Disclaimer: I can tell you that I do own Harry Potter but then I would be lying.
A/N:Thanks to Super and Peanuts for reviewing my last oneshot. I'm posting this one but to be honest with you, I think it's the worst thing I have ever written. I was trying to capture Harry's excitement at entering into the magical world but it just doesn't work. Feel free to flame this one, might even do it myself.
My First Day
The day I saw a letter addressed to me was one of the happiest days of my life. It felt like I finally belonged in this world and someone out there knew I existed.
Then Dudley had to ruin everything. I thought uncle Vernon was going to have a mental breakdown when more started arriving for me.
I'll never forget seeing magic being done for the first time. It was fantastic. A pig's tail was really becoming of Dudley. It was also the first time I had met Hagrid. He was the first person to be nice to me.
It was wonderful seeing Diagon Alley for the first time. All those magical shops, I didn't know which way to look first.
I couldn't believe it when I saw all the money my parents had left me. It made it more real to me that they had actually existed. I had no memories of them so they had always seemed made up. It was even better hearing someone talk to me about them.
Sadly that day of shopping ended and it seemed like an eternity before it was time to go to my new school. It scared me a little though. When I saw the train ticket, I thought it was one big joke being played on me. Platform nine and three quarters just didn't exist in any station, never mind at King's Cross station. Or so I thought.
It was such a relief when the Weasley family walked past me and I caught Mrs Weasley mentioning the word 'muggle.'
The train journey was fun. I met both my best friends for the first time, Ron and Hermione. Although, I thought Hermione was just annoying at the time. It wasn't until Halloween that we silently became best friends. That train ride was also the first time I got to try out magical food and sweets. It was amazing to know that there was this whole other world and I never knew it existed.
When we were waiting to go into the Great Hall to be sorted into our houses, I was sure I was going to have to go back to the Dursley's. Ron thought we would have to battle something thanks to his twin brothers. Someone else said that we would have to perform magic and having never done magic before, I had no idea how I was going to do it. Imagine my relief when I saw it was the sorting hat that placed us into our houses.
The feast was amazing. It was my first decent meal that I could remember having. There was every type of food imaginable. Just when I thought I was about to burst from being so full, pudding appeared.
Later on, when we were all in bed, I found I couldn't sleep. My first day at Hogwarts had been great. I had made friends. I had seen ghosts for the first time, and moving paintings. People knew who I was before I even had to introduce myself.
I had all these emotions whirring around me stopping me from sleeping. I got up and sat at the window for a little while, just thinking about everything that had happened in such a short time. My life had taken a turn for the better. It was then that I realised something.
I was finally home.