Part 5
Disclaimer: All people you recognise from the books belong to JK Rowling. I own this plotline, Rosie Potter, Aurora Black and Brad and Lucas Lupin.
Author's Note: I need to know who you like better, Sirius or Remus.
Sirius: Why?
Because one of you will...*mumbles something*
Lupin: What? Speak up!
Nothing...just who do you like better? Oh, yes and I know that I said that Ron was in the same house as Harry earlier, but I changed it.
The air in the Potter house was a bit tense and there was an underlaying of fear. James and Lily tried their best to keep their anxiousness hidden. Rosie didn't notice it, but Harry did and, as not to worry his parents, he kept his anxiety hidden. They went to Diagon Alley to get the school supplies needed for that year at Hogwarts and Rosie was thorougly over-joyed at going to Hogwarts. The rest of the summer passed in somewhat of a blur. Soon, it was September first and they were headed for King's Cross.
"I can't believe I'm finally going to Hogwarts!" Rosie chirped excitedly.
"Yeah, it's great." Harry replied, looking out the window at the dull, gray, overcast sky.
"You'll have fun there, trust me." Aurora said. She was with Harry, Rosie and Lily because her parents were at work.
"I remember my days at Hogwarts." Lily said wistfully as she pulled the car into a parking spot in front of King's Cross, "I had lots of fun there."
"What house do you want to be in, Rosie?" Harry asked.
"The same one as you and 'Rora! Gryffindor!" Rosie said as they got out and began unloading their trunks.
"Figures." Lily smiled as she got trollies for the trunks. They walked into King's Cross station. They leaned against the barrier and emerged on Platform Nine and Three Quarters. It was a zoo, as usual. Hogwarts students and their families, bidding farewell.
"Now, you'll be good, rigjt? And careful?" Lily asked anxiously.
"Yes, Mummy." Rosie hugged her mother.
"Send Hedwig when you get there." Lily instructed.
Thank God that's one thing that's still the same. Harry thought. He still had his snowy owl, Hedwig in this world. He looked around the platform and saw Ron. He was standing with his family and Hermione...who had not-so bushy hair. It was like when she wore it up at rhe Yule Ball last year.
"Hey, Harry!" a voice called. Harry turned around to see Draco and Samantha, "Come on, we've got a compartment. Brad and Lucas are there already."
"Bye, Mum!" Harry hugged his mother good-bye.
"Be careful, please Harry." Lily pleaded, tears filling her luminous emerald eyes.
"I will Mum." Harry said, picking up his trunk and dragging it onto the train. Samantha helped Aurora while Draco helped Rosie.
"Took you long enought." Lucas commented as they came into the compartment.
"My Mum was taking too long to say good-bye." Harry shrugged as the train started to move.
"You're in Ravenclaw, right, Sammie...I mean, Samantha?" Rosie asked as they stored their trunks in the luggage rack.
"Yes. Along with Brad and Lucas." Samantha said.
"Are we gonna win the Quidditch Cup again this year?" Draco wondered.
"With Harry as Seeker, you as Keeper and me as Beater we're sure to win!" Aurora said enthusiastically.
"Will I be able to play Quidditch?" Rosie asked.
"Sorry, first years aren't allowed." Brad said sympathetically. They continued the Quidditch conversation for a while
"So, gonna be in Gryffindor just like your brother?" Lucas asked Rosie about a half-hour later.
"Gryffindor?" a familiar voice scoffed from the entrance to the compartment. Harry looked up to see Ron standing there with Hermione.
"You want to be in Gryffindor?" Ron repeated, an arrogant sneer on his face.
"Slytherin's better." Hermione added, a superior smirk on her face.
"Says who?" Draco leapt to his feet.
Ron and Hermione are in SLYTHERIN!?!?!?! Harry exclaimed in his mind, shocked.
"Says me." Ron retorted.
"Oh and your opinion counts for so much, Weasley." Aurora said, "Just because you're the Minister of Magic's son doesn't mean you can push everyone around."
"And what're you gonna do about it, Black?" Hermione sneered.
"This!" Aurora leapt at Ron and punched him in the nose.
"You bitch!" Ron exclaimed, holding a hand up to his now-bloody nose.
"Let's go, Ron." Hermione glared at the others in the compartment.
Without a backwards glance, the two left.
"I'll show that Weasley one day." Draco vowed, "He can't push everyone around just because he's Arthur Weasley's son."
"So they're in Slytherin?" Rosie asked in a small voice.
"Yeah. You don't want to get mixed up with the likes of them, Rosie." Samanthat said comfortingly, "You'll be better off in Gryffindor or Ravenclaw."
Draco Malfoy's one of my best friends and it turns out that Ron and Hermione are my enemies...could anything be worse? Harry wondered as he glanced out the window. It was starting to drizzle, matching his mood.
Author's Note: *cowering* Please don't kill me for Ron and Hermione's personalities! It's an alternate world! That means the characters are screwed up and everythings different...well not everything...Thirty points to whoever guesses what the thing was that flew at Harry's face that knocked him out and made him go to the alternate world. And please tell me who you like better, Sirius or Remus.