From a station to another

Date: September 1st

Abbey came to London a bit earlier than she had planned. She had just
stepped out of the train from Liverpool her home city and was surrounded by people. She already missed Liverpool and it was her first time ever being in London. She looked at the people that were standing around her for a while before she started walking towards the stairs that went down to the road. Before walking down the stairs she took a look at the big clock hanging from the train station roof. It’s exactly forty minutes before the Hogwarts Express leaves. She sighs knowing that means she needs to wait for a long time. While she walks fast down the stairs of the station she thinks of what to do while waiting. She suddenly remembered the map drawing her dad gave her of shops, stores and bakery’s he recommended her going to and where in London they were. The reason she brought the map was honestly only because it showed where the station the Hogwarts Express was leaving from was. She hurried down the stairs and looked for a less crowded place she could open her suitcase to find the map. She spotted a quite dark alley behind a bookstore that she ran to. She took a few steps into the alley and dropped the heavy suitcase she was carrying on the concrete. Boom! She heard the second she dropped her suitcase. She quickly looked down to see all her clothes on the ground. Some in dirty puddles and some just on the concrete. Ugh! She screamed out of frustration. The people that went by the alley didn’t seem bothered at all. This was a normal thing for them too see it seemed. Abbey kicked one of her sweaters, again in frustration. The paper map had been packed under all the clothes and while she had been walking it had stuck itself onto the sweater. The map flew from the sweater and into the nearest puddle. Abbey ran as fast as she could to the map and took it out of the dirty puddle as quickly as she could, but it was too late. The second the map was out of the water it teared apart into pieces. Being bored waiting was suddenly not abbey’s biggest problem anymore. How was she supposed to find the station? Abbey’s family were going to meet her at the station to say goodbye to her. They had left Liverpool a day before Abbey, really only because Abbey insisted in letting her take the train to London all by herself. Abbey has six other siblings so she always too, the chance to be alone when she had it. A day alone in Liverpool while her hole family was in London was something she knew never would ever happen again. Her parents agreed to let her take the train and stay home a day without the if she could meet them at platform 9 3/4. She just couldn’t not find the station. It would mean she most likely never would be allowed to take the train alone ever again, and she would be late for the sorting ceremony too. Abbey looked at the clothes on the ground thinking for a long minute. Her only idea was to ask someone were the station was, but the problem was that she couldn’t remember what the station’s name was. She only remembered the platform. Without any idea on what to do Abbey shoved all her clothes back into her suitcase and ran out of the alley the opposite way that she came.

Interaction with @Abbey Thompson

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RP Date September 1, 2024 Speech Reducio "Ara's Speech" 'Thoughts'

Outfit/s Reducio Clothes Hair: low ponytail Items: small tote bag Post date June 14, 2024 (22:07)

The Villas arrived at the station about an hour early thanks to Edmund waking up rather earlier than usual. When they got there, the 4 children were given the opportunity to wander around the station since it was too early to board the train.

Ara had decided to go to a nearby bookshop to look at new books and maybe buy some. She and her siblings left their things near the station, the trunks and bags being guarded by their mother. She had bought 2 new books within 20 minutes. The girl got out of the bookshop before she could go on a book buying rampage and checked her pocket watch. It reads 10:20 am. She was still just outside the bookshop with her 2 newly bought books when she saw a shirt and a sock peeking from a dark alley. It was an unusual sight. The sock was soiled with dirty water and some dirt whereas the shirt was just a little bit wet at one side barely making contact with the puddle the sock was in. Ara's curiosity got the better of her as she looked into the rather dark alley.

She saw a frustrated girl kicking a sweater. The girl's suitcase was wide open on the floor with what the young Slytherin could assume the girl's clothes scattered around it, most of which were in the dirty puddles on the ground. Ara saw the dirty clothes on the floor and the mad freckled girl and spoke, "You know that would make it worse, right?"

The now third year walked to the girl and picked up the sweater and dusted some of the dirt off. Ara didn't know if this girl was a regular old muggle or a witch like herself, she only was near the station of course, not even on the platform. But the black and white haired girl didn't really mind if the girl was a muggle or not, she just felt pity. She thought quickly."What platform are you on and how much time till your train leaves?" she asked. She wanted to know how much time they had to get her things organised.

Though she doesn't guarantee that they would get there on time, her goal was to get this girl sorted ASAP.

RP Word Count: 380/200
OOC: put third year instead of second year because this is on sept. 1st

Interaction with @Ara Villa

While shoving her clothes into the old brown suitcase that she had borrowed from her dad a girl with short blue hair appeared at the end of the alley. “You know that would make it worse, right?” she said. Abbey startled a little when the girl suddenly appeared and turned to the girl with a confused and shocked look on her face. She didn’t really understand what the girl meant at first, but after thinking for a bit she quickly understood that the girl probably saw that she had just kicked on of her sweaters. That was the only thing Abbey could think off as “something that could make it worse.”

Before Abbey got the time to answer the girl she was walking up to the sweater that Abbey had just kicked. The girl picked it up and dusted off some of the dirt on the sweater. It was now obvious to Abbey that the thing the girl said was about the sweater kick. “What platform are you on and how much time till your train leaves?” the girl asked. Abbey wasn’t sure if this girl was a muggle or not so she was really not sure if it would be a good idea to tell this random girl that her platform was 9 3/4. Abbey thought about it for a bit, but quickly came to the solution that this was her only chance to find the Hogwarts Express and perhaps be at the station on time. It was about a 50/50 chance this girl was a muggle so Abbey decided to take the chance. ”I’m looking for a platform 9 3/4. Do you know where it is?” Abbey answered the girl. She had no idea how much the clock was so it could be ten minutes or even 30 minutes until the train was leaving. The overwhelmed girl had no idea.

Interaction with @Abbey Thompson

Reducio

RP Date September 1, 2024 Speech Reducio "Ara's Speech" 'Thoughts'

Outfit/s Reducio Clothes Hair: low ponytail Items: small tote bag Post date June 18, 2024 (8:21 am)

'So she is a witch...' Ara thought. "So we have about 35 minutes till then." she stated. The young Villa started picking up some of the other girl's stuff and folded it. "If you just stuff it in there it takes up more space versus if you fold it. I doubt these would fit like they would when you originally packed." The third year explained blankly as she picked up and folded more clothes "I'd recommend to fold at least the clothes at the bottom to give more room."

Ara being Ara, she preferred a more logical approach on things. To her, it seemed more suited to at least fix some things for it to be more convenient since trying to get a trunk to close when it's too full is such a hassle. Though folding the clothes won't make a difference to how much stuff is there, it would lessen the space one piece of clothing would take up, therefore making it easier to fit more things.

The Slytherin then realized that she didn't answer the girl's question so she paused before answering. "Yes, I know how to get there. Just run into the brick wall between platforms 9 and 10" she replied to the question the girl asked earlier.

"You're a first year aren't you?"

She asked the question while holding about 10 folded clothes in her left hand. Ara assumed that the girl was a first year since people who had attended Hogwarts at least one time would at least know how to get to the platform. 'Pity her, not even on the train yet and already running into trouble.' The blue haired girl planned in her head. First she would help the poor girl as much as she can until there was about 15 minutes until the train left. Anyone who knew her would know that she hates getting late to anywhere. After that, she would instruct the girl to organise and fix the other things in her trunk that weren't neatly put there in the train.

The older girl knew that she needed to put on the persona she has on when meeting first years, the "trying to be the nice and helpful upperclassman to not scare them off" persona.

RP Word Count: 375/200
OOC: I put third year instead of second year because this is on sept. 1st, 2024

Interaction with: @Ara Villa

Abbey stood there and thought about what the girl had just said. 35 minutes didn’t sound like a lot of time she thought. She started stressing a bit, but tried calling herself down and hiding her stressed face expression. It wasn’t like the worst having 35 minutes getting to the station, but Abbey didn’t know how long it would take to get there nor how much time she would have with her family when she got to the station. While she tried calming herself down she looked up at the girl. The girl had started folding Abbeys clothes and was putting them into her suitcase.
“If you just stuff it in there it takes up more space versus if you fold it. I doubt these would fit like they would when you originally packed." Abbey nodded in agreement listening to what the girl said. "I'd recommend to fold at least the clothes at the bottom to give more room." Abbey nodded once again and put a little smile on her face. She grabbed one of her sweaters and started folding her clothes just like the girl did. After doing so for a little while the girl answered the question abbey had asked before they started folding her clothes. “Yes, I know how to get there. Just run into the brick wall between platforms 9 and 10" the girl said. “You're a first year aren't you?"

”Run into a brick wall?!” Abbey Said Shocked and nervous thinking about having to do it.
After calming herself down again she continued talking and answered the girls question.
“Yeah I’m a first year. That’s probably easy to guess… she stopped for a moment before she suggested something “Could I walk with you to the train station. I don’t know what way it is and I’m also quite nervous having to run through a brick wall.” Abbey admitted being nervous and hoped the girl would find it okey for her to walk with her to the train station. The two girls were still standing in the dark alley behind the bookstore.

Interaction with @Abbey Thompson

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RP Date September 1, 2024 Speech Reducio "Ara's Speech" 'Thoughts'

Outfit/s Reducio Clothes Hair: low ponytail Items: small tote bag Post date August 13 2024 (18:45)

"You'll get used to it." the thirteen year old remarked nonchalantly as she fixed the inside of the younger girl's trunk. The poor girl was in a state of shock and nervousness. Just an experience for a new student. Ara didn't expect to be helping another person just before she got on the train but oh well. She made this her problem as well now.

The third year didn't really get that point of confusion in her first year because she had a Hogwarts Alumni as a father, a brother who graduated the year before, an older sister, and another brother who was just a year older. Not like she would even be able to get lost with the amount of times she went to King's Cross, Platform 9¾. It was a new experience she was observing with the girl in front of her. But Ara couldn't help but wonder, 'If this girl knows about the platform and is a witch, why didn't her parents guide her to the platform?' she thought.

Her line of thought was cut off by the girl responding to her own assumption. "It's quite obvious since you don't know where the platform is." she replied, shrugging. Then the other girl asked if they could walk together to the station. 'Walking? Together?' Ara thought. 'Well it's my fault for approaching her I guess...'

Sighing, she started "I can walk you there I guess but I prefer to go in a compartment alone if you don't mind." Explaination for her response? It's so that they both got they wanted, technically. Just as she finished talking, the other girl's trunk was already closed and Ara finally stood up straight, simply towering over the younger one by a few inches.

She lifted up the other girl's trunk for her to take it before gesturing that they'll be going already. The third year lead the girl near the center of King's Cross where her trunk and things were. Checking the time again, "20 minutes..." she mumbled

RP Word Count: 336/200
OOC: slr july and august were quite eventful

Interaction with:@Ara Villa
Word Count: 460/200
Speech: “Ara’s speech” “Abbey’s speech”
OOC: Im done with posting on this RP now, but you could make one more tread finishing it, if you would like.

Abbey knows about the platform and the station, but she hasn’t been there before. It’s her first time in London! Her parents didn’t guide her because they had left a day before and the only thing she had to do was to walk for the station she came from to King’s Cross. That was something both her and her parents thought would be no problem.

Abbey quickly noticed that the third year girl didn’t seem too happy with the idea of following her to the station. She started regretting that she had asked, but tried to hide it. She didn’t want to be a burden or a clingy first year and the girls reaction made her feel like she was being both. "I can walk you there I guess but I prefer to go in a compartment alone if you don't mind." The third year girl said after she had sighted. “You don’t have too, but thanks and I don’t mind at all that you don’t want to sit in the same compartment as me.” Abbey knew that the girl was older and that she probably had friends at Hogwarts that she wanted to sit with in the same compartment. It was understandable to her!

Abbey took her trunk from the girl and smiled politely. “Thanks.” she said and both of them began walking out of the alley. Abbey followed the third year girl and tried not walking too far behind. After just some minutes they were outside of the station. The girl mumbled something that Abbey didn’t hear.

“Here we are I guess…” Abbey said as she looked up on the big station. “Thanks for the help.” Abbey then looked at the girl and continued talking. “I can probably find the way to the platform from here and the running trough a brick wall is something I’m pretty sure I also can do without help.” She smiled with her whole face still appreciating all the help. “It was nice to meet you!”

The girl then walked away. Into the station and up and down some stairs. After a while she finally found the wall leading to platform 9 3/4. “Finally!” She mumbled to herself standing a platform away. She could see people randomly appearing from nowhere around the wall and people disappearing too. Abbey ran over to the wall knowing it wasn’t long before the train was leaving. She hesitated for some time before finally running through the wall, and it worked! She had mad it to platform 9 3/4 at King’s Cross station!