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DecemberMoon · 09-12-2012, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ashfig

Cora was glad that she had made Eliza feel a bit better. She liked making people happy. "It holds water, hooray!" Cora said with enthusiasm over her friend's rocket.

"I'm a fourth year, actually. But I've been, um, home-schooled since first year so this is my second. I'm all caught up, though, really." Cora said this, which made her uncomfortable. Just because her paranoid mom kept her stuck at home for two years she had been entirely deprived of Hogwarts related things. "You're a first year, right?" Cora could tell that Eliza was younger than she was, despite the fact that she was pretty sure Eliza beat her on height. Cora was too small.

As Cora waited for a response, she decided to try the rocket for real. Taking a deep breath, Cora pointed her wand at the rocket, circled her wand in the air, and spoke, "Explaeris!" She blinked expectantly, than realized she needed the flapping, so she began flapping quickly. She had gotten over the whole embarrassment phase.

Cora shut her eyes, nervous to see what was happening to the rocket.

Eliza changed from circling to flapping, muttering “Explaeris!” over and over again. Flap, flap, flap. She dropped her arms to her sides. “Is this ever going to work?” she thought.

She was pleased to hear that Cora was a fourth year. Maybe she could help her with spells from time to time. “You were home schooled? Do you mind me asking why?” Eliza wondered why anyone would want to be away from a great place like Hogwarts, but she saw Cora was getting uncomfortable. “I mean, I’m sure your parents must be fantastic wizards if they could teach you at home!” she said cheerfully. “And yep, this is my first year!”

She turned her focus back to her rocket. “Okay, give it another good shot,” she said to herself. She circled, said “Explaeris!” and began flapping with consistent, strong motions. She started to see something change in the rocket. “Is that…is it fizzing?” she looked closer. “Woah, yep something is definitely starting to change in there.”

Her rocket was now to the brim with air pressure – and it began to shake. “Oh my gosh!” Eliza exclaimed. “I hope it doesn’t blow up like that boy’s did.” She watched her rocket warily, still flapping all the while. Just then it shot straight up into the sky like a firework. Up, up and up it went, until she thought it might just sprout wings and fly south for winter.

“It worked!” she beamed aloud. Holding her hand over her eyes to block the sun, she squinted to see where it had gone. “I guess the professor never said we had to turn it back in, did she?” Eliza gave a grin and a darted her eyes around to see how many other students had lost their rockets during take off.

"Oh, wow Cora!!" she cried "Are you okay?" During her own excitement she had failed to notice when Cora fell to the ground. "I should've tried to catch her!" she scolded herself. "Your rocket flew pretty high!" she was feeling chatty and happy from their success.

09-12-2012, 03:15 PM	#175 (permalink)
DecemberMoon Puffskein Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 999 Hogwarts RPG Name: Eliza Neladara Dawnsel Fifth Year	Quote: Originally Posted by ashfig Cora was glad that she had made Eliza feel a bit better. She liked making people happy. "It holds water, hooray!" Cora said with enthusiasm over her friend's rocket. "I'm a fourth year, actually. But I've been, um, home-schooled since first year so this is my second. I'm all caught up, though, really." Cora said this, which made her uncomfortable. Just because her paranoid mom kept her stuck at home for two years she had been entirely deprived of Hogwarts related things. "You're a first year, right?" Cora could tell that Eliza was younger than she was, despite the fact that she was pretty sure Eliza beat her on height. Cora was too small. As Cora waited for a response, she decided to try the rocket for real. Taking a deep breath, Cora pointed her wand at the rocket, circled her wand in the air, and spoke, "Explaeris!" She blinked expectantly, than realized she needed the flapping, so she began flapping quickly. She had gotten over the whole embarrassment phase. Cora shut her eyes, nervous to see what was happening to the rocket. Eliza changed from circling to flapping, muttering “Explaeris!” over and over again. Flap, flap, flap. She dropped her arms to her sides. “Is this ever going to work?” she thought. She was pleased to hear that Cora was a fourth year. Maybe she could help her with spells from time to time. “You were home schooled? Do you mind me asking why?” Eliza wondered why anyone would want to be away from a great place like Hogwarts, but she saw Cora was getting uncomfortable. *“I mean, I’m sure your parents must be fantastic* wizards if they could teach you at home!” she said cheerfully. “And yep, this is my first year!”** She turned her focus back to her rocket. “Okay, give it another good shot,” she said to herself. She circled, said “Explaeris!” and began flapping with consistent, strong motions. She started to see something change in the rocket. “Is that…is it fizzing?” she looked closer. “Woah, yep something is definitely starting to change in there.” Her rocket was now to the brim with air pressure – and it began to shake. “Oh my gosh!” Eliza exclaimed. “I hope it doesn’t blow up like that boy’s did.” She watched her rocket warily, still flapping all the while. Just then it shot straight up into the sky like a firework. Up, up and up it went, until she thought it might just sprout wings and fly south for winter. “It worked!” she beamed aloud. Holding her hand over her eyes to block the sun, she squinted to see where it had gone. “I guess the professor never said we had to turn it back in, did she?” Eliza gave a grin and a darted her eyes around to see how many other students had lost their rockets during take off. "Oh, wow Cora!!" she cried "Are you okay?" During her own excitement she had failed to notice when Cora fell to the ground. "I should've tried to catch her!" she scolded herself. "Your rocket flew pretty high!" she was feeling chatty and happy from their success. Last edited by DecemberMoon; 09-12-2012 at 03:21 PM.