Maybe I'll Find Friends?
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Piper Clarkwod pulled her heavy trunk to one of the compartments on the train. She flopped on the seats and looked out the window. Kids were saying goodbye, she could even see a snowy owl perched on the sign of Platform 9 3/4.
When the trolley came, she just got a chocolate frog, as she wasn't that hungry, and thought is wasn't wise to waste money. When she opened it, the frog jumped out, but she grabbed it just in time. She'd never caught one before! With a big hissssssss, the train started to move. Piper ate her chocolate frog, wondering what Hogwarts would look like.
Would it be like a big towering empire? Or a more like a huge library with secret tunnels and talking portraits? She was pretty sure the talking portraits exsist, but didn't know for real. They were just rumors, but maybe they really were there. Imagine!
Then Piper felt another surge of excitement wash over her. There would be classes! And houses! And a Sorting Hat! Oh....what house would she get? Then she shivered. There would be lots of students. What if they hated her? At her old muggle school, she didn't have any friends.
Maybe she'd find a friend here. Piper never had a friend before, but that could change. Hopefully she'll find someone--maybe on this very train.
Piper Clarkwod pulled her heavy trunk to one of the compartments on the train. She flopped on the seats and looked out the window. Kids were saying goodbye, she could even see a snowy owl perched on the sign of Platform 9 3/4.
When the trolley came, she just got a chocolate frog, as she wasn't that hungry, and thought is wasn't wise to waste money. When she opened it, the frog jumped out, but she grabbed it just in time. She'd never caught one before! With a big hissssssss, the train started to move. Piper ate her chocolate frog, wondering what Hogwarts would look like.
Would it be like a big towering empire? Or a more like a huge library with secret tunnels and talking portraits? She was pretty sure the talking portraits exsist, but didn't know for real. They were just rumors, but maybe they really were there. Imagine!
Then Piper felt another surge of excitement wash over her. There would be classes! And houses! And a Sorting Hat! Oh....what house would she get? Then she shivered. There would be lots of students. What if they hated her? At her old muggle school, she didn't have any friends.
Maybe she'd find a friend here. Piper never had a friend before, but that could change. Hopefully she'll find someone--maybe on this very train.
Last edited by Piper Clarkwood on 6 Jan 2026, 00:29, edited 1 time in total.
My name is Piper Clarkwood. I am a Ravenclaw, always will be. I was placed in Slytherin because my brother, fiddled with the buttons. I am very intelligent and pretty creative. You'd find me sitting at Ravenclaw tower with my new friend, Julia Evans.
Maybe I'll Find Friends?
Piper heard a voice, but thought it was her imagination. Besides, why would anyone want to talk to her? She was so shy, people had told her that she couldn't even look in their eyes the first time they met her. But of course she couldn't--she was scared she'd see hatred and hostility in them, and then she'd remember it for the rest of her life and think she's as horrible as everyone says she is, which, she was not, if you got to know her and care.
Piper looked up in the direction of the voice, seeing there actually was someone there. It was a girl. What had she asked? The girl kept flicking her eyes between Piper and the seats, so Piper guessed she asked to sit next to her. She didn't look like she said her name though, which is why Piper decided she should ask for it. Perhaps the girl could even be a new friend.
"Of course," Piper replies, a little shy. "I'm Piper Clarkwood. What's your name?" She asked. Piper stood rigid in worry, wondering if she said something alright, and for the first time, Piper was the one asking the questions, instead of answering them in class and nosy bullies.
Piper shook herself, then looked back to the girl, waiting for a reply. To Piper's delight, she saw the girl open her mouth and say, (your turn!):
Piper looked up in the direction of the voice, seeing there actually was someone there. It was a girl. What had she asked? The girl kept flicking her eyes between Piper and the seats, so Piper guessed she asked to sit next to her. She didn't look like she said her name though, which is why Piper decided she should ask for it. Perhaps the girl could even be a new friend.
"Of course," Piper replies, a little shy. "I'm Piper Clarkwood. What's your name?" She asked. Piper stood rigid in worry, wondering if she said something alright, and for the first time, Piper was the one asking the questions, instead of answering them in class and nosy bullies.
Piper shook herself, then looked back to the girl, waiting for a reply. To Piper's delight, she saw the girl open her mouth and say, (your turn!):
Last edited by Piper Clarkwood on 6 Jan 2026, 00:38, edited 1 time in total.
My name is Piper Clarkwood. I am a Ravenclaw, always will be. I was placed in Slytherin because my brother, fiddled with the buttons. I am very intelligent and pretty creative. You'd find me sitting at Ravenclaw tower with my new friend, Julia Evans.
Maybe I'll Find Friends?
"It's alright, we all talk to much sometimes," Piper assures her, trying to say the right thing. "I'm excited to go to Hogwarts too!"
She's trying to figure out if Cecilia really liked her, or was just being polite. Maybe both. Or neither. All Piper knew was that Cecilia might be an amazing friend, if she got the introductions right.
"Your mom's a witch? Wow! Both my parents are muggles. My younger sister is too, even if she wishes she could come here. She rattles on about Quidditch all the time. It's actually kind of nice, because then I learned " Piper chuckles nervously, wondering if she shared too much information, too little, or just enough.
To Piper's surprise, Cecilia looked actually engaged. Cecilia nodded, understanding, when Piper said, 'She rattles on about Quidditch all the time.' Piper waited in awkward silence for a response, and she knew the reaction would either bound the friendship that could form, or establish that a bond wasn't going to happen.
Sometimes, Piper thought the ability to not just read books, but people was amazing. Piper could notice small things--like how Cecilia was fidgeting, and that showed signs that she was either nervous like Piper, or spacing out--or the how she noticed when Cecilia's eyes flicked from the seat and back to her, allowing Piper to answer her question without hearing it.
She looked back to Cecilia, who's hands had stopped shaking, stood taller, and Piper thought she looked like she was about to speak.
RPing with @ Cecilia Nightshade
She's trying to figure out if Cecilia really liked her, or was just being polite. Maybe both. Or neither. All Piper knew was that Cecilia might be an amazing friend, if she got the introductions right.
"Your mom's a witch? Wow! Both my parents are muggles. My younger sister is too, even if she wishes she could come here. She rattles on about Quidditch all the time. It's actually kind of nice, because then I learned " Piper chuckles nervously, wondering if she shared too much information, too little, or just enough.
To Piper's surprise, Cecilia looked actually engaged. Cecilia nodded, understanding, when Piper said, 'She rattles on about Quidditch all the time.' Piper waited in awkward silence for a response, and she knew the reaction would either bound the friendship that could form, or establish that a bond wasn't going to happen.
Sometimes, Piper thought the ability to not just read books, but people was amazing. Piper could notice small things--like how Cecilia was fidgeting, and that showed signs that she was either nervous like Piper, or spacing out--or the how she noticed when Cecilia's eyes flicked from the seat and back to her, allowing Piper to answer her question without hearing it.
She looked back to Cecilia, who's hands had stopped shaking, stood taller, and Piper thought she looked like she was about to speak.
RPing with @ Cecilia Nightshade
Last edited by Piper Clarkwood on 6 Jan 2026, 00:57, edited 1 time in total.
My name is Piper Clarkwood. I am a Ravenclaw, always will be. I was placed in Slytherin because my brother, fiddled with the buttons. I am very intelligent and pretty creative. You'd find me sitting at Ravenclaw tower with my new friend, Julia Evans.