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Ashley jumped as the in coming train shreeked to let the new students attend their school. She had been intesely concentrated on her new copy of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. It was a fantastically horrifying book, but her parents had suggested that she read Muggle classic books, seeing how she had already devoured the Wizard's classics. At first, judging by the picture on the corner, she thought that Muggles had found Wizard's out and copied their potions techniques. She was relieved to learn that it was all fiction based on little to no reality.

As she stared up at the massive new gold train, Ashley felt a certain pride to be one of the first students to travel on the train. The Muggle invention proved to be useful to travel to the school, although there were some tweaks to it, so the young wizards and witches could begin their journey.

Mrs. Auld heled Ashley carry her bags to the storage car in silence. The motherly woman had been quiet the whole while and Ashley did not know what to make of it, so she let her mother remain in silence and did not question.

"Good bye, mother," Ashley called back to her mother as she headed towards the boarding car. "I'll see you at Christmas. I love y-"

Mrs. Auld tackled her daughter in a fierce bear hug, holding back tears as she embraced her only child. Ashley had not expected such a loving attack that day, but she returned the hug, closing her eyes. "I will greatly miss you, " Mrs. Auld whispered into Ashley's ear, choking on sadness and tears. She pulled her daughter closer one last time before she let her board the train.

Ashley walked more slowly aboard the train, looking back upon her mother, attempting with great difficulty to not bawl out loud. Clearly she had never been away from her mother as long as she was about to be.