Kat POV

This is it, our first day. As I got in the car to the train station with my best friend Ellie, I couldn't help but feel like things were going to be different. I looked at her and I can see it in her eyes that she had the same feeling. Something big was going to happen soon and we both knew it. Well, here goes nothing. Hogwarts, here we come! When we finally walked into the train station, I couldn't help but think about the day my mom told me we were moving.

Flashback

"I'm in the business of misery
Let's take it from the top
She's got a body like an hourglass
It's ticking like a clock"

I hit the off button on my iHome and tried to get out of bed to take a shower. Me being me, I rolled out of bed and fell on the floor.

"Owww, that fucking hurt!" I grumbled as I picked myself up.
Once I got out of the shower, I realized something was off. I smelled food and heard movement in the kitchen.
"That's weird" I said, my mom never cooks breakfast. I'm lucky to even see her before she leaves for work in the morning.
"Good morning," I said as I walk to the kitchen table.
"Morning, honey." my mom replies in a happy tone. Ok, now this is really weird, my mom is never this happy in the morning and why she isn't rushing off to work? She's going to be late.
"Mom, are you okay?" I ask her, curious as to why she's so happy, NOT at work, and making breakfast as if she does it every day.
"Yes, better than okay," she says with a smile. Now I am officially scared. Who is this woman and what has she done with my mother?
She placed the food on the table, sat down, and motioned for me to do the same. We ate in silence for a few minutes until I couldn't take it anymore.
"Mom what is going on?"
"Nothing honey, what makes you think something's wrong?"
"Don't take offence to what I say next, but you're too happy. What are you not telling me"
She sighed dramatically. "Do you really want to know?" she asks teasingly.
"Um, YES. Tell me!" I demanded.
"Okay, okay. I got a promotion."
"Mom, that's great! I'm so happy for you!", I exclaimed. She smiles again, but it doesn't reach her eyes. "There's more, isn't there?" I ask.
She looked at me cautiously before she answered. "We have to move to England".
"WHAT? England? Mom, what about school? What about my friends?" I asked, exasperated at the thought.
"Don't worry, they have a great school in England called Hogwarts and I'm sure you'll make new friends. Everything will be fine".

I ran up to my room, the whole situation was too weird. I can't believe she did this to me. I can't just leave my friends behind, this is my life! This is craziness, I thought as I climbed back into my bed. As I fell asleep, I thought of one thing, Ellie. She's my best friend-I can't just leave her behind! Little did I know that she would be coming along for one of the craziest adventures of my life.
End Flashback

"KAT!" Ellie yelled, shaking me out of my thoughts. I was about to hit her when I got distracted by a group of redheaded people running through the brick wall between platform 9 and 10 and disappearing. "How the hell does no one notice that?" I asked her.
"Hell if I know" she said, shrugging.
"Come along kids" my mom said to us, walking towards the wall. What the hell? She did NOT expect me to run through that thing, did she? I looked at Ellie who looked more intrigued by the idea than bewildered. Fucking weirdo. My mom asked which one of us wanted to go first and of course, Ellie started jumping up and down like a five year old that had to pee.
"Me! Me! Me!" she exclaimed. However, she doesn't go first. No, that would make my life too easy. My mom looked at me, noticing how I looked like I wanted to run in the opposite direction - which I was considering, but trust me, it would have been futile. My mother may not look like it with her five inch stilettos, but that woman can RUN.
"Kat, I think you should go through first." She said. Ellie deflated like a balloon.
"Erm, no, I'm good. Ellie can go first." I responded. Then my mother gave me THE look. All children know it. It's the look that says "Do what I tell you or else". I glared at my mom in defiance which only made the situation worse. She pushed me and my cart-thingy into the wall. Just as I was about to turn around and make a scene, I saw a brightly colored train with many families standing around it wishing their children "good luck" or simply saying "good bye". "Wow" I said, looking around shocked. "It's so…so-"
"Fucking awesome." Ellie finished, coming through right after me. Suddenly, my mother appeared and told us to start putting our stuff on the train.

As I'm lifting my bags on the train, I turn around to say good-bye but then I saw it. The look my mom has when she is about to start crying. This is not good! Think, think, think! How the hell can I stop this?
"My baby!" she sobs. Damn it, too late. She continued, to my embarrassment. "You're growing up so fast! Soon you get your first boyfriend, get married, have kids, and they have kids of their own, and so on. God, I'm getting old." Her face became serious. Uh-oh. "Now listen here. I understand that you're growing up and your hormones will be out of control, but don't make me a grandma yet. I will kick your ass from one side of Britain to the other if you get knocked up before graduating school and establishing your career." Oh my fucking goodness. Don't tell me she just said that out loud. She must have because I can see the surrounding families stare as Ellie laughed her ass off. Yep, she definitely said that out loud.
"Ma, I'm only fourteen, there's no need to be worried about that stuff." I said, trying to reassure her.
"Honey, I remember being fourteen and if you're my child then I should be more than worried. Promise me, Kat. You too, Ellie. Both of you promise me that you won't get pregnant before you two graduate." Okay, that's it, shoot me now. Smirking at my mortification, Ellie looked my mother straight in the eye and said "We promise."
The horn goes off signaling that we have five minutes before the train leaves. Ellie and I quickly said our good-byes and board the train.

"My baby," Ellie says in a mocking tone. "Bitch" I said, sticking my tongue out. After looking around, we finally found a compartment with open seats. Ellie knocked on the door and asked "Yo, can we sit here?" to two sets of brothers, all boys. One pair was from the redhead group we saw a few minutes ago and the other set was of two of the sexiest black-haired boys I had ever seen.
"Sure," one of the red-haired twins replied. As Ellie and I made our way into the compartment, Ellie, being her clumsy-ass self, tripped and sent me, her, and our bags sprawling. My head landed in one of the black-haired brothers' lap. "Gay baby!" Ellie yells in pain. Cue the awkward silence. "What?" she said, "Every awkward moment, a gay baby is born." The brothers laughed and one pair helped her and I get up while the other pair put our bags in the overhead shelves. Ellie and I sat down, her sitting by the red hair twins and I sitting beside the dark-haired brothers.
"My name's Alex Youngblood," the black haired boy whose lap I fell in said, "and these three are Fred and George Weasley." He gestured to the red-haired boys. "And my brother Cain Youngblood," he said, nudging the boy beside him.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Kat Vigilante and this is Ellie Grave." I said as Ellie did a mock salute.
"I haven't seen you two around here before. Are you new?" Fred asked, or was it George? Yea, I don't know and I'm way too lazy to figure it out. My train of thought was broken when Ellie answered the question. "Yeah, we came from Prency Preparatory school of Witches and Wizards in the U.S. We're in our fourth year."
"Cool, we're in our fifth," Alex says. Just as he was about to ask a question, my phone rang.
"Hold on," I say, but I couldn't help but smile at the look of confusion on the brothers' faces as I answered the call.
"Hello?" None responds so I hang up.
"Who was it?" Ellie asks.
"I don't know." I said as I looked down at the phone in confusion. Suddenly, the train stopped and the lights went out as a feeling of dread and coldness settled into the room.
"Dementors." Ellie whispers.
"Demen-what?" I ask.
"Dementors. They guard the wizard prison Azkaban. They suck out your soul and all of your happiness and leave you an empty husk full of pain, suffering, and madness." Cain explained. Okay, now this makes sense. I may have major mood swings but nothing like the feeling I now had.
"Let's go check it out!" Ellie said in a suddenly cheerful tone. I swear she's crazy because no sane person would go out there with soul sucking Dementor-thingies. In fact, no sane person could be this happy with these things around.
"Well, come on!" she says as she grabs my hand and drags me halfway out the door.
"Are you two insane?" Alex asks.
"Just a little bit." Ellie replies. I stayed quiet-there was no way I was getting out of this. We finally got out of the compartment and stepped into the dark hallway. We were halfway down the corridor when we heard a scream.
"Is someone dying?" she says, trying to go in the direction of the sound.
"Hell no!" I exclaimed, finally putting my foot down. I started to drag her back to the compartment. I may sound like a wimp but I was not about to die because Ellie wanted to be nosy. The lights turned on and the train began to move again as we finally reached the door.
"You're insane" Fred said when we walked back in.
"I know, sweetheart. Trust me, I know." Ellie says. She and I laugh because that was not the first time we did something so stupid. Now that I think about, it probably won't be the last either.

When we finally stopped laughing, Ellie and I decided to go to the bathroom (or loo, which, according to Ellie, was how the British said it) and change into our school robes. Well, at least our version of it. I cut my skirt until it stopped at the middle of my thigh then put my black tights under it with my black vest and tie over a white shirt. Damn, I look fine, I thought to myself.
Ellie, being Ellie, says "Stop thinking you're so damn sexy for a minute so we can get off the train."
"I only think it because it's true," I said as I continued looking in the mirror.
"Come on, sexy mama, we're going to be late," she said, rolling her eyes.
Since when did she care about time? I thought as I followed her out of the room. Whatever. Next stop, Hogwarts.

We stepped out of the bathroom, gathered our stuff, and said goodbye to the brothers. When Ellie and I walked out of the train, I saw Hogwarts for the first time. I have a feeling that this was going to be one hell of a year.