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Chapter Thirteen: Train Ride
As Hermione stepped onto the platform at Kings Cross, she was greeted with merry people. She was wearing a white t-blouse and jeans, her necklace was shimmering in the sun light. True to her promise she hadn't taken it off, except for bathing.
Yesterday, she Ron and Harry went to Diagon ally to get school supplies, she has also found out that they were back to being great friends, the little mishap over summer was completely forgotten.
Not to mention, Mione also found out that she was..Pause for suspense..Head Girl. Like that was any really big surprise. The head Boy was a guy named Tom from Ravenclaw, that she herself had never heard of prior to being told yesterday.
She spotted Harry easily, he was the only boy with messed up hair. "Oi! Harry," She called, and soon saw Ron as well, and added "Ron!" quickly.
"Hay Mione!" they said at the same time.
The two boys said bye to the group that they were talking to and went to the final compartment.
They normally sat in the back, but this year, more students were going to Hogworts, and the three liked their privacy, well as much as they normally got.
The train soon left and the boys started their ceremonial 'talk of Quidittich'. Hermione pulled out a book and started to read.
After she had finished the fifth chapter and was about to start the sixth, she was interrupted by The cart lady coming in and offering sweets, and food.
Hermione bought two pumpkin pasties and a some chocolates frogs. She placed her book mark in her book and sat it down so she could eat.
Crookshanks was taking a nap in the seat beside her.
"So, Mione." Harry started. "How did you survive the summer with Malfoy?"
"I mostly avoided him," she answered "How was your summer Ron?"
"Good, Gin started to learn how to wear makeup and she looks weird, well she did, but then she got a bit better."
"Harry?"
"Practiced and worked mostly, Ron's mom gave me garden work so I could keep fit this summer."
"That's nice" and they went on eating.
In about five minutes, like they always did at one point during the trip, Draco and his two body guards came in to do their ' we're here' insults.
By this time Hermione was already reading again, but Draco took her book.
"Whatcha reading Granger? Something muggle written I bet."
Mione smirked, "Best put that down Malfoy, it belongs to a mudblood after all, wouldn't want to get you infected."
Draco looked at her shocked and sat it down. Dream team one-malfoy none. He picked up his smirk again and turned to Harry.
"Same Potter, why don't you comb your hair once in a while? You'll end up like Snape if you kept it like that."
"No , malfoy, if you keep gelling yours, you'll end up like Snape, his hair is greasy, but still very neat, or hadn't you noticed?" Harry countered.
Dream team two-malfoy zip.
"Ah, Weasely, How's your sister doing?" He asked kindly, shocking everyone.
"She's, fine thanks for asking." Ron looked at him with a puzzled glance.
"Well, if I were you, I'd make sure she doesn't talk to any more clowns, she might become one soon, and I really wouldn't want that to happen to a pure blood you know? Wreck our good name."
Ron, being the person he was, never tried to dish back Malfoy's words. This time was no different. He got angry, but before he blew up, the lights went out.
"Tut tut, you need to control your power more Weasely." Draco, Smirked, and lit his wand.
"that wasn't me." Ron looked like a ghost, but lit his wand too. Hermione and Harry followed suit.
"Then it was a black out, I hope they get it fixed soon, really this train is old!" Malfoy whined, and took a seat. The two personified boulders , did the same.
"I don't think it's a black out, Mafloy." Harry whispered as he looked out his window. "I think that we are moving back words.
"What?" Mione jumped up and opened the compartment door. "Ack!" she shut it again. "Ok, Ron you plug your ears." He did so, "I'm afraid, gentle men, that we have been separated from the rest of the train."
"WHAT?" Ron, hadn't kept his ears plugged.
"Great, now Ron don't panic." but he started to pace and looked very worried. Mione sighed. "You're panicking."
"I know I know!" And he panicked more.
"Honestly, you've been Harry's friend how long-oh never mind Patrificus totalus!" and Ron was petrified. "Much better, Harry," she turned to him. "Have Hedwig?"
He nodded, "She's here," and he pointed to where her cage was.
"Good, get a letter to Dumbledore, explain what has happened. Malfoy." She turned to him. "Care to help any or just sit there."
"I'll just sit here thanks."
"And you'll leave you life and reputation in the hands of the dream team?" Mione knew that she needed his help for what they had to do next. Night had fallen, and finding this compartment would be hard, aseptically if it was moving backwards.
"If you put it that way, what can we do?" He indicated Crabbe and Goyle.
"How strong exactly are those two?"
Draco smirked "I don't know." He turned to them, "How much can you handle?" He asked them.
"Large bricks, really large bricks." Crabbe answered.
Mione sighed. "Can you handle this Compartment?"
"No, to big." Goyle answered.
"I see, Malfoy, know any stopping spells we could use to stop us from moving?"
"Have it handled." And he took his wand out and whispered "desiit!" and pointed towards the wheels. Soon they stopped moving. "Better Granger?"
"Much." She answered.
Then Harry came back "Hedwig's off, I told her to fly really fast, she'll catch up with the train, they can notify Dumbledore."
"Good, now you two." So pointed to Crabbe and Goyle. "Make sure Ron stays put until this is over."
"We, only do what Malfoy says." They answered. Hermione let out a sigh of frustration and looked to Draco, pleadingly.
"Do as she says until we get to school, she is running this operation." Draco told them, and they nodded at Mione.
"Good, Harry, you and Malfoy follow me." she opened the door, took notice at the looks of hatred the two were sharing and stepped off. "We have to make us noticeable, but not so much that Muggles will notice." She said once they were both off.
"We could make it glow?"
"good idea Harry, the Muggles could dismiss it as a crazy UFO sighting." She nodded. "The glow spell, we don't want it to be to bright, now."
"Candeo!" They said simultaneously and the compartment started to glow.
Hermione turned to Malfoy "Thanks for your cooperation, none of this will be repeated to anyone else."
"You know I do nothing, except for my own purposes." He replied and they sat in the compartment waiting for help to arrive.
They undid Ron of his restraints, since all they were doing was waiting. Mione noticed that they weren't fighting.
"You three aren't fighting, that's a nice change." And she picked up her book and started reading, but before she did, she heard the words.
"Video vidi visum mercurius." She knew Draco had spoken them, not to mention she knew what they meant "Understand Granger." She smirked and went back to reading. The saying was also a very handy spell when one didn't have enough time to explain everything. Hermione herself didn't quite understand why Snape never used it.
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Harry really didn't understand at all, what had happened. Here Draco was insulting them, then they get separated from the rest of the train, and suddenly he's mister helpful!
Something was up, Hermione didn't seem to notice this, and well she was the one who got him to help. Not to mention since when was Hermione such a quick thinking leader?
Something was up.
"You three aren't fighting, that's a nice change." Hermione said. And if Harry didn't know better she had addressed all three of them at once! Hermione spent all summer near Malfoy, maybe she learned a bit of tolerance for him, just so they could get along. Well, if that was it, no big, she'll be back to norm soon enough.
But something didn't fit. Mione wasn't Mione, its almost like something in her had awakened, she not only acted differently, be she seemed to have a better perspective on every thing.
"Video vidi visum Mercurius." Malfoy responded.
Harry, was even more confuse now. He knew the spell, but who was he addressing?
They sat there in silence. Ron decided to grab a text book, potions to be exact, and started to prepare himself for the first class. Ever since he found out last year how much this helped, he had started to 'pre-study' as he called it. So now he wouldn't have to study 'and' do the assignment in the allotted time.
Harry just watched the trouble threesome. Draco had actually fallen asleep. Crabbe and Golye were talking, if you could call it that. Harry decided to glance over at Mione, see how she was holding up.
Amazingly, she looked calmer then at the beginning of the train ride when she was reading before. What had changed? Sure the three were here and it was quiet, but Harry had a feeling that it wasn't either.
Changing his view back to Mafloy, he saw that he was awake, and looking at Mione.
Harry saw his face change as he realized that he was being watched. "Don't you ever stop reading Granger?" he asked.
"No." she said simply without skipping a word on the page. Malfoy shrugged and went back to sleep.
If Harry didn't know better, something more went on in that little surge of talking. Also, if it was even possible, could Mafloy possibly be being nice to Mione? Harry remembered the look on Mafloy's face before he realized that he was being watched. It was an odd expression. At least for Malfoy to have. It was a look of concern.
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I wouldn't have minded spending the night, but it would have been awkward. Not to mention Harry staring at me like was!
Honestly, he did catch me looking at Mione, but I was worried. She never acted like that all summer, something had happened to her.
When I left, I tried to forget about her, and try to remember the know-it- all-mudblood. But it didn't work. Even as I watched her to see why she was so calm when we were in what would be a crisis, I see the necklace that I gave her. She doesn't worry about wearing it in public, maybe she has an excuse lined up for its origins, but she would never tell the truth.
Honestly, yesterday was the worst. I was scared about whether I would fudge up the acting or not. Then I remembered, she had the necklace, so it was fine to go all out on her. But part of me doesn't want to do that.
Not to mention my dad found out I wasn't head boy, and I suffered the usual Curtaius.
So I used that anger, and became self centered again. Suddenly I was back, and I realized I didn't want to be, but I had to.
My life is all screwed up! And what will I say when I get to that castle? I helped? No.
I would say that it was annoying having to be stuck with them, and that I should have gone sooner. That would work.
Honestly, it's not as hard for Harry and Ron as it is for Mione. I still hate them, but I have more respect for them. They have a friend who they don't know the first thing about, but yet think they do.
Yeah, they know her surface, her mask. But not much more. But how can you miss something you don't even know is there? Pathetic fools. I laugh quietly to myself, but Harry notices.
"Your dream funny Mafloy?" he asks innocently
"Yeah, thanks for asking."
The teachers arrived shortly after this, and they got us to Hogworts. Me and the two dodo brains that follow me around, left the company of the dream team so fast I hoped it looked like disgust.
I sat down by Pansy, she smiled, then asked. "Where were you?"
"I went to bug the dream team, and got delayed by the compartment being disconnected, it was hell, remind me to have fun with them sooner rather then later on the ride home will you?"
"Sure, no prob."
And the night resumed as though it had been but on pause, on one of those muggle tape players.
Dumbledore made his usual, and unusual statements, we ate, the sorting happened while we were 'absent'. Then it was off to bed.
Tomorrow we get our schedules, oh god please not potions first thing! The last thing I need to have happen is potions with Granger. An entire hour I have to be mean to her.
"I'm becoming really soft. I am." I said quietly before drifting off to sleep.
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A nice bit of action to start off the year eh?
Well I got this one out fairly quickly, the next one might take a bit so be patient if it isn't out in three to four days.
Well I hope you enjoyed!
Relena
Remember read and review!
Chapter Thirteen: Train Ride
As Hermione stepped onto the platform at Kings Cross, she was greeted with merry people. She was wearing a white t-blouse and jeans, her necklace was shimmering in the sun light. True to her promise she hadn't taken it off, except for bathing.
Yesterday, she Ron and Harry went to Diagon ally to get school supplies, she has also found out that they were back to being great friends, the little mishap over summer was completely forgotten.
Not to mention, Mione also found out that she was..Pause for suspense..Head Girl. Like that was any really big surprise. The head Boy was a guy named Tom from Ravenclaw, that she herself had never heard of prior to being told yesterday.
She spotted Harry easily, he was the only boy with messed up hair. "Oi! Harry," She called, and soon saw Ron as well, and added "Ron!" quickly.
"Hay Mione!" they said at the same time.
The two boys said bye to the group that they were talking to and went to the final compartment.
They normally sat in the back, but this year, more students were going to Hogworts, and the three liked their privacy, well as much as they normally got.
The train soon left and the boys started their ceremonial 'talk of Quidittich'. Hermione pulled out a book and started to read.
After she had finished the fifth chapter and was about to start the sixth, she was interrupted by The cart lady coming in and offering sweets, and food.
Hermione bought two pumpkin pasties and a some chocolates frogs. She placed her book mark in her book and sat it down so she could eat.
Crookshanks was taking a nap in the seat beside her.
"So, Mione." Harry started. "How did you survive the summer with Malfoy?"
"I mostly avoided him," she answered "How was your summer Ron?"
"Good, Gin started to learn how to wear makeup and she looks weird, well she did, but then she got a bit better."
"Harry?"
"Practiced and worked mostly, Ron's mom gave me garden work so I could keep fit this summer."
"That's nice" and they went on eating.
In about five minutes, like they always did at one point during the trip, Draco and his two body guards came in to do their ' we're here' insults.
By this time Hermione was already reading again, but Draco took her book.
"Whatcha reading Granger? Something muggle written I bet."
Mione smirked, "Best put that down Malfoy, it belongs to a mudblood after all, wouldn't want to get you infected."
Draco looked at her shocked and sat it down. Dream team one-malfoy none. He picked up his smirk again and turned to Harry.
"Same Potter, why don't you comb your hair once in a while? You'll end up like Snape if you kept it like that."
"No , malfoy, if you keep gelling yours, you'll end up like Snape, his hair is greasy, but still very neat, or hadn't you noticed?" Harry countered.
Dream team two-malfoy zip.
"Ah, Weasely, How's your sister doing?" He asked kindly, shocking everyone.
"She's, fine thanks for asking." Ron looked at him with a puzzled glance.
"Well, if I were you, I'd make sure she doesn't talk to any more clowns, she might become one soon, and I really wouldn't want that to happen to a pure blood you know? Wreck our good name."
Ron, being the person he was, never tried to dish back Malfoy's words. This time was no different. He got angry, but before he blew up, the lights went out.
"Tut tut, you need to control your power more Weasely." Draco, Smirked, and lit his wand.
"that wasn't me." Ron looked like a ghost, but lit his wand too. Hermione and Harry followed suit.
"Then it was a black out, I hope they get it fixed soon, really this train is old!" Malfoy whined, and took a seat. The two personified boulders , did the same.
"I don't think it's a black out, Mafloy." Harry whispered as he looked out his window. "I think that we are moving back words.
"What?" Mione jumped up and opened the compartment door. "Ack!" she shut it again. "Ok, Ron you plug your ears." He did so, "I'm afraid, gentle men, that we have been separated from the rest of the train."
"WHAT?" Ron, hadn't kept his ears plugged.
"Great, now Ron don't panic." but he started to pace and looked very worried. Mione sighed. "You're panicking."
"I know I know!" And he panicked more.
"Honestly, you've been Harry's friend how long-oh never mind Patrificus totalus!" and Ron was petrified. "Much better, Harry," she turned to him. "Have Hedwig?"
He nodded, "She's here," and he pointed to where her cage was.
"Good, get a letter to Dumbledore, explain what has happened. Malfoy." She turned to him. "Care to help any or just sit there."
"I'll just sit here thanks."
"And you'll leave you life and reputation in the hands of the dream team?" Mione knew that she needed his help for what they had to do next. Night had fallen, and finding this compartment would be hard, aseptically if it was moving backwards.
"If you put it that way, what can we do?" He indicated Crabbe and Goyle.
"How strong exactly are those two?"
Draco smirked "I don't know." He turned to them, "How much can you handle?" He asked them.
"Large bricks, really large bricks." Crabbe answered.
Mione sighed. "Can you handle this Compartment?"
"No, to big." Goyle answered.
"I see, Malfoy, know any stopping spells we could use to stop us from moving?"
"Have it handled." And he took his wand out and whispered "desiit!" and pointed towards the wheels. Soon they stopped moving. "Better Granger?"
"Much." She answered.
Then Harry came back "Hedwig's off, I told her to fly really fast, she'll catch up with the train, they can notify Dumbledore."
"Good, now you two." So pointed to Crabbe and Goyle. "Make sure Ron stays put until this is over."
"We, only do what Malfoy says." They answered. Hermione let out a sigh of frustration and looked to Draco, pleadingly.
"Do as she says until we get to school, she is running this operation." Draco told them, and they nodded at Mione.
"Good, Harry, you and Malfoy follow me." she opened the door, took notice at the looks of hatred the two were sharing and stepped off. "We have to make us noticeable, but not so much that Muggles will notice." She said once they were both off.
"We could make it glow?"
"good idea Harry, the Muggles could dismiss it as a crazy UFO sighting." She nodded. "The glow spell, we don't want it to be to bright, now."
"Candeo!" They said simultaneously and the compartment started to glow.
Hermione turned to Malfoy "Thanks for your cooperation, none of this will be repeated to anyone else."
"You know I do nothing, except for my own purposes." He replied and they sat in the compartment waiting for help to arrive.
They undid Ron of his restraints, since all they were doing was waiting. Mione noticed that they weren't fighting.
"You three aren't fighting, that's a nice change." And she picked up her book and started reading, but before she did, she heard the words.
"Video vidi visum mercurius." She knew Draco had spoken them, not to mention she knew what they meant "Understand Granger." She smirked and went back to reading. The saying was also a very handy spell when one didn't have enough time to explain everything. Hermione herself didn't quite understand why Snape never used it.
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Harry really didn't understand at all, what had happened. Here Draco was insulting them, then they get separated from the rest of the train, and suddenly he's mister helpful!
Something was up, Hermione didn't seem to notice this, and well she was the one who got him to help. Not to mention since when was Hermione such a quick thinking leader?
Something was up.
"You three aren't fighting, that's a nice change." Hermione said. And if Harry didn't know better she had addressed all three of them at once! Hermione spent all summer near Malfoy, maybe she learned a bit of tolerance for him, just so they could get along. Well, if that was it, no big, she'll be back to norm soon enough.
But something didn't fit. Mione wasn't Mione, its almost like something in her had awakened, she not only acted differently, be she seemed to have a better perspective on every thing.
"Video vidi visum Mercurius." Malfoy responded.
Harry, was even more confuse now. He knew the spell, but who was he addressing?
They sat there in silence. Ron decided to grab a text book, potions to be exact, and started to prepare himself for the first class. Ever since he found out last year how much this helped, he had started to 'pre-study' as he called it. So now he wouldn't have to study 'and' do the assignment in the allotted time.
Harry just watched the trouble threesome. Draco had actually fallen asleep. Crabbe and Golye were talking, if you could call it that. Harry decided to glance over at Mione, see how she was holding up.
Amazingly, she looked calmer then at the beginning of the train ride when she was reading before. What had changed? Sure the three were here and it was quiet, but Harry had a feeling that it wasn't either.
Changing his view back to Mafloy, he saw that he was awake, and looking at Mione.
Harry saw his face change as he realized that he was being watched. "Don't you ever stop reading Granger?" he asked.
"No." she said simply without skipping a word on the page. Malfoy shrugged and went back to sleep.
If Harry didn't know better, something more went on in that little surge of talking. Also, if it was even possible, could Mafloy possibly be being nice to Mione? Harry remembered the look on Mafloy's face before he realized that he was being watched. It was an odd expression. At least for Malfoy to have. It was a look of concern.
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I wouldn't have minded spending the night, but it would have been awkward. Not to mention Harry staring at me like was!
Honestly, he did catch me looking at Mione, but I was worried. She never acted like that all summer, something had happened to her.
When I left, I tried to forget about her, and try to remember the know-it- all-mudblood. But it didn't work. Even as I watched her to see why she was so calm when we were in what would be a crisis, I see the necklace that I gave her. She doesn't worry about wearing it in public, maybe she has an excuse lined up for its origins, but she would never tell the truth.
Honestly, yesterday was the worst. I was scared about whether I would fudge up the acting or not. Then I remembered, she had the necklace, so it was fine to go all out on her. But part of me doesn't want to do that.
Not to mention my dad found out I wasn't head boy, and I suffered the usual Curtaius.
So I used that anger, and became self centered again. Suddenly I was back, and I realized I didn't want to be, but I had to.
My life is all screwed up! And what will I say when I get to that castle? I helped? No.
I would say that it was annoying having to be stuck with them, and that I should have gone sooner. That would work.
Honestly, it's not as hard for Harry and Ron as it is for Mione. I still hate them, but I have more respect for them. They have a friend who they don't know the first thing about, but yet think they do.
Yeah, they know her surface, her mask. But not much more. But how can you miss something you don't even know is there? Pathetic fools. I laugh quietly to myself, but Harry notices.
"Your dream funny Mafloy?" he asks innocently
"Yeah, thanks for asking."
The teachers arrived shortly after this, and they got us to Hogworts. Me and the two dodo brains that follow me around, left the company of the dream team so fast I hoped it looked like disgust.
I sat down by Pansy, she smiled, then asked. "Where were you?"
"I went to bug the dream team, and got delayed by the compartment being disconnected, it was hell, remind me to have fun with them sooner rather then later on the ride home will you?"
"Sure, no prob."
And the night resumed as though it had been but on pause, on one of those muggle tape players.
Dumbledore made his usual, and unusual statements, we ate, the sorting happened while we were 'absent'. Then it was off to bed.
Tomorrow we get our schedules, oh god please not potions first thing! The last thing I need to have happen is potions with Granger. An entire hour I have to be mean to her.
"I'm becoming really soft. I am." I said quietly before drifting off to sleep.
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A nice bit of action to start off the year eh?
Well I got this one out fairly quickly, the next one might take a bit so be patient if it isn't out in three to four days.
Well I hope you enjoyed!
Relena
Remember read and review!