** Rose Weasley
It was the first day of September, and I couldn't get more excited. I'm finally going to Hogwarts! I couldn't believe it. Mom and Dad always tell me stories about it. And from the looks of it, they had the time of their lives there. And maybe, I will too.
We had ten minutes left before the train leaves. I was walking too fast, eager to reach the train. If the train leaves without me, I will not forgive my parents about it.
"Mom, my ticket says 9 and ¾. But I haven't—" I turned to face my mom but she wasn't there. I looked back and she was walking along side my dad.
"Mom!" I walked back to them; maybe I was walking too fast.
"Rose, honey, will you slow down?" Mom was smiling, It will be a long time before I will see that smile again. I look a lot like mom, but I got my hair from my dad. But my brother, who has actually jealous of me because I was finally going to go to Hogwarts, got his hair from my mom.
"Yeah Rosie. The train doesn't leave in 10 minutes!" Dad said; panting.
"I don't want to be late! Besides, I want to catch up with Al. It's his first year too! Remember?" I said.
"Yes. We do. Don't worry. We're almost there." Mom patted my back and then placed her arm around my shoulder. I would definitely miss this. But it's not like we're not going to see each other anymore.
The train station was filled with Muggles going in all sorts of direction, the sound of the train's siren combined with its steam made me more excited. I wondered which train I will be riding. We reached platform nine and ten. But there's no platform nine and three quarters.
I stopped dead on my tracks.
"Mom? Dad? Where exactly is platform nine and three quarters?" I asked.
"There." Dad pointed a barrier between platforms nine and ten.
"What? This can't be the—" Mom cut me off.
"You walk through it, honey." I thought she was joking, but she wasn't.
"Seriously?" I asked, just to make sure.
"Of course. If you want, Dad and Hugo can go first so you can see." Mom said. Rubbing soothing circles on my back.
"Wow. Hugo gets to go first before I do." I managed to laugh.
"HAH." Hugo teased me. I will miss this little loving devil I call a brother.
"All you have to do, is walk, or run towards the barrier. Watch." Mom said, pointing at dad who took hold of Hugo's hand and began to pick up pace.
I thought for a second, they will crash on the barrier. But they actually went through it. I wonder if the muggles could see what we were doing. The excitement I was feeling was doubling. I bet, there's something amazing on the other side of that barrier.
"You go first. I'll follow. Ready?" Mom said.
"Ready." I began to pick up my pace, running towards the barrier. I couldn't help but to feel scared. What if I crash or something? But before I could think of any more thoughts, I finally went through the barrier and landed on platform nine and three quarters.
It was amazing. I can see students pushing their carts, accompanied by their parents. I could see the sign, "Platform 9 ¾". The beautiful, shiny black and red train caught my eye. "Hogwarts Express" This will be the train I will be riding.
Mom appeared and patted my back.
"Come on. 5 minutes left." She said, pushing me to look for dad and Hugo.
"Did you see that?! WE WALKED RIGHT THROUGH IT! IT WAS SO AMAZING!" Hugo said. His eyes was gleaming with amazement.
"I know right! I thought you guys were going to crash." I laughed, so did he. Before I could say more, someone tapped my shoulder.
"AL!" I said, hugging my cousin. He had jet black hair, quite untidy, just like his dad, with emerald green eyes.
"It's so nice to see you again!" I said, parting away from the hug.
"You too!" He said. I noticed mom and dad talking to Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny.
"So this is it, huh?" I said, looking at the train.
"Yep. We're finally going to Hogwarts." He said, and looked at the train too. We were quite silent after that.
"Al, if you'll be sorted in Slytherin, expect that I'll never talk to you again." James came from behind us, and he was wearing an evil grin. We turned our heads to him.
"JAMES! YOU KNOW WHAT DAD—" Before Al could continue, James walked towards me.
"ROSE! I missed you. You grew a lot this summer" He laughed and hugged me. Both Al and James looked a lot like their father. Before we parted the hug, he whispered something in my ear.
"Since I'm not in your batch, tease Al for me will you?" He said, and parted the hug.
"I'd love to." We both flashed evil grins at each other. Al was curious of the reason why we were grinning.
"Hi guys." A familiar shy voice came up from behind me.
"Hi Lily!" I hugged her the moment I saw her. Lily looked like Aunt Ginny. She was quite skinny .
"I want to go to Hogwarts now." She said when we parted the hug. She was wearing a very sad expression.
"I want to go to." Hugo said.
"You'll be going next year." Said Al.
"Yeah. Together with Hugo." I said, flashing a grin.
"Urgh." Lily said and rolled her eyes. We just laughed at the expression she gave us.
Before we could continue our conversation, the train gave another loud sound, signaling us that it's almost time to leave. Mom, Dad, Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny walked towards us.
"Get inside now. You'll be late." Uncle Harry said. I walked towards mom and dad with Hugo beside me.
"Bye Mom!" I said, and hugged her tightly. She kissed my cheeks and I could feel my blood rushing through my cheeks.
"Oh my. You're finally going to Hogwarts!" Mom said, tearing up.
"Mom don't cry! I'll write! Oh! WRITE TO ME TOO!" I said. Hugging her one more time.
"I promise!" Mom said. Then I hugged dad.
"Bye Dad!" I said and hugging him tightly too.
"Bye Rosie! Make sure you do good in school." He said, hugging me tighter and kissing my head.
"I will dad." I said and smiled.
"Hey you. Come over here." I said pulling my brother into a hug.
"I'll miss you." I said, with a chuckle.
"I'll miss you too." He said.
I bid them goodbye for the last time and headed towards the door of the train. James and Al caught up with me. Once we entered the train, it was filled with students and sounds of laughter and I could feel the air of excitement.
"I'll come with you guys to look for a compartment, and then I have to catch up with my friends. Is that okay?" James said.
"Yeah." I said, smiling.
"Good." He said, flashing a grin then laughed afterwards.
We passed by compartments with students, laughing and sharing stories. We also passed by some compartments with students quite silent and nervous. Obviously they were first years.
"There you go." James said, opening a compartment for us. We took a seat facing each other.
"I'll go. If you need me, just look for me. Okay?" He said.
"Okay." Al said. Then James left. Al and I began to share stories about our summer. Al always complained about James teasing him and Lily. But still, James loved them no matter what. He's always been the big brother I never had. Then I suddenly remembered the joke James gave to Al a while ago. About him being in Slytherin.
"I totally forgot! What house do you want to be in?" I said.
"Are you seriously asking that?" He said. We both now that all of us wanted to be in Gryffindor. Our parents were in Gryffindor too.
"I'm sorry. I just wanted to make sure, maybe all of a sudden, you want to be in Slyther—" Before I could continue, he cut me off.
"HEY! I don't want to be in Slytherin!" He said. He was quite annoyed but we still managed to laugh.
"I was just kidding." I said. Then, a dimpled woman passed by our compartment, pushing a cart full of sweets.
"Anything off the cart, dears?" She said and smiled.
"You want something?" Al said.
"I don't really know what to get." I said and we both laughed. We stood up and examined the sweets in the cart. It made my mouth water.
"I'd like the Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Beans please." Al said and gave the lady the money.
"Here you go. And what about you young lady?" She said. Al said thanks and went back to his seat.
"Hmm." I said. Before I could say anything more, someone walked towards the cart.
"Look at we have here. I know you, my dad told me all about your family, Weasley." The boy looked at me from head to toe, like I was a germ and he was examining me. He has white blond hair and cold grey eyes, and he was flashing me a smirk.
"Do I know you?" I said.
"No. But you should." He then flashed me an evil grin. I raised an eyebrow at him.
"Let me guess, your name is Arrogant?" I said. And he's grin disappeared.
"You better watch your words, Weasly." He said.
"Riiight." I rolled my eyes and turned to the lady again.
"Three Licorice Wands please." I said, smiling at her and handing her the money.
"Here you go." She gave me the sweets and before I could sit again, I caught the boy's eye, telling me that his pissed of what I did. I raised an eyebrow at him again and then sat back down in our compartment.
"Took you long enough." Al said, already eating his flavored beans.
"Cool. What's that?" I asked taking a bite of my own candy.
"It's Berttie Bott's Every Flavored Beans!" He said, quite impressed.
"Every flavored beans?" I asked.
"Yeah. They have every flavor there is! Like vomit…soap.." He took another bean and ate it.
"Woah. So what's the flavor of that bean?" I asked and laughed.
"Urgh. Earwax!" He said.
"Eew." And we both laughed.
"What about that? What is it?" He asked pointing at my candy.
"Oh. It's Licorice Wands. Taste good." I said; taking another bite.
"Can I taste?" He said.
"As long as you give me one bean." I said and grinned. I handed him one Licorice Wand and he gave me the box of the every flavored beans. I took one and ate it.
"EEW. What flavor is this?!" I asked.
"Open your mouth. I want to see!" He asked and laughed. I did what I was told and he laughed harder.
"What?" I said, laughing too; trying as hard as I can to swallow the bean.
"It's earthworm!" He said, clutching his stomach.
"No wonder it tastes like soil." I said and returned the box to him. He took a bite of the wands.
"Oooh. This taste good." He said.
"I know right." I laughed.
We continued to share our stories. It was really random. He mentioned to me that James wanted to try out in the Quidditch team next year, and so did he. They're both pretty good. James taught Al, Hugo and I how to fly. Even though we're too young to fly. Every summer, when they come to our house, we would fly in our backyard. It was pretty fun.
"You should try out too!" He said.
"I never really thought of trying out for the team." I said. I knew dad was a Quidditch player, but I know he's not as good as Uncle Harry. Mom, well mom never liked playing Quidditch. I don't know if I could stand a chance.
"COME ON! Just try! I've seen you play!" he said.
"Al. We still have two years until we could try out." I said and laughed.
"Oh. Right." Someone opened the door to our compartment. He was a brunette, quite tall, and lanky.
"Hi. We're almost to the castle. You better change into your uniform." He said and smiled; and then left.
"WE'RE ALMOST THERE!" We both shouted at the same time and laughed. I went to the bathroom to change and left Al in the compartment. I was excited to reach the castle. Once I finished dressing up, I fixed my hair to look if it's okay. On my way to the compartment, I ran into that arrogant boy again.
"Weasley." He said.
"Are you going to give me a name? Or shall I call you arrogant all throughout the year? I asked.
"My name is Malfoy. Scorpius Malfoy." He said and smirked.
"Right then, Malfoy. Let me pass." I said. I tried to walk past him but he kept on blocking my way.
"What the hell is your problem?" I asked, pissed. I didn't do anything to him. I wonder why he's like this.
"Nothing. I just want to piss you off." He laughed and walked away. I rolled my eyes and opened the door to the compartment.
"Wow, Rose. School haven't even started yet and you already have an enemy." Al said.
"He's the one who started it. That arrogant evil git." I said, crossing my arms to my chest and he laughed.
"You're mean!" I said; and laughed also. The train stopped. Al and I stared at each other and our smile crept from ear to ear. We're already here.
We got off from the train and we could see tons of students. We were looking for James. We didn't know where to go.
"First years, follow me!" Someone shouted. We followed the voice. There stood a man, a very big man. He was quite hairy and huge. He was carrying a lamp on one hand and the other was signaling the first years to follow him. We squeezed our way into the crowd, and we're now in front.
" I knew ye were comin'!" He said to Al and I, and in a voice only we two could hear.
"You did?" Al said.
"'course! Yer parents wrote to me!" He said. Then I remember mom and dad telling me about him. He was one of mom, dad, and Uncle Harry's friends. He was the Half Giant Hagrid.
"You're Hagrid!" I said flashing a a big smile. And he smiled back.
"A'righ' then! Me name is Rubeus Hagrid. Call me Hagrid. We'll be ridin' the boats to the castle."
Everyone took a boat. I was with Al, and this quite chubby girl named Anne Longbottom and this sandy haired boy named Sam Finnigan.
I caught a glimpse of Malfoy and his friends. He was in my batch. Great. He'll annoy the crap out of me.
"Look! There it is!" Al pointed at the great castle up a head, and there it is. Hogwarts.
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