Sorry about the thoughts in the last chapter, I had to upload from Notepad and forgot to add it in later. Will be better this time though.
Anyway…
Blind sight
Chapter one
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plotand anything you don'tknow from the books.
Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny
Hermione stared out of the window. Harry fiddled with some frays on the seat. Ron sulked in silence.
They'd been like that for the past half hour.
Finally, Ron turned to her. "But why?" he whined, sounding like a six year old.
Hermione rolled her eyes again. "Because…"she said, sighing. "It's. Private."
Ron scowled. "But why is it private? It's only a few letters".
"Well, if it's only a few letters, then you shouldn't be so interested then!" she shot back with a firey glare.
Fortunately, before the fight could escalate the compartment door opened to reveal a scarlet headed girl.
"Ginny!" Hermione positively beamed, glad of both seeing her closest girlfriend and of the possible distraction this would be to Ron.
"'Mione! Hi, how was you're summer?" Ginny grinned back, also glad to see her best friend, and an excuse to avoid Harry's gaze.
Hermione shrugged. "Oh, normal, usual old muggle stuff. Nothing interesting".
"Apart from interesting mail…" Ron muttered. Hermione glared, but didn't say anything. Sensing the tension, Ginny sat opposite Harry. It occurred to her at that moment, that having asked Hermione about her summer, she would now need to talk to Harry.
"So, how was your Summer Harry?" she asked, staring at a terribly interesting speck of dust on her shoes.
Harry could feel himself blushing, and suddenly the frays on the seat were incredibly fascinating. He gulped. "Oh, you know. Dursleys. Same old". Ginny nodded and smiled politely, both unable to look the other in the eye since their breakup before the summer. No one said anything.
The silence set in again.
Adrian, Bella, Cordelia and James
The atmosphere in Adrian's compartment, however, was completely different.
"You stupid little….eugh!" Bella launched herself at her cousin, James Rosier, looking intent to scratch his eyes out. James just laughed, grabbing her wrists.
"Go on, admit it," he teased. "You would SO go out with Potter if he asked you!"
"I would not!" Bella screeched, knocking him to the floor. Kneeling on his chest, she narrowed her eyes at him. "You asked for this…" she said, and began to tickle him. James wriggled.
"I take it back! I take it back!" he shouted, trying to squirm from under her.
"I. CAN'T. HEAR. YOU!" Bella shouted in his ear, still ticking him. James looked helplessly up at his sister, Cordelia, and his cousin Adrian, who were sitting on the seats comfortably watching the events in front of them and laughing.
"He-help me!" He begged, in between laughter. Cordy turned to narrow her eyes at Adrian.
"I dunno, what do you think cuz? Should we risk our comfortable seats to help Jamesy?" she raised her eyebrows at Adrian, flashing the smile she knew he loved.
"Well, I don't know, Cor'," he said, placing an arm around her shoulders. "I mean, I'm feeling pretty happy where I am now," he grinned back at her, seductively.
Cordy pretended to think about it. "Hm, risk breaking a nail whiles rescuing my brother from Bella, or cuddling up with Captain Sexy? I'm going to go with the latter option. Sorry bro', you lose". She stuck her tounge out at James on the floor. Bella got up, scowling at them all.
"Now you two stop that right now!" She snapped at Adrian and Cordy. Reluctantly, Adrian removed his arm from her shoulders, muttering something which sounded suspiciously like "Spoilsport". She then turned on James.
"And you! That wasn't funny, you!" She poked him with her shoe. "No girl in their right mind would go anywhere near Harry Potter!" Scowling, she through herself down on the seat.
'Since when was Bella in her right mind?' Adrian thought, but he knew better than to point that out. Unfortunately, James didn't.
"Since when were you in your right mind?" James asked, frowning.
Bella kicked him again, but decided not to follow up on it. She turned to Adrian instead.
"So how was your summer?" she asked, taking out a mirror and re-applying her lipstick.
Adrian shrugged. "Oh, the usual. Orphanage. Badness. Rats." He had an almost bitter tone as he thought about it. Until the age of eleven, he'd assumed his parents were dead, he'd then found out that he was magic, they were alive and in fact, that they were in a terrible wizard prison for horrible crimes of torture. Basically, he'd grown up in the Orphanage, and hated it with a passion. Still, no point feeling sorry for himself. He only had to live there to months a year.
Bella smiled, sympathetically. It wasn't a very good smile because she didn't have a lot of practice using it. "You need to start staying at our house". She said. He nodded.
"I really do".
I know there isn't any Bianca and Veera in this chapter, but I really didn't have much for them to do. Will though in the next chapter at the feast, when McGonnagal will want to talk to Hermione after dinner.