Author's Message: Sorry guys for the long delay! I have been having a lot of homework and not finding the time for writing much lately! Hopefuly, the chapters will be more consecutive now. Thanks!

Today was most definitely the day! Today was the day Earl would ride the train to his school of magic! Today was the day he would be sorted into one of the four houses! Today was the day his life changed!

He had to wake up bright and early for the train ride. He was used to getting up at 10:00 am, so when his mother woke him up at 7:00 am to get ready, he was alarmed.

After a breakfast of bacon and eggs, he brushed his teeth and got dressed. He was ready!

Earl and his mother exited the hotel they were standing in. They called for a taxi and rode it to the train station.

"Here" his mother said, handing him his train ticket. It was a small card that said that the Hogwarts Express would be departing at 9:00 am on Oct. 31, from platform 9 ¾. This however confused Earl.

"Mother?" he asked. "Why does my ticket say platform 9 ¾? Isn't there only 9 and 10?"

"You'll see." was all his mother said.

Earl found it annoying and still exciting that his mother kept on being secretive. It found his imagination flying around trying to come up with the best answer to what could be so awesome, that it had to be kept a secret.

When they arrived at the platform, Earl was ready to see this platform 9 ¾.

"Ok, so where is platform 9 ¾?" Earl asked.

"Right there!" his mother said pointing to a wall. "Ok, so what I want you to do is run straight at the wall. It's perfectly safe!"

Earl thought for a moment that his mother had gone insane. Then he remembered that he was attending a school of magic. He decided that even if it was a solid wall, then his trolley would hit first and he would still be safe.

He ran straight at the wall. Right as he hit, he embraced himself for there was none. He looked around. He was now in a completely different train station. And right in front of him was a train marked the Hogwarts Express.

A moment later, his mother came through the wall too.

"Ready to go?" she asked

"No"

"I figured you'd say that. So, just a reminder. You can come home for Christmas. You can always come home at any time. You're not being forced to go. But I will say that It was the greatest thing that ever happened to me. So I think you can do it. Now are you ready?"

"Yes"

"Awesome!" I can get you situated on the train, but then I have to go."

They went over to the train. He pulled his bags onto the train and looked around for an empty compartment. He found one and slid inside. He put his bags on the baggage part and sat down.

"I guess this is goodbye for a while." Earl said to his mom.

"Yeah." his mother replied. She looked ready to cry. She was very excited for Earl, but very sad he had to go. "You totally got this."

"I know."
"See you soon. I love you." She kissed him on the forehead and hugged him and then walked out of the compartment.

Earl was just about settled when the door to his trolled opened. A boy that looked his age was there. He had brown hair and blue eyes.

"Mind if I sit here?" he asked.

"Not at all!"

The boy sat down and pushed his bags onto the top part of the compartment.

"My name's Robbin by the way."

"Earl, nice to meet you. Are you a first year too?"

"Yeah. I'm super excited. My parents were pure bloods, so I've been excited for today pretty much all my life."

"Thats cool" Earl replied. He wished that he had known about Hogwarts when he was younger, but he just figured that his parents had their reasons for not telling him.

The rest of the train ride was just ongoing conversation. At one point, the candy trolley came around. Earl couldn't resist a little. So of course he got a lot.

Once they felt the train stop moving, the doors opened. Both of the boys grabbed their bags and walked out with the rest of the kids. The excited the train and stared into the distance where a big castle awaited them.