Harry Potter and the Return of Lockhart
Harry Potter is an 18 year old boy, who just
happens to have magical powers, and who blew up
his aunt, uncle, and cousin the summer before.
Therefore, he lives with his best friend, Ron Weasley.
He was enjoying his time with the Weasley's, he didn't
seem to mind the goblin in the attic, above Ron's room.
Before Harry knew, it was the morning of the day that
they were supposed to go back to Hogwarts.
Harry woke Ron up at 10:00 am. Mrs. Weasley asked
him to go and wake him up because they had an hour
until they had to go on the Hogwarts Express. "Ron, we
have to get going if we're going to catch the train, and
have time to get your new wand." "Okay, be downstairs
in a minute." Downstairs they saw Ginny, Fred, George,
Percy, and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley all eating breakfast.
Harry sat down next to Fred and George and said
"good morning." Fred thought he'd start a topic of
conversation, so he said, "How was it to blow up your
family members, Harry?" "Yeah. said George, "Was it
funny?" "I guess it was!" said Harry. Ron ended up
sitting between Percy and Ginny. All of a sudden, Ginny
said, "Ron, pass the butter!" "Good morning to you too!"
said Ron. "Ron, please pass the butter?" said Ginny.
"Fine, take the butter!" yelled Ron. He had a tone of
great annoyance in his voice. Across the table, Harry,
Fred, and George were silently eating their breakfast,
and had stopped any form of talking. All of a sudden,
Mr. Weasley said, "We should get going to Kings Cross."
Mrs. Weasley came into the kitchen and said, "It's
already 10:30. If you lot don't hurry you're going to
miss the train!" So, without cleaning the breakfast
dishes, they set off for Kings Cross Station to board
The Hogwarts Express.
When they got through the barrier that divided
Kings Cross with Platform 9 ¾ Percy went up front
with the Head Girl, because he is Head Boy. His girlfriend
is the Head Girl and her name is Penelope Clearwater.
Harry and Ron went to the storage compartment to
put Hedwig and Pigwidgeon with all the other owls.
When they were getting ready to go on the train
and find a seat, they saw Hermione with Crookshanks.
They said their usual hellos and went on the train and
yelled goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley through the
window. As they were searching for a compartment to
sit in for the ride to Hogwarts, they found their fellow
Gryffindors and classmates, Neville Longbottom and
Seamus Finnigan, also looking for a compartment.
Neville couldn't keep track of Trevor, as usual, so, he
was going to go look for him as soon as they got a seat.
They managed to find a compartment with only two
people. Those two people were Luna Lovegood, and
Ginny Weasley, Ron's younger sister. Hermione was the
first one to speak up, so she said, "Hi, everywhere else
is full, do you mind if we sit here?" Luna didn't respond,
she was too busy reading The Quibbler, but Ginny said,
"Sure." Harry, Ron, and Hermione decided to start a
topic of conversation. "So, who do you think Dumbledore
got for the job of Defense Against the Dark Arts this
year?" said Hermione. "I wonder if Snape got offered
the job." said Ron. "He probably didn't." said Hermione.
"I bet Snape got cheated out of the job, again." said
Harry. At that moment, Ginny decided to cut in. "That
would be funny if Dumbledore decided to get one of our
old DADA teachers back again." Luna had been silent the
whole time they were talking, and she now decided to
cut in. "I think all our Defense Against the Dark Arts
teachers were horrible." "Some of them were good."
said Harry, defensively. "But some of them were
horrible." said Hermione. The rest of the train ride to
Hogwarts was silent. When Ron couldn't stand the
silence any more, he said, "We'll just have to wait
until we get there, to find out who the new teacher is."
They finally got to Hogwarts and were happy to see
the giant shaped figure that was Hagrid. As usual, the
students took the horseless carriages up to the castle
for the annual sorting and welcoming feast. When they
got inside the Great Hall, they looked up at the staff
table and were surprised to see that Professor Lockhart
was back!