• Platform 93/4 •
"Don't worry, Eli, just follow me, yeah?" Clara said, looking back her shoulder to see her younger sister.
Elara's face was unreadable as always, hands on the trolley handle, looking stoic and unbothered when really her heart was beating against her rib cage like it was about to beat through the bones.
This was it. This is what she'd been waiting for.
Her parents, Mr. Hawthorne and Mrs. Hawthorne, watched the two sisters.
"You've got everything you need, your father will follow you two while I stay here. Clara, take care of Elara. It's what you should do as a older sister." Mrs. Hawthorne nodded slightly, giving approval for the girls to go. She clutched her purse in one of her hand as the other waved at her husband and her girls.
"Sure will, mum, bye!" Clara waved back to her mother and sped towards the brick wall between Platform 9 and Platform 10.
Elara was stunned for half a second at why her sister had just gone speeding towards a brick wall but it was gone in an instant as her sister disappeared into the wall.
Her barn owl shifted in his cage and when back to sleep as Elara moved her trolley slightly.
"Ah, yes, surprise is the first stage." Mr. Hawthorne managed to catch the crack in Elaras' stoic mask and chuckled. "Don't worry, you can follow your sister just speed up like her. Though it's a fifty/fifty if you'll just crash into the wall or go through it. Quickly, now, don't want other people to notice!"
Elara hesitantly nodded, gripping the handle of the trolley tight, preparing to follow her sister.
Elara's face was unreadable as always, hands on the trolley handle, looking stoic and unbothered when really her heart was beating against her rib cage like it was about to beat through the bones.
This was it. This is what she'd been waiting for.
Her parents, Mr. Hawthorne and Mrs. Hawthorne, watched the two sisters.
"You've got everything you need, your father will follow you two while I stay here. Clara, take care of Elara. It's what you should do as a older sister." Mrs. Hawthorne nodded slightly, giving approval for the girls to go. She clutched her purse in one of her hand as the other waved at her husband and her girls.
"Sure will, mum, bye!" Clara waved back to her mother and sped towards the brick wall between Platform 9 and Platform 10.
Elara was stunned for half a second at why her sister had just gone speeding towards a brick wall but it was gone in an instant as her sister disappeared into the wall.
Her barn owl shifted in his cage and when back to sleep as Elara moved her trolley slightly.
"Ah, yes, surprise is the first stage." Mr. Hawthorne managed to catch the crack in Elaras' stoic mask and chuckled. "Don't worry, you can follow your sister just speed up like her. Though it's a fifty/fifty if you'll just crash into the wall or go through it. Quickly, now, don't want other people to notice!"
Elara hesitantly nodded, gripping the handle of the trolley tight, preparing to follow her sister.
- Elara A. Hawthorne