The whistle of that bright red locomotive known as the Hogwarts Express was loud enough, one would think that the muggles outside would have heard it, as usual. The platform itself was swarmed in witches and wizards, some heading off to their first year, some to their last, and so many parents so excited to see their children go to such a wonderful school, under the greatest headmaster known to Hogwarts history, Professor Albus Dumbledore. Two wizards and one witch, recognizable by anyone with half a brain in particular went to find themselves a booth.
The three known as Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and Harry Potter sat by themselves, gaining the occasional gawking fan passing them by as they chatted amongst themselves about their summers. Harry, of course, mostly listened...He was unable to get away to the burrow that summer, despite his going into his fifth year of school. One would think Vernon and Petunia would just accept it, but they apparently had no better use of their time than to make Harry's as miserable as possible.
Harry glanced up as he saw a head of red hair passing by their booth on the train that even Ginny Weasley couldn't match. It hung halfway down her thighs in soft, yet somehow at the same time wild curls. She glanced back for something, allowing Harry's eyes to steal a look at her face...She was so familiar he could almost taste her name on his tongue, yet in the same moment, it was gone. Upon her lips rested a soft smile as a second girl came into view. They had similar faces, just enough that they were obviously sisters, possibly even twins, though the second girl's hair hung straight, and black as pitch. The two new females secured the booth across the way from the one occupied by Hermione, Ron, and Harry, chatting rather idly for a few moments before falling completely silent.
Ron tapped Harry's shoulder after several minutes of his being lost in thought. "Oi, Harry, you in there?," he asked, blinking. "Asked you a few times if you had any plans for the first weekend back at school."
Hermione nodded her agreement to Ron's statement. "We were planning on vising Hogsmeade and - .. Are you okay, Harry?"
Harry had, yet again, spaced out.. He'd seen her face somewhere before. It had to have been somewhere important, too. Somewhere warm, somewhere that gave off the feeling of security. He was finally snapped back to reality upon being shaken a little bit by Hermione.
"Harry, are you alright? You're spacing out a lot today," she said, the worry rather obvious on her face. Harry nodded to her.
"I'm fine, Hermione," he said, sitting back a little. "I guess just thinking some. So, what about Hogsmeade?"
Hermione rolled her eyes at him in the same way she'd done for so many years. "We're going this weekend, are you coming or not?"
"Depends on Quidditch practice," Harry replied, shrugging a bit. "If they're not starting right away, it sounds nice, I'm in."
Ron grinned and sat back. "You always end up needing a vacation from your vacation, don't you," he said, making more a statement than a question.
Harry laughed. "You try living with them for a summer..." He shook his head, clearing the thought from his mind as the trolly came by. Once again, he treated his friends... Those chocolate frogs were addictive, even if they tried to get away the second the package was opened. In the past few years, he'd learned to just hold his hand over the opening to catch it.
A second voice chorused with his at the question of if anyone wanted anything. It came from one of the girls in the booth across from them. Harry blinked and looked at the girl that spoke, finding it was the dark haired one. She met his eyes with strikingly familiar bottle green irises, and Harry nearly felt his heart freeze for a good second or two. He found himself looking at what he might have looked like, had he been born of the fairer sex.
[[Thank you for reading my first chapter! Please review it and let me know what you think so far. This is my first time writing a fanfic, so I hope I'm doing well. I'll write more soon!
The disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters except for the two new girls.]]
