Here's chapter 2 of Shinigami At Hogwarts!
Hope you enjoyed the first part!

(I'm assuming the character of Severus Snape is somehow alive after Voldemort's defeat).

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Chapter 2

A few hours later the Hogwarts Express finally came to a halt at Hogsmeade train station. The students slowly got up, stretched and made their way out of train chatting. Hagrid, the gamekeeper and Care of Magical Creatures teacher, could be heard (and seen) calling for the first years to board the tiny little boats that were docked on the edge of the great lake, that was next to the castle in a valley. The first years were all pretty frightened as a rumour had gone round as usual that the lake was inhabited by a giant squid.

Harry saw a little congregation of first years near Hagrid waiting to board the boats. There one at the centre addressing the others.

"The squid's tentacles pop out of the water and drag you in!" the first year told a group of his classmates that circled him. One of the little girls squealed and a boy with a chubby round face gasped, he looked near tears. This boy reminded Harry strongly of Neville Longbottom. Neville used to be the sort who couldn't stand up for himself and always got bullied by bigger people, like Malfoy and his underlings, Crabbe and Goyle. Of course all that had changed now.

"Yeah, my cousin told me all about it. Said he saw them with his own peepers and everything. You'll be the first one Wally, since you're so fat!" The crowd burst out into laughter, while the little chubby boy burst out into sobs.

Harry was getting angry by now and strode over to defend the boy.

"You lot leave him alone! There's no such thing as an evil giant squid and it will not pull you into the lake! And you," Said Harry, turning to the sniggering boy who'd been arousing the laughter, "Stop bullying people cos you reckon you're all it! You shouldn't make fun of people because they're fat. I mean… never do it again!" Harry stared around at the crowd, they were all speechless. Ron came over for support.

"Right, all of you sod off! Get into the boats, and make sure no Grindylows get you! Mind you, they definitely exist!" Ron's bellow caused all the first years to stumble back and they hurried past Harry to the dock. Hagrid smiled at them, gave them a kind of 'I'll take it from here' look and strode away.

Harry looked down at the boy called Wally still weeping next to him.

"Don't worry about people like that kid. Now run along before you get stuck out here alone." He said.

The boy nodded and quickly ran off, stumbling once on the way. Harry made a mental note to look out for that kid if he could.

"Harry, Ron quick!" Hermione called from across the platform, "the last carriages are going to leave soon!" They went off to the Thestral drawn carriages and sat themselves down in one next to Luna Lovegood, their friend from Ravenclaw house, now in her sixth year. "Hello," she said, "enjoy your summer, Harry?" "Err, yeah. It was good, thanks." "Mine was good too. Especially since the Twindlebees are now in great abundance." "Yeah, of course, Twiddle Dees, yes." "No, Twindlebees. Twiddle Dees are only there in the winter." They had never really got used to having a conversation with Luna. They now sat there wondering what on earth Twindlebees or Twiddle Dees could be. Harry turned his attention to the Thestral pulling the carriage. All of them could see it now that they had all seen death. Its huge, white eyes shone in the twilight as it ambled on towards the castle. The peace was soon disturbed by the same loud voices as before, from the train. The owners were yet again in full-blast conversation, this time arguing about something else.

"Seriously, Renji! This thing's just as weird as a hollow!"

"Pur-lease, what kind of wimpy hollows do they send you to fight, Ikkaku." Said the red haired man.

"Oh well SO-RRY, mister Vice-captain of the bloody 6th division. And anyway, look at its freakish wings and skinny body."

"I resent that remark about the 6th division. We are awesome!" answered the Vice-captain.

"Oh yeah, I'm the 6th division's captain, I'm actually a man but, I've got pretty hair and a Zanpaktou that is pink flower petals." The bald man did an imitation of a girl in ballet shoes twirling.

"At least my Captain knows his Zanpaktou's name and has achieved bankai! Yours has you and Yumichika as minions and a little hyper infant as the Vice-captain!"

They continued to argue like this for quite a long while, and Harry and his friends were forced to listen to the row.

Meanwhile, Ron could take it no longer,

"Blimey! Listen to that, they can see the Thestrals! Those guys are hardcore!"

Harry was really impressed too. It was quite shocking for these young people to have seen death, they weren't familiar students. He wondered where they had witnessed death. Maybe a death in the family, or an accident in public? Nevertheless he continued listening in with the others, except Hermione, who was reading "Standard Book of Spells Grade 8" under lumos light.

"SHUT UP!!! You guys have talked, argued and have bin loud the whole damn way! I've got a freaking headache! Now I order you to sit in silence the rest of the way, or I swear to God that I will kick your asses!"

"Yes sir!" said the red-head and the bald man. They took their seats in the carriage once more.

Ron was astounded.

"No way! That little kid's got total power over that rough lot. Oh my god, now that big boobed woman's massaging his shoulders! What the hell is that?!?"

"You know, guys, it's quite rude to sit here and talk about other people behind their backs."

Luna hadn't spoken.

Hermione hadn't spoken.

Harry hadn't spoken.

They whirled around

"Argh!" Ron screamed. Hermione let out a gasp and Harry and Luna jumped.

The bob-haired man (maybe) was sitting in their carriage next to Harry. They looked to the other carriage and found three pairs of eyes staring back at them, the small child had his eyes lowered and was frowning again. They turned back to the man (maybe), who was still there.

"We're sharing the school this year, so let's all get along. My friends there are all really noisy I know, but they're all nice really. See you later." With that he disappeared.

They all stared wide-eyed at the now empty seat for a second and then as if they were all of the same mind, turned to look at the other carriage again. It was still following them and four pairs of eyes now stared back. The bob-haircut man was back over there, the others were smiling slyly. The white haired child was still frowning, his eyes lowered.

"He couldn't have apparated, he just couldn't have! In Hogwarts you –"

"Yes, we know Hermione!" they bellowed back! Hermione looked slightly disheartened.

There came a low chuckle from the carriage following them.

By this time they had arrived at the castle gates, they dismounted and began the long walk to entrance hall.

'We're sharing the school this year' the words of the bob-haircut man replayed in Harry's head again and again. So they must exchange students of some sort he thought. The mysterious group was still behind them, following at a safe distance so their whispers could not be heard by Harry or the others. The reached the main entrance to the castle to find Professor Snape blocking the way.

"Ah, late-comers it seems" he said spitefully, although somewhat in delight.

"But, there are more people behind us!" Harry protested.

Harry's everlasting hatred for Snape had never completed evaporated, even after witnessing Snape's memories just before Voldemort's defeat last summer. It was true that Harry felt sorry for him for a while after he'd seen all of what Snape had done for his mother and for his protection. But all these emotions vanished when Snape paid a special visit to the Weasly's house, the Burrow, during the summer. He had slammed Harry against a wall in the living room, put his wand to his forehead and made him swear had he would never to reveal the events he had seen in the memories to anyone. Harry had decided not to mention that he had already told Ron, Hermione and Ginny. The relationship was now mutual since Harry had decided that no matter what, Snape was going to remain nasty anyway, and they were back to the way things were before.

"I did not say 'last-comers' Potter." he spat, "Now get inside before I give you detention for a month." Then he swept past them to address the strange visitors, who seemed amused at this little encounter between student and teacher.