Just a warning: I don't own anything from Harry Potter. It is copyrighted to its respective owner, J.K. Rowling, Warner Bros., and etc.

Also, I have a tendency to never finish a story. But, I think this one may be different, simply because I've had this one brewing for several years now, and instead of waiting for my muse to make me feel like writing, I'm forcing this one out.

September 1970.

Young James Potter stood on the Hogwart's train platform 9 ¾ 's. He had been waiting for ages, hanging on the every word of story that both his mom and his father told of their days in school. He was so anxious, so excited, so nervous, so... everything! His emotions were a huge jumbled mess of pure energy and excitement that he... had no idea what to do with himself.

He turned and looked back at his mother who was sniffling into her handkerchief. She smiled and waved him to go on. James ran back for one last hug and kiss before pulling his trunk behind him, and following a group of older Hogwart's students, found where to store his luggage.

Sirius Black, of the Ancient and Most Noble House of Black sat down in his compartment. He was alone, which suited him. He did not want to run into his older cousin Bellatrix and her current boyfriend Lucius. If he was lucky he would be able to at least make it to the Welcome Feast without running into either of them. He just, for once in his life, wanted to make friends with people that shared his same interests, and didn't care about his family. In a way, he was sad that his summer visit with his uncle Alphard had to end so quickly because he had to go to school.

Remus Lupin was hesitant to step onto the train. He wasn't sure what to expect. He almost hoped that maybe, maybe someone will recognize him for what he was and not scream. Everyone, despite looking so happy... He just didn't know what to expect. He walked through the train to find an empty compartment in a dream. Remus was so scared that he afraid to bump into anyone for fear that it would wake him. He found a compartment and sat in it alone. It suited him. He wasn't ready yet, to talk to anyone. He opened up a school book and sat and read.

Sirius Black and James Potter sat laughing together in a compartment. When James had walked in and asked to take a seat Sirius agreed, and when the two of them tried to lift Sirius' trunk onto the luggage space above their heads, chaos ensued. In between laughter and giggles they each mimicked each other's face when the trunk slid off and bumped Sirius on the head, because he was the tallest, and then it continued onwards to bump James. They managed to get it back up properly before the train started to jerk forward, and the trunk just plainly fell. It would have been more fun and games if Bellatrix hadn't been passing by after visiting the loo and heard her cousin's voice.

Sirius Black was fuming. His stupid cousin had to find him and kick him out of his compartment, that HE FOUND FIRST! Because she wanted some "alone time" with Lucius. James Potter on the other hand, just took it in stride and pulled out a dung bomb from his pant pocket and secretly passed it to Sirius as the two of them moved Sirius' trunk to find another compartment. They found one relatively nearby and after safely depositing the trunk Sirius returned to gather his robe that he had forgotten before lighting the dung bomb and closing the compartment door to trap it two occupants inside.

Sirius and James were both rolling on the floor laughing, while Remus looked on greatly amused and slightly disturbed.

"Her face!"

"How was it?"

"Like a big, red tomato!!!" Sirius rolled onto his belly and kicked and beat the floor with his hands and feet. James just rolled backward and jerked with no sound as tears came out of his eyes.

Remus smiled as he looked at them, and chuckled. "Can I ask what you did?"

Sirius stood up with devilish grin. "My stupid git of a cousin took out compartment for her and her boyfriend, so I – we – put a dung bomb --"

"That was mine!"

"And..." Both James and Sirius took to laughing all over again.

Remus smiled as James and Sirius helped each other off the floor, and accidentally bumped heads and fell down a few times.

"Oye, I'm James Potter, and this idiotic fellow is Sirius Black."

"Nice to meet you."

"And your name is...?"

"Remus Lupin."

"Well Remus," Sirius sat next to the sandy-haired boy and flung his arm around his shoulder, "us giving you this information makes you an accomplice, and that only means one thing."

"What would that be?"

James sat opposite of the two of them and with his elbows on his knees, and his hands underneath his chin answered. "That means that you'll be stuck with us for the rest of the year and forever more, hear on after, until the end of time!!! MUWAHAHAHA!" James threw his head back and laughed his most evil laugh he could muster.

Remus paled considerably and Sirius noticed this.

"Don't worry mate. It just means we're friends."

Remus then smiled. It wasn't a dream, and he had friends, and he was starting school. Everything was perfect.

Sirius laughed. He had not only pranked his cousin, but found someone who had a similar way of thinking.

James, was genuinely enjoying himself. School was only getting better as it got closer. He found two friends and he couldn't wait to find out what house he was sorted into.

Uh oh. What more excitement awaits this story?

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