woot!
 

Jezzabelle wasn't sure how much longer she could wait before she'd actually have to go on her own. She didn't want to though. What if something horrible happened and she couldn't get on to the platform nine and three quarters? How would she get to the school then? Would her parents care enough to actually see her off next time if she missed the train this time?

Looking out of her peripherals she spied an older girl coming up and stopping beside her. She spoke softly, inquiring if it was her first time getting on the platform. "Yes, it is," Jezzabelle said just as softly still staring at the wall between platforms nine and ten. What if she didn't make it all the way through in time and she got trapped between the walls? She had never been so nervous in all her life.

Keefer pushed his trolley through the crowded Muggle station. He got some weird looks due to his owl and flaming red hair, but that had ceased to bother him long ago. He had arrived early compared to the majority of Hogwarts students, so he didn't see anyone else yet. Scanning the crowd, he noticed there would be a small gap in a few seconds and so prepared himself to roll.

Once the crowd thinned, he aimed his trolley at the wall between Platforms 9 and 10. Starting at a brisk trot, he quickly narrowed the gap between himself and the wall. With only inches to spare, he closed his eyes and waited for the sounds to change around him. When they did, he opened up his eyes. He had made it. Time to find his friends!

Kurumi's smile brightened just a bit and she removed her hands from her own trolley. Ironically, Kurumi had gone through the barrier on her own as well, just like this younger girl was attempting to do. "It's okay to be nervous," Kurumi smiled. Seriously, Kurumi would be more worried if there was an overly confident first year walking around with no nerves at all. "I was when I first went through the barrier. I actually missed...and ran right by it." Nearly crashing into one of the conductors actually.

Kurumi peeked up at the barrier, seeing a few more families run through it. "I'm Kurumi, Kurumi Hollingberry," she said, hoping to distract the girl just for a moment with introductions. She bowed once in the younger girl's direction before offering her hand for a friendly handshake.

Sky walked to the wall to Platform 9 3/4 slightly ahead of her parents, pulling her wheeled trunk behind her, her pet Pygmy puff on her shoulder. She was eager to get to Hogwarts and start her second year already. She loved her home in New York, but Hogwarts was still slightly new and exciting to her. Not to mention the fact that she could actually use her magic there. She stopped walking when she neared the wall and moved to the side so that she and her family wouldn't be in the way. "Goodbye, mom and dad," she said, becoming emotional. This was the only part of leaving for Hogwarts she didn't like. She would miss her parents terribly.

Mariane stopped beside her daughter, crying already. Her baby was growing up way too fast for her liking. Pretty soon, Sky would be in that phase where she would be kissing boys and every word that came out of her parents' mouths would be wrong. Mariane was not looking forward to that day at all. "Make sure you write to us every day," she told Sky through tears. "I mean it." She hugged her daughter tightly. She was unable to say goodbye, so she just said, "I love you, Sky,"

Sam stood aside, stoically, as his wife and daughter said their goodbyes. He wasn't one to get emotional in public, though he would miss his daughter greatly. When Mariane was done saying goodbye, he also gave Sky a hug. "Be good this year, okay," he said as he let go.

Oh boy, the tears were really streaming down her face now! Sky wiped her eyes with a tissue. "I will," she answered her mom's request for letters. "I love you, too."

"I'm always good, dad," she told him with a watery smile. It was mostly the truth. Mostly. "I love you."

And with her goodbyes said, Sky pulled her trunk towards the wall between the platform and the station, picking up speed, until she disappeared through the bricks.

Jezzabelle smiled up at the girl, "Thanks. I guess that does make me feel a little bit better to know that I'm not the only that's ever been nervous." She laughed a little at the fact that she had been so nervous she had missed the barrier. She felt a little more calm because of her story.

Jezzabelle let go of her own trolley and shook Kurumi's hand. "I'm Jezzabelle, Jezzabelle Antoinette. However, I find people find it easier if they call me Jezz." She smiled at Kurumi, "So, how do you get through the barrier the right way without crashing or missing?"

Breathing a little easier as the younger girl in front of her relaxed a little, Kurumi smiled and bowed her head again. "Lovely to meet you, Jezz," she said, her violet eyes flashing with excitement for a moment. Something about the young girl in front of her just screamed Gryffindor...but she would have to wait for the sorting to know for sure.

She then looked back at the barrier and found herself giggling a bit. "Well...my problem was that I shut my eyes...so keeping them open is a good idea." Sad but true story. "After...taking things at a bit of a run helps." She put her hands on her trolley. "Want to give it a go, together? I can follow right after you."

See you on the other side
 

"It's nice to meet you too Kurumi," Jezz said smiling. That made three. She had met three people before getting on the train. At least when she went to Hogwarts she wasn't going completely alone.

Jezz laughed, "So I'll keep my eyes open then and run." She looked up at the girl and grabbed her own trolley and nodded, " Sure. Let's go together." She looked back at the barrier and gripped onto her trolley just a little bit tighter. Taking a deep breath she smiled and said, "I'll see you on the other side." She started to run and she wanted to close her eyes because it was a little nerve wrecking to stare at the brick wall and be running to it. But she didn't close her eyes, just like advised. and like that she was gone to the muggle eye.

Jory leaned casually against his trolley as he broke into a jog. Though he had done this twice before, he didn't ever think he would get used to the fact that he would not crash into the Wall...

no! don't go towards the liiiiiiiiiight....
 

Nodding as introductions were finished, Kurumi's attention was entirely on the barrier. Good, keeping eyes open was a definite good thing. Would certainly make sure that no one went crashing into anything that they weren't supposed to.

Her small hands gripped the handle of her trolley and she leaned against it slightly before her eyes widened a bit. Did she...really have to use THAT wording? Made it seem like they were about to die instead of just running through a magical barrier. "Good luck," she nodded with a faint smile. In the next instant, Jezz had vanished through the barrier like a champ.

Yep, definitely a lion this one.

Feeling a small sense of pride in knowing that she had just helped the first year, Kurumi pushed on her trolley and ran towards the barrier.

Fifth year...HERE WE COME!

Okay, this was the first time Erin would be doing this alone. When she was this, all sweet and good and nice little girl, some wizard with a good heart took notice of her lingering around the place with a weird cat and a super big luggage, and a peeking wand from her pocket. Such a Muggle magnet, truly.

Now, she's got do to this all by herself.

'Focus.' The woman from before told her to focus onto the wall and think that she would be able to do it.

With her hands clutching tightly the push cart of her luggage, "1...2..........3......!!!" Erin closed her eyes, and pushed all her way towards the wall.

BAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMM!

"Ouch!" exclaimed Erin. That was not so much expected. Wait! Was this the right platform? Platform 9 and 3/4. Pffft! She started count the walls. Shoot!

After leaving his Phanes and headed for the platform all by himself, Hades had no idea on what to do. He looked around for another Hogwartian to ask, but afraid that he would mistook them with muggles. They all blended in pretty well here. The owl squeaked in his cage and the boy gave it a sign to keep quiet. Fortunately the muggles were busy that they didn't have time to gaze at him for long.

Not long after, the boy had a pleasant look on his face after he caught sight of a girl. It was the lost girl whom he met at the corner of Knockturn Alley the other day. Pushing the trolley right next to her, Hades decided to ask for assistance. "Excuse me. Can you show me where's Platform 9¾?" he asked politely, but sounded a little down.

Oh! Platform 9 and 3/4! She heard it! Right? Eeeep! 'Can you show me?' Oh no! The guy was lost too!

Erin turned around to face the boy who was asking and was surprised to see the guy who helped her find the path out from the infamous and dangerous place called Knockturn Alley as explained by him. And he was the transferee guy. If only they could find someone who would help them find the right way towards the Platform 9 and 3/4. Or they could just use their brains. She's a Ravenclaw, yes? "It's your first time?" asked Erin towards the boy. Oh, she didn't know his name yet or vice versa. "If I remembered it right, it was between 9 and 10." Yeah, she did remembered it that way. "I actually tried to cross this one..." explained Erin pointing towards the wall she had just slammed earlier. "...but it threw me away. Probably that one?" pointing towards the other wall on the opposite side.

Oh boy! Erin hoped, the older guy would be man enough to try it firstly. She'd already got bruises from earlier.

Letting go of his trolley, Panda started to squeak loud enough to attract the muggles' attentions. Blue eyes glaring at the owl and it stopped squeaking as if it understood what the boy meant. Hades leaned against the wall the girl ran into earlier and it was solid and definitely didn't lead to Hogwarts Express. He went back to his trolley, pushing it to the other side.

As a so-called gentleman, Hades volunteered to try out this wall. With both eyes shut, he pushed the trolley while running, hoping he won't smash into the wall. Then, he felt that he had been running long enough that he should have smash into the wall. He opened his eyes only to see kids and teens with their family. Some of them had broomsticks with them, most had owls and a few were eating Berty Bott's Every Flavour Beans. A smile spreaded across his lips, knowing that he had made it through.

Round two! Maddy hugged Jackson goodbye and then hugged her parents. Her mother had finally accepted that Maddy was a witch, and her little brother probly was too. " bye mom, Im gonna miss you!" "Bye dad! Im coming home for Christmas!" She would remember to write as well. "I have to go" She said and started her run teords the wall, she turned and gave them one last wave before crossing the border into the wizerding world.

Please help Erin. Anyone? haha.
 

So, that's all? No thank yous? Rude guy! If only Erin knew. But she did know. Pffft!

But he did cross the other wall first and voila! It was a success! That would be all to call him a gentleman. With so much excitement to finally cross the platform and head down to the boarding station, Erin took hold of her trolley, positioned herself once again, and ready the count of three. "One....two...three........" shouted Erin in her mind.

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!

"Oh no!" said Erin. Sitting down, Erin looked at her watch on her left wrist. It was not even time yet. Why couldn't she cross the express? She badly needed help.

Anyone? (:
 

Daisy sighed happily, looking at the wall in a way only a magical person could; with great excitement and anticipation for the next school year, her third one. She had said her goodbyes to her parents and brother on the muggle side of the station, and was now old and confident enough to board the train on her own, not that she hadn't been already.

Daisy was not able to leave her home this time without a talk from her parents, the first talk about her studies. She had now had to think more seriously about her subjects, which extra ones she was taking for OWLs and which she had begged her parents in to letting her not bother about. *hem* Potions *hem* Well, Lafay was an evil woman, and anyway, when would Daisy ever need to know that kind of stuff. But this level of academic stress wasn't going to stop her having fun. Nu uh. As her brother put it - third year was basically one big party - not too much studying, and starting to think about the opposite gender.

And in Daisy's case, Quidditch. She was determined to fight the Autumn colds this year, and get on the team rather than miserably spending the try-outs huddled in a blanket in the common room clutching hundred of tissues.

Making sure she had a complete hold of her trolley, Daisy grinned at her cat, Marshmallow (she still didn't understand her 9 year old self for naming him that) and ran towards the wall, trying not to catch the attention of passing muggles. This was gonna be an awesome year...

Adam was walking, his backpack slung over one shoulder while his other arm pulled along his wheely suitcase. As he approached the familiar platform he spotted a girl who looked a bit concerned. Based off of her looks, Adam assumed that the girl was going to Hogwarts, especially since she had just stared point blank at a kid successfully making it onto the platform. He was about to go ask the girl if she was alright, but the girl took off before Adam even had a chance to say hello. He watched, his fingers crossed, and cringed slightly as the girl rammed into the brick wall, falling backwards before sitting down with a rather dejected look on her face.

Adam hurried over, setting down his luggage right before he got to the girl and extended his hand.

"Are you alright?" Adam asked. "That was a nasty spill you just took."

Cardigan walked with her sister Liesel to the wall.Her trunk in one hand and Embry,her owl,in the other.She looked up at Liesel and asked,"how does it work again?"
"Remember,"Liesel said to Cardigan as she pointed at the wall."All you do is run through that wall.It won't hurt.Just make sure the Muggles don't see you.I'll miss you,"She said as she gave her little sister one final hug and clicked away on her stillettos.
Cardigan waved back at her sister.Even though she did envy her for getting more praise from their parents,she still would miss Liesel.It brought tears to her eyes that she would be separated from her sister forever,since Liesel was moving to Moscow.With one final deep breath,she casually leaned against the wall and to the platform.

Lily and her father reached the wall between platforms 9 and 10 with no problems. It was good that they had been told how to get onto platform 9 3/4 even though there were others at the wall as well. Lily let her father take the cart with all her stuff. She took her owl and next to her father went through the wall.

my superman!
 

"Oh no! Not again," muttered Erin to herself. What was happening? She had done this before, there should be some other way to cross it again. Last year, she didn't have that much knowledge yet comparing to now that she was an incoming second year student.

And almost like an apparition sent from heaven. Well, since she came from a super ignorant, snobbish and not so gentleman-like person from earlier. "Yes, yes. I am fine," said Erin ignoring all the bone crack and bruises she just had, okay, that was a bit exaggerated. When she started to stand up, "Oh!" Did she just had a crack? Nooooooo!

Astoria ran through the wall and soon found herself in Platform 9 3/4.

Hehe. He tries to be when he can. How Gryffindor of him.
 

Adam grabbed a hold of the girl's arm gently as she stood, slightly concerned by the amount of cracking of her joints, not to mention the rather large looking bruise developing on her one arm. Well...after a fall like that against a rather unforgiving cement ground one was bound to walk away with a few minor injuries, right?

"I...uh...I couldn't help but notice your encounter with the platform there. Do you need some assistance?" Adam asked with a friendly smile. "Sometimes it can be a little bit tricky getting through here, especially if it's your first time." Adam didn't want to assume that the girl was a first year, because honestly sometimes it was hard to tell. After all Adam felt like he looked like a grown man in comparison to how he looked last year, so he wasn't going to make any assumptions with her.

Now, he was helping. With those manly and strong arms, Erin need not to force herself from regaining her posture, the guy could do that for her, with ease.

Assistance? Yeah, of course. "I would love to," she said nonchalantly. It was not her first time! That made Erin frown a bit. Why would he think that way? She was all grown up now, that's what her Nanny Lisa told her before she leave her house, so she needed no guidance in reaching King's Cross. "I can't cross. Do you think, there's something wrong with me and the wall? Do you think I should be exerting too much effort or less?" The guy was older though and he seemed to know whatever he was talking about. Let him guide. "I think, Math is involved though an science," she muttered under her breath still holding onto the guys arms.

Katrina was on her way to the Platform. She kissed her mom goodbye, waved to her sister Dianna before she left for the Ministry, and kissed her little 11 year-old brother Alexander (yeah, he's bound for Durmstrang later) before she left.

The second year pushed her trolley to the Platform but before she went through, she saw a familiar figure. She squinted a bit and realized it was her Ravenclaw pal...

"Hey there, Erin!" Katrina beamed at her friend. It's been months since they saw each other. Oh, how Katrina missed her. But the blonde realized Erin was talking to someone. "Oh... I'm sorry for disturbing."

Oh Katrina, you're doooooooomed!