She didn't understand why she was only going now. It should have been last year. Well, she did understand. They had been trying to protect her, and she was very lucky to be getting in at all, especially in what was meant to be her second year. She new her peers would consider her a dunce, but she had actually studied for this. She had been home-schooled by emus nearly her whole life; just never actually put any of her magic into practice.
At least he had told her everything about herself, and her brother. It was just her brother who now needed to know, but she wasn't to tell him. That was up to Dumbledore. She would just have to pretend until then.
But she was so curious about what he looked like, and whether she looked like him at all. Remus had always told her that she did, when he had compared her to the pictures in the Daily Prophet. But pictures could be deceiving, couldn't they? Like the ones of her parents, looking so happy and smiley, like the ones of her as a toddler, screaming her head off.
Remus walked into her room, "Kara? KARA?" she woke up from her daydream. "Are you nearly all ready?"
"Ummmm…yup. Yes, I think I am."
"Are you sure you've got everything?"
"Yes, I am perfectly sure."
"Ok then, lets get going."
They left the house, dragging heavy trunks behind them. As they got onto a busier road, he hailed a taxi, not something generally done by wizards, but they were in a hurry, "Kings Cross Station, please."
As the taxi sped through the busy streets of London, she contemplated the future, hoping it would go well. They reached the station, and were met by hordes of children seeping onto platform 9. As they walked on, the kids began to multiply, and then disappear, and then multiply again. They walked towards one of the barricades on the platform, still dragging their cases. "Ready?" Remus asked her.
"Ready as I'll ever be," she replied. She watched as Remus walked towards the barricade and disappeared through it, took a deep breath, and followed him, closing her eyes as she passed between the two worlds. She bumped into something, or someone on the other side, and nearly screamed as she fell, until Remus reached out and caught her. "Be careful."
"Sorry." She followed him onto the train, and as he found them an empty carriage. As he settled down, she tried to do the same, but she was so nervous! She watched as Remus closed his eyes, and fell into a deep sleep. She nearly did the same, until three people entered the cabin, talking loudly to each other.