Capítulo 31: Chapter 31
The Greengrass family's trip to Diagon Alley had taken longer than expected, Rodrick had suddenly remembered needing certain potions ingredients from an Apothecary when they'd reached back to fireplace office, it was a bemused Roxanne who had decided to take him back, Cyrus took the girls and floo'd them home.
Roxanne was eyeing the boy with amusement; he was pocketing most of the ingredients he bought. "You could just put them in a trunk you know?" Roxanne spoke kindly, trying to hold her laughter.
Rodrick blinked, "Didn't Daphne tell you? The classrooms a hazard. This is a safety measure,"
Roxanne frowned slightly before she shook her head as the boy started laughing. "Very funny."
"It's half true, can't hurt to have some things around in case you need them,"
The two quickly left the Apothecary and made their way back to the office before Roxanne suddenly gasped.
"I don't have the key!"
Rodrick tilted his head.
"How are we getting back then?"
Roxanne stared around slightly frantic before sighing again; there was no other way.
"I am not sure you'll like this," She admitted.
"What do-" Rodrick started before he felt Roxanne's hand on his shoulder and mouth the words 'sorry' to him, before he could react he felt his body press hard from every direction, his breathing felt forced. It was like being pulled through a small tube. The next thing he knew he was back inside the Manor, Rodrick gazed around dizzy, uncomfortable and damned whoever invented that form of travel.
"Sorry dear," Roxanne spoke ruffling his hair slightly, "I'll have the house elf fix you a drink."
Rodrick nodded, still dizzy before he made his way over to one of the sofas and sat down. Daphne noticed his expression before chuckling and took a seat next to him.
"You look like you had fun." the girl teased, poking his face with her finger.
Rodrick flinched slightly before narrowing his eyes at the girl; this only prompted her to tease him more about it. Rodrick glared at the girl.
Daphne didn't bat an eye. Then she saw his expression slowly change towards a grin. She blinked. When she saw him reach for his wand she promptly got up and ran.
"It wasn't my fault!"
That didn't stop him.
"Rodrick!" She yelped as she ducked under a spell.
Roxanne stared at the scene bemused. "Rodrick you really-"
Rodrick instantly turned his attention towards her. An unassuming smile on his face.
"Yes?"
Beside him, Daphne screeched as the stinging charm hit her.
Roxanne blinked.
"Nevermind..."
"Mom!" Daphne yelled out as she made to run towards the backyard.
"You heard her," Rodrick grinned as he followed.
Roxanne shook her head.
...
The small family had arrived at the station later than intended; there were five minutes left before the train would leave. They quickly made their way through the wall and found themselves amidst groups of families hurrying about trying to get onto the train on time.
Rodrick levitated both their trunks earning a grateful smile from the girl and a look of bemusement from the parents; they'd grown used to his magical talent over the summer. It was an effective way to override the trace he was supposed to have. Daphne was quickly pulled into a hug by the parents, Rodrick was waiting for her eyeing the family in front of him. When Roxanne turned towards him, he took a step back, a lopsided smile on his face.
Daphne blinked a few times when she noticed. 'Oh...'
Roxanne smiled and nodded as she let them go, "Be careful now,"
"Will do,"
When the two disappeared into the train, Roxanne frowned.
"Makes you wonder what the orphanage must've been like... Doesn't it?" Cyrus questioned besides her.
"What?" Astoria suddenly questioned. Her eyes wide as she stared at her mom. "Why didn't you hug him? Probably jealous 'cos you hugged Daphne."
Roxanne sighed. "I don't think he likes it very much,"
"Why not?"
"It's hard to explain," Cyrus interjected.
...
Rodrick wondered what he had in store for the coming year, he'd been having strange dreams all over the summer, most involved the Weasley girl running from something and Rodrick himself burning. He'd made it a habit of wearing dragon hide gloves ever since.
After going past several compartments Daphne finally sighed in relief when she found Tracey and Blaise in one of them, she also found to her distaste Pansy Parkinson there as well. The two entered the compartment and put away their trunks.
Pansy tried to glomp Rodrick. It was the alst time she ever tried it.
"Ah-" The girl suddenly exclaimed when she found a wand pointed at her neck.
"Don't try that again," He warned, his eyes narrowed.
Pansy gulped before nodding her head.
Daphne stared at the situation with a frown, when Rodrick took the seat by her, she turned to apologise.
Rodrick shrugged it off.
Tracey turned to Blaise, "What happened?" She whispered.
"I don't have a clue," Blaise answered bemused.
Pansy set herself on the other side with Blaise and Tracey.
It occurred to Rodrick that there might've been someone else who had sat here if everyone else was on the other side... the only one that had the ego to require an entire side was naturally Malfoy. He saw a flash of blonde outside the compartment when he got up to check, his stomach churned, Malfoy was picking on someone. Rodrick debated whether he should go and stop the blonde or not. 'Slytherins stick together...'
Something nabbed at his head when he considered ignoring it. He quickly opened the compartment door, to everyone's surprise, he left before anyone asked him a question.
He reached Malfoy fast enough, he and his cronies were currently staring down someone inside the compartment, Malfoy had his distinct sneer in place, as soon as he noticed Rodrick, however, the sneer was replaced by a grin. 'Merlin help me if I get that kind of reaction...'
"Hello, Rodrick!" Malfoy greeted him enthusiastically, Crabbe and Goyle merely grunted at his approach.
Rodrick nodded at the Malfoy heir before he peered inside the Compartment, "Who are you bullying today?" he asked casually.
"We haven't started bullying anyone... Yet, although how long Potter and Ginger take to get here I am not sure if that will last." Draco nodded his head inside the compartment as he spoke.
Rodrick followed his gaze before his veins turned icily, it was the girl he'd danced with at the ball. Rodrick turned back to the Malfoy heir and glared at him. Draco to his credit realized Rodrick must've known the girl.
"Not yet... Remember?" He spoke hesitantly although there was a amused grin there as well, Draco wasn't actually scared of him but more out of irritating his father. He had, after all, told him how important it was to keep good ties.
Rodrick's glare subsided before he entered the compartment with the lonely girl, she was, to his misfortune, wearing a strange pair of glasses, her clothes looked badly knit and were a mixture of different colors. Perhaps the most obvious problem was her upside down magazine and butterbeer necklace, plus the wand in her ear didn't help. It was no wonder Malfoy found her such a tempting target.
"Hello," Rodrick spoke first, trying to get the girls attention.
"Thank you," she replied confusing the boy.
"What?" He questioned, did he zone out again?
"You managed to get rid of quite a lot of Nargles by coming here," she added on in a dreamy voice.
Nargles?
What?
He sighed.
He knew there was likely no hope in convincing her to come to his compartment; he stood back up causing the girl to raise her head, he opened the door and found the waiting Malfoy.
"Strange ain't she?" Draco spoke, a small smirk lining his face.
Rodrick rolled his eyes before he ordered the two cronies to get his friends over to this compartment, they both looked slightly angered to be ordered, but a glare from Draco set them on their way.
Draco eyed Grindelwald with an intrigued gaze before he asked him why he was bothering with the strange blonde.
Rodrick raised an eyebrow at this before smirking. "Her dad owns a newspaper; I wonder how much it would hurt to have a bad article on Malfoy's."
Draco had narrowed his eyes before he explained that nobody actually bothered with the Quibbler.
"Someone has to. Otherwise, it would've died out a while ago," Rodrick shrugged before he turned and entered the compartment.
That set Malfoy back slightly, it was a good point, even if there weren't that many that read it or trusted it... Even if there was a few that did, it could still be a problem. Draco nodded his head slightly before he entered the compartment following a grinning Rodrick. It made sense as well, if by some miracle the girl found out his name... Well, all it'd take is one article.
His friends had shown up although annoyed at him. Rodrick took his seat opposite the blonde witch, she had long since put down her newspaper and took her wand off of her ear after Rodrick warned her it could be easily taken away, she hadn't believed it at first. Malfoy swiped it in an attempt to prove his point, she eyed them both warily but a smile from the black-haired boy put her at ease, it was the same one he used when she'd danced with him. Malfoy had surprisingly given it back to her quickly enough.
Later on, he would tell Rodrick he was afraid of contamination.
"You forced three of your closest friends to come all the way here for a stranger," Tracey spoke slightly annoyed and interested in the blonde to her right.
"You mean three of his only friends?" added on Blaise, he had taken a seat to Tracey's left, they were both in the middle.
Rodrick frowned slightly mockingly, "I'll have you know I have four friends Blaise!" he bit back exasperatedly.
"There are at least seven people in this compartment Rodrick," Malfoy remarked, half smiling half serious. he was seated near the door opposite him, Crabbe and Goyle had decided to wait outside to stop others entering.
"I wonder which of you lot he considered friends," spoke a dreamy voice, everyone turned towards Luna, it was the first time she'd spoken after everyone's arrival.
The people in the group then turned their attention to Rodrick, waiting for his response.
"All my friends are in Azkaban unfortunately," Rodrick nodded his head solemnly. The others stared at him incredulously, Luna surprisingly just nodded thoughtfully before she apologized for his misfortune.
"He's joking id-" Malfoy almost insulted the girl.
Luna raised an eyebrow as she stared around the compartment trying to see if there was any truth to the words.
"He's right; my friends are all dead," Rodrick spoke again, a mischievous glint in his eyes.
His friends rolled their eyes while the rest chuckled again.
"That's terrible, what happened?" Luna genuinely asked the boy, earning more laughter around the room. She sighed quickly when she realized it must've been a joke.
"Well, it involved a train accident on their way to Hogwarts in their second year," Rodrick added on. The group looked at him slightly unnerved at the proclamation; Daphne raised an eyebrow at him.
They set into a small panic when they heard something crash onto their train.
...
Their group spent the rest of their journey subdued, weary of themselves. Daphne who was sitting next to him pinched his arm roughly trying to get him to explain, Rodrick winked at her, he honestly had no clue.
Pansy thankfully was too worried about dying to really do anything. Luna didn't have a care in the world as she stared at the boy in front of her, wondering how much of the future he could see. She had no reason to be worried, she didn't count as his friend and wasn't in her second year.
Rodrick looked outside the window; Daphne was still tugging at his arm every now and then trying to get him to explain, although she had stopped considerably ever since Tracey got her into a conversation with Luna.
As Rodrick stared at the window, he slowly saw his eyes reflecting back at him, the movement of the train was echoing through his head, and slowly but surely he saw the eyes start to expand, his imagination was taken hold of him, the eyes reached a particular size before he saw a certain glint form up inside. He quickly shook his head, the image disappeared but to his shock he found his arms and legs slightly stiff, almost unable e to move, it took a bit of effort before he found himself back to normal. Everyone else had been busy talking to each other; even Daphne hadn't noticed.
Luna, however, was peering at him, her silver eyes seemed to pierce something. She cocked her head to the side as if trying to figure something out. She soon looked away when Rodrick noticed her staring. 'Strange' He thought, 'Did she see me act like that? or was she seeing something else?'
Luna wasn't sure what to make of the boy in front of her, she'd locked eyes with him once before she pictured a giant Phoenix ordering her away, it was quite an amusing sight, it gave her a sudden urge to start jumping around although she found that there wouldn't be enough space to do so.
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