Train to Training

Eclipse walked with her mom on one side and her father on the other. She began wondering how she would find her train. All she knew was that Daniel would be waiting to show her to the way in, whatever that meant. She looked at her mom whom she was almost a spit image of. They had matching hair down to the length, at the shoulders and curled in towards the chin. Her eyes were a mix between her parents. Her mom had blue eyes and her father had grey making Eclipse's a soft, silvery-grey. Her mom looked down at her and smiled.

"Hunny, I'm so proud of you. Being, you know, magical and all. I hope you fit in at this school, and be sure to send letters. Also make sure you play nice and," her mom began rambling on and on. Eclipse decided to zone out and looked around. She would easily be able to spot Daniel. He had very pale brown hair and soft mahogany eyes. He was in his late thirties but looked younger than that.

Eclipse also began thinking about Erica. She was excited about talking to the experienced witch again. She was so interesting, pretty, and knowledgeable. Soon Eclipse caught sight of Daniel.

"There he is!" she exclaimed, interrupting her mother's rant. Daniel looked at Eclipse who was running as fast as she could with her heavy bag strapped to her shoulder. She stopped in front of him and smiled. He looked at her and echoed her smile.

"Hey, you ready to go?" he asked. Eclipse nodded and looked around.

"Where's the train?" she asked. Daniel tapped the brick column behind him. Eclipse scowled, confused. Daniel smiled.

"I thought you might be confused. You see, you can walk through this wall. Muggles can't though so your parents will have to say good bye to you," he explained. Eclipse turned to her mother and father.

"Well, I guess I will be going then. Good bye," she said hugging and kissing her parents. She pushed her cart of items in line with the wall.

"Now, take a good run at it," Daniel instructed. Eclipse was nervous but trusted him. She ran at the column and went through it. She found herself at a secret train station. It was huge, hard for her to imagine it was in a small column. Daniel entered and stood beside her. "We should get out of the way before someone else barges through unknowingly." Eclipse nodded and pushed her cart out of the way. She wondered aimlessly before seeing Erica. She turned and saw Eclipse and ran over with her stuff.

"Hey Eclipse! Glad to see you again!" she exclaimed. Eclipse nodded. "Shall we board the train?"

"Yeah!" Eclipse agreed. They loaded the luggage onto the train and sat in one of the booths. Eclipse grinned wildly and looked around.

"This is so cool!" she cheered. Erica nodded in agreement. Eclipse looked to the side and saw a girl standing at the entrance. She was a brunette, tall and pretty. She had soft blue eyes that seemed nervous.

"H-hey, could I sit with you guys?" she asked. Eclipse nodded and scotched over. The girl sat beside her and looked at them. "My name is Charlotte, you?"

"I'm Erica, that's Eclipse," Erica replied. Charlotte smiled. She heard a small meow and looked under the seat. There was a small carrier with a cat in it.

"Oh, Stubble, do you want out?" Eclipse asked, opening the door. The small white kitten limped out of its cage. It had kitten blue eyes and was missing it back left leg from the knee down. Erica looked at the cat then to her side where her miniature golden doodle was asleep. It woke up when it heard the kitten, Stubble's, second meow. It hopped down and stuck its face in the kitten's face. Stubble licked the dog's nose who sneezed and stepped back. It wagged its tail happily.

"Looks like they like eachother," Charlotte giggled. Eclipse smiled and picked Stubble up.

"You named your cat Stubble?" Erica asked.

"Yeah, it was that or Stumpy," Eclipse replied. Erica scowled.

"Couldn't you be more creative? Like naming it Feather or Angel?" she offered.

"What's your dog's name?" Eclipse asked. Erica picked up her puppy who seemed eager to go somewhere.

"Her name is Daisy," she replied. Eclipse rolled her eyes and smirked.

"Oh cause that's way more creative then Stubble," She teased. The girls looked at each other and then bursted out laughed. Eclipse looked down at Stubble and smiled softly. "I think you're right. I'll name her Angel!" Erica and Charlotte smiled.

"That's definitely better!" Erica chirped. Eclipse smiled and hugged Angel. A cart stopped at their door.

"Would you like some treats?" the woman pushing it asked. Eclipse looked at the cart and cocked her head to the side.

"What weird treats," she muttered. Erica and Charlotte went over to the cart. Eclipse hesitantly went over to it. Erica bought a cup of pumpkin juice, a pack of Droobles bubble gum and a cauldron cake. She handed the lady 4 sickles and 8 knuts before sitting down. Meanwhile Charlotte bought a box of Bertie Bots Every Flavour jelly beans, a chocolate frog and a liquorish wand for 2 sickles and 12 knuts. Eclipse looked at the cart, unsure of what to get. In the end she picked up a Pumpkin Pastie, a cauldron cake and a Liquorish wand. It totalled up to one sickle and 23 knuts.

They all returned to our seats, holding their goods. Charlotte shared her jelly beans since there were so many. They had a good time together. Eclipse gazed out the window, noticing the train was starting to slow down. Erica was ecstatic.

"We're almost here! Just a little more and we'll have arrived!" she exclaimed rushing to the window, looking around. Eclipse felt the excitement swell within her, looking at Charlotte to see the same thing. They didn't know what it would be like, going to a magic school. But they were on their way, on their way to amazing things.