'Thoughts and spells'

Taking a closer look around her room, Chris placed her book down and found it to be large and empty, minus the books and furniture. So, moving the books over to her bookshelves, Chris clapped her hands and allowed the alchemy to flow with the equation in mind and touched the single bed in the middle of the room and expanded it to a queen size, purple and pink electricity lighting up the room, leaving the red curtains and comforter. Moving on, Chris also changed the size of her desk slightly, the closet already being spacious, and fell onto her stomach to play on her laptop.

~With Ed~

Ed entered his new room and found the furniture to be the same as Chris' and placed his books on his desk, clapping his hands together and, enjoying the familiar hum of alchemy, watched as blue lightening filled the room as he changed the size of the furniture, making them longer and wider. When he was finished, Ed went over to a stack of parchment and drew his portrait design, which turned out to be the suit of armor he attached his little brother's soul to, and worked on his outline for class.

~On the Hogwarts Express~

Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and the twins said their goodbyes to their friends and family members as they boarded the train. Ron and Hermione had to sit in the Prefect car to be told what to do while Harry and Ginny went to find a compartment to sit in and wait for their friends. "Hey Neville. Mind if we sit here?" Ginny asked "Go ahead." Neville replied. Ginny and Harry entered the compartment and sat down, when they suddenly realized something "Harry?" "Yes, Ginny?" "Those friends of yours, Edward and Christine, weren't they supposed to board the train as well?" "Yes, yes they were." Harry sighed as he realized that they might have just lost the two non-wizards in their rush to not miss the train and breathed a heavy sigh in disbelief.

Neville, not knowing who Edward and Christine were, looked at Harry and Ginny in confusion, not saying anything at the moment at stating out the window. The three were jolted out of their thoughts as the compartment door was slammed open to reveal a fifteen year old boy with platinum blonde hair and an evil smile on his face "Well, well, what happened to Weasly and Granger, Potter? Oh, wait, I saw them in the prefect car. Guess what, I'm also a prefect so you better watch yourself. I'll be dogging your steps all year-" Draco Malfoy was suddenly cut off as he and his two lackeys were pushed out of the way by Ron and Hermione, who had come back to find their friend after the meeting. "Back off Malfoy." Ron said angrily and watched as Malfoy sneered at them before leaving and the two friends entered the compartment.

"Guess what we just realized." Harry and Ginny stated at the same time "What?" Hermione asked "We lost Ed and Chris." Harry replied with fake enthusiasm and a grim smile, making Ron and Hermione freeze and their eyes widen in shock, their mouths gaping like a fish. "We're gonna die. You don't the things they're capable of Harry! THEIR GOING TO BLOODY KILL US FOR DITCHING THEM!" Ron panicked, his voice rising into a panicked and fearful yell before Hermione announced that they were almost at the castle, prompting the two girls to leave so they could change while the boys quickly changed before they came back. Now arriving at Hogwarts, the five friends set off to find a carriage to ride in and before they knew it, they were walking through the doors to the Great Hall directly to the Griffindore table.

Pretty soon, Professor McGonagall entered with the new first years, carrying a stool and the sorting hat. Harry looked around the spacious room, more specifically around the staff table, and found who he was looking for... As well as an unwanted face "What are they doing at the staff table? What are they doing at all?!" Ron whisper yelled in panic as they once again looked to find Ed and Chris sitting at the far right end with Hagrid, on the other side by Professor Snape was the witch from Harry's hearing when he and Dudley were attacked by dementors, Delores Jane Umbridge.

'Please don't tell me...' Harry's train of thought was interrupted when Hermione began to violently-yet gently-shake his shoulder, causing him to look at his friends worried faces then back at the staff table. Umbridge had begun walking towards the only two non-wizards in the school, while said non-wizards had an interesting conversation with the grounds keeper. Harry inwardly panicked, he didn't want his friends to lose their memories at the hands of such a cruel person, but as a student, he was helpless.

~At staff table~

"-so I pick him up and plop 'im onto Buckbeak so he can ride 'im. When they get back, however-" "Hem hem." Hagrid is cut off abruptly by a fake cough behind him, and when he turns around he quickly faces Ed and Chris again before settling into silence that just seemed to hand over them. "What are you two doing up here at the staff table?" The woman in pink asks in a sickeningly fake sweet voice, already grating on their nerves "Maybe if you wait until Dumbledore announces this years events, you'll keep quiet." Chris replied in an equally sickly sweet voice, making Umbridge walk away with a huff "Pay attention and you'll try not to be in the same room as us." Ed called, taunting the ministry witch further. Harry, Ron, and Hermione watched in shock as their friends had blatantly made a fool Hershey ministry official in less than five minutes "We'll just have to wait then." Harry concluded and turned to talk to Neville.