Chapter 1: The Train Ride

"Mummy have you seen my copy of First Hand Spells?" Lily Potter asked jumping down the stairs. "It's in the kitchen," Ginny said franticly rechecking Sirius's trunk to make sure he didn't forget anything. Lily made a dash for the kitchen. "OW!" James screamed from the kitchen a moment later. "What's going on?" Harry said. "Lily stomped on my foot" James cried in anger. "It was an accident!" Lily said pleading her case. "Will you two twits shut up!" Sirius mumbled striding into the kitchen. Everyone was rushing around because Lily, James, and Sirius were leaving for Hogwarts in 2 hours. "CALM DOWN!" Ginny implored. They all quickly stopped because Ginny had the temper of a stamped of elephants when she was angry. They all went back to packing.


"They grow up so fast," Harry said sarcastically. Ginny nodded at this statement and went back to folding robes. "SQUAWK!" Hedwig was squawking at the new cat and owls Harry and Ginny had gotten the children. Buttons meowed as Lily began to pick her up. She was a 4-month-old calico kitten that was very rambunctious. "I can't wait till I get to go to work cause then I get to listen to even more load noises and even more nutty people!" Ginny huffed. Harry was surprised at this comment because Ginny almost never ever talked about her patients that way.


"Grab your trunks and get down here," Harry said in an annoyed tone. The children rushed down with their trunks. Harry pointed them over to the fireplace. "I still can't believe they added fireplaces so people can floo to platform 9 and 3 quarters! It's probably because the incident with Perry Dean," Harry commented. "I think so. I still can't believe he flew his broomstick to the platform in the middle of the day!" Ginny added. Finally, James took lead and grabbed some powder and stepped into the fireplace. "PLATFORM 9 AND 3 QUARTERS!" James shouted throwing the powder down. The each took turns after James. Soon they all were in the crowded station. They were a little late coming so they said quick goodbyes and Lily, James, and Sirius ran onto the train.


"There has to be a compartment somewhere!" James said pushing through the halls of the moving train. "Guys, in here!" a familiar voice said. The triplets turned around to find Tala and Keegan standing in an empty compartment. They ran over to their friends. "This is so exciting!" Tala whispered Lily. The girls had always been best friends. Actually, they were more like sisters. They all took their seats.

"So I'm thinking sticking charm to someone's chair," Sirius whispered to Keegan and James. The boys snickered at this prospect. They had help from "Uncle Remus" on all their dastardly deeds. He said that they must carry on the Marauders. All the children knew that Remus, Sirius, and James had once been the tricksters of the school and the boys had planned that they would be the same.


The rolling scenery became comfort to Tala as she worried about Hogwarts. She worried about things like what house she would be in or will the people in my house like me? Tala tried to focus herself on the landscape. There were trees and flowers and bramble bushes but none of this eased Tala's worrying. As Tala began to relax a prefect named Sarah came round to tell everyone that they needed to change into their robes. They all changed and came back to the compartment.

The sun started to set. "Excuse me, may I sit with you? Some kids took my compartment," a timid girl said. "Sure! I'm Lily. This is Tala, Keegan, Sirius, and James." Lily smiled. "Thanks. I'm Greer," said the girl. "Hi!" Tala greeted. "So do you guys all know each other?" Greer asked. "Yup. Lily, Sirius, and I are triplets, Keegan is our cousin, and Tala is basically a cousin," James explained. Greer smiled. She was tall girl with blond hair and green eyes, and Sirius thought that she was pretty. He smiled a "dashing" smile that made Greer blush. They all talked and laughed. When the train pulled to a stop excitement flourished the train. "I hope we're in the same house," Lily said to Tala and Greer. The girls nodded.


"FIRST YEARS, THIS WAY!" Hagrid bellowed. Lily, Tala, James, Sirius, Keegan, and Greer sprinted to meet him. "Hagrid! It's so good to see you again!" Lily laughed. Hagrid smiled and then kept herding the first years to small boats. Lily, Tala, James, Sirius, Keegan, and Greer shared a boat. The herd of first years rowed and rowed. Then "wows" swept over the first years as the castle became visible. Everyone was in awe.

Soon they reached the castle. Hagrid directed the first years to go into the castle and Headmistress McGonagall would meet them. "Deep breaths," Lily whispered to Tala who squeezed her hand.


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