Alohomora - A Harry Potter Fanfiction

Chapter 1

"Ev, if you don't hurry up we are going to be late" my sister screams from a few meters in front of me. I hurry up my steps as my trunk is making rhythmic sounds from behind me.

My sneakers almost doesn't make any sound as I walk over the stone floor of Kings cross. We turn down to platform nine and ten. I take a few deep breaths before I walk into the stone wall for the first time in my life. On the other side of the wall Penelope stands waiting.

"Hey that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be to walk through a wall" she says and I laugh and we together starts to move towards the scarlet train. I struggle to get my trunk on board and then we together go to find a compartment. My gaze travels along the almost full train and I realize we are going to have to split up.

"I will see you at Hogwarts" I say and hug my sister before walking into a compartment with a girl and a boy. The girl was cute. Her hair had big waves that reached to the middle of her back and was an auburn color. The boy had short blonde hair and a rounded face.

"Hi my name is Evangeline Storm" I say and reach my hand out. The girl takes my hand and shakes it gently.

"Nice to meet you Evangeline, my name is Hermione Granger" the girl says and smiles at me, I smile back before she lets me go and the boy takes my hand.

"I am Neville Longbottom" the boy says and gives me a warm but shy smile. I put my trunk it its compartment and sit down.

"Are you excited to start Hogwarts?" I ask in an attempt to start small talk. They both nod with smiling faces and we start a conversation.

Suddenly the train slows down and stops. Neville, Hermione and I walk out of the compartment and out on the platform.

"First years this way" I hear someone yell and turn around to look for the source of the loud voice just to see a man double the size of a normal human. A big dark brown beard and quite long hair the same color. He was wearing a beige coat and a thick black belt around the waist. I search the crowd and see my sister standing a few meters away talking to a blonde boy. The big man presents himself as the gamekeeper and keeper of keys. He then shows us the way to the lake where several boats sits ready for us to climb in. I sit down in a boat with Hermione, Neville and a girl called Lavender Brown. We sit and talk while the boat slowly moves forward over the lake when suddenly everything gets silent and I look up. In front of me is the big castle that is Hogwarts. Around me I me I start hearing people wowing the sight of the castle and I feel myself release a small sight from the beautiful view. The castle had me so caught up that I didn't even notice that we still moved until the boats glided into a boat house at the edge of the lake. I am about to climb out of the boat when it shrugs and I fall. A black haired boy with round glasses reaches his hand out for me and I take it, thankful for the help in my embarrassing moment. He smiles and I smile back, looking into his green eyes before Hagrid whistle to get everyone's attention.

"Stand in a line of two and two" Hagrid calls out and I walk so I stand beside Neville with Lavender and Hermione in front of me. The group slowly starts moving forward up the small hill path that leads to the castle. The big front doors open and we walk up two stairs before the group stands in front of the doors to the great hall. Hagrid tells us to wait and leaves the room before an older woman walks in front of us.

"Wait here while we fix the last preparations" she says and walks trough the doors to the great hall. The blonde boy my sister talked to when we left the train walks up and stops in front of the black haired boy who helped me.

"So it's true. Harry Potter is starting Hogwarts" the blonde boy says. My head turns to the black haired boy. I studied his looks. The green eyes and rounded boy face. But most importantly his scar. How did I miss that? I look around the group of first years just so see that everyone else also watches the confrontation.