23 Second Year Song (1/2)

Arth finally met up with Ron and Harry when they got of the train. Harry had landed in the compartment where Hermione and Neville were in. Ron in the other hand, didn't have the same amount of luck.

His upper lip busted and his right eye black, Ron wasn't looking too good, his temper was bad too.

He had landed in a compartment, in Malfoy to be exact. When Ron appeared in the compartment, he appeared right on top of Malfoy, knocking the daylights out of him.

The rest of the Slytherins decided to take vengeance by beating the shit out of Ron.

”I SWEAR HARRY! IF THAT ELF APPEARS IN FRONT OF ME ONE MORE TIME, IM GOING TO KILL HIM!”

”Hahahaha...”

Arth was about to say something but decided to stay silent when he saw the big black bruise on Ron's eye.

The familiar sight of Hagrid calling for the first years put a smile on Arth's face. He was scanning the first years when he saw a blonde girl waving towards at him.

He waved back.

Ron hooked his hand around Arth's shoulder and smiled with a teasing voice.

”Is that your girlfriend that I've been hearing about from Ginny? She looks... unique.”

Hermione accidentally stepped on Harry's foot causing him to yell in pain.

Arth smiled back.

”She is very unique, and while she is charming, she is not my girlfriend. She is a friend. And get off me, you didn't take a shower in the morning.”

Hermione let out an inaudible sigh.

Seeing Harry slowly backing away from him with disgusted looks, Ron felt wronged.

”It was because I woke up late, if i took a shower, we would've been late to Kong's Cross.”

”Well It didn't matter because we missed the train.”

They watched as the first years followed the path towards the lake.

”You think anyone will get attacked by the giant squid?”

”Probably not, he is very gentle.”

”How do you know Arth, you never met him.”

”... ”

”...no way, you met the giant squid?”

Arth ignored the astonished look on Ron's face and glanced towards the path he was walking on.

”I wonder how the second years get to the schools? I heard from Fred that we go their by magic carriages that can move by themselves.”

”That's probably true, last year I asked some third years. And they say we get there by self driving carriages.”

Arth squinted his eyes and let out a frown.

”It seems that they lied to us, they are just coaches pulled by horses.

”What?”

Ron, Harry, and Hermione turned to look at where Arth was looking. There were creatures standing between the carriage shafts. There was something reptilian about them, they were completely fleshless, their black coats clinging to their skeletons, of which every bone was visible. Their heads were dragonish, and their pupil-less eyes white and staring. Wings sprouted from each wither vast, black leathery wings that looked as though they ought to belong to giant bats. Standing still and quiet in the gloom, the creatures looked eerie and sinister yet mystical and amazing.

”What horse, the coaches are by themselves.”

Arth frowned before he felt enlightened which didn't provide him any satisfaction.

”...It's a Thestral.”

”Oh,” exclaimed Hermione. ”No wonder we can't see it, oh...”

”What is a Threstral?”

”...An animal that you can't see unless you have experienced death.” Replied Hermione.

Ron had an uncomfortable look as he stared at Arth.

”Doesn't that mean that you... you...”

”It was my family, my real ones.”

Arth gave a wry smile seeing that Ron was starting to look as though he made a huge mistake.

”It's ok, I don't remember them all to well.”