The Long Journey [PV Hacue Salt] [Finished] - Hogwarts Express

10 Nov 2024, 19:37

Dialogue: Darkred
1st September 2024

"Are you sure we have everything?" Mason's mother said worryingly, looking down at the her small checklist for the fourth time since getting onto the platform.

"Yes, mum, I tripled checked everything. Dad even helped me." Mason replied, glancing back at his father with a smirk on his lips. Before his mother could respond, the first whistle was blown for the train to depart.

"Try not to get into too much trouble.." his father said, giving him a few pats on the shoulder.

"I promise I won't." Mason replied.

His mother wrapped her arms around him and gave a big hug, and kissed him on the cheek with a small tear in her eye as he set foot on the train. As the last whistle was sounded, Mason Knight stuck his head out of the window and waved back at his parents with all the other students.

"Bye! I'll miss you!" he shouted.

He had been waiting for this day since he first learned of his magical abilities and after a summer that felt like an eternity, it was exciting to know that in mere hours he would be setting his eyes upon Hogwarts, though it felt oddly strange and sad whenever he thought about the prospect of being away from home for so long, there hadn't gone a day where he didn't see his mother or father.

Mason wandered through the corridors, searching for an empty car, knowing most of them would no doubt be at full capicity, he managed to find an empty car after a few minutes of searching. The boy packed away his trunk for the ride, and rested comfortably, spreading his legs out on the seat, and then scoured through his small book bag and grabbed out one of the few books they were required to purchase, Hogwarts: A History, hoping he might learn a few secrets about the castle before any other first years.

@Hacue Salt

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Mason Knight | First Year | Gryffindor
sta • 6 | eva • 6 | str • 5 | wis • 8 | arc • 3 | acc • 7
"What's life without a little adventure."

10 Nov 2024, 20:03

Hacue arrived with his parents at platform 9 ¾ with a backpack full of books, some spare cloths, and his newly acquired want tucked away in his inner jacket pocket. “Are you sure you’re ready” Hacue’s father asked. “Yeah I’m more than ready I’ve been waiting for this ever since my brothers told me about their first year” Hacue replied. Giving his parents one last hug before getting on the train he asked “make sure you take of my sisters while I’m gone”. As Hacue was boarded the train he look back seeing tears on worry in his parents eyes but excited for his new adventure he just waved back and continued.
As Hacue walked down the main corridor of the train he peeked in every seat and car trying to find the right group of people to mingle with but one that wasn’t so crowded that he wouldn’t be able to get comfortable. Until he found a lone car with a boy reading one of the first year book he also was required to get back in Diagon Alley. As the boy seemed preoccupied studying ahead he assumed it would be a quite car with someone who is also seeking to advance among their peers. Hacue knocks on the glass of the door and asks "is this seat open?”

10 Nov 2024, 21:10

Dialogue: Darkred

Mason was halfway through a paragraph on the enchanted ceiling in the Great Hall before a knock on the glass made him look up from his book. He raised an eyebrow at the boy, not expecting anyone to still be finding their seats, but soon nodded with a friendly smile.

Apart of him wanted the compartment to himself, even if he was also eager to meet another first year, but there could be chance they would be in the same house and Mason would hate to start off things on a bad note by saying no.

"Yeah, come on in." Mason said, gesturing to the seat across from him "I was just, uh, doing a bit of light reading. Figured it wouldn't hurt to get a head start, you know?"

He moved his legs from the seat and back onto the floor while closing his book, but kept his thumb inside as a placeholder, rather excited about what he'd been reading up to that point "I'm Mason, by the way. Mason Knight, first year. What about you?" he asked.

@Hacue Salt

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Mason Knight | First Year | Gryffindor
sta • 6 | eva • 6 | str • 5 | wis • 8 | arc • 3 | acc • 7
"What's life without a little adventure."

10 Nov 2024, 21:52

Hacue closes the train car door behind him and places his backpack beside him, “hello Mason, I’m Hacue Salt.” “You know it’s smart to get ahead on your off time, you never really know how busy you are going to be once classes start” Hacue pulls out his The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection. “I’ve been waiting to crack this open, I’ve had the opportunity to read through my brother’s copy but I didn’t understand much at first and didn’t pay much attention in class at first but between him my other brother and my dad I have a general understanding now but I’m looking forward to the classes. I’m hoping to master the subject, my dad always said Defense against the dark arts is the corner stone on becoming a powerful wizard.” Hacue eagerly grasps his book and places one of his fingers in the the middle of the book as a place holder.

“So is there any classes you are eager you attend?” Hacue places his book on his lap and stares up on the ceiling of the stationary train. “I wonder how many people are attending this year?” Hacue look out the train window watching the groups of students hug their parents and load their belongings onto the train luggage cart.

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10 Nov 2024, 22:32

Dialogue: Darkred

"Well it's a pleasure to meet you, Hacue." He replied, holding his hand out to shake the boy's hand.

"I'm looking forward to reading that one" Mason said as he glanced at the boy's book "Defense Against the Dark Arts was always my dad's favourite when he went to Hogwarts, and it seems like it could be a really fun class to take."

As he was sitting there, he gave it a thought of what other classes he was interested in taking. Despite being half-blood and surrounded by magic all his life, his parents didn't really teach him many things and he felt like there was a lack of knowledge he could use right now.

"I can't wait to take potion classes as well, I guess." he hesitated, rubbing the back of his neck "My mum once said its like cooking, but with magic. I don't know if I'll be any good at it, though, but I am willing to give it a try."

Mason looked down at his book and then back up at Hacue "There were a lot of kids out in the corridors waving goodbye, though most of them could have been in the higher years." he continued "Do you have a house you want to get into? My mother and father were both Ravenclaw, as were my grandparents.. on my dad's side that is."

@Hacue Salt

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Mason Knight | First Year | Gryffindor
sta • 6 | eva • 6 | str • 5 | wis • 8 | arc • 3 | acc • 7
"What's life without a little adventure."

10 Nov 2024, 22:53

Hacue took a second and thought back to the stories his parents told him about their hogwarts experience and lets out a heavy exhale “Well, my dad was Gryffindor as was his dad and them before him, but my mom was slytherin. My brothers were sorted into Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. I think I would be alright with almost any house” Hacue lets out a fake cough “except hufflepuff” he exclaimed. “I say if I really had to pick only one it would be Slytherin only because I hear their common room is in the dungeon” Hacue grinned. “I’m sure you could tell me way more about all the houses and cool rooms that’s within the castle walls, right Mason?” Hacue grasps onto his book, “do you think you will join any clubs? I am interested in dueling myself, thus why I am reading up against the defense against the dark arts”. Hacue begins to look out the window “I wonder when this train will start moving, I am excited to see where we are going. Maybe we will end up in the same house.” Hacue stared off for a moment, enjoying their decision he made and picking the right car.

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11 Nov 2024, 16:06

Dialogue: Darkred

"Yeah, anything but Hufflepuff." Mason let out a light chuckle to the boy's comment "Uh.. not that there's is something wrong with them, it's just not the house I imagine myself to be in, but I guess thats up to the sorting hat." he responded nervously, ashamed at laughing.

He looked down at his book, and began to absently flip through the pages he had already read, then back up at Hacue "I don't know.. I haven't given too much thought about clubs yet, figured i'd wait till we get there first, but Duelling sounds fun."

Mason's mind was too busy thinking about the castle and all its hidden secrets to even bring clubs into it, though perhaps they'll have an exploration club for him to join. He lifted his legs back up onto the seat and folded them, placing the book on his lap.

As he looked out of the window, a thought popped into his mind "If I had to choose.. I think i'd like to eventually join the Quidditch team, I've went to watch a few games with my family and my brother was even a seeker during his time at Hogwarts."

@Hacue Salt

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Mason Knight | First Year | Gryffindor
sta • 6 | eva • 6 | str • 5 | wis • 8 | arc • 3 | acc • 7
"What's life without a little adventure."

11 Nov 2024, 19:53

Hacue’s eyes widen “wow your brother was a seeker”. Hacue thought to himself about how competitive and adventurous he was. “Quidditch looks like a lot of fun, my family doesn’t really follow the sport but I’be heard my brothers talk a lot about it from they they were at hogwarts” Hacue let’s out a sigh think about his father “I wonder how he would feel about be focusing on games rather than my studies” suddenly he changes the conversation and picks up his book “I used to borrow my brothers defense against the dark arts books and study them when they would come home for the summer. If you need any help, I have read this book several times and I think I will do well in this class” Hacue ponders for a moment “I have a proposition for you. if you teach me more about quidditch I can help you in defense against the dark arts.”

He thinks back to earlier conversations about the sorting hat. “Do you think we will end up in the same house? It would be a lot easier to study together if we were.” Hacue jots down a few notes on a pice of paper and tucks it into his book. “I’m sure even if we don’t end up in the same house, we will still help each other come out on top”

@Mason Knight

11 Nov 2024, 21:15

Dialogue: Darkred

Mason found the boy opposite to him curious to say the least, he hadn't expected quite the reaction to learning that his brother was a seeker, he always thought his siblings were quite ordinary compared to the rest of their world.

"I may just take you up on that, though I wonder just how challenging the classes will be." Mason smiled. Hacue seemed like the type of person he would want to befriend despite only knowing him for brief time. He turned the pages of his book and began to skim over an illustration of the castles towers and the text detailing how the enchanted staircases had minds of their own, shifting and rotating without warning.

Mason made sure that he was listening to Hacue talking while still reading his book "Deal." he replied to the boy's proposition with helping him learn more about Quidditch, in return for getting a better hang of Defense against the Dark Arts.

"I hope we do." He replied again, and looked up at Hacue as he asked another question, the thought of not knowing anyone when they would finally be sorted into their houses was the thing that terrified him the most, even just going up to someone asking for directions gave him shivers, "I tend to wander and knowing my luck, it won't be long till I get lost - it would be great to have someone accompanying me, that is if you are exploring type of course."

@Hacue Salt

Mason Knight | First Year | Gryffindor
sta • 6 | eva • 6 | str • 5 | wis • 8 | arc • 3 | acc • 7
"What's life without a little adventure."

12 Nov 2024, 17:20

Hacue eyes glistened with excitement “oh I love exploring, while my brothers were away at Hogwarts I would always sneak out into the forest and find my own sort of adventure. I wonder what mysteries are hidden in the castle walls” Hacue looks down at Masons book “do you have anywhere in mind? I’m sure there is much that’s left out to ensure the students don’t stumble across something they shouldn’t” Hacue thinks back to his first exposure of magic and how it saved him from a dangerous pack of wolves. “it’s a good idea if we do go exploring together who knows what we might come across and as we learn new spells in our classes, we will be able to overcome whatever we might find."

Hacue pulls out his newly acquired wand made of aspen wood and dragon heartstring. Staring blankly at it he says “there’s no telling what our years at Hogwarts will be like but we can rely on each other to get through them successfully” he twirls it around for a moments and mutters to himself as if he was practicing a spell then places back in his right coat pocket. “To our future adventures may we find the extraordinary and overcome any challenge that awaits”

@Mason Knight