Chapter 6- A Few Unpleasant Surprises

"Come on, come on!" said Mrs. Weasley hurriedly.

"Why? We are not even late, for once!" Ron said.

"Yes. In fact, we have about twenty minutes until the Hogwarts Express leaves," said Hermione, who glanced at the clock in the front of the Ministry car as she climbed out.

"Oui, but we want to be early so you all can get on the train with the new students," Mrs. Amore explained as Ginny, Desiree, Harry, Remus, Mad-Eye, Tonks, Mr. Amore, and Mr. Weasley filed out of the two cars.

They all grabbed carts for their luggage, and set off for Platform Nine and Three Quarters, trying to be inconspicuous as possible. But that was quite hard with four caged owls, two of which were screeching loudly (Pig and Graham Cracker), a squashy faced Ginger cat that hissed threateningly at passersby, (Crookshanks), someone with bright blue spiky hair (Tonks), and someone who kept exclaiming loudly over perfectly normal muggle inventions (Mr. Weasley).

They arrived the platform eventually, after being stared at by many a muggle. They all leaned casually against the barrier two by two, and entered the hidden platform.

There were already a number of students and their parents there, and the group cramped together so they could all converse.

"Okay, now we 'ave to find the new students," said Mrs. Amore.

"Remember, they are older, and they will be unfamiliar to you, so they should be easy to find," said Remus.

"Look! I don't know him!" said Ginny. She pointed to a boy with short dark brown hair and dark eyes. He spotted them all looking at him, and he joined them all.

"Is this…" he trailed off, not wanting to say the Order's name if he was mistaken.

"Yes, dear, this is the Order of the Phoenix group," Mrs. Weasley said warmly, as always. The boy looked relieved.

"I am Amr, from Egypt," he told them. They all greeted him, and they asked him to help them look for the other new kids.

"Look at that girl!" Harry said after a few minutes. A short girl with medium blonde hair and hazel eyes was holding a snowy owl, and turning this way and that, as if she were looking for someone. Which she probably was. They all moved towards her.

"Pardon, are you one of the new students?" Desiree asked the girl, whose eyes widened in delight.

"Yes! I am so glad I found you all, or rather, you all found me!" she exclaimed happily. "I am Sara Robinson, from Germany. Pleased to meet you all," she said, looking around at all of them.

"It is wonderful to meet you too, Sara, but we must be going," Mad-Eye growled, looking at his watch.

"Where are you all of to?" asked Ron and Ginny at the same time.

"We have to go meet the new members at headquarters right now, and there is a guard this morning, and a meeting this afternoon," Tonks explained.

"And that is all you need to know!" Mrs. Weasley said sharply as Ron opened his mouth.

"But you have never left us before," Ginny pointed out.

"Well, we figured you are all fifteen and sixteen and can take care of yourselves and find the new students on your own," Lupin said smiling.

"Oh, we're not complaining. We were just wondering why you were leaving, because you never have before," said Harry.

"Well now you all know," said Mr. Weasley.

"Au revoir!" said Mr. and Mrs. Amore, and there were a bunch of popping noises, and they all were gone.

"Okay, lets find those other kids," said Hermione. They all immediately started looking again.

"That boy over there," said Amr right away. "He arrived the same time I did, and his parents were speaking Italian to him, I believe". And again, they all picked up there owls and trunks, or rather, pushed them in the little carts, and made their way over to the boy.

"Excuse me," Harry said, tapping the boy on his shoulder. The boy turned around immediately. He had light brown hair that stopped just above his neck and dark brown eyes. "Are you a new student from Italy?"

"Yes," answered the boy. "Hello. My name is David" They all introduced each other again.

Next they spotted a girl and a boy with dark brown hair standing next to each other.

"They have got to be the twins from France," said Ron. Again, they all introduced themselves to the new students. They both had long hair, but the boy wore his in a ponytail at the nape of his neck, while the girl wore hers freely. They both were tall, but the girl was also very skinny.

"Bonjour. I am Joelle," said the girl.

"And I am Joseph," said the boy.

"Who is the other French person here?" asked Joelle.

"Beinvenue. I am, but I only lived in France until I was six months old, but I have visited family a lot," Desiree explained to her.

"Oh," was all Joelle had to say.

Hermione looked up at the clock on the wall anxiously. It was 10:52.

"We had better go in and get a big compartment and them come back and look for the other boy," she said to them all. They all agreed to this, and boarded the train to deposit their trunks and pets. There were now five owls, three cats, and one rat (Joelle had a cat named Rachel, Joseph had a cat named Oliver, Sara's owl was named Dina, and David had a rat name Joe), along with ten people's trunks. Luckily, they had gotten a big compartment at the front.

They all left to go look for the last boy, except for Ron, who stayed behind for some unknown reason. But they could not find him. It was now 10:59.

"Well, he will just have to find us on the train, then," said Harry as the warning whistle blew. They all trooped back onto the train, and Desiree opened the door to reveal Ron holding up Crookshanks to Dina.

"Is it real?" he was asking Crookshanks. Apparently Ron had been holding him up to all of the new pets and asking him the same question. Harry, Hermione, and Ginny laughed, but the rest just looked confused. They all explained to them why Ron was talking to the ginger cat, and they all laughed at him, too. Ron blushed a bright red.

"Just checking," he said embarrassedly. "Better safe then sorry!" he yelled at Harry who was still laughing.

They started talking with each other, getting to know one another. About a minute after the train had lefty the station, the talk turned to what houses each new person would be sorted into.

"I bet I'll be in Ravenclaw," said Amr after Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny had explained the traits of each house. "I am smart, but I'm not brave, or loyal, or anything."

"I suppose I'll end up in Slytherin," Joseph said. The four who had been to Hogwarts before looked at him in surprise.

"But you are nice!" Ron blurted out.

"Yeah, but I look out put my self before anyone else, and I can be sneaky," said Joseph.

"Ron, let it go! Not all Slytherins are bad!" Hermione said. Ron closed his mouth.

"I hope I am in Gryffindor, but… I don't know…" Desiree said uncertainly. "I am not really brave."

"I hope you are!" said Harry. They smiled at each other. Ginny frowned at this. Then the door of the compartment burst open.

"Hello!" said a tall boy with spiked, dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. "I'm looking for-," he stopped mid sentence as he looked up.

"Desiree?" he asked.

"Jason?!" Desiree exclaimed.

"What are you doing here?!" they each said at once.

"You know each other?" asked Sara.

"Yes," said Desiree, looking away from Jason. "We do."

"How?" said David.

No one said anything for a while.

"Desiree was my girlfriend," Jason said quietly. "But she broke up with me when she left." Everyone else looked at each other in understanding. It must be awkward to break up with someone, or have someone break up with you, only to find they had now also moved to England and are now going to Hogwarts, too.

Harry, David, and Joseph looked jealously at Jason. He was lucky to have been her boyfriend, even if she had broken up with him.

"Have a seat!" said Hermione, breaking the silence. Jason put down his owl cage and his trunk, and sat in the seat. He starred at Desiree for a long time, but she avoided his gaze.

Stop it Jason!, she thought. I am sorry, but stop it! I had to, you know I had to! Then she looked over at him, and he shrugged his shoulders and looked away. Desiree sighed. This is going to be fun, she thought sarcastically.

They all had a great time on the train, getting acquainted with each other, except for Desiree, Jason, and Harry, who all stayed unusually quiet.

As they were all discussing their favorite Quidditch teams, the train came to a stop.

"What's going on?"

"What's happening?!"

"Not more Dementors!" Ginny cried out, losing her head and forgetting that the Ministry no longer employed Dementors.

"I'll go check what is going on," said Desiree. She stood up quickly.

"I'll come with you too!" said Hermione. They both went out into the hall and walked down the train to see what was going on. Outside, more people were opening their compartment doors, curious to know what was happening.

"That is weird," said Ron.

"Yeah. The last time the train stopped in the middle of the journey was because the Dementors were looking for Sirius…" Harry trailed off. Don't start, Harry, he thought to himself. Not now!

Ron looked at him sorrowfully. "Don't think about it, mate," he said to Harry. "It will just-" He was cut off by the compartment door banging open.

"Well, well, well," said the snobbish voice of Draco Malfoy as he entered with Crabbe and Goyle. "What have we got here?"

"What do you want, Malfoy?" Harry growled at his nemesis.

"Just to be introduced to the new kids," Malfoy said innocently.

"Well here ya go," Ron started. "This is Sara, Amr, David, Joelle, Joseph, Jason, and Desiree is missing right now. And everyone else, this is Draco Malfoy, the prat of Hogwarts! Now you can leave!"

"What if I don't want to, Weasel?" sneered Malfoy.

"Then we'll be glad to make you!" said Harry, who leapt up, wand outstretched, along with Ron and Ginny. Crabbe and Goyle did their trademark threatening knuckle crack, and Draco just smirked at them.

"I don't think that will be necessary," said Hermione as she stood in the doorway of the compartment.

"What do you want, you Mudblood?"

"I just want to sit down and have a peaceful train ride," said Hermione carelessly, as she seated herself.

"If by peaceful, you mean-" Malfoy started to say, but he stopped as he heard as sweet, musical voice say:

"Excuse me? What is going on?" Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle turned around to see who was taking, and their mouths dropped open as soon as they saw Desiree, who was now standing in the doorway.

"N-Nothing!" stuttered Malfoy.

"Well, it looked as though you were about to have a fight," said Desiree in the same, sweet, concerned voice.

"Just a reunion between friends," Malfoy told her. Crabbe and Goyle's vacant looks seemed even more pronounced as they stared un-blinkingly at Desiree with their mouths hanging open in a comical O shape.

"Oh, well that's good!" Desiree exclaimed, looking relieved. "I suppose you had better be going then, to see the rest of your friends!"

"Uh, yeah. See you!" Malfoy called, almost dizzily, to her as he turned back to the door. He took a step and stopped suddenly.

"You know, Potter, we have about a half an hour left until we get to Hogsmeade. A lot can happen in an hour if you know what I mean…" and then he continued out the door and into the hallway, Crabbe and Goyle following him. As soon as they left, Hermione and Desiree burst out laughing.

"Did you see them drooling?!" Desiree shrieked with delight.

"Yes! Oh, that was so funny!" cried Hermione.

"What are you two taking about?" Ron asked, looking puzzled.

"Well, we were coming up the hall and I saw Malfoy and his cronies through the doorway," Hermione explained.

"And Hermione told me who they were," said Desiree.

"And I had a sudden inspiration," Hermione told them, smiling mischeviously. "I remembered that Desiree was part Veela, and I asked her if she could do something about them."

"So I turned on the charm, literally, and they would've jumped off a cliff if I had asked them to!"

Hermione frowned suddenly. "But what was that all about at the end? Malfoy said 'A lot can happen in a half an hour'. What did he mean?"

"It doesn't matter! Just take a minute to imprint the image of Malfoy and his drooling bodyguards into your mind forever, because that was great! I wish I was part Veela, so I could control boy's minds!" Ginny said as she laughed along with everyone else.

"No you don't. It is really not that great being a part Veela," said Desiree sadly.

"Why?" asked Joelle. "I think it would be great!"

"It is hard, because if you can't control your power, then sometimes boys only like you because of the Veela part of you, not the part that really matters," Desiree explained. The girls were quiet for a moment, thinking.

"Yeah, and boys don't want to be controlled by girls!" Ron said.

"Ugh. Just imagine what a horrible place the world would be if all the girls were Veela!" joked Joseph.

"Anyways, what did the train stop for?" asked Amr.

"Oh, the ministry just came onboard to check that everything was running smoothly. Everything is okay," she assured them.

Soon the previously cheery atmosphere returned, and once again they were all chatting happily.

"No way, the Tornadoes are so not going to stay on top!" shouted Ron.

Harry was about to argue that he thought they were doing pretty well, when his scar burned so badly, he slumped to the floor, clutching it and rolling from side to side.

A/N: Hee hee hee! Cliffie! Don't worry, though! I should have the next chapter up in less than a week!

Also, check out my new story 'Voldy Humor'. It is in the point of view of Voldemort's secret new helper, and it takes place in Harry's fifth year and it shows what happened with Voldemort all the times Harry had dreams and stuff. It is really crazy, because I am writing it when I am hyper! Everyone I have read it to thinks it is really funny, so check it out!