The day before school resumed, the weather turned treacherous. A snowstorm swept across London, and it took a long time for the Anderson family to reach King's Cross Station. The platform was desolate; no one wanted to linger in the bitter cold. Albert hurried through Platform 9 ¾ and boarded the Hogwarts Express.
The conditions inside the train were little better than outside. The aging locomotive offered no heating, and all the students were huddled together, shivering. Albert dragged his trunk down the corridor for a while before finding Lee Jordan warming himself by a fire in a compartment. When Albert slid the door open, Lee was holding his hands over a glass jar to catch the heat.
"What are you staring at?"
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