Chapter 3 - Platform 9 ¾

So many things had happened this summer and finally it was over and today Tom and Nikki would be going to Hogwarts. Nikki couldn't go to sleep last night and when she did she woke up bright and early at 5:30 in the morning, getting ready for the day ahead of her. It was 7:00 o'clock now.

"Tom, Jack, mum wake up we're going to King Cross today. Remember."

"We're coming sis." said Tom.

They all got ready and came downstairs for breakfast.

"Come on everyone get in the car."

"Yes mum. Jack move up." said Tom.

"I am stop shouting at me."

"Both of you shut up and sit down. Nikki you can sit at front with me." They drove off to King Cross Station.

"Tom, Nikki do both of you have your tickets?"

"Yes mum they do now can we hurry up."

"There must be a mistake. This ticket says we need to go to Platform 9 3/4, but there's no such thing."

"Oh yes there is. Come on." said Tom.

Tom led them to a wall in between platform 9 and 10.

"Ok all you have to do is walk straight at the wall and you'll get through to the Platform. It's best if you do it at a bit of a run if you're scared. Just watch me." explained Tom.

He ran straight at the wall and was gone.

"Why don't you go next Nikki?" said Jack.

"Okay if you say so." Nikki said uncertainly.

She ran, but she didn't collide with the wall. Instead she was standing at Platform 9 3/4 where Tom was waiting for them. She could see an old fashioned train puffing smoke called the 'Hogwarts Express'. She turned around and saw that Jack and her mum were standing behind her.

"Wow. So is this how we get to Hogwarts? Oh my god! Look at all those kids are they all going to Hogwarts like us?"

"Oh yes." said Tom.

"Man. Hogwarts must be massive."

"Trust me you'll love it there." said Tom.

"I hope so. Look there's the Weasleys. Ginny!!"

"Hey Nikki. I can't wait until I'll be on the train with you next year."

"Me too."

"Hey Nikki did you hear Harry Potter is on the train. He's going to Hogwarts and guess what, he's going to be in your year!" shouted Fred.

"Its true." said George.

"Whose Harry whatever his name is?"

"When Harry was 1 year old, the Dark Lord came to his house and killed his parents. When the Dark Lord tried to kill Harry, something strange happened and the Dark Lord lost his powers and all that was left was a lightning shaped scar on his forehead." explained George and Fred.

"Wow I can't wait to meet him." said Nikki and Ron.

The whistle went and Tom, Nikki and the Weasley kids, except for Ginny went on the train with their luggage.

"Everywhere we looked is full. Come on let's look here Ron."

"Hey can we sit here, everywhere else is full?" asked Ron.

"Sure." said a boy with jet black messy hair and glasses.

"I'm Ron by the way. Remember the one with the big family."

"Oh yeh hi."

"I'm Nikki and you are?"

"Oh I'm Harry. Harry Potter."

"Then it's true you're going to Hogwarts. Umm do you really have that, you know?" asked Ron.

"A scar. Yeh I do." Harry showed them his scar on his forehead.

"Wicked." said Ron.

"Cool. You must be quite upset with what happened to your parents?"

"Yeh I am."

"I know how you feel. My parents died when I was 1 as well and since then I've had this scar on my neck. Now I live with Tom Coliandris and his family, they adopted me this summer."

"Wow we have a lot in common like both of our parents have died, we both have a lightning shaped scar, we both have black hair and we wear glasses. The only things different is that you live with a magical family and I live with my muggle relatives who are really mean and that your a girl and I'm a guy."

"True we do have a lot in common."

Soon the sweet trolley came.

"Do you want anything?" asked the lady.

"No I'm all set." Ron said holding up some sandwiches.

"We'll take the lot." both Harry and Nikki said at once.

They were eating all the different magical sweets when a girl with very bushy brown hair opened the compartment door.

"Have any of you seen a toad? A boy named Neville lost it."

"No." they all said.

"Are you doing magic? Let's see then."

Ron was about to change his rat Scabbers yellow.

"Sunshine, daisies, butter, mellow, turn this big, fat rat bright yellow."

Nothing happened.

"Oh well." said Nikki.

"Are you sure that was a real spell? I've tried some simple spells and they've all worked for me."

She went up to Harry and said a spell, which fixed his glasses.

"That's better. I'm Hermione Granger. You must be Harry and you are?"

"I'm Ron Weasley and this is Nikki."

"Hi." said Nikki.

"I must go. You should get your uniform on we're going to be there very soon. Oh Ron did you know you have some dirt on your nose." Ron rubbed his nose and they all changed into their school robes. They were nearly there at there new home Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.