SNAKE

5 | train

"What are you lookin' at?", said Hagrid to a couple of muggles who were looking at him funny. He was walking the twins through King's Cross Train Station so they could finally go to Hogwarts.

"Blimey! Is that the time?", exclaimed Hagrid. "Sorry, Harry. Sorry, Cora, but am gonna have to leave you. Dumbledore'll be wanting his uh... well, he'll be wantin' to see me. Now, uh, yer train leaves in ten minutes, here's yer tickets. Stick to 'em, kids, it's very important. Stick to yer tickets", he said as he handed each of them a ticket.

Cora started reading her ticket and furrowed her eyebrows. It read 'Platform 9 3/4'

"But Hagrid, there must be a mistake. This says Platform 9 and 3/4. There's no such thing, is there?", said Harry. But when both twins looked up, Hagrid wasn't there anymore.

"He should've at least tell us where to go", complained Cora. "Let's go."

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"Excuse me, excuse me!", Harry said to a guard standing next to platform 9. "Do you know where we might find platform 9 and 3/4?"

"9 and 3/4?", scoffed the man. "Think you're being funny, do you?"

"A muggle obviously won't know, Harry", said Cora.

"At least I'm trying", he replied.

The voice of a woman stopped their bickering and got their attention, "It's the same every year, filled with muggles of course."

"Muggles?", whispered Cora. "She'll know where to go, c'mon Harry."

"All right, Percy. You first", said the redhead woman. Following her were four redhead boys and one girl. The oldest boy, who Cora supposed was Percy, ran with his cart towards the pillar between platforms 9 and 10. Instead of crashing against it, he sort if disappeared through the wall.

"Fred, you next", she said to the redhead twins.

"He's not Fred, I am", said one of them. "Honestly, woman. You call yourself our mother?", replied the other one. Funny, thought Cora.

"I'm sorry, George", replied their mother. The redhead stood before the pillar and looked at her mother, "I'm only joking, I am Fred", as he and his twin ran towards the pillar and disappeared.

Harry and Cora looked at each other with wide eyes and approached the woman. "Excuse me", said Cora. "Could you tell us how to—"

"How to get into the platform?", interrupted the woman. "Not to worry, dearies, it's Ron's first time to Hogwarts as well." The twins looked towards the boy their age and he smiled at them.

The woman continued, "All you've got to do is walk straight at the wall between platforms 9 and 10. Best do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous."

"Good luck", said the younger redhead girl.

The twins nodded and ran at the wall. As soon as they crossed, they saw a big red train and a sign that read '9 3/4, Hogwarts Express'. They smiled widely and went to get on the train.

Cora soon found an empty compartment and sat down, Harry following her. They talked amongst themselves about how excited they were. Not long after the train departed, the redhead boy they saw earlier appeared at the door. "Excuse me?", he said. "Do you mind? Everywhere else is full."

"Not at all", replied Harry. Cora didn't really want him to stay, his voice annoyed her.

"I'm Ron, by the way. Ron Weasley", he introduced himself.

Cora just stared at him with a serious face, so Harry replied for both of them. "I'm Harry. Harry Potter, and this is my sister Cora."

Ron widened his eyes and his mouth dropped. "So... so, is it true? I mean... do you really have the...", he said and pointed his fingers to his head. Harry furrowed his eyebrows.