Hunter walks through the aisle of the train and a girl bumps into him and stops eyeing him over. The girl is in Hufflepuff robes and she stops commenting looking over the tall boy.

"viper..."

He smiles looking her over as he goes to speak but a boy comes up putting his arm around the Hufflepuff girl and stares angrily at the Slytherin boy in front of him.

"well... if it isn't snake boy."

The boy in Hufflepuff robes laughs out and a few other Hufflepuff standing around laugh as well as they begin to make hissing sounds teasing Hunter. Hunter grips his hand into a first and mumbles something to himself but stops feeling an arm come around him. He glances up at the other boy in Slytherin robes and the boy shoots back an insult at the Hufflepuff crowd.

"don't be jealous now just because your parents weren't talented enough to be Aurros. In fact, every Viperoth currently alive who are old enough are Aurors. You do well to remember that when insulting him..."

The boy points his finger at Hunter and comments to the Hufflepuff as he stares him down giving him a wicked grin.

"if you don't ill sick my beasts on the lot of you and there won't be anything left for your parents to recognize when they are done eating your faces..."

The crowd of Hufflepuffs step back and the girl comments looking down at the ground.

"eating our faces?"

The Scamander boy nods his head hard as he smiles.

"oh yes they have a great taste for human faces especially female witches from Hufflepuff..."

The trolley lady steps between the confrontation and stares down Hunter with a wicked smile.

"anything from the trolley dear?"

The Hufflepuff group run back to their car and the Scamander boy smiles as he asks the trolley lady.

"got any Bertie Botts every flavor beans?"

The trolley lady looks through her cart and Scamander nudges Hunter.

"have you tried earwax it's my absolute favorite..."

Hunter makes a disgusted face commenting.

"seriously earwax?"

The Scamander boy smiles nudging him.

"that's the most you said to me in our two years of friendship..."

Hunter stares at the boy's arm nestled around his shoulder and tries to nudge it off but the boy stares back to him questioning.

"Hunter you know I, I consider you my only friend. People they see me as odd because well I'm different you know..."

Scamander takes the beans and places the earwax flavor in his mouth and hunter cringes at the sight but stares at his friend and comments.

"different isn't always bad..."

Hunter stares to his friend and the Scamander boy smiles brightly towards Hunter finally seeing the kindness in his friend that he wasn't sure existed. The two head off down the aisle and into an empty room and sit quietly until the Scamander boy asks firmly.

"so that girl the Hufflepuff one"

Scamander looks over Hunter who stiffens at the mention of the girl and the boy goes to apologize to Hunter but Hunter breaths out commenting.

"Our dads were in Slytherin together she tries to pretend like she's better because she's not a Slytherin but she's worse."

Hunter looks up commenting as he tells Scamander the story.

"Her father's in Azkaban because he killed a muggle..."

Scamander looks over his friend and leans forward asking.

"so, then what happened between you two though the way she looked at you..."

Hunter stares down at his hands and the Scamander boy asks.

"was she, was she your girlfriend?"

Scamander looks at his friend with a grin and Hunter rolls his eyes back commenting.

"no, it wasn't like that. it was more just a thing, a short thing over summer. nothing I should concern myself with now that we will be attending school again. Plenty of other options out there and such..."

Hunter looks to the door as if awaiting someone and Scamander looks to his friend knowingly teasing him.

"like Patricia Longbottom?"

The Scamander boy leans forward and teases his friend.

"perhaps another flower trick I mean it went so well last time Hunter..."

Hunter goes to speak but sits back hearing the door open and both boys quiet down as Patricia walks in commenting.

"sorry did I interrupt a conversation?"

The Scamander boy smiles to Patricia eyeing her over noticing her messy robes and her still messy hairstyle.

"you look..."

He motions to Hunter unsure of what his friend finds attractive and Hunter stares down Patricia and motions to the seat next to Scamander.

"sit we were just discussing our summer."

Patricia interrupts staring down Hunter as she excitedly comments.

"I read the daily prophet I hear Harry Potter appointed your father with a special role in the Auror's to oversee the capture of Voldemort sympathizers. The article said your father was responsible for bringing over 20 death eaters in just the last month to Azkaban..."

Scamander glance to his friend and questions unsure of the stories truth.

"20 death eaters?"

Patricia smiles proudly at the story as she comments.

"in just a month its unheard..."

Hunter glances over his friend and the Scamander boy looks to the floor unsure of he truth of the fact and thinks to himself quietly as he comments.

"yes, that sounds a bit farfetched are you sure it said 20? I mean were there even 20 death eaters still alive after the war?"

Patricia looks to her friend angry and yells.

"I know what I read! Chance Viperoth is a legend the prophet nicknamed him "Voldemort's end-"

Hunter yells out angry.

"shut up!"

His friends quiet down eyeing their friend grip his arm as he feels the pain pulse through his dark mark signaling the impending doom that is to come. Hunter was very aware of how many death eaters there were far more aware than anyone else. As any meeting of death eaters that occurred now were done in secret, secluded places, and places the ministry wouldn't think to look. That place was in the deep reaches of the dungeons of Viperoth manor and at the head of those meeting stood Chance Viperoth as he conducted and twisted the death eaters to carry out what he named "the will of voldermort". The crimes were so grotesque so severe that the daily prophet wouldn't even post articles about them the killing of muggles and even children for the sole purpose to make sure the world knew the death eaters still lived.

He gripped his forearm trying to numb out the pain, the pain which called to them all and that had gotten worse in the last few days. The throbbing had kept him awake and only when it reached its peak did he finally fall into a deep sleep the night before. In his dreams however he saw Delphini locked away in Azkaban and he saw visions of what is to come. Hunter didn't speak of such things because a part of him was interested in seeing what would come and what would happen next. He felt the coldness of the dementors each year they got in the train and this year there was no cold and there was no dementors and that told Hunter he Ministry had dropped their guard and this year would be the year of Delphini.

Patricia moved seats eyeing her friend bent over in what appeared to be pain and stared him down. Hunter glanced up to the girl and she worriedly looked him over and asked unsure.

"what's wrong with your forearm?"

Hunter remained quiet and shifted away from the girl afraid to show anyone what laid under his robe. Patricia moved closer to her friend but when she reached for his sleeve and tore out his wand and pointed it at the girl in defense. She stared at the wand in fear and the boy stared back at her angry at his friend curiosity. Scamander commented staring at the situation.

"Hunter, now come on buddy she's, she's just worried..."

Patricia stared up into Hunter's eyes and he shook his head staring back at her. He eyed the girl over tattered robes, messy hair and thick glasses and he felt sympathy for the girl and what her fate would be. She placed her hand on his forearm and he looked down as she commented.

"why does it feel like your flesh is moving?"

Hunter stared won Patricia and shook his head as he tore his arm away from her and commented as he slowly brought down his wand.

"if we are here next year in the express ill show you but for now don't ask me to roll up my sleeve"

The Scamander boy looked over the scene and brook to tension between his two friends staring at his best friend with worry.

"then we won't as your friend I trust you and Patricia I am sure you trust him too?"

She stares down Hunter and he stares back at her as she looks him over and comments.

"I don't know..."

She gets up leaving the girl and the Scamander boy laughs looking over his best friend.

"you know the flower trick may have been a better idea..."