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The next few months flew by as I waited excitedly for September 1 to arrive. I read all my new books three times over and spent my days writing letters to my new friend. He had decided to name his owl Hedwig, and I had chosen to call mine Salazar. He teased me a great deal when I first told him this since we both had decided we did not want to be in Slytherin...but for some reason the name called out to me and seemed fitting so I said screw it and didn't mind that he made fun of me for it. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwDeqiucoY
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Having Harry to talk to made my last few months at the orphanage bearable and for once I wasn't bothered by all the teasing and bullying I had to put up with. The other girls slowly seemed to realize this fact and to my astonishment, the frequency of their interruptions died down and they left me alone.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ngtktImQk
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Finally, it was the 1st! I raced down the stairs to where my luggage was waiting by the door; I had gotten everything ready last night to avoid any unnecessary delays. I sat on the couch with my hands in my lap until I heard the screech of tires outside the building. I hopped up and ran out the door and flung myself into Harry's arms.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqByo8kRT5x
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"Oh my goodness! I can't believe it, Harry! It's happening, it's really happening, we're going to Hogwarts. Are you excited? I'm excited!" I paused as I remembered to breath. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iMiesW9GT
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Harry chuckled at my enthusiasm as he helped me load my luggage into his Uncle's car. Since we lived so close to each other, Harry had asked his Aunt and Uncle if they could give me a lift as well. We were both amazed when they agreed. From what Harry told me about them, they were rotten people, but all the same, they were helping me so I graciously thanked them.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHrMuybR7V
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"Wow, you were right, Harry! He looks like he's permanently ticked-off or something!" I whispered as I got into the back seat with my friend. "Didn't even acknowledge that I was thanking him..." I frowned. I was used to adults ignoring me, but even still, his Uncle seemed to be taking it to the extreme.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpQHGoBpSi
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"Yeah, all three of them have that look," Harry whispered as he continued to smile at me. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NAKjgtUVT
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The whole ride over to the station I was slightly bouncing up and down barely able to contain my excitement and I could tell Harry noticed because he kept glancing over at me and smirking.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvlMlosuo4
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When we finally pulled into the parking lot, I squealed and dashed off to find us two luggage carts. Neither his aunt or uncle helped us unload; just stood there watching, and when we had finished, silently got back into the car and drove off. I shook my head in amazement at their deference towards their nephew.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1U6Fj2t2F
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Nothing could ruin my mood though so I just giggled and dragged Harry off to find platform 9 3/4. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvogF9nezK
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"...Harry, are we in the wrong place?" I said nervously. I had found platform 9 and platform 10, but there didn't seem to be any sign for a 9 3/4. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAuwCwpWxa
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Harry stopped a passing guard, but didn't dare mention platform nine and three-quarters. The guard had never heard of Hogwarts and when we couldn't even tell him what part of the country it was in, he started to get annoyed, as though we were being stupid on purpose. Getting desperate, Harry asked for the train that left at eleven o'clock, but the guard said there wasn't one. In the end the guard strode away,muttering about time wasters. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUlyqcEqK7
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I was now trying hard not to panic. According to the large clock over the arrivals board, we had ten minutes left to get on the train to Hogwarts and still had no idea how to do it; we were stranded in the middle of a station with trunks we could hardly lift, pockets full of wizard money, and two large owls. Hagrid must have forgotten to tell us something that you had to do, like tapping the third brick on the left to get into Diagon Alley. Harry asked me if he thought we should get out our wands and start tapping the ticket inspector's stand between platforms nine and ten, but at that moment a group of people passed just behind him and we caught a few words of what they were saying. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZqdx1wLJa
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"...packed with Muggles, of course..." We swung round. The speaker was a plump woman who was talking to four boys, all with flaming red hair. Each of them was pushing a trunk like ours in front of him....and they had an owl too! Heart hammering, I watched nervously as Harry pushed his cart over to them. They stopped and so did he, just near enough to hear what they were saying. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5ZtTucClJ
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"Now, what's the platform number?" said the boys' mother. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlr87zNvcxD
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"Nine and three-quarters!" piped a small girl, also red-headed, who was holding her hand, "Mom, can't I go... " 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yyfEVyazu
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"You're not old enough, Ginny, now be quiet. All right, Percy, you go first." What looked like the oldest boy marched toward platforms nine and ten. I watched, careful not to blink in case I missed it...but just as the boy reached the dividing barrier between the two platforms, a large crowd of tourists came swarming in front of him and by the time the last backpack had cleared away, the boy had vanished. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLQ9sL2v4P
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"Fred, you next," the plump woman said. "I'm not Fred, I'm George," said the boy. "Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother? Can't you tell I'm George?" 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLcSzhiOVb
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"Sorry, George, dear." 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhH5gM2itM5
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"Only joking, I am Fred," said the boy, and off he went. His twin called after him to hurry up, and he must have done so, because a second later, he had gone...but how had he done it? Now the third brother was walking briskly toward the barrier he was almost there...and then, quite suddenly, he wasn't anywhere. There was nothing else for it. Harry and I exchanged a look before stepping forward towards the group.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhe6dt3hSW
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"Excuse me," Harry said to the plump woman. "Hello, dears," she said. "First time at Hogwarts? Ron's new, too."She pointed at the last and youngest of her sons. He was tall, thin, and gangly, with freckles, big hands and feet, and a long nose. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJYbHPGmHU
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"Yes," said Harry. "The thing is...the thing is, we don't know how to..." 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmO7Q0aZTr2
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"How to get onto the platform?" she said kindly, and Harry nodded. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmg7FZOw82H
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"Not to worry," she said. "All you have to do is walk straight at the barrier between platforms nine and ten. Don't stop and don't be scared you'll crash into it, that's very important. Best do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous. Go on, go now before Ron."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AozQBh1jP
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"Er, okay," said Harry. He motioned for me to come over and together we pushed our trolleys around and stared at the barrier before walking straight at it. As people jostled around us we started walking more quickly and finally broke into a heavy run...the barrier was coming nearer and nearer...we wouldn't be able to stop...my cart was out of control...I was a foot away. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptglKfIU6W
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I closed his eyes ready for the crash but it never came. I stopped running and opened my eyes slowly.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ93S3I9pOh
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A scarlet steam engine was waiting next to a platform packed with people. A sign overhead said Hogwarts Express, eleven O'clock. I looked behind me and saw a wrought-iron archway where the barrier had been, with the words Platform Nine and Three-Quarters on it, we had done it! 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYMqPQ21wf
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The first few carriages were already packed with students, some hanging out of the window to talk to their families, some fighting over seats, so Harry and I pushed our carts off down the platform in search of an empty seat. I followed Harry through the crowd until he found an empty compartment near the end of the train. He put Hedwig inside first and then started to shove and heave his trunk toward the train door. He tried to lift it up the steps but could hardly raise one end and twice he dropped it painfully on his foot. I tried to help, but even with the two of us, it was too heavy to lift up.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEM33GAtjzZ
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"Want a hand?" It was one of the red-haired twins he'd followed through the barrier.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lJ1sSA0Tv
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"Yes, please," we panted. "Jinx!" I said, punching Harry's arm again.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDYsmoGBE1
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"Is this going to become a ritual of yours? Because if you haven't noticed, we tend to say the same things at the same time a lot..." Harry said rubbing his shoulder. I simply nodded and gave him my sweetest smile. He rolled his eyes.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynt2OJv5o3
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"Oy, Fred! C'mere and help!" With the twins' help, mine and Harry's trunks were at last tucked away in a corner of the compartment.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hDr9GLJR8
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"Thanks," said Harry, pushing his sweaty hair out of his eyes as I collapsed onto the seats.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5YMcJe70T
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"What's that?" said one of the twins suddenly, pointing at Harry's lightning scar. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSt7rO4z2D
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"Blimey," said the other twin. "Are you"327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4aO9NOxoZ
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"He is," said the first twin. "Aren't you?" he added to Harry.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCb5w8bxhR
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"What?" said Harry.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZ0kXvrUpN
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"Harry Potter, "chorused the twins.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnLOXNvMa4
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"Oh, him," said Harry. "I mean, yes, I am." It was my turn to giggle and roll my eyes at the blush that was creeping over Harry's round face. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NCVJ7jv3n
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The two boys gawked at him until one of them turned to me.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzj3S5IgjPP
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"and what's your name, sweetheart?" he said kindly.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EaODUI0G8
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I blushed as they all turned to look at me. "Katrina" I said. Then a voice came floating in through the train's open door. "Fred? George? Are you there?"327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXsdHK4hdi
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"Coming, Mom." With a last look at Harry, the twins hopped off the train. Harry sat down on the opposite side of me and we watched the red-haired family on the platform, half hidden, and listened to what they were saying. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleZk9hThPf
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"Ron, you've got something on your nose." The youngest boy tried to jerk out of the way, but she grabbed him and began rubbing the end of his nose.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡst70KxU8e8
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"Mom - geroff" He wriggled free.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRlds1XdNW
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"Aaah, has ickle Ronnie got somefink on his nosie?" said one of the twins.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4FCdPHftN
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"Shut up," said Ron.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlegSZfwvPQ
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"Where's Percy?" said their mother.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOCTNkNGW8
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"He's coming now." The oldest boy came striding into sight. He had already changed into his billowing black Hogwarts robes, and I noticed a shiny silver badge on his chest with the letter P on it.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkyCnjTXB6
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"Can't stay long, Mother," he said. "I'm up front, the prefects have got two compartments to themselves..."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkA7PyUYxb
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"Oh, are you a prefect, Percy?" said one of the twins, with an air of great surprise. "You should have said something, we had no idea."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVp1HIy535
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"Hang on, I think I remember him saying something about it," said the other twin. "Once..."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBx98Vp9TK7
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"Or twice..."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1v1QYd2ff
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"A minute..."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVGtWPXV2m
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"All summer..." I covered my face with my hands to stifle my laughter at the twins. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNloYNCsfTy
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"Oh, shut up," said Percy the Prefect."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDbLAnOuMD
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"All right, dear, well, have a good term...send me an owl when you get there." She kissed Percy on the cheek and he left. Then she turned to the twins. "Now, you two...this year, you behave yourselves. If I get one more owl telling me you've, you've blown up a toilet or..."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLI55N4cFBc
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"Blown up a toilet? We've never blown up a toilet."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaZRKVz7PN
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"Great idea though, thanks, Mom."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8obgTg6m8o
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"It's not funny. And look after Ron."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv46MwGIDJD
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"Don't worry, ickle Ronniekins is safe with us."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsYsxXqiBA
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"Shut up," said Ron again. He was almost as tall as the twins already and his nose was still pink where his mother had rubbed it.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZzgTyecdU
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"Hey, Mom, guess what? Guess who we just met on the train?" We leaned back quickly so they couldn't see us looking. "You know that black-haired boy who was near us in the station? Know who he is?"327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEmEiHqZvQ
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"Who?"327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcYj9x6OSq
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"Harry Potter"327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hkVgn2LYr
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"Is he really, Fred? How do you know?"327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbbgotc2BV
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"Asked him. Saw his scar. It's really there - like lightning."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCTK4ZMl3G
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"Poor dear - no wonder he was alone, I wondered. He was ever so polite when he asked how to get onto the platform."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpcdhMciqQ
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"Never mind that, do you think he remembers what You-Know-Who looks like?" Their mother suddenly became very stern.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0QYowg6hl
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"I forbid you to ask him, Fred. No, don't you dare. As though he needs reminding of that on his first day at school.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hQiuXMFjy
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""All right, keep your hair on." A whistle sounded.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphHA53dg7g
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"Hurry up!" their mother said, and the three boys clambered onto the train. They leaned out of the window for her to kiss them good-bye, and their younger sister began to cry.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqi5OpleLI
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"Don't, Ginny, we'll send you loads of owls."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TdUhGQeXz
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"We'll send you a Hogwarts toilet seat."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsg2ZyI6dXu
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"George!"327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8q7q8HquWe
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"Only joking, Mom."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06qcz1OY9w
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The train began to move. I saw the boys' mother waving and their sister, half laughing, half crying, running to keep up with the train until it gathered too much speed, then she fell back and waved. Soon houses were flashing past the window and I felt a great leap of excitement again. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYRAjknLT5
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The door of the compartment slid open and the youngest redheaded boy came in.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DPEIkWUt6
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"Anyone sitting there?" he asked, pointing at the seat next to Harry. "Everywhere else is full." Harry shook his head and the boy sat down. He glanced at Harry and me then looked quickly out of the window, pretending he hadn't. I saw he still had a black mark on his nose.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYWXdzzhCV
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"Hey, Ron." The twins were back. "Listen, we're going down the middle of the train, Lee Jordan's got a giant tarantula down there."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0S4tbDgZ2I
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"Right," mumbled Ron.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2FG0JiEDA
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"Harry, Katrina" said the other twin, "did we introduce ourselves? Fred and George Weasley. And this is Ron, our brother. See you later, then.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVG734cZ66E
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"Bye," said Harry, Ron, and I. The twins slid the compartment door shut behind them.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5nVRgzamn
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"Are you really Harry Potter?" Ron blurted out. Harry nodded.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZaATk5UCp
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"Oh -well, I thought it might be one of Fred and George's jokes," said Ron. "And have you really got...you know..."He pointed at Harry's forehead. Harry pulled back his bangs to show the lightning scar. As he did so, I subconsciously reached up to my own, but then let my hand fall as I realized what I was doing. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcuOcI9CSw
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Ron stared. "So that's where You-Know-Who"327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS30ndzKdFf
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"Yes," said Harry, "but I can't remember it."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aqnrUA1IM
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"Nothing?" said Ron eagerly.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3s17t2vt3
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"Well - I remember a lot of green light, but nothing else."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFVflA91K2
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"Wow," said Ron. He sat and stared at Harry for a few moments, then, as though he had suddenly realized what he was doing, looked quickly at me and stretched his arm out to shake mine and introduce himself. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXm2Bm1OYOi
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"Are all your family wizards?" I asked curiously.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOtJb7x7ld
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"Er -- Yes, I think so," said Ron. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbOXbwSPjx
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"So you must know loads of magic already." I said impressed. The Weasleys were clearly one of those old wizarding families the pale boy in Diagon Alley had talked about. "I guess, what about your parents?"327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA00YuABrpU
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"I've never met them, so I don't know..." I said.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9O6EiLxDXC
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"I heard you went to live with Muggles," said Ron to break up the awkward silence that followed my reply. "What are they like?"327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMzEwqqHjz
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"Horrible, well, not all of them. My aunt and uncle and cousin are, though. Wish I'd had three wizard brothers."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDABniVSGjl
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"Five," said Ron. For some reason, he was looking gloomy. "I'm the sixth in our family to go to Hogwarts. You could say I've got a lot to live up to. Bill and Charlie have already left, Bill was head boy and Charlie was captain of Quidditch. Now Percy's a prefect. Fred and George mess around a lot, but they still get good marks and everyone thinks they're really funny. Everyone expects me to do as well as the others, but if I do, it's no big deal, because they did it first. You never get anything new, either, with five brothers. I've got Bill's old robes, Charlie's old wand, and Percy's old rat." Ron reached inside his jacket and pulled out a fat gray rat, which was asleep. "His name's Scabbers and he's useless, he hardly ever wakes up. Percy got an owl from my dad for being made a prefect, but they couldn't aff-I mean, I got Scabbers instead." Ron's ears went pink. He seemed to think he'd said too much, because he went back to staring out of the window. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMsmJ9cCyw
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Harry told Ron about how he had never had any money with the Dursley's and I in turn told him how I got all the worn out and broken and or shredded stuff at the orphanage since I was the one everyone liked least of all.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSldaT1kvq
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This seemed to cheer Ron up.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0J659B6kdG
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"... and until Minnie and Hagrid told us, we didn't know anything about being a wizard or any of it!" I explained.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95GT3BD4fi
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"Yeah, I'd never heard about what happened to my parents or about Voldemort" Harry added. Ron gasped.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNIhqxpBWJ
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"What?" said Harry.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCoSr2VphM
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"You said You-Know-Who's name!" said Ron, sounding both shocked and impressed. "I'd have thought you, of all people"327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwdJpy4WNR
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"I'm not trying to be brave or anything, saying the name," said Harry, I just never knew you shouldn't. See what I mean? I've got loads to learn.... I bet, I bet I'm the worst in the class." I grabbed his hand and squirmed my way in between the two of them so that I could comfort him. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFt7CmUi2lb
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"You won't be. There's loads of people who come from Muggle families and they learn quick enough." We continued to talk and get to know each other and soon we were laughing and having a great time.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9Ob4yYBuk
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Around half past twelve there was a great clattering outside in the corridor and a smiling, dimpled woman slid back their door and said, "Anything off the cart, dears?" Harry and I, who hadn't had any breakfast, leapt to our feet, but Ron's ears went pink again and he muttered that he'd brought sandwiches. Harry went out into the corridor and returned with a little bit of everything. I reached into my own bag and pushed a few coins into Harry's hand to split the cost as Ron stared at what Harry had brought in.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MDsrph7TC
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"Hungry, are you?"327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjE9bTIJPT
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"Starving," said Harry and I together; after which I of course, whacked him on the shoulder and shouted, "Jinx".327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklk1P4LR1W
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"Swap you for one of these," said Harry, holding up a pasty. "Go on..."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohSS2jD8aH
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"You don't want this, it's all dry," said Ron. "She hasn't got much time," he added quickly, "you know, with five of us."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QjSLhmoa4
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"Go on, have a pasty."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwRsj2b6es
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We sat there eating our way through the massive pile as Ron explained what everything was.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugEtPphf4j
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"What are these?" Harry asked Ron, holding up a pack of Chocolate Frogs. "They're not really frogs, are they?" 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalPTsFL4eN
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"No," said Ron. "But see what the card is. I'm missing Agrippa."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZp7SKVRYhD
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"What?"327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYt0R5o9Ys
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"Oh, of course, you wouldn't know...Chocolate Frogs have cards, inside them, you know, to collect - famous witches and wizards. I've got about five hundred, but I haven't got Agrippa or Ptolemy." Harry unwrapped his Chocolate Frog and picked up the card and showed it to me. There was a picture of an old man who wore half- moon glasses, had a long, crooked nose, and flowing silver hair, beard, and a mustache. Underneath the picture was the name Albus Dumbledore.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzCEA7Xj38
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"So this is Dumbledore!" I said excitedly.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiRiL48gwD
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"Don't tell me you'd never heard of Dumbledore!" said Ron. "Can I have a frog? I might get Agrippa...thanks!"327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5wYrMwy2o
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Harry turned over the card and we read: ALBUS DUMBLEDORE CURRENTLY HEADMASTER OF HOGWARTS Considered by many the greatest wizard of modern times, Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KiONdWjpd
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Harry turned the card back over and we saw, to our astonishment, that Dumbledore's face had disappeared. "He's gone!" we cried out.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaROQbGtq4F
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"Well, you can't expect him to hang around all day," Ron's eyes strayed to the pile of unopened Chocolate Frogs. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6ilDms5gL
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"Help yourself," said Harry. "But in, you know, the Muggle world, people just stay put in photos."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuFFRs4wYI
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After the frogs, we opened a bag of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPWcLawD2w
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"You want to be careful with those," Ron warned Harry. "When they say every flavor, they mean every flavor - you know, you get all the ordinary ones like chocolate and peppermint and mar- malade, but then you can get spinach and liver and tripe. George reckons he had a booger flavored one once." Ron picked up a green bean, looked at it carefully, and bit into a corner. "Bleaaargh - see? Sprouts." I laughed at Ron's expression and nervously took one for myself.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqQLDrsbx4
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"mmmm...Cherry" I said grinning at them and smacking my lips. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4JKhbcMnX
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There was a sudden knock on the door of our compartment and a round-faced boy came in looking tearful.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnE9yKey9RQ
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"Sorry," he said, "but have you seen a toad at all?" When they shook their heads, he wailed, "I've lost him! He keeps getting away from me!"327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEYyKtoUgW
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"He'll turn up," said Harry.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUBKhefF7i
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"Yes," said the boy miserably. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRtZLmid4x
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"Would you like some help looking for it? I asked politely as I stood up and went over to him.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6iVA7ZYt4
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"Really? You'd help me?" 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSumpiGIgX
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"Of course! I'm Katrina by the way. Nice to meet you."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nmCFGOs5H
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"You too! I'm Neville Longbottom."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZQi27EsvP
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"Harry, Ron, I'll be back in a bit!" I said over my shoulder as I exited the compartment. The two of us walked down the train knocking on all the doors but to no avail. Halfway through we were joined by a girl by the name of Hermione Granger. She had bushy brown hair and large front teeth, and seemed a little bossy at times, but I liked her. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FGVH9xwcJ
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"Neville, I'm really sorry we couldn't find your toad! I'm sure Trevor will turn up eventually! But we really should be getting changed into our robes. I expect we'll be arriving soon!" I said pulling Hermione with me so we could gather our stuff and change.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUy0fEOQrF
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"Did you hear about Gringotts? It's been all over the Daily Prophet, but I don't suppose you get that with the Muggles - someone tried to rob a high security vault." I stared at Ron. "Really? What happened to them?"327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeMbrCoHz4
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"Nothing, that's why it's such big news. They haven't been caught. My dad says it must've been a powerful Dark wizard to get round Gringotts, but they don't think they took anything, that's what's odd. 'Course, everyone gets scared when something like this happens in case You-Know-Who's behind it."327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVMxjIwSZ3
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I turned this news over in my mind. I was starting to get a prickle of fear every time You- Know-Who was mentioned. I supposed this was all part of entering the magical world, but it had been a lot more comfortable saying "Voldemort" without worrying... 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiC7SdlQZ7n
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A voice echoed through the train: "We will be reaching Hogwarts in five minutes' time. Please leave your luggage on the train, it will be taken to the school separately." My stomach lurched with nerves and Ron, I saw, looked pale under his freckles. We crammed our pockets with the last of the sweets and joined the crowd thronging the corridor.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaf3cIRzm2
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"Firs' years! Firs' years over here! All right there, Harry, Kat?" Hagrid's big hairy face beamed over the sea of heads."I looked over and saw that Katrina had joined me along with some other girl with bushy brown hair who was named Hermione.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ktk1dL18D
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"C'mon, follow me - any more firs' years? Mind yer step, now! Firs'years follow me!" Slipping and stumbling, we followed Hagrid down what seemed to be a steep, narrow path. I clutched Kat's hand as we helped each other climb down the slope. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPZLVOdeMi
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"Ye' all get yer firs' sight o' Hogwarts in a sec," Hagrid called over his shoulder, "jus' round this bend here." There was a loud "Oooooh!" The narrow path had opened suddenly onto the edge of a great black take. Perched atop a high mountain on the other side, its windows sparkling in the starry sky, was a vast castle with many turrets and towers.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqbXJ91iEQ
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"No more'n four to a boat!" Hagrid called, pointing to a fleet of little boats sitting in the water by the shore. Kat, Ron, Hermione and I all got into a boat together. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkavdrrGpq6
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"Everyone in?" shouted Hagrid, who had a boat to himself. "Right then - FORWARD!" And the fleet of little boats moved off all at once, gliding across the lake, which was as smooth as glass. Everyone was silent, staring up at the great castle overhead. It towered over us as we sailed nearer and nearer to the cliff on which it stood.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiM2B3umb5R
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"Heads down!" yelled Hagrid as the first boats reached the cliff; we all bent our heads and the little boats carried us through a curtain of ivy that hid a wide opening in the cliff face. We were then carried along a dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking us right underneath the castle, until we reached a kind of underground harbor, where we clambered out onto rocks and pebbles.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OcJubOTZE
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"Oy, you there! Is this your toad?" said Hagrid, who was checking the boats as people climbed out of them."Trevor!" cried Neville blissfully, holding out his hands. 327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡph1JeFoch1
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We walked up a flight of stone steps and crowded around the huge, Oakfront door.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QbfXh0ZOv
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"Everyone here? You there, still got yer toad?" Hagrid raised a gigantic fist and knocked three times on the castle door. I looked over at Kat and wiggled my brows and smiled as she giggled. I loved it when I could make her giggle. She was so cute. Wait did I really just think that? I shook my head and focused on the door. This was the moment we'd been waiting for all day.
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