I do not own Harry Potter in any way. I believe that here my story will start taking a turn for the AU that I've been dreaming of. (Cackles madly like Bellatrix) Anyway. If you really would like to know what I'm talking about this story is sort of a companion piece, or has a companion piece, Darkness of Souls, which I'm still working on. Heh.

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Chapter 4: Welcome Feast Dinner

Remus sighed. This was going to be a long year, and what he hoped to be worthwhile.

Lily Evans sat across the table from him. She was rather tall for her age, Remus was a full head shorter. She had thin red hair that reached just below her chin. It would have been straight had Sirius and James not decided to check the magic of the boat and to see if they could tip it over. Either way, it was short and because it was dried magically without a comb it gave the appearance of being wavy, when really they were just knots she couldn't quite remove. She sat rather hunched at the table, a bit shy in appearance, something Remus could relate to. She tried hard not to stare at everything around her, and was relatively quiet even when a few girls, just recently sorted also, began talking to her.

She noticed his staring and smiled back at him. Remus blushed, not realizing that he had been staring, and returned to staring at the empty place where his plate should have been.

Finally the sorting was over and Headmaster Dumbledore stood to give his speech, or rather Dumbledore stood to introduce the feast and to remind students that there was a speech after dinner.

Remus couldn't believe his eyes. When Dumbledore clapped his hands and announced for the students to dig in the food appeared suddenly on the table. His plate was back in front of him, as his utensils, much to the sadness of James and Sirius. But they quite complaining once they realized all that was in front of them.

Remus and all the other first years had much the same expressions on their face, sheer excitement and wonder. Remus could see it in James' eyes, Sirius' smile. He felt it on his own face as well. Lily Evans even clapped her hands and just stared at everything in front of her before realizing that it was real and she could begin to dig in.

Remus tried to eat as proper as possible, but that was difficult considering who he sitting next to. James and Sirius were fighting to see who could eat the fastest. It was a wonder how quickly the two of them were becoming friends so fast.

Soon the dinner was finished and everyone had a look of sheer contentment on their face. Remus laughed at Sirius sitting next to him who was slouching in his seat, and rubbing his belly. James sitting across from him looked defeated and incredibly sleepy. He sat with one arm on the table supporting his head and he appeared to be trying to have a conversation with Lily, who seemed unforgiving about the boat incident. Remus himself burped extremely loud and embarrassing after the table was cleared, completely by accident, of course, but it ended with whoops and hollers from the other students.

Dumbledore even chuckled at that before starting his beginning of the year speech.

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