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A/n: ok, guess what! This story might actually have a plot!!!!! So I'm real happy bout that, oh, and I changed the first chapter to say that harry would be in his 4th year instead of 3rd, I did some math, which totally confused me, but I'm gonna stick with 4th year. So just deal with it, well I hope you like it!!!!!!!
Do you realize how slowly two weeks can pass? Well, let's put it this way. To Jennifer, Morgan, and Megan it seemed like it took millions of years. To Joseph, Alicia, and Lori it seemed like, well, two weeks.
"YES! Tomorrow, tomorrow, we, are, leaving!" Jennifer half sang, half spoke, carrying out the last word. Then she started jumping up and down, waving her hands around like an idiot.
"Jennifer!" no answer, "JENNIFER!" Megan yelled. Jennifer stopped.
"Sorry," she said looking down at the floor, using her fake I-am-so-ashamed-of-myself face.
"Just go to sleep Jennifer," Lori said, half asleep. It was 11:00 p.m.
"Trying, definitely trying, but definitely not working," Jennifer said, fully charged. She was now lying in bed beside Morgan. (A/n: now for all you sickos out there they aren't Lesbos or anything, they just don't have enough beds for everyone to have their own.)
"I'm just going to sleep now, sleep, sleep," Jennifer said, and she seemed to actually, gasp, calm down. Key word: seemed. "Can't sleep, CAN'T SLEEP," she jumped up and started hyperventilating again.
"It is going to be a very, very long night," Joseph said, turning over to try and go asleep.
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Joseph was right. It was a very long night.
Jennifer didn't go to sleep until four in the morning, and that was only because Morgan said she'd buy her a chocolate bar the next day on the train. Then Lori was awake so she got hyper and they couldn't get her to go to sleep until five. Then they had to get up at seven. You do the math.
Needless to say all of them were extremely grumpy the next morning. Well, all of them except Jennifer and Lori. They were perfectly happy, Jennifer a little more than Lori. Now let's take you to after breakfast in the van they rented to take them to Kings Cross.
"Will you please, please, shut-up," Joseph said to Jennifer and Lori. They had been singing, The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round. They looked at each other evilly.
"Hmm, we'll consider it," Jennifer said. They looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Considered it, and our answer is… no," Lori said. They started singing again.
"It is going to be a long ride," Megan said. Alicia and Morgan nodded while Joseph put his hands over his ears.
"Make it stop! Make it stop!" he cried.
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Megan was right. It was a very long ride.
Jennifer and Lori finally shut-up, after being promised another chocolate bar from Morgan that made them shut-up pretty quick. Then everyone else fell asleep, except for Jennifer and Lori who were planning what to do on the train.
"Yeah, yeah, and then we can, we can," Jennifer said thinking hard about what they could do.
"We're there kids!" Mrs. Thompson said as they pulled to a stop outside Kings Cross.
"We're here?" Jennifer yelled.
"We're here!" Morgan said, waking up.
"Aaagh! We're here!" Megan said, also getting up.
"Oh, sh-" Lori almost said, but she remembered the parents were in the car just in time. She smiled. "I mean, oh so we are," she said, still smiling. They all got out of the car and ran into the station.
"Ok, we'll get the bags," Mrs./Dr. Cherry called. The kids were already out of earshot by then. They ran straight to the barrier between platform 9 and 10.
"I guess we have to wait for the 'rents," Jennifer said sadly.
"Yeah, they do have our bags," Morgan said.
"And our animals," Megan said.
"You know, Aristotle has the strangest eyes," Alicia said thoughtfully.
"Whatcha mean?" Lori asked.
"They're purple," Alicia said.
"Purple?" Joseph asked.
"Yep, strange isn't it," Alicia said. The others nodded. Just then the adults came into view pushing the kids' trolleys.
"Well, ya'll show us on the train," Mrs. Yates said.
"Through the barrier!" Jennifer shouted. She now had her trolley that she had gotten from her mother, and led the way through.
Right through to Platform 9 and three-quarters.
"We're here!" breathed Megan. She smiled a truly contagious smile that everybody caught, even Lori and Joseph. The adults joined them a moment later.
"We'll go find a compartment, then we'll come back and say goodbye," Alicia said. They headed off towards the train. After searching for quite a while they found an empty compartment into which they put their luggage and pets. Then they headed back to their parents. When they reached them they each went to their own mothers and said their good-byes.
"Bye mom, I'll owl you, or actually, cat/owl you when we get there, and well after we have the feast and all," Jennifer said, hugging her mother.
"I'll miss you, and so will Daddy, and Jessica, Jo, and Jewel," her mother said, tears in her eyes. After all, she wouldn't see her little girl until summer. Meanwhile…
"I'll miss you mom," Megan said, also hugging her mother.
"Me to Meg. But I know you won't miss your sisters," Mrs. Brightt said, smiling with tears in her eyes. Meanwhile…
"Guess I won't see you till summer," Lori said to her mother, which was really her stepmother with whom she didn't usually get along with.
"Yep, and I better not get any notes from the Headmaster that you're a problem child," Mrs. Yates said.
"That was so second grade," Lori said. Meanwhile…
"Bye mom. Make sure Eleanor doesn't kill Tiger," Morgan said.
"Of course not. Bye sweet heart," her mother replied. Meanwhile…
"Behave yourself," Mrs. Youngblood.
"I know, can I go now?" Joseph asked.
"Yes, and remember to be nice," Mrs. Youngblood said as he turned to leave. Their parents turned back to the barrier, entering their world again. The kids turned towards the train.
"Guys," Jennifer, said, actually being serious, "This is it. We're witches and a wizard. This is our world. Let's rock it!"
"Yeah!" they chorused. Then they ran onto the train. When they reached their compartment Jennifer let down the window.
"What are you doing?" Lori asked. Jennifer turned towards her.
"Nothing," and with that she turned towards the window again.
"GOODBYE!" she yelled as loud as she possibly could, and they were all sure their parents had heard it.
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A/n: well here's the fourth chapter. I was going to include the entire train ride, but I wanted to get another chapter up, so I did this. Oh, and sorry for the end, I was getting kinda sentimental, but hey, they were leaving their parents for an entire year. Plus, you can't expect me to write chaos ALL the time. I have to make it slightly serious. R/r, please!!!!!!
