Harry Potter And The Korgei
Disclaimer 1: Most characters and places belong to JKR. I am merely borrowing them- her tune, my words as it were!
Spoilers: PS, COS, POA, GOF- I planned this before OOTP, so any similarities are coincidence. I have not altered my plans in any way (deletion of information since, and I have edited, but sticking to the original plan otherwise)
Chapter 4: The Hogwarts Express
Time seemed to go immensely faster, when Harry was living with the Weasleys, rather than the Dursleys. Harry loved staying with the Weasleys. They had fun together, they all got on well, and they included everyone and did not make Harry feel like an outsider or a slave, as the Dursleys did.
Harry, Ron, Ginny, Fred, George and Percy spent a little time together everyday. Percy did not spend much time with the others though, as he had to work, but he ate breakfast and dinner with them, and occasionally helped them with chores around the house and helping with the upkeep of the large garden area.
Harry, Ron and Ginny spent a lot of time together, as Fred and George did go off together quite a lot, and didn't tell anyone where they were going. Harry suspected that it had something to do with preparing for their joke shop though, as he had recently given them his tri-wizard winnings.
On these occasions, the three of them would practice playing Quidditch, or playing football (which Harry taught them the basics of, and they both enjoyed it immensely although neither of them could shoot the ball anywhere near the goal area separated by a tree stump, and a large terracotta plant pot), or walking around the village of Ottery St. Catchpole which was a 20 minute walk away from the Burrow. They enjoyed learning about the different muggle things that Harry explained to them. They also had one great day, when Mr. and Mrs. Weasley allowed the three of them to go to Portsmouth on their own. They had fun on the pier and riding the arcades, although Ron was sick when he came off of a fast upside-down ride called the Barracuda, and Ginny complained that it was nothing compared to riding Harry's Firebolt.
On several occasions when Fred and George snuck out of the house, they went wearing very smart looking robes, and carrying matching briefcases, and looking very well groomed. Harry wondered why no one was particularly suspicious of where they were going. Maybe they had spoken to their parents and given some excuse for where they were going off to.
The twins did not tell Harry what they were up to specifically, but they often winked at him when they were leaving the house, and made suggestions to him that they were working on developing their range of products.
When it came time for Harry, Ron, Fred, George and Ginny to go to Kings Cross to catch the Hogwarts Express, they had had a great few weeks. Unfortunately, they had only seen Hermione for 3 days of the holiday, at Harry's birthday, when they went to Diagon Alley for school shopping, and for one day in the holiday when they all stayed at the Burrow.
When they arrived at platform 9 3/4 in King's Cross station they were all flustered, as they had rushed to get there. Fortunately, they had ended up getting there 10 minutes early due to getting there quicker than normal. They had thought that they would be late and miss the train.
They found a free compartment and got settled onto the train, after packing their belongings safely into the overhead compartments.
After a few minutes, Hermione came into the carriage and she smiled brightly at all of them with a glowing tan. After settling in, she quickly told them about her holiday to Florida. As soon as the carriage pulled away, she stopped herself from the tales about some Floridian witches masquerading as flea market salespeople, and she dragged Ron and Ginny with her to the prefects meeting.
Harry was left alone with Fred and George.
"So Harry ol' buddy- how are you?" George said with a grin.
"Great thanks- so are you both going to tell me what you have been up to, sneaking around so much?" Harry enquired cheekily.
Fred and George grinned to each other, and then started to tell Harry about the meetings with prospective clients and with business owners, who were considering funding large projects, and the discussions they had had with property lenders in the Diagon Alley area.
"and we owe it all to you!"
"Seriously Harry- thanks so much!"
"Couldn't have dreamed we would get this far without you!"
Harry was happy to have done something to help Fred and George realise their dreams. He had no use for the money that he had won as he already had plenty, but it had truly helped Fred and George so he was glad he had won it. He wished that it could have been in better circumstances, but he tried not to think of how he won the money- he was trying to put it behind him and not to dwell on it too much.
After 2 hours, the prefects were let out of their meeting, and Hermione, Ron and Ginny joined Harry's carriage again. Fred and George had left after an hour to go and find Lee Jordan, so Harry had sat by himself reading his new transfigurations book. Putting his book away, Harry listened to Ron and Hermione argue about the meeting.
"But I can't even pronounce Araki-butty-rower-po-fobia"
"It's Arachibutyrophobia- it's the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth"
"It's stupid! No one is going to remember the password. There will be herds of Gryffindors stuck outside the portrait of the fat lady, spelling it out for hours"
"Well you didn't come up with a password now did you?!"
It was going on and on.
"I suggested we use Lion-Heart" Ginny interjected
"Shhh... try not to get involved" Harry said softly. He knew just how much Hermione and Ron liked to argue, and he didn't want them to shout at Ginny. Thankfully Ron and Hermione ignored her.
They argued for 30 minutes solid, while Harry and Ginny watched, like a tennis match. Tried to act like it didn't bother them and have a conversation, but then they would get intrigued again and listen to the arguing.
After a while, the compartment became quiet, but not uncomfortably so. Ron and Hermione seemed to have both let out their steam and were enjoying the company in quiet all reading. They sat there comfortably for a while, until Harry left to go to the toilet.
He went to the back of the train, and used the toilet. When he came out, he heard his name mentioned in the carriage next to the little wizards toilets. He stopped and listened hard.
"I just can't do it! I don't know how I can. My mother told me how vital it is that Pure bloods stick together, no matter who they are friends with. It's going to be so hard becoming anything other than enemies with Weasley and Potter though! Salazar! How can I after all I have said and done to them?"
HP HP HP HP HP HP HP HP
What do you think? Is Malfoy being sincere? Is he talking to his friends from Slytherin or someone else? Do you like the bits about Fred and George?
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