The horse-drawn carriage rides are not that good after all

// THIS IS AN OLD CHAPTER. THE NEW CHAPTERS ARE IN VOLUME 2. YOU CAN READ THESE CHAPTERS IF YOU WANT SOME INSIGHT ON WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN LATER BUT SOME EVENTS CAN BE DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW CHAPTERS.

When we arrive, I let Rose, Luna and Ginny join the boats accompanied by Hagrid while I walk towards the carriages. I spot Blaise and Edward in one of them, and when I had barely closed the door, it suddenly reopens on a raging Daphne.

"The two idiots out, I have to talk to this one" Oh shit, I almost managed to forget about Daphne and this engagement affair.

"What? Why should we ..." Wrong choice.

"I SAID OUT, GET THE FUCK OFF BEFORE I KICK YOU OUT BY THE SKIN OF YOUR BUTTOCKS."

The two boys run away from the carriage as if it were contaminated by the plague. Daphne sits in front of me and locks the doors, I don't know why but I feel like it's not going to end well for me.

"Well now that I have you in front of me, can you explain to me why you haven't replied to any of my letters since the summer party?"

"Letters? What letters?" I have absolutely no idea what she is talking about, I did receive mail from some students from Slytherin, as well as a letter from Hermione and another from Fred and George but I had not heard from Daphne since party. I thought she was angry with me because of the engagement.

"The letters where I said I wanted us to discuss this marriage story. It was my parents who had this idea and contacted yours to organize everything."

"But why did it evolve into this? It's not like we're dating."

"I might have accidentally told my mom that ..." it's me or she's talking less and less loudly, I couldn't understand what she just said.

"Uh, you can repeat, I didn't get it right."

"I SAID YOU WERE HANDSOME, ARE YOU HAPPY?" She rushes out of the carriage and slams the door behind her?

"What's wrong with her?" Blaise asks me through the door.

"If I knew, I wouldn't be so in trouble"

During the carriage ride, we made up for lost time with the guys. They were already aware of the progress of my project and I had sent them each a personalized magiphone. We could not yet speak at that time because we still had to see each other to register but I plan to improve the next model to add an option to contact the person not only by his magic imprint but also using the device's serial number.

I also have a project to create an automatic call management system, a sort of phone station of some sorts. When this is done, I could be up to date with all the latest hot news from the wizarding world, I could blackmail my enemies and know all their weaknesses.

When we arrive at Hogwarts, we head to the Great Hall to wait for the new first grade students. Daphne is sitting at the other end of the table talking with some Slytherin girls.

"Ho, already having problems with our newlyweds?"

"Shut up Malfoy, go stick a shit broom up your ass."

"newlyweds?"

"Ho, he didn't tell you anything. It's true you can't know because you weren't at the Greengrass party but our dear Sean Bones here, is engaged to Daphne."

"Noooo! That's why she's enraged, and so who started the engagement?"

"Her mother apparently. Daphne would have said once too many times she thought I was handsome. Maybe I should put some boil on my face while she calms down, or maybe turn green?"

We are asked for calm as the new students enter the room. It is easy to recognize those from a muggle family with the amazed look they have as they walk through the doors. As I watch the first years, I see my three fellow travelers standing next to each other happily chatting among the other students. The hat had sung its ugly song again before starting to distribute the students to their houses. He hesitated for a moment on Luna before placing her in Ravenclaw.

When Rose turn arrived, everyone expected her to be placed like her brother in Gryffindor. But the hat was silent for a long second before speaking.

"Hmm, are you really sure of your choice? You will face great difficulty if you choose this path, you will no longer be able to count on those you love. Very well if that is what you want. SLYTHERIN"

Silence falls on the room, the Gryffindors are shocked. Their little princess, whom they have been waiting for a year now, has been given to their worst enemies. Still glad Harry wasn't here or else I thought the situation would turn out to be a disgrace.

Rose sits down with the new arrivals; I give her an encouraging wave and return to my conversation. During the banquet I was able to listen to a few conversations and many of them revolved around the magiphone. Someone was sneaking glances at me, probably trying to guess if I had really invented this new communication system.

"What do you think of the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher? My mom has been bothering me since his announcement at Flourish and Blotts that he was going to be our teacher Blaise seems to have had a really hard time. I could understand Lockhart's popularity with women if he had Velan's blood, but otherwise ... maybe he's using a potion or a charm, who knows.

"I think he's a charlatan, you don't have to be very clever to understand that to have seen so much, you have to travel for a very long time. And yet there is always a date when you can see him signing a book or participate in a social event. I don't know what goes on with his books but either he makes up or he talks about someone else's adventures and takes the credit for himself. "

"Ah and why if he stole someone else's work, no one ever complained." Daphne has just joined our conversation.

"Ah, are you talking to me again?"

"I never have to stop talking to you moron, it's just that you piss me off sometimes."

"If you say so"