Always There For You (Harry Potter OC X OC)

10. Hogwarts Express-

Lizzy sat on the ground behind a tree in her family's backyard. Beebo stared up a tree, looking at a squirrel. She wondered about that man. That man who talked about magic. Maybe he was crazy? Who on earth would come into someone's house and declare Joel was a wizard? Lizzy couldn't stop thinking about it. Yet, that man also mentioned she was a witch as well, somehow it gave her hope.

Was it really magic? He had lifted her in the air, with nothing mechanical to hold her up. She flew as light as a feather. But how?

She decided to visit the Lisbon. She wondered what Joel was doing during this oddity. She knocked on the back door. She knocked once more. 'Yes, yes! I'm coming,' Claire's was heard.

The door opened. Claire looked tired. Eyebags were visibly present under her eyes. Yet she still had the will to smile. She let her in.

'Are you okay, Claire?' Lizzy asked.

'Hm? Yes, of course, Lizzy. Why?'

'You look dreadful.'

'Am I?' Claire asked relaxedly. She smiled again. 'Go on up, Joel's upstairs.'

Lizzy went up to Joel's bedroom, which was located near the front view of the house, just like Lizzy's room would be in her house.

She knocked.

'Come in,' Joel said. Lizzy turned the doorknob and pushed it open. 'Hi Lizzy,' he said in dismal. He was lying boredly in his bed.

'How are you?' Lizzy asked.

'I don't know... It's all so weird. All this time, I thought the weird things were just my imagination, now, since that letter and Frankie... I don't know what I am. Magic? Wizard? What am I...'

'So... are you actually going to Hogwarts?'

'I don't know...'

'Which one do you want?'

'I don't know...'

Lizzy sighed and sat by the bed. 'If you go to Hogwarts, you won't see Bobby and Cole... and me...'

Joel stared at the ceiling, contemplating.

'But if you do go to Hogwarts and magic is real, how cool is that? You'll be a wizard!'

'Pretty cool...' Joel said reluctantly.

Lizzy seemed to suddenly be interested in the pattern of Joel's bedcover. She traced her finger on the lining of patterns. 'But if you do go there... you'll be so far away...'

Joel saw Lizzy's solemn expression.'Well... I don't know yet... my mum has to talk to my dad, and it's so hard to reach him this way.'

'Whatever you choose, I... I promise I'll be happy about it... I'm sure you'll be alright, you're Joel Lisbon, not Sam Lorry!' Lizzy said, humourously. 'Where is Hogwarts anyway?'

'Mum said it's in Scotland. But unsure of the exact place.'

'Scotland? That's so far away! How does your mum know if she hasn't been there before? Frankie says only wizards and witches know where it is.'

'There's a pamphlet. It mentioned it. You should see the pictures. It moves. Literally.'

Lizzy didn't understand.

Joel reached his bedside table's drawer. He took out a pamphlet. He gave it to her. 'Can you see the pictures too? They're moving!'

Lizzy could see it. The picture on thin paper moved in a loop. She flipped it around, trying to make sense of it. 'This is paper... How...! Wow, look, they're smiling at me! This is amazing, Joel! Wow!'