The sound of muggles walking to their jobs and starting their day in the bustling city of London. She looked at the sky, the flying birds and the floating clouds, and her gaze returned to the train ticket she have.
Platform 9 3/4.
"Where on earth would I look for a platform nine and three-quarters? There is no such platform having a three-quarters attached to it!" a girl with a waist length raven-black hair wearing a knee-length skirt, a sweater and a peculiar glasses mumbled.
Ezereath Scarlet- Hunter, an 11 year old witch with a witch mother and muggle father, accepted in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, is now lost in the train station.
She bought her school supplies days ago using an exclusive online shop for witch and wizards and it only arrived yesterday so she was a bit tired last night getting ready.
Pushing her luggage and stopping at a nearby resting area, her eyes did not stop looking around for clues.
Using magic in the presence of muggles is not allowed, and so the spells she secretly learned were all useless.
Why did I not ask my parents to send me off? I thought I'll go to school using a portal or a broom but I did not expect this. Flying ... ah ... that would be cool...
There is no pill for regrets... unless of course one can find the time turner artifact. Which was banned years ago. And was confiscated by the Ministry of Magic. All she can do is to sharpen her eyes to observe and strain her ears to listen to the people around her.
It would be impossible for me to ask people where the heck that platform is, right? They'll call me a sick person to look for a non-existent platform.
Minutes have passed and she felt weird sitting alone without anyone to talk to in the station. She brought out a prop which was her phone, read some novels and comics to pass time while listening to conversations and observing the people near the platform 9.
This novel already updated. That annoying officer...
Oh, another update... hope Happy would defeat them...
My stones weren't enough. Why did I chose to read multiple novels?
Better buy more stones to use...
"Just leading me to the platform will suffice!"
A peculiar conversation was heard nearby by Ezereath between a man and his son which made her attention focus on them. It was not really unusual for kids riding trains by themselves nowadays but when she looked at his direction, his outfit was...
... kinda similar to the cloak she is keeping inside her trunk.
A cosplayer? A wizard character? Is it from a game, a movie or a series?
"And I can wear this when I arrive there, why let me wear now?" the boy continued.
She listened to their conversation, not even thinking that what she is doing is kinda inappropriate. But she did it to other people so her guilt was lessened.
This is for the sake of education!
"Are there any cosplaying event nearby? Which character is that kid copying?" a girl asked the boy beside her. It seems like the girl was into anime.
Oh, a comrade spotted.
The boy's eyes gave his father a 'now-you-see?' look.
"New students like you often get lost in looking for the platform unless there is a guardian leading you. For example--"
The man looked at Ezereath's direction and signalled her to come closer. Not wanting to not follow the orders of an elder, despite of the person being a stranger, she can only push her luggage and approach them.
She did not find them suspicious and an idea immediately flashed in her mind awhile ago. They look like wizards, not an amateur cosplayer with a parent. It seems like the boy over there is also a 1st year student like me.
And after that conversation, she already decided to approach them so this situation is kind of an ideal scenario for her.
"She is a new student like you. But unlike you, she does not have anyone to lead her to the platform, thus she can only rely to herself in looking for it. Right, little girl?" he glanced at her and smiled.
Everything he said was true so she do not have any means to counter.
I cannot do anything but nod.
"The train's about to leave in 20 minutes, you kids should go already." he looked at his watch and waved his hand towards us.
"Ugh... to where?" Ezereath asked, but the man's son was still giving his father killer stares.
Of all wizard families, why stumble to this kind? My luck is kinda low today.
I should have snuck out a few Liquid Luck from mom's study.
"Platform nine and three- quarters" he pointed at their backs.
Looking at the direction he pointed, the two were dumbfounded.
There was only a wall.