Chapter 6, brings Harry to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters and has us meet many of our favorite characters! Featured bands include: Roonil Wazlib, Harry and the Potters, RiddleTM, Ginny and the Weasleys, Gred and Forge, Ollivander, Draco and the Malfoys, Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons, Oliver Boyd and the Rememberalls, Tonks and the Aurors, How Airplanes Fly, Solitary Snape, and Lauren Fairweather. 

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Chapter 6: The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters

Harry’s last month with the Dursleys is both relieving and depressing. His aunt and uncle pretend that Harry isn’t there, and Dudley has become so scared of his cousin that he refuses to be anywhere near him. Harry keeps to himself in the smallest bedroom with Hedwig for company as he reads through his new books.

The day before he is due to leave, Harry asks Uncle Vernon to take him to King’s Cross Station.[“Leaving for Hogwarts” by Roonil Wazlib] Uncle Vernon agrees to take him but ridicules him for saying he is to leave from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, as is marked on the ticket Hagrid gave him. [“Platform 9 and 3/4? by Harry and the Potters] 

The next day, the Dursleys abandon Harry at the station and as they pulled away in their car, started laughing, leaving Harry quite stumped. [“This is Goodbye” by Riddle™]  He stands between Platforms Nine and Ten, wondering how to find Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. Finally, he overhears some people mention Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry; it is a family of red-haired children who seem to be bound for the school. [“Too Young (to Go to Hogwarts)” by Ginny and the Weasleys];  [“F.Y.I.” by Gred and Forge] He asks the mother, Mrs. Wealsey, for help, and she tells him to run through the barrier between platforms nine and ten. Harry does so, and he is astonished to find the train to Hogwarts on the other side of the station. [“Turn It Up (To 9 & ¾)” by Ollivander] Harry, then, boards the Hogwarts Express. [“Hogwarts Express” by Draco and the Malfoys]

On the train, Harry is introduced to Fred and George Weasley, twins who are returning to school for their third year, and to their younger brother Ron, another student who will be starting at Hogwarts. [“What Mama Don’t Know” by Gred and Forge]; [“Going to Hogwarts” by Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons];  [“The Boy Who Lived” by Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls] They have another brother, Percy, who is returning for his fifth year as a Prefect, and there are two elder Weasley brothers who have already left school. [“Weasley Brothers” by Tonks and the Aurors] 

The Weasley family is poor, and Ron cannot afford the pastries sold on the train, so Harry buys a lot with his newfound wealth and shares them with Ron. Ron introduces Harry to such details of wizard life as Quidditch, Famous Witches and Wizards cards, and Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans. [“Bertie Botts” by Harry and the Potters] One of the cards bears the picture of Albus Dumbledore. [“Chocolate Frog Card” by How Airplanes Fly];  [“Treavor the Toad” by Roonil Wazlib] Harry also meets a somewhat annoying, overachieving girl named Hermione Granger [“Bookworm” by Roonil Wazlib] and sees again the unpleasant boy from the uniform shop, whose name is Draco Malfoy, this time with his buddies, Crabbe and Goyle. [“Crabbe and Goyle” by Solitary Snape] 

After Draco makes some rude comments about Ron, Harry rejects Draco’s offer to advise him about associating with the right kind of wizards. [“Your Family Is Poor” by Draco and the Malfoys]; [“Why Won’t You Shake My Hand?” by Draco and the Malfoys]  All the students have heard of Harry, and Harry is not sure how to respond to his fame. 

The Hogwarts Express arrives at Hogsmeade Station, and Hagrid escorts the first-years across the Lake in boats where they catch their first glimpse of Hogwarts.  [“I’m Going to Hogwarts” by Lauren Fairweather]