James Potter looked across the river at Hogwarts. He hurried through the throng of other first years to the front of the pack where he saw the biggest man he'd ever seen. James thought he must have been at least 8 feet tall. Why, he was practically a giant (A/N: See what I did there).

"He's big, isn't he?", said his new friend Sirius Black.

"Definitely", he replied.

"Firs' years! Firs' years over here!", the big man was saying.

"Well, I guess we should follow him", James said.

And so, they did. The big man led them and all the other first years down to a lake where there were lots of small boats.

"No more'n four to a boat", the big man told them.

As all the children got onto the boats James and Sirius found themselves sitting with a boy with mousy brown hair and another boy with three scars across his face.

"So", James said trying to make conversation, "My name is James Potter, and this is my new friend, Sirius Black."

"My name is Peter Pettigrew", the mousy brown-haired boy said.

"It's nice to meet you Peter", Sirius said.

"So, what's your name", James said, turning to the boy with the scars.

"My name is Remus Lupin", he said quietly.

"Well it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance Remus", Sirius replied.

"So", James continued, "What are you guys looking forward to at Hogwarts?"

"Potions class", Remus said, "I don't think I'll be good at it but, it'll be fun."

"Okay Potions that's great", Said Sirius, "Although personally I'm excited about flying and Quidditch because that's where all the fun's at!"

"Yes, because potentially falling to your death is so much fun."

"Don't you like flying Remus?"

"Well I've never actually flown before but I will never get on a broom", he told Sirius.

"WHAT!", James and Sirius yelled at the same time, earning them quite a couple of glances from the other students. They didn't seem to care though and just stared at Remus with a sort of shocked disbelief.

"It is now my life's mission to get you on a broom and make you enjoy it!", Sirius told Remus.

"Not possible", he replied.

"We'll see."

"Guys were here", Peter said, making all of the boys turn and get off the boats like everyone else.

The big man, whose name, they soon learned, was Rubeus Hagrid, led them into a sort of hall and told them to wait there until a professor named Professor McGonagall came to get them. The professor in question arrived shortly after Hagrid left them.

"Hello, my name is Professor McGonagall and I am your Transfiguration professor. Please follow me into the Great Hall."