The ride to Hogwarts

@Aaron Shwartz, @Kai Taylor

"I don't mind at all. In fact I was hoping that I don't have to do this full day journey alone."

"I don't want to be rude or offensive, but if you don't mind, can I ask about the scar on your face?"

"But of course, if you don't want to talk about it, we can leave it at that. I am Aaron by the way. Half-blood. First year on the way to Hogwarts. You?"

The young boy across from me, as I suspected, asked me about the scar on my face. Luckily, I don't bite and I'm not aggressive. Although it's true that my werewolf nature makes me a little bit aggressive, I'm generally calm and composed.

He asked if it was indiscreet and introduced himself. His name was Aaron, and thankfully, he didn't mind me sitting with him. No, of course not, no question about my scar was indiscreet. It must have been quite unsettling for many people to see an 11-year-old girl with a large scar on her face. To answer him, I only had two choices: either tell him the truth or tell him the biggest lie he could possibly believe. That's what I used to tell everyone in my elementary school class. I stumbled upon my mother's vase. But I decided to tell the truth, because Aaron is a Half-Blood and he must know a little about the magical world.

"My name is Ōkami Faoláin, I'm 11 years old, and I'm also a Half-Blood. Pleased to meet you. As for my scar, it's nothing complicated. I'm a werewolf, and the night I was attacked left me with many scars, including this one on my face. Does that answer your question?"

I answered in a monotone voice, the one I always used, and some people told me I was annoying, but I didn't choose my voice, and besides, I think it suits my personality. I'm quite proud of my voice, and if anyone has anything to say about it, I'll give them my icy stare that scares everyone. Anyway...I turned towards the window, refocusing on the landscape to relax so that my scar wouldn't open up any more.

Kai stood on the Hogwarts Express relieved he had made it just as it left. Much to the annoyance and stress of Kai's father, they had just barely made it, mostly due to Kai's own fault. His procrastination for getting packed and ready along with mornings almost costing him once again.

Kai had been so concerned about missing the train while also thinking about all the weird and interesting things about platform 9 and 3/4, that he now realized he had to find somewhere to sit, and he had to keep carrying this trunk. There were still so many students in the corridors, some of them were so tall, kind of scary Kai thought, and he couldn't even look at his phone to pretend he was distracted. Somehow Kai thought he would wish he had a phone a lot during his time at Hogwarts.

Making his way through the corridors, Kai saw compartments packed with students, he supposed he deserved this for being so late, there was no way he would find a compartment alone.

Eventually he came across a compartment with just two people in it, a girl with long black hair, and a boy with black hair and glasses. They looked around his age at least, and two people was far less than every other compartment he had seen so far.

Kai opened the door to the compartment and asked with a calm voice and expression even if inside he was nervous.

"Hi, can I sit here, or are these seats taken?"

Werewolf.

Aaron knew that there were many people who would have run at this point, screaming their lungs out and getting help. He knew the moon wasn't going to be full tonight, so he was safe from being attacked tonight.

Aaron didn't have any experiences with werewolves himself, but he did hear stories from his mother from time to time. Being an Auror, she encountered a werewolf every month during the full moon. That was one of the busiest and riskiest nights of a month.

At home she told him stories of both types of werewolves: the friendly ones who either stayed out of harms way during the full moon or helped the Ministry at times; and the unfriendly ones, who caused more harm than could have been imagined. Muggle stories about evil werewolves come from the second type as the first one were hardly ever seen outside.

Aaron did begin to get a bit anxious, but the girl in front of him didn't seem dangerous. At least not more dangerous than he knows girls can be.

"That does answer my question, but makes me a bit nervous not to lie. Not frightened, just scared."

He hoped he was able to convey his thoughts clearly and they could form a beautiful friendship together. After all, how rare is it to say that your friend is a werewolf?

Just after he finished his sentence, another boy came through the door, asking whether he could join them.

"Of course! Please do come in. I'm Aaron and this is Ōkami."

he said excitedly.

Of course it wasn't his call to state the werewolf thing, he barely knew the girl to start with.

"Are you also a first year?"

Aaron asked, trying to make conversation with the new person.

@Aaron Schwartz and @Kai Taylor

Kai nodded to the boy grateful and walked into the compartment putting his trunk in the rack above them. He was very glad he no longer had to drag this thing around; it had to be one of the heaviest things he’d lifted in a while for such an extended period.

Kai then took the seat next to the boy glad that he had luckily ended up with fellow first years.“I am a first year as well, I’m Kai, nice to meet you Aaron and Ōkami.” Kai looked at Ōkami briefly after mentioning her as she was turned slightly away looking out the window. He could sort of make out some kind of mark or scar on her face but not all of it. Although for all he knew maybe it was some kind of magical tattoo or power. He’d seen and heard about all sorts of strange things in his brief time in the wizarding world so far that he shouldn’t be surprised by anything at this point.

The compartment felt kind of awkward and tense for some reason. Kai was not exactly the person to start up conversations especially with people he didn’t know; but given he was the most recent to enter and the long enough awkwardness, he felt he probably should say something more. “Do you two know a lot about Hogwarts?” he asked. He was wondering just how knowledgeable or prepared some other first years were when it came to Hogwarts. "Or what houses you think you'll be in?" He added. It was something he had thought about himself and been asked by others a few times.

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@Aaron Schwartz, Ōkami Faoláin

Houses.

Aaron hadn't given that much thought before this point. Till now his brain was stuck on the werewolf loop and the situation he was slightly stuck in maybe. The silence was a bit too scary for him, especially with the moon rising.

He gave the question presented a thought. He knew a bit about them, but not a lot of detail. There were 4: Gryffindor for the brave, Ravenclaw for the smart, Slytherin for the ambitious, and Hufflepuff for the friendly.

Weighing the 4, he felt some parts were in him, but was hoping for Ravenclaw, as that's what his ambitions led him to. Or did that mean he was going to be in Slytherin and...

"Wait!" Aaron thought to himself. He's just going into a spiral of thoughts like he always does.

Wasn't Diana also in Ravenclaw? Thinking back to the conversation he in the Leaky Cauldron the other day, he felt like Ravenclaw was the best place for him. The books, the learning opportunities. It just felt like a dream come true.

After thinking for another second, Aaron said

"I'm hoping to get into Ravenclaw. But, I don't mind if I'm sorted in another house!"

He waited to hear from everyone else what they were hoping. Maybe they were all going to be in the same house?

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