Chapter 2

When Harry woke up the next day, he looked as gloomily as ever. He felt really lonely. It was worse than the time Ron and Hermione were prefects that they had to do their job and had to part from Harry for some time, because now, he knew that his friends won't ever be with him for the whole year and maybe even long after that.

After entering platform 9¾ it was an even worse feeling he had since all the students around him were in pairs or in groups of 3 laughing whole heartedly. He simply missed those days as much as he missed his friends.

Harry still looking for an empty compartment on the train, wondered if his friends were missing him as much as he misses them. On his way to the end of the train, Neville caught up with him striking a conversation "Hey Harry, where are you friends, Ron and Hermione?"

"Oh… they have transferred to Beaubaxtons for their 7th year, Hermione's aunt is the head mistress so her parents thought it would be safer and Ron's dad was recruited to work somewhere near there. So I'm alone now…" Harry said sullenly.

"Harry, you're not alone, I'm still here and so is Cho."

"How do you know about Cho and I?"

"I don't, I just guessed 'cause during the summer my grams allowed me to roam and I saw you two together---"

"Hey Harry!!!" Cho interrupted running to catch up with them.

"Hey Cho…" Harry replied still sullenly.

" I know how you feel Harry… I'm so sorry…" Cho said looking truly sorry.

"Cho, why aren't you with your friends?" Neville asked curiously.

"uhm… we kinda had a misunderstanding…" Cho replied looking at her feet.

"Oh I see… we'd better hurry up because we might not find an empty compartment to stay in anymore." Neville said while getting a chocolate frog he brought with him from his pocket.

They found an empty compartment at the end of the train and settled down. Harry was sitting beside the window thinking to himself how the coming year would be, who his friends were going to be, and lots more when someone interrupted. "Aww… Potter is hanging out with a freak... well, I don't call your old friends, normal but Neville is worse Potter, worse." It was Draco Malfoy with his allies Crabbe and Goyle, all of them with smirks.

"I'm not the one lonely Malfoy, you are!!!" Harry said defensively.

"Oh but I won't be lonely for long…" Draco said maliciously.

"Yes you will, and I know it!" Harry answered with his eyes gleaming with anger.

Draco, looking like he hadn't heard a thing, transferred his smirk to a smile from Harry to Cho, noticing only now that Cho was there. "Hey Cho! Why are you here? There is an extra seat in my compartment, wanna come and join us?" He said as his stomach made a back flip.

"No thanks… I'm fine here…" Cho answered gently.

Draco went to his compartment looking flushed and embarrassed. Soon the train stopped and it was time to go.