September 1st, 1971

Today was the long awaited day that both Sirius and Hermione have waited for. They would be going to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Something they've been dreaming about for years. They could finally get away from the associations of belonging to the Black family, and become their own person. Sirius looked at his sister, and no matter what anyone did, they couldn't wipe the smile off his face, him knowing that he could finally call someplace home.

He felt like an outsider in his own family, based on his beliefs that muggleborns weren't as bad as his family suggested they were. Only Hermione shared his views, and that just made the bond between the twins grow stronger. They had to be strong to survive the Black family. "Do you want to go look for James?" Sirius asked, as he pulled his trunk behind him, Hermione following right behind him, with her own belongings, to get to the train.

"Sure. It would be nice to see a friendly face around here." If Hermione was being honest with herself, she had been looking forward to the day she could see James Potter again. Something about him, made her warm inside, and she felt at peace when he was near. She wanted to capture that feeling again. "Sirius. Hermione. Where do you think your going?" The twins turned around, and nearly groaned out loud at their parents. Walburga and Orion didn't want to miss their oldest children go off to Hogwarts for the very first time.

"We were just about to get on the train." Hermione said, as Walburga pulled her daughter into a crushing hug, that wasn't that nice. Hermione wished it was Dorea Potter who was hugging her, instead of her own mother. "Be good, and make sure to get into Slytherin. The Black family belongs in Slytherin." With that, Walburga finally let go of Hermione, and after getting quick hug from Orion, she bent down, and kissed her little brother's cheek, and smiled at him. If there was anything that would upset Hermione right now, it would be that she had to leave Regulus all alone in the hands of their mother. She would do anything to get her claws in the boy, to make him the perfect heir. Hermione didn't want that fate forced onto her brother. Either one of them.

She watched as Sirius shook Orion's hand, and messed up Regulas's hair, like he always did. "You better get going. Don't want to miss the train." Sirius and Hermione grabbed their belongings and with a wave to their family, ran through the wall, got onto the train, and put their luggage with all the others. They started walking down the aisle to find their friend. Hermione opened up a compartment, and found a thin, sandy blonde haired boy, reading a book. From what Hermione could tell, it looked to be Hogwarts: A History.

She smiled and sat down across from him. Finally the boy looked up, and Hermione could tell he was nervous. "Do you need this compartment?" "No, I just noticed that you were reading Hogwarts: A History. That's one of my favorite books." The boy smiled, and Hermione noticed that he had a nice smile. Just like her brother and James. "I'm Hermione by the way. It's nice to meet you." She held out her hand, and he seemed hesitant to accept it. She gave him a kind smile. "It's okay. I don't bite." Hermione held back a laugh, when he rolled his eyes, and accepted her handshake. "I'm Remus. It's nice to meet you Hermione."

"Well I was just looking for a friend of mine, but I was wondering if you would like to come and sit with my brother and our friend James. People don't deserve to be alone, don't you think?" "Sure." Hermione could still see a little hesitancy in his eyes, but when she was through with him, he would be out of his shell. After all, once you meet Sirius Black, you can't help but be infected with his personality. He stood and Hermione took his offered hand, and together they left the compartment to find Sirius and James.

Finally after a few minutes of searching, Sirius stuck his head out of a compartment near the back of the train, and smiled when he spotted his sister. He raised a brow at the boy who was stuck to her like glue, and the protective side of him wanted to make sure that no boys got anywhere near his sister, but that was obviously destroyed by his own sister. "What took you so long? I found James." Said Sirius, as he opened up the door wider so that the pair of them could come in. Hermione smiled when she saw James. He returned the smile, and just looked at who the other boy who was holding Hermione's hand.

Sirius, after closing the door, sat down next to James, and just looked at Hermione and the boy. Remus remembered that he had hold of Hermione's hand, so he quickly let go. If Hermione was disappointed, she didn't show it. "Well, aren't you going to introduce us Hermione? I mean you just walk into here, with some boy, I would say that you were a tease." James smiled, at the scowl on Hermione's face. She turned to face Remus, who was blushing. "Ignore James. He doesn't know when to shut up."

"Fine. Remus, this is my twin brother Sirius, and the rude one sitting next to him, is James. Boys this is Remus. There introductions are done." Sirius shook Remus's hand, and James followed suit. "So how did Mione, drag you in here? What she'd do? Bribe you with books?" James laughed loudly at that, and Remus couldn't help the small smile that fell on his mouth. Hermione reached over and slapped the backside of Sirius's head. "Shut up Siri. If I recall you were the one who bribed me with the appeal of new books, and you didn't deliver. Besides what's wrong with books? Just because you don't know how to read, doesn't mean the rest of us should suffer, do we?"

Both James and Remus couldn't help the hearty laughter that came from them, at the insult towards Sirius. "And here I thought you loved me Mione. What happened to that?" He said in a fake hurt voice. She let out a unladylike snort. "Oh please you know I love you. If we can't take the Mickey out of each other, what kind of relationship do we have Siri?" Sirius rolled his eyes at the evil glint In his sister's eyes. Sometimes she could be pure Slytherin when she wanted to be. "Uh Hermione, was does Sirius call you Mione, and you call him Siri?" Asked James, a eyebrow raised.

"Oh when we were little, we each had trouble saying each other's names, so we just shortened them, and Mione, and Siri just became our nicknames. They just stuck with us growing up. We're pretty much the only ones who can use those names for us." She explained. "Well, then I'm going to give you a nickname." James proclaimed. "Um, why?" She asked him, not knowing where he was going with this. "Well, I feel like it. So, let me think about it.. Hmm... Ha, I got it. Your nickname from me is Mia."

"Mia. I can work with that. Fine James, you can call me Mia. But then I get to call you Jamie." She watched as James rolled that name through his head. "Jamie.. I can deal with that." Sirius and Remus just watched as Hermione and James talked, flirted more like it. Sirius didn't know what to make of his sister's easy friendship with James. The way she was with him, reminded him of the way she was with him. Remus from the minute Hermione walked into his compartment and talked to him, felt drawn to her for some reason. And now he could understand why. She made friends wherever she went, and thepeople she made friends with, all they wanted to do was protect her from getting hurt. That was what Remus was feeling right now. To protect the girl who became his first friend.

"Are you two done flirting? We have important business to discuss." Sirius interrupted, and Hermione nearly threw her shoe at him. "Oh shove off Sirius." James said, causing her to smile. Anyone who can take her brother down a peg or two, was a good man. "And what's this important business we need to talk about?" Remus was nervous. He didn't want to be alienated by his new friends for his 'problem', that they didn't even know about. He didn't want them to get hurt. "I have to know. Who is your favorite Quidditch team?" Hermione groaned, and buried her head in the crook of Remus's arm, to hide from the idiocy coming from her brother.

Of course he couldn't go at least a day with talking about Quidditch. She should have known. Remus was trying very hard to focus on Sirius, and answer his question, but all he could think about was the girl who was pressed up against his side, and her smell was driving him crazy. Apples, parchment, and chocolate. "Chudley Cannons." Remus supplied. "Puddlemere United." James and Sirius said at the exact same time. The four of them all blinked and then, James and Sirius just high fived each other, and they along with Remus turned to Hermione to hear her answer. She sighed, knowing that she wasn't escaping with an provided answer. "Holyhead Harpies."

Remus tilted his head, and looked at her. "And here I thought you didn't like quidditch." "The same could be said about you Remus, but when it comes to quidditch, I'm not opposed to it. I like it, I'm just not as a fanatic as these two obviously are." "Oi." Sirius shouted in protest. "Mione, I'm not the one who wants to be a seeker. That happens to be you." "You want to be a seeker Mia?" James interest was really piqued now. Hermione felt happy that James was using his nickname for her. "You misunderstood me Siri. I said that I liked playing seeker. Not that I would be one when we are older." He rolled his eyes, but stayed silent.

"Are you any good? I know that I'm going to try out. I want to be a chaser." Hermione raised her eyebrows at James. "First years can't play for the house teams Jamie. As for me being any good, I'm okay. I'm not brilliant, but it's been a while since I've played a game. Our parents really don't like it if Sirius and I play Quidditch." "Why not? Why wouldn't you parents want you to play the game?" Remus was confused. Quidditch was a relatively safe enough game to play, so why would Hermione's parents freak out about her and Sirius playing the game.

"Our parents, since we've been born, have been grooming us to be the perfect purebloods. They want us to become Slytherins, and only associate with people that they approve of. If they saw this, Walburga and Orion would yank us off the train so fast, your head would spin." Sirius took over the explanation. "According to 'mother' Quidditch is a dirty rotten game not worthy to sully hands of the Black children. She views it as a blood traitor sport, and obviously she wants me and Mione to stay away from blood traitors and Muggleborns. You saw a little of that, when we were at Diagon Alley last month Potter family is one of the biggest blood traitor families there is, and well Walburga wouldn't want her children to be friends with you. It's why she acted that way towards you and your mother. I'm sorry about that."

"Jamie, just because our mother thinks like that, doesn't me we do. We're here because we want to be. We're your friends no matter what. You too Remus." She smiled coyly. "You'll both learn rather quickly that once your friends with a black twin, your friends for life."

The rest of the train ride went pretty well, after the foursome dealth with the heavy stuff. Once the trolley came, they feasted on Chocolate Cauldrons, Pumpkin Pasties, and all sorts of other treats. Right before they got to Hogwarts, they just spent the time strengthening their friendships with each other. And they made a vow that they would always have each other's backs, no matter what.