Scarless

Hello all. Thanks for reviewing.

GinnyLover14: I hadn't thought about Petunia being a witch, but I quess it is a possibility. Hmmm...

Draconess: I will keep updating as fast as I can. Sorry if I am a bit slow.

viskit: I have plans for Lilia, she will play a bigger role later on. Snape doesn't favor Harry, after all, he still hates his dad. Petunia might play a bigger role, it all depends.

If anyone else has any ideas, please sumbit them in the reviews. I will try to read and answer all reviews. If I miss any, I am sorry.

Disclaimer: The idea, characters, places, spells, and all things related to Harry Potter, are property of Ms. J. K. Rowling and Warner brothers. Anything not featured in the books is of my design. This story will have spoilers from the sixth & seventh & pretty much all of the books. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE HARRY POTTER BOOK SERIES, YOU PROBABLY SHOULD NOT READ THIS STORY, but you can if you want to. This story is based on the premise that Voldemort "dies" right out of Hogwarts.

Book 1: The Sorcerer's Stone rewritten or Harry Potter and the Mirror of Erised

Chapter 4: Platform 9 and 3/4

Harry stopped nervously just inside the doors to King's Cross Station. He had been waiting for this day for a long time, but now that it was here, he was scared stiff.

Lily turned to see why Harry had stopped. She saw that Harry was clutching the cage holding Hedwig very hard and looked like he had just swallowed a Venomous Tentacula Seed. She hurried over and bent down.

"Now listen, Harry. I know you may be nervous, but trust me. You will have a lot of fun at Hogwarts. You'll make new friends, and learn new spells. Now come on." She held out her hand and Harry took it. He felt slightly embarrassed, but really didn't want to let go. Recently, he had been getting these feelings that if he turned around, his parents would vanish. It was a creepy feeling, and he was hoping it would go away soon.

The three of them approached the barrier between Platforms Nine and Ten. A small group was already gathered. Adults bustled around, trying to look inconspicuous as the hurried their kids through the Platform Barrier. Harry spotted Mrs. Weasley bustling around with her group, all of whom had bright red hair. He then spotted something that made him grin. Behind the Weasleys stood a trio that, even by wizard standards, looked odd. The father had on a cloak that was the color of egg yolks and an odd pendant hung around his neck. His wife looked the most normal of the three, but the fact that her hair had vines growing in it still caused passersby to give her odd looks. The girl had her mother's long dirty blond hair and an airy expression on her face. Harry ran forward to greet them.

"Oi, Luna!" Harry shouted. The girl turned towards his voice, then smiled and raised her hand in greeting.

Harry had met Luna Lovegood when he was six. His mother had taken him to one of her Charming Club meetings, due to the fact that Bathilda Bagshot, who was going to watch Harry, was ill. The meeting was being held at the Lovegood residence that month, due to the fact that Mrs. Lovegood was the club's vice president. Luna had come downstairs carrying a large hairy peach-looking thing, holding it like a teddy bear. When Harry asked what is was, she told him it was a Dendril Peach, which kept away bad dreams. He had asked if he could hold it, and she said that as long as he didn't eat it, he could. They both had laughed and the two of them became best of friends from that moment on.

Luna stared at Harry for a second, then said, "It is nice to see you Harry. You going to Hogwarts?"

"Yep. I can't wait."

Luna nodded then sighed. "I can't wait till I can go to Hogwarts. I just hope that there are no Wrackspurts at Hogwarts. I find it very difficult to concentrate when they are around." Harry laughed, nodding. Then a thought occurred to him.

"Say Luna, why are you here, seeing as how you're not going and all?"

Luna smiled airily. "We are taking a Muggle train to Wales. (A/n I have no idea if trains from King's Cross actually go to Wales, but, if they don't, just play along.) Daddy just heard that there is supposedly a Great Yellow Bulborapi in the mountains around there, so we decided to take a holiday there."

Harry nodded. He had no idea what a Great Yellow Bulborapi was supposed to be, but he figured it was best to just leave it be. "Hope you find one."

"Thanks. Have a good time at Hogwarts." She bent down to look at Hedwig. "You too, Hedwig." Hedwig hooted happily, she had liked Luna from the moment that Luna had stated that owls were supposed to be symbols of knowledge and snowy owls were the wisest of all.

Lily, spotting Harry through the crowd, hurried over. "Harry, we have to get onto the platform or the train would leave with out you."

"Okay," Harry sighed, "Bye Luna."

"Bye, Harry."

Harry and his parents walked up to the barrier. James looked down at Harry, who was eyeing the barrier warily. He had never entered Platform 9 and ¾, so he was a little apprehensive about going through a seemingly solid wall. Everywhere else he had gone that was magically hidden, a doorway would appear for them to walk through. Here, where Muggles would be suspicious of a doorway appearing out of thin air, they just had to go through the wall.

James smiled at Harry's apprehension. "Don't worry, Harry. It will be fine."

Harry nodded, but despite his father's words, he still flinched when he passed through the barrier.

Harry turned after entering the platform, and stopped. A large, bright red train sat at the station, ready to carry the young students to Hogwarts. Harry sighed in relief.

Lily looked down at Harry. "What was that sigh for?" She queried, slightly worried.

Harry, looked up, grinning a bit sheepishly. "Sirius insisted that we were actually going to ride a Chinese Fireball to Hogwarts, and that it was only enchanted to look like a train."

Lily looked taken aback, then a small, dangerous, predatory-kind of smile appeared on her face. "Did he now?"

James, seeing the mood that Lily was in, quickly turned to Harry and said, "Well Harry, let's hurry and get you trunk on the train." Harry nodded hurrying after his father, while Lily muttered to her self, "Number 13, Grimmauld Place", and vanished on the spot.

James heaved Harry's trunk on to the train, then turned to Harry. "Okay, now listen Harry. No matter what the Sorting Hat says…"

"Tell it to sort me to Gryffindor." Harry said firmly. James laughed and tousled Harry's hair.

"That's my boy." Harry grinned then hopped onto the train.

Harry hauled his trunk down the corridor, until he came to a compartment that was fairly empty. A lone redheaded boy sat on the seat.

"Hey, Ron." said Harry has he hauled his trunk in. "Mind of I join you?"

Ron looked up, grinning. "Hey, Harry. Not at all. Need help?"

"No, I got it." Harry heaved his trunk into the rack, then flopped down next to Ron. He glanced over at what Ron was holding.

"No way. You got Paracelsus!!"

Ron laughed. "Yep, got him in my last batch of Frogs? Did you bring your collection?"

"No, wouldn't fit in my trunk with my books, but Dad did get me this." He pulled a pack of cards from his pockets.

"Exploding Snap, Fireworks Edition!" Ron looked awestruck. "How did he get them? They practically sold out on the first day."

"Lucky accident. Daniel Terrence, the big Beater on my dad's team, found some in a shop in Piccadilly, so he bought a deck. But, turns out that his wife is not a fan of Exploding Snap, so he had to get them out of the house. He gave them to Dad, and…" Harry gestured at the cards dramatically.

"Excellent. Want to play a game?"

Harry shook his head. "We should wait until we get to Hogwarts. Otherwise, the conductor might confiscate them. I tried them out at home, and they weren't exaggerating when they called it 'Firework Edition'. I am just glad that the flames don't burn for long, or else Mom would have killed me for smoldering the drapes. Dad managed to fix the damage before she saw. Took a little bit long to get the smell out." Ron was laughing so hard at this, he fell out of his chair. He stood up quickly, looking abashed.

The train let of a blast from the whistle and then it began to pull away. Harry looked out the window, and waved to his parents. Lily's hair looked slightly disheveled, but she was smiling and waving energetically. Harry continued waving until they were out of sight.

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I figured this is a nice place to stop, plus I have a little bit of writer's block as to how I am going to introduce Hermione. I wrote out Trevor, Neville now has a Barn owl named Winston. Oh well, any ideas please share.

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