The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

September 1st has arrived all of a sudden. When Tom woke up that day, there was a dull atmosphere in the house, mainly because the only daughter of the family was going to study in a strange world, and of course it had something to do with the gloomy sky outside.

Hermione woke up at five o'clock in the morning. She was so excited and nervous that she couldn't fall back to sleep after waking up. She sat up, leaned back against the bed and curled up into a blue ball with her hands on her knees. She saw the stuffed tiger doll on the bedside looking at her intently, so she held the stuffed doll in her arms with the tiger's head touching its ears, and then carefully combed the plush doll's hair. After combing it, rub it again to mess up the hair, and repeat the process.

"Tiger cub, I'm going to a distant place to go to school. You have to protect me..." Hermione touched the tip of her nose to the tip of the little tiger's nose and prayed in a low voice. The doll's eyes are bright and hollow, as if to say: Sorry, I'm just a little doll.

Hermione buried her head in the belly of the little tiger. The doll was fragrant and had a good smell. Hermione took two deep breaths and calmed down. She glanced at the sky outside and felt that it was almost time, so she jumped out of bed and put on the clothes she had prepared long ago.

She first put on a white shirt, a delicate women's tie on top, and then put on a gray pullover sweater and a long gray skirt. By the time this was done, it was already dawn. She opened the box again and checked the items against the Hogwarts shopping list to make sure she had everything she needed before going to wash up.

She came out of the bathroom and met Tom, who looked ready too. Two hours later, their heavy suitcase was loaded into the Granger family's car. Mr. Granger drove, Tom sat in the passenger seat, and Hermione and Mrs. Granger sat side by side in the back seat. The four of them hit the road together.

Fortunately today, there was no traffic jam around the train station, and they arrived at King's Cross Station at half past ten. Mr. Granger put their luggage on the trolley and helped them push it into the station. Railway stations in Europe are slightly different from those in China. They have no security check at all, and there is no concept of a ticket office. You can walk a few steps from the outside and you will find the platform where the train stops.

The Granger family walked to and stopped between platforms 9 and 10.

"This is platform 9, and that is platform 10 over there. Where is the platform 9 mentioned on the ticket?" Mr. Granger frowned and said, "They haven't had time to build it yet?"

Looking around, there is a big 9-shaped plastic sign hanging on one platform, and a large 10-shaped plastic sign hanging on the other platform, and there is nothing in between except two railroad tracks.

The joke wasn't funny, and Hermione frowned, but then Tom nudged them and pointed toward a wall.

They saw a family standing by the wall, then they looked around furtively, and then they leaned against the wall - and the people disappeared.

"I think that's the entrance." Tom saw a man dressed as a guard approaching them and said quickly, "Hurry up, don't miss the train to Hogwarts."

Upon hearing the word Hogwarts, the guard stopped and walked in the other direction.

They pushed the luggage cart toward the wall, and Tom saw a large group of red-haired people coming in not far from them, headed by a short, fat woman with flaming red hair. They were also pushing cartloads of suitcases with an owl on them.

Tom smiled at them, and the fat woman in the lead smiled back, and made a gesture to let them go first. So he and Hermione and his daughter looked at the wall, which looked very strong at first glance, took a deep breath, and then ran all the way. The wall was getting closer and closer to them, and they couldn't help but close their eyes, and then "brushed" "I passed through the wall and came to Platform 9.

There was a dark red steam locomotive parked on the platform, and the platform was full of passengers carrying large and small bags. The sign on the train read: Hogwarts Express.

Coming to this platform is like traveling back a hundred years ago. The platform is filled with thick smoke from steam locomotives, and there are buzzing voices and the chirping of pets brought by little wizards and their families everywhere. The first few carriages It was already crowded with students. Some of them leaned out of the car windows to talk to their families, while others were playing in their seats.

The moment he stepped into this place, a reminder of the change in mission progress came to Tom's mind. The progress of the second phase of the Worldly Wandering mission he had accepted had changed from 0/2 to 1/2.

Platform 9 at King's Cross Station has also been unlocked.

Hermione was saying goodbye to her father. Mr. Granger hugged her tightly and kissed her on the forehead. At this time, Tom had already taken the luggage to the car.

"Okay, remember to keep in touch!" Mr. Granger let go of his daughter, rubbed his eyes, and watched his daughter and Tom board the train together.

"Hermione, this way!" Tom found an empty compartment. He walked up in one stride, opened the door of the compartment, put the suitcase on the luggage rack, and then took Hermione and him one by one. The luggage was carried up.

"Thank you for your hard work." Hermione smiled apologetically. She took out a crisper box from her bag and said, "Here, I'll treat you to strawberries."

In Hermione's eyes, it was not natural for boys to move things for girls. Even in England, where gentlemanly demeanor was popular, there was no reason for seven or eight boys to move dormitories for an entire class of thirty girls.

The two soon sat down facing each other in the carriage.

Hermione looked out the window and found that Mr. Granger had been submerged in the crowd. What came into view was the group of red-haired people she met before. One of them, a pair of twins, was helping someone move boxes. His family's The short, fat lady was wiping the nose of her youngest child.

A red-haired young man wearing a black Hogwarts robe with a shiny silver letter P on his chest was talking to them...

The whistle sounded, and the three teenagers hurriedly climbed onto the train. They leaned out of the window and let their mother kiss them goodbye. The little girl their mother was holding began to cry again.

The train started. Hermione saw the children's mother waving, and their little sister crying and running after the train, until the train accelerated and she was left behind, still waving to them. The crowd on the platform gradually thinned out, and she saw her father standing alone on the platform. She had never seen such a lonely and helpless father.

The corners of Hermione's eyes heated up, and a crystal tear fell from the corners of her eyes. But before it could cross my cheek, it was sucked away by a tissue. She saw Tom staring at her, holding a tissue in his hand.

"Hurry up and say hello to your dad."

Hermione also came to her senses, opened the window, leaned out, and waved to Mr. Granger. Mr. Granger immediately saw her and waved goodbye to her until the train turned the corner and the two parties lost sight of each other. .