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And Then There Was Harry...
CHAPTER I
Dear Mister Potter,
If you were unaware of so, June 15, 2008 marks the 10th anniversary of your graduation from Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. On behalf of myself and the entire faculty, we would like to welcome you back to the school on this date for a reunion of your year. If you are attending this event we ask that you arrive by the Hogwarts express, leaving Platform 9 3/4 at noon.
We hope to see you again on the 15th.
Sincerely,
Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Harry Potter had just woken up when Hedwig, his very old yet still able snowy owl, had flown into his apartment window with the letter.
"Huh, that's a bit odd," he mumbled to the empty apartment. Harry was suspicious, as he had never heard of Hogwarts holding reunions for its students, however as Harry had been living on his own ever since graduation, he couldn't help wanting to go, regardless of possible danger.
Harry and his two best friends, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, had kept in close touch for the first few years after Hogwarts. Lately, however, the letters had become more few and far between. It had been months since Harry had heard from either of them, and he was desperate to see them again, if for nothing more than to just catch up on the past 10 years.
"I'm going," Harry said loudly, with a note of finality in his voice. "I am going to go to this reunion."
With that, Harry flopped his tired self back onto his bed and stared at the ceiling, all the while having happy thoughts of his reunion with all his friends.
Ron looked up at the King's Cross Station clock. It read 11:00. Ron had wanted to be there extra early so he could be there to greet all his friends as they arrived, however he now wished that he had arrived there a bit later. The barrier had not yet been opened to the platform, and so Ron had absolutely nothing to do.
Ron, about to fall asleep of boredom, decided that he should get up and walk around lest he sleep through the train leaving. He decided to take one more walk past the platform just to see if, by chance, it had opened. It had. Ron looked around quickly, and, not seeing any Muggles looking at him, slipped through the wall to the platform.
"Did any of you notice that only a few people showed up for the reunion?" Hermione mentioned casually to Ron. "That seems a mite suspicious, don't you think?"
"I dunno Mione, people have other things going. Heck, for all we know, the others could all be locked up in Azkaban, or dead, or something," Ron replied.
"Right, Ronald, they are all--Harry!" Hermione had went to tell off Ron but stopped short at the sight of her other best friend.
"Hullo Ron, hullo Hermione," Harry said as if no time had passed at all since the last time he saw the two.
Just as Harry had sat down, Lavender Brown came into their compartment suddenly. "Did any of you guys notice how strange it is how few people actually showed? I think it's a bit odd, but Parvati has this crazy notion that the rest of them died or something-"at this point Ron's cheeks flushed slightly "-and she won't change her mind about it."
"Well, I think it's suspicious too, Lavender, you're not the only one," Hermione replied calmly.
"Oh, I know I'm not the only one, I've talked with Seamus and Ginny and--"
"Ginny?" said Ron in shock. "Ginny is here?"
"Jesus, Ron, you're her brother and you didn't know?"
"No, I didn't know, otherwise I wouldn't have said anything!"
"Children, can we please just stay on subject?" Hermione cut in, exasperated.
"Oh...er...what were we talking about again?" Ron said.
"Dunno. Anyway, it's nearly noon, and last time I checked there were only ten here. That must be all, unless there's some very late people coming."
Suddenly, the train's whistle blew, and the train was off.
"Anywho, I'm going back to my compartment. See you later," Lavender said and left before anyone could reply.
"Wait a tic," Harry said slowly. "Lavender said that Ginny's here...how come she's here if it's supposed to be a ten-year reunion?"
"Oh my gosh..." Hermione said softly. "If not a ten-year reunion...then what are we here for?"
