Sorry about the long delay, the Holidays and school got the best of me.
September 1st finally arrived. Maria and Preston went to the train station. She looked at her ticket, which read Veneficus Train, Platform 21. Maria looked around the station only saw platforms 20 and 22.
"Do you remember how to get through to the train?" Preston asked her.
"We just go through the empty archway and it leads to platform 21, right?" Maria said uncertainly.
"That correct." Preston said. The two arrived at the platform and Maria looked around. Preston joined her in looking.
"Don't worry dear, there are no muggles watching." Maria took a deep breath and began running toward the archway. In an instant, she was in an entirely different room. She saw a large red train with the words Veneficus Train written in silver. She smiled and Preston came beside her. He helped her move her suitcase onto the train. Maria also awkwardly carried Amicus cage through the aisles. The two moved forward on the train and tried to find a seat.
"I will be sitting with Addison and Miles, if you need me you'll know where to find me."
"Ok Dad." Maria finally chose an empty seat about eight seats away from Preston next to the window. She sat Amicus on her lap. After a while, a girl about her age with short brown hair and blue eyes stood next to her.
"Excuse me, do you mind if I sit with you? I can't seem to find an empty seat."
"Oh sure, no problem." Maria said. The girl smiled and thanked her. She looked at Amicus sleeping contently on Maria's lap.
"He's very cute." The girl said pointing at the dog.
"Oh, thank you. His name is Amicus, he's a gift for my birthday."
"When is your birthday?" The girl asked.
"August 1st" Maria replied.
"I was born at midnight on August 1st." The girl nodded.
"What's your name?"
"Maria Waksma." She replied. The girls eyes grew wide and she replied
"You, you're Maria Waksma, the one who stopped the dark one?" Maria nodded.
"Wow, mom and dad will never believe me. Do you really have the scar above your eyebrow?" Maria nodded. She winked with her left eye and a small dent shaped like a star appeared above her left eyebrow. The girl looked amazed.
"What's your name?" Maria asked wanting to change the subject.
"Oh, I'm Isabella, Izzie for short."
"I've always liked the named Isabella, it's nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you, too. I hope you don't find me rude for asking but you are a pure blood, right?"
"Yes, I'm a pure blood. I don't mind but why do you ask?"
"I just want to meet a muggle born. I find them very interesting. I'm also a pure blood and I'd like to know how they live."
"I could ask my father if you'd like, he married a muggle born. So he'd know something about them."
"I thought you said you were a pure blood." Izzie asked confused.
"Oh, I'm sorry, he's actually my godfather but he takes care of me since my parents died. I just call him my father."
"Oh, of course, I'm sorry, I didn't want to make you talk about it."
"It's alright." Maria told her. A boy with blond hair and green eyes standing over them interrupted them.
"Excuse me, do you mind if I sit with you?"
"Sure" She and Izzie said at the same time. The boy smiled at them.
"What's your name?" Maria asked.
"I'm Alan." The boy said.
"I'm Izzie"
"And I'm Maria." The boy looked at her.
"Maria Waksma, the famous witch?"
"Yeah, that's me."
"Wow, I was only hoping I would ever see you, and now I'm talking to you right now."
"If you don't mind me asking, what is your parentage?" Izzie asked.
"I'm afraid I don't know what you mean." Alan said.
"There are families who have all magic in their family, who are called pure bloods. Then there are people who have muggle and wizard or witch, called half bloods. Then there are people who have no magic in the family made of muggles, called muggle-borns."
"I'm a muggle born then. No one in my family has ever been or even heard of this school."
"Oh, I might ask a few strange questions, but it's only because I'm so interested in how your half lives." Alan smiled.
"That's alright." The drink and snack cart made its way around and the group a whole different variety of drinks and snacks. They introduced Alan to wizard treats like chocolate frogs, Bertie Botts Every Flavored Beans, Wizard Cards, pumpkin juice, and many others. He told them about drinks like soda, that he called Coke, Mountain Dew, and many other various names. He also told them of treats called Jelly Beans, Chocolate Bars called Hershey's, Milky Ways, and others. He was amazed to find that pictures on the Wizard Cards would move and disappear, and Maria and Izzie were amazed to find out that Muggle photographs didn't move at all. Time seemed to fly by and Preston came by to remind her to change into her robes.
"Maria, we'll be arriving soon. Be sure to put your robes on soon. Oh, hello" He said after noticing her friends.
"This is Izzie and Alan." Maria said.
"This is my godfather Preston, he teaches at the school. He'll be our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher."
"Nice to meet you." Izzie and Alan said together.
"Nice to meet you two as well. I'll see you all soon." Maria led Izzie and Alan to the bathrooms in the train and they changed into their robes. Soon enough the train stopped and their journey would soon begin.