Discovering Hogwarts- Chapter Two: King's Cross Station

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"Alice? Sweetie, it's time to wake up! Today's the day you're going to Hogwarts!" Esme announced excitedly as she pulled open the soft curtains, letting the sunlight spill over her daughter's head.

However, this did nothing to wake her up. In fact, despite what Alice had told her parents about wanting to go to Hogwarts, upon hearing her mother tell her the plans for the day, she felt like doing nothing more than to lie in bed and sleep all day.

"Honestly, Alice! Get up and take a shower!" Esme observed her daughter thoughtfully. Apparently, she was still ignoring the world around her. "You know, you really should get up if you want to pick out some nice clothes to wear. There's not going to be enough time if you carry on like this." That did the trick. As soon as Alice heard the word 'clothes', she immediately jumped out of bed and rushed into the bathroom. Esme chuckled. She was all too aware of her daughter's love of fashion.

After about fifteen minutes in the shower, Alice appeared in her fluffy pink robe and slippers, prepared to pick out something nice to wear.

Arranged in a neat pile on top of the bed were the clothes that her mother thought would look cute on her. After selecting an outfit, she focused on getting dressed and fixing her hair.

Alice stood in front of the full- length mirror and inspected herself. She was wearing a navy vest and a white three-quarter length shirt with a gray camisole layered inside. This was paired with black skinny jeans, some white ballet flats, and a cream-colored scarf. She looked lovely.

Alice quickly exited her room and bounced down the stairs, heading into the kitchen.

"Morning, Mum! Morning, Dad!"

"Hey Alice," answered Carlisle over his morning newspaper and coffee.

"Oh, you look nice honey," Esme smiled as she ate her scrambled eggs.

Alice enthusiastically ate her breakfast, which consisted of one of her favorites: blueberry pancakes.

After finishing their meal, the Cullens loaded all of Alice's belongings- including her snowy white owl, Waffles- into the black Mercedes, and left home.


"Okay, so we have to get to King's Cross Station, in London; and have you on Platform 9 ¾ to board the Hogwarts Express by 11:00," Carlisle said.

"Oh, I hope I won't have to sit by myself the entire way there, that would be horrible," Alice mused.

"Of course not dear, I'm sure you'll meet plenty of new friends," Esme reassured her.

"Yes, and I talked to Headmaster Dumbledore too, he said that in order to try and make your move easier, he would assign the Head Boy to look after you. He's supposed to be there at the station," added Carlisle. Alice rolled her eyes. The 'Head Boy' sounded like a baby sitter to Alice.

"That- er- sounds… nice of him…" she said uncertainly. Her parents nodded their heads in agreement.

The rest of the car ride was very long, and passed by uneventfully. At first, Alice stared out the window, looking at the beautiful scenery rolling by. She began playing with the charm bracelet she had received from her parents for her 5th birthday and wondered what Hogwarts would be like. Eventually, she dozed off.

"Come on honey, it's time to wake up. We're almost here," Esme said. Yawning, Alice opened her eyes and stretched her arms.

"What, already?" Alice protested disappointedly.

"Oh, it'll be alright sweetie; you'll have a great time there." Carlisle said.

"Yeah," Alice said unenthusiastically.

Pulling into the parking lot of King's Cross Station and parked the car, Carlisle announced, "We're here!"

Carlisle's phone rang.

"Carlisle Cullen speaking," he answered. "What!? But the meeting isn't till 1:00! I have to take my daughter to school! No - yes. Fine, I understand," he hung up angrily.

"What's wrong, dear?" Esme asked.

"I've just been informed that the moved the meeting up to 11:15."

"What!?" she cried. "But, it takes at least thirty-five minutes to drive there!"

"I'm sorry, Alice, but you'll have to get on the train yourself. Your mother and I have to get to the meeting," Carlisle said unhappily.

"Oh, okay," Alice muttered. Spotting a cart, she hurriedly placed her belongings on it.

Alice hugged her parents. "I'll miss you guys so much."

"Oh, don't forget to write, honey," Esme reminded, tears forming in her eyes.

"We'll see you soon, sweetie," said Carlisle, "But, we better get going."

"Okay. Bye Mum. Bye Dad," Alice said, as she waved and set off.

She wheeled her cart into the station, earning odd looks from Muggles, or non- magical people. It was extremely crowded; and after walking around for a bit, Alice finally found herself staring at Platforms nine and ten, but 9 ¾ was nowhere to be found.

Confused, she pulled out her ticket to reexamine it. No, she wasn't mistaken. It clearly read Platform 9 ¾.

What was going on?

Alice walked around a little while longer, debating on whether or not she should ask the conductor about the mysterious platform. She was starting to panic now, and desperately paced in front of Platforms nine and ten.

Was this a joke? Did someone change her ticket without her knowledge? Was she going to be kidnapped by goblins now?!

Great, now she was going crazy.

How could her parents not have told her how to get on the train? Did they forget? Now, she was never going to get to Hogwarts! She was going to be left to starve at the miserable Muggle train station! Until she was forced to eat her owl, Waffles. Then they would lock her up in a mental assylum for feasting on owls!

Her brain was overreacting rather dramatically.

While Alice was making plans to avoid starvation and eating her owl, she caught a bit of the conversation the couple passing by was having.

"-always packed with Muggles!"

Alice spun around. The speaker was a tall, handsome boy, around her age, with messy bronze hair and green eyes. He was speaking to a very pretty brunette. Alice examined their cart; it contained a couple trunks and two owls.

Owls?! Alice thought. Maybe…

"You're always so impatient," the girl said.

"Come on, we have to get to Platform 9 ¾ before the train leaves," the boy smirked. Platform 9 ¾! Alice screamed in her head. Without further ado, she pushed her cart towards the couple.

"Hi! Excuse me, I couldn't help but overhear you two talking about Platform 9 ¾?" she asked hopefully.

"That depends, are you a Muggle investigator in disguise, trying to discover our secrets? Because if so, we were most definitely not talking about Platform 9 ¾. " the boy replied amusedly as the girl smacked his arm.

Alice laughed, her worries subsiding. "Yeah, you see, I need to get to this 'hypothetical' magic school- let's call it Hogwarts- but, the thing is, I don't exactly know how to get on the platform."

The boy grinned. "Huh. That sure is an interesting name for a school."

The girl rolled her eyes. "Don't worry. We'll be more than glad to help you. I'm Bella Swan, and this is my boyfriend- who can be quite an idiot at times- Edward Masen." Edward pretended to seem offended.

"Pleased to meet you," she replied and shook their hands, "I'm Alice Cullen."

Bella gasped and looked at Edward, "She's the new girl from France."

Alice - the new girl from France, who was standing right there - internally cringed."Yeah, that's me."

Edward snickered. "Jasper's going to be in so much trouble."

Who's Jasper?


Jasper Hale hurriedly ran through King's Cross Station, dragging his trunk behind him and ignoring the annoying girls attempting to flirt with him. He narrowly dodged a man's luggage cart and bumped into another girl. He felt guilty, but at that moment, he didn't care.

He was late, which wasn't usually like him. He strongly regretted not leaving with his sister earlier; but his genius brain had decided that, ultimately, sleep was much more important.

Making matters worse, he was made Head Boy for their seventh year, and Head Boys were not supposed to be late.

At first, Jasper was really looking forward to it, until the fateful letter from Headmaster Dumbledore.

Dear Mr. Jasper Hale,

I offer my congratulations again for being chosen as Head Boy! I am absolutely certain you will be great. However, I must inform you of your first duty. It is to assist a new student to our school, Alice Cullen. She has just transferred from Beauxbatons Academy of Magic in France, and will be starting her seventh year here. I trust that you will do your best to help her adjust to Hogwarts. Good luck!

Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak,

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore

P.S. You must meet her at King's Cross Station and accompany her aboard the Hogwarts Express on September the first.

Suddenly, Head Boy didn't look so good to Jasper course, when he shared this with his best friends Edward Masen and Emmett McCarty, they expressed their 'sincere sympathy' by laughing at him.

And now, there he was, scrambling around that train station, late. There were Muggles everywhere, and Alice Cullen was nowhere to be seen.

Actually, now that he thought about it, Jasper didn't know what she looked like at all. How was he supposed to even find her? For all he knew, she could've been a giant. Unsure of what to do, Jasper decided to head off towards Platform 9 ¾. After all, there was a chance that the girl had found her way there.

"Jasper! Hey!" The Jasper in question turned around to see a blonde girl and a boy with dark, curly hair- who looked like a weight lifter- waving at him. It was his sister, Rosalie, and her boyfriend who just happened to be his best friend, Emmett.

The pair walked over to him with their own luggage.

"What's up guys? Listen, I'm looking for this new girl from France- you know, the one I'm supposed to help?" Jasper said quickly.

For some unknown reason, Rosalie began laughing extremely loudly at that.

"What's so funny?" Jasper asked bewilderedly. She pointed behind him, and he turned around. All he saw was his other best friend, Edward, with his girlfriend, Bella, but he was at a loss to why that was so hysterical.

"You okay, Rose?" Emmett asked.

Rosalie rolled her eyes. "Yes. But, what I was referring to was that girl with them. I've seen her in Witch Weekly and the Daily Prophet before. She's Alice Cullen."


A/N: Sorry these first couple chapters aren't too interesting. But it'll get better, I promise! Review please! I would really appreciate any comments or advice. Thanks! :D