Chapter 3.
The Big Surprise.
Once the train had stopped completely, Harry could hear the friendly voice of Hagrid.
"'Firs'-years! 'Firs'-years over here!" Harry was really pleased to be back at Hogwarts. This was because he could stare at the girl he fancied all day long. Professor McGonagall was also there on the platform.
"Fifth years over here please!" She was holding a leaflet. Each one as soon as its receiver was near magically flew over to them. Harry opened his
Dear Mr. Harry Potter,
You are invited to attend the beginning of term ball tomorrow evening at 7'o clock. Please wear dress robes. This will be a new tradition as well as the feast at the beginning of term
Thank you
Professor Dumbledore.
Harry looked around. He knew whom Ron was going to ask. He wondered about Hermione. Last year when there was a dance she had gone with Viktor Krum, the world famous Quidditch player. But he wasn't here this year. He went up to Hermione and said,
"Hermione… would you like to go to the start-of-term ball?"
"I'd love to. But I thought that after all that trouble with Rita Skeeter you'd never ask." The year before a news reporter from the Daily Prophet had written about Harry and Hermione being an 'item'. Hermione always got tense around the Slytherin girls because they had been saying she was ugly, but there was no time to comment on this because a flash of green lightning came shooting past Harry, which hit someone else. Harry knew who had shot the green light.
"Lord Voldemort!" Said Harry, "He's back like I said!" And it had hit Padma Patil. The look on Ron's face was twisted with anger, panic, pain and sorrow. He turned to Harry and said
"That's the same curse he used on your Mum and Dad and now Padma's dead!" Hermione started to cry no one knew what to do…