Chapter 3:

"Harry! Harry! Over here!" yelled an exuberant Ron, calling Harry over near an entrance to the train to Hogwarts. Harry ran over in pure delight; relieved by the face of his best friend. After a high five and a quick "Hello," they were joined by none other than Hermoine Granger, who gave each of them a huge hug.

"Oh, Harry! It's so great to see you; and in good health too. You didn't seem all that well in your letters." Hermoine said, relieved.

"Yeah, it sounded like you caught some disease. We were even considering making a coffin for you." Ron joked.

"Thanks for the vote of confidence, Ron." said Harry, smiling.

"Well I figured you would pull through in the end." said Ron in reply. The rest of their conversation had to stop since the noise inside the station had risen to unprecedented levels. Evidently, someone had had just placed a engorgement charm on a first year's pet cat. The cat was now running around in confusion, knocking people out of the way as it leaped and bounded all over the place. Student's began to cram inside the train as quickly as possible. Fortunately, Harry, Ron, and Hermoine were already halfway in when the rush started. So they were successfully able to claim a car to themselves. Not long after, Neville Longbottom, Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegod, had all found their way inside their car. They began to swap stories from their holidays as the train began. With one last wave goodbye to Ron's and Hermoine's parents, Harry once again found himself taking the all too similar trip back to Hogwarts.

"Hey, guys!" Neville peeped up, "Did anyone hear anything about the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher?"

"Yeah." replied Harry. "I heard he isn't very good."

"Who told you that?" Hermoine asked, somewhat suspiciously.

"Mad Eye Moody."

"But he's been stuck at your house all summer. How would he know how good he is?"

"I don't know. All he said was that Dumbledore wasn't all that impressed."

"Well, even if he is horrible," Ron interrupted. "at least he didn't make us buy ten thousand books." he said, recalling their second worst Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Gilderoy Lockheart.

"Yeah." Ginny agreed, "he only listed one."

"Well maybe that means we'll actually perform spells, instead of writing about them." Harry said, remembering Professor Umbridge.

"I don't see why we need to take Defense Against the Dark Arts anyway." Ron said. "All of us already have loads of experience. We've already fought off several Death Eaters. I think we're even better than some Aurors." Ron said jokingly.

"Speaking of Death Eaters…" Neville said sourly as he spied Draco Malfoy approaching their car, waving a prefect badge in the air. When he finally reached their cabin along with his cronies, Crabbe and Goyle, a toxicity filled the space between Harry and him. Last year, Harry, Ron, Hermoine, Ginny, Neville, and Luna had all faced off against Voldemort's Death Eaters, and survived. Lucious Malfoy, Draco's father had since then been detained by Ministry of Magic officials for questioning.

Draco now hated Harry more than ever. The disgrace that Harry had caused to Draco's family could never be forgiven. And Draco was feeling so much resentment toward Harry, that he was unable to speak a word. He just stormed off moodily, clenching his hands into fists, as if to punch the first person that got in his way.

"…Serves him right." Neville finally said, commenting on Draco's family crises.

"We better be careful Harry." Hermoine said intelligently, "Draco must be really mad. There's no telling how far he'll go to get revenge."

"Oh, come on Hermoine." said Ron, "You make it seem that Draco might actually try to kill him."

"She's right you know." said Ginny in response. "We've really damaged Draco's family's reputation along with a lot of other families in Slytherin. I've heard that they had to have a school board council meeting, to decide whether they were going to let Draco and some other Slytherins into Hogwarts. Some believed that they would be a security risk."

"Well they probably are…" said Ron in retort. Nobody said anything in response. Nobody could disagree with him.

"Hey, Luna…" said Harry, noticing that she had not said a word during the whole conversation, due mainly to the fact that she had her nose buried in another copy of the Quibbler. "What are you reading about now?"

"Moblins, Dodongos, and Octorocks!" Luna replied excitedly. "They're are a whole new breed of dark creatures that they say You-know-who has created to use against us."

"Moblins, Bobongos, and Octosocks?" Ron questioned, eyebrows raised.

"No. Dodongos and OctoROCKS!" Luna corrected, "And my father even has evidence that they exist."

"Sure he does." Hermoine said sarcastically. Luna chose to ignore the comment.

"We have eye-witnesses, who say they have seen them. My father is going to go search for them next week. He says that the information he will find will certainly help the in the war against you-know-who."

"Well I'm sure that the Minister of Magic will appreciate the info, Luna." Harry said reassuringly. Luna smiled in response and continued to read. It was around this time that the whistle blew signaling their near-arrival to Hogwarts.

x.x.x.x.x.x.x.x.x. End of Chapter 3 x.x.x.x.x.x.x.x.x.

The next one is already half way done. It was supposed to be part of chapter 3, but some reviewers scared me into releasing this one a little early. Oh and again, I apologize for any grammer and spelling errors.

CrypticElf: I also like stories where Zelda saves herself. It's a nice departure from the games, where she's always the one being kidnapped. It's just that I'm a guy. So I can relate to Link a lot better than Zelda. Oh and chocolate shall definatly not rule the world, Cheese will.

emilydacat: Are you really a cat? Just kidding :D Yeah, your right. Professor Green is Link. Not very creative isn't it? But I honestly couldn't think of anything better. Oh and please don't hurt me for releasing this so late. If it curves your anger, then might I remind you that chapter 4 is already half way done.And if you really want to (I can't imagine why you would), I guess you can have the prestigious duty of proofreading my work(it's a pain in the a$$). Just send me your e-mail. Mine is posted in my bio.

odd person: You'll find out why Dumbledore isn't all that impressed. But you gotta keep reading. Thanks for the review :D

And to everyone who reads this. If you don't notice the Zelda refrence that I used in this chapter then shame on you :(