(Ophelia's POV)
(Song: Welcome Home, Son by Radical Face)
I walk with father to Platform 9 ¾, my hands were cold and sweaty from the nerves as we get closer to the magic brick wall.
I hesitantly walk towards the wall, tightly gripping my trolley. My new shiny trunks stacked nicely. My initials printed onto them, O.M. Father refused to let me buy an owl or a cat.
I glanced to the clock that reads 10:45, it was almost time to leave
My father puts his hand on my shoulder instantly making me to stop
"Ophelia, do you remember what we talked about?" he asks in his usual blank tone
"Yes Father, I have to excel in all of my classes," I mumble
"Or else?" Father asks
"Or else, I'm not allowed to come home for break" I repeat what my father had told me earlier
"Good," Father says as he lets go of my
shoulder and nudges me towards the wall
"Go on then, we don't have all day" Father complains
"Sorry" I mumble as I push my trolley into the brick wall, magically going through to the other side
I open my eyes and see the huge black and scarlet train labeled 'The Hogwarts Express', probably hundreds of people standing in front of it. Children hugging their parents goodbye before going into the train, friends laughing with each other again after months. People admiring their new pets. Total chaos, I love it.
My mouth is open in awe and it grows into a smile as I walk towards the crowd
I quickly try to make my way onto the train before all of the compartments are taken. Walking by other compartments with groups laughing and eating. I pass by one shared by a redhead boy and a dark-haired boy, both with sweets covering their seats. I chuckle to myself and walk past their compartment and I finally find an empty one and sit down looking out the window.
All the parents were happily waving to their children as the train started to move, indicating that we were finally leaving.
Seeing all of the happy parents waving goodbye to their children reminded me of my mother and father. My mother died when I was a baby so I don't remember her at all, so I've been living with my father ever since. Well kind of, my father barely even speaks to me, sometimes I forget I even have a father.
"Excuse me" someone timidly says, snapping me out of my thoughts
I look towards the direction the voice is coming from. A girl, my age with short black hair pops her head into my compartment.
"Do you mind if we sit here? Everywhere else is full" she asks
"Oh yeah, sure," I say
She beckons her friends to come over. Suddenly two boys appear both sticking their heads in the compartment.
"Hey, I'm Pansy Parkinson" the girl smiles as she sits down across from me and puts her hand out to shake.
"I'm Ophelia Mendoza" I grin shaking her hand
"I'm Blaise Zabini, and that's Draco," one of the boys say as he sits down next to Pansy
"Draco Malfoy" the boy sitting next to me smirks as he shakes my hand
"Nice to meet you guys" I smile
"Anything off the trolley dears?" an old witch sweetly says as she stood outside the compartment door pushing a huge trolley of pure sweets
"5 pumpkin pasties and a licorice wand please," Blaise says, as he tries to take his galleons out of his pocket
"You guys want anything?" he asks us
"Did you just buy 5 pumpkin pasties for yourself?" Pansy asks
"Of course not, I also bought a licorice wand" Blaise chuckles
We all exchange looks, we were all holding in our laughter
"What! It's going to be a long ride!" Blaise shrugs
The witch hands him his pile of food and takes his money
"Anything for you dears?" she asks looking at the rest of us
"Can I get a packet of Drooble's?" Draco says also taking his coins out
"Come on! Join the Pumpkin Pasty Party!" Blaise smiles with his mouth of pumpkin filling
"Ooh I'm good, allergic" Draco simply says
"Allergic to what? Fun?" Blaise laughs
"No dummy, pumpkin," Draco says putting a piece of gum in his mouth
"Can I get a Pumpkin Pasty?" Pansy says
"PUMPKIN PASTY PARTY PUMPKIN PASTY PARTY!" Blaise chants as Pansy gets handed her treat
"Yeah me too," I say also taking my money out
"PUMPKIN PASTY PARTY!" he whoops once more as the three of us now have our pumpkin treats
"Anything else?" The witch asks
"No thank you ma'am" Pansy grins
"Alright dearies, have a nice trip. And welcomes to the Hogwarts Express" she smiles as she slowly walks away
"Anything from the trolley?" she continues shouting as she walks by the other compartments
"So, how long have you all been friends for?" I ask
"For a couple of seconds" Blaise laughs
"What do you mean?" I chuckle
"We just met before getting into the train" Draco explains
"But now it'll be the four of us, right?" Pansy grins
"Right" I smile.
Maybe going to Hogwarts won't be so bad after all
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(A/N: Phew! A new book. Pls tell me if you liked the first chapter. Bye <3)
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Fanfiction「 My love is gone 」 - - Follow Ophelia Mendoza in her years at Hogwarts along with her best friends Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zabini, and Draco Malfoy. As the years go by is Ophelia more involved in this than she thought? What happens when two best fr...
