King's Cross station was packed on the September morning that we arrived, after spending the last few days of the summer at my godfather Sirius's house, we had so much fun. But the time came to go to school and for the first time, Harry and I felt frightened at the prospect of Hogwarts, usually we would be excited but the churning in the stomach didn't stop. We saw many of our friends who played with us as children, when our parents held meetings for the order of the phoenix, our favorites being the Weasleys.
Ron was our age, and so was his twin sister Ginny (*hehe*), their stark red hair stood out amid the station, we joined Molly and Arthur Weasley and their children, Percy, Fred, and Georgel, the infamously naughty twins.
We justled through the crowded streets and shoved our trolleys with our trunks past the multitude of people in the station. Harry walked next to me on the left, whilst Ron was on my right, Ginny ran along and joined me in the middle as we marched through the station. I thought I wanted to go fast and I turned and told them four that I would be at the back of the train, probably the very last compartment. They nodded and at the instruction of our parents, I ran in through the barrier and was plunged into platforms 9 and 3/4.
I parked the trolly to the side and lifted the trunk on my shoulders in an unconventional way, I wasn't like Harry at all, though he looked skinny and tweedy, I was quite tall and muscular for eleven and my strength in general was pretty good. Only time would tell about how good I was with a wand, but there was something within me, a potential untapped.
I sat down in the compartment after putting my trunk on the luggage rack above, I waited for the others to arrive. I thought I would change into my robes early, a sense of anticipation playing on my mind, I took off my trousers replacing them with ones from the Hogwarts uniform. I stood shirtless showing my abs, but I was caught momentarily by the stunning beauty of the countryside and stood still for a moment, I was about to pull my robes over my head when Harry and Ron walked in followed by Ginny.
Harry looked at me and said, "Show-off," Ron just looked surprised and said, "Crikey mate!" Ginny didn't say anything but just blushed and sat next to Ron on the other side of the compartment while Harry sat next to me. We began talking about our chocolate frog collections and Ron said he kept on pulling Agrippa, Ginny only just started collecting, Harry was probably the same level as Ron, and I had around 2 of every chocolate frog card that exists.
I put my cards, every single one of them, on the table in the middle of the compartment, I looked at all of them and said, "Help yourself." Harry looked at me weirdly but soon lunged in, alongside Ron, ravaging through the cards to find their missing ones. All except for Ginny.
I slid over to where Harry sat, opposite Ginny, and looked at her properly, usually she would be excited at the prospect of getting new cards, but she sat there, quite timidly and with a red face that almost matched her face.
"Hey Ginny, you alright? You look nervous?"
"Eh? I'm alright Johan, just a bit tired, didn't get much sleep yesterday," she lied through her teeth, I moved next to her, and Ron swapped with me, we talked about Hogwarts and how cool the new spells and lessons would be, Ginny visibly started to relax and had a more openness towards me.
Ginny and I always had a sort of connection, while Harry and Ron mucked around making loud noises, Ginny and I would be playing or talking in the corner, from as long as I can remember I have been best friends with Ginny, Ron not so much, still a good friend though, only Harry could somehow be on the same level of tomfoolery as Ron.
There was a rumbling noise outside the carriage and the swirling of wheels along the shiny metal floors of the train. The door to the compartment slid open, revealing a lady in her middle age, pushing a cart, loaded with snacks, I shared a look with Harry and we bought everything on the menu.
The sweets were being rummaged through as we sat there bored, waiting for the train to pull up to wherever Hogwarts caste actually stood. It was then that we heard more footsteps outside, three pairs of feet actually, we watched as their shadows contemplated whether or not they should enter.
And then without knocking, without a word of courtesy, they barged in and what we saw was so unsightly that I wanted to puke, Draco Malfoy, and his goons, Crabbe and Goyle. He sneered as he looked around the room, resting his eyes on Harry, me, and then Ron and Ginny.
"Ahhh, of course, it's the Potter sitting with the lowlifes as usual."
Ron flared up and began to reach for something, he was about to start cussing Malfoy out, when I silenced him with a look, more like a glare, telling him to stop what he was doing and wait patiently for me. Seeing the lack of reaction Malfoy continued.(*In my world this guy is much more rude and evil with his words*)
"The only reason the Potters are here is so that they can share that red-head whore!"
That did it, I saw Harry and Ron react but they weren't fast enough as I got up and punched him in the chest, sending him flying past Crabbe and Goyle and into the wall of the train, Malfoy's goons looked up at me, I mean I did say that I was tall for my age, almost 6ft. Probably 5ft 11in.
I pummeled them too before I walked up to Malfoy, and dragged him to the wall. He doesn't know what's coming for him!