The Ride Back

Disclaimer: I, unfortunately, do not own HP, or the song in this chappie.

So are we lost or do we know
Which direction we should go
Sit around and wait for someone to take our hands and lead the way

Cause every day we're getting older
And every day we all get colder
We're sick of waiting for our answers
Our answers

Wake up, wake up, wake up
Yeah I'm so tired of waiting
Waiting for us to
Wake up, wake up wake up
Yeah I'm so sick of waiting
For us to make a move

Are we meant to take the bait
Should we sit around and wait
Are we being saved, or was that another lie you made to make us hate

Cause every day we're getting older
And every day we all get colder
We're sick of waiting for our answers
Our answers

Wake up, wake up, wake up
Yeah I'm so tired of waiting
Waiting for us to
Wake up, wake up wake up
Yeah I'm so sick of waiting
For us to make a move

Wake up, wake up, wake up
And we will never lose
Wake up, wake up, wake up
It's time to make a move
Wake up, wake up, wake up
And we will never lose
Wake up, wake up, wake up
It's time to make a move

Lostprophets - Wake Up

Hermione and Alicia explained one more time. "... and that's how I found out I was adopted and had a twin." Hermione finished. Silence greeted this but then Harry stood up and shook hands with Alicia. "Nice to meet you." He mumbled. She smiled and took his hand. "Same here." He then turned to Hermione and hugged her, followed by Ron. "Y-you look great!" on stuttered. Harry nodded in agreement. She smiled. "You two look great also."

She was right. Ron grew to 6'2'' and let his hair grow and turn a darker shade of red. He is now fit because of Quidditch, as did Harry. Harry was 2 inches taller than Ron and got new silver-framed glasses and his hair was neater.

Finally when all greetings were over, they went to bed, impatiently waiting to get back to Hogwarts.

Hermione felt a stick poking her. She rolled over, muttering about evil doughnuts attacking her. "Wake up!" Someone snapped. She groaned and glared at the 16 year old red-head grinning down at her. "Ginny, lemme sleep." Hermione mumbled. Ginny snickered. "Wake up, we're leaving in an hour." At this Hermione shot up and rushed around looking for what to wear. Ginny shook her had and left the room to finish packing. 20 minutes, Hermione left the room with all of her luggage to see Alicia waltz out of hers with all of her things, along with Blizzard and Night. They smiled at each other and met everyone else outside of the Leaky Cauldron. They all headed towards 3 black ministry cars waiting for them.

The ride went without any trouble and soon they were at Kings Cross station, entering Platform 9 ¾. Soon they were boarding the train and saying goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. "Be good this year!" Mrs. Weasley yelled out against the noise. They all just waved back at her and found a compartment at the back of the train. They got into their seats and were soon talking about their summer. The Weasleys went to stay in Florida for two weeks, Harry stayed with the Durselys (sp?) until the end of the summer, and well, you know about Hermione's summer.

Hermione looked at her watch. "Oh, no!" she gasped. "What?" Harry asked. "I hafta patrol the train and make sure everyone's in their compartment and I'm already late!" She shot out of the door. Alicia shook her head and leaned back to sleep for a while. Everyone else continued talking.

Meanwhile, Hermione was nearly finished patrolling. She caught 5 kids, mostly first and second years, when she saw a blonde kid walking around (guess who!). She briskly walked up to him and snapped. "Get back into your compartment before I give you detention!"

The guy turned around and snarled, "Who the bloody hell do you think you're talking to? I am Head Boy and you should be in your compartment!"

"Excuse me, I am Head Girl and you don't tell me what to do!" she snapped.

He smirked. "Of course, nobody tells the pathetic mud- know-it-all what to do. Now if you excuse me, I am going to my compartment." His smirk turned into a sneer and he turned on his heel and walked into his compartment, leaving a fuming Hermione behind. She finished patrolling and went back to change into her robes. Alicia looked up from her book as Hermione entered and raised her eyebrows questioningly at her. Hermione shook her head and Alicia went back to reading Dreamcatcher by Stephen King(AN: my alltime fav author!). "Are you ok, 'mione?" Ginny asked. "Yeah, im fine. Just a bit tired that all." "Then get some sleep." Ron said, looking at her in a scrutinizing way. "You're right." She leaned back and fell asleep.

Soon they were at Hogwarts and everyone couldn't wait for the sorting and the feast.

That's all for now. Im so sorry about not updating earlier but ive been really busy and im still on vacation(no school until the 13th!! YAY!!). Im writing whenever I can and posting as fast as I can. Thanks 4 the reviews and ill try 2 get the next chappie up as soon as I can.

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