"Oh that makes sense. It would be horrible to be uncomfortable for the entire six hour ride." Harry nodded. There was a knock on their compartment door and Harry brought his Scouter up to his eye to get a reading of the person's mana. The door opened and a bushy haired girl and a nervous looking boy stood in the doorway. Harry scanned the girl first getting a reading of '104' before quickly scanning the nervous boy and getting a '116'.
"Have either of you seen a toad? Neville here has lost his." The bushy haired girl asked.
"Nope, no toads here, though if you want to find it quickly I'd suggest getting a Prefect to try Summoning it with the Accio Charm." Tonks replied getting the girl's eyes to light up.
"That's an excellent idea. Come on, Neville, let's go find a Prefect." With that the two left without even introducing themselves properly.
"Bit of a headlong running type, right Harry?" Tonks grinned getting a nod back from Harry. Without any more interruptions Tonks and Harry started their trek up and down the Hogwarts Express. Stopping in on various people Tonks knew and only introducing him as 'Harry the Firstie' that Tonks was showing around. By the end of the walk and return to their compartment Harry had scanned what must have been half of the students on board. He had so many new readings to compile to get an average for the students that he immediately pulled out a ballpoint pen and a piece of parchment and began writing.
"Going to be done soon, Harry?" Tonks asked with some mirth several minutes later having taken out a 'Teen Witch Weekly' magazine from her trunk to amuse herself as she waited.
"Almost done." Harry replied not looking up from his parchment. Another minute or so passed before Harry looked up and spoke. "Alright, I've got the average for at least close to half of the students."
"Well, don't keep me in suspense, what is it?" Tonks asked eagerly wanting to know where she stood, Magical strength-wise, among the students.
"The average Magical strength of the students we scanned is '1535' so that should be a rough estimate of the average for students when accounting for everyone from First Year to Seventh Year." Harry stated as he looked over at Tonks with a grin. "Congratulations, Miss Tonks, you're almost three times stronger than the average student."
"Bloody right! Who's the Top Dog of the school now?!" Tonks cheered as she pumped her fist happily. Harry outright laughed at her reaction. Not long after the trolley lady came by selling sweets and snacks. Both Harry and Tonks got a few things; Tonks got her favorites while Harry got a few things to try out. It was slowly turning from afternoon into early evening when the next interruption to their trip appeared. Without so much as a knock the door to their compartment was pulled open and a blonde boy around Harry's age stood there with two larger boys standing behind him.
"I've heard Harry Potter's starting this year and I've been looking for him. This is one of the last few compartments I've left to check. So are you Harry Potter?" The blonde boy asked as he looked Harry over.
"Nice to see you too, wittle cousin Drakey." Tonks baby voiced at the blonde getting an affronted look from the boy.
"You're no cousin of mine, Halfblood!" The blonde hissed out getting an eye roll from Tonks. While the blonde and the two large boys were focused on Tonks Harry sneakily scanned each of them. The blonde had a reading of '90' while the boy on the left was an '82' and the one on the right was '84'. Harry quickly stashed his Scouter back into his robe pocket before the blonde turned back to him. "So are you Harry Potter or not?" He asked again.
"Yes, my name is Harry Potter; might I inquire as to yours?" Harry asked politely having been taught not to antagonize people when first meeting them.
"My names Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, this is Crabbe and this is Goyle. You'll soon find out that some Wizarding families are better than others. You don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there." Draco introduced himself and made his offer.
"While I appreciate your concern, Malfoy, I usually rely on my own experiences with a person to determine if they're the 'right sort' or not. I think I'm keeping good company with Miss Tonks." Harry replied getting a laugh from Tonks while Draco simply huffed.
"You'll see I was right eventually, Potter." Draco stated before turning and leaving taking Crabbe and Goyle with him.
"Bit of a prat that one." Harry commented getting a nod of agreement from Tonks.
"Most definitely, unfortunately he's my Aunt's son so we're related, but you can't choose your family." Tonks shrugged before standing up from her seat. "Now if you'd be so kind as to step out of the compartment I'd appreciate it."
"Huh? What for?" Harry questioned as he watched Tonks rummage through her trunk in the overhead rack.
"I mean unless you want to watch me change into my robes? You are about that age I guess." Tonks teased while giving him a wink. Harry's face flushed bright red and he practically scrambled out of the compartment shutting the door behind him. Tonks' laughter carried out even through the closed door.
"Tonks you're mental." Harry muttered as he felt his face burning hot.
"This is going to be a fun year." Tonks chuckled as she waved her wand to lock the door and pull down the shades.