A/N: So here we are, with my sister at Hogwarts, I will love making this scene due to the familiar workings with the ceremony, Ron and Hermione too will be having an immediate attitude adjustment on the quirks of their personality by my sis's ass-kicking ways.

Chapter 3: Open, Shut, Open, MAKE UP YOUR MIND!

The Hogwarts Express was quite homey on the inside, didn't really make me feel better about the fact that I would be sitting here for several hours, I let Harry get on with finding us a compartment, his childhood shyness shined through as he chose an empty one and we both sat down.

I listened out the window to hear Gred and Forge talking with their mother, and realised I had stopped them from meeting Harry as I didn't come to help him with his luggage, I suppose that they will meet him anyway, but I should have watched out for those small plotlines.

Autumn stretched her body out and snuggled deeper into my Hogwarts hat as she fell asleep, I smiled slightly at Mrs Weasley's response to the twins saying they would send a toilet seat through the mail, and chuckled slightly at the thought of an owl carrying it in the first place.

Talking about owls, I looked towards Harry and talked about his new owl, Hedwig, it was a short conversation before the door slid open and there stood the youngest Weasley boy of the family, Ron,

"Anyone sitting there?" he asked as he pointed to the seat across from us, "Everyone else is full"

I smiled openly as Harry nodded; I need to get him more comfortable around people,

"Sure, always room for one more" I say as I gesture to the seat in front of me,

He sat down and I noticed he didn't seem to look awkward around Harry, must be because the twins didn't say anything, "My names Ron, Ron Weasley"

"My names is Pamela Joy, but just called me Pam, because if you don't I'll knock your lights out" I said in a cheery voice, he nodded in understanding, since his name was Ronald.

Ronald McDonalds, I made a funny.

"Harry Potter" said Harry, Ron's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates as soon as he said it, but before he could open his mouth, the compartment door opened again.

"Hey Ron" said Fred as he and his clone walked in, "Listen, we're going down the middle of the train – Lee Jordan's got a giant tarantula down there" the look on his face was scarily mischievous.

"Right" Ron mumbled, shaking slight at the thought of his childhood fear, momently forgetting he was sitting across from a legend.

George then turned to us, "Hello there, Fred and George Weasley, nice to meet you" as they both gave an exaggerated bow, "And you already met our little brother, be warned, he can be a twit at times"

Ron's ears turned red, "I am NOT!" he said loudly,

I smiled regardless, remembering the spats between both of my brothers back home, "Thanks George for the warning, I'll keep it to heart"

"He's not George I am" said Fred with a wide grin.

I gave the same to him, "No, you are Fred and he is George"

The both of them looked at each other, "You can't say that, you just met us" they said together.

"But you still can't get me with the twin routine" I reply,

"Please, how can you-" George

"-say that you know-" Fred

"-who is really who-" George

"-If you haven't met us before?" Fred

"Because even if you two are as similar as you say" I said not missing a beat, "there are distinct differences between you both"

Both of them looked nervous that one of their favourite pranks was going underwater, "And what would that be?" asked George,

"Well" I said as I looked between them both, "for one," I pointed to George, "George's hair is slightly more messy than Fred's," I then pointed to Fred, "As well as Fred having more of a deeper voice than George, and" back to George, "you always take the lead when you talk together, must I go on?"

The Twins and Ron looked at me with their jaws wide open, while Harry held his hand in front of his mouth chocking back chuckles.

"Fred?"

"Yes George"

"Women are scary"

"Yes George, they are"

"Refer to each other by your own names" I said to them, they flinched at being caught out and beat a hasty retreat, after the door shut again, Ron turned to me,

"I think that is the first time I saw those two absolutely dumbfounded, how the bloody hell did you know all that stuff?"

"I didn't" I said with a grin, it took Ron ten seconds to think before he broke out in a wide grin,

"They need that you know, someone to knock them off their high horse" he then changed expression to one of recognition, "wait, you're saying you are the Harry Potter?" he asked turning to the Boy-Who-Lived,

"Yes" said Harry shortly,

"So, does that mean you have the… you know" he made a gesture to his own head,

"Oh, yes" Harry pulled his fringe back to show his lightning bolt, while Ron stared at it with awe,

"Pretty good, right?" I asked him as I rifled through my pockets for cash, the trolley would be coming along so I wanted to pay for myself,

"I tried to persuade him to show it off more, he would have been quite the chick magnet if he had" I gave a sly grin as Harry ducked his head down in embarrassment.

"Please Pam, don't do that again" he said in a quiet voice,

"But you don't deny you liked it when that Mary girl flirted with you in the hallway"

"PAM!"

I giggled as he turned red as a tomato, while Ron looked on with amusement, forgetting his questions of Voldewart.

"Wow, so you do have the brain to think ahead"

"What, don't tell me you tried to pick someone dumb to get the Hallows DD"

"I didn't say that, just too dumb to think ahead"

"Nyan Cat…"

"NO WAIT! I'LL BE GOOD!"

"That's what I thought"

"That Fred human was right, women are scary…"

"So are all your family wizards?" asked Harry, snapping me out of talking to Death,

If anyone heard that they would have strapped in a straitjacket.

"Err - yeah I think so, I think mum has a second cousin who is an accountant but we don't talk about him much"

"I only have my grandmother Mrs Figg, she's a Squib" I said,

"What's a Squib?" asked Harry, I then remembered that I never explained that concept to him.

"It is like the opposite of a muggle-born" said Ron, "they have both parents who are magical yet they can't use magic, not bad or anything but people look down at them sometimes"

"I heard that you live with Muggles by the way" continued Ron to Harry, "What are they like?"

"Well, the ones I live with are horrible, but others aren't that bad," he then looked thoughtful, "I wish I had three wizard brothers"

"Five" said Ron with a cloud of gloom rolling over him, "I'm the sixth of all of us to go to Hogwarts, you can say I have a lot to live up to. Bill and Charlie have already left – Bill was a Head Boy and Charlie was the Captain of the Quidditch team, now Percy's a Prefect and even Fred and George get good marks and everyone thinks they're really funny. Everyone now expects me to be as great as them, and even if I did, it wouldn't matter because they did it first"

"Becoming friends with the Boy-Who-Lived hasn't been done in your family has it?" I interrupted, Ron looked at me blankly, and then to Harry,

"I'm your friend?" asked Ron,

"Of course" said Harry with a grin, Ron gave his own in return,

"Well, anyway, I never get anything new either, with five brothers; I got Bill's old robes, Charlie's old wand and Percy's old rat"

I tensed slightly at the sight of Peter as he was pulled out from Ron's jacket, I heard Autumn stir slightly as she peaked out of my hat.

"His name is Scabbers and he's worthless, he hardly ever wakes up. Percy got an owl for being a Prefect from my dad. But they couldn't aff- I mean, I got Scabbers instead"

Ignoring his near slip-up, I looked at the suddenly alert Autumn as she glared at the Animagus in Ron's hand,

"You know…" I said as I looked at a slight chance, "that thing looks too old to even live properly, how long did your family have him again?"

Ron cocked his head to the side, "About nine years, why?"

I whistled softly, "That is a record breaker you have there, put him in the record books, and at the best rats have been known to live for eight"

I saw the rat in his hands twitch slightly at the conversation, looks like he isn't as sleepy as Ron thought,

"Well, that's cool, maybe he is a magic rat" said Ron.

Yeah, because that is the common answer with wizards, magic.

"But still, he hardly looks right just letting him grow old, how about this, I'll buy him off you"

Scabbers then stopped pretending to be asleep and tried to discreetly wiggle out of Ron's hands, but it was futile as Ron had a greedy look in his eye,

"How much?" he asked,

I looked thoughtful, "I know, how much for a good owl?"

With a quick transaction, Rat-Peter was stuffed into a cage and given to me, while Ron was fifteen Galleon's richer,

"So what are you going to do with him?" asked Ron as he counted his coins,

"Well," I thought through the list of things I really wanted to do to him, but decided to lie, "my gran is good at taking care of animals, and she'll make sure that the little guy is well kept till he kicks the bucket"

At this, the panicked squeaking of Peter stopped and he relaxed again, thinking he would be living in peace again, oh how wrong he is.

"Why not feed him to that pet of yours?"

"Because that would mean he would die as Scabbers, I need to send him to the ministry before he gets send to the chop-block, not till third year however, that would mess the storyline big-time"

"Yet again with your saving people thing"

"Hey, that is Harry's thing"

After talking for a little while, Harry spoke Voldewart's name and Ron freaked out.

"So what if he speaks the guy's name?" I ask with a look, "Look at me now, Voldemort, Voldemort, Volde-warty Voldewart!" I sang in an off tone key, Ron laughed slightly at the end despite his pale face.

"But I didn't think you of all people would say his name" continued Ron, looking at Harry, "I mean, with what he did"

"Well, I'm not trying to be brave or anything" said the boy who faces Voldemort on his own in several occasions, "I just didn't know you shouldn't, I still have a lot to learn, even with Pam teaching me"

Ron looked at me with big eyes, "You taught him magic? But I thought your Gran was a Squib?"

"Well, that doesn't mean she hadn't left a lot of books about magic hanging around" I answered him, "I picked up on everything easy enough, Harry was my friend before all that and I started teaching him when I had to get him down when he accidently Apparated himself on top of the school roof"

Ron's eyes if possible, swelled even bigger, "You can Apparate?"

I gave an innocent smile, "What, can't anybody do that?"

But before he could say anything, a clattering sound was heard outside the compartment before it was opened by an old smiling woman with dimples,

"Anything from the trolley dears?" she asked,

I leapt off my seat towards the sugary confections, as did Harry with less enthusiasm.

We bought the same thing as each other, except I decided to buy every Chocolate Frog there was in stock, I had to pay seven sickles separately for that.

As such, the call of all this food made us forget the previous discussion, and I grabbed one frog down before it could jump away, Ron looked at me questionably,

"It's best to let them have a few jumps to wear out the magic you know, it's horrible when you have to stuff a life one into your mouth"

I smiled and took out my wand, "I always wanted to do this"

I got off my seat and placed the frog quickly on the unoccupied space and sat down beside Ron, and before the frog could jump away, I quickly cast my spell.

"Toony, Toony let it be, that this frog will jig for me"

The frog stopped mid hop and sat still for a second, before it stood up on its hind legs and music came out of nowhere,

"What the?!" exclaimed Ron before a deep voice suddenly began to be sung by the frog, as he started dancing by kicking his legs up high in the air.

"Hello my baby, Hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal,"

"Send me a kiss by wire, baby my hearts on fire!"

The two boys were so focused on the performance they didn't notice the door open and a figure look at the scene with awe,

"If you refuse me, baby you'll lose me, and you'll be left alone"

"Come one, and tell me I'm your own!"

After finishing the song, the music stopped and the little frog then dropped to the seat, and stood motionless, as he had exceeded his number of hops before,

"That" said Ron as he looked at it, "was bloody brilliant"

"Indeed" said Harry, who was used to my randomness but this, was new to him,

"Did you do that?" asked a voice from the door, we turned around to see a boy with a round face looking at the frog with excitement,

As he was talking about me, I replied, "Sure, I made it up myself, based him off Loony Toons"

At the questioning look of the wizard kids I said, "Muggle cartoon, a kind of thing broadcast over the TV"

"My dad said something about that" said Ron with a thoughtful look,

"It was wicked" said Neville as he looked at the candy, as if he expected it to grow wings, then he remembered something, "Oh, have you seen a toad at all?"

At the sight of our heads shaking he looked depressed, "I've lost him again, and he keeps getting away from me"

"I'm sure he'll turn up" said Harry trying to make the boy feel better,

"Right" he said sadly, "well, if you see him…"

He then left and the door was shut… I feel this is becoming to be repetitive.

"Don't know why he's bothered" commented Ron, "If I bought a toad, I'd ditch him as soon as I could, but I held on for Scabbers for a while so I can't talk"

He then looked at the snoozing rat, "Glad I got rid of him, he could die and you wouldn't tell the difference, I got a spell from George, to turn him yellow to make him more interesting, didn't work yesterday"

Seeing a major plot hole, I jumped in, "Why don't you try now?"

With a reluctant look, he pulled out his wand as I sat back on my seat, casually eating the dancing frog I picked up; Peter was taken out of the cage and placed into Ron's hand.

"Unicorn's hair is nearly poking out" he commented with distaste as he raised his wand, "Anyway-

But before he could say anything else, the door opened again, (I swear, the next time someone opens that…) and in walks Neville again, and this time, Hermione,

"Has anyone seen a toad? Neville's lost one" she really did have a bossy voice, and the bushy hair, cool!

"Nice hair" I commented to her, Hermione turned to me and we looked at each other's messy locks,

"You too?" she said with questioning tone,

"We already told him we hadn't seen it" interjected Ron, but Hermione didn't listen as she took in the wand in the red head's hand,

"Oh, are you doing magic? Let's see then"

She sat between me and Harry while Ron was suddenly looking like he had a case of stage fright,

"Err – all right"

He cleared his throat and pointed at the rat again, as I hoped that it might explode by happen-chance.

Don't look at me like that; my big brother is the morbid one in the family.

"Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow" he recited,

"Turn this stupid fat rat yellow"

The rat didn't even budge from his sleep as he finished, and he shrugged helplessly at me,

"Are you sure that's a real spell?" asked the bookworm as she had a superior tone to her voice, "Well, it's not really good, is it?"

Neville then surprisingly jumped in, "It was not good as the dancing chocolate frog that you cast" he said to me, he immediately blushed as I turned my head to him, "well… um it was a very nice trick" he said in embarrassment,

"Thanks" I smiled openly, "names Pamela, but please call me Pam"

"And, um, I'm Neville Longbottom, sorry for interrupting you again"

Hermione then frowned slightly, "Dancing frog? What kind of spell is that?"

I gave a long grin, "Well, just give me chocolate frog and I'll…"

But as I gazed at the pile of discarded packages, and gave Ron a glare,

"Sorry, I was hungry" he tried to defend, I huffed as I turned back to the bushy girl,

"Men, let me tell you something…" I said in a low voice, Hermione giggled a little, before she continued,

"Well, I myself have only 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 a 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 set books off by heart, of course-

"Whoa!" I exclaimed and everyone jumped slightly as I looked at her, "bit of a chatter box aren't you" I said I a teasing voice,

Hermione blushed slightly at the truth,

"Let's start again okay?" I said as I held out my hand, "Name's Pam Joy, what's yours" I asked without needing the answer,

"Hermione Granger" she said as she shakes hands with me,

"Ron Weasley" said Ron as I looked at him to follow through,

"Harry Potter" added Harry, Neville and Hermione immediately looked surprised, as the boy squeaked and the girl gained a news reporter look in her eye,

"Are you really?" she asked, I briefly pictured her with Rita Skeeter's glasses and mentally shuddered, "I know all about you of course – I got a few extra books for background reading, and you're in Modern Magical History and The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts and-

"Mione" I say, using her future nickname early, as I try to ignore the motor mouth comment coming from DD, "I appreciate that you're taking an interest in Harry, but anymore and we can put you down as his future wife"

The two Pre-teens gained a pair of pink faces… oh fudge, I shouldn't try to create awkward attachment between them… but it's so fun.

I then got my signature cheeky face and Harry gulped in fear, I leaned to the left so I could whisper in her ear,

"Yet again, the Boy-Who-Lived is quite a keeper, maybe that was your idea in the first place…" she then blushed even redder and quickly sat up,

"C-come Neville" she said stammering as she walked out the door, "L-let's go find that toad of yours, okay?"

As I couldn't resist saying a parting shot, I hollered behind her, "Sinking your claws in another Mione? You sly dog you!"

They both squeaked and Hermione quickly closed the door in our faces… jerks.

"Whatever house I'm in" said Ron with a smirk; "I wish it was yours, you make things so interesting"

I smiled at him "That's just me"

"What houses?"

But before we could talk anymore… yeah, you guessed it, the door slid open,

And who else is standing there, than Malfoy, who looking superior and his towering piles of muscle sat on either side of him.

"Is it true?" he asked, "They're saying all down the train that Harry Potter's in this compartment. So it's you, is it?" he said, pointing to Harry,

"Yes" he said nervously, while his eyes looked between the two giants behind him, I then decided to lighten the mood,

I fake gasped and everyone turned to me, in which I responded by turning to Harry away from the three stooges and said while pointing vaguely in their direction, "Did YOU know the ferret could talk?"

Ron guffawed in laughter while Harry fought hard to contain a smirk, barely, even if they didn't get it really, it would be quite a good one in the future,

As you could imagine, Draco turned red and then glared at me, "You, what is your name?"

I then gave a pout in an exaggerated way, "How rude, don't you know it is only polite if you introduce yourself before you ask another's name"

He gritted his teeth before saying, "Its Malfoy, Draco Malfoy"

*SMACK*

In what was a half second, the little weasel was send from standing in the door, to his head hitting the window, his two bodyguards blinked before seeing that I was the case of his sudden propulsion, with my fist outstretched in a fist,

I then smiled sweetly, "Unless you want to find yourselves strung up on the ceiling with only the suit you were wearing since you were born, I suggest you run off with your little leader"

Whenever it was from how calm and happy I looked when I had said that or the possibility that I could follow through with it, they immediately ran from the vicinity with Malfoy slung over Goyle's shoulder, nodding with satisfaction, I walked back into the compartment,

"What the bloody hell was that about?" asked Ron as he looked at me like a ticking time bomb,

I smiled sweetly, "If anyone tries to introduce themselves like James Bond again, they deserve no less"

Ron did currently not want to test my patience so he nodded nervously, deciding to ask who James Bond was.

I few seconds later… the door opens,

Luckily, I see Hermione as a bushy hair friend, so I didn't initiate a high kick to her jaw.

"What has been going on?" she asked, she had apparently noticed Twiddle-Dee and Twiddle-Dum running away with Alice,

"Who IS Draco?" asked Harry to Ron as I explained to Hermione my victory over the bleached blond, a little exaggerated of course,

"I've heard of his family" said Ron with the look he had swallowed something horrid, "They were some of the first that came back to our side the moment 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"

"And then *WHHHOOOOSSSSSH* I used fired forward with a fist quicker than lightning, and a stream of crimson erupted from the dreaded page boy, he and his two trolls then retreated, while I looked across the battlefield with a solemn expression" I nodded and my new friends suddenly questioned whenever I was in my right mind.

"Well…" Hermione said as she looked slightly confused, "What I could draw from all that was that was that he was mean in some way and you punched him, was that right?"

I nodded again and she looked at me with a shocked expression,

"We haven't even got to the school yet and you are already getting into trouble!" she complains loudly, I make an action of rubbing my ear in pain,

"Bullies like that won't be able to take no for an answer, sometimes it is better to tap them in the head till they get a better idea, I mean, Harry here" I pointed to him, "Gets harassed by his idiot cousin and his friends any chance he gets, but now, eighty percent of the time, they don't go near him because I am there to help him out"

I ruffle Harry's hair and he shakes it irritably, pouting slightly,

"But still, that is no excuse to resort to violence" she tries to argue, It took all my willpower not to smirk, she won't be saying that in third year,

"Anyway" she huffs and turns to us in general, "I asked the driver and he says we are nearly there, so you should all get changed before we do"

Chance!

"But Mione," I said, not meaning a single bit my innocent smile, "You don't seriously expect me to chance my clothes in front the boys do you?" I gave a slight cheeky smile, "They might take advantage of the situation"

The two fore mentioned boys blushed at this, as well as the girl again slightly,

"V-very well" she said, closing her eyes trying to calm down, "I myself have an empty compartment, you may change with me"

"Yah!" I shout, and take all my clothes before speaking to Autumn, "Remember to find me with Mione later, okay?"

The sleepy cat nodded and I went off with Hermione, while looking out the window at the landscape turning dark.

Look out Hogwarts, Pam Joy is coming to town.