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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
-Author notes-
Chapter 86: An stressful train ride
King Cross Station
"I wanna go too!" the little girl huffed.
"Not this again, Holly…are we going to have the same conversation for the next five years?" Lily held her daughter from running into the train.
"Is not fair!" Holly screamed.
"Okay…you two." Lily glanced at Lyra and Harry.
"Have a good year. And don't get into too much trouble. Well, see you in December."
She gave them a tight hug before leaving with Holly.
"I'm going to look for Ginny!" Lyra said with excitement as they entered the train.
Harry told her where the first years were usually staying and warned her to stay clear of the first two cars as those were always taken by Slytherin students.
He continued to walk through the train until he arrived at the last car.
"Wait for me, Ron!"
He heard the familiar voice of Hermione.
He did find it odd she would be calling for Ron of all people, those two had barely spoken last year.
"Come on! if we don't hurry, someone else is going to take it."
Harry then saw them. Hermione ran to the last cabin of the train while Ron waited at the door.
The two of them went inside and disappeared from his view.
"That was…weird." He wondered why those two were together all of a sudden.
"I guess I just have to go there and see it for myself."
He walked to the last cabin and opened the door.
"Hey, at least knock!" Lavender shouted.
"Yes, is the least that…oh Harry, is you." Parvati stared at him.
"Harry, hi!" Hermione greeted him with a smile.
"Ah, it's Harry…but still, you should knock. What if Hermione was changing her panties?" Lavender asked.
"What?!" Hermione almost jumped from her chair.
"Why would I be doing that here?"
Harry was too distracted to care about what they were saying.
"Where is Ron?" The three girls were the only ones inside the cabin.
"Weasley? why would he be here? We can't stand him." Lavender gave him a weird look.
"He should be with Neville and Seamus…were you looking for them?" Asked Hermione.
"Wait…if you are looking for the Weasleys." Parvati was looking out of the window.
"It seems like they just entered the station." She pointed.
"Now? The train is about to leave!" Exclaimed Hermione.
"Yeah well…they don't seem like the most responsible family, to be honest with you." Parvati thought out loud.
Harry got closer to the window and peeked out. The entire Weasley family, except for Arthur and the two oldest, was there.
This included Ron, of course.
'How can this be? I'm sure of what I saw this time. ' he recalled what happened during their visit to Diagon Alley.
'Am I hallucinating again?' his eyes moved to Hermione. He observed her clothes and noticed that they were different from what the Hermione he had just seen moments ago was wearing.
It was evident…the Ron and Hermione he saw were not the real ones.
Hallucinating one time is a thing…but twice.
'This is disturbing…'
"Harry?...is there something on my face?" Hermione asked.
Harry then realized that he had been staring at her and got very close.
"Oho!, has Harry noticed that our Hermi is maturing perhaps?" Lavender smirked.
"Don't call me Hermi!" Hermione hissed.
"Our Mione is becoming a woman…time passes so fast. She is already mesmerizing the boys!" Parvati added with a dramatic pose.
"Don't call me Mione either!" She pointed at Parvati.
"Excuse me…" Harry stood up and left the cabin in a rush.
"Come on, Harry. We were just joking!" Lavender hurried to say.
"He looked a bit odd today…." Parvati noticed.
"Yes. Is also weird that he came asking for Weasley. I have never seen them talk before. He looked anxious about something." Hermione commented.
"Oh, by the way. I have heard a juicy rumor!" Lavender whispered while leaning forward.
"Already? we haven't even got to towards yet." Hermione was surprised.
"Is this about the new defense professor? Because everyone knows about that." Parvati commented.
"No is not, shut up." Lavender gave her a 'shush' sign.
"My juicy rumor is about the Malfoys…you see…"
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Harry went into the train corridor. After making sure no one was around, he pulled out his spare wand and started to cast all the detection spells that his father had taught him during the summer.
There was a real possibility that someone was attacking his mind, filling it with these visions.
His occlumency shields could be considered strong, but when it came to the mind arts, he knew there were those much better than him.
"Nothing?..." he tried them all. There was no sign anyone had cast any type of spell here and there were no traces of spells having been cast on him.
There was nothing at all… Could this be in his mind alone?
"Am I going crazy?..."
"My daddy told me to never call myself that. Is a very bad word."
He was so distracted that he didn't notice the girl approach until she was right next to him.
"Luna."
"Hello, Harry Potter. Have we met before?" She tilted her head as she asked.
"No, we have not," Harry answered.
"Mmm okay." She didn't seem to care that much that he already knew her name.
"I meet your sister, Lyra. She seems nice."
"She can be nice sometimes… Why are you here alone, instead of with them?"
Luna looked out of the window for a while before answering.
"They talk a lot…it was making my head feel fuzzy."
He chuckled.
"I can relate to that. Just don't go into that last cabin. It will make your head explode." Harry advised her. If she cannot take a few minutes with his sister and Ginny. Lavender and Parvati could be lethal.
Luna looked at the last cabin with a serious gaze.
"That sounds dangerous….I will keep it in mind."
"I was following the trace of some Crumple-Horned Snorkacks. Have you seen any?. They like tight spaces like these corridors." Luna looked around.
"No, I'm afraid not." He was already used to her talk about weird creatures.
She then stared at Harry and walked around him.
"Mmm...how strange."
Harry waited patiently for her to continue.
"Most students have Humdingers or Nargles around them...but you have some that I have never seen before." Luna commented.
"Really?, what do they look like." From what he knows about how Luna's ability works, there was only one thing she could be seeing...his magic.
"I don't know, its...yellow?. I think the nargles are afraid of it." Luna looked worried now. She wasn't looking at Harry directly but at something around him.
"Luna!." Harry called her a bit loudly to make her snap from her trance state.
The glaze on her eyes disappeared and stared directly at him.
"Those things that you saw...they will not hurt you. Neither will I...never. I can promise you that. Okay?" Harry looked serious.
Luna nodded.
"Good...you should go back now. I am not good for a first-year to wander around too much. " Harry advised her.
When she left, Harry examined his hands and arms, looking for something specific.
"Not there... that's good." He looked relieved.
"I have enough problems now. Don't need this to follow me here...."