Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter! If I did I wouldn't be wasting my
time on this I would be on my way to New Zealand on a private jet. * sigh
* Too bad.
Thanks for the 4 reviews. Even though it's only... 4 ...I still appreciate them. Sorry for the delay. But I hate typing.
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Harry was looking at all his great gifts from his friends. Ron gave him the Quidditch Through the Ages II book. Complete with color page of the new American League and Harry himself for being the youngest house player at Hogwart's. Hermione gave him a dark detecting ball. Fred and George gave him a supply of trick candy and portable swamps. And finally Ginny gave him a new broom servicing kit.
He looked at it all thankfully as he packed it away in his trunk. He quickly finished packing headed downstairs for breakfast. He was leaving for Hogwart's today. He felt a mixture of grief and pleasure as he walked into the kitchen.
"Morning," Harry said to the rest of the occupants in the kitchen. They quickly replied his greeting and returned to the food on their plates.
"Ready to go back to school today?" Mrs. Weasley said as she piled food onto Harry's plate.
"Thrilled. Disappointed to leave though."
"Ah... You'll be happy there too. And safe," she added.
"We should probably be going soon. We're borrowing a Ministry car. You probably know what traffic is like," Mr.Weasley spoke as he walked down the stairs while fixing a tie. When they finished eating they ran upstairs. Harry and Ron put the last remaining things in his trunk and pulled it downstairs. He returned back to Ron's room to get Hedwig. Hedwig quietly slipped into her cage, while Ron struggled to wrestle Pig into his cage for ten minutes.
"That bird needs a tranquilizer dart," Hermione said watching her friend finally get His owl in its cage. She was leaning in the doorway.
"Yeah thanks for helping. Just watch as your friend dies from exhaustion from wrestling a bird!" Ron said sarcastically. "By the way what is a trnquizen dart?" he added confused.
"Never mind!" she barked.
Mr.Weasley and Mrs.Weasley soon began to put Shrinking Charms on the entire luggage so it would all fit in their pockets. Mr. Weakly eagerly sat behind the steering wheel and inspected this 'strange' muggle contraption. ("Look at this! I mean this is amazing... and they did this without magic! I can't believe it!") Hermione, Ginny, Ron jumped in the back seat while Harry slumped down in the passenger seat.
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"Let me find a spot to park! Now be quiet!" Mr.Weasley spun back around in his chair. There was 5 minutes to spare before it was 11 O'clock, when the Hogwart's Express left platform 9 ¾.
"Ahhh... now there's a spot," Mr.Weasley said in triumph.
"Yeah! Finally!" they all cheered.
"Opps! Someone took it."
"Ohhhh! Merlin!" they all grumbled.
"Here let me drive," Harry suggested.
"What?! No! This is a Ministry car!" he declined.
"Don't worrie! I learned just before I left for the Burrow," he gloated with a smirk, "I won't crash it." He added. Mr.Weasley thought for a moment occasionally stroking his thinning head.
"Well...hmmm...I guess. Switch at the next red light." The red light cam in the next thirty seconds. Mr.Weasley and Harry scrambled around the front of the car. Harry slid into the driver's door and slammed it shut. Mr. Weasley followed the next second. The light quickly turned green and Harry sped off past the other cars.
"Now the trick is..."he informed as he slipped between a taxi and a bus, "is to be aggressive." And on the last word he pushed the car into a small spot no one would've tried to get in. "You see?" he said unbuckling himself and clapping his hands together. Ron, Hermione, and Ginny praised Harry with his great driving.
"And can you believe I never drove a car before?" he laughed. At that moment, their faces lost all of their color, just finding out that there lives were at the hands of a madman. They carried Pig and Hedwig into the station along with Harry, Ron and Ginny's brooms. Everything else was in their pockets. Ron and Harry casually leaned against the barrier, while Ginny and Hermione took it at a run.
In front of them was the oh so familiar scarlet steam engine. The scarlet paint shone through the steam made from it.
"C'mon kids. Get on soon it's leaving in 2 minutes,' a man in a scarlet overcoat ushered them onto the train. They quickly found an empty room thingy (AN: what are they called again?) and looked out the window at Mr.Weasley.
"Owl me as soon as you get there," The train slowly began to move and Mr. Weasley began to move too. "Oh! And don't forget to-!" He was cut of by the train's long whistle. As the train sped off, other families waved goodbye to their children.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny piled their stuff onto the shelves and sat on the benches. As soon as they all settled down the door slid open and in climbed Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom.
"Hello!" Neville said, "Can we come in here?"
"Sure!" they all responded. They all scuttled around in the carriage and made room for two more people. They soon settled down and began to talk about their summer. All of them had nightmares from what happened in the Department of Mysteries still, and comforted each other about it. Harry being the king of nightmares counseled each of them to help it go away.
The scenery out side change from the city, to valleys, to farms, and then to wild forests. As soon as the scenery changed to forest, it began to turn dusk outside. In the middle of a ferocious Exploding Snap game the door slid open.
"One hour until arrival," the man from the station announced to all the occupants of the room. He quickly left the carriage and went to the next.
"We better get our uniforms on," Ginny suggested. They each pulled out their uniforms from their trunks and pulled it out. The boys had to leave temporarily so the girls can change. They quickly returned to the compartment.
"I was just thinking that... well someone is missing," Harry pondered.
"Well... Sir-"
"Not like that!" Harry snapped back at Ron.
"Malfoy! He's probably too scared to come back to Hogwart's since you caught his dad as a deatheater yesterday! That little ferret." Hermione exclaimed. She was staring out the window as she slipped her cloak on. The train gradually slowed and eventually came to a complete stop. They all took a peek out the carriage window at the spots of light. Hogwarts. The towers and rivets stood out against the dark blue sky. The lake underneath it gave its reflection of the windows and the stars above. They left the train and the first thing they heard was Hagrid's voice.
"First years over here!"(AN: I know he has this accent thingy but I don't know how to write that so don't be mad! Maybe he went to summer English class or something?) The towering giant glanced around at the students and noticed the "gang" heading over to him. He shot a smile over to them and they quickly returned it.
"So... how was yer' summa?" He asked in his booming voice.
"Perfect!"
"Never been better!"
"Great!"
"Good."
"Fine."
"I'm O.K. but what happened to Malfoy this year?" Ginny prodded. Hagrid bent down towards Ginny as if giving her a huge secret, he probably was. He muttered a few words into her ear so that only Ginny could hear.
"Got that?" He asked as he straitened himself.
"Yeah. Se ya latta!" Everyone look expectantly at her as if she was going to spill it all.
"I'll tell you all latter. We need to get to and empty carriage. They piled into the last empty carriage. Hermione, Luna, Neville, and Harry all saw the thistles leading the carriage. The thistles stomped at the ground and showed off their leathery wings to them.
For Hermione, it was her first time ever seeing them. (AN: she saw death in her 6th year. Just make up an adventure or something. Ok?)
"I never new they were so beautiful!" she gasped. She looked in to the eyes of one and thought it resembled a never-ending hole.
"No time to waste!" Luna argued and pushed Hermione into the carriage. They shut the door securely behind them.
"Well... you know how we caught all of those deatheaters last year," they all nodded their head in agreement. "We caught Malfoy's dad. Well... he's too embarrassed to come back so instead he was shipped off to America's school. Salem Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A lot of kids did that, which were in Slytherine and their parents got caught. Some went to Buxtobons, Durmstrange, and Salem. There are hardly any Slytherines there this year." She did an evil little laugh at the end of her announcement. They all let out a loud cheer and the carriage stoped. They stumbled out of it laughing at Malfoy in his Salem uniform. They saw a picture in there History book and thought the uniforms look really ugly. They walked towards the castle with the mob of kids all in their uniforms. They could already see the decrease of students.
Thanks for the 4 reviews. Even though it's only... 4 ...I still appreciate them. Sorry for the delay. But I hate typing.
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Harry was looking at all his great gifts from his friends. Ron gave him the Quidditch Through the Ages II book. Complete with color page of the new American League and Harry himself for being the youngest house player at Hogwart's. Hermione gave him a dark detecting ball. Fred and George gave him a supply of trick candy and portable swamps. And finally Ginny gave him a new broom servicing kit.
He looked at it all thankfully as he packed it away in his trunk. He quickly finished packing headed downstairs for breakfast. He was leaving for Hogwart's today. He felt a mixture of grief and pleasure as he walked into the kitchen.
"Morning," Harry said to the rest of the occupants in the kitchen. They quickly replied his greeting and returned to the food on their plates.
"Ready to go back to school today?" Mrs. Weasley said as she piled food onto Harry's plate.
"Thrilled. Disappointed to leave though."
"Ah... You'll be happy there too. And safe," she added.
"We should probably be going soon. We're borrowing a Ministry car. You probably know what traffic is like," Mr.Weasley spoke as he walked down the stairs while fixing a tie. When they finished eating they ran upstairs. Harry and Ron put the last remaining things in his trunk and pulled it downstairs. He returned back to Ron's room to get Hedwig. Hedwig quietly slipped into her cage, while Ron struggled to wrestle Pig into his cage for ten minutes.
"That bird needs a tranquilizer dart," Hermione said watching her friend finally get His owl in its cage. She was leaning in the doorway.
"Yeah thanks for helping. Just watch as your friend dies from exhaustion from wrestling a bird!" Ron said sarcastically. "By the way what is a trnquizen dart?" he added confused.
"Never mind!" she barked.
Mr.Weasley and Mrs.Weasley soon began to put Shrinking Charms on the entire luggage so it would all fit in their pockets. Mr. Weakly eagerly sat behind the steering wheel and inspected this 'strange' muggle contraption. ("Look at this! I mean this is amazing... and they did this without magic! I can't believe it!") Hermione, Ginny, Ron jumped in the back seat while Harry slumped down in the passenger seat.
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"Let me find a spot to park! Now be quiet!" Mr.Weasley spun back around in his chair. There was 5 minutes to spare before it was 11 O'clock, when the Hogwart's Express left platform 9 ¾.
"Ahhh... now there's a spot," Mr.Weasley said in triumph.
"Yeah! Finally!" they all cheered.
"Opps! Someone took it."
"Ohhhh! Merlin!" they all grumbled.
"Here let me drive," Harry suggested.
"What?! No! This is a Ministry car!" he declined.
"Don't worrie! I learned just before I left for the Burrow," he gloated with a smirk, "I won't crash it." He added. Mr.Weasley thought for a moment occasionally stroking his thinning head.
"Well...hmmm...I guess. Switch at the next red light." The red light cam in the next thirty seconds. Mr.Weasley and Harry scrambled around the front of the car. Harry slid into the driver's door and slammed it shut. Mr. Weasley followed the next second. The light quickly turned green and Harry sped off past the other cars.
"Now the trick is..."he informed as he slipped between a taxi and a bus, "is to be aggressive." And on the last word he pushed the car into a small spot no one would've tried to get in. "You see?" he said unbuckling himself and clapping his hands together. Ron, Hermione, and Ginny praised Harry with his great driving.
"And can you believe I never drove a car before?" he laughed. At that moment, their faces lost all of their color, just finding out that there lives were at the hands of a madman. They carried Pig and Hedwig into the station along with Harry, Ron and Ginny's brooms. Everything else was in their pockets. Ron and Harry casually leaned against the barrier, while Ginny and Hermione took it at a run.
In front of them was the oh so familiar scarlet steam engine. The scarlet paint shone through the steam made from it.
"C'mon kids. Get on soon it's leaving in 2 minutes,' a man in a scarlet overcoat ushered them onto the train. They quickly found an empty room thingy (AN: what are they called again?) and looked out the window at Mr.Weasley.
"Owl me as soon as you get there," The train slowly began to move and Mr. Weasley began to move too. "Oh! And don't forget to-!" He was cut of by the train's long whistle. As the train sped off, other families waved goodbye to their children.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny piled their stuff onto the shelves and sat on the benches. As soon as they all settled down the door slid open and in climbed Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom.
"Hello!" Neville said, "Can we come in here?"
"Sure!" they all responded. They all scuttled around in the carriage and made room for two more people. They soon settled down and began to talk about their summer. All of them had nightmares from what happened in the Department of Mysteries still, and comforted each other about it. Harry being the king of nightmares counseled each of them to help it go away.
The scenery out side change from the city, to valleys, to farms, and then to wild forests. As soon as the scenery changed to forest, it began to turn dusk outside. In the middle of a ferocious Exploding Snap game the door slid open.
"One hour until arrival," the man from the station announced to all the occupants of the room. He quickly left the carriage and went to the next.
"We better get our uniforms on," Ginny suggested. They each pulled out their uniforms from their trunks and pulled it out. The boys had to leave temporarily so the girls can change. They quickly returned to the compartment.
"I was just thinking that... well someone is missing," Harry pondered.
"Well... Sir-"
"Not like that!" Harry snapped back at Ron.
"Malfoy! He's probably too scared to come back to Hogwart's since you caught his dad as a deatheater yesterday! That little ferret." Hermione exclaimed. She was staring out the window as she slipped her cloak on. The train gradually slowed and eventually came to a complete stop. They all took a peek out the carriage window at the spots of light. Hogwarts. The towers and rivets stood out against the dark blue sky. The lake underneath it gave its reflection of the windows and the stars above. They left the train and the first thing they heard was Hagrid's voice.
"First years over here!"(AN: I know he has this accent thingy but I don't know how to write that so don't be mad! Maybe he went to summer English class or something?) The towering giant glanced around at the students and noticed the "gang" heading over to him. He shot a smile over to them and they quickly returned it.
"So... how was yer' summa?" He asked in his booming voice.
"Perfect!"
"Never been better!"
"Great!"
"Good."
"Fine."
"I'm O.K. but what happened to Malfoy this year?" Ginny prodded. Hagrid bent down towards Ginny as if giving her a huge secret, he probably was. He muttered a few words into her ear so that only Ginny could hear.
"Got that?" He asked as he straitened himself.
"Yeah. Se ya latta!" Everyone look expectantly at her as if she was going to spill it all.
"I'll tell you all latter. We need to get to and empty carriage. They piled into the last empty carriage. Hermione, Luna, Neville, and Harry all saw the thistles leading the carriage. The thistles stomped at the ground and showed off their leathery wings to them.
For Hermione, it was her first time ever seeing them. (AN: she saw death in her 6th year. Just make up an adventure or something. Ok?)
"I never new they were so beautiful!" she gasped. She looked in to the eyes of one and thought it resembled a never-ending hole.
"No time to waste!" Luna argued and pushed Hermione into the carriage. They shut the door securely behind them.
"Well... you know how we caught all of those deatheaters last year," they all nodded their head in agreement. "We caught Malfoy's dad. Well... he's too embarrassed to come back so instead he was shipped off to America's school. Salem Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A lot of kids did that, which were in Slytherine and their parents got caught. Some went to Buxtobons, Durmstrange, and Salem. There are hardly any Slytherines there this year." She did an evil little laugh at the end of her announcement. They all let out a loud cheer and the carriage stoped. They stumbled out of it laughing at Malfoy in his Salem uniform. They saw a picture in there History book and thought the uniforms look really ugly. They walked towards the castle with the mob of kids all in their uniforms. They could already see the decrease of students.