Chapter 4: Hogwarts Express

Anita made Rupert wait for Carrie and her parents to show up so that they could go to the platform and board the train together. "Where are they?" She asked anxiously. Moments later, Carrie, Melinda, and Glaucio appear on platform nine and three quarters. Carrie spots Anita and runs toward her, squeezing her way through and past people. Her parents follow trying to keep an eye on her.

"ANITA!" Carrie cheered. The loud shriek of her name startled her, Antia looked just in time to hold her ground as Carrie literally ran into her and hugged her.

"Hey! What took so long?" Anita asked as she hugged her friend back.

"Mum couldn't find her hairclip and dad had to finish a potion he was working on from the day before." Carrie smiled. "We never did find her hairclip though. So mum had to leave with her hair down."

"Ah. Are you ready to go to Hogwarts? I honestly can't wait!" The excitement reached Anita's eyes. Rupert spotted Melinda and Glaucio make it through the crowd and waved them over.

"Bloody hell, that girl is full of energy." Melinda was gasping for breath. Glaucio stepped toward Rupert and gave him a hug.

"It's good to see you again. How many years has it been? I thought you were dead!" Glaucio said playfully nudging Rupert on the shoulder.

"Do I look dead?" Rupert asked jokingly. "Glaucio, I'd like ya ta meet Anita, my daughter." Glaucio knelt down so that he was at eye level to Anita.

"Well hello, I'm ya ol' uncle Glaucio. Nice to meet you." He held out a hand to Anita.

Shaking his hand, "Nice to meet you too." She smiled.

"You're just as beautiful as your mum. Don't forget that." Glaucio said with a smile.

"I'm not as beautiful as Ma, her and Mrs. Melinda are the two most beautiful woman I've ever seen, I don't even compare to them." Anita said blushing from the complement.

"You and Carrie are both twice as beautiful as you mums could ever be. You see my wife? She has surpassed her beauty, look, she's starting to look like a goblin." Glaucio playfully joked. Melinda whacked Glaucio on the head.

"Mind yourself Glaucio." Melinda said in a playful but stern voice.

"And I though Leslie could be strict." Rupert joked as he tried not to laugh but couldn't help but smile.

"Adults are weird." Anita said.

"Yeah. Hope we don't end up like them." Carrie stated staring at their parents.

"Yeah really." Anita giggled.

"I say we get the girls on the train." Rupert said when he realized there was eight minutes before the train was to leave the station. Melinda looked at the clock.

"Oh goodness, you're right. We need to hurry. Come on girls" Melinda said in a hurried tone.

"Yay! We get to go to Hogwarts!" Anita said in excitement. Rupert hugged his daughter, kissed her forehead, and hurried her onto the train.

"Be sure to write love." Melinda said as she made sure Carrie was neat and tidy. She then gave her a large loving hug. "Be good. I don't want to hear any news of you causing any mischief."

"Yes ma'am." Carrie hugged her mother then her father.

"Hurry now, before you miss the train!" Glaucio exclaimed and quickly lead Carrie to and on the train. Carrie quickly found Anita.

"This is it! We're finally going to Hogwarts!" Carrie excitedly cheered.

"I know! Let's go find a car to sit in." Anita suggested. Carrie nodded in agreement. They searched until they found one that was empty but a boy with light blonde hair and pointed features got there first with a couple of his friends. "Damnit! That was our car!" Anita exclaimed angrily at him. Carrie peered over Anita's shoulder.

"Draco?" Carrie questioned. The boy looked up, it sure was Draco. "Anita, this is my second cousin Draco." Anita gave him a subtle glare still clearly upset.

"You're related to him?" Anita asked making it seem like Draco Malfoy as a bad guy. Though Anita thought he was cute. Carrie nodded.

"Yeah, I met him last month in Diagon Alley. He seemed nice." Carrie smiled and waved and Draco just gave a quick smirk.

"If you say so. I don't like him." Anita stated. "Anyway, can we sit here too?" Draco looked at Anita and Carrie, and with a smirk he said,

"No, this is ours and we have a lot to talk about."

"Well why can't we just share? It's big enough for all of us." Carrie tried to persuade her cousin.

"I said no." Draco answered.

"It's fine Carrie. We don't need to be around a dick like him." Anita stated bluntly. Draco's jaw dropped.

"Do you know who I am? Wait until my father hears about this!" Draco exclaimed.

"Oh posh. Let's go Anita." Carrie said and as she turned away she flipped her hair at Draco with a 'hmph'.

"Go ahead and cry to your Da. I could care less." Anita stated to Draco before following Carrie. "I hate pricks like him." Anita grumbled as her and Carrie tried to find another car.

"I wasn't expecting him to act like that. Wonder what the bloody hell got into him." Carrie said as she peered in a car that already had two other boys in it.

"It's probably because he doesn't have his Ma or Da around." Anita suggested. Carrie nodded as she examined the two boys in the car.

"Mind if we sit here?" She asked. There was a boy with glasses and the other had fire red hair and a smudge of dirt on his nose. They both shook their heads and let Carrie and Anita join them.

"Thanks for letting us sit here." Anita smiled shyly.

"No problem" the redhead said. "We just sat down ourselves."

"So what's your guy's names?" Anita asked curiously.

"I'm Ron Weasely" The redhead said holding out a hand. Carrie shook it then Anita.

"Harry, Harry Potter." Ron looked at Harry with a look of shock. Confused by the reaction to the boy's name Anita held her hand out.

"It's nice to meet you, Harry." She smiled. Harry smiled and shook her hand.

"Nice to meet you too." Harry replied. Carrie sat up and extended a hand too.

"I'm Carrie. Carrie Salazar." Harry shook her hand too. Ron looked at the girls and and Harry.

"Do you guys know who you're talking to?! That's Harry Potter. The boy who lived!" Ron exclaimed. Anita and Carrie just looked at him.

"I've heard that name before but I don't really remember what it was about." Carrie said staring at Ron. Ron sighed and told them the story of Voldemort and Harry's scar.

"Can I see it?" Ron gestured to the scar. Harry nodded and lifted up the mess of hair on his forehead and revealed a lightning shaped scar.

"Wicked." Ron said. Moments later the trolley came rolling by, full of treats.

"Anything from the trolley." The old woman asked. Ron shook his head.

"I'm all set."

"We'll take the lot." Harry pulled out a hand full of Galleons. Anita scrunched up her nose in a cute manner at the sweets, she'd never really been on for sweets except on special occasions. Carrie face filled with excitement, she always loved sweets, especially Bertie Botts Every Flavor Jelly Beans. Carrie picked a few packs of jelly beans and chocolate frogs.

"Are you guys gonna be able to eat all that?" Anita asked curiously. She couldn't imagine the three slender kids eating every bit of the candy that now cluttered the seats and their laps. Carrie put a handful of jellybeans in her mouth, then said.

"O'course. Now get ta eatin' some candy." Her mouth muffled by the jelly beans. Carrie tossed a box of jelly beans on Anita's lap. Anita set the box with some of the other candy.

"Sorry, I don't eat sweets normally." She stated to her friends.

"Well nows the time to start!" Carrie said with a big smile.

"I'll pass." Anita stands up. "I'll be back, I want to take a walk. I don't like tight places." She said walking out. Carrie watched Anita walk out. All of a sudden Ron pulled out his wand.

"My brothers told me about a spell that can change Scabbers yellow. Want to see?" Harry and Carrie nodded. Ron began to wave his wand when a girl with big messy frizzy hair appeared at the door.

"Has anyone seen a toad? Neville's lost one." The three shook their heads. She noticed Ron's wand. "Oh, are you going to do a spell? Well, let's see then." Ron glared at the girl then back to what he was doing. He waved his wand as he spoke the following words.

"Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow, Turn this stupid fat rat yellow!" He waved his wand, but nothing happend. Scabbers stayed grey and fast asleep.

"Are you sure that's a real spell?" said the girl. "Well it's not very good, is it? I've tried a few simple spells just for practice and it's all worked for me. Nobody in my family's magic at all, it was ever such a surprise when I got my letter, but-" The girl rambled on but Carrie tuned her out. Carrie stared at the girl, she was really annoying, also to consider the fact that she is a mudblood, only added to the annoyance.

Meanwhile Anita was walking to the back of the train and literally walked right into Draco Malfoy. "Watch it!" Draco turned and looked at Anita, he scrunched his face at her and kept going, muttering under his breath. "Fuck head." She said loud enough he could hear. Draco turned and said,

"Just wait until my father hears about this! You just wait!" He hurried off to his car. She rolled her eyes and chuckled. She was hardly like this but something about this kid annoyed her yet she wanted to be around him. She followed him just to annoy him.

"What's your Da gonna do?" She asked innocently. Draco turned and saw Anita following him. He kept going and responded.

"He'll talk to Dumbledore about you! Or, if anyone, the Minister of Magic and have you expelled!" Draco exclaimed.

"I'm so scared." She mocked. "Your Da can't do anything to me." She said and to throw him for a loop she kissed his cheek then disappeared. Draco stood there in shock, like someone put him in a body bounding charm. Anita walked into the car where her friends were just after the girl, Hermione left. "What'd I miss?"

"You missed a stupid little girl come in. She's too smart for her own good, going to get herself into some problems, she is." Carrie said with her arms crossed. Ron and Harry nodded in agreement.

"Ah. Remind me to stay clear of her then." Anita said jokingly. Carrie smirked.

"I hope to never see her again. Thank goodness she won't be in Slytherin house."Carrie said.

"Oh I ran into your cousin on my walk." Anita said to Carrie.

"Is that so? How'd that go?"

"I'll tell you later. We should get in our robes though, Hogwarts isn't that far away." Carrie cringed,

"That's the same thing that girl told us to do... I guess you're right tho."

"Of course. I'm never wrong about certain things." Anita stated proudly. Carrie shook her head jokingly.

"Let's go change." Carrie said as she got up. Anita was already standing. They left the car and went to go change in the girls bathroom. Draco was still standing there stunned where Anita left him. She giggled as she and Carrie walked passed him. Carrie glanced at Draco confused as they passed by.

"My handy work." Anita whispered to her friend. Carrie giggled.

"What'd you do?!"

Once inside the bathroom, "I kissed his cheek."

Carrie looked at her, mouth agape. "What?! Why?!"

"I was making fun of him, he made a bad attempt at threat, so to throw him for a loop I kissed his cheek. It worked." Carrie cracked up.

"At least he's already in his robes." Carrie joked.

"Yeah. Poor lad may've fainted if I kissed his lips." Anita giggled. Carrie took a quick look at Anita, and smirked.

"Let's get dressed." The girls changed into their robes and returned to their car, waiting to get off at Hogwarts.

Once the train came to a stop everyone got ready to get off. As everyone rushed off the train they saw a freakishly tall man with curly hair and matted beard. "Whoa!" Anita exclaimed.

"He's huge!" Carrie gawked.

"No kidding." The girls were no longer with their newest friends, Harry and Ron. "I wonder if he's a professah?"Anita inquired.

"That's Hagrid. He's the gamekeeper." Harry stated.

"Everyone to the boats!" Hagrid called, everyone filing to their boats.

"Let's hurry and get on a boat." Carrie commanded.

"Okay!" Anita rushed to a boat.