Lavender arrived at King's Cross with her parents. 
"Did you see that?  That girl just walked through the wall" Mom nudged Lavender and giggled nervously. "Guess we're next."
"You go first, we'll follow together." Lavender smiled and nodded when her Dad suggested this. They had been watching people walk onto platform 9 3/4 for a while, and this seemed to be the right way to do it, if there even was one.
Lavender hesitated, she was a little nervous still. Then, she saw a man shove a hesitant boy through the wall. Realising she'd rather make it through on her own, somehow feeling like that would set the tone for the new year or something, Lavender took a deep breath, smiled at her parents, and pushed her trolley through the wall. She resisted the urge to close her eyes when she expected to hit the wall and walked straight in to her new life.

The platform was crowding with people. Most students were getting on the train, parents waving and handing almost forgotten items through doors and windows. Others had already boarded the trains, some parents were waiting, others were already heading back out. A few clusters of parents were standing around, talking to each other, obviously familiar with the situation. Only a few students were still on the platform, talking to their parents. Lavender looked around for the head mistress, but didn't see her. Just as her parents emerged onto the platform, a whistle sounded. Lavender looked around and saw students hurrying to get on the train. She looked at her parents, who had realised what this meant as well. 
"Go on, honey, get yourself settled up there." Her parents gave her a hug and nudged her towards the train. They didn't hover, and Lavender appreciated that. Her dad helped her get her trolley on board, and then got back off, as her mom handed her the bird cage. 
"Go have a blast!" Her mother said. "And don't forget to send us lots of news! April can handle the exercise."

Standing on the train, Lavender bent down to give her mom one last hug. Her dad ruffled her hair, "dad, please", and with a sigh and a smile, Lavender went looking for a compartment. She passed a few full compartments and, suddenly shy, moved on. After a while she came upon a compartment with only two students in it, a boy and a girl. The boy was already seated, together with a lovely cat, the girl was talking to him, or to the cat perhaps. [i]could cats talk[/i] Lavender suddenly wondered [i]or is she simply shy?[/i]

Lavender hesitated for a brief moment, looked at April for support and then opened the door. "Hello you two, is there room for us as well?"  

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