I skip across the rather empty walkway next to Harry as Hagrid is walking next to us.

"Is that th' time?! Sorry, y/n and Harry I'm gonna have t' leave ye'. Dumbledore will be wanting his... well, he'll want t' see m'. Now, ye' train leaves 'n ten minutes, there's ye' tickets, stick to 'em." Hagrid says as he hands us both a ticket.

I look down at the ticket in confusion.

"Nine and three quarters? There's no such thing..." I mutter as we glance up to see if Hagrid can help but he's already gone.

I sigh exhaustedly as I glare at where the man had been standing just before.

"Just fucking great."

———

I watch boredly as one of the redheads walks through the wall.

Harry's eyes widen as he glances around but nobody seemed to have noticed.

After the two— who seemed to be twins passed through Harry walks up.

"Excuse me!" Harry exclaims as the woman who seemed to be their mother walks towards Harry and me.

"Could you tell me how to...." Harry trails off nervously.

"How to get onto the platform?" the woman asks expectantly as Harry nods.

"Not to worry dear! It's rons first time at Hogwarts as well! Now all you've got to do is walk straight at the wall between platforms nine and ten—" she explains as I go to push my cart in and pass through, wanting to get out of the unnecessary human interaction as fast as possible.

I walk over and see a train as well as some other people who I assume to be students walking around.

The train was labeled 'Hogwarts express' on the front as its color scheme was red and black with tints of gold.

*Train!!* Nyx suddenly announces as I laugh in response and pat her head.

I look up at the sign as it reads nine and three quarters.

———

The train ride was dreadfully boring as I sat across from the empty seat which was next to my brother and read a book about some basic dark magic spells I got secretly. Nyx was wrapped around my neck as her head layed on my shoulder, asleep.

"Excuse me? Do you mind? The rest of the compartments are full." The redhead boy from earlier asks as I roll my eyes.

"Yeah, go somew—" I was cut off when Harry said yes, making me pout in annoyance.

The boy sat down across from me as I roll my eyes and bring my knees to my chest.

"I'm Ron by the way, Ron Weasley!" Ron introduced as I stay focused on my book.

"I'm Harry, Harry Potter." Harry introduced as I inwardly groan in annoyance.

Great. Just great. Now everyone knows that the 'oh so amazing' potters are on the train!

Ron's jaw drops as he looks at Harry shocked.

"So.. so it's true... do you really have the... the.." he trails off while pointing to his forehead.

"Yes. We both have the scar, I'd be concerned if we didn't." I scowl at the boy as he glares at me.

"I was just curious, no need to be rude." Ron says as I roll my eyes.

A lady with a trolley of candy stops infront of our cart as she looks in at the three of us.

"Anything off the trolley, dears?" She asks as Ron shakes his head.

"No thanks, I'm all set." Ron explains while holding some type of food up that I don't recognize.

"We'll take the lot." Harry says as he takes out some gold coins.

"Woah..." ron mutters as he stares in awe at the amount of money.

———

"Bertie bott's every flavor beans?" Harry questions as he holds a random pack of candy.

"They mean every flavor." Ron responds with a slight laugh. "There's chocolate, and peppermint, and there's also spinach, liver, and tripe."

"George swears he got a bogie-flavored one once." Ron explains as he bites down in the stretchy candy.

"These aren't real frogs, are they?" Harry asks nervously as I roll my eyes.

"It's just a spell. Besides it's the cards you want. Each packs got a famous witch or wizard. I've got about five hundred meself." Ron explains as I take one of the chocolate frog containers.

Harry opened his as the frog immediately jumped onto the window, crawling up and out of the window.

"Oh, that's rotten luck... they've only got one good jump in them to begin with." Ron Explains as I glance at him momentarily.

I open the things as the frog just stares up at me before jumping out the window.

I tilt the card as a 3d version of Salazar Slytherin stands there.

"I've got dumbledore!" Harry says as I glance up at him.

"I got about six of him." Ron states as I roll my eyes before looking back down only to see the man in the card was gone.

"How peculiar..." I mutter as Harry gasps, making me look back up.

"Hey, he's gone." Harry mutters as Ron looks at him with his mouth full.

"Well you can't expect him to hang around all day, can you?" Ron scoffs as I glance down at the rat who was in a box of snacks.

"This is scabbers, by the way." Ron says as I grab the rat as nyx hisses and slithers towards it.

"You even got a snack for nyx, how kind." I remark with slight laughter in my tone.

The rat... It gives off weird vibes. It seems too... human like...

Not that it's my problem, it's Ron's pet, not mine.

The rat screeches as Ron quickly grabs it.

"He's pathetic but that doesn't make him a snack!!" Ron yells as I pout with a grin still tugging on my lips.

"Whatever... Fred had given me a spell to turn him yellow, wanna see?" Ron asks Harry as smiles and nods.

Ron clears his throat as he takes his wand out.

"Sun—" he starts but was cut off by a girl quickly running in the compartment.

"Has anyone seen a toad? A boy named Neville lost one." She explains as she glances around.

"No." Ron says as he looks at her with confusion clear in his eyes.

"Oh, are you doing magic? Let's see, then." She pipes up with sudden interest.

Ron clears his throat once again before continuing, "sunshine, daisies, butter mellow, turn this stupid, fat rat yellow."

Hermione looks at him as if he just did the stupidest thing ever as I snicker slightly at the failure.

"Are you sure that's a real spell? Well, it's not very good, is it?" She remarks with a grin as Ron looks at her with clear disgust in his eyes.

"Of course, I've only tried a few simple ones myself, but they've all worked for me." She says while taking her wand out and walking towards Harry and sitting down across from him, right next to me.

"For example." She says with a smile as she points the wand directly at Harry's face.

"Oculus reparo." She casts as the cracks in Harry's glasses disappear.

"That's better, isn't it?" She questions as I clap slightly at the spell which was done perfectly.

"Holy crickets! You're Harry Potter!" She exclaims as she notices the scar.

"I'm Hermione granger! I'm assuming you're y/n potter, nice to meet you! And you are..?" She directs the last part towards the weasel boy.

"I'm Ron Weasley." Ron mutters with his mouth full as i grimace in disgust.

"Pleasure." She replies distastefully before looking back at Harry.

"You three better change into your robes. I expect we'll be arriving soon." She explains before starting to walk off, but she pauses as looks back at the compartment.

"You've got dirt on your nose. Did you know? Just there." She glances at Ron before actually walking off.