uChapter III: Ginny Weasleybr
Cindra had never dreamed she would lose her best friend over this. The next morning Cindra wrote a letter to Emma and give it to her still unnamed owl to deliver.iDear Emma,br
I'm really sorry about last night. I didn't realise you would get so upset. But, I am telling the truth. I mean, I am mailing you witht the owl mum bought me in Diagon Alley. Please forgive me?br
Love, Cindrabr
P.S. She doesn't have a name, any ideas?/i
Later in the day, Cindra recieved a letter back.br
How about br
Have fun at "Hogwarts"!br
"Two can play at this game," Cindra thought as she hastily scribble down a note in reply.iNo, how about br
Later that night, Jealous/Liar returned home, but did not have a letter in reply from Emma. Cindra shrugged it off, and remembed that she was supposed to owl Hogwarts to tell them she was coming. She wrote a short but nice letter to Professor McGonogall and set it on her desk. She would let Jealous/Liar rest until tomorrow.hr
September first couldn't have come slower. Cindra's last month at home was almost unbearable. Having no friends to speak of, her day consisted mainly of reading, reading, and more reading. She had pleaded with her parents to take her back to Diagon Alley so she could buy more books, but they had forced her to make due with the local Muggle library.br
The drive to King's Cross Station was a bit unnerving. Cindra was feeling a mix of excitement and utter terror about going to a new school. This would be completely unlike anything she had ever done before. What if she wasn't good at it? What if they made a mistake and the letter was sent to her on accident? But no, that couldn't be possible.br
Once at the station, her father asked which platform her train was leaving from. "Nine and three-quarters," she replied foolishly. Her parents gave her an inquisitive look, but followed her anyway.br
She led them to the barrier between platforms nine and ten. "Ok," she explaimed calmly. "We have to just run at the wall, and we'll be on the platform." She knew her parents must have thought she was insane, but her younger sister Emily excitedly offered to go first.br
"No, Cindra will go first," her mother said.br
Cindra took at deep breath and pushed herself and her trolley thorugh the barrier. There was a large sign reading "Platform 9 3/4", and there was a larget steam engine bearing the name The Hogwarts Express. She had done it.br
She was quickly joined by her sister, mother, and father. It was quarter to eleven now, and they still had a while before the train would leave. She quickly told her family that she was going to look for a seat on the train and that she would be right back.br
The train was just as the book described it. Cindra found an empty compartment toward the back of the train. She set her trunk and bag down in it and ran back out to her family.br
"Well dear," her mother said, tears gleaming in her eyes. "Have a great time! We'll write to you."br
"Don't miss me too much!" Emily said proudly. "And tell me all about that Harry Potter kid." Cindra laughed at Emily's comment and gave her a hug.br
It was her father's tune. "Well Cindra, I hope I made the right choice in letting you go here. Please, I don't want to get nasty letters saying that you've been acting up!" He smiled widely and wrapped Cindra up in a warm reassuring hug. "Have a great time honey."br
After last minute hugs goodbye, Cindra left her family and ran back onto the train. The compartment was still empty and so Cindra just watched everyone outside of the train giving their last goodbyes to family. She looked desperately for who she thought could be Harry Potter or Ron Weasley, but saw neither.br
There was a knock and the compartment door opened. A small girl with bright red hair and freckles appeared in the doorway. "Can I sit with you? All the other compartments are full."br
"Yes, of course, go right ahead," Cindra said kindly.br
"Thank you," the girl said as she dragged her thrunk into the compartment. "I was going to sit with my brother Ron and his friend Harry but I can't find them."br
"Don't worry about it, my name's Cindra, Cindra Paige."br
"I'm Ginny Weasley."br
"So, what house do you think you'll be in?" Cindra asked cheerfully.br
"Probably Gryffindor. My parents are all six of my brothers have been in Gryffindor."br
"Wow, six brothers," Cindra said, trying to sound surprised, but she already knew quite a bit about Ginny Weasley.br
"What about you?" Ginny asked.br
"I don't know, I hope Gryffindor. I suppose Ravenclaw wouldn't be too bad, but I definitely don't want Hufflepuff or Slytherin."Br
"No, definitely not."br
"I was so surprised when I got my letter for Hogwarts. I mean, no one in my family is magic, and so it came as quite a shock."br
"I can't even imagine," Ginny said with a laugh.br
Suddenly the door opened, and two red-haired boys stuck their heads into the compartment. "Hey Ginny, know where Ron and Harry are?" one of them said.br
"No, I couldn't find them," Ginny said dissappointedly.br
"Oh," the other said. "Well we looked all over the train. Do you think they missed it?"br
"I hope not!" Ginny said. Then she remembered Linda and said, "Fredm George, this is Cindra Paige."br
"Hello," one of the twins said. "I'm George, this is Fred." He pointed to Fred. "We're Ginny's brothers."br
All of a sudden a large blue something flew by the window. "What was that?" Fred said, rushing to the window. In the distance he could see what appeared to be a flying car. "Is that the Anglia?" He looked questioningly at George.
"Ron!" they said in unison.
Cindra had never dreamed she would lose her best friend over this. The next morning Cindra wrote a letter to Emma and give it to her still unnamed owl to deliver.iDear Emma,br
I'm really sorry about last night. I didn't realise you would get so upset. But, I am telling the truth. I mean, I am mailing you witht the owl mum bought me in Diagon Alley. Please forgive me?br
Love, Cindrabr
P.S. She doesn't have a name, any ideas?/i
Later in the day, Cindra recieved a letter back.br
How about br
Have fun at "Hogwarts"!br
"Two can play at this game," Cindra thought as she hastily scribble down a note in reply.iNo, how about br
Later that night, Jealous/Liar returned home, but did not have a letter in reply from Emma. Cindra shrugged it off, and remembed that she was supposed to owl Hogwarts to tell them she was coming. She wrote a short but nice letter to Professor McGonogall and set it on her desk. She would let Jealous/Liar rest until tomorrow.hr
September first couldn't have come slower. Cindra's last month at home was almost unbearable. Having no friends to speak of, her day consisted mainly of reading, reading, and more reading. She had pleaded with her parents to take her back to Diagon Alley so she could buy more books, but they had forced her to make due with the local Muggle library.br
The drive to King's Cross Station was a bit unnerving. Cindra was feeling a mix of excitement and utter terror about going to a new school. This would be completely unlike anything she had ever done before. What if she wasn't good at it? What if they made a mistake and the letter was sent to her on accident? But no, that couldn't be possible.br
Once at the station, her father asked which platform her train was leaving from. "Nine and three-quarters," she replied foolishly. Her parents gave her an inquisitive look, but followed her anyway.br
She led them to the barrier between platforms nine and ten. "Ok," she explaimed calmly. "We have to just run at the wall, and we'll be on the platform." She knew her parents must have thought she was insane, but her younger sister Emily excitedly offered to go first.br
"No, Cindra will go first," her mother said.br
Cindra took at deep breath and pushed herself and her trolley thorugh the barrier. There was a large sign reading "Platform 9 3/4", and there was a larget steam engine bearing the name The Hogwarts Express. She had done it.br
She was quickly joined by her sister, mother, and father. It was quarter to eleven now, and they still had a while before the train would leave. She quickly told her family that she was going to look for a seat on the train and that she would be right back.br
The train was just as the book described it. Cindra found an empty compartment toward the back of the train. She set her trunk and bag down in it and ran back out to her family.br
"Well dear," her mother said, tears gleaming in her eyes. "Have a great time! We'll write to you."br
"Don't miss me too much!" Emily said proudly. "And tell me all about that Harry Potter kid." Cindra laughed at Emily's comment and gave her a hug.br
It was her father's tune. "Well Cindra, I hope I made the right choice in letting you go here. Please, I don't want to get nasty letters saying that you've been acting up!" He smiled widely and wrapped Cindra up in a warm reassuring hug. "Have a great time honey."br
After last minute hugs goodbye, Cindra left her family and ran back onto the train. The compartment was still empty and so Cindra just watched everyone outside of the train giving their last goodbyes to family. She looked desperately for who she thought could be Harry Potter or Ron Weasley, but saw neither.br
There was a knock and the compartment door opened. A small girl with bright red hair and freckles appeared in the doorway. "Can I sit with you? All the other compartments are full."br
"Yes, of course, go right ahead," Cindra said kindly.br
"Thank you," the girl said as she dragged her thrunk into the compartment. "I was going to sit with my brother Ron and his friend Harry but I can't find them."br
"Don't worry about it, my name's Cindra, Cindra Paige."br
"I'm Ginny Weasley."br
"So, what house do you think you'll be in?" Cindra asked cheerfully.br
"Probably Gryffindor. My parents are all six of my brothers have been in Gryffindor."br
"Wow, six brothers," Cindra said, trying to sound surprised, but she already knew quite a bit about Ginny Weasley.br
"What about you?" Ginny asked.br
"I don't know, I hope Gryffindor. I suppose Ravenclaw wouldn't be too bad, but I definitely don't want Hufflepuff or Slytherin."Br
"No, definitely not."br
"I was so surprised when I got my letter for Hogwarts. I mean, no one in my family is magic, and so it came as quite a shock."br
"I can't even imagine," Ginny said with a laugh.br
Suddenly the door opened, and two red-haired boys stuck their heads into the compartment. "Hey Ginny, know where Ron and Harry are?" one of them said.br
"No, I couldn't find them," Ginny said dissappointedly.br
"Oh," the other said. "Well we looked all over the train. Do you think they missed it?"br
"I hope not!" Ginny said. Then she remembered Linda and said, "Fredm George, this is Cindra Paige."br
"Hello," one of the twins said. "I'm George, this is Fred." He pointed to Fred. "We're Ginny's brothers."br
All of a sudden a large blue something flew by the window. "What was that?" Fred said, rushing to the window. In the distance he could see what appeared to be a flying car. "Is that the Anglia?" He looked questioningly at George.
"Ron!" they said in unison.