Sorry for such a long wait. I was trying to figure out what direction I wanted this story to go in. I hope you like what I chose. Praises to J.K.
My nerves were all over the place when I woke up the next morning. I was excited to get to finally officially become a student at Hogwarts. I was pretty nervous about being sorted in front of so many people and it didn't help that I was years older than the First Years. Shaking those thoughts from my head I got out of bed to get ready for the day. After I managed to do so I headed down to where mum was already eating breakfast. We didn't talk much other than her asking me if I had everything I needed. At 10:00 we grabbed what we were taking with us from the house and headed to the Floo. We then said our goodbyes to Tink, Tilly and Tar and Flooed to Diagon Alley where we crossover to the Muggle world and take a taxi to Kings Cross Station.
We got to the station at 10:30 and headed straight to Platform 9 & 3/4, which thanks to Dumbledore we knew how to find. At 10:40 we had successfully crossed onto the platform where the Hogwarts Express was waiting. Truthfully I was a little jittery about being able to walk through to the platform but that feeling disappeared once my eyes landed on the train. It was magnificent. It was a massive structure that was a beautiful gleaming shade of red and to my surprise it was steam powered.
It wasn't until I looked at the train that I realized this was where mum and I parted ways for four months. I turned to her surprised to see that she was tearing up. I looked around to see if anyone had noticed and spotted Draco with his mother not far away.
"There's Draco and Narcissa," I told mum. "We should say our goodbye's and then go say hi." As soon as I turned to face her she grabbed me in a tight hug.
"I never realized you'd be so sad to see me go," I laughed. My mom and I were pretty close, we've just never been dependent on each other.
"Of course I am," she sniffled. "We've been apart for a few weeks before but this is four months." I laughed at her and told her to pull it together.
"Come on," I told her. "I don't want to miss the train," I said as I noticed the platform beginning to empty. We walked over to where Draco and Narcissa were standing and said hello.
"It's very nice to see you both again but I'm afraid you two should be getting on the train, it's almost time to leave," said Narcissa after we exchanged pleasantries. "Draco why don't you take Kia's things into your compartment, she'll meet you at the door in a bit."
I thanked Draco and turned to Narcissa who then said, "I just want you both to know that if Kia ever needs anything she can always call on me. Now I'll leave you two to say goodbye." Mum thanked her for everything and turned to me for the last time. She hugged me again and whispered, "I love you, write to me and be careful."
"I love you too mum, see you soon." I then turned around to where Draco was standing, nodded to him and then I followed him onto the train.
"I already put your things away so we can stay here until she's out of sight."
"Thanks," just as I said that the train whistled and we were off. Mum and I watched each other as the train left the station until we couldn't anymore.
"Alright," I said turning to Draco, "where to?" He then led us to a compartment that held Blaise, Theo, Vincent and Gregory.
"The testosterone in here is overwhelming," was the first thing I said when I walked in. It seems as though my mouth picked the first thing I thought of before letting my brain respond to the situation. Blaise snickered and Theo dragged his eyes from the outside onto me.
"Uh, what I meant to say was hello, nice to see you guys again. How was the rest of your summer?" I asked with a smile while taking the empty seat next to Blaise and across from Theo. Before anyone had the chance to say hello to me Blaise launched into a story about a girl he met during the summer. It was quite funny, as was his innuendos about what transpired between them. Somehow he managed to say how much he loved her all while making suggestive comments toward me.
"Don't believe a word he's saying," Draco told me, "he falls in and out of love with girls all the time." I turned to Blaise with an eyebrow raised in a silent question for conformation or denial. He then gave a cheeky grin, which caused me to laugh. I think Vincent and Gregory got bored at the conversation because they pulled out a deck of cards.
While Blaise was telling another story I heard a little explosion and turned to find Vincent without an eyebrow. I raised my eyebrows in shock at what happened, and asked them to teach me how the game worked. Everyone was a bit surprised that I didn't know how to play Exploding Snap, but they quickly became excited watching me learn. We played the game for quite a while until the trolley rolled around. I managed to keep cool when I saw the vast variety of treats and only get two pumpkin pasties, while the boys went a bit nuts for them.
"We should change into our robes in a bit," suggested Draco. He then helped me get my luggage from the rack and I grabbed the robes I had put on the very top.
"I'll change in the bathroom if you point out where it is," I said. Draco walked to the door of our compartment and told me it was straight down the train. When I got to the bathroom I changed into the uniform that wouldn't have any House's colors on it until I got sorted. As I was walking out of the bathroom I bumped into a tall body.