Chapter 1:

Journal Entry: 31st August

I'm at Uncle Vernon's house again, have been all summer. They are away for the summer and surprisingly have left me here, instead of sending me to Mrs Figgs house again like they used to. It's really hot again now the same as the rest of the summer, I can't wait until I get to go back to Hogwarts tomorrow!! I will get to see Hermione, Ron and the rest of the Weasleys, and find out why they haven't replied to any of my latest letters.

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"Potter!! Get down here now, or you won't be going to that …school… of yours!!"

"Coming Uncle Vernon"

Harry threw the last bits of his school stuff into the school trunk and took it downstairs. Vernon Dursley a plump and balding man, that is Harry's uncle, opened the car boot and put Harry's trunk into it. Harry watched from the back seat of the car as they pulled away from Number 4 Privet Drive for another year at Hogwarts.

As Harry walked through the barrier between platforms 9 and 10 to get through to platform 9¾ , he kept a close eye out for his two best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.

"Come on now! The train's leaving." one of the parents called to Harry. "Hurry up, you don't want to miss it again."

Harry smiled remembering what happened last time he missed the train and hurried his trunk and Hedwig onto the train. He walked down the aisle of the train looking for some an empty carriage or one with Ron and Hermione in it.

"Hey Harry!"

Harry looked up and spotted his two best friends coming towards him.

"I was beginning to think something had happened to you, I haven't seen or heard form you in months!" Harry replied ecstatic at finally seeing Ron and Hermione again. "Do you have a compartment somewhere or shall we find one?"

Ron and Hermione looked at each other guiltily at this comment and then looked down towards the floor unable to meet Harry's eyes.

"Er… Harry we have to go to…"

"…the prefects compartment" Hermione finished for Ron, "Sorry" and they hurried away down the aisle in the direction they were going.

Harry stood there for a couple of seconds trying to come to terms with the fact that he would have to spend the whole train ride on his own and then he began to move his trunk down the aisle looking for a place to ride in. He walked nearly to the end of the train looking for a space in a compartment with one of his other friends, but he was nearly at the end of the train and he still hadn't found anywhere to sit. Ginny's compartment was full with Luna Lovegood and their friends, Neville, Dean and Seamus were with Pavarti and Padma Patil and Lavender Brown. Every one that he went to was full. As he walked up towards the last compartment, he began dreading it as he realized who would be in this compartment….

"What do you want Potter?"

…Draco Malfoy.

"Er… I need somewhere to sit everywhere is full." Harry began hesitantly.

"Well you can't sit here Potter! Go and sit with Weasel and the Mudblood" Draco snarled

"Er…they're prefects and need to sit in the prefect compartments. Speaking of prefects shouldn't you be there?" Harry questioned

"The prefect compartments? They're only for fifth years, sixth year prefects don't have to go to the compartments." He sneered.

Harry thought for a moment and made a mental note to ask Ron and Hermione what was going on and then pulled his trunk into the compartment.

"I told you that you can't sit here!" Draco exclaimed whilst pulling out his wand.

"Accio Malfoy's Wand!" Harry caught the wand, "Well there isn't anywhere else and believe me if there was, that's where I would be." Harry sat down and handed Draco back his wand.

**

The train seemed to take longer than usual, it was nearly dark and they were only ½ way through the journey. Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle sat on the other side of the compartment from Harry talking quietly with each other but saying an insult aimed at Harry with raised voices every now and then. The train journey continued on for an hour or more when it suddenly went extremely dark and the lights on the train went out causing people to panic. Everything seemed to start getting colder and Harry could feel the Goosebumps appearing all over him. From somewhere further up the train there was a scream.

"Dementors!!" some-one screamed.

After this people began to panic more and the Slytherin's in Harry compartment began shaking as a dementor appeared in the doorway. Draco, Crabbe and Goyle were huddled against the back wall whilst Harry weakly stood up and pulled out his wand.

"Expecto Patronum!"

A white mist came out of Harry's wand and slowed the Dementor but it kept coming towards them.

"Expecto Patronum!"

This time the magnificent stag-shaped Patronus came out of the end of Harry's wand and began attacking the dementor in front of them.

"Aarrgh!" Draco screamed from behind Harry.

Harry turned around in time to see another dementor attack Draco after having already kissed Crabbe and Goyle. As soon as Harry's patronus had fought off the other dementor Harry ordered it to attack the dementor that was attacking Draco. The stag charged at the dementor making it crash out of the window and disappear.

Harry kneeled down beside Draco, looking at his horror-stricken face as he looked from Crabbe to Goyle and back again.

"Are you okay?" Harry asked him.

Draco weakly nodded his head unable to speak, no doubt still remembering the horrors that the dementors made him relive. At that moment the lights came back on and Harry went to check on everyone else on the train. He walked out of the compartment and saw the sight…

…bodies lying everywhere, people he knew staring lifelessly at the ceiling, people who had been kissed, or were just to frightened still to move, just sitting there. Harry looked away and vomited outside the train door.

"Harry? Are you okay?" came a familiar and very welcome voice.

"Dumbledore!"