Can't be arsed to write summit decent here...On with the story!
STORY:
"Harry! Hermione! Come on! We'll be late!" Molly shouted up the stairs.
Hermione appeared out of Ginny's room just as Harry pelted past her. The rest of the family, along with Malfoy, were waiting in the front room.
"Professor Lupin!" Hermione gasped. Everyone look at Lupin's head in the fireplace.
"Please don't call me that Hermione, I don't teach you anymore." Lupin's head replied.
"Hello Remus, how are you?" Arthur asked.
"Can't complain. I'll come and help you onto the platform, just give me a sec."
Lupin's head disappeared. A few seconds later he ducked out of the emerald green flames.
"How is every one?" Lupin asked brightly, clapping his hands together.
"I'm sure everyone is just fine Remus." Came the equally cheerful female voice behind him.
"Tonks!" Hermione said smiling.
"How are you?"
"Brilliant...What do you think...Should I put my hair back to pink?"
"Nah, I like the purple, it suits the green eyes." Ginny replied.
"As we are going to be late, would you mind helping up move the trunks?" Molly asked.
"Why do it the hard way? Locomotor Trunks!"
All at once the trunks floated a few inches off the ground and scooted out of the front door. Tonks waved her wand lazily and the trunks fell to the dusty ground outside.
"That might help!"
"Thank you Tonks." Arthur said approvingly.
Five minutes later, four Weasley's, Malfoy, Harry, Hermione, Tonks and Lupin were all fitted in the Weasley's new car, with Hedwig and Pig hooting in their cages. The boot full with Hogwarts trunks and were heading to Kings Cross relatively quickly.
"How you holding up Harry?" Lupin asked. Tonks looked at him.
"Better than I expected." Harry replied, forcing a smile.
The memory of Sirius falling away from him forced its way back to the front of his brain.
"Harry? You've gone awfully pale." Tonks whispered.
"Harry?"
"There's no chance he could have..."
"Don't hold onto false hope Harry." Lupin replied quietly.
"No chance at all."
"No."
"But why? Why me? Why Sirius, why couldn't it be someone else?"
"Harry, I though Dumbledore went through this with you?"
"It could've been Neville! Why couldn't it have been him?" Anger rose again in his chest.
"He chose you Harry, not Neville. You. I thought you would've accepted that by now."
"Oh, yeah, my only wizarding relative just happens to die two minutes after me seeing him for the last time dueling with a Death Eater! I'm supposed to accept it all as easy as that am I?"
"Don't go thinking you were the only one who cared for Sirius!"
"Remus! I'm surprised at you! How could you say such a thing to Harry, he's clearly distressed about it still." Molly gasped.
Malfoy had been listening carefully to the argument. Harry saw his eye glint and the anger erupted.
"What the hell are you staring at?"
Malfoy looked taken aback.
"Don't shout at Draco!" Ginny yelled indignantly.
"Yeah? Well tell lover boy to keep his eyes in his own head and stop gawking at me!"
"As if I'd want to do that Potter."
"That's enough!" Arthur shouted over the noise. Every one was silent. "Out."
The car pulled up outside the station. It was ten to eleven. Every one bundled out of the car and pulled their own trunk out of the boot of the car. Tonks and Lupin had fetched a few trolleys. Harry dumped his trunk on one of the trolleys and put Hedwig on top. Wheeling his trolley onto Kings Cross, without a word to anyone, he walked strait at the barrier between platforms nine and ten. Walking strait through the solid barrier he was face to face with the scarlet steam engine again.
Pushing his trolley up the crowded platform, he greeted several Gryffindors on the way. Neville, Seamus and Dean. Nearing the end of the train, Harry opened one of the doors and heaved his trunk into the train, pushing it in far enough, he pushed his trolley to the other side of the platform and picked up Hedwig's cage. Closing the door behind him, he dragged his trunk through the corridor finding a empty compartment right at the end of the train.
"Wingardium Leviosa!"
His trunk levitated into the air and onto the rack above the seats. Pushing his wand back into his Jean pocket, he sat down and wondered how long it would be fore Malfoy to find him and begin taunting him. His answer, unfortunately, was not very long at all.
"Hello Potty!" Malfoy sneered. Crabbe and Goyle chuckled loudly.
"What do you want?" Harry replied, uninterested in the conversation, staring out of the window.
"Did you enjoy it with the muggles?"
"Yeah, it was the most fun I've had in ages, without your ugly face pressed in mine twenty four seven."
"You'll pay for that Potter." Malfoy said. Crabbe flexed his knuckles menacingly.
"Maybe another time." Lupin's voice said from the doorway.
He and Tonks made themselves comfortable in the compartment and Tonks gestured to the door. Malfoy shot one last look at Harry before following Crabbe and Goyle out of the compartment. Tonks waited from Ginny, Neville, Seamus and Dean to make themselves comfortable before closing the compartment door.
"Harry, I'm sorry about earlier."
"Yeah, so am I. Everything bugs me at the moment, I had no right to snap at you like that."
"I guess I deserved it. I know it's a lot for you to handle at the moment."
"Hey Harry, the chick a friend of yours?" Dean asked, peering at Tonks, who was in the middle of changing her hair colour.
"That's Tonks. She's a friend yeah."
"What the hell is that Thestral doing?" Lupin cried, pointing out of the window.
A Thestral was walking along the platform. Lupin sprang from the seat and disappeared from the compartment. A few minutes later the Thestral was making itself comfortable at Hermione's feet.
"How come almost everyone in here can see it?" Hermione asked, looking adoringly at the creature.
"We all witnessed Sirius die. We all will." Tonks said before Lupin could.
"I saw my grandfather die before." Neville said quietly.
"I can't see it." Dean replied.
"Neither can I." Seamus agreed.
The train got moving. Soon Kings Cross and London disappeared. Green countryside was the new scenery. Lupin disappeared again, as did Hermione and Ron, their Prefect duties were to patrol the corridor, leaving Neville, Seamus, Dean, Ginny, Harry, Tonks and Lupin when he eventually came back.
The Thestral jumped up onto Hermione's seat and laid its head on Harry's lap. Harry sat there stroking its head absentmindedly, staring out of the window, which was getting drenched, with rain. Luna joined them soon after the witch with the lunch trolley passed. Lupin and Tonks joined the teens in a feast of Chocolate Frogs, Pumpkin Pasties, Cauldron Cakes and ice cold Pumpkin Juice.
STORY:
"Harry! Hermione! Come on! We'll be late!" Molly shouted up the stairs.
Hermione appeared out of Ginny's room just as Harry pelted past her. The rest of the family, along with Malfoy, were waiting in the front room.
"Professor Lupin!" Hermione gasped. Everyone look at Lupin's head in the fireplace.
"Please don't call me that Hermione, I don't teach you anymore." Lupin's head replied.
"Hello Remus, how are you?" Arthur asked.
"Can't complain. I'll come and help you onto the platform, just give me a sec."
Lupin's head disappeared. A few seconds later he ducked out of the emerald green flames.
"How is every one?" Lupin asked brightly, clapping his hands together.
"I'm sure everyone is just fine Remus." Came the equally cheerful female voice behind him.
"Tonks!" Hermione said smiling.
"How are you?"
"Brilliant...What do you think...Should I put my hair back to pink?"
"Nah, I like the purple, it suits the green eyes." Ginny replied.
"As we are going to be late, would you mind helping up move the trunks?" Molly asked.
"Why do it the hard way? Locomotor Trunks!"
All at once the trunks floated a few inches off the ground and scooted out of the front door. Tonks waved her wand lazily and the trunks fell to the dusty ground outside.
"That might help!"
"Thank you Tonks." Arthur said approvingly.
Five minutes later, four Weasley's, Malfoy, Harry, Hermione, Tonks and Lupin were all fitted in the Weasley's new car, with Hedwig and Pig hooting in their cages. The boot full with Hogwarts trunks and were heading to Kings Cross relatively quickly.
"How you holding up Harry?" Lupin asked. Tonks looked at him.
"Better than I expected." Harry replied, forcing a smile.
The memory of Sirius falling away from him forced its way back to the front of his brain.
"Harry? You've gone awfully pale." Tonks whispered.
"Harry?"
"There's no chance he could have..."
"Don't hold onto false hope Harry." Lupin replied quietly.
"No chance at all."
"No."
"But why? Why me? Why Sirius, why couldn't it be someone else?"
"Harry, I though Dumbledore went through this with you?"
"It could've been Neville! Why couldn't it have been him?" Anger rose again in his chest.
"He chose you Harry, not Neville. You. I thought you would've accepted that by now."
"Oh, yeah, my only wizarding relative just happens to die two minutes after me seeing him for the last time dueling with a Death Eater! I'm supposed to accept it all as easy as that am I?"
"Don't go thinking you were the only one who cared for Sirius!"
"Remus! I'm surprised at you! How could you say such a thing to Harry, he's clearly distressed about it still." Molly gasped.
Malfoy had been listening carefully to the argument. Harry saw his eye glint and the anger erupted.
"What the hell are you staring at?"
Malfoy looked taken aback.
"Don't shout at Draco!" Ginny yelled indignantly.
"Yeah? Well tell lover boy to keep his eyes in his own head and stop gawking at me!"
"As if I'd want to do that Potter."
"That's enough!" Arthur shouted over the noise. Every one was silent. "Out."
The car pulled up outside the station. It was ten to eleven. Every one bundled out of the car and pulled their own trunk out of the boot of the car. Tonks and Lupin had fetched a few trolleys. Harry dumped his trunk on one of the trolleys and put Hedwig on top. Wheeling his trolley onto Kings Cross, without a word to anyone, he walked strait at the barrier between platforms nine and ten. Walking strait through the solid barrier he was face to face with the scarlet steam engine again.
Pushing his trolley up the crowded platform, he greeted several Gryffindors on the way. Neville, Seamus and Dean. Nearing the end of the train, Harry opened one of the doors and heaved his trunk into the train, pushing it in far enough, he pushed his trolley to the other side of the platform and picked up Hedwig's cage. Closing the door behind him, he dragged his trunk through the corridor finding a empty compartment right at the end of the train.
"Wingardium Leviosa!"
His trunk levitated into the air and onto the rack above the seats. Pushing his wand back into his Jean pocket, he sat down and wondered how long it would be fore Malfoy to find him and begin taunting him. His answer, unfortunately, was not very long at all.
"Hello Potty!" Malfoy sneered. Crabbe and Goyle chuckled loudly.
"What do you want?" Harry replied, uninterested in the conversation, staring out of the window.
"Did you enjoy it with the muggles?"
"Yeah, it was the most fun I've had in ages, without your ugly face pressed in mine twenty four seven."
"You'll pay for that Potter." Malfoy said. Crabbe flexed his knuckles menacingly.
"Maybe another time." Lupin's voice said from the doorway.
He and Tonks made themselves comfortable in the compartment and Tonks gestured to the door. Malfoy shot one last look at Harry before following Crabbe and Goyle out of the compartment. Tonks waited from Ginny, Neville, Seamus and Dean to make themselves comfortable before closing the compartment door.
"Harry, I'm sorry about earlier."
"Yeah, so am I. Everything bugs me at the moment, I had no right to snap at you like that."
"I guess I deserved it. I know it's a lot for you to handle at the moment."
"Hey Harry, the chick a friend of yours?" Dean asked, peering at Tonks, who was in the middle of changing her hair colour.
"That's Tonks. She's a friend yeah."
"What the hell is that Thestral doing?" Lupin cried, pointing out of the window.
A Thestral was walking along the platform. Lupin sprang from the seat and disappeared from the compartment. A few minutes later the Thestral was making itself comfortable at Hermione's feet.
"How come almost everyone in here can see it?" Hermione asked, looking adoringly at the creature.
"We all witnessed Sirius die. We all will." Tonks said before Lupin could.
"I saw my grandfather die before." Neville said quietly.
"I can't see it." Dean replied.
"Neither can I." Seamus agreed.
The train got moving. Soon Kings Cross and London disappeared. Green countryside was the new scenery. Lupin disappeared again, as did Hermione and Ron, their Prefect duties were to patrol the corridor, leaving Neville, Seamus, Dean, Ginny, Harry, Tonks and Lupin when he eventually came back.
The Thestral jumped up onto Hermione's seat and laid its head on Harry's lap. Harry sat there stroking its head absentmindedly, staring out of the window, which was getting drenched, with rain. Luna joined them soon after the witch with the lunch trolley passed. Lupin and Tonks joined the teens in a feast of Chocolate Frogs, Pumpkin Pasties, Cauldron Cakes and ice cold Pumpkin Juice.