"There's other wizarding schools besides Hogwarts, Beauxboutons, and Durmstrang?" Harry Potter asked Hermione incredulously. She nodded, grinning.
"They're small private ones, of course, and don't wish to be bothered by other schools or standards, so-"
"So that's why they weren't in the Triwizard Tournament last year." Ron cut in.
"Exactly. They told us all this in the prefect cabin," Hermione explained. "Like I said, one of those schools is called Zaurelie's Academy of Sorcery. An incident happened over there so their students will be coming to Hogwarts to continue their education."
"Are they on the train right now?" Harry asked, intrigued, sneaking a glance at the sliding door as if some foreign student would pass by any second. Hermione shook her head.
"They'll be coming to Hogwarts on their own, by way of parents or guardians. These students are used to private schooling remember, so they aren't quite like us. We prefects are supposed to help them adjust to the school."Harry took this all in, somewhat looking forward to meeting other witches and wizards his age. Suddenly, he stood up.
"Incident? Incident? Did they tell you what it was?" Harry asked. Hermione sighed, shaking her head.
"They refused to give us any more information, but they said something about the school being attacked. Now I don't know who would do such a thing, but--"
"Voldemort. It was Lord Voldemort," Harry said confidently.
"Not necessarily. Don't go jumping to conclusions now," Hermione reprimanded. Ron, who had been munching happily on some chocolate frogs, spoke with his mouth full.
"Werl who esh woo' id be Ermone?"
"Swallow, Ronald." He gulped down the rest of his chocolate and repeated himself. "Who else would it be, Hermione?"
She shrugged, then looked out the window.
"I guess we out to go now. We're almost at Hogwarts. See you later Harry." Ron nodded at him, following Hermione out of the cabin. Ginny came in just as they went out.
"Did you hear about what's happening with the students at Zaurelie's Academy?" She asked, sitting across from Harry.
"Yea, Hermione and Ron just filled me in. We'll be having some more kids at Hogwarts this year."
"I hear the students at Zaurelie's are very gifted," Ginny said mysteriously. "I hear that they're different than us, even more different from Muggles than we are."
"I didn't know that," Harry said.
"Yes.. they are not your normal witches and wizards. This is going to be one heck of a school year." Harry couldn't help but agree.
"One heck of a year."