Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first of September was crisp and golden as an apple, and as the little family bobbed across the rumbling road towards the great, sooty station, the fumes of car exhausts and the breath of pedestrians sparkled like cobwebs in the cold air. Two large cages rattled on top of the laden trolleys the owls inside them hooted indignantly, and the red-headed girl trailed tearfully behind her brothers, clutching her father's arm, who pick her up on his shoulders.
"It won't be long, and you'll be going too," Harry told her.
"Two years," sniffed Lily. "I want to go now!"
The commuters stared curiously at the owls as the family wove its way towards the barrier between nine and ten. Albus's voice drifted back to Harry over the surrounding clamor; his sons had resumed the argument they had started in the car.
"I won't! I won't be in Slytherin!"
"James, give it a rest!" said Ginny.
"I only said he might be," said James , grinning at his younger brother. "There's nothing wrong with that. He might be in Slyth - "
A busy and crowed station much bigger and busy than Konohagakure's station which was were Inojin Yamanaka had been heading to catch the train to the Academy but now he found himself here in this crowed station full of people trying to go somewhere. Looking around as he was naturally alert individual with outstanding powers of observation well at least that that every one of the teachers at school and in the village kept complicate his parent on then asking where he'd got it from than he bluntly stated pleasing fact about them. Amongst the hustle and bustle, he spotted two large cages rattling on top of two laden trolleys much like the one next to him when he arrived. They're being pushed by two boys, JAMES POTTER and ALBUS POTTER. Checking the trolley next to him he found it like the two boy to be stamped with non-other than he's name, INOJIN YAMANAKA with his clan's coat of arms. His cage unlike the two boys was smaller and had some sort of cat in it instead of an owl.
Good grief his mother was going to kill him as she was against pets, the last time he'd brought some cute and tiny but wild injured animal in to her house and tried to convince her that it'll be a good pet. Ino Yamanaka had taken one look at the adult tiger of all animals her five year old son had dragged in to her house and nearly had a heart take. She had fist pulled he child away from it and then for he persisting that it was injured and that 'cute little puss cat' need help healing called Shikamaru Nara and Kiba Inuzuka who clan dealt with animals healing mostly dogs, to get the tiger out her house. She then firmly laid down the law of NO PETS with her son as bored Shikadai watch on, yes she had Inojin take the medic Niger test after he'd keep bring injured birds, cats, and dogs home but that had not meant that he should practise on wild animals like tigers. Yeah his mom was so going to kill him if he brought this kitty home with him but this isn't home so he looks back to where the boys are.
Their mother , a lady with red hair so not native to the Konohagakure or for the Fire nation on a whole for that matter is called GINNY he instinctively know despite having never met her, follows after. A thirty-seven-year-old man, HARRY, has his daughter LILY on his shoulders. Yes something is defiantly wrong as he is sure that for some unknown's reason he is not in Konohagakure or even his world despite having dress for the Academy in his usually white overalls and purple pull jacket before heading to the station this morning. He'd arrived at the station and walk in to suddenly be here. The only things he know about this place seem to be this one family who he just know he had to follow. So he moves closer to hear what they were saying.
"Dad. He keeps saying it." Albus tells his father.
"James, give it a rest." Both parents tell the older
"I only said he might be in Slytherin. And he might, so … (His father glares at him) fine." James says.
But James caught his mother's eye and fell silent. The five Potters approached the barrier.
Inojin notes that he seem to be twelve of thirteen years old so old then him as his only ten but in a few months he'll be eleven like the other boy. 'Okay better to be friends with the other one than the older one. Slytherin that's a new world, and judging from the conversation it seem to be a place they go to.' Inojin thinks to himself as he follows them.
"You'll write to me, won't you?" Albus asked his parents immediately, capitalising on the momentary silent of his brother.
"Every day if you want us to." Ginny says.
"No. Not every day." Albus says quikly. "James says most people only get letters from home about once a month. I don't want to…"
'Wow. And to think everyone calls me a mommy's boy because I'm obedient and go to train like I should. It's not like I can change being a member of seventeenth generation of the Ino–Shika–Chō trio.' Inojin thinks uneasy about getting letters. One thing was for sure where ever they were go he wouldn't be getting any letter for his mum.
"We wrote to your brother three time a week last year." Harry tells him.
"What? James!" Albus yells as he looks accusingly at James.
'Make that two mommy's boys.' Inojin thinks as he takes a better look at the oldest boy. The boys look a lot like their father while the girl looks more like her mother.
"And you don't want to believe everything he tells you about Hogwarts," Harry put in. "He likes a laugh, your brother."
"Can we go now please?" James asks with a grin. With a slightly cocky look over his shoulder at his younger brother broke into a run. A moment later, he had vanished.
'Okay what just happen' Inojin thought moving close to the mother so that he could ask.
"Excuse me, mam." Inojin said in his most respectful tone like his mother had taught him, who know those lesion in good manner's would actually have a use. The family turn to see him near Ginny to whom Inojin held out an envelope thick and heavy, made of yellowish parchment with a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H' with a ticket. He had found both on the trunk with his name on, the letter had his home address on it in emerald-green ink.
"Sorry to bother you and your lovely family but I'm new to the country and a little lost. Where would one find the platform?" Inojin politely asked with a worried tone to it. To seem more like a lost child he widen his peculiar to this worlds blue-green eyes while in a nerves gustier that seem unwary of to the parents, touch his blond shoulder-length hair which he keeps in a small ponytail allowing the rest to fall about his face traits featured heavily in his clan which he had giving him a strong resemblance to his mother. He inherited his father's pale white skin colour and as customary of his clan, both of his ears are pierced by grey stud earrings both were out of place in this world so he hope the family would put it down to him being from some other country.
"Hullo dear," Ginny said in remains of her own mother to Harry the first time they'd meet. "First time at Hogwarts? Albus's new, too."
"Yes mam. I thought I could manage so I come alone but it's a lot bigger than I thought it'll be and I got lost as soon as I got here. I notes your son has the same trunk as mine and hoped we were going to the same place but I still don't know where the platform is." Inojin quickly said not wanting them to think his parents would turn up and show him where to go and to let them think he'd just seen them and not followed them.
"All you have to do is walk straight at the wall between plates nine and ten." Ginny said think the boy must have a muggle parents to have left him alone to get on the train. He look a little young to be go to Hogwarts but he clearly had been taught to be well behaved.
"I'm so excited." Lily said as her father put her down.
"Don't stop and don't be scared you'll crash into it, that's very important. Best to do it at a run if you're nervous." Harry said.
"I'm ready." Albus said as his father and lily put their hands on Albus's trolley. Harry nods at his wife as she moves to the boy to help with his trolley.
Side by side, they pushed the two trolleys forwards, gathering speed. As they reached the barrier, Albus winced, but no collision came. Instead, the family and boy emerged on to platform nine and three-quarters, which was obscured by thick, white steam that was pouring from the scarlet Hogwarts Express.
'That's it I was just transport again from a train station. First though the entrance and now though a wall one would normally crash into. Someone tell be what the hell is going on.' Inojin thought uncertainly.