The next day there is chaos in Grimmauld Place, because the pupils have to leave for Hogwarts. Sirius accompanies them, transformed into a dog. They walk to the railway station, then everybody says goodbye and the train departs. George, Fred and Lee have to discuss something important and so they disappear. Ginny and Harry meet Neville and together they go to the compartment where Luna Lovegood sits, because every other one is occupied. Luna is reading a magazine, “The Quibbler”, upside-down and doesn’t pay attention to anyone, except to Harry. Neville has got a mimbulus mimbletonia, which sprays a bad smelling liquid. Cho appears in the compartment and disappears a moment later. Then Ron and Hermione arrive. They tell their friends who else has become a prefect, for instance Draco. In “The Quibbler”, there is an article about Sirius. Finally the train stops. This time Hagrid doesn’t fetch the first years. The Gryffindors drive to the castle in carriages, which are pulled by some kind of horses, that only a few pupils like Harry and Luna can see. Harry gets nervous by that fact.
