It was bound to happen

Chapter one: beginning of the year

All summer I've been dreading going back to Hogwarts. After last years chamber of secrets mayhem even mum thought it wasn't safe to go back.

At platform 9 and 3/4 I see all of my peers from last year, except for Harry. I assume he's already gone on the train.
I see Ron and Hermione bickering about something in the crowd, I wave my hand and catch Hermione's eye.
"Sophia!" Hermione shouts and runs towards me leaving Ron behind. She gives me a tight hug and I see Ron roll his eyes and smile at her excitement.
I wave to Ron and he shoots me a small smile.
I smile back and head towards the train with Hermione.
The train station was much more crowded than I had remembered. Me and Hermione were struggling to reach the train with all these students. You'd think after a student nearly died there wouldn't be as many.

Finally, me Ron and Hermione find a place, except Harry and this older man were there too.
I shoot Harry a confused look and he shrugs his shoulders.
The compartment was bigger than last year, having nice red velvet seats, a cushioned pillow to lie your back on and a large window.

Harry begins to tell us he's blown up his aunt, that surprisingly wasn't the last thing I expected.

We begin to speak about our summers, I had attended Quidditch camp, Hermione's parents got her a cat, Ron's been to Europe, then Harry...blew up his aunt.

"So did you see that prick malfoy at quidditch camp?" Ron says to me.
"Sadly..yes. He was an absolute nightmare, you couldn't get in five seconds of speaking before he went an interrupted about his fancy new broom! He's got to have a breaking point..right?"

Harry and Ron look at each other and laugh.
"Don't know what you could've expected from him, Greene."
I roll my eyes and laugh.

We continue to talk for 30 minutes or so. I begin to feel tired so I lie my head on the window. It starts to feel cold, really cold. I lift my head and see that the glass had ice on it, and it's continuing to frost the rest of the window.
All of a sudden the train stops. We couldn't have been to Hogwarts yet. What's this about?
I turn to Hermione who has the same panicked expression as I do.
Harry starts to say something to us when a dark shadowed figure arises from the door.
Hermione screams, I stay silent in shock and watch as it breaths in threw its mouth onto Harry's face.
I see a tiny blue light start to come from Harry's chest.
"Harry! Harry!" Hermione shouts.
Then within a second theres a shining blue light coming from what Hermione said was Professor Lupins wand.
We see as the dark shadowed figure fades away. I turn my head to see Harry who has passed out.

Professor Lupin had stepped out for a few moments and came back with what looked like candy in his hand.

After a few minutes had passed Harry began to wake up. He sat up in confusion and Hermione rushed to his side.
"Are you okay Harry? You've fainted!" "Fainted- what?" Said Harry.
Me and Ron look at each other then back at Harry. I see Harry eating the chocolate Lupin had given him.
"Who was that woman" Harry said. My eyebrows raise. "Woman?" I say. "Harry..there was no woman."
He doesn't say anything.

We sit in silence for the rest of the trip. The train had been working again and people were back to talking. Every time we looked over though, they seemed to be whispering, about Harry.

I offer to grab our bags while Harry Ron and Hermione find a carriage for the four of us.

In the luggage compartment there are several students, one that seems to catch my eye. Draco. He looks back at me and for a moment I didn't see him as a horrible bully who hated my friends for no reason other than his own stereotype.
I do wish he'd grow up, I think he's a good person on the inside.

Over the summer he's had changes, like the rest of us he's lost his baby fat, instead of slicking back his hair with an overwhelmingly amount of gel, it's loose, I like it this way. Not that my opinion matters to him, or anyone really.
He's grown taller, perhaps taller than me.

I see that now, he's looking away from me. He's got a grin on his face for some odd reason.

I shake my head and give myself a reality check. That's Draco. Draco Malfoy for crying out loud. I ignore my thoughts of him, grab our luggage, and head to find my friends.