Chapter 1:The Train Trouble
Harry walked into the dining area of the Leaky Cauldron after grabbing his trunk and shoving it in the pile that was being loaded in the Ministry company cars. His sister Kami was reading in a corner. She looked like a high tech machine with her reading so fast and he knew that she would retain every little bit of that information. He rolled his eyes and looked to his left, Iris was chasing Ron around because he was making fun of Hermione's cat. Blake was in a corner trying to sleep and Hermione was at the other end of the table reading. It wasn't that typical for Hermione and Kami to not be reading at the same time. They found it absurd to waste time knowing that you could be learning something.
"Ready to load up?"Mr. Weasley asked everyone in a cheerful "Aren't you glad you're going back to school?" type of way. Everyone grunted a strained "yes" and started piling into the cars at random. Harry saved a seat next to himself in the car for his sister. Kami got into the car next to her brother and took out a book again. It was the Standard Book of Spells Grade 3 this year. Harry would've hoped that it'd be something more original seeing as that is what she read every single year on the train.
"This is for the car. I'll be reading Ancient Runes on the train. See, I'm almost done with this book."Kami told him guessing the question in Harry's mind.
"I wasn't going to ask."
"Sure you were, you know our minds are kind of branded together that way. I'm afraid that you aren't going to have many secrets around me."
"Uh huh, really sis?"
"Yep, just like how you can't stop thinking about-"
"Okay, okay I believe you. I don't need the world thinking the thoughts that are supposed to be engraved in my mind alone."
"Just as I can't help it that you can probably see my thoughts."
"Um…let's go down the list. Like the fact that you secretly really do-"
"Alright Harry, man pay back's a bitch."
"Here we are at the train station…again. Let's just hope that we can get through to the train this year."
"Hey I had nothing to do with that. I got through just fine."
"Sure Kami, that incident had nothing to do with you?"
"Correct, and it had everything to do with an evil plot, Voldemort and an old house elf that you set free." Harry rolled his eyes as he grabbed their trunks. He brought Kami's over to her and Kami handed Harry Hedwig. Kami and Harry ran through the barrier together and found their friends all squeezed into one compartment. Three on each side as usual. It was always crowded.
"It was the only one left I'm sorry Harry."Ron started gesturing to the man sitting in the compartment with them.
"I wonder what his name is?"Blake asked
"Professor R. J. Lupin."Kami said coming in.
"How'd you know that?" Ron asked
"It's on his briefcase."Kami pointed up to the briefcase.
They had a normal experience on the Hogwarts Express. Ordered Cauldron Cakes and Chocolate Frogs at noon and if that wasn't too good to be true Kami didn't know what was. Then she found out when the train hutted to a stop.
"What's going on?"Harry looked around.
"I'm so going to curse someone for doing this."Iris muttered and looked over at Blake who sank back in the corner of the compartment when the windows started turning to ice.
"Something is moving out there and I don't think it is anything pleasant." Blake said looking out the window before jumping towards the door. Then the compartment door swung open and there in the midst of the door was a hooded person…a dementor. He went over to Harry and Kami, obviously the two most vulnerable in the compartment. Harry heard his mother scream before the dementor disappeared. Kami heard her father scream before the dementor disappeared.
Professor Lupin had woken up and sent a stream of silver thread towards the dementor and it immediately backed away. Kami and Harry both had fainted. When Kami and Harry awoke Professor Lupin was standing over them urging them to eat chocolate.
After a lecture on the dementors Professor Lupin went up to the front to speak with the conductor. Harry was relieved to realize that he wasn't the only one who fainted during the attack. But upset to learn that the one who fainted was his sister.
Kami told them that dementors feed on happy thoughts only leaving you with the memories that haut your subconscious the most. Kami imagined that the scenes that they had pieced together were the last few moments of their parents lives, but strange enough they could only see one parent in one scene…not both. As they got into the carriages to the castle all that anyone could talk about was the attack. If you could even call it an attack.
No sooner than they got to the castle threshold did Professor McGonagall arrive and whisk Harry, Hermione, and Kami with her and told the other's to move along. What she wanted from them was anyone's guess.