Chapter 2

            I guess we were all really exhausted, because when I woke up, everyone in our compartment and the one across from us were as asleep as you could be, and still be living.

            As I slowly lifted my head to get a better look around, I noticed something was holding me down. While I became more adjusted to the darkness outside and the bright lights on the train, I found that Oliver's arm was wrapped around my waist.

            This is nice…very nice….I commented to myself. When I fell asleep, I must have slipped onto Oliver's lap.

            As comfortable as I was though, I knew I had to wake up my friends, seeing as how we were drawing nearer to Hogwarts.

            While I shifted onto my back, I removed Oliver's arm from my waist and gently shook him until he awoke.

            "Well, someone must have slept well," I said, flashing him a cocky grin.

            "Yes, in fact I slept very well," he replied, returning my grin.

            "Since you are up now, help me wake up everyone else."

            "Everyone else? You mean to tell me that everyone is sleeping too? How do we wake up so many people?" he asked me.

            "Primero," I answered, "Sí, everyone is sleeping and I find that to be rather unusual. Segundo, sleeping people absolutely despise bright lights, so a very simple but effective spell will be perfect."

            While saying this, I had pulled out my wand. Oliver had done the same.

            "Don't forget to shut your eyes, this will be very bright, remember? Ready?" I said.

            "Lumos!" we shouted in unison, while pointing in opposite directions and keeping our eyes closed.

            While we did not have eyes open, I still knew what was happening:

            The spell, Lumos, can have a wide area of uses, depending on how you say it. By yelling it, a large, bright white flash appears; yet in a normal voice or whisper, the tip of your wand lights up and becomes a very useful light source.

            Anyway, enough spell information from me…

            As the light filled the area, we heard the many groans of our fellow classmates as they were awakened, rather rudely I might add, by us.

            "Sorry, but we're almost there. We should be stopping within the next minute or two," I said as remorsefully as I could.

            Strangely enough, the train started to slow as I said this.

            Am I good or what? I said to myself, grinning.

            In no time at all, we were filing off the train and into the carriages that would be taking us to our school.

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            Upon arriving at the entrance to our wonderful home-away-from-home, we saw the tiny boats gliding across the dark lake, the lanterns in each one looking like giant glowing fireflies.

            "Look at all those boats! There's so many First years now that we might be thrown out!" Nick said.

            Nick. Another really good friend of mine. He has a really strange sense of humor, he really does. We still laugh anyway. I love his humor though.

            Soon enough, we were seated at our table in the Great Hall, watched the who-knows-how-many First years get sorted, then were finally able to eat and talk some more.

            After dinner, we raced each other back to our common room, ready to go to sleep; again.

            I still wonder why we all fell asleep on the train, but right now, it really doesn't matter.