Hogwarts Express-

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It was a sunny day at King's Cross. Albus and his father stride up to a wall inbetween platform nine and ten. "Yup, this is it." Sagesse say with a bit of excitment in his voice while looking at the ticket. "Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. Now, you go, Albus." Albus was half nervous, half excited. He grabs hold of his cart with all of his school supplies, including Percibal, his owl, and runs towards the platform. He makes it in and sees a scarlett train. He couldn't hear much, there was a lot of chatter going on. There was only one minute to get aboard the train! He sees his father running in behind him. "Off you go! You don't want to be late, you don't. Hurry now!" Sagesse says in a rushed voice.

Albus climbs on the train with only a few seconds left. "We were supposed to get up early! Well, at least I made it," he thinks quietly to himself. The train suddenly begins to move. It appears there weren't any completely empty compartments left. He was too late. He randomly picks one and slowly opens the door. "Mind if I sit here?" Albus asks to a boy who's light brown hair was a mess. "No... Not at all." the boys answers, smiling. "By the way, I'm Cyrus, Cyrus McKormick...And you are?" the boy asks, not sounding rude. "Oh, I'm Albus, Albus Dumbledore." Albus says, holding out his hand inwhich Cyrus shakes. "I've learned quite a few basic spells from my father." "Oh?" Cyrus replies. Albus nods and says,"For example, Lumos!" Albus's wand emits a ray of light from the tip of it. "Nox!" Cyrus says, chuckling. The light cast by Albus's wand disappears. "I see you know how to reverse that,"Albus says, also chuckling. "Yup."

They kept on talking until night. They talked about things such as "What's Hogwarts going to be like?" and "What house would you like to be in?". Cyrus said, "Anything but Slytherin." Albus said, "Whatever is best for myself." Cyrus knew right away that would be Gryffindor. The train finally stops. It jerks back just a little. All the students exit the train in large crowds, making it almost impossible to get through the door. All of the first years soon appear at the lake by Hogwarts. A loud "Ooooooh!" is heard. They all got on boats in groups of three and four. A girl with long, red hair appeared by Cyrus and Albus's boat. "You wouldn't mind if I join you two, would you?"the girl asks. "No, not at all," Cyrus and Dumbledore both say. She hops in and the boats begin to move. They all look at the school towering above on a cliff with amazement. It was like gliding across glass. "By the way, I'm Iris Rain... And you two are?" "Cyrus McKormick,"says Cyrus. "I'm Albus Dumbledore,"says Albus, smiling.