Whirlwind to Term
@Cassiopia Stellato
WC: 305[/quote]The new term was beginning inside a whirlwind for Emmanuel Bourne. The Bourne family had barely made it to platform nine and three-quarters prior to the train’s prompt departure at 11 o’clock. Having missed their alarm which was turned off by Chica, the family’s resident demiguise, Em and his Father had to travel through the floo network to get near the station.
They hustled through the busy streets leading toward King’s Cross; Em’s cart ricketing noisily as it zoomed over the concrete (by itself, mind you. Em’s father had enchanted it after a wheel got lodged in a sewer grate). They had to sprint through the platform barrier, and Em’s trunk and caged owl were tossed onto the train just as steam billowed, and the cars started moving along their tracks.
Em wiped sweat from his brow, and heaved his owl’s cage down the tight corridor looking for a free compartment. Colleagues, and long term friends reunited after the summer holidays filled the train car with a constant buzz of noise. Em saw some students showing off their new instruments for their magic, trading chocolate frog cards, and setting off various trinkets purchased in Diagon Ally. Yet, the compartments seemed awfully full, and Emmanuel’s anxiety kept him from entering a busier seat.
Clunking down the aisle, Em finally came across a compartment with a single occupant. She had tan skin, wavy black hair, and wore golden jewelry. She looked to be a bit younger than Em, likely venturing to Hogwarts for the first time.
With a kind smile and a twinge of empathy, remembering his first journey to the school, Em reached out his hand and gave a gentle knock on the glass door.
“Do you mind if I join you? Ewin here is heavier than he looks,” Em laughed, lifting up the agitated owl.
Whirlwind to Term
outfit:Reducio
In my bag:Reducioeverything she needs for school in her suitcases. In her carryon is her copy of a muggle book “don’t breath” along with her journal with some cats on it and her pens
Date: September 1st 2026
Mentions:@Emmanuel Bourne
WC:287, sorry for the late reply!!𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒈𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝟷𝟶𝟶 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝟷𝟶:𝟷𝟻. 𝑰𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆.
𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒑. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒙𝒄𝒂𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒐𝒓. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚-𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒙 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒋𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒓𝒚, 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒙 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏.
𝑹𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒙𝒄𝒂𝒓. 𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒏𝒖𝒕-𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝟷𝟸-𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓-𝒐𝒍𝒅.
𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒘𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚. 𝑬𝒘𝒊𝒏, 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒘𝒍'𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒙 𝒄𝒂𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.
“𝑯𝒊! 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏! 𝑰’𝒎 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒂 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊 𝒕𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆” 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏. “𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏? 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒎? 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖? 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇-𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍-𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅?” 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒋𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒕.
How many secrets can you keep?(✿ヘᴥヘ)
Whirlwind to Term
@Cassiopia Stellato
Em smiled at the girl, as she accepted his request to join her for the ride. He entered the cabin, leading with the large cage Ewin the owl was perched in. As the glass door slid closed behind him with a soft clunk, the owl quickly beat his wings; a demand for a treat. Em swiftly fished one out of the pocket of his lapel, eager to satiate the owl.
Em took in the girl before him, she liked kind and eager. She was wearing a cute outfit, with blue jeans and red joggers. It seems that she had made herself comfortable; as if she had arrived early. Em, on the other hand, felt rather disheveled. He was wearing a dark blue blazer, a black button down shirt, and the slacks his grandfather had picked out for him the night before. As a Bourne, he “couldn’t be seen as common rabble”. Gosh, he was happy to be going back to Hogwarts.
Cassi was very welcoming, and a deluge of questions fell before Emmanuel.
“I’m Emmanuel, Emmanuel Bourne. But you can call me Em. I’m in Ravenclaw, this is my second year, so I’m 12,” Em reached out his hand to shake hers. He couldn’t help for a small smirk to cross his face as the witch asked about his wizardry lineage. Somehow, something like this was always brought up; it didn’t matter if it was other students, or the older wizards that visited Bourne Manor occasionally. Em’s grandfather put a lot of stock in blood status; though his father and mother never put stock into it. “Oh, yeah well I guess I’m “full-blood”,” as the words crossed his lips, he felt a shiver cross his spine. He was not ashamed of being a wizard, nor of his lineage; but he couldn’t help but feeling a little yucky.
“What about you? Did you grow up in the wizarding world? Is there a house you’re hoping to be in?” Em leaned back, and grabbed a chocolate bar he had hidden in his pants pocket. He broke a corner off the bar, and offered it to her.
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