Chapter Eleven The Odd Numbered Platform
Jarrik was awaken early in the morning by Molly.
"Get up dear! It's your first day of school. Come down for breakfast." she
said happily as she moved onto Ron. He heard Ron groan. Jarrik got out of
bed and got dressed in muggle clothes. He figured he'd change later. As
usual, Ginny walked in, dressed. She didn't look happy.
"You're lucky. You get to go to school. I don't get to go until next year."
she told Jarrik, pouting. Jarrik gave her a sympathetic smile.
"Oh I don't know about that. I think you're lucky, getting to spend another
year with mum." Jarrik stated, trying to cheer her up.
"Yes, Ginny, Jarrik's right. I wish I was you sometimes." Ron said, zoning
away into lalaland.
"Be careful of what you wish for, Ronald." Molly said, making Ginny and
Jarrik jump in surprise. "Someday what you wish for will come true, like
the one you just wished for." she said, with a stern look on her face.
Jarrik and Ginny looked at Ron pointedly. Ron got the hint and walked out
of the room with his mom.
"So do you still like me, you know that way?" Jarrik asked, not the least
bit uncomfortable. Ginny nodded. "Well, I already got a girlfriend, that's
a witch. Don't be sad," Jarrik informed Ginny, as she started to cry, "but
it doesn't mean we can't be friends." he told her. But that made her cry
even more. Jarrik levitated her into the air, his brain screaming because
he hadn't done that for a week. Ginny stopped crying immediately, which
made the ghoul in the attic start banging pipes against each other. Jarrik,
put her back on the ground, took Ginny by the hand, and opened the door.
Ron was standing there, with his jaw dropped.
"Oh my god! Ginny, you-"
"Ron, if you tell anyone, I'll pound the lights out of you." Jarrik said,
menacingly, his hands in fists. Ron looked as if he was trying not to
laugh. Then, he nodded, which was a wise decision because Jarrik would have
pounded him at that minute if he hadn't have said ok. Jarrik marched on,
with Ginny following suit. Ron stood at the platform, still flabbergasted.
When Ron finally came down from his room, everyone else was looking as if
they were certainly ready to eat.
"What took you so long, Ron?" asked Fred curiously. Ron shook his head.
Molly took some eggs and passed the bowl around.
"Mum, what time is it?" Jarrik asked.
"It is 7:30. We figured that this year we should wake up early enough for
all of us to eat breakfast together as a family, rather than to rush." she
told the table in a sort of rush. "No it's not just because you got here,
either." she added to Jarrik, in a sweet tone. The eggs got to him and he
took half of what was there. Ginny took the bowl and smiled at Jarrik. She
piled the rest of the eggs on her plate and started to eat. Jarrik did the
same.
"So Jarrik, before you go, how does a sattelite work?" Arthur asked.
"Well, let's pretend you have satellite television, ok? When you turn on
the TV, it transmits an electronic wave of energy that goes faster than the
speed of sound. That's really fast. Anyway, it tells your box, that allows
you to choose the channels, what channel you were watching when you turned
off the TV. Seem easy?" Jarrik said his brain throbbing. Arthur nodded and
continued eating.
By the time they all finished eating, it was 8:17. All the children had to
get showers. When that was done, it was 9:58. By then everyone was running
around like a chicken with their head cut off. Since everyone had to pack
their stuff the night before, they had 10 minutes to spare, in which they
drank water.
Jarrik was exited and nervous at the same time as they piled into the car.
Arthur owned a muggle car, which was strange for a wizard to have. It was a
Ford Anglia. It was turquoise and was as red with rust as a person with a
bad sunburn.
When they got to the train station, it was 10:52. They had a eight minutes
until the train left. They had to hurry, so they were running to the
platform.
"Percy, dear, you first." Molly gasped as Percy ran through the platform.
Jarrik gasped in surprise. Where'd Percy gone, thought Jarrik to himself.
"Fred, you next." Molly said.
"He's not Fred, I am" George said, grinning evilly.
"Honesty, woman, you call yourself our mother." Fred said, with an
identical grin to George's.
"Oh, sorry George." Molly apologized.
"Only joking, I am Fred." Fred said as he ran through the solid wall.
George followed suit. Jarrik's jaw dropped.
"Excuse me." said a voice. Jarrik turned around and he felt his jaw drop.
"Excuse me. Can you tell me how t-to-" Harry said. Jarrik was so happy to
see him.
"How to get through the platform? Yes, yes, not to worry dear. Now all you
have to do... is walk straight at the wall, between platforms nine and ten.
Best to do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous." Molly told Harry,
without realizing who he was.
"Good luck." Ginny sneaked, as Harry nodded and started to run towards it
and disappeared.
"Jarrik dear, follow that boy. He was shy. Don't you agree, dear?" Molly
said, making Jarrik jump. Shaking his startled state off, he nodded and
started to run. He was preparing to crash, but he was telling himself that
he could make it. He closed his eyes, approaching the wall. He didn't
crash, but instead had gone through it.
There was a scarlet steam engine that was sitting on tracks. Jarrik saw
Fred and George helping Harry lug his trunk towards the cargo area. Jarrik
started lugging his trunk towards the same place.
"Long time no see! Eh, Harry?" Jarrik said, making Harry jump a mile. Harry
whipped around, then let out a sigh of relief.
"Yeah. No kidding. How are you?" Harry said.
"Jarrik dear. Come here!" Molly called jovially.
"See you in a minute!" Jarrik said, running off. "Yeah, mum?" Jarrik asked.
"You need your sandwiches! I made them last night for you all. Ron, here's
the corned beef. Percy, peanut butter and jelly. Grape flavored, just how
you like them. Fred, Fred?!" Molly said.
"Coming mum!" the twins cried, running towards the rest of their family.
"You two get the salami subs. I don't know how you can eat muggle things so
easily. I'm afraid you'll turn into your father someday."
"That wasn't nice, dear." Arthur said, looking hurt. Molly kissed him and
told the children to board the train. That's when Ginny started to cry.
"Ginny don't cry." Fred and Jarrik said.
"I-I don't want y-you to g-g-go!!!" she wailed.
"Ginny, we'll send you a Hogwarts toilet seat." George said, which made
Ginny laugh.
"All aboard!" The conductor bellowed, starting to shut all the doors on the
compartments.
"Boys, get on the train!" Molly said, herding them towards the train
hurriedly. As the train was pulling away, Ginny started to chase after it,
half crying, half laughing, until she could keep up with it no longer. She
fell back and waved until the train was too far away to see.
