Just for the record, I'm disclaiming each of J.K. Rowling's characters, even the places and stuff that are in her books. They not mine and never will be lol. Hope you're liking the story so far! More reviews! Please! I updated just for you who have read the first 3 chaps!
Just then a sudden jerk woke Harry up very quickly. He shot up in his seat and found the luggage on the ground. Across from him, his friends looked very awake and alert.
"What just happened?" Hermione asked quietly.
"I dunno." Harry answered, getting up to slide open the door.
All the 7th years were running to the back of the train in a hurry, some of them screaming, pushing and looking frightened. At the first scream, Hermione's eyes went wide and she went very rigid.
"Harry, what is going on out there?" Ron asked, trying to hide his panic. Harry looked at him over his shoulder.
"I have no idea, but I have a strong feeling something is wrong. I'm going to go check it out." He announced. Hermione quickly grabbed Ron's hand and gave him a pleading look. "Don't let him go out there." She whispered. Ron looked at her with concern, "Don't worry, I'm sure Harry'll be fine." However, he sounded uncertain. As he was saying this, Harry left them and was walking, or at least trying to, to the front of the train as the rest of the students were rushing toward him. Suddenly Cho came running toward him.
"Harry, do not go that way!" She said, almost in a barely audible whisper.
"Why not?"
"The bridge," She panted. "the bridge has been broken and the front of the train has fallen over it!"
Harry looked at her with disbelief. However, he could tell she was serious, she was scared beyond anything and tears were pouring down her cheeks. Suddenly there was a creaking noise and the train, which had seemed to stop, started hurtling toward the broken edge. "Harry!" She shrieked. She threw her arms around Harry and held onto him, giving him a weird sensation that mixed with the dread as the train continued rushing the wrong way.
More screams could be heard from the back of the train.
Harry ran back to the compartment where Ron and Hermione waited breathlessly for him. Cho had followed him back and was wimping. Harry felt out of breath when he returned, staring at the two watching him. Hermione looked scared and was holding onto Ron who had his arms wrapped securely around her.
"You two have to, go to.." He stopped for another breath. "go to the end of the train.."
"Why, what happened?" Hermione asked urgently.
"Bridge..collasped..front of train..gone." He answered back with breaths in between. Ron and Hermione both looked incredibly shocked and frightened.
"Oh no! What are we going to do?"
"I have no idea. But I'm going to see if there is anybody near the edge. They might be in trouble." Harry said, starting to walk back out. "No!" Both Cho and Hermione shouted in unison. Cho grabbed his arm.
"Harry! You can't, what if you..you fall out?" Cho whimpered, more tears falling.
"I have my broom with me." He answered calmly. He bent down and took it up with out a final word.
As Harry made his way to what was left of the front of the train, he could hear something. It sounded like two people talking, one very worried and the other cool and calm. He noticed it seemed to be coming from one of the compartments near the edge. No..He thought. He wanted to stay as far from the edge as possible. He had to see who was in the compartment. The voices sounded familiar. He decided to risk getting as close as possible. He walked at a slant toward the door. There was another creaking noise and his feet slipped. He didn't have time to shout out, but luckily enough he was able to put his broom beneath him as he slid out. He floated back into the train, just missing a sharp edge of the broken piece of the train. He brought himself up closer to the door as quietly as possible, trying to ingore the vast opening underneath him. He managed to line up to the glass of the door and put his ear against it. The voices inside seemed a bit muffled but he could just understand a little of what they were saying,
"Great job, now what do we do?" One said.
A cooler voice answered, "Don't worry, its just part of the plan. You know we have to get rid of as many of them as we can!"
"Oh and like nobody is going to find out that the bridge just fell apart on its own? Someone is going to find out."
"Be quiet. You are just jealous that I have an assignment because of you didn't fulfill yours." After that, there was a sudden rustling, a shout, a wand strike and a screech. Then the door flew open and a body came tumbling out, before Harry realized who it was. On instict, he ducked and dove under the falling body, almost missing them. With a thunk, the person landed in his arms, weighing down the broom. He strained to keep the broom aflight as he held on as tight as he could to the body. He looked down at the person his was holding and almost lost his balance on the broom when he saw who it was.