Chapter 4 - Journey to Hogwarts (2/2)

Pansy then thought for a while, ”I have an idea. I have an idiotic arrogant friend of the Malfoy family. Let's just send him”.

They grinned among themselves thinking about the idea. later, after Draco and his two lackeys aboard the train, pansy told him that a dark-haired boy in a specific compartment bullied them and asked him to take revenge for her.

Meanwhile, the cabin door was once again opened but this time, someone asked politely, ”excuse me?”. Neal's sleep was once again disturbed. So he just woke up and looked at the boy with untidy black hair, bright green eyes, and wore glasses.

He asked, ”can you help me?”. After helping with his luggage, Neal introduced himself, ”Hi, I'm Neal”. The other boy replied, ”I'm Harry Potter”.

Upon hearing the name, Neal's interest was piqued for a while, ”Oh, so, you are the boy who lived, huh. So, where are you from?”. Harry replied, ”I'm from Surrey and you are from?”. Neal replied, ”Galway”. Harry thought, ”not sure where that is but anyway...”.

Harry suddenly started to look around, ”who was that?”. Neal asked, ”what happened?”. Harry replied, ”didn't you hear a voice?”. Neal was taken back, ”what did you hear?”. Harry replied, ”maybe I'm delusional. But I swear that I heard someone spoke, that ”He's a friendly one and your kind. I may be wrong. Forget it”.

Neal thought, ”how did he hear Isle's words? Is he a Parselmouth like me? But how it is possible? He's Harry potter. His parents are even Gryffindor. He can't be linked with the Slytherin family. Strange indeed. It's better not to talk to Isle before him. Afterall, Parseltongue is supposed to be my strength”.

A while later, Draco and his two followers came to the cabin and saw two of them. He pointed to Harry, ”you are the boy from Diagon Alley, aren't you?”. Harry nodded, ”we meet again. I think you told me your name was Draco Malfoy, right?”.

Draco nodded, ”yeah. You never told me your name, then”. Harry replied, ”Ah, my bad. I'm Harry Potter”. Draco was surprised, ”as in The HARRY POTTER? the one who is said to have defeated the dark lord at the age of 15 months old?”.

Harry scratched his cheek in embarrassment, ”well, I'm not sure about that. I don't remember anything aside from the scar”. Just then, one of his lackeys whispered, ”Malfoy, did you forgot who you are?”.

When he came back to his senses, Draco changed his behavior to an arrogant boy once again, ”anyway, once again, It's nice to meet you. This is Crabbe and Goyle. I heard that you grew up in the muggle world. So, you might not know much about the Wizarding world.

But don't worry. I can help you there”. Harry didn't take his hands, ”something tells me I would regret it if I take that hand. No thanks”. Draco snorted, ”hmpf, going along the road, you'll see that having some families as your backing is more important than having false fame”.

As he left the cabin without even looking at Neal, Crabbe asked, ”what does that mean?”. Draco shrugged his shoulders, ”who knows. I just repeated my father's dialogue to look cool. Wait a second. Pansy knew that Harry is here. So, from the start she wants to play this prank on me, didn't she?”.

For the rest of the journey, Neal didn't talk with Harry and slept without minding what's going on in his surroundings. Later, he was woken by Harry, ”c'mon, wake up. We're near to Hogsmeade station.

He replied, ”thanks” then, turned to find a red-haired boy, ”Hi, I'm Neal”. He replied, ”Ron Weasley”. before speaking any further, the train stopped and everyone got off.