CHAPTER FOUR
"Gate six...Gate seven. And there's the divider." Lily pointed out in the train station. Unsure about what was going to happen, she pushed her cart carrying all of her luggage. Suddenly, she fell through the barrier and onto a platform where a scarlet train engine waited.
"Lily, over here!" Lily looked up to see Nancy and Marion calling to her out the window. She waved back at them, and then turned to her mom and said her goodbyes. When all that was done, she bored the train and sat next to Nancy and Marion.
"It seems really empty." Lily said, observing the many empty compartments on the train.
"Yeah, there's only about ten of us or so." Marion said, who had already been up and down the train a few times to see what it was like.
"So there's only ten new kids going to this school?" questioned Lily.
"I guess so- maybe it's a small school." Suggested Nancy. "Hey, why don't we play a game of cards? Marion brought her CD player with too."
"Sure!" Lily replied. The spent a few hours playing cards and betting for candy. In the end, they all wound up eating all the candy anyway, so it didn't really make a difference. Then they talked and listen to the radio for another little while. It was all punk-rock music, of course, because that's all that Marion listened to.
"Are we almost there yet?" Nancy asked, looking out the window. "Hey, where are we?"
"I have no idea. We've only been on this train for four hours, and we have to go across seas and all." Lily said, but just as she finished saying that the train started slowing down.
"What's going on?" Marion asked.
Lily shrugged and looked out the window. "Nancy, I don't think we're in America anymore." She said almost laughing.
"What?"
"We're in Australia."
Nancy laughed. "Come on, where are we really?"
"Australia."
"Lemme see." Nancy and Marion pressed against the window, and they too saw the saw sign that Lily did. Australia.
The train came to a complete halt and the doors opened. Three people bored and then the doors closed and the train took off again. Marion saw one of them go into the compartment with Karen, one of them an empty compartment, and one of them went into their compartment.
They got to talking, and found out that her name was Tabitha, and that last year she went to Hogwarts, but for three years before that she went to a wizard school in Australia.
After another hour or so, the train stopped again, Lily looked out of the window to see lots of people waiting for the train. "London, England, at Kings Cross Station." She said aloud.
"London? Cool!" Marion and Nancy said, and went over to Lily's side of the train to look in. The compartment door opened, and the people started to file in. The three watched as everyone boarded the train and tried to find seats.
"I'm going to go over by Louisa, the other Australian, ok?" Tabitha said.
"Ok, see you later!" And she walked over a few compartments to find her.
"Hey, Lily, doesn't that look like." She pointed over to girl with blonde hair looking for a seat.
"FraCindy!" Lily exclaimed.
The girl turned around. "Lily! Nancy! Marion!" She exclaimed, and ran over to them.
"FraCindy! What are you doing here?" Lily cried.
"Same thing you are!" She called back. "Anora, I'm going over here!" she said, and sat down next to Nancy.
FraCindy had moved to where Nancy and Lily lived about seven years ago, and since then they had been best friends. But last year FraCindy moved back to France, and since then she had trouble keeping in touch with them.
"I can't believe this!" FraCindy cried. "We're all going to the same school again!"
"Yeah, I know!"
Marion decided to go around the train, and left the three best friends to talk and catch up. And they did just that for about six hours until the train stopped for the last time- at Hogwarts.
"Gate six...Gate seven. And there's the divider." Lily pointed out in the train station. Unsure about what was going to happen, she pushed her cart carrying all of her luggage. Suddenly, she fell through the barrier and onto a platform where a scarlet train engine waited.
"Lily, over here!" Lily looked up to see Nancy and Marion calling to her out the window. She waved back at them, and then turned to her mom and said her goodbyes. When all that was done, she bored the train and sat next to Nancy and Marion.
"It seems really empty." Lily said, observing the many empty compartments on the train.
"Yeah, there's only about ten of us or so." Marion said, who had already been up and down the train a few times to see what it was like.
"So there's only ten new kids going to this school?" questioned Lily.
"I guess so- maybe it's a small school." Suggested Nancy. "Hey, why don't we play a game of cards? Marion brought her CD player with too."
"Sure!" Lily replied. The spent a few hours playing cards and betting for candy. In the end, they all wound up eating all the candy anyway, so it didn't really make a difference. Then they talked and listen to the radio for another little while. It was all punk-rock music, of course, because that's all that Marion listened to.
"Are we almost there yet?" Nancy asked, looking out the window. "Hey, where are we?"
"I have no idea. We've only been on this train for four hours, and we have to go across seas and all." Lily said, but just as she finished saying that the train started slowing down.
"What's going on?" Marion asked.
Lily shrugged and looked out the window. "Nancy, I don't think we're in America anymore." She said almost laughing.
"What?"
"We're in Australia."
Nancy laughed. "Come on, where are we really?"
"Australia."
"Lemme see." Nancy and Marion pressed against the window, and they too saw the saw sign that Lily did. Australia.
The train came to a complete halt and the doors opened. Three people bored and then the doors closed and the train took off again. Marion saw one of them go into the compartment with Karen, one of them an empty compartment, and one of them went into their compartment.
They got to talking, and found out that her name was Tabitha, and that last year she went to Hogwarts, but for three years before that she went to a wizard school in Australia.
After another hour or so, the train stopped again, Lily looked out of the window to see lots of people waiting for the train. "London, England, at Kings Cross Station." She said aloud.
"London? Cool!" Marion and Nancy said, and went over to Lily's side of the train to look in. The compartment door opened, and the people started to file in. The three watched as everyone boarded the train and tried to find seats.
"I'm going to go over by Louisa, the other Australian, ok?" Tabitha said.
"Ok, see you later!" And she walked over a few compartments to find her.
"Hey, Lily, doesn't that look like." She pointed over to girl with blonde hair looking for a seat.
"FraCindy!" Lily exclaimed.
The girl turned around. "Lily! Nancy! Marion!" She exclaimed, and ran over to them.
"FraCindy! What are you doing here?" Lily cried.
"Same thing you are!" She called back. "Anora, I'm going over here!" she said, and sat down next to Nancy.
FraCindy had moved to where Nancy and Lily lived about seven years ago, and since then they had been best friends. But last year FraCindy moved back to France, and since then she had trouble keeping in touch with them.
"I can't believe this!" FraCindy cried. "We're all going to the same school again!"
"Yeah, I know!"
Marion decided to go around the train, and left the three best friends to talk and catch up. And they did just that for about six hours until the train stopped for the last time- at Hogwarts.