CHAPTER 4- PLATFORM 9 ¾
Then we said our good byes and Hagrid got me settled into a room at the Leaky Caldron. I then started counting the days until September 1st, the day I'd be leaving 4 the school. Harry and I promised to meet in front of the platform before the train left. I couldn't wait!
I felt so happy, I felt like jumping up in the air and whooping. I felt like I could do anything! I wanted to everything! It was finally September 1st! I was finally going to Hogwarts, my school! My NEW school, where I already had 2 friends! I couldn't wait to get there!
"ROSE, TIME! YOUR CAB IS HERE!" I heard Tom the innkeeper yell.
"Thanks Tom!" I yelled back! I grabbed my bags and backpack, ran down the stairs and out the door. I jumped in the cab and told him,
"Take me to King's Cross please." I gave him the money. I just read some of my schoolbooks while I waited.
"Okay, we're here." The cab driver told me, and then he helped me take my stuff out of the trunk.
"Thanks." I told him,
" My pleasure." He said, fingering the money.
I walked over to the platforms 9 and 10, I don't know what I'd been expecting, but there was nothing in between! I looked around for Harry, and there he was, but he wasn't with Hagrid, he was with this strange man! But, he didn't look like Harry's father, and he didn't act like it either. He kept yelling at him!
"Hey Harry. What's up?" I called, walking over.
"This isn't the greatest time Rose." He said,
"Who's this?" Asked the purple-faced man.
"Uh, well, it's one of my friends, Rose Jenkins."
"Uh, it's nice to meet you. Mr., I'm sorry, what's your name?" I asked.
"This is my uncle Vernon." Harry said.
"Where's the platform Harry? Have you found it yet?"
"Not really," He said, eyeing his uncle very uncomfortably. "Let's talk about this later." He suggested. His uncle walked away to a car with a fat blonde boy and a blonde lady sitting in it. He was laughing like a madman!
"Okay, what's wrong with him?" I asked, raising my eyebrows.
"It's a long story. I'll have plenty of time once we get on the train. But let's wait 'till then."
We looked around, but we couldn't see anyone who could help us. Harry even asked a guard, but he acted like we were insane! We finally saw some people who looked a little out of the ordinary, so Harry went over and asked them if they knew how to get to platform 9 ¾ and then I went over. Unfortunately, they didn't even look like normal wizards! They all had different sizes and different eye color but they all had flaming red hair and freckles! But, they did know how to get onto the platform; you had to walk right through what appeared to be a wall! I got so nervous; I didn't want to walk through (or into as the case might have been) a wall! We waited a while, until it was our turn. Then walked straight through the wall! It was amazing! There were so many people, and animals, it was just a whole bunch of noise. And the scarlet steam engine was so cool! We piled our stuff into the end compartment, and I just walked around while Harry 'got settled'. I don't know what happened, but when I got back there was another boy in the compartment. He was one of the redheaded kids we'd seen earlier. His name was Ron, I envied his flaming red hair and I told him so. The sad part is that I started blushing, and burst into a fit of giggle girly giggles, I know that that was my nick name in school but that was in LA. I also know my hair isn't that different, but I'd rather have red than auburn! The train started rolling, we were off for Hogwarts!
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Then we said our good byes and Hagrid got me settled into a room at the Leaky Caldron. I then started counting the days until September 1st, the day I'd be leaving 4 the school. Harry and I promised to meet in front of the platform before the train left. I couldn't wait!
I felt so happy, I felt like jumping up in the air and whooping. I felt like I could do anything! I wanted to everything! It was finally September 1st! I was finally going to Hogwarts, my school! My NEW school, where I already had 2 friends! I couldn't wait to get there!
"ROSE, TIME! YOUR CAB IS HERE!" I heard Tom the innkeeper yell.
"Thanks Tom!" I yelled back! I grabbed my bags and backpack, ran down the stairs and out the door. I jumped in the cab and told him,
"Take me to King's Cross please." I gave him the money. I just read some of my schoolbooks while I waited.
"Okay, we're here." The cab driver told me, and then he helped me take my stuff out of the trunk.
"Thanks." I told him,
" My pleasure." He said, fingering the money.
I walked over to the platforms 9 and 10, I don't know what I'd been expecting, but there was nothing in between! I looked around for Harry, and there he was, but he wasn't with Hagrid, he was with this strange man! But, he didn't look like Harry's father, and he didn't act like it either. He kept yelling at him!
"Hey Harry. What's up?" I called, walking over.
"This isn't the greatest time Rose." He said,
"Who's this?" Asked the purple-faced man.
"Uh, well, it's one of my friends, Rose Jenkins."
"Uh, it's nice to meet you. Mr., I'm sorry, what's your name?" I asked.
"This is my uncle Vernon." Harry said.
"Where's the platform Harry? Have you found it yet?"
"Not really," He said, eyeing his uncle very uncomfortably. "Let's talk about this later." He suggested. His uncle walked away to a car with a fat blonde boy and a blonde lady sitting in it. He was laughing like a madman!
"Okay, what's wrong with him?" I asked, raising my eyebrows.
"It's a long story. I'll have plenty of time once we get on the train. But let's wait 'till then."
We looked around, but we couldn't see anyone who could help us. Harry even asked a guard, but he acted like we were insane! We finally saw some people who looked a little out of the ordinary, so Harry went over and asked them if they knew how to get to platform 9 ¾ and then I went over. Unfortunately, they didn't even look like normal wizards! They all had different sizes and different eye color but they all had flaming red hair and freckles! But, they did know how to get onto the platform; you had to walk right through what appeared to be a wall! I got so nervous; I didn't want to walk through (or into as the case might have been) a wall! We waited a while, until it was our turn. Then walked straight through the wall! It was amazing! There were so many people, and animals, it was just a whole bunch of noise. And the scarlet steam engine was so cool! We piled our stuff into the end compartment, and I just walked around while Harry 'got settled'. I don't know what happened, but when I got back there was another boy in the compartment. He was one of the redheaded kids we'd seen earlier. His name was Ron, I envied his flaming red hair and I told him so. The sad part is that I started blushing, and burst into a fit of giggle girly giggles, I know that that was my nick name in school but that was in LA. I also know my hair isn't that different, but I'd rather have red than auburn! The train started rolling, we were off for Hogwarts!
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