Hey guys! First I want to say (cover your ears) I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER WHATSOEVER! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE QUEEN HERSELF! Whoo!
Except for my OC's. Those, are the sole property of moi :) Here it is! The second installment in Aurem Quattor!
Wish me luck guys as I try to post this series again.
It took a long while to get started next morning. They were up at dawn, but somehow they still seemed to have a great deal to do.
Mrs. Weasley dashed about in a bad mood looking for spare socks and quills; people kept colliding on the stairs, half-dressed with bits of toast in their hands; and Mr. Weasley nearly broke his neck, tripping over a stray chicken as he crossed the yard carrying Ginny's trunk to the car.
Johnnie had already left, bidding everyone goodbye but Tess by the crack of dawn was already packed.
"See this is why you should pack the night before." Tess said. "Wait, am I turning into Hermione?"
Harry couldn't see how eight people, six large trunks, two owls, and a rat were going to fit into one small Ford Anglia. He had reckoned, of course, without the special features that Mr. Weasley had added.
"Not a word to Molly," he whispered to Harry as he opened the. trunk and showed him how it had been magically expanded so that the luggage fitted easily.
"A word about what?" Tess asked winking at him.
"You know, sometimes I think you're evil." said Harry.
"I am." said Tess, flashing a smile that sent shivers up Harry's spine. "It's how I stay sane."
When at last they were all in the car, Mrs. Weasley glanced into the back seat, where Harry, Ron, Tess, Fred, George, and Percy were all sitting comfortably side by side, and said, "Muggles do know more than we give them credit for, don't they?" She and Ginny got into the front seat, which had been stretched so that it resembled a park bench. "I mean, you'd never know it was this roomy from the outside, would you?"
Mr. Weasley started up the engine and they trundled out of the yard, Harry turning back for a last look at the house. He barely had time to wonder when he'd see it again when they were back George had forgotten his box of Filibuster fireworks. Five minutes after that, they skidded to a halt in the yard so that Fred could run in for his broomstick. They had almost reached the highway when Ginny shrieked that she'd left her diary. By the time she had clambered back into the car, they were running very late, and tempers were running high.
Mr. Weasley glanced at his watch and then at his wife.
"Molly, dear -"
"No, Arthur -"
"No one would see - this little button here is an Invisibility Booster I installed - that'd get us up in the air - then we fly above the clouds. We'd be there in ten minutes and no one would be any the wiser -"
"I said no, Arthur, not in broad daylight -"
They reached King's Cross at a quarter to eleven. Mr. Weasley dashed across the road to get trolleys for their trunks and they all hurried into the station.
Harry had caught the Hogwarts Express the previous year. The tricky part was getting onto platform nine and three-quarters, which wasn't visible to the Muggle eye. What you had to do was walk through the solid barrier dividing platforms nine and ten. It didn't hurt, but it had to be done carefully so that none of the Muggles noticed you vanishing.
"Percy first," said Mrs. Weasley, looking nervously at the clock overhead, which showed they had only five minutes to disappear casually through the barrier.
Percy strode briskly forward and vanished. Mr. Weasley went next; Fred and George followed.
"I'll take Ginny and you two come right after us," Mrs. Weasley told Harry and Ron, grabbing Ginny's hand and setting off. In the blink of an eye they were gone.
"Let's go together, we've only got a minute," Ron said to Harry and Tess.
Harry made sure that Hedwig's cage was safely wedged on top of his trunk and wheeled his trolley around to face the barrier. He felt perfectly confident; this wasn't nearly as uncomfortable as using Floo powder. The three of them bent low over the handles of their trolleys and walked purposefully toward the barrier, gathering speed. A few feet away from it, they broke into a run and
CRASH.
All three trolleys hit the barrier and bounced backward; Ron's trunk fell off with a loud thump, Harry was knocked off his feet, and Hedwig's cage bounced onto the shiny floor, and she rolled away, shrieking indignantly; Tess rammed and fell on her side, her suitcase landing on Crucible's cage but it didn't break. But Ron landed on her. People all around them stared and a guard nearby yelled, "What in blazes d'you think you're doing?"
"Lost control of the trolley," Harry gasped, clutching his ribs as he got up. Ron reached to pick up Hedwig, who was causing such a scene that there was a lot of muttering about cruelty to animals from the surrounding crowd.
"Ron." Tess grumbled. "Please get your ass off of my chest."
"Sorry." He said helping her get up.
"Why can't we get through?" Harry hissed to Ron.
"I dunno -" Ron looked wildly around. A dozen curious people were still watching them. "The gateway sealed itself for some reason."
"Gateways like this?" Tess asked. "They don't seal themselves. It's been tampered with somehow."
"We're going to miss the train," Ron whispered. "I don't understand how the gateways been tampered with. -"
Harry looked up at the giant clock with a sickening feeling in the pit of his stomach. Ten seconds ... nine seconds …
He wheeled his trolley forward cautiously until it was right against the barrier and pushed with all his might. The metal remained solid.
Three seconds . . . two seconds ... one second …
"The train leaves exactly at 11 o clock." Harry confirmed. "We've missed it."
"What about Mum and Dad?" Ron asked.
"They'll probably have Apparated but that's not the point." said Tess. "We're sealed shut away from our ticket to school. Anyone got any genius ideas?"
"Oh yeah." said Harry sarcastically. "I've got a genius idea. Let's all go wait by the bloody car and see what happens next. Maybe someone will buy us chocolate and give us money."
"Gee thanks mate." Ron said bitterly before widening his eyes in wonder. "Harry, that's a brilliant plan!"
"Waiting for chocolate and money?" Harry asked.
"No you idiot." Tess said. "The car. We can use it to get ourselves to Hogwarts!"
"But wouldn't we get caught for using magic?" Harry asked.
"Well technically it's Dad's." said Ron. "And besides, magic isn't supposed to be used by Muggles unless it's a case of emergency. Something about the Restriction thingy but anyway, we've got no choice. We've got to use the car."
"I call shotgun!" Tess exclaimed, getting her stuff along with the rest of the boys.