Chapter 3
By the time the train had lurched foreword and had begun the journey to Hogwarts, the three had already settled into their usual compartment. Ron was sprawled out across one seat, while Harry and Hermione shared the other.
"So are you both ready for this year? I've already read my books 3 times." Hermione said smiling.
"I guess so, I've only flipped through them, have you read em yet Harry?" Ron said.
"Yeah, there really wasn't much else to do when I was stuck with the Dursleys, so I read a lot over the break." Harry replied.
"Hey, one question, Is your cousin still competing with the whales on who's heavier?" Ron asked jokingly.
Before Harry could answer though, the door to their compartment slid open. The three looked up, in the doorway there was a girl with short cut hair that was reddish brown, she looked down on the three with gray eyes. The girl was already in her uniform and robes (which bore the colorings of a Hufflepuff) and she had a silver Prefect badge pinned onto the robes. She had a clipboard in her hand with some papers on it.
"I'm looking for a Miss Hermione Granger. Any of you three seen her?" The girl asked.
Hermione stood, "That would be me."
The girl in the doorway, losing her professional like composure for a moment grinned and reached out a hand. "We were wondering if you had gotten on today. My name is Katherine Evans, 7th year Hufflepuff."
Hermione looked at the girl puzzled a moment and then smiled, clasping the other girl's hand in greeting. "Well you already know my name, but a Griffondor, 6th year."
Ron looked up interested. "So who is this WE who's been looking for Hermione?"
Katherine looked to Ron, frowning a moment in thought. "Prefects." She answered simply. "Anyway, Hermione, you are welcome to join us in the front compartment, otherwise you can stay here, but you'll need to at least introduce yourself to the rest of us briefly, alright?"
Hermione nodded, "I'll go now, but I'd like to stay here for the rest of the trip."
Katherine smiled, "Sure. I'll show you where it is now." She paused a moment and grinned to Harry and Ron, "Don't worry she'll come back in one piece."
Harry and Ron forced a smile, Hermione looked to them and gave an apologetic look, and mouthing the words "I'll be back soon." Katherine started to walk down the aisle, and Hermione hurried to catch up after the older Prefect.
After the two had left, Ron started "How rude was that? Geez, they don't even let her have a minute free of Prefect duties."
"She said she'd be back soon." Harry said quietly.
Ron frowned, and then a thought came to mind, he grinned and started digging through his pockets. "Look what Fred and George gave me!"
In Ron's palm were what appeared to be marshmallows. Harry stared at them "So.?"
"These are their latest inventions, they had to sneak em to me, Mum still doesn't like their creations." Ron explained. "They look like Marshmallows, but when you put them in your mouth well they change into this black gooey stuff, sticks your teeth all together. So far the effects have lasted about 24 hours. Fred and George called them Gummers"
Harry grinned, "That's genius. What do you intend to do with them?"
"Slip them in Malfoy's food, as soon as I can!" Ron said with a laugh.
The boys passed their time in the compartment, plotting out intricate plans to slip the Gummers into Malfoy's food sometime during their stay at Hogwarts, the sooner the better.
Hermione slipped back into the compartment, her expression very excited. "You guys won't believe this."
Harry and Ron looked up, a look of surprise to their faces, they had been so engrossed in coversation that they hadn't noticed Hermione's return. "Huh?" Ron said.
"Slytherin's got themselves a Prefect." Hermione said.
"Seriously?" Harry asked.
Hermione nodded, "Yeh, she doesn't talk much, doesn't wear a badge either. I didn't even know she was a Prefect at first."
"Who would've thought that Slytherin could even produce a Prefect," Ron mused.
Hermione shrugged and flopped down on the seat beside Harry. "Besides that though, the rest of them were really nice."
"Nice, but Prefects are all a bunch of prudes," Ron said yawning.
Hermione fumed and kicked at the seat Ron was stretched across. Harry just laughed.
By the time the train had lurched foreword and had begun the journey to Hogwarts, the three had already settled into their usual compartment. Ron was sprawled out across one seat, while Harry and Hermione shared the other.
"So are you both ready for this year? I've already read my books 3 times." Hermione said smiling.
"I guess so, I've only flipped through them, have you read em yet Harry?" Ron said.
"Yeah, there really wasn't much else to do when I was stuck with the Dursleys, so I read a lot over the break." Harry replied.
"Hey, one question, Is your cousin still competing with the whales on who's heavier?" Ron asked jokingly.
Before Harry could answer though, the door to their compartment slid open. The three looked up, in the doorway there was a girl with short cut hair that was reddish brown, she looked down on the three with gray eyes. The girl was already in her uniform and robes (which bore the colorings of a Hufflepuff) and she had a silver Prefect badge pinned onto the robes. She had a clipboard in her hand with some papers on it.
"I'm looking for a Miss Hermione Granger. Any of you three seen her?" The girl asked.
Hermione stood, "That would be me."
The girl in the doorway, losing her professional like composure for a moment grinned and reached out a hand. "We were wondering if you had gotten on today. My name is Katherine Evans, 7th year Hufflepuff."
Hermione looked at the girl puzzled a moment and then smiled, clasping the other girl's hand in greeting. "Well you already know my name, but a Griffondor, 6th year."
Ron looked up interested. "So who is this WE who's been looking for Hermione?"
Katherine looked to Ron, frowning a moment in thought. "Prefects." She answered simply. "Anyway, Hermione, you are welcome to join us in the front compartment, otherwise you can stay here, but you'll need to at least introduce yourself to the rest of us briefly, alright?"
Hermione nodded, "I'll go now, but I'd like to stay here for the rest of the trip."
Katherine smiled, "Sure. I'll show you where it is now." She paused a moment and grinned to Harry and Ron, "Don't worry she'll come back in one piece."
Harry and Ron forced a smile, Hermione looked to them and gave an apologetic look, and mouthing the words "I'll be back soon." Katherine started to walk down the aisle, and Hermione hurried to catch up after the older Prefect.
After the two had left, Ron started "How rude was that? Geez, they don't even let her have a minute free of Prefect duties."
"She said she'd be back soon." Harry said quietly.
Ron frowned, and then a thought came to mind, he grinned and started digging through his pockets. "Look what Fred and George gave me!"
In Ron's palm were what appeared to be marshmallows. Harry stared at them "So.?"
"These are their latest inventions, they had to sneak em to me, Mum still doesn't like their creations." Ron explained. "They look like Marshmallows, but when you put them in your mouth well they change into this black gooey stuff, sticks your teeth all together. So far the effects have lasted about 24 hours. Fred and George called them Gummers"
Harry grinned, "That's genius. What do you intend to do with them?"
"Slip them in Malfoy's food, as soon as I can!" Ron said with a laugh.
The boys passed their time in the compartment, plotting out intricate plans to slip the Gummers into Malfoy's food sometime during their stay at Hogwarts, the sooner the better.
Hermione slipped back into the compartment, her expression very excited. "You guys won't believe this."
Harry and Ron looked up, a look of surprise to their faces, they had been so engrossed in coversation that they hadn't noticed Hermione's return. "Huh?" Ron said.
"Slytherin's got themselves a Prefect." Hermione said.
"Seriously?" Harry asked.
Hermione nodded, "Yeh, she doesn't talk much, doesn't wear a badge either. I didn't even know she was a Prefect at first."
"Who would've thought that Slytherin could even produce a Prefect," Ron mused.
Hermione shrugged and flopped down on the seat beside Harry. "Besides that though, the rest of them were really nice."
"Nice, but Prefects are all a bunch of prudes," Ron said yawning.
Hermione fumed and kicked at the seat Ron was stretched across. Harry just laughed.