Boy I wish owned Harry Potter but i don't. Some characters are of my creation

and they are: Karno, Cameron (though last name taken from the fourth book), Melissa, children of certain HP characters and i've fabricated the characteristics of Hermione's parents...

The rain continued to pound on the windows as lightening flashes momentarily blinded the passengers on the Hogwarts express. Watching the green country pass in a blur was quite soothing for young Hugo. He felt his troubles disappear in a flash just like the idle greenery of Great Britain. But as usual Hugo was disrupted from his peace as he heard a large bang on his door followed by a deep, male voice "either of you stop this right now or I'll curse you both into oblivion". And also immediately the sliding door was wrenched open. A burly Asian boy (a Hufflepuff prefect judging by his badge) walked in holding two first years by the scruffs of their shirts. "Good, almost empty. Now if I see you two argue or hex anyone I'll practice a few dark spells I've been working on and yes, Mr. Mcfloggen, Hufflepuffs do practice dark spells" added the prefect. This was directed to the boy on the prefects right hand side. The boy was short, blonde and extremely weedy looking. The boy threw a dirty look at the prefect. The other first year was the same brown-haired kid who was threatened by his mum. "Excellent" thought Hugo. To be honest Hugo was interested to see the boy's thoughts on his demanding parents.

The Mcfloggen kid sat on his right and was directly opposite to the prefect who had opened a transfiguration book. The brown-haired kid sat in front of Hugo. Smiling, the prefect began to hum irritating the Mcfloggen kid (he was baring his teeth and shooting dirty looks at the boy). Hugo couldn't conceal his own grin. He wanted to see the prefect's 'dark spells'. Smiling good naturedly Hugo said "I'm Hugo Weasley and you two are?" shifting his head from Mcfloggen to the possible Slytherin. The prefect gave an amused grin to Hugo. He knew what Hugo was trying to do.

"Malcolm Baddock Jr." replied the brown haired boy in a diplomatic tone. The Mcfloggen kid sneered. "Cameron Mcfloggen" who then raised his hands to Hugo. Hugo shook it. After a few seconds Hugo said cheekily "are you going to shake Mr. Baddock's hands?" Cameron's reaction was priceless. Eyes wide and mouth wide open he looked like Lily's goldfish. "Prolly the same intelligence too" thought Hugo. A dangerous look with a slight tap on his wand from the prefect prompted both boys to shake each others hands. It lasted a second. Baddock threw a dirty look at Hugo. He knew his game. Cameron on the other hand was a different story.

Quidditch was another way of forming an argument. Looking around at both boys' bags he saw a 'Liverpool Werewolves' tag on one bag. The other had no such tag. However, a 'Manchester Vampires' tag was present on Baddock's wrist. He remembered his dad saying something about the two teams being the fiercest rivals. "So, do either of you play quidditch?" This prompted Cameron's bragging of his ability while Baddock continually rolled his eyes after each 'unbelievable capture'. After a few minutes Hugo got what he wanted. "So you support the wolves I guess" to Cameron. The boy replied with a beating of his chest and said "my blood would spill for the team". Baddock immediately sneered. "Got something to say Frankenstein" replied Cameron. Hugo was surprised. Cameron reads. "Have mercy on us all" thought Hugo. Or watches muggle TV because the inventor is named Frankenstein, not the monster which was something the general media got wrong. The prefect was watching with interest and didn't stop the first years. "The wolves have the most expensive equipment and coach yet they can't win against the Vampires, a far poorer team financially" Baddock replied. "Let me guess you're a vampires fan?"

The conversation escalated and both boys had drawn fists. The prefect was smiling evilly. After a mix of English and French swear words Cameron shot large amounts of curses at Baddock who dodged each one. To Hugo's shock Baddock didn't send any curses back. Stopping the one sided fight the prefect grabbed both boys and said in a sing song voice "time to teach both of you rascals a lesson". Hugo frowned at this. Baddock hadn't retaliated and merely waited for the prefect's intervention. This wasn't fair. Compelled to argue Hugo intervened.

"Mr. Prefect sir" Hugo internally groaned whenever he used his sweetest voice "I believe Malcolm hadn't done anything wrong and hence he shouldn't be punished". The Malcolm kid looked hopeful. Cameron shot him a death glare. After serious thought the prefect replied "no I guess your right he didn't do anything". And like that he took Cameron to the end of the train. "Discipline young man can be bashed into" said the prefect in his sing-song voice. Hugo could've sworn the prefect looked a little disappointed he couldn't 'teach' Malcolm a lesson or two. However, Hugo did notice the glee when 'disciplining' Mcfloggen. Freaky. Should stay away from that prefect.

Snickering Hugo sat on his seat and took out a 'Transfiguration' book (2nd year) from his bag. Malcolm was staring at him. He hadn't reseated. Just staring in shock. Losing his temper Hugo was about to tell off Malcolm but the odd boy beat him to it "thank you… no one has stuck up for me". Hugo stared. He recognised the bitterness in Malcolm's voice. "Not even your parents?" replied Hugo. Malcolm gave a sad smile. "Not even my parents". A pause. Then "Are you going to follow what your parents say?" asked Hugo. Malcolm laughed. "Its out of my hands" he replied after he sobered up. Hugo thought he saw the boy cringe in fear when he said that.

And like that both boys hit it off. They understood each other's goal to prove their parents wrong. Hugo seemed surprised that Malcolm's parents placed more pressure on him. "It's the reverse with me" Hugo told Malcolm. The boys talked the whole train ride. It truly was an interesting ride. "I should travel by train more often" thought Hugo.

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The weather was horrible. Rain, thunder and lightening were today's weather and yet the first years had to cross a lake on a tiny boat with three fellow classmates. It was ridiculous and yet Hugo didn't have the heart to complain. Hagrid was taking them across. Looking for a boat neither boys found an empty one. Luckily for them Lily, Hugo's cousin, saved both of them a seat (in reality Malcolm was lucky he could go with Hugo). Lily nodded at Malcolm (who Hugo introduced) and then was introduced to a young, pretty Asian girl by the name of Sharhmani. She seemed intelligent.

To say the boat trip was unpleasant was an understatement. Hugo was soaking wet, nursing a cold and was shivering heavily. He wasn't the only one. Thunder and lightening deafened any conversation (assuming some luck person wasn't choking on the salty lake water that kept splashing over them).

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Filch was nervous. The first years were late and his stomache was grumbling. More mud to clean. He hadn't had anything for breakfast. The weather was horrible. Was this the sign of another bad day. He was going to lose his temper. Real soon. It was released on the poltergeist, Peeves. He threw stink bottoms at a few Gryffindor girls (3rd and 4th). Snickering, the poltergeist floated away once Neville began to rip into the ghost (verbally). Sighing, he told the girls to go to Madame Pomfrey to remove the smell.

Poor Filch had enough of the ill-mannered, terribly annoying students always dirtying and defiling his precious castle. Oh god another male Weasley is joining the school. If he's anything like his family then he'd be running around the castle destroying his things. Shuddering, Filch prayed the boy was like Percy. "Meow" purred mrs. Norris. "Its nothing precious" smiled Filch. The smile dropped immediately when he saw the mud on the cat's feet. "Ruddy cat" yelled Filch. Kicking the cat he then began to clean the floor. He was thinking of harsh punishments of ruddy cats and annoying students.

He was pulled out from his rants by the bloody baron and Sir Headless Nicolas. To his shock both were laughing very hard and were resting on each other. What on earth could be so funny that two house enemies are laughing like old friends? Annoyed, he asked the ghosts what was so funny. The baron sobered up first and said "the Mcfloggen kid decided to scare a muggleborn girl who promptly punched the boy in the face (and kneed the poor boy I might add), fell into the water and caused all the boats to capsize behind him". Then Nick added "he was in the front boat with Hagrid hence all the students fell into the water barring two". Not finding this funny Filch grumbled "more ruddy cleaning… I'LL KILL THAT MCFLOGGEN KID". The ghosts laughed harder.

This was going to be a long night.

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Hugo was wet, cold, tired and extremely grouchy. He was willing to commit murder on that Mcfloggen brat. All bar 2 students and Hagrid were wet. The girl was some ditzy blonde while the other was…. 'Mr Ganguli'. "Lucky bastard" thought Hugo. Malcolm seemed equally peeved. Wouldn't he like try his dark spells on the idiot. How Hugo hoped he won't be sorted in the same house as Mcfloggen. Hugo did wonder if Baddock and himself would be in the same house. Again he hoped so.

Seeing Hogwarts for the first time was awe inspiring. The castle was so majestic and with the thunder and lightening backdrop it seemed dangerously powerful. The ancient look added to the good impression of the place. "I could get used to this" thought Hugo. Seeing Professor Longbottom made Hugo feel a little less nervous. Hugo could identify with the elder professor's experience as a child.

The sorting began. Hugo could hear the hungry, elder students grumble about the 'tiny first years'. Hugo heard one person say "were we really that small". The inside was beautiful. The ceiling was majestic mimicking the weather outside. The chatter almost died when the sorting hat sang its song. And then IT BEGAN:

'James Anderson' "HUFFLEPUFF", 'Henrique Ackerson' "GRYFINDOR"… and then 'Malcolm Baddock Jr.'. While the previous 6 or 7 students had their houses called out immediately it took almost five minutes until "RAVENCLAW". Hugo noticed a fair few stunned looks on the Slytherin table and from one bald, hawk eyed man on the teacher's table. A fair few claps were given but most were stunned as to Malcolm's defiance of his family history.

A fair few more students were sorted of which a couple was familiar (Chelsea Finnegan and Orion Boot) until 'Karno Ganguli'. So that was his first name. The sorting hat took a long time. A very long time. Almost 10 minutes. Hugo wondered what house as it would help light up the mysterious Ganguli's personality. If he was in Gryffindor then he seemed to be brave and outgoing while in Slytherin he would be cunning and in Hufflepuff it would mean he would loyal and hardworking. If he were in Ravenclaw it would mean he was intelligent and had an affinity for knowledge. "Darn" thought Hugo. He would be back to square one if Ganguli was sorted into Ravenclaw as it did little to understand the boy's personality. And of course the hat called out "RAVENCLAW".

The pretty Asian girl was sorted into Gryffindor as was Mcfloggen and Lily. And after a few more names it was his turn. "Hugo Weasley" called Professor Longbottom. Sighing he placed the hat on Hugo's head.

Hmm what do we have hear. Yes, I see a strong head and a great affinity for obtaining knowledge. Yet you want to prove yourself; you want to be powerful. A slytherin trait. I see you have a strong belief in fairness and giving an equal go. You're also quite brave though not compulsive. No, Gryffindor wouldn't suit you. You'd be too cynical for the house. Surprising since you're a Weasley. You would do quite well in Hufflepuff. But they don't suit your desire to obtain power. No definitely not Hufflepuff. I guess you would severe a lot of ties with your family by being the first Weasley in Slytherin though. It's the perfect house but it will endanger the little trust you have in people. I think it would be the perfect house for you characteristically though. No, Slytherin won't do. You would be friendless. Then it must be RAVENCLAW!

Been lazy folks. Could've updated yesterday cause I wrote it on Sunday. I just couldn't be bothered to check it. Anyway, thanks Dinozzofan for the name. Guess who her mother is? Glad you liked the 3rd chapter. I guess you got your wish Sterling Fire Kittie. He's in Ravenclaw. Will he have a friend? What's his father's reaction? A lot of questions. Glad you gave up your time to read my fic Dinnozofan and Sterling Fire Kittie.