It took me a while to update this but I got there in the end and we finally have more interaction between Harry, Ron, Hermione, Draco and Evania whilst Ginny, Neville and Luna are all present too. Yay. Anyway, hope you like it.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter books. I wish I did because then I would change so many things, but I don't and I've learned to like how the books are already written. I can only create my own fanfiction to satisfy my dislike for the Hermione/Ron and Harry/Ginny relationship. I do own Evania.
Chapter Five
The morning to go to Hogwarts finally arrived and Ginny and Hermione were awoken to a frantic Mrs. Weasley who was dashing around the house making sure her children had everything they would need for their year at Hogwarts. "Don't know why she stresses out so much," Ginny grumbled sleepily as she pushed back the covers of her bed and sit up.
Hermione smirked and shook her head before looking across at the other girl and stifling a burst of laughter; Ginny's bright, red hair was sticking up on end as though she had stuck her hand in a plug socket and her expression was dopey from sleepiness. Covering her mouth with her hand, Hermione forced herself to bite back the laughter before she slipped from her own bed and rummaged through her trunk for clothing.
Settling on some navy blue jeans, a light pink t-shirt with an image of Tigger on the front and a plain black jacket. Hermione glanced at herself in the mirror before gazing at her caramel coloured hair for a few seconds as she ran her fingers through the wild locks. Her hair was definitely longer and it the length had managed to thin out the thickness a tiny bit, but it was still a little much. Sighing, she glanced back at Ginny who was sat on her bed and tugging on socks.
"Do you think there's something I could do with my hair?" Hermione asked after a moment and Ginny frowned as she looked up at Hermione.
"What would you want to do to your hair?" The other girl asked as she bounded from her bed and bounced over to Hermione whilst gazing at her curly, caramel hair. Hermione shrugged her shoulders and ran both hands through her hair once more before rolling her eyes.
"I don't know... I just thought maybe I could do something different to it." She sighed and Ginny shook her head before taking a lock of Hermione's hair and smiling at the other girl thoughtfully.
"Mione, there's nothing wrong with your hair." Ginny beamed as she patted Hermione's shoulder before heading to Ron's room to wake up the two boys. From where Hermione was stood in Ginny's room, she could hear the youngest Weasley yelling for Ron and Harry to wake up and smiled as she turned away from the mirror with a small smile.
After much running around the house, Mrs. Weasley finally had all the teenagers stood in the kitchen as she quickly went through a list that ranged from Brooms to extra pairs of socks and underwear. "Are you sure you all have everything?" Mrs. Weasley asked moving from each teenager to make sure they all nodded their head in confirmation.
"The same every year." Ron leaned in to Hermione and whispered, "She never believes us when we say that we've got everything." Hermione offered what she hoped looked like a smile, knowing Ron, Mrs. Weasley would check that he had everything and he would nod and agree only to get halfway to Kings Cross and remember that he had actually forgotten something.
"Ginny, are you sure you have everything packed?" Mrs. Weasley demanded for the third time and Ginny for the third time that morning nodded her head whilst releasing a small sigh. "Right." Mrs. Weasley moved so she was stood in front of all four teenagers and quickly examined them. "Well, I guess we should be going to Kings Cross then." She beamed as she clapped her hands together and then turned and retrieved her wand from the kitchen table.
Within ten minutes, everyone who was going to Kings Cross had filed out of the house with their trunks and other needed items and were soon on their way to the train station. It seemed that for the first time, they were going to reach Kings Cross without anyone forgetting any thing and as they parked up opposite the train station and made their way into the building, Mrs. Weasley was positively glowing with delight
Staring out of his bedroom window, Draco heard a knock on his door and turned just as his mother walked inside. Her long, blonde hair was pulled back in a plait which rested over her left shoulder and hung to her elbow. A small smile was on her lips and Draco couldn't help but wonder why his mother was in such a pleasant mood, even stranger was how she was wearing her hair as she had not had her blonde hair plaited since Draco was a toddler.
"Have you made sure that is everything is packed?" Narcissa asked as she glanced at her son before her eyes moved to the trunk that was shut and locked. Lifting her gaze back to Draco, she saw her son give a small nod of his head before he continued staring out of the window and Narcissa glanced down at her hands before approaching him and standing at his side in front of the window.
"Father won't be coming will he." Draco sighed after a moment and Narcissa gazed at Draco before shaking her head.
"It would be impossible for him to come, you know that." Narcissa replied as she turned her misty blue gaze back to staring through the window. Draco gave a small laugh and nodded his head before sighing and rolling his eyes.
"Of course I know he can't come." He said, "He escaped from Azkaban and can hardly go and show his face in public. I was merely stating that he wouldn't be coming." He smirked slightly and then turned away from the window and approached his trunk before crouching down before it and staring at it for a few seconds as though debating whether he should open it and check whether he definitely had everything.
Narcissa scowled slightly at Draco's words and her misty, blue eyes darkened slightly, but she said nothing towards her son's manner and turned to watch him as he placed a hand against his trunk whilst a thoughtful look played on his pale face. "I want you to watch out for Evania whilst you're at Hogwarts." Narcissa suddenly said and Draco paused in his actions of unlocking his trunk and peered up at his mother through his liquid silver eyes. "I know you probably don't want to be checking up on her all the time but... for the first few weeks, I want you to make sure she is not having any problems."
A smile crossed Draco's lips before suddenly vanishing and he nodded his head, "You know I will look out for her." He said before glancing down at his trunk and glaring at it. "Damn trunk!" He growled before muttering under his breath and shutting it without even checking that he had everything that he would need. "If I forget anything will you send it by owl?" He asked as he looked up at his mother who nodded her head.
A knock on Draco's door caused both mother and son to turn their blonde heads to the door and stare at the girl who seemed to freeze beneath the intensity of the misty blue gaze and the stormy grey gaze. "I'm uh... I'm all packed up." The girl said with a small, nervous smile and Narcissa nodded her head before walking to the girl and glancing down at Draco who was moving back to his feet.
Evania rested her arm against the door frame as Narcissa approached her and Draco moved to his feet. "Well, I guess we should be going." Narcissa said as Draco mumbled that he was also packed up. Mrs. Malfoy swept from Draco's room and Evania glanced at her cousin for a few seconds before biting down on her bottom lip and turning from the room to return to her own.
She was worried about how Hogwarts would take her and whether anyone would figure out that she was Bellatrix Lestrange's daughter. God, people will hate me if they learn who I am, Evania thought to herself as she glanced around her room for a few seconds before letting out a heavy sigh. She would be sorry to leave her bedroom behind, it was exceptionally nice and she liked it very much, but then again... Hogwarts awaited and she could not wait to see the dormitories.
On her visit to Hogwarts the day before she had arrived at the Malfoy Manor, Evania had merely seen the Great Hall and a few corridors, as well as Professor Dumbledore's office and she was itching to find out which house she would be put in for her school year. From what she had heard of the houses from Draco, she figured the Slytherins greatly disliked the Gryffindors who in turn, returned the negative feelings towards the Slytherins. Draco also gave off a very negative vibe when talking about Hufflepuffs which he seemed to find quite as bad as the Gryffindors. To be honest, he had not really had anything negative to say about the Ravenclaws, save that they were all mainly brainy people.
Sat on top of her trunk was a cat carrier which contained a newly acquired pet that Narcissa had insisted on buying when she and Evania had been back to Diagon Alley to purchase the things Evania would need for her start at Hogwarts. Narcissa had brought Eva into a shop full of owls, cats, rats and other creatures and Evania had spotted a cat which she had instantly fallen in love with. It had been a small, red Maine Coon and the owner of the shop couldn't remember how she had managed to get it to her shop, nor could she recall ever really seeing it around the shop that much. Narcissa had seen Evania's liking for the cat and had instantly bought it for her.
"Are you ready?" Draco's voice broke the silence in the room and Evania whipped around in surprise before staring at her platinum blonde haired cousin. Nodding her head, Evania glanced about the room once more before walking to the door and following Draco through the house to where Narcissa stood waiting.
Walking beside Ginny into Kings Cross station, Hermione spotted a few of her fellow students who were making their way to Platform nine and three quarters in the company of their parents. Lavender Brown from Gryffindor also appeared to have spotted Hermione, Harry and the Weasley's as she shrieked before running towards them. Both Hermione and Ginny flinched at the oncoming Lavender but when the other girl ran past them they both frowned and turned to see her pouncing on Ron who turned a bright shade of pink whilst Harry stood beside him smothering laughter.
Ginny and Hermione both exchanged frowns before shaking their heads and turning to face the dividing wall for Platform nine and ten. "I'll go first." Ginny said before she pushed her trolley and ran at the wall before passing through onto Platform nine and three quarters. Glancing over her shoulder at the rest of the party, Hermione saw Harry stood rolling his eyes and sighing as Lavender continued to cling onto Ron. Shrugging her shoulders, Hermione turned back to the dividing wall before glancing down at her trolley which had Crookshank's cage seated on top, she then ran towards the diving wall and passing through onto the Wizarding Platform.
Slowing her run to a walk, Hermione caught sight of Ginny stood waiting for her and turned her trolley towards the other girl. Stopping beside Ginny, Hermione watched the numerous Hogwart's students as they stood with their parents or were laughing amongst their friends, a few of the smaller kids who were obviously the timid first years stood as close their parents as possible with frightened and nervous looks on their faces. "Guess we should go and find a compartment before everyone else." Ginny said as she began pushing her trolley towards the open doors of the Hogwart's Express and then removed her trunk before dragging it on board with her.
Hermione followed suit and clutched Crookshank's cage tightly as she weaved in and out of the other students who had had the same idea as Ginny and were hurrying to grab empty compartments. Both Gryffindor girls pulled their trunks to the very end of the train before Ginny found an empty compartment and cheered in joy as she pulled her trunk in and then placed it on the racks above the seats. Hermione placed her own trunk up on the racks before setting Crookshank's cage down on the seat and smiling wearily at Ginny. "I'll go out and find Harry and Ron." She said and Ginny nodded her head before suddenly shrieking and running towards her friends who were some way down the train.
Stepping back off the Hogwart's Express, Hermione found that Harry and Ron had finally made it through to Platform Nine and Three Quarters and Ron's ears were a brilliant red. From on top of Harry's trunk, Hedwig hooted at the sight of the many people gathered whilst Pigwidgeon began to zoom around his cage in excitement. "Ginny's already grabbed a compartment. It's near the back of the train." Hermione said as Harry and Ron managed to reach her through the crowd and Mr. And Mrs. Weasley followed them.
Ron and Harry boarded the train and left their items in the compartment that Ginny had managed to find and then stepped back off the train to say their good byes to Mr and Mrs. Weasley. Hugging Mrs. Weasley, Hermione, like Harry and Ron found herself covered in tears from Mrs. Weasley who was sobbing over how they had made it to the train station without any hassle and how proud of them she was. She then managed to sober up and pointed her finger at Ron, "Make sure you do not get into any trouble this year Ron! I do not want any more letters from Hogwarts complaining about bad behaviour." Both Harry and Ron seemed to cower at Mrs. Weasley's warning and Hermione couldn't help but lower her head and smile.
Soon enough, the train warden blew his whistle and the rest of the students who were stood out on the platform began rushing onto the train before the doors shut. Harry, Hermione and Ron moved through the herd of students and then managed to pass through the crowd and make their way to the compartment where Ginny was sat and with her was Luna and Neville; Luna had her face hidden behind a copy of the Quibbler and Neville was asking Ginny about how her summer holidays had been.
"Hello," Neville said cheerfully as Harry, Ron and Hermione entered the compartment.
"Hi Neville, how was your summer." Harry asked as he shut the compartment door and then took the seat next to the window beside Ron who smiled at Neville and then looked at Luna who was still observing the Quibbler and would make a small noise every now and then.
"Oh, I was just telling Ginny that nothing much happened. How about you?" Neville replied and Harry shrugged his shoulders before looking at Ron and Hermione.
"Pretty much the same, me and Hermione both went to Ron's for the su -" He was cut off when the compartment door opened and someone appeared. Ginny shrieked, Neville fell from his seat and Harry's hand pulled his wand from his trouser pocket as his heart thudded against his chest.
After saying goodbye to Narcissa, both Draco and Evania got onto the Hogwarts Express and made their way through the carriages. Normally, Draco would have gone and sat with his fellow Slytherins, but when Evania passed by their usual compartment and glanced in to see Pansy, Goyle, Crabbe and Blaise sat laughing about something, she shook her head and made a small sound whilst Draco paused and opened his mouth to speak but found he had no words. Obviously, Evania saw something she disliked about his friends and he didn't much want to tell her that they were the people he hung around with.
"Why didn't you want to sit with them?" He asked as he caught up with her. Evania glanced over her shoulder at him and smirked.
"Honestly Draco, any sensible person would look in at them and walk right on by." Evania laughed as she continued walking down the train with her luggage and cat cage passing by the different students. Draco gave a small nod of his head at her reply and though Crabbe, Goyle and Blaise were his friends, he figured she was right. In all honesty, he was very glad that he had managed to avoid Pansy.
"They were Slytherins," Draco then added as he followed Evania through the carriages and towards the back end of the train. When he said they were Slytherins, Evania nodded her head whilst grinning.
"Thought so, from the looks of them, they would only belong in Slytherin." She said and Draco frowned, was she trying to say that all Slytherins were blithering idiots like Crabbe? I'm not like Crabbe he thought to himself as he glanced into the compartments whilst following Evania who seemed to not be able to make up her mind on where to sit. All the compartments were full and they would have to sit with other students.
Just when he was about to complain about being dragged about the Hogwarts Express and that they should go back and sit with his friends, Evania suddenly stopped outside a compartment and reached for the handle. Draco peered in and froze before shaking his head in horror as Evania grabbed the door handle, "You don't want to sit in there!" Draco said and Evania frowned at him, "They're Gryffindors, awful people."
"Oh come on, I'm sure they won't mind if we sit with them." Evania said before she pulled open the compartment door and was met with a highly unusual scene. One red headed girl screamed, one boy fell off his chair and one boy with jet black hair and bright green eyes whipped out his wand and pointed it at her. Evania froze and stared at the wand before she felt Draco move to stand in front of her with a small curse.
"Potter, put your wand away, you might poke Weasel in the eye!" Draco managed to spit out at Harry who was staring wide eyed at Evania whilst his friends all followed suit. Draco barely seemed to have been noticed as he stood in front of Evania who still had hold of the compartment door.
Harry's eyes flickered to Draco before he looked back at the girl who was stood behind him and staring at him and his friends with fear and shock on her face. Now that he had taken the time to properly look at her, he found that she didn't actually look exactly like the person he thought she was. Where the other woman had dark eyes, the girl behind Draco had ice blue eyes that, at the moment were filled with fear and surprise, if it had been the person he thought it to be, he was pretty sure the eyes would have been much darker and instead of filled with fear and shock, they would have been filled with amusement and they would definitely have looked crazy. The girl behind Draco didn't look crazy in the slightest and Harry suddenly felt embarrassed at his rash actions.
"I.. I thought you were someone else." Harry managed to say as he slipped his wand back into the back pocket of his jeans and quickly sat down. Hermione and Ron both exchanged quick frowns before looking up at the girl who was still stood behind Draco but looking less afraid now that Harry had put away his wand. Draco on the other hand threw an angry glare at Harry before glancing over his shoulder at Evania.
They can't know who I am? It's not possible? Evania's mind shouted at her, But why on earth would he draw a wand out on you if he didn't know who you were? Retorted her mind and Evania frowned, He did say he thought I was someone else... maybe he thought... Oh... I bet he thought I was her. Evania gave a small nod of her head before slipping past Draco so she was within the compartment. Her eyes moved over each of the other students starting on the red headed girl and moving onto the boy who was rubbing his bottom and sitting back down on the chair beside a girl who still had her head hidden behind a magazine. She then looked at the third girl with thick, caramel coloured hair who was staring at her with a frown on her face whilst the boy with red hair was looking at the caramel haired girl thoughtfully. Her eyes finally landed on the boy who had pointed his wand at her and Eva's eyes widened slightly when she saw the lightning shaped scar on his forehead. Harry Potter?? Wow. She glanced at Draco with a small frown, I wonder why he didn't want to sit in here with these.
"Don't worry about it," Evania finally replied to Harry's apology as she managed to smile at him, "I was going to ask if you didn't mind me and Draco joining you in here." She said and she saw all eyes narrow and move onto Draco.
"What are you playing at Malfoy?" The red headed boy asked in what Evania could clearly tell was hatred, she frowned slightly and looked at Draco questioningly.
"I told you we shouldn't sit in here Evania," Draco sighed before glaring at the red headed boy, "I'm not playing at anything Weasley!" Draco snarled before sighing heavily and turning to leave the compartment. "Eva, can we just go?" Draco growled and Evania stared at him for a moment before looking back into the compartment at the six other students. She was about to speak when the girl behind him the magazine suddenly peered out and looked at Evania thoughtfully before she looked at the rest of the people within the compartment.
"Of course you can sit with us." Luna said in a distant voice and ignored the glares from the rest of the people. Evania smiled at Luna before grabbing Draco's hand and pulling him into the compartment as well as her luggage which she placed up onto the racks with the rest of the luggage. She then dropped down into a seat next to Luna and opposite Harry whilst placing her cat carrier on her lap and leaving Draco to glare at her and place his own luggage onto the racks before sitting down next to Hermione but trying to get as far away from her as possible whilst Hermione scooted closer to Ron.
Hermione stared at the girl thoughtful look on her face, she had never seen her around Hogwarts and she had certainly never seen her in the company of Draco Malfoy before, "Are you new to Hogwarts?" She asked and Evania glanced at her before smiling and nodding her head. It was clearly a friendly smile and Hermione visibly relaxed when she saw nor felt no malice from the other girl.
"Yes, I'm starting my seventh year here. I had private tutoring from home until my father passed away." Evania replied as she gave another small nod of her head. "Draco's parents took me in and enrolled me at Hogwarts but Professor Dumbledore already knew about my father's death and made sure I was brought to the school to finish my education." She explained before adding, "I'm Evania De'Alvion by the way."
It was possible to say that everyone within the compartment visibly relaxed when she said that her name was Evania De'Alvion and Evania gave a forced smile whilst pondering over why they would react in such a manner... She guessed it had something to do with Bellatrix.
"I'm Hermione Granger," The caramel haired girl said with a smile and Evania returned the smile before looking at the rest of them, "Uh... this is Ronald -"
"Ron." Interrupted the red haired boy,
"Ron Weasley and that's his sister Ginny Weasley. The girl sat next to you is Luna Lovegood and the boy sat next to Luna is Neville Longbottom." Hermione said and Evania's eyes widened when she said that the boy who had fallen from his seat was Neville Longbottom. She knew Bellatrix had used the Cruciatus curse on Neville Longbottom's parents driving them into insanity and now they were both in St. Mungo's hospital. I'm going to school with the person who's life was ruined by my mother. She thought to herself before she tore her eyes from Neville and looked at Draco who was staring at her worriedly, everyone else seemed to have not noticed. "And the guy opposite you with the messy hair is Harry Potter." Hermione finished and Evania looked from Draco onto boy with the jet black hair and vibrant green eyes.
"Nice to meet you all." Evania said with a smile as she looked at all the people that she had been introduced to. She was about to say more when a tall, lanky third year appeared at the compartment door with mouse brown hair and glimmering hazel coloured eyes. He glanced at everyone in the compartment before looking down at a piece of paper in his hand.
"Professor McGonagall wants to speak to the Head boy and girl." He said before frowning and staring at the piece of paper again, "Uh... Hermione Granger of Gryffindor and Draco Malfoy of Slytherin." He finished before shrugging his shoulders and turning from the compartment and heading back up the train to find his friends.
Hermione sat for a moment open mouthed before looking at Harry and Ron who both wore similar facial expressions as herself. She then looked at Malfoy who rolled his eyes and pushed himself to his feet, "Great, just what I need right now. I can't believe I have to share living quarters with Ferret Boy!" Hermione growled as she followed suit and looked at her friends within the compartment.
"It's not as though I asked for you to be Head girl Granger!" Draco snapped back before receiving a vicious shove from Hermione, "Watch it!" He glared at Hermione before turning to look at Evania who was frowning slightly at the scene him and Hermione were making. "Uh... If I'm not back by the time we get to Hogwarts then just stay with Loon- er Luna, Potter and Weasley." He said and Evania nodded her head before watching as her cousin was pushed from the compartment by Hermione and the two swapped insults.