Very soon Mum Dad and the others joined us. The twins had been giving me weird looks but I decided to ignore them. After all it's not such a big deal if Percy is finally being friendly to someone. 

Thinking of Percy, where did he just vanish to? 

Anyhow Mum told us to board the train after giving some last minute advises, "and trust me Fred George I'm not in the mood to send off a Howler this year so for the love of God don't give me any reason to. And take care of Ginny. Well Kat, dear, I'm sure you can take care of yourself very well." 

I nodded, "of course Mum." 

After giving us all a goodbye hug she made us board the train. I am so excited. I can't wait for the journey to begin. I spotted Percy strutting in the corridors of the carriages practicing his Head Boy authorities. Well, he seems quite happy with that so I guess I'll just leave him be. We (I mean me and the twins) found a cabin all to ourselves. It was scarlet red like the engine and had comfortable seats.

Very soon we were joined by two boys, Seamus and Dean, and by our own little sister Ginny and her newly found friend Luna Lovegood. 

The Lovegood girl had platinum blonde hair (a bit like Malfoy's but I guess I should let the fact escape my notice since once I too had the same hair color), bluish eyes and a friendly smile. I think she's one of those girls who I should really befriend. She also had that weirdo vibe about her as I can see from the Butterbeer corks necklace (Fred pointed that out) and radish like ear rings. 

Seamus and Dean seemed great actually with that soccer loving aura about them. They might be Ron's classmates. 

We shook hands and Fred George gave the introductions, "fellow Gryffindors and those who will get sorted soon, meet Katerina Weasley. She's our sister and will be joining school from this year." 

Luna spoke, "oh. Are you going to be a first year, like us?" 

I shook my head, "no. As much as I'd love to, still I'll be joining the fourth years." 

She smiled, "great. If you see any Nargles do let me know." 

Nargles? I raised an eyebrow quizzically. 

She resumed still smiling her characteristic good natured smile, "Nargles, you know. Like Horngriffles and Swangloggers. They are magical creatures but no one believes in them. You know when I grow up I'll discover them and show people that they exist." 

Oh... Okay... I nodded, "well, I'll tell you if I see one." I like her actually even though she might seem weird to others. 

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The train had to leave at 11 sharp. The twins told me that we were allowed to do magic on the train but to a safe extent. As far as I know the twins have no idea of safe extents but of course it probably doesn't hurt to say so. Anyhow the train left the platform. 

"We will reach the Hogsmeade station from here and after that we'll be taken to school," Fred explained. 

I was going to ask about Hogsmeade station when suddenly the door burst open and a rather flustered looking Hermione came in. 

"Hey 'Mione what's up?" I asked casually. 

"Have... You... Have you seen... Harry and... Ron?" She was quite out of breath. 

"No we haven't," the twins replied. 

"They... They're not on the train!" Hermione managed to get the words out. 

What? Not on the train? "I think I heard you say they're not on the train. I'm wrong, right?" I spoke. 

She shook her head, "wish you were. They're absolutely not anywhere on the train." 

The twins stood up and so did the rest of us, "let's conduct a search." 

We scattered in different directions of the train looking for Harry and Ron. I'm absolutely certain that the Chosen One has a knack of getting lost at the most uncertain of times. First at Diagon Alley and now at the station. I wonder where they would be turning up from. I wouldn't be surprised if we found them at Hogwarts. Who knows they might have boarded to wrong Express. 

I bumped into Percy on the way, "Katerina, I hope you know it's safer to stay in the cabins than to wander here while the train's moving. Unless you have a wish to get into trouble, I see no reason for you to be out here exploring." 

Oh God, Percy if only you knew. Well I should tell him, right? Since he seems to be in charge of us. "Harry and Ron are not on the train," I told him. 

He shook his head as if disappointed, "not on the train. I see. All you people do is..." But then his voice trailed off and the color left his face, "what? Not on the train?" 

Looks like the fact took this long to register in his mind, "absolutely, Mr Genius. We checked nearly all the cabins." 

He slapped his hand on his forehead in frustration, "I hate you all." I saw him dash off somewhere and followed to see him writing furiously on a parchment. He folded it and sent it off with his owl Hermes. 

"What was that for?" I know I'm painstakingly curious about everything and he would really be hating me right now. 

"None of your business. On second thoughts, I've sent the owl to inform our Deputy Headmistress about the latest havoc which my brother and his best friend has got into. Now you go back to your cabin and if I see you outside again... Then I'll deduct points from whichever house you're sorted into." 

But of course he did explain what he had done so I think all's well and he must not be that furious. On second thoughts, who knows exactly? When anything concerns Perce, no one can ever be certain. 

I heard a voice behind me, "well we hope she's a Gryffindor. Then perhaps you won't deduct points from your own house." 

I turned around to see the twins. In spite of all that had passed, they were still very happy and carefree. 

Percy was about to send a retort in reply but stopped as Ginny pointed to something out the window, "hey look, it's Dad's car!" 

Dad's car? The flying Ford Anglia? We rushed to the window to see for ourselves and sure enough there on the sky was the Ford Anglia flying and visible. 

"Bloody Hell..." The twins were gaping as if not being able to decipher what was happening. 

"Ronald Bilius Weasley wait till I get my hands on you," Percy muttered under his breath. And it was then I noticed that Ron was driving the car. 

No way. 

Absolutely no chance.

"Oi Ron, that's really bloody fantastic!" Fred shouted on the top of his lungs. 

George joined, "you've made us proud of you, Pumpkin!" 

The next voice was Percy's, unexpectedly loud and agitated, "shut up both of you!" 

The car vanished from sight. Maybe Ron had pressed the Invisibility button. 

"They're going to get expelled," Hermione mumbled shaking her head in disappointment, "flying a car to Hogwarts? It's almost like violating fifty thousand school rules." 

Well, perhaps she's right. But I do hope they reach school safe and sound without crashing. Because this seems to be the first priority right now. We'll see about getting expelled later.

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