Standing There By You
Ch. 2. Platform 9 and what?
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As Lily and the Evans' walked into the train station, Lily's heart beat uncontrollably and her stomach seemed to be doing summersaults. Looking at her ticket, she noticed something unusual.
"Mum?" said Lily.
"Yes, dear?"
"It, well it says platform 9 3/4," said Lily.
"Let me see that," said Mr. Evans. "Hmm.. so it does. Well I suppose we'll go to Platform 9 and 10 then, and check it out."
They reached those platforms, but saw no sign of Platform 9 3/4. Lily looked around, to see if anyone had the same predicament as she. Seeing that she only had 20 minutes until the train left, she began to worry.
"Ha! I told you it wasn't real. I can't believe you all fell for..." Petunia trailed off as a family walked by, one carrying an owl, and all dressed very unusually.
"Sir? Excuse me, Sir?"
A very tall man turned around, and looked down at Lily. "Yes?"
"Um, I was just wondering, you don't know anything about Platform 9 3/4, do you?"
He smiled broadly and asked, "Muggle-born, are you? Well, my daughter Margie would be happy to show you through, if you'd like."
"Oh, yes," said Lily. "Thank you very much, let me just go tell my parents and I'll be right back."
Lily gave her father a quick kiss on the cheek, then she hugged her mum tightly. "They said they'll take me through, so I'll see you at the holidays, then."
"Bye, sweetie," said her mum, choking back tears. "Don't forget to write."
"I won't mum, don't worry. Bye then!" Lily yelled over her shoulder, catching up with the family once again.
"Okay, now all you have to do is run through Platform 9, and Platform 10," he said, as if running through walls was an everyday occurrence.
"Um, that's, er- that's a brick wall," stated Lily.
"Just trust me, here, I'll have Margie go first." A tall girl with very curly brown hair walked over to her. "Marge, this is.."
"Lily, Lily Evans."
"Ah, you're a first year, then?" asked Margie.
Lily nodded, and Margie smiled. "Nice to meet you. I'm in 5th year; a Gryffindor Prefect. If you ever need anything, just ask me.
"Okay, now this is really quite easy, just watch me," said Margie, and before Lily knew it, she had disappeared behind the wall.
Lily gaped at the wall, and the tall man nudged her shoulder. "Okay, now you do the same."
Lily took a deep breath, closed her eyes and ran towards the wall. Not feeling the expected crash of her cart, she slowly opened her eyes. In front of her stood a huge scarlet train, and many families all saying good-bye to their children.
"There, you see, it wasn't that bad," said Margie. "Now just get on the train, and pick a compartment. I see my friends, so if you don't mind..."
"Oh, go ahead. I'll be fine thanks," Lily said quickly, not wanting to be more of a bother than she already was. Margie gave a grateful smile and then hurried off to her fellow classmates.
Starting toward the train, Lily made to step on, when out of nowhere something came whizzing right past her, brushing roughly against her shoulder.
Catching her off guard, she fell to the ground, banging her head against the hard stone floor. Lifting her head up, she dizzily spotted a young boy with messy black hair jumping onto the train. Shocked that he could possibly be so rude, she got up in a huff, angrily dragging her trunk onto the train.
Walking down the row of compartments, she found an empty one and settled in. Just as she was about to sit down, a girl popped her head into the compartment and looked around.
"Oh, hello!" the girl greeted happily, stepping inside. She had straight black hair that was pulled back into a messy bun, bright blue eyes and was a bit taller than Lily. "My name's Grace Shadren, what's yours?"
"Lily Evans. Would you like sit with me?" she asked, all angry thoughts of the rude boy now vanished.
"Sure!" said Grace, smiling widely, and plopping down besides Lily. "So, are you in first year?"
Yup," said Lily. "How about you?"
"Uh-huh. I can't wait. I've lived with my muggle parents all my life, I was adopted, but just a year ago my aunt came by and told me I was a witch, and we've spent the whole summer together. She's told me all about the Magic World, and all about Hogwarts, too. Do you know which house you want to be in?"
Lily was a bit taken a back at the girl's brief synapses of her life, and before she had the chance to answer, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" Grace called.
A timid looking girl with wavy strawberry blonde hair and honey eyes peeked in. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know if anyone was in here, I'll just go-"
Nonsense!" said Grace. "You can stay with us, if you'd like."
The girl's scared face broke out into a smile. "Alright." She took a seat across from the other girls and set down her trunk. "My name's Julie Taylor."
"Hello Julie. My name's Grace, and this is Lily. I saw you walk in with your mother before."
"Yup. My dad and my sister were outside the barrier, they're muggles," Julie replied.
"Ah," Grace said, before, turning towards Lily. "What about you? I didn't see you walk in with anybody."
"Yes well, both of my parents are muggles," Lily informed them. Just then the train gave a sudden lurch, which just happened to match the lurch that had just appeared in Lily's stomach. Biting her lip, she nervously looked out the window at the quickly passing scenery, feeling as if a dozen butterflies had just been let loose inside her.
A few moments of silence passed by, before Lily finally asked what had been on her mind for at least a month. "You- you don't think I'll be, you know.. behind, do you?"
"No, definitely not," Julie spoke up quickly. "Don't worry, you'll learn everything you need to know in no time, and if you have any questions, we'll be sure to help." She gave Lily a reassuring smile, and across from her Grace nodded enthusiastically.
Lily returned their smiles with a very grateful one, and felt most of her nervousness disappear.
Soon the three girls began discussing the houses they'd like to be in, and all of the different rumors they'd heard about them. They carried on numerous conversations for a good hour or two, chatting along happily about anything and everything. About halfway there, Lily announced that she had to use the restroom, and made her way down the train. Just before she reached it, a compartment door sprung open, and out came the boy she had 'met' previously before.
"You," said Lily, glaring at the messy haired boy.
"Er- hello. Have we met?"
"Sure we've met! Don't you remember? You nearly knocked me unconscious before you got on the train," Lily informed him angrily.
"Well maybe you shouldn't have gotten in the way," the boy retorted, arching up his right brow.
"What!? I was just walking towards the train, and you ran right into me!" Lily exclaimed, astonished at how stupid this boy was being.
"Well then there's your problem. Next time you shouldn't walk where I'm going." He turned back into his compartment and shut the door, leaving behind a very agitated Lily.
"Argh!!" Lily shrieked angrily, before heading back towards the bathroom. "As, soon as I learn a good hex, I swear..."
"You know, I don't know what her problem is," James said calmy, not peturbed in the least by Lily's angry actions.
Sirius raised his eyebrows.
"I mean, any girl would be happy to even touch me, and that girl just got a full fledged body slam," James explained.
"I know mate," Sirius said, putting on a mock confused face. "Must be off her rocker."
James Potter and Sirius Black had been close friends since they had met the previous year at a Quidditch camp. Both had a bold mischievous streak in them; pranks and girls were their specialties, and they intended to keep it that way.
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