Isaak and his family had just arrived at King's cross station, heading straight for the barrier between platform nine and ten. He remembered last year when he had first gone through the gateway to platform nine and three quarters. It was weird going through a barrier that looked to be made of solid stone, and he had been nervous the first time, but now he was completely calm with walking through.

"Mum, dad, can i walk through the gateway first?" Alexei asked their parents. the moment he asked that question, Dimitri cut in with an annoyed tone.

"But it was my turn to go through first this time" he said to their mother and father. this happened almost regularly, Dimitri and Alexei would get into a disagreement which meant that their parents had to stop.

"Now you two, this is Isaak's second year at Hogwarts and like last year, we are seeing him off as a family, which means we are going to let him go first" their father said in a calm voice, and both of Isaak's brothers nodded in response. his father then turned to him and motioned with his hands for him to go first.

"Well, lead the way son." Isaak pushed his cart with his school materials and his pet ferret Perun, towards the stone column between platform nine and ten. he came up to the stone and passed right through and was now on platform nine and three quarters. his parents and siblings soon followed and they beheld the wondrous sight of the Hogwarts express. his mother and father helped get his stuff on board the train. he then stepped off the train to give all of them hugs and say his goodbyes.

"I'm really going to miss you all" he said as he embraced his parents and then his siblings.

"We you make us proud my son" his mother told him and his father nodded in agreement. 

his sister smiled and said, "I can't wait until next year when I'll finally be allowed to attend Hogwarts."

Isaak smiled at his sister, "and when that happens, Hogwarts will have received a great student and you will make us proud as well."

Anastasia smiled and gave him another warm hug, "It will be nice having my older brother be at school, I won't feel as nervous."

"You won't be, as long as i am at school with you, i will do my best to help you if you needed" he told her. he shared a close bond with his younger sister, and they were pretty close. it was also helpful to be very caring for each other since their younger brothers could be a nuisance sometimes.

"Make us proud son, and remember, you are a Boyars, be proud of who you and where you come from" his father said with a sense of pride in his words.

"I will father, our ancestors will be proud of all your children and we will bring greatness to our family name" Isaak said smiling. His fathered beamed. Isaak really did love his family and he hoped to make them proud. he got on the steps to board the train and before going inside, he gave another wave to his family.

"See you on the holidays dear" his mother said, and he nodded.

"Goodbye, mum, goodbye dad, bye Anastasia, goodbye Dimitri, goodbye Alexei" he called to them.

"Goodbye Isaak" they all said together, and Isaak entered the train and went to look for a seat. for a moment he felt sad to be leaving his family, he had no relatives at Hogwarts but he hoped to make new friends this year. he decided to find a seat with the Slytherins since he didn't want to have to deal with the students from the other houses. he hoped that the place where he would sit would be by a window where he could give one last wave to his family as the train left the station. he was glad that at least this year he wouldn't have to deal with the nervousness of not knowing how the sorting ceremony would go.