With You Forever
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Chapter 2 : Journey to Hogwarts
Colette Applegate stepped out of a parked white Acura, as she told Oliver to pop up the trunk. She slammed the car door, stood up and smelt the cold fresh air due to the thunderstorm that poured last night. With a happy expression stapled on her face, and a broad grin, she walked herself towards the rear end of the car and began to unload the trunk.
"Hey!" She shouted to Oliver, "a little help here!"
"Be right out!" He grinned sheepishly
After the last suitcase was forced to stand on the trolley, they were ready to go through the maze of Kings Cross Station's underground parking lot.
(*)
"Here we are…" Oliver said as they enter the entrance to King's Cross Station. The station was packed with Muggles, hurrying and panicking as they rush to their platforms. Little kids tugging and clutching their mothers' skirts, running to keep up with the adults' long steps.
"Platform 9 and ¾?" Colette asked Oliver, looking at her small ticket, making sure it's not a miss imprint.
"Yeah…9 and ¾," Answered Oliver to the quizzical face.
"But whe--," she questioned, still puzzled.
"Just wait." Oliver interrupted. "I'll show you"
Bewildered, she followed Oliver, pushing her trolley through the mass of crowds. She followed and followed, until he finally stopped. Facing front, she saw two platforms. Platform 9 and Platform 10 with a white solid wall separating them.
"C'mon…you don't want to be late, do you?
"Over here," he said again, motioning her to come closer to the wall. She followed him. "Right over here," he said pointing to the wall.
"Oliver, you're mad! This is a solid brick wall." She said as she rose her hand to knock on the wall, but to her surprise, it was only air.
"C'mon…you're late," he said, still grinning and in the next second, he vanished into thin air. Feeling stupid and confused, she pushed her trolley to the wall, closing her eyes thinking that it would crashed against the wall, she pushed and pushed the trolley. Nothing happened. She collected all her courage to open her eyes once again. Oliver was grinning in front of her. She looked around, a scarlet steam engine was next to a platform packed with people wearing black robes. A sign said Hogwarts Express, eleven o'clock, floated in mid-air above her.
"But how…" she turned around, still very confused and saw a wrought-iron archway where the wall had been, with the words Platforms Nine and Three Quarters on it.
"Tricky isn't it?" Oliver's voice broke, cutting her thoughts once again. " Well, off you go then."
" Bye Oliver!" she grinned broadly. She gave him a bear hug and a peck on his cheek. She bent down to pick up her suitcases. She threw her hair back and with one last goodbye, she entered the compartment door.
(*)
Annoyed, unable to find an empty seat, Colette kept walking through the compartments, each one fuller than the other. Her suitcases had become heavy burdens on her hands, leaving red marks on her palms. She kept walking and walking desperate to put down her suitcases, but she had not seen a single available seat for her to rest on.
"Colette?" a voice rang. "Is that you?"
Colette turned around to see who had called her. A familiar face turned to her. Flaming hair, tiny little freckles sprinkled on his face, those adorable honey brown eyes. It was one of the twins…but she didn't know which one.
"Fred?" She guessed and to her relief, she nodded.
"Come and sit with us," Fred said, noticing that she was still carrying her suitcases. "Right over here" he continued, opening the door to the next (which happened to be the last) compartment in the train.
All the inhabitants of the compartment turned towards the door as it opened, puzzled and bewildered looks on their faces.
"Colette!!" George exclaimed, recognizing those high cheek bones on her face, though the absence of her boots made her lots shorter, however the 3 girls around him was still very puzzled.
"Everyone," George said "This is Colette Applegate, Oliver's cousin, your new roommate, and Colette, this is Katie Bell, Alicia Spinnet and Angelina Johnson."
Each girl nodded and smiled as George introduce them, Colette repeated them as her replies.
"So, you're the girl from USA?" Angelina asked. "How's the school over there?"
"Beats me," Colette replied. "I've never been to one."
"But didn't you live in America before moving here?" Alicia questioned
"Yeah, and France, eastern Europe, Brazil, and a ton of other places." She answered. "My dad always got transferred for his job everywhere. So I have to go to school wherever he's going." She explained after the sight of their bewildered faces. "But none of them has such a quite extraordinary entrance as this one." She said still amzed by the entrance to the Platform 9 and ¾.
The ride in the hogwarts Express had been an interesting one. The girls could be seen bonding with their new roommate, while the boys were fascinated by her prank-pulling stories.
"Yeah and I would do something like this—" she said as she snatched the Mischief Makers Tips and tricks book that Fred was reading intently.
"Hey! Give that back!!" Fred yelled.
"Oh no!! you have to come and get this one!!" Colette replied while running around the compartment more like a 6-year-old rather than a 6th year.
"Don't do this to me, Colette Marie Applegate!" Fred bellowed as he too, ran around the compartment chasing Colette. Colette ran to other compartments and Fred followed, causing a few bewildered heads to turn. Colette ran through the compartments back and forth, closely chased by Fred. Tripping over Hermione's books, she quickly got up and kept running.
"C'mon Fred, you can do better than this! And you call yourself the—" THWACKK!! A noise erupted, making everyone in the compartment to turn. Colette fell, apparently knocking someone down with her. A blond haired boy could be seen sitting on the floor, nursing his arm, while Colette was nursing her red shin.
"What's all the madness?" George came from the other side of the compartment door. "Whoa…are you okay there Col?" He said, spotting her red shin.
"Are you okay, Roger?" Alicia asked the blond haired boy, and helped him to his feet.
"Uh…huh I'm sorry," she said as she managed to stand. "I didn't see you behind the door." She looked at what-she-thought-was-a-dashing-face, and smiled guiltily.
"That's okay," he said.
(*)
"Who was that?" Colette asked Angelina when they got back to their compartment.
"Roger Davies, Ravenclaw 6th year, Captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team." She responded, positively beaming.
"Gorgeous isn't he?" Alicia added.
"Strong and silent type," Katie remarked.
They all giggled. From afar, Colette couldn't help seeing George shook his head exasperatedly and heard him mutter something that sounded like "girls".
To be continued…
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