Harry POV

September 1st came around faster than expected. We arrived at King's Cross Station with Mr. Weasley's Ford Anglia without flying, that kind of made me nauseous the first time around. Unfortunately, we were very late.

"10:58!" Mr. Weasley said. "Come on, come on!"

"Train will be leaving soon!" Mrs. Weasley continued. "Fred, George, Percy, you first!"

Fred went through the barrier, followed by Percy and George. Mr and Mrs. Weasley allowed Ginny to go after them and followed her after. Before they made it through, Mrs. Weasley said, "Hurry!"

Lana and Luna then went in after her, followed by Y/N and Hermione.

I turned to Ron. "Let's go."

I gripped the handles of my trolley while Ron gripped his behind me. I pushed the cart forwards, getting ready to make it on the other side, but something different happened.

We crashed into the wall. I fell over while Ron lost control of the cart, crashing into me, causing most of our stuff to fall.

"Oy!" A station Agent called out to us. "What do you two think you're doing?"

"Sorry, lo-lost control of the trolley." I said to the agent, who walked away. I turned to Ron again, who now had a scared expression plastered on his face. "Why can't we get through?" I asked.

"I don't know." Ron said. "The gateway's sealed itself for some reason."

A clock chimed off in the distance. Oh no.

It's eleven o' clock.

We missed the train.

"The Train leaves at exactly 11:00! We've missed it!"

"Harry... if we can't get through, maybe Mom and Dad can't get back!"

"Maybe we should just go and wait by the car." I said.

Ron's eyes widened in realization. "The car!"

Hermione POV

As we got adjusted into the compartment, Lana and Luna were on one couch playing with Patch while Y/N and I were on the other.

"Where's Harry and Ron?" I asked. "Weren't they right behind us?"

"I think they were?" Y/N said. "They might be in another compartment, I hope. Maybe with Percy, Fred, George and Ginny?"

Soon enough, the train started to move and we were off to Hogwarts. Halfway, the Trolley witch came around asking if we wanted anything from the cart. Y/N and Lana got some Chocolate Frogs and Cauldron Cakes, I got some Pumpkin Pasties and Luna got some Peppermint Toads. She was about to go for Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Jelly Beans since she never tried them, but Y/N warned her about them, so she steered clear of them. I knew for a fact Y/N didn't like those jelly beans since he told me in one of his letters, so I understood his point.

Moments later, Luna had gotten tired and fell asleep on Lana, who allowed her to, while Y/N and I were talking with each other and playing with Snowball. Suddenly Lana spoke up.

"Hey, guys..." She said in a worried tone. "The Weasley's car is light blue, right?"

"Yeah, sis, why do you ask?" Y/N asked. "What's wrong?"

"I thought so, because what other car can fly and is right outside, with Harry about to fall!?"

"WHAT?!" The both of us said in unison, startling Luna out of her nap.

"Really sorry, Luna." I apologized to her as I placed Snowball on my seat and we got up towards the window.

Lana wasn't wrong. Ron was in Mr. Weasley's car was in the driver's seat and Harry was in the passenger seat, but was hanging on for dear life since his door flew open. Fortunately, Harry was able to climb back into the Ford and they turned into a speck in the distance.

"Harry must be the one with the Wrackspurts, Y/N?" Luna asked calmly, despite the fact we jolted her out of her nap.

"Yep, definitely the one." Y/N says. "Most of the time, Ron has them too."

I nudged him playfully before I whisper-asked, "What's a Wrackspurt?"

"They're invisible creatures that float into people's ears and make their brains fuzzy." He said.

"Oh, then in that case, Ron definitely has them." I giggled, which made him blush.

"They'll be fine, right?" Y/N asked us.

"Of course they will be, Y/N." I said. "Hopefully they won't get in trouble when we get there."

'I'm actually quite glad you're here with us." Lana said. "Out of the three boys in our quintet, I'd say you're the smartest of the three."

"Why thank you, dear sister of mine." Y/N said as he halfway made a bow in his seat, causing us to giggle a bit more.

Eventually, I felt tired a couple minutes later and soon enough, I feel asleep and leaned on Y/N's shoulder. It seemed that he had gotten used to this, since he adjusted himself so that I could rest a bit better.

"Mione...."

"Mione..."

"Hermione!"

"Hm?" I said as I opened my eyes to find myself on Y/N. I was resting on his shoulder and Snowball was resting on my chest.

"We're here. I didn't want to disturb you sleeping, so I just waited a bit." He said in a sweet voice, which made me smile a little. "Lana and Luna are waiting for us outside, we have to drop Luna by the boats remember?"

"Oh, right!" I said. "I forgot we went to them last year. Let's go then!" I stood up, helped Y/N up from his seat while Snowball climbed on his shoulder and came off the scarlet engine.

We walked Luna to the rest of the first years, where Lana and Y/N were giving her luck for the sorting ceremony.

Y/N POV

"Are you ready, Luna?" I asked her.

"Little bit, if I'm being honest, Y/N." Luna said. "I am really nervous at what the hat will see."

"Don't worry about it, Luna." Lana said. "You will do great, trust us, okay?"

"Okay, I trust you both." Luna said. Before she boarded a boat, she ran back to us and hugged us. "Thank you so much, you both are the best cousins."

"Aww, you're very welcome, Lu." I said as I kissed the top of her head.

"We both love having you as your little cousin, Luna." Lana said as Luna hung on a bit more. "We've always seen you as a little sister."

As Luna let go, she smiled while she went into a boat and waved goodbye to the three of us.

"I'm proud of her, you know." Lana said as we walked to the carriages with Hermione. "She's gonna have her first year here, but hopefully not as dangerous as ours."

"Yeah, I hope so too, sis." I said. "What did you think of Luna, 'Mione?"

"Oh, she's quite nice and kind." Hermione said. "Reminds me of you two. I'm glad I got to know her these past few days.

As we approached the carriages, I stopped walking to watch a horse-like creature pulling the carriages. It looked quite frightening to be honest, I don't know if anyone else was freaked out by this.

"Um, Lana, Mione?" I said worriedly. "Do you see the horses pulling the carriages?"

"Um, what horses, Y/N?" Hermione said. "There's nothing pulling the carriages. Are you okay?"

"Y/N, I see them." Lana said. "These must be the Threstrals. Only one who's seen death can see them."

Hermione gripped my hand worriedly as I looked back at the Thestrals. Dad's death must have been how we can see them. I walked toward the carriage and looked at the Thestrals one more time before Hermione, Lana and two other Gryyfindors, Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnagan, who were starting their second year with us.

~Timeskip to Sorting Ceremony~

"Grayson Harper!" Professor McGonagall shouted through the Great Hall. (Not sure who this kid was, He was only known as Harper, so I gave him an actual name.)

"SLYTHERIN!" The Sorting hat bellowed. The Sorting Ceremony had just begun, and Ron and Harry were still nowhere in sight. Ron would have been a little happy since Ginny was about to be sorted.

"Ginerva Weasley!"

"GRYFFINDOR!"

"Luna Lovegood!"

"RAVENCLAW!"

'Welp, I guess I'm the only Lovegood in Gryffindor then.' I thought to myself. 'But good on Luna though, at least Lana has family there.'

The feast had begun, but Snape returned to the hall from where he was, and took Professor Dumbledore and Grandmum with him, leaving the other Professors to watch us. After the feast was finished, Hermione and I returned to the Gryffindor Common with the other Gryffindors to find Harry and Ron sitting on the couches. As the other Gryffindors went to their dorms, we went up to them to ask how they got here.

"Where the hell were you two?" I asked them. "We saw you in the car!"

"And why were you in the car?" Hermione added.

"The barrier shut on us back at King's Cross." Harry said. "We just did what we thought we should do."

"Well, where is the car? Your parents could be worried, Ron."

"We crashed in the Whomping Willow!" Ron said. "It just dropped us off and chucked our luggage out the trunk! And my wand snapped!" He pulled out his wand, which was hanging on by at least a couple twigs. The point of the wand was pointing another direction.

"We got detention from McGonagall." Harry said. "And a few Muggles saw us flying from what the Daily Prophet saw."

"Well, at least you both weren't expelled." Hermione said.

"But you missed the ceremony and seeing your sister sorted into our house." I added.

'Wow, Harry's right.' Ron thought. 'They DO act like a married couple.'

I hit him from the back of his head. "Let's just get some sleep. I need to see when Quidditch tryouts are before we do."

"Oh, good luck with that by the way." Hermione said as she looked at me.

"Thank you." I said with a smile.

Harry got up and looked at a flyer which was on the wall of the common room. "They're on September 8th. You're in luck, just one day away from your birthday."

"Well, that's one thing off my list to check." I said, while Ron and Harry followed me to the boy's dormitory. "Night, 'Mione!"

"Night, you three!" She said back.

(A/N: Hope you're ready for the next chapter, see how Y/N reacts to Malfoy when you know... I'm not saying the word, but you get the point.)