Anya hugged both of her parents goodbye. This was as far as they would come. She was now starting understand why Carter hated the statute so much and she finally understood why she didn't know about magic until last year.

"Bye mum. Dad." she said giving each of them a kiss. "I promise to be good and write more often than Carter did." she shot her older brother a superior look.


"I'll make sure she gets on the train." Carter said with a nod to his parents. He couldn't imagine what they were thinking. What were the chances that Anya would be magical too?

Carter had no idea. But he was grateful. He'd been wanting to share everything about the wizarding world to his family. And now... he had the chance with Anya. They had a summer full of quidditch and Diagon Alley together. Anya had met most of his friends. And now she was about to embark on the greatest adventure she could possibly have.

Carter couldn't have been prouder.


Anya turned her back on the Phillips parents and headed onward. She wasn't going to look back. Not that it mattered if she did. Her eyes were all out of tears. She'd spent most of the night crying about leaving behind her friends. Well... she was crying over on in particular.

"Come on then. I don't want to be late." she insisted.


Carter motioned for Marilyn to go ahead in front of him. He then took over Anya's trolley from his dad and headed after the two girls.

A long summer had finally come to an end. Much to his displeasure, Eino had been escorted to King's Cross by his aunt, uncle, and his young cousin, who had taken every single moment together with Eino to ask about the school. It's not that he didn't like them, he just didn't like that they called him Philip. Philip this, Philip that. He couldn't bring himself to ask them to stop, but he didn't dislike them. He just didn't want anyone who knew him as Eino find him being addressed to as Philip. He wouldn't want to explain himself. He was Eino, and he liked being Eino. After exchanging a few words and embraces, the couple departed, leaving Eino, his trunk, and Ino at the entrance.

"We oughtn't be late, Ino." The boy said as he began to pull his trunk in the direction of the Platform 9 3/4. By now his fear of muggle vehicles had significantly subsided, but he was still nervous to board the train. This wasn't because of the train, but because that marked the beginning of his fifth school year, and what was so scary about it was that he had been entrusted with a badge and the enormous amount of responsibility that came with it. He was happy, nonetheless, with his decision and excited to return to Hogwarts. He was positive that this would be a good year, nothing could go wrong, not even OWLs! With his badge on his robe, Eino continued towards the platform, hoping to see some familiar faces.

Placing the trunk on the floor and handing Louisa the bag, Marina smiled faintly at the girl. "Be careful. And don't worry about this term. It's going to be just as fun." Hinting at the exams that Louisa started biting her fingernails thinking about them. "If you need anything, owl me. Okay?" She hugged the girl and started backing away toward her car.

Louisa, on the other hand, took a deep breath and slipped her arms into the bag's strands. "Time for Hogwarts." Murmuring to herself. Marina's words were just as perfect as ever and they usually came out wrong so the fifteen years old paid no attention to the woman and started walking among all those muggles and wizards, looking down as she did so. This term was going to be intense.

Marilyn couldn't believe how emotional she was getting herself. She'd never had this type of situation with her parents. Never had emotion farewells or tearful whatevers.

Anyone could tell that the Phillips parents were going to miss their little girl. Just watching their tearful goodbyes was affecting her in a very profound way. In fact, she felt almost guilty being there to see such an exchange.

It seemed like it took very little these days to have her crying, though...in public, no less.

Carter was motioning for her to step through the barrier and she sighed. The next time she did this, it would probably be with her own children...Grasping Anya's hand, she took a deep breath, glancing down. "Ready?"

A moment later, they were stepping through...

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Dylan stepped on the platform, his left eye twitching slightly. He was not pleased with this situation. His mother was standing behind him, eying her son with tears in her bright blue eyes.

"Mother, none of that...please." The waterworks would only serve to attract unwanted attention. Merlin, the woman didn't care about making a scene, that much was for sure. "It's through this wall, yea?"

How ridiculous. They were meant to travel through a brick wall? Back home, it was simple floo'ing. Quick and simple.

"Alright then..." Grabbing his trolley, he maneuverer to where he was standing right in front of the stretch of wall that he was meant to barge though. "I'll write when I arrive at this school."

Taking a running start, the blonde slipped easily through the barrier.

Finally the summer vacations had come to an end! Ira had been waiting for this day since the start of the vacations.. Not that she didn't like the muggle world, but she loved the wizarding world of Hogwarts much more! She had enjoyed her first year at Hogwarts. Now came the second year! Yayy.. I'm a second year, I'm a second year she kept saying this in her head for like the thousandth time!

This time thankfully, her parents weren't all emotional on her like last time.. Well, at least they weren't showing it out in form of tears in public!

She looked around for some familiar faces and continued to walk down towards the platform...

Thea and her four older brothers entered Kings Cross. Rolling her eyes, she elbowed her way through. Seriously. Could people not see they were in a slight hurry?! She could distinctly hear her brothers grumbling as they came behind her.

Maleficent casually lounged on top of her trunk as Thea wheeled her trolley along, huffing and puffing.

'Walk a bit slower, eh T?' Called Leo from the back as they headed slowly, but steadily towards the barrier.
'Pipe down, we're almost there!'

After a few bruised ankles thanks to Thea's brutal trolley driving, they were all through the barrier within the next two minutes..

And now here she was, standing in Kings Cross Station just like last year. Not much had changed about her over the summer except her skin was a little more tanned, due to the fact she had just returned from Spain a few days ago. The summer had seemed to go by fast, not that she was complaining, she missed her friends at Hogwarts.
Loading her trunk onto a cart she walked to the front of it and began to push through the mass of people with her aunt and uncle, looking for the platform.
As she was walking Chelsea began to think what this year might be like, now that she was a second year. Well whatever this term may have in store for her, she could handle.
At least her aunt and uncle weren't as emotional of her leaving...unlike last term...

Selina literally flew down the stairs of King's Cross station to get to the platform where nine and ten sat. For between those two platforms sat a large brick wall that held the portal to her world, the one thing that she loved without a shadow of doubt in her mind- Hogwarts. As much as she loved summer, because she got to see her family and relax, there was something about school that she could not put her finger on. Something that made her insides warm and her head feel all crazy. It also, perhaps, something to do with the beautiful red, Captain badge that she was sporting on her shirt. Perhaps it was not the best combination of colors, but she was so thrilled that she had been pretty much wearing it all summer. She was now allowed to do what she loved completely- Quidditch.

She turned her head around and yelled behind herself as she saw her family walking very slowly behind her, "Oi! You lot! Hurry up, I have a train to catch. CAN'T MISS IT!" With that she walked closer to the platform until she stepped right in front of the brick wall... there it was.

"If she yells at me one more time I am going to have to hurt that girl," Sophie remarked to her husband who was currently pushing the cart of their fourteen year old daughter. She loved Selina, but she was too excitable for her own good. Everything had to be done on Selina time or else it was no good. Sophie liked to do things right and sometimes that took time- like walking. Walking did not mean running and screaming like a loon, which was precisely what Selina was doing at that moment.

Jake chuckled and his pale blue eyes sparkled with mischief at his wife, "Come on Phia, you know that she is just excited. Let the girl have her fun. Besides, its always fun to mess with the Muggles around here." Besides, it was nice to see his daughter looking so excited and childlike. As of late she had been so "adult like". Everything was fourth year this, Gideon that, Captain, etc. All of those topics made him feel very old, especially that second topic. But he promised Sophie that if he saw the Gert kid at the platform he would be on his behavior. Messing with Sophie was not something he was keen on doing.

Finally her parents arrived with the James children at the wall to platform nine and three quarters, "Well come on you lot!" She was too excited.

Rolling his eyes with a smile, Christopher pushed his cart through King's Cross Station, used to the strange stares of the Muggles. Of course they were still in their Muggle clothes, but Mr. and Mrs. Skylar were wearing their casual robes- still unusual for Muggle eyes. And the luggage carts and owls weren't exactly classified as normal either. But he found the stares almost amusing, though London in 2076 wasn't full of the most normal people anyway.

"Oh quit your yapping, we're coming!" he called to the redhead, who was way ahead of him. Pushing his way through the crowd, he grinned at the Skylar adults, who clearly felt the same way he did. The sooner they got Selina to hush the better. That girl could be so demanding sometimes! Looking up at Elyon, who was perched on his cart and looking around at everyone in a daze. "How're you doing up there, El?" he asked, as if speaking to a little child, trying to mask the worry in his voice. He was always worried when it came to her.

Sitting on top of the cart, holding her knees to her chest, Elyon sat her head on her knees, tilting it as she watched all of the people around her. She was fourteen. She would be a fourth year. She was growing up and she didn't like it. Couldn't she just stay a kid forever and never grow up? Couldn't she stay home and not go to school? She wanted to be back in her real home, not here with Sely's family. They were nice, but they weren't her family. She didn't know them.

Looking down at her big brother, she said nothing. She just looked at him and blinked a few times. She wanted to smile back, and say 'Yes! I am!' But she wasn't. She couldn't find the strength to smile. She had forgotten how. She couldn't even speak- words no longer came out of her mouth. So she sat and stared, and poked his nose to let him know that she was still in that brain of hers, sometimes.

Laura was holding, or better still clinging to her Mother, she wasn't ready for this, all the older students would be so mean, if she spoke she'd be eaten alive and worse still it seemed her sister Lana was looking forwards to going to this boarding school, so they were magical and maybe it would be fun to learn some hocus-pocus and some great pranks to play on mates but still it would mean staying away from home and all there toys and things and she didn't want to do that.

Practically bouncing into the station, Darwin's seemingly permanent grin was on his face. He clung to the luggage trolly that his dad was pushing, desperate for the family to hurry up as his mum and Oskar tried to keep up.

"C'monnnnn. I need to get onto the train! I'm going to be lateeee!" He called over his shoulder, fixing his pointed hat on his head and scrunching up his eyes to peer through the crowd.

Catching up to her son, Jessica put her hand on his shoulder to calm him down. "I'm sure you won't," she laughed, shaking her head as she gazed quickly at her oldest and then at the clock. "It's not even half ten, we're here early, as promised." She shot a look at her daughter as Emiline uttered a, "Way too early." and received a dig in the ribs from Oskar.

"Now, stop it you two," Thomas glared at Darwin's older siblings before pushing the trolly to a halt. "Go and look in the shop, get yourselves something to drink or something." He pressed a note into Emilines hand before turning back to his youngest and looking around the station. "Seen Brooke yet, son?"

Darwin scrunched up his eyes and shook his head. "No," he managed miserably, standing on his tiptoes to see better over the crowds of people. "I don't think she's here yet. What if she's late and she misses the train and she doesn't get to go to Hoggywarts with me?" He raised his eyes to his parents who sighed but hastened to explain that they were sure she wouldn't be late, before turning them back to the crowds and searching for a familiar face.

"LAURA?!" he called out loudly, waving at the girl in the distance. She was with her mum, it seemed. Would she want to be disturbed?

Kennedy couldn't have sprinted any faster than he did to get to the platform. He felt extremely nervous, excited, giddy, scared, paranoid, happy and many other feelings that were jumping around in him. He stuck his hand inside his trouser pocket and enveloped the shiny badge that was still concealed in there. He hadn't told anyone on him getting Prefect... well, his mom, godfather and John already knew because they were there when they got their Hogwarts letters.

He stopped just a few feet away from the barrier that was separating him from where he truly belonged. Flashes of last year sprung into his mind. He had been scared and angry. Scared because he was stepping into an entirely new world with no one to guide him. Angry because he felt like a freak going to a magical school, but at the end of the term he found that it was the most AMAZING place his mom could have ever sent him to. Now, he was looking forward to seeing the castle again and roaming the halls, maybe take a swim in the lake, read LOADS at the library and just chill at the Slytherin common room. And of course, he was looking forward to his new responsibilities.

The boy looked back and smiled guiltily. He had left his Godfather behind with his trunks. Ooops. "Here, I got this," he said, pushing the cart forward.

Xavier Baltazar wore a silent grin on his face as his godson ran to the wall. Kennedy reminded him of himself when he was younger, except he had a totally different view of the world than Kennedy did. He pushed the trolley and couldn't but fell proud of his godson. He was Prefect. That was a total of four Prefects in the family.

Not only that, but it had come unexpected that his Kennedy would get the badge with only one year of attendance at Hogwarts. But, then again, he came from stellar blood and his grades were beyond great. He wished his daughter Peyton would learn something from his godson, but that girl was too centered in ice cream and nail polish. Sigh.

He stopped when Kennedy did and handed over the cart. "You're going to make a great Prefect this year," he said, clapping his godson on the back. A visible smile spread on his face now. "You know your mom and I are very proud of you." And they were. Lucia's face was priceless when she found out what a Prefect was.

This was the sentimentalism Kennedy was trying to avoid, but he didn't mind it as much when his mom wasn't here hugging him in a death grip, crying and saying how proud she was of him.

"Thanks," he grinned, looking sideways. He didn't want anyone to know he was Prefect just yet. He wanted Aurora to be the first to know. "I just hope I don't let anyone down." Yeah, that was his biggest fear, but he could do it. He was an Escalante and his mother's son. If she could raise a magical child on her own then he could take care of his snakes.

"Let's go," he said, nodding toward the wall. This was it. His fifth year at Hogwarts was just beginning.

Both males grinned at each other and disappeared into the wall between platforms nine and ten.

Laura was clinging to her mother when suddenly her name was shouted out and she looked around to see Darmon waving at her, she ran off towards him, ignoring her mother who was shouting for her to stay with her and her father and twin sister Lana but well Laura didn't care she always wondered off on her own, she was always getting into trouble for it and well that was going to be a good point about going to Hogwarts she could do it without getting into trouble as long as her sister Lana didn't know.

"Damon, how are you today?" Laura smiled at him, she didn't know what else to say maybe he didn't want to speak to her because his parents where there well anyway she would go back to her mother if Damon didn't want to speak and take any scolding that would come with it.

This was the fourth year Sammy had entered King's Cross alone and to tell the truth: it sucked. It didn't suck that she had to go back to Hogwarts, she loved it there, but it sucked being alone. Her mother wasn't around because she had to drop Sammy and her sister off then head straight to work, Katie was off probably snogging someone else, her father was dead but she had her cat which was always nice. Apart from the fact that her cat was challenging a whale in size and that she was going to put it on a diet the moment she got to Hogwarts. So admittedly she hated the first few minutes of getting to Hogwarts. She was fine once she found someone she knew put that usually wasn't until she got onto the platform or train. With a small sigh the blonde started pushing her trolley along. She was used to the odd looks muggles gave the students, but her cat wasn't really helping. For five years Sammy had put Moggy in a cage until they got onto the platform and all of a sudden His Highness has a problem with it and wouldn't shut up. It's not like he'd enjoy being at home psh. There was never anything that pleased Moggy these days. Sammy liked it a lot better back in the day when Moggy was small enough to fit in her hands. Now she had to use her whole bloody arm.

Grumbling Sammy continued to make her way through the station. Hoping that she'd find Amy, or poodle boy, or Katie or even Nessie.

"Darwin, who're - what're - hold on -" Thomas Riley began to speak, watching as Darwin took off among the throng of people. Thankfully, he didn't go too far, and if his parents were honest, they were quite glad that he's managed to make a friend so soon. He'd always struggled in primary school to get along with others, but they supposed that now he was more eager, more willing to be himself.

That was what magic had done to him.

His mother raised her eyebrows as she heard what the girl greeted her son with, but his dad only shook his head with a wry grin - trust the boy to have told the new friends he'd made that his middle name was his name. He didn't understand why, but well - it was his choice, after all.

Darwin bounded off towards Laura, weaving in between mainly taller people and stopping midway been their respective parents. He ignored his fathers shouts because really, he hadn't gone all that far, and he could still see his mum and dad if he turned around, and as they'd said before, they were really early so he wasn't going to miss the train.

Instead, he grinned at Laura as he reached her. "HEY. I'm excited," he managed to speak without flailing his arms to express himself, but only just. "How about you? Are you looking forward to the train? I don't really like trains but this one's magical, right? How did you get here? Do you know what house you're going to be in?"

SO MANY QUESTIONS.

All in one breath, as usual when he got excited. Forcing himself to stop, he took a deep breath and grinned again. "Sorry, carried away." He managed to mumble.

Ariella pushed her cart ahead hurriedly, slumping her shoulders and trying to appear as short as possible. She had grown another three inches over the summer, and was tired of being the beanpole.

"Ariella! Posture," her mother corrected her from behind. Ariella groaned. Her mother's reprimanding just made her want to rebel even more. Her summer was not one that she wanted to remember, and she was quite eager to get back to Hogwarts so she could escape from all of the problems going on at home. Once she reached the entrance to the station, she turned around so she was facing her parents.

"I think I'm okay from now on. I'll send you an owl when I get there," Ariella told them as politely as possible. She did not want her parents to walk in with her. Besides, they probably didn't even want to be there in the first place, anyways.

"Are you sure, Ari?" her dad said, shoving his hand into his pocket. Ariella nodded. Her father handed her a little bag jingling with coins. "In case you need it."

"Thanks," she responded. Her parents both gave her a kiss on the cheek and hug before Ariella pushed her cart inside the station, mentally checking that she had everything she need. Broom? Check. Books? Check. Athena? Check. She was good to go, and was ready for whatever this year was going to throw at her.

Jayden was excited. This was going to be her second year returning to Hogwarts and she fully intended to make the best of this years experience. No drama. Just her, her friends, and her boyfriend Caelius.

Merlin. Summer had gone by so fast it felt as if it had just started!

"Come on mom!" Jayden groaned, her mother was off with the other pureblood mothers... probably gossiping about all of the new first years and which houses that the new ones in their social circle were going to be sorted into.

Gah.

Selina spun around with a squeak in her sneakers to glare at Christopher. As her body snapped around she felt the tassles from her bag hit her leg, but she did not react to the tickle. It was a serious face moment that she could not let be ruined by a giggle or reaction. So she gave him a look that informed him that he was not going to ruin this for her. She was too excited about the upcoming term to let Christopher ruin it for her... now was her time to be all excited and the like. This term was going to be great. She had good friends, a great guy that she actually liked for the right reasons, an awesome head of house and obviously her shiny Captain badge... that she was wearing... right now.... and always. Could you blame her? The girl was crazed for Quidditch.

She threw her hands to her hips and rose her eyebrow. In the darkest voice she could muster she said, "Don't ruin this for me Christopher. Understand?" Then her lips broke out into a smile and she added, "COME ON! I AM TOO EXCITED!"

Jake smiled at his daughter who was sort of flailing in the middle of Muggle London. He did not care, the Muggles could stare all they wanted. Although he had to admit that perhaps his wizard robes out in the middle of the day were not the smartest ideas, but that was what Sophie had laid out for him that morning. He could not be blamed. He just put on whatever was out.

"Alright Sel-Monster we are coming." He turned around to the group and said nicely, "Well... come you lot. Le's get a move on. No hussle means no muscle."

Sophie rolled her eyes, "You bend like melted chocolate for that girl. She needs to be told to wait or else she is going to have a problem eventually, Jacob." She understood that her husband loved Selina to death and all but she was a being unreasonable. If she was not such a loving and understanding woman she would caution to use the word brat...

Finally everyone caught up with Selina and she ran over to grab her cart from her Dad, "Well come on then... in we go." And with that Selina ran through the portal to Platform 9 and 3/4.

Oliver walked into kings cross station square by himself. See his parents were away on business, he was unsure of what they were doing but he was very capable of looking after himself.

He looked around and it was a very busy day, and wondered where to go. He remembered something about platforms 9 & 10 so embarked on his journey there to see what he could figure out there.

Mr. Talbot quickly retrieved a trolley and loaded Silvia’s luggage onto it, with the family owl on top. He quickly threw a thin blanket over the owl cage in hopes that it would be enough to divert muggle attention away from it. Silvia walked right behind him as they made their way into King’s Cross Station, clinging to one of her mother’s arms, while the other arm held the hand of Silvia’s younger brother, Logan. She was a bit nervous, but very excited for her first year at Hogwarts. She had reminded her parents numerous times over the past week that she wanted to get to the station early, and her parents made sure to do so.

Silvia had never been away from her parents for very long, so the idea that she wouldn’t get to see them every day was intimidating, but they promised her to write every week. Mr. and Mrs. Talbot weren’t too worried about her however, they knew that she would adapt as soon as classes were well underway. They just hoped that she would be able to make some good friends, as she was very quiet outside the home and often kept to herself, though she could be talkative at home when she wanted to be.

Mrs. Talbot squeezed Silvia’s hand as they made their way towards the barrier between platforms nine and ten. “I’ll miss you a lot,” she said. “I’ll miss you too,” Silvia responded.

*POP* Kimalia was side-along Dennis, her older brother who apparated the both of them. Thankfully where they arrived was in a telephone box secluded area where no muggles would be that observant to spot. So where was her luggage? In Ruby Bell's lovely purse bag that held it all. One by one item they unloaded the cart along with the merchandise from the purse and tied everything on nicely.

"Ready now?" Dennis asked her. To be frank, no waay.. Kimalia's hands were resting on her temples, no one could have better prepared her for the agonizing stretching and unstretching involved in side-apparation. "No.." Kimalia sat herself on one of her suitcases that served as a temporarily seat. Yes, Precious who was in her lovely cage didn't mind the company. Earning a sigh from Dennis. "You know, I did warn you that it wouldn't be pleasant."

He did, but Kimalia was not going to admit defeat that easily. "But think of the time you saved and traffic!" Kimalia answered back, then an idea came to her. "Just push me near the platform until I get my full vision back." The pain was already subsided, but hey, free ride! Let's hit it!

Aki went to the King's Cross alone,

They're not coming again...Just like in Diagon Alley..she sigh.

She walked around looking for Platform9 3/4..

Where is that Platform?? she thought.

Taylor saw a confused girl and walked up to her, "Hey, do you need any help?" She smiled sweetly.

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Taylor saw a confused girl and walked up to her, "Hey, do you need any help?" She smiled sweetly.

Aki heard someone then she turned around and saw a girl,

"Oh, yup...I wonder if you can tell me where is the Platform9 3/4?"

she said while smiling sweetly.

Trying not to be rude,

"I'm Akira by the way, Aki for short.."