A/n: here's the next ch. Sorry it took so long I'll start on the next one soon though. Oh, and by the way, I found out that Harry graduated from Hogwarts in '98, so I totally have to take him, and Ginny, and Draco out of the story, so pay no attention to those other notes that say that he's in it cause he's not. Anyway on with the story…
Disclaimer: I own the owls and the cats, and Jennifer, Megan, Morgan, Alicia, Lori, and Joseph own themselves, anything from the hp books belong to jk rolling.
"One bottle of coke on the wall, one bottle of coke! Take one down pass it around, no more bottles of coke on the wall!" finished Jennifer, backed up by Megan and Morgan.
"Thank the lord and hallelujah!" Lori said.
"Amen to that," Alicia replied. Joseph took the cotton balls out of his ears.
"Is it over?" he asked. Lori and Alicia nodded.
"What should we sing now?" Morgan asked, ignorant to the other three people.
"Nothing! I have a way better idea!" Megan said.
"What?" Jennifer yelled. Megan grinned evilly.
"Let's go exploring!" she cried.
"Yeah!" Jennifer yelled.
"Yeah," Moran agreed. They looked at the other three. The other three in turn, looked at them.
"I don't know," Joseph began.
"You did put us through forty-five minutes of that song," Lori said.
"True and we should get to pick what to do next," Alicia said. Jennifer put on her puppy dog look, and walked to their side of the compartment.
"Pwetty, pwetty pewees?" she asked. She was right in front of Joseph, on her knees.
"Yeah, pwetty pwetty pewees?" Morgan and Megan said together. Jennifer stood up and walked back over to Megan and Morgan.
"Huddle," she said. They stayed there for a few minutes. Then she turned around again, smiling. Morgan and Megan stood slightly behind her on either side.
"If you don't come exploring with us, we'll sing 'This is the song that never ends' and 'I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves."
"We'll come, we'll come, just don't sing!" Joseph said.
"Great! Let's go!" Jennifer said leading them out in the hallway. Unfortunately, the rest of them came tumbling out, and they ended up in a heap in the very narrow hallway of the train.
"Ow! Somebody is sitting on my leg!" Morgan complained.
"Well somebody's sitting on my head!" Jennifer retaliated.
"O, that's me, sorry Jenn," Megan said.
"To get out of this situation, the people on top are going to have to get up," Alicia said. After a few minutes' work they all finally stood on their on feet.
"That is much better," Lori said.
"Where are we gonna go first?" Alicia asked.
"How about, across the hall!" Jennifer said.
"Yeah," Megan and Morgan agreed. Jennifer walked over and knocked on the door. They heard someone stand up and walk towards the door. Then the door slid open to reveal a red-haired girl who looked ten years old.
"Yes?" she asked.
"We decided to go visit with other folks, and this was our first choice. You look kind of familiar," Jennifer said all in one breathe. Megan stepped forward.
"CALLIE!" she said. Jennifer and Morgan looked at Megan, and then at Callie.
"Oh my gosh! Jennifer! Megan! Morgan! Lori! Alicia! Joseph! I can't believe it! You're all witches and wizards!" she cried. Callie was a year older than them, she had gone to their elementary school and she was friends with all of them, especially Jennifer.
"Callie, is it really you?" Morgan asked. The older girl nodded.
"Breath in, breath out, breath in," Jennifer said to herself.
"Uh-oh, I smell a mental break down coming on," Lori said to Joseph and Alicia.
"Is Chandler hear?" Megan asked.
"Yes, it's so great that you all will be here," Chandler said as she came up from behind Callie.
"Of course it is!" Jennifer said pushing the other two out of the way and plopping down in the compartment.
"I suppose you guys remember Jennifer?" Alicia asked.
"Well duh, who could ever forget hyper-active, always insane, completely, absolutely, totally of her rocker, Jennifer?" Callie asked. Jennifer smiled.
"No one," Alicia agreed.
"Hey, you guys know that Harry Potter has already graduated don't you?" Chandler questioned.
"He did?" Megan asked. They all held their breath for Jennifer's outburst about Harry Potter not being there but, it didn't come.
"I had a feeling he had. Everybody was too happy for it to have been dark times with Voldemort rampaging around," Jennifer said calmly.
"So everything's fine now? No Voldemort, no scary stuff, everything is happy-go-lucky?" Lori asked. Callie shook her head.
"Unfortunately not, evidently there's someone in the U.S. that's rising into power, but nobody knows much about her." "Damn, one reign of terror ends and another begins," Lori complained.
"Tell me about it," Joseph agreed.
"Well, it's great seein' you guys again, see you at the Sorting," Megan said.
"By the way, what house are you guys in?" Jennifer asked.
"Ravenclaw, but I'm thinking you guys would be better in Gryffindor," Chandler said. The six eleven-year-olds pondered what she meant as they left.
"Buh bye, Callie and Chandler," Lori said.
"Bye, Callie, bye, Chandler" Alicia said.
"Whatever."
"See ya later."
"Goodbye, see ya, adieu, au voire, audios, and bye." That was Jennifer. Then they left the compartment and headed down the train. As they walked they talked.
"Now we'll never be able to see Harry, and Ron, and Hermione!" Jennifer whined.
"Yeah, but I guess that's a good thing in a way…" Lori said. Jennifer turned to look at her.
"How so?" she asked.
"You won't hyperventilate when you see him," Alicia pointed out. The rest nodded.
"Well, that's good for ya'll, but I suppose I'll just have to find another way to annoy ya!" Jennifer said looking happier.
"We're looking forward to it," Joseph said sarcastically.
"Let's go back to our compartment, we aren't going to find anyone else we know," Morgan said. The others agreed.
When they were all settled again Jennifer said:
"Let's see, what can we sing?" A look of horror spread onto Joseph's, Alicia's and Lori's faces, while those of delight came upon those of Morgan's and Megan's.
"How about Private Andrew Malone" Megan offered.
"I don't know it," Morgan said.
"So just follow along with us," Jennifer said knowing it was going to sound terrible. And they started.
I was just out of the service
Thumbin' through the classifieds
When an ad that said 'Old Chevy'
Somehow caught my eye
The lady didn't know the year
Or even if it ran
But I had that thousand dollars in my hand
It was way back in the corner of this old ramshackle barn
With thirty years of dust and dirt on that green army turf
And when she pulled the cover off
It took away my breath
What she called a Chevy
Was '66 corvette
I felt a little guilty as I counted out the bills
But what a thrill I got as I sat behind the wheel
I opened up the glove box
And that's when I found the note
The date was 1966 and this is what he wrote
My name is Private Andrew Malone
If you're readin' this then I didn't make it home
But for every dream that shatters
Another one comes true
This car was once a dream of mine
Now it belongs to you
Though you may take her and make her your own
You'll always be ridin' with Private Malone
It didn't take me long at all
I had her runnin' good
I loved to hear those horses thunder underneath her hood
I had her shinin'
Like diamond as I put the red top down
All the pretty girls would stop and stair as I drove her through town
The buttons on the radio didn't seem to work quite right
But it picked up that oldies show
Especially late at night
I'd get the feeling sometimes if I turned real quick I'd see
A soldier riddin' in the shotgun
The seat right next to me
It was a young man named Private Andrew Malone
Who fought for his country and never made it home
But for every dream that shatters another one comes true
This car was once a dream of his
Back when it was knew
He told me to take her and make her my own
And I was proud to be ridin' with Private Malone
Well one night it was rainin' hard
I took a curb to fast
I still don't remember too much
About that fiery crash
But someone said they thought they saw a soldier pull me out
They didn't get his name
But I know without a doubt
It was a young man named Private Andrew Malone
Who fought for his country and never made it home
But for every dream that shatters
Another one comes true
This care was once a dream of his
Back when it was knew
I know I wouldn't be here if he hadn't tagged along
Oh, thank God I was ridin' with Private Malone
With that they finished. Alicia clapped a sarcastic clap.
"Well thank you for that wonderful performance," Lori said sarcastically. Jennifer smiled.
"What torture shall we put them into now?" she asked her two companions.
"How about that Complicated song you made me sing in that video?" Morgan asked.
"Yeah, do you know it, Megan?" Jennifer asked.
"Nope," she said shaking her head.
"Great," Jennifer's grin got bigger, "Just follow along like Morgan did."
"Are we gonna have to listen to ya'll sing the entire trip?" Joseph asked.
"Yep," Megan said. He reached into his pocket and pulled out cotton balls.
"Good thing I saved these," he said as he placed them in his ears. Then they started to sing:
I'm so scared that the way that I feel
Is written all over my face
When you walk into the room
I wanna find a hiding place
We used to laugh
We used to hug
The way that old friends do
But know I smile at a touch of your hand
Just makes me come unglued
It's such a contradiction
Do I lie or tell the truth?
Is it fact or fiction?
Oh the way I feel for you
Is so complicated
So frustrated
I wanna hold you close
I wanna push you away
I wanna make you go
I wanna make you stay
Should I say it?
Should I tell you how I feel?
Oh, I want you to know
But then again I don't
It's so complicated
Just when I think
I'm under control; I think I finally got a grip
Another friend tells me that
My name is always on your lips
They say I'm more than just a friend
They say I must be blind
Well I'll admit that I've seen you watch me
From the corner of your eye
Oh it's so confusing
I wish you'd just confess
I think of what I'd be losing
If your answer wasn't yes
It's so complicated
So frustrated
I wanna hold you close
I wanna push you away
I wanna make you go
I wanna make you stay
Should I say it?
Should I tell you how I feel?
Oh I want you to know
But then again I don't
It's so complicated
I hate it
Cause I've waited so long
For someone like you
Oh what do I do?
Should I say it?
Should I tell you how I feel?
Oh I want you to know
But then again I don't
It's so complicated
"Now will you stop singing?" Lori asked as they finished.
"But there's nothing else to do," Morgan complained.
"You could fall asleep," Alicia offered.
"Like Joseph," Jennifer said. She always seemed to know what he was doing and where he was, after all, he is her boyfriend.
"Wait! I know what we could do, besides sing," Megan said suddenly.
"What?" Jennifer and Morgan asked at the same time.
"Read!" she exclaimed. Alicia rolled her eyes.
"You know they would pick stickin' their noses in books rather than anything else," she said to Lori who nodded in agreement. The three pulled out their books. Morgan had The Count of Monte Cristo that Jennifer had recommended to her. Megan had Pride and Prejudice that Jennifer had recommended to her. Jennifer had The Three Musketeers and she was the first to read it. (She's probably gonna loan it to one of the others when she finishes.) So they settled in, and read all the rest of the way.
NOT!!!!!!
They read for about an hour and then they got tired of that. We're talkin' very small attention spans here.
"I'm hungry!" Jennifer whined.
"Me too," Megan whined.
"Me three!" Lori whined.
"When does that freakin' witch get here?" Jennifer asked. Just then there was a knock on the door. Alicia opened it. It was the witch with the cart of food.
"Look, right there, it's a mirable!" Jennifer said as she hopped up and ran over to the witch. She took out her purse of galleons, sickles and knuts.
"Hmm, what to get what to get?" she wondered out loud. Then she picked up several Chocolate Frogs and two bags of Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans and paid the lady. Then Megan and Lori got their food and sat down spreading all their stuff on one side of the compartment. You'd be amazed at how fast five girls can eat junk food. Joseph, for some very strange reason, doesn't eat chocolate and candy and stuff. Morgan tried a little of all of it and decided that she like Chocolate Frogs and the Pumpkin Pasties.
"I feel fat," Jennifer said.
"So do I," Megan said.
"What are we gonna do now?" Morgan asked. Jennifer picked up her book again.
"I'm gonna read," she said. Megan and Morgan did likewise. We'll leave them to their books and visit with Lori, Alicia, and Joseph.
"I wonder what Hogwarts will be like," Alicia said thoughtfully.
"Yeah, will the teachers be cool and fun to annoy, or boring and give way too many detentions?" Lori said.
"It would be cool to have a detention, though. It is a boarding school, our parents would never have to know," Joseph said.
"Plus, it wouldn't matter cause it'd already be over with," Lori added.
"I still don't want a detention, if my mom found out I'd be dead, even if it was already over," Alicia said. She was an only child and her mom was slightly over protective.
"They will certainly never get a detention, they read way too much," Lori said indicating Megan, Morgan and Jennifer, "And their teachers' pets." Jennifer caught that part.
"Are not."
"Are too."
"Are not."
"Are too."
"Well, at least my teachers like me, plus, Mr. Jones liked you last year." Then she went back to reading.
"She has a point," Alicia said.
"Oh yes, she's so pointy," Lori said. Jennifer heard that one too.
"Well at least I can make my point. You sometimes have trouble doing so," she said.
"Shut-up," Lori said.
"Why should I?" Jennifer asked.
"Because," Lori said, without realizing what she had got herself into. Megan and Morgan looked up from their books now. Jennifer grinned.
"Because why?"
"I am not playing that with you," Lori said now realizing what she had done.
"Well then, why'd you say 'Because'?" Jennifer asked.
"Be- I just forgot," Lori said, stopping herself just in time. Jennifer stuck her tong out, Lori did too. Then Jennifer looked at her watch.
"We should probably change into our robes soon, it's gettin' late," she said. Joseph left the compartment while the girls changed in it. He returned soon and they had just got settled again when the train came to a halt. They piled out of the compartment and headed off the train.
"Firs' years! Firs' years o'er here!" an extremely large man called.
"It's Hagrid!" Morgan said excitedly. They ran over to him as he led them to the lake.
"Three to a boat," he said. Megan, Morgan and Jennifer climbed into one boat, and Alicia, Lori and Joseph climbed into another. Off they went through the lake. Jennifer started to get really, really excited.
"We're almost there!" she said. They passed under the curtain of ivy and the boats came to a halt. Hagrid then led them to the front steps where he knocked on the front door.
"It's Hogwarts!" Jennifer whispered in awe, only loud enough for her friends to hear. They looked up at the huge castle and realized that their lives would never be the same.
A/n: Touching ending, I love those; I hope that was enough chaos for one chapter. I'll start work on the next one soon and hopefully it won't take as long as this one. It might take longer cause I'm not sure what their gonna do in the next chapter. So while you're waiting for the next chapter you can read my other two fics Shiver and THE DAUGHTER OF EVIL k? k. And now for the thank yous:
Monika (just review that's all I wanted) Karly; morgaine (gosh you guys are SO supportive) SunshineRayz356; Mab (snape better watch out!) angelartec; sugar; and Satans Little Princess. Thank you all for reviewing and I hope you liked this chapter~
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