C: Hiya, this is Calicat with my sis Alicorn.

A: Hey y'all! We're writing together for da first time.

C: But we might also write together in later days

A: This is about . . . well, you'll find out, won't you? Let's start!

C: Right on…

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(A: I'm starting off! :)

Chapter1- The Beginning

"Argh! Where is that letter! (krash)(bonk)(squish) Here it is!", shouted a triumphant Sirius.

"Well finally", said James.

The two had been best friends since they had met at the age of 6. They had been staying at James' house over the summer, and had gotten their Hogwarts letters together. James Potter was from a wealthy pureblood family, and had dark brown hair, to the point of being black. Both eyes were a deep blue, and he was stocky, but most of his weight was muscle, from years on the little-league Quidditch team. Sirius had true black hair, and eyes that were a pale blue, so pale, that sometimes, they looked white. He was taller than James, and he was lean, and lanky. Sirius, being EXTREMETLY messy, had lost his in the hurricane wreck of his room. Now that he had found it, after 2 hours of looking, they were flooing to Diagon Alley.

"Lessee, umm, we need spell books," muttered James.

"Check!" said Sirius, chirping happily from under the stack of stuff he was carrying.

"potions crud,"

"Check!"

"wands,"

"Double check!"

"umm, robes,"

"Yup, all of those too."

"Well, we're done with the list."

"LET"S GET PRANK STUFF!" they shouted together.

They dropped their stuff off in their rooms at the Leaky Cauldron, they were staying there until they had to leave for Hogwarts, and then proceeded to stuff their pockets with joke stuff. They bought stink pellets, dung bombs, invisible wire, etc. Then, as they were walking out, Sirius said,

"Oh! We need to get that!"

It was an invisibility cloak. It was extremely expensive, but James was from a rich family, so they could afford it. Still, they couldn't buy more than one. As they were walking to the counter with it they crashed into another boy, who was also buying prank stuff. They couldn't see each other because of their piles of stuff.

"I'm terribly sorry." Said the boy. "I couldn't see you."

"'S alright," said Sirius, "We should have been more careful. My name's Sirius, and that dork (Hey!) is my best bud James."

"Oh, my name's Remus. Are you going to Hogwarts too?"

On closer examination, Remus had light, loam-coloured hair, that was an earthy brown. He had a tired look about him, but his brown eyes had a spark to them that showed he was wide awake. He obviously wasn't from a very rich family, but he was not extremely poor either.

"Nope, we're going to Durmstrang." Muttered James.

"Yup, you're first year?"

"Of course!"

"Cool! Are you staying at the Leaky Cauldron?"

"Yeah! My room's number 8, what's yours?"

"Ours is 9!"

So, during the next week or so, the inhabitants of the Leaky Cauldron found themselves being pranked out of their minds, as the trio practiced their curses and hexes for Hogwarts. One time they mixed Jelly Legs and Furnunculus, and decided to save that for other enemies, as it was extremely hard to undo.

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Finally, much to the relief of the Leaky Cauldron patrons, the day came when the boys were to leave on the Hogwarts Express.

"9, 10, 9, 10, where the #$@% is Platform 9 ¾?" yelled Sirius.

"Sirius, watch your language, little ears are listening." He covered Sirius's ears.

Sirius glared at James, James raised his eyebrows at Sirius. Remus, the voice of reason, ignored both of them.

"Umm, I don't know? Where is it? Maybe we should find someone to tell us?" said Remus.

"I'll come with you!" James said.

As they were walking away, James murmured to Remus.

"I actually was wondering if you're still feeling OK."

Remus had locked himself in his room the night before, claiming that he didn't feel well. The boys had heard all sorts of bumps and crashes, and Remus had claimed that his magic got out of control when he sneezed. Sirius accepted this, but James was suspicious.

(A: Guess what kind of moon it was?)

"Oh. I'm feeling fine today. It was probably my allergies acting up."

James nodded, they all knew that Remus had a better sense of smell than most.

"OK Remy, if you're sure."

"No! Bill, help Stuart get through the barrier! Oh these Muggles! Why did they set up the trains like this? Oh, and Francis! Get some ice for Harold, he hit his head."

A middle-aged woman with red hair was guiding her flock of red haired children. They were wizards of course (A: Guess who?), and Remus went up to her and asked her about the platform.

"Excuse me ma'am, how my friends and I were wondering how to get into 9 ¾?"

"Oh, just run through that wall over there. Watch Bill."

'Bill' was running head long into the wall between the stations. As he was about to crash, he vanished into it.

"Uh, thanks ma'am."

"No problem dear. Are you a first year?"

"Yes."

"Ah, well Bill is a prefect now. He'll help you along."

Remus and James found Sirius, and they all ran onto the platform. Fortunately, they got on just in time, but all the compartments were full, except the last one…(C: dum dum dum DUM!)

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C: That's all for now, you can review. C' ya!

A: My sister made a mistake, you MUST review it!! (Wha ha ha!) Really, se need a couple reviews before we can actually put up the next few chapters.