Rowan stepped out of the stretch limo that had brought her to King's Cross Station from the private plane that had taken her from her mansion home by Loch A'an. She looked up at the impressive structure leering over her and checked the time on the massive clock face. 9:35.

"Perfect" she thought, walking briskly into the bustling London train station, proceeding quickly to Platform 9 ¾. She pushed her trolley through the busy station, ignoring the strange looks she got oh-so-often because of her shockingly bright teal hair. She got to the platform and eyed the wall. Although she knew a lot about King's Cross Station and Platform 9 ¾ (did you know the it was rumored to be built on top of Boudicca's last battle site or her grave?) she was nervous to run directly at a solid looking brick wall.

Eve walked with her parents out of the broken down SUV and up to the entrance of King's Cross Station. For once, they weren't late. Eve had made sure of that. She walked with them up to platform 8.

"Are you positive it says to run at the brick wall?" Her mom asked with concern.

"Positive mom." Eve laughed. "I can go from here."

"Are you sure sweetie? We can go up to the entrance." Eve's mom said. Eve loved her parents but she really wanted to make sure her first impression was a good one. She left her parents at platform 8 with big hugs all around and walked up to Platform 9. She was confused because there did not appear to be a Platform 9 ¾. She noticed another girl her age standing alone with a large cart and a owl in a cage. Eve walked up to her, eyeing her awesome teal hair.

"Excuse me? Are you here for Hogwarts?" Eve asked the teal haired girl.

"Shh! Muggles aren't supposed to know about that! And yes, not that you need to know." Rowan looked at the girl talking to her. She was average height (still taller than her though) and she had deep green eyes with golden flecks in them. Rowan rolled her electric blue eyes.

"Sorry." Eve whispered. "I just want to know how to get into Platform 9 ¾." Eve felt bad for exposing the new universe she had just discovered.

Rowan sighed. "Obviously you run at that wall there. Didn't you read the pamphlet?" Rowan knew she was being unnecessarily rude, but she was trying to cover up her nervousness.

"Oh…OK." Eve felt stupid, of course she had read the pamphlet, but it had sounded ridiculous to her. She braced herself and ran at the brick wall. Right before she hit it, however, she chickened out at the last second and abruptly stopped. "Could you go before me? You just seem more experienced, and I'm really nervous." Rowan grabbed her cart with a sigh and ran at the wall. She did not chicken out though, and ran directly through the wall. She really hoped that the other girl didn't see her cringe as she went through. Rowan gasped. The train station was filled with witches and wizards of every type. Most had their parents with them and Rowan had to force herself to not miss hers.

"Thanks." Rowan heard a voice behind her and she suddenly was pulled back into reality. "My names Eve by the way." The girl - Eve's voice reminded Rowan of an 80s classic rock singer, like Joan Jett. "Rowan, and sorry for being rude, I was upset at something else." Rowan smiled.

"Not a problem. Its nice to meet you." Eve shook Rowan's hand. The girls walked to the Hogwarts Express and split up into different compartments. Rowan went left and entered an empty compartment near the end. She sat on the plush seats and looked out the window. Eve went right and entered a compartment with a few other students. The train got going at precisely 11 am with a loud whistle and a puff of steam. They went along for a while, and Rowan's compartment was still blissfully empty so she could read in peace.

"Excuse me?" Eve said, voice quivering. Rowan looked up and saw Eve at the doorway with tear stained cheeks, although she was trying to look strong. "Can I sit here?" Rowan usually would have told her no, but she looked very upset and she was already rude to her before so Rowan patted her hand on the seat. Eve flashed her a grateful look and sat across from Rowan.

"What happened?" Asked Rowan, eyeing Eve's tear stained cheeks.

"I guess I picked the wrong compartment." Eve laughed. "It was full of some students giving me a hard time about having two muggle parents. They called me a 'mudblood', and although I don't know what that means, i could tell it was rude by the mocking laughter. I just had to get out of there and I don't know anyone else." Eve wiped her tears away.

"Don't worry, I'd never say anything like that. That's what my family is like, and I aspire to be nothing like any of them." Rowan shook her head. "Anyway, what house do you want to be in?"

The girls talked for a while, until eventually the train rolled to a stop. They walked off the train and got in line to be sorted in front of the entire student body.