Chapter Two
Harry had barely gotten any sleep for the next two nights. He couldn't sleep the night after they had gotten back from Diagon Alley, because that girl was stuck in his head. The next night he couldn't sleep because he was excited and nervous about going back to school. It was their last year of school, and he would finally be a fully trained wizard.
Harry packed his trunk, and wondered if he'd ever get a chance to meet that girl again. He wanted to actually put that Lightning Storm to the test that is if she was actually a good flier. It was finally time to head down to King's Cross Station to catch the Hogwarts Express on platform nine and three quarters.
"Harry, you look like hell, how much sleep did you actually get last night?" Ron asked.
"Thanks Ron, but I hardly got any sleep really, I was thinking…" Harry replied.
"Oh I get it. You were thinking about that girl from the shop weren't you? Well she was pretty but she reminded me of Malfoy. She had that attitude." Ron said.
"No Ron, I was not thinking about her! I was actually thinking about the Lightning Storm. I wanted to see it in action one day." Harry lied.
The Hogwarts Express was about to leave platform nine and three quarters, when Ron realized he had forgotten something.
"Mum!" He shouted out the window, "My dress Robes!"
"Are in your trunk dear. I checked this morning to make sure you had everything!" Mrs. Weasley shouted as the train whistled and tugged off.
Ron sighed with relief and closed the window. He and Harry then set off to find an empty compartment. The train was going full speed toward Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but Harry and Ron hadn't yet found the two things they were looking for, their friend Hermione, and a place to sit. Finally they came to an almost empty compartment. There was one person sitting at the back of the compartment, they could only see the top of the person's head.
"Excuse me, you don't mind if we sit here do you?" Harry asked.
No reply.
"I guess that's an I don't care?" Ron said.
The boys sat down. They began a game of wizard chess. Harry was losing badly when someone opened the compartment doors.
"There you are! I have been looking everywhere for you two!" It was Hermione. "I even asked Malfoy if he had bothered you yet today. All he said was he hoped you either missed the train or you fell off and got stuck under it."
"Oh how thoughtful of him." Ron said, sarcastically.
Hermione went and sat beside Ron.
"Who's that behind us Hermione?" Harry whispered.
Hermione craned her neck over the top of the seat to get a better look. "I'm not sure…"
"Anything off the trolley dears?" someone said as the compartment doors opened. It was the plump witch who served snacks on the train.
"Yeah we'll take the lot, I'm starving!" Harry said as he pulled out a handful of coins.
"Oy! You want anything off the trolley?" Ron shouted to the back of the compartment.
They didn't answer, and Ron shrugged. Two galleons came floating past Ron's head and landed on the trolley. Two Chocolate Frogs, a Cauldron Cake, a few Fizzing Whizzbees, and a pumpkin juice went floating to the back of the compartment. Two hands with neatly painted black nails plucked the sweets from the air.
"Thanks, and keep the change." Said a soft female voice.
"We're here, finally." Hermione said as the crimson train came to a stop.
They left the compartment, and got off the train. They soon joined a crowd of people dressed in the same black school robes. They headed towards a line of horseless carriages that would bring them to the front doors of Hogwarts Castle.
"Wonder what happed to that girl." Harry said.
"She must have been a first year or something, she was awfully shy." Ron said.
"No first year I know could do a Summoning Charm without a wand." Hermione said in an exasperated tone. "Honestly don't you two ever pay attention?"
"Alrigh' Harry?" A loud thundering voice called out above the crowd of students.
"Alright Hagrid, and you?" Harry shouted back.
"O' course I'm alrigh'! You know the tradition though. First years, over here! See yeh at the feast Harry!" Hagrid answered, as he called the first year students to him.
Hagrid was a half giant. He was rather scruffy though; you can't really see his face except his nose and beetle black eyes. He always wore this huge moleskin coat, although he looks mean, Hagrid has the softest heart. He loves all kinds of creatures, which is part of the reason why he teaches Care of Magical Creatures at Hogwarts. Another of Hagrids responsibilities is to take the first years to Hogwarts Castle by crossing the huge lake in front of the castle, and he is also the groundskeeper at Hogwarts.
Harry and Ron approached the horseless coaches, when they heard an all too familiar voice behind them.
"She's got to be a Slytherin, it would do her well." Said the cold drawling voice of Draco Malfoy. "Ah, Potter, Weasley, you're not under the train after all. I was actually hoping that for a split second your mudblood friend would act as stupid as she looks, and look for you under the train, and maybe fallen off." He sneered. "Too bad you're all still alive really. It would have made my year that much better without you three around. After all, who needs Harry Potter and his little mudblood loving friend and their little mudblood whore?"
"Eat dirt Malfoy!" Ron growled as he clenched his fists and turned red in anger. "The train ride here was just perfect, not a single sign of you! Don't spoil the night by socializing with us now!"
Hermione elbowed Ron in the ribs, and motioned with her head for him to look at Malfoy's feet.
Ron's eyes widened, and he looked at Harry who wore the same expression. And invisible hand, or so it seemed, was tying Malfoy's shoelaces together. When Malfoy took a step forward, he landed face first into a patch of soft dirt. Ron, Hermione, and Harry all just burst out laughing. They couldn't believe what just happened. Harry looked up to where Malfoy was standing, and the girl from Diagon Alley was standing there. She was, once, behind Malfoy.
As Malfoy began to sit up, the girl trod right over top of him, forcing his face to go back into the ground. She walked right past Harry and his friends as though they weren't even there, and got on one of the horseless coaches. Ron and Harry laughed even harder that a girl did that to Malfoy. It was unbelievable.
"Get a good mouthful Draco? Next time you'll watch what you say!" Hermione said as she, Ron and Harry boarded one of the coaches and set off to the castle.