Chapter 2
Those three day's went very quickly for Rachel. Before she knew it, it was time for her to start packing and get ready for Hogwarts. Rachel was very excited but very nervous to. Not only was she leaving her family and friends, she was leaving an old life and going into a new one. Leaving her old friends, and making new friends. That thought scared her the most, moving into a new life of wizards and witches. Rachel packed her trunk and made sure she did not leave anything out. She double checked everything, and made sure that her owl's cage was secure and locked. She came down the stairs and saw her family waiting for her at the bottom. Her family was excited for her, but very sad that they were losing their daughter for the whole winter. As they made their way through the train station, Rachel said "I got it from here; I think I know where to go." "Ok, as long as you know that you will be alright" said Mrs. Moore. "I'll be fine Mom, I told Hermione what time I would be here, and she said she would meet me." said Rachel. "Alright, we are just making sure you will be ok." said Mr. Moore. The parents each had a hug and a kiss for Rachel, and a loving goodbye.
Rachel made her way through the crowd, and near a crowd of red head boys and a mother and daughter with the same fiery red hair. She heard what they were saying and could have sworn she heard the word magic and muggle. She decided to follow them and see where they were going. As they came to a barrier between 9 and 10, she saw a boy walk up to them with black hair and green eyes. What intrigued her most was a lightening bolt scar on his forehead. But what she just noticed was that the three older red head boys disappeared. Her astonishing face looked at the boy with black hair and saw the same astonished look on the boy's face. Before Rachel could see another thing, a cheery voice said in back of her "Hello!" Rachel turned around to see a grinning Hermione Granger. Rachel smiled and looked back to the boys, but they were gone. "Hi Hermione! I was wondering do you know how to get onto the Hogwarts Express?" said Rachel. "Of course, it's right through this barrier, you just run straight into Platform 9 and 10" said Hermione. Rachel said "Are you kidding me, I can't do that!" "Yes you can, watch me and everything will be fine." said Hermione. She started running with her trolley between platforms 9 and 10 and went straight through. Ok, just do it! thought Rachel, just go ahead and run... That's exactly what Rachel did. She closed her eyes and ran right through it, and all of the sudden a new noise reached her ears. The noise of kids laughing, the Hogwarts Express puffing, and parent's voices saying goodbye. She opened her eyes and immediately saw the red- head boys, and the black- haired boy. She found out by Hermione that the black- haired boy was named Harry Potter, and that he was famous because when he was a baby he made a dark wizard called Lord Voldimort disappear. But sadly to say, Rachel found out his parents got murdered by Lord Voldemort "Ok it's time to get seated" said Hermione. After putting their trunk and owl's in the luggage cart they got started on looking for seats. The last compartment they past they saw Harry Potter and one of the younger red head boys. "Let's introduce ourselves." said Hermione. Rachel said "Oh do you think we should?" "Of course it's not a problem to introduce ourselves to a couple of boys" said Hermione. Hermione knocked on the door and went in, and Rachel of course followed. The two boys looked up from their conversation. "Hello" said Hermione. "We came to introduce ourselves, I'm Hermione Granger and this is my friend Rachel Moore" said Hermione. "Oh hello, my name is Harry Potter, and this is my friend Ron Weasley" said Harry "Nice to meet you both" said Hermione. "Yes, very nice indeed" said Rachel. "Nice to meet you guys too" said Harry. "Well I guess we will see you guys later, right" said Hermione. "Yeah maybe we'll be in the same house or something" said Ron with a sarcastic look on his face. "Yeah maybe" said Rachel. Hermione said "Well we better go now, bye." "Yes we must, goodbye" said Rachel. Goodbye said the two boys at the same time. The girls walked out and closed the compartment door behind them. "Ok now what are houses?" Rachel asked as they made their way to their compartment. "Oh silly me I totally forgot to tell you, there are four houses Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Huffulpuff, and Slytherin that you get sorted into" said Hermione. "Ok thanks" said Rachel. Hermione told Rachel that just about all kids who get sorted into Slytherin all turn to the dark side of magic. "Well I'm going to read now it will probably take us all day to reach Hogwarts" said Hermione." "Well if you don't mind I would like to take a nap, so I can be nice and rested, I mean just until it's time to change into our robes" said Rachel. "Ok no problem" said Hermione. So Rachel fell asleep and had dreams about Hogwarts.
