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so yeah chapter three the train journey please review

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When Harry and Draco boarded the Hogwarts express Harry looked at the students around them all giving him curious looks and whispering to their friends while pointing at him. He sighed he had expected this but it still annoyed him he was going to have to put a stop this soon, but now was the time they would learn eventually.

As the duo made their way down the train they found an empty compartment and took their seats. Draco sat opposite harry with his feet across the chair and his back up the window.

"So do you think you'll make Slytherin then Potter. " Asked Draco as he stroked Dolor, his pet snake, she was a twin headed black mamba snake. Although she had two heads she was one animal both heads were hers entirely. Technically a snake wasn't on the list of animals aloud at Hogwarts but many people took ones that weren't. Although she was a small snake a bite from either mouth could kill someone within seconds. Dolor may have belonged to Draco but she was unusually loyal to Harry. It helped that he was a Parselmouth and could communicate with her.

"Of course." He answered with a smile. "I doubt that anyone is more suited to be in the great house than I ."

"Your forgetting me." Draco laughed. "Am your right hand man am I not ."

"I trust you more than anyone Draco your my brother by all but blood and together this school will be under our control.' His eyes shone as he continued. "The other students will bow before us and those who do not will be punished The two boy sat in silence for moment thinking of the future ahead of them. They both wore smiles that made them look slightly insane.

They were brought back into reality as the door to the compartment slid open and a small red headed boy swearing battered clothes stepped in.

"Sorry, do you mind if I seat here? The others are full." The boy asked sheepishly. Draco looked the boy up and down with a disgusted look on his face. Harry could tell that he didn't think this boy was worthy to sit with them. He gave Draco a stern look and turned to the red headed boy.

"Of course what's your name?" He asked. As he looked at the boy he felt a sense of pity, he was obviously poor and shy, he looked uncomfortable as he sat down next to Harry.

"I'm Ron." He answered offering his hand to Harry. "Ron Weasley, and you are."

"Harry Potter." He said has he shook Ron's hand. Ron's mouth dropped the instant Harry had told him his name and he released his hand rather quickly. Draco laughed as the boy stared at Harry with a dumb look.

"Ron please don't think of me as I have been portrayed in the media. I am no hero and I am no victim of grooming from a family of dark wizards." Harry laughed as he looked at Draco sniggering. "I am just Harry." Ron nodded and turned to Draco.

"I suppose your Draco Malfoy then?"

"Very good I guess your hoping for Ravenclaw Weasley." Draco said sarcastically.

"Draco play nicely." Harry said cutting of Ron's reply. He had also disliked Draco attitude to those who Draco considered below him. He thought that arrogance was a horrible trait and could easily lead to a person's downfall. Harry played the big brother roll to him, he was also a sort of father figure, even though they were the same age, because his real dad, Lucius, was in Azakban socializing with the Dementors.

Draco grunted and look back at Ron and gave him a forced smile.

"So Ron are you looking forward to lesson's?" Harry asked.

The three boys had continued to chat about random subjects, for about two hours, Harry had been told that journey to hogwarts would take would take four. They had spoke about a range of things such as Ron's family life with his five brothers and his sister, Quiddicth and subjects that they were interested in, Harry and Draco had both said they were looking forward to defence against the dark arts but they both knew that they meant they wanted to learn more spells that they could use in a fight.

"So Weasley what house are you hoping for?" Draco inquired, Harry turned to the red head with interest he wondered what house would suit Ron. From what he knew of him, which was admittedly not much, he could tell that Ravenclaw was out of the equation. He didn't seem overly brave so Gryffindor was probably a long shot, and he didn't look like he would survive in Slytherin at all. Hufflepuff was probably the best option for Ron Harry decided.

"Gryffindor, all my family have been in their, you?"

The the other two boys looked at each other. Draco waggled his eyebrows at Harry.

"Slytherin." Harry replied proudly. Ron's jaw dropped for the second time that day as he looked at The-Boy-Who-Lived with confusion. Harry smiled he knew what Ron was thinking, everyone would expect Harry to want to be in Gryffindor even if he has been raised by an all Slytherin family.

"S-S-Slytherin what they're all Dark wizards in there. All of them! Every wizard who went Dark was in Slytherin." He exclaimed making random gestures with his hands.

"Oi my family have all been Slytherin's!" Draco shouted giving Ron a glare which he didn't noticed he seemed to still be unable to comprehend the news that the saviour of the wizarding, the conqueror of Lord Voldemort wanted to be in the same house as the man who murder his parents, the very man he defeated Ron looked like his brain was about to explode.

"And that family took me in and treat me as their own something I will be eternally grateful for." Harry added as he turned and nodded at Draco with a small smile, which Draco returned.

"But they followed You-Know-Who! They ..."

"Yes but defected they realized that Voldemort," Harry saw Ron flinch at the name." Was nothing more than a bigot. They took me in and saved me from the muggles, who locked me in a cupboard at night, that the great Albus Dumbledore left me with. I reckon that giving me ,the so called saviour our world, and turn their back on the moron destroying it clears them of any crimes they may have committed.'

'They still murdered people!" Ron protested.

"Let he with out sin cast the first stone, as the muggles say." Harry shrugged earn a confused look from Ron. "It means no one is perfect." Harry explained.

"Your crazy! Your defending murders!" Ron said as he stood up, as did Draco and Harry.

"Do not call my family murder's Weasley." Draco warned as he reached for his wand. Harry quickly grabbed his arm to stop him, although he was quickly losing his patience with the boy as well starting a fight on the train was a bad idea it would lead to questions of where the boys learned to use spells that fourth years couldn't even master yet.

"Ronald your entitled to your opinions, but if they concern my family don't not state them around me or you will regret it. I promise." Harry hissed dangerously. Ron looked at Harry and the sincerity on his face he could tell just looking in to the green eyes that he meant every word he was saying. He was in awe at how confident and assure of him self he was in the moment he realized that Harry Potter was not someone who he wanted as an enemy .

"I'm sorry Harry." He mumbled "I'm gonna go find my brothers I need to ask them something." He turned to leave the compartment as he opened the door Harry stopped him and stood closely looking deep into the redheaded boys eyes.

"A word of advice Ron, you spoke about your brothers for most this journey I get the feeling from you that you feel like you are in their shadow" Ron was about to reply but Harry held up his hand to cut him of and continued. "Do not let that be the case. Be you own man, set your own path stand up and be noticed. You want to stand out from them? You want your own recognition? Do it! Stand up and be your own man, realise the power that you hold. Forget traditions go for a different house maybe it will be the making of you."

Ron took in Harry's words and nodded before exiting quickly.

"What a pathetic excuse for a wizard." Draco sneered.

"He has potential. Maybe I can get him to come around to the right way of thinking." Harry said mostly to himself.

/The boy fears you already. Fear is your greatest weapon Master./ Hissed Dolor.

/ I know they all will soon Dolor . /

"What she say Harry.' Draco asked as he petted his one of her heads.

" She's hungry." Harry half lied. She was hungry but not for mice she wanted to taste the flesh of Harry's enemy's or those who stood in his way. And soon Harry would let her do exactly that.

As Hermione Granger made her way through the train she couldn't help but feel nervous about her new school, being muggleborn she had only discovered this world three months ago when Professor McGonagall came to her house with her Hogwarts letter and explained all about the magical world. When she had first learnt that she was a witch and would be going to boarding school she had mixed emotions, of course she was excited to learn of her gift and Hermione being Hermione was ecstatic when she heard that Hogwarts had one the best library's in all of magical Britain.

On the other hand she was upset about leaving her parents behind. She had only once been away form them and that was only for a weekend when she and her class mates from primary school went on a end of year trip to the lake district. She was also nervous, very nervous. Hermione had struggled to make friends for years. All throughout her primary school days she had been bullied, the kids picked on her because of how much she loved to read and learn. It made angry that the other kids couldn't see that what she was doing was important to her future.

When she had learned that she was a witch she thought that perhaps that was why the other muggles students never really understood her at all, but now she was sure that it would be the same she had looked around the other students and they all looked at her like, everyone else she had meet in her life did, she was scum or vermin or lower. She had spoken to a boy named Neville but it was more interested in finding his toad than conversing with her so she had offered to help look for the animal.

As she neared the ended of the carriage she saw a red haired boy exit a compartment he looked in total shock, and appeared to be in deep thought.

"Excuse me have you seen a toad..." Hermione said but the boy had ignored her completely and continued past her. How rude, no one in this school seems to have any manners! She thought to herself. She carried on walking when she took a quick look in the compartment the redhead had just flees from. Inside she saw two boys. One was a short, thin blonde whose hair was dramatically slicked back. Hermione thought he was quite attractive, apart from the arrogant sneer that seemed to be a permanent feature.

The other boy was a slightly taller and had a better build, for an 11 year old he was rather muscular, probably a sports fanatic Hermione thought idly. The boy seemed to radiate confidence, he look about it him that screamed he was important, but his face was soft and his messy black hair seemed to suggest he was easy going and approachable. His eyes looked so warm and friendly looking at them from even here she felt warm and safe.

She then noticed Dolor. Wow that's a twin headed Black Mamba! Those things are dangerous enough with one head. How can they even let that in to a school.

She quickly broken from her thoughts when the messy haired boy with glasses looked up and saw her standing staring into their compartment. She cringe internally and cursed herself for being so nosey. The boy gave her curious look and then gave her a small smile and nodded. She looked at him and didn't what to do, so she flashed him a smile and gave him a small wave before setting of in the opposite direction as quickly as she could.

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