Disclaimer: This is a fan fic, so obviously I don't own the characters.
A/N: Thankies for the reviews! *glomp* Wow, you guys are so kool! Keep reading!
Chapter 5
It was terribly crowded. Muggles and magic folk all crammed together in a train station, all with the same goal; to make it to their train on time. Hermione stood alone at the entrance to Platform 9 3/4 waiting for the boys to arrive. " Where are they?" she thought tapping her foot impatiently. She had made it a requirement for herself to be punctual, so she'd left early. She desperately hoped they'd be on time.
" Hermione! Hey! Hermione!"
A tall, red head boy waved as he jogged over to her.
" Ron!" she grinned, pulling him into a tight hug, " How was your summer?"
Ron shrugged. " Not bad. There's not much to do when you can't even get out of the house. Mum's been paranoid all summer. This is probably the first daylight I've seen in months!"
Hermione smiled patiently at Ron's silly exaggerations, but she'd missed him. All the previous summers they'd spent together. Ron, Hermione, Seamus and Parviti. This summer she'd missed that all because of Head Girl business. Both she and Malfoy had been forbidden to say what they were up to, but sooner or later it would come out. Everyone would want to know who the dark, mysterious, new student was.
".Hermione? Hermione! Hermione!"
" Huh?"
" You were day dreaming" Ron smiled cheerfully. "What were you thinking about? Do you fancy someone?" he winked.
" Ron, stop it!" she blushed moreover because in a way he was right. She'd been thinking about Harry and how they planned on keeping his true identity a secret. OK, so she really was thinking about how gorgeous he was however, her attraction to him, she was sad to admit, was purely physical. Hermione coughed awkwardly. " I was just thinking about Head Girl stuff." she trailed off in an attempt to defend herself. Well, it wasn't totally a lie. Harry did have something to do with Head Girl stuff.
This time Ron frowned looking a little annoyed. " That's what you've been telling me all summer! " he snapped. " What has been going on with you? I thought we were friends but if you can't talk to me, I don't see how we can be."
" I'm sorry.Its just that we were instructed not to tell anyone about the on goings this summer and -"
Ron raised and eyebrow questioningly, " We?"
" Malfoy and I" Hermione replied.
Ron opened his mouth in anger but no words came out. " How-Wha-When-I-"
" What?" Hermione challenged cutting him off. " What can you say? Malfoy is Head Boy! Of coarse he knows more about it than you do!"
" Probably got daddy to buy his way to Head Boy." Ron grumbled.
Even though it wasn't blatantly obvious, Ron cared for Hermione as more than a friend and he couldn't bear to think that she'd spent most of her summer with Malfoy. It was common knowledge the Draco Malfoy was the most sought after person in the school. It was also common knowledge that Draco Malfoy had slept with more than half of the student population.
" Hey! Granger!"
Ron ground his teeth furiously as Malfoy came into view closely followed by a tall, dark haired boy looked about their age. Looking the boy over, he sized him up. Who was he? He looked too smart to be one of Malfoy's cronies and Ron was sure he'd never seen the boy before.
Hermione turned to face the drawling voice. "Granger, Dumbledork decided that." Malfoy stopped and glared at Ron. "Weasel, why don't you go on and try to beg for knuts somewhere else?"
Hermione flashed Ron a sympathetic smile, "Sorry, you really shouldn't be listening to this." she said as Ron turned on his heel and stalked away.
Malfoy shrugged when Hermione shot him a glare. "Anyway, now that Weasley's gone. As I was saying, I've already put a concealing charm on his scar but Dumbledore decided that Potter here shouldn't use his real name either."
"Figures that it'll draw too much attention" Harry nodded.
"So what are we supposed to call him?" Hermione asked, "You are going to need a name."
Harry licked his lips thoughtfully. His brows furrowed in concentration. "How about James Evans?" he asked finally coming up with a name worth voicing.
"How sentimental!" Malfoy gushed sarcastically, "Naming yourself after your dead mummy and daddy. Now I don't know if that's sweet or sick."
"Why don't you shut up! Who the hell asked for your bloody opinion! '' Harry hissed, trying his best to keep his voice down.
"I think that the name is fine" Hermione said quickly, before the little argument blew up into a full scale fight. "Come on Ha-er.Evans. We better get on the train" she added
Harry, now seething with rage, turned and followed Hermione onto the train.
Malfoy watched their retreating figures. My, how simple it was to get Potter all wound up. This year might turn out to be more fun than I expected, he thought wickedly before following them onto the train.
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Harry sat silently, the side of his forehead leaned against the window. The train ride had been quite uneventful so far. Hermione had insisted that he sit in the Head Boy and Girl compartment so, as she put it "they could keep an eye on him". Harry was extremely peeved at this. He wasn't some kid who needed baby sitting, but he hadn't bothered to argue and conceded to her request. Now, hours later, he was still there under Hermione's careful watch. Draco had been in an out of the compartment multiple times. Harry had no clue as to what he was up to and neither did he care.
It was quite dark outside when Hermione finally spoke.
"We should change now" she said standing up.
A soft "Hn." was all the acknowledgement she received.
"I'll change in the bathroom" she said. "And lock the door" she added "Someone might accidentally walk in on you if you don't".
"Alright!" Harry said in exasperation as he shut the door and locked it. He was already irritated after sitting in silence for hours, and now she was acting like she was his mother. Sighing to himself he found his robes and began undressing.
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Draco Malfoy strode down the hallway toward his compartment feeling very pleased with himself. He'd finally got Pansy off his back. The stupid girl had been hovering around him for ages. She had to be the single most disgusting girl at Hogwarts....No, Millicent Bulstrode held that high place of honor. Draco almost skipped with joy at the pleasant prospect of never having to hear Pansy call him "Draky Poo" again. Ah, the FREEDOM!!!!
Grabbing the handle, he turned it only to discover that it was stuck.
"Alohomora"
Draco waited for the click before swinging the door open.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Harry let out a yell in shock. "Didn't your mother teach you to knock on locked door?" he hissed through gritted teeth, "What is it? 'Catch Harry Potter naked' day? First Hermione, now you! This is getting to be a nasty habit with you people" "And will you shut the bloody door. It's cold!" he snapped at Draco, who'd been standing in the doorway, watching him dress.
Shrugging, Draco let himself in closing the door behind him. He watched Harry hastily put on his uniform, covering his beautiful sun bronzed skin.
"So Granger walked in on you, did she?" Draco asked an amused smile playing on his lips.
"Yes" Harry replied with a grumpy huff.
Draco couldn't help laughing. He knew that Potter was his enemy. It was what he'd been told his whole life but somehow, he still couldn't help laughing at the famous Boy-Who-Lived. The boy who tried to be tough, but was really a child on the inside.
"What?" Harry demanded pouting.
"You should have given her a good look then Potter. Goodness knows if she'll ever see anything like that again" Draco chuckled.
"Thanks a lot Malfoy", Harry mumbled sarcastically, not really understanding Draco's comment.
"Anytime, but if ---"
Harry never heard what Draco had been trying to say because the train stopped with a sudden jolt and the lights flickered off.
"Potter? What the hell just happened?"
"How am I supposed to know? Where are you anyway?" Harry asked, groping around in the darkness.
"Argh! Damn you Potter! That was my EYE!" Draco snapped, swatting Harry's hand, "Where are you?"
"Malfoy.." Harry's voice trailed off, " Its so cold."
Harry wrapped his arms around himself, trying to keep warm, but this was a different kind of cold. It came from the inside. It felt like everything good he'd ever felt was gone. He felt empty.
Harry slumped on the floor of the compartment and huddled into a fetal position. He could here screaming, crying, and a laugh. A horrible, evil laugh...
"Lily run! Please take Harry and run!"
"Not without you. I'm not leaving without you!"
A tearful sob.
"Lily, he's here, we haven't got time...I'm sorry"
"James.I love you.always."
"Me too.And Harry..."
A soft sniffle...
"I love you, my baby boy"
A gentle kiss.
"Now run Lily. Don't look back no matter what"
An evil laugh.
"So we meet again Potter"
Strange words.screaming.
"JAMES!!!"
"Out of the way stupid girl"
"No! Not Harry! Please not Harry!"
"Crucio!"
A blood curdling scream.
More laughter.that cold, evil laughter.
"I love you Harry."
A cold echoing laugh that filled the night...
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A/N: Hey again! Hope you liked that chapter. Sorry about not updating for so long. I went to summer school-out of choice---and it was awesome!!! Don't look at me like that! It was fun! Anywho, the real question now:
The next chapter Harry get sorted so when you review, would you mind adding which house you think he would be in and why? Just to help me out a little! ^_^ Thankies!
A/N: Thankies for the reviews! *glomp* Wow, you guys are so kool! Keep reading!
Chapter 5
It was terribly crowded. Muggles and magic folk all crammed together in a train station, all with the same goal; to make it to their train on time. Hermione stood alone at the entrance to Platform 9 3/4 waiting for the boys to arrive. " Where are they?" she thought tapping her foot impatiently. She had made it a requirement for herself to be punctual, so she'd left early. She desperately hoped they'd be on time.
" Hermione! Hey! Hermione!"
A tall, red head boy waved as he jogged over to her.
" Ron!" she grinned, pulling him into a tight hug, " How was your summer?"
Ron shrugged. " Not bad. There's not much to do when you can't even get out of the house. Mum's been paranoid all summer. This is probably the first daylight I've seen in months!"
Hermione smiled patiently at Ron's silly exaggerations, but she'd missed him. All the previous summers they'd spent together. Ron, Hermione, Seamus and Parviti. This summer she'd missed that all because of Head Girl business. Both she and Malfoy had been forbidden to say what they were up to, but sooner or later it would come out. Everyone would want to know who the dark, mysterious, new student was.
".Hermione? Hermione! Hermione!"
" Huh?"
" You were day dreaming" Ron smiled cheerfully. "What were you thinking about? Do you fancy someone?" he winked.
" Ron, stop it!" she blushed moreover because in a way he was right. She'd been thinking about Harry and how they planned on keeping his true identity a secret. OK, so she really was thinking about how gorgeous he was however, her attraction to him, she was sad to admit, was purely physical. Hermione coughed awkwardly. " I was just thinking about Head Girl stuff." she trailed off in an attempt to defend herself. Well, it wasn't totally a lie. Harry did have something to do with Head Girl stuff.
This time Ron frowned looking a little annoyed. " That's what you've been telling me all summer! " he snapped. " What has been going on with you? I thought we were friends but if you can't talk to me, I don't see how we can be."
" I'm sorry.Its just that we were instructed not to tell anyone about the on goings this summer and -"
Ron raised and eyebrow questioningly, " We?"
" Malfoy and I" Hermione replied.
Ron opened his mouth in anger but no words came out. " How-Wha-When-I-"
" What?" Hermione challenged cutting him off. " What can you say? Malfoy is Head Boy! Of coarse he knows more about it than you do!"
" Probably got daddy to buy his way to Head Boy." Ron grumbled.
Even though it wasn't blatantly obvious, Ron cared for Hermione as more than a friend and he couldn't bear to think that she'd spent most of her summer with Malfoy. It was common knowledge the Draco Malfoy was the most sought after person in the school. It was also common knowledge that Draco Malfoy had slept with more than half of the student population.
" Hey! Granger!"
Ron ground his teeth furiously as Malfoy came into view closely followed by a tall, dark haired boy looked about their age. Looking the boy over, he sized him up. Who was he? He looked too smart to be one of Malfoy's cronies and Ron was sure he'd never seen the boy before.
Hermione turned to face the drawling voice. "Granger, Dumbledork decided that." Malfoy stopped and glared at Ron. "Weasel, why don't you go on and try to beg for knuts somewhere else?"
Hermione flashed Ron a sympathetic smile, "Sorry, you really shouldn't be listening to this." she said as Ron turned on his heel and stalked away.
Malfoy shrugged when Hermione shot him a glare. "Anyway, now that Weasley's gone. As I was saying, I've already put a concealing charm on his scar but Dumbledore decided that Potter here shouldn't use his real name either."
"Figures that it'll draw too much attention" Harry nodded.
"So what are we supposed to call him?" Hermione asked, "You are going to need a name."
Harry licked his lips thoughtfully. His brows furrowed in concentration. "How about James Evans?" he asked finally coming up with a name worth voicing.
"How sentimental!" Malfoy gushed sarcastically, "Naming yourself after your dead mummy and daddy. Now I don't know if that's sweet or sick."
"Why don't you shut up! Who the hell asked for your bloody opinion! '' Harry hissed, trying his best to keep his voice down.
"I think that the name is fine" Hermione said quickly, before the little argument blew up into a full scale fight. "Come on Ha-er.Evans. We better get on the train" she added
Harry, now seething with rage, turned and followed Hermione onto the train.
Malfoy watched their retreating figures. My, how simple it was to get Potter all wound up. This year might turn out to be more fun than I expected, he thought wickedly before following them onto the train.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Harry sat silently, the side of his forehead leaned against the window. The train ride had been quite uneventful so far. Hermione had insisted that he sit in the Head Boy and Girl compartment so, as she put it "they could keep an eye on him". Harry was extremely peeved at this. He wasn't some kid who needed baby sitting, but he hadn't bothered to argue and conceded to her request. Now, hours later, he was still there under Hermione's careful watch. Draco had been in an out of the compartment multiple times. Harry had no clue as to what he was up to and neither did he care.
It was quite dark outside when Hermione finally spoke.
"We should change now" she said standing up.
A soft "Hn." was all the acknowledgement she received.
"I'll change in the bathroom" she said. "And lock the door" she added "Someone might accidentally walk in on you if you don't".
"Alright!" Harry said in exasperation as he shut the door and locked it. He was already irritated after sitting in silence for hours, and now she was acting like she was his mother. Sighing to himself he found his robes and began undressing.
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Draco Malfoy strode down the hallway toward his compartment feeling very pleased with himself. He'd finally got Pansy off his back. The stupid girl had been hovering around him for ages. She had to be the single most disgusting girl at Hogwarts....No, Millicent Bulstrode held that high place of honor. Draco almost skipped with joy at the pleasant prospect of never having to hear Pansy call him "Draky Poo" again. Ah, the FREEDOM!!!!
Grabbing the handle, he turned it only to discover that it was stuck.
"Alohomora"
Draco waited for the click before swinging the door open.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Harry let out a yell in shock. "Didn't your mother teach you to knock on locked door?" he hissed through gritted teeth, "What is it? 'Catch Harry Potter naked' day? First Hermione, now you! This is getting to be a nasty habit with you people" "And will you shut the bloody door. It's cold!" he snapped at Draco, who'd been standing in the doorway, watching him dress.
Shrugging, Draco let himself in closing the door behind him. He watched Harry hastily put on his uniform, covering his beautiful sun bronzed skin.
"So Granger walked in on you, did she?" Draco asked an amused smile playing on his lips.
"Yes" Harry replied with a grumpy huff.
Draco couldn't help laughing. He knew that Potter was his enemy. It was what he'd been told his whole life but somehow, he still couldn't help laughing at the famous Boy-Who-Lived. The boy who tried to be tough, but was really a child on the inside.
"What?" Harry demanded pouting.
"You should have given her a good look then Potter. Goodness knows if she'll ever see anything like that again" Draco chuckled.
"Thanks a lot Malfoy", Harry mumbled sarcastically, not really understanding Draco's comment.
"Anytime, but if ---"
Harry never heard what Draco had been trying to say because the train stopped with a sudden jolt and the lights flickered off.
"Potter? What the hell just happened?"
"How am I supposed to know? Where are you anyway?" Harry asked, groping around in the darkness.
"Argh! Damn you Potter! That was my EYE!" Draco snapped, swatting Harry's hand, "Where are you?"
"Malfoy.." Harry's voice trailed off, " Its so cold."
Harry wrapped his arms around himself, trying to keep warm, but this was a different kind of cold. It came from the inside. It felt like everything good he'd ever felt was gone. He felt empty.
Harry slumped on the floor of the compartment and huddled into a fetal position. He could here screaming, crying, and a laugh. A horrible, evil laugh...
"Lily run! Please take Harry and run!"
"Not without you. I'm not leaving without you!"
A tearful sob.
"Lily, he's here, we haven't got time...I'm sorry"
"James.I love you.always."
"Me too.And Harry..."
A soft sniffle...
"I love you, my baby boy"
A gentle kiss.
"Now run Lily. Don't look back no matter what"
An evil laugh.
"So we meet again Potter"
Strange words.screaming.
"JAMES!!!"
"Out of the way stupid girl"
"No! Not Harry! Please not Harry!"
"Crucio!"
A blood curdling scream.
More laughter.that cold, evil laughter.
"I love you Harry."
A cold echoing laugh that filled the night...
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A/N: Hey again! Hope you liked that chapter. Sorry about not updating for so long. I went to summer school-out of choice---and it was awesome!!! Don't look at me like that! It was fun! Anywho, the real question now:
The next chapter Harry get sorted so when you review, would you mind adding which house you think he would be in and why? Just to help me out a little! ^_^ Thankies!