Chapter 240: Ch 262 - Make her feel Special
The morning they were set to leave, heavy rain was splattering against the windows in a rhythmic way that could put the right person back to sleep.
Lucifer had been sitting on the couch, reading his Potions book, when Molly hurried past him towards the stairs.
"Arthur!" She called up the staircase, "Arthur! Urgent message from the Ministry!"
Lucifer just went back to reading, but his attention was brought out of the book upon hearing a name.
"What does Mad-Eye say happened?" Arthur asked Amos in the fireplace.
"Says he heard an intruder in his yard. Says he was creeping toward the house, but was ambushed by his dustbins."
"What did the dustbins do?" Arthur asked, scribbling away on a piece of parchment.
"Made one hell of a noise and fired rubbish everywhere, as far as I can tell," he heard Amos say, "apparently one of them was still rocketing around when the please-men showed up."
"Policemen," Lucifer said under his breath, "Purebloods..."
"And what about the intruder?" Arthur asked.
"Arthur, you know Mad-Eye," Amos said, pausing a second, "Someone creeping into his yard in the dead of night? More likely there's a very shell-shocked cat wandering around covered in potato peelings. But if the Improper Use of Magic lot get their hands on Mad-Eye, he's had it - think of his record - we've got to get him off on a minor charge, something in your department - what are Exploding dustbins worth?"
"Might be a Caution," Arthur said, still scribbling away quickly from what Lucifer could tell. "Mad-Eye didn't use his wand? He didn't actually attack anyone?"
"I'll bet he leapt out of bed and started jinxing everything he could reach through the window," Amos said, "but they'll have a job proving it, there aren't any casualties."
"Alright, I'm off," Arthur said, standing up and stuffing the parchment of notes into his pocket.
'Mad-Eye Moody from World Cup... I've read about him, he's an incredibly accomplished and retired Auror... most of the people in Azkaban are there because of him... I guess being a prime target for any Dark Wizard over the course of his life would make him paranoid... it would be interesting to meet him one day.'
Lucifer thought to himself as a very lazy yawning Hermione now sat beside him with a plate.
"Toast?" She asked, holding the plate out in front of him.
"Huh? Oh - uh... thanks," he smiled and took the toast, this being the only thing he'll have eaten all morning, but he dare not let Hermione know that.
"Did you hear what Mr. Weasley and Mr. Diggory were talking about?" She asked him.
"Yeah, they were talking about Mad-Eye Moody, it sounded like he got into some trouble," he said as Molly came into the room.
"We'll be leaving in a few minutes, make sure you both are ready," she said and they both went up to Ginny's room as being shared it with the red-headed girl.
Lucifer had all of his stuff already packed, so he had nothing to worry about.
He walked in behind Hermione and sat down on the bed.
"What do you think the Formal Event is that they needed us to get Dress Robes for?" He asked her.
"I don't know... I'm rather nervous about it, honestly," she said quietly. 'I'm just going to make a fool of myself... I just know it.'
"Why are you nervous about it?" Lucifer asked her, with a confused face.
"Well, I guess because, even though I like the dress I picked out, I just don't feel that pretty in it..." and it was true, Hermione didn't feel pretty in it, because she knew there were going to be girls that had better dresses and looked far prettier than her in them.
"You may not feel pretty in it," Lucifer got her attention, "but I'm sure you'll look great in it, Hermione," he smiled at her.
She felt flustered all of a sudden and her stomach filled with butterflies.
'He knows exactly how to make me feel more special than I really am.'
"That's kind of you to say," she smiled with burning cheeks.
"I-" he started to say, but Molly hollered up at them and told them to get moving.
Hermione quickly filled her remaining trunk, with Lucifer's help, and they hurried down the stairs.
Shuffled out of the house quickly, Lucifer released Rowena, upon her insistence to get out of the cage, and told her that he would meet her at Hogsmeade Station.
She didn't care that it was raining horribly, she would fly in any weather.
Molly had to get them some Muggle Taxis, which took her longer than it honestly should have.
After a multitude of complications, they made it to King's Cross with minimal damage; except Harry, Ron, and Hermione, as they all got scratched up by Crookshanks when a firework from Fred or George went off, scaring the Cat into a frenzy.
Lucifer managed to calm the cat in a way similar with Buckbeak in their first Care for Magical Creatures class.
Crookshanks ended up curling into his lap the second half of the trip.
They got out of the taxis and into the pouring rain, which they silently agreed was better than dealing with the cramped taxi space, and hurried up under the canopy covering to then get on Platform 9¾.
One-by-one they all went through the barrier onto the platform and were greeted by the magnificent scarlet steam engine.
Hermione was always in awe at the sight of it.
They all stowed their stuff into a compartment and then disembarked to say goodbye to Bill, Charlie, and Molly.
"I might be seeing you all sooner than you think," Charlie said cheekily.
"Why?" Fred asked.
"You'll see," he couldn't help the grin on his face, "just don't tell Percy I mentioned it... 'it's classified information until such a time as the Ministry sees fit to release it' after all."
"Yeah, I sort of wish I was back at Hogwarts this year," Bill said, hands in his pockets, looking longingly at the train, wishing to board it one more time.
"Why?!" George asked impatiently.
Lucifer realized they weren't going to say, no matter how much they were asked, so he got back on the train, waving back to them once again.
He walked back to the compartment and settled into the seat next to the window, which was on his left.
He already said his goodbyes, wasn't going to lean out the window to say any more.
Harry, Hermione, and Ron all joined him moments later and continued talking to the three Weasley's not on the train, but he paid little mind to the conversation.
He felt the initial jerk of the train, indicating that it was now on the move.
Soon, they all settled into the compartment, Hermione's head now on his lap, like it always was, staring up at a nice view of his pretty face.
Ron stood back up, undid his trunk, and pulled out his hideous robes, throwing them over Pigwidgeon's cage to muffle his hooting.
"Bagman wanted to tell us what's happening at Hogwarts," Ron said, sitting back down next to Harry.
"At the World Cup, remember? But my own mother won't say. Wonder what-"
Hermione shushed him quietly and suddenly, pressing her finger to her lips, and pointing towards the compartment next to theirs.
She moved herself a little closer into Lucifer's mid-regin herself, and tried her best to hear everything.
Lucifer had already been listening to the Blonde Haired brat while Ron was talking.
"-ther actually considered sending me to Durmstrang rather than Hogwarts, you know. He knows the Headmaster, you see. Well, you know his opinion of Dumbledore - the man's such a Mudblood lover-"
Lucifer stood up in a heartbeat almost sending the girl on his lap down on the floor.
He was hell bent on destroying the compartment beside them, but Hermione had anticipated it and was on her feet before she could fall down and now in front of him.
"Lucifer, please... just let it go... please?" Her hands were on his chest, and she felt her cheeks burn with how toned it felt under her fingers.
He glanced down at her for a second before looking back up.
Lucifer sat down, but he never took his eye off the compartment beside them.
Hermione shut the door gently to block out Draco's words.
She looked over and saw that Harry and Ron were looking at him; they probably thought along the line she had been.
But she was surprised Lucifer had actually stopped, given what he'd said at the World Cup.
She fully expected him to just shove her aside and blow the doors off their hinges, then proceed to crush Malfoy's windpipe while ripping his intestines out to strangle him with.
That was a horridly gruesome image that she shuddered at.
"So, Durmstrang is another Wizarding school?" Harry asked as a change in topic.
"Yes," Hermione said, thankful for him asking something, "and it's got a horrible reputation. According to An Appraisal of Magical Education in Europe, it puts a lot of emphasis on the Dark Arts."
She explained while getting into her original position, a mild hiss spat towards Lucifer's direction for what he did earlier.
"Sorry...."
"I think I've heard of it," Ron said vaguely, eyeing the said girl with a grumpy face, "where is it? What country?"
"Well, nobody knows, do they?" Hermione asked, raising her eyebrows.
"Er - why not?" Harry asked.
"Don't waste your time, Hermione, Potter'd still be in First Year if it weren't for us, and for Weasely I'm sure he's being provided notes over," Lucifer said, finally having calmed down.
"Oi! What are you on about?" Ron asked in a nasty tone.
"Potter, do I need to reveal everything you have been doing?" Lucifer looked at green-eyed kid and they both couldn't argue, "I rest my case."
They descended into a silence, not awkward, but not comfortable, as the rain became heavier and heavier.
The train continued its trek north towards the Scottish Highlands, where Hogwarts resided.
The sky was so dark and the windows so steamy that the lanterns were lit by midday.
The lunch trolley came rattling along the corridor, Harry and Lucifer split the order; former bought Cauldron cakes, Lucifer bought Pumpkin Pasties, much to Hermione's great satisfaction.
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