Chapter 4 -- Hogwarts Express
The next morning Harry awoke to a loud sound next to his head on the floor. He sat up in his sleeping bag and saw Ron dragging his trunk across the floor.
"Oh, good morning Harry, did I wake you up?" Ron asked innocently.
"Well, yea...but that's ok, I have to get ready. When does the train leave?" Harry asked, looking around the room for a clock, remembering that the Weasley's didn't own such a muggle item.
"Well, my mum said to bring our stuff down now, I think we're leaving in about an hour." Ron replied, and resumed to drag his trunk toward the door.
Harry climbed out of his sleeping bag and folded it up. He put it with the rest of his belongings and gathered everything together. He picked up his trunk and carried it downstairs past Ron (Harry didn't own as much as Ron did, surprisingly).
"Good morning Harry! Sleep well?" Mrs. Weasley asked, as she was taking Harry's things and placing them near the door.
"Yes, thank you." Harry replied politely. He looked around the room and saw Ginny struggling to drag her trunk to the door. "Need some help, Ginny?" Harry asked
"Sure, thanks," Ginny replied, blushing a little as Harry took the trunk.
Normally, this would be a very nice and romantic gesture of Harry, but when he realized that he too could not lift the trunk, the gesture was mearley friendly.
"Give it here, Harry," Mr. Weasley said, emerging from the bedroom.
Mr.Weasley picked up the trunk with one hand, making Harry go flush, and placed it by the door.
"Is that everything?" Mrs. Weasley asked, looking around the room.
Harry saw Ron was still trying to get his trunk down the steps. When he succeeded he walked over to Harry.
"Hey, I didn't see you offer to help me carry my trunk," Ron said playfully and shoved him.
Harry rubbed his shoulder and blushed. Ginny started to go upstairs and turned halfway around, caught Harry's eye and smiled. She finished climbing the stairs.
"Oh, wait!" Harry exclaimed. "I forgot my broomstick in Ron's room!" Harry bolted up the stairs to Ron's room and saw Ginny entering her room. Harry started to enter Ron's room when he turned around and walked down the hall towards Ginny's room. He knocked on the door lightly.
"Ginny?" Harry called out. "Can I come in?" he asked politley.
"WHAT DO YOU WA-" at that moment she opened the door, and saw Harry standing there. "OH! Harry?! I'm sorry I thought you were my brother." Ginny said slightly
embarrassed.
"Oh, it's ok." Harry replied.
"What's up?" She asked curiously, catching Harry off guard. He hadn't had a reason to go to her room.
"Have you...ummm, have you seen my broomstick?" He asked nervously.
"Well, did you check Ron's room?" She asked, not noticing his nervousness.
"Oh! Right...Ron's room." Harry mumbled "Why didn't I think of that?" Harry walked to Ron's room and when he got inside he shut the door behind him and leaned back against it.
"Why didn't I think of that?!" Harry repeated aloud to himself. "I'm such an idiot!" He thought.
Just then the knocking on the door caused Harry's back to vibrate. He jumped up and opened the door.
"Did you find your broomstick?" Ron asked. Harry looked to the corner of the room where he knew he had left it.
"Yea," he replied. He walked over and picked it up.
"Well, mom says we're leaving soon. Get Ginny for me, would 'ya?" Ron teased
and went downstairs.
Harry took his broomstick and knocked on Ginny's door. She immediatly opened
it.
"Mrs. Weasley says we are leaving soon, so we should go downstairs." Harry
told her.
Ginny nodded and looked to his hand.
"I see you found what you were looking for."
Harry looked confused until Ginny pointed to the object in his hand.
"Oh! My Broomstick, right..." Harry trailed off.
The Weasleys and Harry loaded themselves into the muggle made car for the trip to Hogwarts Express. Ron had purposly sat in the middle of his sister and Harry, noticing how strangely they acted when they were near each other.
"Are you excited?" Mrs. Weasley asked the backseat full of Hogwarts students. They all nodded in agreement.
"Why so quiet?" Mr. Weasley questioned them.
Harry knew why he wasn't speaking. He was afraid of looking like a complete idiot in front of Ginny, like before. He assumed Ginny wasn't speaking because she had witnessed his foul up. Ron probably wasn't speaking because he suspected Harry of returning Ginny's long lasting crush.
"The train ride ought to be interesting", Harry thought.
Ron, Harry, and Ginny sat in silence for the ride to Hogwarts Express. Once in a while they would giggle at Mr.Weasley's driving. They were lucky that they were still alive by the time they arrived. Mr. Weasley had driven in the middle of the two lanes for half the ride, and even drove on the wrong side of the road until Harry started screaming from the back seat (Harry couldn't blame them though, the wizarding family didn't know any better).
"Have ze vonderfuul trip Draco" Christiana told her cousin at Platform 9 and 3/4's, and gave him a hug goodbye.
"I will," Draco Malfoy replied, "Take care, and make sure to come and visit me when I win the Quidditch Finals."
"Zat would bee fun," Christiana said.
"And you take care too," Draco turned to his little cousin behind Christiana. "Make sure to watch over your sister," He told the little boy, messing up his hair playfully.
"Okie," the little boy agreed trying to pry Draco's hand from his head.
"Look at zat!" Christiana exclaimed, "It's ze Potter boy, Harry Potter! I met him at ze Weasley's house ze other day. Let's go say 'allo" Christiana turned away from Draco Malfoy and began walking over to Harry.
Draco stayed still not moving from his spot.
"'Allo Harry Potter!" Christiana exclaimed.
Harry turned around to see Christiana and her brother.
"Oh! Hello!" It's nice to see you again," Harry replied nicely, " What are you doing here?" He asked.
"I've come to ze me couzin too ze tren." She said turning to her sidde, expecting to see Draco next to her, she turned around quickly to see he was still where she had been before, giving them a cruel stare.
"My couzin seems to be a little upzet," she said trying to make up for Draco's rude behavior.
"It's ok, " Harry replied, " We just don't get along very well."
Ginny watched them talk from the huddle her parents had created around her and her brother. They were telling them that they would write to them all the time, they should study hard for all their subjects, and they should stay out of trouble this year. Ginny was growing a little jealous as Christiana put her hand on Harry's shoulder. She pushed her way past her family and made her way over to Harry and Christiana.
Ginny slipped her arm through Harry's and linked them together. Harry was a little surprised, but not at all mad.
"Hi, I'm Ginny," she told Christiana, interrupting her in mid-speech.
'Allo, I'm Christiana, I think we've met. You're Fred'z liittle zister
right?" Christiana asked.
"I'm Fred's sister, yes." Ginny replied, getting annoyed at being called
'little'.
"HARRY, GINNY let's go!" Ron called out to them.
"Well, it was nice seeing you again, Christiana" Harry said shaking her hand
and turning away.
"Goodbye!" She called after them "Have ze good trip!"
One by one Harry, Ginny, and Ron took their bags from Mr. And Mrs. Weasley
and carefully ran through the pole seperating platform 9 3/4's from the muggle
world. They boarded the train and looked for Hemione.
"Get lost!" Ron yelled to his sister.
"What?!" Ginny exclaimed
"Get lost...please." Ron replied.
"You don't have to leave, Ginny" Harry butted in, as he stopped walking.
"It's ok. I know where I'm not wanted" Ginny told him, staring at Ron as
she said it.
"I want you" Harry said.
This caused Ron and Ginny to stare at Harry funnily. Harry realized what he had just said, and tried to cover it up, but it was too late.
"I mean! Ummmm...You're not not wanted, because you are wanted!" Harry
trailed off
"Oh, brother." Ron stated.
"I think I see Ambrosa", Ginny said. "I'd better go, see you later Harry,"
she smiled and quickly walked away.
"Real smooth," Ron said to Harry.
Harry smacked himself in the head with
his hand.
"Harry! Ron! There you two are! I saved us a compartment, let's go!" Hermione
called out to them.
They followed her into the compartment and saw two girls sitting inside.One girl had blonde hair that framed her face delicatley and blue eyes that captured the sky's beauty. Harry thought she was pretty, but thought the other girl possessed an enchanting beauty that caused him to go speechless. This other girl that Harry laid eyes on had blonde hair also, but it was lighter, and she posessed a more smooth sun tanned face with gorgeous brown eyes behind the strands of hair that fell across her face as she was writing in a little purple book.
"Hi, I'm Joanna Schreck, " the blue eyed girl stood up and offered her hand
to Ron who took it quickly. Harry still had his eyes fixed on the sitting girl with the beautiful brown eyes.
"I'm Ron, Ron Weasley," Ron told her excitedly
Harry was still looking at the blonde angel sitting before him.
"And what about you?" Joanna said, noticing Harrys lack of interest.
Ron shoved Harry in the ribs.
"The pretty girl, named Joanna, just asked you for your name!", Ron mumbled under his breath.
Harry, still dazed by the girl, managed to say, "Harry Potter"
"Harry POTTER?!" the girl repeated, "You mean, you're HARRY POTTER?"
Harry managed to bring himself back to reality and said, "Yes, Harry Potter"
"Laura, did you hear that?! This is HARRY POTTER! POTTER!" she shouted in excitement.
The sitting girl with brown eyes stopped whatever she was writing and looked up at the sound of her name. She was surprised to see two boys in the compartment with her. One with blazing red hairand freckles and one whom she thought was the most handsome boy she had ever laid eyes on.
"Hi," Harry stumbled over to her. "Your name is Laura?" He tried to think of what Joanna had called her.
"Yes, Laura White" she replied. "And you are Harry Potter?" she asked.
"Yea," he said blushing with a smile.
Joanna leaned over the two and began searching Harry's face.
"Where's the scar!? Lemme see!" She asked nosily with a whine.
"Sorry about my friend," Laura said apoligizing for Joannas rude
behavior.
"It's ok," Harry replied. He pulled back his hair and showed off the scar. He
hoped that this would impress Laura.
"COOL!" Joanna exclaimed.
"I think this one's empty" They heard someone call from outside.
They all looked toward the door as it slowly opened to reveal Crabbe and
Goyle (two Slytherin students).
"Well lookie what we got here," Crabbe said.
"It looks like Potter's having a party," said Goyle.
"Hey, Draco!" Goyle yelled down the hall. "Potter's in here, and there's some
new girls in here too!"
Draco Malfoy appeared in the doorway. He motioned for Crabbe and Goyle to get
out of his way.
"We meet again," Draco Malfoy said to Harry.
"Unfortunatly," Harry said standing up and walking in front of him.
"Well, well, well," Draco stated, "Looks like you finally got yourself a
little gang," he said as he looked past Harry at the new commers. "and that one's kinda cute," he said while motioning towards Joanna.
"I don't think you're her type," Ron shot at him from behind Harry.
"How would you know?" Draco shot back, getting annoyed.
"I don't think pretty girls go for losers." Harry said advancing on Draco.
"Don't be so sure about that" Joanna inturrupted, obviously flirting with
Draco.
"Trust me," Ron said, " You don't want him. He's no good." showing more
courage then he ever felt.
"Come on guys. I know where we're not wanted," Draco said. The three of them turned and walked out. Draco turned around right before he left and said to Joanna "I'll be seeing you around."
"What a creep!" Hermione yelled.
"He dosen't seem too friendly," Laura stated the obvious.
"I thought he was pretty cute," Joanna said innocently.
Ron sighed as his attempts of ever getting a girl to like him failed.
"So...Laura...You two are from New York City?" Harry asked shyly as he took a seat next to her.
"Yep," Laura replied with her pen still writing in the little purple book.
"What are you writing in there?" Harry asked her.
"Oh! Poetry. I write alot of things, like all my feelings and stuff down in poetry." She replied sweetly.
"I love poetry! I write some myself!" Harry lied in attempts to impress her.
"Really? Maybe you can show my sometime!" Laura said with delight.
"So! Do you live with muggles?" Ron asked trying to change the subject.
"Nope," Joanna answered in her loud New York accent "But we live among muggles.
"Then do you know what a televiki set is?" Ron asked trying to sound smart.
"A television set," Harry corrected him with his eyes still focused on Laura.
"Yea!" Joanna replied, "We've got one of those."
"Really?! We just got one too," Ron said showing off, "I almost know how to
work it and everyth-"
Just then the door opened to reveal Ginny. She saw Hermione flipping through some books, and saw a girl talking to her brother. She thought this was odd because no girls ever talked to him, unless they were making fun of him. Then she saw Harry and Laura indulged in a conversation. This made her extremly jealous.
"Hey Harry!" Ginny said. "Do you want to come up to the front train car with me? They are selling Chocolate Frogs for half price!"
"Oh no! I'm busy right now, sorry Ginny. But if you're going up there, wanna get me a frog?" Harry replied looking up from the little purple book that Laura let him read.
"Oh...alright" Ginny said with disapointment as she turned and walked away.
The rest of the trip to Hogwarts was fun for the students. Ron and Joanna were telling jokes and showing each other how much they knew about Muggle items. Hermione was sticking her nose in books, studying for the new school year, as usual. And Harry and Laura were flirting over poetry and Chocolate Frogs.
The next morning Harry awoke to a loud sound next to his head on the floor. He sat up in his sleeping bag and saw Ron dragging his trunk across the floor.
"Oh, good morning Harry, did I wake you up?" Ron asked innocently.
"Well, yea...but that's ok, I have to get ready. When does the train leave?" Harry asked, looking around the room for a clock, remembering that the Weasley's didn't own such a muggle item.
"Well, my mum said to bring our stuff down now, I think we're leaving in about an hour." Ron replied, and resumed to drag his trunk toward the door.
Harry climbed out of his sleeping bag and folded it up. He put it with the rest of his belongings and gathered everything together. He picked up his trunk and carried it downstairs past Ron (Harry didn't own as much as Ron did, surprisingly).
"Good morning Harry! Sleep well?" Mrs. Weasley asked, as she was taking Harry's things and placing them near the door.
"Yes, thank you." Harry replied politely. He looked around the room and saw Ginny struggling to drag her trunk to the door. "Need some help, Ginny?" Harry asked
"Sure, thanks," Ginny replied, blushing a little as Harry took the trunk.
Normally, this would be a very nice and romantic gesture of Harry, but when he realized that he too could not lift the trunk, the gesture was mearley friendly.
"Give it here, Harry," Mr. Weasley said, emerging from the bedroom.
Mr.Weasley picked up the trunk with one hand, making Harry go flush, and placed it by the door.
"Is that everything?" Mrs. Weasley asked, looking around the room.
Harry saw Ron was still trying to get his trunk down the steps. When he succeeded he walked over to Harry.
"Hey, I didn't see you offer to help me carry my trunk," Ron said playfully and shoved him.
Harry rubbed his shoulder and blushed. Ginny started to go upstairs and turned halfway around, caught Harry's eye and smiled. She finished climbing the stairs.
"Oh, wait!" Harry exclaimed. "I forgot my broomstick in Ron's room!" Harry bolted up the stairs to Ron's room and saw Ginny entering her room. Harry started to enter Ron's room when he turned around and walked down the hall towards Ginny's room. He knocked on the door lightly.
"Ginny?" Harry called out. "Can I come in?" he asked politley.
"WHAT DO YOU WA-" at that moment she opened the door, and saw Harry standing there. "OH! Harry?! I'm sorry I thought you were my brother." Ginny said slightly
embarrassed.
"Oh, it's ok." Harry replied.
"What's up?" She asked curiously, catching Harry off guard. He hadn't had a reason to go to her room.
"Have you...ummm, have you seen my broomstick?" He asked nervously.
"Well, did you check Ron's room?" She asked, not noticing his nervousness.
"Oh! Right...Ron's room." Harry mumbled "Why didn't I think of that?" Harry walked to Ron's room and when he got inside he shut the door behind him and leaned back against it.
"Why didn't I think of that?!" Harry repeated aloud to himself. "I'm such an idiot!" He thought.
Just then the knocking on the door caused Harry's back to vibrate. He jumped up and opened the door.
"Did you find your broomstick?" Ron asked. Harry looked to the corner of the room where he knew he had left it.
"Yea," he replied. He walked over and picked it up.
"Well, mom says we're leaving soon. Get Ginny for me, would 'ya?" Ron teased
and went downstairs.
Harry took his broomstick and knocked on Ginny's door. She immediatly opened
it.
"Mrs. Weasley says we are leaving soon, so we should go downstairs." Harry
told her.
Ginny nodded and looked to his hand.
"I see you found what you were looking for."
Harry looked confused until Ginny pointed to the object in his hand.
"Oh! My Broomstick, right..." Harry trailed off.
The Weasleys and Harry loaded themselves into the muggle made car for the trip to Hogwarts Express. Ron had purposly sat in the middle of his sister and Harry, noticing how strangely they acted when they were near each other.
"Are you excited?" Mrs. Weasley asked the backseat full of Hogwarts students. They all nodded in agreement.
"Why so quiet?" Mr. Weasley questioned them.
Harry knew why he wasn't speaking. He was afraid of looking like a complete idiot in front of Ginny, like before. He assumed Ginny wasn't speaking because she had witnessed his foul up. Ron probably wasn't speaking because he suspected Harry of returning Ginny's long lasting crush.
"The train ride ought to be interesting", Harry thought.
Ron, Harry, and Ginny sat in silence for the ride to Hogwarts Express. Once in a while they would giggle at Mr.Weasley's driving. They were lucky that they were still alive by the time they arrived. Mr. Weasley had driven in the middle of the two lanes for half the ride, and even drove on the wrong side of the road until Harry started screaming from the back seat (Harry couldn't blame them though, the wizarding family didn't know any better).
"Have ze vonderfuul trip Draco" Christiana told her cousin at Platform 9 and 3/4's, and gave him a hug goodbye.
"I will," Draco Malfoy replied, "Take care, and make sure to come and visit me when I win the Quidditch Finals."
"Zat would bee fun," Christiana said.
"And you take care too," Draco turned to his little cousin behind Christiana. "Make sure to watch over your sister," He told the little boy, messing up his hair playfully.
"Okie," the little boy agreed trying to pry Draco's hand from his head.
"Look at zat!" Christiana exclaimed, "It's ze Potter boy, Harry Potter! I met him at ze Weasley's house ze other day. Let's go say 'allo" Christiana turned away from Draco Malfoy and began walking over to Harry.
Draco stayed still not moving from his spot.
"'Allo Harry Potter!" Christiana exclaimed.
Harry turned around to see Christiana and her brother.
"Oh! Hello!" It's nice to see you again," Harry replied nicely, " What are you doing here?" He asked.
"I've come to ze me couzin too ze tren." She said turning to her sidde, expecting to see Draco next to her, she turned around quickly to see he was still where she had been before, giving them a cruel stare.
"My couzin seems to be a little upzet," she said trying to make up for Draco's rude behavior.
"It's ok, " Harry replied, " We just don't get along very well."
Ginny watched them talk from the huddle her parents had created around her and her brother. They were telling them that they would write to them all the time, they should study hard for all their subjects, and they should stay out of trouble this year. Ginny was growing a little jealous as Christiana put her hand on Harry's shoulder. She pushed her way past her family and made her way over to Harry and Christiana.
Ginny slipped her arm through Harry's and linked them together. Harry was a little surprised, but not at all mad.
"Hi, I'm Ginny," she told Christiana, interrupting her in mid-speech.
'Allo, I'm Christiana, I think we've met. You're Fred'z liittle zister
right?" Christiana asked.
"I'm Fred's sister, yes." Ginny replied, getting annoyed at being called
'little'.
"HARRY, GINNY let's go!" Ron called out to them.
"Well, it was nice seeing you again, Christiana" Harry said shaking her hand
and turning away.
"Goodbye!" She called after them "Have ze good trip!"
One by one Harry, Ginny, and Ron took their bags from Mr. And Mrs. Weasley
and carefully ran through the pole seperating platform 9 3/4's from the muggle
world. They boarded the train and looked for Hemione.
"Get lost!" Ron yelled to his sister.
"What?!" Ginny exclaimed
"Get lost...please." Ron replied.
"You don't have to leave, Ginny" Harry butted in, as he stopped walking.
"It's ok. I know where I'm not wanted" Ginny told him, staring at Ron as
she said it.
"I want you" Harry said.
This caused Ron and Ginny to stare at Harry funnily. Harry realized what he had just said, and tried to cover it up, but it was too late.
"I mean! Ummmm...You're not not wanted, because you are wanted!" Harry
trailed off
"Oh, brother." Ron stated.
"I think I see Ambrosa", Ginny said. "I'd better go, see you later Harry,"
she smiled and quickly walked away.
"Real smooth," Ron said to Harry.
Harry smacked himself in the head with
his hand.
"Harry! Ron! There you two are! I saved us a compartment, let's go!" Hermione
called out to them.
They followed her into the compartment and saw two girls sitting inside.One girl had blonde hair that framed her face delicatley and blue eyes that captured the sky's beauty. Harry thought she was pretty, but thought the other girl possessed an enchanting beauty that caused him to go speechless. This other girl that Harry laid eyes on had blonde hair also, but it was lighter, and she posessed a more smooth sun tanned face with gorgeous brown eyes behind the strands of hair that fell across her face as she was writing in a little purple book.
"Hi, I'm Joanna Schreck, " the blue eyed girl stood up and offered her hand
to Ron who took it quickly. Harry still had his eyes fixed on the sitting girl with the beautiful brown eyes.
"I'm Ron, Ron Weasley," Ron told her excitedly
Harry was still looking at the blonde angel sitting before him.
"And what about you?" Joanna said, noticing Harrys lack of interest.
Ron shoved Harry in the ribs.
"The pretty girl, named Joanna, just asked you for your name!", Ron mumbled under his breath.
Harry, still dazed by the girl, managed to say, "Harry Potter"
"Harry POTTER?!" the girl repeated, "You mean, you're HARRY POTTER?"
Harry managed to bring himself back to reality and said, "Yes, Harry Potter"
"Laura, did you hear that?! This is HARRY POTTER! POTTER!" she shouted in excitement.
The sitting girl with brown eyes stopped whatever she was writing and looked up at the sound of her name. She was surprised to see two boys in the compartment with her. One with blazing red hairand freckles and one whom she thought was the most handsome boy she had ever laid eyes on.
"Hi," Harry stumbled over to her. "Your name is Laura?" He tried to think of what Joanna had called her.
"Yes, Laura White" she replied. "And you are Harry Potter?" she asked.
"Yea," he said blushing with a smile.
Joanna leaned over the two and began searching Harry's face.
"Where's the scar!? Lemme see!" She asked nosily with a whine.
"Sorry about my friend," Laura said apoligizing for Joannas rude
behavior.
"It's ok," Harry replied. He pulled back his hair and showed off the scar. He
hoped that this would impress Laura.
"COOL!" Joanna exclaimed.
"I think this one's empty" They heard someone call from outside.
They all looked toward the door as it slowly opened to reveal Crabbe and
Goyle (two Slytherin students).
"Well lookie what we got here," Crabbe said.
"It looks like Potter's having a party," said Goyle.
"Hey, Draco!" Goyle yelled down the hall. "Potter's in here, and there's some
new girls in here too!"
Draco Malfoy appeared in the doorway. He motioned for Crabbe and Goyle to get
out of his way.
"We meet again," Draco Malfoy said to Harry.
"Unfortunatly," Harry said standing up and walking in front of him.
"Well, well, well," Draco stated, "Looks like you finally got yourself a
little gang," he said as he looked past Harry at the new commers. "and that one's kinda cute," he said while motioning towards Joanna.
"I don't think you're her type," Ron shot at him from behind Harry.
"How would you know?" Draco shot back, getting annoyed.
"I don't think pretty girls go for losers." Harry said advancing on Draco.
"Don't be so sure about that" Joanna inturrupted, obviously flirting with
Draco.
"Trust me," Ron said, " You don't want him. He's no good." showing more
courage then he ever felt.
"Come on guys. I know where we're not wanted," Draco said. The three of them turned and walked out. Draco turned around right before he left and said to Joanna "I'll be seeing you around."
"What a creep!" Hermione yelled.
"He dosen't seem too friendly," Laura stated the obvious.
"I thought he was pretty cute," Joanna said innocently.
Ron sighed as his attempts of ever getting a girl to like him failed.
"So...Laura...You two are from New York City?" Harry asked shyly as he took a seat next to her.
"Yep," Laura replied with her pen still writing in the little purple book.
"What are you writing in there?" Harry asked her.
"Oh! Poetry. I write alot of things, like all my feelings and stuff down in poetry." She replied sweetly.
"I love poetry! I write some myself!" Harry lied in attempts to impress her.
"Really? Maybe you can show my sometime!" Laura said with delight.
"So! Do you live with muggles?" Ron asked trying to change the subject.
"Nope," Joanna answered in her loud New York accent "But we live among muggles.
"Then do you know what a televiki set is?" Ron asked trying to sound smart.
"A television set," Harry corrected him with his eyes still focused on Laura.
"Yea!" Joanna replied, "We've got one of those."
"Really?! We just got one too," Ron said showing off, "I almost know how to
work it and everyth-"
Just then the door opened to reveal Ginny. She saw Hermione flipping through some books, and saw a girl talking to her brother. She thought this was odd because no girls ever talked to him, unless they were making fun of him. Then she saw Harry and Laura indulged in a conversation. This made her extremly jealous.
"Hey Harry!" Ginny said. "Do you want to come up to the front train car with me? They are selling Chocolate Frogs for half price!"
"Oh no! I'm busy right now, sorry Ginny. But if you're going up there, wanna get me a frog?" Harry replied looking up from the little purple book that Laura let him read.
"Oh...alright" Ginny said with disapointment as she turned and walked away.
The rest of the trip to Hogwarts was fun for the students. Ron and Joanna were telling jokes and showing each other how much they knew about Muggle items. Hermione was sticking her nose in books, studying for the new school year, as usual. And Harry and Laura were flirting over poetry and Chocolate Frogs.