Four days later, Jack, Cameron and their parents headed to King's Cross Station. The place was swarming with Muggles. "How are we going to get through this year without being noticed?" their mother muttered to herself under her breath. "Chill mom, Muggles don't pay attention to things�around them," Cam said as a particularly large man walked into her. "Case and point," Jack said and laughed. Remarkably, the four wizards made it through the barrier onto Platform 9 � very easily. However, they were late and had to hurry onto the train. The twins climbed aboard and waved quickly to their parents. Once the train began pulling out of the station, the twins split and went to find their own friends.
Jack walked down the corridor and finally heard a sound he recognized, his girlfriend Christina's laughter. He pushed open the compartment door and found her sitting with Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny. "Hey guys, do you have room for one more in here?" he asked. "Oh of course we do," Christina said, excited at seeing her boyfriend. He dragged his trunk in and put it on one of the racks above them. "Why haven't you sent me any mail lately?" Christina asked as she curled up next to Jack. "Because I was grounded," he muttered. The five other Gryffindors looked at him intently, obviously wanting to know what had happened. So Jack retold them the night at the movies and the snake. He neglected to tell them that Cameron and he had had a fireball fight. He remembered his father's words and knew they were meant for him as well.
On the opposite end of the train, Cameron was in search for her best friend and partner in crime, Taylor Turner. She found Tay in a compartment with whom else but Draco and his two goons Crabbe and Goyle. To Cameron's great displeasure, Tay and Draco were dating and had been quite heavily since their fourth year. "Oh hey Cam," called Tay. "Oh hi," Cam said. She entered the compartment and shot daggers at Draco. "Hey what are you going to do? Throw one of those fireballs at me?" he asked in a mocking voice. "If you don't shut up I will you little, inconsiderate piece of Muggle trash," Cam spat. "Cam!" Tay cried at the insult that her best friend had just slung at her boyfriend. "Whatever Tay," Cam mumbled. She sat down by the window. The compartment was silent for a while. At around noon, the trolley cart came by. Everyone bought something off of it.
Back in the Gryffindor compartment, the six students talked about the upcoming year and what they were planning on taking for classes since O.W.L.'s were over except for Ginny who had to take then this year. "I wonder who they got this year for the Defense Against the Dark Arts position?" Harry asked. "I hope it's better than Umbridge," mumbled Ron. "No one is worse than that horrid toad of a woman," Hermione added. They all laughed. Just then they heard someone scream. "Oh my god! He's burning!" came the unmistakable voice of Colin Creevy. "Oh god," Christina, Hermione and Ginny breathed in unison. The six students rushed out into the corridor and saw a bunch of first years standing huddled together in fear.
The group moved through them to get a better look at what was going on. On the floor just outside a compartment, Draco Malfoy lay screaming. His robes were quickly burning. 'Cam, what did you do!' Jack thought to himself. Jack moved through the group and knelt down by the burning boy. "Don't move, I'm going to put it out," Jack said getting out his wand. He quickly muttered the spell his mom had used on his sister's wall two weeks ago. Draco began to breath very deeply, pulling big gulps of air. Jack got up and quickly went into the compartment. "Cam what the hell did you do that for?" he asked his sister, ignoring the fact that her eyes were extremely menacing and the flames in them burned with a fury he had never seen before. "Get out of my way!" she shouted. She pushed her brother aside and prepared another fireball. "Oh no you don't," Jack said. He grabbed his sister around her arms and wrestled her to the ground. "Get off of me!" she screamed. "Not until you extinguish that!" he yelled back. She tried to wiggle free but was unsuccessful. Her brother's grip was too strong. She closed her hand and the fireball was gone. Jack tentatively got up and pulled Cam up after him. By now Crabbe and Goyle had managed to get Draco off the ground. "Don't look at me like that, you-you-you freak!" Draco said staring into Cam's eyes. "Don't call my sister a freak you little, inconsiderate piece of Muggle trash!" Jack spat at the Slytherin. Everyone around them went silent. "What?" Jack asked.
Just then, a tall figured emerged from the mass of students. "What is going on here?" she asked. The person who spoke was a young woman, in her late twenties with blond hair and a deep tan. She looked from Jack to Cameron to Draco and back again with her deep smoky topaz eyes. "I am expecting an answer," she said. "Sh-sh-she attacked me," Draco said in a whisper. "Did she now?" the woman asked. Her gaze turned to Cameron. "Well did you?" she asked. "He's not dead is he so why does it matter?" Cam spat. "And what did you have to do with all of this?" she asked, her eyes finally coming to rest on Jack. "I stopped her from hurting him anymore," Jack said. The tall woman ran a slender hand through her blond hair. "Alright. The three of you come with me please," she said authoritatively. Reluctantly Draco, Cam and Jack followed the young woman down the corridor and into a fairly large compartment. "Sit," she said pointing to the bench across from her. "I want to know your names and who your heads of Houses are," she said taking out a quill and piece of parchment. "You first," she said pointing at Cameron. "Cameron Williams," she said sullenly. "And your head of house?" the woman inquired. "Professor Snape," Cam added. Next the woman pointed to Draco. "Draco Malfoy and my head of house is Professor Snape," Draco said, with a hint of fear in his eyes. Last the woman laid her eyes on Jack. "Jack Williams and my head of house is Professor McGonagall," Jack said politely. "Are you two related?" she asked pointing at Jack and Cam. "Yes. We're twins," Jack answered. The woman nodded. "Stay here. You are not to talk," she said. The three sat silently until the woman returned. "Let's go. We've reached Hogsmeade Station," she said. The three students followed her out into the cool September air.
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