On My Way
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Tonight is my last night at home, I reflect with sadness but also with growing excitement. I do have friends starting too, though. My best friends, Lily and Hugo.
We have been best friends since…well…ever! Lily and Hugo both have the family trademark red hair, Hugo's a shade darker than Lily's. Lily has freckles across her nose, and Hugo is taller than the both of us.
Oh, and my father spoke with the headmistress, Professor McGonagall, and we got the OK for me to bring to stray dog I recently found. While I was showing him to Lily, Harry took one look and said, "Blimey, that dog reminds me of Sirius." And, well, I liked the name.
As I happily thought of things to look forward to, I drifted into sleep.
"Alice," my mother whispered while shaking me, "Alice, dear, we're going to be late."
I woke with a start, "I'm up, I'm up." I mumbled. Through the drowsiness, I jumped up and got ready. By the time I got downstairs, though, it was ten o'clock.
"Oh, no," Mom was murmuring, "we haven't any time for breakfast."
"It's alright," I said cheerfully, "I can eat on the train."
"I suppose." Luna said a little sadly.
When we arrived at 93/4, I raced through the wall with my trolley. But I was unprepared for what I saw.
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of students and parents were there. And yet, even with the crowd, I easily spotted my two best friends.
"Hugo! Lily!" I yelled, but they couldn't hear me. I had to elbow quite a few people and scream 'Watch it!' to a few others, but I made it to them.
"Can you believe it?" I asked, "We're off to Hogwarts."
"Off to Hogwarts." They chorused, wide-eyed.
"Come on, we have to go now or we'll miss the train!" Impatient Lily said, as the horn blared. We said good-bye to our parents and walked onto the train.
As I turned around to wave for the last time, I saw a silent tear running down my mother's face.
But, as I looked at my transportation, I knew it was worth it. I was on my way.