HARRY POTTER AND THE NEW REVELATION
Year 5
BY KEL of GRYFFINDOR
CHAPTER ONE ANOTHER JOURNEY FROM PLATFORM NINE AND THREE QUARTERS
"Oye, Harry, hurry up! We don't want to miss the Hogwarts Express!" called George Weasley. "I'm coming; just a sec!" yelled back fifteen-year-old Harry Potter. He turned to the tall, dark-haired man standing next to him. "Bye Sirius," he told Sirius Black as he hugged him briefly. "I'll miss you." "Run along Harry; you don't want to miss your train," Sirius answered. "Bye!" Harry called one last time as he jumped into the train compartment, which he, the Weasley twins, Ginny Weasley, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger had to themselves. " 'Bout time, Harry," joked Ron. "We were afraid the train was gonna leave without ya." Harry sat down next to Hermione and across from Ron. He heard a contented purring sound and glanced over at Crookshanks, who was looking quite smug, sitting on Hermione's lap. Just then, Harry thought of something. "Have any of you guys seen Hedwig, by chance?" he asked Ron and Hermione. At this, Crookshanks purred even more loudly. He glanced over at Crookshanks, and watched Hermione coo him, saying, "Aww, isn't he so adorable, he just wants more attention." He then noticed something. "Hermione," he asked, "did you get a haircut recently?" Her cheeks tinged a slight pink and was about to answer when Ron said, "I'll bet that stupid cat did it! I'll bet he ate poor Hedwig." Hermione's cheeks became even more flushed, and she replied, "He did not! He didn't do anything of the sort. He wouldn't eat Hedwig!" At this, Crookshanks suddenly let out a hiss, and then resumed purring contentedly and looking very smug. "He did, he did!" Ron shouted quite loudly. "Shhh, you don't want to get us in trouble before we even get to school, do you, Ron? You know, we're perfects this year, and Harry's the Quidditch Captain, and you're on the team, too, Ron. We should be setting good examples, not shouting so loud that people in other compartments might hear it!" Scolded Hermione. "By the way," Harry inquired, "where did Ginny, Fred, and George go to?" Hermione, quite happy to change the subject, answered, "Well . . . George and Fred went a couple compartments ahead of ours, to find their friend, Lee Jordan, and Ginny went back a couple compartments to hang out with her boyfriend, Colin Creevey. Why do you ask, anyway?" "Just curious," Harry responded. "Oh, and you never answered my question earlier: did you get a haircut recently?" asked Harry. Her cheeks resumed their pink tinge and she was nodding "yes" as suddenly, one of the windows flew open and in flew Hedwig. "There you are!" exclaimed Harry as Hedwig flew to him, dropped a letter in front of him, and began nibbling affectionately on his ear. Harry picked up the letter she had delivered for him. It was on the same yellowish parchment and in the same green ink as the letter he received every year telling him what supplies he needed for yet another year at Hogwarts. He opened it carefully, so as not to rip it. He pulled out the letter. First he read it silently, to himself. "Well, what does it say, Harry? Are you gonna read it aloud to us or what?" Ron and Hermione questioned him. "Yes. I'll read it aloud to you." Dear Harry, How are you? Doing well, I hope. I am just writing to inform you that you might see a bit of Moony this year. Actually, since Dumbledore hired me as the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher again, you will probably see more than a bit of Moony. I hope that your friends Hermione and Ron are also faring well. Sincerely, Moony (Professor Remus Lupin) "Professor Lupin's back!?!" cried Hermione. "This is terrific! He was always my favorite Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher." "Mine, too," said Ron. "He actually knew what he was doing." Just then, Ginny ran back into their compartment with Colin. "All right, Harry?" Colin asked as he did so often, and as usual, Harry responded, "Hello, Colin." "Hi Ron, hi Hermione . . . . hello . . Harry," said Ginny. Ron whispered in Harry's ear, with a hint of amusement, "I still think she's rather fond of you, Harry!" Ron sniggered, and Ginny's face went beat red. "Shut up, Ron!" Harry whispered back. "Anyway, Ron, I came in here to tell you that we're almost to Hogwarts, and that you should probably pack up whatever you've out and to put your robes on," Ginny rambled. "Oh, and Neville wanted me to check with everyone to see if anyone's seen his toad. Have any of you?" "No, we haven't seen his toad, but if we do, we'll bring it to him right away," responded Hermione. "Ginny, when you pass through their compartment, could you tell Fred and George to come retrieve their trunks, please?" asked Ron. "Sure thing," she responded and left with Colin. A few minutes later, the train came to a screeching halt and when they looked out the window, the three friends could see their home for the next few months: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.