Old Friends
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Name — Jay Valkyrie ✦ House — Slytherin ✦ Year — One ✦ Species — Human ✦ Pet — Ferret ✦ Ability — Metamorphmagus ✦ Outfit — ✦ Speaking — #556b5d
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Location — The Leaky Cauldron ✦Time — August 26th. Morning
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Jay had been meaning to go out to Diagon Alley all summer and now that she was back in London she had all the time in the world.
The Leaky Cauldron was quite full today but Jay needed a coffee before she went walking through a wizarding shopping centre. Jay ordered her coffee and as she was waiting she formed a list in her head of things she needed, most of which were books.
Jay sat at a table and watched as people walked past, sat down or talked. Hogwarts students, adults, people from the Ministry of Magic, anyone you could imagine were all mingling here together.
Maybe I know some of these people…
She thought, scanning the crowd but coming up with nothing. Recently it had been up to her to recognise and approach others as she had recently changed quite a bit about her appearance. Her eyes flicked to one of the blonde strands hanging in front of her eyes. In annoyance she blew at it, in hopes to get it out of her face but all that happened was her hair fell back and landed right in that same position, if not in a more inconvenient spot.
She grumbled a complaint and moved her arm ever so slightly to brush it behind her ears, accidentally snagging one of her fresh piercings and she hissed in pain at the sensation.
Gotta be a bit more careful with those
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Stats — Sta ✦ 5 | Eva ✦ 7 | Str ✦ 4 | Wis ✦ 3 | Arc ✦ 6 | Acc ✦ 5
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Mentions — @Skylar Blue ✦@Mikaela Hendricks
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My shop:
The Garden Of Forgotten Dreams
“I’m not about to do whatever you tell me just to protect your ego.”
— Jay Valkyrie
Last edited by Jay Valkyrie on 14 Aug 2026, 06:03, edited 1 time in total.
My shop: The Garden Of Forgotten Dreams✦━━━━━━✦━━━━━━✦ “I’m not about to do whatever you tell me just to protect your ego.”
Old Friends
26/08/2026
@Jay Valkyrie and @Skylar Blue
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OMG SORRY FOR THE LATE REPLY
Coded by Melissa Blake"Neko, I literally fed you ten minutes before leaving the house. There's no way you're hungry already."
My cat hissed back at me. How rude.
August had been... stressful. Between going to the hospital, interviews with the doctors, brain scans, more nights at the hospital, the pile of letters stacked on my desk and my low mood... Yeah, you can tell I had been busy lately.
This isn't what I wanted. Not what I expected. I hated doctors. I hated being a stupid prodigy kid. Why can't I be normal? Why does everyone keep comparing me to my peers? I'm not the stupid Cassie, who graduated college last year, or like that Ethan, who is already giving master classes of maths at eight years old. I'm a witch, doesn't that count? Is that not enough?
Alys parked the car a block away from the Leaky Cauldron. That place... I don't have good memories from here.
"... You tell me you're meeting with your school friends... here?" Alys asked from the driver's seat. Dad saved me quickly, as my head snapped back up from my bag, where I was scolding Neko second earlier.
"Uh, a block away, babe. I'll take her." He looked back at me from the passenger seat. I nodded, thankful.
We stepped down from the car, and as we walked towards the place, dad gave me money.
"I hope it's enough. I'm giving you more than last year just in case you actually meet someone and go for an ice cream or... I don't know. Have fun. Turn this into your magical money or whatever."
He was trying, I'll give him that. Cute. I laughed as I hugged him. The bag hanging from my shoulder moved violently. We were squeezing Neko.
"Just... look, Alys and I will go to the movies or something. We'll be out in two hours, and then we'll wait for you in the same spot we left you. Take your time, honey."
I nodded. Got it.
And with a last goodbye, I walked into the Leaky Cauldron. It was... full.
Aurors, people I assumed were from the Ministry... Hopefully, I'll make it to Diagon Alley unscratched.
As I squeezed myself into the crowd, I felt my bag moving violently. I was starting to regret my cat's adoption. My hand shot down to the bag to take Neko out and give him some fresh air-
Neko's not here. I repeat, Neko. Is. Not. In. The. Bag.
And unless you have a hyperactive cat with behavior issues, I don't think you understand how bad that is.
And between all these people, where can I look for a cat that's three apples tall? Impossible.
Or not so. I'm sure I saw a flash of black fur sprinting down to one of the tables. Amazing.
I made my way there, but it was too late. My demonic, beloved kitty was jumping into the back of a girl seating there. I dragged him back and pressed him against my chest as I apologized to the girl.
"Oh, Saints- I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..."Stamina: 8 | Evasion: 7 | Strength: 4 | Wisdom: 7 | Arc Power: 6 | Accuracy: 8
"I was good. I was really good"
| PC: Mikaela Hendricks | Shop: The Hendricks Archives | iNPC: Coming soon |
Old Friends
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Mentions - @Jay Valkyrie, @Mikaela Hendricks |
Date - August 26th, 2026 |
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OOC Note - Mwhehe new speech color for Sky and holy yap sta • 5 | eva • 6 | str • 4 | wis • 7 | arc • 7 | acc • 6 Prodigal Flying Learner |
Inventory Reducio Wand Mr. Bunnikins Human Snacks Bunny snacks Shopping list For emergencies: (Antidote to Common Poisons Antidote to Uncommon Poisons Bruise Removal Paste Burn Healing Paste Band-Aids) |
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Name — Jay Valkyrie ✦ House — Slytherin ✦ Year — One ✦ Species — Human ✦ Pet — Ferret ✦ Ability — Metamorphmagus ✦ Outfit — ✦ Speaking — English ✦ #556b5d
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Location — The Leaky Cauldron ✦Time — August 26th. Morning
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Jay felt a scratching against her back and clenched her fist, ready to punch whoever or whatever it was when it was removed as quick as it came.
Jay turned around to see none other than THE Mikaela Hendricks standing behind her holding a wriggling and very fluffy cat. "Oh, Saints- I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..." she mumbled and Jay tilted her head, remembering that if her own mother didn’t recognise her at first then she doubted someone she had talked to once would.
“It’s Jay, I just dyed my hair, spent more time in the sun and got a nose piercing” she grumbled, spinning around on her chair to face her, holding her half drunk cappuccino and looking down at the black cat in Mikaela’s arms and glaring at it ferociously when another voice came from around them, one that cut through the busy tavern easily, making Jay turn her head.
"Mika! Jay! Woah, I haven't seen you guys in a while. Cute cat, and cool piercings! Blond seems to be the color of the summer, huh?" Skylar Blue. Jay’s second friend who had joined up with Jay a few times to cause mischief that never went how they wanted it.
Mikaela and Skylar were here? Most likely not a coincidence “Wow, I got recognised!” Jay muttered, looking at Skylar, feeling a pang of jealousy that she quickly squashed down into the writhing mass of emotion that was in her head at the moment. “Nose piercing hurts like a bitch but should be fine” Jay muttered, tapping the nose ring gently, wincing and pulling her hand away.
“So, what brings you two here?” she asked “I’m just here for school stuff and ferret food for this little gremlin” she pointed at Nacho who was biting at the saucer holding her cup of coffee.
Jay’s eyes were tired and droopy, she hadn’t slept properly in days, her inner monologue of guilt, anger and sadness never stopping. She had to haul herself out of bed this morning just to get here and hadn’t even put an effort in at all.
She was still in her pyjama pants, hair only brushed a few times and not a lick of eyeliner in sight, the last three coffees she had drunk running through her system, slowly waking her up.
“How have the holidays been?” she glanced at Mikaela, who she knew had quite a lot going on for her at the moment.
Jay debated telling her about the fire she started in her dad’s house but decided to wait until later to do so. She sculled the rest of her coffee and put it down on the plate Nacho was still chewing. “oi… dipshit quit it you’re gonna hurt your teeth ” she mumbled in Japanese to her ferret, lifting him up and onto her shoulder where he rested comfortably. “Seems I’m not the only person with a pet now”
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Stats — Sta ✦ 5 | Eva ✦ 7 | Str ✦ 4 | Wis ✦ 3 | Arc ✦ 6 | Acc ✦ 5
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Mentions — @Skylar Blue ✦@Mikaela Hendricks
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My shop:
The Garden Of Forgotten Dreams
“I’m not about to do whatever you tell me just to protect your ego.”
— Jay Valkyrie
Last edited by Jay Valkyrie on 11 Aug 2026, 07:35, edited 1 time in total.
My shop: The Garden Of Forgotten Dreams✦━━━━━━✦━━━━━━✦ “I’m not about to do whatever you tell me just to protect your ego.”
Old Friends
26/08/2026
@Jay Valkyrie and @Skylar Blue
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The way my jaw dropped. Neko even slipped away from my hands and placed himself very comfortably at my shoulder. The girl in front of me was not Jay. There's no way.
To begin with, why a girl my age had piercings? Was that even legal? And why blonde? I was used to her pink hair.
It was all a second thought when I hear another voice. One that I knew all too well.
"Mika! Jay! Woah, I haven't seen you guys in a while. Cute cat, and cool piercings! Blond seems to be the color of the summer, huh?"
I turned slowly to face Skylar. I may or may have not ignored her the last month. Well, her and whoever kept sending me letters. Dad said that my friends tried to contact me. He was the one who saw the envelopes. I, honestly, was too tired to get out of my bed.
Apparently, spending a week connected to a machine in the hospital that tried to take all your braincells away, study them and then put then into your brain again just to repeat it all the next week also drains your energy away.
"Sky!"
Hopefully, she wouldn't be so mad.
"Oh, this one? Yeah, no, this is not a cat, this is Satan." I laughed, pointing at Neko in my shoulder with a smile. He purred in response.
Then I turned around to face Jay again. Dam, she really got a glow up.
"Uh... You know, I have to buy stuff here at Diagon Alley. Hogwarts is around the corner..." I trailed off.
And completely ignored her question about the summer. They didn't need to know about my condition. I'd figure it all out by myself.
There was something in Sky's coat. Maybe she also got a pet this summer.Stamina: 8 | Evasion: 7 | Strength: 4 | Wisdom: 7 | Arc Power: 6 | Accuracy: 8
"I was good. I was really good"
| PC: Mikaela Hendricks | Shop: The Hendricks Archives | iNPC: Coming soon |
Old Friends
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Mentions - @Mikaela Hendricks, @Jay Valkyrie |
Date - August 26th, 2026 |
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Skylar and Mikaela got to talking and Jay put her coffee cup down, paying for it and hopping off the seat. Nacho settled firmly on her shoulder, she came back to focusing on the conversation just in time to hear Mikaela say, "Oh, this one? Yeah, no, this is not a cat, this is Satan."
Damn right, that cat is Satan, how she summoned it I have no idea and I don’t want to know how.
Skylar also had gotten a pet over the holidays, a rabbit named Mr. Bunnikins, Jay had no idea how a name could be so creative yet so normal at the same time, he was in fact adorable and was chewing on something in Skylar’s pocket. “ You have your supposed Satan spawn-" Skylar gestured to the cat perched on Mikaela’s shoulder, "- and you have that fur noodle."
Looking up at them both, Jay shook her head to get the tiredness out, as if that would do anything, it only made her head hurt and a bit more foggy. Her eyes hurt from lack of sleep as she blinked a few times, trying to get something she knew wasn't there out of her eyes. “Oh, yeah” she mumbled, still feeling half asleep. She reached into her bag and pulled out a small cookie, like the ones you get on the top of a takeaway coffee and fed it to Nacho, the fur noodle, labeled by Skylar.
He really is a fur noodle, Skylar is either really smart or I'm just dumb at this point
Jay shifted her stance slightly as Skylar dodged the question Jay only sunk deeper into her thoughts, not replying immediately, she was tired and not too sure if she was ready to socialize but nodded her head in response. “Ok Blue, I’ll tag along” she said, then a bit more quietly “If I manage to actually survive the whole thing” it was a possibility that Jay might leave without saying anything halfway through, she never intended to, she just couldn’t do a lot of socializing at the moment, she had run herself dry of doing anything recently.
I’ll get what I need and I’ll get out…
She thought that, but Jay knew she would stay if all three of them went, even if she wouldn’t admit it even to herself. Maybe it would help her out.
Jay turned her head to Mikaela and in the reflection of the grimy, glass windows she noticed her eyes had gone completely black and with a sharp intake of breath they quickly changed back to her normal dark brown and she stared at the glass for a few more seconds before she shuddered under her breath. The sensation of seeing those inky eyes staring back at her was horrific, she didn’t even feel like it was herself looking back at her.
Jay stroked the top of Nacho’s head with her pointer finger to calm herself down and he settled down on her shoulder happily, falling asleep quickly enough, much to her relief and surprise. He had just eaten three cookies in the past half an hour so that might have factored in.
Turning back to Mikaela she tilted her head “You coming Hendricks?”
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My shop: The Garden Of Forgotten Dreams✦━━━━━━✦━━━━━━✦ “I’m not about to do whatever you tell me just to protect your ego.”