Authors Note: So this is the fourth chapter I have released in the past 7 days. I realize that these chapters are on the shorter side. It is up to you guys as the audience to let me know whether you prefer shorter chapters 3-4 times a week, or nice long chapters maybe 1-2 times a week. Either way the word count will end up being the same per week. I have really enjoyed writing this story so far, please give the story reviews and follows. I would love to hear from you all!
The compartment belonging to the fourth year Slytherins quickly became cramped as the four girls and two boys made their way inside on Diggory's orders.
"You know Diggory is a right git, we didn't even get a chance to see what happened with Draco and those Gryffindor cunts!" the words came out of the mouth of a blonde boy, already dressed in his robes and stuffing his face with a pumpkin pasty.
"Do you always have to be so brash Theo?" said a raven haired girl who wore a thick gold and emerald bracelet around her wrist.
"Boy came out of the womb swearing Daph, you can't fix bad habits so easily..unfortunately" this time it was the tall boy with dark skin and a short, crisp buzzcut who spoke.
"Forget my choice of verbage for a sec will you Blaise..." Theo replied through a mouthful of pasty before swallowing with a big gulp.
"What I'm trying to say is that Draco and those gorillas are royally fucked! An all out brawl before we even get to school. They'd be lucky if Snape doesn't suspend them, and if the punishment doesn't fall down to Snape, it's gonna be made by Dumbledore himself, and good luck if that happens!" he finished, a dark look now falling on his face.
"Draco's papa is a Hogwarts governor, I highly doubt anything drastic is going to happen to him. He'll probably just be stuck cleaning cauldrons for a week or two." interjected the curly haired blonde girl sitting next to Daphne Greengrass.
"You know Potter and Weasley should have been expelled years ago. They're always pulling some bullshit like this!" said the brown haired girl with an angry expression on her pug-like face.
"C'mon now Pansy, you know Potter is Dumbledore's golden boy, nothing is going to happen to him!" stated Daphne with an irked expression on her face, placing a hand on Pansy's shoulder to calm her down.
"By the way, who the hell was that new guy? He looked straight fucked up, Crabbe must have smashed his nose pretty good!" said Theo, demonstrating what Crabbe must have done by pretending to punch an invisible opponent in the nose.
"Except he was on Draco's side..." replied Zabini, leaning back in his seat and staring at the ceiling of the small compartment.
"Wait what? Who is he?" it was Millicent Bulstrode who had spoken up for the first time since they had returned from the hall, looking as surprised as everyone else.
"I have no clue." he replied, before catching a quizzical look from all the other Slytherins.
"If you guys paid better attention you would realize it was Potter who broke the new boy's nose." when he saw that the others around him still looked confused, Blaise continued.
"He was the only one bleeding and Potter was the only one with blood on his clothes" Zabini finished lazily, still looking deep in thought.
Everyone in the compartment looked slightly startled by this information, though Blaise Zabini's wit and attention to detail wasn't anything new for any of them. The Slytherins were always a tight knit group, well at least in public. The fact that none of them had recognized the boy with the broken nose meant that either Draco had just met the boy, which wouldn't explain why he had helped Draco fight his nemesis Potter or that Draco had an ally that was going to be attending Hogwarts this year and had told none of them about it. Well maybe he had told Crabbe and Goyle, but no one really counted those two.
"His name is Floyd, or Froyd Carson or something like that. I heard Turner asking him his name. I just thought he was a buddy of Potter's." It was Daphne who now spoke, twirling the golden bracelet around her wrist.
The rest of the ride towards Hogwarts was spent discussing the instigation of the fight, the potential consequences, and the identity of one Froyd or Floyd Carson. As they all agreed, Carson was not a pureblood name that any of them had heard before, hell it wasn't a wizarding name they had heard before.
Ginny and Luna had been sitting in their compartment in silence for a little while now along with one other individual. Neville Longbottom who had lost his original compartment in the rumble and tumble of the train corridor had joined the two girls in fear of being caught in the hall by a prefect and suffering Mcgonagall's wrath when they arrived at Hogwarts.
Luna was now waving her arms in an airy manner around her head as the other two tried their best to ignore her strange behaviour by staring at their shoes or outside the window. It was slowly getting dark outside. Both Neville and Ginny jumped slightly in their seats when they heard knocking on their compartment door. Ginny quickly composed herself, before getting up to see who it was. She was very surprised to see Hermione at the doorway, who gave a small smile and made her way in.
Before Hermione could get settled, Ginny was launching questions her way.
"What in the world happened Hermione. You do realize mum is going to kill us all when Ron gets expelled!" she sighed, then continued.
"Sorry, go ahead Hermione" she finished.
Hermione explained the entire situation of how they had been peeking inside Malfoy's compartment to see who he was talking to (though she left out the omniocular situation which was still a big question mark for her) and how Malfoy had come out and said what he had said. She then explained the entire fight and how it had been broken up by the prefects.
"So h-how did you not get into any trouble." both Hermione and Ginny turned in surprise to see it was Neville who had spoken.
"Sorry, um..didn't mean to eavesdrop, but we are in a small compartment." he explained rather quickly.
"That's alright Neville. Anyway Harry and Ron both said I wasn't involved in the fight. I don't really think Diggory believed them but Malfoy didn't argue the point. I think it was because if they did, then him calling me a mudblood would have to be brought up." she finished rather sadly.
"So what do you reckon is going to happen to them?" asked Ginny.
"Well when Turner was questioning me they said they had already contacted Mcgonagall and Snape..." Hermione was saying, as Neville gave a shudder at the mention of Snape, Slytherin's head of house.
"I mean I hope everything turns out ok. They can't expel either of them right? Dumbledore is very fond of Harry and Ron." Hermione finished somewhat nervously.
"I don't know about Dumbledore being fond of Ron" Ginny muttered with a chuckle.
"Didn't they get away with driving a flying car to school in second year?" added Neville.
"Where did you hear about that?" asked Hermione.
"Yaknow, Hogwarts rumour mill-" he mumbled.
"I don't really gossip or anything, I just over heard it from someone!" he added quickly after receiving a curious look from the two girls.
The three Gryffindors continued nervously discussing the possible consequences for Harry and Ron while Luna pulled out a copy of the Quibbler which she then proceeded to read sideways.
Harry and Ron sat silently in a prefect compartment as they waited for Diggory to return. They had been separated from Malfoy and his cronies who were now being questioned. Finally it was Ron who broke the silence.
"Mcgonagalls gonna kill us aint she." he said with a dark chuckle.
"You can say that again mate. Just better pray that Snape isn't going to be the one to greet us when we get to Hogsmeade." Harry replied, shaking his head.
"Snape can go and shove a boomslang-" Ron was saying before the door opened and Diggory walked in.
"I wouldn't let him hear you say that, Weasley" Diggory chuckled, a smile drawing on his face.
Both Harry and Ron laughed at this. Diggory had already questioned them about what happened and reported back to Hogwarts, as was his duty as a prefect. He now explained to them how they would be getting off the train after everyone else had gotten off so they could be escorted by whoever was sent to pick them up.
For the rest of the train ride the boys sat and joked with Diggory, who turned out to be way more laid back than how he had displayed himself in front of the other students. It turned out Diggory had been made aware of some sort of tournament that would be happening at Hogwarts this year, though he told Harry and Ron to keep this under wraps. Ron looked extremely excited at the mention of a tournament with a grand prize and the whole school as the audience before coming to the realization that they would probably be spending the rest of the school year in detention, which quickly ruined his new found excitement.
After what seemed like a lifespan of waiting, the train finally arrived at Hogsmeade Station. The sounds of chatter and excitement lit up as the other students slowly started making their way off the train and onto the platform. Harry could even hear Hagrid faintly in the distance, calling the first years to aboard the boats which would take them across the lake to the castle. Once everyone was off and on their way to the school, Cedric Diggory got up and told them to follow. Harry and Ron grabbed their luggage, still supporting their muggle clothes as they did not get a chance to change, and made their way off the train. As they stepped out to the starry night sky of Hogsmeade, they didn't get a chance to fully appreciate its beauty before setting their eyes on a sight they wished they did not see. Standing near the edge of the platform waiting to receive them was none other than a greasy haired, hooked nose professor who had a big, satisfied grin on his face. Harry and Ron let out a big sigh before making their way towards him.