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5. Platform Nine and Three Quarters and the Hogwarts School Bus

Stayed in the Rolled Cauldron Bar for breakfast the next day, Old Tom asked William for two King Garonns. William took the bus to King Avenue Station. Today William changed into a blue shirt and jeans, which looked very refreshing. William had no luggage, and it was all in his ring, holding Hathaway's cage in his hand. Now the trains are all steam-type, and William successfully found the so-called nine and three-quarters platform, where each pillar is a passage.

After trotting through the wall, William saw George and Ferred. The twins were chatting with each other while they were chatting. It was probably the idea that they came up with during the holidays.

The fog of steam locomotives gathered on the heads of the chattering crowd, and cats of all colors were circling around people's feet and shoes. The owls shouted at each other in an unpleasant way. Their screams overwhelmed the noise made by people when they dragged, pulled, slapped, and knocked on heavy suitcases.

The first few cars were already full of students. Some of the students in the car poked their heads out of the window to talk to their relatives, while others were still fighting to grab a seat. When William passed by a little boy with a round face, he saw him asking someone if he had seen a toad. He also asked William, and William shook his head, "Sorry, I didn't see it." I guess this is Neville, and his grandmother should have given him a memory ball earlier.

William walked straight to the last carriage, opened the door, and there was no one inside, and placed Hathaway next to him, and William sat near the window.

At this time the door opened and a boy with dark hair and green eyes came in. Without looking at the lightning scar on his forehead, William recognized that it was Harry with the signature frame alone.

"Hello, can I sit here?" Harry asked

"Of course," William stood up and helped Harry move his luggage to the luggage rack.

"Huh~ Thank you so much. My name is Harry, Harry Potter"

"You're welcome. William Taylor. You're very famous in the magic world. I heard of you when I was very young."

Harry smiled embarrassedly, "But I don't know any magic now, and I don't know where I am famous."

When they sat opposite William, the two started a simple chat. At this time, the train slowly started, and a red-haired boy pushed open the door of the box and walked in.

"Is there anyone here?" he said, pointing to the seat next to William, "the rest of the place is full of people."

William shook his head. The child sat down. He glanced at Harry, then quickly moved his eyes out of the car window and pretended to be nothing. Harry saw that there was still a dark spot on his nose.

"Hey, Ron." is the twin brothers.

"Tell you, we'll go to the middle of the train now - Lee Jordan there has a poisonous spider."

"Yeah, yes," Ron muttered.

"Can we introduce ourselves? I'm Fred Weasley, George Weasley, this is Roth, our younger brother."

"You guys are so hard to identify, William Taylor, I'm glad to know you," William said.

"I'm Harry" Harry just spoke

"We all know you," "Boy who survived the disaster" said George or Fred. "We'll leave first."

After William, Harry and Ron said goodbye to them, the twin brothers closed the door and went back.

"Are you really Harry Potter?" Ron asked without thinking.

Harry nodded.

"Oh, that's true. I thought it was Fred and George who were joking with me at first." Ron said, "You really have that..." and pointed his finger on Harry's forehead.

Harry pushed away the ends of his forehead, revealing the lightning-like scar in the center of his forehead. Ron looked at him intently.

"This is the sign that 'that person' leaves you?"

"Yes, but I've forgotten what I'm afraid of...?"

"Have you forgotten anything?" Ron asked anxiously.

"Well... I only remember seeing a few rays of green light, and I forgot everything else."

"Wow!" Ron exclaimed. He sat and looked at Harry for a while. Suddenly, he seemed to realize what he was doing just now, so he hurriedly turned around and looked out the window.

"Are your whole family magicians?" Harry asked William and Ron with curiosity. Ron nodded.

"Yes, I was born in France, and this is my first time in England," William said with a smile.

"France? That's so cool, then you must know magic well," Harry asked.

"Yeah, yes, my family is very old. I just saw a senior with the same hair as you. Do you know him?" William answered and asked Ron. Of course, William had known the answer for a long time, but he just wanted Ron to speak.

"Yes, that's Percy, my brother." Ron said proudly.

Ron took out a chubby, sleeping squirrel from his jacket.

"It's called Scarboroughs, and he's sleeping all day long. It's such a useless waste. Percy got an owl from his father because he became the squad leader. I can't afford it...I mean I only Scarboroughs."

Ron's ears were red, perhaps because he felt that he had said too much, so he stared out the window again.

Harry saw Ron's embarrassment, and told Ron about the sad past such as being forced to wear Dudry's torn clothes and never receiving a decent birthday gift. This seemed to have made Ron's mood improve. William didn't think anything was there. There are many people in the magic world who regard rats as pets.

Then the three of them started another round of chatting, and gradually Ron was let go. Knowing that William was a nobleman, Ron was very surprised by William's friendship.

At about twelve 30, footsteps came from the corridor outside the servants. A salesperson with dimples on his lips when he smiled and said to them, "Children, what good things do you want to buy?" The sales car was full of delicious beans, bubble gum, chocolate frog candy, pumpkin pies, big pancakes, popsicles, and other strange foods he had never seen before.

Harry, who had not eaten breakfast, jumped up with joy, but Ron's ears turned red again, he hesitating to say that he had brought the sandwich. William said he had never eaten a British sandwich and hoped to trade pumpkin pie and chocolate frog candy for Ron's sandwich.

"I think Mrs. Weasley's craftsmanship must be good, I can't wait," William suggested with a smile. Ron was very moved by William's friendship and gave William the sandwich in his bag.

At this time, Harry paid the salesperson's aunt eleven sickle silver coins and seven copper coins, and bought a little of all kinds of food. He asked for this meal.

Ron was surprised to see Harry buying this pile of food, "You must be very hungry, are you?"

"So hungry!" Harry said, biting a large piece of it from a pumpkin pie.

William tasted the sandwich made by Mrs. Weasley, which was very good to be honest. Like Ron praised the delicious sandwich.

Then there was the Battle Food. The three of them ate the multi-flavored beans and asked each other what flavors they had, what malt flavor, chocolate flavor, peppermint flavor, lemon flavor, spinach flavor, pork liver flavor, etc.

The countryside scenery that flies rapidly outside the window gradually becomes more and more desolate. The flat fields are invisible, replaced by dense forests, winding rivers and deep green hills.

At this time, someone was knocking on the door, and Neville walked in crying.

"I'm sorry!" he sobbed, "Have you ever seen a toad?"

Seeing William and the others shaking their heads, the boy cried and said, "I can't find it! It doesn't like me and doesn't want to be with me!"

William and the others comforted Neville and said he would go back.

Ron looked at the sleeping lazy mouse and said, "I wanted to turn it yellow yesterday, but the magic didn't work. I'll try to show you..."

He rummaged through the suitcase for a long time, then pulled out a butterfly-shaped wand, which was still flashing with white light at the end.

"The unicorn has grown hair-"

Ron recited a spell, raised his wand, and was about to cast magic when the door opened. The boy who had lost his clam model came back this time with a girl wearing a brand new Hogwarts magic robe.

"Has anyone seen a toad? Neville's one disappeared." She spoke as if she was giving orders. Ron and Harry shook their heads.

"Hermione?" William said looking at her.

"William! I'm still wondering why I didn't see you. Neville's toad was lost and the whole train could not be found. He was already crying in a hurry." Hermione said in a flash, "Oh, are you doing magic? Then let's open our eyes." Hermione looked at Ron's raised wand.

"Uh... OK!" Ron cleared his throat.

"Heavenly Lingling, earthly Lingling, change this stupid and fat mouse, just turn it yellow."

He shook his wand, but nothing changed. Scarbers was still gray and still asleep.

"Are you sure it's this spell?" said Hermione. "It doesn't seem very effective. I've tried several spells, all of which are very effective. My name is Hermione Granger. William and I already know each other. Where are you two?"

She spoke as fast as a cannon, and William felt a little distressed.

"I'm Ron Wisri," Ron muttered.

"I'm Harry Potter."

"Really?" Hermione said in surprise, "I know a lot about you. I have an extracurricular book that introduces your background information. And you are a celebrity in "Modern Magicians" and "The Rise and Fall of Mysterious Art in the Twentieth Century and the Events of Magic." Harry looked at William with embarrassment.

Hermione went on to say, "Do you know which college you will be assigned to? I hope to be assigned to Greenfenton, and everyone says it's the best there, William, which college do you want to go to?"

Looking at Harry and Ron's puzzled eyes, William said, "Slytherin is more suitable for me, but Gryffindor is also very good."

Ron looked like this indeed. Harry was confused. Hermione was obviously a little disappointed.

"I have to go find Neville's toad. Change your clothes quickly, I think we'll be there." After that, she took the little boy away.

"It's good wherever I'm assigned. Don't let me get along with her." Ron said as he threw his wand back into the suitcase. "Damn magic, George must have tricked me on purpose."

"Where will your brothers be divided?" Harry asked.

"Griffinton," Ron said, seemingly shrouded in melancholy again, "My parents also attend this college, I don't know if they care where I get."

The three of them started changing clothes, and the door of the private room opened again.

The three boys walked in.

"Is it true that Harry Potter is in this box? Then, you are Harry, right?" Malfoy said. "My dad said that William Taylor from the Taylor family will come this year. Are you from the Taylor family?" Malfoy continued to say to William who was drinking water. William smiled and greeted him.

"Yes." Harry looked at the other two children, short and strong, and looked very rude.

"My dad told me that the people in the Wisley family are all red-haired, full of freakish faces, and there are many children that they cannot afford to raise." He turned to Harry again. "Potter, you will soon find that there are good or bad things in the magic family. I believe you don't want to make bad friends by mistake. I can help you in this regard."

He reached out to shake Harry's hand, but was rejected.

"I can tell right from wrong myself, thank you for your kindness," Harry said coldly.

Malfoy's pale face did not turn red at all, but only showed a faint pink color on his cheeks.

"If I were you, I would be more careful, Potter," he said word by word. "If you are not polite to me, you will definitely repeat the mistakes of your parents. They are just as ungrateful as you. They are mixed with the Wisley family and Hager, to influence them."

Harry and Ron both stood up, Ron's face as red as his hair.

William had to stand up and said, "You are Malfoy, your family is very famous. But for classmates, the tone should not be so harsh. I believe that the ancient Malfoy family is very connotative. If you have time, you might as well help find Neville's pet." William smiled and stretched out his hand, Malfoy shook it friendly. After all, William's words did not make him feel uncomfortable, and he would save him from embarrassment if he gave him a step.

After Malfoy left, Ron and Harry began to attack variously, and William listened helplessly.

The car has started to slow down. A sound echoed in the car, "We will arrive at Hogwarts in five minutes. Please leave your luggage in the car, and there will be a dedicated person to take your luggage to the school in batches."

The train stopped slowly. People crowded forward and finally squeezed out the door and came to a small, dark platform. The wind was cold and a dim light was jumping up and down above the students' heads, swaying left and right.

"All first-year students come here!" The huge Hagrid shouted loudly

"Come on, come with me - are there any freshmen in the first grade? Be careful when walking, freshmen follow me!"

After a while, William and his friends walked to a large black lake. A huge castle with many corner towers and towers was located between two ridges, and the glass of the window shone brightly under the starry sky.
Chapter completed!
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