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chapter four

— CHAPTER FOUR —

PLATFORM NINE AND THREE QUARTERS

Today is the day; the first of September. Today is the day Harry and I finally move out of this hell-hole and go to our new home, Hogwarts. Today is the day I make friends and have real fun for the first time in forever.

Ever since Harry and I got home from Diagon Alley, the Dursley's hadn't spoken to us. They could hardly make eye contact. They didn't care that Harry slept in the attic with me. They didn't force us to clean the house or make them dinner. They didn't hit us, not once. It was somewhat enjoyable. Harry and I were allowed outside and to the park on our own for the first ever. We could go wherever we wanted and do whatever we wanted, and no one cared. I hadn't smile and laughed like that with Harry in a long time and even just seeing him smile so purely was enough for me. I didn't need anything else in life as long as Harry was happy.

We had spent all day yesterday repacking our things, getting everything sorted, and going over the instructions. I don't understand the part about platform nine and three quarters, but I guess Hagrid will tell us when we get there.

Over the course of the last month, I had been reading any book from the wizarding world possible; all of my books for lessons, extra-curriculum books, and lots about the history of Hogwarts and the wizarding world. I can already do lots of different spells successfully and have memorised most of the potions we have to do in our first year. If I only I had the ingredients.

Vernon was driving us to King's Cross but wasn't getting out of the car. Hagrid was meeting us at the station and was taking us to the right platform. Then, it'd just be Harry and I to fend for ourselves, without any guidance from the giant I had grown to trust immensely.

From what Hagrid has told us, I can gather that Hogwarts is a grand, beautiful castle up in the Scottish mountains. Apparently there are hundreds of different portraits and paintings that all move about and interact with the students. He also told us about ghosts that roam the castles too but everybody knows that ghosts aren't real.

I'm most excited for the dormitories. Hagrid said there were four in different parts of the castle, one for each of the houses. He only told us about the Gryffindor dormitory, which he and our parents lived in whilst they were at Hogwarts. It's red and gold and up in the top towers of the castle.

To be in Gryffindor, the very same place where my parents stood and learnt their knowledge and fell in love, would be a dream. It would help me feel closer to the parents I didn't have any memories with.

"Lizzy, we're heading off," Harry said, snapping me out of my thoughts. I quickly got into motion and grabbed my large trunk, pulling it down the stairs. It was rather heavy and clunked down every step, annoying Aunt Petunia who was knitting in the living room.