-Myths and Magic-

-Chapter 4- The Sorting

The demigods stood at the train station waiting for any sign on what to do to get to platform 9¾. When they saw the witch that helped them at Florish and Botts.

They approached her and her many children, 3 boys, 2 of which looked to be twins, and then a single girl who looked to be a year below them. And then an additional messy haired boy and a bushy haired girl. Beside the group, there were what looked to be several experienced wizards, as well as a dog.

She noticed them and smiled, “Oh, it’s you dears again! Do you need help with anything?” She asked the demigods.

Will stepped forwards and nodded, “Yes. We don’t know how to get onto platform 9¾. The staff looked at us weird when we asked…” He explained to the witch. Nico leaned down and pet the dog. “Black like Mrs. O’Leary and my soul.” Will heard his boyfriend mumble.

“Oh, it’s easy! You just run into the wall separating platform 9 and 10, mate.” One of the kind witch’s ginger sons explained, one that looked to be in the same year as the demigods. At first, they thought he was joking, but after a few awkward seconds of silence, apart from the noise of the people around them, they realized he was serious.

Clarisse broke the silence. “Seriously? You’re not joking?” She asked, a disbelieving look evident on her face.

“Nope!” One of the twins replied. “Here, I’ll go first.” Before anyone could reply, he looked around, making sure the coast was clear before lining up his cart with the brick wall and running straight at the wall.

The demigods tensed up, waiting for a collision, but the ginger went straight through the wall and disappeared.

The other twin went after him, yelling “Fred, wait for me!” He called after his twin and disappearing into the wall.

The ginger witch turned to Lou. “How about you go next? It’s easier than it looks.” Lou nodded, repeating what Fred had done and ran towards the wall, fully expecting to be stopped and slammed into the wall. But instead she went straight through.

She was greeted with the sight of a huge black, gold, and red train and many witches and wizards boarding the train. She stared for a moment but was brought back to reality by Conner Stoll slamming into her with his cart as he joined her on Platform 9¾.

“Hey!” She yelled. They both moved out of the way as the rest of the demigods came from the wall, as well as the group of wizards that helped them came onto the platform. Including the dog, who had followed them.

“That, is a big train.” Malcom commented.

“That’s everybody’s first thought when seeing it for the first time.” The boy with messy hair said. “It’s best to board the train quickly, before all of the compartments are taken.”

The bushy haired girl had stepped forwards next to the bushy haired boy. “You can sit with Harry, Ron, Ginny, and I if you’d like. Although Ron and I will be on prefect duty for most of it.” She offered. The demigods agreed, it would be wise to know someone within Hogwarts, especially people who looked to be their year as well.

They said their goodbyes to the wizards that helped them and got on the train. They learned the names of some of the wizards they’d be with for the year, Ron, Ginny, Harry, and Hermione.

As Harry had predicted, the compartments were all full. Ron and Hermione had to go to the prefects compartment so they left the group. Harry, Ginny and the demigods looked for an empty cart, only finding one at the very back with a boy and an odd looking, pale haired girl holding a magazine called the “Quibbler” upside down.

“Hey, Luna.” Ginny greeted her and sat down beside her. The group following her, sat down in the compartment. It barely being able to hold all of them, sitting shoulder to shoulder.