Chapter 2 – Hogwarts Express
Lexiopeia POV
A month had passed since I had found out I was a witch. It was the 28th of August, school was starting in five days and I could barley contain my excitement.
"You ready, honey?" Mum called up the stairs.
"Yep! Just let me get my jacket." I replied. Today, my mum and dad were taking me to a place called Diagon Ally.
"Do you have your books and equipment list?" Dad asked, as I came down the stairs and into the foyer.
"Mmhm," I hummed. "Let's go!"
Mum and dad chuckled, and we all exited the house and made our way to town.
I gasped as I looked at the busy village in front of me. "This. Is. AMAZING!"
My mother smiled, and we went into Gringotts Bank and exchanged some of our muggle money into what they call; galleons, sickles, and knuts.
"Alright," mum said, once we came out of Gringotts. "The first thing we need to get you is..." she peered down at the list in her hands, "...a wand."
I shrieked in excitement. "I'm going to own a wand!"
Dad chuckled. "Calm down, Lex."
I smiled sheepishly. "Sorry. I just can't believe this is happening!"
We walked into Ollivanders and immediately, the wand I had taken in hand, chose me. My wand was 11 3/4 inches made out of spruce wood, and a unicorn hair core.
After buying all my books and equipment, plus the uniform, we walked into Madam Malkin's were I was fitted and made school robes.
"My feet are sosore!" I exclaimed, falling onto the couch in the living room, my light brown wavy hair falling across my face.
I blew my hair out of my eyes and reached over to grab the remote from the coffee table. I turned on the TV and flicked through all the channels. Nothing good was on at the moment, so I made my way over to the movie shelf and searched for a movie to watch.
I popped in the disk of The Hunger Games, and sat back on the couch, relaxing and enjoying the movie playing on the screen.
I woke up with a massive grin etched across my face. Today, I was leaving to go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
I bounded down the stairs and into the kitchen.
"I seriously can notbelieve that I'm going to Hogwarts!" I shrieked with excitement, taking my seat at the bench next to dad.
"Neither can I, Lex. I'm going to miss my baby girl." Mum smiled, a hint of sadness in her eyes.
"I'm not going to be gone for that long," I said, taking a bite from the pancake placed on the plate in front of me. "I'll be back for Christmas."
"We know you will, honey," dad smiled, pulling me into a side hug. "But we'll still miss you. Even if you were to be gone a week, we'd miss you."
I smiled. "I'll miss you guys, too."
"Now, if I recall correctly," mum said, as we all walked along the platforms of Kings Cross Station, "the wall between platforms 9 and 10- or is it 8 and 9? Well, one of the two, is the entrance to platform 9 3/4. Wait, it has to be 9 and 10, otherwise 9 3/4 wouldn't make sense."
I chuckled and shook my head. "Um, mum? There's a slight problem there. What if I run into the wrong wall and face plant with the bricks?" I asked, a little concerned for the condition my face would be in.
"It'll be fine, honey." Dad assured. "Look, there's a family over there and that girl with the red hair has a Hogwarts crest on her trunk. Let's just follow them, so we can be assured that you won't run into the wrong wall."
I nodded, and we all followed the family of four along the platforms.
"I can't believe you made me come, mum!" the girl, maybe a year or two older than me, with dark brown hair and a horse like face shrieked.
"Petunia!" their mother scolded. "We've all come to say goodbye to your sister. You won't be seeing her until the Christmas holidays."
"Good," Petunia huffed. "Maybe she can stay at her freakish school for the holidays as well."
"Petunia!" her dad yelled.
The girl with red hair, who looked around my age, had tears glistening in her eyes. "Dad, its fine. I'll see you before Christmas."
Their mother and father hugged her and bid her good bye.
"Bye, Tuney," the redhead smiled.
"Yeah, whatever." Petunia puffed. "Can we go now?" she asked her parents.
"I love you all!" the red headed girl called, as she neared the wall between platforms 9 and 10.
That Petunia girl was a real brat. Nasty little horse-faced creature.
"Come on!" I said excitedly, grabbing my trunk and running to the wall between platforms 9 and 10.
"Lexi! Slow down!" Dad called.
I watched in amazement as the red headed girl from before ran through the wall.
"Did you just see that?" I asked mum and dad, my jaw hanging open.
Mum chuckled and pushed my chin up gently. "Yes, honey. Now it's your turn. You just have to run straight towards the wall."
I nodded. "Okay."
I took a couple of steps back, and then ran towards the wall between platforms 9 and 10.
Closing my eyes, I braced myself for the impact of the brick wall, but none came. I opened my eyes and stared in awe at the beautiful scarlet steam train before me. It read 'Hogwarts Express', and I new I was in the right place.
My mum and dad came up next to me. "You ready, Lexi?" Dad asked.
"Definitely." I grinned, turning around to face them. "I'm going to miss you guys so much!" I exclaimed.
"We are too, honey," dad smiled.
I hugged my mum, and then my dad.
"I love you, Lexiopeia." Mum called after me.
"Love you, too, mum! You, too, dad!"
"Love you, Lexiopeia! Have fun! Stay out of trouble!" Dad called.
"I'll try!" I winked, and then boarded the train, pulling my heavy trunk behind me.
I found an empty compartment, placed my trunk on the luggage rack, and sighed as I sat down on the comfy seat.
I was on the train, ready to begin my school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The train began to move, and soon enough, I was looking at the outside scenery though the window.
A few minutes later, the compartment door slid open, revealing the redheaded girl I saw on the platform earlier.
"Um, do mind if we sit here?" she asked. "Everywhere else is full."
"No, of course not. You can sit here." I replied kindly.
"Thank you." the girl smiled. "I'm Lily Evans." she stepped inside and two more girls walked in.
A girl with blonde curly hair that bounced on her shoulders, sat down opposite me. "I'm Marlene McKinnon." she greeted.
"I'm Alice Prewett," the third girl, with a brown pixie cut, said, taking the seat next to me.
"Hi." I smiled. "I'm Lexi. Lexi Lynx."
"You have an accent." Lily stated. "Where're are you from? I've not seen you before."
"No, you wouldn't have seen me,"
I chuckled. "I moved here about a month ago. I'm from North Carolina."
"Why'd you move to England?" Marlene asked.
"Uhhh... Just wanted to live somewhere different," I answered.
"Nice." Marlene smiled.
"So, what year are you in?" Lily questioned.
"Well, I think your schooling years are different. But, where I'm from, I'm a sophomore, year 10." I replied.
"Sophomore?" Marlene said confusedly.
"Year 10?" Alice raised an eyebrow.
"Okay, how old are you?" Lily asked.
"I'm almost sixteen."
"So your in sixth year." Lily concluded.
"With us!" Alice exclaimed.
I scrunched up my nose. "Sixth year? I was in sixth year four years ago, back in middle school."
Lily laughed. "Here, at Hogwarts, we have years one to seven. The first years are eleven - or turning eleven. The second years are twelve - or turning twelve, and so on. Seventh year is the last year - where you're seventeen or turning seventeen - before you graduate." she explained.
"Oh." I said. "Well that makes more sense."
The rest of the train ride lasted with laughter and chatter. Once we arrived at a place called Hogsmeade Station, we got into a carriage led by these weird looking skinny horse type things with wings. I'm guessing they're a magical creature, because I've never seen one before in my life. But when I asked the others what kind of creature they were, they all gave me funny looks. They said that they're wasn't anything pulling the carriage. That it was moving by itself.
I was quite certain that my mind wasn't playing tricks, and that there definitely was some sort of creature pulling the carriage. But I just let it go. I would rather not want the only friends I had so far think that I'm a nutcase.
The ride soon came to an end, and we all hopped off the carriage and made our way inside the entrance doors of the massive and beautiful castle of Hogwarts.