It was finally time to go back to Hogwarts.
We got back on the train, we of course meaning myself, all my family still at Hogwarts, and Emma. I found a compartment for us to sit in, occupied only by Xemari. I tried to strike up a conversation with my quiet cousin.
"So, Xemari. You're in Ravenclaw?" I asked.
Xemari was tuning me out with his iCod, the wizard equivalent to an iPod shaped like a fish.
"Oo-kay," I said awkwardly as I slid to the back of my seat.
Suddenly, Xemari took off his earbuds and said darkly, "Did you say something?"
Emma glared at her classmate. "Yes, he said something, you imbecile."
"If I was an imbecile, why would I be in Ravenclaw?" he asked, smiling evilly.
"Look, Xemari. Stop thinking you're better than everyone just because you can act evil."
"Maybe I will."
"Is that a threat?"
"I could curse you before you could react."
"Bring it on."
"Not now."
"You should be in Slytherin. You're too evil to be in Ravenclaw. You're cunning, not smart."
"Maybe they sort too soon."
"Maybe they do."
"I can help you guys."
"You'd just as soon as curse me to oblivion!"
"That's a good idea..."
"Shut up and leave."
"No. I can spy on the IB-HM for you."
"Sure. And you'll kill us all!"
"No, I'll be like Severus Snape."
"Whatever."
"Seriously!"
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"Yes."
"No."
"See, I told you it was a bad idea!"
All of us were laughing at how Emma tricked my cousin (he's the son of Aunt Hermione and someone we don't know).
Alan, on the other hand, looked skeptical and said, "Maybe he's on to something."
I was taken aback and said, "Alan! You can't trust him!"
"That's what your dad thought of Snape."
"So? What does that have to do with anything?"
"He'll do the same thing!"
"But why him?"
"He offered, and Emma said it herself, he can act evil."
"But Alan..."
"I'll trust him."
"Thank you!" interjected Xemari.
I sat back in my seat, like everyone but Xemari and Alan, who were shaking hands.
"It can't be that bad," Emma whispered to me.
I gave her a half-smile and squeezed her hand, not knowing that I would be desperately be searching for her within the next day.