Everlasting ⁂ Harry Potter [1]

Chapter Forty Seven

A new year was officially about to start as Olivia, Hermione, Ron and Harry walked together through Platform 9 ¾ . They had officially done everything that needed to be done before they boarded the Hogwarts Express and let it take them away until Christmas. They had stored away their luggage and said goodbye to the adults, and now were in a rush to find a free compartment which they could spend their journey in.

Once the clock struck 11 am, all of the students had boarded the Express, and the train was ready to depart. Luck seemed to be on Ron's side that particular morning. As the train started to move, he leaned out of the window, and because of that he was able to hear as his mother ran after the train, calling out his name in a panic.

"Ron! Ron!" Yelled Mrs. Weasley until she successfully reached her youngest son and managed to place in his hands what he had forgotten to take onto the train with him; Scabbers. "Don't lose him!" The mother had to yell one more time, due to the loud voices of all other kids and parents overpowering hers. She wanted to be sure Ron could hear her.

"How did you manage to forget him?" Olivia asked with a giggle at the unusual behaviour coming from Ron. Even during summer he wouldn't leave his pet alone, to the point where Liv herself got used to having Scabbers in their company at all times.

"I was trying to protect him from Hermione's beast." Ron quickly explained himself to the girl, but gave no time for Hermione to speak back. Instead, he turned back towards Harry and asked him to continue telling them about what had happened when he left his house at 4 Private Drive. "Nevermind that, go on Harry. What else happened?"

"I did blow her up in the end." Harry easily continued the story he was telling them before, as he was quite eager to get to this part. A ghost of a smile could be seen on his face as he told them about it. While, when it first happened, Harry was terrified he would be expelled and he wouldn't be able to ever speak to his friends again, by now he started to see humour in the accident.

"Harry!" Both Olivia and Hermione gave up their mission of finding an empty compartment for the moment, both turning their heads to shoot surprised looks his way. If anyone could see them now, the person would certainly expect for the girls to scold him for his previous statement.

"I didn't mean to blow her up. I just... lost control." Harry added right away, quick to defend his actions as none of it really happened on purpose. He didn't intend to blow up his aunt, even if it did turn out to be really funny.

"Brilliant!" Ron couldn't stop himself from happily stating his own opinion on the matter. The Weasley definitely paid full attention to the story as Harry told it, and did his best to visualise everything that happened, enjoying every bit of information.

"Honestly, Ron, it's not funny. Harry's lucky he wasn't expelled." Hermione let herself scold him for encouraging their fellow Gryffindor. What happened at Harry's house during the summer, in her own opinion, was quite dangerous and could have had serious consequences.