Sean walked with his parents towards platform 9 3/4 wondering how he was going to get to the right spot. Professor Burbage, whom Sean had only just met a few months ago when she brought him his letter, was walking slightly ahead of the three.

"Alright you , I need you to stand straight in front of that wall," she said, pointing at the pillar between platforms nine and ten, "and walk quickly towards it."

"You're joking, right? He's going to hurt himself! I might be a 'muggle' and new to all of this, but I'm not-"

Sean cut his mother off as he ran towards the brick wall and vanished. 'How very interesting' he thought. He glanced back at the wall he just ran through and placed a hand on it. "It's solid"Sean thought to himself.

Sean then turned his attention to this new area that was filled with people bustling around and a large red train sat steaming as children were filling the compartments. He was soon joined by his parents again and Professor Burbage, who was in the middle of explaining something.

"The wall is a safety measure, it is charmed for two reasons. One is so people don't notice it, with a 'Notice me not' charm, and the other is used to transport the students and family to the correct platform. Sean do you have any questions? We don't have to leave until 11. I suggest boarding by 10.30 at the latest just to be safe."

Sean took in the surrounding area, "I think I'll be fine, thank you." He then looked to his parents.

"Well, I guess I'm off, I only have about 10 minutes to get all my stuff onboard if I should be on the train by 10:30…" He stood awkwardly as his mom debated pulling him into a hug. He was never one for physical affection. Mum it's okay to-" he was cut off by his mother pulling him in for a very tight hug.

"I'm going to miss you hunny" she cried as Sean pushed her away slightly.

"Mum, it's only going to be nine months. I'll be fine. Plus, we have our new owl Peri. Send him to me with your first letter tomorrow night. Not tonight Mum. Tomorrow, please." He emphasized

She nodded, too choked up to speak. Sean's father placed his hand on Sean's shoulder, "You best be good there, got it? I don't want any letter sent saying you're being a nuisance." He started with a stern face. His demeanor quickly turning into a smile. "I'll miss you, son." Sean smiled, nodded then turned to walk away.

As he boarded the train, he looked for compartments that were empty or near enough, sadly for him most were full. Further down he finally found a compartment with the door open and a girl sitting near the window.

She was cute, in a girly kind of way. Her long brunette hair fell in ringlets to her waist, outlining her face. Her tan skin highline by the bright pink t-shirt and simple jeans caught his attention. She looked like a muggle. As he gathered the courage to ask to sit, she turned to face him, as if she felt him looking.

Smiling brightly she spoke, her voice sounding like, how he imagined a singing bird would sound if it could speak. "Well hi, are you just going to stand there all day?"she asked, the sarcasm dripping from her young voice.

"Um, I guess I'll sit down, if that's okay with you. I'd hate to be a bother." he said as he pulled his trunk in and laid it up in the rack across from the girls' trunk.

"My name's Sean, it's nice to meet you…" as he held out his hand "Sorry, but what was your name?"

She shook his hand, "Hi my name's Daisy, pleasure to meet you Sean. So are you a wizard, or a um, what was it Mrs. Weasley called me… muggle?"

Sean laughed, Well I was raised by Muggles, my mom and dad aren't magical, but I am. So if you're not magical, does that mean you have a sister or brother?"

It was Daisy's turn to laugh, "No, my cousin is a wizard, this is actually his second year, well I say cousin but I like to call him my brother. My parents were completely shocked that I chose to stay with him, they don't really like him…" Her face fell into somber smile as she finished her sentence.

Sean, feeling awkward and not wanting the compartment filled with silence, thought of something to say, "Do you want to talk about it? Sometimes it helps to talk, and ...I don't know, I'm a pretty good listener. Only if you want of course."

She smiled slightly, "Sure. but it's kind of a long story."

He nodded, looking out the window, "It's okay, we have time."

"Well, my cousin has been in my family longer than me, like I said, he's a year older than me. My parents never liked him, for as long as I can remember. He was treated badly anytime something weird happened at home. My brother, Dudley, would always tell mum that it was my cousin's fault. He lived in a really small room in the house, and he was always forced to clean. If he didn't finish mum's list, she wouldn't feed him. I would do my best to sneak him parts of my dinner if I could hide it, or I would ask mum for dessert, she made the best food, to sneak to him, saying I would eat in my room. As we got older and started school, Dudley would openly tease him. Dudley was not a small boy like my cousin even at a young age. When kids tried to defend my cousin, Dudley would bully them until they stopped. But Dudley stopped openly hurting Harry, that's my cousins name by the way, Harry. He stopped hurting Harry once I entered school. If Dudley had hurt me, mum and dad would punish him. So for the past couple of years, I was kind of like his secret bodyguard. But thankfully, Harry started here last year. For Christmas the only things mum and dad sent him were socks and tissues. I sent him a new shirt and a bracelet I made out of thick thread with red and gold- He's a Gryffindor, and those are his house colors." She pulled out her wrist showing a braided bracelet with red and gold thread braided together to make it thicker.

"Anyway, he wrote me every week with his owl and he told me all about the school and all the people he liked and didn't. He said Slytherin was the worst house to get in, it's full of mean kids who think they're better than anyone, and there's also this really smart house, Ravenclaw I think he said. Then he said there's a house full of kids that kind of don't fit into the other houses, Hufflepuff. I think that would be my house. He had this huge adventure last year too, but that's a story for him to tell you if you meet him, he's really cool. When the new law came out, my mum and dad said we would all choose the first option, but I said no. I'd rather be with Harry than with my parents and brother" She smiled, "Sorry for rambling on. So tell me about you Sean? Do you have any siblings? Did your parents agree with the new law?"

Sean thought of how to answer, he didn't want to lay everything out to her at once, even though she basically gave her life story, he wasn't sure how much he could trust her. "Well, um, I just found out I'm a wizard a few months ago honestly. I'm an only child, and yeah my parents fortunately agreed with the law, they said I was the miracle child, and they didn't want to let me go. But there's not too much that is interesting about me. Tell me more about you Daisy" he said, hoping she could fill the time with her talking, and she happily obliged. The train had already left during her story and he knew the train ride would take a while.

Sean and Daisy passed the hour talking about her and what school was like, since both had been in muggle schooling for the past five years. After the conversation hit a dull point, with comfortable silence, Daisy leaned against the glass and closed her eyes.

Sean took the time to look out the window, and, as they were going over a bridge, he thought he saw something in the sky. It looked like a plane at first, but after he cleaned his glasses, and looked again he could have sworn it was a car, flying. He blinked hard and tried again, but the object was gone. 'Maybe I need to take a nap too' he thought as he laid his head against the cool glass, quickly falling to a light sleep.

Daisy opened her eyes and looked at the boy sitting across from her, his eyes closed in a soft slumber, His dark almost black, curly hair in a short cut. She remembered looking at his light hazel eyes behind his glasses and thought about how she'd never met a boy with such light eyes with light brown skin, it suited him. From what he had told her, he was an interesting boy, and funny. Though Daisy wished he would have talked a bit more about himself. He made her smile a lot with his dry humor. Most kids their age wouldn't have caught his jokes, and, if it wasn't for the fact that she had Harry as her cousin, she would have missed it too. She thought of Harry and how he hadn't come to find her yet, like he said he would. Looking at the boy snoozing across from her again, she wrote up a quick note reassuring him she would be back in case he woke while she was gone, and left the compartment searching for her older cousin.

As she peeked through each compartment, she found Ginny Weasley talking to a blonde girl, and a girl with brown bushy hair, her features reminded her of the description Harry explained about a girl named Hermione, one of Harry's friends. She opened the compartment hoping she was right. "Hey Ginny, have you seen Harry? I'm starting to get worried about him."

Ginny looked up at Daisy and smiled at the mention of Harry's name. "I haven't seen him or Ron since before we went through the barrier honestly Daisy. Hermione, Luna and I were actually just talking about them."

Daisy let out a sigh of relief, "Oh so this is Hermione, it's so nice to finally meet you Harry has told me all about you" "My name is Daisy Dursley."

Hermione's face flashed in recognition of the name as Daisy continued "Harry's younger cousin. "

"Oh! That's right, you're the nice cousin! Ginny said you'd be joining us for Hogwarts this year. I do wonder where those two are. Probably up to no good" Hermione said with a slight laugh.

Daisy's face fell slightly, "I thought Harry would be with you. He said he would find me and make sure I was okay. Last I saw him was with Ron before Ginny took me through the barrier...I hope he's okay. Would you all like to join me and my new friend Sean?"

"No thanks Daisy, I think me and Luna are going to stay here and get more acquainted" said Ginny.

The young blonde girl looked up to Daisy and said in a dreamy like voice "Thank you for the offer though Daisy."

Daisy looked to Hermione. "I would love that, but first let's look at all of the compartments, see if Ron and Harry are hiding somewhere. You go back that way," she pointed toward the way Daisy had come from, "to the end, and I'll go towards the front of the train. I'll find you and join you after I find Harry, unless you find him first." Hermione smiled as she got up and handed Daisy her trunk, "Can you drop that in your compartment?"

"Sure." They waved bye to Luna and Ginny, then they separated and went on to search for Harry.