Chapter Six - Hogwarts Express

This was one of the best summers I've ever had, when we came back from the Alley, Hagrid dropped us off at Privet Drive, our 'uncles' didn't speak to us when they saw us arrive, and Petunia saw my snake, and I have to say with pleasure that I laughed at her.

Harry was annoyed by the silence after a while, but I made him forget about it, and instead, I made him study with me the books (especially the position books) for the course.

I think something else I have to thank my father for, is his prodigious mind, I have a photographic memory, and thanks to that I was able to help Harry learn several spells, I could help him with legilimency and occlumency to blow him the answers, but even though Snape can't get into my mind due to the amount of barriers I possess and above all it will give you the pain to do so, I can get into his, but I don't want to get caught.

Anyway, these days I've been going to the Ravenclaw reserve a lot, and as I promised Hades, I took all the snakes to the Island, and when I got there, I was shocked, just to tell you, I could see 5 basilisks.

Another thing is that now I have more facility for magic without a wand, I can control the elements, and several spells without wands, what is more difficult for me is the killing curse, since without a wand I cannot invoke it, but well I have already advanced.

Today is the day we enter Hogwarts, and we already have our bags ready, I put on black jeans, black tennis shoes, and a black hoodie, and inside it, I have Hades, because I don't like having him in a cage, but I don't want anyone to be scared to see him either.

We were already at the station, Hagrid had given us our tickets, and we both checked, but when we went to ask him for platform 9 3/4 he had disappeared.

We started walking until Harry saw a certain red-haired lady talking about muggles, and we went to ask.

- "Excuse me, could you tell me how?" - Harry asked.

- "How to get to the platform? Of course children, it's Ron's first year at Hogwarts too," - She said kindly, pointing to the little red-headed boy.

- "Thanks, we're a bit lost on this one," - I said, smiling.

- "Sure, you just have to go to the wall with determination, Percy goes first," - She said to another red-headed boy, and he nodded, but not before giving me a look and turning his face away blushing, to which I could only smile.

- "Now Fred, it's your turn," - She said to one of the twins, and he smiled.

- "I'm not Fred, I'm George, how can you call yourself our mother?" - He said, looking indignant.

- "I'm sorry, George," - She said without making a big deal out of it.

- "It was a joke, I'm Fred," - He ran off and as he passed me he winked, then the other twin followed and copied him.

- "Well now you guys go on, if you're scared, run along," - She said.

- "Good luck," - Said Ginny.

- "Thank you very much," - We said and ran to the wall.

We closed our eyes and passed the wall, when we opened them we were dumbfounded, there was a beautiful train and a sign with the name of the platform.

We both looked at each other smiling and went inside, walked to an empty carriage, arranged our luggage, and sat down.

- "It's amazing, Cara, isn't it?" - He asked me.

- "Of course, it is, everything is amazing, by the way, don't tell anyone I have a snake, I don't want them to get scared and have to take it home," - I told him.

- "Don't worry, I won't say anything," - He smiled at me and at that moment a redhead popped up.

- "Excuse me, do you mind? It's just that everything is full," - He asked shyly.

- "Not at all, have a seat," - He said at the same time, and he opened his eyes.

- "Hey Ron, we're going to see Lee Jordan's tarantula, are you going?" -Asked one of the twins with a mischievous grin.

- "No, thanks," - Said Ron with a frightened look on his face.

- "Oh, where are our manners, we're Fred," - Began one.

- "And George Weasley, big brothers to this dwarf," - Finished the other.

- "I'm Harry, Harry Potter," - Said Harry, all three looked at him with wide eyes and then at me.

- "Hello, my name is Cara, Cara Potter," - She said with an innocent smile making both twins blush.

I must say that I would give anything to be able to record their faces with a phone if when Harry said who he was they were astonished they were now in shock, and their mouths almost touched the floor.

After a few minutes like that, the three of them excused themselves and said they were going out to say goodbye to their family, as they left Harry and I looked at each other and shrugged.

- "Hey Cara, look they're talking about us," - He said.

- "Who?" - I asked.

- "The boys now," - He said, and I looked out the window.

- "Mum, Mum, guess who we saw on the train?" - Said Fred.

- "Who, dear?" - She wiped Ron's nose.

- "Harry Potter!" - They both said, and she stopped picking Ron's nose.

- "Really? I'm glad he's going to Hogwarts." - She said.

- "Ahhhh! Harry Potter! Mum, can I go and say hello to him?" - Ginny asked.

- "Well, we saw him, he was the one who asked for our help," - Said George.

- "And who was the one standing next to him?" - Asked his mother.

- "Excellent question, Mum," - Said Fred.

- "In fact, the one next to him was," - Continued George.

- "HIS SISTER!" - They shouted at the same time, and Molly dropped the handkerchief she was carrying.

- "His... sister?" - She asked, and they all nodded, she was about to speak again but the train rang.

- "Well bye mum, see you on holiday," - Said the three of them, leaving a pale and shocked lady.

Harry and I went back to our seats to look at each other, not knowing what to say, seconds later Ron came in with a red nose and sat down in front of us.

- "Hey, you have the..." - He started, but Harry didn't understand.

- "The what?" - He asked.

- "The scar," - He whispered.

- "Of course I do," - He pulled his hair up and let Ron see it.

They both started talking while I looked at the scenery and spoke to Hades in low parseltongue so that I wouldn't be overheard.

Sometime later the lady with the trolley appeared and Harry bought lots of sweets, I took several chocolate frogs and started talking to them about our family, and Ron was going to make his rat turn yellow, which I haven't stopped looking at with hatred since I saw it.

- "Sorry to interrupt, have you seen a toad? A boy, Neville, lost one," - Hermione added.

- "No, sorry," The three of us said.

- "Oh, I know you! You're Harry Potter, I'm Hermione Granger, who are you?" - She asked.

- "I'm Ronald Weasley," - He said.

- "Cara Potter, nice to meet you, Hermione," - I said.

- "Potter? I didn't know you were siblings," - She said with a frown.

- "You're not the only one," - We both said.

- "Well, we're almost there. Cara, do you want to come to my compartment to change?" - She asked.

- "Sure, I'll be right back," - I said goodbye.

I went with Hermione to her compartment, where she introduced me to other girls, Susan Bones and the Patil sisters, when I finished I thanked them for letting me change, I took my clothes and I made Hades get into my tunic without being seen, and I went to my compartment.

I knew what was going to happen, but I got angry at what he said about Ron's family.

- "And who the hell do you think you are to say which family is better than others?" - I said in a cold and serious tone.

Harry and Ron were bursting with anger at everything the blond was saying, while he was having fun making fun of them, but the five present shuddered when they heard a voice as sweet and cold as the sound of snakes.

Harry knew who it belonged to, but that didn't make it any less terrifying, his sister rarely got upset, most of the time she solved all her conflicts by talking, but apparently this wouldn't be the case.

The three boys who were bothering him turned around very slowly to get a better look at the bearer of that voice, however, all three were mesmerized by her demeanor and beauty.

Malfoy couldn't believe how someone so beautiful could exist, her features were so fine, and her cold, unfeeling voice was just as fine, if not finer, than his mother's.

- "I repeat, who do you think you are to say which family is better or not?" - She spoke again, slowly but with a cold touch.

- "My name is Draco Malfoy, and this is Crabbe and Goyle, we were just talking to Potter," - Said the blond, smiling.

- "I think you misunderstood the question, I'm not interested in who you are, do I want to know the other thing?" - I said.

- "I think I'm a Malfoy, and the Weasley indeed has nowhere to drop dead, a good thing for blood traitors," - He said.

- "They may not have your fortune like you purebloods, but they have a supportive family, they don't force their ideas on anyone else, and of course they have friends, something you don't have as far as I can see," - I said with a hint of mockery.

- "Do you know who my father is? He'll find out," - He said, annoyed.

- "I want to see you try," - I said whispering, - "I bet you anything that when your father sees me he won't do anything, that's for sure, bye Draco."

The boys didn't know what to say, Ron was happy that she was defending him and Draco was in shock, no one had ever talked to him like that, so with his cheeks flushed with anger and the weird feeling he had he left the compartment.

- "Well, it looks like you were having fun," - I said, smiling.

- "You scare me when you're like that, Cara, it's like you're someone else," - Said Harry.

- "I had to give the dyed ferret his due, but still, I think it feels bad," - I said.

- "Well never mind, it's the first time I've ever been defended like that, thank you very much," - Said Ron.

- "You're welcome Ron, now let's get down from here, I want to see what adventures await us at this school."