As my body collided with another, my trunk flailed to the ground, Mickey jumping out in quite a hurry. All my books slammed onto the ground open and my cauldron made a huge CLANG as it, as well hit the ground. Then, myself fell backwards, the other person falling onto me. My cheeks flushed a bright red as I realized who was descending onto me. It was the boy that had given me his extra change. I hastily put out my hands and jumped to my feet. Then, hurriedly grabbed the boy's hands so he wouldn't drop onto his face.
It was complete silence in the station as me and the boy stared at each other, the air dry and I could tell it wasn't a good sign. Though, the boy's face expression wasn't the same as before, it was more more bewildered, yet he sent off a tentative vibe that confused me, quite a bit. I rubbed the back of my neck awkwardly as the boy told me something softly,
"Thanks..." Then he whipped around picking up his trunk and lugging it onto the train. But, as he left I noticed a slip of paper slip onto the ground. I eyed it curiosity filling my veins, until I couldn't take it no longer. I briskly swept up the paper hiding it in my pockets, then I placed my things back into my trunk, but Mickey cautiously decided to hitch a ride on my shoulders instead.
I headed up to the man standing in front of the doors and handed him my ticket. Then I entered the train. It was a somewhat "old fashioned" train with booths inside. Some barricaded by glass and others out in the open in another car. I decided to plop myself down in the one that wasn't caged in, since I was a little claustrophobic.
Almost immediately as I sat in an empty booth, I took out the piece of paper, a mischievous smile plastered across my face. Though, I did feel I was invading the boy's privacy I couldn't help myself! It was just LYING there! I opened the folded paper and read it in my mind:
Where to sit: Car 2, left side 4 down
My eyebrows knit together. Why would he write this? It made no sense, why would he arrange a seating plan for himself. Then my mind went blank as I turned, my legs facing the outside. I silently counted the seats behind me: 1, 2, 3... So I was in the fourth seat. And did I enter off the first car? I gulped as I remember the boy entering off a further car down.
Oh crap... Was all I could think as I noticed a presence enter the car. It must've been him. I gulped and sank down in my seat. How come we keep meeting each other? I sighed and looked into the aisle as, guess who plopped down right beside me. He steadily turned his head towards me, and shrieked jumping on his seat. He covered his mouth ashamed as he avoided my eyesight blushing with embarrassment.
I didn't blame the kid though, I wasn't the nicest of faces to turn to. After a few minutes a voice echoed off the speakers announcing that we'd be leaving shortly. I nodded taking in the information as the boy scooted a bit closer into the booth, making sure he wouldn't fall out. He peered over at me his face not as friendly as the faces I'd seen in my life. But, no one had entered the booth yet, probably getting the vibe from to 2 of us to buzz off. Then, when I least expected it the kid perked up,
"My name's Victor... We seem to meet a lot" He stated in a brisk voice. I nodded in agreement. It was true we had been meeting a lot, "Yeah... We have. My name's Nicole or Nicky, your choice" I replied crossing my legs on the chair. He leaned against the backrest getting more comfortable as well as me,
"Hm... Cool" He exclaimed arranging his hair into the right places. "So, what house do you think you'll be in?" He asked slumping down into the seat. I stared at him a confused look on my face, "Houses?" I inquired tilting my head. Then, I remembered Barry saying something about getting into a good house. Victor sneered, but then let his face relax,
"So you're muggle-born then" He assumed. Once again I tossed him a bewildered face, "Muggle?" Victor shook his head a grin on his face, "No magic folk... Anyways there are four houses that the students are sorted into: Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and my personal favorite Slytherin" He explained. I nodded as the train began to move,
"Hm... Cool, but I wouldn't know which I'd be put in" I replied shifting myself as the train bumped up and down on the tracks. Victor rolled his eyes, "Well, no duh! But, I'm sure I'm gonna get Slytherin. You see, I'm a pureblood and both my parents, who are wizards got into Slytherin" He said smiling smugly. I nodded, beginning to hope I'd be in Slytherin as well. It sounded like a pretty cool house.
Me and Victor exchanged chat all the way to Hogwarts, and by then I felt as if I knew everything about him and Hogwarts. Everything exited the train, but once we got out there was a huge man to greet us. He was wearing what appeared to be rags and he held a lantern that lit the dark area. Victor groaned,
"Hagrid..." He muttered brushing a strand of hair out of his face, "Shoudn't the fool be dead..." I gulped at the statement as Hagrid led us to a bunch of boats. I jumped into the closest one with Victor as well as another student who was a girl, she had auburn hair that was styled in a pixie cut, and she had a thousand freckles across the bridge of her nose. As well as that her green eyes made her black glasses seem so dull and ordinary, which I guess they were. "Hi!" She greeted in a cheery tone.