Author note: this is my first fanfiction so don't go easy on me at all in the reviews this will be a Harry/ Multi only two people are guaranteed at this point and they will be fairly obvious
The Hogwarts express stood in all of its bright red glory puffing out smoke as it waited on the students to board. This glorious steam engine had made the trip to Hogsmeade several hundred times and would continue on to make several hundred more. A marvel to all of the magical world a steam engine hid amongst one of the largest London train stations completely unnoticed by the muggles.
The glory of the train was one of the first things Harry had noticed, though he did not know it's history he knew it was his ticket to a better life. He had known it since he had gotten his letter explaining so much and so little at the same time. A new world beyond the pale of the horribleness he had known all of his abused life. Harry stuffed his wand in his pocket as he tried to shuffle his meager possessions onto the train following the bright red hair of his new acquaintance Ronald Weasley, a first year just like Harry himself, to an empty compartment. Once inside Harry stashed his trunk above his head and Hedgwig, his beautiful snowy owl, by his feet before becoming comfortable enough to relax. Finally away from the Dursleys and his little room under the stairs he visibly sagged a strong face held for so long finally dropped off him, in those few seconds his face ages years. He looked across at Ron who was staring out the window at his mother and father who were waving the children off, and boy did they have children to wave off six Weasley boys were on the train today and one Weasley girl stood by her parents.
Long did Harry wonder what his first days would be like in this castle he had heard so much about it from Hagrid, a truly giant man who carried a pink umbrella concealing his wand, of the towering walls and the black lake that Hagrid claimer contains a giant squid and a colony of merpeople. A shuffling at the door caught his attention his mask of reservation sliding back over his face as a shorter girl with bushy brown hair peeked her head inside before shoving her way in with a sigh and an apology on her lips.
"I'm sorry to burst in here boys, but the other first year cabins are if..."
Her words dropped as she actually saw who was in the compartment and her mind whirred into action. This was Harry Potter, the-boy-who-lived seemed quite normal for such an extraordinary young man she noted, she needed to not muck this up as she was so apt to do. She looked back on her past, no friends outside of her books and stories as she had driven them all away with her words that carried to much meaning. Well this was her new beginning she would not be friendless here also!
"Why you're Harry Potter and oh your glasses, may I?"
She said as she placed her trunk under her feet and carried by her side a holder that a low growl was emanating from, upon closer inspection if one where to look they would see a pair of Amber eyes peering back at them. Her attention fixated on Harry and his red headed compatriot she realized quickly that the boys were staring at her wide eyed
"Oh I'm dreadfully sorry, I've forgotten to introduce myself, my name is Hermione Granger."
"Already messing up my chances" Hermione thought spitefully too herself, truly she expected better of herself she shouldn't have gotten so excited. She needed to just calm down and use her head.
The other occupants of the cabin looked at this new girl in much different ways Ron honestly couldn't care less of this girl he was waiting on the snack trolley to come round for some every flavor beans and chocolate frogs. Harry on the other hand couldn't really turn away from this rather interesting girl. She knew him? Knew who he was when he had only just learned himself, hopefully this would not be a common occurrence he didn't know how he would deal with a lot of attention.
"Well as you know I'm Harry, and how would you go about doing anything to my glasses? I must admit I've been kept from magic for most of my life." Harry replied to Hermione's question of his glasses, the poor things glass was chipped on the right lens, the left ear holder bent out of shape, and held together in the middle by some tape it truly was a shabby display. He looked at Hermione with a hint of amusement as he held out his glasses to her after sliding them down from his face.
He attempted to see the motion Hermione used to perform the spell, but his vision was truly atrocious without his glasses. He did however hear the incantation "Oculus Repairo" chanted to his right and then his glasses placed back in his hand with a light brush of fingers across his forehead. Glasses back on his face he could see Ron finally paying attention to them with a grin and a thumbs up, Hermione however was slightly flushed as her voice shook out a " How are they Harry? Everything the way it should be.
Damn my shaking voice was all Hermione could think as she mentally slapped herself, let alone how she let he fingers linger a second longer than was appropriate when she gave him back his glasses. After what felt like an eternity Harry nodded his head and smiled at her she smiled back at him almost immediately. Relief washing over her as she leaned back and relaxed her head on the seat-back.
Harry watched as Hermione's rigidity faded after he confirmed his glasses were alright. Truly an interesting pair he had met in his first hours of magic schooling he would have to learn much about this new world though for now it was relaxation time before they reached the end of the railway.
Sadly it was not to be that Harry Potter would be able to rest on the train to Hogsmeade.
"Sweats here dearies, caramelized pineapple, lemon drops, chocolate frogs, Berty Bots Every Flavor Beans and every other sweat wizarding Britain can offer!" Harry raised from his seat at the same time Ron did but Harry waved for him to sit back down as he pulled out a sack of coins, obtained in Diagon Alley after the goblin that had taken him to his vault offered a bottomless coin purse to carry a portion of his vaults funds, and began paying the lady for a few chocolate frogs, a box of Berties Beans for Ron, and after a look at Hermione who seemed to be looking anywhere but at me a small packet of Red Vines. He handed the charming old lady her coins and threw the candies to his two friends, but didn't get to move from the hall back into his cabin before he heard a crash from behind him and a rather high pitched drawl.
"Potter! Hold there a moment would you?"
A boy with slicked back blonde hair and two larger boys skulking behind him approached,one of which had caused the cart to crash as he shoved it out of the way. The old lady wailed loudly as her honestly rather rickety cart was threatening to break into pieces. Harry fearing the cart to fall braced himself against it and called out
"Hermione does that spell you cast work on things besides glasses?"
Hermione stuck her head outside the compartment and upon seeing Harry's predicament told him
"Yes Harry simply state Repairo and make a V with one leg slightly higher and move inward towards the middle."
Harry's first attempt at the spell did nothing except spit out some light blue sparks, his second attempt saw the cart repaired as a prefect came running toward them demanding to know what happened. Harry stood bye ready to receive his punishment for interfering as Malfoy and one of his giant friends slunk into a near bye cabin filled with people in green robes clearly abandoning their friend.
A slight nudge on Harry's shoulder brought him back to the real world as the prefect was staring at him impatiently clearly waiting on a response. When she saw she would get no such response she turned to the trolley lady, now given a name of Miss Southerly, quickly began her story
"Well dearie I was moving my cart along after selling some candy to this young man here." At this point she paused her recount to gesture towards Harry who nodded his head corroborating her story. "And after the young man paid me this one over here." She took a moment to point a finger accusingly at the large brute. "Shoved my Trolley into the wall breaking the support on the right side, but luckily this young man being quick witted braced himself against it holding it up. After receiving instructions on how to do a repair charm he cast the spell on his second attempt and then you came running."
The prefect nodded her head before turning to the larger boy and grabbing him by the ear before dragging him behind her "You will be receiving detention for this, and you will be gaining 5 points for quick wit to whichever house you get sorted into Mr... Potter." With that final statement she was gone down the hallway still dragging the large boy by the ear.
Harry shuffled back into the compartment Hermione, Ron and he had claimed and was immediately met with a "Bloody well done mate, true Gryffindor bravery." Ron was clapping him on the back during his congratulations. Hermione spoke up quickly "More like Ravenclaw quick wit, if he hadn't made the connection of my spell being a modified version of another that trolley was definitely going on the floor along with all those sweets."
She was met with a blank stare from Ron and a shy grin from Harry.
"Whatever you call it all I can see this being is trouble. That blonde haired boy didn't seem to happy when his friend got caught." Harry said as he once again made himself comfortable slowly slipping into a deep sleep.