Another update because hey I'm just too excited to wait. Dear Blinka Fudge I was just thinking what you were thinking about the passages so don't worry I'll write about those and again thank you for your reviews!
As over thinking goes, Emilie had spent half of her journey thinking about Fred becoming a little distant. One minute she would panic and then scold herself for not trusting him. She lay across one of the seats in hope to sleep but as her best friends were Hermione and Ginny, sleep did not come.
"Oh come on Em, he's probably getting snowed under with all these school orders at work." Ginny said softly, Emilie sat up and sighed knowing that Ginny was right and it was all hormones and over thinking.
"Guys I'm sorry to leave, but I have to be up in the prefect compartment." Hermione said quietly. Ever since she got the letter that she was head girl she felt bad that Emilie or Ginny didn't it.
"Of course! Can't be setting a bad example Head Girl." Emilie brightened up and winked, honestly she didn't mind. In fact she was glad that she didn't get it, too much work she thought.
"Alright you two, don't get up into too much mischief. I'll see you before we arrive." Hermione said lifting her back and heading down the compartments. Ginny stood up and locked the door behind her and closed the blinds.
"Well now it's time for a little chat. I know the whole Fred thing is getting to you but it'll be fine I promise." Ginny said, lying down and propping her head up with a pillow she brought in her backpack.
"I suppose so but you know he's technically my first boyfriend. I don't want to mess it up." Emilie said, copying Ginny.
"First, Last, Husband, You'll be fine. Yeah you might have your arguments or hiccups but that's normal, remember when Harry broke up with me for my protection. Honestly I have no idea what was going through his head then." She said laughing. Emilie rolled her eyes of course the entire Weasley family had practically organised her wedding. She had only been going out with him for nearly four months.
"Husband really?" Emilie laughed, "You're right, I'll be fine."
"Yeah, you weren't in the Gryffindor common room the night he mixed up you and Goyle's sweet bags and you ended up getting the puking pastille. He was a mess, keep staring off into the distance thinking he blew it." Ginny giggled remembering the night it happened. "It was quite funny actually."
"What?! This must be one of the memories I haven't got back yet because I don't remember that." Emilie raised her eyebrows and laughed at Ginny's pink face. "Anyway, change the topic how is you and the chosen one, slayer of Voldy?"
"Slayer? Oh I need to write that down; he'll be red in the face for days. Yeah we're good. It's nice now that everything is calmed down and he doesn't have a prophecy to fulfil now we can just talk and talk some more." Ginny replied,
"Talking...sure. Eh well I'm going to get something from the trolley, want anything?" Emilie asked, poking through her backpack for her purse.
"A cauldron cake and a sugar quill please Em." Ginny smiled, handing two sickles to Emilie.
"Oh wise up, I'll pay for it. If I'm getting a chocolate frog and those vampire lollipops it'll come to a total of five sickles." Emilie shook her head and jumped out of the compartment before Ginny could protest; bumping into someone along the way.
"Oh sorry..." Emilie started before she noticed it was Draco Malfoy. Hmm she didn't expect him to return. "Draco didn't see you." The boy looked quite surprised as she used his first name, she analysed him, paler than the last time she saw him but didn't seem as grumpy.
"Jones." He simply said, like his version of 'yeah no problem' and walked off down the opposite end of the train. She wondered why he came back, probably to get away from his parents for a while. But she kept herself to her own business.
She walked up the other end and found the trolley and crowd of tiny first years almost climbing it. The poor trolley woman was having a hard time trying to keep up with everyone's order.
"Alright, first years. The first thing you are gonna learn at Hogwarts its manners. Now I want a line, one at a time please." Emilie cleared her throat and said in the most polite voice she could manage, almost like a Disney princess. At once the Firsties lined up and quietly waited their turn.
"Thank you dear, I guess they're all just excited. Now what can I get for you?" The trolley lady asked,
"Um a cauldron cake, a sugar quill, a chocolate frog and a vampire lollipop please." Emilie asked, handing the woman five sickles and getting her sweets in return. With a final glance at the first years, she walked back to her compartment.
"Who were you talking to outside? You bumped into someone right?" Ginny asked, starting to eat her cauldron cake piece by piece.
"Draco, He's returned this year." Emilie said quietly, biting into her chocolate frog. Flipping the card to reveal Harry on the back. She burst out laughing making the chocolate nearly go up her nose.
"Drac... what is so funny?!"
"Looks like your boyfriend followed us." Emilie said trying not to laugh and threw the card at Ginny before Ginny fell off her chair laughing. The girls eventually died down and Ginny scrambled through her back for an envelope before popping the card in and sealing it and putting it back in her bag.
"I'll owl it to him later. He's either going to be really chuffed or really embarrassed." Ginny said smiling. "Anyway you said Malfoy was back."
"Yeah, he seems less grumpy this year. I think we should get on a first name basis. Maybe be a bit more friendly?" Emilie questioned, hoping this year would be blood duel free.
"You know how much pain he put all of us through Em, I think it'll take a while to get on a first name basis but I suppose I can try and not make a snide comment. I'm not making promises." Ginny said now lying back down and sucking on the end of her sugar quill.
A few hours later as the sun had started to set and both girls were in their uniform, Hermione burst through the compartment doors.
"Head boy, Malfoy. Kill me now." She panted as if she'd run up the train and back. Ginny and Emilie looked at each other and turned to Hermione giving her that look as if to say 'yup you're screwed'.
"Welcome year eights, to a new and hopeful year to Hogwarts. I'd like to say I'm glad to see some familiar seventh years returning. And also like to say, to anyone that fought last summer you have a great honour to our school." Professor McGonagall spoke in front of the four tables, all full of students eager to return.
"A few new rules since the dark times have passed. Your houses are yes your family however you may sit with whichever house table you like. I will give you a few moments to change." And like that younger students swapped to join their siblings. Emilie moved to the Gryffindor beside Hermione, Ginny and Neville who returned to complete his NEWTS.
"Very well, as the usual rules the forbidden forest is still forbidden." A few year eights sniggered but were hushed by older students. "We have a familiar face returned for the permanent post of Defence against the Dark Arts, Professor Lupin." Emilie, Neville, Hermione and Ginny and mostly every other student clapped and cheered, Professor Lupin smiled their way.
"Now let the feast begin." McGonagall spoke and the tables were filled with food.