As Harry came through the barrier onto platform 9 ¾ he noticed the looks that people shot at him. He was used to this however and he heard Sirius, his godfather and guardian, coming through the barrier laughing.

"Now what did you do?" Harry tried to look stern but failed utterly.

"You'll see. I put the magazine in your trunk. Read it on the train."

Harry continued to see the looks and instead of getting annoyed by them was actually rather pleased. He hadn't worked this hard to not get noticed.

Over the summer he had defeated Voldemort and had spent the rest of the summer working out. He already had a good body from playing Quidditch for so many years.

Living with Sirius had definitely helped. Under Sirius' guidance he had become very like his father James. Remus Lupin said that he was trying to bring James back through Harry. But Harry didn't mind. He felt like his father and even though he had been dead for almost 17 years he felt closer to his father than he had ever felt.

This was partly because Sirius and Remus spent the evenings telling him stories about the Marauders. How he had laughed! What a group they had been! He also came up with lots of pranks that he might be able to play on the school during his last year.

On his birthday he had received his Hogwarts letter and the badge telling him that not only was he the Gryffindor Quidditch Captain, he was Head Boy. That was, like, the greatest rank in the school. He now practically owned it. Oh yes!

As eh walked along the platform he knew he looked good. He had grown some more over the summer and he now stood at 6'3.

Lounging in the doorway of one of the compartments was Ron. He stood at 6'4 and a half and was freckled and slightly sunburnt from being on holiday somewhere hot.

"Hello Ron! I see you forgot the fact that you redheads tend to burn a lot easier than other skin tones. Well done! You now match your hair. I'm joking. It's good to see you!"

"You too mate! Have you seen Hermione around anywhere?"

"Nope. Why? Has she changed?"

"Hell yeah! She's stunning now. I don't know what she did over the summer but it definitely worked! She said she went looking for you."

The two boys shared a look. Since Ron had told Harry about Hermione's crush on him it seemed like she never left him alone. It was really annoying. However they had just spent the whole summer apart, so maybe she met someone…else.

"And I found him!" Hermione squealed from behind him.

The next moment Hermione had launched herself into Harry's arms and, had he not been so strong he would have fallen over with her, as he had always done in the past whenever she did this. Now he picked her up and twirled her around. She squealed again and cried for him to put her down this instant or pay the penalty.

"You really think you can challenge me, Hermione? I killed Voldy over the summer; you really think you're a match for me?"

She poked him in the ribs and he dropped her.

"You really have turned into the clone of your father. I blame Sirius for this."

"What've I done this time?" Sirius said coming over to them.

"You turned Harry into his father! Complete with arrogance and a head too big to fit on the train."

Ron laughed until he cried. Harry and Sirius shot Hermione the same disapproving look.

She flinched and hastened to board the train. Indeed she moved so fast that she collided with Ginny Weasley as she came to find the boys. She dusted herself off and stood next to her brother. Harry noticed that she was avoiding looking at him.

"Hi boys. What's up?"

"Nothing Gin."

"Hello Ginny." Harry said pointedly.

Now she condescended to look at him. Her mouth dropped visibly. Harry grinned. Oh yeah! He got it!

The train whistled and Harry clambered onto the train along with the rest of the students. Sirius waved as the train pulled out and Harry and Ron waved back until he Dissaperated.

Harry and Ron made their way up the corridor trying to find Hermione and Ginny. They assumed that they would be together as they liked to gossip together on the train. That was another thing that had changed about Hermione. Over the years they noticed that Hermione was becoming more like Lavender and Parvati than they liked.

Eventually they found them in a compartment near the back of the train. As soon as the boys entered they stopped talking abruptly. Ron looked at Harry and he looked right back. They were used to this situation. Whenever this happened they knew that the girls had been talking about them or telling girly secrets.

Every occupant in the compartment rolled their eyes at each other as they noted what the boys were thinking.

Harry pulled out the magazine that Sirius had told him about.

It was the Quibbler. The headline read "Harry Potter is GAY!"

He chuckled as he read it. Ron looked over his shoulder at the headline. He too laughed.

"Who would think that of you Harry? It's not true is it?"

"Of course not! I think I need to find Luna and get an explanation from her."

"Why Luna?"

"She wrote the article."