Hermione could faintly hear her two friends walking behind her talking about her and how if something happened while they were meeting the Slytherins that they would both be there for Hermione not knowing how she would react before she could hear anything else she heard her name being called by a fellow Gryffindor Cormac McLaggen who to her acted like Draco Malfoy himself but worse. "Hello, Cormac. What are you doing out in the hallway of the train?" She asked him hoping that this conversation would be short. "Seamus was trying something new with his wand. I just stepped out of the compartment just in case it blows up." Cormac said with a laugh and then they both hear a bomb go off in the compartment with other Gryffindors sticking their heads out of their own compartment just in time to see Seamus crawling out of the compartment with his face covered in black cinder and his hair going in every direction. "Seamus, are you alright?" Hermione asked while she was helping an old friend off the ground. "Oh, hi Hermione. Yeah, I’m alright. I was just trying a new spell that I invented. I haven’t got a name for it yet but it also needs work as well." Seamus said looking at Hermione sheepishly. Hermione laughed at what he said seeing that one of her friends hadn’t really changed at all. "Well, I’m glad you alright then Seamus. Do you know where the others are?" She asked him wanted to see the rest of her friends now. "Neville went after Trevor again, and Dean and Luna went to help him, Parvati is in a compartment a few doors down but she hasn’t spoken to anyone of us. I did she Romilda and Natalie with her but I’m sure she hasn’t spoken to them either, Katie and Dennis were talking about some changes that were going to happen when we got to Hogwarts, they saw McGonagall help out a few muggle-born first years on the train. She also mentioned that she saw the faces of a few new teachers at least she thinks they were new teachers. McGonagall seemed to know them all very well." Seamus said to Hermione while rubbing one hand on his shoulder now.