• ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴅᴀᴡɴ • ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 3 •

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ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 3 · ᴊᴀᴍᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴏsɪᴀ ᴘᴏᴛᴛᴇʀ · The day had arrived. Sirius was in his room, drinking a lemon slushy. "It's time for me to get everything ready." Sirius jumped out of bed, left the slushie on the table and started putting all the things into the trunks. "It'll be a fun trip, Star." Sirius named the owl "Star." He was putting her in the trunk, while Star was hooting. Sirius took all the trunks and went down the stairs. "Sirius! Are you ready?" Walburga asked from the hallway, with Regulus to her left. "Yes, mother" Walburga removed a wrinkle from her dress "Then let's go" The three walked for an hour until they reached the "King Cross" station. They entered and saw many "Muggles" and steam engines. "Come here" Walburga said taking Regulus and Sirius by the shoulder. "We are going to enter platform 9 3/4. To do that, run safely towards that wall - Walburga pointed to a normal wall between platforms 9 and 10 - You first, Regulus." Regulus and Walburga ran towards the wall and in the blink of an eye...They disappeared. "Hello," said a voice behind him. Sirius turned around. A tall boy with round glasses and very disheveled hair was there, with his cart and trunks. "Hello, Hogwarts too?" Sirius asked, shaking his hand. "Yes, shall we go in?" The two ran to the wall and broke through it as if there was nothing. When they emerged, they appeared on a different platform, with a scarlet and black steam locomotive. Walburga and Regulus were there, in front of the locomotive door. "Where were you?" His mother asked. "Oh, I met this boy," Sirius pointed to the boy. "Okay, come on." The two went up, but when Sirius entered, he stood there for a few seconds and turned around. "Be good, Reggie." · · · Sirius and the other boy sat in a carriage, but it was already occupied: A pretty girl with brown hair was sitting in the carriage, looking out the window. "Hello, Rosia" The boy said. "Hello, James" Rosia answered without stopping to look out the window. "This is..." "Black, Sirius Black," Sirius said. "My pleasure, Sirius," James replied with a smile. "And this is Rosia, my cousin" James said pointing to the girl. "I think so." She turned around and shook Sirius's hand. He smiled. The locomotive started, and the three of them were talking. "Anything from the cart?" A 40-year-old woman asked halfway through the trip. "Yes please" Sirius answered. "3 Chocolate Frogs, some pumpkin pies and─" "Some Bertie Botts all-flavor beans," James said. "Bertie Botts all-flavor beans?" Sirius asked. "They're magical beans that have all the flavors. And all flavors are all flavors. James one day got a wood flavored one." Rosia said. Sirius tried a lime green one. "YUCK, BOOT FLAVOR." They spent the hours talking about Quidditch, brooms, Hogwarts teachers and legends. "You know what?" He said "What?" Sirius took a knife out of his backpack. "What's that?" James asked. "A door opener knife." It was my father's, but he gave it to me" Sirius said. "Incredible!" They said. Suddenly the engine stopped dead. "We've arrived" James said. They all got out of the Hogwarts Express and saw that they were in a small station and ahead of them, behind a lake, there was a gigantic castle. "Welcome! "Everyone follow me, please" Said a very big man. They passed along a path until they reached some boats, 4 people got into each boat and started rowing alone. The lake was very dark because it was night, but it was beautiful and very large. The boats and they entered a small cave under the rock that held Hogwarts. It was an underground port.