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Auburn Kingsley

Ethan began to walk down the corridor as slowly as possible so he was sure not to miss any miss conduct that was happening in the compartments. He looked into the compartments as he passed and notice children from different house and even different ages talking to each other and laughing at each other's jokes. He always had a fascination with friendship he had never really had a friend except for a girl that was in his first year at Hogwarts her name was Auburn Kingsley and she was in the same house as he was and they spoke of everything from fellow students to the staff at Hogwarts. Then something unexpected happen her father worked for the Ministry of Magic, a form of government in the wizarding world, and he happened to be relocated to America. When Auburn had found out that she was moving to America she didn't know how to tell Ethan so she didn't and when the time came she left him without notice. Professor Dumbledore told Ethan the day she was leaving.

"I don't understand why wouldn't she have told me, she is supposed to be my best friend isn't she?" he said with both anger and sadness in his voice.

"I expect she didn't know how to tell you without getting emotional." Dumbledore said with the most sincerity he could muster.

Ethan stormed out of Professor Dumbledore's office and down the spiral staircase and made his way towards the Ravenclaw common room. From that point on Ethan's only friends have been his textbooks.

While passing a couple of carts he noticed that the closer he got to the back of the train the compartments began to have less and less passengers and then he noticed that their was only one student in the last five compartments and then when he looked at the last cart he had saw something he did not expect there in the very last compartments was Auburn gazing aimlessly out the window with awe.

"Auburn?" he said as he look at her with hope that she would reply.

"Yes that's me." She replied as she turned her head towards the compartment door then when she saw it was Ethan she screamed with joy "Ethan is that really you or am I dreaming."

"No it's me Auburn. What are you doing here tell me you are coming back to Hogwarts. But what I really want to know is why you left Hogwart in the first place." He asked her with the utmost seriousness.

"Well let's just forget about that and concentrate on the real deal." She said to change the subject.

"What have you done since first year and what school have you been going to?" he said with much interest.

"Well I have been attending this school called Carey School of witchcraft and advanced transfiguration but it has been shut down and demolition and now I am living with my aunt here in England. So what is going on with you anyway I hear you're a prefect so is it true are you." She said with the utmost interest

"Of course don't you see the badge" as he show her a patch of an eagle with a large p stitched in the middle of the patch.

They continued their conversation until they notice something strange that was happened, for some reason the train had stopped dead in it tracks and the carts began to fill with screams of students. The two looked at each other and got out of their compartment and ran towards the locations of the screams. When they reached the scream they found the rest of the prefects in front of a compartment door and when they looked into the compartment they saw lying on the floor Thomas Finnigan dead on the floor with no motion in his body and his eyes wide open. When Ethan turned around to look at Auburn's reaction he had lost her he began to scream her name.

Then out of nowhere an old wizard with a long grey bread had appeared, it was Professor Dumbledore, the headmaster at Hogwarts, and told the student to return to their compartments.

"Don't worry letter are being sent out to your parents as we speak and the murderer will be caught at any means necessary." And as soon as he said this the students and prefects returned to their compartment and then more teachers began to arrive first Professor Granger, the youngest teacher with light brown hair, then Professor McGonagall, an older looking teacher with an emerald green robe with light brown hair, and last Professor Snape, a very pale looking man with jet black hair. When Ethan saw this he stayed and watched in the corner of one of the empty compartments. "It seems we have another killer on the loss, I have just receive word from Mr. Potter that there was an escape Death Eater that he was going to interrogate, when I received word of the murder I try to get to the train as fast as possible. Now Mr. Burkens you are going to be of some use, so come forth." Ethan was not surprised that Dumbledore knew he was there since he is all knowing. Yet he did not know why he would be of any use.

"Professor why would I be of any help I can't even does anything to change what has happened." He said with the utmost seriousness.

"Well I have to tell you that the girl you are looking for is the not the person you suspect her to be. The real Auburn Kingsley is at Hogwarts after she was attacked at the platform. Some one was planning on attacking you in that compartment and Finnigan caught word of the situation and try to prevent it and for it he paid his life." Professor Dumbledore said crackle in his voice, how he got all this information was surprising.

"That is impossible she knew only the things Auburn would have known and that is why I find it very hard to believe that you are telling me the truth. But then again she was acting suspicious" He said as he began to pace up and down the isle of the cart.

"Well so you know we are going to need your ability in the Order soon enough. But don't worry Auburn and a few others will be joining you" He said with a low voice.

"The Order what the heck is the Order and what do you mean by others" he said in the most sincere and rude voice.

"I have no time to explain and anyhow this train is not the place for this type of conversation." And at that very moment the group of Professor disappeared right in front of his eyes with the body of the dead Thomas Finnigan.