CHAPTER 3
James, Sirius, and Remus boarded off the train and headed towards a loud booming voice.
"First years this way! Alright there James?" asked a tall gigantic man with a scruffy black beard.
"See ya around Hagird!" James called out to the man who apparently was Hagrid.
Sirius and Remus looked at James as they followed Hagrid.
"How do you know him?" asked Sirius.
"That's Hagrid. When my parents go to visit Dumbledore at the school, I spend time with Hagrid. He's half giant."
"You went up to the school before?" asked Remus, curiously.
"No. I was just in Diagon Alley with Hagrid. Hagrid is the Keeper of the Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts," James said.
"My family isn't fond of him," said Sirius.
Remus opened his mouth to speak when he was interrupted by shouting.
"Come on you worthless fat rat!! Move on!! What the hell are you twitching at you useless creature!"
James, Sirius, and Remus turned around and saw a small, short, fat boy, about their age looking scared and trying to walk fast while the three boys behind him were yelling at him.
James quickly moved in front of the boy who stopped and looked up at him scared, but James played no attention to him.
"Go away Malfoy," James said dangerously.
"Oh? And who's going to stop me? You?" Malfoy sneered.
Malfoy had a pointed pale face with long blond, white hair. The fat boy looked from Malfoy to James scared and then ran behind James quickly and peeked from the side of James' arm.
"You damn well bet," James said.
"Apparantly you can't count, Potter. There are three of us and only one of you."
"Actually there are three of us," said Sirius standing beside James and Remus soon joined.
"What the hell are you doing,Black?" Malfoy said angrily.
"Telling you to go away," Sirius said angrily.
"Come on Malfoy. I've been wanting a reason to fight you," said James.
"If you think you're so tough you'll fight me and my two pals by yourself. I mean that is what you said in Diagon Alley but if you're so scared..." Malfoy taunted but all of a sudden James' fist flew into his face knocking him down.
Two loud hits could be heard before Malfoy's comrades also landed on the ground on either side of him and all three boys each received a kick in the stomach by James. All three groaned on the ground.
"Leave our friend alone unless you want me to kick your butts again," James threatened.
"Come on lets go," James said to the boy, Remus, and Sirius and they continued to follow Hagrid to the boats that were on the lake.
James, Sirius, Remus, and the boy who's name was Peter Pettigrew all sat in the same boat that magically floated them towards the beautifully lit castle.