The two finished shopping and went on their separate ways. They agreed they would see each other the next day on the train.
Shini's mum had told her about the train. 'It's so beautiful. It's painted a beautiful red color, one of the colors of Gryffindor. I always thought that was a bit unfair.'
'What is Gryffindor?' Shini had asked.
'There are four houses the students are sorted into, and one of them is named Gryffindor. Your father was in Ravenclaw and I in Hufflepuff. The only other house is called Slytherin.'
Shini nodded. She personally didn't care which house she ended up in; she didn't know anyone in the other houses anyway!
Shini woke the next morning with a lot of energy and was ready to tackle the books at school. Over the summer she had grown a little taller and lost about 15 pounds, considering she had played a bit of Quidditch with good ol' Mum and Dad. She wasn't bad at any of the positions, but she did love Seeker because they never really had to interact with anyone else then themselves.
Shini combed her golden brown, shoulder length locks and brushed her straight, white teeth. She had taken a shower the night before so she wouldn't have to wake up so early in the morning. She put her hair into a braided bun with chopsticks (the hair-made, fancy kind) and curled the few loose strands that fell in front of her face. She looked pretty good!
She put on a sleeveless, dark green shirt over a white t-shirt and put on a green and blue plaid skirt the matched. Scottish people, you know. Her black high-heels looked very good with the clothes and perfectly matched the whole outfit.
Her mother and father had everything packed up, and so the Carwells set off for King's Cross Station.
The station was packed to a point where no one could breathe, and Shini was confused when Erik put down his bags and said, "Ladies first," waving his hand towards a brick column between platforms 9 and 10. Carla nodded and walked straight through the wall. She was gone!
Shini, not wanting to look stupid, walked though as well, right behind her mother. She was suddenly standing on another platform. There, in front of Shini, stood the Hogwarts Express. Shini's mouth dropped open and her bags fell to the cement.
"OW!" someone beside Shini squeaked.
Shini's head shot around towards the sound slightly shaken.
"You hit my toe with your bag of bricks there." It was a girl. She was tall with long, curly blonde hair and blue eyes like Shini. Shini looked down. The girl was hopping up and down, clutching her foot.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Sheesh, I've been a real klutz these days. I am really sorry!"
"It's okay. By the way, I'm Alice Tearhood."
"Shini Carwell."
Just then Shini's parents came up and her mom put her hand on her daughter's shoulder.
"Making friends already, sport?" Edward said, smiling at Alice.
"Hello." Alice replied, smiling back.
"Mum, Dad, this is Alice Tearhood."
"Nice to meet you, Alice," Shini's parents chimed together.
"Why don't you two go ahead and get on the train. It will be leaving soon. We'll take your bags, sweetie."
"Thanks, Dad!" Shini turned to Alice, smiled, and suggested, "Let's get a seat in the back!"
"Alright!"
"Kids," the two parents twinkled, laughing, and then turning to put their daughter's luggage on the train.
A/N: why did no one beat it into my head that there were so many errors in the earlier chapters? I'm embarrassed people let me go on without fixing the writing up a bit! this chapter wasn't actually reworded or extended, but it may be in the future.