After the unusually long (and uncomfortable) prefects meeting I went back to my carriage and to my surprise saw that Evie was still nowhere to be found. I decided to look for her, so I grabbed my stuff and made my way down the train, some people giving me funny looks as I walked past with my trunk and cat in my arms. I couldn't care less though, I was still to bewildered at the new system Dumbledore put in to 'encourage house unity among the prefects' seriously? It's so unfair, I get along with everyone perfectly fine, except for people in other houses sometimes, because we don't tend to mix. Okay yeah so maybe he's got a point, but pairing me for patrols with Malfoy? That's really not on.

Okay so maybe you don't get what I'm on about, Hermione the head-girl (hehe alliteration, I'm so funny in my head) broke the news to us that we would have a patrol partner from a different house for the next year as a way to stop the house prejudice, of course when we all started to complain about it they just said it was Dumbledore's orders and that there is nothing we can do. They didn't mind to much as they had each other for partners, and got along fine. I had my fingers crossed for Weasley (as he seen alright, maybe a little strange sometimes) or Padma Patel, the Ravenclaw prefect. But no, the fates had it in for me as I got stuck with the school bully, Draco Malfoy.

I carried on making my way down the train, still fuming and looking in every compartment I came across when I finally saw my best friend. I didn't even look to see who was in the compartment with her, just burst in demanding where she had been all morning, then gave her a massive best friend hug. She returned my hug asking about my holidays, to which I shrugged, and then she explained why she had been absent from my life all morning, she had to talk to her brother. It was only then that I realised I was standing in a carriage of 7th year Slytherins, bugger. This was not the place for a lone Hufflepuff to be standing.

I quickly looked round Evie, said hello to her twin brother Blaise Zabini, and went to get out of the carriage as fast as I could. I was scared okay? Just as I was going out the door, it opened and I walked straight into a rock hard chest. I looked up to see Malfoy's smirk as he gazed down at me.

"Just couldn't keep away from me, could you Lukas?" he said in his husky drawl.

"You wish Malfoy, I came to see my best friend, not that it's any of your business, so why don't you just leave me alone!"

"There would be no fun it that though would there Lukas? I like getting you all hot and bothered"

With that I stamped on his foot to get his ruddy smirk off his face, then I stormed out of the carriage, I heard Evie follow me out and down the hall.

"It's not funny" I said, turning to see her trying to cover up her giggles.

"It is too" she replied still trying to hold her laughter in, "I thought you were about to explode you were so red, then the look in his face when you stormed off, it was priceless!"

With that my face started to twitch, and soon we were both rolling on the floor and laughing hysterically, soon I forgot what we were laughing at to begin with and we just ended up laughing at the looks on occasional passer-by's faces, we must have looked like such loons.

When the train finally arrived at Hogemeade station, I was starving and couldn't wait to get to the start of term feast, I think I started drooling just thinking about it. It was only when Evie started snapping her fingers in front of my face, and calling my name "Ari, Ari, Ariadne!" that I realised it was time to get on the carriages.

I had always loved the ride to Hogwarts, with the first glimpse of the castle and the horseless carriages, I had always wondered what pulled them until fifth year when Hagrid had given us a rather 'interesting' lesson on threstrals. I won't be forgetting that care of magical creatures' lesson in a hurry.

Anyway as I looked through the pouring rain at the castle I couldn't stop the grin from appearing on my face, I knew that I was going to make my final year at this castle one that I would never forget.