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hogwarts express

On the 1st of September 1991 Cordelia and Theodore were to start their life studying magic and go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, needing to be on the Hogwarts express for 11:00 in the morning they had packed everything they needed the night before (with only a little help from the Nott house elves).

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Unfortunately, Mr. Nott was too busy at the Ministry to take the children to King's Cross so he said a brief goodbye to them and reminded them once more that they best be in Slytherin house before he left for work at the breakfast table. To make up for his absence, he gifted Theo an owl to communicate home with. Cora could tell that Theo was deeply disappointed by his fathers disinterest in him, even after all these years of experiencing it, although when she asked him if he wanted to talk, he shut down and ignored her for the rest of breakfast.

At 10:30 Mitsy the house elf joined the children in the entrance hall, having been told beforehand by Mr. Nott to take the children, as there was no Floo network at the train station due to the many muggles that travel there regularly, to King's cross.

Mitsy apparated them and their trunks to the apparation spot assigned by the Ministry in the muggle world so that magical children could experience going through the wall between platforms nine and ten. As soon as Mitsy ensured the children were fine, she popped away and left them to find the train. Cora, excited to start Hogwarts had changed her hair into a purple colour for the occasion, grabbed Theo's arm and started dragging him towards the entrance to the train station. Theo, rolling his eyes at her theatrics grabbed her trunk off her, portraying the true gentleman that he is.

Quickly making their way through the station, vigilant to avoid any muggles and ignore the looks they were getting for how they were dressed on their journey through the packed station. Finding platforms nine and ten without a hitch, Theo - letting Cora go first - made sure no muggles were watching as she ran through the barrier to nine and three-quarters, following himself quickly after. Meeting her on the other side of the already busy station he gave her trunk back so that he could hold her hand, to prevent them from getting separated in the crowd.

"Oh look, there's Draco and Blaise. We should go say hello." Theo suggested, as him turned, starting to walk to them however Cora quickly shook her head in disagreement.

"I want to find a carriage on the train before they're all full." She retorted, explaining her reasoning for not wanting to see their friends, "Plus we saw them not long ago when we had that quidditch match."

Theo nodded in understanding, letting go of her hand and giving her brief one-armed hug, saying he'd meet her on the train in a few minutes. As he walked off along the platform, she walked towards the train. Getting her trunk onto the train was a small struggle but when she remembered the levitation spell from her charms textbook, she shrugged to herself and said the spell whilst simultaneously doing the wand motion. To her surprise, it worked. her trunk started to float and she directed it with her wand, so it landed on the train, in front of the conductor. The conductor nodded at her and assured her he'd deal with her trunk. Smiling, she thanked him. When she turned again to make her way down the train there was two identical tall figures in front of her.

"Look George, it's an ickle first year." one of them said,
"Yes Fred, it's a first year using magic." the other said,
"This is Fred and I'm George, nice to meet you." They said together, making it very unclear which is which, Cora suspects they have done this on purpose. However it was very clear that they were Weasleys, just from their red hair and freckles alone.

"Hello Fred and George, I'm Cordelia Black." She replied, refraining from using her full title of future Lady Black, as she was taught. She then tried to move passed them into the train but was stopped. "Excuse me, I need to go find my cousin and friends."