[Ib stared at the window as the green hills rushed by. It was all really pretty, and maybe she should've been drawing them, but for once in her life she didn't feel like drawing anything at all.
It had been hard for her to say goodbye to her parents at the Platform. Despite all the magical wonders around her, all she could really focus on were her mother and father. They promised to reply to all the letters she sent, and she'd be coming home for the mid-year breaks, but really it was all so scary for her. She'd never been separated from her parents for a long period of time, and now she had boarded a train that would take her away from them for a whole school year.
A jolt in the compartment knocked her school bag open as various colour pens and her notepad fell out. Ib quickly ducked down to pick down her stuff, and her hand touched the soft fabric of a lace handkerchief. She stared at it, homesickness hitting her hard as she tried her best not to cry. She didn't want to disappoint her parents, but she really couldn't help it as the tears threatened to flow.]
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It had been hard for her to say goodbye to her parents at the Platform. Despite all the magical wonders around her, all she could really focus on were her mother and father. They promised to reply to all the letters she sent, and she'd be coming home for the mid-year breaks, but really it was all so scary for her. She'd never been separated from her parents for a long period of time, and now she had boarded a train that would take her away from them for a whole school year.
A jolt in the compartment knocked her school bag open as various colour pens and her notepad fell out. Ib quickly ducked down to pick down her stuff, and her hand touched the soft fabric of a lace handkerchief. She stared at it, homesickness hitting her hard as she tried her best not to cry. She didn't want to disappoint her parents, but she really couldn't help it as the tears threatened to flow.]