Chapter 11: The Train Ride
~Draco's POV~
I made my way through the crowded station. As I remembered the morning's
events, I walked through the entry in between platform 9 and 10.
~That Morning~
I woke up at around five' o'clock and couldn't go back to sleep. At around
six, I got up and took a shower, my mind empty from being so tired. As soon
as I got out of the shower, I remembered that I had to arrive at the
station early so I could find a good compartment. I put on my uniform and
grabbed a small carry-on bag, which had my instruments (which the house-
elves shrank), a book, and some other items along with a lot of money.
As I passes my closet, I noticed that there was almost no clothes on it,
and my muggle clothes were not any of them!
"DIPSY!!" I called (Dipsy is my house-elf)
"Yes master Draco?" she said in a squeaky voice.
"Did you look in the drawer in the back of my closet?"
"Y-yes master Draco"
"Did you pack up what was in the drawer?"
She small house-elf slowly nodded her head. I was about to punish her, like
Lucius would do, but then stopped for some reason and dismissed the house
elf from my room.
I looked at myself in the mirror. I was no longer a clone of my father. My
hair wasn't platinum blond (but it was still blond). I had a small tan from
being outside more often. I wasn't a wiry as I was at the end of fifth
year.
'You are free' I thought to myself 'No more Lucius to cower behind. No more
Lucius to protect you. No more Lucius.' I was my own protector now, and I
could now explore the world as someone I never knew, but first I had to
meet him.
~End Flashback~
I looked around me and saw filthy muggles before I went through the
entrance. As I stepped onto Platform 9 ¾ I noticed that I wasn't the only
person there. There were two girls. Both of them looked petite, but they
both still had amazing bodies, though there was something familiar about
them. They stepped into the last compartment. I walked over and put my
stuff in the compartment before theirs and tried to peek through the
window. I couldn't believe what I saw!
~Hermione's POV~
Nina slept over for the rest of the week. We had a blast, until it was time
to go back. We woke up early that morning. Throughout the week, we had been
working on a 'Shrinking Solution' so it would be easier to bring some of
our stuff. We shrank my car, our instruments, and a lot of other stuff. On
our last night, Jared, Chad, Pierre, Joel, Nikki and Judy took me and Nina
out to dinner. They then went to their favorite dance club. They all wanted
to get something to remember the summer by (it was a tradition to get
something to remember a summer. One year they all got necklaces, and one
year they all got their ears pierced, and etc.). This year they decided to
get tattoos of their favorite animals.
Nina got a small Red-bellied Black Snake (a Pseudechis Porphyriacus) under
her left collarbone. I didn't want to get a real tattoo, so my friends
convinced my to got a henna tattoo in between my left hip and her naval,
but Nina told me that when we got to school she was going to make it
permanent. It was an outline of a lion with some lines and details. Jared
got an albatross head on his ankle. Judy got an Eastern Swallowtail (a
butterfly) on her left but cheek. Nikki got a Cahiuta-Monkey on her lower
back. Derek got a dragon on his ankle, but was planning on hiding it when
he wasn't around his friends. Chad got the head of a bald eagle on his
right shoulder. Joel got a black panther right below the back of his neck.
Pierre got a bat on his shoulder. We all got back home at around one in the
morning.
Nina and I woke up around seven thirty. I wore a deep red bra-strap belly
shirt, dark blue jeans that were tight, my black platform sandals and a
silver belly-ring and a silver anklet. Nina had straightened my hair and
put on clear lip-gloss and a little blush and eye shadow. She wore the same
thing as me, but her top was black with what looked like green splatter
art. Her jeans were a pale blue. They also had green splatter art. She had
the same shoes as me and wore a silver toe ring, hoop earrings, a silver
bell-ring and a bracelet. She let her hair dry naturally (which was a
reddish-brown with blond streaks) and only wore clear lip-gloss.
They got to the station at ten o'clock and decided to sit in the back
compartment. When they got into the compartment, they looked at each
other's tattoos and then started to talk until they were interrupted by
none other than Draco Malfoy (A/N at around 10:15, nobody comes until 10:30
in my story...SO DEAL!)
"What do you want ferret?" Hermione said.
"'Mione, why are you being so rude?" Nina slowly got up and walked to
Draco. "I was wondering when I'd see you again" she began.
"Excuse me?" he asked.
"I'm hurt. Remember, from the muggle beach?" she gave him a flirtatious
smirk. He smiled.
"Ah, yes. Nina, is it?" she slowly nodded her head once. "I was hoping to
run into you too. So, I thought I was the only person who came here at this
time. Would you care to keep me company in my cart?"
Hermione just sat there, dumbstruck. Draco Malfoy was inviting a girl that
he met at a muggle beach who was friends with her, Hermione Granger, into
his cart!
"Well, how about you sit with us?" she brought him to the seats in the
back, winking at Hermione. Hermione knew what was coming, she saw Nina do
it so many times before. Whenever there was a guy who pissed her or her
friends off she would do what she called 'the flirt'n'ditch'.
"Sure" Malfoy said in a smooth voice. As they passed Hermione, he looked at
her with a smug look and sneered "by the way, nice tattoos."
Five minutes later, people began to arrive at the station. At around 10:50,
Harry, Ron and Ginny came into the copartment. Before they could say
anything, Hermione motioned to Malfoy and Nina with a satisfied smirk. The
three were confused until Harry recognized Nina and whispered to Ron
"That's Hermione's friend from the beach who was flirting with the git,
remember?"
Ginny was confused, but sat down across from Hermione. Ron and Harry sat
next to her. The train started to move. After about ten minutes later, the
three heard a disappointed moan come from Draco as Nina sat up and walked
over to Hermione with a smile.
"Hello Malfoy" Harry said, guessing what had just happened.
"Shove it Potter!" Draco irritably said before he stormed into the next
compartment.
"Haha! Good job Nina. I don't think a girl ever did that to him" Hermione
said as she gave Nina a high-five. "You remember my friends Harry and Ron,
right?" Nina nodded her head and smiled at the two boys. "And this is Ron's
sister, Ginny" Nina shook Ginny's hand and said hello.
The four old friends then greeted each other as they should have before
Hermione stopped the other three (Ron, Harry and Ginny). The five talked
for about an hour, but then Harry and Ron began to discuss Quidditch, Ginny
left to find some of her fellow fifth years and Hermione and Nina talked in
the back of the compartment.
"So, did you get a letter from the Dumbledore telling you how you'll find
out what house you're going to be in?" Hermione asked as she took a bite
out of a chocolate bar.
"He said that he knows that we're friends so I'm going to sit with you
until I'm called up and then I'm going to sit with my new house for the
rest of the feast, but what are the chances that we're not going to be in
the same house? I mean, from my research, Gryffindor is the only house that
I come close to. And besides, Dumbledore, or whatever, made sure that you
and I are in as many classes together as possible to make this easier. You
want a bean? I think this one is cotton candy. Nope! Pepto bismol!" The
girls laughed as the train came to a halt (they had changed). A lot of
people were looking at them as they made their way to a carriage with Ron
and Harry.
~Draco's POV~
I made my way through the crowded station. As I remembered the morning's
events, I walked through the entry in between platform 9 and 10.
~That Morning~
I woke up at around five' o'clock and couldn't go back to sleep. At around
six, I got up and took a shower, my mind empty from being so tired. As soon
as I got out of the shower, I remembered that I had to arrive at the
station early so I could find a good compartment. I put on my uniform and
grabbed a small carry-on bag, which had my instruments (which the house-
elves shrank), a book, and some other items along with a lot of money.
As I passes my closet, I noticed that there was almost no clothes on it,
and my muggle clothes were not any of them!
"DIPSY!!" I called (Dipsy is my house-elf)
"Yes master Draco?" she said in a squeaky voice.
"Did you look in the drawer in the back of my closet?"
"Y-yes master Draco"
"Did you pack up what was in the drawer?"
She small house-elf slowly nodded her head. I was about to punish her, like
Lucius would do, but then stopped for some reason and dismissed the house
elf from my room.
I looked at myself in the mirror. I was no longer a clone of my father. My
hair wasn't platinum blond (but it was still blond). I had a small tan from
being outside more often. I wasn't a wiry as I was at the end of fifth
year.
'You are free' I thought to myself 'No more Lucius to cower behind. No more
Lucius to protect you. No more Lucius.' I was my own protector now, and I
could now explore the world as someone I never knew, but first I had to
meet him.
~End Flashback~
I looked around me and saw filthy muggles before I went through the
entrance. As I stepped onto Platform 9 ¾ I noticed that I wasn't the only
person there. There were two girls. Both of them looked petite, but they
both still had amazing bodies, though there was something familiar about
them. They stepped into the last compartment. I walked over and put my
stuff in the compartment before theirs and tried to peek through the
window. I couldn't believe what I saw!
~Hermione's POV~
Nina slept over for the rest of the week. We had a blast, until it was time
to go back. We woke up early that morning. Throughout the week, we had been
working on a 'Shrinking Solution' so it would be easier to bring some of
our stuff. We shrank my car, our instruments, and a lot of other stuff. On
our last night, Jared, Chad, Pierre, Joel, Nikki and Judy took me and Nina
out to dinner. They then went to their favorite dance club. They all wanted
to get something to remember the summer by (it was a tradition to get
something to remember a summer. One year they all got necklaces, and one
year they all got their ears pierced, and etc.). This year they decided to
get tattoos of their favorite animals.
Nina got a small Red-bellied Black Snake (a Pseudechis Porphyriacus) under
her left collarbone. I didn't want to get a real tattoo, so my friends
convinced my to got a henna tattoo in between my left hip and her naval,
but Nina told me that when we got to school she was going to make it
permanent. It was an outline of a lion with some lines and details. Jared
got an albatross head on his ankle. Judy got an Eastern Swallowtail (a
butterfly) on her left but cheek. Nikki got a Cahiuta-Monkey on her lower
back. Derek got a dragon on his ankle, but was planning on hiding it when
he wasn't around his friends. Chad got the head of a bald eagle on his
right shoulder. Joel got a black panther right below the back of his neck.
Pierre got a bat on his shoulder. We all got back home at around one in the
morning.
Nina and I woke up around seven thirty. I wore a deep red bra-strap belly
shirt, dark blue jeans that were tight, my black platform sandals and a
silver belly-ring and a silver anklet. Nina had straightened my hair and
put on clear lip-gloss and a little blush and eye shadow. She wore the same
thing as me, but her top was black with what looked like green splatter
art. Her jeans were a pale blue. They also had green splatter art. She had
the same shoes as me and wore a silver toe ring, hoop earrings, a silver
bell-ring and a bracelet. She let her hair dry naturally (which was a
reddish-brown with blond streaks) and only wore clear lip-gloss.
They got to the station at ten o'clock and decided to sit in the back
compartment. When they got into the compartment, they looked at each
other's tattoos and then started to talk until they were interrupted by
none other than Draco Malfoy (A/N at around 10:15, nobody comes until 10:30
in my story...SO DEAL!)
"What do you want ferret?" Hermione said.
"'Mione, why are you being so rude?" Nina slowly got up and walked to
Draco. "I was wondering when I'd see you again" she began.
"Excuse me?" he asked.
"I'm hurt. Remember, from the muggle beach?" she gave him a flirtatious
smirk. He smiled.
"Ah, yes. Nina, is it?" she slowly nodded her head once. "I was hoping to
run into you too. So, I thought I was the only person who came here at this
time. Would you care to keep me company in my cart?"
Hermione just sat there, dumbstruck. Draco Malfoy was inviting a girl that
he met at a muggle beach who was friends with her, Hermione Granger, into
his cart!
"Well, how about you sit with us?" she brought him to the seats in the
back, winking at Hermione. Hermione knew what was coming, she saw Nina do
it so many times before. Whenever there was a guy who pissed her or her
friends off she would do what she called 'the flirt'n'ditch'.
"Sure" Malfoy said in a smooth voice. As they passed Hermione, he looked at
her with a smug look and sneered "by the way, nice tattoos."
Five minutes later, people began to arrive at the station. At around 10:50,
Harry, Ron and Ginny came into the copartment. Before they could say
anything, Hermione motioned to Malfoy and Nina with a satisfied smirk. The
three were confused until Harry recognized Nina and whispered to Ron
"That's Hermione's friend from the beach who was flirting with the git,
remember?"
Ginny was confused, but sat down across from Hermione. Ron and Harry sat
next to her. The train started to move. After about ten minutes later, the
three heard a disappointed moan come from Draco as Nina sat up and walked
over to Hermione with a smile.
"Hello Malfoy" Harry said, guessing what had just happened.
"Shove it Potter!" Draco irritably said before he stormed into the next
compartment.
"Haha! Good job Nina. I don't think a girl ever did that to him" Hermione
said as she gave Nina a high-five. "You remember my friends Harry and Ron,
right?" Nina nodded her head and smiled at the two boys. "And this is Ron's
sister, Ginny" Nina shook Ginny's hand and said hello.
The four old friends then greeted each other as they should have before
Hermione stopped the other three (Ron, Harry and Ginny). The five talked
for about an hour, but then Harry and Ron began to discuss Quidditch, Ginny
left to find some of her fellow fifth years and Hermione and Nina talked in
the back of the compartment.
"So, did you get a letter from the Dumbledore telling you how you'll find
out what house you're going to be in?" Hermione asked as she took a bite
out of a chocolate bar.
"He said that he knows that we're friends so I'm going to sit with you
until I'm called up and then I'm going to sit with my new house for the
rest of the feast, but what are the chances that we're not going to be in
the same house? I mean, from my research, Gryffindor is the only house that
I come close to. And besides, Dumbledore, or whatever, made sure that you
and I are in as many classes together as possible to make this easier. You
want a bean? I think this one is cotton candy. Nope! Pepto bismol!" The
girls laughed as the train came to a halt (they had changed). A lot of
people were looking at them as they made their way to a carriage with Ron
and Harry.