37 A very lively trip

// THIS IS AN OLD CHAPTER. THE NEW CHAPTERS ARE IN VOLUME 2. YOU CAN READ THESE CHAPTERS IF YOU WANT SOME INSIGHT ON WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN LATER BUT SOME EVENTS CAN BE DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW CHAPTERS.

I am alone in my compartment, the train moving calmly towards the school. Styx is quietly curled up in my lap sleeping as I read an exciting book on hybrids of magical creatures created by other wizards.

The assembly line being finished, the production of magiphone was launched. I already have several high-ranking figures in the governments of Japan and America who have contacted us to provide them with magiphone. My mother is already planning to open a new assembly line to meet the growing demand.

Fun fact, Arthur Weasley now works for me. My aunt went mad with rage the day after the incident at Flourish and Blotts. She literally set Lucius and Arthur on fire in front of all the Ministry, Lucius got away with a smack on the fingers from Fudge. On the other hand, Arthur served as the scapegoat for the whole affair.

I went straight to their house the next morning to apologize for the turn of events. In the process, I offered a job to Arthur who had no choice but to accept my offer, with five children at Hogwarts he couldn't afford to be unemployed.

I hope that now, Ron can hold his own a little more and stop being a loathsome pest. I still had the generosity of doubling his father's salary compared to the one he earned while working in the ministry.

I hear my compartment open and see three young girls who shouldn't be there. Most students don't care, but we are theoretically supposed to stay in the wagons reserved for students of our year.

"Hello ladies, what can I do for you."

"Hello Sean" greeted me Rose who came in and sat down next to me. The two other young girls who accompany him are none other than Ginny and Luna who sit down in front of me. "Haven't you seen my brother? We didn't see him get on the train with my parents and no matter how hard I searched the train; I couldn't get my hands on him."

"Is it really important?" My mischievous look makes her smile.

"No, not that much in the end. Is that a real snake?"

"Ah yes, it's true that you've never seen Styx before. He's no ordinary snake, he's a basilisk. I must be one of the few people in the world to have official permission to own one. "

"Isn't that a rank XXXXX creature? How do you manage to keep it from attacking?"

"By asking him nicely. I speak Parseltongue so it's pretty easy for me to ask him."

"Fascinating, can I touch it?"

~ Tell this annoying girl to shut the fuck up, there is someone sleeping here! ~

"He doesn't seem in the mood for cuddling. Maybe another time. Are you ready for your arrival at Hogwarts? Ideas of which house you want to be part of?"

"I want to be in Gryffindor like all of my family." Ginny looks determined to follow in her brother's footsteps.

"And you might be the only one who really fits there." I say laughing

"What do you mean?" Ah, I think I pissed her off at the way she frowns. It's incredibly cute, it looks like an angry kitten.

"Nothing special. Ron is clearly a Hufflepuff, he needs to be surrounded by loving people who will know how to reassure him as he's the least talented of all his brothers and that has repercussions on his mind. Fred and Georges are inventors, they clearly should have been in Ravenclaw let alone Percy who's more saw in the library than anywhere else in the school. " Ginny softens a bit when she sees that the criticism is constructive.

"Oh, and where do you think my brother should have been?" Rose also seems to doubt her brother's membership in Gryffindor.

"Slytherin without hesitation. The thirst for recognition, the attempt to use his notoriety to gain privilege. He still lacks cunning but he's young. That's why I think beyond the house that suits us, the hat also takes into account what would happen if we were in the other houses. If Harry hadn't been in Gryffindor how would your father have taken the news? "

"Pretty badly, I think. Mum wouldn't have taken it badly because she's had a lot of friends in every house, but Dad surely would have made the trip to school to demand a change."

"This is what I mean, I think the hat takes into account three essential things. Our character, our future and our will. This is why I am asking you which house you wish to be in, because it might happen more than you think. " I turn to Luna who hasn't spoken during the entire trip yet. "I didn't get your name?"

"Hoo, I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Luna, Luna Lovegood."

"Nice to meet you Luna, then what is your choice."

"Um, I dunno, I like your snake. I thought Ravenclaw but Slytherin looks good if they're all as nice as you are."

"Oh no, they're nowhere near as nice as I am. You should stick to your initial choice of Ravenclaw, I'm afraid you can't assert yourself enough to be in Slytherin. But I can see Rose fit in very well. "

"Really? And why is that?"

"You seem like you have a need to prove yourself and step out of your brother's shadow, it's that determination and thirst for recognition that would make you do very well in Slytherin."

Suddenly we hear the noises of horns and boy's howls. And I thought they were just going to Apparate to school with their parents, it seems I guess wrong this time.

"I don't think you need to look for your brothers anymore. They seem to have taken the car to come, I am banking on 1 month of detention."

"I'll bet on a semester" If even Ginny gets on it.

"It's sad I hope they don't run into a nest of farinorsh." Farinorsh?

"I'm praying for an expulsion." Rose looks more optimistic than I do.