Before the girls left Anneliese remembered something and whispered it into
the woman's ear. The woman nodded assent. The two girls left, Anneliese
still squirming. Anneliese noticed three girls her age. They watched
Anneliese whisper in Hermione's ear and point to them. Hermione, with her
face radiantly shining, walked over to them. The girls watched shyly as
Hermione and Anneliese came up to them. She had Hermione put her down. "Hi!
I'm Anneliese Catherine Devlin and this is Hermione Granger. Who are you
and what are you doing here?" The blond girl, who seemed the ring leader,
spoke up. "Ummmmmmm... I'm Kornelia, this is Melinda and Maria. We're
from America. We are here because we are supposed to be." As Kornelia was
doing introductions she pointed to each girl in turn. Melinda was a tall
girl with shoulder length brown hair and brown eyes. Maria was slightly
shorter with shoulder length brown hair and brown eyes. Kornelia herself
was a blond with grey eyes. Anneliese, with Hermione behind her, watched
the girl's faces carefully. Their eyes lightened from what they naturally
were. They were getting the same look as Hermione. Anneliese rolled her
eyes in disgust and asked, "Do any of you have any money? "Without taking
their eyes off her the girls answered, "No." Anneliese thought, Oh no,
I've started more of them. Out loud she said, "Do you have keys of gold,
silver, or bronze?" Each girl had one, Melinda with gold, Kornelia with
silver and Maria with bronze. They went to retrieve the money and stuff
each needed. They went to King's Cross station where Anneliese met Amber
Albertus, her soon to be best friend. Amber is about Anneliese's height
with blond hair and grey eyes. The introductions are made and the six girls
now walked to Platform 9 ¾, not noticing the people behind them. They got
one car to themselves, luckily enough. The train had started moving when a
boy walked into their car and asked, "Has anyone seen a toad? I seem to
have lost mine." Anneliese told him that they haven't. The boy said, "My
name is Neville Longbottom. Will someone help me find Trevor?" Anneliese
and Hermione said they would. They walked from car to car asking about the
toad. When they got to a certain part of the train Hermione wanted to talk
to the people in it.
