Chapter 2: Train Madness
Lily walked past the train stations alone as she had every year. She didn't think it wise to have her mother come with her to platform 9 three-quarters, seeing as she had fainted the first time Lily ran headfirst into a wall and almost went delirious before Lily pacified her by saying it was all a dream. Now skimming her eyes over the signs, she spotted platforms 9 and 10, and made her way toward them. Surrounded by bustling people, she steered her trolley in front of the brick wall between the two platforms. Giving the clock a hasty glance, she walked in a tense fashion toward the wall, breaking into a run. The brick wall came closer, and she went right through it, the clock's ominous ticking loud in her ears. Wheels squeaking, she forced her trolley to move at breakneck speed toward the steaming Hogwarts Express.
With only a minute in counting, she rushed onto the train, but was stopped by her heavy trunk, her perpetual demise. Lugging it off the trolley with much difficulty, she dropped it on her foot hard when holding all the weight in her hands. Cursing darkly, Lily tried again. While pushing the suitcase into the train in front of her, she heard the final shriek from the train. It slowly started moving, and Lily almost tripped and fell, when something strong grabbed a hold of her. An arm. Looking up, she saw a pair of hazel eyes, wind-whipped black hair and a sincere smile she thought she would never see on James Potter's face.
