"Remember Lulu, the stairs move, so be careful!" Alison reminded her for the fifth time.

Lulu stopped her trolley. Yes she answered.

"Professor Slughorn is the best. I wouldn't be surprised if he picks you as a favorite."

The Greenwoods were going through King's Cross, on their way to Hogwarts. Lulu had insisted on wearing her robes early. Lulu herself was pretty excited. She knew how to get onto the barrier. She had seen Alison do two times whenever she went to Hogwarts. She pushed her cart on, with her mother's white cat, Lumi on the top. She had let Lulu keep her. They eventually came to Platforms 9 and 10. There was another Hogwarts student in the way.

"Where's platform?" the girl asked her mother. She had wavy brown hair and freckles. She was obviously a first year, although she looked short for an 11 year old.

"I don't know. I never heard of Platform 9 3/4 before," the mother of the girl said. The girl was obviously Muggle-born.

"Excuse me," Alison said out loud. "You're standing in front of the barrier. I'll show you. You're a Hogwarts student, correct?"

The girl nodded.

"My sister Lulu is a first year. This is how you get into the Platform," Alison said. Lulu knew well she loved being above others. Ali lined herself up between the Platforms 9 and 10. Slowly, she broke into a run, and charged towards the barrier. Then she was gone! The girl gasped. It was pretty expected to Lulu, but she was a little scared that she would crash.

"Okay Lulu, your turn," her mom said.

Lulu slowly lined herself up between the platforms. She counted to herself. One, two, three! She charged at the barrier, and then the rushing scene of Kings Cross was gone. before her was The Hogwarts Express. She moved out of the way before the girl hit her when she went through. She couldn't find Alison anywhere, so she went on. She boarded the train with no help at all. Lulu carried her trunk to an empty compartment, with Lumi trailing behind. She sat down. Nobody was there to comminicate with. Alison was probably with her friend Heather.

The train whistle made a loud sound. They were starting to leave. She looked out the window to see if her parents were there. She couldn't see them, but she waved anyway. The train eventually left Kings Cross. It was quiet, so Lulu just petted Lumi.

There was a knock on the door.

"Excuse me? There's no compartments left for me to sit in," said the person. She was the girl from Kings Cross. She sat down. "My name is Erin Duffy. Don't call me Erin though. It's a plain sounding name. I like my surname better, so call me Duffy."

Lulu nodded. She wondered how long it would take before Duffy noticed she couldn't speak. Duffy didn't learn as much. "Can't you just write?" she complained.

The compartment opened again. In the way, was a red head girl with freckles and a girl with brown hair that was almost black.

"Hi!" said the red head girl. "My name is Lily Potter, and this my new friend Marissa Costa."

"No, my name is Maris," said the other girl.

"Okay. Her name is Maris. We're going around compartments, seeing who we meet," Lily said.

"Oh. My name is Erin Duffy, but call me Duffy. Over there is Lulu Greenwood. Call her Lulu."

Maris sniffed. "She had a voice of her own."

"Noooo," Duffy said right when Lulu nodded her head no.

"Oh. I'm terribly sorry," Maris said thoughtfully.

"My dad is Harry Potter," Lily announced.

"Harry Potter?" Duffy asked. Of course Lulu knew who Harry Potter was.

"Harry Potter is famous for defeating You-Know-Who!" Maris added.

"You-know-who?"

This led to a conversation of the wizard world, especially to Duffy, who finally figured out what the world Muggle was.

"What is Gryffindor?" Duffy inquired.

"One of the houses. Gryffindor. Hufflepuff. Ravenclaw. And then Slytherin," Lily answered.

Duffy broke out laughing. "What funny names!"

Maris shook her head. "They are the names of the founders of Hogwarts! Each have a noble history, although Ravenclaw is the best!"

"Not!" Lily protested. "It's Gryffindor! What about you, Lulu?"

I don't know. Lulu wrote on her stenopad.


I know this is not a very interesting story or chapter. Oh well.

XOXO
Chaki