Chapter 4
Harry opened the door of the ministry car that he had been travelling in with Ron Hermionie, Ginny and Mr Weasley. He almost fell onto the pavement as he had been so squashed in the car. The ministry cars weren't magically adapted like Mr Weasley's old ford Anglia so they had to squeeze in with all of their stuff packed around them.
"Go and find some trolleys boys, we can't carry all this by ourselves" Mr Weasley said getting out of the car. "The girls and me will start to unpack the car while we wait for the others."
Harry and Ron wandered into the station looking for spare trolleys.
"There's some over there," said Ron pointing in the direction of platform 11. "Lets go and get them" Harry and Ron made their way to platform 11. As they passed platform 9¾ they could see some familiar faces belonging to their fellow Hogwarts students. They saw Draco with his mother and father. His mother was wiping dirt of his cheek with her hanky. "I will never forget that sight, whenever Draco comes near me I will picture that" Ron was trying not to laugh while he said this.
"Look at all the new first years, there's more than last year." Said Harry pointing out all the smaller unfamiliar faces.
"I will never understand how the muggles cant see all the people disappear into the barrier, I mean look how obvious is that" said Ron pointing at the barrier where an excentric wizard in lime green robes was accompanying his very red faced daughter through the barrier.
"Yeah" said Harry, "but muggles don't think that anything like this could exist, only in fairytale, I should know I lived as one for long enough". He pushed two of the trolleys together and watched as Ron done the same. Suddenly out of nowhere a man dressed in a guard uniform fell out of the barrier between platforms 10 and 11. The tall man in his early twenties stood up and covered his scruffy blonde hair with the had that had fallen of during his tumble through the wall.
"See what I mean" said Ron with a note of sarcasm I his voice. At his words the guards face went as pale the shirt he was wearing. He looked at Ron and said
"Urm.New technology.Urm.Winternet.yes that's it" He peered into Ron's to see if the explanation had worked but Ron's face was expressionless. "Urm.OK then I'm a wizard and I'm very sorry young man but I'm going to have to wipe your memory. Ron, whose previous experience with memory charms involved a certain Defence against the dark arts teacher and a broken wand, started to panic.
"Mmmee wizzzzz wizzar dddd" The guard obviously didn't understand a word Ron had tried to say as he reached his wand in his jacket pocket. Harry who realised that now would be a good time to explain tapped the guard on the shoulder.
"Excuse me but I don't think you should do that to my friend" Harry flicked his thick black hair from over his lightning bolt scar and waited to see if it would do any good. He couldn't think of any other way to prove that they were wizards as all their things were in the car wit Mr weasley. The guard's eyes widened and he reached out his hand to greet Harry.
"Oh Mr Potter, So sorry, Albert Goodwin's the name" Harry took the guards hand that had been offered to him and shook it politely. "What about your friend, he a wizard too, just he went a bit funny about that spell"
"Yeah, This is Ron Weasley, He had a bad experience of memory charms" Albert held out his had to Ron who shook it tentatively.
"Sorry about that" Rod said trying to regain his dignity, "panicked"
"Never, mind. You two better get going; Hogwarts express leaves in five minutes."
"ARGH" said Ron ***
Safely on board the Hogwarts Express Harry, Hermionie and the four youngest weasley children sat in a compartment to themselves. Ginny was asking Hermionie about what she would be expected to know in her fourth year and Hermionie was only to willing to give her a very long detailed summary of what books she had read. Fred and George were challenging Harry and Ron to a game of exploding snap. As the journey went on more people joined the carriage and Ginny left to see her friends in her own year group. By the middle of the journey the majority of the fifth and sixth year Gryffindors had visited the carriage at sometime or other, and much to Harry's disgust when Ginny returned Colin Creevy accompanied her. He had grown a couple of inches over the holiday and his hair had grown longer so his blonde hair fell over his eyes. He was dressed in muggle clothes, which made him appear older than when he dressed in his Hogwarts robes. There was something else that was different about him but he couldn't work out what it was. Suddenly he realised.
"Colin!" Exclaimed Harry "Where's your camera?"
"My mum broke it because she got fed up of me showing her pictures and having to get them developed." Said a not so squeaky Colin. "When I thought about it I realised that I haven't actually seen much because I've had a camera stuck to my
eye for the last four years."
"There is a God!" said Harry looking up to the heavens. Colin stayed in the carriage until ten minutes before they arrived at Hogsmade station when Fred and George returned with a handful each of Weasley's Wizard Wheezes order forms filled in by various people.
"Well, I can see this is going to be an interesting year" Said Ron pulling his robes over his head.
Harry opened the door of the ministry car that he had been travelling in with Ron Hermionie, Ginny and Mr Weasley. He almost fell onto the pavement as he had been so squashed in the car. The ministry cars weren't magically adapted like Mr Weasley's old ford Anglia so they had to squeeze in with all of their stuff packed around them.
"Go and find some trolleys boys, we can't carry all this by ourselves" Mr Weasley said getting out of the car. "The girls and me will start to unpack the car while we wait for the others."
Harry and Ron wandered into the station looking for spare trolleys.
"There's some over there," said Ron pointing in the direction of platform 11. "Lets go and get them" Harry and Ron made their way to platform 11. As they passed platform 9¾ they could see some familiar faces belonging to their fellow Hogwarts students. They saw Draco with his mother and father. His mother was wiping dirt of his cheek with her hanky. "I will never forget that sight, whenever Draco comes near me I will picture that" Ron was trying not to laugh while he said this.
"Look at all the new first years, there's more than last year." Said Harry pointing out all the smaller unfamiliar faces.
"I will never understand how the muggles cant see all the people disappear into the barrier, I mean look how obvious is that" said Ron pointing at the barrier where an excentric wizard in lime green robes was accompanying his very red faced daughter through the barrier.
"Yeah" said Harry, "but muggles don't think that anything like this could exist, only in fairytale, I should know I lived as one for long enough". He pushed two of the trolleys together and watched as Ron done the same. Suddenly out of nowhere a man dressed in a guard uniform fell out of the barrier between platforms 10 and 11. The tall man in his early twenties stood up and covered his scruffy blonde hair with the had that had fallen of during his tumble through the wall.
"See what I mean" said Ron with a note of sarcasm I his voice. At his words the guards face went as pale the shirt he was wearing. He looked at Ron and said
"Urm.New technology.Urm.Winternet.yes that's it" He peered into Ron's to see if the explanation had worked but Ron's face was expressionless. "Urm.OK then I'm a wizard and I'm very sorry young man but I'm going to have to wipe your memory. Ron, whose previous experience with memory charms involved a certain Defence against the dark arts teacher and a broken wand, started to panic.
"Mmmee wizzzzz wizzar dddd" The guard obviously didn't understand a word Ron had tried to say as he reached his wand in his jacket pocket. Harry who realised that now would be a good time to explain tapped the guard on the shoulder.
"Excuse me but I don't think you should do that to my friend" Harry flicked his thick black hair from over his lightning bolt scar and waited to see if it would do any good. He couldn't think of any other way to prove that they were wizards as all their things were in the car wit Mr weasley. The guard's eyes widened and he reached out his hand to greet Harry.
"Oh Mr Potter, So sorry, Albert Goodwin's the name" Harry took the guards hand that had been offered to him and shook it politely. "What about your friend, he a wizard too, just he went a bit funny about that spell"
"Yeah, This is Ron Weasley, He had a bad experience of memory charms" Albert held out his had to Ron who shook it tentatively.
"Sorry about that" Rod said trying to regain his dignity, "panicked"
"Never, mind. You two better get going; Hogwarts express leaves in five minutes."
"ARGH" said Ron ***
Safely on board the Hogwarts Express Harry, Hermionie and the four youngest weasley children sat in a compartment to themselves. Ginny was asking Hermionie about what she would be expected to know in her fourth year and Hermionie was only to willing to give her a very long detailed summary of what books she had read. Fred and George were challenging Harry and Ron to a game of exploding snap. As the journey went on more people joined the carriage and Ginny left to see her friends in her own year group. By the middle of the journey the majority of the fifth and sixth year Gryffindors had visited the carriage at sometime or other, and much to Harry's disgust when Ginny returned Colin Creevy accompanied her. He had grown a couple of inches over the holiday and his hair had grown longer so his blonde hair fell over his eyes. He was dressed in muggle clothes, which made him appear older than when he dressed in his Hogwarts robes. There was something else that was different about him but he couldn't work out what it was. Suddenly he realised.
"Colin!" Exclaimed Harry "Where's your camera?"
"My mum broke it because she got fed up of me showing her pictures and having to get them developed." Said a not so squeaky Colin. "When I thought about it I realised that I haven't actually seen much because I've had a camera stuck to my
eye for the last four years."
"There is a God!" said Harry looking up to the heavens. Colin stayed in the carriage until ten minutes before they arrived at Hogsmade station when Fred and George returned with a handful each of Weasley's Wizard Wheezes order forms filled in by various people.
"Well, I can see this is going to be an interesting year" Said Ron pulling his robes over his head.