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this is a request that comes from @JulzLovDraco4Eva
this is going to be two parts, i've already started writing part two!
REQUESTS ARE OPEN!!
warnings: none
house: gryffindor
it was finally the start of your third year at hogwarts and you couldn't be more ecstatic. you enter the platform gracefully and marvel at the bustling crowds of witches and wizards, young and old, preparing to get onto the express. the loud sound of the horn blew out into the station signaling that there are only five more minutes before the train departs.
"well, i should get going!" you say grabbing your trunk from your father.
"oh, yes of course!" you mother says wiping a tear from her eye. so far she has cried every time you left for school and you didn't expect anything different from her for the following years.
"don't cry mom, i'll be back in no time! i love you both!" you say hugging your parents. turning on your heel, you head towards the train. you board the train and look to both your left and right a few times before catching glimpse of a certain red haired boy. you head in his direction and once you're close enough you shout into his ear.
"boo!" you say loudly, but not loud enough that the surrounding compartments could hear you.
"c'mon y/n, you know that i live with the two biggest pranksters of all time. i'm basically immune to being scared at this point." he says turning around smiling at you. he opens his arms for a hug and you gladly accept.
"y/n!!" you hear someone call from behind you. you pull away from ron's hug and turn around to see another one of your best friends.
" 'mione!" you walk up to her and give her a hug. after you greet hermione, you turn and are met with a pair of eyes that are covered with a pair of newly repaired glasses, "hi, harry!". you greet and again give yet another hug to your close friend. the four of you begin walking towards the back end of the train looking for an empty compartment to sit in when the train begins to venture on its path towards hogwarts.
"ah! if it isn't saint potter and his sad excuses for friends!" a voice calls out after your group.
"we haven't even gotten to school yet and the bloody git already wants to start something." ron says looking at you quizzically.
"just ignore him, keep walking." hermione says placing her hand on harry's shoulders to direct him towards the empty compartment just in front of you all.
"good godric, that malfoy boy needs to learn when to keep quiet, because one of these days i quite literally might curse the everliving daylights out of him." you say sitting down next to hermione. you weren't a violent person, but there was just something about draco malfoy that made your blood boil.
during your train ride to school, the four of you chatted about your summers, the classes that you are to take this year, and a bunch of other topics. once the train arrives, students pour out of all the exits of the train with their bags in hand. you place your bags and pet in the hallway and make your way up the stairs towards the great hall with your three best friends. just before the feast had begun headmaster dumbledore had made an announcement that hagrid would now be a professor! he was to teach care of magical creatures and you couldn't be more excited. hagrid was by far your favorite staff member of hogwarts, with professor mcgonagall being a close second. you couldn't be more proud of hagrid and were ready for his class.
