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"Alicia honey, are you going to let that alarm ring long enough it runs up an electricity bill that Bill Gates can't even afford? Now come on! We have somewhere to be!"
Great. Just great. I threw the pillow that had been covering my head on the floor and looked at the alarm clock. "6:30..." I groaned. Who gets up at 6:30 during summer break? Not me, that's for sure. Not Alicia Marie Spinnet, Hogwarts Student of six years- "Hogwarts!" I completely forgot! How can you forget Hogwarts? Leave it to me. I threw the quilt off to the floor to join my pillow and I jumped out of bed after shutting off my alarm clock.
"Alicia! I'm coming up there!"
"I'm up mum!" I yelled out my door. "Chill out!" I looked in the mirror. Geesh Alicia! Can you say bed head? I turned on my stereo to my favorite Beach Boys CD. It reminds me of Katie. My Katie! Katie Bell is my best friend. I swear, she should have been born on a beach. Ironic though, she's never even seen the ocean. She's just got that beachy vibe. I hurry up and jump in the shower, get dressed, and dry my hair. It's quite sad. It's the last time I'll see my hair dryer until the winter holidays. It's okay though, that's why wands were invented. Well, not to dry my hair, but you know. I threw my hair up in a quick ponytail and smiled, approving of my appearance. I hate my hair. It's so. blah. It just sits there doing nothing. Whatever.
A hear a knock at my door. "It's open," I yelled over the Beach Boys. It was my dad.
"Alicia, give me your trunk. We're going to be late. You do want to catch your train, don't you? It is a train, right?" he asked, picking up my heavy wooden trunk. Is it a train, right? Ha. My parents the muggles. Yes dad, it's a train.
"I'm almost ready," I replied, checking around the room for anything I might have forgotten to pack. After checking under the bed, in the closet, on my computer desk, and on my bookshelf, I decided I had everything. Nice job Alicia. Right as I'm walking down the stairs, I remember the most important luggage I could ever think of. Luna! Okay, maybe not so nice job Alicia. Luna is my gray and black four-year-old cat. She was a gift from Oliver for my birthday. I miss Oliver. He was such a nice person. Not bad on the eyes either, but that has nothing to do with it. He wrote me a few times this summer. It's hard for him though. Practicing eight hours a day every day. Never mind. That's not hard for Oliver. When he was out captain, Fred and George named him Captain Blood. He was a slave deriver. But he's happy now. Good for him. I pick up Luna and put her in her crate.
I finally get downstairs and we head out the door. My trunk was already in the trunk (that wasn't a pun, was it?) and I hopped into the back seat of the van. I hear Luna throwing a fit in her crate. Too bad cat. Suck it up. I hate the drive to King's Cross. It takes an hour, which isn't too bad, but there's nothing to look at. It doesn't get interesting until we reach London. Then you start to see actual buildings and people, not just fields and cows. I'm convinced that there are three cows to every person in London, just on the way there. As much as I hate to admit it, I'm going to miss driving past all the cows and all the fields. It's my last year at Hogwarts. I'm sure I'll get over it. Yeah, right. Why does the train have to leave so early? I could be sleeping right now. In fact.
I didn't wake up until I felt my mum tapping my shoulder. I sat up straight and looked out the window. We were there already. Wow, that was fast. I hopped out of he car and fixed my hair in the side mirror. At this point, my mother is getting all teary eyed. She does this every year.
"Oh, Alicia," she began. She puts her hands on my shoulders and tries to make it look as though she hadn't been crying. She probably started the tears a week ago. "I expect a letter every week. Don't forget. I'll see you for Christmas, all right? Oh Alicia! I'm going to miss you." I try not to laugh as I give her a hug. Wow, I just noticed I'm taller than my mother. Well, not that that says much; I'm only 5'6.
"Don't get expelled kiddo," my dad tells me as I hug him. My dad is the greatest. He thinks the wizarding world is fascinating. It's cute. I give my mom one last hug and load my stuff on a carrier. Finally. I gave a wave to my parents and walked from the parking lot to the station. It was so crowded.
As I walked past the fifth platform, I heard a lady say to her husband "There must be an owl show this weekend. Look at all these owls." I smiled to myself upon hearing that. Yes ma'am, we're holding an owl show. Platform Six, Platform Seven, Platform Eight, Platform Nine, Platform Nine and ¾. I looked to my left, the to my right, just to make sure no muggles were looking before I ran full speed into the wall. I closed my eyes a few steps before I hit the barrier, and when I opened them, I smiled. There were witches and wizards all around me.
"ALICAI!" I hear someone from behind me. I'd know that voice anywhere. I turned around, almost to be practically knocked down by Katie, engulfed in a huge hug. I kept my balance, but barely.
"Katie, get off me," I laughed. "I can't breathe. I haven't even been here for two minutes and you're trying to suffocate me." She let go and gave me back my oxygen supply.
"Sorry Lich," she shrugged, her blonde hair falling from her ponytail. She sat on top of my cart on my trunk, looking into Luna's crate. "It's just I haven't seen you in like forever. Everyone's waiting over there, let's go." She pointed over at a group of people standing around in a circle.
"Are you going to get off so we can?" I asked, referring to the fact that she was still sitting on my cart. She grinned and shook her head no. I rolled my eyes and pushed it with her riding on my trunk. That's Katie for you though. When we got up to the group, I was yet again attacked. This time by Angelina.
Angelina is gorgeous. She's tall, dark skin, awesome braids, and the smartest girl I know. "Alicia! We didn't think you were coming! We thought the train was going to leave without you and you were going to have to skip Hogwarts." She said after she let me go from another suffocating hug. At least I know I'm loved.
"Correction," Lee nodded, walking over and putting his elbow on my shoulder like I was an armrest. "Angelina didn't think you we're coming. We were trying to tell her that you'd be here any minute, but she kept going on about how we're never going to see you again and you could be laying in a ditch somewhere on the side of the road." Lee is too great. I couldn't help but laugh as I saw Angelina roll her eyes.
Fred came on my other side, and much to my dismay, I was his armrest as well. "Yeah Licia, she was flipping out. Not even my mother gets that paranoid. I think we need to get her some help." Angelina shot daggers at him.
I looked from Fred to Lee and back to Angelina and Katie before smirking. "I'm not your furniture," I said to the boys before taking a step forward. They both lost their balance and fell to the ground. The three of us girls couldn't help but laugh hysterically. It was perfect.
That was, until George had to show up. "Aww man," he smirked. "I was hoping for the ditch." I guess he had been off somewhere. I guess I should explain. I HATE George Weasley. I hate very few people, but George is one of the unlucky few. He doesn't exactly mind the fact that I hate him. he hated me too. Mutual feelings. I don't know why we always fight. That's the way it's been from like our second year.
"Well I was hoping you'd fall off your broom over the summer, but too bad that never happened," I shot back. Everyone but George and myself groaned.
"We've been here for what, five minutes, and you two are already going at it?" Katie rolled her eyes. "I mean seriously! Can't you just give it a rest for like one day? We're all tired of it." Wow. Happy, bubbly Katie just turned into snappy, scary Katie.
Both George and I roll out eyes at her and turn in opposite directions. Wow. there's lots of eye-rolling going on today. Just as I was helping Fred and Lee up, the train let out a whistle, meaning it was time for all the students to board the Hogwarts Express. Everyone else had already loaded their stuff onto the train. Made Fred carry my trunk, and I carried Luna's crate onto the scarlet steam engine. Finally, we were off to Hogwarts for what was bound to be a crazy, adventurous year.
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"Alicia honey, are you going to let that alarm ring long enough it runs up an electricity bill that Bill Gates can't even afford? Now come on! We have somewhere to be!"
Great. Just great. I threw the pillow that had been covering my head on the floor and looked at the alarm clock. "6:30..." I groaned. Who gets up at 6:30 during summer break? Not me, that's for sure. Not Alicia Marie Spinnet, Hogwarts Student of six years- "Hogwarts!" I completely forgot! How can you forget Hogwarts? Leave it to me. I threw the quilt off to the floor to join my pillow and I jumped out of bed after shutting off my alarm clock.
"Alicia! I'm coming up there!"
"I'm up mum!" I yelled out my door. "Chill out!" I looked in the mirror. Geesh Alicia! Can you say bed head? I turned on my stereo to my favorite Beach Boys CD. It reminds me of Katie. My Katie! Katie Bell is my best friend. I swear, she should have been born on a beach. Ironic though, she's never even seen the ocean. She's just got that beachy vibe. I hurry up and jump in the shower, get dressed, and dry my hair. It's quite sad. It's the last time I'll see my hair dryer until the winter holidays. It's okay though, that's why wands were invented. Well, not to dry my hair, but you know. I threw my hair up in a quick ponytail and smiled, approving of my appearance. I hate my hair. It's so. blah. It just sits there doing nothing. Whatever.
A hear a knock at my door. "It's open," I yelled over the Beach Boys. It was my dad.
"Alicia, give me your trunk. We're going to be late. You do want to catch your train, don't you? It is a train, right?" he asked, picking up my heavy wooden trunk. Is it a train, right? Ha. My parents the muggles. Yes dad, it's a train.
"I'm almost ready," I replied, checking around the room for anything I might have forgotten to pack. After checking under the bed, in the closet, on my computer desk, and on my bookshelf, I decided I had everything. Nice job Alicia. Right as I'm walking down the stairs, I remember the most important luggage I could ever think of. Luna! Okay, maybe not so nice job Alicia. Luna is my gray and black four-year-old cat. She was a gift from Oliver for my birthday. I miss Oliver. He was such a nice person. Not bad on the eyes either, but that has nothing to do with it. He wrote me a few times this summer. It's hard for him though. Practicing eight hours a day every day. Never mind. That's not hard for Oliver. When he was out captain, Fred and George named him Captain Blood. He was a slave deriver. But he's happy now. Good for him. I pick up Luna and put her in her crate.
I finally get downstairs and we head out the door. My trunk was already in the trunk (that wasn't a pun, was it?) and I hopped into the back seat of the van. I hear Luna throwing a fit in her crate. Too bad cat. Suck it up. I hate the drive to King's Cross. It takes an hour, which isn't too bad, but there's nothing to look at. It doesn't get interesting until we reach London. Then you start to see actual buildings and people, not just fields and cows. I'm convinced that there are three cows to every person in London, just on the way there. As much as I hate to admit it, I'm going to miss driving past all the cows and all the fields. It's my last year at Hogwarts. I'm sure I'll get over it. Yeah, right. Why does the train have to leave so early? I could be sleeping right now. In fact.
I didn't wake up until I felt my mum tapping my shoulder. I sat up straight and looked out the window. We were there already. Wow, that was fast. I hopped out of he car and fixed my hair in the side mirror. At this point, my mother is getting all teary eyed. She does this every year.
"Oh, Alicia," she began. She puts her hands on my shoulders and tries to make it look as though she hadn't been crying. She probably started the tears a week ago. "I expect a letter every week. Don't forget. I'll see you for Christmas, all right? Oh Alicia! I'm going to miss you." I try not to laugh as I give her a hug. Wow, I just noticed I'm taller than my mother. Well, not that that says much; I'm only 5'6.
"Don't get expelled kiddo," my dad tells me as I hug him. My dad is the greatest. He thinks the wizarding world is fascinating. It's cute. I give my mom one last hug and load my stuff on a carrier. Finally. I gave a wave to my parents and walked from the parking lot to the station. It was so crowded.
As I walked past the fifth platform, I heard a lady say to her husband "There must be an owl show this weekend. Look at all these owls." I smiled to myself upon hearing that. Yes ma'am, we're holding an owl show. Platform Six, Platform Seven, Platform Eight, Platform Nine, Platform Nine and ¾. I looked to my left, the to my right, just to make sure no muggles were looking before I ran full speed into the wall. I closed my eyes a few steps before I hit the barrier, and when I opened them, I smiled. There were witches and wizards all around me.
"ALICAI!" I hear someone from behind me. I'd know that voice anywhere. I turned around, almost to be practically knocked down by Katie, engulfed in a huge hug. I kept my balance, but barely.
"Katie, get off me," I laughed. "I can't breathe. I haven't even been here for two minutes and you're trying to suffocate me." She let go and gave me back my oxygen supply.
"Sorry Lich," she shrugged, her blonde hair falling from her ponytail. She sat on top of my cart on my trunk, looking into Luna's crate. "It's just I haven't seen you in like forever. Everyone's waiting over there, let's go." She pointed over at a group of people standing around in a circle.
"Are you going to get off so we can?" I asked, referring to the fact that she was still sitting on my cart. She grinned and shook her head no. I rolled my eyes and pushed it with her riding on my trunk. That's Katie for you though. When we got up to the group, I was yet again attacked. This time by Angelina.
Angelina is gorgeous. She's tall, dark skin, awesome braids, and the smartest girl I know. "Alicia! We didn't think you were coming! We thought the train was going to leave without you and you were going to have to skip Hogwarts." She said after she let me go from another suffocating hug. At least I know I'm loved.
"Correction," Lee nodded, walking over and putting his elbow on my shoulder like I was an armrest. "Angelina didn't think you we're coming. We were trying to tell her that you'd be here any minute, but she kept going on about how we're never going to see you again and you could be laying in a ditch somewhere on the side of the road." Lee is too great. I couldn't help but laugh as I saw Angelina roll her eyes.
Fred came on my other side, and much to my dismay, I was his armrest as well. "Yeah Licia, she was flipping out. Not even my mother gets that paranoid. I think we need to get her some help." Angelina shot daggers at him.
I looked from Fred to Lee and back to Angelina and Katie before smirking. "I'm not your furniture," I said to the boys before taking a step forward. They both lost their balance and fell to the ground. The three of us girls couldn't help but laugh hysterically. It was perfect.
That was, until George had to show up. "Aww man," he smirked. "I was hoping for the ditch." I guess he had been off somewhere. I guess I should explain. I HATE George Weasley. I hate very few people, but George is one of the unlucky few. He doesn't exactly mind the fact that I hate him. he hated me too. Mutual feelings. I don't know why we always fight. That's the way it's been from like our second year.
"Well I was hoping you'd fall off your broom over the summer, but too bad that never happened," I shot back. Everyone but George and myself groaned.
"We've been here for what, five minutes, and you two are already going at it?" Katie rolled her eyes. "I mean seriously! Can't you just give it a rest for like one day? We're all tired of it." Wow. Happy, bubbly Katie just turned into snappy, scary Katie.
Both George and I roll out eyes at her and turn in opposite directions. Wow. there's lots of eye-rolling going on today. Just as I was helping Fred and Lee up, the train let out a whistle, meaning it was time for all the students to board the Hogwarts Express. Everyone else had already loaded their stuff onto the train. Made Fred carry my trunk, and I carried Luna's crate onto the scarlet steam engine. Finally, we were off to Hogwarts for what was bound to be a crazy, adventurous year.
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