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If there was one thing that Ernie was looking forward to this year, it was making sure that everything was right again this year. Last year was such an incredible debacle -- and, quite frankly, a waste of his time. Living in fear of his own life (along with most of his friends') was more than he could bear most of the time. In fact, most of the time, Ernie found himself being unable to have any fun at all. He was more serious, more scared for his life than ever, even if his life was never in direct threat.

Ernie did have a feeling that this year was going to be different. Last year was a complete mess, and the only thing that Ernie learned was that he should never trust anyone. This feeling of being on edge all the time made Ernie a careful, paranoid sort of person, and he wasn't so sure he could go back to his confident, flirtatious self after all of the setbacks of last year. In fact, he had literally forgotten himself until the end of the summer.

Rubbing his shiny Prefect badge against his robes to make it shine even more, Ernie cleared his throat awkwardly next to one of the new Prefects, who now seemed much too young for him. He stood uncomfortably in the compartment, waiting for someone -- anyone of interest -- to show up.