Heirs to Something Greater

2; Something New

I woke up around two in the morning to see we were back on land. I couldn't see far out into the countryside because it was still dark out. Juliet rolled over but stayed asleep. I didn't want to wake her but I did have to find the bathroom in this place. I quietly slid open the door and walked into the dimly lit hallway, sliding the door shut behind me. I walked past three other closed compartments until I found the bathroom on the left of the train.

When I got back into our train compartment, I saw that Juliet had kicked off her white blanket and it was laying on the ground. I picked it up and set it back over her and pulled it up to her chin. I assumed she was having a good dream because a smile was creeping up her face. I sat back down on my own bed and pulled the blanket over my legs to stare out the window and do a bit more thinking. I had heard about Hogwarts at Ilvermorny and how the houses were categorized differently from my old school. My parents never said it out loud, but I knew they didn't care what house I got sorted into. My father always said it only mattered, what was purely in your heart and that your morals were still set high.

Within the hour the train started to slow down and I could see the lights from Kings Cross Station far out in the distance. It would take Juliet and I a few minutes to get our things ready so I decided to wake her up now. I got up and put my hand on her shoulder and shook her gently. Her eyes fluttered open and she looked up at me. "Are we there?" Her voice was raspy.

"We will be in a few minutes so we should start packing up our things and get ready." I stood over my bed and picked up the blanket and started to fold it. Juliet stood up and did the same thing. She yawned a few times and then asked how I had slept.

"Yeah it was okay. Hopefully I can get more sleep tonight." I had no clue what the plans were for tonight. I thought we would stay at the Weasleys for the night before heading to Hogwarts tomorrow but I wasn't told of much. My mother had told me that the Weasleys would take good care of us and I trusted her.

The train slowed down to a stop and we both stood up and threw our backpacks onto our shoulders. We left the door open and followed other people aboard the train towards the exits. I saw the same porter from before, a few train cars down and grabbed Juliet's hand to get her to follow me. We saw our trunks and owls be set onto the ground. I picked both my items up and Juliet did the same thing. I led her over to a spot next to the wall that was away from a crowd of people.

"Do you even know what Mr. Weasley looks like?" I didn't have the answer to her question and it was making me nervous.

"I have no clue. All I know is he has red hair like yours. Apparently the whole family does." I shrugged my shoulders and continued to look around the station for any sight of a man with red hair. From far off in the distance I saw a flash of hair that resembled Juliets. "Hey I think that's him."

She followed my gaze to the same place I was looking. I picked my trunk up off the ground and started to walk towards him. He met us with a huge grin on his face. "Are you Mr. Weasley?" Juliet asked beside me.

"That depends. Are you Adeline and Juliet?" I smiled back at him and nodded. "Well yes I am. Please, call me Arthur." He looked between me and Juliet and offered to carry Juliet's barn owl. I could carry mine just fine but she seemed to be struggling a bit. "Now we will just go to the end of the walk way here and apparate back to the burrow. Have either of you ever apparated before?" Juliet shook her head no.

"We've heard of it but I've only ever traveled by floo powder before." The one time being two weeks ago in an escape for my life.

"Perfect! Well it's very quick and saves a lot of time for traveling. Follow me." With that he turned and started walking across the cement ground. Juliet and I both followed close behind him. When we reached the end he gave us a reassuring smile. "Okay now just put your hands on top of mine and we will go into a bit of swirling around and then be at the burrow within a few seconds. I hope neither of you get motion sickness easily." Oh no. I got motion sickness very easily and so did Juliet.