Chapter 3
Hoggywarties! (Hermione)
My name is Hermione Granger.
I'm one of Harry's best friends. I'm the top of my class at Hogwarts. And now I'm going back to Hogwarts!
"Hey! Harry! Ron!" I yelled. Two heads turned in my direction. One was red and the other was black. I grinned as my two best friends came toward me. "Let's get on the train!" I squealed, quivering with excitement. "Bye, Ron!" Mrs. Weasley, said kissing Ron on the head. "Bye, Mum." He said.
We all clambered onto the train. I immediately pulled out my wand and practiced a few spells. I looked up as I saw Ron gaping at me. He stared at me even though I saw him. "What?" I asked. He closed his mouth and shook his head. "You studied over summer vacation!?" he demanded. My face relaxed into a grin. "Sure did." I said.
A few hours later, the trolley came by. Harry jumped up, buying almost everything on it. Grinning, he settled himself down with a box of chocolate frogs and began to examine his Famous Witches and Wizards cards. The chocolate frogs squirmed in his grip as he ate them.
"Hey, Harry, do you think there is life on other planets?" Ron asked randomly. I snorted, my face still buried behind a book. I put it down. I had to see this conversation. "Yeah. I think you came from Mars." Harry said, snorting. Ron took a handful of Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Beans and threw it at Harry. Harry, laughing, took a chocolate frog and stuffed it down Ron's shirt.
"You two are so immature!" I squealed. "We're fifteen!" I reminded them. I should have kept my big mouth shut. In reply, I got a cauldron cake in the face from Ron. He was laughing. I gasped. "Oh, you two are going to get it!" I said, reaching deep into a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Beans and throwing it at him. "Now who's immature?" asked Harry, laughing but then snorting as Ron stuffed a Pumpkin Pasty in his mouth.
Harry deftly rolled out of the way as more Every Flavored Beans came his way. "Quidditch pays off!" he said, rubbing a chocolate frog in Ron's hair. "YAAAA-MMMMMPHRG!" Ron said as I put a Pumpkin Pasty in his mouth.
"Why if it isn't Potter, Weasley, and Granger." Drawled a voice. I turned around and was face-to-face with none other than Draco Malfoy. Harry got up and walked to my side. "What do you want, Malfoy?" he asked coldly. "To see what the noise was about," Malfoy answered, his eyes narrowing, "But I supposed it was you. Who else would be acting like kids but Gryffindors? Especially you."
"Shut up, Malfoy. It's not like you have ever or would act mature." I said, my bushy hair falling into my face. "I expected immaturity from a Weasley." Said Malfoy. Ron was leaning on the doorway, being very quiet. He suddenly jerked into movement. I grabbed the back of his robes… it was a reflex now.
"Stuff it, Malfoy." Said Harry calmly. "Five minutes until we reach Hogwarts." Said a voice. Laughing, Malfoy left the room. Crabbe and Goyle gave us a pair of angry looks and followed Malfoy.
Ron, meanwhile, was muttering under his breath. "I'll leave you two while you get changed," I said, sidling from the compartment and finding an empty one to change in. I quickly changed into my Gryffindor robes and waited patiently for Harry and Ron's compartment door to slide open.
It did eventually. "Took you long enough," I said, seating myself between the Every Flavor Beans and the Pumpkin Pasties. "Yeah, well, Ron needed some help with his tie." Harry said. I laughed as I spotted Ron's tie. It was on quite messily.
The train started to slow. Excitement bubbled in my chest. "We're here!" I said, squirming in my seat. "Ahhh, Hogwarts at long last!" Ron said, jumping from his seat. The train gave a jerk as it stop and sent Ron flying into the wall. I laughed at him.
The compartment door slid open. I was the first to leap out. "Hogwarts!" I breathed. "Firs' Years!" came a shout. "Hagrid!" I yelled, waving my arms above my head. "All righ' Hermione?" Hagrid asked, beaming at me. "Fine!" I said, running toward the horseless carriages. "Hermione! Wait up!" Harry yelled as he dragged Ron with him. They climbed into it with me.
The ride was a bumpy one. Before I knew it, it was over. I jumped out and ran, dragging both Harry and Ron with me. "Eager, are you?" Harry panted as he tried to keep pace with me. "Yeah!" I yelled, as I entered the best wizarding school in England, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
