marijke

Naveen had tried a lot of musical instruments over the years but only one had stuck. His month of clarinet and violin lessons still haunted him. But the piano on the other hand had always been good to him. Meaning, it usually sounded ok even if he made a few mistakes. It also helped that it was...

Ethan felt weird being back at school. He was looking forward to his classes and getting to work with Professor Burleigh some more. But for the first time he felt like he was leaving more at home than he had waiting for him at school. At least he didn't have to worry about exams this year which...

Whether it was in rain or sunshine, at dusk or at dawn, Miro wanted to do all he could to practice and keep fit now that he was part of the Gryffindor quidditch team. He was only an alternate but the placement had become his entire personality at this point, what had once been a hopeful goal and...

Sofi had gone for a walk by herself outside, deciding to settle on a grassy spot and watch the clouds drift lazily across the sky. "Ah, Aotearoa. Land of the long white cloud," she inhaled deeply and dropped her head back to exhale. Hogwarts was a special place to be, but there were moments when...

Miro was caught up in both his mind and emotions as he walked out of his Defense against the dark arts lesson that day. A subject he had thought would be fun and interesting in learning about defending against dark magic had instead turned out to be theoretical and boring, one where he found...

As much as Harper had enjoyed her travels, she was glad to be back home. New Zealand was where she belonged, she'd discovered, and while she'd loved getting to meet new people, the transitory nature of those relationships had made them bittersweet. Every friend made was a friend eventually lost...

((Open after Marijke posts with Ivelisse. Anyone is welcome to join, but Slytherin first years and prefects are especially encouraged to hop in!)) For all the perks prefectdom came with, there were quite a few downsides. One of them was the annual responsibility of leading first years to the...

Open after Marijke posts with Kiara Settling back at Hogwarts had been less easy than Isadora had expected. She felt right at home again, but everything had changed just slightly. It seemed like everyone around her had gotten a prefect badge over break, and Isadora felt just slightly distant...

Leah had been doing her best to catch up with all of her friends as she got back into the swing of things. But she had yet to find Chase. He tended to keep to himself and it made it extra hard to find him at times. This afternoon she made sure to scan the Hufflepuff table before heading to her...

Josh was glad to be back at school. He was definitely excited to see his friends again. He noticed over break that his friendships with his non-magical friends were a lot different than the last time he saw them. It had seemed like they were distancing themselves away from them and they weren't...

When Weston had gotten his prefect badge, he'd been a little worried that his new duties would mean he would have less time to spend with his friends. Thankfully, that wasn't the case. He had already spent most of the evening hanging out with Zay and was absentmindedly chattering away as they...

Open after Marijke posts with Senna The term had only started a few days ago, but already Penelope felt vaguely guilty for not writing her dad yet. Knowing her brother, he wouldn’t, and their dad didn’t even know what house he was in yet. Penelope hoped she wouldn’t have to write everything...

Delilah wasn't exactly hiding from her family but she did hang back from the rest of the crowd as everyone greeted their family and guests. She was trying to savor the last few moments of peace before she was forced to be the center of attention. She knew she deserved it. She had graduated after...

As June was trying to entertain herself she and her 'babysitter' went to Brightstone. Misha was at Hogwarts and June wanted to get to know the place an bit. June called the person looking out for her that way since she thought it was stupid. She tried to behave herself, because otherwise she...

There were a lot of things Harper would miss about Hogwarts next year. Writing letters was not one of them. She was looking forward to texts and calls and instant messages and even emails. Of course, she would continue writing letters to all her magical friends who didn't have cell phones, but...

Celia hated a lot of things about the first night back — the train ride, the start of the year feast, the unpacking — but this moment, the crossing of the castle threshold, was the worst of them all. On the train, she could at least lock the compartment door and pretend to herself that she was...

Caleb was not pleased with his start to the semester and it seemed to keep getting worse. It was bad enough that Louis had gotten a prefect's badge over the break but Celia too. He knew she wouldn't hesitate to target him specifically just because she didn't like him. But he guessed it made...

Conan was happy to finally be at Hogwarts. He didn't mind that he was in a different house from his older siblings. He was just glad that he got to see them a little more than before. The Ravenclaw boy stood in the student lounge, eyeing the bookshelf that displayed all the different board games...

Louis sometimes felt like he spent most of his time at Hogwarts just looking for people. It was such a big castle and all his friends were spread across the different houses. He had grabbed some candy from his trunk to share with whoever he found first, but as he had gotten bored wandering...

Harper had known that going back home would be difficult, but she hadn't been prepared for how off-kilter everything felt. The problem was her, of course. She could tell that no one in her family knew what to make of this new, more subdued version of herself. Her parents had tried to ask about...