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A/N: Sorry that it took so long. I hope you like this chapter. Thank you to the people that reviewed, SugarGirl, Hannah,
Chapter 2: Back to Hogwarts
Ginny Weasley struggled to bring her trunk inside the Hogwarts Express. Today was the day to go back to school. Go back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was going to start her sixth year at Hogwarts. She and her brother Ron are the only Weasleys left in school. Ron was going to start his seventh and final year along with his girlfriend of one year, Hermione Granger. After she thought about Hermione and Ron, her mind wandered off to think about Harry Potter. She couldn't help but feel sad whenever she thought about him. It has two years; two years ever since she read the Daily Prophet saying that Harry was killed by Death Eaters. She and the rest of the wizarding world were shocked by the news. The wizarding world came to realize that
Voldemort really did come back to power; it was not just a rumor. However, that was two years ago, Voldemort was beginning to lose his power after two years of fighting. When she finally reached what seemed like an empty compartment, she opened the door. She would have asked Ron to help her but he left her after he saw Hermione. After she got her trunk inside the compartment she practically collapsed on the seat, she was exhausted. She heard voices outside of the compartment.
"You know that you can't sit with them," a deep voice said.
"You don't know what it was like not to see them for two years," another voice said.
"What are you talking about? I had to leave everything too. They will not know you. They won't accept you right away. Get that through your thick head!" The first voice yelled.
"Guys, don't argue. Let's just find an empty compartment and sit there. This one looks empty," a third person said.
When the door opened the boys were surprised to see someone already inside.
"I'm sorry. We didn't know that there was someone in here," said the third boy.
He had blonde hair and blue eyes, and it looked like he worked out. Ginny could not recognize him. He was tall and had muscles, but so did the other boys. When Ginny looked at the other two boys, the ones that were arguing, Ginny had a feeling that she had seen them somewhere before. The two boys looked almost alike. One of the boys had black hair and green eyes. Ginny thought that at first glance that he would look like Harry, but he was not. The boy's hair was straight, not unruly like Harry's, and his skin was paler than Harry's was. The other boy would have looked exactly like Harry, but he had brown hair, he did not have a lightning bolt scar and glasses.
"Do you mind if we sit here?" The blonde boy asked.
"No it's okay, it's just me anyway," Ginny answered.
"Where are your friends?" The black haired boy asked.
Ginny thought that he sounded a bit rude.
"They're busy with their boyfriends, are you new here? You don't seem like first years," Ginny commented.
"Yes, we're transfers from America," the brown haired boy answered.
He knew that this had to be Ginny Weasley, Ron's sister. He suddenly became sad when he thought of Ron. It has been two years since he has seen his best friend. He wanted to go to Ron, but Draco said it was too soon. Although he knew that Draco was right, he still wanted to go to Ron and Hermione.
"From America? You guys sound British to me," Ginny commented.
"We grew up here. When we turned ten we had to move to America," the black haired boy said.
"Oh yeah, we forgot to introduce ourselves. I'm Darwin," the blonde haired boy said, "The one with black hair is Lukas and the person next to him is Haley but we call him Hale."
"Hello, my name is Ginny Weasley," Ginny told them.
Lukas looked surprised and Ginny saw that.
"What's wrong Lukas?" Ginny asked.
Besides the fact that you're a Weasley nothing, he thought. He was going to say that but it sounded rude. 'This is Ginny Weasley?' he thought. He looked at her, she has grown up. She wasn't the scrawny girl fawning after Potter that he remembered. Hale nudged him.
"She asked you a question," Hale told him.
"I heard her the first time," Lukas glared at him, "Nothing is wrong Virginia."
"How did you know my real name?" Ginny asked.
"You're the youngest of the Weasleys aren't you?" Lukas asked.
"Yes," Ginny answered.
"We lived here for ten years, everybody here knows your family."
"Oh."
Lukas took the seat across from her. Darwin sat next to him and Hale sat next to Darwin, away from Lukas.
"So Ginny, what year are you?" Darwin asked feeling uncomfortable in the silence.
"I'm starting my sixth year, what about you three?" Ginny asked them.
"The three of us are starting our seventh," Darwin answered.
"Really? So is my brother Ron and his girlfriend Hermione," Ginny told them.
Hale was surprised; Ron and Hermione were dating. He figured that it would have happened sooner or later. He knew that Ron had feelings for Hermione ever since their fourth year. Hale suddenly felt sad, he wasn't there for his friend. Lukas and Hale sat in the compartment in silence while Darwin talked to Ginny.
"So, what's wrong with those two?" Ginny asked Darwin referring to Lukas and Hale.
"Well, they're twins but they don't get along. They're the opposite of each other," Darwin.
"You know, it's rude to talk about people as if they're not there," Lukas told Ginny.
Ginny caught his eye. They're so green, she thought. She could not take her eyes away from him. There was something about him that mesmerized her. It was as if he has seen so many things in his short life. Then they heard a knocking on the door. Lukas looked away breaking the eye contact. The lady with the lunch cart opened the door.
"Would you kids like anything form the trolley?" The lady asked.
Darwin immediately went to her.
"Hale can I borrow some money?" Darwin asked.
"Sure," Hale said taking out a pouch with money.
"Thank you," Darwin said.
"Control yourself Darwin, you wouldn't want to gain all that weight that you worked so hard to lose," Lukas teased him.
"Leave him alone," Hale told him.
"He knows that I'm just teasing, don't take things so seriously Hale," Lukas told him.
"Guys just stop. What do you have?" Darwin asked the cart lady.
"I have chocolate frogs, every flavored beans, pumpkin pasty, and pumpkin juice," The lady answered.
"Do you guys want anything?" Darwin asked them.
"No thank you. I made sandwiches," Ginny told him.
"I'd like one of everything," Lukas said.
"Me too," Hale told him.
"Okay can I have four of everything," Darwin asked.
The lady told him how much everything cost. When Darwin tried to open the pouch he accidentally dropped it and galleons fell on the floor. Ginny was surprised with how much money Hale was carrying. Lukas saw her surprise. Lukas bent down to help Darwin.
"Don't you have anything smaller than galleons?" Lukas asked Hale.
"I didn't know what was inside there. Grandfather just gave me the pouch," Hale answered.
When they finished picking up all the galleons, Lukas said that he'd pay for the food. He paid the correct amount of Knuts and sickles and two galleons. He brought it to their seat. Lukas took his seat across from Ginny and opened a chocolate frog.
"What card did you get?" Hale asked him.
Lukas looked at the card, Harry Potter.
"I can't believe that they would make a card of him," Lukas said scowling.
"Who did you get?" Ginny asked, curious as to why he scowled.
Lukas walked over to Ginny and sat down next to her. He told her to open her palm. Lukas put the card on her palm, the picture facing up.
"Oh my gosh! You got a Harry Potter card! Do you know how rare these are?" Ginny asked examining the card.
Darwin and Hale immediately walked over to them to see the card.
"Can I see it?" Hale asked.
He didn't know that they would make a card of him. Ginny handed him the card.
Harry Potter.
Born July 31, 1980
Died August 1,1995
Harry Potter is the only known person to survive the killing curse. By surviving the killing curse he brought an end to a dark era, he brought down the feared dark lord, Voldemort. He was an excellent Quidditch player, started playing for the Gryffindor House team in his first year. He was the youngest seeker to play in a century. Sadly, he was attacked by Death Eaters the day after his fifteenth birthday and was killed.
Hale's hand was started shaking after he read the biography
"Are you all right?" Lukas asked concerned.
"Yes, I'm fine. Can I have this?" Hale asked.
"Go ahead, I don't want it anyway," Lukas told him.
"Thank you," Hale told him walking back to his seat.
"Is he all right?" Ginny asked Lukas.
Lukas looked at Hale who was staring out the window.
"He'll be fine. You said that that card was rare, how rare?" Lukas asked.
"Well, when the news came out that they were going to make a card of Harry, Dumbledore protested. For some reason, he did not want them to make it. They were only able to print fifteen in all and the rest were destroyed. It was rumored that Dumbledore did it," Ginny told him.
"They should have respected his decision," Hale told her.
Ginny didn't know what to say. She looked at the sad Hale.
"Don't mind him, he'll be happy in no time," Lukas assured her.
Ginny looked at Lukas again; she could not look away from him. There was something about him that was familiar. Lukas was beginning to become uncomfortable in her gaze. He coughed aloud.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to stare," Ginny told him.
"It's all right," Lukas told her.
"You look so much like him," Ginny said.
"Like who?" Lukas asked her.
"Like Harry," Ginny answered.
"Oh," was the only thing that Lukas could say.
He always hated being compared to Harry. All his father ever did was compare him to Harry Bloody Potter. His father was never able to see all his accomplishments because his father spent more time paying attention to what Harry did. Lukas didn't say anything after that. Ginny was starting to feel as she did something wrong. She seemed to make Lukas and Hale stop talking.
"Don't mind that lot. They're always like that. They like to dwell in the past," Darwin told her.
"What do you mean?" Ginny asked confused.
"Well, when we moved to America, we left everything here. You're just reminding them of those things," Darwin explained, "Don't let those two take away your cheery mood. So tell me, do you have any friend that you can introduce me to, like girls?"
Ginny smiled and she started talking to Darwin about her friends and what they could do at Hogwarts. Soon, the train stopped and they reached their destination. Ginny and the three boys left the train together. Ginny and Darwin were already friends, but Lukas and Hale were distant.
"Ginny!"
Ginny turned to the voice and saw her brother Ron and his girlfriend Hermione walking towards her.
"It's them," Hale whispered.
Hale wanted to go over there and hug his friend, but he knew he couldn't. Lukas grabbed his arm and shook his head.
"Let go of my arm. I won't do anything," Hale told him.
Lukas did let go of his arm.
"Ginny. Where were you? We were waiting for you. Who are your friends?" Hermione asked.
"Hermione, this is Darwin, Lukas and Hale. They're transfers from America," Ginny told her.
"Really? Where from?" Hermione asked.
"Salem Academy," Lukas answered.
"What year are you guys starting?" Ron asked.
"All three of us are starting our seventh year," Hale told him.
"Us too. We have to get a carriage before they're all taken," Hermione said.
They started walking to the carriages until Hagrid stopped them.
"Hermione, Ron, your friends have to come with me, they're being sorted," Hagrid told them.
"You guys should go, we'll see you at the castle," Hale told them.
After they said their good byes, the tree boys sat on the same boat to go to the castle. As they were nearing the castle, Hale and Lukas remembered their first year here. They watched the castle get nearer. It has been two years since they last set foot in the castle. Two years since they left everything. It was good to be back.
A/N: Again, sorry to take so long to upload this chapter, I hope you liked it.
If you guys are wondering which person is which I'll tell you:
Hale is Harry Potter
Lukas is Draco Malfoy
Darwin is Dudley Dursley
In the next chapter I'll probably start referring to them as Harry, Draco and Dudley, but it would be good to know their other names.