Selene POV
Finally after some time of getting my luggage put onto a trolley at the train station, we got to platform nine and ten, though she stands us in front of the barrier in between the two platforms.
"Selene, I'm afraid you must make the rest of the journey by yourself, just run through this barrier and you'll find yourself on Platform nine and three quarters. Give your luggage over to one of the men who collect them, then find yourself a seat. And don't forget to change into your uniform. Here's your ticket" she says, at this I nod as she hands me the ticket, I put it in my pocket and then look at the barrier in front of me.
"See you soon" I say, smiling at her which she smiles back with a nods in agreement, then with this I take a breath then run with my trolley in front at the barrier, trusting that I wont just run right into the barrier and bang into it, but then in a second I'm running right through it and out onto a completely different station, and when I turn round I see a truly beautiful train painted in red.
I smile at this then begin to make my way towards it.
"Luggage! Luggage! Bring us your luggage!" cries some men who I see have luggage behind them being packet away inside the trains storage area. I walk over to them and the man in front smiles and nods then takes the trolley, before he takes it all I take a small bag where I packed my uniform to change into for later that also has some of my money that Professor McGonagall gave me that was the rest of the money we had from shopping.
I also bring Cleo with me, not liking the idea of her being put away with the luggage.
I hand the man at the door my ticket and he lets me on, I think we came early because there doesn't seem to be many students here yet.
I find an empty compartment and decide to sit inside. Since there aren't many people here yet, I decide to get changed early, so after I put Cleo's carry-basket on the seat and open her door so she can climb out, I close the blinds and lock the door so I can change into my uniform, this way there isn't any weirdness with being worried that someone will see me getting changed.
When I'm changed I look to see myself wearing a grey skirt that comes up to my knees, a white shirt with a grey jumper over it and my black cloak with grey socks and black shoes. I have to say that the cloak is my favorite, it's a nice material, but then again it all is.
I open the blinds back and unlock the doors, after putting my casual clothes away and now sitting up against the wall with the window at my side, I'm really looking forward to Hogwarts, meeting new people and finding the peace I've been looking for where I won't be alone, where I won't be the only person with gifts. I feel Cleo climb onto my lap; I smile down at her and begin to stroke her fur in a soothing pace, which makes her purr.
"Hi"
I look up from the sudden voice to see three boys, all of them with blazing red hair, two of them look my age but are both twins while the other one looks maybe two years older then me,
"Can we share this compartment? Places we've looked are already full," says one of the twins, from this I smile and nod in answer.
They smile at this and walk in, one of the twins sits with their older brother on the one side and the other twin sits next to me, now I'm thankful that I put Cleo's carry-basket on the luggage rack over my head.
"My names George Weasley, this here's my twin Fred and our other brother Percy" says George who's sat next to me, from this I smile and nod,
"I'm Selene Sheen," I say, with this they smile and nod,
"You looking forward to starting Hogwarts?" asks Percy, I smile and nod eagerly,
"Very much" I say, from they seem to nod in agreement.
"Do you know if your cat would go after a rat by any chance?" asks Percy, from this I look up at him and then back down at Cleo,
"I don't know honestly, I just got her today" I say, with this I see George looking at Cleo curiously, then hesitantly stroke her back which she seems to like by purring in approval, I smile up at him from this and he smiles back.
"Well if you keep a hold of her could we have a look? I don't think its good for Scabbers to be cooped up in my pocket all day" says Percy, from this I nod then after putting my book down beside me, I bring Cleo up against my chest so I can have a good hold on her.
Percy then slowly brings out a brown furred rat from his pocket, and then after he nods indicating for me to let Cleo look, I turn her round for her to see the rat, but she doesn't seem to mind Scabbers at all. Slowly I lay her down on my lap and she still seems fine.
"I guess she's ok with him" I say, with this the nod in agreement.
"So...where are you from?" asks Fred, looking at me in question,
"St. Lewis' orphanage" I say, from this they smile at me in comfort, I smile at them from this, and they're not looking at me with disgust or as if I'm lower then them.
"What about you?" I ask, looking at them curiously,
"We live with our parents in our burrow in the country side, it may be small, but it's big enough for all of us" says Percy, with this I smile,
"What is your family like?" I ask, looking at them curiously,
"Well we have our mum Molly, but she doesn't work so she's always at home cleaning and cooking but she loves doing it, our dad Arthur works at the ministry for the misuse of muggle artifacts office. We have our oldest brother Bill and our other older brother Charlie who'll be in one of the other compartments on the train. We have our youngest brother Ron and our only and youngest of all of us sister Ginny back at home" says Fred,
"You have a very big family then" I say smiling at them, with this they laugh and nod in agreement.
Then we suddenly hear the train bell go off and then we begin moving.
"What are you reading Selene?" asks Percy, looking at me curiously, from this I pick up my book beside me and hand it to him,
"Cinderella" I say, from this they look at me confused,
"It's a...muggle story, to do with a slave girl named Cinderella but she's given a chance from a fairy godmother who lets her attend a ball where she meets the prince. But she loses her slipper because the magic that makes her look like a princess begins to disappear after the clock strikes twelve, but the prince has fallen in love with her so he makes it so that every woman in their kingdom is to try the slipper on, and whoever it fits he will marry. Then when she gets her chance, he finds that it fits, then they live happily ever after" I say, both Percy and Fred begin to look at the pages in the book after I hand it to them to look at, finding it rather amusing that they have never heard of Cinderella before.
"What's it like in the orphanage Selene?" asks George, I look down after looking at Cleo,
"First couple of years was the good...but then things started to change, when I turned five I learned I could do things that others couldn't, magic. Then they all just stayed away from me, looked at me differently and acted differently towards me" I say, remembering all those years I've had to endure there, it brings a few tears dripping down my cheeks.
"Don't worry Selene, at Hogwarts you wont have to worry about that, the four of us, we'll stick together ok? We're friends now right?" says George, I look up and smile at him brightly,
"I've never had a friend before" I whisper, from this he smiles comfortingly to me, then surprisingly he scoots closer and brings an arm round me, at this I snuggle to him, the feel of his arm round me makes me feel so safe, safer then I've ever been.
"He's right Selene, we're friends now, we'll be there for each other" says Fred, from this I smile up at them. For the first time I feel happier then I've ever been in my life.
