A/N: Well, I got extremely positive responses to my question, so I have decided to continue the story! (You're supposed to cheer now) ;)
Chapter 7:
The Hogwarts Express
"All you have to do is walk straight at the barrier between platforms 9 and 10, alright?" Mrs.Weasley explained.
Harry must have looked skeptical because she went on.
"Let's have you watch first" said Mrs.Weasley.
Harry nodded.
"Percy, you go first."
The one that looked like the oldest of the boys stepped forward. Harry noticed he was wearing a badge that had a P on it. He figured it was for his name.
Percy swiveled his trolley around to face the barrier, then started walking briskly toward it, broke into a run, and then he was gone. Just gone. Harry couldn't see him anywhere.
"Fred and George, you next."
The twins Harry had noticed earlier walked side by side to the barrier and then disappeared just like Percy.
"Alright Harry dear, your turn. Look straight at the barrier and don't hesitate. Best do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous."
"Good luck," Ginny said.
Harry smiled at her and turned to face the barrier and looked at it. It looked very solid. Still, he started running. As he got closer, he closed his eyes. Harry was sure the crash was going to come any second. Now…or maybe now…now? Harry opened his eyes and almost fell backwards.
He was in a completely different place than before. It was packed with people and they were all dressed like wizards and witches and had wands and magical creatures as well. There was also a scarlet steam engine and a sign that said Hogwarts Express, eleven o'clock.
Harry started looking around for an empty compartment to sit in. The first few were already occupied, but Harry finally found one that was empty and sat down in it and looked out the window. He saw the Weasley clan all huddled together around their mother in a big group hug. Percy broke it and stepped out.
"I have to go mum, I have to go sit with the other prefects up at the front," he said.
One of the twins gasped.
"Percy! You're a prefect?"
"Why didn't you tell us?" the other joined in.
"Oh wait-"
"I think I remember him mentioning it-"
"Once or twice-"
"Or every minute"
"All summer."
"Oh, boys!" their mother reprimanded. "Leave your brother alone, he is a prefect after all. Off you go now Percy dear."
Harry watched as Percy got on the train. He now figured the P on his badge must stand for Prefect.
"Now," Mrs.Weasley turned to the rest of them. "You two have to take care of Ron this year. And make sure you don't get into any more trouble."
"How could we get into trouble mum? What would we do?"
"Oh I don't know…blow up a toilet seat?"
"Ooooh… hadn't thought of that, thanks for the idea mum," one of them said as they both walked off.
Mrs.Weasley opened her mouth probably to say something to them, but then thought better of it. She shook her head at the twins' retreating backs and turned to Ron.
"Now Ron, this is your first year. I want you to make sure you do well in your classes and don't goof off like those two," she referred to the twins.
"Alright mum."
The train's whistle blew.
"Oh you'd better get on, bye-bye now."
"Bye mum," all the boys waved.
As the train started to move, Ginny started to cry and run along with it.
"Don't cry Ginny, we'll send you loads of letters," one of the twins said.
"Yeah, we'll even send you a Hogwarts toilet seat!" the other one followed.
"Fred!"
"Just kidding mum."
Just as the train was about to turn a corner, Harry caught Ginny's eye and smiled at her, she smiled back. And then, she was gone.
A few minutes later one of the red-headed boys, Ron, appeared at the door of Harry's compartment.
"Mind if I sit here?" he asked. "Everywhere else is full."
"Oh, no, not at all, sit down."
"Thanks."
"No problem. My name is Harry by the way, Harry Potter."
"I know. Do you really have that scar?"
"Yeah." Harry lifted up his hair and let Ron see the scar on his forehead.
"Bloody hell! Did it hurt?"
"Well, I can't really remember anything much, but whenever I try to remember, I feel a searing pain in my scar, so I imagine it did."
"Whoa," Ron looked amazed.
"Yeah."
"I heard you lived with muggles, what were they like?"
"Awful. They treated me horribly. I lived in a little cupboard until I turned eleven."
"That's terrible."
"It was terrible. I was so happy when I found out I get to leave them and come to Hogwarts."
"I imagine you were. I would've been."
Harry and Ron continued to talk for a while; Harry was as interested in Ron's wizard life as Ron was about Harry's boring (at least to him) life.
After a while, a big lady pushing a trolley with a ton of food came to their compartment and stuck her head in.
"Anything from the trolley dears?"
Harry jumped up, realizing he felt very hungry. Ron just mumbled something that sounded to Harry like he's got sandwiches.
Harry had never had money for candy with the Dursleys, and now that his pockets were laden with gold and silver, he was ready to buy as many Mars Bars as he could. But the lady didn't have Mars Bars. What she did have though, were Chocolate Frogs, Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Beans, Pumpkin Pasties, cauldron cakes, licorice wands, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, and a number of other things that Harry had never before seen in his life. He decided to just get some of everything. He paid the lady and tipped all of the treats onto an empty seat in the compartment.
"Hungry much?" Ron asked when he saw all the stuff Harry had bought. He himself had taken out a lumpy package with what looked like four sandwiches insides and unwrapped it. He peeled one of them off and bit into it, and then gagged. "She always forgets I don't like corned beef."
"Trade for one of these," Harry said, holding up a pumpkin pasty.
"Oh you don't want this, it's all dry. She hasn't got much time you know, with all seven of us.
"Doesn't matter, go on."
"Oh alright."
Harry took the sandwich from Ron and Ron took the pumpkin pasty from Harry. They continued to eat and were stuffed before the sweets were even half gone.
A/N: Well, there goes another chapter. Review and I'll update, dearies.