"Mom!" I whined, "I'm gonna miss the train!"
"Oh sorry, Delilah… Well I… I just can't believe your…. Your already sixteen! And going off for one of your final years at Hogwarts!" my mom said as she pulled me in for a hug.
My mom was normally not this emotional. In fact she was pretty awesome, but I was the youngest of her three daughters, and well, you get the picture. Anyway, it isn't easy to make her cry, but when she does cry, she BALLS, and at this point I was getting frustrated. I was going to miss the train! After what seemed like forever, my mother released me from her bone-crushing (yet still loving) grip, and I sped off with my trunk and my cat, Fizzy, to find my friends.
I got on the train with moments to spare and found the nearest window to wave goodbye. Once I was certain I couldn't see my mom anymore, I began my search down the crowded corridors to my friend's compartment. I passed a lot of people I knew from other houses, but I couldn't find the rare mix of burgundy and green. I was a Slytherin and so was my best friend, Scorpious, but in third year Scorp started dating Rose Weasley, and we began hanging out with the Gryffindors and never looked back. As I was looking for a compartment, I suddenly saw the familiar bobbing of a red head.
"Hugo!" I yelled down the crowded hallway. Hugo turned and smiled when he saw it was me calling for him.
"Hey, where's your sister?" I asked
"Oh, um, I think I saw her and Iris in a compartment one car down."
"OK… Thanks Hugo!" I yelled starting to walk away when I heard Hugo yell, "If you see Lily, tell her I went to the front of the train!"
"K!" was all I could yell before he disappeared from view. Hugo was always like a little brother to me. Seeing as Rose and I became friends in third year, I got to meet Hugo in his first along with Lily of course. I became friends with him almost instantly because we shared a mutual love of pranking. He for sure picked up on his uncle's knack for joking around.
Anyway, a few minutes later, I had found our compartment. I slid open the door and surveyed the scene around me. In one corner, Rose and Scorpious were huddled together without even oxygen between them, my best Slytherin girlfriend, Iris, reading a Witch Weekly magazine, and Lorcan and Albus (Gryffindors) debating two Quidditch teams. All was normal,… so I decided to ruin it.
My entrance had gone unnoticed by most other than Iris who gave me a smile and wave before returning to her magazine, so I took the opportunity to run over to the two lovebirds in the corner, push them apart, sit in between them, and all the while screaming, "MAKE ROOM FOR JESUS!"; however, after about the third or fourth time of me screaming, I was cut off by Scorpious yelling back at me, "Del! Do you really have to do that!"
Like my mom often cried, Scorpious often yelled, so I knew he was mad. So I smiled as sweetly as I could and said innocently, "Yes, I do. School term has officially started, and I don't think PDA would be a very good first detention. Now would it, Mr. Prefect?"
We stared each other down for about twenty more seconds. The entire cabin had fallen silent watching us, but Scorpious just had to interrupt our stare down by cracking up. He never could keep a straight face. Thus, started the chain reaction that ended up with everyone in our cabin cracking up.
Starting with Scorpious, I was passed from person to person saying hello and what not until I came to Albus who decided pull down on to his lap, kiss my cheek, then imitate what Rose and Scorpious looked like before (without the making out part).
"Albus! Not my best mate!" yelled Scorp.
"Well, sorry, we just wanted a little privacy… Oh wait! There are other people in hear!" Albus said making a face of fake shock. "Well I'm so sorry if Del's and myself's postion make you uncomfortable!"
Scorp rolled his eyes getting Albus's point and returned to his seat next to Rose, but this ime they were just holding hands.
I had been holding in a laugh during this, so I burst out laughing, and so the chain reaction started anew. I never really thought I'd get along with Albus. In first and second year, He had always seemed like diva type seeing how his last name is Potter, but in third year when we forced to hang out with each other due to Rose and Scorp, I actually found that we had a lot in common (excluding Quidditch… I can't fly a broom for my life). We became really good friends, and in the spring semester of third year, I met Lorcan Scamander.
Our group was a pretty popular one. It was understandable. Scorpious Malfoy, Albus Potter, Rose Weasley, Lorcan Scamander (or Lovegood), Iris Finnegan, and Delilah Zabini. We all had famous parents because they had all fought against Voldemort in the Second Wizarding War (my dad and scorp's dad just took longer to switch sides), but that's not why we became friends. We became friends because we actually liked one another. I hung out with Scorp long before Hogwarts because of our dads. I met Iris on the first day at school at the feast (we bonded over vanilla pudding). Rose came and tried to change herself to meet my standards for Scorp. That showed so much dedication in my book, so I accepted her right away. Albus came along with Rose, and Lorcan came along with Albus. We were all just a good fit.
After having a few laughs, the train came to a stop, and we all eagerly exited. I saw all the new first years heading to the boats. Among the first years were Louise Wealey, and twins, Fred and Roxanne Weasley. They were the last of the Potter/ Weasley clan to go, and I could see their excitement and nervousness clearly on their faces. But I quickly lost sight of them as I was being pulled by Iris to the carriages. We all knew the thestrals were there, but none of us could see them which I guess in the big picture is a good thing.
After ten minutes in the carriage, the giant Hogwarts Castle came into view. My friends and I stared in awe of the castle. Sixth time back here and it never gets old. We were back where we belong. We were home.
This is going to be a great year.
