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Take a Ride on the Hogwarts Express

            For most of the trip to the King's Cross I had been recomposing myself after saying my final good-bye to Galie. It wasn't until we were pulling into the parking lot at the station that I noticed a rather large cage covered with something like a blanket, sitting on the seat next to me. "What the fuck is that!?!" I wondered as I stared at the cage.

            The car came to an abrupt stop in front of the station, I grabbed the cage before it could hit the ground and felt vibrations off the bars of the cage as something seemed to be flapping its wings. "Whoa!" I thought. "I used to think my parents were a little, off their ticket but now, now I think that they've completely fallen off their rocker. Why the fuck would they have a bird in a cage in the back seat of their car for!?!"

"Hun!" my dad called to me. "Can you grab that cage when you get out?"

"Uh… Yeah. Sure." I answered grabbing the cage by the metal loop on the top with my left hand. I then swooped Galie's present up with my right hand got out of the car. It took my dad a couple minutes to manage to get my trunk out of the trunk of the car. "Geez Am! What did you put in this thing?" My dad said now hyperventilating with my trunk on the ground.

I sniggered trying to stop myself from laughing at my dad and then said "Just the essentials dad, it shouldn't be THAT heavy." I turned and started towards the door remembering how had to sit on the top of my trunk just to close it and let loose a couple of giggles that luckily only I had heard.

            I reached the door just slightly ahead of my parents. My dad was still lugging my trunk. The train station was HUGE!

"Big isn't it Am?" my dad asked as he came up behind me and whispered in my ear. "For shit sakes, it's fucking huge ass!" I answered in complete disbelief. "Am, you amaze, me." My father said. I stared at him quizzically. "You're the only person I know who manage not just one swear word when you are describing something very large but, three." I gave a little chuckle. I guess my dad wasn't that bad all the time but, he liked to pick on the way I did stuff. The same way I like to pick on what he did. "You know dad, one day you'll have picked on me till I've have gotten as pissed off as possible and horse shoe up your ass or not I'll whip you!" I said smiling mischievously. My father just laughed at me and continued on his way to the platforms 9 and 10. "Come on dear, I want you to be able to get on the train." My father shouted over his shoulder. I stood up and followed him.

As we came to platforms 9 and 10 my father suddenly stopped and looked at me. "Ok, kiddo, you're mom has already gone ahead threw. Listen carefully now, you see that wall there?" he said pointing to the barrier between platforms 9 and 10. I nodded to him saying that I had in fact seen the barrier. "Good." He said. "Alright, now you're going to walk straight at the barrier between platforms nine and ten and you don't stop until you have reached the other side." I opened my eyes wide and gave my dad a look as if he were crazy. "Dad, have you been popping pills again?" "No, no Am. I haven't, I swear! That's just what you're supposed to do. Now take the cage you're holding and go ahead. I'll follow right after you with your trunk. I promise"

Reluctantly, I turned towards the barrier with the animal in the cage still in my left hand and my present in my right. Afraid that I might chicken out at the last minute I was at full speed towards the barrier. Just as I was suppose to hit it, I ran straight through it stopping only an inch away from another wall which I felt this time would not be simply an illusion like the first wall had.

From behind me I heard a muffled laugh. As I turned around I saw a boy maybe a year older than me laughing. He looked kind of troll like and had the absolute WORST dental hygiene I have EVER seen!

"What the fuck are you laughing at Mossy Mountain Mouth!?!" I yelled at the boy who had been laughing at me.

"What did you call me!?!" the boy said giving me a look that he thought could kill.

"I called you mossy mountain mouth don't you fucking floss!?! Damn those things are ugly!!! And FYI, you're doing the death stare completely wrong." With that I gave the boy 'The Look' and that would be the time that my father chose to come through the barrier. "For shit sakes, can I not scare the living shit out of a guy who's just pissed me off without my parents interfering!?!" I stood fuming against the wall I had previously almost run into, while my father gave me a speech about how I should be rude to the 'other children'. "That stupid, snotty nosed asshole! I'll get him back for this!" I thought as finally my dad turned from me to the kid.

"I'm sorry for my daughter's behavior son, what's your name?" my dad said to the kid.

"Think nothing of it, sir. My name is Marcus Flint. Although, your daughters behavior was out of line I'll let this incident pass; this time." "That asshole, who does he think he is?" I screamed in my head narrowing my eyes as I looked at him. "Payback is a bitch and revenge is sweet Flint. I'll get you back!" I finished in my head.

Marcus soon turned away from us and headed towards the train. "Glad to see you've made a new friend." My dad said looking down smiling mischievously at me. "Screw you!" I said crossing my arms. "I thought parents were supposed to be nice to their children." I finished. "Aw, come on now Am. Where's the fun in that?" he retorted as I glared at him. "Well, I guess you could be worse?" I said back to that. "In what way?" my dad asked curiously. "You could be mom." Now I wore the mischievous smile as I boarded the train.

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My things were soon packed onto the train and I had said good-bye to my mom and dad. Now came, the ever hard task of finding somewhere to sit without getting stuck sitting in the same compartment as Mossy Mountain Mouth. "How the hell does someone's teeth get THAT gross!?!" I couldn't help asking myself cringing at the memory of what was supposed to be that boy's pearly whites."

I soon came to a seemingly empty compartment to which I opened the door and swiftly entered before once again shutting the door. I put the cage and Galie's present on the seat beside me. The curiosity I had about what was in the cage had finally gotten to me and lifted off the blanket. "Oh my, God!" I said looking into the cage a light brown owl was perched. "Well, you're a surprise! What's that there in your beak?" I asked taking a letter from it beak. "Why, it's a letter!"

            I opened the wax seal on the piece of parchment that made up the letter to find written inside:

Dear Am:

            This is something we picked out for you on your birthday and didn't give to you until now, when we knew that you'd be able to use it properly. This owl is yours to keep it doesn't have a name, it is a male and has two sole purposes. One is to be your friend and the other is to deliver any mail you want to the send. All you have to do is write a letter on some parchment, seal the letter, put where it's going on the outside and then tell the owl where to send it. Well, Happy Belated Birthday Am and good luck at Hogwarts.

Love,                                                                          

Your mom and dad.                                        

            I closed the letter and put it down beside the cage. "I think I will call you…Bladewing!" I said looking at the owl. As I looked at the owl I saw that he looked, rather plain. From my pocket I drew a small, light blue, silk link scarf and tied it loosely around Bladewing's neck. "That's much better!" I finished looking at the owl and smiling. My smile faded slowly from my face as I looked to Galie's present.

It was beautifully wrapped in a light purple or violet wrapping paper with a dark purple ribbon with silver on the edges holding that box the present was wrapped in closed. Galie always knew how to wrap things just the way I'd like them. I gently picked up the present from beside the cage and put in on my lap, using a small table that was bolted to the ground in front of me as a foot rest. I opened the present ever so gently, actually taking the time to until the ribbon instead of cutting it off with the scissors and then I lifted the top of the box.

When I opened the box, I found a picture book that was also purple. Inside, every page was filled to every corner with pictures of me and Galie and all of our adventures. The last picture being a picture of Galie and me, when we were competing at the horse racing tournament for young jockeys in which we had both placed first. It wasn't until this picture that I didn't bother holding back my tears anymore. I knew that at any moment someone could walk in and find me crying but, I couldn't help it. Winning that race with Galie was the greatest thing I'd ever done and without her, I'd have never done it. I went to shut the picture book when from one of the middle pages which I hadn't looked at, a note fell.

Dear Am:

            I will always cherish the last eleven years we've spent together. You've been my best friend and nothing will ever change that. Despite how much I'll miss you, I hope that you have a great time Hogwarts and that you'll always save a little place in your heart for me as I have for you.

Love, truth and friendship forever,                                                   

Galie                                                  

P.S. I hope you like the locket! I had two made so we could always look at them if we needed each other.

            I looked down to the remaining contents of the box and pulled out a gold locket. Inside, were two pictures; a picture of Galie and the other, a picture of me! Under Galie's picture it said 'Friends' and under mine it said 'forever'. I opened the clasp to the chain of the locket and put it around my neck where I could keep it safe for all time.

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AN: Ok!!! So, that was rather cheerful… I think I might keep calling Mossy Mountain Mouth… LOL… Well, hope you enjoyed it. Read and Review!!!