CHAPTER 14

The rest of the week flew by. Summer met her mother at platform nine and three quarters. Callie had Crystal, Summer's snowy white owl and all Summer's supplies and robes for her second-year.

"Good luck! Send me letters with Crystal!" Callie called to Summer as she walked on the Hogwarts Express train.

"I will! I love you, mum!" Summer waved before disappearing into the train, trying to find a compartment. She sighed in relief when she saw Ashley and Ginny saving her a seat.

"Hey guys!" Summer smiled as she sat down and closed the compartment door.

"Hello! Have you guys heard that the Quidditch World Cup is next year?" Ginny said excitedly.

"It is? Who versus who?" Summer asked.

"Bulgaria versus Ireland!" Ginny said.

"Wow, that's great! When will the tickets start selling?" Ashley and Ginny began to talk about the Quidditch World Cup while Summer looked out of the window. She heard a gentle tapping on the compartment door and turned around. Draco Malfoy stood outside their compartment. He smiled, winked at Summer. Summer smiled back and Draco walked on. That wink and smile did the trick. Summer was as happy as anyone who'd gotten a million birthday presents.

"I really wondered why Summer's parents named her Summer instead of Dreamy Lovebird." Ginny teased Summer as she stared out of the compartment door.

"Well then, I might change my name to Dreamy Lovebird Summer Ashland." Summer smirked. The girls laughed softly.

"No, it should be Dreamy Lovebird Summer Ashland Malfoy." Ashley corrected her.

"Come on, Ashley. We're not married yet." Summer rolled her eyes but she was flushing pink.

"Nevermind Summer. Who do you like, Ashley?" Ginny said to Ashley. This time, Ashley blushed a brilliant pink.

"Er...no one." Ashley said quickly. Summer raised her eyebrows questioningly. The cart lady saved Ashley from being pestered by her two best friends.

"Anything off the trolley, dears?" The cart lady asked.

"Five Chocolate Frogs, two Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, three pumpkin pasties and a cauldron cake." Summer said immediately.

"Nine Sickles and two Knuts." The cart lady handed Summer her sweets and Summer paid her. Ginny got two packets of Bettie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, two licorice wands and ten Chocolate Frogs. Ashley got five pumpkin pasties, ten Drooble's Best Blowing Gum and eight Chocolate Frogs.

"I just love these Chocolate Frogs." Ginny bit the head off a Chocolate Frog.

"Chocolate fanatic?" Ashley remarked, blowing a bubble with one of her Drooble's.

"Yup! I love chocolate." Ginny nodded, eating her second Frog.

"So, Mrs. Draco Malfoy, did he or did he not tap the window, smile and wink at you?" Ashley turned to Summer again.

"Yes, he did. Satsified?" Summer rolled her eyes once more as she bit into her pumpkin pasty but once again, she blushed pink.

"Now, Ashley, why don't we leave Miss Dreamy Lovebird to her lovey-dovey thoughts?" Ginny suggested, giggling as Summer was staring out of the compartment door again, eating her pumpkin pasty. Suddenly, the train came to a stop and the lights went out.

"What's happening? We can't be at Hogwarts yet." Summer took out her wand. "Lumos." A little white light appeared at the end of her wand.

"How did it get so cold?" Ginny whispered, looking out of the window.

"Nox." The light went out on Summer's wand. She didn't want to attract attention.

"I think something's getting on." Ashley whispered as the train lurched a bit. Closing her eyes, Summer took a few deep breaths, trying to calm herself.

In a matter of minutes, the lights went on again and the train started moved.

"Phew. At least nothing bad had hap-" Summer started.

"Dementors on the train! Dementors on the train!" Someone was shouting.

"What's a dementor?" Summer turned to her friends.

"Souless creatures. They wear black cloaks and a hood covering their faces. They guard the prisoners in Azkaban." Ginny explained while Ashley looked out of the compartment.

"No dementors. Maybe they've gone or something." Ashley shrugged.

"Why are the dementors here?" Summer asked.

"You know that Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban right? Well the dementors were probably searching for him here." Ginny said as Ashley sat down again. "I hope they won't be at Hogwarts." Ashley and Summer both nodded.

When they finally arrived at Hogwarts, almost everyone was talking about the dementors, as if it was the only possible topic in the whole world. The girls sat down at the four long house tables, waiting longingly for the feast to start, for the Sorting Ceremony to be over and for the talking of Sirius Black and the dementors to finish.

END OF CHAPTER 2!

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