A New Found Love

Chapter 4: Train Ride

Disclaimer: See Chapter 1. Only own Ashley.

Bella's POV

Ugh, mother dear forced me to apologize to Bill.

I didn't really need to be forced, I was going to ask for forgiveness anyway.

Of course, I had to use powerful puppy dog eyes to make him forgive me.

Third Person POV

Soon, it was time to go back to Hogwarts.

The children are packing up their trunks as usual.

The adults are making sure they don't forget anything.

Some members of the Order namely Remus, Tonks, Sirius, Arthur, Molly, Bellatrix and Regulus are going with the kids to King's Cross Station.

Bella's POV

"Finally." I thought to myself as I filled my trunk with clothes, books and all the stuff I need for Hogwarts.

Today is the day we are going back to Hogwarts.

I am very excited because Hogwarts is like a second home to me.

I can finally see my other friends, the professors and Hagrid.

As always, Hermione keeps asking for the hundredth time if we already packed everything.

Ron couldn't take it anymore so he told her: "Hermione, will you stop it? We already have everything!" he exclaimed.

"I'm just making sure you have everything, you know." She said with a sigh.

"Well, if we forget something, we can have mom or Aunt Trixie send it to us through owl post." Ron replied.

"But still, Ron, we couldn't bother them with that and besides, we need to have all of our books right on the first day so we won't miss anything."

"It's our N.E.W.T. year—our last year at Hogwarts."

"They're not called Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests for nothing, Ronald." Hermione retorted before she walked away.

"Yeah, I know, but you don't need to harass us!" he shouted after her.

Those two are so cute.

After almost seven years of secretly liking each other, they're finally together.

I am so happy for them.

I was pulled out from my thoughts when mom called us for breakfast.

"Bella, sweetheart, it's time for breakfast."

"Children, get down to the kitchen."

"You don't want to miss the train, do you?" Mom asked.

"Coming, Aunt Trixie!" the boys replied from the other room.

As usual, Ron was the one at the table.

We have eggs, ham, hotdogs, sausages and toast for breakfast.

Ron started pigging out like he always did until Hermione hit the back of his head with a ladle.

"Ronald, is that all you can do? Pig out?" Hermione asked.

"Ow! 'Mione. That bloody hurts, you know. What's wrong with eating? It's not as if you don't eat." Ron retorted.

"I do eat, but I don't stuff my face with food!" she replied, exasperated.

They keep going on like that until it was time to go.

At King's Cross…

Bella's POV

"If you forget anything, we'll just send it to you."

"Don't forget to write to us, honey."

"Study hard and tell us when the Quidditch match is, I'll make sure your father and I will watch the game." Mother babbled swiftly.

If I hadn't paid attention to her, I wouldn't have caught all of her words.

The Hogwarts Express emitted steam so we said our goodbyes to our parents and friends.

"Don't worry, mom, dad, I'll write as often as I can."

"Love you both. Bye!" I told my parents before I boarded the train.

"Bye, sweetie! Tell us if you're going to come home for the holidays." Mom said.

I waved to her until I couldn't see them anymore.

"I'm going to the Head compartment, guys." I told my cousins and my friends.

"And girls." Hermione and Ginny said together.

"Hey, I'm going to find some of my other friends, okay?" Ginny said before running down the corridor.

"Well, we're going to—" Fred started.

"Find some first years—" George continued.

"And sell our products—" Fred started.

"To them—" George continued.

"OKAY?" Fred and George finished together.

With that, they ran to the other part of the train.

"Bells, the Prefects' carriage and Head compartment are near each other so we can walk together." Ron stated.

"Yeah, sure. I wonder who is Head Boy?" I asked no one in particular.

"Maybe Anthony Goldstein, I heard he's a good student." Hermione suggested.

"Hmm…possible." I replied.

Soon, we reached the Prefects' carriage and dropped Ron and Hermione there.

I, on the other hand, walked a little further to the Head compartment.

I looked around and saw that it is twice as large as the usual compartment.

The seats' covering is velvety to the touch.

There are a couple of magazines on one side but I paid little attention to them.

The compartment is brightly lit and the view from the window is breath taking.

I was pulled out from my thoughts when I felt someone watching me.

"I see you like the compartment." Draco Malfoy said.

Just then, I saw a badge with the words 'Head Boy' clearly engraved on it.

It is obvious that it was neatly polished to the point that it looks as if it is shining.

"You're Head boy?" I asked him, fervently hoping that my eyes are just playing tricks on me.

"Of course, Black. Who else?" he asked rhetorically.

"Oh, I don't know. But I do know that anybody else would be better than you." I retorted.

"Is that so? You think you're so high just because you're famous, Black." He sneered my last name.

I almost punched him. Almost.

"Is that how you treat a lady, Malfoy?"

"By sneering at them?" I replied hotly.

"Of course not." He smiled.

"His smile was breath taking." I thought to myself.

Wait—did I just call my enemy's smile breath taking? Oh no, what am I thinking?

I was pulled out of my reverie when somebody cleared his throat.

"Are you just going to stand there and day dream or are you going to seat down and let me take a seat?" Draco asked.

I just glared at the blond boy in front of me.

After a couple of minutes of glaring, I fell asleep with my head leaning on the window.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bella's Dream~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In my dream, I was in a forest.

Not just any forest—it's the same forest back in Forks.

"You don't—want me?"

"No. You were just a distraction, a toy. I never loved you, Bella."

I closed my eyes and felt an unnatural wind pass me.

I opened my eyes and he's gone.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End of Dream~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I woke up, screaming and trashing.

"Black, are you all right?" Draco asked, trying to hold me down.

There was something in his tone—I just couldn't quite put my finger on it.

"I-I'm f-fine." I replied, trying to hold back the tears that were threatening to flow.

"What do you mean you're fine?"

"You almost broke my eardrums from your screaming."

"Good thing this compartment has a silencing spell on it or else the entire train would have heard you and panicked." Draco said.

"I-I just had a bad dream that's all." I replied, still shaking and trying not to cry.

But I guess he heard the tears in my voice because his face softened.

"Do you want to talk about it?" he asked.

"N-no. I-It's just a bad dream." I said more to myself than him.

To say I was surprised is an understatement.

Since when did Draco Malfoy become kind?

(A/N: I'm going to post 2 chapters today because I didn't update yesterday. Thanks to all those who reviewed. The more reviews I get, the faster I update so you'd better review. Check out my poll as to who Bella ends up with!)