This year the Diggorys went to Diagon Alley two weeks before the kids would leave for Hogwarts. They decided they would stay there and cut their vacation in their summer home in France short. Mrs. Diggory had the usual task of getting the kids' books and supplies while Mr. Diggory ws at work.
Meanwhile, Harry got anger with his uncle's sister, and blew her up. Her ran away, and rode the Knight Bus to the Leaky Cauldron. There he met the Minister of Magic and thought he was going to be expelled. Luckily for him he wasn't and stayed the rest of the vacation there.
One week before the start of the term, Hermione, Ron and Ron's family arrived in Diagon Alley. Heather's uncle ran a shop in Diagon alley, so she was already there. Marissa and her family always went on vacation with the Diggorys, so she arrived with them.
"Hey Heather. Having fun?" asked Beth as she entered the shop.
'Yeah, loads," she replied sarcastically. "Working here all summer well everyone else is having a great vacation is just wonderful."
"Well I've got some great news for you," said Beth with a big grin.
"What?" asked Heather eager to know.
"Fred's in town," Beth said knowing Heather would be ecstatic.
"You serious?" asked Heather.
"Yep," replied Beth.
"Sweet."
Beth and Heather entered the Leaky Cauldron just as Fred, George and Ron came down the stairs. Fred seeing Heather, began to blush, because his feelings for her had grown even more over the summer. Marissa came down the stairs two seconds later and ran over and gave Heather a big hug. Heather had become one of hers' and Beth's good friends. Ginny was already sitting at a table and was overjoyed to see Beth. Beth was an awesome person and treated Ginny like she was her own sister. Although Ron, Harry, and Hermione didn't particularly like Beth, Ginny did.
"What time are we leaving tomorrow?" asked Beth sitting down.
"Who cares?" asked Ron as he, Harry, and Hermione came to the table.
"I do," replied Beth aggravated. " I need to know so I can figure out the latest I have to get up."
"Well the train leaves at 11 as usually," said Cedric approaching the table. "So we'll have to leave at 10:15. Do you plan on taking a shower?"
"Uh, yea," replied Beth. "Who isn't?"
"True," replied Cedric. "I'd say get up between 9 and 9:30."
"K," replied Beth. "Thanks for telling me."
On the train ride, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Beth, and Marissa climbed into a compartment with a man who was sleeping. Half way on the way to Hogwarts, the train stopped. All of the sudden the train started getting cold. All of the sudden the compartment door opened and a black hooded figure entered. The man awoke and said some spell and made the thing go away. He gave Harry some chocolate and went to speak to the conductor.