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Chapter 4 The Encounter On The Express
Zach woke up the morning they where to leave to Hogwarts, he hadn't gotten more than an hour of sleep and his green eyes where dry and red. 'Damn I'm so excited I couldn't sleep.' He said to himself as he turned on the water in the shower. It had been a month from when they visited Diagon Alley and ever since that day Hermoine had been avoiding him a lot. 'She's pretty, but she doesn't like me I don't think.' He thought as he was washing his brown hair. The water ran down his face he noticed he was full faced now no more of the roundness of being a child, he was a teenager.
He turned off the water, got out and just remembered he forgot his Hogwarts uniform in his room. He brushed his teeth and looked at his face in the mirror, some of the redness left his eyes. He wrapped a towel around his waist and walked up the stairs towards his room. As he was passing Hermoine's room he noticed the door was cracked he peeked in and saw Hermoine getting changed. He watched her for about twenty seconds before he felt guilty about peeking in on her. He walked to his door and opened it slowly so she would not know he was up stairs.
When he got to his room and changed quickly, he grabbed his chest and Nimbus 2000 took one last look at his room and left. He met Hermoine halfway down the stairs; she was having trouble with her trunk. She struggled a little more then looked up at him, "Help." she whispered so quiet he barely heard her. He handed her his broom and grabbed her trunk and stacked it on his he carried them both to the mini cooper in the driveway. She opened up the back hatch and he put them both in. Hermoine whistled and her cat, Crookshank's nimbly came out the door and into a cage in the back of the car.
Hermoine's mother came out the door and hugged Hermoine good buy, she wished Zach good luck and asked them both to write. After that Hermoines dad rushed them in the car. The sun wasn't even up, but they had to leave. The Grangers only lived 10 minutes from the station where you got on the Hogwarts express but they left as early as possible. When they got to the station it was a busy mess of muggles and magical folk. You could tell the difference.
They had an hour before the express left and they would be on the train all day to get to the other station. Their they would go to the lake and by boat would float to the underground cavern door. Mr. Granger walked them to brick pillar between platform 9 and 10. Zach just stared at the wall and had a curious look on his face. "Zach just watch Hermoine and follow her." Mr. Granger said after he hugged Hermoine. When they where done with their good byes Hermoine with a pushcart had run full speed towards the wall, Zach had felt like yelling watch out but he was to late to see her disappear into it.
"Good luck Zach." Was the last thing Mr. Granger said to him as he straightened up his cart with the wall. He just nodded and started to run and ran thru the wall as fast as he could push the cart. He closed his eyes before hitting the wall and when he opened them there was a guard checking him for his Hogwarts express ticket "Ticket sir." The ugly looking creature in a ticket master costume asked him. "Um, right here." Zach said reaching into his pocket pulling out a tan ticket. "Why you're a god damned yank." The little thing yelled, loud enough for every student to look in that direction to see Zach standing there wide eyed in a Hogwarts uniform with no house colors.
He didn't know what to do he didn't see Hermoine anywhere and he was standing their with half of Hogwarts standing their, staring at him. He took his half of the ticket and quickly hopped on the train he couldn't find Hermoine but he bumped into one of the meanest little shits he'd ever of met, Draco Malfoy. "Look out you stupid idiot." Draco yelled as he turned around to see his pusher. "Sorry." Zach said as Crabb and Goyle grabbed his shirt collar. An American, huh. Hey Crabb Goyle look he has no house." They both snickered and released him. "Draco Malfoy. You better hope you get sorted to Slytherin. You a first year?" Draco busted in as he was dusting off. "Um, no I am a third year and I don't care to join Slytherin?" Zach added as smart assed as he could.
Draco took this as a very rude gesture. "Oh you think you're better then me?" Draco said trying to make Zach feel bad. "No I know I'm better then you and your fat ass friends." Zach retorted. With that Crabb and Goyle both made contact with their fist to his face leaving him with one bloody nose and a bad black eye. Draco led his goons down to the next train car and into an empty room, laughing all the way. "Bastards" Zach said standing up. He walked down a few rooms until he peered into one to see Harry, Ron and Hermoine sitting and laughing at something. He opened the car door and entered. The laughing stopped. Zach looked at the ceiling then looked back at them. "You should see the other guy." He said with a cocky smile.
After an hour of the train ride Hermoine was able to heal his nose and his black eye. At that time he was able to tell them of meeting Draco and his friends. "Draco is such an idiot." Ron said out loudly. "You shouldn't worry 'bout him." Hermoine said as gave one last tweak to his eye to not make it bruised. Zach didn't say much of anything on the way to Hogwarts just the occasional yes or no. When they stopped the moon was full over them. Hagrid who hadn't met Zach yet, was waiting for the first years. When Zach saw him he thought he was a giant or a troll, until he got closer.
"Who's that?" he asked Potter, who he had made pretty good friends with because of them both being seekers in Quidditch. Oh that's Hagrid you'll meet him tonight. "Zach, don't forget you have to talk to Headmaster Dumbledore tonight." Hermoine clued in as they where walking towards the docks. "Thanks I almost forgot." Zach said as he just remembered. Zach was nervous of going into the castle, they still had a half-mile before they got there but he didn't know what to do if he was sorted into Slytherin. On the boat he was sitting in between some fourth year Ravenclaw girls who kept looking at him strangely trying to flirt with him.
He sat their all the time ignoring the two Ravenclaws, he was as old as them but he was still a third year (American equivalent of fourth year). When they got to the Hogwarts cavern dock he got up quickly to get to the front of the group. There was an old witch up front to greet them. First years follow me. And a group of children two feet smaller then Zach rushed pass him to greet her. After that the group of first year entered the door. The rest followed prefects into a separate door to a dim lit hallway. Zach was walking behind the whole group. When he got halfway an old man with a white beard and a red robe stopped Zach. "Um, sir can I help you." Zach said, as the old man looked him over. "Will you follow me to my office I will sort you and get you back before supper starts."
Hey I kind of need your help here I need to sort Zach into a house, I don't know yet. Thanks for reading, review time!!!
JK Rowling owns HP and I had nothing to do with it.
Chapter 4 The Encounter On The Express
Zach woke up the morning they where to leave to Hogwarts, he hadn't gotten more than an hour of sleep and his green eyes where dry and red. 'Damn I'm so excited I couldn't sleep.' He said to himself as he turned on the water in the shower. It had been a month from when they visited Diagon Alley and ever since that day Hermoine had been avoiding him a lot. 'She's pretty, but she doesn't like me I don't think.' He thought as he was washing his brown hair. The water ran down his face he noticed he was full faced now no more of the roundness of being a child, he was a teenager.
He turned off the water, got out and just remembered he forgot his Hogwarts uniform in his room. He brushed his teeth and looked at his face in the mirror, some of the redness left his eyes. He wrapped a towel around his waist and walked up the stairs towards his room. As he was passing Hermoine's room he noticed the door was cracked he peeked in and saw Hermoine getting changed. He watched her for about twenty seconds before he felt guilty about peeking in on her. He walked to his door and opened it slowly so she would not know he was up stairs.
When he got to his room and changed quickly, he grabbed his chest and Nimbus 2000 took one last look at his room and left. He met Hermoine halfway down the stairs; she was having trouble with her trunk. She struggled a little more then looked up at him, "Help." she whispered so quiet he barely heard her. He handed her his broom and grabbed her trunk and stacked it on his he carried them both to the mini cooper in the driveway. She opened up the back hatch and he put them both in. Hermoine whistled and her cat, Crookshank's nimbly came out the door and into a cage in the back of the car.
Hermoine's mother came out the door and hugged Hermoine good buy, she wished Zach good luck and asked them both to write. After that Hermoines dad rushed them in the car. The sun wasn't even up, but they had to leave. The Grangers only lived 10 minutes from the station where you got on the Hogwarts express but they left as early as possible. When they got to the station it was a busy mess of muggles and magical folk. You could tell the difference.
They had an hour before the express left and they would be on the train all day to get to the other station. Their they would go to the lake and by boat would float to the underground cavern door. Mr. Granger walked them to brick pillar between platform 9 and 10. Zach just stared at the wall and had a curious look on his face. "Zach just watch Hermoine and follow her." Mr. Granger said after he hugged Hermoine. When they where done with their good byes Hermoine with a pushcart had run full speed towards the wall, Zach had felt like yelling watch out but he was to late to see her disappear into it.
"Good luck Zach." Was the last thing Mr. Granger said to him as he straightened up his cart with the wall. He just nodded and started to run and ran thru the wall as fast as he could push the cart. He closed his eyes before hitting the wall and when he opened them there was a guard checking him for his Hogwarts express ticket "Ticket sir." The ugly looking creature in a ticket master costume asked him. "Um, right here." Zach said reaching into his pocket pulling out a tan ticket. "Why you're a god damned yank." The little thing yelled, loud enough for every student to look in that direction to see Zach standing there wide eyed in a Hogwarts uniform with no house colors.
He didn't know what to do he didn't see Hermoine anywhere and he was standing their with half of Hogwarts standing their, staring at him. He took his half of the ticket and quickly hopped on the train he couldn't find Hermoine but he bumped into one of the meanest little shits he'd ever of met, Draco Malfoy. "Look out you stupid idiot." Draco yelled as he turned around to see his pusher. "Sorry." Zach said as Crabb and Goyle grabbed his shirt collar. An American, huh. Hey Crabb Goyle look he has no house." They both snickered and released him. "Draco Malfoy. You better hope you get sorted to Slytherin. You a first year?" Draco busted in as he was dusting off. "Um, no I am a third year and I don't care to join Slytherin?" Zach added as smart assed as he could.
Draco took this as a very rude gesture. "Oh you think you're better then me?" Draco said trying to make Zach feel bad. "No I know I'm better then you and your fat ass friends." Zach retorted. With that Crabb and Goyle both made contact with their fist to his face leaving him with one bloody nose and a bad black eye. Draco led his goons down to the next train car and into an empty room, laughing all the way. "Bastards" Zach said standing up. He walked down a few rooms until he peered into one to see Harry, Ron and Hermoine sitting and laughing at something. He opened the car door and entered. The laughing stopped. Zach looked at the ceiling then looked back at them. "You should see the other guy." He said with a cocky smile.
After an hour of the train ride Hermoine was able to heal his nose and his black eye. At that time he was able to tell them of meeting Draco and his friends. "Draco is such an idiot." Ron said out loudly. "You shouldn't worry 'bout him." Hermoine said as gave one last tweak to his eye to not make it bruised. Zach didn't say much of anything on the way to Hogwarts just the occasional yes or no. When they stopped the moon was full over them. Hagrid who hadn't met Zach yet, was waiting for the first years. When Zach saw him he thought he was a giant or a troll, until he got closer.
"Who's that?" he asked Potter, who he had made pretty good friends with because of them both being seekers in Quidditch. Oh that's Hagrid you'll meet him tonight. "Zach, don't forget you have to talk to Headmaster Dumbledore tonight." Hermoine clued in as they where walking towards the docks. "Thanks I almost forgot." Zach said as he just remembered. Zach was nervous of going into the castle, they still had a half-mile before they got there but he didn't know what to do if he was sorted into Slytherin. On the boat he was sitting in between some fourth year Ravenclaw girls who kept looking at him strangely trying to flirt with him.
He sat their all the time ignoring the two Ravenclaws, he was as old as them but he was still a third year (American equivalent of fourth year). When they got to the Hogwarts cavern dock he got up quickly to get to the front of the group. There was an old witch up front to greet them. First years follow me. And a group of children two feet smaller then Zach rushed pass him to greet her. After that the group of first year entered the door. The rest followed prefects into a separate door to a dim lit hallway. Zach was walking behind the whole group. When he got halfway an old man with a white beard and a red robe stopped Zach. "Um, sir can I help you." Zach said, as the old man looked him over. "Will you follow me to my office I will sort you and get you back before supper starts."
Hey I kind of need your help here I need to sort Zach into a house, I don't know yet. Thanks for reading, review time!!!