1 Oct 2018, 20:10
The Cursed Birthday
Ripple so interrupted the glassy surface of the Great Lake as tears landed one by one on the once still surface. It was October first. The brunette's birthday. Not long ago Eri had received a letter from her Aunt with the grim news that her grandma who had been sick for the past year has passed on. Eri knew if her grandmother was going to pass it would have been on her birthday. It was cursed, well at least she felt that way. Every year on her birthday something bad happened. So to her it felt like a cursed day.
Normally Eri would be fine around people. Nobody knew it was her birthday so nobody had to sing happy birthday or try to celebrate with her. But today she sat by the Lake crying. None of her friends knew it was her birthday and that's kind of how she wanted it to be. Though if she was to be truthful she probably needed someone right about now. Though she didn't want to admit that.
The brunette wiped a strand of hair out of her face and looked at her reflection in the lake. She sighed and pulled her knees up to her chest.
Normally Eri would be fine around people. Nobody knew it was her birthday so nobody had to sing happy birthday or try to celebrate with her. But today she sat by the Lake crying. None of her friends knew it was her birthday and that's kind of how she wanted it to be. Though if she was to be truthful she probably needed someone right about now. Though she didn't want to admit that.
The brunette wiped a strand of hair out of her face and looked at her reflection in the lake. She sighed and pulled her knees up to her chest.
{"Mistakes are forgivable if one has the courage to admit them." Bruce lee} Eri Windstone.
1 Oct 2018, 20:50
The Cursed Birthday
Cecily breathed the cool air as she walked down to the lake. It was the first day of October!
As Cecily made her way to the lake, she sighed. September had gone by way too fast. It seemed almost yesterday when Cecily was on board the Hogwarts express returning for another year at Hogwarts.
Cecily walked slowly and carefully as she clutched a sketchbook and notebook. The lake was always a good place to go when she was wanting to draw or write. There was so much scope for the imagination there, as Anne Shirley would have put it. And there was hardly anyone there ever.
Cecily raised her eyebrows as she noticed a girl sitting there. She never liked it when people were already there. Usually they would strike up a conversation, which sometimes Cecily didn't like if she was trying to get work done.
The Ravenclaw girl was about to turn around to go find a different spot before the other girl noticed her, but then Cecily realized the girl was crying. How could someone be crying on a day like this? It was such a lovely day.
Cecily decided to see if the girl was okay. She walked up behind her and tapped on her back, hoping that the girl wasn't startled.
"I'm sorry if I startled you," Cecily began. "Is everything alright?"
She hoped the girl wasn't annoyed that Cecily had come to her. Perhaps she was trying to have alone time.
Cecelia Dahlia Queen
Stats: Strength: 9 Agility: 9 Control: 10 Stamina: 7
Stats: Strength: 9 Agility: 9 Control: 10 Stamina: 7
1 Oct 2018, 22:31
The Cursed Birthday
Eri sighed. She felt sometime tap on her shoulder. "No, It's fine." She breathed then spoke again. "Sure. I'm fine. This is normal for October first. This day is cursed for me." She said shrugging. At least she didn't ask her for a more specific answer. Eri's tears had slowed down a little and she wiped them away from her face. "What brings you out here?" She asked trying to change the subject of why she was crying. Though she hoped that Cecily would further question her.
Looking down at the glassy surface of the lake she smiled remembeing the trips to the lake she had with her brothers. It was lots of fun.
Eri wasnow twelve, maybe she just tell someone. If her brothers honor their word and don't tell anyone than Cecily would be the only other student at school that knows her birthday. But what if she tells? That's the problem with secrets these days. You can't trust many people with them. Though if she promised she would probably not tell anyone.
"Do you believe in keeping secrets? Or do you think secrets are bad?" Eri asked wiping the tears off of her face and looking at Cecily now.
Looking down at the glassy surface of the lake she smiled remembeing the trips to the lake she had with her brothers. It was lots of fun.
Eri wasnow twelve, maybe she just tell someone. If her brothers honor their word and don't tell anyone than Cecily would be the only other student at school that knows her birthday. But what if she tells? That's the problem with secrets these days. You can't trust many people with them. Though if she promised she would probably not tell anyone.
"Do you believe in keeping secrets? Or do you think secrets are bad?" Eri asked wiping the tears off of her face and looking at Cecily now.
{"Mistakes are forgivable if one has the courage to admit them." Bruce lee} Eri Windstone.
2 Oct 2018, 21:20
The Cursed Birthday
The girl's response almost made Cecily hug the poor girl. She definietly did not seem fine. She almost gasped when she said the day was cursed.
"W-what do you mean cursed?"
When the girl turned around Cecily recognized her. She was Eri Windstone. One of the girl's she had met at the Ravenclaw Lock-In. The girl wiped away her tears and then asked Cecily what brought her there. She shrugged, wanting to ask Eri more questions.
"Uh, just drawing and writing. I decided to take a little break from homework today." Cecily paused, wanting to ask if Eri was okay.
was Eri's next question."Do you believe in keeping secrets? Or do you think secrets are bad?"
Secrets? Cecily had never been asked about secrets. She hadn't thought deeply about them, and didn't really know anyone who would think they were bad.
Her eyes sparkled with curosity. "I love secrets. But Eri, are you sure you're okay? You don't seem fine, especially if this day is cursed for you. Please, is there anything I can do?"
Cecily felt terribly bad for the girl. Although Cecily was interested in hearing Eri's secret, if she had one, she also wanted to make sure Eri was okay.
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OOC: Sorry for these short posts and bad writing! :\ I usually write longer posts but I have just been really busy lately. Hopefully I can writer better soon. 
Cecelia Dahlia Queen
Stats: Strength: 9 Agility: 9 Control: 10 Stamina: 7
Stats: Strength: 9 Agility: 9 Control: 10 Stamina: 7
2 Oct 2018, 21:42
The Cursed Birthday
Eri rolled her eyes. "It's a metaphor. Though it seems cursed. I'm fine. Okay I'm fine." Eri said looking at Cecily. She sighed.It's fine
"It's my birthday today and normally something bad normally happens. Last year my grandma got sick and today I got a letter that she died." She frowned looking down at the water. She had stopped crying now and she was just trying to calm down. She looked back at Cecily and decided to just keep quiet.
Eri had many memories of her grandma but she wouldn't be makeing any new ones since she was dead. Smiling by thinking of the good memories from her grandma. Though she missed her it would be okay. There were other memories to be made but at least she didn't regret anything about her grandma. The brunette looked at the water watching it and seeing the reflection in the water.
Eri wiped her her hair out of her face. Frowning she looked at the water frowning and wiped tears off of her face and blinked trying to clean her face up. Her eyes were red and she tried not to look like she had cried a lot so she could go back inside sonetime.
{"Mistakes are forgivable if one has the courage to admit them." Bruce lee} Eri Windstone.
9 Oct 2018, 22:12
The Cursed Birthday
Cecily shook her head inwardly. The girl did not seem fine. That was for sure. But Cecily did not push this question. She didn't want to have another experience like she did with Anastasia at first. Even though that ended well, it did not start well. Cecily would prefer to make friends with Eri in a nice way.
She felt even more sorry for the girl when she said it was her birthday.
"Oh, happy birthday, Eri. I'm dreadfully sorry about your grandmother. I-I'm sure that must be hard for you."
Cecily could feel tears to form in her eyes. This was because she was thinking about her own grandmother possibly dying soon. Her grandmother, who was a witch, was one of Cecily's biggest impacts in her life. She couldn't imagine losing someone like her. She couldn't imagine what Eri felt like.
"Is there anything I can do, Eri? Maybe you ought to focus on the fact that it is your birthday. I mean, just forget the fact that the day is cursed for you. Maybe you'll feel better."
She noticed Eri was trying to clean herself up. She immeadietly thrust her hand into her pocket. It was a hankerchef Cecily always kept in her pocket.
"Here, Eri. Take this. You need it more than I do."
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Cecelia Dahlia Queen
Stats: Strength: 9 Agility: 9 Control: 10 Stamina: 7
Stats: Strength: 9 Agility: 9 Control: 10 Stamina: 7
11 Oct 2018, 16:01
The Cursed Birthday
Eri smiled weakly as Cecily tried to cheer her up. "Thanks, but I don't normally tell people it's my birthday. Because I don't like celebrating it. But thank you for trying to cheer me up." She looked at Cecily. "No there isn't anything you can do. Except don't tell it's my birthday."
Eri saw Cecily hand her something. "Thank you I could really use it now." She said and wiped her face with the handkerchief trying to clean up.
It had been a long day maybe she could just go in her dorm and lay on her bed and look throughout some of her old things. Or she could just continue the day like normal. Shrugging she continued to wipe her face until she knew it was clean. "So does it look like I have been crying? And I can tell you have questions go ahead and ask." Eri told Cecily. She could answer questions now though she hoped they weren't super personal. But she did say questions so there wasn't any she couldn't ask. Maybe she was right just focus on it being her birthday and not being a bad day for her. It would probably make her feel better.
Eri saw Cecily hand her something. "Thank you I could really use it now." She said and wiped her face with the handkerchief trying to clean up.
It had been a long day maybe she could just go in her dorm and lay on her bed and look throughout some of her old things. Or she could just continue the day like normal. Shrugging she continued to wipe her face until she knew it was clean. "So does it look like I have been crying? And I can tell you have questions go ahead and ask." Eri told Cecily. She could answer questions now though she hoped they weren't super personal. But she did say questions so there wasn't any she couldn't ask. Maybe she was right just focus on it being her birthday and not being a bad day for her. It would probably make her feel better.
{"Mistakes are forgivable if one has the courage to admit them." Bruce lee} Eri Windstone.
16 Oct 2018, 19:03
The Cursed Birthday
Cecily frowned as Eri told her how she hated celebrating her birthday.
"I, of course, understand that you don't like your birthday because what has happened on it, Eri, but that doesn't mean you should have having a birthday. I don't know, it is hard to explain, but birthdays are important. It is when you age another year. If you didn't have a birthday, well you wouldn't be born."
Cecily paused, thinking about what to say.
"I guess you could say you wish you had never been born because of how many bad things have happened on that day, but think of all the fun moments in your life. Think of all the moments where you wish you could just be in it forever. Surely you wouldn't want those to have never happened?"
Cecily shrugged, hoping she wasn't too harsh on Eri. She understood why Eri wished it wasn't her birthday, but was only trying to cheer her up.
"So does it look like I have been crying? And I can tell you have questions go ahead and ask."
Cecily smiled at Eri. "You look just back to normal as if nothing happened." She was telling the truth. Eri was a really pretty girl, even while crying.
"I don't have any questions, I just want to make sure you're okay. It must be terrible having to cry and feel miserable on your birthday."
Cecelia Dahlia Queen
Stats: Strength: 9 Agility: 9 Control: 10 Stamina: 7
Stats: Strength: 9 Agility: 9 Control: 10 Stamina: 7