The Train

Ch.2 in the story Harry Potter and The New Prophecy

By-overthetOpXhunterjumper

Saphira groaned as she got up off of the hard stone floor. The portkey had taken her to platform 9 and ¾ but instead of setting her down it had dropped her and her trunk. She wiped the dirt off of her jeans and picked up her trunk, looking around for Lana.

*CRASH*

Lana landed next to Saphira, her trunk popping open and landing on the portkey. Lana quickly got up and began gathering up her belongings, which had spilled all over the floor.

"Great, just great." She mumbled. Lana stood up, having closed her trunk and looked at Saphira. "Let's just go through." Lana went over to the barrier, trunk in hand, and casually leaned through. Saphira followed her lead. Once on the other side, they made their way over to the long, black train.

"Saphira-look. It's Harry Potter." Lana whispered. Saphira turned around and there was Harry, leaning against the train and talking to his best friends Ron Weasly and Hermione Granger. Lana and Saphira smiled and started over to where they were standing.

"Excuse me, but do you know what we're supposed to do with our luggage?" Lana asked, indicating her trunk.

Hermione nodded, "You take them on the train with you and store them in the compartments. Are you first years?" She asked looking them over. Saphira smiled and shook her head.

"No, we're going into our fourth year."

"I've never seen you around here before," Harry put in, "What house are you in?"

Lana shrugged, "Well, It's complicated." The train whistled, interrupting her.

"All aboard." The conductor yelled to the students.

"We'll tell you later, on the train perhaps?" Saphira asked.

Ron shook his head. "Hermione and I have to monitor the compartments, we're prefects." He smiled proudly.

Hermione nodded, "Why don't you tell Harry, then we'll come find you later." The train whistled again.

Saphira and Lana picked up their trunks. "Sounds good," Lana replied. "See ya." Hermione and Ron hurried off to the front of the train while Saphira, Lana, and Harry got on. They found an empty compartment towards the back and Saphira and Lana stored away their trunks. They all three sat down, but Saphira jumped back up.

"OW! What the-" Saphira looked down as a small black cat sat up and hissed. She looked at Harry. "Is this yours?"

He shook his head, "I've never seen it before, must be one of the first years." Saphira reached out to the kitten and went to stroke its head. It almost immediately fell asleep and Saphira picked it up, moving it over so she could sit down.

"I don't think we've introduced ourselves. I'm Lana, and this is Saphira." Saphira nodded, still stroking the kitten.

"How we came here is a bit odd. We walked into the teachers bathroom at our school, in the muggle world, then came back out and we were at Hogwarts." Saphira explained.

Lana nodded in agreement. "Yup, then we turned and opened the door we came out of and we found ourselves in the great hall."

"Then Dumbledore walks in, and tells us he was expecting us."

Lana shook her head. "No, he just said he was expecting two new students. Anyways, he took us to his office and as he was telling us about Hogwarts, and then this man walked in."

Saphira looked puzzled, but continued on for her friend. "He was wearing dark green wizards robes and started talking to Dumbledore about a prophecy that talks about two girls."

"But then he notices us. He stops and Dumbledore gives us a portkey. Now here we are, as confused as ever." Lana shook her head, as if trying to clear her thoughts. Harry, who had been silently listening now spoke up.

"That man, what did he look like exactly?"

"I don't know," Saphira answered. "I really wasn't paying any attention to his face, just to what he was saying. Yet he did mention something about the Department of Mysteries."

Lana's face lit up, "Do you think, Saphira, in the fifth book theirs that prophecy about Voldemort and Harry…maybe…oh never mind."

"No, the prophecy was destroyed and there was no talk about two girls in it."

Harry looked confused, "Who's this Voldemort guy? And what do you mean the fifth book?"

Lana looked shocked, "Have you never heard of the Harry Potter books? It's all about how Voldemort killed your parents but couldn't kill you and you wound up with that scar on your forehead and now Voldemort's after you and the wizarding worlds gone into panic mode!"

Harry shook his head. "Nope, never heard of it."

Lana looked at Saphira, who seemed to be as shocked as she was. "Are you sure, I mean, the whole worlds crazy about the books, crazy about you."

Harry shook his head yet again, "I have no clue what you're talking about. My parents aren't dead, I don't have a scar on my forehead, I've never heard of this Voldemort guy and I've never heard of any books written about me." With that Harry got up and stormed out of the compartment.

Saphira looked at Lana, "Weird, too weird."