~Underneath Honeydukes

We waited for what felt like forever, but apparently it's only been 5 minutes since we sat down.

This area is actually quite pretty, and peaceful. There are floating lanterns around, and if that's not enough, the lanterns themselves are magical! They have this tine floating flames circling each of them, each providing a little bit more light. There's also a long wall of Ivy, stretching from the top- which I'm unsure how high- to the water.

The ivy was thick as well, blocking whatever's behind it from our view.

"Be quiet, children." Mrs. Weasley suddenly warned us, gathering us together. Hazel was looking around the area, scanning each plant as if they were some sort of mysterious life form. Rafe on the other hand, just kept throwing rocks into the sea.

I was about to question where Rafe's twin brothers were until a loud wail came from one side of the forest. "Everyone quiet." Mr Weasley whispered, both of them whipping out their wands. We stepped further away from the side where the wailing was coming from, closer to the other side of the forest.

Soon, an odd creature floated out of the dark, unlit part of the forest, wailing.

Said creature was covered with tattered, parchment-coloured cloth covering from its head to toe. It reminded me of the black ghost I encountered back at home, except this one was somewhat bright and didn't have spooky black smoke coming from it.

It wailed as it floated around, as if searching for someone.

Or maybe it was searching for us.

"Back up children, very, very, very slowly." Mr. Weasley warned, and so, we took baby steps backwards.

That was until the next family arrived. It was as if they walked as loud as possibly, breaking twigs here and there. "Cover your ears!" Mr. Weasley yelled as the creature began visibly vibrating.

Soon, there was an ear-piercing screech emitting from it, "Incendio!" Ms. Weasley yelled, sending a huge ball of flame towards the creature. It failed to dodge the flaming sphere, which caused it to combust and eventually disappear as it burned.

"Is everyone ok?!" Mr Weasley yelled in panic, running to where the other family were.

Apparently the father had not heard Mr. Weasley's warning, and so he had fainted from the creature's screech.

"I knew there would be an Unwanted creature here. If you were any closer you'd be dead." Mrs. Weasley scolded the man once he regained consciousness. "What was that?!" Rafe asked with a shocked expression.

"That, my boy, was a Clamento. They're like banshees, except their screams are much worse but they're easy to kill. A simple fire spell can rid them." Mrs. Weasley explained, "The closer you are to a clamento, the more likely you'll die. Thankfully your father placed Auris Protego on all of you while we were backing up," She added afterwards. I nodded.

Seems like Mr. And Mrs. Weasley are two very powerful wizards. Maybe Mr. Weasley is the powerful one while Mrs. Weasley is the smart one. "My dad's really good at casting magic without incantation, my mom on the other hand knows a lot of things." Rafe explained, confirming my thought.

As we waited for the rest of the families to arrive, I couldn't help but think about how lucky Rafe is.

Hazel's parents are muggles, so they definitely won't be able to cast magic... Mine on the other hand... I don't even know where, who or what my parents are. The Goblin back in Gringotts mentioned that it's been decades since the last Potter came to the bank, which means my parents couldn't have been in Hogsmeade.

Maybe they attended a different magic school? Surely Hogwarts can't be the only Witchcraft and Wizardry school in this huge, magical world... right?

"Finally the boats have arrived." Mr. Weasley said with relief, rolling his eyes.

"Alright children, this is where we part. Once you arrive at Hogwarts, just follow your boat conductor and you'll have no problem there." Mr. Weasley said with a smile. "It was nice meeting you, Mr. Potter and Mrs. Granger." He continued, hugging us both.

"Take care of Rafael for us, please?" He teased, smiling brightly. "We will." Hazel added, "I'm right here!" Rafe yelled in irritation.

"Alright deary, you're off now. Take care, all of you! We look forward to your visits during the holiday!" Mrs Weasley yelled with a huge smile.

Actually, they were both grinning from ear to ear as they watched us off, waving. Me, Hazel and Rafe scored the same boat. There was actually a lot of new boats around.

Slowly the boat moved towards the wall of ivy.

Actually, now that I think about it, the boat itself isn't being rowed. Which means these boats are being moved by magic, which is quite fascinating.

In the Muggle world, everyone relies on Science, which actually causes quite a lot of problems like pollution. Cars, for an instance, creates smoke. A lot of smoke. Then there's all those machines and stuff.

In this world, everyone depends on Magic. There's self-rowing boats, flying cars, even flying brooms! Instead of using cranes and stuff the peoples here use magic to lift things.

As soon as we got close to the wall of ivy, the wall began shining so bright, we had to close our eyes to avoid going blind. "Amazing, isn't it?" The boat conductor asked, signalling the light was gone.

"How Lumos Halucinatio is able to blind anyone who goes near the area it was casted in." He added as he looked into the distance. We were now in a huge body of water, as if the wall of Ivy was a mere portal. "And how Portus Maxima turned a bunch of ordinary vines into a portal." He continued.

"Why did they need to cast Lumos Halucinatio? Wouldn't Portus Maxima be enough to transport us here?" Hazel asked curiously as she looked back. The portal was long gone. "That would be insane little girl. Going through Portus Maxima is different with Portus. If your eyes are open while you do so, you could easily go blind, permanently! Lumos Halucinatio only causes temporary blindness." He explained with a little laugh.

"Noted," Hazel said with a nod.

I can't wait to learn all of these spells! Surely it would be fun. "Let me show you a few tricks while we're here, eh?" The boat conductor suggested, earning excited nods from all three of us.

While the boat moved, he showed us a few spells he had learned from Hogwarts. We watched as a giant light whale formed under us, lightning the lake, but not enough to see the bottom, signalling this lake is crazy deep.

That was a mistake though, as it awakened these weird... plant things. "What the heck are these things doing here?!" Mr. Boat Conductor cursed, his hand gripped the back of his boat tightly as the seaweed began emerging, soon trying to grab a hold of the tiny boat. "Hold on tight children." He warned, "Ascendio Maxima!" He chanted loudly, blasting us high into the air at high speed, facing North.

Soon, the an island came to our view with a humongous castle on top, the moon was also more visible compared to earlier. "Wow..." I gasped in awe, this is the school I'll be attending?! It's a castle!

"Wow indeed." The conductor stated, panting. "Every time I send first years here it feels like it's my first year." He said with a huge grin before the boat docked. "You're early, Samuels?" A person greeted us. I'm assuming she's one of the teachers. "You kids go up the stairs and wait for the rest of the boats, I've something to take care of." Samuels said as he got off the boat and ran towards the teachers.

Samuels whispered something into the witch's ear, and soon, her eyes blew wide. "No!" she yelled, completely shocked. "Yes, they did." Samuels confirmed. Whatever they were talking about, I don't wanna know. All I wanna do is explore this huge castle. I mean this boat docking platform alone is interesting!

"Welcome s-" the old woman who I assume is the principal greeted us. "Where are the rest?" She asked, looking around. "Hi." Rafe greeted with a huge grin, earning a face-palm from Hazel. "Good evening, madam." I greeted with a bow, the other two followed up soon.

"We were a bit early." Hazel explained as Samuels ran up the stairs and began whispering to the madam. "Oh no, that's not good." Mrs. Whatshername said with a frown, then ran down the stairs with Samuels.