Author's Note: Okay, The chapter is called "The train to Hogwarts," but the first half of the chapter is the end of the summer party Drake setup so Laura wasn't homesick. Like I said you get to find out with one of Laura's favorite songs since she's singing it, now Laura has two favorite songs she'll sing, but I'm only revealing one right now the second one in a later chapter, enjoy .
Disclaimers: One Voice isn't owned by me, it's by Billy Gilman.
Chapter 3: The Train to Hogwarts
It was the thirty-first of August, and all of four of the kids in the Leaky Caldron were packing up their trunks for the next day. "Laura, do you know if mom is taking us to the bus station?" Billy asked Laura who pour some dish of cream for Lia. Laura sighed lightly when she went back to packing her clothes and books, "I don't know, Billy, Drake sent Polaris for a reply and he hasn't come back yet." She said.
Drake finished his packing and started to help Robby and Billy pack up, when Polaris started to knock on the window. "Finally, Drake your owl is slow." Robby said to Drake as he opened the window to let Polaris in with Karen's reply and a bag tried to his leg. Drake opens the letter and began to read it aloud:
Kids, I won't be able to take you to King's Cross to the catch the train tomorrow, but Professor Dumbledore said he sent a letter out to a wizarding family who he believes is willing to take you there. With Polaris is the money due for the rent of the room and money for food for tonight and on the train, please don't waste it and split the rest of the money that's left from the rent. I'll see you when you get here tomorrow night.
Love,
Mom (aka Professor Eaglehorn)
PS: Robby, Billy, Don't let Tank loose on the train.
Robby and Billy sighed lightly, and Laura took the bag from Polaris's leg. "I'll go pay the rent quick." Laura said as she left the room.
Five minutes later when Laura returned to the room another owl appeared at the window. Drake open the window to let is owl in but the owl flew in and dropped the letter on Drake's trunk. The letter said on the cover To the Eaglehorn Children and Drake Long.
Drake opened the letter and begins to read that letter aloud:
Dear Eaglehorn Children and Drake Long,
I am Mrs. Weasley, Dumbledore ask me to come and pick you tomorrow for your mother. I'm more then happy to take you to King's Cross tomorrow, I'll come tomorrow at 10 o'clock to get you kids, so please be ready and I'm looking forward to meet you.
Mrs. Weasley
"Cool, I can't wait." Robby said, as Laura finished putting away her school books and her wand in her trunk. "Yeah, me too, Robby," Laura said with her voice somewhat cutting off. If she didn't have to come to England, Drake and her would be at the end of the summer party and bonfire with their friends at Salem and it somewhat ticked her off that she couldn't go home for it.
Drake notice that's Laura was crying a bit because she couldn't go back for the end of the summer party, then Drake came up with an idea, "Hey, how about we have our own end of the summer party, I'll get some butterbeer and some food from down stairs and some food." Drake then looked at Billy and Robby, "You two, can move the beds so we have room to sit on the floor." Then Drake looked at Laura, "and Laura, get Toby ready and tune him up."
Laura cheered up a bit and nodded her head along with the twin as they did what Drake told them to do.
After two drinks of Butterbeer and eating some food Drake brought up to the room, Laura began to tune Toby up, then she played a cord for the prefect tone. Laura sighed and begins to play on her favorite song and sing:
Some kids have and some kids don't
And some of us are wondering why.
Mom won't watch the news at night
There's too much stuff that's making her cry.
We need some help
Down here on earth
A thousand prayers, a million words
But one voice was heard.
A house, a yard, a neighborhood
Where you can ride your new bike to school.
The kind of world where mom and dad
Still believe the golden rule
Life's not that simple
Down here on earth.
A thousand prayers, a million words
But one voice was heard.
One voice, one simple word
Hearts know what to say.
One dream can change the world
Keep believing till you find your way.
Yesterday while walking home
I saw some kid on Newbury Road
He took a pistol from his bag
And tossed it in the river below.
Thanks for the help
Down here on Earth.
A thousand prayers, a million words
One voice was heard.
One voice was heard.
One voice was heard.
When Laura finish, her brother were shocked on how well she could play and sing, Drake smiled lightly. "Well Drake, I think it's time we went to bed after we take this food and mugs back down stairs, because we need to be up by 8 o'clock in the morning so we're ready."
Drake nodded his head and Billy and Robby began to move the beds back to where they were while Laura and Drake took stuff back down stairs. When they returned, Laura put Toby back in its guitar case and hope tomorrow would be as prefect as tonight.
Laura was the first to wake up and got around, she got dress in her muggle clothes which were a pair of jean and a black t-shirt with a gray vest. Drake got up next and dressed in a pair of jeans and a green shirt. The twins were the hardest to get up as both Drake and Laura push them off the bed. "WHY YOU DO THAT!" Billy yelled at Laura.
"Because it's now 8:30 and we still need to take our things down stairs." Laura said as the twin quickly got dressed in their normal match clothes with was gray t-shirts with a wolf paw on them and a pair of blue jeans. The kids quick move all their stuff down stair and ordered a quick breakfast and feed their pets. Drake started to read the spell book and Laura was reading "The History of Salem" and Robby and Billy had their game boys out again with some of the witch and wizards looking at them as they played.
When 10 o'clock came around as a large woman with red hair entered the pub. She walked up to the barkeeper as Laura when up and pay for their breakfast. "Excuse me, I'm looking for Laura Eaglehorn?" the woman said and Laura looked at her. "I'm Laura." She said and the woman looked at her and smiled. "Hello, dear, I'm Mrs. Weasley, are you kids ready?" she asked kindly to Laura.
"Yeah, our stuff is over there." Laura Said as she walked over to the table where they were sitting. Drake and the twins got up and got their trunks and Laura got her trunk and tied the carrier Lia was in to the trunk. The kids followed Mrs. Weasley outside where there was a triple-decker bus was waiting for them. "Welcome to the Knight Bus." The conductor said.
"Thanks for holding the bus." Mrs. Weasley said as the four children came on the bus and took a seat. Mrs. Weasley sat across from them and smiled at them. "So, how did you kids like London?" She asked them. Drake looked at her, "Well, we didn't get a chance to see the sights, Professor Eaglehorn want us to stay around Diagon Alley and The Leaky Caldron."
"Do you have any kids our age, madam?" Billy asked. Mrs. Weasley shook her head, "No, dear, my one son is about your sister's age and my youngest is sixteen." Billy sighed lightly but Laura shook her head. "Billy, you know there will be kids your age you can be friends with." She said to her brother.
"So, where are your kids?" Laura asked kindly with a smile
"Oh my husband is taking them and two of their friends to the train." Mrs Weasley said kindly
"So you two are first year, but were you two sorted during the summer?" Mrs. Weasley asked pointing to Drake and Laura. Both Laura and Drake nodded their heads, but Drake was embarrassed and didn't want to say anything. "I'm in Gryffindor." Laura said and Mrs. Weasley smiled, "My son and daughter are both in Gryffindor. Ronald is a prefect this year." She said then looked at Drake who was still embarrassed to say, "What about you, dear?" She asked Drake.
Drake sighed, "If I tell you, can I please explain why?" Drake said kindly to Mrs. Weasley and she nodded her head.
Drake took a deep breath, "I was sorted into Slytherin, but it's because I'm on a mission given to me by Professor Eaglehorn and Professor Dumbledore to get information on a student there, I think he's name is Malfoy."
Mrs. Weasley nodded her head, "I know dear, Professor Dumbledore told me and the order all about you," She said sweetly, "You're very brave to do that." Laura was in shock and thought, Why didn't he tell me or was Polaris his clue to me?
It was now ten before eight and the kids were standing at a wall between platforms nine and ten and looking for the train. "Now you must walk through that wall to get to platform nine and three-quarters" She told the kids, but neither of them was brave enough. Laura shallow her gum she was clewing and decided to go first, "Go ahead, Laura" she said and Laura sprinted into the wall, when she got through a train was waiting on the other side. A couple of people help put her things on the train while she took Lia's carrier with her on the train.
Drake and the twins followed behind her as they placed their trunks on the train. The twin took Tank with them, but Drake had to keep Polaris with the other owls. "Well I'm sorry to say this, Laura, but I can't sit with you," Drake said to her, "I have to start my mission, and I'm really sorry I didn't tell you."
As Drake walked away, Laura smile a bit at him and looked at her brothers. "We're going to seat somewhere else too, Laura." Billy said
"Yeah, we want to meet some kids our age." Robby said
"You understand, right, Laura?" Billy finished, but Laura nodded her head and sighed lightly. I guess, I better find a place to seat, she thought as she boarded the train and found an empty compartment. Laura sat down and pulled out an invisibility cloak she got from her uncle and cover herself so no one would bother her.
Ten minutes later as the train started to head out of the station, three kids entered the compartment. "Well, at least we found an empty one this year, eh Harry." A boy said as another boy and a girl sat down across from her. "Yeah," Then the boy place a plant beside her and the boy sat down on her.
"Excuse me, but can you get off of me." Laura said. The boy jumped up scared as Laura pulls off her invisibility cloak. "I'm sorry about that." The boy said quickly and still shaking.
"Hey, you're one of the Americans who transfer to Hogwarts, right?" the girl said. Laura nodded her head as she uncover Lia's carrier from the invisibility cloak. "I'm Luna Lovegood, Ravenclaw," The girl said.
"I'm Neville Longbottem, Gryffindor," The boy beside said.
"I'm Harry Potter, I'm also in Gryffindor." The boy across from said and extended his hand.
Laura shook his hand, "Laura Eaglehorn, pleased to meet you." She said. Then both Luna and Neville both looked at her in shock. "You're an Eaglehorn?" Neville said, Harry look confused, on the other hand Laura was a bit scared, "Yeah, I'm an Eaglehorn…" She replied.
"Is it true your family is training Snorkacks for the coming war?" She asked her. Laura was even more scared then before. "What? No, we're not training anything for battle, not even snork-whats." She said quickly
"Wow, I never thought you would be the transfer student, An Eaglehorn, the oldest and most powerful wizarding family living in America." Neville said as if he was in love with her. Laura sighed lightly, "Umm yeah, I guess that's true." She said lightly as if unsure of herself.
"So were you sorted in a house yet?" Harry said to help make her less nervous then before. Laura nodded her head lightly, "Yeah, I'm in Gryffindor." When she said that, Neville fell even more in love with her, which Laura got use too. Just then the compartment door open, "Well, Potter, I see you've meet the first of the four Americans." A boy with blond hair said.
"Shut up, Malfoy." Harry quickly said, and then Drake looked in to the compartment after Draco. "This is my American friend, Potter, He's been placed in Slytherin." Drake had an evil grin on his face, but he knew his acted wasn't fooling Laura as she decided to open her book and ignore both of them as if she was upset at Drake.
"So, this is the infamous Harry Potter," Drake said with cruelness in his voice, "I can't believe you stop those Death eaters, how you do? Hmm, cried for someone named Sirius!" Harry then jumped out of his seat with his fist ball up when Laura close her book, stood up in Harry's way, and grabbed both Drake and Draco by his robe.
"You know, I don't believe I had the pleasure to meet you yet, remember my name, I am Laura Eaglehorn, and if you two bother us again, I promise when I get done with both of you, your parents will not know who you are, got it!" Laura said with serious voice. Both Drake and Draco nodded their head quickly and ran off.
Everyone looked at her after she made her threat as she sat down. Laura looked up smiling, "What?"
"You weren't serious, were you?" Neville said.
"Nope, besides, Drake should have known better when he said that." Laura said quietly as she went back to her book.
Harry sat down at that, "Thanks," he said, and then two more people appeared at the door of the compartment. "Hey, Harry, we just saw Malfoy and his new friend running down the train, what happen?" A boy with red hair said to Harry.
"It would be my doing, was that a bad thing?" Laura asked the boy. The boy shook her hand, "No, that's the first time since Malfoy was change into a ferret he's been scared of someone, what ever you did, it was brilliant." He said with a smile.
"I guess my family name is powerful here too." Laura said with a little smile on her face, "I'm Laura Eaglehorn."
"I'm Ron Weasley." The boy said
The girl behind him extended her hand and Laura shook her hand, "I'm Hermione Granger, You're one of the Americans who transferred here, right." The girl asked Laura.
"Yeah, it was just my brothers, myself, and someone who I though was my friend." She said. Just then a loud bang was heard from a distant. "If it's those two boys again," Hermione said, and then Laura sighed lightly and shook her head.
"By any chance, are they twin boys going in their first year with a pet rat they call Tank?" Laura asked with hints anger in her voice. "Yes, they've been giving all the prefects trouble since we left." Ron said with anger.
Laura sighed again, Great, they promised they would behave. Hermione and Ron then waved good bye, and quickly ran to bang. Laura watched the scenery pass by, in a few hours they were going to be at Hogwarts, but something bothered her since the day she was told about coming to Hogwarts on the last day of school at Salem. Why did her mother want her to come to Hogwarts when she wasn't allowed to during her first year? What secret was being hidden from her that Drake and her mother were not telling her? And how was she to hide her secret from her mother while she's there?
End Note's: Ok now here's something to think about, and that's the three questions Laura was asking herself. The next chapter will be a great one as the White Lion makes their first appearance. The reason I'm using "their" is because I'm trying to hide the gender and the main hint of who the lion for at least maybe three chapters. Who knows with me, Stay tune.