The Twin
Chapter four
Harry watched as the plains rolled by past his window. He was waiting for Blackfire to meet up with him in their compartment. He sighed of all the times to go missing she chose now. They had talked everyday since the shopping trip about what house they thought they'd get in and harry was still worrying he couldn't understand for the life of him why he was so worked up about it. "Hey Harry." Blackfire said as she came into the compartment. "Where were you, you were supposed to be here an hour ago." He said. "Sorry but I was trying to find the owner of this book." "Dose it have a name on it." He asked. "Ya someone named Her-mi-one." She said. Harry was about to suggest something when the door opened.
A chubby boy with black hair and freckles came in and asked them if they had seen his toad. When they told him no he looked defied. "What's your name?" Harry asked. "Neville, Neville Longbottem." The boy said. "Do you want us to help you find your toad?" Harry suggested. Neville gave them a grateful smile. And nod. Blackfire and Neville searched the northern part of the train together leaving Harry to search the southern part alone. He was fine with it until he came to the last compartment. "Hey has anyone seen a toad in here?" He asked. Then he realized who was in the room.
His brother Alex was sitting next to a tall red haired kid with a long nose. Across from him was a girl with bushy brown hair and big brown eyes. "Well look who it is. Harry right?" Alex asked. "Ya." He answered trying to remind himself that it wasn't Alex's fault that his parents abandoned him. "Hey don't feel bad about our parents. It's not your fault that our parents left you. I mean let's face it you're never going to be as good as me and that is ok. I'm the boy who lived and you're barely a wizard. So don't beat yourself up about it." Harry was close to losing his limited patience. If there was one thing about him he got from his mum it was his temper. Luckily Blackfire chose that moment to run up or him. The others in the compartment backed away from her. At first Harry couldn't figure out why. Then he looked at her head. Wrapped around her skull like a head dressing was Blackfire's grey three foot Black Racer snake Hissetie.
"We found Neville's toad. Apparently Hissetie didn't know the differences between a wild animal and a pet. We got there just as she started to swallow it." She explained. She turned to the other passengers and looked just as confused as he was a minuet ago. "Don't move." The bushy haired girl said. "That's a black racer they can be very aggressive when handed." Blackfire faces lightened as she started to understand what caused their reaction. "Oh don't worries Hissetie won't bite. Well unless she's threatened." She explained. The others still look weary.
"My dad says that snakes are in untrust worthy deceitful evil things." Alex said. Harry and Blackfire were both fighting their tempers now. "Well then you dad obviously doesn't know snakes." Harry said his voices strained. "They are wonderful, intelligent and loving. The best pets you could ask for." And with that he grabbed his sister's hand and dragged her away from them before one of them lost their temper. "Can you believe him?" Blackfire said as they sat down in their compartment. "Who?" Neville asked. Harry explained what happened in Alex's compartment. "My gran tried to get us to be friends when we were younger but Alex keep teasing me because everyone thought I was a squib back then." He explains. Harry could see that he wasn't comfortable talking about it so he changed the subject. "So Neville what house do you think you'll be in?" He asked. They talked about house for a while before Neville and Harry stared a game of chess.
"I'm going to go change." Blackfire said as she got up and left. "We should change to." Neville suggested. "Harry." Neville called. "Ya." "Do you know if the rumors are true?" He asked. "What rumors?" Harry asked. "The rumors about professor Snape. They say that if you're not a Slytherin he'll give you detention and then when you're alone with him he turns into a blood bat and sucks out your blood." Harry couldn't help but laugh. He had known Professor Snape since he was a baby and knee even though he tried to be intimidating he wouldn't really hurt anyone. He wasn't like that anymore. "Don't worry Neville the rumors are fake." "You sure." He asked. "Ya." Neville looked a lot more relaxed. The door opened to revel a pale boy with a pointed chin. Harry jaw tightened he already knew who it was.
"Malfoy." He said swallowing the sarcastic comments that he was thinking of. "So you potters loser brother." Malfoy said. Harry resisted the urge to punch the boy in the face the last thing he needed was to be in trouble before they even got there. "My father said that you grew up with some demons in a cave out in the middle of nowhere. What were you a pet?" He asked. Harry was about to punch him when someone beat him to it. Malfoy was laid out on the ground with Blackfire standing over him. She was more than mad she was furious. Her hair looked more like flames and her skin had a faint black glow "No one and I mean no one insults my family." She said her voice was shaking with anger. Malfoy got up and ran before she could kick him. Harry came up and grabbed her before she could go after him.
"Don't it's not worth it he's not worth it." He whispered to her. "Is she ok." Neville asked looking little scared. "Ya just give her a moment." He answered. "Why'd you stop me? It wasn't like I was going to turn into full demon I have more senses then that." She said. "Wait you're really a demon." Neville said in shock. "Ya me and mom are Hybrids." She said. "Oh." Neville said still looking slightly afraid. The rest of the ride was pretty quiet. Once the train stopped they got off and followed the crowd towards Hagrid.
"Firs' years! Firs' years over here! All right there, Harry, Blackfire?" "We're fine Hagrid." Harry said. They followed Hagrid to the boats while everyone gasped at the castle. "The castle looks so beautiful." Blackfire said. "I've never seen it from the outside." The boats crossed the lake slowly as the students continued to admire the castle and landed into a small bay area. "Everyone here?" Hagrid raised a gigantic fist and knocked three times on the castle door.