Hazel Trope had spent the last 2 weeks worrying about what her new school would be like and if she WAS really a witch. But now the day had come and she was too make her way to Kings cross station.
"Mother" She yelled down the stairs "Have you seen my jumper?"
"It was on the Owls cage dear"
Hazel glanced about her room then pulled her jumper of Lilitha's cage and stuffed it in her trunk.
Mr trope popped his head through the bedroom door. "Right, I'm off to work now"
Hazel looked at him "But you told me you were taking me to the train station, you weren't supposed to be going to work today!"
Mr Trope hugged his daughter "Well I'm sorry, but they called this morning, urgent they say it is. Must be because they would never call me in such short notice." He let her go "Your Mother will take you, don't worry. Now, Have a nice time and remember to Owl" He gave Hazel one last quick hug then left the room.
'Oh great' Hazel thought 'Mums driving is absolutely terrible'
"Hazel" Mrs Trope screeched from downstairs "You better get a move on, you don't want to miss the train."
Hazel grabbed the trunk and Lilitha's cage under one arm then hastily walked down the stairs and into the hallway.
"Have you said goodbye to Carly?"
Hazel turned and faced the staircase. "CARLY? I'm going now, okay, BYE"
Mrs trope tutted "Now come along" Mrs Trope opened the front door then walked onto the driveway of Number 12 Lancaster road. "Put all your stuff into the back of the car" She opened the door of the small red car that was there and sat in the drivers seat. Hazel opened the back door of the car and pushed the trunk inside and sat down beside it. With the other arm still clutching the Owl cage she shut the car door.
"Right, Have you got your seat belt on?" Mrs Trope questioned.
"Yes mother" Hazel called back. "Are you seriously planning to drive there?"
Hazel's mother rolled her eyes "What kind of a witch do you take me for? Do you honestly think im going to drive all the way to the station?"
"Well, no but erm..."
"Hold on" Hazels mother pressed a button on the steering wheel, which sent out another huge tray of buttons. Mrs Trope tapped a few keys then pressed one larger dark green button.
The sky turned orange and the car was sent whizzing about.
"Is it supposed to do this?"
"I think so" The car tossed and turned about until it came to what seemed like a complete standstill, yet it was still bobbing about in orange nothing-ness.
"You mean you've never done this before?" Hazel questioned "And why has it stopped?"
"Why are you asking me I don't know!"?
"You're the one who's controlling the dumb thing!"
"I'm not actually it's on auto-pilot"
"Whhhaaaatttt!"
"Hazel don't worry I'm sure that.."
THUMP. The car had landed and now the orange was going away and now they could see that they were in the king's cross-station car park, facing the station its self.
"See and you doubted me in the 1st place" Hazel's mother had turned around to talk to her daughter.
Hazel grabbed her trunk and with the other hand her owl. "I never doubted you, I doubted the car."
"Same thing."
"You no, you act like a right kid sometimes mother"
They both got out the car, Hazel stood on the tarmac zipping up her violet jacket while her mother locked the doors.
"OH, stop complaining. Now get a move on" She walked away towards the station Hazel followed quickly behind her.
"I'm not complaining."
Her mother did not reply because when they reached the station doors Mrs Trope was sorting through her fleece pocket. " Ah hah! Here we go" She handed a ticket to Hazel. "Now don't lose this or you're not going anywhere."
Hazel rolled her eyes "I won't mother." She tucked the ticket into her trunks pocket so she wouldn't lose it.
"Right, platform 9 and ¾" Mrs Trope looked about through the crowds of people. "Come on, Chop chop!"
"9 and ¾, you don't get a 9 and ¾" she said as she followed her mother through the bustling swarms of people.
"Here" She stopped putting a arm out stopping Hazel from going any further. "In between platforms 9 and 10 dear."
"…Is a brick pillar" Hazel said sarcastically.
"Oh, don't be like that. All you've got to do is run at that wall in between platform 9 and 10"
"And smash your nose?"
Mrs Trope raised her voice "Don't be like that! Now run at that wall this instance"
Hazel took a deep breath still carrying her trunk and Owl she made a run at the wall. There was a gushing feeling and when Hazel opened her eyes she was standing on a outdoor platform where there was loads of people around her age standing saying goodbye to their parents.
"Hazel! Hazel" Her mother appeared behind her. "Here we are, platform 9 and ¾ and that there's the Hogwarts Express." She pointed at the magnificent red steam train waiting at the platform.
"wow" Hazel muttered "that's amazing."
"Yes dear, now have you got everything?"
"Yes" Hazel said as she pulled her ticket out the trunk pocket. "I have"
"Well, now be a good girl and remember to write!"
"Yes mother" She glanced at her mother "Well…"
Her mother squished her into a hug "Now, run along or the train will go." She let go of Hazel.
"Yes mother. Well bye! I promise I'll write." Hazel turned from Mrs trope and walked toward the train doors. She could hear her mother shouting bye after her.
As she entered the train a plump man took her ticket, she looked down the train, there was compartments on every side. Hazel just had to find a empty one. By the time she got to the end there was one empty one on the left.
She went inside and put here trunk in the overhead storage, sat down on the seat with the owl beside her and looked out the window. All the parents were waving of their children as the train started to pull away.
"Is this seat taken?"
Hazel glanced up at the door where a girl that looked hazel age was standing. She was Pretty and had long blonde hair. Hazel smiled "Yeah, no ones sitting here. You can if you want though."
The girl put her bag in the compartment for bags and sat down opposite Hazel with a small cat carrier. "I'm Anna. Nice to meet you."
"Hazel"
Anna grinned at hazel and looked out the window. "It's my first time here"
Hazel noticed that Anna's cat was scowling at Lilitha. "Mine too"
The girl brushed imaginary dust of her skirt. "Oh, maybe we'll be in the same house."
Hazel blinked "Yeah maybe."
"This is Lyra" she pointed at her cat who was now facing away from Hazel "Is that your Owl?"
"Yeah Lilitha"
"Isn't it lovely"
Hazel could tell that Anna was a bit nervous by the way she was talking and twiddling her thumbs. 'Probably because she's new as well' Hazel thought. So she decided to try and make conversation.
"Umm so, do you have any sisters or brothers that go to this school."
"No… you?" She replied
"I have one sister" Hazel piped up "But she doesn't go to this school"
"Oh" Anna sighed.
"It doesn't bother me though, I never really liked Carly that much anyway"
"Oh"
"She's 16" Hazel said still watching out the window.
"Well, I don't have any siblings at all" Anna looked down at Lyra to check she was okay. "I'm A muggle born so this is all pretty new to me"
Hazel glanced over at Anna "I'm not, both my parents are magical, but I only found out two weeks ago"
Anna now had averted her gaze into hazels blue eyes. "Really? That's… interesting"
Hazel agreed then said "I think I took it quiet well" Hazel giggled and took her focus to back out the window.
Half way through the train journey there was a knock at the compartment door.
"Hallo! Anything from the trolley?" Said the small fat witch that was pushing a trolley full of sweets.
"A packet of Chocoballs and some pumpkin juice, please" Anna said softly.
"Seven sickles love" Said the witch before Anna handed over the silver coins "And anything for you?"
Hazel thought while she looked at the sweets on the trolley. "Same as her and a Pumpkin Pasty, please"
The witch handed the sweet over " Ten sickles" Hazel dug deep in her jean pocket. She knew there was some money in there somewhere. "There" Hazel handed over the 10 coins that she had found in the bottom of her pocket. "Thank you" the witch shut the door behind her and continued down the corridor.
Anna was now tucking in to the chocoballs she had bought. "These are very nice you know, much like the truffles my mother used to make"
Hazel took a sip of pumpkin juice not replying to what Anna had just said.
The cabin door slid open once again. "Oh, this one is taken," Said the girl standing there with short black hair and bony face.
"Demelza there's a empty one down here!" said a voice from the corridor.
"oh" The girl said shutting Hazel's cabin door and turning round.
"Well" Hazel said "That was weird"
Anna agreed "Yeah"
Hazel took another swig of Pumpkin juice "I think we best put are robes on, we will be there soon."
Anna nodded and left the Compartment with her bundle of robes. Hazel hunted through her case until she found them and then quickly got changed before Anna came back.
Anna came back into the cabin dressed in her black robes and sat down. She grinned at Hazel then turned her attention to Lyra her cat.
"She's still a kitten, you see, she needs a lot of attention"
Hazel looked at the cat that was now drinking some milk from some kind of mechanism. She glanced back out the window again.
They spent the rest of the journal talking about various happenings and goings on until a voice echoed through the train; "We shall be arriving at Hogwarts in 5 minuets, please leave your luggage on the train it will be taken into the school separately"
Hazel and Anna lurched with Nerves, they smiled at each other then joined the crowd thronging in the corridor. The train slowed down then eventually stopped. Everyone made there way to the doors pushing past one another.
A lamp came to the doors and a voice said: 'firs-years! Firs-years over here!' It was a gigantic man with a big black bushy beard. "C'mon, any more firs-years? Right follow me, C'mon, watch where your walkin'" All the first years followed the mad down the steep slippery path which lead all the way down to a big black lake that looked upon a massive castle that was all lit up in the nights sky. "No more'n four to a boat"
All the first years clambered into the boats. Hazel got into one with Anna and two other girls that looked like twins. Once everyone was in a boat the giant man yelled "FORWARD" and the flock of boats rowed of towards the castle. Once they got to dry land everyone followed the giant up another hill until they reached a giant door of the castle. On what he knocked on 5 times before they swung open.
Hey everyone! I wrote this chapter practically straight after the 3rd one, as it was so short! So I hope everyone likes this one! And a 5th is heading your way soon!
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