(OUTFIT REFERENCE!! (With a turtle neck shirt under))

❝︎You look great in that dress❞︎

3-1: Unexpected Ride

walked downstairs and saw Hermione and Ron fighting. Ron didn't change too much, just taller, but Hermione was looking so pretty. She changed her hairstyle, getting rid of her bangs and became a whole new person.

"Evelyn!" Hermione ran up giving me a tight hug. "You got so much more prettier! It's not fair," She said looking at me after pulling away.

"I missed you," I said with a smile walking down and siting in the table at the middle of the room.

"Evelyn, tell Hermione to stop her cat from eating Scabbers, maybe she'll listen to you," Ron said glaring at Hermione. I noticed they were each holding their pets, Hermione, an orange cat and Ron, a rat.

"It's in its nature to chase Scabbers Ron," I said taking Hermione's side.

"A cat! Is that what she told you? looks like a pig with hair if you ask me," He spat.

"THAT'S rich coming from the owner of that smelly old shoe brush," Hermione spat back. Behind Hermione's shoulders I saw Harry standing in the staircase, watching this whole scene unfold. My cheeks heated up again as I looked away and back at the table.

"Harry!" Ron noticed and called out his name.

"Harry!" Hermione called out after Ron.

They all took a seat on the table, Ron and Harry across from me and Hermione next to me.

"Good morning Evelyn," Harry said as he sat down.

"Morning," I said looking up at Harry. Our eyes met for a split second and as soon as they met, I looked away. Hermione looked at me furrowing her eyebrows then slowly smiled.

"Look at this Evelyn, we went to Egypt over the summer. It was brilliant, lots of old stuff like mummies and tombs, even Scabbers liked it," Ron said pushing me a page of his family on the Daily Prophet. Next page was a photo of me with the Malfoy family from the Malfoy Ball.

"You know the Egyptians used to worship cats," Hermione said hugging her cat, crookshanks. He was a very grumpy looking one, that's what made it so cute.

"Yeah along with a beetle," Ron snapped back hugging his rat close to him.

"Is that you Evelyn?" Hermione pointed at the photo of me at the Malfoy Manor.

"Yeah, the Malfoy ball," I replied.

"You look great in that dress," We all looked up at Harry who awkwardly looked around. I felt my face heat up again.

"Not bragging about our trip again now Ron?" Ron's brother, George came along snatching the Daily Prophet away breaking the awkwardness.

"I haven't shown anyone!"

"No not a soul!" Fred Weasley came along finishing George's sentence, they always do that. Great minds think I like I guess. The two continued to list the names of the people Ron had already bragged to about. The rest of the Weasley family came down gathering around.

"So Evelyn Clermont, is there something you're not telling me between you and Harry?" Hermione asked turning to face me with a huge smirk on her face.

"What? No! There's nothing," I looked away avoiding eye contact.

"You're incredibly bad at lying."

"Shove off Hermione, how are you and Ron?" I laughed looking back at her. Her eyes widened as she furrowed her eyebrows giving my shoulder a slap.

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We sat down in an compartment on the Hogwarts Express next to a man who was sleeping since everywhere else was full. Hermione made sure Harry sat next to me.

"Who do you think that is?" Ron asked motioning towards the sleeping man.

"Profesor R.J. Lupin," Hermione replied sitting next to Ron.

"You know everything! How is it that she knows everything?"

"It's on the suitcase Ronald."

"Do you think he's really asleep?" Harry looked over behind me and at the man crouched over.

"Seems to be, why?" I asked.

"I have something to tell you guys." He says getting up and closing the door.

It started to rain outside as Harry told us about what Ron's dad told him about Sirius Black. Another year where Harry was in danger, no surprise.

"Let me get this straight. Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban to come after you!" Ron exclaimed in disbelief. It really was a strange story to hear but it did make sense. Anyone who supported the dark lord will despise the boy who lived.

"But they'll catch Black won't they? I mean everyone's looking for him," Hermione said.

"Sure, except no one's ever broken out of Azkaban before and he's a murderer."

"Thanks Ron," Harry responded sarcastically. As soon as he finished, the train came to a sudden stop. Weird, the Hogwarts express never stops.

"Why're we stopping?" I asked. Out the window I could see we were in the middle of nowhere, I didn't see Hogwarts anywhere. Harry got up and opened the door to check what was going on when the train shook sending, Harry back to his seat and closing the door.

"What's going on?" I asked him.

"Dunno, maybe we've broken down" Soon, the lights went out of the train. Out the windows it was still raining hard making it look dark outside. The air started to get chilly. The train shook once more as Hermione and I gasped, I grabbed on to the Harry's jacket in fear, squeezing it.

The air had noticeably gotten colder, I started to shiver a bit and I could see my breath. The windows started to freeze including the glass of alcohol that seemed to belong to Professor Lupin. Once more the train shook, but it was a violent one this time. I grabbed on to Harry's arm startled.

"Bloody hell! What is happening?!" Ron exclaimed. There, out the corridors, we saw a dark figure coming towards us. It was big and it's cloak seemed like it was ripped apart. Slowly it opened the door to our compartment, it's long black boney fingers sending chills down my spine. It looked terrifying, it didn't have a face. It looked like old molding body that was covered with a cloak.

Harry put his arm in front of my body getting in between the figure and me. It looked at the two of us very closely and focused on Harry. Just by it's presence it felt like all the happiness inside me was getting sucked away, all positive feelings leaving and only leaving behind despair.

The figure started to breath in like some sort looking closely at Harry who started to twitch. I watched in fear as Harry continued to twitch while the figure got closer and closer, I didn't know what to do. It leaned in closer when the man that was crouched beside me suddenly got up, letting out a bright white light from his wand that seemed to chase the figure away.

Harry fainted and fell onto my laps as I watched the figure float away. I could feel it was off the train when the lights turned back on, the windows unfreezing and the temperature retuning to normal. Soon the Hogwarts express started back again. I looked down on my lap where Harry had fallen. I closely examined his face, he was extremely good looking.

"Harry," I whispered as I saw his eyes twitch a little.

"Harry, You alright?" He opened his eyes looking back up at me.

"Sorry," He said before getting back up.

"Here eat this, it can help," Professor Lupin handed him a bar of chocolate. He hesitated at first but soon took it and ate it. We all looked at him concerned as he looked around confused.

"What.. What was that thing?" He asked.

"It was a dementor. One of the guards of Azkaban probably searching for Sirius Black" Profesor Lupin explained. Why on Earth would it come looking for him on the Hogwarts express? "If you'll excuse me I need to have a little word with the driver," He got up out of his seat and left leaving just Hermione, Ron, Harry, and I.

"What happened to me?" Harry asked taking another bite out of his chocolate.

"Well you sort of went rigid, we thought maybe you were having a fit or something," Ron exclaimed.

"And did either one of you three, you know, pass out?" His voice was ever so soft and careful.

"No.. It felt weird though. Like I'll never feel cheerful again," Ron trembled.

"I heard someone screaming, a woman," Harry said. I looked at Harry confused. What was he talking about?

"No one was screaming Harry," I said as we all looked at him concerned once again.

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