Friendship At First Sight (The Philosopher's Stone)

Chapter 6

After they finished eating, they paid Tom for the food and bid him goodbye before getting on the tube, people kept glancing at the giant and the kids with peculiar shaped objects with an owl and kitten. They got off at King's Cross Station and Hagrid brought over two trolleys and they placed their trunks and pets on top of them before pushing them, following Hagrid until they were walking on the bridge over Platform 9 and 10. They pass a couple wearing business clothes and the couple stare up at Hagrid o the point in him being annoyed, "What're you looking at?" He asks them as they quickly look away and dart to the exit. 

As they continue to walk, Hagrid reaches in his coat and pulls out a small golden pocket watch, "Blimey, is that the time?" He suddenly asks in a panicked tone, before turning towards the twins, "Sorry, Harry,Lea, I'm gonna have to leave you. Dumbledore'll be wanting his..." He starts patting away on his breast pocket at the little package they picked up on Gringotts, he falters as he sees curiosity start to take over their faces, "...well, he'll be wanting to see me" He said, trying to make it seem as he was just brushing some imaginary dirt from his coat. 

"Now, uh, your train leaves in 10 minutes. Here's your ticket" He pulls out two tickets and hands hem to the Potters, Lea observed hers as it said: 'London to Hogwarts; Platform 9 & 3/4. One-Way ticket'. She felt excited again at the feeling of learning how to use spells and make spells. 

"Stick to it, Harry and Lea that's very important, stick to your ticket" Hagrid said in a stern tone as they both gave nods to confirm that, they both looked down once more at their ticket. But as she read it a second time, she finally noticed the name of the platform.

"Platform 9 & 3/4?" The twins muttered under their breaths, scrunching up their noses in confusion, they both knew that there was no platform like that one...at least not at King's Cross. "But Hagrid, there must be a mistake. This says Platform 9 ¾" Harry starts, trying to remember the said platform from King's Cross that he ever heard of but nothing came to his mind, "There's no such thing...is there?"

 They both look up, only to realize that the said man was not there anymore, their faces fell as they looked around but he was no where in sight, it seemed like he vanished just like magic...'Which he probably did' Lea thought as they start pushing the trolleys to get onto the platform. 

They walked down the lanes between the trains, trying to find Platform 9&3/4 but they only saw Platform 9 and 10, no in between. They have been looking for twenty minutes and they were getting closer and closer to the time their train left, that only made theme more anxious in trying to find the platform, leaving people to look strangely at the two eleven-year olds with weird shaped items with an owl and a cat. 

It was a quarter to 11, they were once again walking between the lanes, hoping that a wizard or a witch pop out and tell them where to go to get on the platform. As they were walking a man in a business uniform, quickly rushed past them, turning back and saying a quick 'Sorry' before darting away.

 Harry sighed as he looked at the clock, they were never going to get on the train if they didn't find the platform, Lea, hearing his sigh, saw a train master and gestured towards him, "Let's ask him if he knows where it is" Harry nodded at her suggestion before they both approached the man, who was directing a woman and a little girl to their train. 

"Excuse me" Harry said as they got closer, but the man was still talking to the woman, "Excuse me" Harry said a bit louder, Lea lightly swatted his arm, "Don't be rude, let's wait until he finished talking with the woman" She lightly scolds as Harry lets out a sigh before waiting for the two to finish speaking to one another. "Right on your left, ma'am" The train master says as the woman thanks him before walking off in that direction.