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Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

The fight that had started on the train was quickly finished as a wave of cold filled the entire section of the train, holding everyone, Dani included, in place until the teacher, a harsh-looking woman, came by and released them one at a time. Though grateful that the chaos had been ended, Dani couldn’t help but feel that she and her two new friends were also in trouble, despite having had nothing to do with the whole mess.

Her fear that she would be in trouble kept her from really enjoying the sights and sounds as they disembarked the train at the station, she and the other first years being led down to the river where boats were waiting. In spite of her miserable condition, she couldn’t deny that the view of the castle as they went around the bend in the river was magnificent, what with the tall towers and buttresses extending far above the trees along the riverbank.

The whole ceremony did nothing to alleviate the nervousness that Dani was feeling, though it, fortunately, seemed to go by quite quickly, with her being placed in Ravenclaw, not that she particularly knew what that meant exactly. Once the hat was done with her, Dani followed the other first years who had been involved in the mess on the train to the back of the Hall where the teacher stood, watching everything with shrewd eyes. Hopefully, they would be able to explain their side of the story and would be able to evade punishment.

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Beth Carson

”I didn’t mean that we shouldn’t help him,” Beth said weakly in response to the girl, who was introduced as Lupe, shooting down her suggestion. But it was no use, as she had already been dismissed again. It would have taken no more time for them to send someone fast to find a teacher than it had for Cassidy to grab the hat from the boy with horns, but she hadn’t had enough time to explain herself.

Figuring that there was a slight chance she could come in handy, Beth trailed after the group, falling behind rather quickly due to their pace. It wasn’t long until she caught up, however, as the beast hadn’t made it that far down the corridor, the bright pink light being especially helpful for seeing how far ahead they had gotten. In fact, Beth arrived just in time to see the doves fly out of the hat Cassidy had appropriated.

Upon seeing the beast, a massive dog-shaped thing that appeared to be covered in some sort of exoskeleton for the most part, and the gore covering the walls, Beth stopped, turned, and emptied the contents of her stomach onto the floor, though she figured it was virtually impossible to hear over the sounds of the fight in front of her. Admittedly, she was a little embarrassed by how weak her stomach was, but she tried to ignore her pride and focus on the situation at hand.

When she recovered, she turned to see Cassidy toss a knife to Diego with some instructions to get it hot and stab the monster with it, as his fire would not be very effective here. Her face still pale, she walked up to Diego and tugged on his sleeve to get his attention, an idea popping into her head. ”If you can stab whatever it is close to the heart, if it has one, then I might be able to slow it down,” she said, holding her fingers apart and generating a spark to demonstrate what she intended.

As she was speaking, the musclehead from before got up, which was impressive considering how much blood covered the walls,and threw a chair at the monster, only for it to shatter against the wall behind it. If that wasn’t enough evidence that he was ridiculously strong, he then proceeded to slap the thing with an open hand and send it flying down the hall, though Beth doubted that it would be enough to stop the thing for long.

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Beth Carson

As could be expected, the others were quite upset at the musclehead who had broken down the door, which also happened to be the only thing standing between the students and whatever had been on the other side. To be honest, Beth wasn’t happy that the door had been destroyed either, but she figured that it had only been a matter of time before that thing broke it down anyway.

The black-haired girl that was wrapped in pink light was the most vocal about her anger concerning the broken door, rushing up to it and shouting in the direction that the musclehead, though she cut off when his screams could be heard echoing down the hallway. Beth’s face paled as her imagination ran wild with thoughts of what the thing could be doing to the poor guy.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the black-haired girl’s exclamation when she noticed that Beth had joined the group. ”I’m sor-,” Beth replied when she complained about how quietly Beth had walked up to them, only to be cut off by the girl explaining that it wasn’t the place for kids.

Before she could explain that she wasn’t actually a child, a boy that looked like the girl clad in pink light’s brother spoke up, agreeing with the girl and subsequently dismissing her and turning to the others for ideas on what to do about the monster, which included another girl dressed like a stage magician who seemed rather cautious around her, as she censored herself when she was about to say something that sounded inappropriate.

The magician girl, who had introduced herself as Cassidy Daniels, moved about rather eccentrically, gathering supplies for the execution of her plan for dealing with the monster. To Beth, it seemed like it was crazy, as they had no idea if the monster even could be killed by conventional means. But, the group seemed content to ignore her completely, much to her frustration.

”Excuse me!” Beth shouted, hoping to make them listen to her, if only for a moment. ”Don’t you think that we should try and get a teacher or something before we decide to attack the mystery monster? They would know how to handle this.” Of course, there was the safety of the other students to be concerned about as well, although a lot of them seemed to already be making their way out the back door.

The sound of something heavy smashing into something else equally heavy echoed down the hall, momentarily silencing everyone in the cafeteria before hysteria overtook them again. It seemed that the musclehead wasn’t quite done for, which was a good thing. If they did decide to attack the thing, it would be better to have the extra help of someone as strong as he appeared to be.

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I'll be getting a post up later tonight, as I'm a bit busy right now. :3

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Okay. Sorry about that.

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Sorry it took me so long to post. I was busy with schoolwork this past week.

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Beth Carson

After finishing her meal with Lucy at the restaurant, Beth had made her way back to her room so that she could get around to unpacking her things and generally getting settled in. Beth couldn’t decide whether she should be surprised or not by the fact that her roommate wasn’t in the room when she arrived, though she was grateful for the solitude regardless, as it meant that she wouldn’t be pestered with questions while she unpacked everything.

Listening to dubstep on her phone while she worked, Beth managed to find a workaround for just about every issue she encountered with the furnishings that the school had provided, from managing to stuff her clothes, not that there were really that many, into the drawers of the wardrobe to using her pillows as cushions on the computer chair so that she could actually work at the desk.

Fortunately, the issues posed by the furnishings in the room didn’t require workarounds that were too time-consuming or complicated. They were just a little annoying was all, but nothing that she wasn’t really used to to be perfectly honest. Overall, it only took her a few hours to unpack everything that she had brought with her and put it where she wanted it, coincidentally the closest she would get to actually being organized.

Though she had wanted to do nothing but kick-back and relax after storing her belongings, the rumbling of her stomach put that idea on hold. Despite having eaten with Lucy not that long ago, she was hungry again, which wasn’t that much of a surprise considering the fact that her metabolism was quite fast and the workout she had gotten from doing the obstacle course earlier.

And so, sighing to herself, Beth slipped her shoes on, fastening the Velcro tabs, and made her way out of the dorms and towards the cafeteria, which happened to be the closest source of food. The first thing that Beth did after entering the building was claim a table in the corner of the room by setting her phone down on it so that she could enjoy relative solitude while she ate. Once her spot was claimed, she went into one of the lines and got a plate of chicken fingers with a side of mac’n’cheese and a glass of chocolate milk.

Just as she was about to finish her meal, the lights in the cafeteria went out, resulting in more than a few nervous chuckles. Though Beth wasn’t the most comfortable in the dark, she wasn’t too concerned, as her phone could provide some light almost infinitely so long as she applied charge to it. Other people seemed to have powers that were equally useful at dispelling darkness, as one individual lit their hand on fire to shed some light and another began enveloping theirself in a pink light.

The nervousness that the students were feeling reached a higher pitch when another student opened the door and practically threw himself inside, frantically closing the door behind him. Unfortunately, something slammed on the door enough to cause it to buckle, resulting in a shift from nervousness to distress in most of the students. Though Beth liked to keep up her facade, she couldn’t help but feel a twinge of fear turning her stomach into knots. Something wasn’t right about this whole thing.

Though she would rather have gotten up and left immediately, the thought of being a coward motivated her to get up and walk towards the others that had gathered by the door, apparently ready to defend themselves from whatever was on the other side of the door. She was glad now for the fact that she had neglected to discharge her bracelet in the last several hours, as it meant that she wasn’t going to be completely useless. The best ending, of course, would be for whatever it was to just leave, but that didn’t seem all that likely, so Beth tried to prepare herself mentally, casting away every desire to flee. There was no way that she was going to let what had happened to Ben happen to anyone else.

Before the situation could really escalate, it appeared that whatever was on the other side of the door retreated, the sound of feet skittering away down the hall. It seemed that the students in the room almost let out a collective sigh of relief, except for a massive individual who could give Michelle a run for her money. Instead of being relieved, he decided to chase whatever it was, first ripping the handle of the door and then kicking it down before darting off down the hallway after the thing. Unsure of what to do from there, Beth stood around and waited for someone to step up and take the lead.

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Prince and I are still around; we're been working on a collab to get caught up and such. :3

Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

Sorry I disappeared. I've been pretty busy so far this week. But I would love to do a collab with you, @MissCapnCrunch! :3

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Quick note: whoever fails the course gets punched in the face by Adam the moment they enter the next room.

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Well, this is going to become Beth's worst class then. :(