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I had been so glad to get home. But after a while, I had been missing Hogwarts. But it was good to be home with mum and Eliza. But break was over and it was time to go back to Hogwarts now.

Mum and Eliza brought me to the train station, I hugged them and hopped on the train. I had a backpack filled with muggle snacks, because well sometimes at school I had found myself craving muggle snacks and treats. Also in the backpack was a water bottle, book that wouldn’t fit in my trunk. I wanted my own compartment, but looking around the train, I wasn’t sure if that was possible. I went up and down the train looking for a compartment that would be alright. I wanted Ava, but I didn’t spot her, at all. I needed one with a first or second year. Older years could be scary in the non- school setting. I found a mostly empty one, and slid open the door. “Hey, could I sit here? There’s no other empty compartments that have space for me.” I said quietly. I really wanted the girl to let me in. The compartment was empty except for her and my other choices were pretty much all boys.

saskia, ciel [pronounced seel]
she/her/hers
wc: 250
@Charlie Jacobsen

The quiet in the compartment had soon been disrupted, not that Ciel minded all-too much. Quiet wasn't too good for her anyway- sitting on the train by herself for so long would be kind of lonely.
"Oh, yeah! You can sit here," Ciel nodded. The girl who was standing in the compartment door looked rather sweet, but Ciel didn't recognize her. She was about the same height as Ciel, but that was about the only similarities they shared. "I'm kind of shocked that there aren't any more free compartments- when I got on earlier it was like the train was totally dead."
It would make sense that some students were running a bit behind, though. Having to have your winter break come to a close was definitely a 'womp womp' moment. If she could choose, Ciel would just stay home all the time. Before finding out that she was a witch, Ciel definitely wasn't planning on going to some sort of university or college after high-school, but did she want to change her mind after finding out there's a whole other world with careers and schooling options?
Just thinking of staying at school longer than she had to was making Ciel already sick. Yuck, why was it even so hard in the first place?
"So... stranger, how do you like Hogwarts so far?" Maybe getting a differing opinion could help Ciel come to some conclusion. Not to mention, it'd be nice to make another friend.

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I was glad the girl let me sit in the compartment with her. If she didn’t then I would have probably ended up sitting with a bunch of boys. Yuck. "Yeah. The options I had were you, a few different groups of boys, and a group of popular girls." I told her. "You were my first pick, and then... I don't really know who I would have gone to next," I added.

I had missed school, but it was a nice break from Hogwarts. Plus my friend Ava had gone home too, so going home was my first pick. Plus, I had left a few things at home, that I might have wanted. I had packed them up in my trunk, unsure if I would actually use them.

Another thing that had actually been productive that I had done, was I cleaned out my trunk. Well, my mum did a ton of the work. I was mainly there to decide if it was important, and if I still needed it, and what it even was. It had been collecting dust, dirt, and mostly unused, unwanted crinkled papers. Most were pages of notes that were no longer needed, but some were things like doodles I had drawn in class.

Just then, the girl in front of me spoke. "So far, it's alright. I'm not a big fan of the learning part, but that is sorta to be expected I'm mainly here for the friends and food." I told her. "I'm Charlie by the way." I added.

saskia, ciel [pronounced seel]
she/her/hers
wc: 260
@Charlie Jacobsen

"I see... it's a good thing I was here then!" Ciel giggled, though it was mainly to herself. "It would kinda suck to have to sit with a bunch of unruly boys, huh?"
Ciel probably wouldn't have minded as much, she had been raised with three older brothers her entire life. They were probably the most obnoxious group of guys she had ever met before- and she was only eleven! Compared to Dion, Beaux, and Will, Ciel could probably handle just about any group of annoying boys she met.
"Charlie is a nice name, I like it! I'm Ciel, a future professional cowboy." Ciel held out her hand to shake with Charlie's. You could tell a lot by how someone shook your hand- at least that was what Ciel's father always said. If someone had a firm grip, then that meant that they were 'steady people'. Whatever that meant.
Despite her father's nonsensical advice about how certain handshakes dictated how someone might act or appear, Ciel thought Charlie was pretty cool anyhow. Charlie also didn't like schoolwork (not that any student really would), and also just enjoyed hanging out with friends. That was always a nice trait to have. Ciel had faintly remembered the beginning of the school year, back before she had really made any super close friends. There was basically nobody she could hangout with, without it feeling incredibly awkward. While she had gained quite a few close friends, the fact that Ciel still blatantly hated schoolwork did not.

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Unruly boys. Exactly. “Exactly! They were throwing Bernie’s botts at each other, trying to catch it in their mouths, when I passed their compartment.” I told her.

The girl introduced herself as Ciel, a future pro cowboy. “Cool! I’ve never met someone with that dream. Have you ridden a horse before?” I asked, guessing that she had. She stuck out her hand for me to shake, not something I saw often. I grabbed her hand, and tried to give her a nice firm shake, but it felt shaky.

I moved on from the fact that I had given her a shaky handshake. I pondered on what I could tell her about myself. Family? Maybe. Friends? No. Fun facts? Why not? “I play hockey. It’s actually pretty fun! I had to leave my team to come to hogwarts though.” I told her.

I had been pretty sad to leave my team. They had gone part of the season without a replacement, but then they found one. She was actually really bad. And it was hard for me to watch her struggle. On break, I had gone to watch them play for awhile, and I found three things that I taught her to do better. Skating, shooting and thinking fast. Basically all of hockey. And she got better. But not like me.

saskia, ciel [pronounced seel]
she/her/hers
wc: 250
@Charlie Jacobsen

"Psh, just ride a horse? I own one!" Ciel gave a toothy grin- just thinking about her beloved horse Pottage made her more excited than ever. During her time at school, she had dreaded not being able to see him every day, but it was getting easier to handle how sad the thought made her.
"I actually live on a farm in Windsor, we've got tons of cows and..." Ciel shuddered, "... chickens..." Just thinking of the dreadful birds made Ciel get nauseous- quick, she should talk about something she liked instead! "But we also have a whole bunch of horse. The one that's 'mine' is named Pottage, he's about five or six. He's super duper cool!"
Ah, Pottage. The wonderful gelding that Ciel will always announce as her best friend, his little dorky eyes and pretty all combed-out tail just brought a smile to her face. Oh man! She had forgotten to take a picture of him while she was back at home, what a shame!
"Hockey? That's so rad. I bet it's super fun, going all out on the ice- have you ever fallen? Like while you were playing? I think I'd be way too nervous that I'd fall on my butt and get cold to ever go ice-skating or do hockey..." So long as Ciel ignored the fact that she herself had fallen off of Pottage about a million times- she could pretend the experience of falling on the ice was completely foreign to her.

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Ciel lived on a farm!? “Wow Ciel! That’s cool! I’ve never met someone with a horse, or even farm animals!” By the tone of her voice, I could tell that she didn’t like chickens. That’s ok, I thought, knowing I had my own dislikes too.

Ciel began describing her horse, Pottage. “Wow! Pottage! Thats a cute name. I don’t have any pets like that, but my mum has an owl, and I have a cat.” I told her, feeling like I needed to get in on the animal conversation.

The conversation took a turn, over to one of my favorite topics, hockey. “Fallen? Of course! So many times, especially when I was learning how to skate. I was six though, that is when I fell in live with it. I was smaller, and had less weight to try and balance. As for when I’m playing, its also a yes. If I’m gonna fall, I try and a, make it look like I tripped or b, make it look like an opponent knocked me down.” I ranted. “Haha, I always have some sort of padding that keeps me warm. And from breaking bones. Its way easier when you get over the fears.” I added.

saskia, ciel [pronounced seel]
she/her/hers
wc: 250
@Charlie Jacobsen

"Pottage isn't my only pet though, we've got barn cats too! Oh, and-" Ciel fished around in the pockets of her robes, searching for something. After a few seconds of searching, she pulled out a grey rat. "-Ginger Ale, he's my rat."
Both disgruntled and upset at being rudely awakened from his nap, Ginger sniffed the air and made a face. Ciel held him up for another moment so Charlie could get a better look at him, then she placed him back in her pockets. Vaguely, she had wondered when he had decided to crawl into her pockets and take a nap- hadn't she put him in his cage just before they left?
"Woah, that's so smart! Making it look like you falling was on purpose..." Ciel wouldn't have ever thought about doing something like that. "You make hockey sound so fun! Maybe during the summer I could try it out- I think there's a rink somewhere close to my house."
Even if she didn't particularly enjoy hockey, she could try out just plain old ice-skating, maybe she could reach out to some of her old school friends and see if they'd go out for a big party! Her birthday was close to the end of the school year, after all. Maybe she could say it was a late birthday party- but how would she explain that she disappeared after her last year at muggle school? Ugh, maybe it'd just be a better idea to go with her brothers instead.

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We were on the subject of pets. Ciel talked about the barn cats that lived in their barn and she showed me her rat. “Awww! Ginger ale is a cute name! I like it.” Ciel put Ginger Ale back in her pocket, and I decided that it was my turn to show off Zara. “This is my cat Zara.” I said, as I pulled the flap up that was covering Zara’s cage. Two grumpy eyes appeared in the middle of all of the fluff. “She’s a little grumpy so I’ll just leave her in here.” I said. “Plus, I don’t want anything happening to Ginger Ale.” I added, gesturing to the lump on Ciel’s leg.

Ciel commented on how smart that was. Honestly, I didn’t really feel like it was that smart, but I was going to take it and run with it. “Yeah. I also try and fall on people, so they go down with me.”

Ciel started talking about how hockey sounded fun. “Yeah! Before you add all of the gear, you should work on skating.” I said. “I only got in to hockey because one of my muggle friends convinced me to go to a skating class and it turns out we were actually pretty good, but I was not light in my feet enough, so we took a hockey camp, and it was really fun, so we joined a team.” I ranted.