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They continued to walk down the hall, every now and then peering into compartments to see if there happened to be a toad hopping amongst the passengers.
"Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow, Turn this stupid, fat rat yellow."
A loud squeak issued from a compartment a few feet down, then what Tania recognized to be Hermione's voice. "Are you sure that's a real spell? Well, it's not very good, is it?"
"George and I gave him that one..." Fred whispered to Allyson.
She laughed. "It isn't a real spell, is it?"
Fred shook his head. "Nah. But he was getting on my nerves yesterday complaining about how boring his dumb rat was, so we made up a spell as to turn him yellow." He peered in through the window while Hermione was still talking. "I hope it wasn't real, anyway..."
Tania walked into the compartment. "Hermione? Any luck?"
She sighed. "No, not really. Neville got frightened of the Slytherins at the other end and came down here to look."
"Oh, that's okay, my sister sent her boyfriend down there."
"So you've gotten help now, have you? Who's with you?"
"Uh, my sister and a friend of hers."
As though answering to a summons, Fred poked his head in. "Hello, all-Ron, what a surprise!" He shoved passed Tania and sat down next to Ron.
"The spell you gave me was a dud..." said the boy called Ron angrily to his brother. There was no resemblance between the two of them except that they both had flaming red hair and freckles. Ron was seemingly taller, and much thinner. He also had a black smudge on his nose mingled with the freckles.
Fred picked up a rat that was in Ron's lap and looked it in the face. "You know... I reckon George and I should work on him for a while, don't you? I mean, I know I read that spell in a book somewhere-"
Ron swiped at his brother's hand that had the rat in it. "Give him back, Fred!"
Fred jumped up on the seat and held the rat out the window of the train, laughing. "Hey Ron, maybe we can get a spell to make him bounce!"
"Fred, stop it." Allyson said calmly. Fred was the only one in the compartment who thought this was even remotely funny.
Ron leapt up out of his seat and started trying to grab the rat. "Give me Scabbers!"
"What's that, Ron? Drop Scabbers out the window? Weird decision, I know he's not exciting, but resorting violence? Really, I wouldn't have thought you capable of something like that... Well, if you say so!" Fred smiled. "One..."
"Fred, stop!" Allyson said more firmly this time.
"Two..."
"Give me my rat, you git!"
"Fred, put him down!"
"Three!"
"Accio Scabbers!" The rat flew from Fred's hand, across the compartment, into Allyson's. She glared at Fred, who stood, dumbfounded, his hand still sticking out the window. "We're leaving, Fred..."
He sighed and hopped down from the seat as Allyson glared at him and walked across the compartment to hand Ron his rat. "Sorry, Ron..." she said quietly.
He nodded, smiling weakly at her and sat down, his face turning a slight shade of pink and his ears glowing bright red.
Allyson walked out, on the way, grabbing Fred's arm and shoving him out of the compartment, muttering, "You're so stupid, Fred..."
This left the rest of them in a rather awkward situation. Ron, Tania, Hermione, and some other boy were sitting in there now. The other boy was very skinny, had glasses that were taped up in the middle, untidy black hair, and very bright, pretty green eyes.
"So..." began the boy with the glasses. "What are your names?"
Hermione cleared her throat. "I'm Hermione Granger."
"My name is Tania. Tania Bloom." She smiled.
Ron's eyes darted up to those of Tania. "You're part of that pure-blood wizarding family that's been in Ravenclaw for so long!"
Tania laughed nervously. "Yep, that's me... Who are you?"
"Ron Weasley. Surprised you want to know me after meeting my idiot of a brother."
"He's all right, he just gets carried away." Tania shrugged, feeling surprisingly comfortable talking to this boy. "So, who's your friend?" she smiled at the boy next to him.
The boy spoke up for himself. "My name's Harry. Harry Potter."
Hermione and Tania gasped simultaneously. "Are you really?" said Hermione, smiling. "I know all about you, of course-I got a few extra books for background reading, and you're in Modern Magical History and The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts and Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century."
Harry smiled. "Am I?"
"Goodness, didn't you know, I'd have found out everything I could if it was me," said Hermione. "Do either of you know what house you'll be in? I've been asking around, and I hope I'm in Gryffindor, it sounds by far the best- "
"Hey-by far? Come on, Hermione." Tania laughed.
Hermione smiled at Tania. "Though I don't suppose Ravenclaw would be too bad... Anyway, we'd better go and look for Neville's toad." She started to walk out, then turned. "Tania, are you coming?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah, sorry."
She got up and walked out as Hermione said to them. "You two had better go change, you know, I expect we'll be there soon."
"Hey, Ron." Said Tania.
"Yes?" he looked at her hopefully.
"You've got something on the side of your nose..."
He quickly covered his nose and Tania couldn't stifle a giggle as she walked out and noticed that his face was a rather bright shade of pink.
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They continued to walk down the hall, every now and then peering into compartments to see if there happened to be a toad hopping amongst the passengers.
"Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow, Turn this stupid, fat rat yellow."
A loud squeak issued from a compartment a few feet down, then what Tania recognized to be Hermione's voice. "Are you sure that's a real spell? Well, it's not very good, is it?"
"George and I gave him that one..." Fred whispered to Allyson.
She laughed. "It isn't a real spell, is it?"
Fred shook his head. "Nah. But he was getting on my nerves yesterday complaining about how boring his dumb rat was, so we made up a spell as to turn him yellow." He peered in through the window while Hermione was still talking. "I hope it wasn't real, anyway..."
Tania walked into the compartment. "Hermione? Any luck?"
She sighed. "No, not really. Neville got frightened of the Slytherins at the other end and came down here to look."
"Oh, that's okay, my sister sent her boyfriend down there."
"So you've gotten help now, have you? Who's with you?"
"Uh, my sister and a friend of hers."
As though answering to a summons, Fred poked his head in. "Hello, all-Ron, what a surprise!" He shoved passed Tania and sat down next to Ron.
"The spell you gave me was a dud..." said the boy called Ron angrily to his brother. There was no resemblance between the two of them except that they both had flaming red hair and freckles. Ron was seemingly taller, and much thinner. He also had a black smudge on his nose mingled with the freckles.
Fred picked up a rat that was in Ron's lap and looked it in the face. "You know... I reckon George and I should work on him for a while, don't you? I mean, I know I read that spell in a book somewhere-"
Ron swiped at his brother's hand that had the rat in it. "Give him back, Fred!"
Fred jumped up on the seat and held the rat out the window of the train, laughing. "Hey Ron, maybe we can get a spell to make him bounce!"
"Fred, stop it." Allyson said calmly. Fred was the only one in the compartment who thought this was even remotely funny.
Ron leapt up out of his seat and started trying to grab the rat. "Give me Scabbers!"
"What's that, Ron? Drop Scabbers out the window? Weird decision, I know he's not exciting, but resorting violence? Really, I wouldn't have thought you capable of something like that... Well, if you say so!" Fred smiled. "One..."
"Fred, stop!" Allyson said more firmly this time.
"Two..."
"Give me my rat, you git!"
"Fred, put him down!"
"Three!"
"Accio Scabbers!" The rat flew from Fred's hand, across the compartment, into Allyson's. She glared at Fred, who stood, dumbfounded, his hand still sticking out the window. "We're leaving, Fred..."
He sighed and hopped down from the seat as Allyson glared at him and walked across the compartment to hand Ron his rat. "Sorry, Ron..." she said quietly.
He nodded, smiling weakly at her and sat down, his face turning a slight shade of pink and his ears glowing bright red.
Allyson walked out, on the way, grabbing Fred's arm and shoving him out of the compartment, muttering, "You're so stupid, Fred..."
This left the rest of them in a rather awkward situation. Ron, Tania, Hermione, and some other boy were sitting in there now. The other boy was very skinny, had glasses that were taped up in the middle, untidy black hair, and very bright, pretty green eyes.
"So..." began the boy with the glasses. "What are your names?"
Hermione cleared her throat. "I'm Hermione Granger."
"My name is Tania. Tania Bloom." She smiled.
Ron's eyes darted up to those of Tania. "You're part of that pure-blood wizarding family that's been in Ravenclaw for so long!"
Tania laughed nervously. "Yep, that's me... Who are you?"
"Ron Weasley. Surprised you want to know me after meeting my idiot of a brother."
"He's all right, he just gets carried away." Tania shrugged, feeling surprisingly comfortable talking to this boy. "So, who's your friend?" she smiled at the boy next to him.
The boy spoke up for himself. "My name's Harry. Harry Potter."
Hermione and Tania gasped simultaneously. "Are you really?" said Hermione, smiling. "I know all about you, of course-I got a few extra books for background reading, and you're in Modern Magical History and The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts and Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century."
Harry smiled. "Am I?"
"Goodness, didn't you know, I'd have found out everything I could if it was me," said Hermione. "Do either of you know what house you'll be in? I've been asking around, and I hope I'm in Gryffindor, it sounds by far the best- "
"Hey-by far? Come on, Hermione." Tania laughed.
Hermione smiled at Tania. "Though I don't suppose Ravenclaw would be too bad... Anyway, we'd better go and look for Neville's toad." She started to walk out, then turned. "Tania, are you coming?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah, sorry."
She got up and walked out as Hermione said to them. "You two had better go change, you know, I expect we'll be there soon."
"Hey, Ron." Said Tania.
"Yes?" he looked at her hopefully.
"You've got something on the side of your nose..."
He quickly covered his nose and Tania couldn't stifle a giggle as she walked out and noticed that his face was a rather bright shade of pink.
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