Disclaimer: all of the characters and places were created by J .K. Rowling except Aaron, Emily, and Phil.
AN: this is my first fanfic. I would like to thank and for giving me a ton of info.
"Aaron, lets go" Aaron Lantra's mom yelled up the stairs. "Coming Mom!" he shouted back. He finished the sentence he was reading in his copy of Hogwarts, a History that he had gotten for his birthday the week before, and then walked to the car where his mom was waiting.
"Our plane leaves in an hour. We can stop for lunch on the way." His mom said after she backed out of the driveway.
Why cant we take a port-key or apparate or something?" Aaron asked. He had been trying to find a reason himself, but couldn't.
"It is important to learn how muggles live and get used to interacting with them."
A few minutes later, they arrived at the airport in Huston and flew all the way to London. They stayed at a hotel for the night and went to Diagon Alley the next day to buy school supplies. He spent the next few days exploring Diagon Alley and studying his books. At last, the day came when he went to Kings Cross Station for the Hogwarts Express. After crossing the magic barrier to access platform nine and three quarters, his mother surprised him with a beautiful golden-brown owl named Rowena. After their good-byes, Aaron got on the train and left for Hogwarts.
On the train, Aaron noticed that all of the compartments were full, so he decided to sit with a pretty girl about his age with bushy brown hair. She was looking at the Standard book of spells, Grade One, so he knew that she was a first year.
"Hi", he said, taking a seat across from her, "I'm Aaron Lantra." She jumped when he first spoke and knocked a small magnifying glass of the seat which cracked when it hit the floor. Aaron quickly pulled out his wand (beech wood, dragon heartstring, nine inches) and tapped the glass. "Reparo". With a tinkling sound, the glass repaired itself.
"Sorry about that." The girl said, "I didn't hear you come in. My name's Hermione Granger. Thanks for fixing that. That was some pretty good magic."
"Thanks," he said, blushing slightly. They were interrupted by a boy looking who said that he was looking for a lost toad of his. Hermione left to help him look for it, but Aaron said that he would stay and put on his robes.
The remainder of the trip was fairly uneventful. At one point, a blond girl came by their compartment. "Why do we even have to take this long train ride anyway?" she asked, "Wouldn't it be a lot easier to apparate?"
Hermione quickly answered," Hogwarts is protected by a myriad of spells to prevent anyone from just apparating there. That's what makes it one of the safest places on earth."
"You'd think people would have read Hogwarts, A History before coming." Aaron said when she was out of earshot.
"I know. Have you read the coarse books yet?"
"Of course."
They went on talking about what they expected to learn over the year for a few minutes before arriving at Hogwarts.
AN: I'll try to update soon. PLEASE SEND COMMENTS