We Are Venom

Chapter 33 - Mr. Tonks

Harry let out a sigh as he leaned back against his seat on the Hogwarts express, staring out the window, enjoying the beautiful views that were passing him by. So far it seemed like that was his best option to pass the time as he wasn't really enjoying the company he was getting from Hermione and Ron. Ron had initially tried to keep the conversation going by challenging Harry to a game of chess but he didn't seem to understand the idea of Harry not wanting to play chess the entire ride, eventually the red head had settled into eating while reading a quidditch magazine of some sort, or at least he had done for a while. As for Hermione, she had originally started the ride by immersing herself into a few books but eventually she had put them down and was now trying her best to talk to him, what that actually meant was that she was trying her best to justify her actions to him.

"And I really was only trying to do what I thought was best for you!" Hermione said, seeming desperate for him to believe her.

"I believe you Hermione, but you still betrayed my trust and tried to send me back to my own personal hell." Harry grunted as he stood up. "If you'll excuse me, I need to get some air." He said before walking out of the compartment. "I was only doing what I thought was best." He muttered in a passable imitation of Hermione's voice as he walked to the toilets.

'Why on Earth does she think she knows better than us?' Venom growled.

'She is pretty smart,' Harry admitted.

'She's also a thirteen year old girl,' Venom reminded him. 'Let's not forget last year as well, Miss Brains was too busy fawning over Lockhart to realise how much of an idiot he was.'

'True,' Harry agreed, thinking back on his second year, for as much as Hermione liked to accuse Harry and Ron for being idiots, she was hardly the perfect example of intelligence when she refused to admit that Lockhart was a fraud. 'Either way, it doesn't matter.'

'You're right, because now nobody tells us what to do.'

'Nobody,' Harry repeated before noticing Malfoy sitting in a compartment with Crabbe, Goyle and Parkinson, the four hadn't appeared to have noticed him. Harry, not being in the mood for another yearly train visit from Malfoy, pulled his wand out and cast several locking charms on the door before walking past, he was pretty sure that none of them would know how to counter his spells since the spells he had used weren't taught until fourth year, one of the benefits of having Venom on his side was that his learning ability had improved vastly. He was already pretty smart, but with Venom he was never able to forget anything and was able to learn much faster than before.

'How long before you think they realise that the door's locked?' Venom chuckled.

'Hopefully whenever Draco needs the toilet,' Harry grinned while Venom started laughing loudly in his head. As Harry walked down the train he spotted a tall boy standing and talking with a small, younger girl. Harry would guess that the boy was a year or two older than him. The girl on the other hand, looked like she was a bit younger than Harry. She had straggly, waist-length dirty-blond hair, a dreamy look on her face.

"Are you serious?" The older boy snorted derisively, staring down at her like she was something that he wanted to scrape off of his shoes.

"Oh yes, the Crumple-Horned Snorkack is definitely real. " The girl said in an airy voice as she looked straight up at the boy, either not noticing or caring about the way he was looking at her. "My father and I are sure of it, we're going camping this year to try and find them."