Chapter 4: Commotion on the Loading Dock
"Come along now or you all will miss the train," Mrs. Weaseley said leading Fred, George, Ron, Ginny. Harry and Hermoine. Harry and Hermoine had spent the at Ron's house. Those two weeks were intense because of the letter from Hogwarts. It was obvious to Harry and Hermoine now that the Weaseleys had a bad history with the sorcerers. Harry could still recall the conversation that he had with Ron about it.
(Harry thought back.)
"Uh, Ron what does it matter that the sorcerers are sharing our school?" Harry had asked.
Ron then looked at Harry while his eyes were bulging out of their sockets. He had yelled," What does it matter? Honestly Harry you do need to get in touch with the wizardry world more. Why you couldn't have picked a more stupid question. You could have asked why do faeries have fucking wings!"
(Back to present time)
Harry looked over had Ron, he had asked that question a week ago. He had nearly bitten his head off. And he wasn't any kinder when Hermoine asked him about it either. When Harry got out of the memory of what happened last week he noticed that Mrs. Weaseley looked furious.
"This year its going to be packed, especially since they're combining schools. Honestly what was Dumbledore thinking combining schools with those- Barligians. I don't even care what fucking reason he had to agree with those fucking terms. well lets just say that I don't think he should have agreed with them in the first place," she loudly shouted.
A few people who were passing by gave her looks. George knew that he agreed with his mother but he also knew that she shouldn't tell the whole world. They tried to hurry u to the opening of the platform (in-between platforms 9 and 10). When they were about to go onto the platform they heard people talking and they were standing right in front of the platform and looking at it peculiarly. Mrs. Weaseley gasped and was holding her breath when she saw this. Then slowly they decided to get closer so they could hear what they were saying.
"So are we going on the wizard's train?" a girl said looking at her friend and then at the barrier.
"Well on the letter it said go to Platform 9 ¾ In London, England and well I think that there should be two trains. Well at least if they don't want chaos to happen they should have two trains," a guy answered his friend. He had an Irish accent so it was clear where they were from.
To some extent the fact that these teenagers were sorcerers was a relief. They looked like they were in their 4th year at Aviar. They wore long pants of a color of their choice, the guy wore black and the girl wore red, and a top that matched their pants.
"I rather go by air then by a bloody train! All stuffy and ugh!" the girl exclaimed.
"If you wanted to go by air so badly then why in fucking hell did you drag me to London train Station for! Honestly make up your fucking mind!" he roared back at her.
The girl looked at her friend and gave him a look at he should quiet down. "Geez, honestly you need to quiet down a bit," she whispered to him. She was looking at the curious faces looking at them. The she continued still in a whisper," Well I didn't think going onto the train would be so difficult. I didn't mean to drag you to England for no reason."
He looked at her and smiled. He didn't mean to yell; it was just the thought of the wizards on the same platform got him angry. His family was blamed for countless things before they left another town and decided to settle down in a place only for sorcerers in Fortress Valley. He knew his friend didn't mean it.
He said to her," uh, sorry I lost my temper with you. I didn't mean to shout, it's just those wizards," he said apologetically. He knew he shouldn't have let his anger out on its just that he couldn't help it.
"Its all right I understand, believe me I really do. I can't even count how many times I got accused of doing things when a wizard is involved," she said with a smile. She rolled her eyes. "You know you are not the only sorcerer that gets blamed for stuff when it comes to wizards.
They both laughed. Then she turned and looked at the barrier and sighed, "well since we're here lets take the train."
They stood back and with their crate of luggage went through the barrier and then onto the platform. After they went through the barrier Harry took a glance at Ron. He had a very intense look on his face and his clenching his fist slightly. They had waited for a couple of minutes before they went the barrier. Harry made a mental note to himself to not mention what they just overheard since he knew that Ron didn't like sorcerers and it was clear that those two were sorcerers by the way they were talking. And Harry didn't also want to mention that sorcerers didn't seem all that bad.
When they came through the barrier they automatically noticed that the amount of people on the dock was tripled then usual. Things looked so different, the first thing that was really different was that instead of one train there were two trains. It seemed like there was were thousands and thousands of people there waiting in front of the entrances of the trains. It was obvious that they were all anxious to get away from each other; well at least the wizards were trying to get away from the sorcerers.
Harry saw Malfoy trying to get away from a group of sorcerers but was not successful. He was almost being trampled over if someone didn't use some kind of spell to get him out. When Draco was finally able to breathe he heard a couple of sorcerers softly laughing at him. Crabbe and Goyle were also having problems getting through to the train. Harry looked over at Ron to see if he just saw what he did but Ron was preoccupied at the moment with trying to get to the train and missed the scene. Then at that moment a man came through to the crowd and stood up on a pole so everyone could see him and he spoke loudly.
"Ladies and Gents!" the man yelled and the noise subsided to listen to him. Everyone turned to look at him. "Please corporate while I make things easier by making a barrier between the students that are going to Hogwarts and those going to Aviar. So please if you will students go to the either the right side or the left according to your train.
After everyone intently listened to the man and began to start moving to follow his instructions the loudness began again. When everyone was on the side they were suppose to be in a barrier slowly to rise in between the two groups. Then without further problems they got on their trains. People on Hogwart's Express were whispering to each other about what might happen this year.
A 5th year said, "My dad told me that sorcerers like to torment people. So maybe this year we'll witness a game of torture."
Harry heard strange things about sorcerers as he passed by all the rooms. People were talking about all kinds of crazy stories like, a sorcerer being a shape shifter and doing all kinds of crazy things. But Harry also had a feeling that the sorcerers were making fun of them also.
It took a while before everyone was getting tired about talking about sorcerers. But shortly after they had stopped talking about it the train began to slow down.
When Harry got off the train he heard a familiar voice speaking.
"Come on, all first 'ears this way, don't be shy," Hagrid said. He gave Hermoine, Harry and Ron a wink as he started to walk away and he was followed by a line of first years. It was time for their traditional boat ride across the lake to Hogwarts.
Then they all rushed to the carriages to be taken to Hogwarts. As they trotted to the castle they looked up at the sky as they saw something fly over their heads, it looked like a gargoyle but they weren't sure. Things this year have already changed so much, how can they change even more? Harry thought to himself as he watched the last gargoyle pass bye over their heads.
"Come along now or you all will miss the train," Mrs. Weaseley said leading Fred, George, Ron, Ginny. Harry and Hermoine. Harry and Hermoine had spent the at Ron's house. Those two weeks were intense because of the letter from Hogwarts. It was obvious to Harry and Hermoine now that the Weaseleys had a bad history with the sorcerers. Harry could still recall the conversation that he had with Ron about it.
(Harry thought back.)
"Uh, Ron what does it matter that the sorcerers are sharing our school?" Harry had asked.
Ron then looked at Harry while his eyes were bulging out of their sockets. He had yelled," What does it matter? Honestly Harry you do need to get in touch with the wizardry world more. Why you couldn't have picked a more stupid question. You could have asked why do faeries have fucking wings!"
(Back to present time)
Harry looked over had Ron, he had asked that question a week ago. He had nearly bitten his head off. And he wasn't any kinder when Hermoine asked him about it either. When Harry got out of the memory of what happened last week he noticed that Mrs. Weaseley looked furious.
"This year its going to be packed, especially since they're combining schools. Honestly what was Dumbledore thinking combining schools with those- Barligians. I don't even care what fucking reason he had to agree with those fucking terms. well lets just say that I don't think he should have agreed with them in the first place," she loudly shouted.
A few people who were passing by gave her looks. George knew that he agreed with his mother but he also knew that she shouldn't tell the whole world. They tried to hurry u to the opening of the platform (in-between platforms 9 and 10). When they were about to go onto the platform they heard people talking and they were standing right in front of the platform and looking at it peculiarly. Mrs. Weaseley gasped and was holding her breath when she saw this. Then slowly they decided to get closer so they could hear what they were saying.
"So are we going on the wizard's train?" a girl said looking at her friend and then at the barrier.
"Well on the letter it said go to Platform 9 ¾ In London, England and well I think that there should be two trains. Well at least if they don't want chaos to happen they should have two trains," a guy answered his friend. He had an Irish accent so it was clear where they were from.
To some extent the fact that these teenagers were sorcerers was a relief. They looked like they were in their 4th year at Aviar. They wore long pants of a color of their choice, the guy wore black and the girl wore red, and a top that matched their pants.
"I rather go by air then by a bloody train! All stuffy and ugh!" the girl exclaimed.
"If you wanted to go by air so badly then why in fucking hell did you drag me to London train Station for! Honestly make up your fucking mind!" he roared back at her.
The girl looked at her friend and gave him a look at he should quiet down. "Geez, honestly you need to quiet down a bit," she whispered to him. She was looking at the curious faces looking at them. The she continued still in a whisper," Well I didn't think going onto the train would be so difficult. I didn't mean to drag you to England for no reason."
He looked at her and smiled. He didn't mean to yell; it was just the thought of the wizards on the same platform got him angry. His family was blamed for countless things before they left another town and decided to settle down in a place only for sorcerers in Fortress Valley. He knew his friend didn't mean it.
He said to her," uh, sorry I lost my temper with you. I didn't mean to shout, it's just those wizards," he said apologetically. He knew he shouldn't have let his anger out on its just that he couldn't help it.
"Its all right I understand, believe me I really do. I can't even count how many times I got accused of doing things when a wizard is involved," she said with a smile. She rolled her eyes. "You know you are not the only sorcerer that gets blamed for stuff when it comes to wizards.
They both laughed. Then she turned and looked at the barrier and sighed, "well since we're here lets take the train."
They stood back and with their crate of luggage went through the barrier and then onto the platform. After they went through the barrier Harry took a glance at Ron. He had a very intense look on his face and his clenching his fist slightly. They had waited for a couple of minutes before they went the barrier. Harry made a mental note to himself to not mention what they just overheard since he knew that Ron didn't like sorcerers and it was clear that those two were sorcerers by the way they were talking. And Harry didn't also want to mention that sorcerers didn't seem all that bad.
When they came through the barrier they automatically noticed that the amount of people on the dock was tripled then usual. Things looked so different, the first thing that was really different was that instead of one train there were two trains. It seemed like there was were thousands and thousands of people there waiting in front of the entrances of the trains. It was obvious that they were all anxious to get away from each other; well at least the wizards were trying to get away from the sorcerers.
Harry saw Malfoy trying to get away from a group of sorcerers but was not successful. He was almost being trampled over if someone didn't use some kind of spell to get him out. When Draco was finally able to breathe he heard a couple of sorcerers softly laughing at him. Crabbe and Goyle were also having problems getting through to the train. Harry looked over at Ron to see if he just saw what he did but Ron was preoccupied at the moment with trying to get to the train and missed the scene. Then at that moment a man came through to the crowd and stood up on a pole so everyone could see him and he spoke loudly.
"Ladies and Gents!" the man yelled and the noise subsided to listen to him. Everyone turned to look at him. "Please corporate while I make things easier by making a barrier between the students that are going to Hogwarts and those going to Aviar. So please if you will students go to the either the right side or the left according to your train.
After everyone intently listened to the man and began to start moving to follow his instructions the loudness began again. When everyone was on the side they were suppose to be in a barrier slowly to rise in between the two groups. Then without further problems they got on their trains. People on Hogwart's Express were whispering to each other about what might happen this year.
A 5th year said, "My dad told me that sorcerers like to torment people. So maybe this year we'll witness a game of torture."
Harry heard strange things about sorcerers as he passed by all the rooms. People were talking about all kinds of crazy stories like, a sorcerer being a shape shifter and doing all kinds of crazy things. But Harry also had a feeling that the sorcerers were making fun of them also.
It took a while before everyone was getting tired about talking about sorcerers. But shortly after they had stopped talking about it the train began to slow down.
When Harry got off the train he heard a familiar voice speaking.
"Come on, all first 'ears this way, don't be shy," Hagrid said. He gave Hermoine, Harry and Ron a wink as he started to walk away and he was followed by a line of first years. It was time for their traditional boat ride across the lake to Hogwarts.
Then they all rushed to the carriages to be taken to Hogwarts. As they trotted to the castle they looked up at the sky as they saw something fly over their heads, it looked like a gargoyle but they weren't sure. Things this year have already changed so much, how can they change even more? Harry thought to himself as he watched the last gargoyle pass bye over their heads.