Disclaimer: No, i'm not JK Rowling, so no, i dont own Harry Potter, and no, i never will (unless the fates bless me.) Got that? Good.
Summery: This is, well, the begining of everything.
A/N:
1. Sorry it's so short. The rest of the chapters will be longer, but like i said before, this is just my version of the beginning.
2. I'm probebly not going to go through the whole seven years, just have a couple of parts throughout the first five years, and then have it be full detail.
3. But then again, i could be wrong. You never know.
Chapter 1: The Train Ride
James Potter was ecstatic- there was no other word for it. It was only a couple of minutes till he would, after long wait, be on the Hogwarts Express! He rushed his mother and father along, groaning inwardly why they had to be so slow. Couldn't they see that it was one of the most important days of his young life? As he got to platform nine, he stopped, confused. Where was nine and three quarters?
"James dear, didn't we tell you? You have to walk through the brick to get to the train," said the comforting voice of his mum. Oh. Right. They had mentioned it; he was just too excited to hear it. His father briskly stepped through the brick, followed by James, his cart, and his mum.
In an instant James was surrounded by thick smoke and hurried people. Students and their parents were all heading toward the train, occasionally stopping to join with other families or to stop and, while the kids ducked away to find their friends. There was a barrage of voices, high and low, loud and soft, from all different ages. Students laughing about what they did over the summer, parents saying goodbye to their children, overall greetings to those known and unknown. Sparks accompanied with a loud noise coming from the train informed the witches and wizards that there was ten minutes till the train left the platform, and set off to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"Now Jamsie behave yourself at school, ok?" said Veronica Potter, "And stay safe, who knows how many more tricks there are in that school and on the grounds since me and your father went there. And make sure to study and do all of your homework. And do eat enough and stay clean. And listen during class. And try not to get into much trouble? And be sure to write- I'll send letters every week, or even every day, to check up on you. And ---- "
"Now love, stop suffocating the boy, he'll be fine," said Matthew Potter, rolling his eyes at James. "How about you go and find Lilia, I heard that she was coming to drop off her son today." Shaking her head, she gave James a long hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"Mum, I'll be fine, it's only school," said James, wriggling out of her hug. "I'll write, don't worry, and I'll see you in June. Bye!" Stepping away from her only son, Veronica gave a sad smile, kissed the top of his head, said goodbye, and left.
"Sorry about that James. Your mum is just sad that her boy is growing up so fast- no matter how small he still is." Matthew said with a grin, pulling his son into a hug. "We'll miss you, but don't worry, you don't have to write every day or every week if you don't want to. Just uphold the Potter name for us, will you? I'll see you in June then." Still smiling, Matthew released his son and James smiled and turned away, taking his trunk with him.
Everywhere he looked James saw parents saying goodbye. A mother hugging her fiery redhead daughter goodbye, two parents smiling bravely at their son, urging him onto the train, moms bursting into tears over their children.
"I can't wait!" thought James. "A couple hours and I'll finally be at Hogwarts- and hopefully a Gryffindor!" He lugged his trunk toward the train, and tried unsuccessfully to get his trunk onto it.
"Oi! Need some help with that?" A slightly taller boy with long black hair and a handsome face asked. He looked to be just around his age. "Sure," replied James.
The two boys lugged James's trunk onto the train, and then got the other boys up. "I was looking for something to spite my dear mummy over there." Said the boy, pointing to one of the mothers outside, one who had one of the foulest expressions James had ever seen.
"Name's Black, Sirius Black," said the smiling boy. "You must be James Potter. I'm starting too, but I'll probably be in Slytherin, like the rest of my foul pureblood-loving family," the boy, Sirius, said with a grimace. Anyway, do you want to look for a compartment?" Grinning also, James agreed.
"No offense mate, but aren't Black's supposed to be all foul and moody? Besides, they usually hate my family," said James matter-of-factly, remembering an unfortunate meeting with Bellatrix and Narcissa Black at Diagon Alley when he was looking for supplies.
"Yea, but I try to think of myself as a new race of Black, not like everyone else in this Godforsaken family," said Sirius in a very dramatic tone, gripping his heart, then turned and gave a cheeky smile and then glare at his mum through the window. James laughed at that, gripping his sides, nearly too weak to stand.
"I think – this is – the start – of – a beautiful – relationship" choked James, while Sirius was grinning like a fool. Then, with a jolt, the train started. As James began to close the outside door to the platform, a small plump boy suddenly ran up, lugging hiss heavy trunk with him.
"OI! Help me out here, can you?" the boy desperately asked while panting. James and Sirius managed to lug the trunk onto the train, while it was picking up speed, and as it was turning the corner, yanked the poor boy up with them.
"Thanks mates. I don't know what I would have done if I had missed the train. Me mum was going into hysterics over me leaving, and so I missed the warning sound" the boy said as the three of them lay gasping on the ground.
"Welcome. Fancy trying to find a compartment with us? My names James and he's Sirius" James said, pointing to himself and the other black haired boy. They scrambled up off the ground, and set off to find a compartment. As nearly everyone else was already in one, it proved hard to find an empty one. After bumping loudly into a group of other first years, except these were girls, and got into a near shouting match, they eventually settled into a compartment with one young boy in it. He was crammed into a corner with his hair in his face and reading a spell book, obviously trying to be as inconspicuous as possible. The three boys barged in- or well, two did, as the small one, who was named Peter, was more reserved – pushed their trunks onto the racks, and introduced themselves as James, Sirius, and Peter.
"Hi" said the boy, "My names Remus."
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Also on the train, a young girl named Lily Evens was trying to find a compartment. She finally found one, and after she had put her trunk up, a small group of girls walked up.
"Hello. My names Victoria, this is Brooke, and this is Constance" the third girl, who had thick brown hair and blue eyes, winced as her name was said, "do you mind if we sit with you? Everywhere else is full."
"Sure. My names Lily" the redhead said. As they were dragging their trunks in, a particularly loud group of young boys, by her guess also first years, walked up.
"Ello girls. Hope you don't mind, but we're gonna have to take this compartment from you" said the taller black haired boy. "See, we've been looking for a while, and need to rest our poor feet, so bug off, would you?"
"Um… no" said Victoria, with a fake smile plastered on her face "See, we've been looking for a while too, so would you please bug off. And whatever happened to lady's first?"
"'Lady's first' is overrated" said the taller boy with an equally fake smile, "and so are girls"
"Uh!" said Brooke, clearly offended.
"Hey!" Lily exclaimed, also offended.
"C'mon mates, just leave them and their sissy over rated selves to the compartment. We'll find another one" said the shorter black haired boy with a sigh. Lily and the rest of the girls glared at him.
"Fine James. Just learn to remember the names Sirius Black, James Potter, and Peter Pettigrew, ladies" Sirius conceded. Peter looked at Sirius in shock with a look that clearly said 'leave me out of this!' and they walked away.
"Arse" said Victoria. The four girls walked into the compartment to wait out the long ride to Hogwarts, gossiping and sharing information about who they were and where they had come from.
Lily smiled. This was going to be a lasting friendship, same with the boys as far as she could tell, and a lasting hatred between the two groups. She could just tell, she thought as she leaned back into the conversation.