Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. If I did, this wouldn't be fiction.
Authors Note: This is a shorter chapter, but I'm almost done with the next one and it's one of my favorites so yay! As always please review, and constructive criticism is welcome.
Chapter 3
"One, two, three," yelled Gorge as he and Roxanne dashed through the barrier between platforms nine and ten, and onto Platform 9 ¾. Roxy had been on the platform almost every year of her life to see off different family members, but this time was different. This time it was her turn to board the train, it was her time to shine. Roxy straitened up from her position crouched over the trolley and grinned. There it was; the scarlet steam engine that she had dreamed of riding since she was four.
She looked around, breathing it all in. There were families everywhere. There were little girls cradling their cats, and teenage boys rough housing on the platform. She wanted to stand there forever, the steam of the train wafting over her, the sound of a hundred and one voices babbling about who would win the house cup, and the squeak of little siblings begging their mums to let them go early. It was all like a dream, everyone was happy and excited. Everyone, that is, except Louise.
She trotted over to her cousin and through an arm around his shoulder saying, "Don't worry about it, Louise, it'll be fantastic!"
He looked at her and his usual collected countenance came flying back. He gave her a grin and replied, "I know Roxy, it's just… new."
"Who ever said new was bad? I'm telling you, these is going to be the best years of our live,"
"How do you know?"
Roxy smiled at her cousin and said, "Because it's us, and we make everything awesome!"
"But what if we're in different houses," Louise mused
"That's not going to stop us! Sure we'll have our own little gangs, but you trust me, we'll make a great team when we are together." They stood there a while, just watching the steam role off the side of the engine.
"Roxy," a familiar voice called.
Spinning around Roxy called back, "Yeah dad?"
Pushing their way through the crowd were Angelina and Gorge, looking very excited, with something fluffy in their arms. "We've got you something," they said, almost in unison.
Angelina bent down and said, "I got him last week while you were at The Burrow, what do you think?" And she held out a small, lanky, black cat with the sharpest green eyes Roxy had ever seen.
"Oh, he's beautiful mum," Roxanne squealed, she then hugged her mother squishing the cat in the middle.
Roxy took the cat in her arms and her father then bent down to eye level. Putting his hands on her shoulders he grinned and whispered, "You cause as much trouble for the teachers as you passably can, get good grades, and whack anyone who says pure bloods are supreme. Got it?"
She grinned back at him, "Got it." tucking the cat under her arm she gave a mock salute and hugged Gorge the tightest she had ever hugged him.
While they were still hugging he said, in her ear so no one else could hear, "If you're not in Gryffindor I'll be just as proud of you as if you were."
She looked up at him and said, "I know." before turning to see Louise giving a last hug to his parents and eldest sister. They grabbed their trunks and boarded the train together, ready to start a new adventure.