CHAPTER FOUR
"Now, lets make sure you have everything." Ginny said, fluttering about the new house. "Wand, books, robes." She walked back and fourth through the family room where Charlie and Harry were sitting with Charlie's suitcase watching Ginny. "Ink, quills, parchment.."
"Ginny- dear-" Harry started.
"Spell-o-tape just in case, cauldron, potion ingredients."
After a while of this, Ginny was finally satisfied. Harry threw some floo powder into the glowing fireplace, and soon they were in King's cross station.
"Platform nine and three quarters?" Charlie asked, looking at platform nine and platform ten. "How do we get there?"
Harry explained to him that you have to push your cart through the barrier of the two platforms. "I hope Dobby doesn't know about this." He muttered into Ginny's ear. They both remembered that year very well- Harry's second and Ginny's first; The house elf dobby had blocked the barrier to prevent Harry from going to Hogwarts, so Harry and Ron, who was Ginny's brother, flew his a flying car to Hogwarts.
They were just about to go through the barrier when someone called them. "Excuse, Mr." A young girl said to them. "I, um, overheard you talking. How is it again that you get to platform nine and three quarters?"
Harry seemed to remember having the same conversation many years ago. This time Ginny did the explaining of the barrier.
They all went through the barrier, and stood before an engine. Harry and Ginny knew that at one time it was a scarlet red, but now it looked more like a rusty color then anything, and the once gold letters that read Hogwarts Express were now faded to a brown.
Harry opened a compartment and loaded Charlie's luggage onto it. Ginny went over and hugged him. "Now Charlie- be good, and be careful, ok?"
"Yes, mum."
Ginny walked away and Harry also started to talk. "Be good this year, next year we'll work on something, ok?" He winked.
Charlie laughed. "Ok. Goodbye dad, Goodbye mum!" as the train started to pull away from the station.
Charlie looked out the window of his compartment, which he was in by himself. Everything was going by so quickly- almost like the past summer. One day he had been at home with his friends at the pool, and the next he was moving to some place in the middle of nowhere and going to a school where he knew absolutely no one to learn magic? It just didn't seem right to him.
Just then the compartment door swung open, and a girl of about the same age with brown hair and a freckled face walked in, and sat down across from Charlie.
"Hi." Charlie said, "I'm Charlie, Charlie Potter."
As he said that she nearly fell off her chair. "Potter? As in Harry Potter?"
"Yeah, well, that's my dad's name."
Her eyes opened wider. "Wow. My parents talk all the time about him. And he's really famous you know, he was the boy who lived."
Charlie smiled. His mother had told him all about this. "Yeah." He felt very out of place.
"Oh! And I'm sorry for not introducing myself" She said as she picked herself up from off the floor. "Jamie Weasley here."
The name sounded oddly familiar to him, but he didn't say anything. They talked for the good part of the ride about their families, and about what they know of hogwarts.
" I heard that they had an enchanted ceiling the great hall to look like the real sky." Charlie said.
"My uncles Fred and George said there are some secret passage ways and stuff."
"Cool. I have an Uncle Fred and Uncle too. They sent me ton-tongue toffees for my birthday."
"This is too weird." Jamie said. "We're almost exactly alike- and we have to same family members now?"
Suddenly Charlie realized where he had seen the name Weasley. "Weasley!" He yelled.
Jamie raised an eyebrow at him. "Yeah, what about it?"
"I figured it out!" Charlie jumped out of his seat. "Its my mom maiden name- Ginny Weasley."
"I know that name! That is my dad's sister."
They turned to stare at each other in shock. They were cousins.
"Now, lets make sure you have everything." Ginny said, fluttering about the new house. "Wand, books, robes." She walked back and fourth through the family room where Charlie and Harry were sitting with Charlie's suitcase watching Ginny. "Ink, quills, parchment.."
"Ginny- dear-" Harry started.
"Spell-o-tape just in case, cauldron, potion ingredients."
After a while of this, Ginny was finally satisfied. Harry threw some floo powder into the glowing fireplace, and soon they were in King's cross station.
"Platform nine and three quarters?" Charlie asked, looking at platform nine and platform ten. "How do we get there?"
Harry explained to him that you have to push your cart through the barrier of the two platforms. "I hope Dobby doesn't know about this." He muttered into Ginny's ear. They both remembered that year very well- Harry's second and Ginny's first; The house elf dobby had blocked the barrier to prevent Harry from going to Hogwarts, so Harry and Ron, who was Ginny's brother, flew his a flying car to Hogwarts.
They were just about to go through the barrier when someone called them. "Excuse, Mr." A young girl said to them. "I, um, overheard you talking. How is it again that you get to platform nine and three quarters?"
Harry seemed to remember having the same conversation many years ago. This time Ginny did the explaining of the barrier.
They all went through the barrier, and stood before an engine. Harry and Ginny knew that at one time it was a scarlet red, but now it looked more like a rusty color then anything, and the once gold letters that read Hogwarts Express were now faded to a brown.
Harry opened a compartment and loaded Charlie's luggage onto it. Ginny went over and hugged him. "Now Charlie- be good, and be careful, ok?"
"Yes, mum."
Ginny walked away and Harry also started to talk. "Be good this year, next year we'll work on something, ok?" He winked.
Charlie laughed. "Ok. Goodbye dad, Goodbye mum!" as the train started to pull away from the station.
Charlie looked out the window of his compartment, which he was in by himself. Everything was going by so quickly- almost like the past summer. One day he had been at home with his friends at the pool, and the next he was moving to some place in the middle of nowhere and going to a school where he knew absolutely no one to learn magic? It just didn't seem right to him.
Just then the compartment door swung open, and a girl of about the same age with brown hair and a freckled face walked in, and sat down across from Charlie.
"Hi." Charlie said, "I'm Charlie, Charlie Potter."
As he said that she nearly fell off her chair. "Potter? As in Harry Potter?"
"Yeah, well, that's my dad's name."
Her eyes opened wider. "Wow. My parents talk all the time about him. And he's really famous you know, he was the boy who lived."
Charlie smiled. His mother had told him all about this. "Yeah." He felt very out of place.
"Oh! And I'm sorry for not introducing myself" She said as she picked herself up from off the floor. "Jamie Weasley here."
The name sounded oddly familiar to him, but he didn't say anything. They talked for the good part of the ride about their families, and about what they know of hogwarts.
" I heard that they had an enchanted ceiling the great hall to look like the real sky." Charlie said.
"My uncles Fred and George said there are some secret passage ways and stuff."
"Cool. I have an Uncle Fred and Uncle too. They sent me ton-tongue toffees for my birthday."
"This is too weird." Jamie said. "We're almost exactly alike- and we have to same family members now?"
Suddenly Charlie realized where he had seen the name Weasley. "Weasley!" He yelled.
Jamie raised an eyebrow at him. "Yeah, what about it?"
"I figured it out!" Charlie jumped out of his seat. "Its my mom maiden name- Ginny Weasley."
"I know that name! That is my dad's sister."
They turned to stare at each other in shock. They were cousins.