Summary: [Harry, Ron, Hermione, Draco, Ginny, Crabbe, Goyle, Pansy and the twins] get marooned in a car of the Hogwarts Express in a freak accident. Love, hate, senseless pranks? Read and review please!
Disclaimer: you must live in a hole if you don't know that the Harry Potter series is by J.K. Rowling and not me!
A/N: this is my second fic *dances around throwing confetti* so I try my best!!! And also, this will NOT be a Harry/Ginny fic, I personally can't quite stand them. So leave if that's what you want, to be blunt. :-P Reviews will sway romance interests otherwise, if you like. Enjoy!
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Harry grinned when we saw the faces of his two best friends ever, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. He broke into a run, dragging his trunks and owl on the trolley behind him, smiling like a madman.
"Harry!" Ron said happily. "Nice to see you again, mate!"
"Likewise," Harry said, slowing down. "Hey Hermione, I-" he stopped. Hermione had…definitely changed for the better. Her usually bushy hair was sleek and slightly wavy, her figure trim and curvy. She saw his expression and laughed.
"Permanent straightened, Harry," she said giggling, giving him a hug. "Welcome back."
"You too," Harry said grinning, having gotten over the shock. He looked at Ron and did a double take. Ron laughed. "You've changed too!" he said in shock. And indeed he had. He had grown at least another five inches, had filled out so that he had broad shoulders and was quite muscled. *Ron fans faint in delight. Janitor comes by and sweeps them up. {my own humor, sorry won't happen again!)*
"What, did you expect me to look like a red headed freckled baboon all my life?" Ron said in mock hurt. "I'm insulted Harry!"
"No offense meant Ronnie," Harry said sarcastically, and he crouched just in time out of the range of Ron's wand coming at him savagely. He ducked behind Hermione and bumped into someone. "Oh, sorry I didn't mean to-" The figure cut him off, giggling.
"Oh do shut up Harry!" Ginny Weasley said, coming out from behind Hermione. Her hair was now halfway down her back, and she was at least five foot six now. She too had changed for the better…
"Sorry," Harry mumbled again, all too aware of his flushing face. Ginny smiled and walked over to the Hogwarts Express, disappearing inside. Ron nudged him and Harry nearly fell over with the force.
"Oops, sorry 'bout that mate, but were you just checking out my baby sister?" Ron asked, grinning.
"No way!" Harry said quickly. "Errr…let's get on the train, shall we?" Hermione and Ron exchanged knowing glances and followed him on.
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Draco Malfoy walked onto the platform, wheeling his trolley out, a scowl plastered onto his face. "Ah, the Hogwarts Express…" he said sarcastically, and received a sharp pinch on the wrist from his mum. "Ouch Mother!" he said in exasperation. "You didn't have to come you know, you never did before," he added unnecessarily.
"I know that darling, but I decided to come for appearances sake, you know how it is..." Draco snorted. Damn right he knew how it was. He had been forced to go to that stupid Yule Ball last year with Prissy Pansy Parkinson because of appearances. He'd had to bribe the Slytherin team into letting him on when they really weren't accepting new players because of appearances. He'd hexed countless people because they annoyed him for appearances.
"Don't talk to me about keeping up appearances," he said shortly, and then violently ran through the barrier, crashing into something. He fell to the floor, a little dazed, and his hand immediately went up to check on his hair *A/N: sorry, sorry, couldn't resist! I love Draco as much as you people do!! Honest!!*. "Watch where you're going!" he spat angrily, and he got up with all the dignity he could muster. Draco looked at the offenders and did an inward double take.
"Sorry, our bad," one of the twins said, winking, his fake smile showing off his red hair more than ever..
"Yeah, won't happen again Sir Malfoy," the other one said smirking.
"It'd better not," he said snarling. They looked at each other and grinned mischievously. Draco didn't like the look of those identical grins.
"We'll see you at Hogwarts then!" they shouted over their shoulders as they walked away to the train, disappearing inside.
"Stupid inconsiderate mother fu-Mother!" Draco said in shock. His mother had appeared, a little disgruntled, behind him.
"Silly thing really, that barrier. They ought to buy the train station so those clueless Muggles wouldn't goggle at us all the time," she muttered, putting his gloves in her purse.
"Oh just go back Mother," Draco mumbled. When he saw that she wasn't moving, he sighed and pecked her on the cheek coldly. "I'm going on the train now. I'll see you at Easter break maybe." He picked up his trunk easily with his new more muscular build and walked onto the train, his Mother dabbing her eyes with a hankie for effect.
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"Crabbe! Goyle!! Oh boys!!" came a sing song voice. The two, who had previously been comparing bicep sizes, turned around stupidly.
"Uhhhh…..yeah?" Crabbe said thickly.
"Over here morons," the voice turned impatient and they turned to their right. Pansy Parkinson, resident slut of Slytherin house, stood there, hands on her curved hips. They goggled idiotically. She sighed in frustration and went up to Goyle.
"Where's Draco?"
Goyle shrugged. "Should be on the train right about now," he grunted. She raised a perfectly arched eyebrow.
"Weird that he would get on without telling me…or you guys for that matter. Aren't you like his henchmen or something?" she said, twirling her wand in one hand.
The two boulders compared uneasy glances. "Guess so." Crabbe said shortly.
"Just take me to him, all right?" she said exasperated. She smiled slyly. "I have a present for him." Utterly confused, they nodded. Could they get any stupider? She thought bitterly, following them onto the Hogwarts Express.
I know this is short, but I'm working on it! Next chapter I promise will be longer, and the plot will begin to form! This was sort of like an introduction really, showing you how the characters are like in my story. Please press the little blue button to the left and REVIEW it would mean so much to me! Flames welcome, I'm getting chilly…
