Disclaimer: I wrote this when I was 12 to 13 in 2003. Harry Potter is hereby © to J.K. Rowling. Everything else is © to me, or its respective owners.
Chapter Four: Aboard the Hogwarts Express
The next morning, Akira shook Cho awake.
"Quick! Hurry!" She said.
Cho got up and put on a long-sleeved navy dress that went two inches past her knees and put on some tall, tan colored boots that laced up, and had no heel. She brushed her hair and teeth then went downstairs to see her trunk waiting for her at the door of the pub. Harry was already there, eating breakfast and talking with Ron, and Whitney had just come out of her room, her stomach starting to show. Whitney noticed as everyone glanced at her stomach.
"Four months." She replied, sitting down.
Cho had been standing at the foot of the stairs and she had been staring at something, then came to her senses and sat down.
"Oh Cho, there you are! How are you? Feeling any better?" Whitney said brightly.
"Oh, I'm fine…" Cho replied.
They finished their breakfast and an hour later they took a cab to King's Cross and approached the barrier between Platforms 9 and 10. There weren't any muggles in sight. The station was very quiet.
"Um…Ron, Hermione you first…" Tai said.
The two of them ran at the barrier then disappeared.
"Harry, Cho."
They ran into the barrier, and the last thing they saw was Tai telling Tom and Whitney to go next.
Everyone got onto the platform and the scarlet steam engine was waiting. But the platform seemed less noisy. There wasn't happy chatter but students boarded the train in silence. Dumbledore was on the platform and he spotted Harry and walked over.
"Harry, I'm sure you've noticed the great change that's happened. Voldemort struck at King's Cross and killed every muggle a few weeks ago. The Hogwarts Express was nearly derailed upon its arrival to the platform this morning. Voldemort was attempting to stop the train so he could board it and hide, and when you arrived, he'd kill you. Luckily, I received a quick owl from one of the students and came here right away. The moment I arrived, Voldemort fled. Now, I think you all should get on the train…" Dumbledore said.
They boarded the train and grabbed a compartment. Their trip went by in silence. A small group of people passed by the compartment door. One of them slid the door open and the group of them walked inside.
"Oh…sorry…" said a boy with brown hair and brown eyes.
"Nick! Wait a minute! Harry Potter is in this compartment!" A red-headed girl said.
The boy named Nick spun around and gaped at Harry.
"Hi, my name is Nick Jennings, I'm a fourth year in Gryffindor." Nick said.
"I'm Angela Evans. That's Alicia Portland, and Katherine Kim." Angela said.
Alicia had shoulder length dark brown hair and brown eyes and stood at five feet four inches. Katherine had black hair that flowed halfway down her back with brown eyes and stood at five feet two inches. Angela was the one that stood out from both of the girls. Her red hair went down to her waist and she had olive green eyes, and was five foot one.
"Hey Katherine, are you Asian?" Akira wondered.
"Yes. I'm Korean." Katherine replied.
"What house are you all in?" Ron asked.
"Gryffindor." Nick, Alicia, and Angela replied.
"Ravenclaw." Said Katherine.
"You know, Nick, you're a bit tall for a fourth year…" Hermione noted.
"Yeah well, my parents are both pretty tall…" Nick replied.
"Who are all of you anyway?" Angela asked.
"I'm Cho Chang, that's my sister Akira, that's Ron Weasley, his girlfriend Hermione Granger, my sister's boyfriend Liam Merrick, Tom Felton, and his wife Whitney Felton, Draco Malfoy, and his wife Alyssia Malfoy. And you already know Harry." Cho answered, pointing to each as she said each name.
"Chang…hey isn't your brother the Quidditch instructor or something?" Katherine asked.
"Yeah." Akira answered proudly.
"And doesn't he also play for our team? The Lynxes right?" Nick asked.
"Yes. He's seeker and captain…but he's not going to be teaching all year…he still has to go with his team to play at matches. This year is the year they determine who goes to the World Cup." Cho replied.
"Wow! He's so cool! Could we have his autograph?!" Katherine, Angela, and Alicia asked.
"Who's autograph?" Tai asked, standing in the open compartment door.
"Oh my gosh! Tai Chang!" The three girls squealed.
"Yours." Cho answered, grinning at him.
The three girls took out quills and scraps of parchment that Tai signed.
"What year are you lot in?" Tai asked them.
"We're fourth years." Katherine, Angela, and Alicia replied.
"Ok…I think I'll go now…uhh…see you at Hogwarts!" Tai said as he ran out of the compartment.
Angela, Alicia, and Katherine followed him. From a place further down the train they could hear Tai yelling,
"Go away! Please, leave me alone!"
Everyone in the compartment snickered.
"Those girls…I swear…" Nick muttered under his breath.
"Looks like Tai has some girlfriends…" Akira said.
Everyone roared with laughter and Tai came back into the compartment again.
"Please, hide me. Those three…they won't stop chasing me…" He panted, sitting down.
Angela, Alicia, and Katherine came in.
"There you are!" The three said happily.
"Hey Tai, why don't you go have fun with your new girlfriends!" Akira and Cho teased.
"Wha-Hey! They're too young…I'm nineteen!" Tai shouted as the girls led him away.
Cho and Akira fell over laughing.
"That has got to be the first time that's happened! Ever!" Cho said.
"He's never been this popular! And yet who knew! Those three innocent souls have loved him all along!" Akira said in a fake dreamy voice.
Everyone started laughing again. They laughed for several minutes, and when they finally stopped, everyone had tears in their eyes and their stomachs hurt and they were out of breath. Angela, Alicia, and Katherine came back with Tai. Cho saw him first and she doubled over and started laughing insanely. Akira looked at her sister, very confused.
"What? What is so funny?" She asked.
Cho attempted to speak, but she couldn't stop laughing, so she pointed at the compartment door where Tai and the girls were standing. Akira looked, and so did everyone else, and started laughing just as hard as Cho was. Tai now had his arms tied in front of him with rope, he had a white handkerchief gagging him, and lipstick marks all over his face.
"He's our slave now." Angela said.
Tai spat out the handkerchief.
"Cho! Aki! Stop laughing and help me!" He hissed.
Cho stood up and was still laughing.
"Yeah…ok…" She said, still laughing.
She untied Tai and gave him a napkin.
"Thank you!" Tai exclaimed, giving his sister a kiss on the cheek.
He conjured a mirror and started rubbing the marks off his face.
"I'm not staying here more another minute…I'm going to stay with Remus and Sirius." Tai said, running off again.
"Aw, you're leaving?" Alicia asked.
"Come back!" Angela cried.
"We love you Tai!" Katherine said.
Akira burst out laughing and couldn't stop. She eventually did, and the train started to slow down, and Nick, Angela, Alicia, and Katherine left the compartment to go get their robes from their compartment and change into them. The others changed into their robes silently, and the train came to a halt and everyone disembarked.