Hello again. It's been along time since I've updated, but ah well, genius takes time. I JUST realized that in the last chapter I wrote platform 9 1/3 instead of 9 ¾……oh well, minor typo. Well, enjoy the next chapter; I'm trying to make it longer than the first. The theme of the story is gonna be a bit different than I originally planned, its not gonna be just random humor, there's gonna be some serious stuff in here (its shocking really that I'm not just trying for comedy).
Love will find a way: Chapter 2
"Why are there NO empty compartments? I mean, there's not even any that are half empty!" said Ginny with a huff.
"There's one down here!" called Ron from further down the corridor. They all walked up to him and glanced in the window at the five occupants of the compartment. One particular redhead caught Harry's eye.
"No way in HELL!" Harry said, glaring at her through the glass.
"Fine, you can sit in the hallway." said Ron as he slid the door open.
"Hey! Can we sit in here?" asked Ron.
"Sure," said a boy with blue-tipped black hair.
Ron, Hermione and Ginny all proceeded into the compartment, leaving Harry standing outside in the hallway. He was seriously considering sitting in the hallway when he heard a disgustingly annoying voice call out his name. He looked to the left and saw a girl named Romilda Vain walking down the hall towards him. The memory of the chocolate caldrons suddenly came to mind. 'Oh fuck no' he thought as he practically leapt into the compartment.
When he was in the compartment, he noticed that there was only one seat free, the one beside the redhead. He sat down next to her being careful not to meet her eyes. He saw Romilda come to the window with a few of her friends. He sighed in relief when she walked by, seeing that there was no way she could manage to wedge herself into the compartment.
"Hi, my name is Ginny Weasley. This is my brother Ron," she said indicating Ron, "And our friends Hermione Granger and Harry Potter."
"Nice too meet you all. My name is Tristan Ely," said the boy with the blue and black hair. He had the same southern accent as the girl that Harry had ran into on the platform. He wore a pink T-shirt that said "Hugs, Not Drugs", black jeans and a brown leather belt that had a belt buckle shaped like the batman symbol. On his feet he wore orange and black Vans that had skulls on the sides. His hair was a little short, spiked up and tipped with blue. Harry couldn't help but notice he had the same eyes as the redhead. 'They must be related somehow,' thought Harry.
"I'm Merik Narraway," said the boy sitting closest to Ron. He was very tanned and had snakebite lip piercings. He wore a black T-shirt and that had Children of Bodom, a muggle screamo band, written on it. He wore black pants with chains and suspender straps, a pink and black studded belt and purple convers. His violet eyes were just visible through his black bangs, and his hair was spiked up at the back.
"I'm Carmen Edwards," said the girl sitting across from Hermione. Her blonde hair went down to the middle of her back. She wore a red hoodie over a t-shirt that said "GANGSTA", blue skinny jeans and black skater shoes. Her eyes were sort of a bronze colour.
"Ty Jones," mumbled a guy on the other side of the redhead. You could just see a bit of green hair falling over her eyes underneath the hood of a sweater that said "The Bled" across the front. His sweater was rolled up to the elbows, making visible his pink and black arm band on his left wrist, black jeans and black and white checkered shoes. You could just see and eyebrow bar sticking out though his bangs.
Harry turned expectantly to the girl next to him. He may have found her rude and annoying, but for some reason he couldn't explain, he was very eager to hear her name.
"My name is Kara Ely," she said in a melodious voice. Harry realized that he hadn't really taken in much of her appearance on the platform. Her blue eyes were partially covered by her bangs, her hair going right down to her butt. She was wearing a black hat that said "Tough enough to wear pink", and a green T-shirt that had Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street on it. She wore black pinstriped hip hugger pants and green convers with happy faces drawn on the toes. She wore bright blue nail polish and bracelets with large beads on her wrists. 'I think I may be beginning to notice a trend going on with the style in this group…..'
"Um, Merik, are your eyes actually violet or are you wearing contacts?" Hermione asked.
"My eyes are actually that colour. I is a freak of nature." He said with a goofy grin. (AN: yes, I meant to write I is)
"You guys have a quite a different style. I like it," Said Ginny, eyeing their clothes appreciatively.
"Ya, but we seem to stick out just a bit around here," Said Carmen.
"So where are all of you from?
"Tristan and I are from Alabama, Carmen is from New York, Merik is from Nevada and Ty is from L.A." said Kara.
Just then they heard a knock on the compartment door. It slid open to reveal Draco Malfoy.
"What do you want Malfoy?" asked Hermione in a tired voice.
"You and I are supposed to meet McGonagall in the heads compartment in five minutes," he said.
"All right, I gotta go. It was nice meeting you all. I'll see you later at the feast."
"Bye Hermione," they a chorused.
After she left they all sat in silence for a few minutes.
"Ow, my ass hurts. Thanks dink face," said Kara, kicking him in the shin.
"Well maybe in the future you should watch where you're going."
"I should watch where I'm going? Tell me, which one of us is wearing glasses dink face?"
"I have a name!"
"I know. Its dink face."
"Aw, look at the flirting," said Tristan. "It's too adorable."
"Shut up Tris!" said Kara, picking up a book that was on the floor and flinging it at him.
"I'm the older brother, but somehow I'm the abused one. How did this happen?"
"Cuz you suck and you're only thirty seconds older than I am."
"Ah and what a marvelous thirty seconds it was……."
As the day went on they had random conversations and there was a lot of playful bantering. Ron was trying to teach Tristan how to play chess. Ginny and Carmen were looking though magazines that Carmen had bought just before coming to the train station. Ty had pulled an acoustic guitar down from the luggage rack and was now attempting to write a song. Meric had pulled out a sketch book and was quietly drawing, every now and then looking out the window to look at the scenery. Harry was sitting there, watching Kara. She had pulled and iPod out of her backpack and began reading the book Pride and Prejudice. She didn't seem to realize he was watching her. There was something about her that seemed familiar but he just couldn't place it…..
He heard a faint melody coming from her headphones and, from what he could tell, a very beautiful voice.
"What are you listening to?" he asked.
"I'm listening to Carmen and I signing a cover of a song. It's called I Belong to you. It's originally by a band called Super Chick.
"Can I listen?" Harry asked, giving her puppy dog eyes.
"Alright." She handed him the headphones and put it back to the beginning of the song while he put the earbuds in his ears. There was a few seconds of silence before he heard and acoustic guitar begin to play.
Everybody needs to
belong somewhere
life can feel so alone without someone who cares.
And when life becomes something just to get through,
that's
when I'm glad that I belong to you.
I belong to you, I
belong to you,
you're the one who will never let me down,
won't
let me down.
I belong to you.
Lord I belong to you.
Sometimes
life brings more pain than we can bear alone.
When hope is gone
and I have no strength to stand on my own,
when nothing helps,
there's nothing that I can do,
you surround me and show me I
belong to you.
I belong to you, I belong to you,
you're
the one who will never let me down,
won't let me down.
I
belong to you.
Lord I belong to you.
When Love is gone
there's no arms to run to anymore,
I'm all alone there's no
one for me to live for,
letting go of the things I've always
clung to,
that's when I need to feel that I belong to you.
I
belong to you, I belong to you,
you're the one who will never
let me down,
won't let me down.
I belong to you.
Lord I
belong to you
"Wow that was really good. You guys have great voices." He said with a grin.
"Spankyou." Carmen replied from the other side of the compartment.
"Just a question, are you guys overly religious or something? Cuz of the 'Lord I belong to you' bit."
"Nah, we just did a cover of a Christian rock band and couldn't be bothered to change the lyrics." Kara explained.
"So do you all play music?" Ron asked as he cleared the remains of Tristan's Knight off the board.
"Yeah. Kara, Ty and I play guitar, Carmen plays Bass, Merik plays drums, and we all sing," answered Tristan.
"You don't strike me as the singing type Ty." Ginny said.
"Why's that?" he mumbled in reply.
"Well, you're really quiet; you've barely said anything the whole train ride." Ron said.
"Well, he's got a hell of a voice. Why don't you show them Ty?" Kara asked.
"I will if you sing with me." He said smiling at her.
"All right, what song?"
"Whiskey Lullaby." He replied. (the version of this song they're singing is by Rex Goudie and Melissa O'neil).
Kara shoved her iPod in her pocket and settled herself on the floor next to Ty, leaning her back against Meriks legs. Harry felt a quick stab of jealousy that she was so close to the other guys.
Ty:
She
put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarette.
She
broke his heart. He spent his whole life trying to forget.
We
watched him drink his pain away, a little at a time,
But he never
could get drunk enough you get her off his mind,
Until the
night
Ty and Kara:
He put that bottle to his head and
pulled the trigger.
And finally drank away her memory.
Life is
short, but this time it was bigger,
Than the strength he had to
get up off his knees.
We found him with his face down in the
pillow,
With a note that said: "I'll love her till I
die."
And when we buried him beneath the willow,
The
angels sang a whiskey lullaby.
La la la la la la la
La la la la
la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la
la.
Kara:
The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she
blamed herself.
For years and years, she tried to hide the whiskey
on her breath.
She finally drank her pain away, a little at a
time,
But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her
mind,
Until the night.
Ty and Kara:
She put that
bottle to her head and pulled the trigger.
And finally drank away
his memory.
Life is short, but this time it was bigger,
Than
the strength she had to get up off her knees.
We found her with
her face down in the pillow,
Clinging to his picture for dear
life.
We laid her next to him beneath the willow,
While the
angels sang a whiskey lullaby.
La la la la la la la
La la
la la la la la.
La la la la la la la,
La la la la la la la...
"Whoa…..that was amazing. Guess I was wrong about you being a singer Ty," said Ginny with a smile.
The compartment door suddenly slid open behind them
"I thought I heard some familiar voices."
They all turned towards the door. There, leaning against the door frame was Neville Longbottom. Neville had change since they'd seen him last June. He'd grown a lot. He now stood at 6'5. His hair had grown out into a brown shag that covered most of his eyes. He had lost a lot of weight over the summer, his body now appearing very toned and muscular and very tanned as well (A/N: for a visual of his body structure, think of Lucas from One Tree Hill). He wore a blue long-sleeved shirt that was rolled up to his elbows, dark blue Hollister jeans and green and black Vans.
"NEV!" shouted the group of new students. Kara and Carmen jumped up from where they were seated and hugged him, tackling him to the floor.
"You all know each other?!" asked Ron, completely perplexed.
"Cha, Neville spends every summer with Kara and I." said Tristan as he got up off his spot on the floor to help the girls and Neville stand up.
"You've never mentioned being friends with anyone who goes to another school Neville," said Ginny.
"Well, the topic of 'crazy, psychotic, sugar crazed fiends from America' never exactly came up," he said as he flopped himself down in one of the empty seats.
"Did someone say sugar?!" asked Ty as his head shot up and he began looking all around the compartment.
"See, sugar crazed," said Neville with a laugh.
At that moment the conductor's voice rang though the corridors announcing that they would be arriving ad Hogsmead station in five minutes. All the students jumped up, frantically trying to get their uniforms from their trunks to put them down. The train came to a complete stop and they all made their way onto the platform and towards the carriages.
"YIPPE! CARRIAGES! I've always wanted to go in one!" shouted Merik as he skipped off towards them.
'This is going to be an interesting year….' Thought Harry as he and the rest of the group followed Merik towards the carriages.
