This is my first FanFiction for Harry Potter, so it's probably not very good but please review; positive or negative just please review! Anyway enjoy!

Summary: James has a horrible past, but when he attends Hogwarts School of witchcraft and Wizadry and his name is changed to Prongs he and his friends have a great time braking rules. But they must be careful of 2 things. The cursed golden goblet and Lord Voldemort.

It was a dark night. A dark lonely night. James sat on his bed wondering what he was going to do. He had been crying for the last 3 hours. He couldn't believe that Lord Voldemort had just killed his Mum.

Earlier that evening, James's father had gone out to buy fish and Chips for his wedding anniversary the 1st of September. What he didn't realize was that later on Lord Voldemort was going to come and kill his wife.

James had been sent to his room for taking one of the chocolate frogs without asking. He was sitting in his room when he heard someone enter the house. He thought it was Dad back from the fish and chips store so he called Mum to ask if he could come out but there was no reply. He called again and this time was answered with high pitched scream. He ran out of his room and down the stairs just in time to see Lord Voldemort walk out of his house laughing. He looked into the kitchen where he saw his mother's body lying motionless on the floor.

Then he heard someone else come in through the door he thought it was Voldemort coming to finish him off but it was just his Dad who came with the fish and chips. I could hear his question without him saying it. What happened? I answered in one single word "Voldemort"

So know I'm in my room crying. Being 5 I know that people die and it's bad but being 5 I don't understand why people kill other people. Maybe Dad will explain to me when I'm older.

Well now I'm 11 and Dad still hasn't explained it yet but I've pretty much worked it out. Suddenly the memory of that night 6 years ago comes flooding back to me. Dad going to get fish and chips, me getting sent to my room then running down to find Mum dead. I put it out of my mind and concentrated on packing.

"James! It's 10:48! You're gonna miss the train unless you come now!" It was Dad. He always gets frantic when we're late for the Hogwarts Express because he knows that it leaves at 11:00 sharp and no later.

"Coming Dad" I shouted. It was my first year at Hogwarts. Dad's always telling me stories about when he was a kid at Hogwarts. He and his friends used to always be sneaking out after lights out. I chucked my wand and my last book into my trunk and snapped it close. I grabbed Pettles, my owl, and dragged my trunk down the stairs where Dad put them in the car.

"Next stop Kings Cross Station!" Dad shouted.

Dad knew we were late and drove the fastest I've ever seen him drive. We were lucky we didn't run into some police officers or we would have been in serious trouble.

When we got to the station we grabbed a trolley and went off to find platform 9 and 10.

I stood in front of platform 9 and 10. I had my trolley with my trunk and Pettles in her cage, "You sure it'll let us through? It looks pretty solid to me," I said.

"It's fine," Dad assured me, "Together," Dad and I ran straight at the barrier, and just as I thought we were gonna hit the wall, we went thought it, onto platform 9 ¾. The Hogwarts Express stood, glimmering in front of me.

"James!" It was Lupin, Sirius and Peter, "Where have you been? The Hogwarts Express is about to leave!"

"Sorry - a bit of a delay with Pettles, you know," I said. They all knew about Pettles.

"Well come on, we've got a compartment at the end," They started pulling me towards the train.

"Bye Dad," I said, "see you soon," Just then, the guard's whistle blew. Sirius grabbed my trunk and I grabbed Pettles, and we ran off to find our compartment.

Well that's, chapter 1! Please review and Chapter 2 should be coming soon as soon as I can write it.