This was a story I began working on awhile ago, but due to lack of interest I put it on the backburner. I know that a few of my readers have requested me to continue. You have no idea how awesome that make me feel.

I've decided to revamp the original story I had up here, and update a few of the older chapters. I hope you like it.

Evee

A New Beginning:

The train was steadily making it's way through the mountains and various landscapes. A few students could be found staring out their window marveling at each landmark as it passed them by, but most were laughing with friends, playing games, or munching on treats they had bought from the trolley as it had passed. Most compartments held about three to four students each, with a few here and there that held an uncomfortable five or six.

Dominic Ferra could be found in one of these compartments, only his held a group of seven. The thing was, none of this group looked all too upset about the cramping it was causing, they were having far too much fun to allow their crowded car to get the better of them. "Show us again Dom" one of the girls pleaded over the noise, talking about a trick that Dom had learned over summer break. Dom rolled his eyes with a smile "I've really got to get going, you know I'm supposed to be patrolling the train" there was laughter and Eric's voice could just be heard above it "I can't believe that they actually let you still be a prefect!" and again the car roared with laughter at the comment. Dom was tall, with only the slightest amount of muscle, his hair was kept short and the ends were slightly shaggy. He had deep green eyes and a handsome face, perhaps this was the reason he was considered so popular, but he wasn't really the type to obsess over his looks. He was the type of person who enjoyed making others laugh. Dom glanced towards Eric "and what is that supposed to mean?" the look on his face was supposed to look as if the comment had been offensive, but there was a smile on Dom's face that ruined the affect "it means that you aren't exactly one of the goody, follow the rules type, if you know what I mean" laughter again. "Maybe the headmistress thinks the other prefects need a good laugh" one of the girls, Amy, suggested. Dom shrugged, this was his seventh and final year at Hogwarts, and although he'd never allow any of his friends to know this, he actually enjoyed being a prefect.

Dom used this moment to slide out of the overpopulated compartment, he still had a smile on his face, he did enjoy his friends jokes, but it was nice to be out here where it wasn't so crowded. "Hey Dom!" he paused and sighed, fighting the urge to roll his eyes at the recognizable voice "oh.. Hey Hanna" he said, turning to face the girl. Hanna was tall for a girl, standing at about 5'8" she was thin and didn't have many curves. Her hair was a pretty chestnut color that fell down past her shoulders, but she usually had it swept up into a perfect ponytail, her eyes were large and hazel in color. She would have been considered a very pretty girl, if her snobbish, always follow the rules attitude didn't get in the way. Even now she resembled a mother who was scolding her son for being late for dinner, her hands were on her hips and she had a disapproving look on her face. "Where have you been? I've been looking all over for you, we're supposed to be walking the hallways ever half an hour."

Hanna was a sixth year Ravenclaw, and everything you'd expect a prefect to be, she was bossy, and had an extreme need to follow every rule no matter what. "Hey, I just lost track of time, take a breath, everything's going to be okay. It's not like anything happened." he said, patting her on the arm. Hanna huffed at his condescending attitude, pulling back from his touch "ugh.. I hate when you get that tone with me" she complained, crossing her arms across her chest, looking even more like a prudish mother. She dropped her arms with a sigh trying to sound calm, she continued "Look, I know your busy being popular and all, but have you seen Chloe by chance?" she asked and for once all dislike was put aside, there was true worry etched in her voice. Dom paused, raising a brow "er.. why would I know, she's supposed to be your best friend" Hanna rolled her eyes before turning away from him "ugh, never mind.. I don't get why they let you be a prefect…" she continued muttering about how infuriating Dom was as she started down the train's length again. Dom just shook his head before heading in the opposite direction.

The train was quiet for the most part, every now and then there would be a random student out, and he did get to break up a fight that was about to start between two second years, but other than that he was left to himself. His mind wandered off to what Hanna had asked him, about Chloe. It seemed odd that Hanna wouldn't already know where Chloe was, the two girls were always together whenever their houses allowed it. Chloe was a sixth year in the same house as him, Gryffindor. Dom had never actually spent any time talking to Chloe though, she was too quiet, and usually kept to herself. He had only ever really seen her with Hanna, well.. No, he reminded himself, she had spent the end of last year with some Slytherin guy, but he only remembered this because Hanna had come to him complaining about it. He rolled his eyes again, Hanna could be so annoying sometimes, even in memories. Though he wondered if maybe that's where Chloe could be found now, maybe that's why Hanna hadn't seen her, either way, he didn't see how this was any concern of his.

He heard a compartment door slide open behind him, he paused and glanced over his shoulder to see who had just come out. He smiled when he recognized the guy "oh, hey Pajo" he said, Pajo looked to the ground in a shy way and spoke softly "hi Dominic" Dom chuckled "I've told you before, call me Dom, everyone else does" Pajo blinked but smiled slightly "oh right, sorry". Enzio Pajo was a stout guy, only standing at about 5 and a half feet tall. His eyes were almond shape and a light brown in color, they matched his tanned asian skin perfectly. His black hair was thick and straight, falling down and covering one of his eyes. Dom took a step towards him so that he could glance into his compartment "wow, how did you manage to get a car all to yourself?" he asked in amazement, although he couldn't really be too surprised, Pajo kept to himself most often. He had never seen the guy talk to anyone other than himself before.

Pajo shrugged in reply to the question, saying nothing, continuing to stare at the ground instead. Dom often wondered how it was Pajo managed to get within his own house, Gryffindors were supposed to be notoriously fearless and proud, it was hard to imagine Pajo with any amount of bravery, but then he wasn't exactly like every other student. Pajo had transferred only a year earlier from Durmstrang, at first he had been a hot topic, everybody wanted to know more about him, and many would try to ask him about where he had come from, but he rarely responded. People grew bored of Pajo's mysterious life quickly, mostly because Pajo never went into enough detail for anyone to know much about him. Dom didn't want to know about this guys life, he was just being his usual friendly self, he often wondered why Pajo never spoke and found it odd that he'd be so shy coming from Durmstrang. Pajo responded to Dom more than anybody else and a friendship had bonded the two in an odd way. "We should be there soon" Dom commented, glancing out the window and noticing it getting dark, I should get to the front of the train with the rest of the prefects, but I'll see you at the feast" he said, patting the guys shoulder and starting back up along the train.