αρяiℓ . мαe . ʝσиes
❝ нeα∂ uρ, sтαʏ sтяσиɢ; ғακe α sмιℓe, мσve σи. ❞
female . eleven . crushless
Ɩ cαи ғɛɛℓ тнɛ ρнɛσиιϰ ιиƨι∂ɛ σғ мɛ,
αƨ Ɩ мαяcн αℓσиɛ тσ α ∂ιғғɛяɛит вɛαт.
Ɩ αм яɛα∂ʏ ғσя тнɛ яσα∂ ℓɛƨƨ тяαʌɛℓℓɛ∂,
ƨʋιтιиɢ ʋρ ғσя тнɛ cσмιиɢ вαттℓɛ,
тнɛ тɛƨт ιƨ мʏ σωи cяσƨƨ тσ вαяɛ.
вʋт нɛʏ, Ɩ ωιℓℓ ɢɛт тнɛяɛ.
Ɩтƨ иɛʌɛя вɛɛи ɛαƨʏ тσ вɛ cнσƨɛи,
ιтƨ иɛʌɛя вɛɛи ɛαƨʏ тσ вɛ cαℓℓɛ∂.
Ƨтαи∂ιиɢ ιи тнɛ ғяσит σғ тнɛ ℓιиɛ ωнɛи тнɛ вσмвƨ вɛɢιи тσ ғαℓℓ,
Ɩ cαи ƨɛɛ тнɛ Ħɛαʌɛиƨ,
вʋт Ɩ cαи ƨтιℓℓ нɛαя тнɛ ғℓαмɛƨ cαℓℓιиɢ мʏ иαмɛ.
Ɩ cαи ƨɛɛ тнɛ ωяιтιиɢ σи тнɛ ωαℓℓ,
Ɩ cαи'т ʝʋƨт ιɢиσяɛ тнιƨ ωαя.
Δт тнɛ ɛи∂ σғ ιт αℓℓ,
Ɯнσ αм Ɩ ℓιʌιиɢ ғσя?
Finally, her moment had come. The final moment in which April could now show her parents' she could live up to their expectations. She had never been able to in real school, always passing classes with the skin of her teeth despite the fact she was still rather young. Her mathetics level was rather low, and so was her writing level. However, April excelled in reading comprehension and English- it was her forte. Not that it mattered to her contempt and prideful mother. "Try harder!". "Get better marks or else!". "You're a disgrace!". Bah, quite the hypocrite if you think about it. Coming from a woman who never went to a full degree of college, and sapped off of her husband's riches to let her get by. And April was just about sick of it. Down right, sick of it. When she was in grade school, all she could ever hear was about how she had a little potential to be better, and how she was a grade below in her math comprehension levels. All about nagging teachers who moaned to "do this" and "do that". But now, April would show them. She would show them all. Why? For April was a winner.
Silently, April's knees knocked together in anticipation. It had been almost a month since she had gotten her acceptanc, invitation, whatever form to Hogwarts. A month of deep excitement and barely controlled ecstasy. April's young eleven year-old mind was almost exploding in mere eagerness. She would be a wizard! Just like her father, and exactly not like her mother. Feeling a hand slam hard on her legs to qwell their chitters, April glanced up at the looming and disapproving figure next to her, who's lips were clenched with a firm distaste towards the little blonde girl. Sitting in the swervint taxi- who's driver got his license, April would never know- was April and her mother in the back, and April's father in the front. As Ron had a permanent smile fixated on his face, obviously just as excited for April as she herself was, Prudence was the complete opposite. Obviously sour for her daughter's magical oppertunities, Prudence had been sharp, crude, and snapping at any reason she could grasp for, Prudence had been silent and seemingly pouting the entire morning, as if her brain thought that if she made a wordless huff about the situation, either Ron would change his mind about April, or Prudence would somehow be magical as well. However, April had just kept quiet the entire card ride, only replying to the odd questions or comments her father directed towards her.
"April, do you have your wand?" Ron asked, and suddenly April froze before reply, before quickly realizing the driver, who's name she had forgotten, was a squib. April felt a rare twinkle of sadness for the wizardborn muggle. He was born to two powerful and pureblood wizards, yet had zero magical powers himself, or at least, that's what her father had explained to her. Nervously, the blonde-haired girl chittered a yes, pausing as her father continued to question her. Your robes? Your textbooks? Your spare robes? Your quills? Your galleons? Your normal clothes? Your pajamas? Your... Her dad rambled on and on, listing off somethings April felt agitated she had forgotten. But she simply murmured "yes sirs" and as he awkwardly paused, obviously unsure of what else to interrogate her for, she let out a loud exhale. April, was by all means excited, but a strange feeling prickled her stomach as she gently wormed in her seat, hearing the driver notify them they were almost arriving at the trainstation. She was almost there. One more block, and April would arrive at her new future. But only doubt now replayed in April's hollow thoughts... doubt of whether she deserved such a gift of magic. You know who deserved a gift? Abigail deserved a gift. Abigail, the sweet little angel, deserved her fair share. But alas, all the good die young. Absentmindedly, April pet her new cat, courtesy to her eager father, as a purr rumbled in his throat. His name was Seamus, and he was quite adorable. Still being a kitten, Seamus was a small tabby brown cat of unknown pedigree (much to the disdain of Prudence, of course). April remembered when she went to Diagon Alley to pick up all her magical supplies, and had practically got on her hands and knees when she saw Seamus in the window of the magical pet store. As they had gone inside, and April picked up Seamus immediatly, out of all the other pets. To be honest, despite the fact other kids were strangely obsessed with the toads and other strange pets inside, April adored little Seamus. Now she had an owl and a cat, and she was all set.
Not another word was spoken as the usual, awkward silence succombed the three person family. Her mother, fidgeted on her phone, her petit and icy fingers dashing as they typed furiously on the touch-screen. The only noises echoing in the cab was the gentle humming of an unfamiliar, and probably foreign tune on the radio, and the occasional clearing of the throat, courtesies to her father. But finally, after a few stoplights and the congestion of the hustling London streets, the black limo slowed to a hault in front of the trainstation, and King's Cross was beheld before her. A beauty it was, at least to the naive and easily fascinated April. With a squeel of delight, she swang the car door open, her bright vivarian-red coat flushing up with a poof as the wind hit her blushing face. Prudence muttered a little goodbye, and April turned back just in time to see her mother give her a solemn, fair-well look, before it quickly disappeared. Typical.
April lept out of the car, patting her red coat down and adjusting her sleek skinny jeans, that were delicately tucked into a pair of Steve Madden black seude boots. Her hair was unstraightened, gently caressing across her brow as she looked down at the ground just in time to notice Seamus jumping out of the car behind her, and disappearing into the crowd. April called after him, but he seemed determined. Letting out a sigh, she remembered how her father told her Seamus was a magical cat. He would come back to her, no matter what. He couldn't simply get lost. Fixing her hair delicately, April glanced around her as she noticed hustling businessmen, before turning on her heels towards the trunk of the limo. Standing impatiently, she waited for her dad, the driver, someone to grab her wizarding trunk for her. But no one came. Ron, stood there by the limo-trunk, with the lid up as he gestured for her to take it. "You packed alot, your gonna have to carry it. I got you the wheeled one for a reason," he laughed, his eyes gleaming as April pouted good-naturedly, before grabbing her luggage, and walking side-by-side with her father up towards the train station. King's Cross Station. Soon enough though, she begged her father to carry her large trunk, which surprisingly hadn't burst from the tight-packed clothes, books, and robes that were jam packed inside. Skipping along with a upbeat nature, April's blue eyes were clouded over and distant, but unbetraying of her true feelings at the time. The Hogwarts train ticket clasped tightly in her hand, she looked down to see the station number.
9...
No, wait.
9 3/4?
What the heck? With a purplexed frown crossing over her knit brow, she glanced up confused, turning her head up to the individual station numbers, up to her father, than back to the ticket. Ron just laughed, trudging ahead of her before motioning for her to follow. Well, he seemed to know where he was going, so April simply followed. Her father was the esteemed wizard, of course. Her legs moving like a whirlwind to keep up, she glanced around, eyeing the trains and pausing as she noticed her dad grabbing a trolley to place her bags on. Placing her owl, named Horton, on top, the large, snowy-white owl hooted indiginantly at all the chatter, before closing his eyes in a grumpy fashion again. April neatly put her purse on top of the luggage, beside Horton, before cocking her head to the side as her father didn't move. "Dad? Where is 9 and 3/4?" the girl quickly interjected, but Ron merely chuckled. Motioning forward, he let go of the cart, swerving around to step in front of her. Looking back, April watched as her father placed a finger on his lips to shush her, before stepping around a pillar that marked the seperation between Platform 9 and Platform 10. No, hold up. He stepped through the pillar! April's eyes lit up in delight, and she quickly grabbed her cart and pushed through, crossing her fingers she didn't just slam into the wall and fall flat on her face. As she made it through, April kept her eyes closed for a moment, frozen in time. Suddenly, she opened up her eyes again, and noticed no real difference. But quickly, she soon adjusted her eyes to notice the fluttering owls, the classic steam-engine, and the wisps of magic already fluttering in the air. Clasping onto her coat edges, April tried to spot a familiar face, but thanks to her elite private schooling, she recognized no one. Oh well, hopefully she would make new friends quickly.
As April's father weaved through the crowd, April followed him, trying to keep up before slamming to another awkward hault behind him, noticing the spot in which he had stopped. A short and rather stumpy boy with an adorable, gleaming face was standing by a large containment compartment, hollering for luggage to tow. April helped her father hand over her luggage, giving her owl to him as well, before narrowing her eyes at him as if she would spot him at any moment dashing off into the distance, with her owl and luggage in tow. But the boy merely smiled, then moved on to help someone else load their trunks.
"Now, April, you have to listen to your professors, try your hardest, and don't flunk. If you want to be something in the magic world, you have to try your best. I already went over all the introducing knowledge of Hogwarts- of all the houses and the classes," her father reminded kindly as April walked alongside him towards a jolly, tall ticket-stamper who was already helping kids file onto the train. A puff of smoke erupted from the engine, making April jump. "If this train breaks down, Daddy, I swear..." she muttered, a frown deepening on her brow. Her father just laughed, before stepping towards the ticket master. "Bye..." she began, before being cut off by a big bear-hug on his part. "Dad! Your embarrasing!" she hissed, but a gleam of welcome and acceptance sparkled in her gaze as she tore her father away. "Now, don't come back unless you pass! And remember, you'll met a talking hat on your first grand hall dinner, and he... or she, I don't know the gender... will tell you if your..." her father began, but was cut off as April waved a goodbye, getting her ticket stamped before climbing on aboard, and immediatly feeling her cheeks blush.
Now, April was not one to be intimidated easily. God, no. She was a very well-kept girl who had pride, dignity, and confidence by all means. But as tall, unfamiliar, older teenagers pushed past her to get into compartments with their friends, April felt herself surge with the crowd, and immediatly headed to the back, to safety. With an exaggerated sigh, she slammed the door open of a seemingly empty compartment, about to close the door before feeling a furry body rub against her. Looking down, April smiled very slightly, picking up Seamus with a coo, before closing the door. April's figures laced around her wand, which was sitting in her coat pocket, feeling its weavings and carvings as she had countless times before. A vinewood wand, with dragon heartstring.
Quickly, April noticed she wasn't alone. Letting out a brief breath, she realized another girl, alone in the comparment, sat in the side of the seats, against the window as she held her wand in her hand. The stranger looked around her age, and probably was- based on the same wide-eyed frenzy that had been present on April's face moments before. Awkwardly, April set down Seamus on the seat beside her, then gently shoved her wand back in her pocket. "Oh, hey there. I am April. What's your name?" she murmured, trying not to sound rude. The feeling quickly subsided as she remembered her mother wasn't there to club her ears if she disobeyed the "proper acts of good manners", or whatever. Slumping down, April sat down on the seat across from the girl, feeling blood drain from her cheeks as her flushed appearance faded, and her usual, tempting and alluring gaze withheld once more. Curiously, she glanced at the girl, smiling slightly, awaiting her answer.