Chapter 168: The Hogwarts Express (Fourth Update)

  September 21st, the day the Hogwarts Express departs.

  On this day, eleven-year-old children from all over Britain set off with their parents to the legendary Hogwarts, of course, before arriving at Hogwarts, they also have to find that equally legendary Platform Nine and Three-Quarters.

  Hermione hugged Lin Xiao and followed her parents to the train station, with all her luggage on the car. Along the way, Hermione's mood was both tense and excited, she couldn't help but tell Lin Xiao about Hogwarts, almost telling him everything she had read in books, but even so, she still couldn't suppress the excitement and nervousness in her heart.

  Hogwarts, what kind of place is it?

  At the same time, Harry was walking down a street in London with Hagrid, who was over three meters tall, facing the amazed and curious glances of passersby, while Hagrid seemed to be used to it.

  After walking for a while, they arrived at the train station. At this time, Hagrid took out his own pocket watch from his pocket and looked at it, suddenly exclaiming in surprise.

  "My God, is that the time?" He clearly hadn't noticed how much time had passed. Turning to Harry beside him, he said apologetically, "Sorry, Harry, I've got to go. Dumbledore wants me...he's been waiting for me!"

  Just a little bit, Hagrid almost accidentally revealed that secret, and he was slightly depressed. He then took out a train ticket from his pocket and handed it to Harry beside him.

  "Alright, the train will be leaving in ten minutes, your ticket, hold on to it, Harry, this is very important, hold on to your ticket!" Hagrid said solemnly.

  Harry handed over the ticket and nodded at Hagrid.

  "Platform nine and three-quarters?" Harry read the number on his ticket again, astonished to find it so strange. "But Hagrid, this must be a mistake, right? It says platform nine and three-quarters, there's no such platform, is there?"

  He turned his head to look beside him, but was shocked to find that Haig, who had been standing next to him just a moment before, had vanished without warning.

  "Hagrid?" Harry looked around, searching for Hagrid's figure, but he was nowhere to be seen.

  Helpless, Harry had no choice but to push his luggage and go find that so-called Platform Nine and Three-Quarters himself.

  And not to mention that Harry met the Weasley family for the first time because he didn't know where Platform Nine and Three-Quarters was, but said that Lin Xia followed Hermione's family and found the entrance of Platform Nine and Three-Quarters.

  "Dad, Mom, I'm going now." Hermione was a bit reluctant to part with her parents at this time. She hugged Lin Xiao who had transformed into a cat and placed her luggage beside her.

  Mr and Mrs Granje looked at their daughter with a smile, Mr Granje giving his daughter a final word of advice.

  Warm scenes always have to end, time is running out, Hermione can't delay any longer.

  "Alright, go ahead, get along well with your classmates." Mrs. Granjer let go of her daughter, tearfully instructing her.

  Hermione nodded obediently, put Lin Xiao on the luggage cart, grabbed the handle of the luggage cart with her small hand, waved goodbye to her parents and rushed towards the wall between platforms 9 and 10.

  The walls were protected with anti-Muggle charms, and you had to run at them to get in; Muggles wouldn't just blunder into a wall, even if they did occasionally stumble upon the place by accident, the anti-Muggle charms would prevent them from getting inside.

  Lin Xiao felt a sudden darkness in front of his eyes, and the next moment he and Hermione had already appeared on another train platform.

  An old-fashioned steam train with red and black carriages, looking up you can see the sign hanging on the wall, which reads Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, Hogwarts Express.

  "Hogwarts Express, I've read about it in books." Hermione said excitedly, looking up.

  At this time, there were still many students waiting to board at the platform. Hermione was alone, and she looked at those students who were saying goodbye to their parents, then quietly pushed her luggage cart forward with her head down.

  Lin Xiao turned his head and glanced at Hermione, who had suddenly fallen silent, thinking that this girl was probably homesick.

  Hermione and Lin Xiao soon found the luggage van, and after putting away their luggage, Hermione carried Lin Xiao to the carriage where the first-year students were.

  The Hogwarts Express has a strict division of regions, with first-year students sitting in the first-year carriage, second-year students sitting in the second-year carriage, and so on. In addition, there is also a special prefects' carriage where prefects are responsible for managing the train before arriving at Hogwarts, among which the most tiring one is the prefect who manages the first-year new student carriage.

  After all, they are newcomers who don't understand anything and have great expectations for Hogwarts. The most exciting ones are these little guys, so their carriage is also the noisiest, most chaotic, and hardest to manage.

  Just as Hermione and Luna had found their way, Harry was still wandering around the other side of the station, clearly having not yet located the blasted Platform Nine and Three-Quarters.

  He stopped a guard and asked if he knew of Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, but the man didn't know what he was talking about. If it hadn't been for the fact that Harry looked like a kid, the guard would have probably arrested him by now.

  It just so happened that at this time Harry's ears heard a few sentences of conversation, and the other party's dialogue caught his attention.

  "Year after year it's like this, everywhere is crowded, hurry up!"

  Idiot?

  Harry found himself possibly having found his peers. He turned around and indeed saw a group of people pushing luggage carts just like his own.

  Witch!

  Or an apprentice wizard!

  Hurry up and push his own cart followed, he wanted to see how they went.

  "Platform nine and three-quarters this way." The red-haired woman at the front shouted to a group of children behind her.

  "Alright, Parsi, you're in the lead." The oldest-looking boy walked towards the middle of platforms 9 and 10. Harry stared at him intently, not even daring to blink his eyes, for fear of missing something.

  Right after that, Harry saw a scene that made him so surprised he almost opened his mouth wide.

  That boy named Pasi suddenly sprinted into that wall and disappeared in such a bizarre manner.

  Harry rubbed his eyes, swearing this was the second weirdest thing he'd ever seen in his life - the first being that time Hagrid used magic to give his cousin a pig's tail.

  "It's your turn, Fred," said the fat woman.

  "I'm not Fred, I'm George," said the boy. "To be honest, you say you're our mother, but why don't you recognize me as George?"

  "Sorry, George, dear." The fat woman said somewhat helplessly.

  "Just kidding, I'm Fred," the kid said and walked away. His twin brother urged him to hurry up from behind. He must have heard his words, because he disappeared in a flash - but how did he do it?

  At this time, the third brother walked towards the ticket gate with a light step. He was just about to walk up to... when he suddenly disappeared too.

  Harry was stunned and thought about it, but there was no other way, so he pushed the cart over.

  "Sorry," Harry said to the fat woman.

  ……

  A few minutes later, Harry had settled into a compartment on the Hogwarts Express that was empty except for him.

  As he recalled those bizarre scenes, Harry couldn't help but become more curious about this mysterious place called Hogwarts. What kind of place was it?

  Just as Harry's mind was full of Hogwarts, the door of the compartment was suddenly pushed open.

  Harry turned his head and saw that the one who pushed open the door and poked his head in was actually the youngest red-haired boy he had seen at the train station.

  "Is anyone there?" He pointed to the seat opposite Harry, "Everywhere else is full."

  Harry shook his head and the boy looked at him for a moment before smiling and walking in to sit down.

  He glanced at Harry and immediately turned his head to look out the window, pretending he hadn't seen him.

  Harry found a smudge on the tip of his nose and wondered whether he should remind him.

  "My name is Ron, Ron Weasley." It seemed as though the atmosphere in the compartment had become too gloomy, so the boy with the fiery red hair, Ron, was the first to introduce himself.

  "My name is Harry, Harry Potter."

  He may not have known how famous he was, so when he gave his name, Ron's eyes widened immediately, and his face was full of surprised expressions.

  "So... is that true?" His gaze darted to Harry's forehead, "I mean, you really have that... that..." He pointed to his own forehead with his finger, as if trying to indicate something.

  "What's that?" Harry looked at him with some confusion.

  "Scars!" Ron said cautiously, looking around carefully to make sure no one was listening before speaking in a low voice.

  "Oh! Right." Harry didn't think his scar was anything special, so he simply brushed back his hair and revealed the scar on his forehead for Ron to see.

  "Blimey!" Ron stared at Harry's forehead scar in amazement, his face alight with excitement.

  Harry smiled happily, seemingly delighted to be able to share his things with this new friend of his, a feeling he obviously couldn't experience at his uncle's house.

  At this time, a woman pushing a small cart came over from the corridor outside the compartment and stopped at the door of their compartment.

  "Shall we buy something, kids?"

  Rong looked at the food on the small car and couldn't help but swallow hard, then took out his own food with a somewhat embarrassed expression.

  "No, thank you, I've got it."

  Harry glanced at the flattened mass of what was supposed to be food in Ron's hand, hesitated for a moment, then turned around and pulled out a handful of Galleons from his pocket.

  "We're all going to die."

  "Wow!" Ron exclaimed enviously, staring at the money in Harry's hand.

  A pure friendship seems to have laid a solid foundation at this moment. The boy who survived the great disaster without friendship seemed to have found his new goal.

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