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Chapter 3: unexpected encounters
Blaise was talking energetically to Draco as they sat on the Hogwarts Express. Suddenly the door to their compartment swung open stopping the rather one sided conversation. In front of the now staring Slytherins was a tall (for a girl) brown haired, brown eyed beauty. She looked as though she was looking for someone. Baize was the first one to speak up "Hello! Are you looking for some where to sit?" his voice seemed to startle the girl but she recovered swiftly and replied to his query.
"No I have a place but, um would you be willing to direct me to either a Mister Draco Malfoy or Miss Hermione Granger please?" she requested her well shaped brow furrowing as she tried to recall the names.
Blaise glanced over to his shocked friend and answered the darling girl's innocent question. "My friend here is your Mister Malfoy and I have no idea where Hermione is."
"That is Draco?" she asked wrinkling her nose a little before closing the compartment door and sitting across from Blaise and Draco. "Hello I believe I have yet to be properly introduced to you. I am Cherie Black." She said her voice shooting and friendly as she extended a hand to Baize.
"I am Blaise Zabini and this shocked little lump is Draco Malfoy." He said reaching out and shaking Cherie's hand. A bright smile spread over her face and the compartment seemed to brighten a little. She had such an infectious smile that Blaise couldn't help but smile with her. "How do you know our dear Draco here?" Baize inquired the grin still plastered to his face but deep down he feared her answer.
"Oh I am his second cousin once removed on his mother's side." She explained inclining her head a little "I'm from Canada!"
At those last words Draco seemed to wake from his shocked stupor and nodded as though it all made perfect sense. "Oh are you umm…Desiree's child?" he said trying to recall his cousin's name.
Cherie smiled again and nodded, her brown hair bobbing in behind her in its pony tail. "Oh my! Now that we have met I must tell you, if you hadn't already noticed I am going to be going to Hogwarts with you this year! I have to go now and find Hermione while she is in a rather confined area!" she laughed as she stood up. "Bye Blaise! Bye Draco!" she called animatedly from the door as she exited.
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"Hello?" a voice came echoing down the hall and Harry got up to see who it was. He didn't care to much for Ron's new staring habit (only with Hermione) and was looking for ANY excuse to get out of that compartment. If Draco Malfoy himself came looking for a fight Harry would rather do that than sit another minute in that compartment with Ron and Hermione.
"Hello! Who are you?" Harry asked the burnet whom he had never seen before. Transfer students were rare and that had to be what she was because she was too old to be a first year and to young to be a teacher and thus had to be a new student from another school. "Are you looking for some one?"
"Yes I am Cherie Black and I was wondering if you could direct me to Hermione Granger, a boy named Seamus told me I could find her over here." Harry was taken aback by this but politely answered her question.
"She is in this compartment." He replied
"Oh good I have finally found her! May I come in and join you? Unless on coarse you don't want me to?" she asked taking on an almost hurt tone at the thought of being denied entry to the compartment.
"Umm of coarse you can come in!" Harry exclaimed finding himself unable to refuse this girl anything.
"Thank you!" She exclaimed her smile shining brightly as Harry held the door open for her to enter.
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As Harry and Cherie entered the compartment Hermione looked up hoping for any excuse to leave, she had already went to the bathroom, twice, and changed into her ropes and thus was stuck in the train compartment with Ron and his new staring problem. "Harry who is this?" she asked the pair.
"I was hoping you would know." Harry started "she seems to know you well enough."
"I am sorry for the trouble but you do know me Hermione." The girl paused for a moment before continuing "I am Cherie Black you have been writing me for the last 2 years while I was in Canada.
"Cherie is that you!" Hermione exclaimed standing and hugging her pen pal. "I thought you were still in Canada! How ever did you get here?"
"Well there is a story I have been working on it for months and at the end of last year when my old school got closed by the government…lousy, stinking, Gordon… I finally was able convince my mother and father to let me go to Hogwarts for my final year of schooling. There ya see is how I got to be here!"
"Oh Cherie that is what you meant by 'I'll see ya soon' in your last letter! You old tease how dare you do this to me!"
Cherie grinned "Quite easily my dear friend! The hard part was finding you! Although I made some amazing friends along the way. Oh I have to get into my robes could you show me the way Hermione?" Cherie asked observing her friend as she wriggled under the piercing gaze of the red head. "And you! Haven't you ever seen a girl before? Stop staring!" she cried and smacked the top of Ron's head before taking Hermione and departing the compartment.
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"Oy wot was that for?" Ron exclaimed to Harry as Hermione and that girl, Cherie left the compartment.
A/N: Ron is weird! Anyway Cherie rocks! She was originally going to be called Rachel but then I changed my mind. Anyway hope you liked it!