Of Lions and Snakes
Chapter One
The engine spluttered and began to roar as the Hogwarts Express threatened to take flight with or without all of its passengers.
Molly Weasley stood on the platform with her husband, sobbing and kissing goodbye her two youngest children as well as Harry Potter and Hermione Grainger. The train gave one last warning and the four children hurriedly jumped onto the train.
As the train sped out of the station and away from Platform nine and three quarters, only Ginny Weasley was left, staring at the spot where her mother had just been. Ron reappeared and Ginny turned her attention to him.
"Why must she cry like that every time!" She asked exasperatedly.
He smiled fondly down at his little sister, already dressed in her school uniform. "Ah, you know mum. Come on, we'll go find a compartment for you." He said, still smiling at her. She smiled back and thought better than to tell him that she had plans to meet Dean.
They headed down the train and found Hermione on her way to the prefects lounge. "Ron there you are!" She began, but turned to Ginny instead. "So Gin, you excited about your OWLs this year?" Hermione asked enthusiastically.
"Erm, yeah I guess." Ginny replied, blushing a bit. Of course she wasn't looking forward to her OWLs, but she knew Hermione would not be satisfied by that answer.
"Well that's good. Oh, Ron, we need to be in the prefects lounge in five minutes." She stated in her matter-of-fact tone.
"Well, I was just helping Ginny find a compartment…" He began with a frown, but was cut off by Ginny.
"Oh, that's alright, Ron. You go with Hermione and I'll go find a compartment." She replied cheerfully.
"Well I guess…" Ron started, but was dragged away by Hermione, who turned around to give the younger girl a quick wink. Hermione and Ginny were good friends, and Hermione knew about Dean and their proposed meeting.
She watched her brother go until he was completely out of sight and then turned and headed to find Dean. As she searched for the compartment that Dean was in, she bumped into Harry. Then she realized that with Ron and Hermione off doing prefects business, Harry was all alone. He approached her.
"Fancy trying to find a compartment?"
"I can't, Harry, I said I'd meet Dean," said Ginny brightly. "See you later."
A/N: If you've read the Half Blood Prince, than you might have recognized that last conversation. Straight from the book, as this whole story will be. Hope you enjoyed it!