What Magic?

Chapter 22

The Marauders' map^

I'm so sorry my dates are all mixed up and I've probably missed things. I think I made winter break too short or at the wring time of the month of something but I'll be sure to fix that in the second book. I'll mention it in the beginning if you forget this!😅 Thanks for reading!

Enjoy!!
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When we get home it's almost morning time which means I will have only a few hours tomorrow to repack for Hogwarts before I leave. But I think Penelope will be happy to go back because she can roam farther and cats like to do that.

I go bed as soon as we get home hoping I don't wake up too late to pack. Luckily my mother wakes me up at the perfect time though I am still a bit tired from the trip. I spend a solid three hours packing everything and making sure everything is here cause I don't know what I would do if I don't have something.

When we arrive at the train station mom seems a bit reluctant to just let me go by myself like last time. "Do you want us to come in with you to see you off?" She asks looking at me as if pleading which is a bit odd cause she knows she'll see me in only a few more months when this year is over.

"It okay mom you don't have to, all I do it hop on the train and I'm gone it's really not a big ordeal," I say as I lean up and kiss her cheek as well as dad's. They I lean over to kiss Napa's cheek and her being the bug she is pushes my face away laughing. "Okay, I guess no goodbye kiss for you."

I start to get out of the car but she grabs my shirt whining so I quickly kiss her forehead and hop out of the car making sure to grab Penelope's carrier while dad pops the truck. I grab my bag and shut the trunk. I start walking towards the train when I hear them call out to me, "Love you Serena, see you in June!"

"Love you too!" I call back before heading inside and walking straight to platform 10. This always scares me, I take a deep breath and walk through to be greeted by the Hogwarts express with a smile on my face.

I turn to look around and see Albus and Scorpius waiting for me to which I set down my bag and carrier and run to them. I jump on them and we are just lucky we didn't fall down. "Hi!" I say happily as we pull out of the hug as we are all smiling.

"Hey, Ser how was your Christmas? Nice scarf by the way," Scorpius saws while playing with the ends of my Hufflepuff scarf my grandma had gotten me. I love it so much I decided to wear it back along with a pair of my long socks though he hasn't noticed them yet.

"It was a bit hectic but I had so much fun! This was a gift from my grandma," I say happily looking down at my scarf but then was cut off when we are shooed towards the train by Ginny. I grab Penelope's carrier and a guy grabs my bag and loads it on the train.

We climb on board and walk down looking for an empty room and eventually we find one. When we sit down I ask them, "So, how did your guys' Christmas holiday go?"

"Oh, it was a lot of fun we played a lot of games and even had a family Quidditch game. Of course my team won," Albus says smiling happily at the thought of his time with his family. As he speaks I see his ferret climb up his arm and lay around his neck. Cute!

"Thanks to me," Scorpius says bumping his shoulder receiving an affirmative nod from Albus.

"That sounds like so much fun, my family kind of splits into groups depending on age I guess so we all don't really do things together. I mean there were thirty-eight of us counting my grandma so it's a bit much," I say chuckling at the thought of all of us possibly doing something together, that would be a complete mess.