A/N thank you guys for all of the reviews! First order of business, Draco's brother Aurelius' name means "the golden one" in Latin. Second, it's been brought to my attention that this may seem like a slash fic… well, I'm sorry if it seems that way, but this will not progress into a slash fic, it was never intended to be that way, I'm sorry if that's what you were expecting. So without further ado…
Disclaimer: I am not j.k. Rowling, I do not own any of the harry potter characters… O,O - owl…
They reached King's Cross at half past ten. Uncle Vernon dumped Harry's trunk onto a cart and wheeled it into the station for him. Harry thought this was strangely kind until Uncle Vernon Stopped dead, facing the platforms with a nasty grin on his face.
"Well, there you are boy. Platform nine – Platform ten. Your platform should be somewhere in the middle, but they don't seem to have built it yet, do they"
He was quite right, of course. There was a big plastic number nine over one platform and a big plastic number ten over the one next to it, and in the middle, nothing at all.
"Have a good term," sad Uncle Vernon with an even nastier smile. He left without another word. Harry turned and saw the Dursleys drive away. All three of them were laughing. Harry's mouth went rather dry. What on earth was he going to do? He was starting to attract a lot of funny looks because of Decorus, his spotted eagle owl. He'd have to ask someone how to get onto the platform. That's when he heard a woman's voice.
"Fred! George! Hurry up we have to get to the platform! The train leaves in 30 minutes!" A plump woman with red hair frantically looking around called out, "Fred! George! I can't see them among all these muggles. Percy you look for them while I take Ron to the train" A pompous looking boy rolled his eyes.
"Yes mother" he said in a drawling voice. Harry couldn't help but snicker at their antics that is until two heads were by his shoulder.
"Hello there, I see you saw our mother" A red tall red headed boy said
"You see, we don't feel like having to hang around them all day" Another one said, Harry got the feeling they were twins… because well… they looked exactly alike, "Look out, here comes Percy! If he asks you tell him we went the other way!"
The red headed boy from before stopped in front of Harry, "Hogwarts?" he asked. Harry felt as though he were evaluating him on the spot. He just nodded. "Well, you best be getting on the train soon. It will be leaving shortly. By the way, have you seen two red headed twins come this way?"
"Yes." Harry said, "They went towards the ticket booth"
"Thank you very much" he said with a nod, and he was off. Just then the two twins appeared again, "Thanks for that mate, if you ever need anything from us. One started
"Don't hesitate to ask." Harry felt as though this could get annoying, "Well then, I'm George and this is my brother Fred."
"Nice to meet you." Harry said politely, "I was actually hoping you could tell me how to get to the train, you see this is my first year and I'm not exactly…"
"Well right then." Fred (George?) said, "Just follow us" they started weaving in and out of the crowds and came to a stop in front of a wall. "Well then, what you want to do is run straight through that wall, and you will be on the platform" Harry looked at them skeptically, they couldn't be serious.
"I don't think he believes us Fred."
"And here we are, being so polite to help a first year. Well then just watch" With that the first twin ran head first into the wall. Harry cringed, waiting for the impact, but it didn't come. He just looked astonished at the other twin, "See… well I'll see you on the train." And then he disappeared into the wall as well.
Harry looked up at the clock over hanging the platforms, he had 15 minutes. It was now or never. He ran forward, shut his eyes fearing the collision… but it didn't come… Harry opened his eyes and saw an amazing scarlet train in front of him.
"Look mum there he is, I told you we were helping him. He didn't know how to get to the platform."
"DO YOU THINK I RUDDY BELIEVE THAT EXCUSE!" harry turned to see the red headed woman lecturing her two sons, "YOU COULD HAVE POINTED TO ANY STUDENT AND SAID YOU HELPED THEM!" Harry walked over and shook the hands of the twins.
"Thank you, I don't know what I would have done if I didn't run into you." He said with a smile on his face, winking so that their mother wouldn't see it. The twins smiled, glad that they were able to get away with their antics.
"Oh" the mother suddenly got a lot quieter to Harry's liking, "I'm sorry dear, it's just that my sons are practical jokesters. I just don't know when to believe them. I'm sorry, my name is Molly Weasley." She said with a grin, holding out her hand. Harry eyed it, not knowing where it's been, but he shook it anyways, "Harry Potter." She dropped his hand immediately. And looked shocked at his forehead.
"Oh I'm sorry dear, I didn't know." Harry had to stop himself from rolling his eyes.
"Well I'll see you later, Fred, George" And he nodded them off, and walked onto the train.
The inside of the train seemed much bigger to Harry than the outside, you could easily fit two people with trunks in the hallway comfortably. Harry started looking through the compartments, trying to find Draco. What if he didn't want to be friends anymore, what if he thought he was a freak like the Dursleys? Harry felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Need help Harry?" Harry turned around to see Aurelius with a smile on his face, "When I didn't see you on the train I started to get worried. Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm just trying to find your brother." Harry said, happy to see a Malfoy again. Aurelius gestured for Harry to follow him. They went down three passageways, occasionally stopping to break people apart, as is Aurelius' job as a prefect Harry found out. They came to a stop in front a door. Aurelius opened it up.
"Hey you little prick." He said, "I found a stray wandering the hallways."
He opened the door wider and moved away.
"HARRY!" Draco said enthusiastically, "Where have you been!"
Harry recounted his story of meeting the Weasley twins and their brother.
"Those bloody Weasleys" Draco said with a look of disgust on his face, "They have more children than they can afford." Draco laughed at his own joke. Harry was about to retort when the door opened again two reveal two girls. "There you are Draco! We've been looking all over for you. You aren't gonna make us sit by ourselves are you" one of the girls pouted.
"Why don't you just sit in here then Parkinson?" He said in an annoyed voice
"Don't you take that tone with me Malfoy." She retorted scrunching up her face in rage, "I'm the one saving you from your loneliness!"
"I'm not the one who's lonely! I have someone I'm talking with if you haven't noticed!" For the first time the two girls turned their attention to Harry.
"Whose this Draco… and why is he wearing such… repulsive clothing?" the girl Draco called Parkinson asked. Harry looked at his clothes and realized that they did look a little big. But that wasn't his fault, these were some of the best muggle clothes he had. But they still weren't up to the standard in the wizarding world? What was he going to do?
"He, Pansy, is Harry Potter. The reason I'm assuming he is wearing those cloths is because the muggles he lives with wont give him any better ones." The girls' expression of disgust quickly turned into an expression of pity.
"Aww I'm so sorry Harry I didn't know." Pansy said in nicer tone than before, "I'm Pansy Parkinson and this is Blaise Zabini." Blaise was a girl about Harry's height, with light blonde hair and blue eyes.
"Hello Harry." She said in a sweet voice while holding out her hand, "it's very nice to meet you in person."
Harry shook her hand, it was soft. "In person?" he inquired, "Where else would you have met me?"
"Pansy, Draco, and I all had the same primary school tutor, we also read up on more modern times in the wizarding world."
"So you all knew each other before this?" He was starting to feel left out of the group.
"Yes our parents knew each other before hand, come to think of it, we are missing some people." She turned to Draco, "Wheres Tim and the buffoons?"
"How should I know?" he asked, "I'm not their keeper"
With that the train lurched forward and started moving… No turning back now, Harry thought.
Hey guys sorry for cutting off the chapter right there, but I'm going to split the train ride into a different part because you will get to know some people. And before you put me on blast… yes in this story Blaise Zabini is a girl, I made her that way because the story needed Slytherin girls badly, considering the only one I know is Pansy. So yeah, hope you enjoyed it and I will try to update soon. Thank you, -The New Grimm