The Hogwarts Express

Chapter 3

Getting off the plane after the twelve-hour flight was a blessing and a curse. It was a blessing because I finally got to get off this plane and was now in England, but was a curse because it seemed everyone else was as excited to get off this plane as I was.

Luckily for me, I always seemed to look like a 12-year-old and not a 16-year-old no matter how hard I tried I just had that type of face. Trust me my body looked 16 but my face looked supremely innocent. So putting on my best sad eyes and whimpering lip I managed to get passed everyone on the assumption that I had somehow gotten separated from my parents who were in the front of the plane.

And even though the story made no sense no one questioned me. Probably scared I would burst into tears. I was off the plane in 5 minutes. I made my way to baggage claim and found my luggage easily since I had it decorated purposely to stand out.

It was a bright turquoise suitcase. Covered in stickers from all the places I had been on vacation along with some anime stickers. But in the very center of it was a midnight black Raven.

Once I had my luggage I started scanning the crowd for my uncle, aunt or cousin. When I can't find them inside I head outside. Once outside I start walking around looking for them. I find them hanging out around a red Nissan Qashqai. I see my cousin Jade. With her fiery looking hair it's easy to spot her and then the rest of my family.

Jade is 5 foot 7, which brown eyes, and blonde hair that she dyed towards the bottom to bright red. My aunt was 5 foot 5 and had ginger-colored hair. My uncle had dirty blonde hair and was 5 foot 10.

As my uncle was putting my luggage in the trunk, which he called the boot. I looked at the cars and noticed how much smaller they were compared to the cars back in America.

As we pulled away from the curb and onto the busy street I started to stare out the window. We actually drove past one famous landmark, Big Ben. But it was insane how crowded the roads were and how narrow they are. How could cars even fit on them was a mystery to me.

We finally reached a tiny house, which I then realized was split into two houses. I was amazed by how people even managed to fit into the house. My parents had told me it was a four bedroom, 1 bath house so I was expecting at least a 2000 sq. foot house. Not this.

It wasn't necessarily a bad thing but it wasn't great either. I was used to lots of room to stretch my legs and walk around along with a walk-in closet. I had a feeling that wasn't the case here.

When we finally got inside I realized it was a lot bigger. When I asked how they said, Why magic of course. Jade told me that it was a spell called Capacious Extremis an expansion spell that was used in crowded cities a lot where the houses were super tiny like in London. And just like that, they had taught me my first spell. Well, sort of; I now knew the name of a spell. Then I got to work on settling into my home for the summer.

When I first saw my bedroom I looked at it in horror it was a white color. All the bedrooms in the house were, and it was so boring. (I mean seriously who doesn't have some level of color in their house). But I had been hoping that my room was different. I knew it was in vain but still, I had to have some hope the room I was staying in wasn't such a horribly boring color.

A little bit later I decided to take a nap because I was exhausted from traveling all night and the time zone change.

And that's when the nightmares started and I got my first look at the dark side of the magical world.

Guys I am leaving tomorrow and won't be around for a couple of weeks since I won't be in the country. But I will be back for a 24 hour period around June 9th and I will see about posting Chapter 4. But only if I can finish it in that time period. But if not I will be back around June 19 or 20th. So expect me to publish a chapter around then. I will be back for the rest of the summer after that and will see about posting more regularly after that but with my sleep issues, there is no guarantee I will be able to.

Also, chapter four is when we start to get more into the other main characters and more importantly the magical world. Also if there is any character you want to be revised that I am not already doing then please make a request and I will try my hardest thanks!

Thanks to everyone who has read up to this point! I really appreciate it and you! :D ;D