A/N I don't own any of these characters. J.K. Rowling invented them.

At The station, good-byes were said. Mrs. Weasley tried not to cry. "I do this every year!" she said weeping. People around them were staring and Ron was getting embarrassed, "yeah Mom, bye!" he said awkwardly as his mother wrapped her arms around him. Harry was next in line. "Be good Harry, keep Ronny in line okay?" she hugged him too. "Yes Ma'am," he grinned. "Now Ginny, stay out of trouble! And be nice to the boys this year!" Mrs. Weasley gave her a stern look. "Yes Mama!" Ginny smiled and hugged her mother extra had before disappearing into the brick pillar that separated Platform 9 ¾ from the rest of the station. "If you boys need anything just send me a letter!" Mr. Weasley put an arm around her waist and said goodbye to the boys. Soon Harry and Ron were boarding the train.

After finally finding an empty seat, Ron and Harry threw their bags into the overhead compartment. After settling in, Ron drifted off to sleep, leaving Harry to think by himself the rest of the trip. ½ hour after the train started rolling, Draco Malfoy, another 5th year student at Hogwart's stalked into the little compartment that Ron and Harry were sitting in. "Hey Potter!" He sneered, "Catching up on your Beauty sleep? Lord knows you need it!" Harry immediately sat up; "Do you just come in here to smart off Malfoy? Because it's not working." He then nudged Ron with his elbow, "umf!" Ron stretched and opened his eyes; he jumped at the sight of Malfoy. "You'd like to think I cam in here to talk to you wouldn't you Potter?" Draco grinned. "Actually, I was wondering if either of you had seen Crabbe or Goyle," Malfoy looked bored, "do you just sleep in here?" He said, not allowing the boys to answer the previous question. "No we haven't seen your goon's and yes, we had trouble sleeping last night, so we plan to sleep most of the way there." Harry said. Malfoy smirked and left the small car.

"Come to think of it Har," Ron said, "where's Hermione?" Harry thought back. They definitely hadn't seen her at the station, and usually she came looking for them. "I don't know Ron," Harry couldn't keep the worried tone out of his voice. Ron sighed and looked out the window. "She hasn't contacted me at all this summer, not even a letter or anything! Where is she? This is getting weird Harry, I'm worried, what if something happened to her?" Ron choked back tears. He had always been very melodramatic. Harry looked at him with worried eyes, "Don't think like that Ron! She's probably okay, I'm sure she's just in the back with Pansy or someone like that. Don't worry about her." Harry said this more for himself than Ron.

Soon the train began to slow down. The boys, who had spent the rest of the ride in silence, stood up and stretched before grabbing their parcels. Everyone crowded the corridors and forced their way off the train. Once they were off, Harry and Ron immediately turned around to look for their friend. "Hermione!" Both of them began yelling. "What's the matter, Weasels? Can't find your lover, Miss hairball herself? Hey Crabbe! Weasels and the hair ball!" Draco Malfoy grinned and stalked off towards the old castle perched on the hill in front of them. "Ignore him Ron! He's just a jerk." Harry said, spinning on his heel and gathering his things up in his arms. "Harry!" Ron yelled, "We have to find her!" "Look Ron, it's starting to rain," Harry said, turning around to face him, " I'm sure she's inside. Don't worry about her, she's a big girl, she can handle herself!" Just as he turned back around to head up to his school, he caught a glimpse of a thin girl slide of the train and collapse on the pavement below. "Hermione!" the boys yelled in unison!