Chapter 52: Home Sweet Home

They all reached Hogwarts, safely and on time, and the first ones to get off the train were Fred and Rachel because they claimed they could smell the food from the train, even though they still had to go over the lake to get to the entrance. Rachel and Fred shared a boat, Sid and Rhea did, and so did Ash and James who shared a boat with Sherlock as he was too lazy to run as fast as Rachel and Fred did, of course Ash didn't mind having a talking cat on her shoulder. She found it cute. They got to the entrance and they entered the castle as they were told because the first years were starting to come and everyone knew how fussy and clumsy the first years were. The group got into the castle and then straight into the great hall, and with disappointment, Fred and Rachel sighed, as there was no food on the tables, because the food would be out after the speech. McGonagall didn't want people chomping and loudly chewing while she was saying her welcoming speech. The group were about to sit down when Ash gasped and pointed as she saw Sora on the Ravenclaw table, talking to some of his friends.

'Hey Sora!' Ash smiled as she went up to him

'Hey Ash, I see you have someone new in your group' Sora said looking behind seeing a girl smiling with bright red hair

'Yeah, this is Rachel, she's in Gryffindor' Smiled Ash

'Nice to meet you Rachel, I'm Sora' Sora held his hand out

'Rachel' She replied shaking Sora's hand gratefully

'So anyways, I think you should get to your table' Smiled Sora

'Why?' Ash asked

'James seems a little… Excited?' Laughed Sora

'Nah, probably just because he's back at school' Laughed Ash

Ash nodded and then she went away and then Sora turned back around to talk to his friend when he saw someone, something in the background, someone he hadn't seen before and he was shocked. Sora stared at his bright green eyes, and the way he smiled. He stared at his perfect blonde hair which had a 'swoop' to it and he smiled, seeing him move it out of his face, Sora then stood up and went up to the boy…

'Hi, we haven't met before, but I'm Sora, Sora Jackson' Sora smiled holding his hand out

'I'm Jack' He smiled holding his hand out 'Nice to meet you'

On the other side, Ash was talking to Rhea, they were gossiping because they hadn't been able to gossip for a while and since being away they couldn't even send an owl to each other because the ministry forbade special owls going out, because of the risk of the owl getting hurt, or worse. Killed. No one knew the reason why, but there were voices in the crowd that were saying that McGonagall was going to tell everyone more information about as well as the year notices and a welcoming speech, which will obviously be much more happier.

'So how's life with you and Sid?' Asked Ash

'It's great, but I still haven't told him about losing his powers, and it's been ages and it's really been bothering me' Rhea said as she played with her hands

'Thats good, Rhea you've got to tell him soon otherwise there will be questions when he asks' Ash said

'I know, but I don't want to hurt him' Rhea sighed

'You won't hurt him, you'll just hurt him more the longer you keep it to yourself' Ash sighed

'Yeah, I'll probably tell him soon' Sighed Rhea

'When?' Asked Ash

'Whenever I can' Rhea smiled

McGonagall stood up and smiled as the candles became lit and everyone stopped chattering and there was full attention.

'Welcome back to Hogwarts students, I hope you all had a good Christmas, besides not being able to send owls to each other, and I apologise on behalf of the Ministry for that, so it's a new term and a new year, and there will be new things happening, but there is only one thing I have to say, and that is to stay close to your loved ones, keep them safe, don't let them go somewhere on their own and don't let them out of your sight. Don't let them weep but make them smile, and don't make them angry, keep them peaceful, this can be anyone, from a close friend, to a family member in the school or someone at home you send regular owls to, but there was a certain event which happened before you all went, something I didn't want to say before you left, or something which I do NOT want any of you wanting to be scared about, something happened and someone died during the holidays, yes someone did, someone you may have known, some of you may have not been friends, but this was a student of Hogwarts and they deserve all of you knowing about how she died, her name was Zee, she left because she lost her magical powers and found out she was a muggle, her memories were erased and she had no idea about anything, but she only knew one thing, and this caused her to always say sorry, whenever she did something right, whenever she did something wrong, and actually her last words were 'sorry' but Zee was a good student. Second thing I would like to say is that, before the new people come in, I would like to tell you the reason why we stopped all of you from sending the owls, this was because we found out something, something which links to the past, something which most of you may know as The Great Battle of Hogwarts, yes this is a true battle, and I was there, and most of you may believe in it, and it was against Lord Voldemort, he was a dark wizard and the darkest wizard of all time, and he was there because he wanted to kill someone, that someone you may all know as the boy who lived, Harry Potter'

Everyone turned to look at James, Albus and Lily, who all had butterflies in their stomach. Lily was worried as they all looked at them and James was going red and trying to ignore the fact that everyone was staring at him and his siblings. Albus was gulping and smiling trying to cover the fact that he was a Potter as well.

'No need to stare, but yes Harry Potter defeated Lord Voldemort or what we knew him as, but there was a great headmaster, his name was Albus Dumbledore who was the man who helped Hogwarts become what it is now, and because of him Lord Voldemort became a wizard, he was also known as Tom Marvolo Riddle. Yes, you may recognise the last name, and yes it is a bad sign, that is the reason why Chloe Riddle is no longer here, she is an ANCESTOR of him, and she attacked some students before the holidays, YES SHE DID, you don't believe me, but it is true, and some of you may have been her friend, but she has gone now and there is no longer going to be any contact with her or her family as she is only going to cause trouble, but I am warning you, if anything happens, report to any of your teachers immediately and on a bright side, there will be new teachers joining as well as new students throughout the year, but anyway, let us get to our feast, enjoy and I hope you all have a good term and feel better, plus there have been weather warnings about snow, so be expecting snow when you are going on your trips to Hogsmeade soon' McGonagall finished and the tables were perfectly laid and everyone started eating, chatting and enjoying time even though they had heard terrible news about dying, the past, Voldemort and worse, Chloe.

Fred and Rachel were scoffing their faces with the most delightful food in the world, from the ultimate roast chicken to mashed potatoes to salad which was the best salad in the world because the cooks at Hogwarts were the best. After they had eaten, they all finished and were allowed to go to their dorms, no one said a word except goodnight as they had a tiring journey. Sid went to bed straight away and James sat on the window looking outside thinking about different things while in the girls, Rachel was laying down trying to get to sleep with her full belly and Rhea was thinking about the different things she could say to Sid, and Ash was just laughing because the scene in the dorms were intense, as Rhea was walking up and down and as Rachel was groaning and moaning in bed, holding her belly but laughing because she was that full. They all had to be up early the next day, but they all went to sleep at the same time and that was about 1am, only because of the different things that they were thinking about.