Frome Home To Home And Back Again
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| xxx | The atmosphere on the Hogwarts Express was of mixed emotions as the scarlet steam engine clunked along the well worn tracks back to platform 9 and 3/4. Ada didn't know what to think as she moved steadily back to the only other home she had ever known. Sure she was exited to see her parents again, but leaving Hogwarts felt like leaving an old friend, like a part of her remained, and would always be with the castle. Nox was asleep in a wavering patch of sunlight that flickered across his Siamese pelt like a broken wand trying to make light. Typical. Ada thought, smiling as he stretched luxuriously and yawned, displaying his fangs, before rolling over and continuing to sleep. Ada tapped her pale willow wand on her thigh absently resting her head on the cool glass of the window as scenery sped past in a blur of color and shape. She hated traveling more than almost anything else (although being called Gwen or Guenevere came to a close second.) She got motion sick quite easily and as a matter of fact, she was starting to feel a bit queasy right now. ... Ada didn't know how long she had been sitting there but she expected it had been a long time as the next time she focused on anything in particular, it was to hear the lunch trolley and the foot steps of the stout little witch pushing it to come to a halt in front of Ada's compartment door. A pause then the head of the witch poked through the crack in the door. "Anything from the trolley dear?" She asked in a routine sort of way. "Oh, yeah," Ada said, pulling her money bag from a pocket in her jeans. Back in her compartment, her money bag, returned to her pocket (though a bit lighter than it had been when it had left) and a hand full of Chocolate Frogs in her arms. Chocolate was one of the few things that helped with Ada's motion sickness. That along with the smell of mint and for some strange reason, onion soup. Ada unwrapped a chocolate frog slowly, looking at the gold mixing with the blue, how it caught the light and made pinpricks of light dance around the red velvet seats of the compartment. Nox lifted his head sleepily, but perked up almost at once when he saw the frog in Ada's hand. "Oh alright," She said releasing the brown creature and letting it hop around on the seats, Nox watching it with hungry eyes. Ada saw his tail twitch and his pupils widening, she knew from these small signs that the cat was about to pounce. Ada held up her wand and pointed it, not at Nox, but at the Chocolate Frog. "Wingardium Leviosa!" She said, with a tiny swish and flick jerking the frog out of Nox's reach. He leaped, high into the air, but missed the frog by inches as it sailed across the compartment and back into Ada's lap. " Sorry buddy," Ada said, biting the head of the Chocolate Frog. "But you know you're not aloud to have chocolate, it makes you throw up all over everything." ... The train screeched to a halt in platform 9 and 3/4, Ada couldn't say that she was sad for the journey to end, her motion sickness was peeking and she wanted nothing more than a whiff of onion soup when the train gave a final lurch and was still. Everywhere, the sounds of luggage being removed from racks, footfalls and loud chatter as people dismounted the train. Ada knelt down beside Nox, so her shoulders were level with the seat. "Up, Nox!" She said comandingly, and the cat obeyed at once, stepping onto Ada's shoulders and lying down around Ada's neck. Ada felt a certain pride as she hauled her trunk out from under her seat, for how well she had been able to train the cat. Ada found the first open door and slid through it, dragging her trunk along behind her, Nox riding atop her shoulders. She found her parents instantly and made her way to them through the crowd of anxious parents, exited little siblings, and the bitter sweet goodbyes of Hogwarts students. "Guinevere! Так приятно тебя видеть! Как прошёл ваш второй срок?" Nadezhda greeted her daughter in Russian, pulling her into a hug. "Всё было нормально, мама, но немного больше домашней работы." Ada replied, also in Russian. Nox Meowed indignantly from Ada's shoulder. "It's good to see you too Mr. Nox." Said Ada's father affectionately, scratching Nox behind the ears. "Hey Dad! Ada said, hugging him too. "Shall we go?" Asked Ada's mother. "I think the noise is getting to our fine fluffy friend." "Yeah, let's go," Ada said. She glanced back one more time at the shining scarlet steam engine, and smiled. She'd be back before she knew it, ready for another year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. | xxx |
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FROM HOME TO HOME AND BACK AGAIN"I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good." |
A strong girl looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink |
Stamina 6 • Evasion 7 • Strength 4 • Wisdom 6 • Arcane power 4• Accuracy 8 |