Medusa's Heir Book I: The Sorcerer's Stone

Chapter 5: The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters

Y/n and Harry's last month with Dursleys wasn't fun. True, Dudley was now so scared of Harry he wouldn't stay in the same room, while Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon didn't shut Harry in his cupboard, force him to do anything, or shout at him- in fact, they didn't speak to him at all. Half terrified, half furious, they acted as though any chair with Harry in it were empty.

Although this was an improvement in many ways, it did become a bit depressing after a while. The treatment that the Dursleys gave Y/n remained the same or maybe even better, they bought her so many things trying to convince her not to go to Hogwarts.

Y/n's family were proud that she was going to Hogwarts and they apologized repeatedly for not telling her the truth, but they couldn' bring it up casually.

Y/n, like Harry, spent the month reading and doing everything that the books instructed.

Y/n advanced really fast to the point where her relatives got her more and more books. Y/n decided to name her owl Anubis after the Egyptian god of death.

On the last day of August Y/n was told by her aunt and uncle that she was going to be dropped off earlier than Harry at King's Cross because her aunt and uncle had to go to work so Y/n was going to be left wondering the nearby area with only Anubis as company.

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Y/n didn't want to have people staring at her the entire time until Harry got to the station so she had dyed her hair black temporarily while she wore sunglasses to hide her eyes.

Now only her clothes was gaining attention, as usual, she ignored the stares and simply watched the Dursleys arrive and drop Harry off. The girl took off her bag and took out a water bottle; all this waiting was making her nervous.

"Y/n dear please rethink your choice! You don't want to become one of- one of- them." it was Vernon's last attempts to persuade her to stay.

But Y/n slowly shook her head, "I am sorry Mr. Dursley but this is the fate that my parents chose for me." the Dursleys felt bad but knew that Y/n was stubborn once she had her mindset of something.

Y/n and Harry watched as the Dursleys drove away, all of them laughing. Harry's mouth went dry. What on earth were they going to do?

The duo was starting to attract a lot of funny looks, because of Hedwig and Anubis. Harry knew he had to ask someone.

Y/n and Harry walked together searching for help, Harry stopped a passing guard but didn't dare mention platform nine and three-quarters.

The guard had never heard of Hogwarts and when Harry couldn't even tell him what part of the country it was in, he started to get annoyed, as though Harry was being stupid on purpose.

Getting desperate, Harry asked for the train that left at eleven o'clock, but the guard said there wasn't one. In the end, the guard strode away, muttering about time-wasters. Y/n was now trying hard not to panic in order to reassure Harry that everything was going to be fine.

According to the large clock over the arrivals board, they had ten minutes left to get on the train to Hogwarts and they had no idea how to do it; they were stranded in the middle of a station with a trunk they could hardly lift, pockets full of wizard money, and two large owls.

Hagrid must have forgotten to tell them something you had to do, like tapping the third brick on the left to get into Diagon Alley.

Y/n wondered if they should get their wands and start tapping the ticket inspector's stand between platforms nine and ten. At that moment a group of people passed just behind them and Y/n caught a few words of what they were saying.