Mary waited impatiently in the train on their way to Hogwarts. She was praying, so much as a big miracle, for the month to be over as quickly as possible. At least she didn't have to sit by Malfoy on the train. When she heard the screen door slide open to the compartment where Mary, her sister, and four new friends sat at, she felt like gasping when she saw who it was.

"Do you mind if I sit here?" Seamus asked. "Every where else is full."

"No, not at all," Mary said. That had been in the first time in her life that she had ever spoken to Seamus. She scooted over so he could sit in between Mary and Hermione. Seamus looked over at Mary and smiled. "Hey, I know you," Seamus said.

"You do?" Mary asked, trying to control her excitement.

"Yeah. You and I were assigned partners in Divitation class."

"That's right," Harry said, smiling at Mary. Before Seamus had came in there, Mary accidently bursted out that she was in love with Seamus since her sister already bursted that she was in love with Colin.

"Yeah, but you didn't talk at all," Seamus said. "You just smiled at me, blushed, and helped out with the partnering without even talking. Though I did catch your name. Mary, isn't it? Mary Louge?"

"Yes!" Mary said, trying to hold her excitement down. "Yes, and your Seamus Finnagin, right?"

"That's exactly right!" Mary felt that Malfoy was in the compartment next to her, listening to every word they were saying. "Uh, I need to go to get my cat out of it's cage, since it loves to walk around the train."

Mary opened up her cage so that her new white cat that she got from just a week ago would get out. She might have only had the cat for a week, but Mary knew that she just loved to walk. "Come on, Snowball."

The white cat ran up to Mary and walked along with her. "Can I come, Mary?" Carolyn asked.

"Of course." Carolyn walked up to her sister and left as they both waved to their new friends and new acquaintance. As they left, all eyes spilled on Seamus. "Why is everyone looking at me?" he asked.

"Seamus, you know how you are in love with Mary?" Harry answered Seamus's question.

"Yeah."

"Well, there's something that you should know. You see, Malfoy settled a bet on Mary. She has to date him for a month."
"WHAT!?!?!?!?!"

"Listen, it's only for a month," Ron said. "And besides, I think that she might just have a little crush on you."

"Really?"

"Yes, and that..." But the train stopped before Ron could finish his sentence. Instead, he yelled, "Bloody Hell! What was that?!" Hermione scooted closer to Ron and Harry placed a heart warming arm around Ginny's shoulder.

Seamus looked outside to see that the window the glass was getting more and more cold by the minute. That's when he realized what was out there when Harry stared outside. "There's a Dementor out there," he whispered.

Seamus was so glad that they weren't out there. Otherwise, the Dementors would suck out their soul. But that's when it hit him. "We have to go out of here!" Seamus yelled to his friends. "Mary and Carolyn are out there!"

Mary picked up her cat when the cat crashed. She got closer to her sister and hugged her close. "What's happening?" Carolyn asked.

"I don't know," Mary said. "Just hold on, everything's going to be okay." AS soon as she said that, the train got colder. That's when she saw Seamus, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny running out of the compartment. "Mary! Carolyn!" everyone that ran out of the compartment yelled.

When the cold, dark figure floated into the train, Mary hugged her sister closer to so it wouldn't get her. The dark figure was a Dementor. When the figure came closer, Mary threw her sister so the figure wouldn't get her. Carolyn fell into Colin's arms when he ran out of the room.

Carolyn didn't care who's arms she fell into. She was just wanting her sister to be all right. "Mary!" she called out to her sister. Seamus ran over to Mary and grabbed her into his arms. She wasn't even thinking about her in love with Seamus. She was just thinking about how everyone was.

That's when she felt another pairs of hands around her to keep her from the Dementor. That's when she saw a figure in front of her. She knew right away that the other pairs of hands were Trewlany's and that the figure in front of her was her father.

"DAD!!!!!" Mary and her sister both called when their father made the Patronus. That's when Trewlany forced Mary, Carolyn, Seamus, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Colin back into their compartments. Mary and Carolyn refused. "DAD!!!!!!!!!!!" they both yelled. They broke free of Trewlany's grasp and ran over to their father. They both froze when they saw their father looking back at them when the Dementor left.

"Mary, Carolyn," he whispered to children. The children ran over to their father with tears in their eyes and hugged their father. He clutched them also. That's when everyone on the train knew. Mary and Carolyn were smiling.

The bet might've been off for Malfoy and Mary from know on. But, she didn't care now. "Daddy," she whispered. She was so glad her father was alive. The three stayed clutched together. Trewlany walked over and hugged them also. Everyone else in the train smiled instead of stared.

Even Malfoy. Everyone was so glad that everyone was all right. Harry didn't even pass out. The two girls looked at their new friends then to their crushes. When they all smiled at them, they smiled back.

Seamus came over and hugged Mary while Colin went over and hugged Carolyn. Then, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny all hugged them. Mary and Carolyn looked at eadch other and smiled. We have new friends. And we can prove it. The only thing that matters right now is that everyone's okay.