Hello All! Sorry that it took so long to publish this one; now that both of my (regular and online) schools are back on, it's a bit more difficult to get some free time :) well, on that note, i hope that you all like this next chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't think that I be owning Harry Potter anytime soon...
Chapter 4 - The Hogwarts Express
The morning of the day to go to Hogwarts was a bit hectic on Harry's part. He scrambled all over his room, searching for his missing spellbook. Unfortunately, by the time they found it, it was so close to the boarding time, that Harry's Mum and Dad had to take him and his trunk Via Apperation. When they got there, they found the Weasleys near the last compartment, Ron was already getting his stuff in; when he saw Harry.
"Hello Harry!" He shouted across the platform.
Harry ran over to the Weasleys and said hi to everyone, and then started to put his trunk and Hedwig's cage into the train car. As soon as he was done, he got a bone-crushing hug from , who said that she'd miss him coming to visit. Harry her a hug as well, (as best he could without breaking his rib-cage) and said goodbye. As he was saying goodbye to the rest of the Weasleys, he noticed that Ginny was starting to tear up, so when he finished saying goodbye to , he went over to Ginny.
"Are you alright Ginny?" Harry asked concerned.
At this Ginny broke out sobbing, and in between sobs, he could hear, "going to... miss everyone... being home... by myself..."
So Harry gave her a big hug saying, "Its alright, I can send you letters every day,telling you how everything is going at Hogwarts, and I'm sure that I can get Ron to do the same thing. All right?" He released her. She eventually nodded.
"Alright then," Harry said, "Bye Ginny!" and with that he got onto the train, just as it pulled out of the platform.
As soon as the train got going Harry and Ron brought out a game of Exploding Snap. As they were playing, Harry explained to Ron that Ginny was feeling left behind, now that she was by herself with only Mrs. Weasley at The Burrow. So Ron agreed that he would write to Ginny too.
As they were talking about this there was a knock on the door of their compartment. Ron got up from their game and opened the door revealing a young witch with mousy colored, and very bushy hair.
"Hello," she said, "Is there room in this compartment? Everywhere else is full up."
"Sure," Ron replied, "I'm Ron, and this is Harry!"
"I'm Hermione Granger, thank you for letting me sit with you guys!" she said, walking into their compartment.
"No problem!" they said simultaneously.
Then Ron asked, "Hey, you wanna play some exploding snap with us?"
"What's exploding snap?"
"Well, I'll just explain the Classical type, since it's easier," Ron said, "The rules are simple enough, when you see two identical cards, you hit them with the tip of your wand and gain one point, as the game goes on, the cards shuffle faster and faster. The player with the most points at the end wins."
Hermione nodded, "It sounds fun!"
So without further ado, they all sat down, and played a match, Harry vs. Ron.
As they started the game the cards shuffled slowly and it was easy to match up the cards, but as they played on, the cards moved faster and faster, and soon Harry and Ron started to hit the wrong cards occasionally, causing them to explode, and Hermione to slide a little further away from the game. They continued on like this until the deck of cards ran out. Two numbers came up in the air: 51 and 49, the 51 floating on Harry's side.
"Yes! I won!" Harry shouted.
"Only just..." Ron grumbled across from him.
Next Hermione played against Ron, and after a quick but heated match, Hermione won.
"Wow! On my first time too!" Hermione squealed.
"Everyone just seems to be beating me today..." Ron grumbled. "I declare a rematch then!" He then said to Hermione.
"That's fine by me."
They continued on with the Exploding Snap for quite some time, before a lady pushing a trolley full of sweets opened their compartment door.
"Do you want anything from the trolley dears?" She asked kindly.
"Yes please!" Harry and Ron jumped up and abandoning their game of Exploding Snap.
Just minutes later, they all sat stuffing their faces with sweets. Harry and Ron had decided to by a least six of everything on the trolley.
Just then, a Prefect poked his head saying, "We will be arriving at Hogwarts in approximately half an hour, I would advise that you get changed into your school robes.
So Harry, Ron, and Hermione went off separately to change into their school robes.
By the time they returned, wearing their robes, they just had time to pack their stuff up, and clean up the Exploding Snap cards, before they heard an announcement throughout the train, "We are now arriving at Hogwarts!"
A/N
Hey guys,
Sorry about how this took soooo long to update, I've had a very, very busy time lately, but hopefully I'll be able to get around to updating more frequently.
Please review!
-Tristan
