AN: I am so so sorry about not updating sooner! I lost a lot of motivatin for a while, and this chapter was a lot longer than I thought it would be! I will try to update again sooner, but I want to remind anyone reading my story, that I haven't given up this writing, and I won't unless I specifically say so!

Chapter 8

"Well then, I think it's your turn to read Professor Sinistra!" Umbridge simpered. Glaring at Umbridge Sinistra took the book from Sprout's offering hand, and started to read.

"Chapter Six: The Journey From Platform Nine And Three-Quarters"

Harry's last ... wasn't fun.

"It had been fun before?" Hermione leaned over to ask her friend. She sighed when she only got a shrug in return.

True, Dudley was now ... were empty.

Snuffles went to lick Harry's chin, knowing how awful it felt for people to do that.

"Wouldn't that be better?" Justin echoed the opposite of Sirius' thoughts.

"It just got depressing after a while," Harry shrugged again.

Although this ... very interesting.

The pranksters in the room all looked at Harry betrayed, as Hermione sent a glowing look at him. Harry just sat silent, ignoring the horrified mutterings of Fred, George, and Sirius.

He lay on ... dead mice.

"Ewwww!" echoed a few of the more girly girls, while the rest of the hall grimaced, or snickered at Petunia's misfortune.

Every night before ... September the first.

A chorus of "Me too!" went across the hall as people got wistful looks on their face remembering the countdowns to Hogwarts.

On the last ... next day,

Madeye nodded at these words. Let them cool down from Hagrid, and not enough time to back out.

so he went … from the room.

Fred and George snorted while the Gryffindors muttered "coward."

"Er - Uncle Vernon?" ... that meant yes.

"You know Harry," Ron mock scolded, "If you had used this knowledge of the troll language on Halloween maybe you could have been more helpful!" Harry put a fake hurt look on his face and sniffed, "I was very helpful, thank you very much!" Ron and Hermione snickered, as those who heard the exchange looked at them oddly. Were they okay in the head?

"Thank you." … punctures, have they?"

Purebloods snorted at the stupidity of these muggles. For one magic carpets were illegal, and two it wasn't like there weren't other ways of magical travel.

Harry didn't say … first time.

"Harry! That's something you should have noticed before you had this conversation!" Hermione shook her head, at her best friend's stupidity.

"I was excited! And I really didn't care where the school was, just that I was going!" Harry protested quietly. Hermione just shrugged at him and he pouted knowing he was fighting a losing battle.

He pulled the ticket … "Platform what?"

"Petunia's been to the platform with Lily before!" Remus snarled, while Sirius growled at the book. Snape was shaking his head almost unnoticeably. Had Petunia's hatred for Lily really gone this far?

"Nine and three- ... lot of them.

Suddenly the dog was rolling on the ground at Harry's feet, and Remus got an odd look on his face. Suddenly Remus' shoulder's started shaking in barely suppressed laughter. Only a few of those in the room understood why. Suddenly the Golden Trio, the Weasley's (except Percy) and those in the order started having to suppress their laughter and Fred and George were snickering. After about five minutes, a confused Professor Sinistra decided she wouldn't understand, or at least would not understand for a while now.

You'll see. … keep things friendly.

"Why bother?" Ginny asked, not really seeing how it would help.

"Might keep them from changing their minds. Even if it didn't it wouldn't help to be rude," Harry answered nonchalantly Ginny nodded the answer making sense, but still didn't really see the point of trying with the useless buffoons.

"Taking Dudley to ... to Smeltings."

"I wish I heard that conversation when the doctor saw the tail," George commented wistfully.

"It would have been so interesting," Fred sighed. The chasers, who had sat next to them, started giggling.

Harry woke ... change on the train.

The aurors in the room nodded in agreement. They always had to obliviate a few people who got too curious when people didn't do that.

He checked his Hogwarts list ... nasty grin on his face.

Groans filled the hall. Whatever happened next would not be good.

"Well, there you are, ... were laughing.

"Those - those awful awful people!" Hermione whispered, as Sirius started growling. Hate filled many of the gazes in the hall. And both purebloods and muggleborns alike could say they hated the Dursleys.

Harry's mouth ... nine and three-quarters.

Again the aurors nodded, that was another reason they had to obliviate people. They should really try to make a better system for this…

The guard had never ... between platforms nine and ten.

"NO! Don't do that!" Remus yelled, then his cheeks got a slight red tinged as people looked at him.

"Why?" Harry asked hesitantly, not sure if he wanted to know the answer.

"James and Sirius wanted to know what would happen if we did, but they wanted us to all do it together. But when we tapped it, we got blasted back from the barrier. The guard then kicked us out of the station and we barely made it to the train on time." Remus recalled the story sheepishly.

The professors shook their heads, the marauders while being extremely smart, had the stupidest ideas.

Fred and George were rolling with laughter, at their old professor's misfortune, and after they finished laughing, wrote down a few ideas for pranks based off of the story.

At that moment a group ... had an owl.

"The Weasley's!" Exclaimed all who knew and liked them.

Heart hammering, ... said the boys' mother.

When Mrs. Weasley got a few raised eyebrows she explained, "I saw Harry looking lost with a trunk and owl, and it was Ron's first year, and Ginny's the next." After listening to her explanation those who thought she was crazy nodded happily.

"Nine and three-quarters!" ... "Mom, can't I go... "

Ginny blushed, she had been such a baby and a fangirl when she was younger.

"You're not old enough, … "Only joking, I am Fred,"

Mrs Weasley shook her head, they used that joke way too often, and at the most frustrating times too.

said the boy, and off he went. ... and a long nose.

"OI! That's an awful description of me!" Ron pouted, looking indignantly at Harry. Hermione snickered "It's accurate though!" she giggled. Ron looked incredulously at her feeling betrayed he snorted and said, "Call yourself friends!"

"Yes," said Harry. ... It looked very solid.

Harry and Ron nodded in agreement to that statement, it had hurt crashing into it. As soon as the thought crossed his mind Harry grimaced. Stupid books. Stupid spell.

He started to walk ... ready for the crash -

"You have no faith!" Angelina snorted at her teammate's thoughts.

It didn't come … He had done it.

Remus sighed. It should have been him, Sirius, Lily, and James who took Harry to the platform his first time. He shouldn't have been alone.

Smoke from the engine ... lost my toad again."

"He's always escaping," Neville sighed.

"Oh, Neville," ... long, hairy leg.

Ron shuddered, he hated the fact that there had been a spider in the common room that year.

Harry pressed on ... painfully on his foot.

A few people winced sympathetically, seeming to forget someone was actually feeling it. Only Sirius, Remus, Ron, and Hermione heard Harry take in a long breath as his body tensed up and he dragged his foot in closer.

They all turned to look at him worriedly, but he shook his head. He wasn't going to let anything show unless it was impossible not to.

"Want a hand?" ... the barrier.

"You can actually be helpful?" Ginny asked the twins skeptically.

"We saw a tiny kid, that was alone mind you, struggling to get his stuff on the train! Of course we were going to help!" George scolded Ginny. She looked away properly abashed.

Harry turned to glare at the twins, "I'm not a tiny kid!" he snarled.

They just shrugged. He could deny it all he wanted to. He was really short the first couple of years.

"Yes, please," ... yes, I am."

Hermione, Ron, Remus, Sirius, Fred, George, Ginny, Neville, the chasers, and Tonks snorted into their hands. Finally it was Tonks who spoke.

"Did you actually forget your name!" She giggled. Harry glared.

"I was just surprised they knew my name!" he defended. The entire school was looking at him like he was crazy. "Also I didn't exactly hear my name often!" Harry deadpanned to his group of friends, not wanting the rest of the school hearing him. The giggles ended abruptly to be replaced by pitying stares, which Harry quickly turned his back on.

The two boys gawked ... hopped off the train.

"Er- thanks for that by the way Mrs. Weasley…" Harry trailed off.

"It was no problem dear! Even if I didn't know I was helping at the time," she smiled.

Harry sat down ... they were saying.

Sirius gave a bark of laughter and wagged his tail, to show he approved of the marauder tendencies, while Remus just smirked.

Snape on the other hand sneered. Of course Potter would think it was well within his rights to eavesdrop on a family. It was disgusting how arrogant he could be. And Lupin and Black weren't helping matters by encouraging him!

Their mother had ... end of his nose.

A few of the older kids frowned (Ron included). Even if they all loved the Weasleys and their family, for Molly to do that on the train station ruined social standings.

"Mom - geroff"... nosie?" said one of the twins.

Those who frowned laughed, the twins could make fun of any situation.

"Shut up," ... letter P on it.

All Weasleys in the hall suddenly looked as far away from Percy's direction as possible. Harry thought he heard George whisper "Prat!" to his twin.

"Can't stay long, Mother," ... to themselves -"

Now others joined the Weasleys in looking away. To be so formal to your own mother, and full of yourself when you're around your family, was awful.

"Oh, are you a … "All summer -"

Percy blushed. Ok so he talked about it a lot! He was proud! That wasn't a bad thing right? Right?

" Oh, shut up," ... Percy the Prefect.

"How did we never think of that one?" the twins berated themselves. Those around them snorted. Of course that was what they were thinking about.

"How come Percy ... their mother fondly.

This caused another round of frowning, though they all hid it very well. In a smaller family, maybe that would be okay. But in a large family with twins, that only makes those who aren't prefects feel bad. And she has twins that do everything together. Why would they want to work to be a prefect, when only one of them could be?

"All right, ... up a toilet or -"

"Molly!" the teachers yelled. "You don't give pranksters ideas!" If you weren't looking for it you wouldn't see it, but the trio noticed Mcgonogall's eyes flicker to the two marauders and wondered what idea she had given them.

"Blown up a toilet? ... had rubbed it.

"Stop mentioning my nose!" Ron whispered to Harry.

"I didn't write these books! I can't help it if I notice your nose or not!" Harry shot back.

"Hey, Mom, guess what? ... Mom, oh please..."

Ginny blushed, she had been such a fangirl. "Sorry," She told Harry quietly, dropping her head.

"Don't worry about it," Harry sighed.

"You've already seen him ... do you know?"

"Thanks for that too, Mrs. Weasley!" Harry chirped and Mrs Weasley smiled fondly at him.

"Asked him. … looks like?"

"Really ugly! He doesn't have a nose, his eyes are red, no hair, and he looks like a snake!" Harry smirked.

"You have never seen you-know-who! You lie!" Umbridge snarled.

"Even if I haven't seen him at school, which I have by the way, I saw him when I was a baby. And I have a really good memory when it comes to bringing stuff back." Harry deadpanned.

Umbridge frowned, but she couldn't say anything against that so she turned away. On the other hand Sirius and Remus were staring at him in horror. How much did Harry remember about his parents death? And how much of it would they have to hear?

Their mother suddenly ... Hogwarts toilet seat."

"I never got that seat by the way. I waited for it all year." Ginny sighed, glaring at the twins slightly.

"Sorry Gin Gin.-" Fred started

"We did blow up a toilet,-"George continued

"but the toilet seat went-"

"to someone who-"

"needed it more!" They both finished together

"George!" ... was leaving behind.

The adults frowned, that was not saying much for his living arrangements.

The door ... else is full."

Hermione quirked an eyebrow at him, and Ron quickly became defensive. "Every compartment on that car was full, almost full, or had a bunch of older students, and the train was already moving!" Hermione laughed at him, and he sighed in defeat.

Harry shook ... on his nose.

Ron sent another glare at Harry for noticing his nose.

"Hey, Ron." … shut behind them.

"That was quick…" Neville blinked.

"Are you really ... Ron blurted out.

"RON!" Hermione and Molly shrieked.

Ron quickly put his hands in a defensive stance before stating, "This was a long time ago!"

Harry nodded … "Nothing?" said Ron eagerly.

"I told you not to ask!" Molly yelled at Ron again.

"No you told Fred and George not to ask what you-know-who looked like," Ron deadpanned. Molly continued to glare.

"It doesn't matter it was still extremely rude! You should learn that if I tell one child not to do something, that doesn't mean the others can!"

"Mrs. Weasley it was fine!" Harry interrupted. Really he didn't see what the big deal was. And like Ron said, this had been a long time ago.

"Well - I remember … but nothing else."

"That's still too much," Remus whispered.

"Wow," said Ron … never talk about him."

"He never responds to anything when we try to reach out to him," Molly sighed.

"So you must ... talked about.

Malfoy raised an eyebrow and sneered. The Weasleys were definitely not a proper pureblood family.

"I heard you ... cousin are, though.

Many of those who were not blood purists smiled. It was a good thing that Harry didn't hate all muggles because his family was bad.

Wish I'd had ... he was looking gloomy.

The Weasley's expressions changed to confusion as Ron's eyes widened, and he hid behind Harry, his ears growing redder by the second.

"I'm the sixth ... they did it first.

"You've done loads of stuff we haven't done!" Fred told Ron.

"You go with Harry on all of his adventures!" George added.

"You don't have to live up to anything!" Fred continued.

"And even if we make fun of you for them, we appreciate your achievements!" George finished. By the end of their speech, Mrs. Weasley had tears in her eyes. She never realized how left out Ron must feel, and she was so glad that Fred and George had said something. Mr. Weasley was also frowning, how had he not noticed that one of his sons had self esteem problems?

You never get ... ever wakes up.

Sirius growled at the mention of the rat, his hind quarters raising, as though he could attack the rat then and now. A few people looked around nervously at the dog, and Umbridge shot a disgusted look at him before signaling for Sinistra to read again.

Percy got an owl … Scabbers instead."

"But didn't Percy already get new robes?" Luna asked mildly. "Shouldn't Ron of gotten a new wand instead?"

Mrs. Weasley flushed. It really had just been a miscommunication between her and Arthur, but they really should have gotten Ron a wand first.

Ron's ears went pink. ... cheer Ron up.

When Ron got multiple glares from across the hall at that statement, Ron quickly hastened to say, "Harry left a lot of stuff out, and I was just happy he wasn't making fun of me for anything!" Harry nodded in agreement, which led the few who had continued to glare, look away.

"... and until Hagrid told … Ron gasped.

As did most of the hall as they flinched.

"What?" said Harry … you shouldn't.

"You shouldn't anyway," Harry sighed. "Fear of the name, only increases fear of the thing itself," he mumbled to Ron and Hermione, who both looked at him exasperated.

See what I ... worst in the class."

"Far from it," Mcgonagall whispered to her colleagues. Most of them nodded in agreement, but Snape and Umbridge both sent her withering glares, that she did nothing but stare defiantly back at them.

"You won't be. ... learn quick enough."

"Or they're like our dearest Hermionekins!" Fred said in a voice reminiscent of Trelawney's.

"Learning everything before school starts," George joined in.

"And being the best in the class!" They finished together.

Hermione shook her head at them. Even she, didn't learn how to do everything before school started (she came close of course, but that was beside the point), but she had prided herself in being one of the best of her year.

While they had ... Mars Bars as he could carry

A large amount of the hall instantly turned to their muggleborn friends or Hermione to explain what in Merlin's name a Mars Bar was.

After Professor Sinistra decided the whispering had mostly stopped, she continued on with her reading.

but the woman didn't ... seen in his life.

A large amount of the wizard raised turned to either glare at Harry, or mutter that their candy was most definitely not strange.

Not wanting to miss ... seven bronze Knuts.

Sirius wagged his tail before barking a laugh at the affronted look on many of the adults' faces.

Harry glanced at Remus for a bit of translation, but he was also giggling into his hand at the teachers faces, and didn't seem to notice Harry's glance. Harry sighed and turned back to his two best friends. Hermione was giving him a disapproving look, and Harry was reminded her parents were dentists. And Ron was giggling into his hand at the look on Hermione's face. Discovering this fact, Harry glanced at his teachers, and found them giving him much the look Hermione was. Discovering the source of the soft laughter now echoing from many of the group around him, he protested weakly, "I was… er… gaining more knowledge of the Wizarding World, yeah that's it." When the laughter only became more pronounced, he gave up and waited for Professor Sinistra to continue reading his life story.

Ron stared as Harry ... don't like corned beef."

Molly frowned. "You don't?"

The twins sighed before George told their mother her mistake. "We don't blame you for it, but corned beef is Charlie's favorite, and you always mix mine and Fred's sandwiches. Ron likes a sandwich with chicken in it. I like a turkey sandwich and Fred likes a ham sandwich, you always give me Fred's ham sandwich and Fred my turkey sandwich."

Molly looked like she was going to cry. She hadn't realized she messed up so much when it came to her sons. It had given Ron an inferiority complex, and she wasn't helping with that. She paid so much attention to Ginny because she was a girl, and was always scolding the twins, or praising her older son's accomplishments, but she rarely spent time with Ron. She was a terrible mother!

"Swap you for ... sandwiches lay forgotten).

Such a normal way to become friends. A few people sighed. The trio seemed so different from them, and they had treated them as such, but they were also just students in the school who happened to get into a large amount of dangerous stunts.

"What are these?" … nothing would surprise him.

"That will never be true," Hermione sighed.

"No," said Ron. ... I'm missing Agrippa."

"I've got about 15 of her!" Remus snickered. Ron gaped at him before pouting. Snuffles was rolling on the floor in laughter, Remus hadn't mentioned he had kept 17 chocolate stashes during his time at Hogwarts.

"What?"

"Oh, of course, ... Agrippa or Ptolemy."

"I've got 11 of him," Remus told him thoughtfully. Now most people were staring at their previous professor.

Harry unwrapped his ... tenpin bowling.

"All that time!" The trio moaned, to the confusion of everyone else in the hall.

"All those hours-"

"All that studying-"

"A waste of time!" They had been in perfect sync. Now the twins were gaping at them! That was their trick! How did they become so perfectly in sync if they weren't even related!

Harry turned the card ... You can start collecting."

"That was nice of you," Luna said dreamily.

"Thanks Luna," Ron smiled awkwardly.

Ron's eyes strayed … stay put in photos."

The word weird was muttered all around the hall by those who had grown up in a wizarding household.

"Do they? … Circe, Paracelsus, and Merlin.

"Some of those are really rare," Remus told him. Harry nodded in agreement. Of course he hadn't known that fact until later, but honestly, why was his luck wasted on trivial matters such as chocolate frog cards?

He finally tore ... booger-flavored one once."

"I did! It was awful! It didn't even look like a bad flavor! I mean it was light brown, but Fred had just eaten one and it had been toffeel!"

"It's true," Lee confirmed. "We had been sitting in our dorm after our first Hogsmeed trip. He got three of the same color each round, and we had to eat the whole thing. We were wary of the browns, but after Fred got a good one, George happily picked his bean up. I'm pretty sure he spent the rest of the night washing his mouth out."

The hall laughed at the story. It sounded fun to do with their roommates, but perhaps they should listen to the warning of the booger flavored bean.

Ron picked up ... see? Sprouts."

"That's not too bad," Remus said thoughtfully. "I remember James once picked up a green bean and it ended up being mold." The hall looked repulsed, and everyone who had been thinking of eating beans with their roommates quickly diverted from the idea.

They had a good time ... turned out to be pepper.

Again, why was his luck wasted on candy?

The countryside now ... away from me!"

"That toad is always getting away from you Neville," Dean snickered. Almost every Gryffindor nodded along, and Neville blushed a bit.

"He'll turn up," … snoozing on Ron's lap.

Ron shuddered before whispering to Harry and Hermione, "A grown man was sitting in my lap! How creepy is that!" They both shuddered. Definitely creepy.

"He might have ... said Ron in disgust.

"Wish he would," Harry muttered bitterly. Snuffles growled a bit, inching his body closer to Harry as if to guard him.

"I tried to turn ... poking out. Anyway –"

"That could be dangerous!" Susan murmured fearfully.

He had just raised ... rather large front teeth.

Hermione glared fiercely at Harry before he reminded her that he didn't write this and no blame was supposed to be aimed at him. Hermione backed down a little grumbling about Harry's bad descriptions.

"We've already told him … Ron looked taken aback.

"For good reason!" Fred shook his head. Hermione glared at him as well, but he didn't seem fazed. Apparently he had spent too much time with Professor Mcgonogall.

"Er - all right."... fat rat yellow."

Fred and George burst into hysterical laughter. In between their laughing a few people could distinguish the words "Can't believe he fell for that!" But they really couldn't tell, and most people had backed a good few feet away from the two who were currently rolling on the floor. Only after Umbridge gave a few of her awful coughs did they stop and Sinistra kept reading.

He waved his wand, ... all this very fast.

Sinistra had to pause for a moment to catch her breath, as the hall all turned to look at Hermione. One, that was not a good way to make friends. Two, how in the name of Merlin could she say all of that in one sentence?

Harry looked at Ron ... books by heart either.

A few of the first years definitely looked relieved that they hadn't been below the standards of a usual student.

"I'm Ron Weasley," ... Twentieth Century."

Harry hid his head in embarrassment, and Hermione's cheeks flushed a bit, though she teased "You never did read any of those books did you Harry?"

"Why would I? For one, why would I read when I have you to tell me what's in the book, two none of those books can have an accurate record of what happened, considering the only survivor of the incident was only a year old."

This caused a lot of the Ravenclaws who put all of their trust in books to think a bit. That was true. Maybe they should start making their own research of opinions and events in books.

"Am I?" said Harry, … Ravenclaw wouldn't be too bad...

"The sorting hat did consider it, but really, I think it knew I should be placed in Gryffindor all along. The hat said something along the lines of your quality of bravery outweighs your smarts." Hermione said thoughtfully aloud. This caused multiple people to stare at her. If she had more bravery than smarts, that was a lot of bravery.

Anyway, we'd better go ... not in it," said Ron.

Hermione glared at Ron hurt.

"I don't mean it! I am so glad you are in Gryffindor! But we both know we didn't get off to the best start!" Ron said scooting a bit away from her.

Hermione nodded curtly, but was still rather upset by the comment.

He threw his wand … knew it was a dud."

This caused another round of snickering to erupt from the twins. Which made a lot of the Gyrffindors who didn't spend much time with them question their sanity, something everyone from the other houses had already done on multiple occasions.

"What house are your ... his seat, looking depressed.

"Why?" Fred and George both asked him, and exchanged hidden worried glances when their younger brother didn't answer.

"You know, I think ... Ron's mind off houses.

"That was nice of you dear," Mrs. Weasley told him, smiling. She didn't notice that her son, his two friends, Remus and Sirius, were now all giving the book icy glares.

"So what do your ... for Gringotts," said Ron.

"Cool!" A large amount of muggle-borns whispered to their friends.

"Did you hear … Harry stared.

So did the many people who either hadn't known or cared at the time.

"Really? What happened ... You-Know-Who's behind it."

Even as the school listened to Umbridge's outburst of "Of course he wasn't! He's dead!" Harry leaned over to Ron and Hermione and whispered, "Your dad was right, and if the ministry ever comes to accept that Voldemort's back, they might realize how smart he actually is." Both his friends nodded, though Ron's nod was slightly gleeful.

Harry turned this news ... "Voldemort" without worrying.

"Exactly," Harry said out loud exasperated. "Why be scared of a name? The name itself can't actually do anything to you, just gives Voldemort what he wants. Fear. Also people saying the name means that if Voldemort ever decides to taboo his name or something, he would have people running all over the country, finding nothing but families in idle conversation, completely useless to him." Harry explained.

A few people nodded at his explanation. Everyone ignored Umbridge's shouting again to think his words over. It really did make sense.

"What's your Quidditch ... any," Harry confessed.

"BLASPHEMY!" The twins shouted, making those in the area cover their ears.

"What!" Ron looked ... back in Diagon Alley.

Malfoy suddenly paled. His account of events had been told a slightly different way than what really happened. Snape wouldn't be happy.

"Is it true?" … looked like bodyguards.

A couple Slytherins sniggered. That's exactly what they were, as well as a disgrace to Slytherin.

"Oh, this is ... Malfoy, Draco Malfoy."

A couple muggleborns stifled their sniggers, Hermione joining them, before a brave Gryffindor girl spoke. "The name's Bond, James Bond." Before dissolving in a fit of giggles with her friends.

Ron gave a … hiding a snigger.

The action was repeated, if only to keep Umbridge off of his back for now.

Draco Malfoy looked at ... they can afford."

Molly looked down ashamed, and Arthur wrapped an arm around her, also keeping his head down, while all of the Weasley's (except for Percy) glared so ferociously at Malfoy, he sunk in his seat.

He turned back ... thanks," he said coolly.

Snape frowned. While this sounded like Potter being arrogant, Draco had been arrogant too, and Potter only said this after Draco insulted Weasley. Draco had said that Potter started out being rude, and Draco only defended himself, to him it sounded the opposite way around.

Draco Malfoy didn't ... good for them, either.

Now Snape was giving Draco a hard look, and almost every single adult was glaring at Malfoy. Snuffles was growling under his breath, and Harry and his friends were all giving Malfoy penetrating stares that made Malfoy sit even farther in his seat.

You hang around ... than him or Ron.

Remus smiled at Harry. "That's what being a Gryffindor is.' Harry smiled too, before frowning a bit. The next chapter was sure to be about the sorting, and he wasn't sure how Sirius and Remus would take it.

"But we don't ... out a horrible yell.

The teachers all raised their eyebrows, did one of the boys attack Goyle, or did something else happen?

Scabbers the rat … into Goyle's knuckle

Most of the teachers relaxed a bit knowing that none of the boys had attacked each other. But Remus and the Trio had stopped paying attention to the book because Snuffles had started growling again, and they really didn't want Sirius's cover to be blown.

Crabbe and Malfoy … had come in.

Hermione sighed, she had been so rude, no wonder Harry and Ron hadn't wanted to be her friends.

"What has been ... back to sleep-"

Ron sneered. That rat was disgusting, and he hated that he had taken care of it.

And so he had ... the Dark Side."

"Mr Malfoy is not a dark wizard! He is a wonderful contributor to important causes, and is a high ranked ministry official!" Umbridge screamed at them with Fudge nodding along importantly.

"And a Death Eater," Harry muttered to his friends, who all nodded along to this sentiment before joining him in glaring at the toad.

He turned to Hermione. … even get there!"

Hermione sighed at her old words before Harry and Ron both put their arms around her reassuringly.

"Scabbers has been ... a sniffy voice.

"My voice wasn't sniffy," Hermione mumbled.

"And you've got … did you know?"

"That was rude of me," Hermione said apologetically to Ron, who just smiled at her.

Ron glared at her … sneakers underneath them.

Ron's ears turned red at the mention of his hand-me-down robes.

A voice echoed through ... right there, Harry?"

"Hagrid," Harry sighed to his friends. Hagrid had meant well, but did he really need to call him out?

Hagrid's big hairy … once or twice.

Neville blushed as a few Slytherin's snickered, but it only turned deeper red when Hannah said, "Don't laugh, Trevor is his pet, how would you feel if your pet went missing?"

"Ye' all get yer … turrets and towers.

Almost everyone sighed happily, remembering that first sight of Hogwarts. Snuffles barked and chased his tail once, much to the amusement of the students, but the order members frowned at Sirius. He was supposed to be staying under cover, not bringing the entire school's attention to him!

"No more'n four … the cliff face.

Remus started snickering, and Harry looked at him questioningly. "James and Sirius thought that Hagrid was the only one who needed to keep his head down, and they upturned the entire boat." Remus frowned, "I was soaked to the bone when I got to the sorting ceremony, and no one thought to dry me off." The teachers who taught him blushed, but Snuffles was lolling out his tongue in remembrance of the story. The group laughed at the story of their antics though.

They were carried … out of them.

"How did you know?" Neville asked Hagird, it was something he had always wondered.

"I've only ever seen someone upset like that when heading into Hogwarts when they missed a pet." Hagrid said kindly, and Neville smiled at the half giant.

"Trevor!" cried Neville ... on the castle door.

"That's the end of that chapter." Professor Sinistra told the hall.

"Good," Umbridge told her sweetly. "Well if we are going in seniority of staff, would Madam Pomfrey like to read?" It wasn't a question, so Madam Pomfrey sighed and nodded, as Sinistra levitated the book to her.