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SURPRISING CHANGE
Chapter 1
"Harry, wait up!" Harry heard a familiar voice calling him while he was trying to get on the train. He stopped walking and turned back to face his best friends, Ron and Hermione.
"Hi, Harry!" Hermione said and suddenly hugged him.
"Hi Ron, Hermione!" he returned the greeting.
Seeing that they only had five more minutes to get on the train they stopped talking and started running towards the platform 9 ¾. They managed to board the train with only a minute to spare. They found an empty compartment and started talking about their summers.
"So Harry, how did you spend your summer?" Ron asked after he and Hermione finished talking about their wonderful summers. Hermione had gone out of the country and Ron had spent it at the Burrow and the Headquarters as he always did.
"It was same as usual. Nothing special happened. Uncle Vernon and aunt Petunia ignored me most of the time AND they gave me proper food for the change so it was a little better then most summers there. I'm only regretting that I couldn't come to your house, Ron!" said a regretful Harry.
Harry then thought about his summer at the Dursleys. Even though he told his friends that nothing happened he couldn't help but think about the speeches he heard. The speeches were made by some un-natural presence of his parents, his godfather and Cedric. They helped him come to terms with their death.
"We haven't spent much time at the Burrow anyway. We were at the Headquarters most of the time." Ron's voice interrupted Harry's musings.
"In that case, I am glad I couldn't come. I don't know if I could come to that house ever again. I came to terms with Sirius' death but I still miss him, you know?" Harry sadly said while thinking 'I will be happy if I never have to step in that blasted house again. If I ever go there I may just destroy it in the process!'
"Don't worry, mate! Everything will be alright." Ron said and hugged him. Hermione joined them a moment later.
"I'm glad you stopped blaming yourself, Harry!" Hermione whispered. "Ron is right. Everything will be fine in the end."
"Thanks, guys! I don't know what I would have done without you!"
"You would be lost! We would have missed you a great deal if you ever go away. I don't think it will ever happen but just in case; if you ever find yourself without us know that we love you very much!" Hermione told him seriously.
"What she said." Ron agreed.
Harry looked at them and his eyes softened. Hermione saw his look and hugged him. Ron joined them a few moment later.
Soon, Harry fell asleep with his head resting on Hermione shoulder.
When he woke up, it was already time to change into their robes. Just as they were preparing to start a game of chess, they notice that the train started slowing.
"Hey, guys! Something isn't right. We shouldn't be in Hogsmade yet." Harry said to his friends. They looked at him startled. They hadn't notice anything wrong. "The train is stopping."
Suddenly, they looked just as nervous as he felt. Just then, they heard a noise outside. Harry carefully went to the window to see what was happening. He became even more nervous and frightened at what he saw there. The Death Eaters were outside and they were boarding the train.
"Ron, Hermione! Death Eaters are attacking the train. We have to warn other students and possibly the Order." He said.
"Right. Ron and I will warn the student. You think of a plan!"
"OK. Be careful Ron, Hermione! And bring the DA students here. They will be able to help."
Harry sat back at his seat and thought about the possible ways to warn the Order. So far, he couldn't think of anything. He also thought about a plan to defend them. Half an hour later he thought a plan but he was still as clueless as before about the Order. He just hoped that they would notice something wrong and that they would be in time to help. Just in that moment Ron, Hermione and the rest of the DA stepped through the door as well as some prefects that weren't in the club.
"Harry, have you figured something?" Hermione asked.
"Yea, we'll make two groups. One will make sure that all students are all right and protect them if it is needed and the other will attack the Death Eaters, preferably before they get to the other group!" Harry instructed.
About that time Death Eaters started boarding the train so Harry quickly split them in two groups. Hermione's group went to protect the students and Harry's and Ron's group went straight into the battle. Thankfully, they outnumbered the Death Eaters who didn't expect them to put up such a fight.
The DA was winning when Lucius Malfoy threw an unknown curse at Harry. The red light enveloped Harry and he suddenly disappeared leaving his friends frantic with worry.
Ron and Hermione didn't know what to do next. For god's sake, their best friend just disappeared. The rest of the DA quickly stunned the Death Eaters who were shocked. Some time later, the Auror's came and took Death Eaters away and the train started riding again.
The train ride was subdued all the way to the train station. All people could think was 'What if he didn't come back? What would happen, would You-Know-Who win?'
Meanwhile, down in the Slytherin compartments some were cheering, some were subdued and others looked like a lost puppy. For them Harry Potter was the only safeguard from the war. Surprisingly, Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson were one of those. After all, their fathers weren't really on Voldemort's side. Draco never completely understood that. He's father only said that he was a spy and that he was waiting for someone to come back. Strangely enough, his father seemed to like Potter. He couldn't understand why Lucius would curse Potter.
What he didn't know was that Lucius had to do that. Someone had asked him to do it in the past. The same person he was spying for…
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