Her POV~
August passed in a blur of books , magic , shopping , planning and re-learning martial arts from the nearest dojo
I looked in the mirror of my bathroom one last time
" Looking as handsome as ever Sir " My reflection, Pale due to hours of being indoors and dressed in black hoodie replied
" Thank you Gracious "
I turned around and entered my room , my trunk enchanted with the biggest legally possible extension charm , several wards and passwords, was sitting on my bed
I checked all the compartments in it one last time.
I picked up the trunk and left my room and headed towards the Kitchens
" Greetings Master harry we will miss you " The elves
" Thank you I will miss you too" I replied , Thank goodness they were getting used to me The first Few day's had been terrible ! Twinkle is still wary about me but has recognized that I mean no harm , Grafo and Caedes have made a point of not staying in my presence any more than needed though they are less twitchy now, Kreacher thinks I'm the reincarnation of Regulus Black and hence is treating me like the Loyal and Overly attached elf he is and Episky is adamant about following Kreacher's example.
" Master do you have everything you need ?" Kreacher asked once I'd seated at the dining table
" Yes Kreacher…" I said for what felt like the hundredth time , Siriusly I had more conversation about this in a week with Kreacher than I ever had with my parents !
" Master your clothes?"
" Packed"
" Books ?"
" Packed"
"writing material?"
"Packed"
"Extra reading material ?"
"packed"
" Your muggle equipment's?"
"packed"
" Pet care set?"
"packed"
" Mon-"
"Oh for Merlin's sake Kreacher I have packed EVERYTHING I need and moreover If I forget something I can always have one of you elves deliver it for me "
" That's….right master " He said , failing to keep the sadness out of his voice
" Kreacher….." I sighed almost fondly
"….yes …master….."
" Do not worry , I'll be fine and I'll be summoning you regularly "
" But it's not the same as caring for master " he said looking heartbroken
" I know , but I will return for Christmas and You are yet to clean the rest of my properties " the other properties should keep them busy
After cutting the farewell cake the elves baked for me I stood up to leave
" All of you , I know , will suffer because of not being in contact with me and it will strain your elf magic but I'll summon you all at least once a month and the house has enough of my magic to keep you all healthy " I said looking at the lot and knowing that I will get some interesting reactions out of them
" How did master know about the working of elf magic?" All the elves par Kreacher seemed alarmed by my knowledge on house elves
I smiled and picked up my trunk , better let them wondering about my Knowledge on elves than telling them about the partially illegal hidden magical library near Gringots , Serves the purpose of character building.
I made my way out of the house with Kreacher and now Episky questioning my ability regarding packing
" see you soon Kreacher , Episky " I was about to stepped out when a tug to my core stopped. ah right the heir ring. I looked at my ring and willed it to go invisible . It went transparent without and issues but I could still feel it's weight on my fingers
*meow*~Those elves are really annoying master~ phantom who was perched on my shoulder said
" maybe yes , maybe not " I chuckled at her annoyed look apparently she did not like sharing her master with anyone , and the elves annoyed her to no end
King's cross was relatively close to grimmauld place and hence I decided to walk
Upon reaching the station I was faced with a crowd of people hurrying off to catch their train or book tickets. I made my way towards station 9 and 10.
I spotted the Wesley's relatively easily, they were easily distinguished by their bright orange hair . The Wesley matriarch was loudly talking about muggles , The twins were searching something on the walls and Ginny was pleading to be let, to go to Hogwarts early
I sighed , so much for the statue of secrecy
Being mindful that I was still a beginner in legilimency , I decided to snoop in their minds , Better to know what dumbles had told them and what they plan for me.
"— packed with Muggles, of course —" I heard molly say as I neared the group
"Now, what's the platform number?" molly , siriusly she had been sending 5 of her children to Hogwarts and didn't remember the platform number . man how didn't I think of this while reading the books umm maybe I had passed it as forgetfulness , maybe , perhaps , mayhaps!
"Nine and three-quarters!" Ginny piped in ,she was holding molly's hand,
"Mom, can't I go…"
"You're not old enough, Ginny, now be quiet. All right, Percy, you go first."
the eldest red head , Percy marched toward platforms nine and ten. I watched, careful not to blink in case I missed it — just as the Percy reached the dividing barrier between the two platforms, a large crowd of tourists came swarming in front of him and by the time the last backpack had cleared away, Percy had vanished. Just like the books described. I wonder what will block others from seeing when I ender, Another swarm of people perhaps?
"Fred, you next," molly said
"I'm not Fred, I'm George," one of the twins said. "Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother? Can't you tell I'm George?" I snickered silently
"Sorry, George, dear."
"Only joking, I am Fred," said the twin, and off he went. His twin called after him to hurry up, and he must have done so, because a second later, he had gone — Man I need to be careful around those two .
"Excuse me," I said to molly , while tightening my occlumency shields
"Hello, dear," she said warmly and I felt a bit taken aback at the hospitality . "First time at Hogwarts? Ron's new, too."
She pointed at the last and youngest of her sons. He was tall, thin, and gangling, with freckles, big hands and feet, and a long nose. Ron I recognised
"Yes," I replied . "The thing is — the thing is, I don't know how to —"
"How to get onto the platform?" she said kindly, and I nodded. "Not to worry," she said. "All you have to do is walk straight at the barrier between platforms nine and ten. Don't stop and don't be scared you'll crash into it, that's very important. Best do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous. Go on, go now before Ron." And while she was giving me the explanation I had silently entered her minds, man she didn't even have basic shields , Why would Dumbledore involve someone who couldn't even protect themselves against legilimency ?
My questions were answered soon, Dumbledore was clearly a manipulative and cautious bastard , How did he not end up in slytherin?
"-Molly, Harry is an Orphan you have to provide him with support-"
"-I will provide you with some money clearly you can provide better for your kids with it -"
"-Ah doesn't Ginny look a lot like Lily, I wonder how will she and harry look together, Probably like James and Lily- "
"Ah molly please ignore this old man's blabbering but Isn't Ron the same age as harry –"
"Yes Ron will surely be popular if he befriended harry .merlin forbid if they become like Sirius and James –"
I quickly pulled out of her mind, And supressed a scowl that old coot! He had not only manipulated me but molly and probably the rest of the Wesley's too! But this was good hopefully I could at least free the Wesley's, those who deserved to be saved, from Dumbledore's clutches.
Sapphire, sensing the change in my mood, shifted under my robes, trying to give me comfort
I noticed that she had stopped talking and replied
"Err — okay," how long had I been just staring at her, I must have looked like a creep!
I casually walked towards the barrier and the heavy feeling of old and probably ancient magic brushed against my core.
I sucked in a breath! A scarlet steam engine was waiting next to a platform packed with people. A sign overhead said Hogwarts' Express, eleven o'clock. I looked behind me and saw a wrought-iron archway where the barrier had been, with the words Platform Nine and Three-Quarters on it. I was finally here, Oh my god oh my god, Calm down deep breathes in breathe out. Shaking myself out of my internal fangirling. I looked around the platform.
Smoke from the engine drifted over the heads of the chattering crowd, while cats of every colour wound here and there between their legs. Owls hooted to one another in a disgruntled sort of way over the babble and the scraping of heavy trunks. Witches and wizards in robes raging form bubble gum pink to eye blinding yellow were milling around.
Despite, A variety of the wizards spilling around I spotted the Wesley twins fair quickly
"–Do you think we can slip this in Ron's robes?-"
"-Probably yes, He will freak out –"I neared them and saw one of the twins holding a spider , oh , so they were finding a spider on the other side
*cough*cough* I tried to get their attention but they ignored me
*cough *cough* I felt like Umberbitch err umberbridge will be pleased with me, but the twins were not pleased and still ignored me
*cough*coug-*
"-Do you –"
"-Have cough-"
"-If so then –"
"- We can provide you –"
"–With a cough draught-"
I tried to follow through their devious twin speak and was slightly impressed, They did a better twin speak than Palak and Payal , two of my classmates.
"No thank you, I just heard about your awesome products and wanted to buy some of them"
"-You are-"
"-Interested in –"
"-Our prank products-"
"-Little green eyes-"
"Yes "
"-Hmm so is there-"
"-Anything specific-"
"-You want to buy-"
"Yes, I want to buy a map "I said and looked at their blank expressions
"–Sorry, little green-"
"-Eyes but we –"
"-Don't sell maps-"
I rolled my eyes
"I as the rightful heir of the maudraders want my heritage the maudraders map back "
"Merlin's saggy balls"
"Morgana's tits" I felt greatly amused by their reactions, filing away the amusing curse world in my head I smirked at them
"Are you really the heir of maunders?"
"How do we even know that you are telling the truth? " I felt smug because I was sure that It was not every day that you managed to shock the devil twins into speaking separately. I smirked with mischief
"I, solemnly swear upon my magic that , I am the heir of a maudarder , I say so , so mote it be "
"Lumos" A bright ball of light sprung on the tip of my wand with practiced ease
"Holy Hecate!" the twins gawked at me
"Morgana's Tit's indeed! " The twins were looking at me with awe and looked a moment away from firing hundreds of questions at me
"The map?"
"Right…" one of the twins pulled out a piece of parchment out of his robes
"We are a big fan of the maudarders"
"They are our idols"
"Our heroes "
"The supreme pranksters "
And while the Twins were busy fanboying I took a peek into their minds respectively
FRED
Holy Hecate he's the son of a maundrers
Is he a prankster like them?
Maybe I can ask him for prank ideas
Will he tell us who they are?
I pushed past the recent memories and sped towards the older ones
"Hmm will Ron like green hairs?"
Merlin this prank is going to be awesome
Yes, Angelina is pretty
I pushed further in
"George do you really think we can learn legilimency "
"Of course we can! We just need to practice "
"But it's been months and we still haven't been able to look into others minds"
A little further
"-but ickle Ronnykins –"Fred said
"- You should not -"George said
"- Befriend someone –"Fred continued
"- Just to become popular-"George ended
"Ginny! Harry Potter will not fall in love just because you look like his mum"
Ugh mom I'm Fred can't you even tell us apart!
I wish someone can tell us apart but that would be a bit creepy
"Green eyes, Green eyes?" Fred said
I pulled out of his head
"Err sorry I zoned out what you were saying again" The twins looked at each other
"-What is-"George said
"-your name-"Fred, had a bit more freckles on his right cheek and his eyes were a shade lighter
And I also noticed that Fred was the one to start the sentence while George ended it
"-Green eyes-"George, had a bit more freckles on this left cheek and his eye were a shade darker
"Now, Now where's the fun in that "I said while climbing up on the train
"Prankster Chaos will see you in Hogwarts mischief "I turned to Fred "and mayhem I said to George
"Wait whose son are you?" Fred said
"Pale skin, black clothes who do you think is my father Snape?" I chuckled at my own joke
I started making my way further in the train. The whistle sounded shortly. The train started moving but I was yet to find a compartment.
Halfway down the train I found an empty compartment and claimed it
~massster~ Azure peeked her head out of my sleeve ~Those Humans were ssshocked after what you sssaid ~
*meow*~Of course they were ~ phantom sassed , Phantom had taken a grudge against Azure who had expressed her wish to became my familiar , after seeing how I acted around all of the other creatures
~No one asssked you kitty ~
*meow* ~you slithering fool ~
~Oh for merlin's sake cut it up you two , it's been a week and yet you are fighting ~
~I'm just defending my honour massster ~
~defending the honour! ~*meow* ~ like you had any~ phantom scoffed
~someone is coming ~ Azure went back in my sleeve
The door of the compartment slid open and Ron came in.
"Anyone sitting there?" he asked, pointing at the seat opposite to me
"Everywhere else is full." I shook my head and Ron sat down. He glanced at me and then looked quickly out of the window, pretending he hadn't looked
"Hey, Ron." The twins were back.
"-Listen, we're going down – "
"-the middle of the train —"
"- Lee Jordan's got a-"
"- Giant tarantula down there.-"
"Right," mumbled Ron.
Then the Twins looked at me
"-Did we introduce-"
"- ourselves? Fred and-"
"- George Wesley.-"
"- And this is Ron, -"
"-our brother. –"
"-See you –"
"-later, then.-"
"Bye," I and Ron said. The twins slid the compartment door shut behind them.
"Umm Ron, I'm Ron Wesley " He offered me a handshake and I was bemused by his actions, Didn't his brothers already introduce him
"Harry "I shook his hand "Pleased to meet you "I entered is mind
I can't believe it! I'm finally going to Hogwarts
I've heard they have really delicious feasts
What spells will we learn?
I just hope I end up in Gryffindor mum will have my head if I end up in Slytherin
I pushed past the recent thoughts and to the older ones
Will I meet Harry Potter in Hogwarts or on the train ride just like dad and his best friend meet?
I just hope we will be friends! I will be famous too!
Headmaster Dumbledore said that He will be Gryffindor like me
He did not have any malicious thoughts as of yet, but merrily a desire to become famous. I just hope he gets over his jealousy quickly
"And his is my cat phantom " I said gesturing towards phantom
*meow*~hello stupid human ~
#~be good phantom ~# I said to her through our mind link, I have gotten better at communicating through the mind link over the month
"Are all your family wizards?" I asked him, would have to get the show starting, won't I.
"Err — Yes, I think so," said Ron. "I think Mom's got a second cousin who's an accountant, but we never talk about him."
"Why don't you talk about him?"
"Err-He's a squib" Ron replied
"But I thought that the Wesley's were a light family"' I said pretending to look surprised
"We are" Ron replied furrowing his brows
"Then why would you ignore a squib"
"I-I never thought about that" seed planted!
After some time spent in silence Ron though tactlessly initiated another conversation
"So you have 3 brothers, you are lucky " I said
"I'm the sixth in our family to go to Hogwarts. You could say I've got a lot to live up to. Bill and Charlie have already left — Bill was head boy and Charlie was captain of Quidditch. Now Percy's a prefect. Fred and George mess around a lot, but they still get really good marks and everyone thinks they're really funny. Everyone expects me to do as well as the others, but if I do, it's no big deal, because they did it first. You never get anything new, either, with five brothers. I've got Bill's old robes, Charlie's old wand, and Percy's old rat."
Ron reached inside his jacket and pulled out a fat grey rat, which was asleep. The traitor I growled in my mind. Maybe I could stamp on him accidently and kill him, but then I won't be able to free Sirius, Ah that reminds me
I nodded to him and pulled out a parchment and a pen out of my trunk
"His name's Scabbers and he's useless, he hardly ever wakes up. Percy got an owl from my dad for being made a prefect, but they couldn't aff — I mean, I got Scabbers instead."
Ron's ears went pink. He seemed to think he'd said too much, because he went back to staring out of the window.
"What are you doing?"
Dancing "writing a letter to my family "
Dear Padfoot,
I've just boarded the Hogwarts express. Platform nine and three quarters is magical , I met a pair of pranksters , They are Twins and simply devious , They had the map . Do not worry I will honour my legacy and Hogwarts will once again see pranks and joy .Be safe , and Trust me I will get you out of Azkaban as quickly as I can . Please have patience
Yours Truly
Prongslet
I will post the letter when get the chance
I looked out of the window; we were speeding past fields full of cows and sheep. we were quiet for a time, watching the fields and lanes flick past.
Around half past twelve there was a great clattering outside in the corridor and a smiling, dimpled woman slid back their door and said, "Anything off the cart, dears?"
I leapt to my feet to buy sweets . No self-respecting potter head would skip such a golden chance to try the wizarding sweets, Ron's ears went pink again and he muttered that he'd brought sandwiches. I went out into the corridor.
She did have Bettie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, and Chocolate Frogs. Pumpkin Pasties, Cauldron Cakes, Licorice Wands, and a number of other strange .Not wanting to miss anything, I got enough of everything to last me through a week of Hogwarts
"How much would that be miss…?"
"Jean Sothern's the name and its 25 silver Sickles and 8 bronze Knuts. " She smiled at me and I couldn't help but feel like there was more to her. I paid her the, money .Jean southern? Wasn't she the one who portrayed the trolley lady in the philosopher's stone?
Ron stared as me I brought it all back in to the compartment and tipped it onto an empty seat.
Sweeping more than half my treasure in my trunk , I asked run if he would like to join
He agreed after some reluctance
I unwrapped my Chocolate Frog and picked up the card. It showed a man's face. He wore
half-moon glasses, had a long, crooked nose, and flowing silver hair, beard, and moustache.
Underneath the picture was the name Albus Dumbledore. Ah destiny out of the dozen chocolate frogs I had bought I HAD to unwrap Dumbles first
"So this is Dumbledore!" I said casually almost forgetting that Ron was there too
"Don't tell me you'd never heard of Dumbledore!" said Ron. "Can I have a frog? I might get Agrippa — thanks —"
I turned over my card and read:
ALBUS DUMBLEDORE
CURRENTLY HEADMASTER OF HOGWARTS
Considered by many the greatest wizard of modern times, Dumbledore is particularly famous for
his defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of
dragon's blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel. Professor
Dumbledore enjoys chamber music and tenpin bowling.
" I've got Morgana again and I've got about six of her… do you want it? You can start collecting." I nodded , yes I fully intended to collect chocolate frogs
After eating half a dozen chocolate frogs with Ron I had collected not only Dumbledore and Morgana, but Hengist of Woodcroft, Alberic Grunnion, Circe, Paracelsus, and Merlin. I finally tore my eyes away from the Druidess Cliodna, who was scratching her nose, to open a bag of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans
. "You want to be careful with those," Ron warned me. "When they say every Flavor, they mean
Every Flavor — you know, you get all the ordinary ones like chocolate and peppermint and
Marmalade, but then you can get spinach and liver and tripe. George reckons he had a
Boogerflavored one once." Ewe
Ron picked up a green bean, looked at it carefully, and bit into a corner.
"Bleaaargh — see? Sprouts"
We had a good time eating the Every Flavor Beans. I was extremely lucky today as I got only good ones like toast, coconut, baked bean, strawberry, curry, grass, coffee, sardine, and was even brave enough to nibble the end of a funny grey one Ron wouldn't touch, which turned out to be pepper.
There was a knock on the door of their compartment and Neville entered our compartment, Just about time I thought amused, He looked tearful.
"Sorry," he said, "but have you seen a toad at all?"
"What's its name" I asked just because I was not supposed to know its name
"T-Trevor" I nodded
"Accio Trevor the toad" minute later we heard the scream down and a green frog zoomed past Neville and landed on my outstretched palm
" thank you "
"Umm can I ..Can I sit her everywhere else is full". I looked at Ron who shrugged
" You can" after that I helped Neville deshrunk his trunk because he wanted to pull out a book
" Neville Long bottom"
" Ronald Wesley, tough you can call me Ron "
" Harry " Neville looked confused at the lack of surname but shrugged it off
"I wish I could cast spells like you " Neville said " I tried but I fail every time , Gran think's I'm a near squib"
Ron trying to comfort Neville spoke up
"I tried to turn him yellow yesterday to make him more interesting, but the spell didn't work. I'll show you, look…"
He rummaged around in his trunk and pulled out a very battered-looking wand. It was chipped in places and something white was glinting at the end
"Unicorn hair's nearly poking out. Anyway —"
He had just raised his wand when the compartment door slid open again.
Emma err I mean Hermione in all her bushy glory was standing in front of us .Our Queen was already wearing her new Hogwarts robes.
"Ah Neville so , you found your toad she said. She had a bossy sort of voice, lots of bushy brown hair, and rather large front teeth.
"Yah harry helped Neville find Trevor " said Ron, but the girl wasn't listening, she was looking at the wand in his hand.
"Oh, are you doing magic? Let's see it, then." She sat down.
Ron looked taken aback.
"Er — all right."
He cleared his throat.
"Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow, Turn this stupid, fat rat yellow."
He waved his wand, but nothing happened. Scabbers stayed gray and fast asleep.
"Are you sure that's a real spell?" said the girl. "Well, it's not very good, is it? I've tried a few simple spells just for practice and it's all worked for me. Nobody in my family's magic at all, it was ever such a surprise when I got my letter, but I was ever so pleased, of course, I mean, it's the very best school of witchcraft there is, I've heard — I've learned all our course books by heart, of course, I just hope it will be enough — I'm Hermione Granger, by the way, who are you?"
" Neville long bottom"
" Ron Wesley ,this is harry " he motioned towards me " And why don't you see harry do a spell he can already cast two spells"
" Really ?" Hermione raised a brow in a slightly arrogant way
" Yes , Harry why don't you show her "
" Err ok" so what spell to do Lumos is pretty basic hmm something more interesting perhaps
" Ok I got the spell" I cleared my throat and pointed my phoenix wand at the pile of wrappers " Evanesco" everyone watched in fascination as the wrappers disappeared from the sight.
" Wow ! " Hermione breathed " This isn't a first year spell ? Which spell is it ? Where did you learn it ? What other spells can you cast?-"
"Hermione " I interrupted her " The spell is a 2nd year spell and It as you have seen is used to vanish objects" I looked at the wide eyed awed expression on her face and knew she will be pestering me about more spells and theories " And it is the only 2nd year spell I can cast " *cough* " besides Accio"
" Oh so, you can cast the 1st year sells too" She asked
" Well some basic spells like Lumos "
After that I spent half hour answering Hermione's various questions about theory and magic , Though I made sure to dumb down my knowledge on the topic and after getting the clue that I could only cast a few spells and had just a little knowledge regarding magic, Hermione stopped asking me questions
After sometime We were somehow discussing Houses
" I want to be a Griffindoor"" said Ron. Gloom seemed to be settling on him again. "Mom and Dad were in it, too. I don't know what they'll say if I'm not. I don't suppose Ravenclaw would be too bad, but imagine if they put me in Slytherin."
"That's the house You-Know-Who was in" Neville said
" I don't think it will be that bad" I said
"Mate it's Slytherin we are talking about "' Ron said
"So what? Not every Slytherin is a Budding Dark Lord and Aren't they all kids like us" I raised a brow while petting Phantom who had moved to my lap some time ago
"Yeah but they are all Evil , Kids of death eaters that's what they all are" Ron said
"What is a Death eater?" Hermione questioned
"Death eaters are the followers of the Dark Lord, all of them are evil and completely insane " Neville said looking pale , poor-poor Neville
"You are wrong "I said coolly
" Not all of them are Evil and insane " They looked shocked " See I do not support their agenda that all non-magical are inferior but not every child of death eater can be evil, they are all kids just like us and perhaps they are really misunderstood and Moreover what difference would be between us and the death eaters if we discriminate just because of someone's blood or their parents both things out of their control"
" He is right " Hermione said
" Umm I think you are right but how do we know if they are evil ?"Ron said
" We observe" I said matter-of-factly " We observe how they treat their friends and other people"
" I think I will be Hupplepuff " Neville said " My gran wants me to be a Gryffindor though"
" Have confidence Neville and trust in yourself , It's your life and your gran has no control over it . You can be in whatever house your heart deems right"
" Harry's right Neville see I want to be a Gryffindor but I think I will be Ravenclaw"
" Yah , I think it's better to let the ha-err I mean Our heart choose our house rather than forcing ourselves into a house because someone else want's us to"
A minute passed in silence before the compartment door slid open yet again
Three boys entered, and I recognized the middle one at once: it was the Draco Malfoy ,He was looking at me with a lot more interest than he'd shown back in Diagon Alley. The other two must be carabbe and goyle
"Is it true?" he said. "They're saying all down the train that professor Snape's son in this compartment. So it's you, is it?"
Ron went pale at hearing the word and looked at me in horror and Neville looked shocked.
" No, I'm not Professor Snape's son " Ron heaved out a breath of relief
" Oh then who ARE you " Draco said looking annoyed " I searched every family with only a heir and came across only a couple " He said looking at me more intently " You are the longbottom heir "
"Wrong answer" Neville said "I don't know his surname but he isn't the longbottom heir"
"How are you so sure? "Draco Asked
"Neville longbottom , heir of the most Noble and ancient house of the longbottom" he extended his hand
Draco accepted his invitation for a acquaintance "Draco Malfoy, , heir of the most Noble and ancient house of the Malfoys "
Ron gave a slight cough, which might have been hiding a snigger. Draco Malfoy looked at him.
"Think my name's funny, do you? No need to ask who you are. My father told me al-"
"Heir Malfoy "I cut him before he could insult Ron and potentially starting a feud
"You seem to have misunderstood him, Ron wasn't intending to insult you "Ron nodded honestly
And I gave him a pointed look
"Err- sorry if you felt insulted I'm Ron by the way, Ronald Wesley of the Noble and ancient house of the Wesleys"
"Nice to meet you "Draco said pursing his lips
"Oh, this is Crabbe and this is Goyle," said the pale boy carelessly.
He raised a brow because I still hadn't introduced my self
"Are you going to tell me who you are?" "No" Draco sighed " You will hear my full name during the sorting anyways so have patience"
"OH fine "he said exasperated "see you in Hogwarts then " with that Draco and his sidekicks left
Ron broke the silence after a moment
"You've met Malfoy before?"
I explained about our meeting in Diagon Alley.
"I've heard of his family," said Ron darkly. "They were some of the first to come back to our side after You-Know-Who disappeared. Said they'd been bewitched. My dad doesn't believe it. He says Malfoy's father didn't need an excuse to go over to the Dark Side."
"Ron his dad might be a death eater but what did I said about discrimination "I rolled my eyes
"Right no judging until I see for myself "Ron said
Hermione who had left just before Malfoy came entered the compartment again "You'd better hurry up and put your robes on, I've just been up to the front to ask the conductor, and he says we're nearly there. You haven't been fighting, have you? You'll be in trouble before we even get there!"
"I'm going to the was-err-loo" I said hurriedly while removing my robes from my trunk and left, phantom hot on my heels
Once I was in the washroom, I changed and asked *cough*bribed*cough* phantom into delivering the letter to Sirius after summoning Kreacher and asking him to put an incantation on it.
I went back in the compartment to find that Ron and Neville had already changed and giving me curious looks
"What! I'm just shy "I replied
A voice echoed through the train: "We will be reaching Hogwarts in five minutes' time. Please leave your luggage on the train; it will be taken to the school separately."
My stomach lurched with nerves and Ron, I saw, looked pale under his freckles. We crammed our pockets with the last of the sweets after offering some to Neville and joined the crowd thronging the corridor.
The train slowed right down and finally stopped. People pushed their way toward the door and out on to a tiny, dark platform. I shivered in the cold night air. Then a lamp came bobbing over the heads of the students, and Harry heard a familiar voice: "Firs' years! Firs' years over here! All right there, Harry?"
Hagrid's big hairy face beamed over the sea of heads. "C'mon, follow me — any more firs' years? Mind yer step, now! Firs' years follow me!
Slipping and stumbling, they followed Hagrid down what seemed to be a steep, narrow path. It was so dark on either side of them that I thought there must be thick trees there. Nobody spoke much. Neville, sniffed once or twice.
"Yeh'll get yer firs' sight o' Hogwarts in a sec," Hagrid called over his shoulder, "jus' round this bend here."
There was a loud "Oooooh!"
The narrow path had opened suddenly onto the edge of a great black lake. Perched atop a high mountain on the other side, its windows sparkling in the starry sky, was the castle of my dreams with many turrets and towers.
"No more'n four to a boat!" Hagrid called, pointing to a fleet of little boats sitting in the water by the shore. I and Ron were followed into our boat by Neville and Hermione.
"Everyone in?" shouted Hagrid, who had a boat to himself
. "Right then — FORWARD!" And the fleet of little boats moved off all at once, gliding across the lake, which was as smooth as glass. Everyone was silent, staring up at the great castle overhead.
It towered over us as they sailed nearer and nearer to the cliff on which it stood. "Heads down!" yelled Hagrid as the first boats reached the cliff; we all bent our heads and the little boats carried us through a curtain of ivy that hid a wide opening in the cliff face.
We were carried along a dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking them right underneath the castle, until we reached a kind of underground harbour, where we clambered out onto rocks and pebbles.
"Oy, you there! Is this your toad?" said Hagrid, who was checking the boats as people climbed out of them.
"Trevor!" cried Neville blissfully, holding out his hands.
We they clambered up a passageway in the rock after Hagrid's lamp, coming out at last onto smooth, damp grass right in the shadow of the castle.
We walked up a flight of stone steps and crowded around the huge, oak front door.
"Everyone here? You there, still got yer toad?" Hagrid raised a gigantic fist and knocked three times on the castle door.