Chapter 1- Foxtail- by ROHANIANRIDR

It was a particularly nasty day in London. It was even worse then the typical autumn day, really. At the train station, even a rainy day couldn't keep either the trains or the travelers inside, Anyway; this was the day most people came. September 1st.

It was an especially exciting day for Fox Swishtail. She had been waiting all her life for this day. For one thing, it was the first time she got to go on a train by herself, but the most important thing was where the train was going.

Fox could hardly think the place without squealing in delight. Hogwarts! Oh, the word was so glorious! She could think it again. Hogwarts!

"Fox, we're here." Fox's father said. Fox looked up at him. He had the Swishtail symbolic shortness, red (VERY red) hair, and orange eyes. Fox was a miniature, female version of him. As for her mother, she looked nothing like her. But she was said to have her personality. Her mother had stayed home, mumbling that she was terrible at goodbyes.

Fox straightened up. "Well?" she said expectantly. "Where's Platform nine and three quarters?"

Fox's father laughed, and pointed at a brick pillar. "Why, it's right there."

Fox's eyebrow rose questionably. She strained her neck to see behind the pillar, certain that her father had not been pointing at the pillar, but something else. "But those are just Platforms nine and ten!" Fox protested.

Fox's father patted her shoulder. "Things are not always as they seem, my Foxy lady. I know it sounds crazy, but I want you to run straight at that pillar."

"Straight at it?"

"Yep."

"But that's suicide!"

"Fox, this is no normal platform," Fox's father reassured her. "Now, you're going to miss your train."

"Bye dad." Fox whined fretfully as she ran at the pillar. "Bye mom, bye Ella, bye Bear, bye Gryffin-"

As soon as she was positive she was going to die, she was there. In a whole different platform. A plaque on the wall proudly stated "Platform 9 ¾."

Fox grinned, then picked up her suitcase and lifted it on the train. She had been safe all along.

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