The Other Side Of The Story

The train has left the station about ten minutes ago and was traveling through the countryside ,I was already settled in one of the train compartment and to say the least i was bored to hell from just sitting there watching the view from the train window with Marvel sleeping in my lap and don't get me wrong it was a really beautiful scene and i admired it for a good ten minutes but now it just became plain boring, anyway i decided to go out on an exploring journey in the train, who knows what i might found out?

I carried Marvel slowly and careful not to wake him and placed him back where i was sitting , his tail moved a little but he didn't wake up ,good step one done, i got out of the compartment and closed the door , step two done and mission accomplished

i sighed and turned to walk only to pump into something or someone, great i haven't been out of their for a minute and i was already getting in accidents lucky me ,i stumbled a few steps backward and almost fell but a hand caught me at the last second , i looked up and trailed my gaze to the owner of the hand , a boy with brown hair , a pair of grey eyes and light taned skin ,he seemed older than me maybe three years ,even so he was much much taller

"i'm sorry i wasn't paying attention where i was walking" i apologized

"don't worry i wasn't paying much attention myself" he replied ending his words with a smile which i gladly returned

"first year?" he asked

"yeah ,is it that obvious?"

"not really" he chuckled "it's just Hogwarts isn't really that big and most people know each other and beside i don't remember seeing you around there either"

"i see and considering what you just said i guess this isn't your first year, is it?"

"no, i'm a hufflebuff ,third year" he explained, making me confused what is a hufflebuff ? is that like some magic thing ? looks like i should have read the books that Snap told me to read ,great , i just had to be the usual me and just ignore what i'm suppose to do , great

it seemed as if he read my thoughts as he questioned "you don't know what hufflebuff is, do you?" he finished with a smirk ,probably knowing that he was completely right

"well... not really" i answered raising my eyebrows and giving him a innocent smile, causing him to laugh and me to join in

"well hufflebuff is a house in Hogwarts ,in fact there is three other houses as well ,Gryffindor ,Ravenclaw and Slytherin , you get sorted in one of those houses in the welcoming ceremony and you will be staying in it for the rest of your seven years in Hogwarts, the other house members become like your family members" he explained

"oh " was all i said as the words were settling in my mind "but wait ,how do we get sorted?"

"well that's where the surprise lies"

" come on , tell me i'm not really the patient type" i pleaded

"nope, like i said it's a surprise you will just have to wait and see" he said giving me a smirk but soon it disappeared "anyway i should get going "

"yeah see you around" i said flashing him a smile, which he returned then started walking past me , i was about to walk away myself when i heard him call "i'm Cedric by the way"

"Alexandra" i called back and with that he walked away , i decided to just head to back to my compartment , so i can change into my robs who knows how long we had till we got there probably not too long

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i have just finished changing into my robs when a knock came from the compartment door

"come in" i answered and immediately the door flew open , revealing a girl with bushy brown hair

"have you sen a toad ? a boy named Neville's lost one" she asked as she looked around the compartment

"sorry, but no" i apologized feeling sorry for that poor boy , he must be worried sick about his toad , i don't know what i would do if anything happened to Marvel

"thanks" she replied and made a move to leave

"wait, i will help you search for it" she stopped in her track and turned back to me "you don't have to"

"i know, i want to" i sent her a smile telling her that i really wanted to do this and she gladly returned

"i'm Alex Miller"

"nice meeting you , i'm Hermoine Granger"

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we have gone through so many compartments by now , i lost the count a long time ago and was now wondering about how long this train actually was? so we decided on separating to cover more ground and save time , as Hermoine think we will be arriving at any minute now, i'm really excited , i can't even believe that we'll finally be there ,just thinking about being there makes me feel so ...

back to the point i made my to another compartment, there was three boys sitting in it , their heads snapped in my direction almost immediately

"who gave you the right to just barg in to our compartment like that?" one of them snapped at me , he had blonde hair and a pair of blue eyes , he seemed the same age as me , but still who the bloody hell does he think he are? i was about to yell back but decided against it

" the bloody door was open , get over it" i said as i rolled my eyes at him and turned to the other two boys sitting a cross from him "have any of you seen a toad? a boy Named Neville lost one"

they both shook their head no, great i turned back to the other boy who was Glaring at me and i simply ignored him and turned around to leave, but after a step i turned back to him " on and by the way , ever talk to me that way again and i promise you that , you will deeply regret it , i'm not one to miss with and i tend to keep my promises" with that a smirk grew on my lips and i made my way out of the compartment feeling better than ever

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the good news , Hermoine was right we did arrive at Hogwarts sooner than i expected as the Train came to a stop in a outdoor station , the bad news that we didn't find the toad and i felt sorry when Hermoine told Neville he seemed at the edge of tears and there was nothing we could do and i hated it , feeling helpless was the worst feeling ever

anyway i stepped off the train with Hermoine by my side , she's actually pretty nice once you get over her miss know it all and judgy side , i could see us become really good friends

"Right, then! First years! This way, please! Come on, now, don't be shy! Come on now, hurry up!" a giant man called as he walked along the side aisle of the station

we walked towards him and i couldn't help but admire the station it was so beautiful "wow" i whispered as a smile formed on my lips

"wait tell you see Hogwarts" Hermoine said from beside me

" Right then. This way to the boats! Come on, now, follow me." the man spoke again turning around and gesturing for us to follow and so we did

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we were divided in boats that would take us across the water to Hogwarts ,luckily i managed to get in the same boat as Hermoine , we were side to side as a huge castle came to view and people went into awe

but who could blame them it was a breath taking scene

"wicked" i heard a boy say from another boat , but i didn't pay him the slightest part of attention as i was too caught in the scene along with everybody else and for the millionth time today i felt the smile forming on my lips

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after the boat ride , we entered Hogwarts , the most amazing place you could ever see , we're going up the stairs when a woman wearing green robs and a witch hat came to view and immediately greeted us "Welcome To Hogwarts..."