Rebecca's First day at Hogwarts; The Journey
Rebecca dragged her trunk behind her with her cat, Midnight, in her arms. She glanced into compartments as she walked by looking for somewhere to sit. Finally she spotted a compartment with only one person in it. Great, she thought to herself.
She knocked politely on the glass window and opened the door. "Hi, Do you mind if I sit with you? All the other compartments are full." She smiled sweetly at the girl.
"Sure, you can sit with me, let me help you with that." The girl stood and grabbed a handle of her trunk; with a big heave the two of them lifted it into the overhead storage.
"Thanks," said Rebecca. She sat down across from the girl who had helped her and put midnight in her carrying cage with her trunk. "My name's Rebecca." She smiled widely.
"Hi. I'm Hermione Granger." Rebecca opened up one of her transfiguration books and ruffled through the pages. Hermione stood up, "I'm going to go explore the train a bit, feel like joining me?" Hermione had a broad smile.
"Sure, I'd love to come." Rebecca said, as she stood up and began to open the door.
Hermione led the way out of the compartment and Rebecca followed. "So, have you ever been in the wizarding world before Hermione?" Rebecca asked.
"Nope, both of my parents are muggles."
"Neat," Rebecca said, "my mum's a muggle and my dad's a wizard. My dad's taken me around Diagon Alley a few times, when he was on his way to work and he also took me to buy all of my school supplies." Rebecca smiled to herself, she had always loved their trips to Diagon Alley, and there were always so many neat things to look at.
"Oh my!" Said Hermione, stopping abruptly. She pulled open the door to one compartment with two boys inside; one with bright red hair and plenty of freckles, the other with black, scruffy hair, a pair of circular glasses and green eyes. The boy with bright red hair was attempting to turn his rat yellow. "You are doing that all wrong!" Hermione told the boy.
He glanced up and gave her a wry look. "And who are you?"
"I'm Hermione, Hermione Granger." She told the boy. She walked inside and took a seat; Rebecca sat down beside her. Rebecca smiled and said, "And I'm Rebecca".
"Oculus Reparo," Hermione said smartly, pointing her wand at the boy across from her. The boy gazed at his glasses, cross-eyed for a moment while they repaired themselves.
"That was brilliant!" Exclaimed the boy with red hair. "I'm Ron by the way"
Rebecca's gaze fell to the boy's forehead where a lightning shaped scar was. "Oh my goodness, I know you! You're Harry Potter." Rebecca said amazed. "Yeah." He shrugged and smiled wryly. "I've heard a lot about you from my dad," said Rebecca. "He works for the Ministry of Magic" Rebecca smiled broadly. Harry looked into her eyes and smiled again, saying nothing.
"Anyways," continued Hermione, "we should be arriving at Hogwarts in a few minutes, we should all be getting into our school robes." She proceeded to stand up, and Rebecca headed for the door. Before leaving she added, "Hope to see you two soon." She smiled and walked out heading towards her compartment.
As soon as they entered the compartment again, they rummaged through their trunks to find their robes and uniforms. Hermione proceeded to slip her robe overtop of her uniform, which she had already been wearing and Rebecca left the compartment to find the toilets where she could change into her uniform.
Once changed into her robes she headed back to the compartment. She ran into a tall, skinny boy with white blonde hair and bright blue eyes. "Watch where you're going." He said slyly, giving her an evil look. "Sorry…" she replied and stared back into his eyes as him as she passed.
The train came to a halt and the halls were full of students rushing around to find an exit. Rebecca and Hermione proceeded to the closest door dragging their belongings behind them. "First year o'er here!" A deep, booming voice called. "Tha's it, gather 'round! My names Hagrid 'n' I'm the Hogwarts Grounds Keeper! Follow me to board thee boats!" called Hagrid. He was a huge man, giant like, with a scruffy shag and beard, tiny beetle like eyes and he tottered along towards the lake.
Hagrid escorted quite a few scared first years into the boats, which rocked violently as they attempted to get in even though the water was quite calm. "You two, over 'ere into this boat 'ere." He pointed towards a boat, which was already filled with only two more people. They dropped their things into the pile of trunks and headed into the boat. As soon as Rebecca sat down, she looked up and recognized Ron and Harry sitting in front of them. "Hey, I knew we'd see you two again" she smiled at them as they turned around and nodded in recognition. Hermione sat beside her and the boat began to sail smoothly along the glassy surface.
To be continued…
