The train whistle blew as it started to leave, Scabbers being carried by Mrs. Weasley.
'Quick, quick! Ron! Ron! Oh, for goodness sake! Don't lose him!'
'Bye-bye, darling!'
Harry walked through the train with his friends behind him.
'I didn't mean to blow her up. I just...I lost control.'
'Brilliant.'
'Honestly, Ron, it's not funny. They were lucky not to be expelled.'
Hermione chastised making Alyssa roll her eyes,
'Don't be a party pooper, it sounds amazing- besides, Harry wouldn't of blown her up unless she deserved it.'
'And she most definitely did.' Sirius nodded.
'I think i was lucky not to be arrested, actually.'
'I still think it was brilliant.'
'A true masterpiece.'
'Come on. Everywhere else is full.'
The four entered a cabin where an adult with his face covered slept.
'Who do you think that is?'
'Professor R.J. Lupin.'
'MOONY! IT'S YOU!' Sirius yelled.
'I can see that...why am I on a train to Hogwarts?' Remus shifted uncomfortably, wondering why he didn't help Harry from the Dursleys.
'So Sirius and Remus are both in this year?' James asked getting a nod in response from Alyssa, 'is anyone else?'
'That sounds like a spoiler.'
'Ugh.'
'How did she know your name?' Bella asked.
'You know everything. How is it she knows everything?'
'It's on his suitcase, Ronald.'
'That's how she knew.' Evan answered.
'Oh.'
'Do you think he's really asleep?'
'Seems to be.'
'Or else he just snores when he's awake.'
'Why?'
'I've got to tell you something.'
Harry closed the door and the train was shown moving through a rainy, foggy part of the country.
'Let me get this straight. Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban to come after you.'
'Yeah.'
'So once again, just like 1st and 2nd year, someone is trying to kill you? Brilliant! Just brilliant.' Alyssa said sarcastically and Hermione shushed her.
'But they'll catch Black, won't they?'
I mean, everyone's looking for him.'
'I'm not that easy to catch,' Sirius said proudly, seemingly having gotten over the fact he was a murderer working for Voldemort in the future.
'Sure. Except no one's ever broken out of Azkaban before, and...he's a murderous, raving lunatic.'
'Ouch.' Sirius said in offense.
'Very reassuring.' Marlene said sarcastically.
Harry just looked at him.
'Thanks, Ron.'
'Harry you need to stop making enemies cos it's getting very annoying.'
'Hey! I didn't do anything, it's not my fault everyone one wants to kill me.'
'I reckon it's your personality.'
'Hey!'
The train then jolted as it started to slow.
'Why are we stopping? We can't be there yet.'
Harry got up and opened the cabin door, looking out like the others, when the train jerked, throwing everyone back into their cabins.
'What's going on?!'
'Good question.'
'Not even at Hogwarts yet and something bad is happening.' Regulus groaned.
'Don't know. Maybe we've broken down.'
The lights then went out.
'Ouch, Ron, that was my foot.'
'There's something moving out there.'
'What the hell?'
The quartet all looked out the window.
'I think...someone's coming aboard!'
'How is that Lupin man sleeping through this!' Alyssa said in disbelief.
Remus flushed and James and Sirius laughed at him.
The train jerked again, the quartet on edge as the ice began to crackle softly across the window until all the windows iced over.
Most of them looked scared and concerned at this.
'What's happening?'
The trains jerked, again.
'Bloody hell! What's happening?!'
Harry looked over to see the Professor was still sleeping.
'How are you sleeping through this Moony?' Sirius laughed.
'I'm a heavy sleepy okay.' Remus defended with a flush and James ruffled his hair.
'Hey!'
A hooded figure then floated in front of the cabin, extending a boney hand and opening the door without touching it, only to hold the door and open it more. Harry looked at it with slight fear, Alyssa's eyes widened, Hermione gasping as Crookshanks hissed and Scabbers squeaked before hiding in Ron's jacket.
'Im sorry, WHAT?'
'A DEMENTOR?!'
'On a train full of kids? WHAT THE FUCK?'
Marlene, Evan and Alice exclaimed.
The dementor then turned to Harry, before it started to perform the Dementor's Kiss.
'HARRY!'
'NOOOO!'
'MOONY! WAKE YOUR ASS UP!'
The Professor's eyes then opened, before standing up, pointing his wand at it, a bright light shining out of the tip, making the dementor shriek and back away. Harry looked like he was about to faint.
'Harry!'
'Jesus Christ!'
'What the fuck was there a dementor on a train full of kids?'
Lily threw her arms around Remus,
'Thank you thank you thank you!'
'Yeah, no, sure...I mean it's future me but yeah.' He said in slight embarrassment, hugging Lily back.
James leant back and whispered to Sirius.
'How do you think it feels to hug Lily?'
'Mate, you are so whipped.'
'Am not! I just think it would be nice to hug her...'
'Harry? Harry, you all right?'
Harry opened his eyes, he was lying on the floor.
Hermione handed Harry his glasses.
'Thank you.'
'Here, eat this. It'll help. It's all right. It's chocolate.'
Harry took the chocolate.
'Wha-What was that thing...that came?'
'It was a dementor, one of the guards of Azkaban. It's gone now. It was searching the train for Sirius Black. If you'll excuse me, I need to have a little word with the driver. Eat. You'll feel better.'
'Searching a train full of school kids for a Azkaban escapee.' Lily scoffed.
Lupin left and then Harry took a bite of his chocolate.
'What happened to me?'
'Well, you sort of went rigid. W-we thought maybe you were having a fit or something.'
'And-and did any of you...you know...Pass out?'
'We and Mione didn't, but Lyss...'
Harry turned to see Alyssa in the bench, shivering and eating chocolate.
'Oh no, you were affected too.' Alice said sympathetically.
'Yeah, sadly.'
'Did you faint too?' Regulus asked and Alyssa shook her head,
'No, I just collapsed. Harry had it a lot worse.'
'How come it was just you and Harry?' Bella asked with a frown of confusion.
'Watch and see.'
'Lyss?'
'Y-yeah.'
'Are you...okay?'
'Mhm.'
Ron continued,
'I felt weird, though. Like I'd never be cheerful again.'
'But someone was screaming. A woman.'
'No one was screaming, Harry.'
Alyssa looked down, furrowing her eyes brows,
'I heard it too.'
'What?'
'Nothing...nothing.'
'Who did you hear scream?' Andy asked and Alyssa frowned,
'I don't know...'
Harry and Alyssa then looked out the window confused.
Carriages were shown, taking students to the castle in the rain.
🎶 In the cauldron boil and bake 🎶
🎶 Fillet of a fenny snake 🎶
🎶 Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf 🎶
🎶 Witches' mummy 🎶
🎶 Maw and gulf 🎶
The great hall was shown, the choir performing as the multitude of candles floated.
🎶 Double, double 🎶
🎶 Toil and trouble 🎶
🎶 Fire burn 🎶
🎶 And cauldron bubble 🎶
🎶 Double, double toil and trouble 🎶
🎶 Fire burn and cauldron bubble 🎶
🎶 Double, double toil and trouble 🎶
🎶 Fire burn and cauldron bubble 🎶
🎶 Something wicked this way comes. 🎶
Everyone clapped loudly along with the students in the memory, some cheering too.
'That's an intense song.' Evan commented.
'Quite a tune too.' Sirius grinned.
Dumbledore stepped up to his podium.
'Welcome, welcome to another year at Hogwarts. Now, I'd like to say a few words before we all become too befuddled by our excellent feast. First, I'm pleased to welcome Professor R.J. Lupin, who's kindly consented to fill the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Good luck, Professor.'
Lupin politely stood as the school applauded for him.
Everyone, mostly the marauders, cheered along loudly.
'I'm a professor?' Remus asked in disbelief, 'but that- I mean- what about...'
'Clearly your talents outweighed whatever was against you.' Alyssa said with a smile making Remus look happy and then frown,
'Do you know about...you know?'
'No idea what your talking about, watch and see.'
'Congrats Moony!' James slapped him on the back.
'So, in the future, Moony is professor, I'm a mass murderer and Prongs is dead...Huh, marauders really went downhill, didn't they? What about Wormy?'
'Watch and see.'
'Potter, Potter! Is it true you fainted? I mean, you actually fainted?'
'Ugh what a dick.' Marlene scoffed.
'Shove off, Malfoy.'
'Fuck off Malfoy.' Alyssa and Ron said simultaneously.
'Oh yeah, Granger, didn't you collapse as well?'
'You shouldn't gossip Malfoy.'
'Why? Because it might be false?'
'No, because I'll punch you in the fucking face.'
'As you should!' Marlene clapped.
'Ali!'
Draco turned away, cheeks tinged pink with Theo, Daphne and Blaise laughing on the other side of the table.
'How did he find out?'
'Who knows. Don't listen to him.'
'Just forget it.'
'...Care of Magical Creatures teacher for many years, has decided to retire in order to spend more time with his remaining limbs. Fortunately, I'm delighted to announce that his place will be taken by none other than our own...Rubeus Hagrid.'
'Called it!' Remus exclaimed.
Some of the students applauded, Minnie nudged Hagrid to stand, which only resulted in him banging his knees against the table, making the dinnerware clatter. The quartet and a few around them cheered the loudest, Seamus standing and whistling, making one of the Weasley twins pull him down.
'Told you Seamus was brilliant.' Sirius nodded.
'Finally, on a more disquieting note, at the request of the Ministry of Magic, Hogwarts will until further notice, play host to the dementors of Azkaban until such a time as Sirius Black is captured.'
'Dementors in a school? Are you trying to tell me that they put soul sucking creatures in an area full of children?' Lily yelled, 'what the hell were they thinking?!'
'The dementors will be stationed at every entrance to the grounds. Now, whilst I've been assured that their presence will not disrupt our day-to-day activities...a word of caution. Dementors are vicious creatures. They will not distinguish between the one they hunt and the one who gets in their way. Therefore, I must warn each and every one of you to give them no reason to harm you. It is not in the nature of a dementor to be forgiving. But, you know, happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times...if one only remembers to turn on the light.'
The Gryffindors chattered loudly as they ate.
'Geez Lyss, isn't that your second cup?' Harry laughed.
'Yeah why?'
'It's dinner.'
'Your point?'
'That's coffee.'
'What are you getting at?'
'Ah, the coffee addiction begins.' Luna nodded getting an offended look from Alyssa and making Marlene nod,
'Makes sense.'
'Ali has become obsessed with coffee over the summer.' Hermione said disapprovingly.
'Obsessed is a strong word.'
'An accurate word too.'
'I tried ma mum's coffee once, never again.'
'Excuse you.'
'Absolutely disgusting.'
'You're disgusting! How dare you? It all makes sense now, from the moment I met you I knew something was off- well, this is clearly it. What sort of a psycho doesn't like coffee?' Alyssa said in disbelief.
'What sort of a psycho drinks it with dinner?' He retorted.
'Okay Seamus, you just lost your right to speak- zip your non-coffee-drinking lips.'
'You're very rude.'
'Doesn't sound like your lips are zipped!'
'I mean...In all fairness, who doesn't like coffee.' Marlene shrugged.
'Thank you!' Alyssa exclaimed.
'Having said that, you do drink too much coffee.'
'I take it back, I retract all my thanks.'
'Ali!'
'Fine, changing the subject...Harry, how does it feel to have someone wanting to kill you!'
'Ali.'
'Right, sorry, you're probably used to it by now.'
'Ali'
'Fine, shutting up.'
'Wow.' Barty laughed.
'In my defence, I was just trying to make conversation.'
'Then talk about the weather or the food or the holidays or literally anything else.' Lily said in exasperation.
'Noted.'
They all resumed their normal chatter, Alyssa fixing a continuous glare on Seamus which he swiftly noticed and resorted to returning, leaving them glaring at each other the whole meal with Hermione calling them immature which gained her no response.
'You two have the maturity of 5 years olds.' Regulus rolled his eyes.
'I take offense to that.'
'You should, it was an insult.'
After dinner, the students walked out of the Great Hall to their common rooms. The staircase changed to let the Gryffindors have access to their common room, a soprano singing was heard.
'Fortuna Major.'
'Ah, ah, wait! 🎶 'Ah, ah, ah, ah...'🎶'
'Here, listen-she just won't let me in.'
'Fortuna Major.'
'No, no, no, wait. Wait. Watch this. 🎶 'Ah, ah, ah...'🎶'
The Fat Lady then started to scream the high note, making everyone cringe, holding their ears.
'Agh! My poor ears.' Barty groaned.
The Fat Lady went to break the glass by hitting the column behind her when she ran out of breath.
'Fortuna Major.'
'Yes, all right. Go in.'
'Thank you.'
Harry walked in, Seamus next to him with Ron and Alyssa closely behind.
'Plebs.'
'I can't believe she's still doing that after three years.'
'I know.'
'She can't even sing.'
'Exactly.'
'Exactly. Unbelievable.'
A ghost came down the two Gryffindors looked to him.
'Hey, man.'
'Hey, man.'
Dean didn't see him and walked right through him.
'Oh, God!'
Shown next, was the boys dormitory.
'Oh, green. That's a monkey.'
Seamus ate the sweet, making perfect monkey noises and acting like one.
They all laughed at him.
'Woah, what are those sweets?'
The marauders exchanged glances.
'No!' Lily exclaimed.
'What?' Sirius replied innocently.
'I know what you're thinking, and don't get any ideas.'
'Too late.'
'What is that? You call that a monkey?'
'Do not give him one again.'
'Hey, Neville, try an elephant.'
Neville ate the sweet and started sounding like an elephant making everyone laugh.
'Ron, catch!'
'Oh, yeah.'
Ron ate the sweet and started roaring like a lion.
The Gryffindors went nuts, cheering!
'I think we have a winner.'
'Oh, don't try one of them!'
'Oh, no!'
Harry ate the sweet, steam coming out of his ears as his face scrunched up.
'Look at this.'
'Look at his face!'
Seconds later, a pillow fight commenced, while throwing sweets.The castle was then visibly surrounded by dementors.
'Way to darken the mood.' Cissa said.
'They looked so happy.' Alice smiled fondly.
'Not for looong.' Alyssa said in a sing-song voice making them all groan.