A.N - Sorry for any errors, looking for a beta if anyone wants. Relatively short chapter to see if it gains interest. Please review!
DISCLAIMER: If any line of dialogue or description sounds similar to the book, it't because I borrowed it from the ever amazing JKR.
Hermione stepped out of the car and led her parents into Kings Cross Station. She strode confidently towards platforms 9 and 10 and then stopped dead. She had assumed there would be some sort of sign to point her in the right direction, but she was mistaken. There was nothing. And now she was standing there stupidly with a pocketful of galleons and a trunk she could barely lift, clutching a train ticket to a place she didn't know the location of which left from a platform which apparently didn't exist.
She was trying hard not to panic, then out of the corner of her eye she saw a pale, blond boy walking between who she assumed were his parents. The father looked a lot like him, pale, with light grey eyes and long blond hair pulled back into a ponytail. His mother was also blond, although her eyes were a piercing blue. The boy was pushing a trolley just like hers with a big, heavy looking trunk and an owl. Hermione pointed this out to her parents and followed them towards a barrier between the two platforms.
"Lucius, you go first to show Draco how to do it." The woman said to her husband. The man complied and strode purposefully towards the barrier before disappearing. She had no idea how he had done it, just simply one minute he was there, the next he wasn't. She glanced at her parents who had dumbfounded expressions on their faces, which she took to mean they didn't have any more of a clue than she did.
She glanced at the large clock on the wall behind her. 10 minutes left. She would have to ask.
"Excuse me!" Hermione called out to the woman. The boy whipped around, glanced at her, then tapped his mother on the shoulder and gestured in her direction. Hermione took this as a good sign and tentatively walked over to them.
"Excuse me," she repeated, "Could you tell me how to get on to the platform?"
She looked down at Hermione and briefly glanced at her mother and father before sneering, and seeming to make a decision. "All you have to do is walk straight through the wall between platforms 9 and 10." she told her.
"Thank you very much" she said politely before following her instructions and wheeling her trolley around to face the barrier. It looked very solid.
She took a few hesitant steps and then broke in to a run. She was going to crash. She closed her eyes and braced herself for impact… and kept running. She stopped and opened her eyes. She was surrounded by a large crowd next to a scarlet steam engine. A sign above her head read Platform 9 3/4. She had done it.
She heard panting behind her, the boy had obviously run through the barrier after her. He gazed about the platform with similar astonishment and wonder on his face to how she knew she must have looked.
Hermione walked up to him just as his mother followed him onto the platform. "Thank you" she said to her. She smiled back at her then turned to talk to her husband and son.
"Should we get you on the train Hermione?" Her father asked. She nodded before helping them load her trunk into a compartment. Somewhere, a whistle blew. She looked at her parents, her mum had tears in her eyes. "Have fun Hermione" her dad said before hugging her tightly. "Do your best" her mother added before doing likewise. Hermione stepped onto the train and closed the door just as the Hogwarts Express left for Hogsmeade Station.