It was a sleepy day in Godrics Hollow. It was a hot summers afternoon in the middle of august. A boy at the age of ten almost eleven is walk along the road towards the play ground. He sighs "birthdays tomorrow, cant wait". He reaches the play ground and goes straight to the swings. His name is Sage Cronus Capricorn and he's a wizard. He slowly swings on the swings, he had just run from home because mom and dad got into another fight. He hears people talking and looks up. There just entering the park was a man with crazy black hair and green eyes. It looked like there was something on his forehead but it was small, so Sage couldn't make it out. It looked like he had brought his kids to the park. "great, all I wanted was some peace and quiet" thought sage and he started to get of the swings. But then he saw that the man had a wand in his back pocket and so did the other two boys, the little girl ran to the play ground giggling. She looked about his age and had flaming red hair. The oldest had the mans hair and what he guessed was his mothers eyes. Sage started think "wait, wands, red hair and black hair, father with green eyes, where have i seen or heard that before?". He was thinking hard and, without realizing it, was staring at the family. The oldest about 14 he would hazard a guess called out to him "hey kid! what you staring at?" Sage came back to earth as the father looked over and the second youngest nudged the oldest "James leave the kid be, he didnt do anything wrong" The one called James just rolls his eyes. " you know Al for a Slythern your pretty tame, calm down i just asked why he was staring at us". The father walks over " whats going you two?" James looks to his dad "hey dad, its nothing really, its just that theres a kid over there whos staring at us". Sage started to get nervous, he hoped he wasn't in trouble. The man looked over at Sage and then laughed "you two are really going to bother a boy who's younger then you? come on, excuse me?" Sage looks up "uh y-yes?" they could tell he was nervous. The man smiles " whats your name son?" Sage looked surprised, no one usual asks his name, most of the time it was like he wore a invisibility cloak. "uh my name is Sage sir" The man seemed kind enough, so Sage relaxed a little. "there see, now sage why were you staring at us?" Sage answered quickly "i wasn't trying to sir, i spaced out" The man gave a look to the boys saying I told you so and he went back to his daughter. James and Al walk over to Sage and he got nervous again. "nice to meet you sage, sorry about earlier" James held out his hand. Sage shook his hand cautiously. James had a mischievous smile and seemed to take life not super seriously. His brother on the other hand was the complete opposite. He seemed smart and took life very seriously, but he seemed nice as well. "no worries" he smiled a little. "so you live around here Sage?" Al asked as he sat down on the swing next to him. "yeah i live a couple blocks down the street" he points in the direction of his house. James looks "nice we live down that way" he points the opposite direction. Sage nods, he's never been down that way so that explains why he never seen them before. " so you guys are wizards?" this seemed to throw them off. "how did you know?" James asked "you guys have wands and you said that he" he points at Al "was a slythern which is one of the four houses at Hogwarts" they looked absolutely flabbergasted. Al shakes his head and seems to come back to earth first "sorry thought you were a muggle at first" Sage shook his head "Im a wizard, see?" he closes his eyes and the swing that he was on started to float. then he opens his eyes and it drops back into place. James nods "nice sage, so how old are you?" "im ten going to be eleven tomorrow" sage replies matter a factly. Al looks over at the little girl " same age as our sister, you and her will be sorted when you go to Hogwarts this year" Sage nods "whats your sisters name?" Al looks back "her name is lily" the girl pokes her head from out from the slide "whats up Al?" her voice was clear and sweet sage thought. Al smiles " come here, theres some one i want you to meet". Sage looks at him "you don't have to do that" Al smiles " too bad" maybe Sage had this one all wrong, usually he could figure people out pretty quick. Lily comes over and waves at Sage. He blushes a little and waves a little back, James smirks "Lily this is Sage, Sage our sister Lily". She smiles "hello!" she wasnt shy that was for sure. Sage looks down at his sneakers "hello". she looked confused and scooted next to him and looked too "nice shoes". Sage a little surprised looked over and she was right next to him. He could smell her and she smelled like strawberries. He slightly panicked and fell out of the swing and onto his butt. The three of them laughed and Sage looked around at the three of them. He started to laugh as well. It felt good to laugh, he hadn't laughed like this in a long time. They all sigh and just relax. After thirty minutes of talking about all kinds of things, from Quidditch teams to Hogwarts. He liked these people a lot, they made him feel happy and relaxed. "this must be what having friends is like" he thought. "hey Sage your doing it again" James shook his shoulder. Sage came back "oh sorry guys" They smile and he smiled back. The father comes over "come on you three, mom says dinner time" They cheer and start to leave. "see you around sage!" James grins and waves. Sage smiles a little and waves good bye to his new friends. once they were gone however his face fell, this meant he had to go home. he left the park and started to walk back home.
Sages parents were also a witch and wizard but they didnt get along very well. When he walked into the house his intercepted him at the stairs. "Sage where the bloody hell have you been?!" Sage got nervous again " at the park, like i said i would". His mother sighed and sat down, her brown mousey hair falling in front of her face. "whats wrong mom?" Sage looked worried, him and his mom got along pretty well, much better then his father. she starts to cry "your father has left us, i thought he took you with him". Sage sighed and hugged his mom. "Its okay mom, im right here" She nods and smiles a little. "im being silly, im sorry" he shakes his head "its okay mom" she stands up and they both walk into the kitchen. "so why were you gone so long at the park, its almost dark sweety" he smiles " i made some new friends and guess what?!" she smiles at this "what?" "their wizards too!". She laughs "is that so?" he nods "you have no idea how much of a relief it is to talk to wizards about magic and all the rest" He's grinning now. She smiles to see her son so happy "would you like to invite them over for your Birthday?" he stopped and the look on his face was priceless and she laughed. "i hadnt thought of that" She starts to make dinner and he thinks. "i would like to but i have no idea where they live or if ill see them again in time to ask" he sits down and lays his face on the table. His mom looks back "i might know their mother from the Witch Book Club, what were they're names?" He looked up slightly "James, Al and Lily" She looked half surprised but happy "thats the potters, they're mother and me are actually really good friends" His eyes went big "the potters?! no way!" she nods "yeah thats them, i wasn't on planning on going tonight but if you like and i can go ask if they'd like to come" He gets up and walks over. he hugs her tight "thanks mom" she smiles " your welcome sport but come on let go, i need to make dinner" he lets go and heads up to his room.
Once upstairs he went to his room and ran to his dresser. he opened it up and grabbed a tin box. he opened the lid and poured out his chocolate frog cards onto floor. He starts to sift through them until he finds the one he's look for. Harry James Potter, Merlin first class, auror. Most well known for the Battle of Hogwarts and Defeating the Dark Lord Voldmort. His hobby's are playing Quidditch, long walks on the beach and having fun with his family. Sage turns the card over and the man he say in the park with his kids was there staring back at him. Sage couldn't believe it, he had met Harry Potter and his family. But that didn't matter, the important part was that he had friends and they would be going to Hogwarts with him.
After dinner Sage waved bye to his mom as she left for the WBC. Sage sighed happily and went into the den and turn on the TV, his favorite show would be on soon. As the room filled with the sound of Doctor Who, sage began to think about how awesome tomorrow was going to be. It had been a while since he had been this happy, he was going to have friends over for his birthday, friends! He smiled to himself and slowly started to fall asleep.