Amera and Tashia Flooed home from Narcissa's house, they didn't feel like staying the night, much to Draco's dismay.

"You stayed last time, it wasn't that bad…"

"I know, I just need some decent sleep tonight…but we're coming again on the 31st of August for school shopping."

They left Draco standing in the guest lounge with a sad look on his face. The few remaining weeks of holiday just flew past in a blur, and before they knew it, it was the 31st of August and they had to go school shopping.

"Got your shopping lists?" Aurora asked.

"Yes mom…"

"And your NEWT book lists?"

"Yes auntie Aurora." said Tashia with a loud sigh.

"Just checking. Now off to Narcissa's before you're late again.

Tashia and Amera Flooed to Narcissa's and after that they had bought even more clothes, books, cauldrons, ingredients, books, robes, and even a new broom and trunk each.

After Flooing back home again, Amera and Tashia showed Aurora their new clothes and everything else.

"That was awfully nice of Narcissa to buy you new brooms."

"Mum, how come Narcissa buys us so much stuff, but you never allow us to spend anything?"

"She always offers Amera. And all I have to do is oblige. You know that we have enough money…"

"I know mom, I was just wondering."

Aurora jinxed their trunks so all of their things could fit into them.

"Tomorrow it's to Hogwarts for the both of you. Want anything special to eat tonight?"

Tashia and Amera both shook their heads.

"Come now don't be nervous, it's just another school."

"But we liked Frozbergen…"

"Can't we go back there?" Tashia asked hopefully.

"No. This is just new school jitters. You were so excited and few weeks ago. Besides I want you two home for Christmas for a change."

Tashia and Amera sighed. They slammed their trunks shut, and put them at the bottom of the staircase.

"I think we'll just go to bed mom…"

"See you in the morning auntie Aurora…"

Tashia and Amera went up to their respective rooms, and crawled in. Tomorrow was another school, and new robes and uniforms. Fantastic!

"Wake up! We're gonna be late!" a really loud voice and a shake woke Amera up.

"What…"

"Wake up!"

Amera opened her eyes and looked up at Tashia, already holding up the clothes that Amera had laid out the previous day.

"What are you…"

"We're gonna miss the train! GET DRESSED!" Tashia shouted and threw Amera's clothes at her.

Amera got up, and got dressed quickly. She looked around for anything she might've missed, grabbed the black handbag that had her money and jewellery in it, and ran downstairs. Tashia was already dragging the last trunk out the door towards the car. Aurora was running around like a chicken without a head, looking for anything else she might've missed.

"I think that's all. I'll owl you anything else that is missing." Aurora grabbed the car keys of the table and ran for the door.

"Come Amera! We've only got two hours to get to King's Cross!"

Amera darted towards the door, locked it and jumped in the car. They sped off to King's Cross, and got there twenty minutes before eleven. They got two trolleys from the station, and put their trunks on them and followed Aurora through the crowd.

"Only fifteen minutes. Hurry!" said Aurora quickening her pace.

Tashia and Amera pushed their heavy trolleys after Aurora, until they came face to face with a wall.

"What now?" Tashia asked.

"Run through the wall, Amera then Tashia. I'll come after you."

Tashia and Amera looked at each other, and then ran. Tashia was close on Amera's heels, then they ere both surrounded in darkness. Amera heard Tashia swear of some sort, and then they were back on a platform. Amera looked around, but instead of the white bullet trains that usually lined the station, there was an old red steam train. A gold emblem on the front of the train said Hogwarts Express, which answered all Amera's questions.

"Beautiful isn't it?" said Aurora and Amera jumped.

"Yeah…"

There were parents shouting at their children to get on the train, and a few long goodbyes on the platform.

"Aurora? Aurora, is that really you?"

Narcissa found her way to them through the crowd. Draco was at her side, smiling at Amera and Tashia. Amera's mouth fell open, and gaped.

"You never said you were going to Hogwarts, Draco?"

"You never asked." he smiled.

Amera smiled back, but stuck out her tongue angrily before she did.

"It really is! I recognised Tashia and Amera, but you…you're still so beautiful."

"Same to you Narcissa." said Aurora with a smile and hugged her.

"We better get on the train…" said Draco loudly as to interrupt them.

"Yes yes…" Narcissa bent down and kissed Draco on the cheek, and hugged him.

Aurora hugged Tashia and Amera at the same time, then let them go.

"Have a good term. See you at Christmas!" said Aurora as Amera and Tashia ran towards the train.

Tashia and Amera dragged their trunks onto the train, and the corridors were still packed.

"See you at school!" Draco shouted somewhere behind them.

"See you!" Tashia and Amera shouted back.

Tashia and Amera pulled their trunks along until they found an empty compartment. They closed the door behind them and quickly shoved their trunks onto the luggage rack. Then they sat down and took a breath.

"That was a rush!" said Amera taking a breath.

"Tell me about it…" Tashia gasped.

Then the door flew open and a familiar face poked through.

"How you doing, girls?"

"Oh my Merlin! Harry!" Amera jumped up and hugged him, and afterwards Tashia hugged him.

Amera smiled at Harry, who was obviously just also running to catch the train.

"Didn't see you in Diagon Alley…" said Amera with a disappointed look.

"Yeah well, I see you support the Weird Sisters" said Harry looking at the lead singer strumming her guitar on Amera's shirt.

"Uhm…do you mind if we sit here, everywhere else is full." Harry asked, almost pleading.

"By "we" you mean…"

"Neville, Luna, Ron, Hermione and me. If you don't mind?"

"Seven people? One compartment?" said Tashia suddenly.

"It works, believe me." Harry smiled, hoping to be let in.

"Sure…more the merrier." Amera answered.

"Thanks." Harry picked up his trunk, put on top of Amera's trunk and put another two trunks on top of another.

"See? It was made for seven." Harry smiled.

Another boy stepped in with a round face and clutching a toad, then a girl, with really long blonde hair and large misty eyes, holding a copy of The Quibbler.

"This is Neville, and Luna. They're some of my friends." said Harry.

Amera held out her hand smiling back at them, and so did Tashia.

"I'm Amera."

"Tashia."

"Very interesting read you got there, Luna." said Amera after shaking her and Neville's hands.

"Oh yes. It's been doing very well since Harry's interview. We had an exclusive…" said Luna, tearing a pair of spectrespecs out of the middle and putting them on her nose.

Amera looked at Harry and he just smiled.

"Very weird…" She mouthed to Harry and nodded in Luna's direction.

Harry just shrugged his shoulders and smiled. There was a group of girls standing outside their compartment door, pointing into their compartment and giggling.

"Fine, I'll do it…" one girl with long dark hair eventually said.

She stepped into their compartment and looked down at Harry, smiling all the while.

"I'm Romilda Vane. We were just wondering if you'd like to come sit with us in our compartment, you don't have to sit with them…" She added, looking at Luna and Neville, who was looking for his frog under the bench.

"They're my friends; thanks…" said Harry, looking away.

But no one heard him over Amera, almost shouting at them.

"If there were less people like you criticizing real people, then maybe we wouldn't have a world full of clones!"

"Oh…" said Romilda Vane with wide eyes and stepped out the compartment, walking off with her friends.

There was a moment of silence.

"People would expect Harry to have cooler friends than us." said Luna, looking over the edge of her spectrespecs.

Luna was uncanny at telling the honest truth, and this made Amera and Tashia laugh.

"You're fine Luna, don't let anyone tell you different." said Amera.

Luna smiled and pushed her spectrespecs higher up on her nose and delved into her magazine. After a few minutes the train pulled away jerkily from the station. But not before long, another girl burst into the compartment, holding out four rolls of parchment sealed with a purple ribbon.

"I must deliver this to…uhm…Neville Longbottom, Tashia Truevale, Amera Genesse and…Harry Potter…"

The girl looked at Harry with one long stare then left all the scrolls with him.

"What's this?" Harry asked rhetorically, handing out the respective scrolls.

Harry read it slowly then realised what it was. He saw someone the night that Dumbledore came to fetch him, and that someone was Horace Slughorn. He "collected" his favourite students so that he could say that he was well connected, and he had a very strong feeling that this had something to do with it.

"Who is this Slughorn?" Tashia asked.

"New professor…"

"And why is he inviting us for lunch?" Amera asked.

"No idea. But I suppose we better go…" said Harry, standing up and getting ready to leave.

"Where you going Harry?"

A tall, redheaded boy had appeared at the door, along with another girl with very bushy brown hair, both tugging trunks behind them.

"Just got some invites. We'll be right back…" with that, Harry, Neville, Amera and Tashia had set off down the corridors to find Slughorn's compartment.