During the last few days of waiting for Hogwarts to start school, Alexander's heart was full of expectations. In fact, ever since he followed Maka to Diagon Alley that day, he had become extremely curious about the mysterious and surprising life of a wizard.
Talking to the dwarf goblins in Gringotts, being watched by a lot of owls in the pet shop, and buying books about magic learning in the secondhand shop - although because my family is not rich, many things can only be picked up second-hand. But in fact, for Alexander, this alone was enough to make him extremely excited.
So after going home that day and saying goodbye to Maka, Alexander held a rough-edged book and read it for a long time. He stayed in bed until late at night before falling asleep.
Of course, the most important thing was the brand new wand—it was the most expensive thing he purchased that day, and it was also an indispensable item for becoming a wizard. What surprised him the most was that that day in the wand shop, he actually made the wand shine with dazzling light!
Yes, it was at that moment that he suddenly realized that he, Alexander Wolfe, was also a real wizard!
And today, September 1st, the wizarding campus called "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" finally has its official opening day!
Alexander put on his clothes haphazardly, and before leaving the room, he carefully checked the mark on the calendar with his own eyes, and then ran out of the door with a red "Boom" all over his face.
"Alex, clean yourself up quickly and come over for breakfast!"
When he went downstairs, he saw his father standing at the table, pouring milk into the glass. Although breakfast was just ordinary hard bread, seeing his father greeting him as always was undoubtedly the scene he wanted to see the most.
"Good morning, Dad." "Well, good morning."
After saying good morning happily, Alexander ran to wash up.
Just last night, he and his father had a good conversation. During the conversation, he heard his father's plans for the rest of his life.
To be honest, it is very hard to raise a child alone. Fortunately, the appearance of the Hogwarts admission notice gave the father and son a choice. Hogwarts is free of tuition. As far as this is concerned, both Mr. Wolfe and the sensible Alexander are naturally relieved.
After Alexander goes to school, Mr. Wolfe will return to work and strive to enable his son to buy new textbooks and learning supplies every year.
For them, this is naturally a sad year, but it is also a year of starting a new life.
More than an hour later, Alexander and his father finished this simple but wonderful breakfast together, and the two of them went out and took the subway to the train station.
"Oh... Dad, I can be alone from now on!"
Standing on the platform of King's Cross Station, Alexander held the Hogwarts Express ticket in his hand and took the old suitcase from his father.
His luggage is very small, except for some things he bought in Diagon Alley, and only a small change of clothes. In the end, he realized that he didn't even fill the suitcase, so he put in the storybooks that his mother used to read to him when he was a child.
At this moment, Alexander said goodbye to his father, and finally turned around to look at the supporting wall pillars between the ninth platform and the tenth platform. Maka was not as careless as Hagrid. He would have entered the "nine and a quarter" The method of "Three Platforms" was told to Alexander.
But... if people are asked to "compete their head against a thick brick wall to see who is stronger," everyone will hesitate, right
"... Just walk boldly towards the wall. For wizards, it can be passed through smoothly."
Alexander recalled what Maka had said to him, gritted his teeth and was about to drag his suitcase forward when he suddenly heard an impatient voice coming from behind him.
"Hey, I said - if you don't want to leave, let me go first, okay?"
Alexander turned his head when he heard the sound, but found that at some point, a black-haired boy with a small side parted hair had stood behind him. Because the distance was really too close, he quickly took a step back and stood aside.
"You really don't want to leave?" The other party was at least half a head shorter than him, but he was surprisingly powerful and even vaguely arrogant. "... Then give way, I'll leave first."
After that, the young man passed directly by Alexander, holding the cart full of luggage with one hand and "ramming" it into the wall pillar with a sudden stride. And the next moment, the other person blended effortlessly into the brick wall and disappeared.
Alexander subconsciously looked around and found that although there was a flow of people coming and going, no one seemed to notice the strange scene here.
He blinked, then took a deep breath, grabbed his suitcase and rushed in.
He didn't feel anything - he thought he was about to have another novel experience in his life that ordinary people couldn't experience! But when walking through a brick wall, it was just like walking in an open space. Every time I closed and opened my eyes, everything in my field of vision changed dramatically.
It could be seen that he was still surrounded by tourists, but their clothes had completely changed.
The platform sign was located just above Alexander's head, with the words "Platform Nine and Three-Quarters" written on it. On the tracks at the outer edge of the platform, a dark red steam train was parked there motionless. Many boys and girls who were older than him or about the same age as him were saying goodbye to their families, and then boarded one after another. train.
There are really a lot of people here, and they are even noisier than before. There is no order in the chaos.
Of course, in addition to people, there are also various small creatures everywhere on the platform. Alexander knew that the list of necessities also reminded people that they could bring their own pets, but his family didn't have the extra money to buy an owl or a toad! Rather than buying a pet, it would be more appropriate to keep a replenishment of parchment and ink.
"...Harry, I'm sorry! I have to go fulfill my 'prefect duties'! Haha!"
"Shut up! If you don't want the freshmen to laugh at your crooked back molars, then don't smile like a fool here!"
"Hermione is right, Ron... Although I don't mind you showing off your prefect badge to me, I have to say that your back molars are a bit damaging to your 'glorious image'."
"Stop talking about my back molar, it's innocent—"
Vaguely, Alexander heard a few conversations coming from the crowd in front of him, and then there was a lot of laughter. Although he didn't see any "rear molars", the picture he imagined in his mind made him grin. And at this moment, he suddenly spotted the back of the little guy who looked a little "tangled" in front of him.
In this strange wizarding world, he knew Maka from beginning to end. Now that he didn't know anyone around him, he naturally followed the only boy he had talked to.
He thought there were enough people on the platform, but Alexander didn't expect that there were obviously more people in the carriage. It seemed that it took a lot of time to say goodbye to my father at the pit stop on the "other side", so it was probably not too early now.
He struggled to drag his suitcase and walked towards the second half of the train. After passing several crowded carriages, the number of people in the aisle gradually decreased.
However, the boy walking in front still did not choose a box to enter, but continued to walk to the back - there were obviously many empty seats from here on out.
Alexander paused in the aisle, first glanced at a box that was not full, then at the boy's back, and finally chose to follow him.
He was a child with great curiosity, and he had already developed a desire to find out more about that future classmate who didn't speak well.
After passing several carriages in a row, until there was no way to go further, the little guy turned around and walked into the last box. Seeing this, Alexander couldn't help but speed up a bit, and then followed him into the box.
"Why are you following me?" As soon as he walked in, a question hit him on the head, "There are so many empty private rooms in front, why did you insist on picking mine? Do you want to find trouble?"
Alexander was stunned when he heard this. To be honest, he still wanted to ask this question! Why did this guy fight his way from the compartment near the front of the car to the back of the car without hesitation
"Oh, um..." he thought for a moment, "because it's quiet here?"
Naturally, Alexander came up with this reason at random, and he really had no better excuse. But unexpectedly, the other party looked him up and down, and then stared at him with a look like "Huh? You know it too!"
Soon, the two of them put away their luggage and sat down facing each other.
That guy is obviously not the kind of boy who likes to talk nonsense. After all, he is a guy who can run all the way to the back of a car just for a moment of "quietness." Now that Alexander saw this, of course it was not easy to take the initiative to speak.
But as Maka said, they had to spend the whole day on the train, so it was a bit awkward just sitting there.
"Uh... From today on, we are classmates," Alexander tentatively said, "My name is Alexander Wolfe, what's yours?"
"Huh?" Xiaofencun snorted impatiently, "Ens Tavon."