Meant to Survive

ℂℍ𝔸ℙ𝕋𝔼ℝ 𝕀𝕍: 𝕋𝕠 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥

ℳ𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒶 𝒜ℯ𝓁𝒾𝓃 ℬ𝓁𝒶𝒸𝓀𝒻ℴ𝓇𝒹

"Marta? You coming?" I heard Hate call from the crowd.

His luggage in his luggage cart, Elisa walking behind him, but in front of me, with her luggage. King Cross station filled with crowds of people running for their trains.

"Marta?" He repeats and turns around. I smile at him and speed walk to catch up.

"What platform are we?" I ask loudly, enough for him to hear through loudness of others.

"9¾," He answers, turning his head to me and giving me a light smile. I, in comparison, give him a questionable look.

"9¾? There's no such platform at King Cross,"

"You'll see now," His smile grew bigger and he turns his head back in front of him.

We arrive to 3rd column of 9th platform and stop there.

"Who wants to go first?" Ms. Hester asks. I just stand there and look at her not understanding a single thing.

"I will," Nate spoke up.

"Great!" Mr. Alan yells back.

"I'll wait for you there. It's not as scary as it is," He says and winks at me before taking a step forward to the column. He gives me a final glance before running straight into the column and disappeares like he walked right through it.

My eyes widen to this magical vanishing that just happens. I look at Ms. Hester and she speaks up to me:

"Don't worry, honey. All you need to do is run in into that column and you will go out at the right platform," she says, smiling bright at me, "you are going to be fine," that's all she says before giving me a light push to the column.

I grab tightly to my luggage cart's handle until my knuckles are white. Closing my eyes, I run straight into the column. As I open them back, I see Nate standing beside the column smiling proud at me. I look around and see lot's of people with similar luggages. Some wearing robes, others usual clothes. People are waving goodbye and giving last kisses to their parents and younger siblings before getting into the train.

The train. It's red-wine color with black roofs, bottoms, wheels, and locomotive, and gold details around.

I felt someone's arm on my shoulder which awakened me from my thoughts. Nate's standing next to me. Elisa, Ms. Hester, and Mr. Alan in front of us walking to one of the carriages.

"Let's go," Nate said and slightly pushed me forward. I smiled and we walked to the carriage where Elisa and their parents were standing. Elisa without her luggage already, giving last hugs to her family. We gave our luggage away, leaving only backpacks with us.

Ms. Hester hugged Nate and then me saying her good-lucks and goodbyes to us.

"Marta," she called me, "text me when you get sorted, please. We are very curious what house you are going in," she said with a smile.

"Marta, I put 10 galleons for Ravenclaw!" Mr. Alan whispered to me, "And Hester 15 for Gryffindor!"

"Okay, I get it, Mr. Alan," I laughed.

"Goodbye! Be careful! Nathan, watch your sister and Marta!" Yelled Ms. Hester as we went on. Nate rolled his eyes at her.

Elisa ran in front to meet her friends and got into train.

~☾✧☽~

We kept walking, when I saw a guy with brown, messy hair and glasses stopped in front of us. Everything around me slowed down as I stopped too. I didn't hear anything or anyone. I saw Nate keep walking past the guy that stopped. I took another step forward when the scar on my forehead started hurting as hell. I saw a man from my nightmares, in front of the boy who stopped, wearing a black suit that was contrasting his pale white skin. My scar ached like someone has craved another one on top of it with a splintered metal. I kneeled down at the floor, my right hand on my forehead. I shut my eyes close from pain, my other hand making a tight fist like someone is trying to get my necklace–I got from my parents before their death–from it.