That Damn Weasley Charm II G.W

Part 2, Chapter 7- Hogwarts Bound

I went back to my Aunt and Uncles house after Diagon Alley, not like Uncle Lucius would have let me do anything else. He sent Dobby to the Burrow to get my trunk and other belongings so I wouldn't have to go back and get them myself. It's been a week since I left the Weasleys home. George has tried to write to me but Uncle has gone back to his ways and has been burning all the letters he's sent. Something about how I'll see him in a few days so there's no need to talk to him now.

The morning of September first Aunt Narcissa wakes Draco and I up very early so we can gather the rest of our things and make our way to the train station. This is the thing that Uncle Lucius dreads the most because we have to arrive looking like muggles. Thankfully the ministry provides him with a muggle car so we can get there on time but the whole ordeal makes him very mad.

Once Draco and I pack all of our things into our trunks Dobby moves everything downstairs and packs it all into the ministry car. Aunt Narcissa packs some breakfast sandwiches for Draco and I to eat in the car ride to the station and we are off.

"I can't believe that Lockhart is going to be our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher!" Draco says once he finishes his sandwich. "I mean I just can't believe it!"

"Why? Do you fancy him Draco?" I say sarcastically. Uncle Lucius shoots me a look through the mirror and I stop talking immediately.

"Don't joke like that Violet. Of course, Draco doesn't fancy Gilderoy Lockhart." Aunt Narcissa snaps. The rest of the car ride is silent. Not even the radio makes a noise.

When we arrive at the station, I can tell auntie and uncle are still annoyed with my comment because they both get out of the car and slam the doors behind them. Draco doesn't look at me as he climbs out of the car. I sigh and follow them in silence.

Uncle Lucius leaves for a moment and comes back with two carts. He helps Draco and I load our things onto them, aunt Narcissa wraps her arm around uncles and together they walk towards the train platform. Draco and I follow behind. Without looking back or even checking to see if muggles were watching, Uncle Lucius and Aunt Narcissa step into the wall that conceals platform 9 and ¾.

"Draco wait." I put my hand on his cart to stop him from following his parents. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have joked like that."

Draco doesn't look at me when he responds, "it doesn't matter if I fancy him or not, mother and father would kill me if I did." And with that, he pulls the cart away from my reach and ploughs into the wall. I follow close behind but not to close that I'll smash into him when I reach the other side.

Together, the four of us walk towards the back of the train where many of the Slytherins tend to sit all together.

"Violet!" Emma shouts. Her and Walter come rushing over to me and wrap me in a massive bear hug. They help me take my things onto the train and in one swift goodbye to my aunt and uncle I run into the train and sit beside my friends.

"Violet you would have loved Paris! I mean the wizarding community there is absolutely fantastic!" Emma says she goes on to tell us both about her wild summer romance with her French beau and how much she misses him and blah blah blah.

"You're so lucky! I stayed at home all summer working! Like a real summer job! Mum told me that I needed to get some real-world experience whatever that means." Walter says. He doesn't say that it was a muggle job but I know that it was. He spends his holidays with his parents, one of witch is a muggle, he hasn't told anyone but me about it. "What did you do Violet." He turns his attention to me before Emma asks what job he had.

I go into describing my summer, in as much detail as I can muster. The whole time Walter and Emma watch and listen with awe on their faces.

"So your Aunt and Uncle just let you stay a whole month with your boyfriend!? I wish!" Emma says, she sort of throws herself into the back of the booth that we are sitting in.