*~* Hi everyone. This is a bit of a longer chapter than the first. Monica makes a mistake and Katie
makes a misjudgement!! Oooh, how exciting!
*~* DISCLAIMER: This fanfiction is mine. Harry Potter, Hogwarts, Quidditch etc isn't. It's Warner
Bros property.
CHAPTER 2 - Aboard the Hogwarts Express
A week and three days passed very quickly for Monica and Katie. Monica finally finished her letter
to Harry (it was 23 pages long before Katie had to persuade Monica to finish up and do some
homework), and Katie had busied herself by reading all of last years books. Finally, it was the
night before the start of term and Katie was extremely excited. It wasn't until 1:00 in the
morning that she stopped jumping around in the bunk below Monica and went to sleep. In the morning,
Katie was up at 4:00, bustling around, getting all her equipment together. Monica grudgingly awoke
at 8:30 to the noise of Katie falling down the stairs. She got out of bed and slowly trudged the
door and looked down the stairs. Katie was lying at the bottom with her heavy suitcase on top of
her. "I can only guess." Monica said after observing the scene.
Somehow, they made it to Kings Cross by half past ten. The two girls waved goodbye to their parents
and confidently ran through the barrier - they had done this twice already. Monica spotted Harry
and ran over to greet him. Katie watched them hug, enviously. She didn't have a boyfriend yet (she
had no idea why). She shook it out of her mind and walked over to her friends.
They boarded the Hogwarts Express at 11:00; Katie with her friends, Monica with hers. The only
cabins left were two next to each other, so they took those. After 15 minutes, a lady came around
with the class choices. "Are you all third years?" she asked Monica, Harry, Ron and Emily. They
nodded, and 4 sheets of paper were passed to them. Monica was having great difficulty with
choosing her subjects. "What sounds better, Arithmancy or Ancient Runes?" Monica asked Emily.
"I honestly don't know." Emily said. "I'm having trouble with my choices as well."
Just then, Draco Malfoy came barging in, followed by Crabbe and Goyle. "Oh, I'm so sorry, didn't
realise this was taken." He sat down next to Monica, who quickly shuffled in the direction of
Harry. "Having trouble with our class choices, are we now? Here, let me help." He grinned,
drooling with fake sincerity. Monica moved closer to Harry.
"Get lost, Malfoy." Harry said bravely. Draco just grinned and motioned for Crabbe and Goyle to
follow him out.
"Oh, I just HATE that Malfoy." Monica said, continuing with her subject choices. "And I also hate
these class choices."
"Ooh, I know of something that'll help you decide!" Ron said, jumping forward. "OK, here's what
you do. You've gotta clear your mind, then I'll ask you some questions and you've gotta answer
them without thinking of the answers. Got it?"
Monica nodded.
"OK, what do you like better, chocolate or vanilla?"
"Chocolate." Monica said immediately.
"What do you like better, 3 or 4?"
"4."
"What do you like better, water or pumpkin juice?"
"Water." Monica said quickly. Her expression changed to a startled look. "Hey, I like pumpkin juice
better."
This continued for a while. Sometimes Monica would be surprised at the choices she had made, but
she continued all the same.
Meanwhile, in the next cabin, Katie and her friends had long since finished their class choices.
Lauren, Katie's friend, was showing the group a new device that she had bought at Diagon Alley.
"It lets you eavesdrop into other people's conversations," she was saying. "It can even let you
listen through walls!"
"Excellent, we should try it out!" Katie said enthusiastically. "My sister's in the other room,
we could listen to their conversation."
"Great idea! You try it out first, Katie, see if it works."
Katie held the small, square machine against the wall. Ron and Monica's voices flooded into the
room. Katie only heard one thing before she fainted dead away.
"Who do you like better, Malfoy or Katie?"
"Malfoy."
Back in the cabin next door, all of them had gasped, including Monica herself. "No way! I like
Katie way better than that rat, that's for sure." Monica's friends were still staring at her.
"Honest, it just came out of nowhere." Her friends nodded and shook it out of their heads as Ron
continued.
"What's better, Summer or Winter?"
"Summer."
"What's better, Arithmancy or Ancient Runes?"
"Arithmancy."
"There you go." Ron said smartly, folding his arms.
"Thanks Ron." Monica said, giving him a small hug. Ron immediately blushed and said in a small
voice, "No problem."
Next door, Lauren had revived Katie with a simple water spell. She was sitting up, fanning her
face with her hand, with a stunned expression plastered on her face. None of them had heard the
conversation next door after that, so every one of them was shocked. "She...she likes Malfoy more
than me? I mean, I know we're sisters and all, and we get into big fights all the time...but...Malfoy?"
"Katie, there's no need worrying about it."
"Yeah...but...Malfoy..." Katie stammered a reply.
"Come on, forget about it Katie. You have better things to do than sit around worrying about
whether your sister has a crush on Malfoy or not." Alison, another one of Katie's friends, said.
"What?"
"Well, it's obvious, isn't it? If she likes that rat more than you, she must like him."
"No...it's not true. I mean...she HATES Malfoy. More than she hates Potions, and believe me,
that's a lot."
"Well, things change." Rebecca, another of Katie's friends, piped up.
Katie sat in awe. Her sister couldn't possibly like Malfoy...could she?
"It's not fair! Why does this have to be so confusing? And...and...poor Harry!" Katie sobbed.
"Katie, don't worry. Why don't you show us that Transfiguration book you bought?"
Katie immediately stopped sobbing and said, brightly "Okay!"
By and by, the train driver's voice boomed over the train, magically enhanced. "Weeeeeeeeee will
beeeeeeeee arriving at Hoooooooooooogwarts in ten miiiiiiiiiiiiinuuuttteeess!!! Hehehe!!"
Monica and her friends looked at each other strangely.
"What's up with him?" Emily asked.
"Probably too much Butterbeer." Harry replied. They all laughed and changed into their robes (the
girls left the cabin while the boys were getting changed and vice versa).
By the time they had all changed, the train driver's voice wafted over the train again.
"Weeeeeeeeeeee have arriiiiiiiiived at HOOOOOOOOOOOOOGGGGGGGWWWWAAAAAARRRRTTTTSSSSSS!!! Please,
step oooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuttttttt of the train! Your luuuuuuuuuuuggggggaaaaaaaage will be taken
SEPERATELY!!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Heeheeheeheehee!!!"
Monica and her friends laughed. They heard a distant rumble as people filed off the train, so they
too got up and left.
Monica saw Katie getting out of the cabin next door, so she said "Hi Katie!" Katie ignored her and
left the train. Monica was about to shout out to her, but she was dragged away in the crowd of
people. What's up with her? she thought, but as Harry took her hand and led her off the train, it
left her mind.
makes a misjudgement!! Oooh, how exciting!
*~* DISCLAIMER: This fanfiction is mine. Harry Potter, Hogwarts, Quidditch etc isn't. It's Warner
Bros property.
CHAPTER 2 - Aboard the Hogwarts Express
A week and three days passed very quickly for Monica and Katie. Monica finally finished her letter
to Harry (it was 23 pages long before Katie had to persuade Monica to finish up and do some
homework), and Katie had busied herself by reading all of last years books. Finally, it was the
night before the start of term and Katie was extremely excited. It wasn't until 1:00 in the
morning that she stopped jumping around in the bunk below Monica and went to sleep. In the morning,
Katie was up at 4:00, bustling around, getting all her equipment together. Monica grudgingly awoke
at 8:30 to the noise of Katie falling down the stairs. She got out of bed and slowly trudged the
door and looked down the stairs. Katie was lying at the bottom with her heavy suitcase on top of
her. "I can only guess." Monica said after observing the scene.
Somehow, they made it to Kings Cross by half past ten. The two girls waved goodbye to their parents
and confidently ran through the barrier - they had done this twice already. Monica spotted Harry
and ran over to greet him. Katie watched them hug, enviously. She didn't have a boyfriend yet (she
had no idea why). She shook it out of her mind and walked over to her friends.
They boarded the Hogwarts Express at 11:00; Katie with her friends, Monica with hers. The only
cabins left were two next to each other, so they took those. After 15 minutes, a lady came around
with the class choices. "Are you all third years?" she asked Monica, Harry, Ron and Emily. They
nodded, and 4 sheets of paper were passed to them. Monica was having great difficulty with
choosing her subjects. "What sounds better, Arithmancy or Ancient Runes?" Monica asked Emily.
"I honestly don't know." Emily said. "I'm having trouble with my choices as well."
Just then, Draco Malfoy came barging in, followed by Crabbe and Goyle. "Oh, I'm so sorry, didn't
realise this was taken." He sat down next to Monica, who quickly shuffled in the direction of
Harry. "Having trouble with our class choices, are we now? Here, let me help." He grinned,
drooling with fake sincerity. Monica moved closer to Harry.
"Get lost, Malfoy." Harry said bravely. Draco just grinned and motioned for Crabbe and Goyle to
follow him out.
"Oh, I just HATE that Malfoy." Monica said, continuing with her subject choices. "And I also hate
these class choices."
"Ooh, I know of something that'll help you decide!" Ron said, jumping forward. "OK, here's what
you do. You've gotta clear your mind, then I'll ask you some questions and you've gotta answer
them without thinking of the answers. Got it?"
Monica nodded.
"OK, what do you like better, chocolate or vanilla?"
"Chocolate." Monica said immediately.
"What do you like better, 3 or 4?"
"4."
"What do you like better, water or pumpkin juice?"
"Water." Monica said quickly. Her expression changed to a startled look. "Hey, I like pumpkin juice
better."
This continued for a while. Sometimes Monica would be surprised at the choices she had made, but
she continued all the same.
Meanwhile, in the next cabin, Katie and her friends had long since finished their class choices.
Lauren, Katie's friend, was showing the group a new device that she had bought at Diagon Alley.
"It lets you eavesdrop into other people's conversations," she was saying. "It can even let you
listen through walls!"
"Excellent, we should try it out!" Katie said enthusiastically. "My sister's in the other room,
we could listen to their conversation."
"Great idea! You try it out first, Katie, see if it works."
Katie held the small, square machine against the wall. Ron and Monica's voices flooded into the
room. Katie only heard one thing before she fainted dead away.
"Who do you like better, Malfoy or Katie?"
"Malfoy."
Back in the cabin next door, all of them had gasped, including Monica herself. "No way! I like
Katie way better than that rat, that's for sure." Monica's friends were still staring at her.
"Honest, it just came out of nowhere." Her friends nodded and shook it out of their heads as Ron
continued.
"What's better, Summer or Winter?"
"Summer."
"What's better, Arithmancy or Ancient Runes?"
"Arithmancy."
"There you go." Ron said smartly, folding his arms.
"Thanks Ron." Monica said, giving him a small hug. Ron immediately blushed and said in a small
voice, "No problem."
Next door, Lauren had revived Katie with a simple water spell. She was sitting up, fanning her
face with her hand, with a stunned expression plastered on her face. None of them had heard the
conversation next door after that, so every one of them was shocked. "She...she likes Malfoy more
than me? I mean, I know we're sisters and all, and we get into big fights all the time...but...Malfoy?"
"Katie, there's no need worrying about it."
"Yeah...but...Malfoy..." Katie stammered a reply.
"Come on, forget about it Katie. You have better things to do than sit around worrying about
whether your sister has a crush on Malfoy or not." Alison, another one of Katie's friends, said.
"What?"
"Well, it's obvious, isn't it? If she likes that rat more than you, she must like him."
"No...it's not true. I mean...she HATES Malfoy. More than she hates Potions, and believe me,
that's a lot."
"Well, things change." Rebecca, another of Katie's friends, piped up.
Katie sat in awe. Her sister couldn't possibly like Malfoy...could she?
"It's not fair! Why does this have to be so confusing? And...and...poor Harry!" Katie sobbed.
"Katie, don't worry. Why don't you show us that Transfiguration book you bought?"
Katie immediately stopped sobbing and said, brightly "Okay!"
By and by, the train driver's voice boomed over the train, magically enhanced. "Weeeeeeeeee will
beeeeeeeee arriving at Hoooooooooooogwarts in ten miiiiiiiiiiiiinuuuttteeess!!! Hehehe!!"
Monica and her friends looked at each other strangely.
"What's up with him?" Emily asked.
"Probably too much Butterbeer." Harry replied. They all laughed and changed into their robes (the
girls left the cabin while the boys were getting changed and vice versa).
By the time they had all changed, the train driver's voice wafted over the train again.
"Weeeeeeeeeeee have arriiiiiiiiived at HOOOOOOOOOOOOOGGGGGGGWWWWAAAAAARRRRTTTTSSSSSS!!! Please,
step oooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuttttttt of the train! Your luuuuuuuuuuuggggggaaaaaaaage will be taken
SEPERATELY!!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Heeheeheeheehee!!!"
Monica and her friends laughed. They heard a distant rumble as people filed off the train, so they
too got up and left.
Monica saw Katie getting out of the cabin next door, so she said "Hi Katie!" Katie ignored her and
left the train. Monica was about to shout out to her, but she was dragged away in the crowd of
people. What's up with her? she thought, but as Harry took her hand and led her off the train, it
left her mind.