Harry Potter and the Last Servant

Chapter 2 - The Hogwart's Express

The Hogwarts’ Express

The train chugged away from the station. Both Harry and Hermione sported misty, reminiscent looks in their eyes while Ron looked around, obviously thinking it was an awkward silence.

“Well that was…fun,” he said, trying to break the non-existent awkward silence, jolting Ron and Hermione out of their thoughts. “Getting mobbed by people I mean.”

“Yeah, it was a blast”, Harry replied in a sarcastic voice. “Trust me, the novelty wears off pretty quickly.”

“Oh, yeah, I guess it would”, said Ron looking slightly disheartened. “I was just trying to make small talk, you know?”

“Oh Ron!” giggled Hermione, “how can you be so socially awkward but so cute at the same time?”

“It’s a gift!” Ron replied in a slightly bemused voice that failed and concealing how pleased he was. The other slight hint to this fact was that his face and now turned the same colour as his hair. He lent over to Hermione and they started kissing each other while whispering and giggling to each other when they stopped for breaths.

Harry was about to mime throwing up to demonstrate is complete and utter disgust when at the door appeared a girl with hair the same shade of red as Ron’s. Harry completely forgot about his two friends making out in the corner and ran to the door, enveloping the girl in a tight embrace.

It was Ginny Weasley. Ron’s younger sister, and as of recently, Harry’s girlfriend. “I thought you’d decided you didn’t want to come back to Hogwarts and see me again!” said Harry in a joking voice earning him a playful punch on the arm.

“Ow!” he said indignantly but Ginny just giggled. “Man, you’ve got good aim!”

“That’s what happens when you grow up with six older brothers!” Ginny replied in a teasing voice. However, at the mention of Ginny’s older brothers, both Harry and Ginny suddenly looked morose and Ron and Hermione’s make out session came to a halt. One of Ginny’s and Ron’s older brothers and been killed in the battle of Hogwarts and all of them were finding it very hard to cope. It was Fred Weasley. Twin of George Weasley. Prior to this they both had been vivacious young men who had no problem breaking the rules and were fond of practical jokes. Now that Fred was dead, George was as good as dead. He barely ate and had lost his larrikin-like attitude to life.

“So, how’s George coping now?” Hermione asked Ginny tentatively, knowing that it was a sensitive topic for all members of the Weasley family.

Ginny’s face suddenly darkened. “Yeah, he’s getting a bit better. He’s finally started running the joke shop again but he’s barely a shadow of what he used to be-“ She broke off as her voice cracked and a single tear ran down her face. She started silently sobbing then fell into the waiting arms of Harry.

“Snacks! Buy some food for the train trip” Came the familiar call of the witch who was wheeling the food trolley, interrupting their silence.

The witch was taken aback when she was met with the morose, downcast looks of everyone in the cabin. “Don’t worry dearies, my pumpkin patsies aren’t that horrible!” she said in a feeble attempt to make light of the situation.

Harry was the first one to snap out of his depressive trance. “We’ll take the lot!” He said.

“I’m sorry dear, but for a second there, it sounded like you wanted to buy everything.” She replied giving Harry a puzzled look from beneath her rather large spectacles.

“Yep!” Harry said with a mischievous grin. “Your hearing is one hundred percent in tact. This is the last time all of us will ride the Hogwarts express and I want to make sure that I’ve tried every single thing on this trolley! I believe that in my first year Ron and I attempted this feat but it seems you have added ne stock so like I said…we’ll take the lot!” Harry said with increasing fervor whilst handing the witch a large pile of galleons.

The witch left in a daze with her trolley empty but her pockets considerably heavier.

Everyone looked at Harry expectantly. “Alright then, dig in everyone!” He said with a sigh. The cloud of sadness that had consumed them lifted and they all spent a blissful two hours sampling everything on the trolley whilst reminiscing about previous years and Hogwarts and speculating about the year ahead.

They each took a chocolate frog. Harry was pleased to see that he got Dumbledore’s card and remembered how it was the first card he had ever collected. He slipped the picture of a smiling Dumbledore waving at him into his robes for safekeeping.

Ron swore that he got a giraffe’s trunk flavoured “Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Bean” until Hermione pointed out that giraffes did not have trunks. Ron looked slightly miffed at this but Hermione just giggled and gave Ron a shy kiss on the cheek, which quickly escalated to another make out session.

Harry and Ginny then turned to each other and started talking softly to each other with the occasional giggle or stroke of the cheek. Both of them agree it would be fantastic to be in the same year together!

A little while later the train pulled into the station and the four of them got off at stared lovingly at the castle in the distance that had become like a home to them. They heard the familiar calls of Hagrid shouting over the racket “Firs’ years over ‘ere pleas.” They all waved at him and tried to make there way over to speak to him but were swept by the wave of students away so they decided they would visit him later.

They got into a carriage pulled by thestrals. Sadly they could all see the thestrals now but no one mentioned it, as they did not want to dampen each other’s spirits. Finally they reached the castle. As they entered the great hall everyone let out a gasp as they were mesmerized by something that was very different.

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