Hello, it's me again! Yay! Okay, stop.  Right, thank you for my reviewers, janey, sportbabe (girl power! Oh, and I can't tell you what the slytherin's heir control, 'member what Briana said?), Sweet Tooth (don't worry, I will get to James and Lily soon!), Voltora, Sara, and to the rest of you!  I seriously cannot reveal too much because, well, you won't read it! So this chapter, Harry will know something about Briana that he hasn't known yet.  Ugh, am I annoying you? Okay, okay, on with the show!

Chapter 6:  The Train Ride

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  "Annie!" Harry called to the empty corridor.  It was the morning before he leaves for Hogwarts and he can't find his Firebolt.  "Annie?"

He opened the door in which looked like a storage room.  There were many old books stacked up at the corners, dusty boxes, but what really caught Harry's eyes was the old wooden trunk next to the boxes.  He approached and carefully opened it.  It creaked while it was being opened.  In the trunk were an old book, several pieces of parchment, and a wooden box.  He took the old book out.  It was fairly dusty and leather-bound. He dusted the front cover and read: The Raiders' Guide to Trouble-Making.

  "The Raiders' Guide to Trouble-Making?" muttered Harry.  Who are the Raiders?  He opened the book to find the front page's letters were gleaming.  It read: Mademoiselles Sunshine, Raven, Featherhawke, and Carrots present the Troublemakers' Guide (a foreword and introduction by Misses Featherhawke and Sunshine).  Harry's brows furrowed.  He flipped through the book and found all sorts of tips on pranks.  He glanced at the wooden box.  It was very intriguing as to what lies inside.  Harry couldn't help himself.  He took it and opened it.  Inside was a large glass vile with a cork on top, two bags of coins, and a binocular. 

On these things were labels.  Harry read them.  The glass vile was labeled "Miss Featherhawke's Secret Invisible Potion (whole vile can keep you invisible for 4 ½ hours!).  The first bag of coins, which did not contain coins, was labeled "Miss Carrots's Diversion Charms (go out with a bang, literally).  The second bag was labeled "Miss Sunshine's Transfiguring Hide-Out" (Warning: only one person can fit in a hide-out).  The binocular was labeled "Miss Raven's Enhanced Binocular (great for the look-out).  Why would Annie have these things? Harry thought.

  "Harry?  Looks who's here?  Come down.  Harry?" Annie called.

  "Coming!" he yelled back. He took the book and the wooden box with him.  He put it inside his room and ran downstairs.  He saw Sirius at the foot of the stairs.

  "Sirius!"

  "Hey, come here, mate," said Sirius, giving him a hug.  "Reckoned I should visit you before you leave for Hogwarts."             

  "How come you just visited now?" asked Harry.  Sirius looked at Briana. 

  "Well, I meant to visit sooner, but I got caught up with work.  Dementors are wrecking havoc all over the country.  Some times I have to go in hiding because they might sense me.  You know how it is.  It is not like they would tell the Ministry, as they have turned their back at them, but they wouldn't miss an opportunity to give me the Dementor's Kiss.  They missed once, I reckon they won't want to miss an opportunity again."

  "Well, I'm just glad you're here, Padfoot," grinned Briana.  Sirius grinned back.  Harry rolled his eyes. 

  "Annie, are taking me to King's Cross today?" asked Harry.

  "Er, no, Harry, I have to go to work.  But there are some people who are willing to take you to King's Cross," said Briana.  As if on cue, an eating Remus and Sam came out of the Dining Hall. 

  "Hello, Harry, we're taking you to King's Cross if that's all right," said Sam.

  "It's all right with me.  Why couldn't you take time off work, Annie?" asked Harry, following everyone to the Dining Hall.

  "Well, you see, it's my boss.  He's a bit strict about time and me.  He feels that I should always be punctual.  But I'm sure we'll see each other again.  I mean there's always Christmas and Easter.  You will be spending Christmas here, right?" asked Briana.

  "Of course, I'll be the first to sign on to Professor Mcgonagall."

At that moment, Mrs. Turningcoat came in the Dining Hall.  "Harry, have you gotten everything ready for your journey?" 

  "Yes, I have them ready up in my room."

  "Good, I'll have Barnabie bring them down here right now."

  "Okay, I'll help."

  "Oh, no, dear, that's what house-elves are for."

  "But they're my things.  I'll help Barnabie. It's all right with me." 

  "Er, Mrs. Turningcoat, please just let Harry help Barnabie," said Briana. 

While muttering incoherently to herself, Mrs. Turningcoat agreed.

  "Have you gotten your things? You haven't forgotten anything, have you?" asked Sam.

  "No, I have everything," answered Harry.  "Honestly, Sam, you sound like you're my mother."

Samantha stopped dead on her tracks.  "Er, well, I-I was-was just saying that you shouldn't leave anything valuable behind."

  "Sam, I was just joking."

  "Oh, right, come on, off you go to the barrier."

Platform 9 ¾ materialized right in front of Harry's eyes.  Remus and Samantha soon followed after him. 

  "Ooh, Hogwarts Express.  I have never seen this place in years," sighed Sam.  One of the third year students in Hogwarts stopped dead in his tracks.  He turned around and his jaw dropped.

  "Blimey! Catalina Mullet in Platform 9 ¾! Blimey, can you sign my trunk?" said the third year. 

  "Sure, let me see.  There you go," said Sam.  Soon after, a small crowd of children was crowding around Samantha, all asking for her autograph. "No, no, thank you.  Come and watch us again on the next World Cup!" she called after them as they left.  "Well, shall we get your things up?"

They loaded Harry's things up to the train and came down to say good byes.  As the train moved, Harry settled back on the chair and looked out the window.  Just then, Hermione and Ron came bursting in the compartment. 

  "Hey! Where have you two been?" asked Harry.

  "We were looking for you," answered Ron.  "So excited to go back to Hogwarts? You know, being a prefect and all?"

  "I don't know.  It's okay I guess.  But check out what I found back at the Summer House," he said as he took out the book he found at the storage room. 

  "Did you spend all of your holiday at the Summer House?" asked Hermione.

  "No, I moved in with Annie after my birthday.  The Dursleys moved out of Privet Drive soon after that.  Annie didn't really tell me where they moved.  I reckoned she didn't really think that I would visit them.  Look at this.  I found it," he showed them the dusty, leather-bound book. 

  "Wow, what is it?" asked Ron.

  "Is it one of those magical spellbooks you picked out of the Summer House?" asked Hermione eagerly.

  "No.  It's a prank guidebook.  I didn't have a chance to look at it back home.  What do you think?" he asked them.

  "Who wrote it?" asked Hermione closely.

  "I don't know, but it says right here that it was written by the Raiders."  He pointed at the cover. 

  "Who are the Raiders?  And why does Briana have this?" asked Ron.

  "I don't know.  I have been asking the same questions in my head."

  "Ugh, don't you two ever listen? Don't you remember what Briana said at Diagon Alley? She said she was an old prankster when she was at Hogwarts.  Maybe she bought this at Zonko's when she was young!" exclaimed Hermione.

  "Or…She was part of an old prank group called the Raiders! And they wrote this when they were in Hogwarts," said Ron, obviously very excited.

  "Oh, don't be stupid, Ron," Hermione stopped by the look on Ron's face.  "I meant it in a good way, Ron."

  "Hmmm…. Mademoiselles Sunshine, Raven, Featherhawke, and Carrots.  They're pretty good at pranks.  I found some of their products at a wooden box.  It came with the book.  Maybe you're right, Hermione.  She probably bought this at Zonko's," said Harry.  But at the back of his head, he felt wrong.

He spent the whole day reading the book.  He found it amusing.  Whoever these women were, they are pretty hilarious!  He found lots of ways to trick enemies into eating tricked sweets.  He wished that Voldemort could eat just one of them.  The train slowly stopped at Hogsmeade Station.  They filed out of the compartment and found a carriage to ride up to the castle. 

  "Firs' years this way! This way firs' years! Come on!" called Hagrid.  He spotted Harry, Ron, and Hermione.  "Hey, yeh three! See yeh up at the castle!"

  "All right, Hagrid!" called Hermione back.  They climbed up in a carriage with Neville Longbottom and felt the horseless carriage carry them up to Hogwarts.

All right, not so good.  I was being lazy this week and stopped writing for a while.  I watched Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone at last! YAY! Okay, I am a big loser for being one of the last ones to watch it but still.  Also watched the Lord of the Rings. Pretty good, go out and watch it.  Sooo……Anyway, who's the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher? Could it be Briana again? Or maybe James or Lily? Oh, come on, like I'll tell you guys! Geez, anyway, please leave a review.  I love reviews coz it tells me what you think.  Please let me know! Review! ~villageidiot333~