A/N: This is a new story. It's about James when he's in Hogwarts. I hope you like it. Please read and review.
James Potter Chapter 1
by, Sirius87
"James, are you up yet?" my mom called to me.
"Yeah mom, I'm coming," I said, reluctantly getting out of bed. It was 6:30. I never got out of bed before 9 over the summer unless I had to. I had to today because I was going to Diagon Alley to get my school supplies. This would be my first year attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I was very excited. I was very excited, about shopping for my school supplies, but I was also very tired. My mom insisted that we I wake up early because she thought it would take the whole day to shop. I doubted it, but I still agreed to go. My mom would be taking me because my dad was an auror and was busy working.
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We soon were in Diagon Alley. I was amazed at all the shops even though I had been here several times. This time I could actually get stuff! I had always looked through the items in the shops and longed to have some, and even though we are relatively rich I couldn't have anything. Of course I got stuff for my birthdays, but not what I wanted the most: a broom.
"Where shall we go first, Flourish and Blotts? Ollivanders? Where?" my mom asked.
"I don't care, but let's just go to Flourish and Blotts because it's closest," I answered.
"Okay." We walked inside and bought all my books. Then we walked to Madame Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. After that my mom asked me where I wanted to go.
"Quality Quidditch Supplies," I said hoping she would buy me a broom.
"Honey, you know first years aren't allowed their own broom."
"But Mom, I really want to learn how to fly, it looks so fun!"
"I know James, but they will teach you in Hogwarts. Maybe you can have a broom next year."
"Fine, than let's go to Ollivanders," I said disappointed. We walked there so I could get a wand. Mr. Ollivander was very freaky, his eyes were silver and didn't blink much, but he was friendly.
"Hello," he said in a soft voice.
"Hi," I said.
"Ah, James Potter, am I right?"
"Yeah," I said wondering how he knew my name.
"You look just like your father, Ryan Potter, and I see a little of your mother, Elizabeth, in you. Anyway, I'm sure you want a wand. Oh there you are Elizabeth," Mr. Ollivander says as my mom walked in.
"Hello, did James get his wand yet?"
"No, I'm just getting to him. Which is your wand arm?" he asked as he pulled out a long tape measure that began to measure me.
"I'm right handed," I said.
"Okay, try this," he said handing me a wand. I waved it and nothing happened. After a few more wands I found one that felt warmer than the rest. I waved it and sparks flew out of the end of it.
"Ah, mahogany, phoenix tail feathers, pliable, eleven inches. Excellent for Transfiguration," Mr. Ollivander exclaimed. "That will be seven galleons. Mom gave him the money, thanked him, and left. We went to a few more shops to finish getting the supplies and then mom took me to Eeylopes Owl Emporium. She let me chose an owl. I chose a barn owl and named him Harris. After that we went home.
***
The days went by very slowly. Finally it was September 1. Mom and Dad took me to King's Cross and taught me how to go through the barrier into platform nine and three-quarters. They both kissed me good bye and told me to write them lots of letters. I soon got on the scarlet train and found an empty compartment and put Harris the rest of my stuff down. I wondered if I would make any friends. All of my old friends were muggles and I would now have to make new friends. Just then the compartment door opened. Three boys walked in.
"Is anyone sitting here?" one asked.
"No," I said. The three of them sat down.
"What's your name?" a different boy asked me.
"James Potter," I said.
"Hi James, I'm David Boot, this is Matt McKinnon," he said pointing to the first boy. "And this is
Justin MacDougal."
"Hello," I said, "what year are you guys in?"
"We're all in our first year," Justin said.
"Me too!" I exclaimed.
"Cool, what house do you want to be in?" Matt asked.
"I think I'm probably gonna be in Gryffindor because that's where my parents were."
"Oh, we all want to be in Ravenclaw," Matt said.
"Well maybe I'll be in there with you guys," I said.
"Yeah maybe, anyone want to play goblestones?" David asked.
"Okay," we all said. We played for about an hour and David was obviously the best. A witch with a cart then opened the door.
"Anything off the carts?" she asked. My parents had given me some extra money so I bought a lot of candy and shared it with Matt, Justin, and David.
***
Finally we got to Hogwarts and heard someone yell, "Firs' years! Firs' years over here!" The four of us followed the voice and found the huge gamekeeper called Hagrid. We got into a boat and soon they started gliding across the lake to the Hogwarts castle. We then got out of the boats and Hagrid knocked on the door. Then all the first years were lead by a witch named Professor McGonagall into the huge entrance hall.
"Welcome to Hogwarts!" Professor McGonagall said. "The start-of-term banquet will soon begin. First you will be sorted into either Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin." We were then all led to the Great Hall. There the rest of the students were sitting at hour large tables, one for each house. A hat then started to sing. When it was done it began calling names.
"Abe, Robert!" it shouted. A tall skinny boy walked up and put the hat on his head. After a few seconds it shouted-
"HUFFLEPUFF!" I was amazed at this and couldn't wait until it was my turn.
"Ackley, Hope!" shouted the hat. A short girl with light brown hair walked up to the hat and it soon shouted-
"GRYFFINDOR!" She sat down at the cheering Gryffindor table. A few more names were called and then it was David's turn.
"Boot, David!" the hat shouted. David walked up and it soon shouted-
"RAVENCLAW!" He was right he would be in Ravenclaw. He looked very happy. I wished he was in Gryffindor because I had a feeling I would be put there. A few minutes passed and both Justin and Matt had been sorted into Ravenclaw. After Peter Pittigrew was sorted into Gryffindor I heard-
"Potter, James!" I walked quickly up and placed the hat over my head.
"Hmm," said a strange voice. "Very brave and daring, but also very intelligent. You are a bit too mischievous for Ravenclaw so you better be-
"GRYFFINDOR!" I quickly walked over to the Gryffindor table. I glanced at the Ravenclaw table and saw that David, Justin, and Matt looked disappointed. Hopefully I'd be able to make friends in Gryffindor. The ceremony ended with Gabriel Zabini becoming a Slytherin. Then Albus Dumbledore made a speech ending it with "Raven! Cheese doodle! Purple! Fluff!" The tables then filled with food. I ate so much food my stomach hurt. After a few more speeches the Gryffindors were led up to our common room by Henry Weasley, a sixth year prefect. He soon showed us to our dormitories. I was with the other Gryffindor first years, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Anthony Peach, and Peter Pittigrew.
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That's all for now. I hope you liked it. Please review. If you have any suggestions please tell me. Thanks for reading my story. The more reviews I get the sooner I will have the next chapter up.
James Potter Chapter 1
by, Sirius87
"James, are you up yet?" my mom called to me.
"Yeah mom, I'm coming," I said, reluctantly getting out of bed. It was 6:30. I never got out of bed before 9 over the summer unless I had to. I had to today because I was going to Diagon Alley to get my school supplies. This would be my first year attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I was very excited. I was very excited, about shopping for my school supplies, but I was also very tired. My mom insisted that we I wake up early because she thought it would take the whole day to shop. I doubted it, but I still agreed to go. My mom would be taking me because my dad was an auror and was busy working.
***
We soon were in Diagon Alley. I was amazed at all the shops even though I had been here several times. This time I could actually get stuff! I had always looked through the items in the shops and longed to have some, and even though we are relatively rich I couldn't have anything. Of course I got stuff for my birthdays, but not what I wanted the most: a broom.
"Where shall we go first, Flourish and Blotts? Ollivanders? Where?" my mom asked.
"I don't care, but let's just go to Flourish and Blotts because it's closest," I answered.
"Okay." We walked inside and bought all my books. Then we walked to Madame Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. After that my mom asked me where I wanted to go.
"Quality Quidditch Supplies," I said hoping she would buy me a broom.
"Honey, you know first years aren't allowed their own broom."
"But Mom, I really want to learn how to fly, it looks so fun!"
"I know James, but they will teach you in Hogwarts. Maybe you can have a broom next year."
"Fine, than let's go to Ollivanders," I said disappointed. We walked there so I could get a wand. Mr. Ollivander was very freaky, his eyes were silver and didn't blink much, but he was friendly.
"Hello," he said in a soft voice.
"Hi," I said.
"Ah, James Potter, am I right?"
"Yeah," I said wondering how he knew my name.
"You look just like your father, Ryan Potter, and I see a little of your mother, Elizabeth, in you. Anyway, I'm sure you want a wand. Oh there you are Elizabeth," Mr. Ollivander says as my mom walked in.
"Hello, did James get his wand yet?"
"No, I'm just getting to him. Which is your wand arm?" he asked as he pulled out a long tape measure that began to measure me.
"I'm right handed," I said.
"Okay, try this," he said handing me a wand. I waved it and nothing happened. After a few more wands I found one that felt warmer than the rest. I waved it and sparks flew out of the end of it.
"Ah, mahogany, phoenix tail feathers, pliable, eleven inches. Excellent for Transfiguration," Mr. Ollivander exclaimed. "That will be seven galleons. Mom gave him the money, thanked him, and left. We went to a few more shops to finish getting the supplies and then mom took me to Eeylopes Owl Emporium. She let me chose an owl. I chose a barn owl and named him Harris. After that we went home.
***
The days went by very slowly. Finally it was September 1. Mom and Dad took me to King's Cross and taught me how to go through the barrier into platform nine and three-quarters. They both kissed me good bye and told me to write them lots of letters. I soon got on the scarlet train and found an empty compartment and put Harris the rest of my stuff down. I wondered if I would make any friends. All of my old friends were muggles and I would now have to make new friends. Just then the compartment door opened. Three boys walked in.
"Is anyone sitting here?" one asked.
"No," I said. The three of them sat down.
"What's your name?" a different boy asked me.
"James Potter," I said.
"Hi James, I'm David Boot, this is Matt McKinnon," he said pointing to the first boy. "And this is
Justin MacDougal."
"Hello," I said, "what year are you guys in?"
"We're all in our first year," Justin said.
"Me too!" I exclaimed.
"Cool, what house do you want to be in?" Matt asked.
"I think I'm probably gonna be in Gryffindor because that's where my parents were."
"Oh, we all want to be in Ravenclaw," Matt said.
"Well maybe I'll be in there with you guys," I said.
"Yeah maybe, anyone want to play goblestones?" David asked.
"Okay," we all said. We played for about an hour and David was obviously the best. A witch with a cart then opened the door.
"Anything off the carts?" she asked. My parents had given me some extra money so I bought a lot of candy and shared it with Matt, Justin, and David.
***
Finally we got to Hogwarts and heard someone yell, "Firs' years! Firs' years over here!" The four of us followed the voice and found the huge gamekeeper called Hagrid. We got into a boat and soon they started gliding across the lake to the Hogwarts castle. We then got out of the boats and Hagrid knocked on the door. Then all the first years were lead by a witch named Professor McGonagall into the huge entrance hall.
"Welcome to Hogwarts!" Professor McGonagall said. "The start-of-term banquet will soon begin. First you will be sorted into either Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin." We were then all led to the Great Hall. There the rest of the students were sitting at hour large tables, one for each house. A hat then started to sing. When it was done it began calling names.
"Abe, Robert!" it shouted. A tall skinny boy walked up and put the hat on his head. After a few seconds it shouted-
"HUFFLEPUFF!" I was amazed at this and couldn't wait until it was my turn.
"Ackley, Hope!" shouted the hat. A short girl with light brown hair walked up to the hat and it soon shouted-
"GRYFFINDOR!" She sat down at the cheering Gryffindor table. A few more names were called and then it was David's turn.
"Boot, David!" the hat shouted. David walked up and it soon shouted-
"RAVENCLAW!" He was right he would be in Ravenclaw. He looked very happy. I wished he was in Gryffindor because I had a feeling I would be put there. A few minutes passed and both Justin and Matt had been sorted into Ravenclaw. After Peter Pittigrew was sorted into Gryffindor I heard-
"Potter, James!" I walked quickly up and placed the hat over my head.
"Hmm," said a strange voice. "Very brave and daring, but also very intelligent. You are a bit too mischievous for Ravenclaw so you better be-
"GRYFFINDOR!" I quickly walked over to the Gryffindor table. I glanced at the Ravenclaw table and saw that David, Justin, and Matt looked disappointed. Hopefully I'd be able to make friends in Gryffindor. The ceremony ended with Gabriel Zabini becoming a Slytherin. Then Albus Dumbledore made a speech ending it with "Raven! Cheese doodle! Purple! Fluff!" The tables then filled with food. I ate so much food my stomach hurt. After a few more speeches the Gryffindors were led up to our common room by Henry Weasley, a sixth year prefect. He soon showed us to our dormitories. I was with the other Gryffindor first years, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Anthony Peach, and Peter Pittigrew.
***
That's all for now. I hope you liked it. Please review. If you have any suggestions please tell me. Thanks for reading my story. The more reviews I get the sooner I will have the next chapter up.