Chapter 10
The next week flew by quickly filled with packing, a game of quidditch, and goodbyes between me and our family friends. The morning we left to go to Platform 9 ¾, everyone was excited and sad. Mum, as usual, got teary eyed and pulled Lily and me into a bone crushing hug and told us to write as much as possible Lils and I shared a look and said "We will write every week mum, we love you!" I smiled and hugged dad "Bye dad! I love you!" he smiled and hugged me "I love you too, Abigail. Try to stay out of detention." We both laughed and I nodded "Okay, I'll try dad!" Lily hugged dad and they said goodbye. We walked to the train together and hugged one another before we went back to pretending that we hated one another. We went our separate ways and I found the twins and Lee in our usual compartment and smiled as the boys all gave me bear hugs. I laughed and hugged them all before sitting at the window seat like I always do. "Hey, Abby! I missed you so much, with the guys in Egypt I had no one to plan pranks with! It was such a boring summer." I chuckled and said "Sure it was Lee, I guess that means you didn't spend all your time practicing quidditch with Ange?" I gave him a knowing look as he blushed and the twins laughed. I smiled, feeling happy to be back with my best friends. Fred spoke up after the laughter died down, "So, what did you, Lily, and Hermione do while we were gone? Meet any new boys to replace us?" I rolled my eyes when Fred and George waggled their eyebrows. "No, however we did go on a few dates as Daph was determined to see all of us with boyfriends." I rolled my eyes and continued "Honestly, I know that since Theo and Daph started dating it's hard for her to see anyone without a boyfriend but she forgot that I don't want one that doesn't go to Hogwarts." Lee raised an eyebrow at me said "Really, no one was able to turn your head and make you slightly interested?" I looked at Lee with an annoyed expression and smacked his arm "I never said they didn't get my interest, I just didn't get their interests. They all seemed to think I was too much of a 'tomboy'." George raised an eyebrow and said "So some lucky wizard did catch your attention?" I huffed and crossed my arms while narrowing my eyes at all three of them. "If you three don't want to be hexed to oblivion you will leave the non-existent summer love life alone. Right now." My voice was serious with hint of teasing. The boys put their hands up in mock surrender and Lee said "Okay. I'll back off, but I don't know about those two." He gestured towards the twins. I looked at the twins and saw a mischievous look on their faces. "No, not gonna happen boys. I have nothing to talk about and even if I did, why would I tell you when I can enjoy watching you both trying to figure it out without any hints from me?" I grinned when the twins stared at me with a look of surprise. After a minute George laughed and said "Freddie, I think Abby is going evil on us." Fred just stared at me curiously; I just rolled my eyes and got up to get my book when George and Lee decided to go find Katie and Angelina. The compartment fell silent as Fred started to look through some prank plans and I read my book. After a while I looked up at Fred who seemed oddly distant. "Fred, is something wrong? You're being very quiet." He looked up at me and nodded, saying "Yes, I'm fine. Just thinking about the next prank." I rolled my eyes at his lie "Frederick Gideon Weasley, you my friend are a terrible lie when it comes to lying to me." He sighed and looked into my eyes; I looked back trying to figure out what was wrong. He seemed to be at a loss for words for a minute. I sighed and looked out the window for about five minutes before he spoke up "Did you meet anyone this summer?" I turned my head to look at him so fast it almost hurt but all I cared about was figuring out what he meant. The second I looked at his face I knew exactly what he meant. "No, I didn't like the guys Daph introduced. They were conceited and idiotic. They didn't even understand pranks!" he chuckled but I could still sense some doubt and sighed "Listen, I don't like anyone like that. Right now, I just want to focus on quidditch, school, and pranks. Got it?" Fred said "Got it." Fred smiled and gave me a bear hug which I gladly returned. After a minute I sat back down and looked at my book and decided to put it back. George and Lee came in a few minutes later and George looked at Fred and said "Right, we need to talk about the map." I stared at George and said "Why? Please tell me you guys didn't blow it up or something!" the twins made a mock hurt look "Have a little faith in us my dear Abigail." George said. I looked at them and said "Okay, what's up with the map?" "Gred and I have reason to believe Harry might be in need of the map this year, so we were hoping you might be able to replicate it. Can you?" I took the map from Fred who had gotten it from his trunk and I looked closely at it, thinking of all of the charms the Marauders would have had to use. I looked at the twins and nodded "It's possible, but I will need to read up on some charms before I attempt to replicate the map." The twins smiled and Fred said "Sounds good to me, what do you think Forge?" George grinned and said "Sounds like we have a lot of reading to do!" After the twins put away the map we joked around and planned our first prank of the year. Suddenly the compartment got cold and the lights went out, there was frost on the window. Fred, George, Lee, and I grabbed our wands. I looked at them and said "Have you been working on the Patronus charm like I told you to?" a chorus of "Yes" rang out in the compartment. As it got colder I thought about my happiest memory. The door to our compartment opened and we saw a dementor, for a moment fear overtook me but I shook it off and the four of us yelled "Expecto Patronum!" The dementor went flying out of our compartment. I sat down, shaking from the memory that the dementor had tried to use against me. "Bloody hell! Why do you think they're here?" Lee said. Fred, George, and I stared at Lee and looked back at each other. "Have you not read The Prophet lately mate?" I asked. Lee shook his head and said "I haven't had time. Why? What did I miss?" Fred looked at him and said "Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban." Lee fell silent and I rested my head on the window. "How?" was all Lee said, we shook our heads "They don't know." Fred replied solemnly.