looks interesting, but from what I've heard from eavesdropping," she flushed red with embarrassment at the fact that she was listening in while others talked, "it's a terribly hard class. Transfigurations also looks very interesting. How about yourselves?" she asked, recovering from her embarrassment quite gracefully.

Russ and Kelly just rolled their eyes and snuck away from the babbling Becca, and made their way towards Matt.

"So how did your flirting go?" Kelly teased.

"Did you wooh her?" Russ asked, without missing a beat, foreigning falling in love.

Matt grunted his annoyance at their presistant teasing. "I wasn't flirting," Matt said flatly, which popped both their bubbles that he wasn't willing to play along like he normally did.

"Your face got red everytime she talked to you!" Kelly accused equally as flat, her face serious, which betrayed the sarcasm that was hidden in the statement.

"I just wanted to make a friend, now leave me alone," Matt said exasperated. The other two threw looks of skepticism at him as he turned to face them. "Is there any harm in making a friend?" Matt said pointedly.

"I s'pose not," Kelly said in defeat, but kept her all knowing expression locked onto Matt who just merely shrugged and continued with his book shopping.
 
"Boston," Alexis answered timidly, her eyes on the floor. Any other kid would have been curious about Akida's past, but it wasn't like Lex to pry. "I live with my Mum and Dad....and my brother Toby."

She winced as she said his name, hardly noticable, but the stab in her heart that she felt was none too dull. She tried not to think about him, and instead brought her skateboard down from the overhead compartment and played with the neon green wheels idly. Scampit tried to chew on the board, but one sharp look from Alexis told the ferret to knock it off. He settled for watching the wheels rotate.

"You have any magic in your family?" Lex asked, feeling awkward in the silence.
 
I flinched. "Dad," I said simply, not wanting to delve farther into it. I fingers unconsiously touched the crystal necklace, and Nashy sent me a sharp warning. I placed my hands in my lap again, looking up at Lex.

"You're a skater, huh?" I said with a small smile, hoping to get away from the touchie subjects the two of us seemed to be delving in.
 
OOC: I'm so awful....sorry for not getting back to you sooner Wolf Goddess....you're in! Welcome aboard!

IC: "Oh...yeah..." Alexis looked up from her board. A small smile flitted across her face. "Yeah. I skate a lot."

She continued to spin the wheels on her board. Her expression turned to one of sadness, almost disappointment. She looked over at Akida.

"Look," she said, as if she had rehearsed and said this a million times. "I understand if you don't want to sit here with me. I mean, I'm not exactly the most interesting person on earth. There's probably a million other people you'd rather be sitting with anyway."

She looked out the window, and though it sounded like she was reciting something for a play, she appeared oddly short of breath. She blinked a few times, her mouth very set in a grim line, giving the appearance of holding something in. With her eyes to the window, trying to focus on the world outside instead of what she was thinking, she hoped the tears wouldn't come, hoped the burning sensation in the corners of her eyes would just go away, hoped at that moment beyond anything, Akida would go sit with her other friends, so she wouldn't see her cry if the tears did indeed come.
 
I flinched again. "I don't have any friends," I said sadly, looking at Lex sadly. I felt a few tears well up in my eyes, but I chocked them back down. "Nashy's the only one I ever talk to... You're the first person I've really talked to in years."

I rose and picked up Nashy. "If you don't want me to stay, I won't... I'm sorry if I've offended you some how..." my voice cracked with emotion. "I'm sorry," I repeated thickly, wishing she'd stop me, tell me that I could stay...
 
"Let's go!" charles said from behind Rebecca.

Startled, Rebecca turned around to see everyone with their bags full of books. "I'm sure you'll meet them on the train, we still have a stop to make," Charles added.

Rebecca nodded and then turned around to look at the two in front of her. With a sigh, Rebecca said, "Sorry, I got to go, I hope I see you two on the train!"

With that, the 6 of them made their way out of the bookstore and into the petstore, Kelly really wanted a pet, which would luckily be the last stop for them.

Entering the pet store Kelly walked over to the owl she saw in the window. "Do you want that one?" Elizabeth asked as Charles went with the others to find their own pets.

There was something about the owl that drew Kelly. It might have been the perfect feathers of grey that filled it's body, or the nicely curved beak. But it was those brown eyes, those knowledgeable owl eyes that drew her to it. With a nod her mom went to get the clerk so the could purchase the owl.

Russ found a farret, Matt a kitten, and Rebecca a puppy, as they met Kelly and their mother at the clerk.
 
((Yay!))

"You need to get your wand." Her father sighs. Mira attempts a grin, but her grin came out to be just raised ends on the sides of her lips, and it trembles there for a moment, and gives way into the same serious expression as before. Instead, she clutches Maggie nervously. He misreads it and beds down to give the girl a small hug.
"Its okay, I was nervous about getting my first wand, too." He says.
"Dad, its not that, I mean, what will happen when I...transform?" she gulps. Her father looks thoughtfully at the girl.
"Well, I informed the potions teacher to make you the potion and give it to you every time there will be a full moon out. It doesn't stop you from transforming, but it WILL stop you from hurting yourself," he says, looking at the girl's scarred arm. Werewolves, if they don't find something to attack, end up attacking themselves.
The girl sighs as they enter the Wand Shop.
"Well, welcome back Marty," a man said, shaking her father's hand, "Looks like another one,"
"Yes, she's the last."
"Very well then, let's get testing, shall we?"
 
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"No! It's okay, really...." Lex's voice died down to a mumble as she reagained her composure. She shifted stupidly in her seat. "I'm sorry....I don't really....talk much either."

She scratched Scampit's chin nervously, but the little ferret seemed to enjoy it enough. She retired her skateboard to the luggage compartment, and looked over at Akida.

"I'm sorry....I'm not offended...just...careful," she sighed, her tense shoulders finally relaxing. "I didn't have a lot of friends at home."

She knew it was a lame excuse, but what made it even more so was that it was the truth. Her closest friend had been her brother, and even that had been taken away from her...by her acceptance to Chimney Rock. She sighed and bowed her head, hoping Akida wouldn't leave, but nervous if she chose to stay.
 
I sat back down. "I didn't have many friends back home either. They all asked too many questions. And, what with who I am, I couldn't give them any straight answers."

I scooped Nashy back into my lap, scratching her behind the ears. "It's nice to have someone to talk to. Everyone needs a friend, right?" The last bit of my sentence had an unmistakenable note of hope in it. I wanted a friend, I did... I was just afraid to make one, and afraid of what might happen if anyone found out about my... ability...
 
"It's true," Alexis agreed. She felt a smile cross her face, sending a warmth through her that seemed she had not experienced in eons.

She had to admit her curiosity was getting the best of her. It was not the first time that Akida had hinted at something mysterious about her. She decided not to push it though. Instead, she decided to take it a step at a time. If Akida wanted her to know, she'd tell her.

Scampit was curled up in Alexis' lap, breathing slowly, sleeping. Alexis looked over at Akida.

"Any hobbies?" she asked hopefully in spite of herself.
 
OOC: And so...RM...finally starts to lose his patience...

IC: "Wow!" the quadruplets said as they examined each others pets. Kelly's owl, which was named Galileo, was a gray barn owl, although appeared quite young, and was most likely bred to be sold. Matt's kitten, which he dubbed Nickel, was a feisty gray kitten who quickly turned into 'ninja kitty' when they found that he pounced from person to person and then seemingly disappear, and reappear in the complete opposite direction it was seemingly headed. Russ's farret, which he named Squeakie, since that's mainly all it did, as he snugged up to him and rested on his shoulder. Rebecca, whose puppy was oddly colored great dane was named Ginger after her sleek brindled coat.

"Is that all of them?" Elizabeth called after the four children. When they were finally content with looking at the pets they chose, their parents guided them along the streets toward the train station.
 
OOC: Shiney Inc. Proudly presents: The lazy bastard's way to introduce oneself into an RP.

IC: I walked onto the train impatiently, having done my shopping in advance. I was a "half-blood" as some called it. Namely, my father was magical, but my mother was nonmagic. However, she had succesfully hid it until I recieved my letter, which was quite a bit of a shock. I was wheeling a trunk in front of me, as I trusted my things to only myself, as I began to search compartments. I wanted to find somewhere with either as few people as possible, or the sort of people who might not have any problem with practicing magic, as I hadAlready gone through quite a few of my books, and was eager to learn what all I could do...
 
Noah began to feel irritated, not being able to find an empty compartment after reaching the very end of the cart. He shook his head in disappointment, and turned back the other way to see if he'd missed any. It wasn't long before he eventually a compartment close to the compartment the girl he'd met earlier was sitting in. He slowly slid the door open, and took a seat, setting his things down in front of him. To pass time, he deicded to browse through his textbooks, 2 of which seemed particularely intriguing, 'Magical Drafts and Potions', and 'Curses and Counter-curses (Bewitch Your Friends and Befuddle Your Enemies with the Latest Revenges: Hair Loss, Jelly-Legs, Tongue-Tying, and Much, Much More)'.

Feeling somewhat curious, he took a look at the second book, and put the first one beside him, promising himself to take a look at it later.
 
Akida smiled. "I dance," she said nonchalantly. "Have been since I was three. Mostly ballet, but I do a some tap and minimal jazz."

She began absently stroaking Nashy, the fox making an almost purring noise. It was a strange noise for a fox, but then again, Nashy wasn't exactly a normal fox. "It's hard for me to be leaving it behind. I had landed the lead solo in Swan Lake for next years performance, and now that I'm off to Chimney Rock, I can't really keep my position."

Akida looked up at Lex. "Do you have any other hobbies besides skating?" she asked gently, steering clear of as much talk about herself as she could.
 
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