Chapter 10： A journey from platform nine

September 1st came at once. 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 an unfamiliar 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 excited and nervous, and she couldn't sleep again after waking up. She sat up, leaning back against the head of the bed and tucked her knees into a blue ball. She saw the tiger stuffed doll on the head of the bed staring at her intently, so she held the doll in her arms, leaving the tiger's head in a state of double peaks and ears, and then carefully combed the plush doll's hair. After combing, rub it again, mess up the hair, and repeat.

"Tiger cub, I'm going to school in a faraway place, you have to bless me..." Hermione put the tip of her nose against the tip of the little tiger's, 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 smelled good. Hermione took a deep breath and calmed down. She glanced at the sky outside and felt that it was almost time, so she jumped off the bed and changed into the clothes she had prepared for a long time.

She first put on a white shirt with a delicate lady's tie on it, then a gray sweater and a long gray skirt. By the time this is done, it will be dawn. She opened the box again and checked the items against the Hogwarts shopping list, making sure that she had everything she needed before going to the bathroom.

She ran into Tom head-on as she came out of the bathroom, and he seemed ready too. Two hours later, their heavy suitcases were loaded into the Grangers' car, with Mr. Granger driving, Tom in the passenger seat, and Hermione and Mrs. Granger sitting side by side in the back. The four of them set off together.

Luckily today, there was no traffic jam around the train station, and they arrived at King's Cross at half past ten. Mr. Granger put their luggage on the trolley and helped them push through the station. European railway stations are slightly different from domestic ones. They do not have the step of security check at all, nor the concept of ticket office. A few steps from the outside are the platforms where the train stops.

The Grangers stopped between platforms 9 and 10.

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

Looking around, there was a big 9-character plastic sign hanging on one platform, and a big 10-character plastic sign hanging on the other platform, and there was nothing in between except the two rails.

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

They saw the family standing by the wall, then they glanced around furtively, and then they leaned against the wall—they disappeared.

"I think that's where the entrance is." Tom saw a man dressed as a guard approaching them, and hurriedly said, "Come on, don't miss the train to Hogwarts."

Hearing the words of Hogwarts, the guard stopped and walked in another 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, plump woman with flaming red hair. They were also pushing carts of suitcases with an owl on them.

Tom smiled at them, and the fat woman in the lead also smiled back and made a gesture to let them go first. So he and the Hermione father and daughter looked at the wall, which looked solid, took a deep breath, and then trotted all the way. ' went through the wall and came to platform 9?

A dark red steam locomotive was parked on the platform, and the platform was full of passengers with large and small bags. The sign on the train reads: Hogwarts Express.

Coming to this platform, it is as if traveling back a hundred years ago. The thick smoke of steam locomotives lingers on the platform. There are buzzing voices everywhere and the chirping of pets brought by little wizards and their families. The first few carriages It was crowded with students, some leaning out of the car windows to talk to their families, and some scoffing in their seats.

The moment he stepped into this place, a reminder of the task progress change came in Tom's mind. The progress of the second stage of the worldly leisure task he accepted before has changed from 0/2 to 1/2.

Platform 9? of King's Cross is also unlocked.

Hermione was saying goodbye to her father, and Mr. Granger hugged her tightly, then kissed her on the forehead, by which time Tom had taken all the luggage into the car.

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

"Hermione, this way!" Tom found an empty box, he stepped up, opened the door of the box, put the suitcase on the luggage rack, and then took Hermione and him one by one. carried the luggage.

"Thank you for your hard work." Hermione smiled apologetically. UU Reading She took out a fresh-keeping box from her bag, "Come on, I'll treat you to strawberries."

In Hermione's eyes, there was no such thing as a legitimate idea for boys to move things to girls. Even in England, where gentlemanly manners were popular, there was no reason for seven or eight boys to move dormitories for the entire class of thirty or so girls.

The two soon sat down face to face in the carriage.

Hermione looked out the window and found that Mr. Granger had drowned in the crowd. What caught her eye was the group of red-haired people she had met earlier. One of them was a pair of twins who were helping people move boxes. The stocky lady was wiping the nose of her youngest child.

A red-haired youth wearing a black Hogwarts robe and a silver letter P pinned to his chest is talking to them...

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

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

The corner of Hermione's eyes became hot, and a crystal tear dripped from the corner of her eye. But before it could swipe across his cheek, it was sucked away by a tissue. She saw Tom staring at her with 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, who saw her at once, and waved goodbye to her, until the train turned the corner and they couldn't see each other. .