"Caroline, guess what?" said Jeff to his daughter, now 15. "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is looking for some new students! Do ya wanna finish up your education over there in England? Because the Salem Witch Academy is a year ahead of schools in England, you would be in 6th year at Hogwarts, not 5th like you would up at Salem."

"Yea sure Dad, why not? I'll fill out an application. Hey Anne, Christine, Nathalie, wadda you think?
Do you guys wanna go to school in England? It'll be fun!" she said to her 3 friends that were over at her house.

"Um, no thanks, said Anne."

"Yeah, I'm happy with Salem." Agreed Nathalie.

"There's no way my parents would let me go!" said Christine. "
"Fine then, suit yourselves, but I'm going to England!" said Caroline proudly.

"O but don't worry!" said Anne. "I'll make some more of those spelled mirrors so that we can all still keep in touch!"

"Yea Caroline, I mean I know the guys over there are pretty hot, but I don't want you forgetting about us!" added Christine. Everyone laughed.

So Caroline sent out an application to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and within 5 weeks, she got back a letter of acceptance.

Caroline, her mom and dad, and all of her friends arrived at BWI airport very early the morning (like 3 am) to send her on her way. "Have fun!" said Jeff. "This should be really exciting! I want you to have all sorts of adventures, ya know, find secret passageways, learn the ins and outs of the school. But remember be safe!" "Jeff!" yelled Kimberly. "O right, and do well in your studies!"

"Yes dear" said her mom. "Be safe honey! And study hard! O and don't forget that if you get homesick you can always call us, we'll come and get you!"

As Caroline was saying goodbye to her friends, Anne gave her one of the spelled mirrors. Whenever she wanted to talk to one of her friends, all she would have to do was look into the mirror and say the name of the friend she wanted to talk to.

Caroline boarded the plane, and watched the world get slowly smaller as she rose above it. It was almost 10:00 in the morning by the time she reached London and was making her way to the train station.

When she arrived at Kings Cross, she couldn't help but notice that Platform 9 3/4 was nowhere to be found. Caroline also noticed a large family of red heads enter the station carrying Hogwarts trunks. She ran up to them, introduced herself and explained her dilemma. A cute red headed boy who's name turned out to be Ron Weasly said, "O don't worry about that! I didn't have a clue what I was doing the first time I came here. You see, all you have to do to get to the platform is run straight at the wall between platforms 9 and 10."

"Um, ok…" replied Caroline a little nervous. "Hey do you mind if I sit with you on the train, I don't really know anyone else."

"Of course you can!" said Ron. "I'll introduce you to some of my friends. I'm sure they'll love you! Besides, you really remind me of a girl version of one of my friends. His name is Harry Potter.

"Did you say Harry Potter? I've read about him! He's like my hero! I've always wanted to meet him! You mean to tell me your actually friends with him?"

"Um, well yea, replied Ron. "We're best friends."

And with that they boarded the train.