Disclaimer-I do not own anything Harry Potter related, J.K. Rowling does.

Author's note- This story can get kind of confusing because at various times it's told from different points of view, but I'll try to make the transitions as clear as possible ^_^;

Chapter 1-On the Train

After giving his mum a final goodbye Max had jumped onto the train and made his way to the compartment in the very back. He peeked inside and saw two boys already sitting in the seats, one was, thin, average height,and had messy black hair, and slighty lopsided glasses, and the other was, tall,and had shoulder-length black hair, and was lounging across two seats. "Uh," said Max, "can I sit back here, everywhere else is full." The boy with glasses spoke up, "Sure, I'm James Potter and that's Sirius who has yet to say his last name". "Oh, um, I'm Max Dainels" said Max sitting in the seat next to James. Just then two more kids opened the door to the compartment and entered. A boy with scruffy brown hair and shabby clothes and a girl with freckles dotting her cheeks and the bridge of her nose and straight, sandy-brown hair tied into two loose pigtails that hung over her shoulders and who much like Max had large fox ears and a big bushy tail, the difference being that her tail and ears were tipped coal black. "Hi, Remus, hi Crystal." Said Max, he greeted Remus casually but when he had said the girl's name he had an odd tone to his voice. "You guys know each other?" asked James. "Yeah," said Max, "Crystal lives in my town,"he said, nodding at the girl, "and Remus is my brother in law," he said nodding at Remus. "His older sister married my brother." explained Remus. Remus's older brother Alex Lupin had been one year ahead of Fellina Dainels and had finally asked her out in his 7th year. After Fellina graduated, she and Alex had gone on a trip around the world before moving to London and getting married. Fellina Dainels-Lupin was now 2 months pregnant.

"So, what house do you guys wanna be in?" asked Max after several moments of silence. Remus had sat next to Max and Crystal had sat next to Sirius's feet. "Gryffindor for sure!" said Crystal, "You?" "Gryffindor" replied Max. "Ah, yes, Gryffindor , where dwell the brave at heart." Said James holding up an imaginary sword. "How about you two?" said Max looking at Remus and Sirius. "Well," said Remus " Gryffindor would be nice, but Ravenclaw would be good too..." "It'd be great to be in Gryffindor," said Sirius sadly "but my whole family's been in Slytherin." his voice was full of contempt when he'd said Slytherin. "Blimey,"said James "well maybe you can break the tradition. "Oh, I'd love to see the look of my parents' faces if I got into Gryffindor!" laughed Sirius. His laugh sounded a bit like a dog bark... "Hey!" yelled Max, "We're here!"...

Author's Note-And so ends Chapter 1 :), hope ya liked it, I'm working on chapter 2 as we speak, I promise it gets better from here , gotta let ya know a bit about the characters first. Next chapter- First class, First Prank, and the introduvtions of Peter, Lily, and Snape! Please, please, please review, reviewers will get...a free e-replica Gryffindor's sword! (ahh, e-bribery, hope it works!) Also, reviews will help me update faster. I might be a little busy in the coming weeks. My friend is planning a Harry Potter party, and he's asked me to help him out a bit, I've gotta disign some Chocolate Frog cards to start with, but I'll try to update asap, bye!