Chapter 8:
I rubbed my eyes. Checking to see if they weren't failing on me now. I must have done it a little to much, because a woman came up to me and asked me if I was okay. I quickly shooed her off (politely, of course), and decided to try it. I was going to run into a wall. I was starting to wonder, what kind of school is this Hogwarts, anyways?
It was way to late in the game to be wondering that now. I closed my eyes and started off slow, and began to pick up pace. My eyes opened to the sound of a train whistle. I was in a whole different place, this couldn't be Kings Cross. But it was, the sign did say Kings Cross Stations…but it was so oddly different, so … strange. The train was called the Hogwarts Express, it was scarlet and had a coat of arms on it, the same one that was the letter sent to me. When I was back at the orphanage.
I hurried into the train, there was a few minutes 'till 11:00, but with my lack of luck, I wasn't about to take any chances. I stepped in, it was really crowded, and I couldn't find a place to sit. This was just like back at the orphanage. No one wanted to be near me. I closed my eyes and pretended it was all a dream, but, the weird thing was, I didn't want it to be a dream, I wanted to wake up and find out it was really there. "'Scuse me, you can sit with me… if you'd like to…" I opened my eyes, everything was happening, it wasn't a dream. The person who spoke to me was a girl. She was about my age, and she had brown bushy hair and a large over bite. I decided not to say anything about it and be grateful someone was willing to sit next to me. Some one stupid I guessed, to be throwing away a good reputation, someone real stupid and nice…