Harry, oh, Harry, I wish you mine, but you're not. :(
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Harry and Ginny entered King's Cross Station with their three children, Albus Severus, who was ten, James Sirius, who was eleven, and Lily Luna, who was eight. Harry was pushing a cart with James' Hogwarts trunk. James was very excited; he kept talking about quidditch, which house he was going to be in, and what the lessons would be like.
"Hey, guys!" Neville, was running towards them, carrying a briefcase and a suitcase.
"Neville!" Ginny said, and gave him a hug.
"I was almost late; Gran couldn't decide if she wanted scrambled or fried eggs," Neville said, rolling his eyes.
"Are you nervous?" Harry asked.
"A bit. I mean, my first year as Herbology professor? I hope I do okay." Neville said.
"You'll do fine," Ginny placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
"I know I'll like your lessons, Neville. You've taught me, Lily and Albus so much about plants already that I know everyone else will learn a lot from you too!" James said.
"Aww, James, you're so sweet," Ginny said, and Albus laughed.
"Did you hear that? You're sweet." Albus said.
James scowled at him, and muttered, "Why do I even say anything?"
"Well, I appreciate it, James," Neville said, ruffling his hair. "Shall we cross the barrier than? It's almost that time."
Harry leaned down and his three children gathered around him.
"Okay kids, this is going to be the most spectacular sight you'll ever see; the Hogwarts Express. She's a beauty. All we have to do is walk through the wall between platforms nine and ten, and we'll come out on the other side."
"Won't we crash into the wall?" Albus asked nervously.
"Of course not! Here, we'll all go through together." Harry said. "Lily, climb aboard."
Lily hopped onto her father's back in piggyback style.
"Whoo, whoo! All aboard the Hogwarts Express!"
Harry and Lily often played Hogwarts Express at home, Harry pretending to be the train, and Lily sitting on his back. They would go through the house, then arrive at Hogsmeade Station,{the bedroom}where Harry would dump Lily off onto the bed. Then they would cross the lake,{a kiddie pool in the backyard} and go on to the Great Hall, {the kitchen} where the house elves, a.k.a. Ginny, had cooked them a wonderful meal. Needless to say, Lily was the one who wanted to see the Hogwarts Express the most.
"James, hold onto the cart. C'mon Albus, get on the other side. Ready? Let's go."
They started running at the wall, then disappeared to the other side.
Ginny was laughing.
"I swear, Neville, every time Harry talks about Hogwarts, he's like a kid himself again."
Neville and Ginny passed through the barrier and walked over to where Harry and the kids were standing, staring at the Express.
"Isn't is just magnificent?" Harry whispered over his shoulder to Lily.
"Oh, Daddy, it's the prettiest thing ever!" Lily said in awe.
"No, you're the prettiest thing ever. No offense to your mother." Harry said lifting Lily off his back. Lily giggled
and Ginny said,"No offense taken."
Harry waved his holly wand through the air, and conjured a beautiful white lily, which he placed in his daughter's hair.
"Isn't it amazing?" Albus said to James.
"Yes. and you have to wait another year to go on it!" James said.
"Let's get your trunk on, James. It's almost time to go." After Harry helped James load his trunk into one of the compartments, they got back off the train, and went back to the others.
Ron, Hermione, and Draco had arrived.
"Yes, it was a rather nasty divorce," Draco was saying. "But that woman was insane! And I don't care as long as I have Scorpius." Draco smiled at his son, who was standing proudly next to his father in his new black Hogwarts robes.
"Hey Harry!" Ron had spotted him.
Hermione gave Harry a hug, and said,"Hi, James!"
"What are you doing here? Hugo and Rose aren't going to Hogwarts this year." Harry said.
"No but I'll be going next year, and Hugo will be going in two years!" Rose said.
"We came to see James, Scorp, and Petunia off." Ron explained.
"Speaking of Petunia, where are they? They're going to miss the train!" Harry said.
"Well, you have to consider it probably takes them a while to get everybody together, having so many kids." Ginny shuddered. "I'm glad we only have three!"
Suddenly, a big group of people appeared out of the wall.
"Finally! We thought you weren't coming." Harry yelled.
"Yeah, well, it takes a while to get this lot in the car." Dudley replied.
He was pushing Petunia's cart and carrying Tillie, who was three and had a pudgy dimpled face, while Petunia silently walked besides him. She was eleven; a small quiet girl with long brown hair and big brown eyes. Behind Dudley were the twins, who were pushing their own carts, Zara Raven, and Dorian Tobias. They were 13, had short blonde hair, and had their matching black guitars slung over their shoulders. Then Luna appeared, holding the newborn, Maisie Rainbow, in her arms while Autumn Willow{who was 9, had short dark brown hair, and blue eyes} and Phoenix Lyra{ who was 6 years old, loved to sing, and had streaks of red in her blonde hair} held tight to her bright pink skirt.
"Hello, everyone." Luna said to the group.
"How's Maisie?" Ginny asked, peeking at the baby snuggled in the nest of blankets.
Maisie yawned and opened her blue eyes.
"Oh, she's very well." Luna said.
"We're getting on the train," Zara and Dorian yelled to their parents. "See you at Christmas!"
They dragged their trunks aboard and found a compartment near the window, and a minute later their friends Zacharias and Beatrix joined them and they started whispering together.
"Alright, Luna I'm going to help Petunia with her trunk." Dudley wheeled the cart over to the train lugged the trunk up the stairs and put it in one of the compartments.
His daughter was waiting for him, sniffling by the cart.
"What's the matter? Are you okay?" Dudley said, going over to her. She put her face into his jacket and mumbled.
"I can't hear you, sweetie," he said, sitting down on the cart and pulling her onto his lap.
"I'm afraid. I want to stay here with you, Daddy."
"What are you afraid of? You're going to have lots of fun at Hogwarts! You'll see. Don't worry. We'll see you at Christmas."
"What if nobody likes me? What if I'm no good at anything?" Petunia cried.
"Oh, Petunia, how could anybody not like you?" he gave her a kiss on her forehead.
"And if you need to talk to somebody, go to Neville, he'll help you. And you'll have Zara and Dorian, and even James and Scorpius! They'll watch out for you."
"I don't care! I want to stay with you and Mum!"
The train whistle sounded. Dudley looked back to where his friends were standing. James was hugging Harry goodbye. And then he and Scorpius headed over to the train with Neville behind them. Luna handed Maisie to Ginny, and came over to where Dudley and Petunia were sitting.
"She doesn't want to go," Dudley whispered to his wife.
James climbed up into the train and said, "Bye, everyone! See you for Christmas!"
Scorpius stood next to Petunia and said, "C'mon, are you're all ready to go, Petunia?"
He was especially good at sensing peoples emotions, and he could tell Petunia was upset.
"I'm not going! Nobody is going to like me!"
"You'll make friends in no time!" Neville said. "When I first got to Hogwarts I thought nobody was going to like me either, but then I met your uncle Harry and aunt Ginny, and Ron, and Hermione. We were all in Gryffindor."
Neville stuck out his hand for her to take and gave her a smile. "Let's go, Petunia! It's going to be my first time at Hogwarts as a teacher too, and I'm nervous. But sometimes you have to take chances, even if you're afraid. And then you'll find out that there was no reason to be afraid, because it all works out!"
"C'mon, Petunia." Scorpius pleaded.
"Go on," Dudley said, hugging Petunia tightly and standing her on her feet. Luna gave her a kiss and said, "Everything will be fine! Just write to us if you need anything."
And she got on the train, Scorpius holding her left hand and Neville holding her right.
"She didn't want to go?" Harry was standing next to Dudley.
"No, she was afraid no one is going to like her."
"Well it worked out for us, didn't it?" Harry said. "It was the only place we belonged."
The four families stood together in one big group, and waved at their children on the train as it pulled out. Petunia had her face pressed against the window, and mouthed, 'I love you Daddy!' Neville was sitting with her, and so were James and Scorpius.
Dudley must've looked very worried, because Luna kissed him and said, "She'll be fine, Dudley."
They turned around, counted the kids to make sure they were all there and the families headed back toward the barrier.
"Just think," Rose said. "When we see that train next year, I'm going to be boarding it!"
"And me too!" Albus said.
Harry and Dudley glanced over their shoulders for one last look at the end of the scarlet locomotive as it rounded the bend.
"Even after you leave, the Hogwarts experience never really ends," Harry said to Dudley, as they listened to Rose and Albus chat excitedly about going to Hogwarts next year.
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