Arielle: The Girl Who Changed

Chapter 3

It was the next morning and Arielle stood walking in with the Weasleys to Kings Cross Station. "Alright now everyone to Platform nine and three quarters!" Mrs. Weasley piped in.

"Mum we know where we are going." Said Fred laughing.

"Well Arielle doesn't now does she?"

"You don't know?" Asked George from beside her pushing his trolly the same speed as her.

"Nope, no clue, how is there a platform 'nine and three quarters' how can that be?"

"This is how it can be." George replied as Molly had told Percy to go through. He speed walked through and Arielle noticed the presence of another person behind them but paid no attention.

"Alright, Fred, you next!" Molly nodded to Fred.

"He's not Fred, I am!" George joked.

"Honestly woman, you call yourself our mother!" Fred smiled.

"Oh I'm sorry George." She replied and Fred went to go through the wall.

"I'm only joking, I am Fred!" And charged at the wall with George following.

Arielle was left with Ginny, Molly, Ron and her owl when she heard a voice, "Excuse me." They all turned around to see a small boy with a trunk and owl on a trolly, "Could you...tell me how to..." he pointed toward to wall.

"How to get onto the platform?" Mrs. Weasley laughed and the boy nodded, "Not to worry dear, it's Ron and Arielle's first time to Hogwarts as well!" Ron and Arielle nodded smiling. "Now all you've got to do is walk straight at the wall between platforms nine and ten. Best to do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous." She patted him on the back and smiled.

"Good luck." Ginny told the young boy.

He ran through the wall and disappeared. "Well it's your turn Ron!"

He nodded and ran at the wall. Next and last was her, "I'll write you Ginny! I'll miss you!" She said and hugged her friend. "Thank you for watching me last night Mrs. Weasley."

"Your family is good friends with us, you're like our family Arielle. Make sure to stay safe, we've told the boys to watch out for you, they'll protect you." She then nodded to the wall and she ran through.

When she got through she saw the gleaming scarlet train and the whistle blew and Ron told her to follow him. They were the last on the train and it started moving right as they stepped on.

Being free of their trunks helped walking, "I don't see any free compartments... They're all taken." Ron looked around and then saw the boy from the platform sitting alone, "Let's go sit with him."

Arielle nodded and they walked to the small compartment, "Excuse me, do you mind? Everywhere else is full."

"Not at all," the boy smiled.

Ron walked in with Arielle behind him and they sat down beside each other, "I'm Ron by the way, Ron Weasley. And this is my friend Arielle Kingsford."

"I'm Harry, Harry Potter."

Ron's mouth fell open and Arielle's eyebrows shot up, it was Harry Potter, the boy whose parents got killed when he was just a baby...what she never wanted to happen to her parents.

When Ron's shock was gone, he stuttered, "So...so it's true, I mean do you have the...the..."

Harry didn't seem amused, it was just his facial expression, "The what?"

Ron leaned in and whispered, "The scar."

He then smiled, "Oh yeah," and lifted up his hair.

"Wicked..." Ron said amazed and Harry laughed, as did Arielle.