I don't own Harry Potter. Slavery is wrong, whether they be House-elves or Wizards. This chapter was extremely random, and written in about 20 minutes, so there're bound to be mistakes that I didn't bother to fix. Anyways, it's an update, so it's better than nothing... right?

The house was in chaos.

"Mione, where's my shoes?" asked Ron Weasley.

"In the shed, though I have no idea why you'd have put them there," said Hermione in a scolding voice.

Harry James Weasley whistled inconspicuously as he walked out of the kitchen. Nope, not his fault at all… But if the snakes in the garden asked for a shoe for some unknown reason, who was he to deny?

Mr. Weasley scratched his head distractedly as he ran barefoot to the shed. "Weird," he said.

By the time he came back, Harry and Hermione, his lovely family, was inside the car ready to leave. Mrs. Weasley was in the driver's seat.

Mr. Weasley cleared his throat. "Hermione, if you please," he said, opening the door for her to leave.

Mrs. Weasley cocked an imperious eyebrow. "No, I don't believe I will. Don't think I don't know that you must have confounded whoever makes those driver's licenses! I am not letting our child be late to school because you got us into an accident!"

Ron, with his infinite wisdom, moved to the back seat, his mouth shut tight.

Harry smirked. Your friend's a strange guy, he thought.

Tomas replied quickly. You'd think you'd be used to his quirks by now, living together for eleven years AS HIS CHILD. Don't criticize my decisions for friends.

Of course I won't. You chose me for a friend, didn't you?

You better not complain.

At this moment in time (10:40) Tomas was already at King's Cross.

"You can drop me off here, Mrs. Travis. I'll be fine for twenty minutes," he said, rolling his eyes.

Mrs. Travis ruffled his hair, which he spent the better part of an hour trying to fix. "And you'll take care of yourself at this school? Don't get expelled, and get good grades, right?"

Tomas smiled. Mrs. Travis was a good caretaker. "If I break any rules, I promise not to get caught."

She laughed, and wrapped her arms around him. "Be good," she said.

Merlin, was that a tear on her cheek? Tomas didn't know how to stop a woman crying! Really, just look at Cho Chang!

Thankfully, Mrs. Travis wiped away her tear by herself. "Good-bye, Tom!" she called as she left.

Tomas Nathaniel Aldaine was ready for Hogwarts.

Onwards he strode towards the barrier between platforms 9 and 10. He remembered fondly how he had first met the Weasleys there, and how in his second year, it was blocked. His fond memories soon took a sharp turn as he remembered the pain.

…Anyways, he went through the barrier.

Harry, I'm going to find a compartment for us, he thought.

Already? No, you're going to stay in the station and help me give my father a heart attack. And greet the rest of the family. But mostly, give my father a heart attack. Tomas started muttering under his breath about immature mini-dark lords, but he moved towards the wall and leaned.

About five minutes afterwards, more people came out of the column.

There was the balding Arthur and kind Molly, who smiled tiredly as he led the younger kids, Molly, Lucy, and Louis. Molly and Lucy belonged to Percy Weasley, who with his wife grabbed their hands before they could wander off. Louis was the youngest child of Bill and Fleur Weasley, and he desperately held the hand of Dominique, his sister who was going to go to Hogwarts starting this year. Fred and Roxanne, kids separated by one year, already started Hogwarts. Their parents were George and Angelina.

Victoire held the hand of Teddy Lupin, though Remus and Tonks couldn't see him off this year, they promised to come the next. Soon, Luna and Rolf Scamander came with their twins, Lysander and Lorcan. Alice and Augusta Longbottom clung to Hannah Longbottom.

Scorpius Malfoy came with his father and mother with a slight scowl on his face.

The others, Tomas didn't recognize, though he thought he saw the dreadlocks Lee Jordan used to have.

But where was Harry?

Here, he called. Harry Weasley and his parents emerged in full glory from the boundary. Immediately, the family headed towards the other Weasleys while Harry sent off a look of desperation to Tomas.

Tomas sighed. Since when was he the mature one?

As soon as they were spotted, the Weasley clan swooped down upon the family like locusts. "Ooh, Harry! It's been too long!" cried Dominique and Roxanne in perfect unison. From his viewpoint, Tomas could see him shudder.

Molly Weasley the Elder turned to Ron. "Where have you been? We were so worried! What if you were late? You better wish that car doesn't have any 'special modifications' on it mister!"

Ron flushed red. "It's not that! I just couldn't find my shoes!"

Hermione sighed.

Tomas could spy Harry just about dying under the female influence, so he started to head towards them, dragging his trunk behind him. Then, he tapped the two girls crowding Harry on their shoulders.

"Hello," he said. "Would you mind letting me talk with my friend there?"

Harry ran towards Tomas and knocked him over. "Were you planning on letting me rot with those EVIL people forever?" he hissed. "Why'd you take so long to rescue me?"

Tomas laughed. "Let's get on the train, idiot."

Harry punched Tomas's arm. "Don't call me an idiot."

Dominique and Roxanne were staring unabashedly at their interaction. Victoire joined her sister in watching, and Teddy stood by Victoire, covering his 'manly chuckles' with a fist over his mouth.

"Well you could have just asked them to let go instead of waiting for me! What am I, a knight in shining armor?" asked Tomas.

"You're certainly Gryffindor enough!" replied Harry.

"… Thank you?" said Tomas.

Now more people were staring, including Harry's parents.

"Tomas! It's nice to see you again," said Hermione.

Tomas smiled. "Yes, it's nice to see you again as well."

Ron's teeth grinded. "And I hope you don't make a habit of lying together on the floor with my son."

Harry turned to his father. "Oops." He got up, and offered a hand to Tomas.

"So what are you doing here?" asked Ron coldly.

"Well," Tomas started. "I'm about to go board a train, you see. I'm going to this school called Hogwarts-"

"Sarcasm NOT appreciated," Ron ground out.

"And I wasn't being sarcastic. I'm really going to go on a train, you see," said Tomas condescendingly. This was fun! "So good-bye!"

With that, Tomas grabbed Harry's hand and his trunk and ran off towards the Hogwarts Express.

The Weasley brood was silent for once.

Then- "It's 10:55! You kids get on the train!" called Angelina.

They hurried off to the train carrying their baggages, and calling out hasty "good-byes".

The train started chugging, and soon, it left the station.

George Weasley, with a smirk on his face, turned to Ron. "Explain," he demanded eagerly.

And yes, Remus and Tonks aren't dead. They're too awesome to kill, but they won't be in a significant role (probably.) Anyways... Review if you have time to waste or if you actually liked this chapter!