This looks like the start of a beautiful friendship. Maduraders version.
This is my take on how they had met and became friends. This will be rated K+ but later chapters will be T for swearing.
James Fleamont Potter, was sitting in an compartment in the last carriage. When only about ten minutes into the journey the door was slid open. A boy with black hair and gray eyes was standing in the frame.
"Can I?" He asked, running his hand though his hair, unsure. James indercated that he didn't mind one bit.
"I'm Sirius." The boy introduced himself, egar to at least know one person when he arrived at Hogwarts.
"I'm James. What house do you think what house you'll be in?" James asked, wanting to get to know the boy.
"Well I know what my family want." He said bitterly. James raised an eye brow.
"Well I know that I'm destined for Gryffindor." He babbled happily. The door slid open again showing two other boys. One had sandy brown hair, his face bore scars, still visible in the trains light. The other had blonde hair, watery blue eyes. The two boys also asked if they could join them as well. Both James and Sirius said the same thing they are welcome to do so.
"I'm Remus Lupin." Remus introduced himself to the others he shook their hands on eBay one. This prompted the other to do the same.
"I'm Peter Pettigrew."
"I'm James."
"I'm Sirius."
Once the introductions were done, James asked the others what house they were expecting.
"I'm expecting Ravenclaw like my dad." Remus responds.
"I know I'm destined for Gryffindor, just like my dad."
"My family want me in Slytherin." Sirius bitterly.
"Whoa, just when I thought you're ok." James tells him, Sirius just smiles in response.
"Well, you never know I might break family tradition and be placed in another house." Sirius shrugged. The train continued on its way.
"I'm not sure about the house I'll be placed into." Peter tells them, they all got changed into their robes.
"The train is slowing down, we must be nearly there now." James says. Just as the drivers voice came though the trains PA system.
"We will be reaching Hogsmeade in 5 minutes time. Please leave your luggage on the train as it will taken to the school." The four boys, get up and walk off the train, onto the tiny platform. They make their way to the lake for the traditional boat ride across the lake. They had all remained together, and sharing the boat they were in. Once they arrived at the school, they were lead away from the huge great hall, into a small side chamber. Sirius runs his hand though his hair again. James places a hand on his shoulder while grinning. McGonagall had come back to take them to get sorted. The for boys remained close, mostly out of nerves. The group of first years had been brought to the front of the hall. Before them stood, a frayed and very dirty pointed hat on a wooden stool. McGonagall had unrolled a roll of parchment.
"Now when I call your name you will walk up here, the sorting hat will be placed on your head and you will be sorted into your houses." She began to read. Starting with the "As" moving though the alphabet. When she reached the "Bs"
"Black, Orion Sirius." Dark mutters swept the hall as Sirius walked up to the stool. The hat was placed on his head. Sirius jumped as it muttered in his ear.
"Ah, you are willing to stand up for what you believe in, you are protective, and remain steadfast to your moral ground. I do see that you want to be distanced from your family. You don't hold any ambition, you don't want to rule. You also want to be able to create your own path. I see where you do belong." The hall was silent.
"Gryffindor!" The hat yelled to the enchanted ceiling. The Gryffindor table broke into scattered applause, Sirius was worried though, his family what would they do? When it dawned on him. To hell with them, he'd broken free, he could forge his own path. McGongall smiled as he sat down. She moved down the list as she arrived at the "Es"
"Evans, Lily." A girl with flaming red hair and emerald green eyes moved up and sat in the stool. The hat instantly yelled.
"Gryffindor!"
She hoped down and raced to the Gryffindor table. The yelling of names went on. She arrived at the "Ls"
"Lupin, John Remus." Remus shakily moved to the stool, his whole body shaking. He sat down the hat was almost too big for him. Just as it did with Sirius the hat muttered in his ear.
"I see that laws have been broken for you, So you can attend." Remus heart skipped a few beats at this "You've done very well just to survive and make it this far, you are truly brave, noble, if needs be you are willing to sacrifice yourself. I know just the house for you. Gryffindor!"
Expelling a sigh of pure relive, Remus slipped off the stool and went to join Sirius and Lily. Once he sat down, Sirius clapped him on the shoulder. To that Remus just smiled. It would be a while till she reached the "P" section of the list. Finally, she had reached the letter "Ps"
"Petigrew, Peter." The blonde haired boy had arrived to sit on the stool. Once he got sort into Gryffindor.
"Potter, James." James walked up, the hat was placed on his head. All the hat did was make noises, as if it was thinking.
"Gryffindor!" James jumps down and rushes to the Gryffindor table. The sorting came to its conclusion as "Snape, Severus" was sorted into Slytherin house. The headteacher got up to deliver his start of term speech.
"Welcome to our new intake, to Hogwarts school. I hope that your time here will be enjoyable. Welcome back to our older students, I entrust to you that the first years will be able to, get around safely. Thank you." Just after he'd had sat down, the food had appeared.
Sirius, Peter, Remus and James began to eat. They didn't know how hungry that they were till the food was there. Now that everyone had eaten. The headmaster got up.
"House prefects, would you led the first years to their respective house commons rooms and dormitories." The Gryffindor prefect stood to his feet.
"Gryffindor first years, this way." He called over the now loud noise that was being created as students and staff were leaving the great hall. Remus was forced to cover his ears as the full moon was coming up and one of the signs of his impending transformation were heightened senses, his hearing was going into overdrive, picking up every scrap of noise. James didn't fail to notice this as the Gryffindor first years were being lead away, the four boys were still keeping close. They stopped at a small landing, the prefect stood facing them.
"The route we're taking is the most direct path to Gryffindor Tower, now follow me. Keep close, I don't want any of you getting lost." The group continued on, going up flights of stairs, till they reached the seventh floor.
"Keep up, first years we're almost there, just up ahead." They reached the portrait of a fat woman in a pink silk dress. She, moved.
"Password?" She asked. Before he answered the prefect turned to the group.
"Before you can gain entry, you must give her the password." He told them, he then turned his attention back to the fat lady.
"Mermaid." He said.
"Correct." After the exchange she slowly swung open.
"Come on in." He had moved aside to allow the group to gain entry. Once inside the common room, a fire was brining brightly in the fireplace, where chairs were scattered around the room. They were led to, two sets of stairs that were at the back of the common room.
"Welcome to the Gryffindor common room, boys dorms upstairs and down to your left girls it's the same on your right. If you're worrying about your belongings, there is no need to be, you will find them next to your beds. I would suggest that you all make your way up to bed now as it's late and you all have first day of classes. Goodnight." He walked away.
James shared a look with the other three boys, leading them up to the first year boys dorms. James pushed the door open, they were greeted with five four poster bed arranged in a semi circle around a furnace set in the middle of the room.
"Found my one!" James yelled, he rushed to the bed that was facing the door. Peter, Sirius and Remus all found their beds as well.
"So, the only Black in Gryffindor. How does it feel?" James asked as he placed his clothes in one of the two large wardrobes that stood in the far corner of their new dorm room. Sirius just shrugs.
"It feels, strangely refreshing." Sirius tells the others. "I'll most likely be disowned for being in the 'wrong house'" He used air quote marks. "I'll get a howler tomorrow morning. Just watch." He flops onto his bed, and curls up. James walks over.
"Well, you don't need to worry about your family anymore, you have us now." He places a hand on Sirius shoulder. Both Peter and Remus nod. Remus checked his watch.
"We best get to bed as we have classes tomorrow." This comment was met with groans with the other three boys. They all got ready for bed, Peter was setting his clock alarm. They said goodnight to each other and went to sleep. Well all apart from Remus who had only just noticed, that all his senses were now really going into overdrive. He could feel everything going on the dorms above him, he could both hear the fire crackling in the common room below and clearly smell the smoke as well. The only things keeping him company were the snores from James, mutterings from Sirius, this made Remus smile to himself. It seems that he and the new Gryffindors were hitting it off from literary from the first meeting. Placing his head on the pillows Remus finally drifted off to sleep.
I hope that you enjoyed this chapter. As always please read and review. Remus's wand is made out of cypress wood, this wand is well known for matching with witches and wizards who have fought both inner demons and outer demons, the wand had also have been know to match to those who are willing to sacrifice themselves.
Till next time
Best wishes
M.