A/N: All the characters below belong to J.K. Rowling and Eloise belongs to me. I added some French in because I was taking it in school and well.. I thought it would be nice to finally put my meager vocabulary to use.
"Toot…. ToOT…. TOOT…." The toot of the Hogwarts Express was loud enough to drown out the chatter, last minute crying and sighs.
School at Hogwarts was going to start soon. Among all the students, perhaps only a handful of students were happy that school was going to start. The rest were just dreading it and/or wishing that the summer vacation was a bit longer. One of the few who was happy that school was going to start was Harry Potter. He was the only one grinning from ear to ear. Even Ron and Hermoine gave an audible sigh here and there.
As all of you should know, Harry hated the summer. This was because he spent it with his horrible relatives, the Dursleys. This summer was pretty ordinary, a couple of fights here and there with an occasional sound of glass breaking due to Dudley's tantrums (all in all, he threw out 3 MP3s, a Sega Dreamcast, a computer, and the best thing in the world, TheSims CD) but nothing more.
On the train, Hermoine was busy re-reading, Turning Back the Hands of Time, when Ron interrupted her saying," Wouldn't it be cool if we could actually turn back time and have another 3 months or maybe 2 months of summer more?"
Harry looked at Ron as if he was idiotic and crazy. He quickly snapped at Ron before Hermoine could give a factual reason why it could/could not happen.
"Are you starking mad??? Why on earth would we ever want more than 3 months of summer????? Maybe you do, but I don't. And I'm sure Hermoine would agree with me."
Hermonie opened her mouth and then shut it. She looked at Ron and then back at Harry.
"Well umm… you see… well… having a couple of days more of summer would be nice but ::lighting shooting out of Ron's eyes and Harry smiling smugly:: but school isn't that bad. I'm sorta looking forward to it." With that said, Hermoine quickly shut her mouth and buried her head back into her book.
"See!! I knew Hermoine would agree with me!!!"
"No she doesn't!!!"
"Yes she does!! Right Hermoine?"
Hermoine looked up and before she could reply, someone did already.
"Oui!! Oui!!! C'est vraimant!!! It is true!! If the summer was any longer I am sure I would scream and cry!! I'm sure your friend here would agree with you. N'est pas? Woo!! Excuse-moi. J'm apelle Eloise. My name is Eloise. Et vous??
I am a foreign exchange student from Beauxbaton."
"Ummm… My name is Harry and this is Ron and Hermoine. Oh and that guy sleeping there is Neville. See!! I told you people would agree with me!!"
"That's only one person, Harry. Besides we were talking about Hogwart students." replied Ron nastily. "Anyways, isn't there a way we could turn back time and make the summer longer, Hermoine? I'm sure you would know, seeing as you did turn back time before. Haven't you?"
"Well umm.. gee. Since you put it that way… I guess I could do it but umm.. it's really difficult and everything. (Hermoine begins to squirm in her seat. So, she decides to turn this conversation over to..)Harry! Wouldn't you agree with me? LOOK!! WE'RE THERE!!! CYA!!" with that, Hermoine bolted out the door and left.
"What a great friend." Harry mumbled. "Soooo…. Umm.."