Harry Potter: Rolf Scamander, a young magi zoologist

Chapter 6: Latecomer

1 September

Sunday 10:45 am

Rolf had packed all his stuff, required stuff, belongings and also the notes and the unfinished book of his grandfather. Rolf already read a couple of pages, but didn’t quite had time to read since his parents wanted to do “fun” stuff before Rolf went to Hogwarts.

Rolf and his parents were standing at the entrance of King’s Cross Station. Rolf already got himself a luggage trolley and put all his luggage on it. While they were walking Rolf looked at all the people walking around on the station. When they arrived at platform 9 and 10 Rolf his parents stopped walking, so Rolf stopped too. Rolf looked at his parents and asked:

“Why stop walking?”

Rolf his parents smiled and answered.

“You have to run through the wall, between platform 9 and 10. But watch out for Muggles, they are not allowed to see this.”

Rolf thought they were joking, but they seemed pretty sirious about it, so Rolf took it for true. He took a few steps back and looked around to make sure no Muggle would see him. There was nobody to be seen so Rolf started to run with his luggage trolley in front of him. He thought he was going to smack against the wall but when he finally arived at the wall he ran right through it. A few seconds after that his parents came through the wall aswell. Rolf was a bit suprised, but his parents just pulled Rolf and his trolley with them. A huge train was waiting to leave. Everywere were parents and children getting everything ready. Rolf looked at a couple who gave their third year daughter an special gift. Rolf just guessed it was a third year, since she was tall.

“Okay, you have to wait here we will get you a ticket” Rolf his dad said all of a sudden.

Rolf simply shook his head and waited with his mother. When his father came back he gave Rolf his ticket. Right after that his parents took the luggage trolley and made sure Rolf his luggage came on the train.

It was already 10:59 am and the conducter made a last call.

“All on board! Last call. All on board!”

Suddenly a kid and his parents came running, Rolf couldn’t see them very clearly. They made it just in time and so the kid and conducter stepped in. A few seconds later a hard noise was heard and lots of steam wafted along the windows of the railcars, the train was leaving. Rolf saw his father waving and his mother making a kiss gesture. Rolf waved back at them till he couldn’t see them anymore. Rolf now was alone he had the whole train compartment for his own. Rolf didn’t like it but just when he thought that the door opened. A boy with almost the same height was standing there with his uniform already on, it was the boy who nearly missed the train. He had dark brown lightly curled hair and a weird purple cube in his hand.

“Erm, can I maybe sit here? .. I mean if it doesn’t bother you”. He said

Rolf looked at the seats in front of him.

“S-sure” Rolf replied.

The boy walked in and thanked Rolf. It was a bit quiet but Rolf was wondering some things so he just asked politely.

“Why did you almost miss the train if I may ask?”

“Oowh .. my parents again. We have so much clocks in our house that some just have the wrong time on them. So they accidently looked on one of those.” He answered.

“My name is Carlos” He said right after that.

“My name is Rolf”

After talking a bit and buying something from the candy trolley. Rolf asked what the purple box was for.

“Don’t you know what this is?” He asked with a surprised face.

Rolf shook his head to the left and right.

“Well .. this is one of the most populair things now. It is a SurPRICE box” he said with a smile on his face.

“If fold it in, a surprise will come out like confetti, a smelly gas, it totally depends on the price inside. The prices could be everything even a Remembrall”.

“Those things wich tell you if you forgot something?” Rolf asked

“Jup those” Carlos said.

“I bought it in a joke shop in Diagon Alley”.

“Well open it then” Rolf said.

“Okay, okay” Carlos said with a smile on his face.

Carlos folded the purple SurPRICE box in and a huge group of bubbles came out the box, Carlos laughed and said to Rolf this had to be a good one. And it was because Carlos picked a little malleable pouch out of the box. It was a ‘Boom pouch’, if used this pouch will summon a magical creature out of thin air. The creature won’t stay long and isn’t real, but great joke material.

Rolf did knew what that was and so he and Carlos laughed and talked the rest of the ride to Hogwarts.