Harry woke up early on his last night at Grimmauld Place with his scar hurting him again. He tried to go back to sleep but with Ron's loud snoring there was no use. He got up and headed to the door to go to the kitchen when he heard Ron talking in his sleep.
"What….oh yes…..Hermione stop that tickles."
Harry had to suppress his laughter but thought that this would be good blackmail one day. He walked down the hall and down the stairs to the kitchen. When he opened the door he went to the stove to make some tea when he head something.
"I already have a fresh pot here if you want some." said the voice.
Harry turned to see Hermione with the kettle in her hand and a book in front of her.
"You scared the crap out of me Hermione." said Harry putting his hand over his heart which was beating very fast.
"I'm sorry. You can join me if you want." said Hermione. Harry walked to the table and sat down.
"So why are you up this late?" asked Harry grabbing a tea cup that was sitting on the table.
"I should be asking you that." said Hermione but Harry gave her an I-asked-you-first look on his face. "I couldn't sleep. And this is the best remedy for me to get back to sleep." motion towards the tea and book which was "Hogwarts, A History".
"How many times have you read that book now? Like twenty?" asked Harry with a smirk.
"No, it helps me put me to sleep." said Hermione.
"Your not the only one it puts to sleep." said Harry
"Well don't knock it until you tried, it is a really good." said Hermione pouring Harry a cup of tea.
"Yeah I'm sure." said Harry sipping his tea and rolling his eyes.
"Well why are you up." asked Hermione putting her book away.
"My scar started hurting, and don't go flipping out on me, it doesn't mean Voldermort is in the back yard." said Harry hastily from Hermione's worried expression.
"Are you sure?" asked Hermione.
"Yeah lets just drop it." said Harry.
Hermione didn't say anything else, even though Harry knew she wanted to. He usually wouldn't be so short with Hermione but he wasn't in the mood for Hermione fussing over him again for no reason.
"So Ron tells me that you met a new friend. A female friend." said Hermione with a smile on her face.
"Oh did he." at this point he wanted to tell her about what he heard in his room but felt better not to. "Yes I did and whatever he told you about us isn't true." said Harry.
"He didn't say anything he just said you met someone at your aunt and uncles and said she was a witch." said Hermione.
"Yeah, her name is Katelyn, she's really great. I mean she is different, and her family's big too. She reminds me of the Weasley's except for the red hair." said Harry.
"She sounds nice." said Hermione. She paused for a second thinking of how she could say her next statement. "Look Harry I have wanted to say this for quite a while but never really found the right moment." said Hermione. "Are you alright?"
"Hermione I told you my scar hurt that's it. We don't have to wake everyone up about it."
"No, I mean are you alright since Sirius died?" said Hermione.
Harry didn't know what to say. Should he tell her the truth? Tell her that he never goes through a day without thinking about him. Should he tell her that he can't even go near Siruis's old bedroom without feeling sick to his stomach. And that whenever he looked at Lupin he could tell he was going through the same pain that he was going through. Where could he start?
"Its hard but I am trying not to think about it much." said Harry.
"Well it isn't good to bottle all that up, Harry." said Hermione.
"I'm not bottling anything up!" said Harry with annoyance in his words.
"I'm just saying that you should move on but don't forget about him." said Hermione.
"I DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT HIM! I THINK ABOUT HIM ALL THE TIME, BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT WOULD YOU. HAVE YOU EVER LOST ANYONE? NO. SO DON'T SIT THERE TELLING ME TO MOVE ON." shouted Harry. He was so angry that he walked out of the kitchen and went strait up stairs.
As he went back to his room, Lupin walked into the kitchen half asleep.
"What was with all the shouting?" Lupin asked Hermione.
Hermione didn't say anything, but had her mouth wide open and tears running down her face.
Early the next morning Mrs. Weasley woke up Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Hermione to get ready to leave for King's Cross for the Hogwart's Express. Harry got up and packed silently, being still upset about what happened last night. Ron kept giving sideways glances at him wondering what was bothering him. When Mrs. Weasley called them all down stairs, Harry avoided Hermione as much as he could.
"Well we were lucky enough to get a private car from the Ministry, so we don't have to deal with those muggle taxi's." said Mrs. Weasley.
"Good those people creep me out. The one bloke we had last time smelled like dirty feet." said Ron with a laugh. He looked around to see if anyone else thought his comment was funny but Mrs.Weasley was talking to Ginny and Harry and Hermione were avoiding each others stares.
"What is wrong with you two?" asked Ron.
"Nothing we better wait for the driver." said Harry.
"Yeah, I better go get Crookshanks." said Hermione going up stairs.
"Okay what the hell is going on. You two act like your mad." said Ron.
"Nothing, we just got in a fight last night." said Harry.
"Where was I?"
"Sleeping upstairs." said Harry.
At that moment Mrs. Weasley called them to the door.
"Okay I told the driver to meet us down the street so he doesn't know where we are. Finding out where headquarters are located is that last ting the Ministry needs to know about. Okay lets get moving." said Mrs. Wesley. She headed them to the entrance without aggravating Mrs. Black on the way out.
They walked down the street where the ministry car met up with them. Ron was right about it being a better journey then last year. At least they had more space. Finally, they arrived at King's Cross with a half and hour to spare until the train would leave.
"I'm sorry but I have to go I have important business to get to." said Mrs. Weasley to the kids at the entrance of the station.
"Are you sure mum? asked Ginny.
"You will be fine, you all know the way. No go before you'll be late." said Mrs. Weasley giving everyone hugs and kisses.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny picked up their luggage and went into the station. As they walked to Platform 9 ¾ they saw many other students that went to Hogwarts. Even though the muggles couldn't tell who was witch or not, Harry could always tell. As they reached the platform the group went through in two's not to be suspicious. When Harry and Ron got through the barrier they could see the steam powered train that would take them to Hogwarts. It felt so much better to be able to go back to Hogwarts. Even though Grimmauld Place was considered his new home, he always loved going back to his first true home; Hogwarts. It always made Harry save being there, even after all the dangerous things that happened to him there.
While putting their trunks into the luggage area Harry saw a boy with sandy colored hair that looked very familiar, it was Zach Fischer running toward the opening of the train.
"Hey! Zach come here." said Harry.
Zach skeeted to a stop and turned around to see Harry calling him.
"Hey Harry, what's up?" asked Zach.
"Where's Katelyn?" asked Harry.
"Beats me. She's probably late like usual." said Zach.
"Well she better hurry up we only have five more minutes till the train leaves." said Hermione looking at her watch.
"Don't worry she'll show up. I think" said Zach who turn around and ran back on the train.
Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny boarded the train to find a compartment. As they were looking for a place to set there belongings, they saw two girls in an argument in the middle of the walkway. Harry recognized them immediately as Ashley and Brittany, more of Katelyn's cousins.
"I'll bet you 5 quid that she doesn't make it" said Brittany.
"I'll bet you ten that she makes but has to jump to make it." said Ashley.
"Deal." said Brittany and they both shook hands and looked out the window as if they were waiting for something to happen.
"Harry, Hermione and I have to go to the prefect compartment and get are duties. Can help Ginny find a compartment." asked Ron.
"Yeah sure, come on Gin. Lets find a place." said Harry helping her with her stuff. As they tried to find an empty compartment they passed Ashley and Brittany still looking out the window.
"What are you guys doing?" asked Harry.
"Oh, its you Harry." said Ashley with a smile. "Well we are keeping up a tradition that we have for a few years." Ashley said with a smirk.
"What do you mean?" asked Ginny
"Well every year we make a little wager to see if Katelyn gets here on time. Brittany says she isn't going to make it, but I say she'll make it but barely." said Ashley.
"You want to get in this? Its up to ten quid." said Brittany.
"Um….no. I'm good." said Harry.
"Why do you bet if she gets here on time?" asked Ginny.
"Well it has been proven fact that our cousin, Katelyn, can not get anywhere on time. And I mean anywhere. This just makes this a little more interesting." said Brittany. At that moment the train slowly began to move.
"Well it looks like I win again. Pay up Ash." said Brittany.
"Wait there she is!" yelled Ashley.
Out the window Harry could see a figure running towards the train waving their arms and yelling to stop. The figure was Katelyn. Harry, Ginny, Ashley, and Brittany ran to the opening of the train Katelyn was trying to get to.
"Come on Katelyn! Run faster!" yelled Ashley.
"I…am….trying…." panted Katelyn running right next to the train. With all the energy left in her she grabbed the compartment door handle and jumped into the train landing on her face.
"Oh….that…hurt." panted Katelyn on the ground.
"Pay up I told you she'd make it." said Ashley holding her hand out.
"Oh bullocks. Here." said Brittany handing her a ten pound note and walked away.
"You know I an so glad that you guys bet on weather or not I'll be here on time." said Katelyn slowly getting up from the ground and looking around at Ashley, Harry, and Ginny.
"Don't look at us. We had nothing to do with it." said Harry.
"Yeah sure. Who are you?" said Katelyn, looking at Ginny.
"I'm Ginny Weasley." said Ginny holding out her hand which Katelyn took in a handshake.
"This is Ron's sister." said Harry.
"Yeah, Harry mentioned you in a letter I think." said Katelyn which made Ginny blush a bit.
"Well I'm going to find Dean. If Ron asks just tell him I'm with friends, you know how he gets." said Ginny.
"Yeah, sure." said Harry with a laugh. It was common known that Ron was protective of Ginny, especially when it came to her dating.
"How bout we cut the chatter. I need to sit down." said Katelyn wincing in pain.
"Well we saved two compartments for us. Do you wanna join us Harry." said Ashley.
"Yeah sure, if its okay if my two friends can stay. They have prefect duty right now." said Harry.
"No problem. They can stay, even though there prefects. We usually don't associate with their kind." said Katelyn with a wink.
Harry, Katelyn, and Ashley headed toward the reserved compartmentthat the Fischer's saved. As they passed Harry saw Alex, Brittanyand Zach in an another compartment talking to some students, who Harry had never met. When they got to the compartment Katelyn set down her bag that she was carrying and sat down, but winced when she hit the seat.
"Man my knee hurts." said Katelyn.
"Could it be because its bleeding." said Ashley pointing to Katelyn's bloody knee.
"What? Oh great." said Katelyn looking down.
"Well that's what you get when you jump on a train." said Ashley putting her things in the upper luggage compartment.
"Well thanks Nancy." said Katelyn wincing when she touched it.
"Don't touch it. I think Hermione knows a spell to heal that." said Harry. "She's my other friend." he added looking at Katelyn's confused look. "She should be here any minute."
At that moment Alex slid the door open with a worried look on her face.
"Oh on god's green earth is happening now?" said Katelyn with a long sigh.
"It's Zach some kid is threatening him." said Alex
"You know we haven't even been on the train for an hour and he's starting to cause trouble." said Katelyn slowly getting up and leaving the compartment with Harry and Ashley close behind. For some reason Harry had an idea who was bullying Zach.