"Mum, seriously stop fussing. You're being ridiculous. I'm fine." James struggled to get out of his mother's grasp as they headed towards the wall between platforms nine and ten.
"Sam, dear leave the poor boy be." Harvey tried to place a calming hand on his shoulder but she shrugged him off and continued to harass the young boy.
"Now James remember if there's any problems you just tell Minerva and she'll tell us and if any of the bigger boys are picking on you you just tell them that your Mum and Dad work at the Ministry." James would have laughed at his mother had he been paying attention, instead he was winking at two small girls who were obviously also entering first year and giggled and waved at him.
"That's m'boy James." Harvey said noticing the interaction between his son and the girls. "Just remember, girls'll hurt you and the friends you make on the train are…"
"The friends you'll keep. Yes Dad I know and Mum I will be fine really" James said shrugging off his mother. "I have everything, there is no way I'm going to talk to Minerva about anything but Dad's taught me a few defense spells and a couple of jinxes." The younger boy smiled at his father who nervously ran a hand through his untidy black hair.
"Oh did he now?" Samantha Potters eyes narrowed and her husband shrugged innocently. She was about to reprimand him but was interrupted by a family pushing into them;
"Sirius be careful they're Potters - purebloods but possible blood traitors." A tall imposing black haired woman following what was obviously her son who was pushing his cart with gleeful abondment said. "Ah, Harvey, Samantha how are you?"
"Fine and yourself Walburga?" Harvey responded in a short clipped tone that James was unused to.
"Fine fine it's a shame about all the mud bloods here though, our Sirius and your boy, James is it, will probably be a minority." Walburga and her husband laughed at their joke but the Potters remained silent. "Well, we better get going, find Sirius a good Slytherin cart." and with that Walburga Black walked off her son following quickly but only after smiling and waving at James Potter who returned the gesture.
"James, I want you to know now. That Black boy, he's nothing but trouble, the whole family are. Your mother and I we don't want to choose your friends for you but we just want you to know that that family are dangerous. Be careful of him." Harvey said solemnly staring into his son's brown eyes.
"Yes Dad of course-" James was interrupted by Walburga Black coming over once again.
"Samantha I had a wonderful idea. Why don't the two boys sit together? Orion says there are no specific carts for each House as there used to be and who knows, James could end up in Slytherin?" James stuck out his tongue and Sirius laughed. Samantha however had gone white.
"Of course Walburga." she said. Her husband and son stared at her in dismay but she just smiled and grabbed James hand dragging him to the train with her husband, son and the Black family following in her wake.
As the train sped off Harvey wrapped his arm around Samantha. She muffled a sob still waving at the train although her son could no longer see her.
"He'll be fine. Maybe would have been better if you hadn't made him sit with a Black but he'll be okay. And I know you were always scared of Walburga Black." Harvey laughed as his wife stopped waving.
"He'll know not to make friends with a boy like that won't he?" Samantha looked at her husband worriedly and he nodded and smiled before the two Potters left the station and their only son behind.