Chapter 4: Train ride

                                    

                                          
The rest of the summer went by quickly and before  (Y/n) knew it they were heading to King's cross station. They had been given a ministry escort.
                          
Once they arrived on the train the four of them looked for an empty compartment. At last they found an almost empty compartment. Sitting in the corner was a middle aged scruffy looking man. 
                          
"Who'd you think he is?" Ron asked as they sat down. 
                          
"R. J. Lupin." Hermione said simply. 
                          
"Do you know everything?" Ron asked exasperatedly. 
                          
"Ronald use your eyes, it's on his case" (Y/n) rolled his eyes and point to the case above the man's head. 
                          
"It's strange" (Y/n) said putting his hand on his chin. "I don't think I've ever seen an adult on the train"
                          
"Anything from the trolley dears?" A voice came from behind them making them jump. 
                          
"Except the troll witch" Ron added. 
                          
They tried to see if the other man wanted anything from the trolley but they couldn't wake him up. 
                          
"If he wakes up hungry you will be able to find me with the conductor." 
                          
"You know I don't think I've ever asked her name" (Y/n) said thoughtfully. "How long do you reckon she's been working here?" 
                          
"Dunno, reckon it can't be more than forty years or so" Said Ron.
                          
After a while of talking a strange whistling noise interrupted them.
                          
"God what is that bloody noise" (Y/n) blurted out. 
                          
"Sorry" Harry said as he pulled a sneakoscope out of his trunk. "Ron got to for my birthday" he explained. 
                          
"Sorry mate hope it's not broken" Ron said patting Harry on the back. "It's supposed to spin and light up when someone untrustworthy is nearby." 
                          
"Oh well then here ya go Harry" (Y/n) said pulling Harry's wand out of his robe pocket. 
                          
"What the-" Harry quickly check his pockets "how'd you? When'd you?" Harry was flustered and confused. 
                          
(Y/n) and Ron laughed "I nicked it when you weren't looking." (Y/n) said throw his laughs. "I was gonna give it back 'Mione" He said added when he saw the look Hermione gave him. 
                          
Harry snatched back his wand from (Y/n) and stuffed the sneakoscope into a sock and threw it back into his trunk.
                          
After another long while the train suddenly stopped. 
                          
"Finally I'm starving!" Ron exclaimed as he jumped up from his seat and started towards the door, when the lights suddenly turned out. 
                          
"Huh what's going on?" Ron asked as he checked outside the compartment. 
                          
"Ouch Ron that was my foot" 
                          
"Sorry Hermione." 
                          
The temperature had dropped drastically, so much so that (Y/n) could now see his breath in front of him. 
                          
"Somethings wrong" Harry said. 
                          
"You sure about that Sherlock" (Y/n) said sarcastically. 
                          
"Why do you think we've stopped?" Harry continued ignoring (Y/n). 
                          
"There's something moving outside" Ron said his face pressed up against the window "looks sort of like people." 
                          
Suddenly the door slid open slowly and a long skeletal hand with spindly bone like fingers curled around the door, followed by a tall thin black robed creature. 
                          
(Y/n) suddenly felt all the happiness leave his body, he felt as though there would never be any light left in the world, and his mind immediately went back to that night. 
                          
Harry collapsed next to him and the creature bent down over Harry's body. 
                          
"None of us are hiding Sirius Black, now leave" the man from the corner was awake and standing up, his wand pointed towards the creature. 
                          
When the creature didn't stop something silvery shot out of his wand and chased the creature out of the compartment. 
                          
It was only then that (Y/n) realized that his arm was around Hermione and that he had pulled her close to him. 
                          
He blushed and let go of here quickly muttering "sorry" before he quickly went over to check on Harry. During this time he hadn't noticed that Hermione was also blushing deeply. 
                          
"You alright mate?" (Y/n) asked Harry. 
                          
"Yeah... yeah I think so" Harry said slowly sitting up. 
                          
Lupin walked over and bent down next to Harry. "Here eat this" He said passing him a piece of chocolate "It'll help you feel better" 
                          
"What was that thing?" Ron asked him. 
                          
"That was a dementor a guard from Azkaban. It was here searching for Sirius Black." Lupin explained. 
                          
"Oh thank god. I thought it was here for me. I may have possibly stolen something" (Y/n) said coyly. 
                          
Hermione crosses her arms "(Y/n) what did you do now"
                          
(Y/n) slowly pulled a folded piece of paper out of his robe pocket. 
                          
"(Y/n) you didn't!" Hermione exclaimed in a worried tone. 
                          
Lupin gave him a disapproving glare, Ron looked at him in awe and Harry watched the whole scene confused. 
                          
"It that?" Ron said in awe 
                          
"Yep" (Y/n) said unfolding it to reveal what looked like an identification card. There was a picture of a man who looked crossed. 
                          
"I nicked it from one of our escorts. I've always wanted a ministry ID card." (Y/n) said with a large grin on his face. 
                          
"I will take that" Lupin said as he took the card from (Y/n). 
                          
"Oh come on Professor" (Y/n) pouted "it took me a while to find the right time. He'll just think he lost it. Please professor?" 
                          
"I will check with the conductor to see if everything is alright" Lupin said as he strode out the compartment pocketing the ID. 
                          
(Y/n) flopped down into the seat and crossed his arms. Hermione sat down next to him.
                          
"You alright (Y/n)?" She asked him. 
                          
He was taken aback. He thought for sure that she was going to scold him. 
                          
"Huh what'd you mean 'Mione?" 
                          
"Well when that dementor came you froze up and seemed... off" 
                          
"Well it just brought back some... dark memories. I felt like I'd never be happy again." 
                          
Hermione put her arm around (Y/n).