Later that evening both Harry and Hagrid sat eating supper.
"Why'd Trixie have to go?" Harry asks taking a mouthful of his soup.
"She err she had to go, her err friend doesn't like her staying out to long"
"Friend? Do you mean an owner?" Harry asks but Hagrid didn't answer.
"She used to visit me a lot, her and another cat, a tabby one. But the tabby didn't come as much as Trixie. she was the only friend I had" Harry mutters looking down at his soup.
"I always thought she was a stray , I didn't know she had an owner, then again she was always well kept. I didn't know she could talk either."
"Yes well ye'r have to keep the part about her talking...quiet."
"Why Hagrid?"
"'Cause ye do." Hagrid looked at the boy.

"Hagrid who is her owner?" Harry tilted his head to the side.
"I suppose you could say...Professor Mcgonagall" Hagrid smiles slightly.
"Professor Mcgonagall?" Harry repeats, looking at the half giant.
"No, I shouldn't of said that" Hagrid mumbles
"she ain't got no owner she's her own owner" Hagrid adds.

Harry looks at Hagrid then at his soup and decided to change the subject.
"He killed my parents, didn't he? The one who gave me this. You know, Hagrid, I know you do."
Hagrid Sighs and pushes the bowl away "First, and understand this, Harry, 'cause it's very important. Not all wizards are good. Some of them go bad. A few years ago there was one wizard who went as bad as you can go. And his name was V-...his name was V-..." Hagrid stutters, trying to say his name
"do you want to write it down Hagrid?" Harry asks?
"No, I...I can't spell it...His name was" Hagrid takes a deep breath " His name was Voldemort."

***

Minerva sat at her desk in her office, going over her schedule, making sure everything was ready for today. Bella quietly enters the elder witches office and closes the door behind her.
Minerva was to busy concentrating on what she was doing to notice Bella enter or to notice that Bella had turned herself into her cat form...that was until she jumped on the desk causing a few papers to fall to the floor. Minerva sighs "Bella, I need to go over this to make sure everything is complete before the students get here" Minerva just looks at Bella who lay across Minerva's desk trying to get comfier.
"Bellatrix" Minerva warns but couldn't help the smile on her lips when Bella meows and rolls on her back.

"You're a pain" Minerva smiles and Bella sat up and began nudging her head into the elder witches arm.
Bella purrs as Minerva gently strokes her, Bella then decides to climb up Minerva's arm and nuzzles into her neck. Minerva couldn't help but chuckle.

***

Meanwhile at London Train Station on a crossing bridge, Harry pushes his cart and owl  along the side of Hagrid.
A couple walk hand in hand, staring at Hagrid as they pass.
"What're you looking at?" Hagrid frowns causing the couple to quickly walk away.
He smiles then Looks at his watch
"Blimey, is that the time?? Sorry, Harry, I'm gonna have to leave you. Dumbledore'll be wanting his...well, he'll be wanting to see me. Now, uh, your train leaves in 10 minutes. Here's your ticket. Stick to it, Harry that's very important. Stick to your ticket." Hagrid hands the boy his ticket, Harry looks at his golden ticket.
"Platform 9 3/4? But Hagrid, there must be a mistake. This says Platform 9 3/4. There's no such thing...is there?" Harry looks up and Hagrid has vanished. He sighs and continues to push his cart. He wonders if he'll see the cat again, he really did miss that little feline...after all it was his first ever friend before meeting Hagrid it was just her.

Harry walks down a lane between trains. Many people were rushing around pushing past.
Harry asked a few people for the platform
9 3/4 But they just ignored him or gave him funny looks. Harry sighs when he notices a woman, a young girl , and four boys walk by, pushing carts.

"It's the same year after year. Always packed with Muggles, of course."  The red headed woman said.
Harry furrowed his brows, slightly confused.
"Come on. Platform 9 3/4this way! All right, Percy, you first." She adds as a tall boy with red hair comes forward and runs towards a brick wall And disappears.
Harry's eyes widen in shock, completely amazed by what just happened.

"Fred, you next." The woman looks at the boy who looks identical to the one beside him.
"He's not Fred, I am!" Said the other twin.
"Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother!"
"Oh, I'm sorry, George."
"I'm only joking. I am Fred." The boy grins then runs through the wall, and is followed by his twin brother.

Harry shakes his head in disbelief, he moves towards the woman who had one son and a daughter left.
"Excuse me! C-could you tell me how to..."
"How to get on the platform? Yes, not to worry, dear. It's Ron's first time to Hogwarts as well." The woman pats Ron's shoulder. "Now, all you've got to do is walk straight at the wall between platforms 9 and 10. Best do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous." She smiles.
"Good luck." The younger girl smiles shyly.

Harry smiles at the girl then takes a breath and runs at the wall. He shuts his eyes and emerges on the other side a magnificent station with a red train and bundles of people. A whistle blows, and Harry sighs with relief.
He waits for the red headed boy then they both board the train.
The pair sit silently in the cart until Ron speaks up.

"I'm Ron, by the way. Ron Weasley. And that was my mother and little sister" he smiles
"I'm Harry. Harry Potter." Harry returns the smile.
Ron's eyes widen "So-so it's true?! I mean, do you really have the...the..." the boy stutters.
"The what?"
"Scar...?" Ron whispers
"Oh, yeah." Harry grins as he lifts his hair.
"Wicked." Ron said as a trolley comes by the compartment, full of sweets
"Anything off the trolley, dears?" Smiles The woman.
Ron holds up mushed sandwiches "No, thanks, I'm all set." He pulls a face of slight disgust at the sandwiches.
Harry smiles and pulls out some coins "We'll take six of everything please"
Ron raises his eyebrows but smiles at his new friend.

The pair sat side by side eating bundles of sweets. Ron's rat, is perched on Ron's knee, with a box over its head and munching away.
"Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans?" Harry tilts his head to the side.
"And They mean every flavour! There's chocolate and peppermint, and there's also spinach, liver and tripe. George sweared he got a rotten sock-flavoured one once!" The boy said as he continued to eat his sweets but Harry quickly takes the bean he was chewing out of his mouth.
"These aren't real chocolate frogs, are they?" Harry asks looking at the blue and gold packaging.
" nah It's only a spell. Besides, it's the cards you want. Each pack's got a famous witch or wizard. I got about 500 meself." Ron watches as Harry opens the packing and unfortunately Harry wasn't quick enough to catch the frog as it jumps onto the window and climbs up, then leaps out the window and disappears.
"Oh, that's rotten luck. They've only got one good jump in them to begin with." Ron mutters as he opens his own, he catches the frog and shares it between them.
He looks at his card "I got Dumbledore... again, ya know I've got about 6 of him." Ron goes back to eating his chocolate.

Harry looks at his card, a beautiful black haired witch smiles and blows him a kiss then disappears.
"Hey, she's gone" Harry looked at Ron.
"Well, you can't expect her to hang around all day, can you?" Ron rolls his eyes " anyway who'd you get"
Harry hands him the card.
"Bellatrix Black! Lucky bugger, I haven't got one of her, I'd hold on to that mate, she's a rare card" Ron hands the card back as his rat squeakes "This is Scabbers, by the way, pitiful, isn't he?
"Just a little bit." Harry smiles

"Fred gave me a spell as to turn him yellow. Want to see?"
"Yeah!" Harry said eagerly
"Ahem. Sun-" Ron clears her throat just as a girl with bushy brown hair appears at the doorway.
"Has anyone seen a toad? A boy named Neville's lost one." She said as both boys looked at one another and shook their heads
"No."
"Oh, are you doing magic? Let's see then." The girl smiles.
"Aghhhemm. Sunshine, daises, butter mellow, turn this stupid fat rat yellow!" Ron points the wand at the rat but nothing happens.
"Are you sure that's a real spell? Well, it's not very good, is it? Of course I've only tried a few simple spells myself, and they've all worked for me. For example..."Hermione goes over and sits across from Harry. She points her hand at his glasses and Harry tenses at this. "Oculus Reparo." The girl said and Harry's glasses, which noseband is no longer battered. Harry takes them off, amazed.

"That's better, isn't it?" The girl smiles when she notices Harry's scar "Holy Cricket, you're Harry Potter. I'm Hermione Granger...and you are...?" Hermione looks at Ron.
"I'm...Ron Weasley." The boy mutters with his face full of sweets.
"Pleasure...I'm sure" Hermione looks the boy up and down "You two better change into your robes. I expect we'll be arriving soon." She adds then Gets up and leaves, then comes back and looks at Ron. "You've got dirt, on your nose, by the way, did you know? Just there." She Points to where The dirt is and Ron scratches his nose rather embarrassed.

***

"Bella I do wish you'd move, the students will be here soon" Minerva puts her schedule into her drawer then shuts it. Bella sat upright on Minerva's desk then turned back into her human form.
She sat right in front of Minerva her long smooth legs were slightly parted and dangled off the desk, one leg each side of Minerva's chair.
Minerva was thankful the girl wore a long dress however that didn't stop Minerva's nose from picking up the scent. At times like this Minerva really hated her strong sense of smell, because Bella smelt simply delicious.

Minerva swallows trying to look anywhere except the woman who sat right in front of her.
But that was very difficult to do when Bella decided to run her foot up along Minerva's arm.

"I think we should go now" Minerva abruptly stood up and started walking towards the door.
"Wait for me!" Bella yells as she jumps off the desk.