Time to go to Hogwarts

[Flicker]

I would like

a cat

, please and thank you.

[Flicker]

Can I get on the train and sit in the first empty compartment I see?

[Flicker]

You can and do. You find an empty compartment. As you sit down the door opens, a redheaded boy
comes in

"Anyone sitting there?" he asks, pointing at the seat opposite you.
"Everywhere else is full."

"No, you can sit there."

I'm awkward and silent for a few moments.

"Would you like to say hi to my cat, Fluffy?"

[Flicker]

"I'd rather keep any cats far away from Scabbers" He reaches inside his jacket and pulled out a fat gray rat, which was
asleep. He puts the rat back in his jacket and puts out a hand. "My name's Ron Weasley, what's your name?"

I shake his hand.

"I'm Lisa - uh, Lisa Turpin," I say. "I know, it's not a very good last name...

I curl some of my brown hair around my finger.

"Anyway, I'll make sure my cat stays away from Scabbers. She'll just be in her carrier over here."

My cat's in a solid carrier near the window on my side, with a blanket draped over it to keep her calmer on the journey.

"It's cool that you have a rat, anyway. I didn't know we could have them as pets, or maybe I'd have one, too!"

(This last part is a lie - cats rule and all other animals drool. But I'm trying to be nice.)

[Flicker]

I get lost getting off the train and wander in the wrong direction. I disappear, never to be seen again.

(And that's why Lisa Turpin is never mentioned in the books...)