"Uwahh, I'm going to be late!"

Running down the stairs with her suitcases in hand, Marry Kozakura took a sharp turn into the kitchen, her hair still messy from just getting out of bed and her dress lopsided. Taking a look at her daughter, Shion chuckled, shaking her head. "If you got up when I told you to, then we wouldn't have had this problem."

"Motheeeerrr!" The young girl wailed, racing upstairs to make sure she had everything packed. "Text books, robes, wand, hat. Anything else?"

After deciding that she was, indeed, all packed and ready to go, Marry ran back downstairs, tripping in the process. "Uwah!"

"Are you alright?" Shion called out from the den, using her wand to lift the suitcases to the car. Not waiting for an answer, Shion shook her head at Marry, who was lying in a heap on the ground. "Are you seriously going to wear that?"

Getting up quickly and sniffling, her eyes tearing up at the sharp pain she was feeling in her knee, Marry nodded, smoothing down her blue dress. "It won't matter anyways, mother. I'll be changing in my school robes on the train!"

Shion sighed, smiling softly at her daughter. "Marry, are you sure you want to go to school? I can still home school you if you want, it's not too late to change your mind!" she said, hoping her daughter would change her mind and decide to stay home for at least another year.

Shaking her head in such a way her white hair swung everywhere, Marry frowned. "I don't want to be home schooled anymore! I'm 14, I want to be able to make friends and experience an actual school life!"

Of course, Marry had no intention of actually making friends since she had bad social anxiety, but it was true that she wanted to experience life at Haze Daze Academy for Witchcraft and Wizardry. After hearing stories from her mother about her school life (as Shion DID go to that school), it made her excited to experience her own. Of course, since she was home schooled for three years, she was transferring into her fourth year, which was (apparently) an oddity. Nonetheless, it would be a lie to say that she wasn't excited.

Realizing that her daughter wouldn't budge, Shion sighed and smiled, patting her head. "Alright then. Let's hurry up so you don't miss the train."

Rushing out to the car, the two rushed to the train station, arriving in only 5 minutes.

"Platform 9 and 3/4... Mother, that platform doesn't exist!"

Chuckling, Shion patted Marry's head again, helping her unload her luggage and put it on an available cart. "I'll show you how it's done," she said, and after closing the door and locking the car, she pushed the cart to the station, Marry trailing right behind her. "Just follow me."

Complying with her mother, the albino girl followed her until they got to a brick wall, and Marry looked up at her mother as if it was just a joke. "Ah...?"

After glancing at her daughter and seeing the confused look on her face, Shion smiled at her. "Follow my lead."

When she said that, she turned forward, and without glancing backwards at her daughter, she pushed the carts right into the brick wall and... Vanished.

Just barely containing a gasp, Marry glanced at the wall with wide eyes where her mother just was, and before fully comprehending the situation, a girl tapped her shoulder.

"You alright, miss?"

It was a boy with dark hair and topaz eyes, and he had a smile on his face as if to say, 'don't worry, everything will be just fine'. Not being able to reply, Marry stammered out random syllables, unable to actually say anything intelligible.

"Is this your first time going through the wall?" he asked, gesturing towards the wall in which her mother had disappeared in. Marry nodded mutely, her pink eyes round with surprise. "All you have to do is walk through, don't worry! You won't get hurt!"

Not wanting to have to actually be forced to say anything, Marry managed to mumble a small "thank you" before turning around and running to and through the wall, for once not tripping over anything in her brown boots.

Once she ran through the wall, her already wide eyes widened even more, taking in the scene before her. She was no longer in the mundane train station, but in a bustling station full of wizards and witches much like herself. "Whoa," Marry breathed, unable to say anything else.

"Marry!"

Not too far away was Shion, who was waving. "Over here! I want to see you one last time before you board the train."

Marry ambled towards her mother, taking care not to trip as she threw herself at the older woman. "I'm going to miss you," she whispered, burying her face into her mother's shoulder. Her mother petted her hair, sighing lightly.

"I'll miss you too," she replied, letting go. "Make sure to come home for Christmas, alright? And make sure to write me daily, or at least every other day, and don't forget to make friends and be nice and-"

Marry cut her off. "I'll be fine, mother."

Shion sighed again, softly looking at the 14 year old. "I know you will, dear. I'm just worried."

Before Marry could respond to her mother's comment, the train whistled, signalling that it was going to be leaving the station soon. "Ah, I'll make sure to send you an owl as soon as I get settled in, alright?"

Shion nodded, rumpling the albino's hair. "Alright. Your luggage is already on the train, and it should be in whichever house you're in when you get to the castle. Be careful, alright?"

Marry nodded once, before kissing Shion's cheek and rushing onto the train, ready to finally begin the school life she had always dreamed of.