Marsha was SO excited. She had just spent the last DAY getting ready for this. She had spoken to Zac and to Lance! She had met Danielle and Rusty (who had red hair too! They could be twins! Sort of...) annnnd Wylie! And she had seen some faces that she thought she recognised from Diagon Alley and from the platform... but really, there were just lots and lots of people... and she didn't think she would ever remember everyone's names.

Now though, now she was pulling some of said friends with her towards the.... well, she didn't really know she just knew that she was following the groundskeeper away from the rest of the students Huh. Silently, she wondered if her aunt had been telling her the truth about having to feed a giant squid before being allowed to pass... Hmmm. She didn't think it was very likely. Not really.

A few minutes later they came to the edge of a lake, and Marsha frowned thinking that Aunt Sasha really must have been telling the truth. No waaaaay.

Looking at Lance and Zak, she grabbed their hands and pulled them into the same boat as her - what? they were standing next to her and it was three to a boat! She knew them... it made sense. "Come on!" She exclaimed, excited for the ... well, whatever was away to happen.

It had only taken almost a full year, but her time at Hogwarts was HEEEEERRREEEE!!!!