Some of us Make it to the Hogwarts Express

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On our last evening, Mrs Weasley conjured up a massive dinner, ending with a mouthwatering treacle pudding.  Fred and George rounded off the evening with a display of Filibuster fireworks, which filled the kitchen with red and blue stars that bounced from ceiling to wall for at least half an hour.  Then it was time for a last mug of hot chocolate and bed.  It took a long while to get started next morning.  We were up early, but somehow we still seemed to have a ton to do.  Mrs Weasley dashed about in a bad mood looking for spare socks and quills, people kept colliding on the stairs, half dressed with bits of toast in their hands, and Mr Weasley nearly broke his neck tripping over a stray chicken as he crossed the yard carrying Ginny's trunk to the car.  I couldn't see how nine people, seven large trunks, three owls, and a rat were going to fit into one small Ford Anglia.  That worry was put to rest when Mr Weasley opened the trunk and showed Harry and I how it had been magically expanded so that the trunks fit easily.

Arthur: Not a word to Molly.

When we were all in the car, Mrs Weasley glanced into the back seat, where Harry, Ron, Fred, George, Percy, and I were all sitting comfortably side by side.

Molly: Muggles do know more than we give them credit for, don't they?

She and Ginny got into the front seat, which had been stretched so that it resembled a park bench.

Molly: I mean, you'd never know it was this roomy from the outside, would you?

Mr Weasley winked at us and started up the engine, and we drove out of the yard, Harry turning back for a last look at the house. He barely had time to wonder when he'd see it again when we turned back.  George had forgotten his box of Filibuster fireworks.  Five minutes after that, we skidded to a halt in the yard so that Fred could run in for his broomstick.  We had almost reached the highway when Ginny shrieked that she'd left her diary.  By the time she had clambered back into the car, we were running very late, and tempers were running high.  Mr Weasley glanced at his watch and then at his wife.

Arthur: Molly, dear-

Molly: No, Arthur.

Arthur: No one would see.  This little button here is an invisibility booster I installed, that'd get us up in the air.  Then we fly above the clouds.  We'd be there in ten minutes and no one would be any the wiser-

Molly: I said no, Arthur, not in broad daylight.

I turned and muttered to Ron.

YN: That invisibility booster would've been nice to know about last month.

He chuckled.  We reached King's Cross at a quarter to eleven.  Mr Weasley dashed across the road to get trolleys for our trunks, and we all hurried into the station.  I went first, running straight through the wall onto the platform.  Percy came through a moment later, and I saw Ava climbing onto the train with her sister, Luna.

YN: Percy, could you tell Harry and Ron to meet me on the train?

Percy: Sure.

I placed my trunk in a compartment and ran to catch up with the two girls.  I climbed up the stairs and ran down the aisle, finding them sitting in a room alone.

YN: Hey.

I sat down next to Ava, who hugged me.  I turned a bit red as Luna looked up from her newspaper, showing her signature dreamy expression.

Luna: Hello YN.

YN: Luna, it's nice to see you.  How have you been?

Luna: I've been well.

She went back to her newspaper as the door slid open again.

Hermione: Hi YN!  Where are Ron and Harry?

YN: Dunno, they should be here...

We waited and waited, but they never showed up.  Hermione eventually got up to go look for them, before coming running back a few minutes later, out of breath.

Hermione: They're not on the train!

YN: What?

Ava: Um... I think I see why.

She pointed out the window where, to our horror, a blue Ford Anglia nearly smashed into the side of the train, before veering away.  I just had time to see Harry and Ron through the windshield before the car shot up into the clouds.

YN / Ava / Hermione: Those idiots...

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