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Harry climbs out of the backseat of the car and his eyes widen at the sight before him. King's Cross Station is very loud and busy; these are the first to things Harry notices. There are lots of people shouting, trains whistling, and mothers pulling their children along behind them. It is a lot of excitement to take in, and Harry loves it.

"Come along, now," Lily tells her son after she and James have loaded his trunk and Hedwig's cage onto a cart. Harry pushes his trunk through the entrance of the station and follows his parents through the sea of people. Many people give him odd looks, because why would he be wearing long robes and have an owl cage in a train station? But Harry doesn't mind, he is too excited to go to Hogwarts to care about Muggles judging him.

"May I see my ticked?" Harry asks as he looks around to see if there were any other wizard children to follow, but he doesn't notice any. James hands his son his ticket and Harry studies it for a moment. London to Hogwarts; One way; Platform 9 ¾.

Harry studies the ticket, reading it over a few times. Platform Nine and Three Quarters; could it be true? He looks up curiously at his father through his round glasses and bright green eyes, "But Dad, there must be a mistake," questions Harry as he wonders how on Earth he will get to school when his ticket is for a train that he cannot get to. "This says Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. There's no such thing… is there?" But before James can respond, a short, plump woman with bright red hair begins shouting for her children ahead of them, catching Harry's attention.

"It's the same every year; packed with Muggles, of course! Come on! Platform Nine and Three-Quarters this way. All right, Percy; you first!" A boy a few years older than Harry, Percy, he assumes, then starts pushing his cart at the brick wall between platforms nine and ten. Rather than crashing into the wall, as one might assume he would, Percy and his things went through the wall! Harry's face lights up and he looks up at him mum with a smile on his face. He goes with his parents to where the red-headed woman is standing, and waits for his turn. "Fred, you next," she tells her children before looking to see who is behind her as her twin sons josh about which one of them is actually Fred and who is George.

"Molly! Oh, how are you?" exclaims Lily as she sees her old friend for the first time in a while.

"Oh, hello there Lily! James. And who is this young boy?"

"Hello Molly," says James plainly, not being very interested in his wife's friend.

Lily gives her husband a looks that tells his not to be so rude, but quickly returns her attention to Mrs. Weasley. "This is our son Harry. He's going off to his first year at Hogwarts," Lily tells her while putting her arms around Harry's shoulders.

"It's Ron's first year too! Who knows, you might be in the same house," she says, this time to Harry. She turns back to her children, a boy about Harry's age (most likely Ron) and a girl a little smaller than the two boys, both with bright red hair. "Ron, go on now. Don't be nervous," Molly tells him. Ron takes a deep breath and starts at the brick wall, succeeding in passing through. Molly takes her daughter's hand and they follow the boys to the platform.

"How about you give it a go, Harry," James tells his son, looking into his eyes, communicating to him that everything will be okay, and Harry has nothing to be nervous about.

Harry prepares himself, looks back at his parents with a big smile, takes a deep breath and tells them, "Okay."

"Just relax and run right into the wall. There is no way you can get hurt."

"We'll be right through," Lilly reassures her son before he closes his eyes and plunges into the wall, traveling to the magical world. When Harry reopens his eyes he sees the scarlet steam engine and a crowd of wizards and witches before him. He takes a few steps forward, taking in his surroundings when suddenly he is picked up by someone from behind and spun in a circle.

"Ahh! Let me go!" Harry shouts, flinging his arms. When he is let down, he looks up to see who attacked him: Uncle Sirius. "You shouldn't have scared me like that!" Harry shouted at his uncle through his laughter.

"You didn't think I was going to let my god-son go off to his first year at Hogwarts without saying goodbye, did ya? I'm going to miss you, kiddo," his uncle told him before wrapping his arms around Harry is a big hug.

When Sirius lets him go, Harry's parents are standing beside him again. "I'm going to miss you all so much," he tells his family as he gives his parents a large hug.

"We'll miss you do, love," Lily says before kissing her son on the forehead. She takes him in front of her and looks lovingly into his eyes. "Write us as soon as you get settles and sorted into your house!"

"I will, mum. I really hope I'm in Gryffindor!"

Sirius chuckles, "We might disown you if you're not!" Harry looks up at him with worry in his eyes, making Sirius and James begin laughing.

"We'll love you no matter what house you get placed in," Lily reassures him as she gives Sirius an annoyed look for telling her sin such a thing.

James puts his arm around Harry's shoulder, giving him a tight squeeze. "Of course we will, son! But, you better get in Gryffindor," he tells him jokingly. The train gave a loud whistle, signaling that it would be leaving in 10 minutes. "You better get on there and find a good seat!"

Harry pushes takes his things to the train, but before getting on, he gives everyone one last hug and tells them how much he will miss them all one last time. He pulls his trunk on the train and as the train begins pulling away, he looks out the window, finding his family and waving goodbye. Lily blows him a kiss and James and Sirius wave goodbye until, finally Harry can't see them anymore. As The end of the train disappears from their view, James takes Lily's hand and lightly kisses her temple. As the people begin to wither away, James and Lily watch where the train once was and Sirius goes off to talk to some old friends he hasn't seen in quite a while.

"Well," James says after a few minutes of silence, "I guess he's gone."

"I guess he is," Lily says quietly.


Hope you liked it! Up next: The Hogwarts Express!