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."Thanks Hal and Rose," He said giving them both a hug."Here, before I forget to give these to you," Rose said handing him a large package."This is cookies and candies.Hal and I can't eat all of what I baked and Petunia's watching her figure so this is to eat on the train and share with your friends.""Thanks, Rose, that's awfully nice of you," Severus replied.He glanced over to where Petunia was standing talking to Liam."Sev!" Paul sprinted over to him."Did you have a nice Christmas?"Severus smiled."Yes.I had a fantastic Christmas actually." He turned back to Eileen, Hal, and Rose."This is Paul Reisdorph.He a first year and my roommate.Paul, this is my mum, Eileen, and Lily's parents, Hal and Rose Evans.""Nice to meet you Paul," Hal said.Rose and Eileen both smiled at the overly enthusiastic first year."Nice to meet you all, too.Sev's not only my roommate; he's my mentor, too." Paul said proudly.Liam and Petunia strolled over arm-in-arm.He stopped to talk a few minutes with Hal and Rose then kissed Petunia's cheek and got on the train.Lily came over and gave her parents, Petunia, and Eileen hug and kisses."Be sure to owl me, Tuney," She called as they got on the train.They waved to their parents until they were out of sight.Paul went to look for his friends while Severus and Lily went to the first car to get their patrolling assignments from Liam and Julie.After they finished their first patrol they went back to their compartment where Frank, Alice, Remus, and Missy were already seated.Severus sat down and opened the box Rose had given him and said to the others, "Help yourself." He looked at Lily."Your mum gave it to me just before I got on the train.""I think my mum thinks they starve us until we get to Hogwarts," Lily laughed.Everybody took something and only munching sounds could be heard for a few minutes.Frank was the first to speak."So how are you doing, Sev? We were all shocked when we heard about what happened.""I'm fine now.I had a few days where I was dizzy, had a constant headache, and felt nauseous, but I back to normal now.""But you don't have any idea who did it?" Fran asked."My memories are noticeably blank there.The mind healer I'm seeing says it might come back or it might not ever.""That's got to stink," Remus said."You don't know who did it or why.""True," Severus said nodding as he nibbled on one of Rose's sour cream chocolate cookies." He looked at Lily."There is some good news though."Lily held out her left hand."Sev and I are engaged!"Missy and Alice jumped up screaming to hug Lily."You're the first ones in our class to get engaged!" Alice said then gave Severus a hug."Congratulations, Sev!""Thanks, Alice.""Does James know, Sev?" Remus asked quietly."Yes.We ran into him in the Leaky Cauldron, but I think it just went over his head.He's pretty determined Lily and he are going to be the golden couple no matter what," Severus sneered."He was bragging that the Wimbourne Wasps were looking at him for a Chaser since he was the greatest Chaser Hogwarts had ever seen.Those were his exact words - swear to Merlin."Frank snorted and grumbled."Wish they could take the fool today.Maybe we could actually win a game for a change if all of us didn't have to be constantly watching Potter because we never know when he'll decide to play another position."Alice plunked down next to Frank again."So, when are you two getting married?""Probably sometime during the summer of '78, I think," Lily answered holding Severus' hand."Both of us want to be married before Sev starts at the College of Potions and I start training to be a Healer."There was a knock on the door and Paul came in."Sev, there's some sixth years bothering us.They keep hexing us and some of the girls are crying."Severus hurriedly followed Paul out of the compartment and he was followed by Lily, Remus, and Missy."How much do you want to bet its Potter," Severus muttered to Lily."Who else would be doing this except that stupid git!" Lily snapped.They could hear the screams of the girls as they approached in the corridor.Sure enough James and Peter had several first years, mostly Slytherin, but a Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, also trapped in an open compartment.The two Slytherin fifth year Prefects were standing in front of the door doing their best to deflect the hexes away from the kids.Severus saw Chea and Amos Diggory, the sixth year Hufflepuff Prefect, hurtling down the corridor from the opposite end of the train.He also saw Marc Taylors and Sara Clarke, the seventh year Slytherin Prefects coming down the corridor."What's going on here?" Taylor demandedGwendolyn Ainsworth pointed at Potter and Pettigrew."Those two though it was funny to attack a bunch of first years with stinging hexes.They can't even defend themselves yet." She had a bright red patch on her knee where at least one stinging hex had gone astray."Expelliarmus!" Sev thought, pointing his wand at Potter and Pettigrew.Their wands flew out of their hands, much to their shock.Severus bent, picked them up and pocketed them."Is anybody hurt?" Remus asked [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]