A/N: I changed the rating of this story from K+ to T because, because... uhhh... I don't really know why, I thought it would be... fun?
Chapter 3: Platform 9 and 3/4?!?
Jason and Marcus were pushing their carts through King's Cross franticly trying to find platform 9 and 3/4.
"Jeez, where could it be?" said Jason "We've looked everywhere! It's fifteen minutes until 10:00."
10 minutes later...
"GGGAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" yelled Jason. "We're going to miss the train! Wait, make that I'm going to miss the train. Where did Marcus go?"
"Right here" Marcus stuck his head out of a wall that was between platforms 9 and 10.
"How did you do that?"
"You run at the wall and you come to the platform. You better close your eyes. That's what the book said."
"What book?"
"Just come on! The trains going to leave in 2 minutes."
Jason looked strait at the wall, took a deep breath, and started running. When he was a inch from the wall Jason closed his eyes. He waited for the crash but it never came. Slowly, he opened one eye then the other. Jason was staring at a scarlet steam engine.
"See?" what did I tell you." said Marcus
"How did you know?" asked Jason
Marcus put a book in Jason's hands. "I picked this up at Florish and Blotts."
Jason read the title. "Things that first years need to know".
"It was in the OPWV1-10AI. Only People With Vaults 1-10 Allowed In." said Marcus
"So, technically and VIP part of the book store."
"Yep."
"Cool"
"We'd better get on the train. It's about to leave."
Jason and Marcus dragged their trunks and birds into the train and searched for a empty cabin.
"Full, full, half full, full, one person (little did Jason and Marcus know, that person was Harry Potter) one seat left, empty!" Jason and Marcus pulled open the door and sat down.
TWEEEEEEET! Chaga chaga chaga chaga. The train started moving. After a couple of hours, Jason and Marcus were sitting on the seats in the most weirdest ways possible.
"I'm so BORED." complained Marcus.
"Aaaaanything from the trolly? Aaaaanything from the trolly?" Jason and Marcus heard a muffled voice from out side the door.
They opened the door and a lady came up and asked,"Anything from the trolly dears?"
Marcus stepped up to the cart and looked at all the strange candy. He didn't know what to get so he said stuff at random.
"Um, I would like 2 Bertie Bott's every flavor beans, 8 Droobles Best Blowing Gum, 10 Chocolate Frogs, 16 Pumpkin Pastries, 16 Cauldron Cakes, and 20 Licorice Wands."
"That will be eleven sickles and seven knuts."
Marcus felt around in his pockets," Jason, money me."
Jason threw Marcus a small bag of money. He paid the women, and brought all the candy into the compartment. They formed two piles, one for Jason, and one for Marcus. They sat on one seat and piled all the candy onto the other seat. Jason opened the Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Beans, and popped one into his mouth. Jason puckered up and his face turned green. Quickly, he opened the window and barfed all over the side of the train. They could hear,"Ewwwww," and,"Holy crap, did we drive by a skunk?" from the compartments after them.
"Heh, heh, suckers" said Marcus while Jason sat back down. "What made you barf?"
"A vomit flavored jelly bean." Jason read the box "Huh, typical. 'Vomit flavored jelly beans may cause vomiting, but bean flavored jelly beans won't cause a bean stalk to grow in your stomach.'"
A little while later a girl came into the cabin and asked "Has anyone seen a toad?"
"No." They said in unison. The girl looked depressed and walked away. A boy walked in and asked "have you seen a toad?"
"No!" Jason and Marcus said more irritated. The girl came back. "Are you sure-"
"NO!" Jason got up and slammed the door shut.
"God, piss off."
"Hey, that's Hogwarts! I can see it! We'd better get our robes on."
Jason and Marcus got their robes on and the train stopped. "We must be here." They grabbed their trunks and got off the train.
"Firs years this way! Firs years!" yelled a giant.
"Hey, Jason" said Marcus "That's the guy we saw at Florish and Blotts."
"Yeah, your right! I wonder what a oaf like him is doing at Hogwarts."
He lead the to a row of boats. When Jason, Marcus and a couple of other kids got in, it started moving. Marcus almost fell out.
"God damn, whadda you laughing at?!" Marcus yelled at Jason who was rolling on the floor of the boat.
They got closer and closer to Hogwarts. They came up to a pier and the boats came to a halt. "Ever body out! Come on!" said the oaf. (That's what Jason and Marcus were referring to him as.)
All the first years followed him to the front of the school.
"God, this place is big." said Jason.
They walked into the castle and they went up the stairs to professor Magonagll.
"Through these doors, is the great hall. That is where you will be sorted into houses. There are Griffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin." she said. Jason jabbed Marcus in the ribs and pointed at Malfoy who was staring at another boy in awe. Marcus shrugged his shoulders. "Wait here a minute." Professor Magonagll said. As soon as she left, Malfoy went over to the boy.
"So, the famous Harry Potter came to Hogwarts." Malfoy said.
Jason leaned over to the boy on their left. "Hey, dude, who's Harry Potter?" asked Jason.
"You must be muggle born. He's a very famous wizard. He's the only one who's survived the killing curse."
"Jesus, the killing curse, that must be serious."
"Yes, quite."
Jason looked at Malfoy talking to Harry. "Suck up." said Jason and Marcus. Professor Magonagll came back into the hall. "We're ready for you now."
They walked through the great hall doors and walked up the center aisle to a stool and hat that were in the back of the hall.
"Gather around here everyone. Now, I will put the sorting hat on your head and it will tell you what house you will be in. Abbott, Hannah!" a girl went up to the stool and the hat was placed on her head. "HUFFLEPUFF!" the hat shouted. A few more names were shouted until Jason heard "Fox, Jason!"
"Damnit. If this fickin' hat doesn't put me in a good house, I'm going to be so pissed at it."
Jason walked up to the stool and sat down. The hat was placed on his head and it covered his eyes. It didn't say immediately what house was going to be in. Jason stared to panic. Sweat dribbled down the side of his face. Then he started to get angry. "Hurry up and decide you son of a-"
"GRIFFINDOR!" The hat was taken of his head and staggered over to the griffindor table.
A few more kids later it was Marcus's turn. "Jones, Marcus!" Marcus looked like he was going to be sick. As soon as the hat was placed on his head, the hat shouted "GRIFFINDOR!"
Jason jumped off the bench and nearly tipped it over. "YES!!!" he screamed. Marcus came to sit by him. A little bit later professor Magonagll called out "Potter, Harry". There was a lot of murmuring and whispering. After a while the hat cried out "GRIFFINDOR!" That was the loudest cheer that night. All the griffindors were cheering. Except Jason and Marcus.
"Suck up." said Marcus.
"We got Harry! We got Harry!" Jason heard from the other end of the table.
"Well guess what? So does the whole damn world." said Jason under his breath. "I'm tellin' ya, now he seems great, but when you need help from "the chosen one" he won't be anywhere."
Jason and Marcus's spirits were lifted when the plates in front of them became loaded with food.
"MMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!" said Jason. "I hope this is what the food is like every day! It'll be an improvement to the food my mom makes!"
