The rain was coming in gallons and the wind didn't make the weather any better. Hermione Granger peered out the window into a pitch black landscape the Hogwarts Express was passing by.
"It's such a shame that our first day of our last year of school has to start out with such a gloomy setting." She sighed. "It would have been nice just to have just a little bit of sun today. I didn't even notice when dusk passed!"
In a way, that's what the whole summer had felt like for Harry. His Aunt and Uncle were telling him that after he graduated from Hogwarts, it was time for him to live on his own. Once all his schooling and everything was finished, there was no need for him to stay there.
"Harry?" Ron waved his hand in front of Harry's face causing him to stop gazing out the window.
Just as if she had read his mind, Hermione looked into his eyes, "You know you can always stay with us if you need to."
"Yea, I know..." He replied, "But I'll find something."
Hermione looked at her watch. She needed to make sure that she and Ron met up with the other prefects and Draco, the Head Boy along w/ Hermione being Head Girl. "Ron, we need to get going." She said standing up. "We'll see you later Harry!" and with that she and Ron left for a meeting with the prefects.
Harry spent most of the ride sleeping until a sudden lurch woke him up. It was almost as if the train had stopped just a little harder. The breaks could still be heard screeching and soon other sounds followed.
"Nothing like this had ever happened before accept back in third year when the Dementors came aboard, but that wasn't as bad as this!" he thought to himself.
Harry looked out the door to try and see if anything else was out of the ordinary. He could hear murmurs and whispers from the other compartments. "People must be wondering the same thing..." he thought. Then he walked over to the window and pressed his face against the glass. It was still very dark outside, but Harry could see that the train was on a bridge, not very far from the ground.
More screeching could be heard but now, along with it the sound of bending metal. Harry moved away from the window but as soon as he was erect, the train moved all to one side causing him to fall. Before blacking out, he said out load, "The train must be falling!"
"Attention all Professors! Meet in the Great Hall Immediately!" Professor McGonagall's voice bellowed through the halls of the empty school. She was the last one to get into the hall and as soon as she did, Dumbledore began to speak.
"There has been a terrible accident not so long ago on the Hogwarts Express." He began, "More like to the train actually..."
"Well what is it Headmaster?!" Professor Trelawney cut in.
After giving her a glare Dumbledore continued, "The cause of the accident is unknown, but according to the conductor, it must have been done by magic. More or less, he thinks the train was sabotaged."
The other Professors were silent.
"Most the children are fine and have minor injuries, but others have severe wounds."
McGonagall spoke up in a shaky voice, "And what exactly has happened?"
"The train has fallen off the tracks; we need to get there a soon as possible."
It was still raining extremely hard when the Professors made it there. The students had place many different charms on each other to keep themselves dray and warm.
"Ms. Granger! Mr. Malfoy! Please come over here!" Dumbledore made is way through groups and huddles of 3rd years, making his way to the Head Boy and Girl, who were making sure that all the 1st years were present. Hermione had her left arm in a sling and Draco crutches.
"I would have thought the wounds would have been more severe." Professor Snape said, coming up behind Dumbledore.
"They would have been," Malfoy explained, "But the conductor placed a spell on the train to soften some of the impact. And isn't it true that the train is built to protect crashes and weather damages?"
Dumbledore nodded, "Fortunately, we've never had to deal with anything like this before..."
Ron came through the 2nd years on the other side of the Headmaster, "Hello Headmaster, Professor." He nodded to both of them, and tried to smile but the cut across his cheek stung with any facial movement he made. He turned to Hermione and spoke, "I'm finished with checking on all the Gryffindors," He handed a clipboard to Hermione and continued, "Name year and injury all recorded... but there is one thing that isn't good at all..."
Hermione immediately thought of one thing, "Harry!" She ran over to where the Gryffindor prefects brought all the Gryffindors, and made her way where Harry was laying, as if he was sleeping. She bent down over him and tried to wake him up. "Harry!" she sobbed, "Harry! Wake up!" Hermione looked up to Ron, her tears were mixing in with the rain pouring over them. "He's... He's not.... You know... is he?"
Ron bent down and met his eyes with hers, "He's alive and his pulse and breath are normal... but he seems to be in a coma."
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