I'm just going to generalise this year, only mentioning certain parts which I feel are important. So please bear with me if it goes too fast for you, it'll be worth it when I get to the main bulk of the story.

That summer flew by, Ginny had gone off to Egypt, so Daniel was left on his own for the majority of the summer, and by September the first he couldn't wait to get onto the train.

When that time came, the Gryffindor second years had found their usual compartment, and were all gossiping about their summers, especially Ginny, who was telling so many stories about her trip to Egypt.

Daniel had zoned out of the conversation, particularly because Lauren Adams was trying to talk to him and only him nonstop. It wasn't as if he didn't want to talk to her, he just had other things he needed to think about.

Sirius Black had escaped Azkaban; his dad was especially annoyed at this news, because Black had massacred one of James' best friends, Peter Pettigrew. James had even had to take time off of work because it was affecting him so much.

Another thing that was patrolling Daniels mind was the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Remus Lupin was another one of James and Lily's school friends, and Daniel knew him briefly outside of school, he was worried that he would call him Moony instead of Professor Lupin.

At that moment, the train came to a halt. Emily went outside the compartment, and confirmed that they shouldn't have stopped.

"We're still ages away from the school, why have we stopped?" She asked

"Why are you asking us?" Oliver asked

"Yeah it's not like we caused the train to stop" Daniel laughed.

But at that moment, the windows began to ice up, and the air became cold. It was as if all the happiness in the world had just suddenly vanished, and a long, floating, cloaked creature appeared at the doorway. The creature looked around the compartment, and his gaze fell upon Daniel briefly, before moving on to the next compartment.

The group stayed quiet for a while, even when the train began to move again, until a teacher appeared at the doorway, holding bars of chocolate in his hands.

"Eat this, it will make you feel better" He said

"How do we know it hasn't been tampered with" Oliver asked, taking one anyway

"Because a creature just invaded the train, and I, as a teacher, need to protect my students" The man said. This seemed to be enough for Oliver and the rest of the group, as they all accepted the chocolate and began to eat. All except Daniel, who was staring into space.

"Dan, are you ok?" Ginny asked from next to him

"That thing, it stared right at me" Daniel said, still shaking a little from the experience.

"It'll be ok" Ginny said, as she hugged him. All of a sudden he felt a bit better, and started to eat his chocolate, not being able to wait until the train stopped, and he could forget this journey, and the whole day.