[b]September 1, 1992
King's Cross Station, Platform 9[sup]3[/sup]/[sub]4[/sub][/b]

[u]Cody Frost[/u]

"It's fine, Mum, just go." Cody said, waving his parents off with an annoyed look. His mum was cramping, or something, he wasn't actually paying attention to what she was saying, so his dad was going to take her home. Not that they'd have stayed anyway, they dropped him off at the station early and left. It was routine now. He left them without saying goodbye, barely registering the sound of car doors shutting behind him as his parents drove off.

Cody was looking for his friends, and while the platform had plenty of the out of place owl cages, wizard robes, and oddly colored cauldrons, he couldn't spot them among the Muggle and Wizard crowds. With a discrete flick of his wand a trolley rolled over to him, allowing him to place his twin trunks on it. One contained his many school books and equipment while the other had clothes, parchment, and other trinkets. They weren't very heavy, but he'd rather have his hands free than carry them around.

Cassius, a black and white cat, now three years old, hopped up the trolley to sit atop the trunks. "Let's go Cass, I know you miss them." Cody said grudgingly. He may own the cat, but in the end Cassius always ended up spending time with everyone in Gryffindor except his owner.

He passed through the barrier easily, not even flinching as he walked straight into a wall and out the other side. Platform 9[sup]3[/sup]/[sub]4[/sub] was just as full as the rest of the station, only there were no Muggles here. Recognizing the familiar mop of hair in the window of a compartment he just passed, Cody spelled his trunks to float after him, Cassius leaping down to run ahead of him. Up into the train and down the hall he quickly found the place his friend had claimed. "Hey Donny!" He cried, grinning.

[u]Donovan Dunbar[/u]

Donovan sighed, looking up from his book to give the intruder a glare. "Cody, you know-"

But Cody interrupted, laughing, "You hate that nickname, yeah, but that just makes it all the better to tease you with." He fell into the seat opposite Donovan unceremoniously. Eyes immediately looking outside at the still full platform. "Seen the girls yet?"

"No." Donovan said shortly, already reading more of his book and ignoring Cody.

Donovan was his usual disheveled self, too busy reading to straighten up his appearance. Cody on the other hand was naturally well put together. His hair was a bit messy, but he liked it that way. Neither boys knew quite why they were friends, Cody was outgoing and Donovan was definitely not. Donovan was well read, and Cody couldn't care less about books. They were very different people and while they didn't hate each other they didn't exactly have much in common, so it was no surprise that the compartment fell into silence as they waited on the girls.