"Wake up, sleepy head!" Cam calls. "Wake up! Wake up!" I pretend to be sleeping. "WAKE UP! NOW!!!!!" she yells in my ear. Nice try, still no. "WAKE UP NOW! YOU'RE GOING TO MISS THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS!!!!!!" she yells while making water balls out of the moisture in the air and dropping them on my face. I shoot up and jump out of bed. "Well, that did the trick." Cam laughs. "Tell me, was it the water or the 'WAKE UP NOW! YOU'RE GOING TO MISS THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS!!!!!!!' ?"
"Both, but you dump water on me almost everyday." I grumble grabbing a black skirt and sweater from my closet.
"You make me sound like a monster, Fox."
"'Cause you so are!" Cam raises her eyebrow, taps her foot, and crosses her arms over her chest. "Buuuuut, I love you!" I add with a cheeky smile.
"Thaaaaank you! Now GET READY!!" she yells as I scurrey into the bathroom.
"Sheesh! I swear, you're no Hufflepuff, Cam." I say with an eye roll as I close the door. She sticks her tongue out at me (in a playful way) and leaves the room.
I take a shower, and get dressed. I'm wearing all black, black skirt, shirt, and sweater. I change my hair to black too and braid it into two french braids. All that's left is my cloak and shoes. Uhg! I hate cloaks! They make everything look so small and gloomy, and since I'm no giant they make me look like an eight year old.
***
When I get downstairs, I see my packed trunk at the door along with Stripie's cat carrier and my cloak and shoes.
"Morning." I grumble as I enter the kitchen.
"Good morning, early riser." Lyle jokes. He's at the stove making bacon and eggs, while Cam's going through her bag making sure she has everything for work today.
"Ha ha ha. Very funny." I responded.
"Oh! Cheer up! It's your first day at Hogwarts! I remember Hogwarts! The classes, the teachers, the friends, the food! The romance!!!!" Cam says dragging out the O and the A.
"Wasn't it something!" Lyle adds. "You and I used to go for picnics on black lake!"
"I remember!" Cam says in a dreamy voice. "And remember our first kiss under the magnolia tree?" she asks.
"Bleh!" I make a gagging sound and point at my open mouth like I'm going to barf. "Ok. I'm gonna stop you right there. We get it! You're a cute couple! I don't need any details on my sister's love life, thank you very much! Wait...if you dated in Hogwarts then you broke up didn't you? Because you've only been dating for one year on my count." I ask.
"Who doesn't want details on her sister's love life now?" Cam says as Lyle sits down and seves us all breakfast. "But yes. We broke up because our family had to go into hiding and Lyle wanted to travel the world. But then he came back and we met again at the Ministry of Magic and, you know the rest." Cam finishes.
"Finish up, Fox. We gotta head out now." Lyle says bring his plate and Cam's to the sink.
"I'm done." I say as I walk to the sink and rinse my plate off.
***
Lyle apparates us down the street from Kings Cross station. We walk to platform 9, trunk in toe and Stripie in his carrier. "See the barrier right there?" Lyle says pointing to the barrier between platforms 9 and 10. "Just walk through it."
"What!!! Do you wish a concussion on me?!" I say shocked.
"Don't be silly. Lyle's right. Go." Cam lectures.
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FantasiaRuby Roxanne Faller-Redfox, or just 'Fox'. Is thrilled when she is excepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Join Fox as she makes friends, foes, and fancies at Hogwarts, while also discovering the meaning of power and how to use an...
