Hogwarts Express.
"Harry, How are you?" Hermione said running up to him and wrapping her arms around his neck, before he could hug her back she backed away and looked around her. 'Have you seen Ron? He should be here already." She said looking behind Harry. "Urgh, he's only got... RON!!!" she shouted running past Harry, who twirled around and smiled as he saw the Weasley family walking towards him. 'Hi.' Ron said to Hermione shyly, then turned to Harry and nodded. Harry nodded back to his mate and tried not to laugh as he noticed his hair was the same colour as his face. Harry didn't notice, but another Weasley had joined them – Ron's younger and only sister, Ginny.
'Hiya Ginny, how are you today?' Harry asked politely, Ginny mumbled a quick fine and then turned her back to him and looked at her two older brothers who were walking right towards them – both grinning like the Cheshire cat.
'Hi Harry.' George said, pretending to be all shy and girly. Fred's eyes started to water as he tried not to laugh at his brother.
'Hermione, h-h-how arrre y-you?" Fred asked also trying to be shy and nervous. Hermione and Harry both looked at each other and almost burst out laughing at the Weasley twins' behaviour. Ginny and Ron didn't look too amused though, 'What do you two want?' Ginny asked annoyed at her older brothers. Fred and George looked at her pretending to be shocked. 'Us? What makes you think we'd want anything me dear little sis?' Fred said, trying not to look at his twin. 'Yeah, we're just saying "hello" to Harry!' George hid his face pretending to be embarrassed. 'And Hermione! Hi Hermione!' Fred said also hiding his face. 'Well will you just bog off, please!' Ron said, getting redder by the minute. 'Ooh Ron, calm down good sir! We were going anyway. Bye Hermione.' Fred said blowing her a kiss, Hermione giggled slightly. 'Bye Harry.' George said also blowing Harry a kiss, both the twins walked off laughing, leaving their younger brother and sister red in the face and both hating them at this moment. 'Lets go and find an empty carriage.' Harry said waving "goodbye" to Mrs Weasley and boarding the Hogwarts Express.
They found an empty compartment at the end of the train and sat down waiting for all the other students to board the train and for the train to pull of out platform 9 ¾. When the clock struck 11am the train pulled out and set off on the tracks going through the city and then into the countryside. Harry was in a compartment with both Hermione and Ron – who were both being really quiet, leaving the compartment full of an awkward silence.
'So Hermione, what did you do with Rita Skeeter? Did you ever set her free?' Harry said thinking of last year when Hermione had caught her as her Animagus form – a beetle and kept her in a jar. 'Of course, I couldn't really keep her all summer could I? I mean she's a professional journalist; people would notice she was missing. So I wrote to the Ministry of Magic telling them that she was an unregistered Animagus and told her all her markings etc. So they'll find her soon enough and do what they wish with her,' the compartment went quiet again as Hermione looked down at the ground as if saying she'd finished speaking.
After a while the trolley lady came down the aisle and opened their compartment door. Harry got up and handed both Ron and Hermione several packets of Bertie Botts every flavour beans, and Chocolate frogs and then he paid her some money and she carried on down the train. The mood started to lighten up then as they had fun impersonating the famous Witches and Wizards on the cards they got with their chocolate frogs. And also making each other eat the disgusting looking Bertie Botts. 'You eat that khaki coloured one Hermione!' Harry said pointing out a khaki coloured been that had pink dots in. Hermione screwed her face and put the sweet in her mouth, and spat it out almost instantly. 'Damn you Potter that was, sick.' Hermione said eating a bit of a chocolate frog. Ron's eyes lit up 'It was a vomit flavoured one?' Hermione giggled at Ron whose face turned the same colour as his hair.
The sky was getting darker now, and all the sweets had been eaten or put into their trunks to save for later as they were far too full now. 'We're 30 minutes away from Hogwarts now, I think we should change into our robes.' Hermione said looking at her watch. Harry looked at both Hermione and Ron and then got up and opened his trunk, getting out his uniform, they both too did the same and the all started to get changed in silence. Harry's head was screaming at his friends to talk but neither did so he himself opened his mouth and said the first thing that came into his head. 'So have any of you heard anymore about the Ansonia twins?' both Ron and Hermione shrugged their shoulders and looked the other way. Just as Harry was about to say something else he heard the door open and saw his enemy Draco Malfoy – Slytherin, with his two slow but huge cronies Crabbe and Goyle. 'Oh they're so dead by now!' Malfoy stated more than answered, he carried a huge smile across his face. 'What?' Said Ron through his teeth and clenching his fists, trying not to hit Malfoy – for being, well Malfoy. 'Yeah because they're both likely to survive, it's been a month now and if Lord Voldemort hasn't killed them, they would have starved to death.' Malfoy and is cronies started laughing evilly. 'Get lost Malfoy!' Harry said standing up. 'Oh not been killed yet Potter?' Draco looked at him, with his nose sticking slightly up in the air. 'Doesn't looked like it now, does it?' Harry replied coolly. 'Shame, I could do with a good laugh, couldn't you men!' Crabbe and Goyle both grunted. 'And why are you in need of a good laugh?' Ron asked unsure. 'Stick ya conk out Weasley! Oh nice robes, I'm sure they were ancient when my father was at school. Oh well, they'll do to laugh at for now." He started laughing again; Ron blushed with a disgusted look on his face. 'Rather have shabby clothes and a personality then to wear the best and have no personality!' Hermione butted in. 'Are you still here as well? Well remember what I said about Mudbloods, I'd be on the watch out now, if I was you.' Hermione scowled, 'is there a reason you are here Malfoy?' Harry asked. 'Well I came to tell Granger and Weasel boy that they are letting the prefects down by being in here when they're meant to be in the one up front – where the rest of the prefects are." Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle all left leaving the door open. 'We really do have to go, just to see what we have to do etc. I can't believe I completely forgot about it. We'll be back in a minute Harry, the train will be in Hogsmeade in 10 minutes.' Hermione said walking out the door with Ron following her.
Hermione and Ron had only just made it back to the compartment when the train was slowing down in Hogmeade station. 'Hey Harry, we have to make sure all the "youngies" are safe etc, so we'll see in the castle yeah?' Ron said with a sympathetic look on his face! Harry smiled weakly and stood up waiting for either Ron or Hermione to open the door when the train had finally stopped.
"Harry, How are you?" Hermione said running up to him and wrapping her arms around his neck, before he could hug her back she backed away and looked around her. 'Have you seen Ron? He should be here already." She said looking behind Harry. "Urgh, he's only got... RON!!!" she shouted running past Harry, who twirled around and smiled as he saw the Weasley family walking towards him. 'Hi.' Ron said to Hermione shyly, then turned to Harry and nodded. Harry nodded back to his mate and tried not to laugh as he noticed his hair was the same colour as his face. Harry didn't notice, but another Weasley had joined them – Ron's younger and only sister, Ginny.
'Hiya Ginny, how are you today?' Harry asked politely, Ginny mumbled a quick fine and then turned her back to him and looked at her two older brothers who were walking right towards them – both grinning like the Cheshire cat.
'Hi Harry.' George said, pretending to be all shy and girly. Fred's eyes started to water as he tried not to laugh at his brother.
'Hermione, h-h-how arrre y-you?" Fred asked also trying to be shy and nervous. Hermione and Harry both looked at each other and almost burst out laughing at the Weasley twins' behaviour. Ginny and Ron didn't look too amused though, 'What do you two want?' Ginny asked annoyed at her older brothers. Fred and George looked at her pretending to be shocked. 'Us? What makes you think we'd want anything me dear little sis?' Fred said, trying not to look at his twin. 'Yeah, we're just saying "hello" to Harry!' George hid his face pretending to be embarrassed. 'And Hermione! Hi Hermione!' Fred said also hiding his face. 'Well will you just bog off, please!' Ron said, getting redder by the minute. 'Ooh Ron, calm down good sir! We were going anyway. Bye Hermione.' Fred said blowing her a kiss, Hermione giggled slightly. 'Bye Harry.' George said also blowing Harry a kiss, both the twins walked off laughing, leaving their younger brother and sister red in the face and both hating them at this moment. 'Lets go and find an empty carriage.' Harry said waving "goodbye" to Mrs Weasley and boarding the Hogwarts Express.
They found an empty compartment at the end of the train and sat down waiting for all the other students to board the train and for the train to pull of out platform 9 ¾. When the clock struck 11am the train pulled out and set off on the tracks going through the city and then into the countryside. Harry was in a compartment with both Hermione and Ron – who were both being really quiet, leaving the compartment full of an awkward silence.
'So Hermione, what did you do with Rita Skeeter? Did you ever set her free?' Harry said thinking of last year when Hermione had caught her as her Animagus form – a beetle and kept her in a jar. 'Of course, I couldn't really keep her all summer could I? I mean she's a professional journalist; people would notice she was missing. So I wrote to the Ministry of Magic telling them that she was an unregistered Animagus and told her all her markings etc. So they'll find her soon enough and do what they wish with her,' the compartment went quiet again as Hermione looked down at the ground as if saying she'd finished speaking.
After a while the trolley lady came down the aisle and opened their compartment door. Harry got up and handed both Ron and Hermione several packets of Bertie Botts every flavour beans, and Chocolate frogs and then he paid her some money and she carried on down the train. The mood started to lighten up then as they had fun impersonating the famous Witches and Wizards on the cards they got with their chocolate frogs. And also making each other eat the disgusting looking Bertie Botts. 'You eat that khaki coloured one Hermione!' Harry said pointing out a khaki coloured been that had pink dots in. Hermione screwed her face and put the sweet in her mouth, and spat it out almost instantly. 'Damn you Potter that was, sick.' Hermione said eating a bit of a chocolate frog. Ron's eyes lit up 'It was a vomit flavoured one?' Hermione giggled at Ron whose face turned the same colour as his hair.
The sky was getting darker now, and all the sweets had been eaten or put into their trunks to save for later as they were far too full now. 'We're 30 minutes away from Hogwarts now, I think we should change into our robes.' Hermione said looking at her watch. Harry looked at both Hermione and Ron and then got up and opened his trunk, getting out his uniform, they both too did the same and the all started to get changed in silence. Harry's head was screaming at his friends to talk but neither did so he himself opened his mouth and said the first thing that came into his head. 'So have any of you heard anymore about the Ansonia twins?' both Ron and Hermione shrugged their shoulders and looked the other way. Just as Harry was about to say something else he heard the door open and saw his enemy Draco Malfoy – Slytherin, with his two slow but huge cronies Crabbe and Goyle. 'Oh they're so dead by now!' Malfoy stated more than answered, he carried a huge smile across his face. 'What?' Said Ron through his teeth and clenching his fists, trying not to hit Malfoy – for being, well Malfoy. 'Yeah because they're both likely to survive, it's been a month now and if Lord Voldemort hasn't killed them, they would have starved to death.' Malfoy and is cronies started laughing evilly. 'Get lost Malfoy!' Harry said standing up. 'Oh not been killed yet Potter?' Draco looked at him, with his nose sticking slightly up in the air. 'Doesn't looked like it now, does it?' Harry replied coolly. 'Shame, I could do with a good laugh, couldn't you men!' Crabbe and Goyle both grunted. 'And why are you in need of a good laugh?' Ron asked unsure. 'Stick ya conk out Weasley! Oh nice robes, I'm sure they were ancient when my father was at school. Oh well, they'll do to laugh at for now." He started laughing again; Ron blushed with a disgusted look on his face. 'Rather have shabby clothes and a personality then to wear the best and have no personality!' Hermione butted in. 'Are you still here as well? Well remember what I said about Mudbloods, I'd be on the watch out now, if I was you.' Hermione scowled, 'is there a reason you are here Malfoy?' Harry asked. 'Well I came to tell Granger and Weasel boy that they are letting the prefects down by being in here when they're meant to be in the one up front – where the rest of the prefects are." Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle all left leaving the door open. 'We really do have to go, just to see what we have to do etc. I can't believe I completely forgot about it. We'll be back in a minute Harry, the train will be in Hogsmeade in 10 minutes.' Hermione said walking out the door with Ron following her.
Hermione and Ron had only just made it back to the compartment when the train was slowing down in Hogmeade station. 'Hey Harry, we have to make sure all the "youngies" are safe etc, so we'll see in the castle yeah?' Ron said with a sympathetic look on his face! Harry smiled weakly and stood up waiting for either Ron or Hermione to open the door when the train had finally stopped.