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

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"My mom's kinda a Muggle fanatic, so..." she trailed off, shrugging slightly.

"Hi Noah." Rae said shyly. "I'm Raelin Campbell, Rae for short." she introduced herself. "and that over there is -" her eyes trailed over to Ula, who looked like she was going to pounce on Matt any minute. She knew that look. She knew it hurt. And it wasn't pretty.

"ULA!" she screamed. But it was too late. Ula lept up, landing on Matt's head, whereas Nickel lept off and landed on the floor safely. Ula then proceeded to screech in surprise in response to Rae's scream, causing some light scrathes on Matt's face. Then Ula lept off and resumed playing with Nickel again.

Rae frowned. She was going to deal with Ula later. Meanwhile she turned to Matt, a worried expression on her face. "Are you okay? I've been scratched by her too, but I hope you're alright."
 
"Nice to meet you, Noah! The name's Mathew Burlingame! Call me Matt!" Matt said pleasantly, successfully hiding his anticipation.

Just as Matt thought that Ula wasn't going to do what he thought she was going to do, she did it. Nickel jumped off his head just before Ula jumped on his face. Matt fell backwards onto the back of the seat, his head hitting the pads. A loud horrible screech filled his ears as Ula scratched at his head and jumped off to race around with Nickel again.

Fine red lines appeared on his head where Ula's claws had passed; slivers of blood broke from the ripped skin. "I'm perfectly fine," Matt said sincerely, not a hint of sarcasm to be seen. He dismissed the pain from his wounds as him starting to get a headache and thought nothing more of it, although he wasn't that stupid, it was his way of dealing with the pain. "You get used to it after a few years of raising cats," Matt grinned wide.

"Don't get mad at Ula, it was Nickel's fault. He knew what was going to happen when he jumped on my head, and he wanted it to happen," Matt said with a long sigh as he watched Nickel race around happily, jumping off the over head storage, onto the ground and then up onto the seats. Then the kitten raced up to the window seal from the back of Matt's seat and jumped on Rae's lap and purred.

Traitor... Matt said to himself as he chuckled outwardly. There would be no jumping away if Ula came pouncing at him. "At least Nickel seems to like somebody," Matt said grinning, as he watch Nickel sprawl himself across Rae's lap.
 
"Yeah that's true..." Rae replied, sighing.

"At least Nickel seems to like somebody," Matt said, grinning. Rae smiled at Matt's comment and patted Nickel, whereas Ula glared at him jealously.

Soon, Ula leaped up in Rae's lap as well, and began purring for attention. Rae sighed. She could never resist Ula's purring. She placed her other hand on Ula and stroked them both, the feel of their fine run brushing against her fingers.

"So, Noah - you've met Nickel and Ula." she commented, grinning sheepishly.
 
Noah nodded after a chuckle,

'Yep... They're both very cute!' He managed to say, feeling quite a bit more comfortable with the people he was with now. This was definately much more fun than sitting alone reading textbooks, regardless of how interesting they were.

'Hey... Y'know, I was reading through the School Books while I was sitting down a little while ago... Which subject do you think will be your favorite? And which one do you think you'll be best in?' He asked, hoping it didn't sound like a 'muggle'-question.

'I think Charms looks pretty cool... I've been reading a bit about it since I got on the train,' he added, waiting for a response to come from the others.
 
Nickel gave a snort, it looked more like a sneeze, and hopped off Rae's lap, obviously some what appauled that Rae would even consider petting Ula. Then he climbed up in the storage compartment and laid there to take a nap.

Matt shook his head helplessly as he watched Nickel attempt to climb up him as he tried to make his way to the compartment. Once Nickel was finally off of Matt, he just shrugged, not really knowing what to say about his new pet.

"Erm..." Matt said as he turned from Nickel to face Noah, "to tell the truth...I haven't looked at my books yet. I hardly know what I'm taking. Rebecca, my sister, is hyped about potions, while the other two, Kelly and Russ, aren't too excited. They're really shy, I think they're scared of magic, since they've grown up in the muggle world."

"I can't blame them. Our parents only use magic when they're at our grandparents house, to make them happy. But the rest of the time, we spend our lives doing what muggles do. Fixing cars, playing sports, watching TV, and playing video games."

OOC: SUPER NINTENDO ROCKS! (N64 didn't come out until '95 or '96, am I right?)
 
(OOC: Yeah, you're right. xD BTW, sorry for not posting so long. o.x; School, ya know? xD)

"I think all of them sound very interesting." Rae said earnestly. "I can't wait until we can get to our 3rd year - to choose more classes." she replied, patting Ula absentmindly. "I think that Potions sound very intersting... Maybe it's a bit like cooking?"

Meanwhile Ula crawled into Rae's lap and settled into a comfortable postion.
 
OOC: Yesh, I start school on tuesday. o.o

Sorry had to throw the super nintendo comment in there because it's only '91 or '92, so that would be the console they play. Wait...or would it be the Nintendo?

IC: Matt looked at her as she had lost him when she said about their third year. He soon recovered and said, "Really...interesting. I can't wait to see what classes they actually have." Matt hoped it didn't sound stupid or rude, he was trying not to look or sound foolish like he didn't know what she had just said.

OOC: ...short post...*dies*
 
((OOC: Gomen, short post. ;-; And also... *forgot about this RP* ;-; ))

Rae nodded fervishly. "Yes, I can't wait." she said eagerly. "I just hope that school's as fun as my mom said it is..." she continued.

Struck at a sudden loss of words, Rae continued stroking Ula's fur.
 
is it too late for me to join? becuase if not i want to join.
 
OOC: Post your sign up in the discussion thread.

IC:A sudden jerk sent Matt flying head first into Rae, and a gray streak nearly flew out the window as Nickel rebounded off the window and toppled to the floor below. As Nickel went rolling to the compartment door, Matt finally caught sense of what just happened and removed himself from Rae?s lap, where, if Ula didn?t move he would have squashed the little kitty.

?Erm?? Matt said as he looked over to Noah for help.

Meanwhile in a compartment far on the other side of the train, Rebecca, Russ, and Kelly were having their own difficulty with the seemingly sudden stop. Kelly had been flung on Russ, and Rebecca lost grip of her radio and it shattered on the ground. Kelly?s owl seemed unharmed and unshaken by the jerk, but Rebecca?s pup went sliding across the floor to the other booth, and Russ?s ferret had the same luck as Nickel.

?Is everyone alright?? Russ asked as he caught his younger sister. Kelly moaned in protest, as she climbed of Russ, and Rebecca was in tears. ?What?s wrong?? Russ asked yet again, as he looked over to see Rebecca crying.

?My radio?? were the only two words she could force out of her mouth as she pointed to the broken radio on the floor of the compartment. Rebecca wiped her tears on the sleeve of her elegant robe, and stood up, forcing a smile on her redden face.

?What are you smiling about?? Kelly asked snidely, she didn?t find anything pleasant about this situation, why had the train stopped?

Pointing out the window, Rebecca noted the town they stopped at a small town. It could only mean one thing?they had arrived at Salem Hollow. ?We?re here!? Becca said with a sigh, which Kelly and Russ couldn?t tell if it was because she was letting go of her lost radio, or if she was relieved that they were there.

?All students off the train! All students go to my left and load onto the carriages,? a very rough and rugged voice yelled above the bushel of students. No doubt it was the Groundskeeper.

?Well, I suppose we should get going then!? Russ said as he hopped off his seat and opened the compartment door. ?Um?? Russ said as he discovered there was no opening in the rush of students trying to get off the train.

?I suppose we wait then,? Becca said putting a calming hand on her younger brother and they all sat down patiently as Becca picked up what were the remaining parts of her radio.

Back at the other compartment, Matt regained his composure. ?I think we are finally at Salem Hollow!? Matt said pumping his arm before he took his kitten in his arms. ?I say we get out of this stuffy ol? compartment! Let?s go!? Matt exclaimed as he opened the compartment door. Luckily by this time most of the students were gone and they could easily make their way out. ?Shall we go?"
 
Mira felt the train slow down into a steady stop. She hears the voice boom through the train, and waits a moment. She looks at Maggie with her tired eyes and says to her, "Well, we're here. You should hop into my arms so you won't get crushed," she adds, looking out of her compartment window and seeing the rush of kids flow out of the train. She rises and straightens out her robes, and Maggie leaps into her hands. Taking a deep breath, she leaves.

She blinks slightly as they come outside, and Maggie stirs slightly in her arms. She could see the school from Salem Hollow, and was alarmed at its size. Her siblings and father never told her anything about the size, but, then again, they never told her anything about the school save for what Houses they were in ad which teachers they despised, and how they hated going to school with Mudbloods and Halfbloods. Mira, of course, did not like how they talked about Muggle-born students and spoke out against that once, only to have them yell at her and say 'What did the werewolf know?'

"So," whispers Mira to her cat, "This is it."
 
'Oh boy...' Noah muttered to himself, absent-mindedly. One reason being that Matt had stumbled during the stop the the train, but more at the gargantuan size of what he believed was the school. He held out his hand for Matt to grab, staring through the window with awe.

'Is... that it?' He asked, no one in general.

'It's... So big... I can't wait...'
 
Rae nodded in silent awe, forgetting about the pain when Matt crashed into her.

The school was enormous. She could find no words in her English vocabulary to describe it. She followed Matt and Noah out of the train, Ula at her side. She was still feeling a bit dazed. It was such a long day after all...

"Say... where's the Groundskeeper?" she asked, a bit confused, seeing the platform nearly deserted.
 
OOC: Here are the maps again, I will also post them on the discussion thread. Just so we don't have to keep looking back at the first page for them:

Ground Map: https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/Raichu123/untitled.bmp

Dorm: https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/Raichu123/Dorm.bmp

Main Floor: https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/Raichu123/MainFloor.jpg

Floor 2: https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/Raichu123/Floor2.jpg

Floor 3: https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/Raichu123/Floor3.jpg

Floor 4: https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/Raichu123/Floor4.jpg

Please note that due to the lack of space needed to make them decent when Photobucket tags them, nothing is drawn to scale. You might notice that some of the lettering is scratchy, I'll improve it and put a notice up when I can get Photobucket to cooperate with me. The ground map turned out to be the worst so here are the labels:

Building closest to the entrance (left side) is the Grounds Keeper's quarters. The 5 squares to the right of it are the dorms. The center block is Clawgirth, the upper right block is Viperfang, the upper left is Oakenfern, the bottom left is Chipperscrat, the bottom right is Beckenhoof. The large rectangle standing vertical next to the group of squares is the main school building. The rather large rectangle in the far upper right hand corner is the Quidditch Pitch, where flying instruction will also be held. The block in the bottom left hand corner is where Care of Magical Creatures is located, and the last rectangle, angled on it's side and right below the school building is the Greenhouse where Herbology is located.

IC: "Um..." Matt said, seemingly distracted with trying to find his siblings, which had obviously moved on with the main group of students. They were almost last off, since they had to wait for everyone to quit pushing and shoving. "It seems he's in front guiding the students to the carriages," Matt said pointing to the row of distant carriages. "We might want to catch up, I'd hate to have to walk to the school!"

"Where is Matt?" Kelly asked as they reached the carriages with the front group of students. Kelly, Russ, and Rebecca had filed into one carriage, and had hoped that Matt would catch up.

"He must be with his 'girlfriend'" Russ said in a joking manner as he recieved Rebecca's elbow in his side. Obviously Russ was the only one laughing at that comment. Coughing to cover up his mistake he rebounded and said, "He's probably out there being social, making more friends by my guess."

This drew a nod from his sisters as their carriage door shut and began it's trail up to Chimney Rock, where they would file off into the main school building and begin the sorting.

"We ready to go?" Matt asked as he found his luggage was gone, probably magically transported ready to meet him at his dorm. Nickel climbed up his side and perched on his shoulder as he looked to Noah and Rae.
 
'Whoa...' Was all that could escape Noah's mouth.

'Er... Yeah, Let's go!' He managed to shove out of his mouth, still amazed at the grandness of the school.

'I can't believe Mom went here... And she never told me any stories!...' He thought to himself, feeling more excited than upset. He'd really have to see what the teachers were like before he could determine exactly how much fun this would be.
 
The ever optimistic Matt had his first pessimistic thought, ?I?ve seen better muggle universities?Hogwarts is a magnificent castle, one unlike anybody has ever seen, and Chimney Rock is?well?a bunch of small buildings?? With a sigh, Matt trudged off, trying not to be left behind as the others gaped in amazement.

It proved a small hike as he quickly caught up with the rest of the eager students; suddenly he wasn?t feeling so eager. Maybe it was homesickness, maybe he was having second thoughts about wizarding school, whatever the case may be, he wasn?t very excited to be walking through the night. His dark robes swirled around his legs and he hastened his pace, taking notice that there was only few more carriages left to board. His clean-cut brown hair steadied stubbornly against the cold autumn breeze, and he slumped over, suddenly not feeling very well.

Nickel protested the whole way, looking back at Ula and the others, hoping they would follow behind. His soft kitten fur ruffled when a breeze blew, and it lightened his spirits to have the cold wind brush his face as if teasing him. He meowed continuously wanting him to slow down for the others, he really didn?t care if the carriages left without him, he enjoyed being out doors, and it wouldn?t kill his owner to calm down.

Matt finally heeded Nickels advice as he slowed to a stop, and proceeded to turn around to make sure the others were keeping pace. His emerald eyes shining duller than they usually did, indeed he was becoming sick, those pessimistic thoughts were ill-stricken by his own unwell-being. He just wanted to be out of the dark, he was hungry, cold, and tired, and he was anxious to tame his hunger.
 
Great, was all that passed through Mira's mind as she looked at the others with her green eyes. She was in a carriage with three unknown people, and they were talking about another kid. She lets out a small sigh, staring at her feet, wishing she would disappear. Her robes were new, but they had bought them a month before school started, and already there was a large, unsightly rip on one arm, and the bottom was worn as though it had dragged on the floor. She takes a quick look at them before staring back at her feet. All of them had the same colour hair and eyes, making her feel more out of place then before. Perhaps, they were related? Probably, seeing as though total strangers, or even friends don't have the strikingly identical look.

"Mrrow." Came a rather uncomfortable sound. Luna was hugging Maggy a little too tight. The sudden 'meow' coming from someones arms would be rather...awkward, but Mira loosened her grip on the cat, and it leaped out, onto her lap.

"Sorry," she mumbles to the cat, who seemed rather disgruntled.
 
Russ and Kelly's mouth clamped shut as a girl was put into the same carriage. They looked at each other and then over to Rebecca for guidance. She was smiling gleefully at the new arrival she proceeded to squeeze her cat too hard.

"The name's Rebecca. Everyone calls me Becca though!" Rebecca said in a very friendly tone as she offered her hand, taking note that the carriage door shut tight, and that it was now moving. "These two beside me are Russ, and Kelly," she added introducing to other two. Russ and Kelly waved their hands in a futile attempt to say hi, too shy to say anything.

"We're quadruplets...well...minus one right now," Rebecca explained as she caught the unnerved look on the young girls face as she took note of each of them.

"He's off flirting," Kelly said softly, trying to crack a joke to lighten the mood.

Rebecca shot her a menacing look at the rude remark, but Russ just grinned ear from ear. "Ah come off it, Beck! You know it's true!" he said with a short giggle, temperarily forgetting about the young girl, but when he took notice of her, he shut up again.
 
The girl manages a small smile. "I knew you guys were somehow related," she says feebily, shaking the girl's hand meekly. Maggie looked at them, but then rested her head in her paws, ignoring the rocking of the carriage as it moved along. She moves the ripped arm of her sleeve so it doesn't show her skin, for it was the exact arm that had the unsightly scar running across it.

"I'm, uh...Mira, but my friends sometimes call me Luna..." Her friends? She never had any friends. So why did she say something like that? She looks down at the cat on her lap and adds, "This is my cat, Maggie." The cat looks up at them and blinks, as in a greeting.
 
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