"Sirius! If you don't hurry we'll miss the train!" James yelled as they jogged through King's Cross Station. Sirius felt like he was going to bust one of his lungs he had been running so fast for so long. Not to mention, he was pushing a giant cart including his trunk and other effects.
"This is all your bloody fault! You and your inability to get your lazy arse out of bed!" Sirius growled.
Sirius saw the sign for the 9th platform and found new motivation to keep running. Sirius hopped on the back of his cart and allowed it to carry him through the barrier and coast onto platform 9¾. James coasted in behind him and they coasted to a stop right in front of the train.
"Prongs! Padfoot! What took this long?" Remus smiled, leaning out of the train.
"Prongs and his bloody beauty sleep," Sirius muttered. Remus reached down and grabbed the other end of Sirius's trunk, helping him pull it on the train.
"We're here in time, aren't we?" James asked as Remus helped him with his trunk as well. The three Marauders were finally on the train as it started slowly chugging.
"Where's Wormtail?" James asked as they clunked down the hallway.
"He's reserving a cabin for us. We knew you two were going to be late. Prongs can't leave the house without his hair perfectly messed up," Remus snorted and James glared.
"Especially now that he's Head Boy and his Head Girl, Lily Evans, is going to be around him more often," Sirius teased.
"You're both prats," James glared playfully as they wheeled down the hallway. Remus slid open one of the compartment doors and the three entered one after the other. In the compartment sat Peter Pettigrew, Dorcas Meadows, and Alice, Frank Longbottom's girlfriend.
"Hello, all!" James grinned as he sat down in between Alice and Peter. "Where's Frank?"
"One of the Crabbe boys jinxed him," Alice rolled her eyes. "The new DADA professor is looking after him. He should be back to normal in a few minutes."
"How did one of the Crabbes manage to jinx Longbottom?" Remus asked. It was well known that Frank Longbottom was one of the top students in their class at dueling.
"He cast it while Frank wasn't looking," Dorcas rolled her eyes.
"What a fucking coward," Sirius scoffed. Everyone really seemed to like Frank Longbottom and that drew a lot of attention from the Slytherin bullies.
"The new professor seemed pretty pissed as well. I wouldn't be surprised if he spent the next month in detentions," Peter added.
"He deserves it. That was low, even for a Slytherin," James spat distastefully.
"In other news, have you heard what's happened in America?" Dorcas asked. The boys all exchanged looks of confusion and shook their heads. "Death-eaters attacked one of the three wizarding schools there!" she continued.
"Allegedly! We don't know if that's true! All that's known is there was a massive earthquake that destroyed the school. No one knows if it was natural or not," Alice interrupted.
"What? Are you on their side or something?" Dorcas asked mockingly.
"Ew! No! I just don't want them taking the bloody credit, that's all," Alice said as she wrinkled her nose in distaste.
"Wait, there are wizarding schools in America?" Peter asked dumbly.
"What? Did you think Europeans were the only ones to educate themselves?" Sirius teased.
"It's not like it would help, supposedly Americans aren't all that bright anyway," James chuckled.
"That's mean!" Alice cried out with an amused smile on her face.
"Can I continue my story?" Dorcas asked, annoyed.
"Oh, there was more?" Remus asked.
"Yes! Since the school is destroyed some of the students are coming to Hogwarts! There isn't enough room at the other American school for them so Dumbledore offered that they come here to study!" Dorcas exclaimed.
"Really? Americans in Hogwarts?" Peter laughed.
"Oh Merlin, that sounds like fun," Alice smiled.
"Good, I could use a new challenge," Sirius whispered lowly to Remus with a wink. Remus rolled his eyes knowing that his best friend was referring to his own womanizing ways.
"Great, spread more diseases to the Americas," muttered Dorcas and she and Alice giggled.
"I heard that," Sirius glared mockingly.
"Good, maybe you'll get it through your head that women are useful for more than just what's in between their legs," Dorcas glared and crossed her arms over her chest.
Sirius was about to comeback with a witty comment when suddenly the door to the compartment slid open. There stood the beautiful redhead with her glaring green eyes burning into James's. "James Potter! I've been looking for you everywhere! We have work to do!" Lily exclaimed.
"Don't worry, Evans. I'll be right there," James winked before getting up to follow her. As James left to perform his duties as Head Boy, Sirius realized that it was going to be a hell of a last year at Hogwarts.
