IMPORTANT!! (kinda) sorry the spacing is messed up on this, word processor spazzed.


The whistle blew loudly, and his father helped hoist his trunk through the door. He heard throughout the platform people saying goodbye to their parent. Their fathers, their mothers. He thought of his mother back home, in their cottage, hoping Remus wouldn't leave her. He suddenly felt miserable.

"If you need anything, owl home, alright son?"

Remus nodded.

"Well, I suppose you should go find a compartment."

"Alright. Bye Dad."

John gave him a one armed hug.

"Be safe Remus. Do your best. Try to make friends."

"I will Dad."

"Let us know what house you're in."

Remus nodded one last time, and pulled himself aboard as the final whistle blew. The train lurched and Remus slammed the door shut. He waved a moment back at his Father before dragging his trunk into an empty compartment. No turning back now….

He decided to change into his robes, slipping the black fabric over his button down shirt, straightening the fabric so no wrinkles showed. He pulled a new muggle book from his trunk and curled up in his seat. He had lost himself in it before the door compartment slid open.

A beautiful girl stood in the door way. She was dainty, wearing a white eyelet dress, tied around the middle with a thick black ribbon, matching the one that tied her fiery red hair into a silky pony-tail pulled to the side. Her skin looked as if it were made of porcelain. She glanced at Remus with brilliant emerald eyes. As she tilted her head, Remus noted how here hair smelled of cherry blossoms.

"Hello." she sang in a sweet soprano voice. "Is anyone sitting here?"

Remus shook his head dumbly.

"Would you mind if we-?

He shook his head again.

The girl dragged her trunk in, followed closely by a boy with greasy curtains of black hair framing his bitter face. He too was in his school robes. The girl began to hoist her trunk into the overhead area. Remus made a move to help her, but the boy gave him a glare and helped her himself.

"Thanks Sev." she said as she took her seat. The boy, Sev, nodded. The girl glanced at Remus.

"My name's Lily. Lily Evans. What's your name?" her eyes starred curiously through him.

"R-Remus Lupin. Nice to meet you." Remus felt a glare from the Sev.

"Oh, and this is Severus. Severus Snape. Don't mind him, he's bitter." she said with a pearly white smile

"Am not!" he said, his voice clearly bitter.

"You are too, don't deny it!"

Severus huffed.

"Ha. I always win!" she said triumphantly.

He gave her morose look.

"You should be excited Sev! Lighten up! We're going to a magic school……So, Remus, what are you reading?"

He lifted the book to show the cover.

"Something Wicked This Way Comes." read Severus "Never heard of it."

"What's it about?" asked Lily

"Er, a c-carnival, I think." he said quietly "B-but I haven't read it through yet, so I don't really know."

"Sounds stupid." said Severus "Why don't you read something useful, like a textbook?! I mean, why waste time on it, if there's no point!! "

Remus shrank back slightly at the demanding nature of the boy. Lily seemed to notice.

"Sev, stop it, he can read what he likes." she smiled kindly at Remus, who returned it.

"What's your blood status?" asked Severus. Lily rolled her eyes at the subject.

"Half blood."

"Oh. Me too. Thought you might be muggleborn like Lily here, reading something like that."

he rose rather suddenly from his seat.

"I'll be right back" he said more to Lily than Remus "Excuse me."

Remus waited until her was out of sight to relax a bit. The presence of the boy made him almost jump. The girl, Lily, on the other hand, made him feel strangely calm.

"Sorry about him." said Lily sympathetically "He's just…" she sighed "I don't really know."

Remus nodded in comprehension.

"So, what's it like in a magical house?" she asked

"Er, I don't know. Sorry. My Mother doesn't really… approve of magic."

"Oh, well ,that's silly, isn't it? Magic is so helpful!"

"I don't think her family liked it. They were muggles."

"Oh. That makes some sense."

Remus nodded.

"So… are you excited? We're going to Hogwarts!"

"I was. Now I'm…". regretting leaving. Wanting to go home and let Mum know I'm sorry "nervous."

"Well, that's alright. Everyone is nervous in first year… you are a first year, aren't you?"

Remus nodded.

"So then, how about, just face the school and take it as it comes. it's nothing to fear."

"Gryffindor." he noted

"Where dwells the brave at heart? It sounds like a great house, but Severus wants me in Slytherin."

"It's your choice though, not his."

"I know, but he's my best friend. What house do you want to be in?"

"I… I never really thought about it" Slytherin whispered the wolf in the back of his head

"Hmm, well, Ravenclaw is for people who value education."

"Maybe." But Slytherin, boy, is for the dark. You are dark, aren't you? Remus pushed the wolf to the back of his mind once more.

"Well, I suppose we will have to wait for the sorting, won't we."

Remus nodded.

"So, er, do you have any siblings?"

Remus shook his head "you?"

"Just one. My sister Petunia. I-"

The door slide open to reveal a corpulent woman with grey hair pushing a snack trolley.

"Anything from the trolley dears?" she asked sweetly

"No, thank you." said Remus softly

"What do you have?" asked Lily

"Cauldron Cakes, Licorice Wands, Fizzing Wizbees, Chocolate frogs, the likes…and a new product, Bertie Bott's every flavor beans. Be careful with those if you try them."

"Er, I'll take, two Cauldron Cakes, a Chocolate Frog, and, er…. The bean things."

She handed the woman some money, and placed her armful of sweets down beside her. She looked at everything intriguingly.

"I have know idea what any of this is." Lily admitted .

"I think Cauldron Cakes are a sort of pastry."

"Do you want anything? I'm not going to eat it all."

"No thank you."

She threw Remus a chocolate frog anyway. He opened the package, and the frog leapt out onto the seat beside him. He and Lily watched it curiously.

"Is it suppose to do that?!" she asked as it bound around the compartment.

"Yes, but I feel bad eating one when they act like actual frogs." He took out his wand, and flicked it. The frog froze mid leap, and landed in his lap.

"How did you do that?"

He shrugged, biting into the frog.

"I can do a few spells, charms and things, but I can't do that."

"I'm sure you could."

Lily grabbed the bag of Bertie Bott's every flavored beans, and opened it.

" What do you think the lady with the cart meant by 'be careful'? are they dangerous?"

Remus shrugged.

"I'm almost scared to try one." she removed a reddish bean from the bag, looked it over a moment, and popped it in her mouth. She grimaced.

"Ugh! That tastes terrible!"

"What's it taste like?"

"Beets." she shuddered from the taste "I think they really are every flavor."

"Let me try." he grabbed a dark beige bean, and chewed it a moment.

"Oatmeal cookie. Not bad."

"How come you get the good one!" she said jokingly, taking another. This time, a dark blue one. She smiled a moment at its taste.

"It tastes like my mum's blueberry pie." Remus smiled along with her. Remus took another from the bag, and starred at the color, a nasty greenish brown.

"I don't think I want to eat this one." he held it at eye level, and noticed little black spots in the bean's shell.

"Oh, don't be a coward- oh, Hi Sev! I was wondering where you had gotten to."

Severus looked over the two of them from the doorway.

"Having fun?" he asked resentfully

"Yeah, loads!" said Lily. She looked at his scowl a moment "Oh, Don't get your knickers in a twist! Join Us!!"

He sat, nearly sulking. He looked up at Remus, who still held the bean to his eyes.

"What, do you think that bean is going to eat you? Just eat it for Merlin's sake!"

Remus popped it in his mouth.

"Uck! Booger flavored!"

Snape smirked. Lily made a disgusted face. "I don't think we should eat these anymore, do you?"

"Actually, they're quite fun." Remus said as the taste left his mouth.

"You're mental."

"I'm sorry."

"You should be."

"I know."

"No you don't"

"Okay."

"If you two would stop acting like children.." said Snape under his breath.

"We are not acting like children Sev! But we should be, we are children."

"I'm not."

"You're eleven. You're a child."

"But-"

"Case closed. I win. Again. Ha!" she smiled.

"How can you win? We aren't playing anything!"

"I won the argument. Lily: 176 Sev: 0. I win." she smiled even wider as Severus smoldered

"You kept track?"

And hence began what seemed to be a familiar argument between the beautiful Lily Evans who's hair seemed as vibrant as her personality, and the bitter Severus Snape, who had a permanent look of displeasure on his face. during which, Remus buried himself in his book once more. The train moved along for hours, and he tried to comprehend the philosophical phrasing of the book that were just so bazaar.

As the castle came in to view, only one other thought drifted through his mind…

Home.


(A/N) Hello!! I hope you enjoyed the chapter, I actually finished it the same night as the last one, but I thought I should wait a day or two. I don't really like the chapter all that much, but it was decent, so I put it up. But I hope you liked it. ANYWAY, special thanks to Jessie, and Ariana, I love you both. And I think that's it. Remus it in Hogwarts next!! Woo!! So, read ad review!! Read And Review!! READ AND REVIEW!! Please. I like them. They make me happy. Love you all, Happy Reading

Valerie