"Bye Mum, we'll see you!"

"Be good! Aly, Hayden, be safe!"

"We will!" they called. The Hogwarts Express pulled out of King's Cross. As King's Cross disappeared, Aly began to feel like she was coming home.

"Finally. I thought we'd never be out of there, mates," Damien sighed, and slid into the seat.

"I mean! Seems like time took forever," Hayden agreed. Suddenly the compartment door opened and Aly's friend, Amanda, appeared.

"Amanda!" Aly exclaimed happily.

"Hey! How are you?" Amanda replied happily.

"Not me! You! You went on a cruise. How was it?" Aly asked happily. Finally. Some girl company.

"Great! You should've tasted the food," Amanda replied wholeheartedly. Char spoke up.

"Speaking of food, you should hear how Aly had a-"

"Puking party with the trashcan!" Damien and Hayden finished.

"What?" Amanda asked with confusion.

"Hey, don't ask me. Ask Char and Damien. Their idiot brothers pulled a prank. Go on, ask!" Aly said.

"Well...what did they do?"

"Not fair! You even said it was no big deal!" Damien said pointing at Aly.

"I did? I don't remember," Aly said getting up and walking away.

"Where are you going?" Damien asked.

"To visit some of my other friends. Come on, Amanda," Aly said.

"Bloody mother-"

"Language!" Aly said as she shut the door.


"Hey, have any of you guys seen Harry?" Aly asked a few minutes later. She entered the compartment carrying loads of sweets.

"Whoa! Where'd you get all that?" Char asked in awe.

"That stupid trolley lady has gotten years older, I tell you. It took her ages to get to us. So, we got to her," Amanda answered, grabbing a chocolate frog.

"Hey, share please!" Char said grabbing a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans.

"Hello, chocolate frog," Hayden said grabbing one from Aly.

"Hello! Black licorice, my favorite!" Damien said greedily.

"Well, I just love Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans," Aly said happily. She sat down, and began opening it.

"As Aly was saying, have any of you seen Ron or Harry?" Amanda asked.

"No. I didn't see them at King's Cross," Hayden asked.

"Funny. We asked that kid, Neville Longbottom about Harry. He said he didn't see him either," Aly said thoughtfully.

"Odd. I don't think that they would've skipped school or missed the train. Did you talk to his brothers, Fred and George?" Char asked, looking at his card.

"Yeah, but they didn't see him either," Amanda shrugged.

"That's really weird. Maybe we just missed them. They're probably on the train somewhere. But I'm really not in the mood to search all over the train for two people," Aly said, sipping her pumpkin juice.

"Yeah, Harry and Ron seemed fine at their house," Char added.

"You went to see Harry Potter?" Amanda exclaimed.

"Yeah. He was staying over at the Weaselys when we visited," Aly answered.

"Oh. Why were you at the Weaselys?"

"We had to deliver something to her," Damien answered, cutting off Aly.

"Right," Aly said with a grin.