I CAN PLAY QUIDDITCH

Chapter 4

The days turned into weeks and soon the summer was over for Lia. September the first came along and Lia was bouncing around her house excitedly waiting for her parents to get ready to leave.

"Come on Mum, Dad! I was packed ages ago, can we leave now?" Lia screamed from her room.

"Yes, darling, you ready to leave then? Are you sure you have packed everything? Cloaks, school uniform, books, quills, spare parchment, broomstick, ink bottles..." Her mother started checking off everything Lia needed to pack.

"Yes, yes, I have everything packed. Now, let's go. Come on, move, move, move!" Lia ushered her mum out the door and towards the car. Her dad followed behind because he was carrying her heavy trunk.

"Dad, just dump my trunk in the car. I want to get to the platform early to see Yasmin and Francie." Yasmin and Francie are her best friends at Hogwarts. They are all in the same year but are from different houses. Yasmin is from Slytherin and Francie is from Hufflepuff. They met on the train ride to Hogwarts in their first year. They hit it off straight away and promised to stay friends no matter what house they were put in. Four years on and they've kept their promise to each other like good friends would.

The car drive seemed extremely long to Lia who couldn't wait to get to Hogwarts and be around magic again. When they reached King's Cross Station, Lia's dad went to get a trolley to put her trunk on it. When they were all ready to cross the barrier, Lia went first and her parents followed after her.

Almost immediately after Lia crossed the barrier, she was swarmed by her best friends. They hugged in a group and complimented each other's clothes.

"Yasmin, Francie, how were your holidays?"

"Meh, ours were OK. How were yours?" Yasmin replied, flicking her hair over her shoulder.

"Mine was fine as well. But guess what?" Lia said excitedly. She was bursting to tell them her news the moment Harry left.

"What?" They both said simultaneously.

"I met Harry-" At this point a shout could be heard. "LIA!" Lia and her friends all turned their heads towards the voice. Harry Potter was shouting Lia's name. Yasmin and Francie were both shocked and their mouths hung open as Harry made his way over.

"Hey Lia, how have you been?"

"Oh, ok, not much happened. Dumbledore didn't reply and school was normal but boring. How have you been?"

"That's too bad. He might speak to you after the feast, maybe you should ask him about it afterwards. Well, mine were okay. Too bad they were disrupted by some dementors."

"What? What happened? Are you okay now? How did you get out f that one?"

"Oh, I just used a patronus charm and then I had a hearing at the Ministry of Magic, no worries. I better get on the train, I'll see you later?"

"Yeah, sure." Lia smiled a little at his obvious dismissal and waved as Harry turned around and stepped onto the train. Though she didn't show it, she was really worried for Harry even though he was fine. "Why were there dementors after Harry? Doesn't he live in a muggle town? Why would dementors be there?" Lia thought to herself. The moment Harry left, Yasmin and Francie turned to Lia and demanded answers from her.

"OH MY GOSH! That was Harry Potter, how do you know each other?"

"How come you never told us you knew him?"

"Where did you meet? How did you meet? Details! I need details!"

"Don't tell me he goes to your muggle school. That would be too good!"

"Guys, guys, calm down!" Lia laughed. "We just met in Australia and I only saw him once. I told him about quidditch and that's about it. He just hung around at my place for a day."

"He just hung around at your place? Harry freaking Potter was in your house! Oh my gosh, just kill me now. How can you be so calm about this?"

"Well, I kinda got over my 'fangirl stage'" at this, Lia used air quotes, "when I first met him and I decided to be more mature about meeting him and not to act too crazy around him. Like some people I know." Lia gave her friends an exasperated look but from her tone of voice you could tell she was joking.

"Yeah, whatever, if I met him I'd be screaming my head off. He's a total cutie!" Francie gushed. Just then, the train whistle went off. Lia, with the help of her friends, grabbed her trunk and carried it to the compartment they had saved earlier. They sat with with a simultaneous sigh and started gossiping again. This lasted for an hour or so until Lia checked the time.

"Oh, we should get changed now. Don't want to get to school in these clothes! How embarrassing would it be?"

At this, the three girls had a quick laugh and then got out their uniforms to get changed. Lia left to get changed in the bathroom and while she was walking down, she met some of her friends. She waved and said hi to Luna, Ginny and Ginny's best friend Maddy (who is also in Gryffindor.) She then passed by Harry's compartment when he noticed her and gestured for her to come in. She hesitantly walked into their compartment. Harry cleared his throat, "Hermione, Ron, this is Lia. Lia, this is Hermione," he points to Hermione who gives a small wave, "and this is Ron," he points to Ron and he gives a nod in her direction.

"Hi Lia. I'm Hermione, so tell me, how did you guys meet? Harry hasn't told is much yet." Hermione smiled brightly at Lia as Harry turned a light pink.

"Oh well, we met on a bus and we talked a little about Hogwarts and quidditch. You know, normal stuff." While Lia was saying this, you could hear Ron whisper to Harry, "what's a bus?" Harry gave a chuckle and tried explaining what a bus was.

"That's nice. But how did you know Harry was a wizard?"

"Well, obviously the tell tale signs that all wizards do, no matter what. I explained this to him but I was also aware of the fact that he was definitely Harry Potter. No one else in the whole entire world has a scar like that."

"Yeah, I guess it was a bit obvious..." Hermione and Lia both gave a little laugh.

"Anyway, I should probably get going. I need to get changed into my uniform."

"Oh, wait up, I'll come with you." Lia waited patiently in the hallway while Hermione got her things ready. When Hermione came out, Lia asked, "are you all ready to go?"

"Yeah, let's go." Hermione smiled again. Hermione turned around and said into the compartment, "don't get into any trouble while I'm gone." With that she turned on her heel and walked with Lia towards the girl's bathroom.