"Hmm, so this is King's Cross, hey. Now where was it again dad."
"Well as the manager of the Daily Prophet I too have been to Hogwarts as well, but I lived rather near it so I don't know that, but my employees say it's a barrier between platform nine and ten. Like your ticket says lets go down there first and we'll see."
James looked at a particularly brick barge. He tried to hit his hand on it and he fell down without warning he hit the ground looked up and saw a pair of legs.
"Even if you're low you don't have to prove it to me."
James got to his feet in anger and said. "I'm not low you fool, now move off so I may get back and get my dad to..."
"Ooh, looking for daddy now are you, looking for your low-life father to hide behind now are you."
Little did James know; he's talking to the nephew of the Minister of Magic, Lucius Malfoy.
"Come on Malfoy, he's not what you're after." Proclaimed this freckled faced boy
"So, Weasley, the son of the fool, Jason Weasley that muggle-lover..."
James would've stayed longer if he wasn't going to try to find his father. When he found Mr Potter the boys by the name of Weasley and Malfoy were still there arguing with a definite increase in anger and tension, though the one by the name of Weasley had his fist held tight looking as though he was itching to screw it in his face and James doesn't doubt he would. He's also avoiding as much trouble as he and his anger may allow.
Mr Potter has been explaining to James who the Malfoy and the Weasley were. Mr Potter knew their parents well, Mr Weasley's the head of the Improper Use of Magic's office and that he's fanatic about muggles and causing pranks and protecting himself from them (more information will be added about Weasley and Malfoy further along in the story).
"Now I want you to stay out of trouble, alright."
"I'll try my best." James put his hand behind his back crossed his fingers and thought.
Man now it's going to be so much easier to pull pranks on Snivellus than it's used to, it's like a prank a week. Now it's going to be a prank in every two days.
Mr Potter didn't like the dazed look on his son's face but what can he do.
Now Sirius is making his way secretively to King's Cross, with no trouble (except to find the right barge). He makes his way to the train but accidentally bumped into James, they both fell down with their luggage all over the place. They both got up and began scolding at each other.
"What's wrong with you, of all the people I met today you're the worst."
"Oh come on you weren't any better. You just pop in front of people only to give them unreasonable fault. Now help me with my luggage or you'll be sorry you laid eyes on me."
James has become cold and more cautious with knowing others after the sample of strangers such as Weasley and Malfoy.
"Don't you dare threaten me, my dad is..."
"Oh who the hell cares who your dad is, since my dad is the Minister of Magic."
"Yeah right the Minister's son don't go to school anymore any way even if you are my dad is the founder of Daily Prophet so I'd scram if I were you if you don't want to be embarrassed all over the papers."
"Are you threatening me."
"No, I'm warning you, now help me with my luggage or you'll be sorry your father ever let you go to a school..."
"Empty threat, my father didn't even..."
Just then it came to Sirius's mind
You crazy telling a stranger that you ran away from home to school, oh yeah what is this fool's name anyway, I wonder if his father is the founder of Daily Prophet, because if he is, he could come in handy with my pranks.
This guy here is rather gutsy to stand up to me even though he knows I may do him bad he stood beside his point, he's got the makings of a good prankster.
"So, what's your name?" they said in unison.
"Fine, I'm James Potter, now what's yours?"
"Is there any reason why I should tell you that?"
"Well yeah cause I told you mine and it's what a nice young boy would be taught to do when they're young, unless you're an evil brat, gangster and/or prankster that has no manners whatsoever. It is also rather rude not to introduce yourself when you're talking to others"
"Well in that case I certainly am a rather good prankster, I've done a prank on everyone I know including family members whenever I feel like it."
"Then in that case you must Sirius Black."
"How did you know that?"
"Well as I told you earlier, my dad is the founder of the Daily Prophet my dad has received multiple complaints about you, he's waiting for you to do the next prank (which would be your hundredth) until he puts on the front page titled "Malicious Menace in the Making". I really admired your work."
"Well unfortunately I don't sign autographs."
"That's not my point, you see I'm a prankster myself now if we work together, we can make powerful allies."
"Lets talk about this thoroughly on the train as I believe its due to leave soon."
(Remus) I wonder if I can make any friends at all in these future seven years, friends who wouldn't care about the fact that I'm a werewolf. Hmm he looks like a lonely boy why don't I get to know him as well.
(Lily) Now this Hagrid said I need to get to King's Cross and on this train. Well what platform was it again, a platform... What nine and three quarters. But that doesn't exist.
Then Lily just caught eyes on a girl a little older than her just pushed her trolley straight and about to hit a solid brick barge. Lily didn't dare look, she was expecting a loud BANG, but it didn't come. Instead when she opened her eyes again she disappeared. Lily thought that must be it. A girl about her age looking bewildered at (what Lily presumes) her sister's disappearance and she was about to do the same. She seems to be rather plump. Lily quickly rushed down onto that platform to ask how you do this magical disappearance onto the platform nine and three quarters. She made it just in time before that girl was about to run into hard solid brick barge. Her mother was encouraging her to put some trust in her and her sister and to rush into the solid brick barge. Lily came to her and asked.
"How do you do that?"
"Oh, are you a muggle?"
"Err, yeah I believe that's what you would call me, but I'm going to Hogwarts and I don't know how to get on through this brick barge, is there some spell I must say whilst running?"
"Oh, dear no, even we as wizards like to keep things as simple as we can. Now it's very simple, all you have to do is run at the barge a nice steady pace, don't slow down or you will hit the really hard solid brick barge, it'd be nice to do a bit of a run or a jog sweetheart. Now if you will kindly wait my daughter would show you how it's done, she's in first year as well."
With these words the plump little girl seems to have gotten much more nervous. She took her trolley back and did a walk, power walk, jog and then a sprint (for her standards as you may presume). Lily didn't dare blink as she stared at that girl who walked through the barge and disappeared.
"Now you give it a try, don't worry dear, just move steadily towards it."
Lily didn't like the idea of running into a really mean and hard solid brick barge. She strolled, walked, power walked, jogged, ran, closed her eyes and sprinted then thought now I'm going to trust a complete stranger, to walk into an really large, mean and hard solid brick barge now I'm going to hit the wall spill everything, bruise myself and be embarrassed badly just to step into a place she knows only through a few fictional books.
She kept running until she thought she should've hit that immensely large, mean and hard looking solid brick barge. She opened her eyes slowly and came to a sudden halt, as she wasn't about to hit a brick wall anymore, she was about to hit a big scarlet steam engine. She rubbed her eyes and looked around and she saw herself in a completely different place. An old seventies or eighties original design platform. She saw so many people in a weird assortment of clothes, such as a dark orange t-shirt and navy jeans, which clashed horribly.
Well of course, these magical folks won't know my world's kind of fashion. I'll miss mum and dad so much I've never been away from any one of them for a day since I was born. This is going to be a whole new beginning for me.