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Jade gripped hold of her trunk, astonished, as she stood in between Platform's Nine and Ten. She had just seen both Hermione and Ron run into the barrier and disappear.
"Your turn Jade," Mrs. Weasley said cheerfully. She nodded and looked over at Remus who was walked toward her.
"Be careful," he whispered. "If anything happens. . . .anything at all, remember I'm only an owl away."
"I know," she said smiling slightly. "Only an owl away." He kissed her forehead and backed away. Jade turned again and faced the barrier. She started out at a run and just before she was to hit the wall, she squeezed her eyes shut. When she opened her eyes, she was surrounded by Hogwarts students. Ron and Hermione stood in front of her, standing abnormally close. She laughed quietly.
"Something funny?" a voice asked behind her.

She jumped and turned around to the smiling face of Harry. "Are you trying to scare me to death?"
He laughed. "Its wasn't my intentions but if it worked?" Jade rolled her eyes and smiled slightly.
"So what were you laughing about?" he asked.

"Oh, I was laughing at how close Ron and Hermione are standing together," she replied laughing slightly again.
He laughed with her. "Yeah, well I think they've liked each other since we were First Years, but they refuse to admit it."
"Well when you like someone, sometimes it may be hard to tell the person," she said turning toward him.
"I agree," he said almost whispering, as he looked into her eyes.

The loud sound of the train whistle brought the two back 'down to earth'. Ron and Hermione weren't in front of them anymore, in fact few were left on the platform.
"We'd better go before they leave us," Harry said uneasily. Jade nodded her head the two took their bags and headed into the train. It started to move as they searched around for an empty compartment.
"Shouldn't we find Ron and Hermione?" Jade asked.

"No, they're Prefects," Harry said as he stuck his head into a compartment that held four scared looking First Years.
"What are Prefects?" Jade asked as she opened the door to and empty compartment and walked in.
Harry followed her and to two sat down next to each other. "Prefects are students who are have been doing well through they're years at Hogwarts. They get special privileges and they get a badge and stuff like that."
"Oh," Jade said as she relaxed in her seat. "You seem smart, how come you're not a Prefect?"
Harry played nervously with his hands. "Oh well. Dumbledore and McGonagall didn't pick me. They thought I'd have a lot on my mind."
"With Voldemort and stuff?" she asked. "Yeah," he said frowning slightly.
Jade looked over at him and could tell there was another reason. She didn't push him for the answer though, he would tell her if he wanted to. After all, there was a secret she was keeping from him too. Although, it wasn't entirely a big secret, it was one she wanted to keep to herself.
The two made conversation until the food cart came around. "Are you hungry?" Harry asked.
"Starving!" she exclaimed as she reached into her pocket to pull out some money.

"No, I'll pay," Harry said as he quickly pulled out 5 Galleons.
"Are you sure?" Jade questioned. She didn't like when people payed for things for her or did things for her. She liked doing things herself and the satisfaction that come from it.
"I'm sure," he said as he took some chocolate frogs, Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, and some Cauldron Cakes.

Jade took a bag of Bertie Bott's and some Cauldron Cakes. The food lasted them until Ron and Hermione came about a half an hour later.
"What's up, mates?" Ron asked as he sat down across from them, grabbing a chocolate frog on his way. "What did Hermione and I miss?"
"Nothing really," Harry said casually.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" a long drawling voice asked from the doorway.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Jade all turned to face the three boys in the doorway.

"What do you want Malfoy?" Harry asked.
"Oh I just wanted to see how Potty and his friends' summers were," he said. "And who is his beauty?"
"You don't need to know, Malfoy," Harry said angrily.

"I wasn't asking you to explain," he said testily as he walked into the compartment. "I was asking the beautiful girl sitting next to you."
"Is your name Draco Malfoy?" Jade asked carefully.

He laughed. "See, the doll already knows my name."
"I'm Jade Black," she said with a slight smile on her face. "Your cousin." Malfoy's eyes grew wide as he back away.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione all had to cover their mouths to prevent laughing. Draco was speechless as he left the compartment, Crabbe and Goyle at his heels.
Harry couldn't help it anymore as he burst out laughing. Ron and Hermione joined in while Jade just smiled.
"How did you know you two were related?" Ron asked once the laughter subsided.

"I looked at the Black Family Tree one night when I couldn't sleep," she said. "We're related too, Ron."
Ron's eyes grew wide much like Malfoy's did. "Are you serious?"

Jade nodded. "Distant cousins."
Ron took a bite of Cauldron Cake and shook his head.

"So are we expecting any special appearances from Voldemort this year?" Jade asked bravely after a few minutes of uncomfortable silence.
Ron and Hermione both closed their eyes at the sound of his name. "We usually don't say his name," Hermione said slowly. "Only Harry does. Ron and I refer to him as He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named."
"Oh ok," Jade said slowly. "Then do we expect any special appearances from He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named?"
"We never expect," Harry said slowly. "They always come. He wants me dead and as long as I'm still here, he'll come."
"Ok then," Jade said, wishing she never asked the question because of the uncomfortable silence that followed.
"Are you going to take Divination this year since Trelawney's gone?" Ron asked after awhile.
"Weren't you listening at the meeting, Ron?" Hermione asked. "Both Trelawney and Firenze will be teaching."
Jade just sat back as the two continued to talk about things that she had clue about. She looked over at Harry who was staring out the window. It had begun to rain and water streaked down the window. She felt her eyes slowly close and she fell asleep.