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The Other Type of Magic

A Harry Potter / The Worst Witch Crossover

Chapter Three:

After my visit to Diagon Alley I couldn't wait to get to Hogwarts. I'd taken to carrying my wand around with me and spent hours searching through my new school books. It was not uncommon for Bryony to come into the room that I had claimed to see me fast asleep in bed, a book on my lap and Tabby curled around the back of my neck.

I tried to talk to mum and dad. I think they've accepted that I'll be going to Hogwarts but I don't think they like it. Tayla and William were really supportive, they even seemed excited for me but maybe they were just looking forward to the extra room in the house. I'm not really sure. I haven't been trying to talk to Cherise. The last thing she said to me was that she hoped they realized I was incapable before I arrived at the school. I don't know why she's so horrible.

When we said goodbye to Hannah in London she gave me a train ticket, telling me to be at Kings Cross Station before eleven on the first if September. I hadn't really looked at it then, I was still so excited but now I wish I could remember where I'd put it. It was nine in the morning on the first of September and Bryony and I were incredibly unprepared. In the space of two weeks all of my things had managed to spread themselves all over Bryony's tiny flat in ways that I couldn't have imagined. Bryony's disregard for order must be contagious.

Finally we managed to get everything and squeeze it into a trunk for me. Tabby was put away in his cat carrier, my wand was in my pocket and now all I needed was the train ticket. After several stressful minutes of frantic searching I pulled it from the pocket of Bryony's homemade jeans.

"Bryony! I found it, we can leave now!"

"Thank god Mils! I was starting to get worried!"

Bryony grabbed my trunk, I grabbed Tabby and we both climbed into Bryony's tiny car. We arrived at Kings Cross with thirty minutes to spare.

"Okay Mils, what platform do we need?" Asked Bryony while she was pulling my trunk onto a trolley.

"It says I need to catch the train from platform nine and three quarters."

"Really Mils? Nine and three quarters?"

"That's what the ticket said."

Bryony shrugged. "Platform nine and three quarters it is then!"

She pushed the trolley through the crowds. People seemed to step out of our way, it could have been because Bryony was pushing the trolley like a mad man or maybe it was just because it was Bryony pushing the trolley. Once again she managed to dress in more colors than many people had seen in their life. We arrived at platform nine, next to it was platform ten. There was no in-between platform.

"These people just like to make things difficult don't they?" Sighed Bryony "Any idea where the platform is?"

I shook my head. "I have no idea."

We stood there in front of the platform feeling incredibly lost. I wanted to ask someone but Bryony said that these people had been so secretive that chances were only the students and their families knew how to get onto the platform. I was starting to get worried. What if I couldn't find it? I turned around and then I heard a group of people say something that caught my attention.

"I don't know why you have to catch the train from here. It is so inconvenient; this place is always packed with muggles."

The word muggles was what caught my attention. Leaving Bryony with the trolley I spun around, looking for who had said it. That's when I ran into him. I slammed right into his chest and slipped over backwards ending up on the cold concrete.

"I am so sorry! Are you okay?" the person helped me to my feet and that's when I recognized him. It was Scorpious from the apothecary. "Oh it's you, are you starting Hogwarts as well?" He asked.

"Yeah, I'm just trying to figure out how to get onto the platform"

"Oh, it's really easy, you just have to walk through the wall between platform's nine and ten. It's a bit freaky but I promise you won't bang into it." I smiled at him and he smiled back. He opened his mouth to say something else but once again Bryony, who had seen me fall, came over and interrupted.

"Are you okay Mils?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. This is Scorpious, I meet him in the apothecary. He was just explaining how we got on the platform."

"That's brilliant, how do we?"

"We just have to walk through the wall."

Bryony laughed. "Of course it would be something like that! Why didn't we think of it?"

"Scorpious, what are you doing?" A tall woman, with a pointed face and jet black hair came up to us.

"Nothing mum, this is Mildred, the girl I meet in the apothecary remember?"

Scorpious's mum smiled at that. "I'm Astoria Malfoy. Are you starting Hogwarts as well?"

"Yeah, my first year."

"That's fantastic." Astoria smiled at me. When she smiled it went all the way up to her eyes. I couldn't ever remember my mum smiling at me like that. Next to Astoria another equally tall person came and stood next to her. He had the same platinum blonde hair as Scorpious and an even pointed face. I assumed this must be his father.

Bryony came over. "Hi I'm Bryony." She said shaking Astoria hand, Astoria smiled.

"This is my husband Draco, Mildred was just telling us that she's a first year with Scorpious."

"Yeah, she's the first one in our family." This seemed to catch Astoria off guard. Next to her Draco began to frown and Scorpious was staring at Bryony with mortification all over his face. I got the idea that she just said something she probably shouldn't have. Bryony though remained completely oblivious to the change of tone in the conversation.

Astoria smiled, this time though it didn't reach her eyes. Draco took his wife's hand. "It must have been such a shock for you to find out that Mildred was a witch." He said.

Bryony laughed "We always knew she was a witch, everyone in our family is, this is just the first time that anyone in our family has gone to Hogwarts. It's been nice talking to you." Laughing at their shocked faces she took my trolley with one hand and me with the other and walked calmly up to the wall between the two platforms and glided through.

I couldn't help but close my eyes when we went through the wall, but just as Scorpious had said I didn't bang into it. I experienced a slightly shivery sensation and then I opened my eyes. I couldn't keep back my gasp.

I was standing on a platform that was crowded with hundreds of kids and their families. There were also an abundance of owls, cats and trunks levitating themselves onto the train. The train itself was a massive black and red steam train with Hogwarts Express painted onto the side in gold. Hanging onto Bryony's arm we weaved our way through the crowds. I couldn't see any teachers standing around, and I was a little unsure what to do. Thankfully Bryony seemed much more confident.

"Come on, I'll help you find a compartment, it looks like they're getting ready to go."

Looking around I could see that Bryony was right. I passed a girl with lots of curly red hair who was already in her Hogwarts robes hugging goodbye to a small boy who was sobbing something along the lines of I want to go too. We skirted past a pair of dark haired siblings with pale skin who were arguing with each other as they said goodbye to their parents and Bryony made several remarks about the turquoise hair of a very tall boy who was passionately kissing goodbye to a blonde haired student.

We found a carriage that seemed less crowded and Bryony helped me into a compartment. She hugged me really hard and it was only then that I realized I was going away for a very long time, at least at Cackles I had known what to expect. Bryony squeezed my arms.

"Don't worry Mildred, you'll do fantastic, write me lots of letters!" Then she kissed me on the forehead, passed me Tabby's cat carrier and then just as the train whistle was blowing for the last time she stepped off the train. I waved goodbye. On the platform Bryony waved back. "Good luck Mils!" And that was the last thing I heard her say as the Hogwarts Express sped away from platform nine and three quarters. I was going to Hogwarts.

I was pretty much by myself in the compartment. I let Tabby out of his carrier and he stood on my knees staring at the passing scenery. Breathing deeply I couldn't help but feel nervous. I had no idea what to expect. Suddenly the compartment door slid open and Scorpious appeared in the gap.

"Hey, mind if I sit in here? It's packed everywhere else."

"Sure." I said glad for the company and a familiar face. It was silent for a little while. I scratched the back of Tabby's neck and the compartment was full of the sound of him purring.

"Are you really the first person in your family to go to Hogwarts?" asked Scorpious suddenly.

I laughed a little. "Yeah, my entire family is really traditional, they all have magic but I'm the only one who got a letter for Hogwarts." I grinned. "Your parent's faces were hysterical when Bryony said that."

Scorpious laughed as well. "Yeah, your mum gave them quite a shock."

"Bryony's not my mum! She's my sister! She's twenty two. I was born when she was eleven." I explained with a laugh.

"Oh my god, I am so sorry! She's just the only person I've ever seen you with."

"Yeah, well my parents and I aren't really getting along at the moment."

"I'm sorry."

"That's cool, it'll figure itself out."

Our conversation was interrupted when the door to the compartment was slid open again. It was the curly red haired girl I'd seen on the platform. Behind her was a boy with messy dark hair and green eyes.

"Hi, mind if we sit in here?" She asked, gesturing at the two empty seats next to us.

"Sure." I said. Opposite me Scorpious squirmed in his seat, obviously uncomfortable.

"I'm Albus Potter, and this is my cousin Rose Weasley." The dark haired boy said "Are you first years as well?"

"Yeah, I'm Mildred Hubble and this is Scorpious Malfoy." I said. The second I said Scorpious's name Rose visibly stiffened. She looked around the compartment uncomfortably eventually settling her eyes on Tabby.

"That's a really cute kitten, what's his name?"

"Tabby." I said, pleased to be able to show him off to people who didn't laugh at him for not being a black cat.

Albus leaned over to tickle his chin. "He kinda looks like a younger, grey and friendlier version of Crookshanks."

"Yeah." Mumbled Rose, who was still obviously feeling uncomfortable. Scorpious was staring out the window and Albus seemed to be oblivious to the tension his cousin and Scorpious were causing.

"Suddenly Rose stood up. "I just remembered something, we have to go and see Fred and Roxanne, come on Albus."

"What are you talking about?" Asked Albus as Rose pulled him up from his seat. "I don't remember getting told that. Did Uncle George say something or" Albus was cut off as Rose pulled him from the compartment.

"What was that about?" I asked once they were gone.

Scorpious sighed. "It's about me, because I'm a Malfoy."

"I don't understand, why would that mean anything?"

"Our parents never really got along at school, my dad was actually kind vicious, hardly a day went by when he wasn't mocking her dad and the stuff he said to her mum." Scorpious shook his head. "There was a lot of other stuff as well, scary stuff I'd rather not talk about it. Most people think that because I'm his son I must be just like him. You have no idea how horrible that is."

"I think I do actually." I said "I'm the youngest of five children. All my brothers and sisters are brilliant, so are my parents and so everybody else expected that I would be as well. But I'm not. I couldn't even get into the school that everyone in my family has attended. My parents were so ashamed of me, my mum couldn't speak to me. I'm not my family, I'm different, and people don't always understand that."

Scorpious nodded. "People judge you before they know you, and it's not fair."

I completely agreed with him. I didn't know for sure but I was fairly certain that Scorpious and I were going to be brilliant friends. The train sped past towns and houses which eventually thinned out into farm fields, lakes and dark forests. I settled back into my chair and listened as Scorpious talked about how nervous he'd been when he got his letter. I was starting to feel like I had made the right choice. I wasn't sure what was going to happen next but I couldn't wait to find out.