Ch. 2 – A Beautiful Arrival

Now that we all new each other's names, it seemed like we had know each other all our lives. Ron explained to me that he had grown up with wizards, and he didn't know anything about electricity. I was sooo jealous! Better than my life as "Muggle," living in Washington with my cop-father. Hermione was a Muggle like me, and her parents were dentists. It was so cool talking to people other than my parents… each person was a whole separate world! I thought that I was the only interesting person… maybe that's why nobody liked me. But who cared! I was starting over. I could wipe the slate clean!

But Harry was a little reluctant to say much about his life… he only mentioned that he had lived with Muggles that he didn't like, and they didn't like him either. He told us a funny story about the zoo, but then he hastily changed the subject with a twitch. I sensed that there was something about his past that he didn't want to share. But I didn't mind… it was his story to tell. I shouldn't be nosy!

While we were all engaged in chatter, I got a text on my phone! It was from my dad. I deleted it before I read it. I was having too much fun to want to be yelled at by my father for running away.

Like a new note in the song, Ron asked, "Can I try talking on your fellytone? It sounds really cool!"

"Sure!" I laughed. He was so funny. I gave him the phone. "Just pick seven random numbers, and the press the green button. When you hear the other person's voice, you can talk to them!"

"That sounds really cool!" He smiled with joy and merriment. I saw him punch in seven numbers deliberately before pressing the call button.

"Now put it to your ear, so you can hear them," ordered Hermione. She was bossy, but she was so nice!

Ron waited while the phone rang. Then, all of a sudden…

"HI! MY NAME IS RON WEASLEY! WHAT'S YOUR NAME?" he bellowed into the mouthpiece, as loud as a cow! All of us in the compartment covered our ears. I bet pretty much everybody on the train could hear him. "HELLO?" he continued, "WHY DON'T YOU ANSWER? HEY… they hung up!" he frowned.

All of us burst out laughing, except for Ron, of course. He just kept looking sad. And then, for the fourth time, the compartment opened! I looked up with curiosity, as Ron gave my phone back. Through the door, a head poked through. But there was something about this head that stood out…

It was the most beautiful head I had ever seen in my entire life. It seemed to radiate godliness. It was the head of a boy a few years older than me. His face looked like it belonged on the head of a statue. His eyes were either blue or amber… because of the lighting, I couldn't quite tell. But it was apparent that his hair was bronze, like an Olympic medal. His nose was like it was chiseled out of the finest marble, and his chin was exquisite. My jaw dropped to the floor. Was this boy even human? It didn't seem possible that any human could be this… hot.

His perfect lips widened to reveal perfect pearly whites. "Who's the one screaming?" he said. Well, I shouldn't say "said." He flowed, he gushed awe, and radiated extrapolation.

"Me," said Ron. Ron only said. "I was talking on a teffylone."

"Oh," wonderspewed godboy. "And… do you mind if we sit here? We don't like the other people we were sitting with."

We? What's he going on about? I only saw one person standing in the doorway. But that wasn't a bad thing… one was plenty. But then he stepped aside to reveal another perfect person… probably his sister. She was just as beautiful. Beauticious. Her hair was chestnut brown, with other shades embedded within, like a unique, rare gem. Her green eyes were like shining orbs, swimming with her surroundings. She directed her bright eyes around the compartment, as if scrutinizing everything. Her lips were cherry red, and her eyelashes were like butterflies.

These two beautiful people wanted to sit with us? I was practically overwhelmed. It was more than I could wrap my head around. Then my reverie broke as Harry said something.

"Sure, we have open space. No need to ask," said Harry. For some reason, he didn't seem to be affected by the Dreampeople. In fact, neither did anybody in the compartment except me. What was hapenning? People were too confusing. My head whirred with though. I had never felt this way about another person before. I was smitten.

"I'm Cedric," said the angle, "and this is my sister, Mikel. She's new here, but I'm not."

We introduced ourselves and they both smiled, and looked at each of us in turn. As Cedric was about to look at me, I suddenly became very conscious of my appearance. I patted my superdark, smooth, long hair, and smoothed on my fashion garments. As his gaze met mine, I smiled back at him, batting my hazel orbs. The moment was so intense. I was surprised I didn't just keel over because it was almost too hot to handle. But then, what killed it… my phone! Stupid thing, it had to go and ruin everything like a party pooper. Cedric looked from my eyes to my phone. The connection I felt, like the one between Harry and Voldemort's wand, was broken. I almost cried.

Except my phone wasn't ringing! I looked at it. The screen had gone blank and the backlight had kicked out. Maybe it had run out of battery… OH, MERLIN'S PANTS! I forgot my charger! I'd have to buy another one. But in the meantime, what was I going to do? I lived on text! My friends would wonder what had happened to me!

"Oh," interjected Hermione in a matter-of-fact way. "We must be getting close to the castle! Omg! Okay, um, I guess we all have to change into our robes."

We all nodded our ascent and pulled on the black, shapeless cloth that were Hogwarts. We all looked the same! How was I going to stand out to Dreamboy Cedric if I looked like every other girl? Well I guess it would be more of a challenge. I can take challenges. It might even be fun… I smiled evilly. My plan was hatching right before my eyes. And it started with Mikel. I wasn't going to use her or anything like that. I really cared about her and wanted her to be my friend!

Then, the snack cart came around! Even though I had a lot of money and I was kind of hungry, I decided I wouldn't eat as much in order to keep my figure thin. But Harry bought the entire cart! I lol'd in appreciation as everybody except me and Mikel stuffed their faces with Bertie Botts and Cauldron Cakes. As everyone finished chowing down, the train slowed to a stop. We were at Hogwarts!

I slammed into the window and glued my face to it. It was spectacular. It took away my breath and my speech. A giant caslle like the one in fairy tales, mirrored by a giant lake almost as splendiferous. I was so glad I decided to come! I couldn't believe I was going to be living here! We were all spellbound except for Cedric, because he'd already been here before. I gave him a hug, because Hogwarts was just that amazing. He hugged me back and we walked off the train with his arm around my shoulders, holding Mikel's hand with his free arm.

As we approached the lake, he said, "You guys are going in the boats. I have to take the carriages. Bye, see you at the castle!" he waved, and we all waved back. What a guy! A giant-sized man called for first-year students. I was afraid he was going to step on me! I rejoined Harry, Ron, and Hermione, dragging Mikel with me.

"Hi Hagrid!" called Harry. He knew this ginormous guy? Hagrid? And I thought he was a Muggle all his life! Whatever, I didn't judge him based on that. Before I knew what was going on, I was tossed into a boat! But it was ok, because I was with Harry and not some random person. Once everybody else had gotten into a boat, we started paddling towards the shore. The castle came in ever closer to view, flanked by a very dark forest that looked so cool. I'd have to go sometime!

I realized I was alone with Harry. I decided to make my move. "Hey, Harry. How'd you get that scar on your forehead?"

He burst into tears. I patted his back, and gave him words of consolation. I knew it must be about his parents. What else would somebody get so hysterical about? The poor boy. I realized that's why he didn't want to talk much about his past. We got out of the boat and he cried all the way to the castle.