DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters, J. K. Rowling does….
"Wake up, now!" screamed a not so pleasant voice. I cracked open my eyelids to see my mother standing over my uncomfortable cot. "Come on, you start school today. This wasn't my idea to transfer you to school here. Let's go, up!"
She quickly scurried out of our room in the Leaky Cauldron. I stumbled out of bed, and packed all of my stuff into my trunk. I glanced at myself in the mirror as I passed by. Boy did I look horrible. My brown hair was in messy waves and my make-up was smeared from my slumber. I quickly fixed myself up and began searching for clothes. After dressing myself in jeans and a t-shirt, I gathered my things and left the room. As I made my way down the stone stairs, a boy around my age with jet black hair walked past me.
At that exact moment, my hand slipped and my trunk began to fall. I expected it to fall onto me, but instead it was caught by the boy. I smiled and thanked the boy, then quickly grabbed the trunk and made my way down to my mother. He never said anything back, so I'm guessing he was going to finish doing what he was supposed to be doing.
"Taylor! Over here sweetie," rang my mother's voice. "Taylor, this is Hagrid, we met in the pub yesterday. He will take you to King's Cross station and onto the Hogwart's Express." I looked up to see this giant standing before me. I can admit I was intimidated. He was very largely built and had a giant, black beard.
"Why, 'ello there. You must be Taylor, pleased to meet yah," Hagrid pleasantly piped. I was so dumbfounded by this giant, that my manners couldn't have been any worse. I stood there and smiled. "Well then, off we go."
I hugged my mother goodbye and followed Hagrid out to King's Cross station. "I'm sorry about how I acted before, it's just, I never met a giant before," I said as we made our entrance to the station.
"Half giant that is. But no worries Taylor, just scared for yer first day at 'ogwarts," he said. Hagrid has been, so far, the nicest person all morning. I hope everyone else at Hogwarts is like him. We walked to where there were two pillars, nine and ten. "Well, go on," Hagrid said to me.
"Go on? What do you mean? Where am I going?" I questioned, clearly missing the point. At that moment, the same boy from the Leaky Cauldron came up behind Hagrid. This time he was with another boy, a redhead.
"Hagrid!" he exclaimed. Apparently Hagrid is a very well known person around here. Hagrid turned around and a smile appeared on his face.
"'arry! Nice to see you again! Ron as well. How've you two been? Better than last time I saw you I s'pose?" Hagrid asked. The two boys nodded and then I realized who this boy was. It was Harry Potter. "Oh, sorry… 'arry, Ron, this is Taylor Grey. This is her first year at 'ogwarts. How about you two show her to the train. I best be leaving anyway, need to do some work before returning to 'ogwarts. It was nice to meet you Taylor, see yah soon," Hagrid said as he began to walk away leaving me incredibly uncomfortable.
"Hi, I'm Harry. Harry Potter. This is my friend Ron. You're Taylor, right?" Harry asked me, his green eyes glistening.
"Yes. Hi, nice to meet you both. I feel really dumb asking, but do you think you could help me get onto the platform, I am new here," I asked. Harry nodded and then told me to run straight in between platforms nine and ten. I was hesitant, but I obliged.