The sound of laughter bounced off the stone walls of the station. Normally, Kings Cross station was black with people but today it was practically deserted. It was around 8:15 in the morning. The only people there were a couple of 13 year old kids. Four girls and three boys. They were there on a school trip but they got off at the wrong stop on their bus and ended up there at Kings Cross, separated from their group. But they didn't mind.
The first to reach the place they had been specifically looking for, was a girl with shoulder length dark hair. It was all curly and bouncing around her shoulders as she ran though normally it was dead straight. She was quite short and had pale skin, with dark blue eyes that sometimes could pass as brown or green. She wore a stylish red leather jacket over a black top with a dragon design on it. A short black skirt and on her feet were black Dr. Martens with red roses on the sides. She had a black satchel over one shoulder and was pulling out a red camera. A smile split across her face as she turned to look over her shoulder at her friends who were quickly catching up to her, "come on, hurry it up!" she called to them playfully.
Her name was Alexis Reynolds. She was thirteen and loved everything about music. She had a slight anger problem and if she was pissed she was known to threaten someone, but nothing to serious. She was quite forgetful at times, mainly around school work but she was always looking out for her friends. She was easy going but at times, just like the others, got a bit bossy. She was a dancer since she was very young, ballet and she sang and played the flute. She was athletic-she loved basketball, running, soccar, swimming, ice-skating and gymnastics. The thing was she could ice-skate pretty well but give her roller-blades or roller-skates and she could hardly stay on her feet for more then 10 seconds. So much for her ballet grace, when on roller-skates it went out the window. Like everyone else in the group she was smart, her best subjects being history, english, maths and music. She was a bit of a nerd like most of her friends and was a bit wierd, but she was proud of it. And as they always said, 'normals boring.'
The first person to reach her was one of the girls. She was quite a bit taller and had short spiky blond hair. This was Samantha Andrews. She was one of the youngest in the group and had only turned thirteen a few days prior. No one ever got away with calling her Samantha, it was always Sam. Unlike other girls, Sam was sporty and more into comfort than style. She loved to just steal her brother's hoodies and just wear a pair of jeans and converse. That day she was wearing a pair of blue jeans with a black t-shirt that had printed across the front, 'kill 'em with your awesome'. Over that she wore a Slytherin house Qudittich team hoodie. Along with this wore bright green, strapped converse.
Sam was always joking and messing and always knew how to make you laugh. She loved her family dearly and looked up to her brother. She loved to swim and took part in many competitions. She loved the colour blue and she adored wolves. She played the guitar and was also smart. She was amazing at irish, woodwork and history. She had a very large family, just like Alexis did and both found it hard to keep track of all their many relatives. Sam was a cheery person and was normally quite active and lively. She knew how to trick people into giving her whatever she wanted, which often came in handy when they needed to get out of trouble. She was, as their friend Nicole, would say, evil. At every chance she got she would always scare Nicole by sneaking up behind her and either yelling in her ear or grabbing her by the shoulders. The others found it amusing, so did Nicole as she was quite used to it. Sam tried it on everyone. Nicole was just the easiest.
While Alexis started setting up the camera to take pictures of everyone the other two girls arrived. Hayley and Nicole jogged up to them and then both leaned casually against the wall that was there, which happened to have a trolley going half way through it and had a plack above it stating, 'Platform 9 3/4'.
Nicole was around the same height as Alexis and strangely enough the two looked rather alike. Most people mixed them up or asked them if they were twins. The 'twin' thing caught on so eventually Alexis and Nicole started calling each other, Twin.
Nicole also had dark brown hair around her shoulders but it was straight. She was pale with deep, warm brown eyes that suited her perfectly. She wore a long black top with a pair of torn grey jeans. Over her top was a blue baseball jacket, along with a pair of tall purple converse. Around her neck was a simple silver chain with a leaf charm. Like Alexis she was a bit of a nerd but she loved it. She wasn't very athletic and was quite clumsy. She was one of the more intelligent in the group, mainly science, maths, history and english. Alexis and Sam often said she was a bit of a know-it-all but Nicole always replied with saying, 'I'm not a know-it-all, I'm just smarter than you.' She loved cats and science and often loved freaking out her friends (and she was good at it). Her and Alexis were very alike in so many ways but were still very different. Nicole was quite shy at times but give her time and she was fine.
Hayley was slightly taller than Alexis and Nicole but not as tall as Sam. She also had long dark brown hair and pale skin. They were all irish, so the pale skin was normal. Hayley was the bubbly but quiet person of the group. She was good at maths, science, geography and spanish. She became friends with the girls through Nicole who had known her for several years. She loved animals and the water. She wore a simply white dress with a brown belt with a light brown waistcoat over it. Along with that she wore a pair of heeled brown boots to match her outfit. They all could't help but think she looked great. She was loyal to her friends as though they were family, which they pretty much were. She had an older brother, they weren't as close as Alexis or Sam were with their brothers but they were close. She was very caring and always had a level head and was good at calming down the others.
Together the four girls were a force to be reckoned with. Sharing a few smirks the four girls took it in turns posing at the trolley and wall, pretending to be passing through it. All were laughing as they continued to make faces and mess around. Alexis had just taken a picture of Sam sitting up on the edge of the trolley acting 'casual' when they were joined by three guys their age. Alexis turned to them and asked, "what took you lot so long?" The three boys just shared a few knowing and evil smirks. Alexis and Nicole raised an eyebrow in unison and both leaned over onto one leg, both with their arms crossed. Everyone was staring at the two girls, slightly freaked out. "What?" the two girls asked. "Stop staring!" they said together once again. "Thats scary" remarked one of the boys with curly, short, brown hair. "Yeah" agreed another who had spikey blond hair. "You guys spend to much time together" added a tanned boy with dark hair. Nicole and Alexis just rolled their eyes before laughing at everyones expressions.
The boy with curly hair was Killian. He was practically a genius and was known for being quite sarcastic. He was rather short and the other lads often called him midjit. He wore a large grey hoodie with the sleeves pushed up, over a bright red t-shirt. He wore a pair of torn up grey jeans and a pair of blue converse with the superman logo on the side.
Next was Jamie, he had spiky blond hair and was known for being quite cunning and witty. He was rather quiet but was able to have his friends in stiches laughing when he wanted. He always knew what to say and when to say it. He wore black jeans with a white shirt and black zip up jacket over it. On his feet he had a pair of batman converse.
Last was Conor, he was the newest into their little family. He had only moved to Ireland around a year ago. He had slightly tanned skin with black hair. He had a pair of red converse, dark blue jeans and a simple grey t-shirt with a black hoodie over it. Conor was sporty and good at nearly all types of athletics. He enjoyed running and the high jump. He was more loud and more confident then the others, similar to Sam and Alexis.
They stayed taking a couple more pictures for another while before they thought it was about time they got going. "Just one more picture!" cried Sam as she quickly went to set it up.
Alexis leaned carefully against the wall next to Killian who was next to Jamie. "If only magic was real" she said out of the blue. "I, personally, would love to be a wizard and go to Hogwarts" replied Killian. Sam called over to him, "Killian!" causing all to look at her, "we all want to be wizards and go to Hogwarts." With that she quickly ran over and posed with Alexis and Conor. Just as the camera flashed, Sam tripped over and caused Alexis and Conor to go flying backwards and accidentally bring the others with them.
"Ow, Sam be careful!" complained Alexis as she pushed herself up onto her elbows before pushing Conor off her legs where he had fallen. Alexis looked around them and the others watch as her calm and annoyed expression turned to one of shock and disbelief. "Alex, what is it?" asked Nicole, sounding very worried. "We fell backwards, right?" she asked. "No we fell forward" replied Killian sarcastically. Alexis gave an exasperated sigh before saying, "You're missin' the big picture" her irish accent coming on quite strong, "we fell backwards." The others just looked at her like, 'yeah, we know.' When Alexis saw they still weren't getting it she got to her feet and looked down at them. Her six friends just watched her still very confused.
Placing her right hand on her hip and leaning to the side and putting her weight onto her left leg she said, "how could we fall backwards if we were leaning against a brick wall?"
