𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐬 𝐀𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 - 𝐒𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 -

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟖

After several hours, the train slowed and eventually came to a halt. Sirius, James, Remus, and Peter all walked out of their compartments and patiently exited the train, which was filled with students, all eager to return to Hogwarts.

Thanks to Marcella, the Sullivan siblings were the last to exit the train. After witnessing the overcrowded corridor, she didn't want to squeeze with the swarm of students, and her siblings reluctantly agreed.

Once they decided to exit the train, a very tall man approached the four siblings. "Well, 'ello there! You must be the Sullivans." The tall man hollered as he made his way to the four of them.

The four siblings stared at the giant man with wide eyes, amazed to see the size of the man.

"Ah yes, yes. I am a sight to look at", the man chuckled. "Anyways, I'm Hagrid, the school gatekeeper."

All four of them jerked back to reality after realising how rude it was of them for staring. As if in command, the four of them bowed their heads slightly with a friendly smile on their faces to greet him. It was a habit they couldn't break after all those years in Japan.

Hagrid beamed and smiled fondly at the four of them, not used to having people, let alone students showing such respect towards him. "All four of you will be riding the boat along with the rest of the first years. Since there's already the four of you, you will be riding the same boat." He said with a smile.

"Thank you, sir." The three older Sullivan said in unison.

"Thank you, Mr. Hagrid." Maira smiled.

"Oh, no, no. Just call me Hagrid, yea?" Hagrid winked.

The four siblings followed Hagrid to the boats and went through another wave of shock and amazement as they saw the enormous castle where they will be spending the next few years of their lives came into view.

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Marcella's hands were shaking anxiously. She saw a glimpse of what the Great Hall looked like and how it was full of students when the door slightly opened to reveal a professor — Professor Mcgonagall to be exact. Professor Mcgonagall was briefing the sorting ceremony and the houses to the new students but Marcella tuned out her voice, trying to focus on her nerves and calming herself down.

"Are you alright?" Adlan queried, noticing his sister's worried face and clenched hands, a nervous habit of hers as she tried to stop them from shaking too much.

"Yeah. Just a bit nervous, is all." Marcella tried to brush it off.

Arman turned to her and chuckled. "You've always hated big crowds. It must be scary for you later on once they call your name." He teased.

"Not helping. You git." She glared at her brother while Adlan laughed, amused to watch her bravado crumble.

Marcella, unlike her brothers, was never the one to enjoy being the centre of attention. She likes her crowd small and it usually consists of people she's comfortable with. Even back in Mahoutokoro, she only had two close friends.

Adlan always had the spotlight on him back in Mahoutokoro and Arman, being one year younger than his brother, Adlan's crowd eventually became his.

Being the younger sister of the duo, people were definitely intrigued by her and wanted to become friends, but Marcella was always so closed off and somehow managed to slip away from unwanted crowds.