Our year in Hogwarts
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A Ride Home
A train was making its way back to Toronto carrying many young witches. It was the end of the school year for the students of Salem Witches Academy and a time for fun and excitement. Four friends were sitting in a compartment talking enthusiastically about the Wizarding Cup. It was the first time in centuries that the Salem Witches Academy (SWA for short) was allowed to enter this event. It took place in Europe, it was meant for the students to compete. Before, it was once called the TriWizarding Cup, but the name was changed when SWA was invited to join. They were invited to make contact with the schools of Hogwarts, Beauxbaton and Drumstrang. These were schools in Europe, while SWA was located in Canada. The three schools had decided to make contacts with the other school as soon as the death of Lord Voldemort was confirmed. When the threat was gone, they felt safe to contact other schools. The only willing participant was SWA.
The four girls were going to be entering their seventh year in SWA and they were recently also approved to join the trip to Europe to compete. They were definitely a unique group. Lyris a.k.a "Lyly" and Christa a.k.a "Nikki" came from rich pureblood families, while Sarah and Kristle a.k.a. "Mom" came from a mix of wizard and muggle background (halfbloods). It was just not their backgrounds that were different, even though that alone was a large gap to some people, it was also their appearance. Lyris, who barely reached 5'4ft, got her looks from her Spanish background, with shoulder length dark brown wavy hair and olive skin. She was the least pureblood looking to have ever been born, due to her choice of wardrobe. Nikki, who was slightly taller than Lyris, came from Filipino descent and had light brown skin and straight black hair. Sarah towering over the two at 5'7 had golden blond hair, green eyes and creamy white skin. Last but not least was Kristle, who towered Sarah just slightly at 5'8 had brunette hair and fair skin. Unfortunately one could never really tell what Krisle's true hair color was since she had a habit changing the colour, at the moment it was jet black.
They sat at the same compartment they always sat every year and in the exact same position. "So you think that there are any cute guys there?" Nikki asked, looking at Kristle sitting across from her. "There better be or else this trip blows" she replied, while keeping an eye at Lyris. "Ly, I think you had enough chocolate, your starting to grin like an idiot," Kristle warned as she grabbed the chocolate frog away from her friend. Lyris in response just took out another chocolate and stuffed it in her mouth, chewed and stuck her tongue out. Sarah who was sitting next to Kristle took her book and hit Lyris on the arm, "Ly quit, we're going to be there soon and then we can have lunch." " Fine… where are we going to lunch anyways?" Lyris asked as she put her sweets away. It was a typical question for Lyris, since she ate often, even though she gains no weight from it. The discussion soon continued to where they were going to eat and it carried on for quite some time. It was always a struggle for them to decide where to eat, because they had different preferences.
Ding "10 minutes to Toronto" ding
"Ok you know what this is taking forever, who picked the last time?" Kristle said, quite annoyed.
"I did, which means that its Sarah's turn" Nikki responded.
"I say Italian restaurant," Sarah said with finality. After that was decided they all started to gather all their things to start unloading from the train. It was tradition for them to eat out before having to face their own families at home. The main thing that have kept them together all these years was the common fact that each was not very fond of their parents or families and also the fact that they knew each other from such a young age.
After unloading and eating lunch at a nearby Italian restaurant, they each headed their own way, promising to meet up a few days later to watch a movie. Though they were witches they still kept up with muggle ways. While Lyris and Nikki were collected by their drivers, Sarah and Kristle were collected by their parents. Throughout the summer they met up often in Lyris' mansion and before they knew it, it was close to the beginning of their seventh year.