Chapter 8 the hogwarts express
They all headed back to hermione's house. When they got in, crookshanks, hermione's orange cat, came flying towards hermione purring as she flew into her arms. Hermione started to pet crookshanks till Ron grunted at the site of her and crookshanks hissed at Ron, and jumped away. An hour later, they all had diner or steak and mash potatoes with gravy and beans and rolls. It was good, and after they were all full, they all went to bed. After about 10 minutes in lying in their rooms, Ron and Harry in room, and hermione and Avalon in another, Avalon got up and walked over to Harry and Ron's room. She cracked the door open and looked inside it was dark except for a little orange light that was on the bedside table in the middle of the bed. Ron was reading a comic book he found on a shelf. "Harry. you awake?" Avalon whispered. "Avalon?" Harry asked putting his glasses back on. "Come in." Harry added. Avalon walked in and shut the door. "What's wrong?" Harry asked.
"Remember when we were in the wand shop?" Avalon asked. She was fiddling with her fingers as Harry saw; she looked nervous but ignored it and nodded. "Well. remember what I said about my parents?" Avalon asked. "Ya." Harry replied. "Well. I am so sure that boy's father was the one who killed my parents that one night." Avalon said. Ron's eyes darted up from the comic and looked at Avalon like he just saw a ghost. "W-what?" Harry asked getting up off the bed and crossing to Avalon. She was still in her clothes as was Harry and Ron. "It looked exactly like him. i. I even have a picture." Avalon explained as she unraveled an old newspaper. And sure enough on the front was what looked like Mr. Malfoy. Ron and Harry both gasped. "I never knew he was a wizard. and why would he want to kill my parents?" Avalon asked getting upset. Ron and Harry looked at each other puzzled. "I don't know Avalon. but we can ask professor dumbledore when we get to hogwarts." Harry replied.
Avalon nodded as she started to walk out of the door. But then Ron grabbed her arm. Avalon looked around at him puzzled. "Are there more comics like these?" he asked holding up a comic on Spiderman. Avalon laughed a bit and nodded. "Yeah. Lots at comic shops." she explained. "Cool." He smiled. "Night." Avalon said as she walked out of the room and back into her room and fell asleep. The next day they got up early and drove to the train station saying few words to each other. When they got there, they met up with the weasley's again. "Are we riding the regular bus to hogwarts?" Avalon asked puzzled. "No. we go through platform 9 and three quarters." Harry replied as he pointed to the middle of platform 9 and 10. "Uh. we're going. THROUGH the wall?" Avalon asked suddenly. He nodded and pointed as Fred and George walked through with there trunks. Ginny and hermione went next, then Harry and Ron went next, then Avalon came shortly after.
After they all got on the train, they found an empty compartment and got into it. Fred, and George got into an apartment with there best friend lee Jordan, and Ginny got into one with her friends. "Wow. I thought I was going to hit my head and not able to go through cause I'm not a witch." Avalon explained sitting down. "Well. you did, and you never know, you may be one." Hermione replied sitting next to her. Ron and Harry sat down across from them as the door slid open and dean Thomas and Seamus finnigan walked in smiling. "Hey Dean, Seamus." Ron said. "Hey Harry, Ron, Hermione, uh. who are you?" Seamus asked kindly looking at Avalon. "My name is Avalon. I'm new." Avalon explained. "Cool. never knew a new person that's not a 1st year. what year you in? 6th?" dean asked. "No, I'm 15. so wouldn't I be a 5th year?" Avalon asked looking at Harry. Harry nodded. "Cool! Well I'm dean, ad this is Seamus. nice meeting you Avalon." dead said waving.
"Hi." Avalon replied. "Well anyways. the reason why we are here is because guess who's back?!" seamus asked excited. "Who?" hermione asked. "Professor lupin! I over heard my dad talking! He got a cure for his werewolf changing. but I thought it was cool having a werewolf for a teacher. but he's back!" seamus chimed. "Really?" Harry asked. Dean nodded. "Professor lupin? Was a werewolf? Cool!" Avalon said butting in. "Well. just like to tell ya, well, see ya later." Dean said as they both walked out. "Wow. he's really back! He was the best defense of the dark arts teacher yet." Ron explained smiling. "And one of my dad's best friends." Harry reminded them. "Your right." Ron replied. One minute later, malfoy, accompanied by his fellow followers Crabbe and Goyle, swung the door open as Avalon was kneeling on the floor trying to get her bracelet from under the seat.
"Hey potter. guess you heard about lupin huh?" malfoy asked. Harry nodded. "Figures. he obviously liked you the best. Oh famous Harry potter. Loved by everyone. PUH! Just because you survived you-know-who doesn't mean you're so special. You're still the pathetic potter to me. how any one adores you is beyond my thoughts." malfoy muttered. "Why do you live you life taunting Harry malfoy? I will never know." hermione explained. "Shut up mud-blood!" malfoy sneered. Ron and Harry were so closed to getting up and punching him, but then suddenly Avalon's head jerked up confused looking from Harry, to Ron, to hermione, to malfoy, Crabbe, and goyle. "What's a mud blood? And how's Harry famous? He looks normal to me!" Avalon stated. "A-Avalon. hey. how are you?" malfoy asked sweetly. "Oh hi---" Avalon stopped. "Draco. Draco malfoy. We met at ollivanders." Malfoy reminded. "Oh. that one right. I've met tons of people this week, it's hard to keep track." Avalon replied looking under the seat again.
"Right... well, Avalon. if you ever need to know ways to get around don't bother askin potter, I'll be happy to escort you around." Malfoy said as he, Crabbe, and goyle walked out and shut the door. "What's a mud blood?" Avalon asked getting up again and seating down with her moon bracelet. "What's that?" Ron asked pointing to the bracelet. "It's a moon bracelet. I got it from my mum when I was little. It's a mood one. It changes moods. it also has the moon phases. and on the back it says "forever together." My mother engraved it for I would always remember her." Avalon explained. "Cool." Ron replied. "What's a mud-blood?" Avalon asked again. "It's someone born in a muggle family but has magic. Like hermione, she's a mud blood. Both of her parents are muggles; with no power what so ever in them, it's really rude calling someone a mud-blood. Very low, even for malfoy." Ron explained. "Am I one?" Avalon asked suddenly. "Possibly." Ron replied. Soon after that the door opened as a little witch came in with a cart full of snacks. They all bought some snacks except for Avalon who didn't have any money. But the others shared some with her. "Those are chocolate frogs, they're not really frogs though. but very good." Ron explained. Avalon tried everything, and enjoyed all of it.
After a few hours of talking about what would happen when they got there, the train began to stop. They were there. They all got off the bus as they heard hagrid saying "fir' years over here!" they all took carriages up to the vast castle and walked inside to the great hall. "This is so magnificent. only if I brought a camera." She stated looking in every direction. "She sure is not that nervous about this place like we were." Ron explained to Harry. Harry nodded as they walked inside the great hall and sat down.
They all headed back to hermione's house. When they got in, crookshanks, hermione's orange cat, came flying towards hermione purring as she flew into her arms. Hermione started to pet crookshanks till Ron grunted at the site of her and crookshanks hissed at Ron, and jumped away. An hour later, they all had diner or steak and mash potatoes with gravy and beans and rolls. It was good, and after they were all full, they all went to bed. After about 10 minutes in lying in their rooms, Ron and Harry in room, and hermione and Avalon in another, Avalon got up and walked over to Harry and Ron's room. She cracked the door open and looked inside it was dark except for a little orange light that was on the bedside table in the middle of the bed. Ron was reading a comic book he found on a shelf. "Harry. you awake?" Avalon whispered. "Avalon?" Harry asked putting his glasses back on. "Come in." Harry added. Avalon walked in and shut the door. "What's wrong?" Harry asked.
"Remember when we were in the wand shop?" Avalon asked. She was fiddling with her fingers as Harry saw; she looked nervous but ignored it and nodded. "Well. remember what I said about my parents?" Avalon asked. "Ya." Harry replied. "Well. I am so sure that boy's father was the one who killed my parents that one night." Avalon said. Ron's eyes darted up from the comic and looked at Avalon like he just saw a ghost. "W-what?" Harry asked getting up off the bed and crossing to Avalon. She was still in her clothes as was Harry and Ron. "It looked exactly like him. i. I even have a picture." Avalon explained as she unraveled an old newspaper. And sure enough on the front was what looked like Mr. Malfoy. Ron and Harry both gasped. "I never knew he was a wizard. and why would he want to kill my parents?" Avalon asked getting upset. Ron and Harry looked at each other puzzled. "I don't know Avalon. but we can ask professor dumbledore when we get to hogwarts." Harry replied.
Avalon nodded as she started to walk out of the door. But then Ron grabbed her arm. Avalon looked around at him puzzled. "Are there more comics like these?" he asked holding up a comic on Spiderman. Avalon laughed a bit and nodded. "Yeah. Lots at comic shops." she explained. "Cool." He smiled. "Night." Avalon said as she walked out of the room and back into her room and fell asleep. The next day they got up early and drove to the train station saying few words to each other. When they got there, they met up with the weasley's again. "Are we riding the regular bus to hogwarts?" Avalon asked puzzled. "No. we go through platform 9 and three quarters." Harry replied as he pointed to the middle of platform 9 and 10. "Uh. we're going. THROUGH the wall?" Avalon asked suddenly. He nodded and pointed as Fred and George walked through with there trunks. Ginny and hermione went next, then Harry and Ron went next, then Avalon came shortly after.
After they all got on the train, they found an empty compartment and got into it. Fred, and George got into an apartment with there best friend lee Jordan, and Ginny got into one with her friends. "Wow. I thought I was going to hit my head and not able to go through cause I'm not a witch." Avalon explained sitting down. "Well. you did, and you never know, you may be one." Hermione replied sitting next to her. Ron and Harry sat down across from them as the door slid open and dean Thomas and Seamus finnigan walked in smiling. "Hey Dean, Seamus." Ron said. "Hey Harry, Ron, Hermione, uh. who are you?" Seamus asked kindly looking at Avalon. "My name is Avalon. I'm new." Avalon explained. "Cool. never knew a new person that's not a 1st year. what year you in? 6th?" dean asked. "No, I'm 15. so wouldn't I be a 5th year?" Avalon asked looking at Harry. Harry nodded. "Cool! Well I'm dean, ad this is Seamus. nice meeting you Avalon." dead said waving.
"Hi." Avalon replied. "Well anyways. the reason why we are here is because guess who's back?!" seamus asked excited. "Who?" hermione asked. "Professor lupin! I over heard my dad talking! He got a cure for his werewolf changing. but I thought it was cool having a werewolf for a teacher. but he's back!" seamus chimed. "Really?" Harry asked. Dean nodded. "Professor lupin? Was a werewolf? Cool!" Avalon said butting in. "Well. just like to tell ya, well, see ya later." Dean said as they both walked out. "Wow. he's really back! He was the best defense of the dark arts teacher yet." Ron explained smiling. "And one of my dad's best friends." Harry reminded them. "Your right." Ron replied. One minute later, malfoy, accompanied by his fellow followers Crabbe and Goyle, swung the door open as Avalon was kneeling on the floor trying to get her bracelet from under the seat.
"Hey potter. guess you heard about lupin huh?" malfoy asked. Harry nodded. "Figures. he obviously liked you the best. Oh famous Harry potter. Loved by everyone. PUH! Just because you survived you-know-who doesn't mean you're so special. You're still the pathetic potter to me. how any one adores you is beyond my thoughts." malfoy muttered. "Why do you live you life taunting Harry malfoy? I will never know." hermione explained. "Shut up mud-blood!" malfoy sneered. Ron and Harry were so closed to getting up and punching him, but then suddenly Avalon's head jerked up confused looking from Harry, to Ron, to hermione, to malfoy, Crabbe, and goyle. "What's a mud blood? And how's Harry famous? He looks normal to me!" Avalon stated. "A-Avalon. hey. how are you?" malfoy asked sweetly. "Oh hi---" Avalon stopped. "Draco. Draco malfoy. We met at ollivanders." Malfoy reminded. "Oh. that one right. I've met tons of people this week, it's hard to keep track." Avalon replied looking under the seat again.
"Right... well, Avalon. if you ever need to know ways to get around don't bother askin potter, I'll be happy to escort you around." Malfoy said as he, Crabbe, and goyle walked out and shut the door. "What's a mud blood?" Avalon asked getting up again and seating down with her moon bracelet. "What's that?" Ron asked pointing to the bracelet. "It's a moon bracelet. I got it from my mum when I was little. It's a mood one. It changes moods. it also has the moon phases. and on the back it says "forever together." My mother engraved it for I would always remember her." Avalon explained. "Cool." Ron replied. "What's a mud-blood?" Avalon asked again. "It's someone born in a muggle family but has magic. Like hermione, she's a mud blood. Both of her parents are muggles; with no power what so ever in them, it's really rude calling someone a mud-blood. Very low, even for malfoy." Ron explained. "Am I one?" Avalon asked suddenly. "Possibly." Ron replied. Soon after that the door opened as a little witch came in with a cart full of snacks. They all bought some snacks except for Avalon who didn't have any money. But the others shared some with her. "Those are chocolate frogs, they're not really frogs though. but very good." Ron explained. Avalon tried everything, and enjoyed all of it.
After a few hours of talking about what would happen when they got there, the train began to stop. They were there. They all got off the bus as they heard hagrid saying "fir' years over here!" they all took carriages up to the vast castle and walked inside to the great hall. "This is so magnificent. only if I brought a camera." She stated looking in every direction. "She sure is not that nervous about this place like we were." Ron explained to Harry. Harry nodded as they walked inside the great hall and sat down.